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La gaceta., 1930-08-28
FOLLETIN DE LA GACETA'
DE TALES PADRES
TALES HIJOSN
Por
Henry German

Boyer me habia dicho que
me quedase ALA arriba; pero e.
comisario de policia nos ha he
cho salir a todos.
:. d 6nde esta su amigo de
listed?
lie espero aqui.
En- cuanto llegue puede us
ted. irse. a su casa; su permanent
cia aqui va no es n~ecesaria.
lila de Boyer tampoco?
-Tampoco. va lie dejare ms
trucciones para esta noche.
La gaceta., 1930-08-28

ia repdblica de Cuba es
una realidad polftica, no una
La gaceta., 1930-08-28
UN "JONRON"
Q MiIIoneI
AL dia

Tenfa que ser bueno para lie
gar hasta donde ha llegado
La gaceta., 1930-08-28

at HAD TO BE GOOD
TO GET WHERE IT is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-18
Britain's Egyptian Woes.

Even British Labor government
finds that the burdens of empire are
onerous-and unacceptable. with India
still in incalculable turmoil, Egypt has
Jared up again, requiring the dispatch
of British battleships to Alexandria
and OF an ultimatum to the Carlo au-
thorities. The Egyptian government
has been summarily notified that Great
Britain will hold 1t to strict account
ability for British lives, property and
interests through the kingdom
Internationally for months rioting and
violence have prevailed in Egypt. On
the face of things they are the ear
marks of political strife between the
supporters of king Fuad and the par
tisans of former Premier Nahas Pasha.
Last month the King Unanswered Nahas
out of ONCE. But these are purely the
external manifestations of Egyptian un-
rest What deeply underlies 1t is the
ancient arudge-the Nationwide hos
tility to British pretensions to sover-
eighty over the Land of the Pharaohs.
The throne favors Cancellation and
cooperation with the long -time British
0verloros. Nahas and his extreme Ma
tionalists cohorts would expel John Bull
bas and baggage, from Egypt. 1t was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-18

Uruguay, smallest of the independent
nations of South America, is celebrat-
ing its tooth anniversary today and is
receiving the deserved congratulations
due the people of country who sue
cessfully have survived the stresses and
strains of infancy and have entered the
period where age and experience in
government are Used to advantage in
self-improvement and national advance
ment. Uncle Sam is delighted to
voice his own fluctuations to a young
and coming brother.
Uruguay dates its real birth from the
18th of July. 1880, when it proclaimed
its declaration of independence and
adopted its constitution. Before that
time, in company with the other re-
publics of the South, it had engaged in
struggles for freedom and independence
that eliminated in the establishment OF
self-government, and for many years
thereafter internal strife and possibly the
jealousy Of neighbors retarded its full
measure of progress. In the last few
generations it has rid itself of the grow
ing pains OF youth, subordinated the
lawless element and now enters upon a
new century that holds rich promise for
steady growth and development.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-18

toriety, lies in the fact he bears the
same name as the Senator.
The suggestion is now advanced that
unless the Brokenbow Norris retires
! from the Republican senatorial pri-
mary race or is disqualified by the
State authorities-it has been charged
that his filing was irregularly late
Senator Norris will himself withdraw
and run as an independent. Under the
State law q candidate who has been
defeated in a party primary is not
eligible to run in the general election
as an independent candidate. In Ne
braska, where the voters wear the party
label lightly, Mr. Norris may find II as
convenient to run as an independent
as on the Republican ticket. He is
widely popular in the State and in ad-
dition to Republican and independent
votes he has received Democratic sup
port in the past
Mr.. Norris is to have a Democratic
opponent, according TO reports, in for
mer Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock. Mr.
Hitchcock may prove a formidable OPP
ponent. He was elected Senator in the
past. He is widely known in the State
and there is the possibility that many
of the regular Republicans in the State
might prefer to vote for Hitchcock
rather than Senator Norris, on the
ground that Norris is anti-administra-
ton and voted for the Democratic ma
tional ticket in 1928 and announced
himself in opposition to the election
of President Hoover With Senator
Norris nominated as a Republican and
in race confined to himself and Hitch
cock, the veteran Senator might find
it more difficult to win than if he ran
as an independent, with Hitchcock and
the regular Republican nominee dividing
the opposition to him. Doubtlessaa con-
siderable number of Democrats might
swing to Norris even against Hitchcock,
or at least that is reported prob
ability.
The Nebraska senatorial fight will be
watched with keen interest throughout
the country this year. No member of
the Senate has been more hostile to
the Hoover administration than Sem
ator Norris. Yet in 1928 Mr.. Hoover
carried Nebraska over Al Smith by a
substantial vote, despite the effort of
Senator Norris to swing the State to the
Democratic candidate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-18

