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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-03
Your HEALTH
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN

Since the Curies introduced
radium into medical science.
physicians have studied the ele-
ment to determine all of its pos
sible effects on the human body
and its potential value in treat
ing various forms of disease.
Annually the medical research
council of Great Britain has
been issuing reports on the uses
of radium in various English
eenters where the product is
available. Each country has
only few locations with a suf-
ficient supply of radium and
sufficient number of competent
work associated with the
product to make it applicable to
disease.
Among the chief questions yet
to be determined is: In what
types of cancer is radium spe-
officially indicated? And how is
radium TO be used in connection
with surgical operation
In cancers affecting the or
gans of women and associated
with childbirth. various methods
of treatment are possible Use
Of the high voltage X-ray, use
of radium, and use of surgery.
plus combinations of h e S
methods. Only through testing
the different methods on suitable
cases are we able to ascertain
the best plan.
IL is known that high voltage
X-ray or radium rays. applied
directly to the ovaries of the fe-
male or to the sex glands of the
male. produce changes in these
tissues which may, in turn. be
reflected on children when they
are born. Therefore both meth
DDS are used on young people
with the greatest of caution.
One of the most difficult
forms of cancer is that appear
ing in the esophagus-the tube
which passes from the mouth
into the stomach. In Great Brit
ain cancer of the esophagus is
treated by using the emanations
from radium Tubes containing
these emanations are passed
down the esophagus directly into
contact with the growth.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-03
RACE PREJUDICE

Once a state undertakes TO
provide education for its citizens
il cannot refuse an applicant
because of the color line. Mis-
souri, maintains two universities,
Lincoln for its Negroes. and the
University of Missouri for
whites. No law school is con-
nected with Lincoln university,
SO Lloyd Gaines, a negro boy.
applied for admission to the law
school al the University of Mis-
sour.
The registrar, s. w. Canada,
refused his applies ton and
Gaines carried his case to the
supreme court Of the United
States. In a recent decision the
state was ordered 10 provide
Gaines a legal education. Said
Chief Justice Hughes.
The equal protection OF the
laws Is pledge of the protec-
ton of equal lava Here. petit
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PULSE OF THE PUBLIC

ed that $500 tons OF aerial
bombs had been shipped to Ger
many to be transshipped to
Franco. Is this what is meant
by neutrality?
Also as proof that a war of
fascist aggression and not civil
war has been waging in Spain.
may l quote from speech by
Hitlers propaganda minister,
DR.. Goebbles. entitled. THE
Truth About Spain" and deliv-
cred in Nurnberg in 1897
THE sacrifices which Spain
has to make in this struggle are
great and terrible; but if this
Way of Calvary should lead to
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-03
SOCIAL MEDICINE

Editor. The Times: Social
medicine threatens the dignity
and self respect of the medical
profession. Once the personal
element of the medical profess
sion is comprised through bureau
cratic regeneration. we witness
incipient retrogression.
Social medicine was sntci-
pated by Josh Billings. who said:
Il wouldn't want to be a doctor.
in the first place. people amt
worth doctoring. and in the Sec
ond place, l wouldn't want 70
take the responsibility of killing
EN-" Just another way of say
ing We are headed for the last
roundup"
We urge all regulars. irregu-
lars. quacks, pseudo-quacks, those
who can no longer even quack,
all labor organizations to write
their congressman for copy of
HR ?.
Let's put money to work
start circulation.
NJ. FITZPATRICK.
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The colonel had his answer
ready.
OF all NPA project workers,
between 81 and 9s per cent are
certified from relief rolls a. ac-
tually In need. The others are
persons necessary To The opera
ton of projects which can use
fully employ certified relief
workers. Our administrative
expense is less than per cent.
which l think il good record"
The colonel feels. incidentally.
that the kind of value which a
community gets out of its WPA
work is pretty much up 10 the
community itself. Practically
all WPA projects. he says. are
initiated and sponsored by the
localities: naturally. a town
which carefully plans program
is going to get the best return
for the money allotted To il.
Also, the colonel doesn't think
much of the suggestion that the
localities take over control Of
WPA. That way. he believes,
there would be more political in
reference than at present, and
less efficiency. He thinks that
the country has got pretty good
value to date out of its WPA
expenditures, even if only the
public Improvements actually
created are considered and no
value at all be placed on the
maintenance of the workers
morale.
Oh yes; It was rumored here
when Colonel Harrington took
over that a hardboiled army Of
ficer had been put in charge IN
cut down on WPA and prepare
it for extinction. Was this true >
That a sum ption,' said
Colonel Harrington, is totally
unjustified.
To which the United States
senate, having wrestled with the
gentleman for a fortnight, un-
doubtedly would agree.
Copyright, 1887
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a final triumph of the national
forces. as we hope and pray for,
then the sacrifices will not have
been in vain 8. Therefore we
have no hesitation about stating
that our warm sympathy is with
General Franco, whose heroic,
self-denying and idealist strug-
gle awakens the profoundest ad-
miration among the whole Ger
man people. Consequently it was
more than a merely diplomatic
step when our Fuhrer and the
head of the Italian government
recognized General Franco as
the only constitutional govern
ment in Spain
MRS. MAUDE E. Richard.
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Continued from Page l.

