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The Washington times., 1938-04-08
Change-Of-Heart Schultz

ID REPRESENTATIVE WILLIAM SCHULTZ 3D..
~ of Indiana a member of the District Committee,
was held up time ago by three colored men and
robbed Of jewelry, money and a gold watch. Just
few days before this happened to him, Mr.. Schultz
turned thumbs down request for more police for
the City of Washington
Later the Representative positively identified
pect as one of those who robbed him. At the
time he demanded that the death penalty be melted out
in the District for all hodup found guilty If Mr..
Schultz had agreed with the rest of that should
have more police he very possibly might not have
been robbed
But robbed he was--and he put his finger on one Of
the men, The accused came to trial in due course
and the Representative asked to appear against
y. him. But this he refused to do.
" He declared he no longer in
terested in the matter.
In the meantime between Identification and trial,
Mr.. Schultz had been presented with fine new gold
watch by the Washington Police Department. In pass
ing we wonder if the Police Department would care
to replace a watch of ours which stolen from
club locker year ago,
A lawmaker is to be put down, usually, one who
not only makes laws, but who will uphold laws and
help as far as possible in enforcing laws. Are we to
consider under the circumstances that Mr.. Schultz
concluded he had come off winner with his new watch
and because of that the possible conviction of an al
legged thief was no longer his business?
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Gentlemen?

n course definitions of gentleman" differ. That
" being true, gentemens agreement made by
sci of gentlemen will differ from gentlemens agree
ment made by another group.
r We are moved to this observation by the
bland announcement that members of the
VI luz" House District Committee will support the
proposed income tax the earnings of all persons v
ing working in Washington except themselves and
their colleagues in Congress and small group of other
Federal officials including the President and members
of the Cabinet. Very gentemanly! Generous of them,
isn't it?
Nor be consoled by the statement of Represen-
thinks Congressman should tax their salaries and
would vote to eliminate the exemption written into the
bill for their benefit except for "gentlemens
agreement not to do So
If Mr. Kennedy is that kind of gentleman, or if the
members of the District Committee in general are the
kind of gentlemen who willing to take money out of
the pockets of the rest of while keeping legislative
hand their wallets there is perhaps nothing we
do about except call attention to this classification
of these gentlemen" The definition you will observe
is theirs and not
On second thought there is something else do
We might give tip to their opponents in the coming
Congressional elections: Why not the issue against
Congressman who vote tax others and not hemseves
1t ought to be good one We hope it will be effective
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Your [. O..
BY SHIRLEY SPENCER

This is a vocabulary test.
Check one Of the three choices
given as the meaning for the
following words. Score 10 for
each one. Allow 3 minutes.
l. Analogy (a) incongruity;
CD resemblance; Co disagree
ment. ,
2. Grommet-(a) a glutton;
b. an epicure; Co a ring Of
rope.
3. Escriotoire-(2) a Spanish
palace; Cd a protection; (c) q
secretary.
4. Palfrey-(a) trivial; (b) an
oral conference with an enemy
on the battlefield; Co a saddle
horse.
5. Eschew-(a) Shun; Cb) for
felt; Co evade.
6. Martinet-(a) a slender
tower; CD a small sized paint
ing; (c) strict disciplinarian.
7. Anodyne-(a an opposite;
CD a drug; Co atomic weight.
8. Pallium (a) rare metal,
CD a mantle; Co a puzzle.
9. Syllabus-(a) Syntax; Cd
synopsis; (c) SyntheSiS.
10. Tody-(a) a beverage; (b)
a bird; Co a Servile person.
ANSWERS on Page ~
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Urges Auditorium