Nahas who caused the recent break.
down OF negotiations at London, from
which It was hoped q treaty OF Anglo
Egyptian peace and anlity would flow
He was believed to be calculating that
Britatn's preoccupations with revolu-
ton in India were so absorbing that
the Macdonald government would tum-
BILE over itself to make concessions to
Egypt. That did not come to pass.
Excuses in Alexandria and other
Egyptian Nationalist eenters will no,
end with the suppression of this weeks
outbreaks. Nor will the demand for
complete humiliation Of British infiu-
ence in Egypt cease. Still less is there
probability that any government in
London will be found in mood to yield
to Nationalist pressure The Nile coun-
try TANKS Britain's ALFRED line" to
the East and her highway 20 South
Africa. Control of the Suez Canal and
of the Sudan is at stake.
The British have built and held their
empire by compromise at psychological
moments with disturbing elements here,
there and everywhere within its far
flung ramifications. Unless conditions
are to remain perpetual thorn in the
empires side, London craftsmanship
will have to find q way Of reducing
British authority in Egypt to q mini
mum compsY 'e with Nationalist sus-
capabilities
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-18
The Real Estate Investigation.

Now that the ball has started rolling,
The duty of the Blaine subcommittee,
investigating certain types of real estate
transactions in Washington, is clearly
outlined. That duty is to see the thing
through to the end and to allow moth
ing to interfere with the presentation
Of all sides of the cases that have
been and will be presented for exam
nation. Any antipatfy on the part of
reputable real estate firms in Washing
ton to these Investigations is not found
ed on the fear of exposing dirt that will
smear their own regulations, but upon
the fear that ex parte statements and
one-sided stories may invite conclusions
that are not deserved The only way
to prevent these conclusions is by pa
tent search for all the facts. These
facts should come to light, and it is to
be presumed that reputable members
of the real estate business in Washing
ton will cooperate fully in bringing
them out.
It is common practice to condemn
such inquiries as that inaugurated by
Senator Blaine on the ground that in
nocent persons will suffer; that good
names will be dragged in and be
smirched, and that tongues will start
Wagging to no good end.
On the contrary, if there is any dirt
in the corners in the real estate bust
ness in Washington, the business as a
whole will benefit by having it exposed
and cleaned up. No real estate firm
should fear the accusations or state
nlents of witnesses, if that firm has held
itself rigidly to the code of good bust
ness and fair dealing; and regulations
built up through the years need have
no fear OF being dragged down and out
within the space of the relatively few
hours of a congressional investigation.
Senator Blaine's subcommittee will
be performing a valuable service to the
people of Washington, provided it ex-
ercises as much care to protect good
names as it shows vigilance in exposing
shady tactics. 1t will do grave harm If
1t allows its work to be interrupted be-
fore 1t is completed or adjourns its sit
tings before every man who wishes to
speak has been given that opportunity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-18
Reduced Consumption
Curtails Cotton Price

