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Evening star., 1938-05-01
NICE SAYS REGIME
ENDS ROAD WASTE
Administration Put Finish
to 16-Year Neglect,
He Declares.
BY the Asst ciated Press,

BY the Asst cIated Press.
ANNAPOLIS. Md. April 30.-Gov.
Nice asserted in a formal statement
today his administration had ended
"l6 years of waste. extravaganza and
inexcusable neglect" OF Maryland's
highway system.
Citing what he said was unjust,
unfair misleading and illogical" crit
iciSm OF the State Roads Commission
in office since 1885. the Governor said
he felt citizens Of the State ARE
getting we'll fed up with this sort
Of partisan vituperation."
Time Declared Too Short.
In another of a series of person.
ally written articles dealing with va
rious departments of State govern
ment the chief executive contended his
Republican regime had been in Office
too short time to completely undo
the evil resulting from control Of
the previous Democratic administra-
ton.
Il think that fair-minded people
will admit that much improvement has
occurred during the last three years =
he continued. mo one believes. nor
do I state. that anything like ade-
quate correction has been fully made.
1t could not have been done during
this short period"
The last Legislature. democratic,
to l." froze the roads commits
sion's 1889 budget. hampering and
handicapping maintenance work while
archaic condemnation laws OF the
State" proved further obstacle, the
Governor said.
Improvements Listed.
Improvements completed under the
present commission include. he said
Baltimore to Havre de Grace, dua!
highway.
Baltimore to Pine Orchard, grades
for dual highway.
Frederick to Hagerstown, graded
for dual highway.
Huyetts to Conococheague, complete
new construction.
Martin Mountain to Naves Cross
Roads. complete new construction.
Baltimore to Annapolis, dual high
way with one lane to be open to
traffic this summer.
Waldorf to Bryantown, complete
new construction.
Baltimore to Carney, complete new
construction.
The commission, he summarized,
has:
Paved 1913 miles of main roads;
graded and drained "a more miles;
resurfaced 10 miles; stabilized 225
miles of State roads with shoulder
construction; widened, graded and
drained 81 miles of county roads !;
widened, graded and stabilized lei
miles of county roads; widened,
graded, drained and paved ISL miles
of county roads.
Work on Grade Crossings.
In addition, grade crossings have
been or are being eliminated at Ken
sington, Rockville, Beltsville, Dorsey,
Edgewood, Harmans, Odenton, WI
mans, Sabillasville, Thurmont, Wood
mont, Glen Morris and Winchester.
Cost of maintenance, under the
Republican administration, has been
$493.59 a mile, compared with $6s716
mile under the previous commits
sion. the Governor added, q saving Of
$19357 q mile.
He emphasized that the roads COM
mission acts "only as the agent" for
county commissioners In county roads
construction, although the public
thinks that the county roads are un-
der the jurisdiction Of the State"
Evening star., 1938-05-01
SPEAKERS ANNOUNCED
FOR SPRING FESTIVAL
Frederic A. Delano Will Be on
Program of Americanizati
Association.

Association.
Frederic A. Delano, chairman of
the National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission and president of
the Americanization School Associa-
ton; James L. Houghteling, commits
sioner Of immigration and naturaliza-
tion. Department of Labor, and Mrs.
Alexander H. Bell, former chairman
OF the American Committee Of the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
tion, will be guest speakers at the
10th annual spring festival of the
Americanization School Association
to be held May II at the Labor De-
partment Auditorium, Thirteenth
street and Constitution avenue NV.
The story Of the ratification of
the Constitution Of the United States
Will be presented in honor of Com
missioner Houghteling and the new.
ly naturalized citizens. Dressed in
costumes of the time, the partici-
pants will portray the group nation
alities in each colony. Actual cita
tions from history files will be read
The festival will be climaxed with
procession Of new citizens and q
pledge to the nag. to be followed BY
Q musical program.
Evening star., 1938-05-01
ROOSEVELT GETS PLEA
FOR LOANS IN IOWA
Authority From r. r. G. for Banks
to Approve Advances of
$25 900 or Less Asked.

