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The times-news., 1938-12-13
BLOOD-LANGUAGE RULE LEADS TO
ABSURDITY
CBv BRUCE CATTON)

If YOU remember the geometry you
studied in high school, you may recall
stunt which went under the high-sounding
title of 'reductio ad absurdum."
The idea was that if you had theory to
test. and suspected that there was some
thing wrong with it, you selected the diz-
ziest example you could think of and car
ried it to its logical conclusion. Then, when
YOU had a thoroughly cockeyed situation
on YOUR hands, you proved that the theory
itself was phony. You did this by reducing
it to absurdity- "reductio ad absurdum."
For long time now the theory that re-
mote ties of ancestry and language should
determine peoples government has been
widely held. 1t led to much map-making at
the Versailles conference, and more recent
ly it gave Herr Hitler a fine excuse for
pushing his drive to the east.
Now the Italians have picked it up, look
ing toward expansion in the direction of
Tunisia and Corsica; and it begins to look
as if the old high school process of reductio
ad abSurdum had set in.
1t may be quite true that the bulk of the
TunSians and Corsicans are either of Ital-
ian ancestry or speak with pronounced
: Italian accent. But if that means that those
territories should Immediately go under
the Italian flag, then Uncle Sam himself is
sitting on a lot of subject peoples who are
4 under the wrong flag.
. By that theory the Dutch ought to re-
claim a good part of Pennsylvania, and
, Spain should take over large portions of
Arizona and New Mexico Sweden would
! Get large area in Minnesota and the Da-
kotaS, and by right of discovery and settle
ment should be entitled to part of New
Jersey. The French would have respecta-
bic claim to New Orleans, and Italy could
lay claim to good bit of land along Long
Island Sound. Poland could reclaim many
, city blocks in Chicago and Germany could
, assert title to much of St. Louis and Gin
. cinnati New York City would be split
about 80 ways, considerable territory in
! the west would go back to the Indians, and
, Japan would get Hawaii.
, All of this is pretty absurd, of course.
; Yet it follows quite logically, once you ac-
cept the premise that remote ties of blood
and language are all-important. And if
l logical adherence to that theory leads to
absurdity in this country, perhaps the same
! thing is true elsewhere.
{ The plain fact is that this blood-and-
Z language business has been overworked to
an amazing degree. There are far more
important considerations to be applied in
, determining national boundaries, and it Is
high time the fact was realized.
There have been so many migrations
and so much shifting and intermingling Of
peoples that the map can never be un
scrambled and peace can never be attained
on a blood-and-language basis. AS long as
that is the accepted shibboleth there will
be wars and rumors of wars. The worlds
hope for peace depends on recognition OF
the fact that some saner and more practi
cal means of determining who shah rule
whom must be found.
The times-news., 1938-12-13
WHY REVIVE THE co,,
COURT 'e'

EI;fo,. III, ~.
Hur1o TL ,l n' HcS-Ncws.
he i"SC legislature mn..
nau an authoritative ..S' W
rom LII" county or il reSs
tatlVeS-l" ;hr effect ,sp:|' y
court was UNNECESSARY 80.
tlon 10 havv been taken . v
It's death, December ! los ~
this action just AN innrI'" 10y.
it well considcrcdy + I'a,sy W. q
by whom was /, rcI,o =" i,a1
not have been ac,ua,od Il
tics surely as horN,s1 "
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stand. And gives him away today,
and makes him seem more hu-
man, to those who understand.
The way to conquer sin is to
resist it. None knew that truth,
or knows it, better than the Pur-
itan. ...
The times-news., 1938-12-13

weeks, and even
months by medi-
cal science when,
but for it, he
would have slip
ped away out of
his physical tor
ture.
Bee a u S e o f
medical science
many a person
has had a harder
d e a t h than a
stray dog under
a hedge. | have
seen the lif e
kept in a person
for whom there
w as n O t III e
The times-news., 1938-12-13
SCIENCE MISAPPLIED

