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executive manager. He brought to the
Florida East Coast Railroad years OF
experience and successful training.
keen appreciation Of the Importance
of transportation. a comprehensive
understanding Of railroad problems.
and a vision Of the Transforming
power Of a modern railway system on
a new community.
Had Faith In Florida.
Fortunately for this state the stock
holders and directors Of the FiagleI
system had faith In Florida and fun
confidence in Rodenbaugh. They
promptly financed s6o,0o0.oo0 Inn
proyement program. which Mr.. Roden-
baugh personally organized and d..
rected. The Flagler System was con-
verified into q modern, double-track
railroad with an electric block signal
system. OIL burning engines were
installed. shops were built. freight
Yards were provided. passenger sta
lions were erected. in short. every
modern facility was employed to In
sure speed. safety and convenience In
both passenger and freight service
Today the Florida East Coast Railroad
is the model railroad Of the nation
No transportation system anywhere In
the world excels 1t in either equip
ment or service. The very accessi-
bility ana convenience OF It's service
has been a tremendous factor In de-
veloping new business and industry
along the East Coast. So wisely has
Rodenbaugh built and so compre-
hensive have been his extension plans
that his railroad Is now equipped to
adequately handle the . natural In
creases In passenger and freight traf-
dc over a period Of ten years without
additional capital investments. In
other wo-ds tire E'sglar svstan N its
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-04-07
About WE.
Health
Things You Should Know
HOT-WEATHER DIET

A few days ago | had occaei-1
to take noon meal at a hrst-c'a $
restaurant which supplies large
trade. The mercury outdoors was
reaching for the century-mark. 'lhe
waitress dropped menu-card IA
front of me which read;
OUR STANDARD FEATURES
Prime ribs of beef all jus
Roast loin OF pork, apple sauce
Porterhouse steak-cuts to order
Dreaded veal outlets, lima beans
Goose-liver sausage, onions
Frankfurters and kraut
Old Home Farm sausage
A selection from that LIST, IN :
torrid day, and for a fat man w.
blood-pressure! There was uue 1t
a neighboring table, devouring ore
of those steaks served rare; he W2j
calling to his aid bottle of W.
cestershire sauce. with which I've it
orally forced his overworked stou!-.
ach to swallow the insult II is 10
wonder that apoplexy is still On ~::-
unconquered list.
In hot weather we do not need
heat-producfng fuel in the body.
We have calories enough without
adding more.
A capable breakfast at this sea-
son may consist of dish of cereal,
butter. toast, an egg, two strips of
crisp bacon-a half-cup of black
coffee if the days task is strenuous
and an orange or half canta-
loupe.
The noon meal should be sustain
ing: brown bread, buttermilk, we'll
cooked garden vegetables, stewed
fruits, moderate slice OF boiled
ham, or much more moderate one
of cold roast beef. The meal will
be complete with the addition of a
piece of plain apple pie or Gus
tard. The fewer condiment, ice-cold
temptations. and fancy sweets the
better.
And the evening meal? Wel!-as
nearly nothing as possible. Il YOU
would retain the health hal am
assuming you ha"n -. "a; :
vice is not for inval'dS, r,' 50.
Next week: Old kem--.-s
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-04-07

