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The Washington times., 1938-12-31
Polish Defiance

What on earth gave you the
editorial idea, that the future of
Poland as an independent ma
tion doesn't look much brighter
than the future Of what remains
Of CzechoSlovakia?
Poland as an independent ma
ton has no fear Of Germany or
Russia. This was adequately
shown when the Germans tried
in vain to annex the Polish Cor
ridor. In the recent partition
of Czechoslovakia. Poland COM
pletely snubbed Russia and got
what she was after, despite the
loud opposition of the Reds.
Poland afraid? No, sir!
PROUD POLE.
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Your I. q.
BY SHIRLEY SPENCER


Score 10 for each question, or
S for part, and 30 for the puzzle.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
l. Who was the original of the
distributor of presents to chill
dren and was known as the
patron saint of children?
2. What is Santa Claus called
in (a) Holland, (b) France, (c)
Germany?
3. Our wassail bowl is more
likely to contain eggnog at
Christmas, but what was the old
traditional drink?
4. What is the small paper
cone, representing the horn Of
plenty, which we hang on the
Christmas tree, called?
S. Which State uses the pine
Tree as 1CS SYMBOL!
6. Which State is called the
Evergreen State?
z. Was a pine tree ever used
on an American flag? (b) On an
American coin?
8. PUZZLE: BY starting at a
certain letter you can move
through each square once, either
up or down or diagonally, and
the letters in the squares of the
correct route will spell out an
appropriate line from a famous
Christmas noen
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cember 81. Our European ances-
tors back in the dim past held
to this day and out of their
rites has come our Christmas
New Year season. On my New
Year night the northern heml-
sphere went as far into the
darkness as the laws which gov
ern this planet permit and it is
again moving toward the light
We, in all probability, have
rough weather ahead of us
but the new cycle of growth has
begun. The New Year may be
a little unsteady because of ex-
treme youth, nevertheless it is
alive and healthy and toddling
along into the sunshine.
7 BELIEVE I have bored you
l. with the complaint that in
order to keep my weight down
I am reduced to a breakfast Of
sugarless, creamless coffee and
a piece of compressed hay.
That's all bad enough-but
along comes Mr.. Michael STRAIT
ton and wants to rob me of the
little bit Of pleasure I do get
out of a good cup of coffee even
though it be without sugar and
without cream. Mr.. Stratton
points out that we import mill
lions of pounds of coffee yearly
while millions Of bushels of
American wheat rot away be-
cause we can't use it-and
the farmer keeps on planting
it. Needless to mention, Mr..
Stratton is a farmer and am
also sure he wouldn't appreciate
a good cup Of coffee if he ever
came within reach of one. Any
how, here is his horrible letter:
"The nation Is struggling to
dispose Of an overbountiful
wheat crop. You already know
of the various schemes the Gov
ernment is sponsoring to en-
courage the expectation of
wheat. Comparatively little is
being done, however, to ex-
pand domestic consumption.
II suggest that the Depart
ment of Agriculture arrange for
legislation which will oblige the
mixture of 5 per cent Of roasted
wheat with all coffee consumed
in the United States. This is q
practicable scheme. If importa-
tions of coffee have continued
for the balance Of the year on
the basis of the first nine
months we will import 1,844,.
952,500 pounds of coffee for
1888. If S per cent of roasted
wheat is mixed with this we will
find a new use for 92,247,625
pounds of wheat annually. AS
suredly such an outlet will be
highly desirable" editors
note-The outlet may be desir.
able, but what about the cof-
fee?)
I hope and trust Secretary of
Agriculture Wallace doesn't
make a practice Of reading this
column.
Copyright, 1888, The Washington
Herald-Times)
The Washington times., 1938-12-31
ROllin' Along
By w. A. S. Douglas

SPENT very pleasant New Year Eve last Wednesday
week ago. Four congenia souls sat with at table in
the National Press Club and listened to Sir Wlmott Lewis
tell of his very best stories There noise
bother paper hats nebrated folks of both
of the push and shove which characterzes the New Year
Ewes of essnformed Just pleasant
tive drinking and the smooth almost uninterrupted flow of
Sir Wimott's beautfnl voice
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DO unto others as you would
have them do unto you.' My be-
lief is that if you do good, it
will be returned to you in one
form or another. l always make
resolutions on New Year Day,
because my desire to better my
self starts me off into another
year with a more pleasant feel
ing"
X y
James Hassell, 1900 block P
st. N. W., Department of Agri-
culture emplOye:
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Going After the Dough

