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The Washington times., 1938-12-26
Copyright. 1888, BY King Features

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The Washington times., 1938-04-19
Yocub Dead
Huge Dog "LOUed" to
Death, Claim

PITTSBURGH. April l9.-Yo
cub, a 247-pound st. Bernard
known as "the worlds largest
dog" is dead.
The huge mastiff died recently
while its owner, Eddie Kapphan
was returning him from a show,
ing in Dayton, Ohio. An over
taxed heart was blamed.
"He was literally loved to
DEATH" said its master. Hun
dredS of visitors to the show
put their arms around him and
hugged and petted him every
day. He was a good-natured
dog but the excitement was too
much for him. His heart gave
out"
Ironically enough, ocub's
death came within a few short
hours after the Dayton Kenne
Club had awarded him the best Of
show ribbons, giving him the last
two points he needed to gair
championship rating.
Yocub stood 81 inches high. Hi
head measured 13 inches from
ear to ear. From the tip Of hi
nose to the end of his tail h
measured 86 inches. Four pounds
OF raw beef and seven pounds O
dog food was his average meal.
The Washington times., 1938-04-19

search for Number Three! He has
just landed"
When the phantom ship TAXED
UP to a cheering group in front
of the hangar and the pilot had
been properly congratulated on be
ing reinstated among the living,
an explanation was demanded.
Il tried to jump" admitted
Lieutenant Paine, but my para
chute pack fouled on the left rear
cabane strut as climbed out, and
the propeller blast held it there.
The plane went into dive, and
when 1 reached into the cockpit
and hauled back on the stick to
keep from crashing, the sleeve tore
away during the pull-out."
THE sleeve!" interrupted one
pilot. so that's what it was! We
thought you had jumped, because
the sleeve looked just like a partly
opened parachute"
Il saw the rest of the planes
circling the target as it fell" con.
tinued Lieutenant Paine, but by
the time I managed to climb back
into the cockpit, my plane was
miles away from the others, so l
came straight back to the base.
My radio was out of commission.
or I could have saved every one
lot of bother. Has my mechanic
heen nicked lin VeG9"
AMBULANCE USEFUL
1--WE saw him land near Camp
Kearney, and he was folding his
chute when the base radio mott
fled us to discontinue the search. "
said one pilot.
"He can get a ride back with the
ambulance party" someone said.
How about the skipper" asked
another. Hes not back yet"
He took off in such a hurry
that he didn't even stop for his
flight gear. His helmet is still on
his desk, with his earphones in it" d"
Then he didn't get the word
when it was passed over the ra.
dio!"
He's probably still out looking
for you, Panel"
And so it was. 1t was a much
relieved Skipper who scrambled
down rocky ravine to find that
the supposedly half-opened para
chute was only the tattered rem
nant of the cloth target.
When he finally dragged his
way painfully back to the field
where he had left his plane, tired,
scratched, bruised and dusty from
his forced m arch, he grinned
sheepishly at the group awaiting
him around the plane and the un-
used ambulance near by.
go ahead and laugh, boys" he
said as he limped up to them.
This is one time I don't mind a
wild goose chase"
"Shall we go back, sir?" asked
one pilot. nodding toward the
automobile.
Not without me-" said the Skip
per. 1--WE had enough for one day.
You fly the plane back. I'm going
home in the ambulance!"
THE END
The Washington times., 1938-04-19
"7He Skipper s Busy Day"
By ROBERT A. WINSTON

excited voice called out the shortwave RADIO ana
"A pandemonum loose the office of Scouting Squad
ron One Scouting One Base from Plane Number -Four
came the frantic call Number Three has just shot off
a sleeve TARGET and caught it on his right wingW
Evening star., 1938-09-03
Prison Brutality.

