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The Veterans’ Review
“The Voice of the Veteran”
A newspaper of general circulation published semi-monthly in the
interests of the veterans of the Northwest,
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MUSHROOM OUTFITS
One of the worst rackets foisted on veterans, particularly the dis
abled, by unscrupulous promoters is the so-called “veteran organization.”
iFormed for thé sole purpose of obtaining money from unsuspecting
veterans under false pretenses these “mushroom” outfits are a curse
10 all and sundry.
Hundreds of these “organizations” existed at one time and there
are still scores of them doing business in various parts of the country.
There are several of them in this state,
Records show that since the Armistice, thousands of racketeering
individuals have lived royally on fuands collected from or in the name
of the disabled veterans, Ex-servicemen everywhere, particularly those
in government hospitals, have contributed to individuals or to mushroom
outfits in the belief that contributions would be used in securing bene
ricial veteran legislation.
Records also show that rdcketeer[ng individuals and outfits have, in
many instances, injured the cause of veterans and that at no time have
they been of benefit to the cause for which they collected money. The
“65-36" and “75-26" rackets have caused more grief to veterans, and
have done them more harm, than aay other form of high-pressure
tactics,
The past year or so has witnessed a noticeable revival of the organi
zation racket. While some of the outfits are formed with the bes.
intentions in the world, nevertheles’a, veterans should understand that
there is a presumption of personal graft connected (even though it may
be debatable) in the activities of publicity seekers and money seekers
promoting dues or fees from veterans for many of the se-called “‘organi
zations.”
No matter how often the warnings, no matter how often the exposes,
there are those who for one reason or another will, year in and year
out, make it possible for these outfits and their sponsors to flourish.
Permanent national veteran organizations are doing a good job.
Veterans should lend their assistance to and become active members
of these groups. At no time should they affiliate with or contribute to an
organization, u!.egedly composed of veterans, without first thoroughly
lnvestigating its purpose, background, history, record and SPONSORS.
MARCHING ON THE BONUS
Veterans fought for a long time to get their bonus, and now creditors
and others are doing the same thing to get it away from them. All one
has to do to'verlty this statement is to walk dowa any of the streets
and see the signs in the windows advertising the fact that you can buy
goods now and pay for them when the bonus boads are turned loose.
Of course, nothing is said about interest, or carrying charges, or
anything of that nature, or the fact that these-items
"1 will be a part of every coatract run through their
mill.
One must admit there are a lot of things we ean
use. Undoubtedly there are a lot of veterans who
are going to spend the better part of their bonus for
these things, but so far as spending it before we get
it is concerned-—that is what is wrong with this
country today.
We are reminded of an article in a recent issue
of the Liberty magazine, which stated that if the
government would take its nose out of business,
there were some thirty of forty billions of dollars
GIBSON that would be turned loose for immediate investment.
This is no doubt true, but they neglected to mention that the amount
of returns in interest from this vast sum would so deplete the funds of
the people in the next few years that the goverament would again have
to “stick its nose into business.”
So, veterans, the way to make your bonus bonds worth more is
DON'T SPEND THE MONEY TILL YOU GET IT.
Ethel Hayes Clearly Proves That Woman
With Grit And Courage Can Succeed
Another Seattle woman makes good!
Not a radio star, not a celebrated actress, not a radiant
queen of the silver screen. But a woman with grit and deter
mination, a woman in whose lexicon of life there is no such
thing as ‘‘can’t,” a woman who suffered and who emerged from
that suffering with new ideas, new ideals and an overwhelming
desire to show the world that it did jcess than her mose fortunate sis
not owe her a living. llel‘b.
Radio stars, celebrated actresses
and film queens can always carry
on, regardless of what happens.
They have the means, and deserve
no particular praise for their ac
tions,
But, when a woman who has led
a more or less sheltered life finds
herself, overnight, as it were, the
head of a household with two small
children to support, she must have
far more of that priceless, intang
ible “something” that goes with suc-
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By RUTH McNEELY
It requires nerve, indomitable
courage, au iran will, a sacrificing
of many of the plersures of life to
the end that wisfortune may be
turaned into success, tears into
smiles, It is no easy task, that, as
countless numbers of women will
testify. :
And Seattle may well be proud
of Mrs. Ethel Hayes (nee Ethel
Ritchie), the woman whom misfor
tune could not defeat, the woman
who made good.
