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The Washington times., 1938-09-12

masquerading midstream In
the East River under the SNUG
new name of Welfare Island.
Carlyle Blackwell told me
about it-Carlyle, with the
plume Of white In his dark
hair like the spume Of foam
on Q waves crest--who in the
silent cinema days, was the
Tyrone Power and the Clark
Gable and the Enrol Flynn. too.
he toyed with q tall glass at
. table In the Chatham's
Gwanky backward. In the glass
The Washington times., 1938-09-12

Confident that the new liberal
trend Of the court will continue,
however. New Deal leaders vel
come the approach of the new
term of court as a means of OBJ
tanning the stamp Of constitution
ality on many Of the AdmtniStra-
tion's acts.
The court, it appeared, will open
without the appointment of q
successor to Associate Justice Ben
jamin Cardozo, who died during
the summer. President Roosevelt,
it is believed, will delay the ap-
pointment until the new session
of Congrss opens in January, be-
cause the Senate must confirm his
appointee.
The court again will be under
command Of Chief Justice Charles
Evans Hughes, who, despite his
76 years, is reported to be in ex-
cellent health and vigor. ASSo-
ciate Justice Louis D. Brandies,
who will reach his eighty-second
birthday in November, will aid the
chief justice in guiding the tribu-
nal.
Outstanding cases before the
court include:
ConStitutionality of power ex,
panSion and "yardStick" program
of Tennessee Valley Authority.
Case likely to be argued in No
Vember.
Appeal Of Thomas j. Mooney,
noted labor prisoner, for review
of his conviction and life sentence
The Washington times., 1938-09-12

no cause but that Of truth and which viii recog-
nt2e no master but justice.
'"TheSe times, 1t seems to me, demand above
all else truth in the news, for it is q corollary
Of our democracy that the public can be de-
their true value II facts are presented as facts
and opinions as opinions. each in its true light.
We are governed by public opinion. We cannot
lay too much stress on the Importance Of truth
IN news. I have faith in the American press,
The Washington times., 1938-09-12
Police Halt Sea
Career" Of 7 Youths

Fear that two 15-year-old Wash
ington youths had run away to
sea" was diSpelled today and the
boys were being detained at Fred
erick, Nd, after q short inland
voyage"
The lads are Calvin B. Scott,
1923 B st. s. E., and Albert C.
Triplett, of 439 Tenth st. 8. w.
They disappeared Friday and their
parents asked police aid to stave
off the suspected sea journey.
The Washington times., 1938-09-12

the Brooklyn Daily Eagle,
which, passing through
troublous times, has been re-
Organized to carry on its great
traditions.
The subject Of the letter was
'sFree Press" It dwellS upon
Roosevelt'S faith In . free
press. His views expressed
therein are these:
by Q free press I mean q
press that is untrammeled by
prejudice and unfettered by
selfish bias, which win serve
The Washington times., 1938-09-12

was Q mixture Of several ingredients-and rum.
It made Carlyle nostalgic-homesick for place
that isn't home for him at all-for he was raised
IN Syracuse.
Discovered Island On Cruise
"Tve lived" he said, "in London and in Paris,
in Berlin and in Hollywood, in New York and IN
Connecticut, at Cap Ferat where could fish from
my window in the Mediterranean-in the Greek
Islands and the Thousand Islands-but there IS
only one place for me-and call 1t my island
Carlyle Blackwell Island"
lie discovered" 1t when, after II glorious, lazy.
IL loafing days on leisurely tramper the patch
Of land loomed off the starboard bow-SS miles
N. N. e. of Trinidad, IL degrees off the Equator.
The island has o white population Of 48 native
population of which there never has been
census, And it has hotel-the Robinson Cr0Soe
Hotel.
'You may live in luxury in the hotel for q
couple of dollars day." Blackwell said, "and the
roast pork Is something to stir pang when you're
thousands of miles away from where 1t Is being
served In the Robinson CruSoe Hotel For the pigs
are fed on cocoanuts. There is no poverty on
Blackwells Island-and no labor trouble. You
hire q chef with hat and uniform for $5-a
month! skipper for your boat-without uni
form but with cap, including gold braid, VIII
The Washington times., 1938-09-12