u tie ASsC clated Press.
DEs MONIES, Iowa, April 3d.
Gov Nelson G. Kraschel tonight tele-
ersphed President Roosevelt urging
that the Reconstruction Finance Corp.
authorize approved banks or bank
officials throughout Iowa to examine
and approve loans Of $4,000 or less.
Gov. Kraschel added the proviso
that the approved bank should partici-
pate to the extent of so per cent or
more Of such loans. in which event
the acceptance by the approved bank
or oficial would constitute acceptance
by the r. F.. C. Board.
Gov. Kraschel sent copies of his
telegram to Mariner S. Eccles. gov
ernor Of the Federal Reserve Board,
and to Jesse Jones. chairman Of the
Reconstruction Finance Corp.
Earlier in the day Gov. Kraschel
had conferred with Iowa business and
farming representatives, at a meeting
also attended by James G. DAILY of
Columbus, Ohio. president Of the Ma.
tons Smaller Business Council.
Evening star., 1938-05-01
n. L. r. B.
Continued From First Pare J

with violation Of the Wagner Act at
its Detroit plants, and directed that
1t cease what the board called anti
union activities and reinstate 20 work.
ers. allegedly discharged for union
activity
Mr.. Wood said the Ford company
had complained that the order was
entered without giving the respondent
a full, fair and open hearing on the
case.
In plain English" he added, "the
boards motion to withdraw means
that by withdrawing its suit it hopes
to avoid an investigation of the man
ner in which it arrived at its de-
cision in the Ford case, and the sub
mission OF its procedure in that case
70 the scrutiny Of an impartial court.
III In its procedure it had adhered
to the rudimentary requirements of
lair play it would, Of course, have no
reason to avoid the determination of
This issue or the examination of its
members and its staff.
The Ford counsel had asked thai
testimony of board members and SUBJ
ordinates be taken in support of hi.
contention that the Ford company had
not been given an open, fair hearina
on the dispute.
Brief Is Planned.
Mr.. Fahy obtained a postponement
OF Circuit Court action in Philadelphis
IN the Republican Steel Corp. appeal
OF an N. L. R. B. order.
Republic attorneys sought q tenn.
porary restraining order against the
boards order to recognize the c. I. o
and reinstate 5000 employees dismissed
from its five Ohio plants during last
summers little steel" strike.
The Circuit Court withheld decision
on the injunction petition until thu
board notifies it what action it will
take. Mr.. F'ahy said he would file 9
brief Wednesday in answer to tn,
petition.
Evening star., 1938-05-01
FOOD CONSUMPTION HUGE.

NEW YORK. April 30 (speciaD -
New York's seven million people last
year consumed 10000. 900 pounds OF
butter. 225 100000 dozen eggs. l,50O.-
100000 pounds Of, meat and 5000. 900.
900 pounds Of fruits and vegetable
according to recent study by Cor.
nell University.
Evening star., 1938-05-01
Rhodes to Fly to Havana,

MIAMI, Fla. April 80 lP).-Mrs.
Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde. former
United States Minister to Denmark
and Capt. Rohde plan to fly to Ha-
vana tomorrow by Pan American
Clipper to visit friends for a few days.
Mrs. Rohde, daughter Of the late Will
liam Jennings Bryan, is at her home
In Coconut Grove.
Evening star., 1938-05-01
Mennonite Bishop Dies.

DENBIGH. Va. April 80 R.-The
Rev. George Reuben Brunk, 6e. bishop
of the Mennonite colony in Warwick
County. died suddenly tonight at his
home near here. He was widely known
as minister, editor and author.
Evening star., 1938-05-01

Primary school pupils In Japan
are being trained In mass fencing.
The Washington times., 1938-06-17
War and Bombs

The Administration appears
particularly busy in trying to
regulate the style Of warfare.
They object to bombing. What
did we go down into Nicaragua
and do? The same thing? We,
a big nation, against q very
small one.
China is six times as big al
Japan, and could sweep the
Jsps off the mainland If they
should care to exert themselves.
We have never expressed our
selves as sorry for the bombingS
we have done. Nor have we
promised not to do it again.
England has joined in the
protest.
England SnelIed the city Of
Copenhagen into the surrender
Of its fleet. The first shell sent
into the city killed a woman and
her two children. Another set
fire to the cathedral. England
is proud of her performance to
this day.
What a lot Of hypocrisy there
IS in this world! ..#
s. w. HENDERSON.
The Washington times., 1938-06-17
An Established Service

I read With interest your
front-page article the other day
Teeth pulled, replaced in Is
minutes, in test"
This work is nine years old,
developed at the U. S. Naval
Dental School Washington, D.
C. by Lieut.. Comdr. Alfred
Chandler, U. S. NJ: Lieut.. Comdr.
S. S. Jaffe, U. S. N. (R) and
Lieut.. Comdr. VIM. I. Ogus, U.
S. N. (R).
This work has been presented
before the National Dental Con-
vention and most of the State
conventions.
I personally presented this
work, illustrated by moving pic
lures, before the New England
dental convention held at
Swampscott. Mass, in June'
1884 (the same convention meet
ing you are now reporting).
There are over five hundred
patients in Washington who
have received this service, and
the instructions we men have
The Washington times., 1938-06-17
Friendly Warning

