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The Washington times., 1938-10-17
Saws B0ake Carter

to their speeches on the domestic issues Of the
day, but we aren't interested in going out to
view with our own eyes what they are talking
about or the problems to which they refer
Still more reprehensible is the bad habit Of
the educational institutions Shoveling off stu
dents and teachers to Europe each summer.
The students go to study culture, habits and
conditions abroad. Another description might
be-catapulting young American minds in their
most formative years into the social chaos Of
Europe. Where are they going to live in future
in Europe? When they return to the United
States they are imbued with ideas that are GER
tainly not compatible with the American principle
of living.
The Washington times., 1938-10-17
EurOpe's Best Already Here


MOST of the exhibits of the Old World are
AVA in America already-the great works Of art
and literature We have the great European
musicians. The great scholars of Europe are
teaching in American universities In fact the
Old World culture is moving over to the New
World, where it is free from chains of repression.
If it is friendly relations that we seek. why
not substitute South America for Europe? At
least South America is in the New World. 1t is
young, growing, alive. 1t is undeveloped and
seeks development.
Europe has become almost a closed corpora
ton They take your money and give you the
buns rush.
European culture is being ruined by censor
ship and oppression. Its ideologies are bad. It's
future uncertain and chaotic. Why rush off to
Europe to satiate ourselves in a dying past
when our own future lies on this continent?
Copyright Ledger syndicate)
(Boake CGrter's opinions are his otOn and not
necessarily those OF The Washington TtmeSJ
The Washington times., 1938-10-17
Ethel Has Dream House Too
''But''- Is

OTEAMSHIP companies operating to Europe
~ are swamped with bookings now that the war
scare in Europe is over, says a story in the ship
The Washington times., 1938-10-17

where is your dream house? She ses well Joe
that is just it. I have not decided just where to
have it. What do you think Of Bay Ridge Joe3
1 ses have never thought about it. She ses 1t
is beautiful there Flushing is nice too. I ses
those places are too far from my work Ethel.
She ses Joe think will have two bed rooms
so when we have guest for all night they will
have some place to sleep. ses can see you have
been talking your dream house over with your
MONS Ethel and she ses why yes Joe how did you
know! ses just took guess at it.
The Washington times., 1938-10-17

MOT many columns ago plucked succulent
Az paragraph from an early Rupert Hughes
effusion. Mr.. Hughes described typical theatri-
The Washington times., 1938-10-17

up in front of, let's say the Music Box in an open
barouche or in sulky unless it were someone
like Robert Benchley who would do it for the
devil of it, no doubt-and probably aperch the
nag's back instead of on the cushions
The Washington times., 1938-10-17

Sheehan act between positively
Mr.. President and absolutely
Mr.. Baruch.
Purpose, they say, was to i'm
press Congress with necessity of
increasing the War Department
budget next year. CrisiS-com-
menting congressman have been
promising the Navy everything,
the War Department nothing.
The Washington times., 1938-10-17

priation with which Assistant
War Secretary Louis johnson
has been playing around, in an
endeavor to get factories lined
up by sample orders to fill war
requirements swiftly.
The Washington times., 1938-10-17
Furnishing the Dream House


T SES Ethel give me kiss and then went to
work and when got back that night she ses
Joe was down town today and saw some Of the
loveliest furniture you ever laid eyes on for my
dream house. I ses Ethel you remind me OF a
friend Of mine by the name Of Scabooch. She ses
know him Joe. He is no good.
ses well anyway Scabooch talked so much
about a taxicab he was going to buy for himself
that one day he went out and bought chauf-
feurs cap. Ethel ses well what else happened?
I ses that's all. She ses did he ever buy the taxi
cab? I ses no. Ethel ses why then he was crazy
to buy the cap. I have decided that Mister
Roosevelts dream house looks too flat Joe. It is
only one story and want two stories can
even have another bed room and do not have
to furnish it right away.
That night she woke me up out of a sound sleep
and she was crying and she ses Joe Just
happened to think of something. We cannot
afford my dream house now any more than the
man in the moon and ses well Ethel baby some
day will buy you whole town of dream houses
and she ses thanks Joe and another thing know
now what you meant about Scabooch.
Yours truly
JOE TURP.
The Washington times., 1938-10-17


