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The Washington times., 1938-07-11
World of Finance By Lewis Haney

on Thursday, suggested lost power to penetrate
upper resistance.
Not only has the volume Of trade fallen as
the market has neared the top Of the swing, but
there has been also some tendency of volume
to move opposite prices.
Brokers loans have increased suggesting
larger volume of margin trading.
The short interest has been reduced, indicating
no stocks are loaned at premium.
Commodity prices and business are slightly
reactionary at the moment. This reminds us
that stocks have discounted improvement much
in advance Of the event. The administrations
attitude toward business remains unsatisfactory.
ON the other hand the bull points are as
" follows:
The most active stocks have gained, and the
majority of all stocks traded, have moved up.
The action or pattern of the market now sug
gests the possibility it may consolidate its posi-
tion without sever reaction.
Gold imports have increased, and the dollar is
strong against the pound and franc.
It is noteworthy that industrial activity has
not increased much, but in general has merely
stabilized: thus the chance Of support from
better looking business statistics is good.
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Shrewd Traders

THE British have lived up to
l. their regulations as the
toughest, shrewdest diplomatic
traders in the world at these
inside negotiations for an An
glo-American trade agreement.
The unadvertiSed disruption Of
dickering is being called a TEN
porary impasse," but there will
be many more before an agree
ment is reached. State Depart
ment negotiators are trying, for
once, not to lose a conference
with the British, which means
the treaty will take a long, long
time.
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COP WILL START
own SCHOOL OF
BRAIN TRUSTERS
Plan Similar to That of
British Conservatives
By RUSSELL F. ANDERSON

By RUSSELL r. ANDEhSON
CHICAGO, July II QN.S).
The high command of the Repub-
lican party today planned a ma
tional university to educate brain
trusters" Of its own.
Although it will take years for
the plan to materialize, G. o. P.
chieftians have taken the first
step toward padding the party
leadership with top-notch educa-
tors.
It is the aim Of the party to
evolve plan similar to that em-
ployed by the British conservative
party in England.
ACADEMIC BODY
The recent1y-created program
committee which is making q
scientific audit" Of the New Deal
is the forerunner for the creation
of a permanent academic body to
make nationwide political re-
searches.
With a steady flow Of surveys,
COP. leaders feel they would
be able to keep sound program
before the people-a program that
would return them to control Of
the national administration.
BY reason Of their action, the
party leaders, who have often
leveled criticism at President
Roosevelt for surrounding him
self with college professors as
advisers, now find themselves en-
ploying the same technique.
DIR. REED CALLED
Since DR.. Glenn Frank, former
University of Wisconsin president,
was appointed chairman Of the
program committee last December
there has been an increase in the
number of academic advisers in
the party ranks.
Recently the appointment Of DR..
Thomas H. Reed, veteran political
science professor, as director Of
studies of Franks committee, was
announced.
The summer meeting Of the
party, to be held in Chicago, Au-
gust / through August 8, will
be heavily loaded with university
professors. To assist on labor
problems, the party has obtained
the services Of Spencer Miller, jr.,
formerly Of Columbia University,
now Of Fordham.
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NeIO "Third Basket"