A most sacred day—set
apart by an act of Con
gress in 1914, This procla
mation calls for the display
of our American flag on all
»uildings, but the procla
nation merely calls our at
tention more uniformly to
the purest and holiest of human relations—
MOTHERHOOD. The gateway to life and
the most fragrant in sentiment of all the
words that blossom in the gardea of
speech.
How fitting that we should pause in the
busy rush of life and quietly surn back the
pages of memory's book and call to mind
the image of one whom we so dearly love
and perchance have lost. If Mother is gone
we will wear a white flower in her sacred
memory; if she is living we will wear a red flower rejoicing in her
presence with us. Mother love outlasts all other sentiments of the
human heart, so nearly divine is it in its attributes, Mother's love
penetrates the darkest gloom and never falls to bring a ray of sunshine
and hope, It is the one light in the window of sorrow that can not be
extinguished. Her love challenges the eternal stars in its brightness
and in its steady and unwavering glow,
Many of us on this Mother's Day will be sighing for the vanished
hand and the sound of the precious voice that is stilled and to some it
may seem as if—
There is wo one to gently understand ,
How hard we've tried, how long we've
planned
Before the lingering shadows brought
dismay
When mother went away.
To many of us Mother is only a sweet
memory but through all the vicissitudes
of life our hearts will retain her image
embalmed in the memory of childhood, nor
can it be marred by Time's ruthless fingers.
God forbid that any treasures from mem
ory’'s chest shall go, but if any must may
that of Mother be the last to leave us.
Of all the forces for good, and of all
the defenses against evil, Mother love is
the most irresistable. Mother is the one
wnd who will always understand and
sympathize the one who never deserts
and whose love and forgiveness seeks out
and finds her child and whose prayers fol
low to the ends of the earth.
In this great country of ours great tem
ples have been built, huge monuments
erected and tablets placed -to mark the
spot where great events have occurred in
the march of progress in our development.
In a measure full justice has been done to
all who have contributed to make us what
Smiles Thru Tears
When the Grim Reaper took her
husband away from her she had
others beside herself to consider—
Beth, barely past seven years old,
and Daniel, just turned four. She
Just couldn’t give up. Their dad
gone, they looked to her for the
things that a father supplies. They
couldn’t understand. Kiddies never
do. But the mother understood,
only too well, Lifting her chin and
smiling through tears that just
wouldn’t stop, she picked up where
her husband left off and today—
*REEs
Born and raised in Seattle,
Ethel Ritchie attended Rainier
Grade School and Franklia High
School. She was the sixth of twelve
children born to Captain James
Alexander Ritchie and his wife. All
twelve of the children—seven girls
and five boys—llive in Seattle. Their
grandfather on their mother’s side,
Daniel Reichert, owned and oper
ated the first sawmill in Ballard,
later selling it to the Stimson Lum
ber Company.
Capt. Ritchie, a Scotchman, was
born in Canada. He raa the first
steamboat down the Yukon River,
and at various times has been -the
captain of various boats plying
northern waters. An uncle, their
mother’s brother, was killed in acs
tion during the Phillippine Insur
rection.
Meets Danny
After leaving high school, Ethel
worked as a bookkeeper for five
years. While attending a party one
evening, she met Daniel Joseph
Hayes, a lovable Irishman with a
record of 19% months active ser
vice overseas. Danny enlisted in the
23rd Engineers on January 26, 1918,
and left for France on March 13,
1918, He went through the Meuse-
Argonne,Ypres-Lys, and St. Mihiel
offensives without serious injury,
served with the Army of Ocsupa
tion after the Armistice and was
discharged from service on June 26,
1919,
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NMOTHERS ‘DAY
“MOTHER”—a word that holds the tender spell
Of all the dear essential things of earth;
A home, clean sunlit rooms, and the good smell
Of bread, a table spread, a glowing hearth,
And love beyond the dream of any one . . .
I search for words for her—and there are nome.
Returning to Seattle Danny fol
lowed Diesel engine work for tweo
years. Then he opened a fuel yard
in the south end of town, later mov
ing to a better location near the
Ballard bridge.
Both liked children. First there
was Beth Louise and then beth's
little brother, Danny, Jr. It was
fun, keeping house and caring for
the children, Ethel was busy and
happy. She had her garden, she en
joyed doing fancy work and loved
to cook. She laughed and joked
and sang. Business was improving,
necessitating another move, this
time to the present location of the
office. Life was good to them.
