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Evening star., 1938-07-25
Most Wounded Man In 4. E. F.,
D. c. Veteran, Dies in Miami
Wallace H. Smiths Body
Had Been Pierced
1873 Times.

Wallace H. Smith, 1416 Seventeenth
times during the World War and came
out smiling. died yesterday Of 4 heart
attack in Miami, Fla.
The veteran collapsed at the wheel
Of his automobile as he was driving
to his Miami home from an American
Legion meeting, according to the As
sociated Press. His car, out of con-
troll, crashed into a telegraph pole.
Mr.. Smith spent part of each year
in Miami.
Mr. Smith. who was often described
as the most wounded man in the
A. E. F., enlisted with the District
National Guard during the trouble on
the Mexican border in 1916. When
the United States entered the World
War he went across.
In his first battle, the young soldier
who was member of the Fighting
Ninth" Infantry regiment of the
Second Division, was wounded by
machine-gun fire. When he returned
to the front, at Chateau Thierry
his company ran into shrapnel fire
An exploding shell killed "a Of his
companions and he was left for dead
on the battlefield for l8 hours. In
these engagements, his body was
pierced 1872 times.
AS he lay helpless. an enemy soldier
inflicted his l33rd wound with a
bayonet which entered his left lung
Later. he was rescued by the German
Red Cross and patched up. He was
returned to his own company when
the Americans advanced
Thought dead by his family and still
carrying much shrapnel in his torn
body, the boy came home.
Years of treatment in Government
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FUNERAL is HELD
FOR PROF. COAD
Vice Principal Of Charlotte Hall
Military Academy Had Taught
for 81 Years.

Funeral services we're held today for
Prof. J. Francis Coad. vice principal
of Charlotte Hall Military Academy
who died Saturday at University Hos
pital, Baltimore, after weeks illness.
Requiem mass was held at the Cor
pus Christi Catholic Church, Balti-
more, and burial was in Greenmount
Cemetery in that city.
Prof. Coad taught continuously as
classical instructor at Charlotte Hall
Academy for 81 years. He was born
at Cherryhelds. Nd, on January 20,
1866, and was graduated from Loyola
College in 1886. He also studied law at
the University of Virginia and was ad-
mitted to the bar, but did not practice.
In 1893. Prof Coad married Miss
Mary Catherine Shaw of Charlotte
Hall, who survives Five children also
survive-Rodman S. Coad. $500 Con-
necticut avenue NV. Washington:
Frank Coad. Pontiac. Mich; Mrs.
David Waters, Mrs. Preston Dallam
and Mrs. Lloyd Baker, Baltimore.
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hospitals followed, during which the
young veteran underwent 81 major
operations and suffered the removal
Of his left lung and seven ribs.
At the time Of his death he was
only 81, and still carried shrapnel in
his body
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Elsie Smith; son, Wallace, jr; a
daughter. Betty Louise, and four sis
ters, Mrs E. B. Conover, Mrs. Ira
Tucker. Miss Betty Smith and Miss
Louise Smith. All were at home when
he died.
The body will be escorted to WASH
ington tomorrow by members of the
Harvey Seeds Post of the American
Legion in Miami. The funeral train
will be met at Union Station Thurs
day morning by the National Guard
of Honor of the Legion.
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j. U.S.,FRANCE KEEP
MONETARY PACT
Morgenthau Joins French
Finance Minister in
Announcement.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, July 25.-Treasury heads of
the United States and France. follow
ing a conference today. issued dec
laration of their mutual desire to
assure the maintenance" of the tri-
partite monetary accord.
Henry Morgenthau, jr.. Secretary Of
the Treasury OF the United States,
and Paul Marchandeau, French finance
minister, announced their talk dealt
with the accord of September 25, 1895,
in which Britain joined their two coun-
tries in undertaking to maintain cur
rency stability
A communique said the finance
ministers had a friendly conversa-
ton during which they recognized
Evening star., 1938-07-25

Thousands Of books are to be sent
from Moscow to Soviet Arctic stations
and districts in the Far North.
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Brazil has ordered insurance COM
panies not to agree to pay losses in
foreign currencies.
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DOLLAR LINE SUBSIDY
EXTENDED FOR 80 DAYS


