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The Washington times., 1938-08-27
THE GOAL LINE~
Daily Short Story
GGT ISTEN, you big ape, I

IL love you and you re 60
ing to marry me-"
"Not until you get over the
idea that you're going to wear
the pants of the family"
well, somebody's got to USE
their head and that thing at the
end of your neck isn't function
ing"
whats so dumb about wanting
O little money!"
WILLING TO TRADE
THE only dumb thing about It
As the way you want to get IL
You're willing to trade job with
q real future for few easy dol
lars or maybe it's the headlines
you'll miss" -.
Bob Gregory jumped to his feet
In what he was certain was right
eous wrath and strobe up Uhe street
without q backward look. judith
Taylor kept her seat on the porch
steps and fought to keep back tie
tears.
Bob was still seething when Re
reached home. Judith was always
trying to run his life for him, yet
even in MS anger he had to admit
that much of her advice in the last
three years had been good. But
this time she was all wet
Both had graduated the week
before. A month earlier, as a re-
suit of his high scholastic stand
ing in engineering. Bob had been
offered a job with the Empire
Bridge Corporation with South
American assignment in Septem-
ber.
1t wasn't much money to start
but there was a brilliant future II
he made good. Judy had been
ready and eager to go and share
the early hardships with him and
they planned to be married the
day he sailed and make honey
moon of the trip to his first job.
But just last week Bob had
been offered a highly attractive
contract with the Tigers, cham
pions for the last two years OF the
professional football league. OF
course the bridge-building job was
the kind Bob wanted ultimately,
but the football offer made every
thing so different.
A couple of years Of that would
bring in a pile of money, more
than he could earn in the next
five years with the Empire outfit,
and with a comfortable nest egg
he could always go out and get
an engineering job and not have
to Scrimp while he was getting
started.
MUTUAL FORGIVENESS
Bob was still finding fault with
Judy'S reasoning when the tele-
phone rang and he leaped for it,
for beneath all his vaunted indie
pendence was deep need for
Judith.
Hello" he cried, praying it was
Judy.
"Oh, Bob" came her voice. II
was such beast. I'm so sorry"
you're sorry. I'm the guy that
was shooting off his mouth. Will
you forgive me?"
There isn't anything to forgive,
you lugg, but sometimes I do get
frightened the way we quarrel"
"Wait till that money starts
rolling in. honey; we'll be too busy
being happy to fight"
Oh, Bob, you're not still think
ing of that football job. You've
simply got to go with Empire.
Think of all we planned. Think of
the opportunity and the honor of
being one of 10 engineering grad
uates in the whole country to be
picked for it. Why :"
Five minutes later Judith and |
The Washington times., 1938-08-27
WHERE TO co:
Latest News of Washington Mite Clubs
The Lambeth Walk Takes Hold
With Vengeance at ShOrehan
By THE NIGHT CLUB EDITOR

The Lambeth Walk which superseded the Big Apple and
the Susie O. has taken hold to such extent that visitors
to the ShOreham Terrace led by Barnee conng their
terpschorean activities to that alone Even Yvonne Ash
burn, exotic dancer at the Terrace, is doing it.
The Washington times., 1938-02-08
Living Costs
|InD.C.DrOp
Percent

The cost of living for low-sala-
ried classification families in
Washington dropped l per cent
from September Is to December
IS, last, a survey made by the De
partment of Labor revealed today.
:. The specific drop for the entire
nation, based on a survey of 80
large cities, was 6 per cent.
Food costs here dropped As per
cent, as compared with 81 per
cent for the entire country. Rents
here declined L per cent, while in
the country at large they increased
on an average of 1.8 per cent.
Increases noted here were fuel
and light, 2 per cent; household
furnishings, 6 per cent; clothing,
6 per cent; miscellaneous items,
1.8 per cent.
Living costs on December Is
were 2.5 per cent higher than the
same date year ago. They were
1914 per cent higher than June,
1888, the low of the depression,
but were 15.2 per cent lower than
IN December, 1929.
The Washington times., 1938-02-08
Senate Gets
Red Probe
.PIe0TOlday

G.N.S0. Investigation of re
ported subversive activities in the
Navy, Merchant Marine and Coast
Guard, will be proposed to the
Senate today by Senator Copeland
(D) of New York, chairman OF
the Commerce Committee.
Based on the committees in.
vestigation Of labor conditions in
the Merchant Marine, the resolu.
ton would empower select com
mittee to make the inquiry.
with our large Navy and Mer-
chant Marine building programs
coming on it is important that
we hold an investigation and rid
these important defense units of
all subversive groups that our
investigation has revealed are
boring from Within" Copeland
said.
1--WE have learned that Com.
munists who have gained con-
troll Of certain unions are threat.
ening destruction of OUR ship
ping, and there are indications
that they and other unamerican
groups are attempting to carry
out the same program in our
armed units, particularly the
Navy"
The Washington times., 1938-02-08
u. S, employees
in WASHINGTON
RISE TO 114,12O
Increase Of 1914 in
Month Reported