From the Charlotte, N. C.. Observer.
1t is certainly troubled condition in
the world of cotton. The downward
trend in prices has been going on for
more than year. Spot cotton recently
was quoted in New York at 1925 cents
a pound, as compared to the 1929 high
of 81 IS a year ago last March, an indi-
Gated decrease of 1913 per cent. Cot
ton is now near the low levels OF 1921,
known as the year of industrial depres-
sion. and Is also nearer the low of 1925,
known as the year of big production:
This situation, according to the view OF
the Business Conditions Weekly and Of
the Alexander Hamilton Institute, is
due, not to overproduction, as In 1875.
but to curtailed consumption. as in
1921. One established fact is that the
combined output of the United States.
India and Egypt. which raise 30 per
cent Of the world crop and which sup
ply practically all of the cotton enter
ing into international trade amounted
to 20,8l5 900 bales in 1929, as against
20,668, 900 bales in 1923. This slight
increase was offset by a reduced carry
over in the United States, so that the
price decline during the past year was
in the face of a supply approximately
the same as that of the previous year.
Another outstanding fact is that cur
tailment of cotton consumption is world
wide.
But what of the prospect? The out
look. as the Business Conditions Weekly
sees 1t, Is that recovery in the price
of raw cotton during the coming season
will depend primarily upon rather
substantial recovery in the world de-
Tnand for cotton textiles. The world
supply of raw cotton now promises to
be larger than that of the past season.
because of heavy carry-over in the
United States. The cotton crops of
India and Egypt are not expected to
snow any significant variation, while
the yield in the United States now
promises to be only slightly smaller
than a year ago. The condition of the
crop is apparently about as good as it
was year ago. and no great cut seems
to have been made in the acreage
planted. The present outlook is that
the cotton yield in the United States
this year will amount to IA 100000
bales, as compared with last years har-
vest OF l4.545 900 bales. This pro-
Spective small decrease in the Weld will
be more than offset arge increase
in the carry-oVer
The prospect is thai world recuire-
ments during the coming season will
show an increase over the past season.
Recovery, however, promises to be of a
gradual nature, especially in view of the
unsettled conditions in India and China.
The outlook is consequently not particu-
larry reassuring for a conspicuous rise
in the price of cotton. The market,
however, Is certain to show firmer
tendency when 1t becomes apparent
that the textile industry has turned the
corner. And when will that be?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-18
The Nadir of the Stare.

According to dispatch from New
York City there were on view in the
whole United States on the night of
July Is only twenty-six plays and
musical comedies. Chicago for the first
time in many years had only one play
before the public. and New York only
fifteen. Ten other shows were dis
tributed about the rest of the country
including two musical tabloids, five
stock productions and one minstrel
show. 1t is true that this Is the dullest
time OF the year in theatricals, but this
is an extraordinarily dull year. A sur
vey made by the Actors Equity Asso-
citation shows the smallest number of
productions ever listed by this organiza- =
ton, whose records run back for nearly
decade. The head of Equity, COM
menting upon this showing, said that
there were two factors responsible for
this situation of dramatic dullness the
tendency toward individual curtailment
of expenses following the stock market
collapse and incident to "hard times"
and the absence of the usual number Of
tourists in New York. But New Yorl.
alone is not hit by the theatrical
famine. 1t is, as the figures of Equity
show, prevalent throughout the country
One reason for this depletion In the
dramatic output is the competition of
the motion pictures, especially since
fEaNy h int I1a al
have combined production" or vaude-
vile entertainment, with the screen at
fractions. The average price of q mo.
ton picture entertainment is very much
less than the price of tickets for n
stage show. The movies" have simply
emptied the Legitimate" theaters with
their competition in rates. Then again,
the radio is entertaining people at home
who formerly went to the theater for
| their diversion after dinner. This may
be small factor. but 1t contributes to
the depletion Of theater patronage.
1t is beside the mark to raise the
| question Of the o. atty of stage produc.
lions during the past few years. That
is always matter of taste. And much
might be said about the quality OF the
| screen attractions that are offered
| especially since the voice reproducing
methods were adopted Certainly in
respect to quality there is no particular
| advantage on one side or the other. Il
| the stage plays and the pictures re-
| fleet public taste then indeed public
taste is at !ow mark.
The theater is not dead nor dying
| 1t will always remain an institution Of
entertainment and possibly instruction
| 1t viii "come bacr" with the return OIL
better times and better plays, and better
| acting. 1t may come back strongest in
| the form OF straight drama or in revue
in road company or in stock company
! That is a question for development
But the theaters now dark" will b,
reilluminated and perhaps some of thu
| picture houses of the present will b,
| transformed into dramatic establish
ments. From this present condition o
depletion will surely come revival. an,
the hope Of the public is that it will b
a revival of merit and not merely o
theatrical commercial success.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-18