Joe That is Just where he lives while he Is
President of the United States. ses well nobody
has told him to move yet have they? She ses
no Joe but he wants a house of his very own
like he has always dreamed.
ses what about that house of his up the
Hudson? I ses saw picture Of that one day
and it is no shanty either. I seS it would do
for me in pinch and Ethel ses yes but Joe he
did not build that house and he did not have
the say about how everything in it should be.
Ethel Has Dream House Too
7 sES well for one thing do not like that thing
there in the corner and wish you would hide
it somewheres and Ethel ses why Joe that is a
lovers seat and very stylish and would not think
Of hiding it. I ses all right think I will go to
bed and she ses no wait minute. I have got
dream house too Joe.
ses you have? She ses certainly I have.
have had it ever since we was married. I ses
Evening star., 1938-06-11
Ira ademark applied
For U. 8, Patent Once
BY Mormon Marsh
BY Bud Fisher
BY J. MiIIor Watt

ing here Washington. / also left
white night gown IN the room. II
your maid picked 1t up would you
send it also. Old-fsshioned night
gowns are such rarity In these
pajama days that the loss is more
serious than the intrinsic value. I
suppose I am one of the few left who
cling to this old-fashioned LUXURY,
but since I wear pants all day, like
a change at night"
He got 1t. 1t was sent him BY mail.
c. o. D., 80 cents.
Evening star., 1938-06-11
do him harm do youF" persisted

do him harm do you'" persisted
Jimmy.
NO. replied Unc' Billy once more.
"Why?" demanded Jimmy.
Unc' Billy grinned broadly. .Ah
reckons, Br'er Skunk said he. that
there isn't anybody want to 60 TO- to
NEEDLE with you and Br'er Porky.
All reckons most folks knows what
would happen If they did and that yo'
and Br'er Porky are folks it's sight
amo' comfortable to leave alone. Least
ways, All does. All amt aiming TO
trouble with either Of yo'. That iii
bag Of scent OH carry is certainly most
powerful, Br'er Skunk. and All isn't
hankering TO brush against those little
Evening star., 1938-06-11

lot OF folks bigger than YOU. Br'er
Skunk" replied Unc' Billy with a
grin. You know Jimmy Skunk really
is a little fellow compared with some
OF his neighbors.
And haven't very long claws or
very big teeth, have II" continued
Jimmy.
All reckons mine are just as long
and just as big" returned Unc' Billy,
looking more puzzled than ever.
But you never see anybody bother
ing me, do you?" went on Jimmy.
No." replied Unc' Billy.
And its the same way with Prickly
Porky the Porcupine. You never see
anybody bothering him or Offering to
Evening star., 1938-06-11

spears Br'er Porky Is 50 free with. All
knows when Abs well OF, and All
reckons most folks feel the same
way"
Jimmy Skunk chuckled. "One more
question. Unc' Billy" said he. did
YOU ever know me to pick a quarrel
and use that bag Of scent without
being attacked?"
Unc' Billy considered for q few
minutes. "Ah can't say All ever did. /"
he replied.
And you never knew Prickly Porky
to go hunting trouble. either" de-
clared Jimmy. We. don't either of
Us 60 hunting trouble and trouble
never comes hunting rs. and the
Evening star., 1938-06-11

reason is that we are both always
prepared for trouble and everybody
knows 1t. Buster Beer could squash
me by just stepping on me, but he
doesn't try 1t. You notice ne always
Is very polite when we meet. Prickly
Porky and I are armed for defense,
but we never use our weapons for
offense. Nobody bothers US and We
bother nobody. That's the beauty
OF being prepared"
Unc' Billy thought 1t over for a
few minutes. Then he sighed and
sighed again.
"Ah reckons yo' and Br'er. Porky
are about the luckiest people All
knows" Asaid he. Yes sab. All
Evening star., 1938-06-11

reckons yo' Is lust that. All don't
fear anybody nah own size. but All
cert'nly does have Aofne mighty scary
times when All meets some people An
might mention. All wish OF Mother
Nature had done gone and given me
something 70 to make people as scary
Of EN- az they are OF yo' All cert'nly
believes in preparedness after seeing
yo'. Brfer Skunk An cert'nly does
just that very thing. Have you found
any nice fresh aiggs lately2"
(Copyfight. 1s3Sl
Evening star., 1938-06-11
Little Stories for Bedtime
By THORNTON w. BURGESS.
You'll find this true whereer YOU 10
That those PREPARED few troubles know,

JIMMY SKUNK had told Unc' Billy
Possum that worry is usually the
result of not being prepared and that
those who are prepared seldom have
occasion to worry. When Unc' Billy
said he was afraid he didn't quite get
Jimmy's meaning, Jimmy told him
to sit down and he would explain.
ITO begin with, am not such a
very big fellow, am It?" said Jimmy.
"Ah reckons All knows right smart
Evening star., 1938-06-11