There Is AlGOGys a Breeze
THE isle lies in the center Of the path Of the
4 Trade Winds which have been blowing ro-
nance around the world ever since men set sail
and long long before. So there is always breeze
except during unbearable days when the Winds
die down-and then both land and sea lie MeleSs
in dreary doldrums.
"The first time" sighed Carlyle, II went for
seven days-and stayed for seven months. Now
own place there and am buying 65tfoot ketch
with an auxiliary motor-and will make that the
home port. man could cruise the world in
stout boat like that with couple Of good pals to
lend hand"
GO now I know something about BlackwellS
~ Island-but it didn't occur to me until after
had left Carlyle-that he is not lazing in that
Paradise. He Is in Manhattan-and few weeks
ago he was in Hollywood. He was in Hollywood
looking for q picture-he is in Manhattan looking
for q play. And If he gets that picture or that
play, or both, am puzzled how they are to ut In
with his heavenly island and the stout 6S-tooter
with the auxiliary motor.
GO concluded this was nice little dream Of
~ BlackwellS-a fancy little Shangrila to tell
stories about-but found q map down here in
the office-and sure enough there is an island SS
miles NNE Of Trinidad, IL degrees of the
Equator On my map it is named Tobago. There's
q breeze blowing the map-sweeping in from the
river downstairs. Not the Trade Wfnds-but 1t
may be drifting from that other Blackweus
Island in the East River-where board costs
nothing-and pigs are not fed on oocoanuts.
The Washington times., 1938-09-12
Gas Fumes Overcome
Woman In Kitchen

Mrs. Mary Hazard, 81, of 1920
Tuckerman st. N. W., was recov-
ering today from the effects of
gas fumes inhaled in the kitchen
of her home last night.
The woman was found uncon-
SciouS by her son, Victor Marin
elli, 13, who returned home to dis
cover in the nick of time the
plight of his mother. She was
taken to Emergency Hospital.
The Washington times., 1938-09-12


talgic touch Of bygone trials.
Man and boy, we have lis
tened to o lot Of testimony
from handwriting experts. In
fact, we got to making some
rough estimates on the matter
last night, and figured that If
you took all the typewriter
transcripts Of the handwriting
testimony we have heard in our
time and laid them, not end to
end, but side by side IN rolls.
they would make q corduroy
bridge from here to Tasmania.
The Washington times., 1938-09-12
Hughes CO1sfeTS
With Judges to
Speed Courts

Before the United States
Supreme Court opens its new
term, Chief Justice Hughes
will meet with senior circuit
judges of the country to con-
slider the condition of dOcketS
in Federal courts and means
of speeding legal action in
them.
The Washington times., 1938-09-12


You might think that by now we ought to know
Q great deal about handwriting. That we would
have a complete knowledge Of shadingS and
pressure and ink splatters and all that sort of
business, considering that we have sat under
some Of the masters Of the art Of handwriting
exporting.
Unfortunately, we have never been able to
assimilate that sort Of information. It is partly
because we are Just dumb and partly because our
attention always wanders during the testimony Of
the experts.
We find ourSelf wondering if Juror No. 2 or S
or 8, as the case may be. is as bewildered by the
testimony as he looks. and what Juror No. II
would give to be home sleeping in his own bed
It is nearly always a safe bet that he would give
plenty.
Recalls Hall-Mills Trial
TT SOUNDED like the Hall-Adills trial over in
Somerville, N. j.. and the Hauptmann trial
at Remington, and Lloyd Fisher. who defended
Hauptmann was present in Justice Pecora's court
room to lend strength to the illusion, and District
Attorney Dewey confronted the defense hand
The Washington times., 1938-09-12
6 Justices 10 Open
Court October II
Roosevelt Delays Appointing Cardozo
Successor
By WILLIAM s. NEAL