Government employees within
the District Of Columbia totaled
114,120 during December, the Civil
Service Commission announced to-
day, comprising a net gain Of 1914
over the November total and
reaching the highest mark since
June, 1887, when there were ILL.,.
981 in the Capital.
DECEMBER RISE
Concurrently, the commission
revealed, the entire service In
creased by 68,279 during December
to reach a countrywide figure Of
889, $50 and an increased pay roll
aggregating $137,217,OOO. Much Of
the nationwide increase, it was
explained, was caused by the large
number of temporary workers re-
quired by the Post Office Depart
ment to handle Christmas mail.
In addition to the postal in
creases, however, gains in per.
sonnel were shown in the Interior
Department. chiefly for the In
dian Service, and in the Census
Bureau of the Commerce Depart.
ment, which required a large tenn
porary staff for handling tabula.
tion Of unemployed census re.
turns.
DECREASES LISTED
Decreases, mostly seasonal, were
shown by War, Labor and Agricul.
ture Departments, and the Ten
nessee Valley Authority.
OF the Districts 114,00O work.
ers, December statistics revealed
that 99,619 were paid from reg
ular appropriations, while 14,501
were paid from funds appropri-
ated for relief purposes.
The Washington times., 1938-02-08

The aim of Harry L. Hopkins
WPA administrator, has been tc
set up a free theater in the coun
try, she said.
FREE AS POSSIBLE"
"Mr. Hopkins wanted to set UP
a free adult theater," she said.
There is no real censorship. 1t
is our policy to keep this theater
as free as possible for the fiery
and critical spirit that is the
essence of American life"
Both Mrs. Flanagan and Mrs
Ellen S. Woodward, general direc
tor of WPA art projects, denied
that the plays, "Stevedore" ano
Judgment Day" had been cen
sored in Los Angeles.
PLAY APPROVED
II am told that Colonel Con-
molly, WPA director in southern
California, postponed the plays
because of administrative diff
culties," said Mrs. Flanagan.
Both plays are on the approved
list Judgment Day has been
approved and will go on"
The Washington times., 1938-02-08
ANOTHER FISH STORY

VERONICA, Ore., Feb. 8
G.N.S.)-When M. A. Oakes goes
fishing, it's catch-as-catch-can-
with no holds barred. Hooking a
seven-pound steelhead which he
was unable to land single-handed.
Oakes played the fish in near
shore where he tied his line 10 a
tree and made his way down
stream to gaff the fish when ii
swung in near shore.
The Washington times., 1938-02-08
Perfume Company
In FTC Citation

GN.S) Coty, Inc. perfume
manufacturers, were named re.
SpondentS today by the Federal
Trade Commission to allegedly rep
resenting that certain perfumes
they sell are made in France and
imported to this country. The &C.
ton also names seven subsidiaries
of the company located in New
York, Chicago, San Francisco,
Newark, N. j., and Memphis, Tenn
The complaint charges that some
Of the perfumes advertised as
made in France are in fact com.
pounded in this country.
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BR|BE CHARGED
IN O'BR|EN CASE
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NOOHtlnhEu 1EULH I d6C ~
OBrien, standing in front Of a
cafe in the 200 block Of Second
st. 8. E., fell to the pavement un-
der a hail of bullets from two
automobiles.
Their testimony was repudiated
by police, to whom all three had
given statements after the shoot
ing, and when they were about
to be charged with contempt Of
court-and later were charged
with perjury their attorneys
told the court their lives would
be endangered if they violated
the gangland code Of silence and
testified against their assailants.
Watson today denied at first
that he had heard O'Brien tell of
the alleged bribe, but Assistant
United States Attorney Roger
Robb, pleading surprise, obtained
leave Of Justice Jesse C. Adkins
to impeach his own witness.
Robb then confronted Watson
with two statements, one of them
having been written by Watson
and the other a typewriter copy
Of the former, both prepared last
December 16 at the courthouse.
READS STATEMENT
Watson admitted un4er Robb's
questioning that both statements
bore his signature and that they
were true. Robb then read from
the statements to the jury:
"One evening I was sitting in
Joe OBrien car talking to Joe
O'Brien and Irving Rosenberg,
when Irving Rosenberg men.
toned Emmett Warning. Joseph
O'Brien mentioned that he had
received some money from En-
NETT on his own case. He,
Joseph O'Brien, said he had
given some of the money to Rus
sell Carpenter and Harry Berhle
to keep quiet. I believe the
amount Joseph O'Brien received
from Emmett Warning was
about $3,500."
Sentence probably will be i'm.
posed next Friday. Carpenter and
Berhle are still awaiting sentence.
The Washington times., 1938-02-08
Richmond to Head
.M.LT. Alumni Unit