The sickening revelations regarding
the baking to death of four convicts at
the Philadelphia County Prison have
moved special coroner's jury to hold
the warden and part of his staff for the
grand jury on charges of criminal negl-
gence. A horror stricken public applauds
the prompt and vigorous action taken in
this almost incredible case.
Many persons believed-indeed hoped
that first reports were greatly exagger-
ated. They were reluctant to accept the
theory that the deaths resulted from
deliberately conceived tortures. They
were unwilling to believe that such con-
ditions could exist in this era of so-called
penal reform. Confirmation of the
shocking reports, however, has come from
guards and other prison officials sum-
moned to the inquest.
Several of the witnesses testified that
'heat treatment" in grim isolation ward
known as the "Klondike" was routine"
procedure in cowing unruly convicts 1t
was in accordance with standing or
ders,' the jury was told. that steam was
turned into battery of radiators near
the isolation cells Two dozen hunger
striking inmates were cast into these
superneated steel boxes to break their
spirit. -Four were literally cooked to
Evening star., 1938-09-03
A Needed Viaduct.

The District Highway Departments
proposal for grade separation viaduct
at Fourteenth street and Maine avenue.
formerly called Water street, is well
merited and plans for its completion
should be furthered without delay.
No one can question the desirability
Of eliminating the existing bottle neck,
which is forcibly brought to mind upon
the occasion of any festivity in Potomac
Park or nearby Virginia. Cherry Bios
som time and Arlington Cemetery
ceremonies bring about the greatest
traffic congestion, but daily tie-ups
during the morning and afternoon
traffic rushes are sufficient to warrant an
improved highway system. The Arling-
ton Memorial Bridge does not alleviate
the situation to any great extent.
Tentative plans of Capt. Herbert c.
Whitehu-st, District highway director,
in the 1910 fiscal estimates, call for a
span about 400 feet long to carry north
and south traffic over Maine avenue and
over traffic coming out of East Potomac
Park. The project also contemplates
the widening Of the Tidal Basin outlet
bridge over Fourteenth street.
The proposal, costing somewhere in
the neighborhood of 100000, would tie
in with plans for widening Maine avenue
between Thirteenth and Fourteenth
streets and the revamping of the railroad
bridge over Maine avenue to clear the
Evening star., 1938-09-03
Above the Party.

President Roosevelt's statement that
"the good of the country rises above
party will receive the whole-hearted in
dorsement of all Americans, however
they may vote. Nor can there be any
valid criticism of his announcement that
he will not have the slightest objection
to the election of good liberal" running
on a Republican ticket.
The exposition of those views is con-
tribution to the cause of democracy and
Mr.. Roosevelt is deserving of commen-
dation for having cast of the petty
party shackles that will not permit the
acknowledgment of merit in one of an
opposing political faith.
Mr.. Roosevelts statement of his DO
lticai position is all the more remarkable
in view of his recent denunciation of
Republicans who were so immoral" as
to vote in Democratic primaries. 1t does
not seem unfair now to call to Mr..
Roosevelt's attention the possibility that
those Republicans, or some of them, also
may have been motivated by a genuine
desire to bring about the election of men
they considered best fitted to hold the
public Offices in question. Perhaps it is
not too much to hope that some day the
President may 60 a step further and
concede that those who disagree with
him politically, may, in their own fash
ion, believe as he does that the good of
the country comes ahead of partisan con-
siderations
The Presidents receptive gesture
toward liberal Republicans is certain to
stimulate speculation concerning the
possibility of new political alignment
in 1910, or soon thereafter, with the
liberals on one side and the ''conserva-
tives' on the other. There has been con-
siderable evidence in the past that Mr..
Roosevelts decision to seek the primary
defeat of conservative Democrats was
influenced by the fear that the New Deal
will have to look beyond the Democratic
party for unquestioning New. Deal sup
port in the future, and yesterdays decla-
ration will measurably strengthen the
case of those who hold to that belief.
Evening star., 1938-09-03
Amazing Attitude. =