QNS) An eight-man Supreme Court which for
term four weeks from today will again weigh New Deal
laws and policies of far-reaching importance.
The Washington times., 1938-09-12
SCORE SANITARY
co N MISS|ON
FOR POLLUTION
Groups Say Sewage
Is Health Menace

The Washington Suburban SAM.
tary Commission was roundly
scored today by the Conduit Road
advisory board, representative Of
five civic groups in the western
part of Montgomery county, for
polluting county streams with
raw untreated sewage.
This practice by the commits
sion was branded by the board S
affiliated organizations, the Brook
mont Civic League, Potomac Val.
ley Citizens Association. Glen
Echo Heights Citizens Associa.
ton and the Cabin John Park
Citizens Association. as q menace
to the health and well being of
the many residents Of this sec.
ton Of the county.
LETTER is SHOWN
In a letter to the sanitary com.
mission, C. H. Godbold, secretary
Of the board, declared:
This section of Montgomery
county, extending along the Po-
tomac River from the District
line to above Cabin John, has
long deplored the practice of
dumping raw sewage into
streams leading into the river
in this area.
THE most aggravating Of
these is the condition of Little
Falls Branch, which carries the
discharge from the Bethesda
Chevy Chase area, and also the
now abandoned Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal which is used to
some extent to take the dis
charge of raw sewage"
HEALTH MENACE
Golbold pointed out in his letter
that even above the Little Falls
Branch this Minnehaha Creek and
Cabin John Greek which at pres
ent do not carry so much sewage
discharge but building operations
IN the area surrounding them
indicate that within q short time
they will become a real health
menace unless steps are taken to
relieve the condition.
There are about 1000 homes
represented by his organization
Mr.. Goldbold declared, and while
they are naturally interested IN
seeing the polluted condition OF
streams in this area cleared up
they are q strong advocate oi
the move to clean up all of the
streams in the Washington Subur
ban Sanitary District. He added:
Therefore we urge that the
sanitary commission take ad-
vantage of Federal funds avail
able and obtain q PWA loan and
grant and clear up this condi-
ton Immediately"
The Washington times., 1938-09-12
Qualification Rare

FGLsificGtiOn Rare
WITH those ideals all Americans agree. They
" are simply the same ideals the American
press has preserved from the day Zenger battled
to establish them more than 100 years ago.
But. unfortunately, this seems to be yet an
other of those instances where the President
says one thing but does another.
Most newspapers do not deliberately and with
malicious intent falsify news. Their reporters
foE the most part report what they see and what
they hear. Few city editors deliberately twist
q story with the intent to lie. And. as far as it
is possible to search for and print the truth of
current events in this commercial world Ameri
can newspapers do better job than any other
nations press.
Mr.. Roosevelt mentions the word "facts"
Facts do not jibe with the nobility Of his written
thoughts in this letter.
He cries for preservation Of q free press but
one Of his favorite delights is to instruct White
House correspondents how their stories should
be written and where they belong in the paper
Copyright Ledger Syndieats)
The Washington times., 1938-09-12
Voice OfNew York By Louis Sobo1

cost you 81 month. There are three doctors on
the island-who rarely get paid-and who rarely
have patients-save ladies about to become
mothers"
The Washington times., 1938-09-12

EconyrRht 1888 King Features Syndicate Inc inter
national copyright ana all other rights ressrved)
nUR FRIENDS, the handwriting experts. are
" with us again. this time in the Hines trial.
w. rather Welcome their chatter. It has Q nos
The Washington times., 1938-09-12

THE OTHER AFTERNOON heard about
another Blackwell's Island-thousands of miles
distant from the more familiar mile Of sorrow
The Washington times., 1938-09-12
But" "