own development is far enough anead
of development In Florida that II can
now encourage and stimulate imme-
date progress rather than hold it
back because of lack OF transporta-
ton facilities. That is highly sig
nificant and an important advantage.
Building Up Good win.
Along with the development OF
modern railroad Rodenbaugh also has
built up a feeling Of good will De-
tween the communities served by his
railroad and It's officials and en-
ployes. Where In the old days there
was hostility and suspicion on the
part of these communities there Is
now frank understanding and con-
fidence. The results achieved by the
public relations department OF tho
railroad have been little short OF MI
raculous. Which only emphasizes the
broadness Of Rodenbaugh's vision. and
reveals the practicabil!ty Of his pro-
gram. Full equipment without the
good will of the communities served
would avail little in the way OF sue
cess; good will without equipments
could not endure. But Rodenbaugh
In his wisdom has provided the equip.
ment and built up the good will He
is to Henry Flagler and the East
Coast railroad what John D. Jr. Is to
his venerable father and the oil In
dustry. His methods are modern ana
clean and progressive.
And now as Florida begins the up
ward swing from the depressing Ell
fects Of readjustment the high vision
and practical business judgment OF
H. N. Rodenbaugh loom largt N the
minds Of East Coast people who are
acknowledging q new and deeper sp.
precia ton for what this truly reas
builder has done 70, Florids
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as at present, the population vii
he 2600Q0000 If the larger pei
cent Of that nrnber know how tc
think it viii be quite nation.
In the last eight years popula-
ton has increased l4,302.3G0 The
annual arrival Of babies exceed by
one million the number of deaths
That is good news for the editor
publishing an up-to-date paper.
Bill Curley, formerly Of Chicago
now Of New York, used to say
Every birth is a new reader for
my paper, every death Of an old
man means a reader forever lost
to the opposition" And it was
true.
A gigantic "hook-up" of radio
stations will enable 100000 Amer
leans TO hear all that goes on in the
Democratic and Republican con-
yentions.
From the first announcement of
Alabama's choice, to final bowling
when the winner is announced,
everything will be heard. How
ever, sao ~ relate, many of the
100000 that might listen to the
convention will not listen. They
will tune in for jazz music, sad
heart-rending songs. Or daily doz-
ems to keep thin. In this nation,
where only half vote that might
vote, there is little deep interest
in politics.
Speaking of slush funds, brides,
ETC., you should read the book writ
ten by Judge Kavanaugh, of Chi
cago, after thirty-three years on
the bench. Three hundred and
ffty-thoussnd individuals make
their living, partly or entirely, by
crime in our happy country, he
says. Last year they contributed
1900 murders to the nations news
items.
Public indifference is to blame.
says the Judge Each country gets
as much crime as its Indifference
deserves Judge Kavanaugh favors
use of the whip because:
mo crime leader retains the
respect of his gang after he has
WINGED under the lash. The moron
and racketeei fear the cat O. nine
tails more than prison. Our $4,000
criminals steal yearly CROUCH to
build the Panama Canal"
They steal more than that. And
public gambling ar racetracks, an
other form Of crime, iegaiized By
grating politicians. takes from the
public each year enough TO build
the Panama Cara, three times.
We have Sore millions of farm
ers that wo::'' Vac to run this
country ra-;iy. TN: they don't
Know how 10 :, ;.boat K. No real
- .::t tang. Next
=" thcy viii s, wca!ectal prom
;Scs and 'hcn think it over four
more years.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-04-07

New York.-It's all a mistake
about gentlemen preferring
blondes! Anita Loos herself says
SO. IS.
The doil-size authoress of "Gen-
iemen Prefer Blondes" makes an
important modification to that dog
matte title in an interview by Dor
,,thy Holm published in the April
issue of Smart Set magazine.
She still holds it true that the
nafe element will pick blondes for
Iaymates. and brunettes for wives.
SUIT that is, only because the phys
cal quality gentlemen really prefer
S something rarely found nowadays
! good, old-fash;oned, full-bloom-
ng curvesi
J "The fat-chested, hipless 6gure
hat now passes for the form of a
woman Is anathema to the average
qan. A clothes rack intrigues him
ust as much!" So asserts Miss
ZOOS in broadside that sweeps
er whole modish sisterhood.
The fiat, thin modish Ggure
ought by girls today is woman's
wn creation, she opines. Women
lack slenderness to inspire inc
ivy Of other women and take 20
)-"gnizance whatever Of gentle
- ms preferences.
Loses Charm with Curves
{: But there is more to the loss Of
! eminine curves than physical ap-
eat" according to Miss Loos.
. When a woman changes her fig
! r. she changes her disposition
"$I her outlook on life. When she
ls'"es up her curves, she gives up|
,ss we'll the feminine qualities gem
fsrnea love in women. When q mani
thinks Of woman he visualizes al
i'.;ninin2 woman, soft Of speech.
irestfui III nature and deep in I'M
standing. His conception of
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-04-07
'GentIemen Really Prefer 1:a-Fasn'onea
Feminine Curves" anita Loos Discovers

woman is far removed from the
sexless dynamo CT nervous energy|
that is operating today under the,
name of woman
The wise man of today takes one
look at the Strengthened model of
fashio:. and moves on in his search
for iem;llility, her Smart Set arti-
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-04-07