Doctor" said l to my physi-
clan, medical science has done
wonders to relieve the suffering
and prolong the life of mankind.
But many a hopelessly stricken
person is kept alive for days,
The times-news., 1938-12-13
NEW WORDS: Walter Winchell,

a many-worded columnist, has the
reputation of contributing sew
eral words to our so-called Eng
lish language, but it took Con-
gressman-elect Joseph R., Bryson
of Greenville, S. c., to bring a
new one last night in his address
to the men of the First Baptist
church. In speaking of the pc
riod of early manhood. he. refer
red to himself as an "un-razored
YOUTH" which is, descriptive Of an
age of many sentimentalities and
foolish notions. .s. .- ...
is THIS 1T? Brookshire Sim
clair, RID. mail carrier on route
four, endeavors to explain that
the popularity of auto tags for
1889, sales being far ahead of
those for the same period last
year, is probably attributable to
their artistic lettering and the
catchy modish maroon shade, but
Mrs. Cathryn Wiseman, tag dis
penser, appears too cold blooded
to see the aesthetic appeal of such
a metallic substance as an auto
license. -'.....
SLAVlSH TO CAPS: In news
paper offices they refer to "capS"
or 'lower case,'', meaning that
some letters are" capitalized and
that some are held down to small
letters, but the average amateur
writer is much grieved that the
newspapers style sheet patronizes
uncapitalized common names, al
most to the point of depriving the
proper nouns Of some of their
glory.
| believe that such names as
"Main street" and "French Broad
river" should have the first letter
of the last word capitalized, but
write something that way if you
want to see it robbed of it's glory.
Ora L. Jones, former linotypist
on the Asheville Citizen back in
the earliest days of this century
when James H. Caine, now COL
umnist on that paper, says he was
not acquainted with the shop
"style card" and took pride in the
free use of capital letters. In
desperation Editor Caine, says
Mr.. Jones, chad him on the car
pet" and gave him some rudimen-
tary information about how to
write proper names with this ex-
PLANTATION at a time when that pa
per was enthusiastically boosting
the late departed Locke Craig for
governor:
Remember" my lad, nothing in
this newspaper is capitalized ex-
cept Locke Craig and Jesus
Christ" % =
The times-news., 1938-12-13

Royalty has at last decided to accept the
American Duchess. How gamely they en-
dure suffering to win friends for the EN-
pire.
The times-news., 1938-12-13

sue 'aps found they could make southern Chi
mn" mese run oy merely pointing a gun and saving:
Ii.s II seems they got the idea by watching
The times-news., 1938-12-13

The Nazis have made great strides in
developing substitutes. The most success
full seems to be their substitute for truth.
The times-news., 1938-12-13
BIBLE THOUGHT
A ScRIPTURAL REToRT
hat We also love" John 1880.

\ practical joker has found that he cannot faze
the Rev. Clayton T. Griswold, who recently drew
this query out of the church question box: "What
would be good with brown suit and brown shoes
in the way of top cOat?" The minister's answer:
Above all these things put on LOVE" (R "
Col 3ID-From Buffalo Evening News.
The times-news., 1938-12-13

Apparently the armaments program is
to be driven through by air force.
The times-news., 1938-12-13
FRENCH LITER GETS
10 MONTHS MORE TIME

PARIS, Dec. 13. (UP)-Ar-
mand Spilcr, "king of jail-break-
ers," who is serving a life sem
tence for murder, has been SEN
fenced to 10 months imprison-
ment for destroying government
property.
Spiler, who earned his title by
twice escaping from Devils Island
and four times from French pris-
ons, was brought into court and
accused Of destroying an iron bar
in Sante prison on the occasion
Of his last escape in 1886.
The times-news., 1938-12-13
CAT BACK IN 1s MONTHS