Is Democracy dead in Ameri-
ca? The citizens of the District
do not want a useless pile of
stone erected either in the
middle of the Tidal Basin or be-
side it as a monument to our
beloved Thomas Jefferson.
Washington and the whole
country needs a national audi
forum. We should build such
an auditorium now and as a
gesture of defiance to dictator
ship let us d edicate that
national auditorium to Thomas
jefferson, and to the principles
for which he stood-to democ-
racy, to free speech and free
assembly of our people.
The 1901 plan is already
finished-the Capitol and the
Lincoln Memorial at the ends,
the washington Monument in
middle, with the White House
and the Cherry Blossoms" the
tips of the North-South tran
sept Mr.. F. L. Olmstead, the
only surviving member of the
1901 Mcmillan Commission, is
opposed to the Tidal Basin site.
The commission is taking ad-
vantage of the fact that we, the
citizens" of the District. have
no suffrage but I feel sure that
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if we had a chance to vote this
important issue-an audito-
rum endowed for the use of the
people of the nation or a useless
pile Of stone and mortar-the
auditorium would receive our
unanimous appreciation.
If the commission and the
Congress should automatically
disregard the earnest entreaties
of the thinking people Of our
country, our beloved, patriot,
Thomas Jefferson, will look
coldly down upon their futile
efforts.
Let us select another site, one
which is centrally located and
one which needs beautifying,
devote the street level entirely
to parking and the superstruc-
ture to an auditorium whose
seating capacity shall exceed
that of any in America, but
which may be subdivided by
sound-proof partitions into a
dozen smaller auditoriums for
daily use by the civic organiza.
tions of Washington.
Let the auditorium committee
ask the Congress for funds with
which to build this long-felt
want and "see" if you can get
the jefferson Memorial Commits
sion to recommend that as a
fitting memorial their $3,000,.
900 be used as a permanent en-
dowment and that this National
Auditorium be dedicated to the
author of the Declaration OF
independence.
MINNIE FROST RANDS
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AbdicatiOn EUentful

In my estimation the most
important event of the last five
years was the abdication of
King Edward VIII.
1t proved a kings love for a
commoner woman to be greater
than his love for the throne.
sincerely believe that this
great conflict between love and
duty will live long in the mem
DRY of the civilized peoples.
LAURIE DELL.
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dates for sew
eral reasons,
the principal
reason being
t h a t I def
nitely would
want to know
who the per-
son is before
g o in G out.
I've n ev e r
been ont on
a blind date
in my life,
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Wise Words

Some men are so covetous as
if they were to live forever; and
others so profuse as if they were
to die next moment.-Aristotle.
~ X
Whilst we deliberate how to
begin a thing it grows too late
to begin it.-Quintilian.
X X
Men see and judge the affairs
of other men better than their
own.-Terence.
Patience is the best remedy
for every trouble.-Plautus.
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nique.
1 received an apt illustration
the other day of this def hob
bling of the Washington woman
barfly. 1 wandered into one of
the cocktail lounges, sat down
and ordered a Scotch and soda.
There were 20 people in the
place, of whom 16 were females.
1 was the only unaccompanied
male present.
Now, unlike many other aging
men, I have the gift of keen and
truthful self-analysis. 1 am no
longer the 1.-THE, slim, black
haired youth who set girls
hearts to pounding from the
Danube to the Los Angeles
rivers. Definitely-and again
unlike so many of my contem-
poraries-I have no illusions on
the matter Of any personal sex
appeal. That has passed under
the bridge along with years Of
rushing waters.
So when two pretty little
things, sitting with conspicu-
ously empty glasses at a nearby
table, gave me the comeover
sign I merely flickered my left
eyelid, smiled tolerantly, per
haps benignly, and took a deep
gulp from my full tumbler. That
was the teaser-juSt for pur-
poses, please believe me-of fur
ther study of the girl barfly
doing her best under weights
and on a difficult course.
-
I could read their thoughts
as plainly as though they were
shouting in my ear. And this
was the consensus of their
strategy: There's a nice old
man; probably lonely; prcDably
rich; undoubtedly prosperous
(there was a major error,
doesn't look like the paving
sort; foundered arches. so he
won't be wanting to dance;
likely headed for a conference
of some sort, so he won't be
angling for a date; all in all,
good for four or five drinks
with a minimum of trouble.
Let's get on with it.
x X
And get on with it they did.
I have to admit-purely for pur-
poses of study, believe me-that
I encouraged them. I did every.
thing but move over to their
table and pop for the drinks
they were angling for so deity.
At last I said to myself that
had had enough of this-and
paid my check and made my
way out. AS I passed their table
one of them remarked, clearly
and bitterly:
"Old fool"
But now compare the hamper
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Indorses Spas Plan