T AM intrigued immensely by letter from
Franklin D. Roosevelt to the new publisher
Of that famous and honorable old newspaper.
The Washington times., 1938-09-12

G0OURn ne says, WIN SOLue SAIAU AAG PoN
Just the same for his attendance.
Will Experts EUer Agree?
WHAT is the way it is with handwriting experts
= OF with experts ON anything else. for that
matter The experts on one side generally say
that the opinions Of the experts on the other side
are balderdash, or words to that effect We can
scarcely hope to live to see the day when an ex-
pert for the State will step up and report that the
contentious of the expert for the defense are
strictly okay.
We would like to see that happen because We
think we would Immediately see the confirming
expert tearing out the courtroom doors with his
counsel IN hot pursuit, and that would be o nice
newspaper story.
Now we want you to understand that we are
not belittling the handwriting experts. They are
generally honest men who have devoted years Of
study to their business and we have not the
slightest doubt that they sincerely believe in their
own findings.
Incidentally, the handwriting experts have
done some amazing work in the detection Of
crime through handwriting. 1t is true that there
is often a tremendous difference Of opinion
among them on a given piece of handwriting, but
you can find the same difference Of opinion
among doctors and lawyers and even newspaper.
men on proposition involving just opinion.
Handwriting exporting is admittedly not infalh
BILE, but it usually hits pretty close We once
submitted piece of handwriting that greatly
puzzled us to an expert and he identified it after
some investigation as our own, and we think
that was an astounding feat, especially as he
actually deciphered the writing.
The Washington times., 1938-09-12

(Boake CGrter's opinions are his oa1n and not
necessarily those Of The Washington TtnesJ
The Washington times., 1938-09-12
Says B0ake Carter

just as have faith IN the American people and
our democratic institutions"
The Washington times., 1938-09-12
Mrs. EUalyn Walsh McLeGn's col"
uun,n which appears daily in this space
Is being discontinued for a month
uphiLe che il 0uOay on OGcatiOn.
The Brighter Side ByDamon Runyon

writing expert with book Of the experts own
concoction called ''The Hand Of Hauptmann."
1t was mainly about the handwriting expert
testimony in the Pennington trial. This defense
expert was called In that trial as witness for the
State, but did not get on the witness stand.
though he says with some pride that he got paid
Just the same for his attendance
The Washington times., 1938-09-12
The News
Behind
By PAUL MALL0N

(world Copyright 1883, By King Fee
tures syndicate, An RightS Reserved.
ReproauctiOn In Full or In Part
Strictly PrOhiblted.)
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-26

attorney who helped argue the case
in Washington. today commented
that the decision is of extreme i'm
portance in the entire country.
Irrigation districts. drainage
districts and school subdivisions
which are in distress can now get
relief under the municipal bank
ruptcy act he said
The district, comprising 1920
acres. filed a petition for cOnfirma-
ton of a plan Tor readjuStment Of
its debts with the federal district
court, alleging that creditors own
ing about 81 per cent of the Sc
rurites affected had agreed to thr
plan.
The district proposed to pay
slightly less than so cents on the
dollar of the S1,635O00 of bonded
Indebtedness. Payment was to come
from an authorized reconstruction
finance corporation loan. The pro-
possl was attacked by a minority
group Of bondholders representing
9.5 per cent of the bonds.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-26

See who 1t is, VIII you, JOe?'
the bartender asked a customer
The customer went to the door
and opened it, closed it and came
back, fear shining in his eyes
Wordlessly, he put on his hat and
coat and slipped out the back way
The customers said Joe was act
ing funny and then they heard the
raps again The bartender went
to the door this time. He opened
it, closed it and came behind the
bar.
Il never drink on duty" he told
the customers, and there is
seal out there
One of the customers said he had
lived on Flatbush avenue all his
life and this never happened be-
fore said if you could get like that
without drinking what was the use
of drinking.
Tho bartender called The police.
10 whom this was IN old story.
Word went out to the radio cars
that Amos was loose again. fright
cnin9 drunkS. 1t was the fourth
time in four days that Amos had
slipped away from his tank in
Prospect Park zoo, which is a
quarter mile away from the Toll
Gate Bar and Grill.
Patrolman Thomas Corners. who
has been on the Seal roundup de
tail twice since Amos acquired
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-26