Then—misfortune struck!
The lovable, smiling husband was
stricken with appendicitis, For
twelve days he fought for his life,
only to be defeated.
The gay and friendly Ethel now
faced the problem of earning her
way and that of her two children,
Beth, now seven and on-half years
old, and young Daniel, just four,
Runs Business
She did not despair and say “it
can’t be done,” If she ever said it
to herself, no one else heard it
Lifting her chin and smiling, Ethel
decided she would run her hus.
band’s fuel business. She just could
n’t picture herself going to live with
any of her many brothers and sis
ters,
Now, two years after her husband
passed away, Ethel is a successful
business woman, providing for her
self and her children. She regularly
makes the payments on the home
they were buying, and is doing her
best to be both mother and father
to her youngsters.
There isn’t much time left for
parties and social activities, but
Ethel manages to attend the meet
ings of Lieut. James M. Eagleson
Post Auxiliary, of which she is a
member. She isn’t the happy, care
free girl of several years ago; she
is a more charming woman, more
self-reliant,
And if a wistful expression some
times lurks in her brown eyes—
need we wonder?
A department store advertises
“something attractive in automobile
seat covers.” But the most arrtrac.
tive ones are about 20 years old,
and don't ever cover half the seat.
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THE VETERANS' REVIEW
we are today except per:
haps our beloved Mothers
to whom we owe more
than to any other earthly
source for all that we
are or ever hope to be.
It was the model states
man of all ages—the great:
est and noblest heart humanity has ever
kaown—Abraham Lincoln—who said, “All
that I am and all that [ hope to be [ owe
to my angel Mother.” Blessed is the Mother
whose presence and influence lingers with
sweet influence through all life's devious
paths. |
The idea of this patriotic, and philan
thropic organization of ours was concelved
t by our pioneer mothers, Those splendid
wi women who labored for the comfort and
happiness of our soldiers when the government was doing very little to
alleviate their suffering, they banded themselves together to perpetuate
4¢ memory—not of themselves—but of our valiant soldier boys. The:
zealously our distinot eligibility, verily building better than
they knew. We can feel thelr spiritual presence among us on this and
all similar occasions and today many of our mothers are calling to us
across the immeasurable space and beckoning us on to higher and nobler
deeds.
No woman achieved a grander hoaor than motherhood and no man
is privileged to bestow veneration at a more deserving shrine than
Mother, It was indeed a happy thought
that prompted the setting aside of this
sacred Sabbath Day to honor our Mothers.
It is most fitting that we should honor her
on all days, but to do so in this prescribed
manner is especially beautiful and appro
priate. Our Mothers who in sunshine or
shadow-—sickness or health-—joy or sorrow
—are the staunchest friends we ever had
or ever will have,
" The word Mother is a God-given title
and one that stirs the most discouraged
heart. It was she who at her knee taught
us to lisp the Lord’s Prayer and instilled
into our young lives the principles of true
Christianity, and with grateful hearts we
realize that— '
The oldest school, the newest, too, sulll
maintaios its place,
And from Its classes, ever full, it greduates
the race,
Without its teach ngs, where would all the
best of living be?
It was planned by Heaven, thls earth (o
leaven,
I'he School ut Mother's knee,
| By P, M. TAYLOR
That actions of veterans at this
time are of vital importance?
. . .
That these days are among the
most important in our history?
L . ®
That the president of the D.A.R.
spoke the truth when she sald, “you
can not talk patriotism to a hungry
man”?
- . =
That now is the time for vet.
erans to use the judgment of a
sound mind and figure out what our
P. M. TAYLOR
country should be, BUT IS NOT?
- . .
That all the little smudges and
fires of small groups are merely the
outpouring of pent-up wrongs by
people bliad to the march of
events?
. . .
I'hat we have nothing much to
fear from Communism because
‘without publicity and opposition it
or any other subversive action, does
not get far?
- . .
That our worst enemy is Fascism
and that is fast taking root uader
the guise of a false patriotism?
jj', WILLIAM H. SEARS
%fi CHIEF
- § Police Department
That they took you from good
jobs and rushed you into the army
at SI.OO per day, and that the ones
who ohject to paying you the extra
Lhowl patriotism when millions are
hungry, the banks and warelouses
rull, and prosperity rampant in Wall
Street, with the same brand of
baloney peddled by peoliticlans?