Temporary Action Does Not
Affect Negotiations.
By he Associated Press.
The Maritime Commission an
nounced today temporary extension OF
the subsidy under which the Dollar
Steamship Lines, Inc, Ltd, OF San
Francisco are operating.
The subsidy, which expired today,
was extended for 80 days
The grant was made to the ship
company last January and provided
for payments Of approximately ST.
500, 900 for six months. That payment
was based upon the operation of l3
ships. however. and the commission
said it was advised the company now
is operating only four ships. Pay
ments are made only on the ships
act,nlN operated,
Commission officials said the tenn
porary subsidy does not affect nego-
tiations for permanent subsidy.
Discussions between the ship company
and the commission have been going
on since early June over a plan for a
permanent subsidy contract.
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MEMORIAL is SET

The Young Communist League will
hold Dave Doran memorial meet
ing at pm. August II, at 500 G
street NV
Mr.. Doran, member of the leagues
national council, died fighting in
Spain with the Abraham Lincoln
Brigade. He was political commissar
of the 18th Division. John Little,
New York State secretary, will speak
at the meeting.
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CUMBERLAND w. P. A.
PROBE WILL BE MADE
Inspector Will Look Into Working
Conditions and Wages at
Request of Lewis.

An investigation will be launched
tomorrow into working conditions and
wage payments on Works Progress
Administration projects at Cumber-
land, Md, under direction of Aubrey
Williams, deputy works progress ad-
mlnistrator.
Acting on a request made today by
Representative Lewis. Democrat, of
Maryland, that such an investigation
be made, Mr. Williams announced that
an investigator will be dispatched to
Cumberland at once and will arrive
there tomorrow. Mr. Lewis is oppos-
ing Senator Tydings in the State pri-
mary.
Complaints of the conditions were
made to local labor organizations and
brought to the attention of Mr.. Lewis
by heads of local unions
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JOURNEY TO RITES

About so members Of the Church Of
the Latter Day Saints travelled by
automobile yesterday to Palmyra, N Y.
where they participated in ceremonies
in honor of the 91st anniversary of
the Mormon trek to Utah.
w. Cleon Skousen of the Washington
church was one of the speakers.
Evening star., 1938-07-25

once again the perfect functioning Of
the tripartite accord"
French and American financial ex-
perts attended a luncheon given Mr.
Morgenthau by the French finance
minister
Guests included United States Am
bassador William c. Bullitt, Foreign
Minister Georges Bonnet, high French
government officials and the heads OF
the principal French and American
financial institutions in Paris.
Evening star., 1938-07-25
FUNERAL HELD FOR BOY
KILLED BY AUTOMOBILE
Boy Scouts Are Pallbearers at
Rites for Robert Williams,
g Years Old,

Robert Williams. 9, of 1902 Forty
third street NV, killed last Thursday
when run down by an automobile near
his home, was buried in Cedar Hill
Cemetery today after funeral services
at the home of his aunt, Mrs Robert
F, Shoemaker, 5105 Forty-fourth street
NV
Eighteen Club Scouts from Den 2 of
Boy Scout Troop % acted as honorary
pallbearers, and six Scouts from the
main troop were pallbearers.
The boy is survived by his mother,
Mrs. John Harper; a sister, Dorothy
Williams. 13; his step-father and a
step-sister, June Harper, l3 months.
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State Lines
MOth-EQten
On Building Regulation

0OL. JOHN W. OEHMANN, District building inspector
~ has for number of years been urging licenses and
regulation requirements for building contractors in Wash
ingon That is the colonel urged away each year. up till
two years Then he got tired of hearing nothing
about it and stopped urging.
But building inspector is conscientious citizen
and now he is determined to try again. He is in the midst
of his report for the years 93938 and has declared his
intention of requesting licenses and proper regulation for
the contractors.
Colonel Oehmann argues soundy that the plumbers and
electricians governed and points the lack of viola
tons of rules in these two fields He looks for consider
able improvement along these lines in the building indus
try if favorable action taken upon his recommendations
The building inspector seems to have something there
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"Unfair to Poor

