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The Washington times., 1938-02-12

Five heavily armed men, one
with a machine gun, in a blue
sedan bearing New York license
plates" was the message which
cracked out over the police short
wave system into the ears of
Policemen Clancy Wilson and H.
B. Thomas, who were cruising
Rhode Island Avenue Northeast,
in a scout car.
Hand over those machine
guns!" was the order which the
two policemen, their guns drawn,
barked into the tonneau of a
sedan they forced screeching to
the curb a few minutes later.
Five startled Brooklynites, lack
ing machine guns, tumbled all
over each other in their haste tc
prove it with their hands high IN
the air.
This car is not the one wanted
by police" read the hastily rigged-
up placard Policemen Wilson and
Thomas affixed to the Brooklyn
windshield after they had salts
fled themselves the Brooklynites
were not the five heavily armed
men" mentioned in the broad
cast.
The Washington times., 1938-02-12
Bv Evalw Walsh Mclean

felt about every subject and with no strings tied
to it.
Education Is the foundation Of real power
and knowledge as the years pass by.
have had lot Of fun out of this beautiful
world and love the people in it, but I realize
more than ever now how really handicapped
have been in my limited field of knowledge
Won't GIOdt OUer 1t
I promise one thing-that won't sit down
in the Florida sunshine and warmth, if we have
such thing, and gloat over the cold weather
my friends are having in Washington. To me
this is such a mean thing to do and have seen
peoples faces light up with fiendish joy as they
lay in the hot sunshine and said: "You know it
is below freezing in such and such city"
wish could take all poor little children with
me and turn them loose on the beach to have
the wonderful salt air. but, alas I am powerless
to make even my smallest wish come true.
Goodbye, my friends. will be thinking of
you and hope once in while you will send me
thought. When come back If you and Mrs.
Patterson wish me to carry on in my simple
way will be only too glad to do so.
Please don't get discouraged if things don't
go right. Remember time is man-made, life Is
Godmade." In spite of everything, goodness
will win out in the end.
The Washington times., 1938-02-12

the people who have ap-
proved of this little column
and have been sweet about it.
I mean even the ones who
have condemned it - and I
know there are many. But
friendship to me is the sincere
love of the human race which,
thank God, I have always had.
And whether people have ap-
proved Of what I have done or
not, they have repaid me a
thousand-fold because in the
end they have always been
The Washington times., 1938-02-12
Bennett Tribute
Fund Completed

Washington Kiwanians have
completed fund for memorial
to the late John Bennett of Cos
pei Mission, Dewey Zirkin, chair
man of the fund committee, an
nounced at a meeting of the club
yesterday at the Mayflower Hotel.
Fulton Lewis, jr., radio COM
mentator, addressed the meeting
and described the conference of
small business men in Washington
recently as serious blow to the
Administration,
The Washington times., 1938-02-12
D. .C.-Mercersburg
Students HOnOred

Two Washington students at the
Mercersburg Academy, at MERGERS.
burg, Pa, have been elected to i'm.
portant committee posts, 1t was
disclosed today by school officials.
George E. Elliott, son of Mr..
and Mrs. George E. Elliott, 3212
Macomb st. NJ W., was chosen for
work on the Ode Committee. and
Robert McWhorter, son of Mr..
Roger B. McWhorter, of 1924
Davis st. N. W., has been named
to the Memorial Committee.
The Washington times., 1938-02-12
@. E. Sales
Gain Reported in
Home Appliances

Optimistic about increased re.
frigerator sales, Ward B. String.
ham. head of the General Elec.
trio Supply Corporation, local dis.
tributors for General Electric
home appliances, stated yesterday
that those sold in the country
during the past year-nearly
$500, ,000-showed an 1S per cent
increase over 1886. Increase in
sales of domestic refrigerators by
our firm was gratifying" he said.
The saturation point is nowhere
in sight"
The Washington times., 1938-02-12
Warmer
Clouds, Rain Due
For the Capital

Washington is due for a little
warmer weather, though the skies
will remain clouded today and to.
morrow, according to the Weather
Bureau. Rain will be intermittent.
The temperature is scheduled to
rise slowly with a minimum of 80
degrees, the forecaster said.
Freezing weather was reported
in various parts of the country
and the danger of ice kept air.
planes grounded in many sections.
Eastern Airlines kept planes down
for an hour in Richmond and
Baltimore at the height of yes
terday's snowstorm, and the Penn.
Sylvania Central Airlines Cancelled
all schedules.
The Washington times., 1938-02-12