CENTERBROOK, Conn. (UP)
Time means nothing to Dick, the
family cat of Mr.. and Mrs. Rich
ard Dolph. A year and half ago
the cat wandered away. Then it
came back, rattling the latch on
the door as it always had done to
gain admittance to the house, and
settled down as if it had been
gone only for the night.
The times-news., 1938-12-13

Quebec province is the second
largest manufacturing province in
the Dominion of Canada, produc-
ing about 20 per cent of the Do
minion's output. .
The times-news., 1938-12-13

There is no standard size or
weight for bar of silver, but
generally it approximates the size
Of an ordinary building brick.
The times-news., 1938-12-13
THE PURITAN

THE PURITAN
One thing that made the Puri-
tan a Puritan was the weaknesses
in himself. He felt the pull of
temptation, and in order not to
yield to it, adopted a stern, un-
compromising attitude toward
that which tempted him. The very
intolerance of the Puritan gave
him away to those who under
The times-news., 1938-12-13
'tE1TERS~F n
THE EDITION

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nications are pubj;s.Id sLed s0a|
Iime.,News. All Ie.,s,aa Ipasa BY |
signed with the rssi '' nu,)
the author. No caD, a' nam.
.is1sd sign with a f6satiH,isoIs.a 6sti,issoiIs
will be published.~Ey1Sii,es =
The times-news., 1938-12-13

DUST
Dust, to the meticulous house
keeper, is a source of constant
annoyance. But if there were no
dust, there would be no sunshine.
1t is the reflection Of the suns
rays by the particles of dust in
the air that produces sunshine.
The informed housewife would
not abolish dust if she could. She
had rather go over things once
a day OF oftener with dustcloth
than have the light of the world
die.
There are many things which
we would eliminate if we could,
yet which are essential to the de-
velopment of both the physical
and the spiritual life. The very
dirt in this existence teaches us
the principles of cleanliness.
The times-news., 1938-12-13
LIFE DAY BY DAY
BY WICKES WAMBOLDT

! fore the family of the patient,
and tell them frankly that by
means of stimulants and other
artificial devices, l can keep the
breath in the body a few days
longer; but for only few days
longer. Then I let them decide
what l shall do. Usually they
choose the kindest course"
l hope when my time comes, l
shall be in the hands of persons
who will not keep me dangling
between here and hereafter, while
my body cries out for relief and
my soul for release.
Evening star., 1938-04-03
c. v. j. HATCHET
TAKES HONORS
Awarded Three Outstanding
Places in Intercollegiate
Competition.

The George Washington University
Hatchet was awarded three outstand-
ing honors in the contests conducted
by the Intercollegiate Newspaper
Association of the Middle Atlantic
States in conjunction with its con-
vention which closed here last night.
It placed first in advertising and third
In both the editorial and news con-
tests.
Only one other local college paper
figured in the awards, the Hoya of
Georgetown University being given
honorable mention in the advertising
contest.
Awards were presented by Prof.
Douglas Bement Of the George WASH
tngton University faculty, who is eX-
ecutive secretary Of the association,
at the closing banquet in the National
Press Club.
List of Awards Made.
The complete list of awards follows:
Editorial contest-First place, the
Johns Hopkins News Letter; second,
the Lehigh Brown and White; third,
the George Washington Hatchet;
honorable mention, the Polytechnic
Reporter, the Alfred Fiat Lux, the
DreXel Triangle.
News contest-First place, the Le-
high Brown and White and the Pitt
News ttied): second, the Johns Hop
kins New Letter; third, the George
Washington University Hatchet; hon.
orable mention, the Polytechnic Re
porter, Quad Angles of West Ches-
ter State Teachers College.
Advertising contest-First place,
the George Washington University
Hatchet; second, the Bucknellian;
third, the Pitt News, the Lehigh
Brown aind White and Quad Angles
triple tie); honorable mention, the
Georgetown Hoya.
Judges in Contest.
The editorial and news contests
were judged by Robert S. Allen, WASH
ington correspondent; Lee Miller,
managing editor of the Scripps- How
ard Newspaper Alliance, and Car
ter Glass. jr, editor of the Lynch
burg Va.) News.
In the advertising contest the
judges were D. NJ Bernard, business
manager of the Washington Post
Henry M. Voss, publicity director Of
Lansburgh & Bros. and Bert M. Sar-
azan, director of publicity and sales
promotion, the Hecht Co.
The retiring president of the asso-
citation, Howard Ennes. associate ed
itor of the Hatchet. introduced the
following newly elected officers:
President, John L. Dougherty, jr.,
of the Alfred University Fiat Lux;
vice president, Robert Hanson of the
Gettysburg of Gettysburg College;
secretary. Ruth Rand of the Beaver
News of Beaver College, Jenkintown,
Pa. Mr.. Hanson is the son Of the
president of Gettysburg College.
At the banquet the student dele
gates heard addresses by Senator La
Toilette of Wisconsin; Drew Pearson,
Washington correspondent, and Wat
son Davis of Science Service. Prof.
W. Hayes Yeager Of George Wash
ington University presided.
Evening star., 1938-04-03
Quest for Oil
Is Renewed in
South Georgia
By the Associated Press.