Bill Schilling Is a-showin' us the way
out, or else there isn't none.
Now let us drop our prejudicial notions
in the sea,
And show these Farm Board bozos Just
how brilliant we can be.
II Hoover really wants to help the
farmer win the day
Let's give the old boy half a chance by
meeting him half way"
* X x
The new state of the Vatican City,
at Rome has just completed its first Of
flcial census. The state has a popula-
ton Of only 500 rouls. 1t includes one
American citiZen-or one who hitherto
has carried United States passport
He happens to be the Vatican aStrono-
mer. Inasmuch as he now lives within
another sovereign Jurisdiction, the ques-
ton arises whether he will continue to
see only the stars, or the Stars-and
stripes.
Now that It can be told. there was
grave danger a few days ago that none
other than Cupid would play havoc
with the administrations naval treaty
quorum In the Senate. A thick and
Thomas. Republican, of Idaho, told
Jim" Watson he would see things
through only up to the eleventh hour
necessary to e1train for Idaho to see
his daughter married. The wedding,
Senator Thomas said. had already been
postponed twice to suit his congressional
convenience at Washington, but the
young folks would brook no further de-
lay. Even the unofficial offer OF a cere-
mony at the Capital, under exalted
auspices, failed to dissuade the Senator
from his plans to 60 West and give his
daughter away. Happily. the quorum
situation took turn for the better
and Thomas presence in the chamber
Ii no longer so indispensable.
4 4
National Commander Bodenhamer OF
the American Legion explained on the
radio the other night how come" that
veterans pension legislation has such
easy sailing In Congress. by way of
parenthesis," he said. discussing recent
events on Capitol Hill. NAV say that
there are 50 members Of the House OF
Representatives and Is members OF the
Senate who are members of the Ameri-
can Legion. These, together with hum
dreds upon hundreds of other national
legislators, have been most militant in
their support Of Legion and veteran
legislation"
Hey. Herbert Hoover stamford 'e5),
what's the big idea? The Presidents
alma mater. In its 1930-3l catalogue of
"Ofhcere of instruction and Adr1inistra :
ton" has footnote on Page /, read
ing:
THE dagger 90 marks the names of
men who are married.
tCopyrikht, isSOD
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-18
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. RASKIN.

Stop . minute and think about this
! fact. You can ask our information bu-
reau any question Of fact and get the
answer back in q personal letter. II
Is q great educational idea introduced
into the lives Of the most intelligent
people in the world-American news
paper readers. 1t is part Of that best
purpose OF Y1ewspaper--service There
is no charge except cents in coin or
stamps for return postage. Get the
habit Of asking questions. Address your
letter to The Washington Star, Infor-
nation Bureau, Frederic j. HaSkir, di-
rector, Washington, D. c.
@. What are the duties of a script
clerk?-M. c.
A. Above all, script clerk. who is
! almost always girl. must be an expert
stenographer. She has charge of the
script during the making of the picture
and is constantly at the directors side
She takes notes on costumes, action,
dialogue, the length Of the running OF
scene, directors that 60 with each
scene as made for the cutter 1t is
quite an important job in the studio.
@. Who discovered the Carlsbad
Cavern?-F. ].
A. It was discovered by Jim White
~
eating what appeared to be an immense
cloud Of smoke. 1t proved to be a
flight of millions of bats. The cave
to which they led him is probably the
most extensive in the world and Is fall
Of beautiful rock formation.
@. Is the Southern Cross the first
airplane to ny from Europe to America
L. G. NJ
A. 1t is the second. The first was
the Bremen In 1928.
@. When did Petrarch live?-R. H
A. He was born in Arezzo, July, 1903,
and died at Arqua. July, 1874. He is
considered the first and greatest lyric
poet Of Italy.
q. Can Siberian crabapples be kept
through the Winter?-E. w.
A. This particular variety ripens SO
easily that they do not keep we'll in
cold storage, or any other process known
at the present time.
@. What is the derivation of the ex-
preston "robbing Peter to pay Paul"?--
d. M.
A. It had It's origin in the rivalry
between st. Peters Cathedral, now
Westminster Abbey, and st. Pauls
Cathedral in London. In 1850 an APP
preparation was made from st. Peters
to make up for q deflcit in the account
at st. Pauls. The action met with OPP
position, the question being asked, Why
rob st. Peter to pay st. Paul?'
@. What is the weight of the heaviest
jew fish cau3ht?--S. H. H.
A. The Bureau of Fisheries says that
the largest jew fish on record was feet
long, 6 feet 4 inches in girth and
weighed 500 pounds.
O. Which George was said to have
ruled England, but did not speak Eng
lish?-N. g.
A. This was true of George I. He
was not the nearest heir to the throne,
but succeeded by an act Of Parliament
He was Duke of Brunswick, elector of
Hanover. His son, George II, spoke
only very broken English. George III
was the first Of the line TO be born on
English soil.
Q. What is the Giannini Foundation?
II. L.
A. In January, 1928, the Bancitaly
Corporation OF San Francisco gave to
the regents of the University OF Cali
fornia, as tribute to Mr.. A. P.
Gianninl, the sum of $l,50O,000 to be
used in establishing the Giannini
Foundation of Agricultural Economics
in the College of Agriculture.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-18
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