AS 1888 staggerS out, I decide
to take stock of myself. What
did I accomplish in 1888? Not
a thing-except to manage to
reach the glorious co age of
"a. So, my fair ones, here is
my resolution for 1899: I shall
marry the first girl I meet with
enough money to set me up in
business. Love? Bah!
UNHAPPY.
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I'm going to be
the best kind of
husband and I'll
treat my wife in an
even better man
ner than I have
treated her since
we were married
nearly two years
ago. I resolve to
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"None, and I am
not going to make
any. I used to make
a list of resolu-
tions, but I always
broke them, so I've
decided it's no use.
Anyway. I feel that
q person should
not wait until New
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work harder than I have ever
before, because I want to make
some kind of a name for myself.
At least I shall try to live up to
that quotation which says, If I
cannot do great things, I can
do small things in a great way"
X II
Mrs. Eleanor ZahariaS, 1900
block First st. N. E., housewife:
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"I've been enjoy
ing my vacation
home with the
family so much
that re solu tions
haven't been in my
thoughts. But I do
need to study
h a r d e r, which
would be a good
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thing to resolve. Also, I'm in
the habit of putting everything
off until tomorrow or to the last
minute. This should be the
basis of another good resolu'
tion."
y ~
w. E. Havener, 1900 block <
St. N. w., piano salesman:
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81 haven't thought
very much about
the subject y e t.
The best resolution
I can make is to be
a good husband
and father and not
to spoil my 3-year-
old son during the
c m in g ye ars.
The Washington times., 1938-12-31
Longs for Perfection

In your editorial what
About Price, Waterhouse &
Coz" you wound up with an
awful silly and absurd para
graph: "And If there is ever a
perfect government, we're afraid
it will be a damnably dull gov
ernment to live under" Aren't
we all striving for perfection, or
as near perfection as possible?
What you advocate, therefore,
is a thrilling government, no
matter how imperfect. I have
always claimed that your edi-
torials carried weight. but I
was certainly disillusioned by
that statement. B. A. M.
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S0sU No Results

A few years ago a lot Of eco
nomic thinkers were urging US
to spend as much as we could,
for prosperity. I spent about
500 furnishing an attic room,
and many other patriots did
likewise, and what good did it
do?
So what good would, be done
by all this money that you think
these immigrants would bring
in under looser immigration
laws? GULLIBLE MARY.
The Washington times., 1938-12-31

Il am making
t hire e resolutions.
The first is to save
money, the second
to stop losing my
temper and the
third one is to bet
ter myself in gen.
eral by applying
the Golden Rule
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Il shall make
quite a few. all
with the idea Of
bettering m Us II
generally and to
make more money.
I believe next year
will be a good busi-
ness period for
everybody. I find
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Refugee DiUidends

To that clever little lady who
so quantity expressed her fears
about refugee encroachment in
a recent Voice, I would reply
that our Mayflower forefathers
were nothing but refugees from
political and religious perSecu-
ton.
The present refugee tide is
sweeping into our midst such
personalities as Thomas Mann,
Prof. Albert Einstein. Max Rein
hardt. Lotte lehman. Bruno
Walter. Ernst Toller and a host
of others. America may yet lead
the world in culture because
there Is a Hitler in Europe to-
day. JIG.
Hopes For Better Things
In a recent letter signed
"Exasperated," my letters were
scornfully referred to as "in-
sane"
Centuries ago, Plutarch wrote
against flesh-eating by humans.
More recently Robert Brown
ing wrote about vivisection:
This I know, ! would rather
The Washington times., 1938-12-31

a good din
ner at home.
W rite a few
t h o u S a n d
words on the
n e W book,
have a night
cap and go to
bed. I'm not
g DIN G to be
p u S h e d
around by a
lot of people
laboring un-
The Washington times., 1938-12-31

business has picked up during
the past year and I believe there
is more money in circulation at
the present time"
The Washington times., 1938-12-31
Traffic Toll

The list Of traffic victims in
the District Of Columbia since
January /, 1898. Is graphically
shown by the death watch.
The Washington times., 1938-12-31
German Sales to Russia