THE Treasury thinkers are
- supposed to be thinking up
a new undistributed earnings
tax scheme-another third
basket" with spikes in it.
The embryo idea is to base
the tax of surpluses upon the
number of stockholders in a
corporation, thus taxing closely
held corporations more than
larger ones. That is, a company
which has a million dollars sur.
plus for reserves and a million
stockholders would pay a mod.
crate undiStributed earnings
rate while similar million
dollar corporation with four
stockholders would pay many
times as much. A sliding scale
would be worked out on this
basis.
It is virtually the same old
basket that Congress knocked
a hole in last session, repainted,
but the hole is still there.
AS THINGS stand now, there
IA is not a chance that Con-
greSS would enact such a pro-
poSal. Even some of those legiS-
lators who stood for the third
basket last session have come
to acknowledge, privately now,
the error of that way.
The lesson learned from the
last tussle over the question is
that when you hit the operat-
ing company, instead of holding
company. you discriminate un-
justly against a very large group
of bona fide operating COM
panies which comprise the in
dustrial backbone of the coun-
try. A big majority Of Congress
men have come to the conclu-
sion it cannot be done that way.
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on, has been sort Of moral victory.
It now seems possible the equilibrium may be
restored by a process of sideways movement.
There are still unfavoreble indications, however,
so a cautious attitude pending possible reac-
ton of three or four points, is advisable.
TVHE pros and cons of the market situation at
i present are as follows:
The bears can say the upward momentum has
been lost. and reaction usually follows such
move. Market action and the chart formation
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Boardwalk and looking at man ten feet away
standing on the beach in trunks, and man
walking ten feet away on the Boardwalk in
trunks?"
lone is the beach, my son, and one is the
Boardwalk. The beach, my boy, is the place for
trunks, not the Boardwalk"
Father the beach is at the Seashore, isn't it?"
eyes my boy. it is.'
Father, isn't the Boardwalk also at the sea-
Shore?"
WELL yes-I suppose it iS my boy'
"Well, father, if the beach is at the seashore
and the Boardwalk is at the seashore, and you
wear trunks on the beach, and the beach is the
SeaShore, and the Boardwalk is also the sea
shore, then you can wear trunks on the Board
walk as it is the seaShore, can't you?"
"It is not decent, my boy, not decent at all.
Should never be allowed. The police are quite
right"
But, father, if it is indecent to wear trunks
on the Boardwalk. why it is not indecent to
wear them on the beach?"
Oswald are you trying to be fresh? I've told
you that it is indecent to wear trunks on the
Boardwalk and that should be enough"
Why Suddenly Indecent?
6GENATHER, when was about two years DID, you
used to take me to the seashore, didn't
you?"
eyes, my boy, to give you the benefit of the
fresh air. The salt air is good for people, Oswald"
Mother told me that never wore any bath
ing suit at ALL"
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Plates and bridges soak up odors
and impurities like a spongel A thin
dark scum collects on them. This
scum holds germs and decay bacte-
ria. It Is so tough that ordinary
brushing seldom removes it. And it
gets into every tiny crevice where
brushing can't even reach. Almost
always it results in "dentNre breath"
probably the most offensive of all
breath odors.
Yet there's a perfect way to clean
and purity false teeth without
brushing, acid or danger. It is Poll
dent, the powder that dissolves
away all scum, stains, tarnish and.
odor. Makes breath sweeter-
and plates or bridges look bet
ter and feel better. Tens Of
thousands call Polident a bless
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is being quoted by her best
friends - who no doubt are
translating her usually perfect
English into their own vernacu-
lar-as saying the board is "a
bunch Of nuts"
Her specific complaints are
these:
The board is unfair in many
Of its decisions.
1t picks its cases for pub
Hcity purposes.
It lets some cases go for
months and jumps to other
cases where it can help CIO and
make the front page, even
though the Wagner Act is not
involved (for instance, media
ton cases..
EOR official family reasons
L these unorthodox Admins
tration views may never be
stated officially, but Miss Per
kinS could make out a case, II
called upon. Most notorious re-
cent development along that
line was the boards delay Of
the West Coast Longshoremen's s
case until the day after Lund.
berg's Master Mates and Pilots,
in conjunction with the fire.
men and teamsters, had voted
to go with AFL.
The trouble will certainly come
to the surface, however, when
Board Member Donald Wake
field Smith comes up for re-
appointment next month. He is
a Guffey appointee who will
be ardently opposed by Miss
Perkins and others on the
ground that he rarely approves
a board decision unless the CIO
has an organization interest
in 1t.
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promptly pulled it out with a
surprised gasp.
Someone had stuffed the
Qualters' pocket with feathers.
And there is a Sneaking Sus-
picion that F. D. R. could name
the joker if he wished.
60 far as heat is concerned, the
~ President has endured more
on thie trip than OF any of lis
many jaunts since entering the
White House. The present jour-
ney has been even more ardu-
Gus than his scorching trip
through the Northwest in '34 or
his drought area inspection Of
SO.
Every time F. D. R. has left
the train to make an address he
has returned drenched in per-
spiration. The President is i'm
mediately stripped, given a
sponge bath and an alcohol rub.
The special train is air-con-
ditioned throughout. The ice
consumption rate indicates the
intensity of the temperature
through which it has passed. At
Memphis, at 4 a. m. Saturday,
10000 pounds of ice were placed
in the air-cooling equipment of
eight cars. All cars are condi-
toned except the baggage and
diner, which has its mechanical
cooling system.
At 5 p. m. when the ice vaults
were opened at the Oklahoma
City station, where the mercury
stood at 104, another 10000
pounds were placed aboard. A
crew of 80 men completed the
job in 80 minutes.
The Washington times., 1938-07-11

