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The Washington times., 1938-02-25
A Healthy Experiment

TOR YEARS physicians and aymen have agreed
l. something should be done to place the blessings
of modern medical science within the reach of the great
middle classes.
Unfortunately, constructive action toward bridging
the gap between people of comfortable means who are
able to pay and people of small MEANS at
ALL who receive medical free has been obstructed
in the past by controversy the evils of socaized
medicine.
This controversy swept into Washington when the
Home Owners Loan Corporation
HOLC Program established Group Health Asso-
Causes q ROU citation, Inc, which offered al
most unlimited medical care to
its members for relatively small monthly fee
Now, the District of Columbia Medical Society is
perfectng plan for voluntary group health insurance
which the medical profession believes will eliminate
many of the weaknesses it in such organizations
as Group Health Association
Washington is fortunate in having an organization
of physicians eager to put their skill within reach of
all who need them The society deserves commendation
and support for its program.
The Washington times., 1938-02-25

a Nom m Dad!
WE HAVE" says Principal
James S. Lacy, "A PARENTS
PROBLEM - NOT A YOUTH
PROBLEM" Just like that
and you can take it or leave it!
During my 20 years expert
ence with children, I find them
invariably reflecting our own
qualities for good or evil.
Life's beautiful blossoms-cour.
tesy, self-reliance, persistence,
reverence of beauty and nobil-
ity-these grow in the garden
of Youth when and If that gar.
den is tended by adults with
the same qualities. OUR Chill
DREN ARE AS FINE, AS
STRONG AS THE EXAMPLE
WE OURSELVES SET.
I'm our school, my teachers
and I refuse to be dictators.
We make partners of our pu-
pils-and a glorious adventure
of LIVING. We know there is
no magic in MERE LEARNING
-. nor in servile imitation. So
we do not put our faith in
preachments-nor the big sticks.
We try to help our boys and girls
shape their own fine codes
make their own decisions and
learn to abide by them.
"InStead of doing all their
thinking for them until they
are groDn, and then blaming
or puniShing them because they
are weak, irresponsible. lacking
in balance and consideration
for others, tDe help. our children
to dndlyse and eDGluGte their
acts as they go Glong-to face
their failure or success, and
determine the reasons and re.
suits.
"When they blunder, Ue neUer
quarrel, nag or punish. NO
ERROR WAS EVER COR
RECTED BY FORCE OR
FEAR. We simply help them
finds ways to correct their mis-.
takes and plan their programs
better. So they learn, naturally
and Without compulSion, that
THE THOUGHTFUL LIFE is
MOST SATISFACTORY.
THE so-called youth prob
lem is actually a problem of
parents and teachers facing
their primary responsibility
that is, of helping children
learn Self-determination, self
The Washington times., 1938-02-25
British Labor for War?

The stock market has been showing strength and
optimism ever since Anthony Eden resigned British
Foreign Secretary. This upturn is attributed by mar
rLo D4 ket observers to a general feeling that
Neville Chamberlain, by agreeing to
BACKS Eden dicker with the dctators, will avert
European war for time at least.
A year two or five from now seems preferable
to now Yet the British Labor Party cheftans
out with manifesto demanding firm stand against Hit
er and Mussoni, and trading with either. That
Edens policy and that policy leading England toward
war.
We can't explain this warlke attitude of British Labor.
Traditionay it has been the upper crust conservatives
who have wanted and the working people who have
not wanted to send their out to do the real fighting
prvaes. The reversal is too deep for We only
marvel at it.
From the New York; Daily News)
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is making, did you folks ever
stop to think this country is
just like a rundown farm or
business, and you all know you
cannot take a rundown place Of
business or farm and put 1t up
in first-class shape or on a
good paying basis in a short
time or long time without
spending some money on i'm
provements and modernization.
M. s.
The Washington times., 1938-02-25
DON'T CrolDn Hin,