Congratulations, your SuggeS-
ton to Secretary Ickes is very
valuable one. The American
people have no conception of
how much money Americans
spent annually in these health
resorts. With this money we
could build up our natural re-
sources and make it accessible
to those that have not the money
to go abroad. You are right; let
this be our slogan Let Ger
many's Loss Be Our Gain" #
your idea will be realized it will
prove an immense success and a
lot of benefits to everyone for
generations to come.
Your story about Mrs. Lans-
burgh is unbelievable. There
are big organizations, who claim
that they do so much for refugees
and on account of that have
been collecting millions of dol
lars, but when one approaches
them for moral support they are
not able to help, nor have they
done much financially. Now
how can one individual claim to
have done so much, when big
men with backing have failed?
Let her show some proofs.
If this is true, then she ought
to work with you to help her
people and do something useful
for the country. I like her plan
to have places designated for
the people before they reach our
country. G. A. PAXTON.
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so don't know much about
them, but I do know that a man
is taking a big chance if he &C
cepts a blind date. A man is
liable to find himself with a per-
fectly flat tire, or with someone
he already knew and wouldn't
have gone out with on bet
x x X
Miss Margie Ford, New Ebbitt
Hotel. Western Union operator:
mo, I do not approve of
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Plan Still Better

1t certainly is a fine story
about Mrs. Lansburgh, but her
plan is still better. I have been
in Vienna and I believe that
these people would make good
citizens. They are modest and
very grateful people.
1t is the best solution for these
unfortunateS.
I like your editorials very
much. Let's hope that Mrs.
Lansburgh will continue the
good work she has done, and
establish new communities for
the poor homeless Austrian. ]
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The Gambling Craze

q OMETHING we regret is the failure of any of our
y Government agencies to cash in on the gambling
craze which is having boom just now, and which
never suffers severe depression
We tax liquor and tobacco heavily; more and more
taxes are being laid on food. Food
Make 1t Work is necessity; liquor is regarded by
For Revenues many people major vice, tobacco
minor vice.
Gambling is human vice or appetite or whatever
YOU want to call it that is similar to these Others Yet
we hypocritically refuse to legaze all forms of gam
bling and tax them We let millions fly to Ireland
and to other countries where lotteries legal we let
other millions flow untaxed into the pockets OF policy
and other gambling game racketeers.
We could have legalized lotteries numbers etc., and
we could be raising large yearly from them
through painless taxation levied them-panless be-
cause these would be which nobody would have
to pay who didn't want to-
We think logic and common sense sooner later must
force us to drop this hypocrisy and become realistic
about this human instinct for gambng-an instinct
which laws cannot suppress, and which, therefore, we
ought to capitalize for the general welfare.
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Il do be-
lieve in girls
doing things
according to
prop er Gus
tom, so I'm
glad Ii n d
dates are not
f r o W n e d
upon, because
1 approve Of
them. When
a girl is away
at school such
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II can't say
that 1 either
a p pr owe or
d i S a pprove,
but I've never
had a blind
d a t e that
turned out to
be re ly
pleasant. Per
S o n a II I
would rather
know before
hand the girl
I was dating. "
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the aid of the party"
ing of the Washington lady
barfly with the encouragement
given the species in the saloons
of a city like Chicago. There
they have a freedom of action
which has practically driven me
and my sort into the cold and
lonely night or to drinking at
home-a flat and unintereSting
procedure generally tending to-
ward yet another encroachment
on male expression and liberty.
In Chicago saloons they have
the stool system for drinkers,
lined close to the bar and
chained there-a protective
custom which originated soon
after repeal when the custom
ers fell in love with the chro-
MUM perches and started carry
ing them home at the end of a
nights drinking. But in the
popular spots a man can rarely
get to sit on a stool because they
have already been preempted
by lady barflieS.
In order to get drink a
mere man must reach over =
females shoulder. If the lady
has not already caught sucker
in which case you receive a
dirty look or perhaps get into
a fight with her momentary es-
cort for shoving-she1l smile
upon you and pass the popcorn.
If there is anything in her glass
she will empty it noiSily as
your order is being filled and
then make goo-goo eyes at you--
and your drink. It's a simple
technique and ordinary courtesy
seems to call for you buying.
There they sit and drink and
drink-for nothing. have gone
into certain Chicago hotel bar
at 9 in the morning and
squeezed my arm between two
such barflies for my pickup.
And have returned to that
same spot at in the after
noon to find those same two
gals on the same two stools and
in the same position. Their
legs are hollow and they have
other staying powers denied to
mere man.
Don't get the idea that I want
the girls to buy me drinks. In
my 30-odd years of active
quaffing that has happened to
me only once when a pretty girl
in Philadelphia was trying 70
persuade me to quit the news
paper business and live on her
earnings as a file de joie. I
turned her down because there
didn't seem to be much Of a
future in it.
Nor do I object to boy friends
footing all the bills for girl
friends. But if there is any
thing at all to this alleged equal
ity of sex then something should
be done about the girls and
women of supposedly decent up
bringing who spend their leisure
hours deliberately cadglng
drinks from strangers.
(Copyright, 1888, by Washington Times
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Would Shoot Spies