German understanding, Arch
bishop Lang of Canterbury
said: II think it is due to. us
that we should now recognize,
more fully and generously than
perhaps has been done in the
past, the words of Herr Hitler
about his desire to do all that
is possible to maintain the
peace Of Europe.
Cosmo Gordon Lang, Arch
bishop Of Canterbury, was one
of the prime movers in fore
ing Edward VIII off the throne
The Washington times., 1938-02-12

say Oh yes, do know her .. Do you know
her-well?"
Certainly, She Says:
"Oh yes" was the bright answer "She is an
intimate friend of mine. simply adore her.
When you see her do give her my love-"
st shall. indeed, and I'm sure" said Mrs. Viii
son sWeetly, that she will be interested to know
that have met you"
And another story, likewise from New York.
Il dote on jokes on the snooty metropolis)
An excessively important New York Club
woman was asked to take table at President
Roosevelt's recent birthday celebration. She
sent $5 to the committee
"rll take one ticket" she said, "but you can
return me my money unless I sit beside Mrs.
Roosevelt"
Lady Astor the American girl who made good
In England and comes back now and then to tell
us how to carry on, remarked on her Washing
ton visit:
Politicians always give women the dirty work
TO do in running the Government. Frances
The Washington times., 1938-02-12

the table, obviously not having
seen the name on Mrs. Will
sons place card, said:
"I understand you are from
Washington. I wonder if you
know a friend of mine down
there-MrS. woodrow Will
son?"
The widow of the World
War President was startled.
But she is as poised as she is
pretty. SO she answered po-
litely:
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, you
The Washington times., 1938-02-12
DR.. MYERS SPEAKS

cooperative Living" will be the
subject discussed by DR.. James
Myers. industrial secretary of the
Federal Council of Churches of
Christ in America. New York city,
during a special public meeting at
Lincoln Temple Congregational
Church tomorrow at 6:45 p. m.
Music will be provided by Bruno
Nichnadavich, Russian tenor, and
local artists.
The Washington times., 1938-02-12
SCRIBES INSTALL
CLUB OFFICERS

Harold Bryman. new president
of the National Press Club, and
other recently elected officers,
will be formally installed at a
party at the club tonight.
Among those present will be
Katherine Dayton, Satirist and au-
thor of Save Me the Waltz" now
running on Broadway; Courtney
Ryley Cooper and Senator Robert
F. Wagner Cd, of New York.
Charles o. Gridley, Washington
correspondent for the Denver Post
will preside. Music will be fur
niShed by the Marine Band.
The Washington times., 1938-02-12
Federal Bureau
For Arts Urged

Arnold Blance, vice chairman
of the American Artists Congress,
yesterday urged the House Patents
Committee to approve the Siro-
vich bill for creation of a Federal
department of science, art and
literature, as hearings closed on
the measure.
The Washington times., 1938-02-12
Water Plea Heard
By Highest Court

The U. S. Supreme Court yester-
day took under advisement a
Colorado appeal from State Su-
preme Court decision nullifying
the Colorado-New Mexico water
compact. Attorney General Byron
G. Rogers of Colorado told the
high tribunal that if the State
court decision Is allowed to stand
it will make it useless for States
ever to make water compacts."
The Washington times., 1938-02-12
ID DELICATESSEN
ROBBERY N E is
ID. C. THUG $46O
Gas Station Manager
Is Second Victim

Armed robbers took a cash toll
Of $506 last night from two vic.
tins, one of whom lost $3.50 to a
white bandit. who staged a per.
fectly.timed raid on oscar Gilden.
horns delicatessen at 1847 Colum.
bia Rd. N. w.
Selecting a time when no Gus
toners were in the usually-crowded
store, the robber pulled a pistol
on the groceryman, his wife and
five assistants, demanding the
contents of the cash register.
Warning them against premature
outcry, he walked out Of the store
and was swallowed up in the pass
ing crowd.
The Washington times., 1938-02-12


Will Miss Column
I shall miss writing my poor little column very
much, but am deeply grateful to Mrs. Patterson
for her faith and the confidence she has had
in me. This should be a very good lesson to
many, many young people. If had studied
when was young and had acquired real educa,
ton, might have done untold good with a col.
umn turned over to me, to write exactly what
The Washington times., 1938-02-12
Dear Washington

Here's foolish tale to lift that draggeddown-
end-of.the-week feeling. It's yarn that illus
trates the poor human passion for pretending
friendship with the great.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson recently attended
luncheon in New York. woman beside her at
The Washington times., 1938-02-12
My Say

BoCA RATION. F1a.-WeIl. my friends. have
gone for few weeks with my daughter to try
to put on a few pounds and take little rest.
When say my friends" do not mean only
The Washington times., 1938-02-12
Men
Halted by Mistake