-+ L *
That it is not possible for man
to care mueh for a country in which
he has no part or comfort or hope?
As sald before, “you can’t talk pa.
triotism to a hungry man”?
. . -
That it is not oaly a duty, but
an absolute necessity for veterans
to stand by their class, the common
people, and act as shock troops
against the damuoable actions of
those who would muzzle American
ism, through Fascism?
* - .
Stand to for guard mount,
State Bonus Still
Sought By Vets
OLYMPIA Although the state
World War Bonus was voted in
1921 and payments were discon.
tinued in 1926, Auditor Cliff Yelle
receatly said that hardly a day
passes without from one to three
‘applications being received.
Yelle said it was fruitless to
make application, as there was no
iexlstlng authority or money with
which to continue paying state
'bonuses.
WE’VE SEEN ’EM
’ A rookie was dqing his first guard
duty on post number one. His or
ders were to pass no one betweea
the hours of eleven at night and
broad daylight, but to call the cor
poral of the guard, repeating the
answer to the challenge,
~ Shortly after midnight, a dough.
‘boy, somewhat inzbriated in a
happy.go-lucky sort of a way, ap
proached the rookie sentry.
“Halt! Who's there?”
“Nobody,” came the aaswer.
“All right, buddy, go ¢ head.”
Honesty is a habit that, once
broken, is hard to mend.
: AVEY
(Continued from Page 1)
are londed with fruit. The captain
knows that so loag as Charley is
with us he will have all the fruit
he can eat, and & chicken now and
then 1o top off the fruit, if there
are any left,
Every night after going into camp
Charley takes his haversack aid a
gunny sack and starts out. An hour
or o 0 later he comes back with both
half full of apples and peaches. And
alter we settle down for the night,
Cap comes grinning dowa the line,
He knows Charley’s bunk because
of the sheepskin saddle blankets,
and he knows where to find the
apples and peaches. Charley never
moves—Jjust plays possum, |
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i We are now at Gravelly Bm‘
& pleasant camp ground so named
because of the many springs of won
‘derful water bubbling up through
the sand and gravel
This is a timbered country tor}
miles around, full of beechnut, wal-|
nut, hickory nut and acorn trees.
Not many white folks. Just a tew‘
darkey families scattered around,
We are all fixed for the night,
and the pickets are on guard. But
we're hungry. Charley looks at me
and says:
“Corporal, there aren't many
chickens in these woods.”
“Well 7"
He winks at me and nods his
head toward the woods.
“What are we waiting for?” 1
BIG CHARLEY
So we sneak by the picket aad
start out to see what we can find.
Soon we spot two old darkies,
“Anything good to eat in these
woods?" we ask,
“Yessah, massa. Der am wild tur
key and wild hawgs. De hawgs am
razorbacks. Dey am good but de
boars am tuff and strong.” 4
Has Ideas
Charley has ideas, He wants to
know if the hogs are dangerous.
“No, massa. Dey run from you.
But sometimes de boar gets mad
and chases you.”
“Hah!" says Charlie,
~ “I tell you how to get de hawgs,
‘massa. Dey all like beechnuts, Dey
eat 'em every day. You go In de
mawning and lay down flat on de
grass close to de tree and when de
hawgs come for de nuts, you shoot
‘um.”
~ We are back the next morning.
‘We come to a big beechnut tree
and flatten out, one on each side
80 88 not to shoot each other. We
lay there 20 or 30 minutes before
Charley notices that a big boar has
sneaked up within ten feet of him.
“Wow!” he yelps. “Shoot ‘im,
corporal. Shoot 'im!” And up he
Jumps,
Ugly Brute
The boar has tusks as long as
your arm sticking out each side of
his mouth and bristles six iaches
long from his ears to his tail. He
is an ugly brute. Charley gives one
good look, forgets his gun and
heads for the tree.
I pull down on Mister Boar and
land a .45-90 slug in his shoulder.
It goes clear through the ugly beast
and he keels over—dead.
From his perch high up in the
tree, Charley calls down:
“Is he dead, corporal?”
“Yes, as dead as you'll be, if you
don't get down here,”
We drag the carcass back to
camp and, of course, meet Cap.
“Nice work, boys,” he purrs, an
smiles so sweetly,
“Uh-hub. Yes, sir,” we answer—
and mentally kiss our pig goodby.
(To Be Continued) .
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