Dog Detester" wrote Monday
that all dogs should be muzzled,
and that he would 'hate to kill
a dog, but it seems to be the
only way out if this fails"
This brings to mind the say
ing: Beware Of the man at
whom dogs snarl." It also makes
one consider, once again. how
difficult it is to find a true and
faithful friend among humans,
compared with the quick and
permanent loyalty to be found
in any dogs heart.
I like all animals, dogs best
of all-the sole species I'm un-
able to find affection for is the
skunk.
Be that as it may. I would
dearly enjoy having DOG De-
tester" attempt his misanthropic
purge on a pet Of mine. I would
get some needed exercise.
j. EARLE MOSER.
The Washington times., 1938-06-17

given to various meetings have
made this possible in almost all
localities.
The object of this note is not
to seek publicity for this work,
as the national journal carried
the original work, but to &C
quaint you with facts.
The process is a reverse pro-
cess from the process used-the
plates are made before any
tooth is extracted, the surgery
is performed after teeth removal
to fit the new plates, and they
are permanent and not tempo.
rary plates.
Respectfully submitted,
VIM. I. OGUS,
Lieut.. Comdr., U. s. N. R).
The Washington times., 1938-06-17
Your [. O..
BY SHIRLEY SPENCER


Here are a couple Of match
puzzles and a few tricky little
word and mathematical ques-
tions. Score 20 for No. / and
No. 2, and 10 for each of the
others.
l. Arrange IA matches so as to
form five diamonds of equal
size.
2. Take away two matches and
arrange the IL matches so as
to form four diamonds.
8. Add a syllable to a word and
make it shorter.
4. Spell hard water with three
letters.
S. To six add a monarch, and
make a Norseman.
6. # a bun and a half cost q
penny and a half, how much
does one dozen buns cost?
Z. Take a word which is some
thing you often seek when you
are ill, and change one letter
to make it an act Of de-
nouncement.
8. Drop the first letter of a lum-
inous body and leave a man
of the sea.
ANSWERS on Page 26)
The Washington times., 1938-06-17
"GIorior1s Fourth"

What is the matter with this
guy Pax? Doesn't he know
that the Fourth of July racket
is far greater menace to those
who participate in it than any
pipe-dream stuff about war?
The Fourth of July is not a
day of patriotic celebration and
has not been for more than
half a century.
It is the football of political
gaS-bags, an unending torture
for every citizen, a brutal, cruel.
wanton attack upon his wife'S
personal physical peace. the last
word in pSychopathic Sadism, a
refined butchery of nerves and
only such debauchery Of public
time and money as could be
thought up by those whose busi-
ness it is to make and sell
powder.
Pax is away off on the war
psychology of the glorious"
Fourth of July! It is no more
significant of the thing it was
made to symbolic than Christ
mas-the rottenest breaker Of
human hearts, deceiver of hope
full minds, and crucifier Of family
budgets ever devised is related
to the One whose birthday it
has been made to desecrate!
Like the Fourth of July. it
has been made the excuse for
high.pressure and low-presSure
selling campaign in which no
body but pays an exorbitant
price for things they hate and
abhor, to be given to people
whom they do not like, to en-.
gender hatreds that last the
The Washington times., 1938-06-17

year and jealousies that in no
small measure wreck families.
No, the Fourth of July is not
a patriotic day at all.
It is a demoniacal debauchery
of din and distraction, in which
idiotic parents are made to con-
tribute to the mayhem Of their
young, the slaughter of the pub
lie peace and the murder OF
the right to life, liberty or the
pursuit of happiness.
War? It's a cinch nobody who
has to stand a Fourth of July
celebration can ever stand the
thought of war again!
1NQUIETUS.
The Washington times., 1938-06-17