1t seems incredible to the general pub
lie that Kensington citizens are taking
the same attitude which Rockville resi-
dents assumed with regard to their new
grade crossing
Only last month a costly grade -elimi-
nation overpass was opened in Kensing-
ton, after an eight-year campaign to
close crossing which citizens of the
town described as one OF the most dam
gerous in the metropolitan area.
Now the same citizens have asked the
State Roads Commission to reopen the
old crossing. The business men say that
its closing has split the town in two,
caused incalculable damage to them and
untold inconvenience to citizens. The
arguments are almost exactly the same
as those put forward by Rockville to keep
open the crossing where fourteen chill
dren lost their lives when a train hit
school bus in 1885.
In view Of the Rockville attitude, the
chief of the Bureau of Public Roads,
speaking at the overpass dedica-
ton, expressed the hope that he would
receive better cooperation at Kensington
in closing the old crossing He was as
sured that he would But it seems that
unless grade elimination projects are
erected on the site of the old crossings
without harming adjacent structures the
communities affected are not satisfied.
Usually. from an engineering standpoint,
it is impossible to build them in that
way. If the Kensington and Rockville
attitudes are typical, Federal bureaus,
which furnish the bulk of the funds for
such projects, will be justified in using
the money for other undertakings.
After hearing the Kensington delega-
ton, the chairman of the MARYLAND
State Roads Commission said: WHY
people should want to undertake risks
we have been trying to protect them
from is more than can understand"
Many other people cannot under
stand it.
Evening star., 1938-09-03
Shooting Stars.
BY PH1LANDER JOHNSON.
Amazing.

Amazing.
Her hats an astounding creation.
1t has a skyscraper effect.
She wears it without perturbation.
She says that the style is correct.
With straw or with felt now they raise it
Aloft with much cunning and care;
There's nothing to do but to praise it
Because of its owner so fair.
The plans and the specifications
For attitudes neer seem to stop
II to scale it you'd muster the patience
You'd get fine view from the top.
At the milliner- naughty contractor
In vain you have scolded or laughed.
Somewhere in her bill there's a factor
Distinctly suggestive of graft.
Evening star., 1938-09-03
Labor Day Appeal.

There are some thousands of people
in the United States to whom the annual
observance of Labor Day brings sorrow
full memories of accidents sustained on
similar occasions in years gone by. Sur
vivors of traffic mishaps of the past,
they know only too we'll the dangers of
automobile travel when highways are
crowded. The directors of the National
Safety Council probably are mindful of
their sad experience when urging as
slogan for 1898: Let's be extra careful"
Surely, such an appeal requires no
apology. The average individual under
stands the perils involved in holiday
motoring. Not one person in hundred
deliberately intends to risk his life or
that of any fellow human being. What
is wanted is common determination to
resist the temptation to take chances.
The rules suggested by the several
automobile clubs and by the police would
cut the death toll in half If they were
obeyed. And each driver is asked to
contribute toward that end by assuming
his own particular share of the response
bility. Last September eighty-five hun
dred and eighty casualties were reported.
In each case somebody was at fault.
The problem this Labor Day can, be
solved only by every motorist and every
pedestrian refusing to gamble with fate.
In the interest of the whole public,
The Star begs its readers to cooperate
in making this week end notable for
fewer accidents and a smaller number
Of fatalities
Evening star., 1938-09-03
Comments of Mr.. Okie's English
Friend Evoke Sharp Reply.