OF'FERMAN, Ga, April 2.-Drillers
started a rig near this tobacco belt
town today in renewal of a 33-yeal
quest for petroleum beneath the mar
and limestone of South Georgia.
American Oil Co. engineers planned
to cut down 1000 feet in the test
more than twice the depth Of the
deepest Of dozen shafts sunk and
abandoned in Georgia since 1905.
The derrick rose in a timber clear
ing More than 1000 persons gath
cred in a rain to watch the bit take
hold
Gov. E. D. Rivers broke bottle of
East Texas crude on the drill collar;
christened the test Adams -McCaskill
No. l.
Approximately 100000 acres in IA
counties. the State Division of Mines
and Mining reported, are under lease
to the Americans parent company,
Pan American, and other major oil
concerns.
busters predominated in previous
Georgia tests. Traces of oil, but not
in commercial quantities, were found
in 3,384-foot we'll near McRae. Ga,
In 1923.
Evening star., 1938-04-03
Georgians to Dance

The Georgia State Society of Wash
ington will hold its annual spring
dance April 16 at the Shoreham Hotel.
Senator George, Democrat, of Georgia
has been invited to address the society
before the dance.
Evening star., 1938-04-03

New Zealand Ships Potatoes.
New Zealand is shipping certified
hand-picked seed potatoes to South
America.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-07
'CInch to Win
Ky. Derby, Says Gilbert

they maintain the strange youth
fulness of midgets.
Gilbert, who is under contract
to John Hay Jock" Whitney,
was slipping into the pink
silk shirt with the black-stripeS-
on-white sleeves, when we en-
tered the Jockeys room. Johnny
is Of Syrian descent and he's a
native Of Pittsburgh, Kan. He
started to ride i 1881 and lost
his apprenticeship the follow
ing year.
We wanted to know what Gil
bert thought of Stagehand, the
three-year-old winner of the
100000 Santa Anita Handicap.
There" answered Johnny, lis
a real horse. I don't think any
three-year-old in the country
can beat him now and he looks
like a cinch to win the Kentucky
Derby. OF course, he won't be
carrying any 100 pounds like he
did on the Coast think he's in
at 126-but he's all class"
What happened to Pompoon.
Continued on Page 80, Col. y
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BLAZE PERILS
WAR ADMIRAL

