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Differentials Beaten

THE House finally passed the revised wagehour bill
l. late Tuesday night 31497, with the Southern blocs
much desired wage dfferenta provisions ruled out. The
1u r1.. D:u bill calls for nationwide mini
mum wage of 25 cents hour
Passes the House and maximum work week of
forty-four hours. The wage minimum would rise cents
year to 40 cents the hours would drop to forty after
two years.
SenateHouse conference may make drastic revisons;
Southern lawmakers hope So for reason, does
Representative j. M. Mead (Dem), from Buffalo, n Y.
We can understand in part why Southerners would
favor lower wage minmums for the South The "cheap
labor lure has induced many Northern capitalist to 60
Southern Pau. South and numerous sOuthernerS
would like to hold on to that advan-
"O'"'e'" F"y tage. They refuse to get it through
their heads that the workers who make the products of
industry also buy most of those products and that there
fore liberal wages better business. The thing
proved out down South under the NRA
Better wages up North the prime reason why the
North is better off than the South Northern business
man who opposes the wage-hour bill can have only
motive that can imagine-he hopes day to move
his business South Why any Northern awmaker such
Mead opposes the b thus opposing the best interests
of business in his section, can't imagine.
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Dollars Against Disease

WITH the signing of the LaFollete Buwine bill by
w President Roosevelt the against venerea dis
ease is on in earnest.
And for the comparatively small amount of money that
will be expended greater good could be done than to
wipe out the ravages of syphilis and gonorrhea.
On July there will be $3,OOOOOO available to carry
on this fight in the next year. The following year there
will be war chest of S5OOOOOO and in the third year
$7,OOOOOO will be used to combat these diseases.
Thereafter there will be as much money the
doctors deem necessary to carry the fight up to
$3,OOO,OOO ~ ~.oo4,.,
TW F"S' ~" for the purchase of medicines and
for treatment of the afflicted by local DOCTORS health
officers hospitals or clinics that will be set up
A statement from the White House in connection
with signing the measure pointed out that enactment
of the legislation is due largey to the and
energetic support given by as groups and in
dividuals, throughout the United States"
Now that the taboo has been fairly we'll ripped off
Of frank discussion of these diseases, practical work
against them is starting large SCALE and can
look forward to the day when they will be eliminated,
as medicine has brought other diseases under control
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Whats Wrong Here

There is something wrong in
Denmark. But it is right here
in D. C.
First we ought to look out for
bona fide WaShingtonians. I
mean the folks that live here and
pay taxes and can't get work.
Our young women walk the
streets, looking for work. Why?
Because our lawmakers bring
their help from other States.
They go home and tell their con-
stituents and relatives: Come to
Washington and get on some
thing for nothing"
And other things about our
District government. The street
cleaning department is rotten.
The police department is rs
years behind the population. We
need more men. But our high
school boys can't get on. Why?
Because we have no vote. And
we get our police from every
State in the Union.
Our transit system is also q
mess. They pay their men half
Of what they get in some other
cities.
And when I want to bet a dol
lar on Q horse race, ] have 70
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Helping the Railroads

With reference to the present
plight of the railroads, my ad-
vice, born of real knowledge Of
their troubles, is that they
should build smaller cars and
engines which will eliminate a
lot of dead tonnage, speed up
traffic and make quicker deliv-
cries, which will make a faster
turnover. Instead OF raising
rates reduce them to the level
of water, truck, and bus trans
portation, establish pickup and
delivery service for certain
classes of freight and also for
passengers.
If this were done passenger
trains would be filled instead
of running over the road half
filled.
The increase in traffic would
increase revenues, would return
thousands Of railroad men to
their jobs, and partly remove
the increasing menace from our
highways. p. D.
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TaX-Exempt Racket

GEORGIA TECH and the University of Georgia. trying
~ to dodge Federal amusement taxes their football
game admissions, lost out before the Supreme Court
Monday
The Court by 62 decision (Justce Cardozo not par
Troo ~, ticpating) ruled out these State colleges
contention chat football is functional
FOOIO0" part of education, and that therefore a
State college, being of the State should not have
to pay football amusement taxes to the Federal Govern
ment. ridiculous argument it's face and hoggish
attempt to duck one kind of taxes paid by privately
endowed colleges, professional football teams baseball
teams, etc., etc.
This decision will further limit the tax-exempt racket
which is of our great abuses.
P S.-As was to be expected Justices McReynods and
Butler dissented
Front New York; News
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Your |. O..
By SHIRLEY SPENCER