In every Government office
you will find at least one gossipy
trouble-maker, who is constantly
prying into other peoples af-
fairs. However, it is best to over
look this type of person, as the
psychopathist tells us he is an
introvert, with an advanced In
feriority complex; in other
words, a mental case. So don't
crown him, as you might like
to do. U. S. EMPLOYE.
The Washington times., 1938-02-25
Sacrifice Needed

We learned that we could not
get out Of the last depression
by saving. We had to spend to
get out. Now we learn that we
cannot get out Of debt by bor-
rowing, but why does it take us
so long to learn2 Are we that
stupid? Can't some Of our high
priced public servants figure
those things out much quicker
The Washington times., 1938-02-25

"Y e S. I'd
like to find
the fountain
of youth and
stay you n g
re er. I
don't exactly
dread grow
ing old, that
is, I'm n OF
really fright
ened at the
idea, but I
hate to think
The Washington times., 1938-02-25

"I dom t
mind growing
old graceful
ly. After all,
when I am
older I shall
have greater
knowledge of
life in general
and just be-
cause I shall
be older does
n o t m e a n
that I will not
The Washington times., 1938-02-25

old age? You
can't hold it
b a C K. It's
S o m e t h ing
that is inevi-
table. In a
way, knowing
that you will
be old some
day is an in
S pi ration to
work hard in
youth in or
der to pre-
The Washington times., 1938-02-25

much happi-
ness in old
age, especial
ly if one is
h e alt hy. I
rather enjoy
looking for
ward to the
tim e when
my daughter
is a young
lady, and I
even look for
ward to the
The Washington times., 1938-02-25

enjoy life. Everyone looks for
ward to a home and a happy
family and one has to grow
older to get these things"
X X
Mrs. Charles Millard, of Hart
ford, Conn, visiting in D. c.:
mo. There can be just as
The Washington times., 1938-02-25

great deal 10
look forward
to in ones
old age. 1t is
only in old
a ge t h a t
many people
re a ize and
e n j JOY their
a c c o mpuSn"
m e n t S. It
t es the
greater part
or all OF a
The Washington times., 1938-02-25
. MAIZE MEHRL1CH.
Extends Us Best Wishes

AS an honest and loyal citi-
zen Of this city, I extend my
sincere gratitude and best
wishes to The Washington Times
for its kindness to dumb animals
who are left homeless.
ARTHUR SUNDERMAN.
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old age is in
S e C urity. A
young person
has a better
c h a nee for
e m p loyment
than one past
m i d d lie age,
B e S i d e S , a
young fellow
can a b or b
m a ny more
hard knocks.
I think very
The Washington times., 1938-02-25
Traffic Toll

The list Of traffic victims in
the District of Columbia since
January /, 1888, is graphically
shown by the death watch.
The Washington times., 1938-02-25

few people would dread the ap-
proach of old age if they knew
they could retire with financial
security"
X i
Miss Grace Oreto, 2525 Penn
sylvania Ave. N. W., cigarette
girl.
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pleasure of grandchildren. With
this outlook I certainly do not
dread old age"
+
Roy Sanders, Franklin Park
Hotel, dancer:
What Is the use of dreading
The Washington times., 1938-02-25

about losing youth, health and
vitality. AS one grows older and
takes on responsibilities with
the years, life becomes a greater
struggle, and it is harder for one
to get along"
X 4 4
Leo Lisee, 1929 Massachusetts,
Ave. N. W., salesman:
THE only thing I dread about
The Washington times., 1938-02-25
LISTEN, WORLD!
By Elsie Robinson
copyright, 1898, King Features Syndicate. 1nc)
WE HAVE PARENT PROBLEM

IRON the principals office of Dayton Heights Ele-
l. mentary School comes upper-cut with all the
authority of Joe Louis behind it. Another one OF
those Oldsters' Comments the Younger Generation
But oolala-what headache it's going to give many
The Washington times., 1938-02-25

persons youth to get what he
wants, things to be happy about
when he Is old"
The Washington times., 1938-02-25
The Inquiring.
Photographed
The Washington Times in
vites you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used in this column.
THE QUESTION
Do you dread old age?
THE ANSWERS