The bursting of a dam, part of
Los Angeles water supply in San
Francisquito Canyon, cost hun
dredS OF lives. Reasons are given
for the dam giving away, but no
adequate excuse. Water, seeping
into the earth at each end Of the
dan, weakened the hold of the
great concrete wall" 1t should be
someone's business to learn why
the dam was built that way-and
what danger there is at other dams.
Why fragments of broken concrete
crumbled in the fingers.
80
Compared with familiar disasters,
by flood, CALIFORNIA; accident is
fortunately mild. There was the
BIS food that drowned all but
Noah's family The rainbow guar
a"tccs against a repetition of that
wholesale calamity, but small
foods have wrought havoc.
liYc hundred years ago in Hol-
Ia : 100000 were drowned, ard at
Kauong, China, nearly three hun
drcd gears ago. 100000 lost their
live, 100000 were drowned at
Bc:"al, in India, fifty years $50.
Many times in history cruptions
of the sea, river floods and similar
disasters have taken 100000 lives
and more at a time. This country
Can congratulate itself upon the
fact that the Mississippi food of
las. year, destroying hundreds of
miiiions in properly. cost only two
hca3rcd lives. That was due to
admirable work done by the army
I'D navy. aud to prompt sc;eatihc
direction by Herbert Hoover,
chosen by President Coolidge in
the emergency
5
Tv. Con-, ~s:rcau Sars United
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Duke" who helps II. l. S,roeg
Etan The railroad station a AraIia'
Mich. is shown hsss stano;sr
tickets. He also understand To-.
segraphy. uasocks doors, sess de
.semaphose to hold faae sfaias. Asss
some. Others in his ssase tims And
sAer etoubles 10 ~ . red cap" by
carrying luggage. Decides, he
very handy about tie hexsa
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Anita Loos
Gle says. "He knows he will fine
the angular, boyish girl hard, wit
none of the softness that belong
TO women. He knows that she
restless, instead of soothing, ar
that she is under such nervous ter
sion in her effort to be thin the
she is unable to give him the com
partnership he wants. I have never
yet known a real man who WIS mo-
bored to tears by q woman's recital'
Of her diet"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-09
Nc NARY-HAUGEN
BILL, CHANGED
REPORTED OUT

WASHINGTON March 8 P9--While
the house agricultural committee con-
tjnued to wrestle with the farm relief
bill in executive session, the month
old action of the senate committee in
approving an almost identical measure
was formally reported today to the
senate
This proposed assistance for agri-
culture, the 1928 version of the widely
known McNary- Haugen bill, now takes
its place in the senate's long line of
pending legislation. Action by the
senate is not expected to materiI lize,
however, until more progress is made
by farm relief by the house, since
priority is held by two other major
problems, Muscle Shoals and flood
control
The house committee concerned it
self today with that section of the bill
relating to the powers of the federal
farm board which would be created
under the bill, but came to no con-
clusion. Meanwhile ChairnIsn Nc
Nary, oregon, of the senate agriculture
committee, submitted to his colleagues
an extensive explanation of his modi-
fled bill. This noted that "far reach
ing changes" had materially altered
the mA.sure from that passed and
vetoed last session but declared that
lit is addressed to the same problem
and is based upon the same general
principles"
The equalization fee, to which Presi-
dent Coolidge objected so strenuouSly
last year, remains in the bill, but nine
other points registered against tine
previous proposal have been met, the
report contends Chief among these
is that no limitation is placed upon the
presidential choice of the administra-
tive board and that relief provisions
are applicable for s,ll commodities in
stead of six basic commodities.
Other changes to meet adminiStra-
ton objections, as expressed in the re-
port, are that the bill assists perish
able agricultural commodities" that
relief provisions would be suspended
''in case of excessive pl.nting or breed
ing; that unreasonable diScrimina-
ton in making marketing agree
mentS," is eliminated; that the pro-
vision for state convention machinery
to express producers sentiments as to
operation on any commodity is elimin-
ated; that "serSsl receipts for cotton
are eliminated; that Limited liability
for the government" is provided; and
that it clarifies insurance provisions. J"
An appropriation of $250,000,000, to
be used as a revolving fund for ad-
ministration of the act, would be pro-
vided under the senlate bill. This figure
in the house measure is $4O0,OOO,00O.
The bone of contention in both bills
when they reach the floor for debate is
expected once more to be the equali-
zation fee. This provision, generally
credited as most responsible for the
veto last session, would provide for
marketing of surplus crops through
funds collected from the producers OF
those CROPS by the levying of fee on
their proportionate surplus.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-09
WHAT DOES DOUGLAS PROPOSE
TO DO ABOUT HER DELEGATION
TO The MEMPHIS CONVENTION?