The Simple Life.
If men were born to take their cas-
And skies were ever blue;
If money only grew on trees
And bills we're never due;
If hopes could ripsn unrestrained,
with food and lodging free:
If wealth were easily attained
How simple life would be.
But nature says that men must toll
To win her favors fair.
To wrest her bounty from the soil
Or gain surcease of care.
IT'S for the simple life we yearn,
Midst daily ills that vex;
But Fate, mysterious and stern,
says life must be complex.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-18
Ingersoll's Apothegm ON
Shakespeare Corrected

To the Editor of The Star:
Under the caption American Culture
Declared Beneficiary of Folger Fund" "
it is suggested, in your issue of July 5
that the following quotation from Rob-
ert c. Ingersoll: AN ocean Of intellect
whose waves Tapped every shore OF
thought" be engraved upon the portals
OF the Shakespeare Memorial. Will you
kindly allow me-a member Of Col.
Ingersoll's tamily-space to give cor
rect version of Col Ingersoll's words:
Shakespeare was an intellectual ocean,
whose waves touched ALI the shores OF
thought an intellectual ocean
toward which all rivers ran, and from
which now the isles and continents OF
thought receive their dew and rain"
SUE M. FARRELL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-18
The Norrises of Nebraska.

Senator George w Norris of Nebraska
outstanding independent and progressive
OF the Senate, finds that his race TO
be renominated for the Senate as a
Republican has been complicated. An
other George w. Norris has filed as a
candidate also for the Republican
senatorial nomination. How the voters
are to distinguish between the two Is
what is troubling the friends of Senator
Norris. Should the vote between the
two Norrises be so divided as to permit
another candidate to slip through to
victory, they feel that an injustice will
have been done to Senator Norris.
The interjection of George w. Norris
Of Brokenbow, Nebr., as candidate for
the senatorial nomination is palpably a
political trick to embarrass Senator
Norris, who halls from McCock. Trick
cry In politics is no more admirable
than trickery in any other form OF
human activity 1t would be more char
liable to regard the entry of the other
Mr.. Norris as a practical Joke But
trick or joke, it is not likely to make
any particular difference to the
chances of Senator Norris in the long
run. OF course George w. Norris of
Brokenbow has a right to enter the
senatorial primary If he wishes, is of
the requisite age-as he presumably is
and has filed his petition in accord
ance with the State law. No one will
deny that. But this particular Mr.
Norris has, so far as can be learned
not yet proved himself of senatorial
caliber nor advanced in political and
governmental affairs to point where
he would have the slightest chance Of
berg nominated for the Senate In Ne
hxaSka His only claim to fame. or no.