Miss Eleanor Williams, 1851
Emerson st. N. E., stenogra-
pher:
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People
BY F. Romsr
w. J. LOCKE

CELEBRATED for his
~ fine novels, and q
model of excellent dress.
Locke professed to feel
real pain upon the slight
est whiff Of perfume. A
scent of magnolia or wis
terra in summers heat
gave him a sense Of suf-
location.
Copyright. 1898. By =. Romerl
The Washington times., 1938-02-25

pare for a secure and comfort
able old age"
\ +
Miss Margaret Kline, 223
Ingraham st. N. W.:
ST do not. I think there is a
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-12-22

TOpsy Turvy World
Customer-Isn't the price rath-
er high for such a little pillow?
Shop Assistant-Well, you see,
madam, down is now up.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-12-22
Temperament and Magnetism Keynote to
Success on Stage, According to Expert

To succeed on the stage, one must
have temperament. There is dis
tinction between this and intelli-
gence, says Daniel Frohman in En-
core.
To illustrate: The great Rachel in
her youth had to have the subtleties
of some of her leading roles ex-
planned to her by her stage man.
ager. But when they were made
apparent she illustrated every nook
and Granny of the part she was
impersonating with her tremendous,
luminous dramatic nature.
Temperament is like electricity.
Perhaps it is the same. We can
tell what it is like, what its manifes-
tations are, yet we cannot clearly
define it. Perhaps it is nearer akin
to the subtle quality called genius
than is intelligence. 1t seems to
be the faculty Of knowing things
without learning them.
Crudely speaking, it is the power
to grasp, to sympathize, to respond,
the quality that enables one to iH-
carnate the outline or sketch of
the authors fancy, to reach out into
ether, as it were, and draw there
from definite human being of flesh
and blood. Of emotions and pas
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-12-22

seams on the right side. Trim
close to this stitching, turn the
bag inside out and stitch the
seams again so that the raw edges
are covered. Punch a small hole
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The Coolidge examiner., 1938-12-22
We Must Eat

We Must Eat
He arrived home to find his
young wife weeping bitterly.
''What's the trouble, my dear?"
he asked.
"Boo-hoo," she wept, "the
cooked meat shop is moving from
the corner"
"Never mind" he said, gently,
"we can move too, you know!"
Customer Ito head waiter)-
Just as a matter of curiosity, did
the waiter who took my order
leave any family?
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-12-22

scrub with the team drawing fire
wood. 1t was two o'clock but the
dusk was fast gathering in the val
ley. Before Heather's double tent,
ind-breaked with a brush barrier
filed in with snow, and heated with
the portable folding stove, Alan and
the girl stood talking. Framed in
the wolf-hair rim of the hood of her
caribou parka, her cheeks flushed by
the exercise in the singing air and
her violet eyes brilliant with health,
she drew Alan Cameron as a mag
net draws steel. Never since that
walk on the barren, when he had
told her what she had come to mean
to him, had Heather allowed Alan
to talk to her alone, until this day
when they had gone back on the
frozen tundra for ptarmigan. And
through the two hours that their
shoes etched their webbed trail on
the snow, she had refused to listen
when he started to talk Of what
lay deep in his heart. So he had
given it up and now stood looking
down into her anxious eyes.
II haven't told you, Alan, that
I've had another terrible dream, "
she said. II can't throw it off. 1t
hauntS mel"
There's nothing in dreams,
Heather"
But this one was so vivid. Poor
Napayo came to warn me. He talked
in his native tongue and l couldn't
understand him. But he pointed to
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-12-22