This is a mixed quiz Of in
formation, questions and prob
lens. Score 10 for each.
/. What planet was once
called Lucifer?
2. What was the war called
in which England and France
fought the longest and how
many years did it last?
3. Jack and Jill went up the
hill for % quarts Of water. Jack
carried five more than twice
as many quarts as Jill carried.
How many quarts did each
carry?
4. In what year was the
MORO Castle ship disaster?
S. What is kale: (a) sea-
weed; (b) vegetable: ((c> grain.
6. How many degrees are
there in the angle made by the
hands of a clock at 3 o'clock.
z. How many degrees in the
angle made at 2 o'clock?
8. Combine one part Of oxy-
gen and two parts hydrogen
and what have you?
9. where is Washington'S
tomb?
10. If you place . 12.foot lad.
der against the side Of the
house with its top 10 feet from
the ground, how many feet
(nearest tenth) Is the foot Of
the ladder from the wall?
ANSWERS ON Page 22)
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Asks Jobs for Youth

Isn't it time for all fair
minded employers in business,
school system, or politics to
determine whether m q rried
women in their employ are justi-
fled in holding a position that
some unemployed father or
school graduate could willingly
and in a short time efficiently
fill?
The era of married women
seeking employment outside
their homes began with the
World War. yet many have held
their positions through the In
tervening years, even though
friend husband also had a lucra-
tive position.
They enjoy luxuries, fine
clothes, homes, best of food,
possibly two cars, and numer-
Gus trips, while other parents
struggle along with bare necessi-
ties.
A married woman who has q
sick or unemployed husband,
aged parents, or. young brothers
and sisters under her care is
justified in working, but not
those whose husbands are, en-
ployed. GRADUATE.
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The ROn1e-Berlin Axis

Italy and Germany - once
again united as in those first
years Of the past World War
shoulder to shoulder as pictures
to the public are revealed show
ing Mussolini and Hitler chum-
ming together, but the problem:
how will Italy's friendship or
alliance with Hitler effect the
allies. The French-British ma
chine which won on land, ex-
cepting the fighting was done
on French soil, but lost ct sea
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ROllin' Along
By ". A. s. Douglas

7 HAVE friend very gentle person, who believes he
has been specially delegated to carry the woes of all
humanity upon his shoulders Now these narrow, be-
he is strong man. and when he concludes is
always the case that he failed he goes off drunk
which lasts sometimes for days and sometimes for months
He such sympathetic person that all sorts of people
make practice of carrying their to him. These are in
great portion imaginary but that makes difference to
my friend He shoulders the load his own coapses under
it, and finishes up in the inevitable alcoholic ward
few t rdor.t0rd;ro be+vsor dogs
particularly nasty siege due to 49, +hoir roo.tors
his great love dogs. He had g, - - ohoro .. a., al
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Veteran Speaks Mind