funds and the WPA-ers' own
resentment over orders to vote
for their friends" CD farmers
discomfort over low prices and
the apparent failure of the AAA's
six-year experiments. The totally
unexpected combination of urban
and rural dissatisfaction ac-
counted for the extent of losses
in municipal. state and congress
sional contests.
the politicos most seriously, for
they figure that they can hold
a slight edge in the larger cities
for the next few years. Unpub-
lished reports reveal that the
agriculturists' return to the COP
has been persistent and progress
sive. II began in 1886, despite
FDR's increased majority and
46-state victory. His vote in
rural counties sloughed off so
per cent from his 1882 high.
Former Congressional Nlr-
ginia Jenekes' prolific use OF her
Thanking privileges since her re-
tirement has precipitated quiet
demand for revision of the laws
on this postal perquisite. The
lady from Indiana has pulled
what even house grammarians
call a fast one.
Under existing law defeated
former member is permitted TO
use his tor herr frank until six
months after the expiration of
his tor herr term. The idea is
to let him clean up pending mail
at government expense. Expe-
rienoe shows that in all except a
few instances it costs only few
dollars to wind up hang over
affairs. But Mrs. Jenckes has
formed a publicity agency with
her former secretary, who once
boosted that he was going to
make his boss more famous than
Greta Carlo" And she has
franked out numerous attacks
on Rep. Wright Patman of
Texas for his anti-chain store
campaigns.
In explaining the lecture tours
he made tsome of which were
sponsored by Mckesson 4 Rob-
bins), Patman notified his COLI
leagues of Mrs. Jenekes' wide
awake enterprise. Incidentally,
the popular Texan noted that he
had never received money from
the drug firm. that he spoke
under the auspices of a recog-
nized and reputable lecture bu-
reau (which also books several
other congressman. and that
Mckesson d Robbins were re-
garded as high class organiza-
ton at the time. House members
indicated that they were fully
satisfied with his explanation.
Civil service has become a more
battered football OF politics in
the last few weeks than at any
time in its turbulent history. II
illustrates yividly how practical
partisan considerations operate
to block or delay extension of the
merit system in government.
President Roosevelt seeks TO
blanket-in thousands OF employees
of New Deal agencies, as evil
dence of his sincere desire 10
eliminate politics from the gov
eminent. But the Republicans
and anti-New Deal Democrats,
who haven't been able TO place
their people advantageously.
figure il as strategy designed TO
lock their gang out and lock
FDR's in Therefore they will
try to stall Off any change until
they climb back into power. But
on that happy day-for them
those then on the outside look
ing in will return the compli-
ment
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He hardly got his hat hung up
before an eeonomy-minded con-
gress began putting the whole
WPA system and philosophy
under the microscope. Il crit
ieized WPA as an instrument Of
politics and pared the WPA
budget as excessive. Colonel
Harrington appeared before
committees and subcommittee
for questioning.
And when the smoke had
cleared away. there was the
colonel standing Just about
where Harry Hopkins had been
standing before him.
CONGRESS- MAY
STYMIE HIM
Colonel Harrington believes
that a work relief program is GO
ing to be a permanent part of
the federal governments job.
He cant see how the WPA rolls
can be reduced before April: in
deed. he thinks that they might
well go up a little And he
doesn't think there has been
nearly as much political misuse
of WPA as some people have al
legged.
The colonel may not make his
ideas stick Those three letters
WPA-don't exactly pro uce
loud cheers in Congress these
days. In both houses there have
been fiery denunciations of
WPA's record. to say nothing
OF soothing at Colonel Harring-
tons assertion that the Ss75.-
600. 900 supplemental appropri-
alton suggested by President
Roosevelt was the least on which
WPA could get through the
winter. But the colonel is I'M
moved.
DO you feel I asked him.
that 1t should be the aim of
the country TO wind up WPA as
soon as possible and care for
those who need care by means
of direct relief, or does the WPA
idea appeal to you as prefer
able -
Direct relief, in the long run.
Is unsatisfactory to the ma jority
of Americans" he replied. Il
am confident that we will never
go back to the dole. l cannot
see at this time hoU WpA or
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. STORIES
IN STAMPS
Povino O Reel Rood
OF American Peoce