his wounds, and his face-oh, / can't
forget his poor battered face, just
as you found him, Alan. There was
such agony in it, He tried so hard
to make me understand.
Deeply moved, the girl stood, her
eyes starry with tears, as she talked
there in the bitter air to the man
who loved her. With a rush of ten
derness that swept him off his feet,
he took her, unresisting, into his
arms.
You must not think of 1.-THE
dream!" he murmured, trembling.
Nothing is going to happen to us,
Heather! Nothingl l love you! 1 love
you'll"
He kissed her cheek, her mouth.
Sobbing she clung to him, madly
returning his kisses. Then, as if
waking from a dream, she broke
from his arms.
'Oh, what am 1 doing? What am
doing?" she cried. You're only
trying to forget herl You're lonely
and trying to forget her!"
I've long since forgotten her.
I've loved you, Heather, for months!
Won't you believe me? Won't you?"
They heard the voices of the men
returning with the dogs. 81 love
you," he said, huskily. Some day
you'll believe me! Some day you'll
know!"
Two days later, when the early
November dusk hung in the spruce
forest of the terraces below the
Moaning Gorge, the dog team pull
ing the sled load of frozen meat
angled down off the tundra, and fol-
lowed the ice-hard trail through the
scrub to the camp. The absence of
two days had seemed long to Alan,
companioned by the memory of
Heather's kisses and her circling
arms.
AS they approached the tents
from the rear, the dogs broke into a
trot and Alan called. Hello there!"
There was no response. No flick
er of light from the supper fire in
front of the mems tent stabbed the
murk of the circling spruce.
They must have been hunting
back on the barren and are late
reaching camp" suggested Alan.
AS the team neared the tents, No
els black brows knotted. His ap-
prehensive eyes wandered back and
forth, striving to pierce the gloom.
Suddenly the dogs became dis.
turbed, shifting the air and whining.
by gar, something happen here!"
whispered the Indian. ''Eet look
YER strange!"
Tortured by fear of what CHASTITY
discovery the dusk-filled camp con.
cealed, Alan approached the tents.
Again he called: "John!-Heath.
er! Are you there?"
The sound Of stertorous breathing
and muffied moan answered from
the dusk-shrouded tents.
God! Did you hear that? Some.
things happened! Heather! Heath
er!" he cried Where are you?"
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-12-22
First Incandescent Light

The first electric incandescent
lamp of practical value was invent
ed on October 81, 1879, by Thomas
Alva Edison. After 13 months of ex-
perimenting, says the Philadelphia
Inquirer, he discovered the carbon
lied cotton filaments and produced
lamp to burn 40 hours. The first
demonstration was held on Decem-
Der 20, 1879. Patent papers on this
invention were granted to him jan
uary q, 1880. First public demon
stration was held December 81,
1879, and the Pennsylvania railroad
ran special trains for it to Menlo
Park, N. J.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-12-22

sions. 1t manifests itself in what is
called personal magnetism, a
charm that makes the audience feel.
An ignorant woman may possess
it IN marked degree, while to
Well-bred, highly educated girl it
may be wholly foreign. In every
social set or village may be found
at least one man or woman dis
tinctly gifted with magnetism. 1t
may be the quality of being low
able. At any rate, it will be found
frequently that such a one is a
leader.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-12-22
Make This Useful
Bog on q Hanger
By RUTH WYETH SPEARS

THIS bag has been a great sue
cess. Several others can be
made for different purposes. They
are good to hang in the closet or
the sewing room for patterns or
small equipment. When travelling
1 find a little bigger one perfect
for laundry. The size shown here
requires 3s yard of bright ticking.
You will notice in the sketch that
French seams are used. This
makes the first stitching of the
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-12-22
Or What?