I agree with the writer who
flays the small claim court for
its unjust moves put over on
the poor people.
Every poor man wants and
deserves a fair deal. This is
what the small claims court Is
not going to grant. Not to the
poor man.
I thought when the small
claims court opened 1t promised
justice and fairness to all.
I think public opinion should
close up the court if taxpayers
must support its ruthless unfair.
ness. I criticize this unjust
move and I intend to talk it up
with others.
Poor people need and must
have justice and fair judges.
If they must be dogged in our
courts by our judges they don't
need any courts.
If the Judge must rule against
the poor man we taxpayers need
another Judge. Unfair debts
in small claims court must be
ruled out.
MRS, M. Y. HERON.
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Bold Defi

Replying to that individual
who signs himself as American
Communist in the Voice Of the
People Of July 15-well. that
poor deluded misguided child
now suffers from Stain phobia.
I am reminded Of something
that goes like this, some people
act like monkeys, and they say
we came from monkeys, but why
slander the helpless monk?
So, Red, you are not an Ameri-
can, therefore don't slander the
The Washington times., 1938-07-18

With issues arising between
the Civil Service Commission
and the legislative groups repre-
senting World War veterans.
wherein disabled eX-American
soldiers have proved the victims
Of ruthless tactics on the part
Of certain Federal officials,
brings to mind vividly the pro-
phetic title of Lawrence Stall
lings' war saga, What Price
Glory"
A score of years ago a similar
course pursued by Federal Off
cials would have brought harsh
announcements and climaxed
with repercussions the din of
which would have likened the
Fall Of Jericho to a muted vio-
lin sonata In comparison.
DIFFERENT NOW
Those were the halcyon days
for the boys Of IT and '18,
who were fresh home after q
two-year span of trudging
through the muck and mire of
France; existing most Of their
A. E. F. tenure on half rations
and suffering untold sacrifices
because they fervently believed
in the cause their country
espoused.
Upon departure from their be-
loved America they were given
assurances their jobs would be
safeguarded whilst thus engaged
in this nations military task,
lover there"
Today, unfortunately the vet
eran faces a foreboding outlook.
The erstwhile warrior finds
himself standing in the need of
prayer and assistance from all
worthy forces that might be
mustered in his behalf to defeat
this latest challenge that has
been hurled in his path.
The veterans plea is not to be
accepted as a ward of the Gov.
ernment but merely be allowed
to compete fairly for positions
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Your |. O..
By SHIRLEY SPENCER

This is a general knowledge
quiz. Score 10 for each ques-
ton.
l. What was the name Of the
statue with whom the sculptor
Pygmalion fell in love?
2. What is the name of the
female figure who is the poetic
personification of the U. S.?
3. On what river was the an
cient city Of Babylon?
4. Two aviators flew from
Newfoundland to Ireland in
June, 1919. Who were they?
S. What is the great artery of
the left ventricle of the heart
called?
6. A catamount is (a) an ami
NAL CD a small mountain Co
mound upon which a catapult
is placed for firing.
7. What was the name of the
race dominant in Mexico when
Cortez invaded it?
8. Is a breviary a place to
keep 0ees?
9. What was a member Of the
Australian Army Corps called
in the World War?
10. What Is the difference
between interstate and intra-
state?
ANSWERS on Page 81
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ROllin' Along
By ". A. S. Douglas

HAVEN'T given much study to the slot machine racket
in the neighborhood of Washington but if it operates in
any remotely akin to the Chicago pn there
must be millions in it.
Before the pnbal games barredprmarily because
of the overwhelming greed of two factions who couldn't
agree cus conservativey estimated by the slot
machine mObs press agent there $4,000
bandits holding up fools in Cook couny-whch is Chicago
Pn,ball games under which - ,,. 49,, . 49, -.
heading horse racing corood En Govt. o dow nor
der baseball plunger H.. - .... L..
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under the Civil Service set-up.
He feels he is both mentally
and physically equipped to do
his bit again for Uncle Sam,
albeit in this latter-day calling
under far less hazardous cir
cumstances.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Certainly the forfeiture Of an
eye, limb, lung or arm on battle
fields where his country sent
him should not prejudice politi-
cal demagogues in their attitude
when he seeks to further re-
habilitate himself.
True, there have been occa,
sions where war veterans have
abused privileges extended in
their behalf due to affirmation,
ETC., but these ungrateful ones
are very much in the minority.
Also this thought carries some
weight, too. If Uncle Sam can
list on his pay roll great num-
bers of unnaturalized citizens,
aliens and others of that ilk,
whose loyalty has oftimes proved
false, certainly "the symbolic
gentleman Of the striped pants
and tall hat" can extend to
tried and loyal members Of the
American commonwealth, who
still suffer the ravageS and
scars of war, equal opportuni-
ties, CWAR.
The Washington times., 1938-07-18
Unsightly