I want to correct a statement
in a recent Voice letter, to the
effect that Russia is Nazi Ger
many'S second best customer.
According to the conservative
London Economist, certainly no
radical sympathizer, Russian
imports from Germany dropped
from 3O8. 100000 rubles in 1886
to 35,OOO,O0O rubles for the first
seven months of 1898. AS q
Supplier of Russian imports,
this places Germany in seventh
place, behind the United States,
England, Persia, Holland. Aus
tralia and Belgium-and Incl
dentally shows that Russia
really is taking part in the boy
colt Of Nazi goods. A. c.
The Washington times., 1938-12-31

whose husbands served the
Government are receiving PEN
sions, these others should GER
tainly get pensions, too.
If the Patterson Newspapers
gave this matter a lot of pub
licity it is pretty certain it will
help toward getting the pension
bill passed.
Here's hoping somebody will
take a big interest in starting
a campaign in regard to this
bill.
It is up to Congress, but It
takes influence to. push it
through. Let us have some more
letters from the public to help
these forgotten widows.
WAR WIDOW.
The Washington times., 1938-12-31

die the worst of deaths, so far
as pain goes, than have a single
dog or cat tortured under the
pretext of saving me o twinge
or two"
7 could quote various similar
statements, written by we'll
known writer's.
A lady who appreciated my
articles wrote in The Times
that they were herald Of
another day." With thanks to
The Times for whatever has
been printed of such articles
amid an array of opposing
articles; express my ardent
New Year wishes that more Of
the spirit Of gentleness may
come to this stricken world as
the years roll by, and that the
darkness may disappear which
prompts the unthinking to re-
gard compassion, the noblest
trait, as a sign of insanity"
MARIE GUNDERSEN.
Conduit Road, Md.
Mr.. MusicG, Mr.. Hitler
It is a great laugh to see that
the Nazi newspapers have the
nerve to chide us about the Cos
ter-Musica affair, what with
Hitler's cut-throat henchmen
stealing and numbering whole
sale. At least, the Musica broth
ers haven't been shown to have
murdered anybody. J. e. A.
More About Pensions
Not long ago a letter was
printed in this column in re-
gard to pensions for World War
veterans widows.
This is a worthy cause. Also
it was such a relief to see some
thing different from the usual
letters on war conditions, Jews
and cherry trees.
'Inasmuch as most all widows
The Washington times., 1938-12-31
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE

Letters the Editor Should LIMITED
Addresses Of Be Omitted Upon Request
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS

The report about DR.. Joseph Goebbes, and how he
alegedly beaten up by friends of German actor
whose Czech wife Goebbels supposed to be steal
ing away, is the most interesting for
UOeOOeLS eign affair now in the It may
T:J4 also serve to taper off, at least for a
time, Hter's most widely condemned
policy-his anti-Jewsh policy
Goebbels Hitler's minister of propaganda, was
the man whose radioed and printed fulmnations
touched off the storm of ant-Jewsh violence follow
ing the assassination of German diplomatic attache
in Paris by halfdemented Jewish boy. The world s
Mortified reaction Goebbes pogrom is said to have
angered Hitler greatly, and to have made him give
more attention to the comparatively moderate Her.
mann Goerngs warnings that Goebbels was going too
far This actress episode, if true, is likely to round
out the ascetc Hitler's disgust with Goebbels.
We don't know of course how it will all turn out.
But would it be poetic justice something if little
Czech actress should prove instrumental in showing
Hitler the cruel folly of trying to rub out part of his
own people!
Anyway Happy New Year.
The Washington times., 1938-12-31
GAS a Good CothOLic''

AS a good Catholic I am
ashamed Of what Father Cough.
lin is doing each Sunday on the
radio.
I have tried to analyze his
speeches since he started. I have
never yet heard him voice one
Christian utterance; nothing
but abuse and name calling.
VINCENT K.
The Washington times., 1938-12-31

Sir WllmOttS Deautltul voice.
Now when the other New
Year Eve-the wrong one
comes along tonight I shall eat
The Washington times., 1938-12-31
Last Day of the Year