Police Sergeant-Give the pris-
oner a bath and clap him in irons.
Crook-Gosh! First was col
Jared, now I'm being washed and
ironed. Is this a police station or
a laundry?
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-12-22
AT GOLDFISH BALL

"You say he belongs to the cod
fish aristocracy. Where did you
meet him?"
cat the fish ball, of course!"
The Washington times., 1938-06-30
Had Wild Pdrty
In TQUern

NEW YORK, June 80 G.N.s).
Two "neighborhood pals" were
sought today as detectives probed
the strangulation of 24-year-old
Rita Bonfigilio at the peak Of q
drinking party in her apartment.
The youths are said to have
been in the company Of Mrs. Bon
figilio, who was estranged from
her husband, shortly before her
blood-spattered body, with an
empty whisky bottle nearby, was
found in her apartment. Police
said they learned Rita was drink
ing with two boys from the neigh.
borhood" at a tavern before going
home with them.
The Washington times., 1938-06-30
JEWS PROTEST.
BOYS HANGING
IN PALESTINE
British Troops Guard
Streets After Riots

JERUSALEM, June 30 Q.N.S0.
Armed with bayonets, military
and police reserves patrolled Jeru-
salem and other Holy Land trou-
BILE centers today following vio-
lent mass demonstration against
the hanging yesterday of Solomon
Ben Yosef, 18-year-old Jew, for fir
ing at an Arab-owned bus.
Martial law was reinforced in
Arab-Jewish areas and a strict cur
few was enforced here.
Order was restored to Jerusalem
after thousands streamed through
the streets in angry protest against
the execution Of the Jewish youth,
the first Jew to be hanged under
the British mandate over Pales-
tine.
The youth himself went to his
death exhorting Zion reviSioniSts
to continue their resistance. He
was hanged despite the fact his
bullets, aimed at the bus, caused
no casualties.
The Washington times., 1938-06-30
Retires at II
W. H. BeGL II Years
With Agriculture

Concluding AZ years. service
with the Department of Agricul-
ture, Walter Henry Beal, II, ex.
reriment station administrator,
retfreS today.
A native Of Hanover county,
Va, and a graduate of Virginia
Polytechnic Institute, Beal was
appointed to the Department of
Agriculture in 1891, three years
after the office of experiment
stations was established.
A member of the editorial staff
nf Experiment Station Record, he
has been a frequent contributor
to encyclopedias, yearbooks and
other reference books.
His coworkers will present him
With a chair today, when he leaves
his office for the last time.
The Washington times., 1938-06-30
21-Hour Week
AFL Aide Predicts
One By 1868

U.N.SJ. In 1858 the work
week will be cut to 81 hours, Frank
Morrison, secretary of the Ameri.
can Federation of Labor, predicted
today.
During the period from 1896
to 1929" he said, the Interna-
tional Typographical Union has,
through proper organization, re-
duced their working hours from
SO to a 40-hour week, and in
creased wages from an $l8 mini
mum to S57. In another 20 or
80 years anticipate an average
working week Of 81 hours for all
labor and a substantial increase
in all wages"
The Washington times., 1938-06-30
Attorneys Study
JOhnstOn's Article

ROCHESTER, MINI, June 80
GN.SD-From the sick bed Of
James Roosevelt, eldest son and
secretary Of the President, came
the first statement today in reply
to a magazine article by Alva
Johnston dealing with his pur-
ported earnings as an insurance
salesman. 1t said:
Mr.. Roosevelt has read the
article. He naturally is indig-
nant over certain outright mis-
representations. It is impossible
to ascertain what further
steps, if any, can be taken, but
he has requested his attorneys
to consider the matter for fur
ther conference. Until that time
there will be no further COM
ment."
The Washington times., 1938-06-30
Boy Servers Win
Prizes Over Girls

SACRAMENTO, Cal, June 30
Q.NSO-A couple of regular fell
lows invaded the Roseville city
park sewing Contest-ordinarily
exclusive to girls and walked off
with first and second prizes.
The youthful masculine needle
and thread artists. Wayne Hunter
and ]. S. Whitehead, turned in the
neateSt and most carefully worked
articles.
The Washington times., 1938-06-30
NaZi Political Court
May Try Schuschnigg