Why does the tree department
of Washington leave such un-
slightly spaces on the sidewalks
after a tree has been removed?
Why could not such places be
concreted, instead Of left to
grass and weedS-two feet high
in places. They do not impress
a stranger with the care you ex-
pect to find in the Nations
Capital. A VISITOR.
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they we're semigames Of skill.
But they gathered in a nickel
for every play and on gambling
games as to who would be win
ner, the house took a percent
age.
Pin-ball ran parallel to slot
machines and, again according
to the operating mob's press
agent, these "one-armed BAN
dts" paid off Is per cent.
That is, the sucker who put in
a dollar would, under ordinary
conditions, get back a quarter.
He might get it back in a So
cent lump or even a dollar after
a spread of two or four dollars
Of his own cash. But, mostly,
the m eth cd used was to
needle" the sucker by two or
three nickel wins which came
fairly often and so fooled the
gambler.
THE MOB in Chicago which
= operated the machines was
composed of politicians in close
affiliation with the little group
of clever gangsters who have
taken over the old Capone
machines and out of it devel-
oped-among other interests
one Of the largest liquor distrib-
uting organizations in the coun-
try and one of the largest whole
sale grocery concerns. When
10000 machines were running
in Cook County, the mob's take
The Washington times., 1938-07-18

Usually a young couple should
stand entirely on their own feet
and not feel that they can go
to their parents whenever
troubles come along, even if
the parents are we'll able to
help them"
X X
Miss Doris MOultOn, TIT
Twelfth ST., N. Arlington, Va:
well, it seems to me that
the parents of a couple have
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bagatelle and
plunger ten
mis-, were in
every saloon.
Gig a r store,
p o o ! room
and res tau
rant in town.
Th cir take
was not to be
compared to
that of the
S | o t ma
chimes, for
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couple should not
have gotten mar
ried if they were
not able to depend
on t h e m S e Ives.
They should not
depend on their
parents for aid.
However, in the
case of severe diff
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to help their children if they
reach a point when aid is alb
solutely necessary, but the chill
dren should not feel that their
parents are obliged to do So"
y
C. E. Custard, 1925 WiScon-
sin Ave. N. W., trainman:
mo. Young couples are en-
tirely on their own after mar
riage. In the case of severe ILL
The Washington times., 1938-07-18