Action by the people of Douglas,
Bisbee,- Tombstone and Tucson within
the next few weeks easily may mean
that they will be left on the siding
so far as a transcontinental highway
of generally advertised character is
concerned. That was the unanimous
view of the board of directors of the
chamber of commerce, last night. 1t
was also the unanimous anc deter
mined sentiment of the directors that
Douglas shall not be left off on any
siding because of her neglect and they
expressed the belief that there is
just as vigorous determination on the
part of Bisbee and Tombstone as is
entertained in Douglas that they, too,
must be on the Broadway of Amer
ica," the transcontinental highway
that holds the greatest promise for
all-year traffic of any road which con-
meets the two oceans. II
The cause for action just now is the
forthcoming convention to be held in
Memphis, Tenn, April 20-21. 1t is
the desire of the officers of the
Broadway of America Highway assO-
citation that every town between San
Diego, it's western terminus and
Memphis be represented in a motor
cade that will start from San Diego
on April 10. That means that Tue
son, tombstone, Bisbee and Douglas
must put cers into the parade. That
is the problem that the chamber is
now working upon. That means that
business men of Douglas must help
the enterprise by taking cars and
making the trip. The problem is
"Who will make the journey?"
1t is admitted that it is l. s'og and
arduous drive but it is also az tied
that it is one that will have many
pleasant and interesting features. 1t
will be service of nature that
will bring large returns to this Sec
ton and whoever makes the journey
will have the satisfaction of working
in a good community cause as well
as travelling with company of dis
tinguished people. The party thai
comes from the west coast is going
to include bankers, professional men,
adrniraIs and others of large promi-
nence in their. several communities.
what on the picnic plan as there will
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-09
WOOL S TRANDS
MAY SPIN MOOSE
IN L. A. MURDER

LOS ANGELES, March R--
Three small strands of wool today
were spun into the rope of circum-
stantial evidence which the prose-
cution contends binds on Carl West
colt the guilt Of the murder Of his
father.
City Chemist Arthur Mas, testi-
flying in the re-trial of the younger
Westcott, declared that the bits Of
wool found on fence rail were
the same material as the suit worn
by Carl Westcott on the night he is
accused of staying his father,
CharIes Westcott, former Minneap-
ellis business man The clothing,
the strands of wool and the fence
rail, taken from the yard Of the
elder Westcott's home, all were
filed as exhibits in the case.
Carl Wesltcott is accused Of hav-
ing called his father to the door of
the latter's home and shot him
down as result of quarrel over
a trust fund. The supreme court
reversed the conviction Of the son
in his first trial.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-09
CONGRESS TALKS
ABOUT NOTHING
BUT BUSINESS

WASHINGTON March P-Con-
gress did something unusual, to say
the least, today. Tt talked exclusively
in both house and senate about the
matters it was supposed to be talking
about And each body put in full
five hour talking day. Exclusive Of
committee work in the morning.
The enti-lame duck constitutional
amendment proposal was worked into
position for vote tomorrow There
were too many members ,clamoring to
be heard to get it under the wire to-
day, and the. tide of opposition de-
veloped made it mighty doubtful that
a tWo-thirds majority can be mustered
for the plan to abolish short sessions
Of congress and inaugurate presidents
in January instead Of March.
The senate rolled along its wordy
way on the Norris resolution for Muscle
Shoals government operation for pow
er, with the opposition voicing protest
Senate committees had three sep
arate inquiries in progress, covering
soft coal, the ever-present oil lease
matter land the cotton market slump of
last fall. In addition the agriculture
committee put out its long awaited re-
port on the revised McNary- Haugen
farm relief measure, stating its case
for modification proposed in the meas
ure as vetoed by President Coolidge
The coal herring completed taking
the testimony of John Lewis president
of the miners union, and got to work
with officials of the Pittsburgh Coal
company, looking closely to the inter
ests Of the family of Secretary Mellon
in that concern The Teapot Dome
lease inquiry took up further search
for the Continental Trading company
liberty bonds that are the peg about
which all recent developments revolv-
ed, and tracked some more of them
through republican national committee
ramifications. The cotton inquiry sub
committee worked over possible con-
nection Of department of agriculture
Standardization and class + icIa 10 n
methods with the market slump and
was told of one case where its exam
iners had guessed 81 per cent wrong
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-09