NEW CASTLE, Del, April Z.
War Admiral, the nations bril-
liant handicap champion and win
ner of the 1887 Kentucky Derby,
narrowly escaped death here
yesterday when a truck adjoining
the van on the New Castle ferry
wharf burst into flames.
The fire was extinguished as
the thoroughbred's trainers led
him through a narrow patch be.
tween the tightly parked cars.
War Admiral departed from his
home haven of Berlin, Md, yester.
day morning, accompanied by 80
jockeys and Is colts and fillieS be.
longing to the Glen Riddle Farms.
Samuel D. Riddle. owner of the
farms, superintendent the entou,
rage. War Admiral rode in the
same van with War Camp and
War Banner.
The Riddle entries will run at
Jamaica, Belmont Park, Aqueduct,
Empire City, Delaware Park, and
Saratoga this year, it was revealed
yesterday.
War Admiral Is booked in the
Excelsior Handicap at Jamaica,
the Belmont Park Suburban, the
Brooklyn Handicap at Aqueduct,
and the Massachusetts, Handicap
at Suffolk Downs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-07
SaUing Their Faces

And let us surmise that Joe
doesn't play baseball this year
and that Yanks are noSed out
for the pennant by such short
nose indeed that DiMaggio'S
presence would have saved the
situation-what then!
Who will be the most deSpised
by the New York fans, Colonel
Rupert or DiMaggio? My an
swer is DiMaggio, and I think
the onus is on him-clearly.
Rupert has made no mean
offer, considering all the facts,
and DiMaggio stands in the po
sition of letting his sudden rise
60 Just a little bit to his head.
It has now come down TO the
point of a face-SaVing campaign,
with DiMaggio in a far less IA
vorable position than is Mr..
Millionaire Rupert.
Furthermore, when DiMaggio
signs, which he will in time, the
issue of having a brilliant season
is directly up to him. He can't
afford to have anything but the
best year after this long a hold
out,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-07
By BOB ADDH

The field came sdown the
stretch at Bowie, but nobody was
looking at the jockeys-or at
the horses either. Everything
was a confused tumble and only
the voice over the loud speaker
had any coherent idea Of which
horse was ahead. But what
about the jockeys? Who are
these little men who perch atop
the thoroughbredS?
We decided to take q one-day's
slice out of their lives and chose
Johnny Gilbert as a typical eX-
ample. Johnny has been one
of the nations leading horse
chauffeurS for the past seven
years and his day, if anyone's
is, is typical of the unique pro-
feSSion of riding horses.
STARTED IN 1881
We found Johnny getting
dressed in the Jockeys quarters.
Most of the boys look like little
kids-the kind you see playing
baseball down at the corner lot.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-07
PRO GRIDDERS
STR|CTER
KICKOFF R UL E

NEW YORK, April Z G.N.S0.
Seeking to preserve a popularity
which reached a new high last
season, the National Professional
Football League is expected to
change the one rule which has
been criticized in an otherwise
wide open and thrilling game, c.
ficials announced today.
The rules committee will meet
Sunday at Pittsburgh and is ex,
pected to make the penalty for
out-of-bounds kickoffs heavier than
it has been heretofore with view
toward discouraging this play.
The code as it stands now stipu-
lateS that the ball be put in play
on the receiving teams 35-yard
line on the out-of bounds kick, but
this probably will be changed to
bring the ball back to midfield,
with the result that the Strategem
against long returns of kickoffS
probably will be eliminated en-
tirely.
Several of the teams deliber.
ately kicked out of bounds last
season robbing the game of one
of its biggest thrills, the return
deep into enemy territory.
If the change to placing the ball
in midfield is made it will mark
another deviation by the pro
fessionals from the more con,
sentative college rules, which
call for the ball to be placed on
the 35-yard line, as the pro teams
have played it until now.
Other points to be discussed in.
clude Qualification of several rules,
possible change in the tumble
rule, removal of restrictions on
coaching from the sidelines. ana
free substitution in the second
and fourth periods.
A change in the tumble rule is
sought to make all fumbles free
balls. Under the present rule,
fumbled laterals and kicked balls
are. dead balls.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-07
Visitor
Monaghan, G0LLnudet
Star, Stops Here