hallowed name of American, by
breathing it in the same breath
with the dogmatic philosophy of
Butcher Stain.
When the Reds in America
start to enforce their tactics for
revolution - we Americans will
cram the Red flags down your
throats-and you'll eat Grow"
and like it.
For what the two outstanding
men in history have contributed
to civilization, I say he'll Hitler,
Viva Mussolini, Hurrah for the
Mikado, gnash your teeth on
that, Reds.
DONALD SHEA.
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ficulty, they are perfectly right
to seek help from their parents.
If the parents are able to help,
I think they should do so. On
the other hand, if the parents
should ever need help, it would
be equally right to expect as
sistance from their children"
Miss Ethel Williams, 1900
Potomac Ave. S. E., clerk:
Except under such circum-
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into greater trouble. It just
does not work. Either a wife
loses respect for her husband,
or there is trouble with the in
laws. The trouble today is that
too many young couples get
married with no future or
security before them"
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charged 81 cenCS per oay per
machine-and that was just for
the privilege of operating.
Eighty thousand bandits at
so cents a day add up to a
total of $13,O2O,O 900 a year for a
six-day week. MY friend, the
mob'S press agent, who was paid
$500 a week to keep things out
Of the papers instead of getting
them in, once slid $4,000 into the
hand Of a newspaper man he
knew had prepared an editorial
giving the facts and figures of
the tremendous racket. It would
have been in the manner of
journalism, as depicted in the
films, for the writer to have re-
turned the money and knocked
the tempter cold. Instead, he
went to his editor and asked
him what to do.
Keep it" said that fortnight
person, you don't know why it
was given you. And I'll run the
editorial"
THE piece was used and moth
l. ing further was heard on the
matter. Two thousand dollars
one way or another meant moth
ing to these men. States Attor-
ney Thomas Courtney, as honest
and efficient a public official
as a major city ever had, finally
drove the mob and its machines
to cover. But he had a tremen-
dous job doing so, for that daily
toll of thousands of dollars had
gone a far road in the matter Of
corruption.
Now in Chicago some Of the
more innocuous of the pin-ball
games-which went first in a
vain effort to conciliate Court
ney-are back and the slot ma
chimes are out. But they con-
tinue their 24-hour holdup in
the outlying sections, despite fire.
quent raids, and flourish with
out interference in the counties
adjacent to Cook, particularly
those where lakes make them
popular summer resorts. The
condition could be said to be
akin to that Of Slot-machineless
Washington and the slot-ma-
chine packed adjacent counties
of Maryland.
DUT now, by way Of revenge,
~ the Chicago mob does not
give the sucker any kind of a
break. I sat in a restaurant in
Wheeling, 20 miles from Chi
cago, not so long ago while the
one-armed bandits kept clicking
away with never a single rattle
of cash returned. I timed a
machine for a solid hour-a
quarter machine-and it took
in $3.50. It paid out SITS.
They can be manipulated to
pay out everything, or pay out
nothing-and still the suckers
line up to feed the machines
their hard-earned money. One
hundred per cent of all slot ma
chimes are set to blk you. The
best break they ever give you
is a return Of Is per cent of
your money.
1898, by Washington Times.)
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thing from their
families. w h e n
people get married
it is their own
problem of getting
along from then
on. I do believe
that the human re-
action on the part
of most parents is
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couples parents are. Usually
the young men or women do
not ask entire permission of
their parents as to marrying,
but decide it themselves"
X
William WOOmer, of Amherst,
Va, Diesel engineer:
Absolutely not. Why should
a couple get married if they
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FaUors Probe

Most Of us suspected some
publishers in the 1896 cam
paign Of being far from decent
in their attempts to make the
public believe that Mr.. Roose-
velt was a Communist. BY all
means let's have an investiga-
ton. r. J. /.
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raised them long
enough up to the
time of their mar
riage, and should
be able to have
some relief from
the expense. A
young arrie d
couple are on their
own just as the
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How to Become a Red

I have found out how to be-
come q Communist. You lose
your job, apply for unemploy-
ment insurance. wait and wait
(reporting at the office at
intervals), wait some more, re-
ceive a notice to come for your
money, go there, be told that it
will be held up some time, wait
some more (making some more
trips to the office, finally apply
for relief, wear out your shoes,
pull in your belt buckle 4 inches,
sleep in the park-then run,
don't walk, to the nearest office
of the Communist party.
DISGUSTED.
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takes new lease on life with the organization of
group called the Conference on State Defense
This group is made up of 26 State attorneys general
uU, and other officials, and it
A"e conference has buzzed every State gov
IN Gfnfo Dofouoo0 ernOr secretary of State
and attorney general in the
country with call to resist what sees as Federal en-
croachment State revenues and State sovereignty
Not that the members of the organization are con-
Sciously trying to perpetuate ougrown racket We
don't doubt their sincerity. They got busy soon after
the Supreme Court ruled, about two months ago. that
salaries of employees of the Port of New York Authority
twoState body, subject to Federal income taxes
There is question but that these gentlemen sincerely
believe we are headed, they say, toward
new system Of government America wherein the
States could be reduced to convenient
visions, or counties" of central government
Naturally being State officials, they would feel from
the bottoms of their hearts that the American people
would suffer hurt State powers should be cut down or
any State political jobs, perish the thought abolished
Nevertheless, the lines in small type above pretty
accurately describe the kind of government we ought
to have in this country
~, The telegraph, the telephone,
OCUCe AHeS the railroad, the arpane, the au-
WOth- -Enten tomobile have made State lines
little more than markers
maps The States began going passe when these dis
tance-shorteners began coming in.
State governments nowadays serve few useful pur-
poses; the real work of government is done by the
Federal Government, the municipal governments and
In rural areas, the county governments.
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