spring WanderluSt, called Patrick
Begley zoo attendant.
Amos is trying to get into a
saloon, he reported. Get some
nets before somebody does some
thing
Begley brought nets and the eX-
planation that Amos was not, strict
ly speaking, a seal He is a sea
lion, a year old, and came here
ten days ago from Catalina Island.
with his wife. Andy. Until early
today Andy was quiet home
body and did not join Amos in
his escapades. She escaped with
him this morning but. less agile
than her husband she was left be-
hind and was captured easily.
There are several theories as to
how he escapes. The water in his
tank is three feet below the top
of a stone wall and The wall is
topped by n 81 foot iron fence
Most prevalent theory is that Andy
has been giving Amos a boost and
that this morning Amos returned
the favor by extending a flipper
to Andy.
The zoo will build higher fence.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-26

The burden Of c-mhattiuC crime
rests inorr heavily urn mothers
and fathcrs than il does upon Off
crrs &C the lew. Big Francis Howell
of the Salvation Army irmer chap
lain fer al tie western prisons,
decIare in II Centre Tuesday.
"THueatiOn carn~t b the an
swor." the b~igadier said. Il have
seen SOS CT university men, hi~hlv
educated. in priSon for crimes lust
as regrettahlc as thCSH committed
by men with scarcely any education
at all. Tho MY SClutien. as I see
il. is emrhaS'S unCn character bnild-
ing durinc childhood"
Brigadicr Howell was i'm FL Centre
this week IN conduct special services
nichtiy at IN Salvation Army tenn
pic On Broadway. He will he here
until Saturday.
The brigsdicr. who has visited
virtually every maiCr prison in the
west interviewing convicted men IN
an eff ri - reach SC C'ution cf IN"
crime Troblcm, quoted Warden Lewis
L. Iawes. formerly Of Sing Sing. a.
saving pci~ntiai crime should he
attacked in the cradle, and urged
Parents &c pay csroful attention 20
their chiidrcn's Tendencies during
the formative years.
II firmly bslieye." the brigadicr
said, that the Golden Rule and
the toachings CT the Bible will do
moro t.3ward c"mbatting and pre-
venting crime, than any other factor
can possibly do"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-26
WOMAN BUDDIST MONK BACK
HOME IN NATIVE AMERICA

FRANCISCO, April tUP)-Dhammadnna Buddhist monk
the Orient
America aboard the Japanese liner Chhibu Maru
the stopped
tine, disclosing little of her past life
= born St aso she said I entered
life the which depends If learn to live
with brothers. civilization will set
Japanese officers aboard speaking with of
Dhammadinna O any
dained in the order
She years
she spent and Ceylon Her
name Dhammadnna Ceyonese
Dhammadinna will California
spend days
she said, i quiet
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-26

prophecy that their discovery
would prove one Of the most inn
E2rtant in recent years.
Reports reaching this old mining
camp told of ore averaging 81 a
pound in gold content being sack
ed regularly At the Cimmarron
mine by +. NJ Booth. veteran pros
pector, and his wife.
Booth discovered the mine. To-
Gated 80 miles north of Tonopah
in the heart Of the San Cantone
Mountains, a historic silver MN
ing region, within a lew days Of
the date April. 1886, set by Abdi,
ali Indian mystic who appeared on
the stage of a local theater and
predicted Il mineral strike to
"overshadoW any OF recent years"
Abdi 10 years before had made
a similar forecast of the gold dis
covery at Weepah, miles west OF
h,rc, which led to a stampede of
Woalth-seekcrs in one OF the most
famous OF recent gold rushes.
A short time after Booths dis
c2ycry several mining engineers
visited the nine claims staked out
by Mr.. and Mrs. Booth, and re-
pCrtedly offered them from $40
eco to $1OO,000 in cash for the
property. Booth refused and con-
tilued to work the vein, watching
it widen and intensity in richness
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-26