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Feb.
UN.s).-Although alumni all over
the world will not vote until next
month, Harold B. Richmond, OF
Winchester, treasurer Of a radio
company, was assured today OF
presidency Of the Alumni Associa.
ton of Massachusetts Institute OF
Technology.
Richmond is sole nominee fol-
the post, according to Prof. Charles
E. Locke, alumni secretary.
The Washington times., 1938-02-08
Leahy Tells House
About Plane Power

at length by committee members
regarding a battleship's vulner.
ability to air attack. He said:
"a modern battleship, because
Of its armament and anti-air-
craft guns, is less vulnerable
than other vessels.
"For an air force to sink a
battleship it would only be &C
complished by terrific losses by
attacking aircraft"
There is no known aerial bomb,
he said, which can penetrate bat.
tleship armor plate.
He indicated that naval experts
have lowered their opinion Of air.
planes as weapons Of war.
Recent operations on the
coast of China have caused me
to fear that my previous esti.
mate Of value of aircraft operat-
ing from shore was an overeSti-
mate" Admiral Leahy said.
The Navy'S present policy on
lighter -than-air craft is to under
take no further construction OF
rigid dirigibles, he said, because
we believe it more advisable to
expend our funds on materials
more needed and regarded more
advautageouSly."
The Washington times., 1938-02-08
NICE WORK, Ell?

OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 8.-The
county board today voted to pay
snow shovelers $942 and weed
burners $1,11s for work the week
of January II to ~. "They must
have had to melt down the snow
with blow torches first and dry out
the weeds before they'd burn
caustically remarked one commits
sioner, II never heard Of anybody
burning weeds in a snow storm.
The Washington times., 1938-02-08
Young Democrats
Plan July Rally

Young Democratic clubs Of
America will hold a nationwide
rally at Seattle next July 1915,
Pitt Tyson Manor, president, an
nounced last night. James Roose-
velt, son of the President, has &C
cepted tentatively an invitation to
speak, Manor said,
The Washington times., 1938-02-08
CUMMINGS ASKS
CONGRESS F 0 R
28 new JUDGES
Takes Years to Settle
Some Cases, He Says

GN.S). Describing delays In
the disposition of court cases gen
orally as "deplorable and heart
breaking" Attorney General Cum
mings today asked Congress to
create 81 new Federal judgeships
He made his plea before a Sen,
ate Judiciary subcommittee con-
sidering the Ashurst-Hatch bill to
authorize the additional judges,
including four circuit court
judges.
The bill has been approved by
the judicial conference consisting
of the senior circuit judges who
meet periodically with Chief JUS
tice Hughes.
LEAST COSTLY
"The judicial branch of our
Government is the least costly
branch of our Government"
Cummings said. 1.-THE executive
branch costs $4,000, 900, 900 a year
and the legislative branch $685.
900, 900 annually.
Delay in administration is
the outstanding defect in our
judicial system. Every one
knows that. The man in the
street knows it.
Delays in administration are
heartbreaking. Many people
submit to injustices rather than
undertake the long delay and
cost of litigation"
AS of June 80, 1887, there were
pending in U. S. district courts:
Private civil, 27,995; civil cases
in which the Government was a
party, 1893; criminal cases. H..
OIL, or a total of 51,629 cases not
including bankruptcy cases, he
revealed.
CASES PILE UP
During the year ended June 80,
1913, the average number Of cases
filed in the District courts was
276, compared with All in 1897, he
said.
Cases involving corporations
have greatly increased under the
so-called 774B amendment permit
ing composition Of corporation
debts, Cummings said.
'It takes years to settle some
cases, where months should be
the limit" Cummings said.
THAT is denial of justice. We
ought to set an example of ex-
pedition.
There are many situations
scattered over the country that
are deplorable beyond descrip-
tion. It is not due to the judges.
They are submerged in work.
We are running a backlog Of
some $4,000 unsettled cases.
ITO start a lawsuit is to en-
bark on a very hazardous jour-
ney. We have let it drift so
long that we are used to it. We
cannot remedy this situation
until we have more judges"
Committee members said they
agreed with Cummings.
The Washington times., 1938-02-08
Jacobs to Address
Advertising Club