In line with their other asinine
tactics, the American Legion,
Veterans Of Foreign Wars, and
Disabled American Veterans ran
true to form when they placed
their "give a veteran q job"
placement in the hands Of "Os-
car" (never a job for q veteran),
of the United States Veterans
Placement Service.
I have been registered with
this outfit for seven years and
never have I had q "nibble" for
a job.
The appropriation for this
kind Of work should be sum-
marily shut off unless this
agency can produce satisfactory
evidence that its record war
rants it's continuance.
No! I was not drafted.
A VETERAN
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count allied merchant losses by
German submarines.
An altruistic proposition pre-
sents If King Emmanuel favorS
taking sides with France and
England, but Mussolini decides
to unite with Hitler.
CAPT. G. w. BOOTH,
U. s. Army, Retired,
Station L, Washington, D. c.
So.
Let Science Find a Way
It should be plainly evident
to q sociologist that there is
something wrong with q social
system whose major problems
are the care Of the INDECENT and
insane, and the suppression OF
crime and juvenile delinquency.
The remedy for this deplor.
able condition Is largely bio
logical. The politicians and
preachers should step aside and
pass the problem to the only
men capable of finding an in
telligent solution. II science can
find ways to lengthen life, then
it should be able to find some
way to make life worth living
for all men.
If given a free hand science
can find the remedy. It may
shock some Of the superstitiouS
who insist that it is ungodly for
society to protect itself against
the twin curses Of ignorance and
poverty by breeding fewer Of the
kind that are congenitally con-
signed to be totally untitled to
care for themselves in this mod
ern complex civilization.
The institutions that control
the destiny of this nation can
never be a success as long as
they glorify weakness and
coddle the weak. Unless science
can improve the species we had
better go back to the jungleS
and rebuild the race physically.
PHnOS.
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friends faith in human nature
is such that he will accept any
tale.
Mr.. McGrew, roaring drunk,
insisted that he have a drink.
My friend took a beer and asked
the reason for the bender. He
was told that sorrows were be-
ing drowned instead Of joys be-
ing celebrated.
MIR. McGREW, wiping away a
AVA tear, declared his dog had
walked out on him.
"I can't imagine you being
cruel to a dog" said my gentle
friend, already all sympathy.
How Gomez"
"It's this way" explained Mr..
McCrew, tossing down another
straight whiskey. "I found this
dog in q village during the war.
He's German police dog and q
mighty fine animal, even though
he's getting old. He's hurt me
to the quick, old pal"
That's too bad, too bad"
said my friend. 1--WE been on the
wagon, so to speak, for six
months. It hurts me, too. Give
me a whiSkey."
Mr.. McGrew called for two
and they drank a toast to q bes'
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walked into a
saloon for a
h a rm | e s 8
glass Of beer
and there he
e n C ountered
q newspaper
man acQuain-
tance whom
we will call
Mr.. McGrew,
because that
is no his
name. This
mans reDllta-
ton as a liar
is tre m e n
douS, but my
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"B Biolog gy
and botany.
B i o ! o g y
seemed to be
the e a S e st
S u b ] ct I
studied, I sup
pose because
I was so in
tereSted in it.
And I S till
am definitely
interested in
this science.
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exempt section of the city marked off as
above. Why not herd them all into this,
their proper bailiwick, according to the
Constitution and let the real residents Of
Washington govern themselves on their
own ground? Such action would be in
accordance with the Constitution and also
in accordance with the incorporation char
ter Of any American wayside hamlet.
(See Editorial on Page One).
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Economies,
and it still is
a fascinating
topic to me.
I suppose the
reason I was
so interested
in the study
Of economics
was because
1t is the foun-
datio of
making ones
living in the
The Washington times., 1938-05-26
Tenants Complaint

There should be a clause in
house leases giving a rebate to
tenants who improve the prem
ises and make them more sal
able and rentable. It is exas-
perating to break your back
planting creeping bent grass,
nursing vines and shrubbery
and building up pretty flower
gardens, only to have the owner
raise the rent because the place
has been made more desirable.
10,
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&C a ! c uluS
provided my
most interest
ing study. In
fact, I liked
all forms Of
mathematics,
and I still
fin d this
study Stimu-
lating and in
tereSting. OF
C ur Sc en-
gineerS must
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trating. I intend continuing art
study"
Y + +
Rollin Nelson, 1875 Park Rd.
N. W., life saver with the Cali
fornia Coast Guard:
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ject and 1t
still is. I read
at every op-
port unity I
can in my
spare tim e
and I still am
interested in
the study Of
W ord S and
sentence con-
S t r uction. I
a ! W Us re-
ceive d my
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was III charge VI d1 du'
vance company" sobbed Mr..
McGrew," and we came on this
ruined house. The Fritzies were
wise and had taken it on the
run. The place was full Of
champagne. Must have been
mess headquarters. And here
was this little pup all alone.
Let's have another"
They did.
COCOON as saw the wine"
~ Mr.. McGrew went on, II
sent the boys along to mop up
the village. And I picked up
the pup in my arms and settled
down to some serious drinking.
After a while I figured I'd bet
ter see what the lads were doing,
so I took the pup and a
bottle and came out on the
street. You gotta have disci-
pline in the army, you know"
"sure thing" agreed my
friend, holding up two fingers to
the bartender.
Gas I was saying" said Mr..
McGrew, wiping tears away. Il
came out and fell over a ped
estal-and who do you think
was on top Of it?"
"I haven't the slightest idea,"
said my friend.
Joan Of Arc, no less. And
sore as a boil. She says I'll
thank you for the pup. McGrew.
You've no business carrying q
dog around No Mans Land
when you're drunk
"She must have been a fine
woman" said my friend, toss
ing down his fourth straight
whiskey.
Maybe so, maybe so. But q
bit on the tough side. The up"
shot Of it was she said she'd
put q curse on me, If I didn't
take the pledge with her right
there and then. And she was
going to take the pup away.
So Of course I had to do what
size wanted"
GGVXTHAT'S all this got to do
w with the dog taking this
last run-out?" asked my friend.
everything" Sobbed Mr.. Nc
Grew, Everything. AS he's been
getting older he's been getting
noticeably sorer. Everytime I
would come home with a snoot-
full he'd go sulk-"
Here Mr.. McGrew's emotion
got the better of him and it took
two straight whiskeys apiece to
get him back to his story.
IT came home last night" he
sobbed. Full as a tick. And that
old dog walks up to me at the
door, looks me over disgusted-
like and says: Dammit to hell,
don't you remember what Joan
of Arc told you? I'm through for
good And with that, believe it
or not, he dives past me. I've
seen neither hair nor hide Of
him since and I know now I
never will"
,na.
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it for three
years in high
S c h o oil, al
tho u gh I
really do not
know exactly
why I like
the S u bj e ct
m ore than
others. When
I go to the
State College
Of N or t h
olina In
The Washington times., 1938-05-26