Butter eaten In Ireland in 1887
averaged 40 pounds for each person.
making the Irish the greatest butter
consumers IN the world.
Evening star., 1938-06-11
Ietter-Out

Answer to Yesterdays
Ietter-Out
% UPHOLDERS- SHOULDER land it's attached N vo,r sr,
A SWEARING-sWINGER land Benny Goodman is one
(R) DIRECT-CITED he quoted
CD EDAL1sT-PALSIED land energy DESTROYED
(Y) SIMPLY-LIMPS (and lameness cause them)
Evening star., 1938-06-11

American beverage-vending ma
cnlnes are in demand In Athens.
Greece,
Evening star., 1938-06-11
BY Phillips

Remove one letter from
called Tor IN the last column Print column onnots
4 O"' e0iiee'v
Evening star., 1938-06-11
SENATOR'S NIGHTGOWN
IS RESCUED BY HOTEL
Brown Writes Loss in These Days
of Pajamas Is More Than
Intrinsic Value.

On recent date Senator Brown OF
Michigan wrote to the Hotel Olds, in
Lansing:
Gentlemen: When I was in Lam
sing April "a left some laundry and
said I wot.ld call for 1t. I forgot it
when in Lansing last Saturday for
couple Of hours. Would you please
mail 1t to me, 2s2 senate Once Build
Greenbelt cooperator., 1938-11-03
Letters to 6dtt0r

made by Prof. Wayne Wrightstone of Ohio State
University "on 500 youngsters carefully matched in
intelligence, family background, calibre of their
teachers, etc., in matched Progressive and tradi-
tional schools. AS has almost every examiner be
fore him. he found that the Progressive pupils
ahead in reading, spelling, language, ari thine
Other tests showed Progressive pupils scored CHER
than those in tradi tional schools in edge
current affairs and people, honesty, cooperation,
leadership, ability in creative writing and art,
critical thinking, breadth of interests Tradition
al school pupils knew about rules of health,
Progressive pupils huskier and healthie er."
Speaking of boys and girls who went to Progressive
schools, and in college Wilford NJ. Aiken of
Ohio State reported that Progressive "were
doing little better in marks than convention
ones, were using their college opportuni ties
wisely"
We must not feel that Progressive methods
and peculiar to Greenbelt Progressive Education
systems those of Denver, San Franci sco Ange
les, New York City, Detroit, We must understand
that the result of the educational methods employed
in the Greenbelt School will be heal er, happier
alert boys and girls, and that is something
all want. Those of us who uncertain that this
will be the result should read what being
other Progressive schools: a knowledge of the real
facts will dispel Of the suspicion and fear
that exists.
Ella G. Roller,
BerWyn, and.
Greenbelt cooperator., 1938-11-03
GREENBELT EDUCATION LAUDED

TO the Editor:
Apropos of the discussion education which took
place at the Parent Teachers meeting at
the Greenbelt Public School this week is article
on Progressive Education in the current issue of
Time Magazine. The article Progressives' Progress
IS on 81 81 of the October 3lst issue and is
of such Importance and general interest that the
cover of Time is lustrated wi tn picture of
erick Lovatt Redefer leading exponent of Progress
sive Education. Everyone of US who has child in
the Greenbel School should read the article because
1t states clearly of the aims of Progressive
Education and of the results. been
Greenbelt cooperator., 1938-11-03
Ella G. Roller,
Berwyn, Maryland.

SUNDAYS ACCIDENT REVEALS TOWN SHORTCOtTM
To the Editor:
The unfo tuna to accident the Greenbel
Vile Road early Sunday morning brought some tn ing
to my attention which think demands inunedia to
looking into.
Driving home, I upon the wreck, I believe
W thin a minute two after the collision. Being
able to offer practical assistance on the scene
drove imnedia tely to the Center hope Of To-
eating one Of the patrol cars. None was in sight,
SO got hold of telephone and the sui tch-
board. In answer to my request. the opera tor on
duty told that she had neither the authority nor
instructions to notify Police, the Maryland
State Police. or even the doctor.
1t happens that police the alert.
our doctor was reached and everything we'll
But that is not the point.
suppose: person were Lying the road, per-
haps bleeding to dea tn. and precious minutes were
used in useless effort to contact proper people,
The cOOFEATOR would have some thing very diff
rent to report then. And any Of US could easilv
have been the victims.
Let us suppose again, that home where the ms-
band works at night broken into. Where then
would be the advantage Of phone?
Why cannot our operators be vested not only wi tn
the authority but wi tn ms t1uctions handle such
emergency cases? And why not before some thir4
happens?
Greenbelt cooperator., 1938-11-03
Why No Beer?