WHATEVER are the lasting re-
" suits of the Pan-American
conference at Lima. Peru. IA
500-rnile ribbon of peace is al
ready under construction to link
the Americas. This is the great
international highway which will
some day stretch from Canada to
the Argentine.
The Fifth International Confer
ence of American States, meeting
in 1928 at Santiago. Chile, first
laid definite plans for the road.
Today il is a reality in portions
of IA countries. When il is fin
ished IL Will be the worlds long
est road.
Already motorists are using the
So0-mile stretch from Laredo,
Tex. TO Mexico City, one of the
most beautiful pieces of highway
in the world In two years the
remaining 500 miles from Mexico
City to Panama City are sched-
uled to be completed. Some 500
OF the 1890 miles through Canada
have been in use several years.
II is the jungles OF the Central
American countries that present
the biggest problem. Only por-
/ tons OF these are now pasSaole.
but within q few years the routes
that are now merely surveyors
lines on a map will be stream
lined highways. Once in South
America. the motorist will find
good roads most of the way. IL
is likely that cars may be ferrled
from Panama to Venezuela Il one
part of the jungle proves too haz-
ardous for road building.
So a dream of many years is
] being realized and observers place
great stress on the Importance OF
a l. -
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Bruce Cation

WASHINGT0N-Being regular army man, Col. F. L
Harrington believes in standing by his guns.
Col Harrington. who took Harry Hopkins place as head
of the WPA when Hopkins went the commerce depart
ent stamped of the hottest spots in Washington
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this highway as
a giant link in
American solidar-
ity. Shown here
on a current Mex
leo stamp is a
portion of the
road view near
Mexico City.
!. NEA Service. Incl
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He Fixes Times

To receive attention IN thH col
umn letters must give name and
address OF writer Onlv initials
all be published when requested
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THINKS SPENDING
HTSTUEIEn

How about the money WPA
spends Is it going right to
those who need it, or is too
much of it eaten up in over
head" or otherwise diverted ?
Evening star., 1939-05-06
Odd Fellows ercy Feu Mixed Doubles Draw Boes Drives Tonight
Local Golfers Again Favored
lover Baltimore Tomorrow
lin 4-Buu Title Play

clean with q 7-to-2 victory over
Montgomery Blair at Capital, with
Ross scoring a 70. Rockville now is
tied with Bethesda Chevy Chase for
the lead among the schools outside
Of Washington.
Jim Brownell's Maryland State
golf team split another match, this
time with Baltimore University. at
Indian Spring. Both teams won
three points. Otto Greiner, Mid
Atlantic and Maryland State champ,
shot "a to beat Brownell. 2 and /.
while Bill Rea, Maryland, licked
Harry Cunningham of Baltimore,
4 and 8, and Maryland won the best
ball. In the other foursome George
Dewitt of Maryland beat H. Hard
man Of Baltimore, and /, while Ed
Johnson, Baltimore, licked Julian,
Murphy, Maryland, and Baltimore
took the best ball match.
Most of the college lads, except
those from Georgetown. are at
Westminster today, playing in a
tourney held by Western Maryland
University.
Pro Match at Army Navy.
Over at Army-Navy tomorrow the
two Burton brothers-pros at the
service club-have taken on a tough
assignment in meeting George Diff
fenbaugh of Kenwood and Rut
Coffey of Winchester, Va. The
match will start about 1:30 and is
expected to draw a good gallery to
see these long hitting lads do their
stuff.
Evening star., 1939-05-06
Terps in Fine Stride
With Hoyas' Nine
Out Of Step
BY ROBERT HENRY,
Star Stan Correspondent.