DESPITE the fact that they are indeed
strangers, the Senator, the Representative,
the Cabinet Officer and the Bureaucrat-
imported to or exported from Washing
ton at the whim of the folks back home
are all possessed Of the delusion that they
own this city. But as Federal strap
hangers the boundaries Of their interfer-
ence should terminate with that tax
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modern world, and Of course I
knew that some day / would be
earning my own way"
4
Miss Peggy Martin, 1888 K
st. N. W.:
"I liked algebra best. I took
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understand mathematics, for it
is definitely necessary in this
work"
X \ X
Miss Jerry Silverberg, 1905
Ninth st. N. w., typist:
art. While I was in school I
The Washington times., 1938-05-26

sneak into q place with iron
doors. But don't have to
sneak into a bingo game Of
chance.
OTIS SHANTY MCCARTHY.
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the fall, I shall specialize in
bacteriology, and algebra is
especially necessary for this
course"
The Washington times., 1938-05-26
Traffic Toll

The list Of traffic victims in
the District Of Columbia since
January /, 1898. is graphically
shown by the death watch.
The Washington times., 1938-05-26

W a S m o r e
anxious to get
to the art
class than to
any other
study, and I
still wo ul d
rather draw
than do any.
thing else. I
D q r ticularly
like dress de-
signing an d
fashion illus
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If I could go to college I would
like to continue these studies
and 1 would also specialize in
animal husbandry."
4 +
Miss Ethel Kennedy, 1880 L
st. N. W., stenographer:
English was my favorite sub
The Washington times., 1938-05-26
Wise Words

Good and bad men are each
less so than they seems. F.
Coleridge.
Revenge Is q confession Of
pain.-Seneca.
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best grades in English"
X
Hans G. JepSon, 112 North
Highland ST., Arlington, Va,
engineer.
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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

During your school years,
what subject interested you the
most? Does it now?
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THE ANSWERS
Miss Lenora Shaffer, 1891
Brentwood Rd. N. E., stenog-
rapher:
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VOICE OF THE PEOPLE

Letters the Editor should be limited
the writers will be omitted request
Evening star., 1938-07-14

q century present 4 more optimistic
picture than that seen by many per-
sons who feel that the industrial sys-
TEN has not shown itself able to ad-
just its distribution of income to its
increasing capacities of production.
Between 1870 and 1897 the amount of
manufactured goods which the aver
age workers weekly wage would buy
was multiplied by two and . half,
although the length Of the working
week was reduced about one-third.
The rate of gain in purchasing
power, however, varied considerably in
different periods. After making nota-
BILE headway between 1870 and 1890,
the movement slowed almost to .
standstill In the quarter century pre-
ceding the World War. This was the
hrst era OF giant business consolida-
tions and the aggressive policy OF
price reductions adopted in more re-
cent years by many organizations had
not then gotten under way. After the
war vigorous improvement was re-
sumed and continued throughout the
20s.
1T Is essential for all business exec
utives to follow course as courageous
and far-sishted as those followed by
the leaders II the Nation IL to have
the highest possible level Of main
tanned prosperity"
Evening star., 1938-07-14
SENTENCE
IS GIVEN FARMER
Eastern Shore Man Must
Pay for Staying His
Young Wife.
B. the Associated Press.