Local police last night duplicated the wasted efforts Of
Maryland authorities who arrested three Department Of
Justice agents and their two prisoners by hang Miami
bound carload of Brooklyn business whom they msook
for desperadoes supposed be driving similar sedan
The Washington times., 1938-02-12

John Page, so, of 1915 M ST.
N. w., was killed by a "hit.and.
run" driver on the Marlboro Pike
near Upper Marlboro, Md. His
body was found this morning at
the side of the road and was not
identified for several hours
Pages relatives said he wandered
away from home yesterday after
noon and apparently had walked
to the spot where he was struck.
CAR HITS HEAD-ON
Mrs. Blanche Green, As, of Idle
wood, Va, and Frederick M. Am
berger, 40, of 4849 Potomac Ave.
N. W., were killed when the auto
mobiles in which they were riding
collided head-on on the Lee Boule.
ward one mile east of Falls Church,
Va, late yesterday.
Mrs. Green's husband, Garner
Green, As, and their adopted
daughter, Rosalie, IA, and Charles
Stearn, 81, of Alexandria, a pas
senger in Amberger's car, were
seriously injured. They are in
Georgetown Hospital. Rosalie and
Stearn were still unconscious this
morning.
Police said one of the cars ap-
parently skidded on the ice-glazed
highway.
WOMAN INJURED
Letitia Neal, 64, of Rockville,
Nd, was critically injured when
she was struck at Eleventh Street
and Massachusetts, Avenue North
west by an automobile, driven,
police said, by George w. Howlin,
of $50 E st. N. E. She was treated
at Emergency Hospital for frac-
tured skull and fractured leg.
Mrs. Lena Anderson, AZ, was
treated at Freedmen's Hospital
for a probable skull fracture suf-
fered when the cab in which she
was riding collided with an au-
tomobile, driven, police said. by
Abe Ritzenberg, %, of 1247 Hol-
brook Terrace N. E., at Fourth and
Bryant Streets Northwest.
Mrs. Mable Hurst, 81, of Vienna,
Va, was seriously injured when
she was struck by an automobile
near her home. She is in George
town Hospital.
The Washington times., 1938-02-12
eeBut'' %

Here's piece culled from the pages of News
Review, London's counterpart Of Time Magazine:
4 "Halo for Hitler"-Appealing for better Anglo
The Washington times., 1938-02-12
Auto Death Toll
Increased by Three

Three deaths highways Washington and of
in accidents in the city the toll taken by traffic
nd last night. police reported TODAY
The Washington times., 1938-02-12
GUNMAN GETS S46

A colored man pointed gun at
Chester F. Surba. manager of a
filling station at Sixteenth and L
Streets Northwest, later in the
evening and escaped with $46 in
bills and change.
Meanwhile two men arrested by
Philadelphia police on information
furnished by Washington authori-
ties, were being questioned at local
police Headquarters today in con-
nection with $4,000 worth of
jewelry and silverware police say
they found in their possession
when arrested.
The Washington times., 1938-02-12
WOMAN GIVES TIP

Inspector Bernard w. Thomp-
son, chief of detectives, said the
pair was arrested on ian anony.
nous tip" received by his office.
The tipster, said to be a woman,
furnished information as to where
the men would be at a given time.
Brought to this city by Detec-
tive Sergeants Harry Britton and
Joseph Shimon, the pair gave
their names as Lester Allen Engle,
a jeweler, of Philadelphia, and
Herman Held, Of the 600 block of
G st. N. w. Police also booked
Held under an alias, Herman Ross.
Both are being held for investiga-
ton, while a third man arrested
with them was released.
SEEK IDENTIFICATION
Inspector Thompson said none
Of the property has been identi-
fled so far, but that he expected
to have local victims of recent
jewel and silverware thefts look
it over sometime today, in the
hope some of it may be recog.
nized.
A police roundup Of question.
able characters produced several
cases Of vagrancy, which will be
aired in Police Court.
The Washington times., 1938-02-12
Will Miss Column

considerate and kind to me.
The Washington times., 1938-02-12

Do you want money? The Washington
Times is offering $50 in prizes each week for
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-18
LEES TRAGEDIES
John Resumes Describes Experiences Ac ollie Ward Authority Whiskey Gives Advice How Drink
 Tragic Results of Over Indulgence Depicted.
(Copyrisht, 1888, by John Barr)