Baseball teams of Maryland and
Georgetown were pursuing con-
trasttng paths today, with the
Terps being content to stay on
theirs and the Hoyas anxious to
find a new trail.
On its home diamond at College
Park, Maryland was seeking its sew
enth straight victory and its twelfth
In 16 starts as 1t tackled Washing
ton College, beaten last Saturday
in 10 innings, in return game.
The Terps made it six in a row
and Lefty Earl Springer recorded
his sixth victory without a setback
yesterday when they rallied to beat
Richmond, 8-5. It was only the
second defeat for the Spiders In 13
games and snapped a winning
streak which had reached six
straight. Hugh Keller's two steals
Of home were features.
Up at West Point the Hoyas again
were expected to ind as rough
going as they have since leaving
home Wednesday.
Yesterdays 6-4 loss at the hands
Of Fordham was the Hoyas' third
in succession, marking q new low
since Joe Judge started coaching.
Seven errors made 1t rough going
for Winnie Powers, who had q As
lead going into the eighth inning.
Two of the miscues came in this
frame, however, which, with Q walk
and . single, gave the Rams three
runs. -
Evening star., 1939-05-06
Machine Moy Fall Apart,
Also 1t Nav Win Flag

Todays Cardinals are business
like team, steered by businesslike
manager, Ray Blades. They hustle,
but they do not yell. They think
they have strength and speed and
power, but they want to get the feel
of these things first. They do not
wrestle the bit like yearling colt.
They pull lightly on their harness,
anxious to achieve smoothness and
harmony beneath it.
You can look beneath the surface
OF this club and break it down cas-
lily enough into the three component
parts which Blades has yoked to-
gether. These are:
/. The MedWick-Mize axis, sea-
soned power, the best one-two punch
in the league.
2. Young and half-tested players
trying to plug the gaps which were
so obvious in the Cardinal lineup
last year. Fellows like Gutteridge,
Brown, Orengo, Slaughter and Owen
still have to prove themselves big
leaguers-but no one has proved
yet that they are anything else.
Gutteridge is coveted by several
other National League teams. Brown
can hit. Owen, think, will come
along as catcher. He fell short
of printed estimates last year, but
most of these estimates were die
tated by Owen himself. One thing
the younger Cardinals have which
all recent Cardinal teams have
had-speed of foot.
3. Mellow pitching, staff of vet
Grams, Warneke, Weiland and Davis,
who will attempt to carry the young
team along until it finds itself
Naturally, these veteran pitchers
will have to have help when the
weather turns hot and the double
headers pile up, A lot of help, I
believe, will come from young Bob
Bowman, a right-handed rookie
whom your correspondent touted
studiously last March when he
seemed hidden in the middle of the
Cardinals herd of young pitchers.
Bowman can pitch, and he Is dead
game. He dueled along with old
uncle Dan1 MacFayden for nine
innings the other day, and beat
uncle Danl out, 2 to /.
This ball club may fall apart
under pressure, but also it may win
the pennant. At least, it has earned
the fear. for what it is worth, of
Deacon Bill McKechnie.
Evening star., 1939-05-06
Chevy Chase Tourney
Catches Golf Aces
Little Prepared
Cold, Wet Spring Denies
Chances to Practice;
Event Opens May II

All Of sudden the invitation
golf tournament season-such as it
is-comes leaping on the calendar.
Within 10 days the gallant anna
teur lads who have been nursing
their golf games through the win
ter and unfolding their mashie shots
with the coming of spring will play
for keeps. The occasion-and the
first big amateur meeting Of the
year around Washington-will be
the 29th invitation event at the
Chevy Chase Club for the Taft and
Sherman Trophies.
Invitations for the tournament
were received today by scores of
leading amateur golfers in this sec
tor and also were sent to all clubs
in the Middle Atlantic area.
Entry Fee Again IS.
What knocks a fellow down is
that entries will close within a week,
on Friday, May IL, to be exact.
Here we've had a cold, wet spring
with flock of days not At for golf;
the boys have had little chance for
practice. and now within a week
entries close for the biggest invita-
ton tourney of the year. The entry
fee for guest entrants again will
be IS.
It's all quite sudden, for golf
hardly is under way around WASH
ington. The country clubs have been
pretty we'll deserted because of
bad weather. and it's doubtful If the
top amateurs of the town really
have worked their golf games into
the groove. But that isn't the fault
of Chevy Chase. It's tournament
is held at the same time each year.
and if the weather man doesn't
provide fit weather the tourna-
ment goes on just the same. That's
another of the traditions of golf
and football and hoss racing. The
show must go on.
Four Flights to Qualify.
An 18-hole qualification round
will be held on May II, to be fol-
lowed by four match-play rounds.
two on each succeeding day, with
four flights OF Is to qualify. Claude
Rippy, last years winner, will play
again and may be the top favor
lite. There hasn't been a repeater
in the Chevy Chase tourney since
Harry Pitt won in 1923, 1929 and
1890.
Running at the same time at
nearby Congressional will be the
Maryland State championship for
women, where Marion Brown, the
District Mid-Atlantic champ, will
be the top favorite to add the Old
Line State title to her collection.
For word comes that Helen Dett-
weller. twice winner of the Mary
land crown. will be out Of town at
the time of the tournament and
will not defend her crown. That's
too bad, for Helen would rate as
the outstanding gal to beat over her
home course.
Evening star., 1939-05-06
Joyner or Russell HurIs
For RoyuI Giants