I move that we increase the
peacetime penalty for spying
from the present limit of 80
years to death before the firing
squad. Must we wait for war
before we kill off people we
catch stealing our military plans
and selling them to other coun.
tries? DAILY READER.
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&C e r I ain
ly I approve
of blind dates.
There's moth
ing VIZ on g
a b o u t it, if
some trusted
fri nd Of
good charac-
ter p a n S a
date for you.
A er all a
blind date is
no more than
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as I am, where we can only be
out once a week until 1890 p.
M, either with a chaperon or
by going out double date" one
of the ways we have of meeting
young men is through dates ar
ranged by friends"
X X X
Arthur Bolti, 1918 E st. N. E.,
clerk:
Il don't approve of blind
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ROllin' Along
By w. A. S. Douglas

4 charter member of the International Association
IA for Keeping Our Hats On i'll Elevators feel that
l might be listened to with respect when propose
I do-the formation of International Asso-
citation for the Suppression of Women Barfes. AS
they say in the typewrng schools: Nov is the time
for all good men to come to the aid of the party"
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blind d a t es.
A girl never
does KIN o W
whether she's
going to be
safe, or what
to expe C t
from the man
she do e S MT
k n o W and
ne er h a S
met. Girls
ho accept
blind d a t e S
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am proud that our Government
has taken such an interest in
the misfortune of these worthy
people. D. O'DARE.
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THE ANSWERS

Yes. But
I've n e v e r
b e n on a
b lin d date
that I could
brag a b o u t
later. o n e
p a r t C ular
d a t e was
m a d e by a
friend, W h o
was very en-
t h u S i a S t ic
a b o u t the
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People
BY F. Romer

FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
NAIORKS for orchestra
w and chorus poured
from his pen under condi-
tions oddly unusual. He
had to wear and con-
sciousIy touch a large dia-
mond ring presented to
him by Ere erick the
Great-otherwise. he said
mot a musical thought
enters my head!" And he
could only use snow white
super quality paper!
Copyright 1898 BY F. Eomer
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gentleman she wanted me to
know. I was terribly disap-
pointed at her taste and also
her idea of handsome man."
X
Jerome Kline, 1925 Ontario
Rd. N. W., clothing store mana
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an arranged introduction"
x x
Miss Jeanne widows, OF
Cleveland, Ohio, junior college
student at Arlington Hall, Va.
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Traffic Toll

The list Of traffic victims in
the District of Columbia since
January l, 1888, is graphically
shown by the death watch.
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f e m ale
! i 2 u or
p a nhan-
dlerS. But
this con-
dition is
not due
to a dash
o r S o
more of
rdinary
d e cency
j n t h e
S Xxi r ted
p o y ula-
tion It
a IL i yes
solely be-
cause OF
the Dis
triCt Of
G | u m
bias sit
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The Inquiring|
Photographer
The washington Times in.
viteS you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used in this column.
THE QUESTION

Do you approve of blind
dateS2
THE ANSWERS
Miss Edith Jones' 4425
Charles St., Brentwood, Md.
soda dispenser:
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VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
d addresses of

should be limited 200 words Names and addresses of
the writers will be omitted
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Washington, I am happy to
say, lags behind other great
American cities in the matter of
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-03-31