Granville B. Jacobs will talk on
Strategy in Dealing With People
at 1890 p. m. tomorrow before the
Advertising Club Of Washington
in the Raleigh Hotel.
The Washington times., 1938-02-08
Gag on Farm
Bill Up

G.N.S..) The conference report
on the new lever normal granary"
farm bill was thrust before the
House today on a proposal to
invoke gag rule" to speed a final
vote.
Chairman O'Connor CD Of
New York, on behalf of Admins
tration leadership, proposed the
gag under which points Of order
are waived and a yes" or mo"
vote ordered on the conference
report after four hours debate.
The ultimate fate Of the farm
bill, which invokes a measure of
compulsory control of agriculture
and is far more drastic than the
ORIGINAL AA, was in doubt as the
fight opened.
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an unofficial policy calling for no
immediate construction Of rigid
dirigibIes, the department has mo
objections" if the $15,000,0o0 ex-
perimental authorization con-
tained in the program is amended
to allocate a portion Of the sum for
building experimental lighter
than-air and heaVier-than-air craft.
Expanding on the possibilities
of developments in the expert
mental field, the admiral said it
was possible that we may try a
new kind Of destroyer. q new type
of mine sweeper and a new subma-
rine detector."
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ton. Other issues are seconda
1t was indicated today in well
informed circles that the steel
workers organizing committee
headed by Philip Murray, will be
satisfied, in view of the recession,
if big steel" will maintain the
present wage and hour structure.
FEAR EXAMPLE
Union officials regard the mo
wage cut" issue as vital, contend.
ing that if "big steel" reduces
wages other companies in all lines
Of business will follow suit.
Wages and prices are closely re.
lated in the negotiations now
under way. President Roosevelt,
short time ago, expressed the
opinion prices should come down,
but wages should not be reduced.
Benjamin K. Fairless, president
Of the United States Steel Cor.
poration, recently wrote to the
Byrnes unemployment committee
in Washington, that If prices are
cut wages also would have to be
cut.
John L. Lewis, head Of the CIO,
announced wage cuts would be
fought to the last ditch. He de-
clared that wage reductions would
be a Suicide theory" of economics.
EXPIRES FEBRUARY 2S
The present contract expires
February %. 1t established a
basic wage of IS for an 8-hour
day for common labor and recog-
nized the SWOC as bargaining
agency for its members.
New contract negotiations are
proceeding "amicably," according
to Murray. Those negotiating are:
For the union: Murray, David j.
Mcdonald, treasurer of the SWOC;
Clinton S. Golden, Pittsburgh,
regional director; William Mitch,
Birmingham, Ala, Southern. re
gional director, and Lee Pressman,
general counsel for the CIO.
FAIRLESS LEADER
For U. S. Steel: Benjamin ].
Fairless; Thomas Moses, vice
president of the United States
Steel Corporation of Delaware:
C. R. Cox, vice president of the
National Tube Company; Clifford
H. Hood, president of the Amer.
lean Steel and Wire Company.
and John L. Perry, president Of
the Carnegie Illinois Steel Corpo-
ration.
Lewis is not present at the ne
gotiations. It was Lewis who, q
year ago, in a surprise deal" with
Myron c. Taylor, chairman Of the
United States Steel board, negoti-
ated the present contract.
It was the first time in nearly
so years that U. s. Steel had
signed a union contract and was
one of the most successful moves
ever engaged in by C1O and Lewis
is eager to see the contract re-
newed.
The Washington times., 1938-02-08
PEACE GROUP NEXT

With the completion of Leahy's
testimony Chairman VinSon CD
Of Georgia announced that rep
resentatives of the National Coun-
Gil for the Prevention Of War
would appear before the commit
tee tomorrow in opposition to the
proposed expansion program.
Later, members of the House
little Navy" bloc, headed by Rep
resentatiVe Luckey CD of Ne
braska, are scheduled to be heard.
Vinson said.
Admiral Leahy was questioned
The Washington times., 1938-02-08
Censorship Denied
By Theater Head
In WPA Art Unit
House Group Told Aim of Hopkins Is tC
Set up Free Playhouse

NS Denial that the WPA censors plays and productions
of the and Arts project made before the
House Patents Committee today by Mrs Halle Flanagan,
tiona director of the Federal theater project
The Washington times., 1938-02-08
NO Pay Cuts Goal
Of SWOC AS Steel
Negotiations Open
Murray Fears Slash in Scales Would Be
Used as 'Yardstick' by Industry
By JAMES L. KILGALLEN