B. the Associated Press.
CAMBRIDGE, Md. July 14,-Fred
L. Brown. 48-year-old farmer and
Canadian veteran OF the World War,
was sentenced today to be hanged for
the murder OF his l7-year-old wife,
Elizabeth, an expectant mother.
Sentence was pronounced by Chief
Judge Benjamin A. johnson. who said
the crime was cruel, cold -blooded and
atrocious to q marked degree
IT crimes OF this nature are to be
punishable by the supreme penalty,
the statute is destroyed by the courts
refusal to perform its duty" he
went on.
Il remand you into the custody Of
the sheriff OF Dorchester County to
deliver you to the warden Of the Mary
land State Penitentiary until such time
as the Governor Of Maryland shall fix
the date when you shall suffer death
by hanging from the neck until you
are dead. May God have mercy on
your soul"
Last Execution in 1884.
II the sentence Is carried out, Brown
will be the 1irst to be hanged from
Dorchester County since 1884. The
last execution occurred August /, 1884,
when Fred Bugs" Cephas. colored,
was hanged for the murder OF selia
Murphy, also colored.
A jury In Dorchester County Circuit
Court found Brown guilty Of murder
in the frst degree last night. but
Judge johnson adjourned court imme-
diately and deferred sentencing until
today. The jury Of farmers and
business men made no mercy recon-
mendation in the verdict
Defense Was Insanity.
Defense counsel pleaded insanity
for Brown, but the jury held he was
sane now and was sane June IA, when,
he confessed, he strangled his young
wife. weighed down her body with
plow shares and dumped her into
Nanticoke River following her threat
to leave him and take their 13-month-
old son.
The taciturn, apathetic Brown, who
told the story of how he stransled his
wife to death and disposed Of her
body Is lust another stih' without
once changing expression, displayed
not = trace Of emotion when he faced
the jury and heard the verdict.
Evening star., 1938-07-14
BY the Associated Press,

BY the A4Sociateo FIeso.
NEW YORK. July 14-Old Mother
Earth was just a little apple to How
ard Hughes today.
Eclipsing every 'round-the- world
venture since the intrepid Portuguese
explorer. Ferdinand Magellan first
circumnavigated the globe in 1883
days in l5l9-l522. Hughes dipped his
silver monoplane out OF the skies at
Floyd Bennett Field after flying
straight around the great circle" IN
four space-devouring days.
The sportsman -millionaire's feat.
almost slashing In half the previous
record time of days ls hours ~
minutes, established by the late Wiley
Post in July. 1898. marked the fourth
complete world-circling flight in
heavier tran-air machine.
The first Is now almost forgotten in
the swift-changing standards Of the
speed age. That one was achieved in
1924 by a group Of U. s. Army planes
led by 1t. Lowell H. Smith.
SCARED West to East.
Flying in leisurely hops, the Army
pilots scared west to east from Seattle,
Wash. taking ITS days. with an ac-
tual fiying time Of is days 8 hours.
Then came Post and Gatty's spec
tacular dash In 1891. setting 4 mark
of 8 days is hours 81 minutes.
Two years later, flying alone. Post
chopped nearly q full day from his
record performance with Gatty. The
flight was 70 near perfection" that
the famous one-eyed pilot. noted for
his modesty. said 1t would take n
heap Of figuring and flying" to beat
his record
Hughes figured-and new.
Mans fever for conquering terres-
trial space with ever-quickening strides
had its germ IN Jules Verne's fan
tastic novel, Around the World In
Eighty Days" first published in 1872.
Lust for Rich Cargoes.
Earlier voyages around the world,
including those of Magellan, Sir Fran
els Drake and Thomas Cavendish,
were inspired more by lust for rich
cargoes of spices and new lands to
claim than by q zest for competitive
adventure.
Magellan was seeking . westward
passage to the Spice Islands Of the
East Indies when he set out from
Seville, Spain, with hve tiny vessels
Evening star., 1938-07-14
IS Boys and Girls Captured
after Gun Battle in Montana

an exchange Of gun FIRE with omcers
this morning.
The other 10 were placed In jail.
Nearly 100 Southern Montana peace
officers and volunteer deputies started
searching through the Crasy Mountain
foothills after Sheriff Bartels was as
saulted. They kept up the hunt all
night.
Sheriff Darroch said the fugitive
party split, seven staying with the
automobile, which developed mechan-
ical trouble, and the other six going
to = sheepherder's abandoned cabin.
At daybreak ofacers closed in and
those In the cabin surrendered without
. struggle.
When onacers reached the car in
Duck Greek Canyon. Darroch said,
one OF the fugitives opened fire with
. shotgun and an ofacer hred through
the window Of the coupe.