German would be left in the Aus
triau Nazi party organization.
He would be the only Reich Ger
man government official left in
the Austrian administration,
Buerckel pointed out.
The Washington times., 1938-06-30
JAPANESE SEIZE.
MATANC FORT IN.
HANKOW DRIVE.
Capital in Grave Peril
As Chinese Retreat -

SHANGHAI, June 30 G.N.SO.
Nippons military steam roller
pushed on Toward Hankow, Gen.
Chang Kai Shek'S provisional
capital, today as Chinese troops
finally abandoned their positions
at Matane after putting up fierce
resistance.
IMPERILS HANKOW
Fall Of the powerful Chinese
forts at Matang on the Yangtze
River valley was considered a
grave threat to the safety of Han
kow. Hundreds Of foreigners al
ready have evacuated that city.
The Chinese army of some 200,-
900 men retreated from the shell.
battered Matang defenses after a
bitter three-day battle. Late today
the japanese were reported ocCu-
pying the forts. which are but 1875
miles east of HankoW.
BOOMS SHELLED
At the same time, Nipponese
warplanes and artillery continued
to blast the boom thrown across
the river at Matang to open a
path for warshipS to proceed up
the river against Hankow.
Thousands were reported slain
or wounded while the Matang
battle was in progress. Heaviest
casualties were suffered by the
Chinese under incessant aerial
and naval bombardments.
The Washington times., 1938-06-30
Corn Beef Worse
Peril Than Bullets

FORT WORTH, Tex, June 30
GN.sD.-Joseph Knapp, Of Gal
weston, attending the annual re-
union here of the Texas Division.
Span1sh-American War Veterans,
says he didn't mind the fighting
so much-but oh! that corned
beef.
Il had bullets playing a tune
around my ears for eight months
while I served a detail Of four
hours on and four hours off. But
I still say that my closest call
was that corned beef" comments
Knapp.
The Washington times., 1938-06-30
SLEUTHS AWAIT
BABS' HUSBAND

LONDON. June 80 QN.S0. q.
Scotland Yard detectives, it wsS
understood, today were stationed
at principal airports and railway
stations on the look-ou for Count
Court Haugwitz-R z-Reventlow.
The Count, according to Paris
advices, left today for England TO
face a warrant for his arrest is
sued by the Countess, the former
Barbara Hutton. Kurt probably
will be taken Immediately to Bow
Street police court.
If he arrives tonight, he will be
charged under the warrant, and
released on bail until tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1938-06-30
CROWN PRINCE
RESTING We'll

NEW YORK, June 80 QN.S).
Condition Of Crown Prince Gustav
Adolf Of Sweden, in a hospital here
f r treatment Of a kidney ailment,
was described today as excellent.
The crown prince must remain at
the hospital for a few days for OBJ
servation, it was said, and his
further participation in the sched-
uled programs must remain in
doubt
The Washington times., 1938-06-30

BERLIN, June 30 Q.N.SO. .
That Kurt Schuschnigg, deposed
chancellor Of Austria, may be
brought to trial before a Nazi
court, was hinted today by JOS
eph Buerckel, NaZi commissioner
for Austria, in statement at vi
enna. Announcing, according to
the German official news agency,
that $3.50 political prisoner"
are still being detained, Buerckel
insisted that Schuschnigg was still
in Vienna.
HALF ARE JEWS
OF the $3.50 under arrest,
Buerckel said, half were Jews. A
total Of $50 have been transferred
to the Dachau concentration camp
in Germany.
Buerckel, according to the
agency, flatly denied reports
Schuschnigg had married his
fiancee. Countess Vera Fugger Won
Babenhausen, by proxy after his
arrest.
AUSTRIA SELF.RULE
The commissioner also sought to
refute charges Austria had been
'PruSsianized." BY August !, he
said, not a single former Reich