Rufus Joyner or Rubber Arm"
Russell, rookie right-handers, will
twirl for the Royal Giants this aft
ernoon when the District team plays
the Charlotte Black Hornets at Nor
beck, Md. The game is regularly
scheduled Southeastern League
fray
Tomorrow the clubs play twin
bill at GrifIith Stadium in conclud-
ing three-game series. The Royal
Giants pitcher will be selected
from Prim Hall, southpaw; Bob
Walker and Mike Snowden.
Evening star., 1939-05-06
D. {. FrafernaI Squad
Needs Heavy Count
To Beat Orioles
Mems Title Meet FinuIe
Produces New Leader;
Women Boost Scores

The finish Of the 14th annual in
tercity team matches between WASH
ington and Baltimore Odd Fellows at
the Brookland Recreation will share
the bowling spotlight tonight with
a flock of Capital man and woman
duckpinners who will cap their sea-
son with a fling at the citys mixed
doubles championship at Chevy
Chase.
Leading by 311, the Baltimore Odd
Fellows appear to have their second
straight victory over the locals just
about clinched after taking it on
the chin for IL consecutive times.
Eight teams from each city were to
start the fireworks at $50. A BAN
quet will be given the visitors after
the match.
Some of the city's leading bowlers
will combine their efforts to land
the mixed doubles title when the
popular event gets under way at 7.
Astor Clarke and Margaret Lynn,
Bill Krauss and Lorraine GULL, Gait
Davis and Blanche Wootton, Lou
Jenkins and Evelyn Ellis will be
among the pairs in the field prom
ising to break all records for the
popular event.
Ronning Heads Class F..
Harry S. Ronning was the only
bowler to force to the front as the
Washington City Duckpin Associ-
alton brought its 29th annual tour
nament to a finish at Columbia last
night. The Soil Conservation League
roller won first place in Glass F
singles with $780, Bert Lynn, the
Silver Spring star, moved to seventh
place in Glass B singles with 1858.
Post Office Reds Of the Silver
Spring Independent League rolled
their way to a pay-of place with
1,648 in Glass D. The Floyd E. Davis
team Of the Real Estate League led
the team rolling with 1,705 In
Glass B.
Four new leaders popped up in
the Washington Women's Duckpin
Association at Arcadia, with the
Peerless team of the Arcadia Inde-
pendent League, taking over first
place in Glass B with 1884. Ella
(Ma) Limerick featured with a 342
G. p. o. Women Advance.
Two G. P. o. teams moved to first
and second places in class D when
the Blanks, led by Velma john
sons 322. totaled 1852 and the Books
turned in 1,454, with Evelyn Free
mans 1913 high. Ann Ford is the
leader of class C singles by virtue
of a 1926 count.
Helen Mayhem provided one Of
the high lights Of the 18th annual
tournament with 1854 string. Her
whopper, the highest game rolled
in the tournament, led United Type
writer's second-place class c score
of 1888. Her set was 368
Edith Orpin. who with Leone
Adair shares the class B doubles
lead. was the top shooter in the
Coast-1ns' 1,547 class B count with
355.
Evening star., 1939-05-06
Skeet Shooters Stuqe
Tuneup Tomorrow

In preparation for the forthcom-
ing North-South shoot. high light
Of the National Capital Skeet Club
calendar, scheduled June 3 and 4
this year, a 50-target competition
will be fired tomorrow at the club
grounds on Bradley boulevard.
The field will be divided into four
classes, and the names of the first,
second and third high in each class
will be dropped into a hat. The first
name drawn will be declared the
victor.