address at Catholic University'S
graduation exercises. I quote
briefly from Mr.. Kelly:
"The enjoyment of religious
liberty under the Stars and
Stripes in this country in con-
trast with some countries of
Europe is the cause Of the rela-
lively happy condition not only
of the Catholic church but OF
our citizenry in general"
I shall continue with Mr..
Gleissner's letter:
GGTNHE Flag is again a trend
l. in American thought, 3
subject definitely uppermost in
the minds of articulate persons
and also present in the thoughts
of the submerged majority.
1T is the theme of almost
every commencement address in
every city and hamlet in the
country. It crops up every
where where men meet-at the
Chamber of Commerce Of the
United States, at the bankers
conventions, at the Takoma
Park crossroads, at the Gonzales
High School commencement.
Time and again I encounter rev.
erent, considered thought in the
news copy I handle.
"ThiS is a renaissance of pa
triotiSm-no vulgar, thoughtless,
noisy flag-waving, no clustering
vote-scratching patriotism-but
something infinitely deeper. It
seems as though, over the past
several years Of travail, disap-
pointment and sorrow, we have
The Washington times., 1938-06-17
Bowls of Rice

n EMEMBER the 1886 floods? China did. She sent
II us over million dollars to help sufferers. We
didn't have onetenth the damage onetenth the flooded
area onetenth the human suffering that is resulting
from China's flood at this moment
And we were not being bombed.
And tonight at the Raleigh Hotel are asked to have
a good time-to enjoy ourselves-whie providing few
dollars with which to buy bowls of rice for suffering
Chinese! Shall we forget what China remembered?
The Washington times., 1938-06-17
He's Gone Red

Because my SiSter-in-law Is
making a few small dollars a
week which say "In God we
trust" Cbah). can't get on
relief. She has loaned me $3.50
since I lost my job. I am per-
fectly able and willing to work
for an American-standard liv-
ing wage. These yellow-dog
politicians don't care what hap
pens to us, so long as they get
theirs. Therefore. I hereby
highly resolve to give up my
allegiance to the rat politicians,
and join the ranks which fly
the red flag.
NEW COMMUNIST.
The Washington times., 1938-06-17
Technology

Here is a statistic to console
some of you Voice contributors
who are worried about ma
chimes displacing labor. Before
the Civil War, 324 persons were
employed in producing goods
and services for each 1000 in
habitantS of the United States.
BY 1880, 400 persons were
similarly employed per 1000
inhabitants. Great strides in
labor-Saving machinery we're
made from 1900 to 1880. but
there was a gain Of 100000
new jobs.
MILTON s.
The Washington times., 1938-06-17

discarded the fashion Of sneer-
ing at patriotism. that it is no
longer considered sophomore
to be proud of this country and
it's traditions.
people, more than ever, be-
lieve that with ell its faults
America has contributed to the
unending upward surge Of man.
kind. We believe that-and
that is why we went to war. and
will go to war again.
GGTHAT is why drums rolled
in Indiana and Ohio on the
day Woodrow Wilson sent to
Congress his message asking for
war on Germany. Those of US
who live on the eastern seaboard
frequently forget that between
the Alleghenies and the Rockies,
in the great valley. are some
Seventy-five million people in
whose hearts is cherished fun
damental revolutionary Ameri-
canism. Lincoln was the Presi.
dent of these Americans. And
that inStincU now showing Itself
again-where many of us are
not shrewd enough to note its
floWering-is the same that put
Andrew Jackson into the White
House to the distress of the Yam
kee dilettantes and the money
changers.
This type of Democracy. true
patriotism-call it what you will
is not RooseveltiSm, and by
that I mean not Franklin Delano
Rooseveltism. Our present Presi-
dent is a patrician. born to the
purple. an idealogist, the arch
enemy of laissez-faire American
ism. And by that mean indi-
vidualism.
W0LIvER CROMWELL. if he
" could return to this dis
tressed world today in the guiSe
of a simple patriotic American
as he was a simple patriotic
Englishman-could muster COM
panies any day at Bedford, Ind,
at Chagrin Falls, Ohio. at
Broken Bow. Nebr., or at Capon,
w. Va, just as he did at Hunt
ingdon, Bedford, Chester, Chel-
tenham and Northampton in his
England of almost 800 years ago.
And his symbol here would most
rightly be the Stars and Stripes
just as it was the parliamentary
square in the days of the Eng
lish revolution.
Naturally it is a little diff
cult for an immigrant, a cos
mopolite, a man who has served
under as many flags as you
have, to get the inner feel Of
this increasing condition in this
country. But if I were you I
would sure as hell try"
know you're right, John, and
I sure as hell will try from now
on.
~e-,,-;-Lk Ta9S hv wo sh;ne+n,, Trsv,o A. !
The Washington times., 1938-06-17
ROllin' Along
By W. A. s. Douglas