Communion services will be held Sum-
day morning, April 3. at $50 a. M.
Miss Edna Jensen of Minneapolis. is
spending week with her parents. Mr.
Kermit Shafer, accompanied by his par.
ents, Mr.. and Mrs: Orley Shafer: and
arrival, a son. born Friday at the hos
pital in Pine City
Mrs. Richard Johnson and daughter
Verona and sister, Miss Minnie Berg. Wis
ernoon of last week.
Elmer Miller of Iron River, Wis. called
at his home here Wednesday afternoon
Oh Mr. irs' and Mit Mrs. George Nelson of Motley
and Mr.: and Mrs. John Nelson OF Rush
City, visited at the Ben Nelson home
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Saastad of Bruno. Wis
tied MIR. and Mrs. Fred Anderson Monday
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Gustafson were last
Thursday dinner guests at the Jake Ploe-
gar home and also helped Johnny Ploegar
celebrate his birthday anniversary.
The Misses Verona johnson and Flor
ence Haglin called on Mrs. A. c. Haglin
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Nelson and chill
dren of Hinckley. spent Sunday with her
parents. Mr.; and Mrs. E. Erickson:
Gerald, and daughter, Lorraine. and Mrs;
Mable Pearson and daughters. June and
Beverly of Duluth, visited at the Severt
Jimmy Karsky visited at the Richard
Johnson home last Thursday evening.
Mrs. Mike Ohlgren of Superior, Wis,
Mrs j. W. Brolin of Zion. Ill, Mrs. Hans
Troolin of Sandstone, Frank Samelson
of Bagley, and Frank Tinquist and daugh-
ter, Beverly, of ST. Paul, visited at the
Severt Haglin home Saturday
Miss Mary Jensen of MINNEAPOLIS, was
a weekend visitor at her home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy West spent Friday
evening with the Richard Johnson family
Mrs Earnest Erickson called on Mrs.
Anna Nelson and Mrs. A. c. Haglin Friday:
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard johnson and
daughter, Verona, visited at the Kermit
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-03-31
AskOv 4-H Club News
Oda Jensen, Reporter.
Wild Life Week.

President Roosevelt set aside the
week of March 20 to 26 as National
Wild Life week. The purpose was to
help everyone become more con-
scious of the Importance of wild life
in nature Fourth Club members
should be active in conservation. Last
year about 10000 members did some
thing, in addition to their project
work, in conservation activity. Near
ly every county had delegates to the
All conservation camp at Itasca park
last fall.
Wild Life week should be just the
beginning for every All member to
do something special for conservation
of wild life, this year.
Each club and club member is
urged to participate in some phase
of conservation. You can make items
such as bird houses. Each member
should try to make a bird house be-
fore the next meeting which is April
4, at o'clock in the schoolhouSe.
Bring it to the meeting and tell other
members how you made it and where
you plan to put it.
Fourth Emblem.
The emblem of All Club members
is the green four-leaf clover on a
white background with an "H' on
each leaf. Each "H" has a certain
significance. The first one stands for
the training of our head, the second
for the training Of our heart, the third
for the training of our hands, and
the fourth for the training of our
health.
All All Club boys and girls should
be proud of their emblem. 1t should
be displayed at their club meetings,
on exhibit at the county fair, and in
fact at all club events. The en-
blem can be secured at reasonable
cost, in the form of banner, two
by three feet, which is suitable for
display at club meetings and in ex-
hibit halls. 1t can also be secured
in the form of a pennant. The pen
nant is quite suitable for display in
group of All members who may be
on a club tour or on trip to some
club event.
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I Let us treat our emblem with re-
spect and never use it for any other
purpose than display, but let us make
more use Of it in that way.
Club Pledge.
81 pledge my head to clearer think
ing, my heart to greater loyalty, my
hands to larger service, and my health
to better living, for my home, my
club, my community, and my coun-
try"
"A Bit of Horse Sense"
A horse can't pull while kicking,
This fact, merely mention;
And he can't kick while pulling,
Which is my chief contention.
Let's initiate the good old horse
And lead a life that's fitting.
Just pull an honest load and then
There1l be no time for quitting.