NOOpyF1Snt, 1v36, Dy JOnn 6aftD
 At Santa Barbara our party of tourists received instruction about the proper way to drink whiSkey- from one who ought to know as he was the manufacturer of the celebrated Canadian Club" Hi- ram Walker; and although we were not large consumers of the article it is well to know how to do properly whatever we do or are liable to do.
 Hiram Walker. then about TO- for it was back in 1887, with several members of his family and his physician, was guest at the same hotel we were-and on one, occasion when, at his invitation, we dined at his table-the fol- lowing incident occurred:
 Demonstration
 From the various bottles of liquors and cordials on the table for use to help ourselves to, I se- lected Canadian Club" filled a small glass and was just lifting 1t up to drink, when MT. Walker, who was sitting next to me, put his hand on my sleeve, saying: Please set that down minute I want to talk to you.' After l had done so, he continued, Nov, I make that and 1t has many legitimate and beneficial uses; but it is so much abused that I sometimes regret that I have ever made it. AS you were going to drink that it is not fit to put in the human stomach. Do you sup pose that I would put that glass full of clear whiskey in my stom- ach? No, I know too much about it."
 Then he took three small empty glasses and poured into each about a third-full of the whiskey. One he filled up with pure water, an- other with ginger ale and the last with Apollinaris water. Now" said he, "all are diluted so they won't hurt you if you don't overdo it."
 Then he took up the glass di- luted with pure water, saying, "this is my own preference. Here you retain both flavor and aroma-and the proper way to drink it is to sip it as you GO wine"
 Though this happened a half century ago, I recall every detail of the scene perfectly-even to the roar of the surf on the beach just outside and the invigorating breath of the ocean that came blowing through the open win- dows and leaving a pleasant tang of brine on our lips.
 Tragedy
 A few years later I witnessed scene of agony and tragedy that recalled what Hiram Walker had said at the dinner table that evening at Santa Barbara.
 The scene was the ID. T." Cor alcoholic) ward of a great city hospital. It was long before pro hibiticn' and at time when hos
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-18

pital management had been under severe criticism by the press and the public. By permission of the management of the hospital l had been allowed full freedom of the ward as an observer-for a day and night.
 It was a new experience to me. I had expected to see the patients all under the snake" hallucina- ton, but that was not the case in that ward. They were all seeing things"-but different" things. For instance, the looking proprietor of a low drinking and gambling dive was cursing and yelling and lunging furiously about in his Straight-jacket with an imaginary dagger in his hand, engaged in a death-struggle with the fellow who had won the big pile of chips in an imaginary game of poker.
 While I stood there expecting to see the patient burst a blood vessel in his frantic struggle-my attention was directed by an un- earthly shriek from another screened bed.
 Looking over the top of the screen I saw a powerfully built middle-aged man fastened down in a straight jacket. His terrified eyes glared at me. What's the trouble?" I asked.
 You saw, didn't you?" he gasp ed; you saw that elephant throw me over tn barn.
 What barn?" I inquired.
 "Why, that red barn over there he nearly broke every bone in my body"
 He surely was a mean ele- phant." I commented sympa- thetically, and inquired further "Is that the worst thing that ever happend to you?"
 No; he groaned, Oh, mol"
 What was worse than that the elephant did to you?" I asked.
 "D-o-g-s!" he whispered. shud- dering-and described a growing and yelping pack of dogs ranging from savage bloodhoundS and bulldogs to snarling little rat-ter- riors--all chasing and torment ing him up hill and down dale and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-18
WATR JOINS WITH
 BULOVA NETWORK
Local Station Retains COn= necticut BrOadcasting
 System Setup

Station WATR has joined the Bulova network and will receive programs from other stations on the chain, 1t was announced today by Samnel Ellnan, business man. ager of the local broadcaster. The key station of the Bulova chain is WOV, New York.
 The station is no longer on the Inter-City network, which has dropped all its New England sta- tions. It is however, still a mem Der of the Connecticut Broadcasting System, whcih includes Station WELL. New Haven, and WNBC,, New Britain.
 Numerous network programs will be broadcast by WATR, MT. El- man stated today. Many new series of broadcasts will be heard, among them several popular foreign lan- guage programs.
 In addition to programs from the Bulova chain and the Connecticut Broadcasting System, WATR will continue to present its many popu- lar local broadcastS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-18

