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Putnam patriot., 1930-08-28
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Gooberpea tat Municipal Baths)-- What does bath costf
 Attendant--Fifty eents---you can have twelve tickets for y5.
 Gooberpea--Twelvel But may not live that many years.-The Path finder.
Putnam patriot., 1930-08-28

Hornblower-Couldn't you get any evidence against your wife when you hired that detective to watch herf
 Windjammer-Not much. She ran away with the detective. The Path finder.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-07
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There are a. least four mistakes u me ABOVE picture They nay PEI
tain to grammar. history, etiquette. drawing OF Ehatno. See ~ yu can
find them Then look AT the scrambled EoEd helow-a-d uascrarbe H.
by switching the letters around. Grade youssf 20 fo- each ., the mis-
takes yu find. and 20 for the word II yo1 Gnscranhe H.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-07
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On Yankees is spelled incorrectly. C) The Sew York Yankees and the
Cincinnati Reds are ont in the same league and would not he playing to-
gether n a game that would affect their league positions. CA Lefty Grove
Is with the Philadelphia Athletics, instead Of the Yankees. (D A flat base
should Dc at the home plate, instead Of a BAG. 5lThe scrambled word D
PENCIL -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-05

Department blithely passed him over in
favor Of officers below him In "files."
1t was not until five years after his
Arctic exploits that Greedy got his cap
taincy IN the 5th Cavalry. Admiral
Byrd has had better luck. Somebody
asked Greedy the other day what he
considers the outstanding single
achievement of his So years Of busy
life. Raising family Of six children
on Army pay" the general replied.
4 \
Capt. Joel T. Boone, q. s. n, has
just one hobby besides looking after the
health Of Presidents of the United
States-Herbert Hoover Is his third
executive patient. His devotion to his
prep" school alma mater, Mercersburg
Academy, is the White House physi-
clans side-line grand passion. For the
past couple Of years Capt. Boone has
been president Of the Mercersburg
Alumni Association. He Is going to the
academy, which nestles prettily in the
Blue Ridge Mountains Of Pennsylvania,
for an alumni session this week. Capt.
Boone had q good deal to do with the
decision Of the then Vice President and
Mrs. Collidge to send John and Gal,
IT,, to Mercersburg. Mrs Hoover
freckle-faced nephew, Delano Large of
California, Is now at the academy.
Boone is one Of Mercersburg's legend
airy heroes. A fire oil portrait of him,
commemorating his war service in
France, has place Of honor In the adj
ministration building on the campus.
4 Il = II
Lady Bountiful" Is one Of the nick
names just wished on Representative
Ruth Hanna Mccormick as the result
OF the revelation that she spent $3.50, 900
In capturing the recent Republican SEN
atorial primary In Illinois.
(Copyright 1880.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-05
Indy Crosses Wide Area
In Brief FLYING Period

From the Cincinnati Times-star.
At dawn on Sunday, April 20. Lind
bergh was at Glendale on the California
coast. Before midnight Of the same day
he was ct Roosevelt Field, L. l., a few
miles from the Atlantic, Mrs. Lindbergh
having accompanied him on q 2. 7oO-rnile
trip. which cut transcontinental air rec
ords by more than three hours. During
the week thus begun, Lindbergh took =
the air again, and headed southwark,
reaching Cuba. Afterward he new SOUTH
ward again, this time from HavanS
across the Caribbean; he Travelled 1908
miles In less than 10 hours, and ar
rived at Cristobal in the Canal Zone
with ais pounds of mail destined for
various parts Of South America.
A glance at the map shows that In the
course Of eight days Lindbergh was at
the southwest corner Of the country, was
fairly near the northeast corner, and
reached the republics farthest south on
the Isthmus Of Panama. From this
cool-headed, daring young man nlarvels
Of accomplishment are expected. Yet
the approach TO ubiquity on the Ameri-
can map which he has achieved does
promise the coming Of a time-a time
OF safer planes and more general air.
mtndedness-whsn terrestrial distances
viii mean nothing to the spirit of man,
and only the moon and the planets VIII
eeem - - 90 AMaA =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-05

for Q while, at all events. It - true
that some Of the rates In the pending
bill may not be warranted. But the
bill has been the subject Of considers
ton by Congress for more than Q year.
No legislation IN perfect. The country
has waited for the tariff revision for q
long time. II it proves unpslatable
after 1t has become q law, those respon-
sible for its enactment will feel the
public resentment. There are more
predictions that 1t will aid business and
the American people than there are
predictions that 1t will harm them. The
proof Of the pudding is in the eating
II the bill fails now, what will the
farmers, who have been promised higher
protective rates on their products, have
to say?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-05
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