Greenbelters may wonder why beer is sold in
your Coop Food Store. The is simply the
Aarylends responsible authorities have yet seen
fit to give a license.
They say that not definitely part Of the
State OF Maryland and that federal property they
cannot license Yet that did not stop them from
1ssu1ng a license when Greenbelt needed barber
shop. Assuredly it will not stop them levying
the state personal property tax when the time
Why then, no beer license7 Valuable trade is
be ing denied our Food Store and people town
put to considerable ence by the state's
attituoe And it is attitude which seems hi ghly
1nconsi istent, to say the least
Greenbelt cooperator., 1938-11-03

share the belief expires sed in original issue
that IA good newspaper is adjunct of selfgovern
ment; it is the keystone in the arch American
liberty. The town meeting and the town weekly
Joint partners in maintaining order, stability
progress and sanity in any modern commni ty."
Our paper has, therefore, been, have many of
local meetings, veritable battlegrounds of
flictirg opinions but, it must be remembered, de-
nocracy is built that way. If newspapers were
dedicated to the "town meeting" form of expression
there could be little doubt that the people would
salutary.
The cooperator has, from time to time, included
features which have considered not strictly
news of Greenbelt. Thus, articles and comments
world events have been incorporated in the paper.
1t is felt that Greenbelt citizens do have very
definite opinions world events and ought be
allowed to express them. Thus the cooperator has
done it's part towards the encouragement of local
litery talent and, at the time, allowed
"Greenbelt philosophy" Of life to form develop
Now. one year ago, the sole for the
existence of the cooperator paper is the part
that it can play instrument for good in the
community. If it fails in this it is longer en-
ii ed to support. If it does fell, however,
you, too, must share part Of responsible ity,
for it is your paper. It's staff welcomes and So
licits your contributions. It wants to print the
tens of most interest to you. To that end it
quests expressions from you, its readers, to the
features you wish incorporated. It always
your constructive cri ticism.
The Washington times., 1938-06-04
Army Plans
For Tanks
Revised

T.N.s) Radical changes in
American Army tank strategy
are being contemplated as a result
Of lessons learned from the Sino-
japanese and Spanish civil wars,
It was learned today.
The changes have been worked
out in practical tests carried out
by a special infantry board at
Fort Benning. Ga.
The recommendations of the
Mai. Gen. George A. Lynch, chief
of infantry, and then to Gen.
Malin Craig, chief of staff.
Basic changes in employment of
the huge, armored land fortreSSes
were found necessary after it was
learned they proved highly vulner-
able to anti-tank gunfire, to ad-
verse weather conditions and GER
tain terrain.
The Arrny's medium" tanks
also probably will be much lighter
than at first planned. 1t was
found that only the largest bridges
will bear the weight of the light
tanks, which are several tons less
In bulk than the medium" tanks.
The Washington times., 1938-06-04
DUNCAN AIDED
|. BY REPUTATION

MILWAUKEE, June 4 G.N.SJ.
The record and reputation Of
Thomas M. Duncan. 45-year-old
executive secretary to Governor
La Toilette, stood him in good
stead today following his convic-
ton for first-degree manslaughter
in the automobile death Of an ell
derby man.
Duncan, after a seven-day trial,
was found guilty by Judge G. N.
Risjord of firstdegree manslaugh-
ter but the sentence imposed, one
to two years in prison, is that
usually given for a fourth-degree
manslaughter conviction.
Judge RiSjord said the punish
ment was sufficient for a man
of Duncan's character and repu-
tation.
In finding Duncan guilty, Judge
Risjord held he was sober when
he left Madison, Wis, on March
9, but that he was intoxicated
when the car he was driving killed
Henry F.. Schuette, 81, two hours
later. The defense commended
that at the time Of the accident
Duncan's mind was blank due
to hardening Of the arteries of
the brain.
The Washington times., 1938-06-04
Picket Ac7
frightened

Q.N.SD Tightening up the
Federal Observation-Disclosures Act,
the House Judiciary Committee to,
day formally reported a bill max,
ing it unlawful for an employer
to cause anyone to move across
State lines for the purpose of OBJ,
,structing either peaceful picket
ing or exercise of right of self,
organization by workers.
There has been doubt
whether under the present word
ing of the law interference with
, peaceful picketing only is pro
hibited or interference with
other kinds of collective action
also is prohibited" said the re-
port of the committee.
The reported bill makes it
clear that interference with
peaceful picketing and interfer-
ence with the exercise by en-
ployeS of any of the rights of
self-organization or collective
bargaining are both included"
Violation of the act is made a
felony, punish Bile by prison
sentence.
The Washington times., 1938-06-04
Cash Child Slain,
Belief Of Parents