M FRIEND John Gleissner newspaperman of parts,
1VA sought to talk into writing piece in this space last
Tuesday Flag Day. tried it but didn't seem to get
satisfaction out of the words they the
didn't want to be soppy-but sloppy And finally
tore the sheets out of the typewriter and wrote something
else
John apparently picked up the paper and failed to find the
article he wanted So he wrote letter which think does
infinitely better justice to the subject than could any words
The Washington times., 1938-06-17

"It's so hard
to pick some
thing out that
f a t h ers will
like, 1 think
the Sa e S t
t hin g is to
stick to shirts
a n d summer
ties. Things
Wearable are
always S a f e
selections as
gifts that
will please"
The Washington times., 1938-06-17

ing a bout
Flag Day."
And then
he enclosed
some news
clippings, one
of which con-
tained part Of
a S pe e ch
m a d e by
Robert Ham
ilton Kelly in
h i S c o m.
m e n cement
The Washington times., 1938-06-17

"A g o o d
cigar is hard
to beat as a
pre- S ent for
any man. I'd
say, if your
father smokes.
get him a box
of extra fine
cigars. They'll
give him more
real pleasure
than anything
else. p"
The Washington times., 1938-06-17

"a shaving
kit. Whatever
else happens,
d a d. S beard
is g ng to
grow ver y
d a y. If he
doesn't use a
straight edge
or a S a f e t y
ra Zor, per-
haps he'd like
one of those
electric shaw
The Washington times., 1938-06-17
The Depravity of War

IN OUR editorial of yesterday, Eyes, War is Depraved
we neglected to bring out point which should have
been emphasized. This point is that neither the United
States nor any other nation has ever made less
depraved by getting into it. The only effect is to bring
the depravity of into the country which goes to
CFIom the New Daily !
The Washington times., 1938-06-17

"I S e t tied
that problem
many Christ
m a es ago.
The best pres
ent to Civ
dad is cash.
Then he can
get what he
W a n t S, not
W h a t you
hope he'll like.
It's fool proof,
that gift"
The Washington times., 1938-06-17
Roosevelt Resurgent

THE Seventy-ffth Congress adjourned last night,
i after two regular sessions (JanuaryAugust, 1887;
January-June, 1889 and special session last Novem
ber-December
Traditionaly President loses much if not all of his
grip Congress in his second term Most of the patron
age has been dealt OUT and the chances enormously
against his running for third term the boys usually
feel safe in cutting up bt even if the Big Boss was re-
elected by landslide Moreover has been the voters
habit to blame the President when business conditions
sour as business conditions have done in the last
seven months.
This being the tradition, it has fallen to President
Roosevelt to break it. he has broken many another
He practically popular with the of the people
he was, according to various pubicopnion sur
veys and he winds up this session firmly in control of
Congress.
Mr.. Roosevelt bade fair at the beginning of this Con-
gress to live up to the traditions He sprung his court
reform program the nation without warning; tactical
error which stirred up rebellion in Con-
Do'e"'o' gress, touchy about its dignity He lost
Victorioe that battle, though he the campaign
through the designations of conservative
Justice Van Devanter and Sutherland
The rebels built their seeming victory by fighting
the harmless and desirable reorganization bill, their
prime purpose being to humiate the President. They
appealed to every sort of prejudice, from the ignobe
prejudice of Congressman against aboshing jobs their
relatives may get the hgh-minded prejudice of most
Americans against dictatorship And they won the fight
They thought they had Roosevelt down. but then
the Florida primary, with the victory of New Dealer
Claude Pepper Came too, surmise lot of letters
from voters who didn't like the way their Washington
Representatives floutng and shooting the Presi-
dent
1t was again discovered that everybody against
Roosevelt except the people; and the climb back onto
the Roosevelt bandwagon edifyng spectacle The
President won passage of the wagehour bi counted
dead in the days of his "downfall'; and he his
S5OOOOOO 900 spending lending bill without the proposed
strings the management of the money.
The whole thing turned out to be terrible outrage and
affront to the Old Dealers.
The Washington times., 1938-06-17
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE

200 addresses
the writers will be omitted
The Washington times., 1938-06-17
Traffic Toll

The list of traffic victims in
the District Of Columbia since
January /, 1888, is graphically
shown by the death watch.
The Washington times., 1938-06-17

Dear Bill:
Here is the sort of thing
was trying to make clear to you
the other day when I was talk.
The Washington times., 1938-06-17

Last year
I decided to
get something
different. 1
b o u 6 h t my
father a porch
chair. He likes
to S p e nd a
great deal of
his leisure on
the f r o n t
p o r c h at
h m e, so it
really m a d e
The Washington times., 1938-06-17

ers. It's useful, and decidedly a
mans present"