State Representative. State Senator. tax
collector, deputy sheriff, school director
and assistant postmaster.
O. Please name some notorious pt-
rates Of the seventeenth century.-R. p.
A. Among them were Cormat, the
Irish pirate; Capt. John Avery, alias
Long Bin; Bartholomew Roberts, and
Edward Teach, whose nickname was
Blackboard"
Q. What proportion of the land In
the State of Illinois Is in farms?
A. In 1925 slightly more than ss per
cent Of the total land area was In
farms.
q. How Is intelligence distributed ac-
cording to Cations law Of filial regres-
sion?-T. s. G.
A. The Cation law Of filial regres-
sion states that the tendency Of the
children of unusual parents Is to ap-
prox1mate more nearly to the common
type Of the family or stock. Hereditary
characteristics are derived a. follows:
One-half from the parents, one-quarter
from the grandparents, one-eighth from
the great-grandparents, etc.
@. How many airplanes are there In
the United States?-F. w. D.
A. At the close Of 1929 there were
7,843 licensed aircraft in operation In
the United States and 4.520 identified
planes, making q total of 1888 ships
available for commercial and civil oper-
atoms. On July 81, 1929, the Army Air
Corps had ISL airplanes. At the same
date there were 1876 naval airplanes.
@. Is It dangerous to work with
luminous paint?-R. T.
A. Medical authorities say that 1umi-
nous paints may be poisonous unless
the worker takes the proper precautions
A person whose occupation brings him
into close contact with luminous paints
should always wear gloves while doing
this work and remember never to put
the hands into the mouth.
@. What happens to a golf ball when
hit by a player making a hard. long
drive? Does it retain its spherical
shape or Is 1t knocked out of It's round
shape for a split second before regain
ing its shape? And, If 80, to what ex-
tent?-J. 8.
A. The Bureau Of Standards says
that when golf ball Is hit by player
making hard, long drive 1t Is knocked
out OF shape, a. IL shown by high
speed photographs. The bureau has
made no observations to calculate the
exact amount Of reformation.
Q. Which cable will carry more cleo
| tricity-a cable of solid material or q
cable Of same dimensions composed Of
many small wires?-G. r. B.
A. The cable composed Of small wires
/ will carry more, since 1t has greater
| surface area.
@. Who called the Naval Conference?
What was the result?-O. r.
A. It was called by Premier J. Ram.
say Macdonald Of Great Britain after
his interview in Washington with Pres
iden Hoover last Fall. The aims of the
nations attending the conference did.
i Of course, vary with nationalistic ambi-
lions, but the hope Of all the naval
| powers has been that naval competition
would be definitely checked. The final
results of the conference have been en-
bodied in q tripartite naval treaty be-
tween Great Britain, Japan and the
United States, with flexible clause
which allows for the adherence later
Of France and italy when they have
settled their differences regarding the
parity and tonnage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-05
The Districts Tax Burden.

Leaving aside the question of fair
dealing. involving consideration of un-
repealed substantive law and under it
the tangible obligations Of the Federal
Government to Capital maintenance,
the Senate should uphold the recon-
mendations Of its appropriations COM
n,ittee and increase the lump sum to
s12.000,0o0 on the ground Of practical
necessity alone.
This necessity is clearly indicated by
Auditor Donovan in his able analysis of
the Districts financial situation, appear
Ing on pages TITO and 230-3i of the
senate hearings on the 1881 bill and
discussed again Saturday night before
the Federation Of Citizens Associations,
Mr.. Donovan shows that were 1t not for
the Districts surplus, the 1881 bill as
passed by the House would require
when the pending police and firemens
pay bill and the deficiency and supple
mental appropriations are included-a
TAX rate Of about 81; that next year
1S32-the surplus will have been ex-
hausted and as revenue demands will
exceed revenue availability, the latter
must be increased. This the Senate ap-
preparations committee has wisely de-
cided to do by increasing the lump sum
The only other alternative, put for.
ward by those who refuse to consider
either the facts or the equities involved
IL an increase in the tax rate. The tar
rate should not be increased. The rea.
sons It should not be increased are
based on the inescapable fact that the
existing tax burden, either In compari.
son with the tax burdens Of othel
cities or studied in It's application r
this unique city alone, Is already toe
heavy, and to make 1t heavier is obvi.
ously unjust; certainly an increase ir
sha tax bslrdAn n too radical q step
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-05
George Washington Memorial.