Kansas eccen-
trio n a m e 4
Woody Hook
aday to shine
the Roosevelt
S h o eS. But
H ock a day S
q uick dart,
that brought
him W i t h in
ms reacrl
Of the Roose
velt automo-
b lie, dr. ov g
home tn the
Secret S erv-
ice that there
are still panS
The Washington times., 1938-07-11
EXPERTS REPORT
FOR AND AGAINST.
FLORIDA CANAL.
Completion Of Project
Urged by Markham
BY ROBERT HUMPHREYS
Copyright, 1898, by International
News Service.)

The complete report of the
Army engineers on the Florida
ship canal will be published this
month carrying a recommends
ton that the huge project be fin
ished at a cost of approximately
5000, ,000, 900, it was learned today.
The voluminous document of
900 pages and 250, 900 words in ad-
dition to scores of tables and
charts, represents eight years of
survey work during which four
sharply differing reports were
filed.
Although all four are incorpo-
rated in the final and complete
report, the favorable recommends
tions BY Maj. Gen. E. M. Mark
ham, who retired as chief Of en-
gineers last year, are accorded
ranking position.
STARTED IN 1895
The canal was begun in 1895
with S., 100000 in relief funds at
the direction Of President RooSe-
welt, who based his action on
recommendation by an interde-
partmental board Of review which
he established to examine the
question. Work was suspended
the same year when the funds
were exhausted.
The complete report Of the
Army engineers, now in the pro-
cess of printing, includes the fol-
lowing:
Markham's recommendations
that the canal can be completed in
six years at an estimated cost of
$197, ,921 900 to the Federal Govern
ment and $3,000,00O to the State
of Florida, and his conclusion that
the canal will show "a handsome
profit in benefits to shipping"
OPINION DIVIDED
A report by the Board of En-
gineers for Rivers and HarborS,
estimating the cost at $265, ,282, 900
and recommending against the eX-
penditure on the grounds that
economic justification" can not
be established.
A report by engineers revisory
board estimating the cost at $751;
585 900 and concluding that the
anticipated benefits will be fully
commensurate with the eXpendi'
lures involved"
A report by the engineers spe-
cial board, placing the cost at
1928, 100000, seeing Economically
insufficient benefits" and recon-
mending that the project mot be
undertaken"
OPPOSITE VIEWS
Markham'S report was completed
last year, the Rivers and Harbors
Boards a few months earlier, that
of the revisory board in 1896 and
the one by the special board in
1888. In addition to a division OF
opinion on cost and benefits, there
was likewise sharp difference over
the financial future Of such a prof.
ect.
Markham placed annual carry
ing and operating charges at
So, ,905, 900 and benefits at $8,741,
600, observing the figures "indi
cate definitely that the canal
would not be in any sense bad
investment at the present time"
The rivers and harbors board
estimated annual charges at
$9,943, 900 and benefits of only
$7,105, 900; the revisory board
found the benefits would amount
to $9,553,244 against annual
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b u S in e S s.
M a n y an
ardent N e W
Deal official
is barely con-
cealing slight
nausea at the
way the board
is being run,
including no
less a ! a b or
a d v o c a t e
than doubt
it not Ma
dame Labor
S e ere t a ry
Perkins.
NHiec pa1plyiDC
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EN~O~S SNSNSS 81 ANS
THERE is another appalling parable to this.
American parents refusing to salute the
American flag and encouraging their children
to do the same. School teachers refusing to take
the oath Of allegiance to the flag. In heavens
name, If these people are ashamed Of the Stars
and Stripes why don't they get out Of the coun-
try and stay out? Let them have little dose
of Germany or Russia for couple Of weeks, and
they will be glad to come back and take any
oath in the world we would request Of them.
There is no finer class Of citizens than the
teachers. They play vital and important part
in the shaping Of their pupils minds when they
are young and flexible. But every other person
employed by the American Government must
take an oath Of allegiance, so what are the
teachers afraid Of? :
The Jews have been prosecuted people many
hundreds Of years. They cannot return in peace
rule, they are brilliant, devoted, home lovers,
who put their families before everything and
make fine citizens. New York city is the biggest
Jewish city in the world today, with Is per cent
of all Jews Yet, do not see that this has hurt
New York.
We all want to help, every single one of us.
But, we must not act hastily at the expense Of
our own unemployed and helpless people. We
must put our house in order first. Get rid Of the
elements in this country that are stirring up the
unrest. Then we will be able to take care Of our
brothers across the Sea and welcome them to the
land of liberty and opportunity.
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|. Q. Answers
Questions on Page 81