Friend Evoke Sharp Reply.
To the Editor of the Star:
IT IS certainly to be deplored that
Americans lightly give publicity to
such captious and malicious foreign
criticism of American institutions as that
quoted in The Star by Mr. Howard
Pitcher Okie as emanating from an Eng
ush friend of his
There have been far too many egoistic
and condescending Englishmen who have
found it impossible to forgive the phe-
nomenal success Of the American repub-
lie after it kicked the tyrannical British
government out. Fortunately this is not
the attitude of all Englishmen, but there
have been enough, including the present
Prime Minister, to constitute a barrier
against the existence of permanent good
will between the two countries. For an
Engllshman to assume from the reports
of a bitter partisan American press that
the President of the United States has
been bribed and that there is no Fed
eral prosecutor who would take case OF
bribery of great public official in Wash
ington" and press it as District Attorney
Dewey is doing against the racketeers in
New York. Such statement is an insult
to every decent American. for it is no
exaggeration to say that the Presidents
of the United States. from Washington
down to the present, have ranked higher
in personal integrity than the heads OF
any other government in the world in
like period in modern or ancient times.
Comparison is made between the con-
duct Of the Prime Ministers of England
and the Presidents of the United States.
Have not the Prime Ministers of England
bargained away the honor of their coun-
try by bestowing patents of nobility on
soap and ammunition makers in return
for political contributions to the con-
servative party? They have noble lords
of expatriated Americans whose only
merit was their large incomes from
American property devoted to such pur-
poses.
The English press and public are far
more discreet about such delicate matters
of honor than those of this country but
much of it is a matter Of public knowl-
edge and record. The notorious corpora
ton promoter of the late COS, Ernest Te-
rah Hooley, was powerful figure in
London finance. He enjoyed the unique
distinction of having presented solid
gold communion service to st. Pauls
Cathedral. But his short and meteoric
career exploded in bankruptcy. The Off
cial receiver in bankruptcy found and
made public the fact that Hooley had
been negotiating with the political
agents" of the Conservative party for
the bestowal on Hooley by the then gov
ernment of patent of nobility" for a
contribution of s500O0O The delay
had been due to Hooleys' insistence that
he be made peer rather than the offer
of knighthood. 1t is unfortunately true
that some degree of corruption has pre-
vailed in all governments in all ages
only here it is blurted out and publi-
cized, while in other countries they keep
it diScreetly under cover.
w. F., WILMOTH.
Evening star., 1938-09-03
Montana Copper and
The New Deal,

To the Editor OF the Star:
OF UNEMPLOYMENT in Montana
due to shutdown of copper mines,
Jay Franklin paints doleful pathetic
picture. He does not neglect to cite
the New Deal for maintaining the work.
less on direct relief, P. w. A. and other
political bounty Or rather he charges
4 copper industrial royalty" with being
TO blame for forcing this necessity upon
the ever-benefcent New Deal
But he goes only specifically into
basic causes of Montanas predicament,
which must be accounted for in some
way that will WhiteWash the Roosevelt
government.
Mining operations depend upon the
demand for copper. From where comes
the greatest demand? With no major
wars in full swing. that demand-as
any enlightened third-grade child knows
comes from the utility industry. Why
are the utilities using copper, which
they'd like to buy, far below normal
needs?
Answer may be found in the series of
vindlctive demagogic attacks of which
this industry has long been chief VIC
tim, by the vacillating Roosevelt and
corps of assistant radio denouncers.
These attacks, despite breathing spells
and even less convincing assurances of
'co-operation." have spread distrust of
utility investments, which continues to
date. Fear of what a hating" bu-
reaucracy with bucks to pass might mete
out has completed the freezing of con-
fidence
1t would seem superfluous for Mr..
Franklin to go afield for explanation
Of conditions in Montana today. The
cause, the answer. the entire explana-
ton. might have been found in Wash
ington. The New Deal-not the copper
industry or utilities-created the condi-
tions against which he complains; and of
which. needless to state. the "underpriv-
ileged" and "downtrodden' turn up the
chief victims.
1t is worth note that. wages moving
automatically with metal prices, profits
to industrial royalists are not without
collateral social benefit to the common
man.
But the copper industry cannot of
itself create a demand that the New
Deal has tried so hard and successfully,
in mistaken zeal, to blot out. 1t is the
Government that has turned the COM
mon people out there into dependents
upon its bounty, paid out Of levies
filched from high taxes which are in
their turn drag upon some other in
dustries elsewhere
WALTER BAHNSEN.
Evening star., 1938-09-03
death after 4 night Of indescribable