In the meantime about 20 Omen
in two automobiles sped to Fort
Lauderdale, about Is miles from
here, early today on a mysterious
mission which Immediately re-
vived rumors of an early break in
the kidnapping.
From Fort Lauderdale, it was
reported, the Federal agents were
concentrating on the back bay
region two miles south of that
city, a vast swamp area which
contains some 500 small, unin'
habited islands suitable for a
criminal hideout.
1t could not be learned whether
j. Edgar Hoover, FBI chief, was
among the men rushed to Fort
Lauderdale. Hoover had retired
early and all attempts to reach
him failed. Hotel employees said
he had left orders not to be dis
turbed.
There is enough water in the
back bay" swamps to permit &
search by launches and power
boats and it appeared certain
boats would be used in any at
tempt to search the islands.
The few Federal men left here
as we'll as police, could not o.
would not explain the activity a
! Fort Lauderdale.
The Washington times., 1938-06-04
8 CITIES GIVEN
HOUSING FUNDS

Q.N.SD Eight major cities TO-
day had more than S57 ,577, 900 to
start their campaigns against
slums and blighted areas follow
ing the action of President Roose-
welt in approving the United
States Housing Authoritys con.
tracts for construction Of low-rent
housing projects.
The cities, the funds turned over
to them, the number of units il
their slum-clearance projects and
average room rent per month in
clude:
Allentown, Pa, $1,446,000 fol
S22 units to rent at an average
$3.75 per room per month; Balti'
more, Md, $16,616,o0O-3,042-
$500; Birmingham, Ala, $685.,
000-860-no rental fee set yet;
Buffalo, N. Y, $3,643, 000-696-
$3.75; Cleveland. $9,153 5000, 1904
-$425; Columbus, Ohio, $1,888,
000-456-$4.25; Detroit, Mich
$14,257, O00-2,753-$425; Pitts
burgh, $6,746,000-1,256-$4.2
A total of $4,000 slum-dwellerE
will be rehoused in the 11,1S9 new
family units.
The Washington times., 1938-06-04
Life Savings
Maid Loses 5000 in
Stumble

ALEXANDRIA. Va, June A
birc in the bush wasn't worth two
in the hand to Anna Morris, so,
colored maid, here yesterday after
noon.
Anna went to the post office
and withdrew her life's savings,
5000, from postal savings ac-
count. Proudly, she walked away
with the money in her pocket
book.
She has walked six blocks when
two colored women, strangers,
showed her a 5000 check they
said they had found. They
offered to split her in for a third
O. the check, which one was to
get her employer to endorse, if
Anna would put up the 5000 for
security" She agreed.
The women and Annals 5000
soon vanished.
The Washington times., 1938-06-04
CONTINUED from Page u

kidnapers. We are very grateful
and express our appreciation"
Then he promised newspaper
photographers that he and his
wife would appear a short time
later and pose for pictures.
Mrs. Cash has been almost pros
trated with grief and worry, and
yesterday, it was reported, she was
ordered to bed and was placed
under the care of a physician.
CALL OFF CIVILIANS
Officers today decided to cal
off 1000 civilian Searchers who
had combed the snake-infeSteo
sWamps of southern Florida fol
several days.
But the search will go on by 6
picked crew of $50 men, who early
today were concentrating thetl
efforts in the vicinity of Taver
nier. It was near this point yes
terday that Searchers found &
blood-stained cloth, but divers
who dragged a nearby water-fillec
pit failed to uncover further clues
There was no official common
on rumors that part of the ran
som money had been discovered II
the vicinity of Lakeland.
The Washington times., 1938-06-04
Company A Wins
... ROTC Drill

Company A, Capt. Frederick E.
Davidson, commanding, was the
winner of the annual Howard Uni
versity R. o. T. c. drill and re-
view yesterday in the university
stadium.
The platoon drill went to Lieut..
James T. Tolliver and squad drill
to Sergt. Joseph P. Martin. Indi-
vidual honors were given Robert
Ewell, 1887 competition winner.
and Robert A. Hicks. The company
was reviewed by Col. Robert
Weatherhill, r. o. T. c. inspector.