NEW YORK, Feb QNS.).-No wage cuts"
That the basic aim of union leaders who are striving to
negotiate contract with the United States Steel Corpora
The Washington times., 1938-02-08
RULE ASSAXLED

A1OOA1E~~AAA
Representative Martin of Mas
sachusetts, ranking Republican on
the Rules Committee, assailed the
proposed gag rule" as "a parlia.
mentary outrage"
Here is a bill" he said,
(Which the conference commit
tee considered for one month.
Members are asked to vote intel
ligently on it after four hours
debate. The report was not
available until this morning.
Il don't see how the President
can sign this bill. The other day
he vetoed a bill to give scrub
women 5 cents an hour increase
in wages on the ground the bill
Disseminated against other Gov.
ernment employees.
This bill discriminates against
live stock, poultry and dairy
farmers and other groups and
there is no telling how much 1t
will COST"
PASSAGE ASKED
The American Farm Bureau
Federation added its voice to the
demand for enactment of the new
farm bill with a letter to Chari
man Jones Of the House Agricul
ture Committee. However, the
federation expressed doubt the
appropriation included in the bill.
was Sufficient fully to achieve
the objectives of the measure.
1T is our belief that this bill,
if enacted into law, will provide
for a program that will attract
the maximum voluntary support
of farmers and embodieS the
necessary provisions to consti.
tute the basis for a sound and
permanent national program for
agriculture and should be passed
by the Congress" the letter
said.
The Washington times., 1938-02-08

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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-09-08
Defends Administrator
Continued from page one)

Continued
ton after advertising bids
higher than original contracts
The publishing county proceedings the and
amounts of to county relief clients naturally popped
county citizens publishing
when they voted unocialy township meetings last The
pred not to have been advised of the ruling but
CURED with it. n opinion he sad people should not held
ridicue penalty being relief would the
publishing of their un-Amercan."
further elaborated 81 critical persons
relief spend properly supporting families
for beer and hard liquors but opposed the suggestion that their
be posted beer paror and the popretos
sell persons named such public lists"
Asked concerning interview published
paper newspapers
item called my attention, get
Urged enlarge discussion problem
president, stated his program larger
stored grain Expansion of exports Larger commodity
purchases.
Scarcity Policy All Wrong
He severely criticized the policy scarcity boon
farming industry declaring all should be encouraged produce all
they both manufactured goods and farm produce.
The repeatedly corrupt
moral" the governor get
fair break in the sentiment would overwhelming
y with us that wouldn't be to call election The
serving special
and whom he fatty accused dishonesty.
The Scandinavian countries constantly held
CT countries with liberal ideas really
thing for the common people with much less abundant natural
Their standard living higher
No flight of imagination adequate describe what could be
for the people of this thought themselves
and went ahead with liberal program his opinion
The Jewish question Governor emphatic
and creeds him.
mentioned of his staff widely different
and religious beliefs.
In part of the disconnected discussion open
forum leads he declared
nferioriy complex We city people
This all Actually
ves without reflection it. could chosen of Redwood county
citizens
DrW A. Brand meeting before introducing
governor with high called Mike Kramer
sat at the governors right Kramer led the Hjalmar Petersen
campaign in this county, oblquey his difficulties with
local his
the governor until have had private with him. He
then de on the need for higher prices for farm produce
Seeking out of other parties called Reed whose
remarks brief
nor for his efforts toward PW grant for the Redwood
Falls High school during his United States
With the here
who holds important the administration John
Kpzer candidate
high party circles the publicity staff
county man taking in the Francis H Shoe
maker who during
times during the question of the
Before going to New Um he spoke last evening
visited the high
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-09-08

tended the church celebration.
Miss Butler was accompanied by
Mr.. Lutkens to GAINESVILLE Mon
day where she will teach in the
high school.
Rev. and Mrs. Davis, Mr.. and
Mrs. Milton Werner, Robert Kiss
ner, Clarence Gresie, Lorraine
and Gladys Werner, Willard
Stocker, Melvin Code, Donald and
Doris Werner and Lorraine Sch
warke attended the youth con-
ference at the New Avon Evan
gelical church Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Cutkosky
and sons Richard and Robert mot
ored to Mankato Friday and were
guests of the formers mother and
sister.
Gladys and Lorraine Werner
left for Minneapolis Tuesday
where Gladys will take up beauty
culture and Lorraine will enter
business college. They were &C
companied by their parents Mr..
and Mrs. Otto Werner.
Mrs. Arthur Olson and children
of Klossner ar e guests at the
Gresie home.
John Marben painted and de-
corated school district 16 last
week. School opened Tuesday.
Miss Longbottom of Redwood
Falls is teacher.