They are going to Memphis some
be dinner or general meeting every
evening on the way so that the trav-
elers may fraternize with the citizens
of the towns in which they are stop
ping. And it will not be an eX-
pCnsive journey. Hotels recognizing
the value of getting the Broadway of
America established through their
city-at least the wideawake and pro-
gressive hotels that are also trying
to build up the community in which
they operate as well as make their
own business good-have made a rate
concession for all the authorized dele
gates to the convention as they pass
through.
1t is for that reason that the cham
Der of commerce is espousing the
cause of trying to enlist four or five
cars from Douglas to make the trip
to. Memphis and carry CREDENTIALS as
delegates from here to let the con-
vention know that Douglas wants to
be upon the Broadway of America" :"
If this is neglected and the road IS
established on some other highway to
the north of here, then there is little
hope left that Douglas and the other
towns affected can secure benefits
from well advertised transcontiner-
tai highway.
The directors hold to the view that
this is much like the third and last
call of the auctioneer. Either Doug
las will show her hand at the Mem
phis convention or it may expect the
A&outing of the Broadway of America
to go elsewhere by default of the peo-
pie in this part of the state.
The same danger confronts Tue
son. Tombstone and Bisbee. 1t was
pointed out by the members of the
board that the four cities are in the
same boat and that they should CO.
operate to see that there is a capable
delegation of reasonable proportion
sent from the four points.
President George E. Jackson of the
chamber says he plans to make the
trip. Albert Stacy is making an eff
fort to get his business shaped so he
can travel with the motorcade. w. w.
Windham is contemplating the jour-
ney but it is a matter that he can not
yet determine. Half dozen others
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-09

in originally grading a 100 bale lot.
In house committee circles, opposi-
ton of the manufacturers association
to government operation of the mer-
chant marine was stated, coupled with
a plea for effective federal aid in set
ting privately owned ship business
on its feet. The steering committee
decided to give proposed legislation for
redistribution Of radio power and wave
length privilege on Ia population basis
right of way on the floor after the
lame-duck matter is disposed Of
The house immigration committee,
having concluded the first phase Of
hearings on the proposal to establish
immigration quotas for Mexico and
other nations of the western henlis-
phere, considered in executive session
both that bill and the proposal for
enlargement on the border immigra-
ton control 1t took no action but
probably will reopen the hearings on
Mexican quotas next week.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-09

chamber where the "rules of the club"
protected them from an attack in re-
turn
why did they do it," he asked.
"They will give you one answer, but
i'll give you the true one. If we're
admitted and allowed seat in the
club, every presidential candidate would
have to be circunspect in what he said
about me; he would have to confine
himself to the facts in the record; he
would have to be careful not to charge
me with motives unworthy or unbc-
coming o senator Bar me at the door
and all could say what they please;
they were licensed slanderers with ths
lid off"
The same senate, he said, accepted
his credentials for the six-year elective
term, but the next senate with the
lightning rod-toters more numerous
than ever" again barred him at the
door, an act he blamed on the demo-
csats, doing everything possible to
hurt the republicans" and enough ir-
regular republicans to adopt the DEM
ocratic policy.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-09
LOWDEN ENDORSED FOR
PRESIDENT BY N. OAK.

JAMESTOWN, N. D., March 8 Up
Former Governor Frank o. Lowden Of
Illinois was indorsed for the republican
presidential nomination in the plat
form voted today by the North Dakota
convention Of "real" or anti-non- -parti-
san league republicans here todIly.
Former Governor r. A. Nestor of
Minot, was Endorsed for the republic
can nomination for United States SEN
ator; Representative o. B. Burtness
and Thomas Hall were endorsed for
denomination and William %. Overson
of Williams county approved for the
third district congressional nomina-
ton.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-09
GIANT MERCER CALLED
OFF BY ORGANIZERS

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, March s
P)-The prospective merger of the
Youngstown Sheet & Tube company
s5eal company OF
Chicago, which would have set up
the third greatest steel corporation
in the country, was definitely called
off today in an official announce
ment that heads OF the two COM
panies had found it impossible to
carry their agreement into effect.
The merger plans, made public
several weeks ago, would have given
the new corporation combined as-
sets of 1886, 900, 900 The terms
apparently had been agreed upon.
Specific reasons for the failure OF
the negotiations were not revealed.