/. Canape. 2. A savory jelly
made with stock. 3. Fried
quickly in a small amount of
fat and Drowned evenly all over.
4. Thick. S. Soup with a cream
stock and ice cream to which is
added, finally, chopped nuts. 6.
Stewed slowly in a covered uten-
sill. 7. C. 8. A dish made with
eggs, milk and flour and some
ingredient for flavoring, beaten
light and fluffy and served hot.
9. Tomatoes. 10. Paste made of
goose iverS.
The Washington times., 1938-07-11

1t will not remain so very long.
Take the delegation that Is
meeting in Evian, France,
headed by Myron c. Taylor, to
try and work out some way to
give the political refugees a
place to go. Myron Taylor is
one of the really big men Of
our time, with splendid judg-
ment and, above everything
else, fair and open mind. Yet,
here is a part Of what he said
to the meeting on the opening
The Washington times., 1938-07-11
'Nebraskan Of 81
Is Always Elected

ONEIL, Neb., July I'm. F.
Norton, 81 years old, Holt county
surveyor for forty-four years, who
has been elected on every legalized
political ticket in the history Of
the county, has filed for renomin-
alton. He Is a Republican.
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who were fined at the rate of
81 per head for wandering on
the Boardwalk in topless swim
suits.
Father" said little Oswald,
II never could understand
what was wrong in wearing
trunks at the seashore.
my son." came the answer,
''it might be all right on the
beach itself, but not on the
Boardwalk"
But, father, what's the diff
ference in standing on the
The Washington times., 1938-07-11

points. The outstanding point,
however, is that the rise was
stopped.
In other words the selling
was as good as the buying.
This condition, however, was
plainly more the result of re-
duced buying than of increased
selling.
There has been widespread
feeling that the market has be-
come tired" and that it is en-
titled to a good technical cor
rection." The ability to hold
The Washington times., 1938-07-11
''But-

7 TITLE Oswald read aloud to his father the
following from the evening newspaper as they
sat on a boardwalk seat
Wildwood, N. J-Officials put $1CO in the till
today after roundup of 100 shirtless bathers
The Washington times., 1938-07-11

A BOARD THE PRESIDENTIAL SPECIAL, July H.
"A For few swift seconds Saturday the Presidents
Secret Service guards and White House reporters thought
they in for another Zangara episode-an attempt
the life of F. D. along the lines of the Miami affair of 33
that caused the death of Chcago Mayor Cermak paered
revolver shots about the who enter the White
House month later and ended with the execution of the
The Washington times., 1938-07-11
My Say

A MERICA, the Land Of the Free, the gateway
to happiness and freedom. Yet, this is what
our beloved country has stood for since its be-
ginning But, unless we watch our step closely,
The Washington times., 1938-07-11

TNAST JAFFREY, N Hon the average, the
~ prices of common stocks reacted last week,
the net losses running between one and two
The Washington times., 1938-07-11
By EValyn Walsh Mclean

Twothirds Of the unrest in this country is due
to traitors-people who take the oath Of an
American citizen with one hand and the oath to
Hitler with the other.
The Department Of Justice must have a very
good idea how many of these radicals there are
in this country, and if they were allowed money
enough to act they could deport these trouble
makers.
The Washington times., 1938-07-11
False Teeth Wearers Are
Worst Breath Offenders!
"Need More Than Mouth Wash"
saw Authorities d. Recommend P0IIdent

ing for comfort, convenience and
hygiene. Long-lasting can costs only
800 at any drug store. Approved by
Good Housekeeping Bureau and
dentists everywhere.
The Washington times., 1938-07-11

Fortunately, the furry in Okla
homa City turned out to be no
more than another effort by q
The Washington times., 1938-07-11