i'll on March l, the first day for local benefits, and had to undergo an emergency operation.
 Paid 75 Cents
 Miss Cunningham had joined the plan February 25, and had paid in only 75 cents. For that sum she received 8 semi-priyate room at Waterbury Hospital for 12 days, worth $450 daily or a total of $54. She also received free the use of the operating room, normally $l0; lab- oratory service, normally $5; and medicines normally costing $2.60.
 Knowledge that she was a mem Der of the plan and would not have to worry about hospital bills helped her to get well quickly, Miss Cum ningham said. She joined as a member of the Silas Bronson It. brary group.
 Since March 1 two other mem- bers of the plan have required hos pital care. Each had made only one payment.
 999 Members
 During February the first month for local membership, the plan se- cured total of 999 members. Sev- eral hundred more persons have joined since that time.
 In New Haven, where the plan has been in effect for more than g. year, membership has climbed from 15,0O0 to 10000.
 Basic fees for members of the plan are 75 cents a month. A mem Der may enroll his wife or depend- ent for 50 cents a month, and all children ill a family may be enrolled for 25 cents a month. Members are entitled to three weeks of hospital care year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-18
DR. ABRAHAM WHITE
 AWARDED PRIZE

New Haven, Conn.,, March IS - U.P0-Dr. Abraham White, Cleve- land, O., assistant professor of physiological chemistry at Yale University, has been awarded the $1 900 Eli Lilly biological chemistry prize for 1888, it was disclosed to- day. ...
 Dr. White was given the award for his work on sulfur metabolism and protein hormones. He will re- ceive it at the 95th meeting of the American Chemical Society at Dal- las, Tex, April 18.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-18
First Benefits Paid
 Under Hospital Plan
Miss Cunningham of Library Staff Beneficiary Paid
 75 Cents for Service Valued at $71

The first recipient of benefits from the Plan for Hos ptal Care, Inc. by means of which Waterburians entitled to three weeks of free hospital year for
 ent of small fees, received hospital worth $71 She Pad only 75 cents in membership dues for this care street. who released from Waterbury Hospital this week after 12 days of Miss Cunningham was stricken
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-18

Daniel Boone, sixth lineal de- Scendant of the famous frontiers man, and his brother Wade, have literally forged their way to fame as creators of wrought iron house hardware. Today's Daniel Boone is shown above at the Boone Forge which he and his brother cnnduct at Spruce Pine, N. C.. They decry attempts to dub them artists" each preferring to be known as good blacksmith" as was their pioneer ancestor.
Evening star., 1938-08-13
NEW HOME COMMUNITY
TO OPEN FOR PUBLIC
Green Acres, in Maryland, to
Feature Aforementioned,
Low-Priced Dwellings.

Establishing precedent in low
cost housing in the Washington area,
Green Acres, newly developed COM
munity of air-conditioned, two-story
Colonial homes styled for the $1,000
to $4,000 house market. will be for
mally opened to the public for the
first time tomorrow.
With the leading architects. realtors
and housing officials in attendance. the
development. conceived and built by
the developers of Westmoreland Hills
and Westhaven, will be thrown open
for public inspection at brief cere-
mony at IL am. Honor guests will
include Louis Justement, president of
the Washington Chapter, American
Institute Of Architects; Charles j..
Rush, executive secretary, Washington
Real Estate Board: H. H. Dearing.
District director Federal Housing Ad-
ministration, and other executives from
F. H. A. and other housing agencies.
Built by the Green Acres Construc-
ton Co. of which Albert w. Walker
is president. the community adjoins
River road on Baltimore avenue. few
blocks beyond Western avenue in
nearby Montgomery County. Md. 1t
may be approached by way of Wiscon-
sin avenue TO River road NV. or by
way of Massac chusett5 avenue to Forty
sixth street, thence right to River
road.
Evening star., 1938-08-13
SHOPPING CENTER:
NEARS COMPLETION
Silver Spring Store Development
Will Be Formally Opened
About September Is.

Rapidly nearing completion Is the
new Silver Spring shopping center,
located at the intersection Of Georgia
avenue and Co!esville road. 1t will be
formally opened about September Is.
This enterprise, said to be the
largest and most comprehensive of
its kind in the Eastern States, in
cludes an air-conditioned theater seat
ing about l,l0G people. 20 stores and
a Modern gasoline filling station.
The site, containing more than
three acres of ground. has a frontage
on the two highways Of nearly 600
feet and parking space for customers
to accommodate well over 200 cars.
The rear parking space is reached by
an underpass.
The leasing agents. Golden e. Small
and the c. H. Hlllegeist Co.. who con-
ceived and developed the project. state
that all of the stores with the excep-
ton of two or three are already under
lease to concerns with high standing,
including Peoples Drug Stores Co..
Sanitary Grocery Co.. A. e. p. Tea Co.,
the S. S Kyesge Co. and many others.
So complete is the range of merchan-
disc to be offered in the various stores
that the shopping center becomes al
most city in itself
The new tlleater will be operated
under long term lease by Warner
Brothers.