vVVHE consensus seems to be that 1888 was sort of
l. betwixt-and between year-not good, not bad.
You don't hear many people either cheering boong
IL, it makes its exit
@AOOUI Business rotten when 1888 began, busi-
1929 is fair now, and most business
pect it to get better in 1889. Hitler grabbed
Austria and part of Czechosovakia but Japan didn't lick
China Richard Whtney's conviction served to renew
wholesome popular post1929 warness of playing the
stock market and the episode put another
crmp in the old American tendency to believe in self
professed wizards and wonder workers. 1888 had its
downs, but it also had its ups.
Maybe we're feeling unduy optimistic; but it does
to this spectator that 1888 is ending in near
sunburst of pleasant Here is some of it,
BUSINESS
Electric power output one of the basic indicators of
mass consuming power we'll of business health, hit
new record high during the week ended December "a.
Total output $685. 2947,-
Ihe Forecast: 900 kwh.; and that 1880
Fair and Warmer for n 1oa7 :e '"'''' "''N 'Op"'
Engineering construction awards for the week ended
December "a came to S5951OOOO. We're still depending
pretty heavily public constructon-oo heavily, in the
view of those who fear Government encroachments on
private busness-but at least we're keeping at work
and materials in circulation.
The dollar volume of department store sales some
what higher for the four weeks before Christmas than
year ago; automobile orders doing fine.
POLITICS
It seems pretty we'll in the bag that the President will
appoint Ex-Governor Frank Murphy of Michigan Attor-
ney General to succeed Homer S. Cummings who is re-
signing because he feels he
MUTPNy7ONPTeNe has worked long enough for
no,,r4 PoT;of the Government at COM
paratively modest salary.
You may may not like the way Murphy flattered
and peed and caoed both sides in the dynamiteoaded
Michigan auto strikes couple of years But the net
result of his efforts that boodshed avoided Such
should have the proper temperament for the Ator
ney Generals office We need less judicial
mind in that ob not who is either too anxious
>too unwilling for the Government to all its powers
Murphy's expected appointment looks good.
So, too does the that the President will most
likely appoint to the late Supreme Court JUS
tice Cardozo from the ranks of lower Federal court
judges who have shown merit their present benches
It's good news too, that the Administration is plan
ming to offer its scheme for reorganizing Federal
relief rather than wait for Congress to build fire
der it. To keep abuses under reasonable CONTROL relief
should be periodically looked into and shaken up.
It is refreshing TO the Roosevelt Administration
preparing to be reasonable and cooperative in nation
wide relief look-see.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
The report about DR.. Joseph Goebbes and how he
allegedy beaten up by friends of German actor
whose Czech wife Goebbels supposed to be steal
The Washington times., 1938-12-31
The Inquiring.
Photographer
The Washington Times IN.
vltes you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used In this column
THE QUESTION
What New Year resolutions
have you decided to make?
THE ANSWERS

Mrs. Alice Mandes, 1900 block
Howard st. N. W.. stenogra-
nhor.
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The Forecast:
Fair and Warmer
POLITICS

1t pretty we'll in the bag that the President wi
appoint Ex-Governor Frank Murphy of Michigan Attol
new General to succeed Homer S. Cummings, who is n
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Anyway, Happy New Year.
(From the New York Daily Newsl
The Valley settler., 1938-12-30
IIOlEl!AFTRs lEET

The Mcunta in Vi ew Homomc.lCors' Club hold it's monthly meeting at the homo of Mrs. r Henry, and cons idoring that it Wu5 0 Thursday, had a very fino cttendoncoo Thank you dll. Besides {. very long business meeting, during which 'wo discussed Chris trlds preparations, and hot lunch plons, wo 1oornod the worry simple art Of condlo- w;cking, vi tn Miss Zimmerman doing the demons trating.
 We had Hrs. Goorg as special visitor. Hrs. II. Gorshr1o1 rec coivod somo very useful and beautiful shUwor gifts. Tho Emitting Roll call co-ao way up beyond my fondost hopes. Keep it up. Don't forget that the aoxt meeting takes up iIoat Subs titutos and Hrs. lOm is the loader. The meeting will be at the home O. Mrs. A. Carson and tho 6oto has boon changed as you know, to tic third Wednesday in tho month of January.. the 18th, in case you hovon't one Of those swonly nov calendars vot.
The Valley settler., 1938-12-30
LOCALS

Mir. Howard Van Vornor and family left on today' boat train for Seward. Mr.. Yen Tormor, occomponio cd by his parents expects to make his homo in the state of Washington.
 l-r. Harold (Fritz) IIormon, son of Jack Hormon has established homo for hims elf and his brido on tho tract formerly occupied by Frod Johnson. Hiss Kay Kennedy, woll-lnovn Alaska newspaper woman, is spending a feu days in Palmer.
 Mir. Jack o'Connor, Game Warden, was in the lhtonusk ka Valley during the past week.
The Valley settler., 1938-12-30
COLLECTION POLICY EXPLAINED