AA4al4S-l4S p4dLl
A test case was carried TO the
high court by the irrigation dis
trict after the revised act had been
declared unconstitutional by fed
eral judge Leon Yankwich in Los
Angeles.
H. r. Huebert, secretary-treasur-
er of the district, pointed out that
the supreme court has decided on
the entire act not on the merits OF
the refinancing plan sought by the
directors.
We will new 90 into the federal
court (in Fresno) to prove the fair
ness of our rcfinancing program. "
Huebert said. In view OF a deci-
sion given in 1886 by Federal judge
George Cosgrave, we feel conf
dent we have sufficient facts to
make such a showing. Cosgrave
decided the plan was fair. but the
bankruptcy act under which we
were then working was subsequent
ly declared unconstitutional. It is
a revised act that has just been
upheld"
James R. Mcbride of Lindsay.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-26
Associated c. c.
To Meet FRIDAY

Brawley viii be the scene of a
meeting of the Associated Cham
bers of Commerce at 7:3O O'Clock
Friday night.
Pad. a'rmail. and advertising
committees Will report their re-
cent activities. The meeting will
be held at the Planters hotel.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-26
Jail Terms Melted
Two Petty Thieves

BRAWLEY, April 26.-ConVlcUeo
of petty theft, Roy Espinosa' and
his brother Dolores, were sentenced
to 80 ani go days, respectively III
the county Jail in Monday morning
police court.
Four flashlights, a lap robe, ana
American Legion caps were recoV-
cred from them by officers, who
said that the men had been steal
ing from automobiles.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-26

stock reduction on the reservation
are ignored.
The indians will meet at Red
Lake Saturday TO act on a reSolu-
ton denouncing the program and
the proposed s33 100000 appropria-
ton for U. s Indian Commissioner
JOnn CUilIer " d.iiirvc it
Pres. Spencer Murphy of the III
dian Wells Tribal Chapter, declar
ing the Navajo in dire financial
condition and many of them starv-
ing. said the reservations tribal
chapters are being organized for
a mass protest against the program.
The appropriation is being
spent on supervision and none of
It 10 help the Indians" Murphy
said. If $38.00OOOO is given the
Collier regime. the Indians will
Starve in a few years because con-
gress will not have enough money
TO feed them after their stock is
all gone and the money wasted
YOU haven. reaC ALL the NFWS
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-26
Ware Will Seek
To Retain Office

Sheriff Robert w Ware will be
candidate for reelection, he an
nounced Tuesday.
He was elected sheriff-coroner
four years ago Ware has lived in
Imperial Valley fer 10 years.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-26
Indian Mystic's Gold
Discovery Tale Proved

HOLBROOK, Ariz., April 26 up
Navajo Indian leaders said today
their tribesmen will storm the cen
tral agency at Window Rock and
stage a "sit-down strike" if their
protests against the federal plan of
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-26
CHARLES DAWES
UNDER KNIFE

NEW YORK, April &c up
Charles G. Dawes. Iormer vica
president was reported resting
comfortably TODAY at Roosevelt
hospital. whera he underwent an
appendectomy Sunday evening.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-26
indians Protest Govt.
Stock Reduction Plans

TONOPAH New. April 26 CUPp
The perSistency of a Tonopah
proSp2ctCr and his wife in tracing
a gold vein for nearly Two years
strengthened hope tonight for ma
terialization of a Hindu myst,c's
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-26
STATE EXEMPT
FROM LIMITATION

PHOENIX, April 26. CUP)
state supreme court. in a ruling on
file today, held the state and its
political subdivisions are exempt
from the statute of limitations.