Bilbo Mule" Monaghan, former
all-around great athlete at Gallau-
Diet College, was a transient visitor
here yesterday.
Monaghan, who coaches the
Mississippi School Of the Deaf,
at jackson, is on his way to New
York with his team to compete
in a nationwide tournament in
volving the national basketball
championship for the deaf.
Following his graduation from
Gallaudet, Monaghan played pro-
fessional football with the Mem
phis Tigers, before assuming his
present position.
Monaghan and his team were
the guests Of Senators Pat Har-
rison and Bilbo Of Mississippi yes
terday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-07
SINGLES
IN THIRD ROUND

Six singles matches are on
schedule tonight in the annual
District A. A. U. squash cham
pionships now being staged at the
Central "Y" courts.
Second-round matches last night
resulted in six forfeitures and one
postponement.
Last nights results and to.
nights schedule follow:
osterweiss defeated Shamel.' is,
ISL: Minnix defeated Matteson, 15-9,
15-6; Lane defeated Wilson, 15-6,
15-6; Goldstens defeated Salant, 15-6,
Isl; Brownell defeated Fletcher. 15-6,
17-14; McCaskey won from Singer by
forfeit; Brownell won from Farrin by
forfeit: Fletcher won from Kaufman by
forfeit: Rawson won from Gale by for
felt; Sergeant won from Blumberg by
forfeit; Howard won from Boss by for
felt, and the Hugh Lynch-Thomas Ray
sor match was postponed by mutual
agreement.
TONIGHT'S SCHEDULE
Charles Rooster vs. Abner Goldstone
and sterling Foster VS.. Gil Hunt $3.50;
John Pratt w. Ralph McElvenny and
Wilbur Mack vs.. Philip Herrick. SIS;
Harold Kube vs. Thomas Murphy and
wallace Flint We. Richard O'Connor,
1900.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-07
HurIer Hurt in BrNwl,'
7rAyn0r Fines BucS

sWEETWATER, Tex, April
z Q.N.SO.-Pitcher Russ Bauers
was lost to the Pirates today for
possibly two months, aftermath
Of q friendly scuff1e with his
teammates, during which he in
jured his right leg and was
rushed to st. Louis by airplane
for treatment.
AS a result, Manager Pie Tray.
nor read the riot act to the Buc-
cancers in a closed meeting and
plaStered salty fines on six Of
them for looking loosely at club
training rules. He refused to
name the players whose salaries
will be docked.
The playful fracas followed
Mondays exhibition game at
9arstow, Cal. The citizens Of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-07

elusive nearby Maryland club.
One Of the greatest natural
golfers ever produced here,
frankie has played in only a
few tournaments, but has al.
ways made his presence felt. In
his first venture into big-money
golf, the discontinued National
Capital Open, frankie startled
the golfing world by Keeling off
a par.Shattering 10 as a frigid
wind swept over the Kenwood
course to take the first days
lead from a field Of the best
golfers in the world.
Frankie did not hold the lead
long, but did 60 on to finish
we'll up in the money, a feat
that only AL Houghton, then
Kenwood's professional, was
able to duplicate among the
golfers In this section. He has
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-07

VOL the Middle-Atlantic P. G..
AS assistant pro championship
and has played in the National
Open on three occasions.
NO CHOICE YET
While the CUNNINGHAM
change at Burning Tree was be-
ing circulated throughout local
golfdom, the committee in
charge Of hiring a successor to
Roland Mackenzie at Congress
sional was in session. Nothing
definite on the Congressional
job was done by the committee
save to run through the appli-
cations Of those applying for
the lucrative berth.
Definite action is not antici-
pated for another week, al
though rumors have 1t that the
Job lies between three local ap-
plicationS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-07
HARVARD Wins
over MIDD|ES

ANNAPOLIS, Md, April T.
Scoring three runs in the ninth
inning, Harvard University'S base
ball team defeated the Naval Acad-
envy here yesterday, IA. Navy's
pinch-hitterS responded in the last
half of the ninth, but produced
but one run.
Harold Curtis was on the mound
for the Crimson, while Joe Eliot
hurled for the Navy.
The Middle tennis team swept
Temple yesterday, winning, 90.
Six singles and three doubles
matches were played.