death after . night Of indescribable
agony.
The American people are looking, to
the grand jury and the courts to estab-
lish responsibility for this outrage and
to insure punishment of the guilty. Opin-
ions will differ widely as to what the
punishment should be. More important
than the fixing of guilt in this particu-
lar case, however, is the assurance that
must come through legislative or admin
istrative action or both, that brutality
cannot prevail in the Philadelphia Coun-
ty Prison or any other penal institution.
Factors bearing on the problem are
numerous personnel standards, plant
facilities. appropriations, politics. Only
public opinion can bring about the neces-
sary remedial measures. 1t is regrettable
that it sometimes takes a tragedy like
that at Philadelphia to arouse public
opinion to the point of effective action.
Evening star., 1938-09-03
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

As yet unorganized, the Association OF
Unofhcial Building Inspectors has very
large membership in all cities:
These men you see standing watching
house going up, or foundation being
built-well, they are all members.
There is something mighty appealing
to the average male in house building.
Maybe it is the homing instinct, or
just an interest in handicraft.
1t Is possible, of course, for one not to
be able to handle saw or plane, and yet
be very much interested in craftsman
ship.
Few cities, in recent years, have given
more demonstrations of house building
than the National Capital.
Not only has the District of Columbia
shown many building operations going
on, but in nearby Maryland and Virginia
new homes go up daily.
There are many houses in all stages
to be seen, and the person interested,
strictly as an amateur locker, is able to
follow his hobby in this respect almost
any place.
Even the builders and real estate men
have come to the point where they no
longer regard a member of the Unofficial
Building Inspectors as prospect, in the
business sense.
They let him alone, to Chamber around
as he pleases, so long as he does not
worry the workmen, feeling that if he
wants to buy he will let them know
about it.
No more spying on his automobile
number and that Sort 0f thing
No more pestering man. when all he
wants to do is to admire your work and
your workmanship.
y x X \
The amateur watcher of the building
arts is not always recognized, but the
very fact that he Is there, watching the
rafter go up, is a sure sign of his mem
bersnip.
The recruits of course, are these fell
lows who find time in the course of a
busy morning to stand for minutes to
watch the digging of huic Ia the
ground.
The foundations, they call it,
There is always line of meD watch
ing operations. From their numbers are
drawn the real bona fide members of the
Association of Unofficial Building In
spectors.
Watching building go up from base
ment to ridgepole is not possible unless
the operations are in ones own neigh
borhood
The feeling Of chaos, and form coming
out OF it, is always present at such an
operation. Piles of materials, workmen
going in and out, dust and dirt
And out of it all comes, at last, a clean,
new house, with every feature just right,
or at least very close to it.
This apparent confusion. one sees, was
no confusion at all, but a clear-headed
progress. This feeling is larger at larger
operations; the great business building
IN downtown block seems to be getting
nowhere; it is mass of milling men and
Evening star., 1938-09-03
Philadelphia's Steam Prison
And the Black Hole of Calcutta.

To the Editor OF The Star:
PH1LADELPH1A's bake "ovens" and
steam boxes" are the latest in
thrillers 1t appears that four convicts
were roasted to death while confined to
superheated Jail cells. Whether acci-
dentally or deliberately that'u have to
be shown.
Like most everything, this outrage has
a historic background. In 1756 Calcutta
undia) was already an English posses
sion. Surprised by Suraj-ud- -Dowlah,
Nawab OF Bengal. the city was captured
Most of the British jobholders took ship
in time and escaped. Those Europeans
who remained, after a short resistance,
surrendered.
Numbering 146 they were herded into
a guardroom, a chamber measuring 18
feet by IA feet 10 inches with but two
small windows. 1T was the Goth OF June,
the night was intensely hot, and next
morning only q were taken out anve." :"