Il need not emphasize that discrimination and
pressure against minority groups and the dis
regard of elementary human rights are contrary
to the principles Of what we have come to re-
gard as the accepted standards of civilization"
ShoWS Fairness and Judgment
IN this speech, Mr.. Taylor shows his fairness
and his good judgment. Like Mr. Kennedy,
our ambassador to England, he is not going to
be stampeded.
OF course, America would love to throw its
doors wide open and welcome all the prosecuted
souls that are being driven from their homes.
Here is one possible way we might make room
for our quota-get rid of every single alien in
this country whose acts are subversive to Amert
can interests. Just think of people living here
as American citizens yet being allowed to be-
come members of organizations like the Aneri-
can-Deutscher Bund and, get this, swearing al
legiance to Adolf Hitler.
Now, to me, these people who accept all the
privileges America offers, and yet openly admit
Hitler is their boss should be deported as quickly
as possible and every one Of these societies
broken up.
The Washington times., 1938-07-11
News Behind
The News
BY PAUL MALLON.

(world Copyright, 1888, by King
Features Syndicate. All Rights Re
served. Reproduction in Full or in
Part Strictly Prohibited.)
DISGUST with the National
~ Labor Relations Board is
not confined to the AFL and
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-02-17
Ashe Will Get
Weekly Service
Representative Of State Unem-
plOyment Compensation To
Be In Jefferson Every Tues.

Ashe county has been establish
ment as a weekly service point of
the State Unemployment Compen-
sation Commission!
That's the good news that David
G. Ball, Of the N. Wilkesboro Office,
announced this week.
Mr.. Ball stated that every Tues
day representative will be at the
courthouse in Jefferson to file
claims and acknowledge reports
from those applying for jobless in
surance payments.
Therefore, it will not be neces-
sary for Ashe county's approximate
400 claimants to wait two months to
receive benefit checks. All appli-
cants are urged to report each Tues
day so that there will be no unneces-
sary delay in getting payments.
Mr.. Ball explained that there may
be a slight delay in some cases due
to the fact that many of the dom
tractors from whom information
must be obtained live IN other
states.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-02-17
w. M. S. Members
Are To Complete
Church Kitchen

The w. M. S. of the West Jeffer-
son Baptist church met last Thurs
day afternoon at the home of Mrs.
George Oliver.
Mrs. w. T. Wilmington had charge
of the program which was opened
with song followed by devotion,
led by Mrs. @. R. Campbell Inter
esting discussions on the following
topics were given: Missions in
the Homeland Fifty Years Ago.,
by Mrs. B. E. Reeves; missions in
the Homeland Today, Mrs. Guy
Badger and "Reaping with joy,
Mrs. A. B. Vannoy.
Mrs. Wilmington was appointed
mission study chairman. A study
course is to be held in the near fu-
ture. The members made plans to
finish the kitchen in the church
basement in the next few DAYS.
They also discussed plans to hold
the annual Easter Food Sale.
The society decided to buy six
windows for the new house being
built for Mr.. and Mrs. r. H. Har-
less.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-02-17
Lansing To Have
A Triple Header
Virginia. Carolina And River
view Teams To PLAY OFF Tie
Game Tuesday Night.
(By Posts Correspondent

Lansing, Feb. 14.-Next Tuesday
night; February %, the Riverview
and Virginia Carolina boys basket
ball teams will help the Lansing
teams ring the curtain on the home
basketball season when they face
each other on the Lansing gym floor
to play off a tie game which was
first played at Riverview school, the
game having ended in a II to II
tie.
In order to help the Lansing
school with its building program,
George VanHoy, principal, of the
Virginia Carolina school and Wade
E. Eller, principal of Riverview,
voluntarily agreed to play off the
game on the Lansing court and to
let all proceeds from the game go
to Lansingis building fund.
81 am deeply gratified by the ex-
cellent spirit which these two
schools are showing to help Lansing
and we will, therefore, furnish Of
ficials for the game without any
cost" E. E. Garbee, president of the
Appalachian Association, announc-
eS.
In addition to this outstanding
game, on the same night the Lam
sing teams will meet Sparta high
m a double header on the local
court. The girls game will COM
mence at z o'clock. The Virginia
Carolina teams will play next and
the Sparta-Lansing boys last.
These are the only games that
are scheduled to be played in the
county next Tuesday night and a
record crowd is expected to see
these games. This will also be the
last appearance of the Lansing
teams on their home court.
'sWe deeply appreciate this fine
spirit of cooperation and assist
ance on the part of Riverview and
Virginia Carolina teams and ex-
tend a cordial invitation to every
body to see the games" Prof. Jo-
seph A. Martin stated.