 Numerous inou3 ries have been received by the Disburs ing Office with regard to tie col1ectio on policies recently established by the Alaska Rural Re- Mobilization Corporation, especially in connection with deductions mace on the checks of those Colon3s sts on the payroll of the Alaska Rural 2ehabili- totion Corporation.
 Mir. 0sseward announces that payroll deductions will cont inue to Dc made, where substantial voluntary naynents prior to pay days are not made by either Colonist or non-Colonist employees Of the a.R.R.C.
 The present basis of payroll deduction will be e-quarter of each check or more until all due obl igationa are paid. Where one's capacity to pay more, is evidenced, a greater porcpntare of collection may be deducted. This policy is conditi on of employment vi tn the A1asl-a Rural Pehabi1 itation Corporation and differs in no way from it's application to non-Co- onis ts empl loyod by the Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation. The Disbursing cffice feels that regular inotollmont payments should be -ad6, in rroport on to ones ability .== to pay, and ,wton this :s not done voluntarily, it will be accomplished by tho Office. This offico also foels that the opportunity Of Colonis ts to pay their ob1 igati ons through employment by the A.3.R.C. is a privilege. As many positions as possible are being classified Part-time employment, in order that system of employment rotation may be ins titutod, where by greater number of Colonists may be privileged to pay their obligatio ons through ompl oynont with the A.R.R.C.
The Washington times., 1938-09-29
Sell-Out Fared

SeLL"OUt area
It's feelings are painfully mingled
relief and suspicion, for while the
war may be put off by the con-
ference, the Munich gathering is
believed here likely to result in
what Prague's "man-in-the-street"
calls another sell-out."
Both common and uncommon
men here mean by that phrase, uni
versally current in Prague, that
Prime Minister Neville Chamber
lain and Premier Edouard Dal'
adler, now facing the horrible
reality of a worldwide conflag
aration, may prefer to sacrifice
this country yet further and FIND
Q way to save their own faces while
giving Hitler all he wants.
Strangle-hold to throttle the ma
tional existence of Czechoslo
Vakia.
Higher quarters analyze the sit
uation in two ways.
The first of these is that By
bringing the four powers together
at Munich, Hitler has achieved
three great successes
He has made the British
and French war preparations
look like a bluff.
BY elimination of the
Soviet Union from the current
conference, he has laid the basis
for his deepest political aim
to isolate Russia entirely.
3-By getting Premier Musso-
lini to sit at his side opposite
Chamberlain and Daladier, he
has made a doubtful ally an al
most certain one.
AS a result of these three sue
cesses, as Prague sees it, HitleI
will be so strengthened that h
will insist upon receiving his ut
most demands.
Leaders Fearful
Sober Czech observers, takin;
the second analysis, empha5iz
Hitler's palpable desire to clim'
down and avoid hopeless wal
They also note the weight of tn
British and French public agains
giving Hitler more than he wa
promised at BerchtesgadeH,
All agree that the four mel
meeting at Munich have on
thing In common-tear.
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Continued from Page IL
participation, but the moral force
of the United States was almost a
living embodiment as Chancellor
Hitler Of Germany, Prime Minis
ter Chamberlain Of Great Britain,
Premier Mussolini Of Italy and
Premier Daladier of France be-
gan their historic conversations.
For no doubt remained in a
cheering world that the heroic ef-
forts Of President Roosevelt to
persuade Reichsfuehrer Hitler to
settle his demands for the Su.
deten Germans by peaceful nego.
tiation, rather than with thun-
dering artillery, had been of vital
effect at the moment war seemed
inevitable.
President Roosevelt and Secre'
tary of State Hull-the whole
nation-were supremely confident
today as the Munich conference
got under way. The tension that
had reached the swapping point
in the Nations Capital this week
was gone, and hope had dispelled
the pervading pessimtsm and
gloom of wars hideous threat.
There was optimism in the
The Washington times., 1938-09-29

A member of the Lincoln-Wash.
ington battalion of the Tnterna-
tional Brigade fighting with the
government army on the River
Ebro front, the 24-year-old Lard
ner led two companions out by
night to establish contact with a
platoon of the brigade farther
up the line.
Lardner's companions said they
we're left behind, while he went
on ahead. The survivors said in
a few seconds they heard rifle
shots, the burst of hand grenades,
and shouts. One of the voices was
Lardner's.
Lardner was the last loss of the
American Brigade. Shortly after
wards, it was moved back to a
reserve position back of the Erbo
River salient, preparatory to de-
mobilization
The young American went to
Spain as a reporter for an Ameri-
can newspaper in Paris. Soon he
joined tine International Brigade,
and was wounded near Gandesa
on July 27. He returned to the
front lines September 6.