Some years ago Congress authorized
the use Of section Of the Mall be-
tween Sixth and Seventh streets as q
site for a George Washington Memorial
Building, projected by a patriotic Or
ganization. A sufficient sum was raised
by public subscription to construct on
this site a foundation for the proposed
structure. The foundation was built
and there it now lies intact but useless
In the confusion and readjustment after
the war 1t became uncertain whether
sufficient funds could be raised by
public contribution to warrant the I'M
dertaking of the full construction and
the project was suspended. Now it is
proposed that the Government should
undertake part of the cost of this build
ing, which is to be of a public character,
and a bill is pending before the Senate
to that effect, authorizing the appro-
priation of $5,o00,0o0 toward the con-
struction. Mrs. Henry F. Dimock, who
has from the beginning been at the
head of the association and has de-
voted her time, her energies and her
means unstintedly for its promotion, has
just appeared before the Senate public
buildings committee in behalf Of the
measure, assuring the committee that II
this appropriation should be made the
remainder of the 100000 estimated
as the cost of the building will be surely
raised by subscription.
This building should be regarded a.
one of the public structure units of the
Capital. 1t is designed to serve a prac-
adequate auditorium facilities. It may
on the basis of the existing foundation
be erected with seating capacity in
the main chamber Of 1000 or 1900.
according to specific plans. There il
now no suitable place for large Govern
ment assemblages of q semi-oficial
public nature over which the United
States has jurisdiction. Ceremonial
gatherings must be held in the hall OF
the House of Representatives or some
hired place, neither being adequate in
capacity.
1t would be most appropriate to pro-
vide now for the construction Of the
George Washington Memorial Building,
with its great central meeting hall and
its series of rooms dedicated to the
States, in season for the bicentennial
celebration of 1882. If action vert
taken at this session on the pending
bill, giving guarantee of a construction
fund, this could be effected. There can
be no doubt that on such a basis as this
present legislative proposal the public
subscriptions for the completion of the
memorial building fund would be forth
coming.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-05
College Man Solves
An Old-Time Problem

From the Seattle Daily Times.
That old question, What would you
do II you had million dollars?" has
been dragged into the limelight again.
This time, however, instead Of occupy
ing its customary position as the ia
vored topic OF cracker-barrel philoso-
pliers 1t has found It's way into the
psychologists laboratory as the object
OF serious consideration by DIR. Harry
Dexter KitSon, professor Of education at
Columbia University, who, after exam
ming the whole matter carefully, has
arrived at the rather to be expected con-
clusion that most of us would quit
whatever We were doing and set out on
the great experiment Of turning life into
one long round Of enjoyment.
The good doctor may be right. At
least there seems no way to disprove his
statement, since conducting the expert
ment on large scale for poll purposes
isn't quite feasible. On the other hand,
the less academic way of approaching
the matter, that Of putting the inquiry
direct to a large number Of persons in
many walks Of life, has been conducted
by the New York Evening Post with the
startling discovery that many persons
portuntty to expand their usefulness
along lines in which they long have been
employed. Almost uniformly, those to
whom the question was offered declared
for their present occupations.
OF course, neither DR.. Kitson nor the
Post can be sure, since the reaction Of
the human to such remarkable phe-
nomena hardly can be forecast. Certain
1t is that there would be a greater va
riety Of responses than either of these
two agencies Of investigation have Of
fered. Fortunately, it isn't going to
happen to any great number Of us and
for that we may be thankful. For II 1t
did, what pretty Ak we'd be In for
something exciting to think about when
conditions, as they usually do, irked us.
Wondering about the second million
couldn't be half 30 interesting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-05

what do YOU need 10 known Is there
some point about your business or per-
sonal life that puzzles you? Is there
something you want to know without
delay? Submit your question to Fred
eric J. Haskin, director OF our WASH
ington Information Bureau. he Is en-
ployed to help you. Address your In
c,Iiry 10 The Evening Star Information
Bureau, Frederic j. Hasktn, director,
Washington, D. c., and tncloSe 2 cents
in coin or stamps for return postage.
@. How close together do the trains
run In the New York subway?-H. Y:
A. The subway trains are run unoer
less than q minute Roadway.
q. What is used to f,misate ships'-
A. The f,rmigant commonly used Is
cyanogen Chord mixed with hydro
cyanic acid.
q. How did it come that Queen Vic
toria Of Sweden died in Rome?-H. @.
A. queen Victoria had her Winter
home in Rome, and was living there at
the time Of her death.
@. Please give the meaning and pro-
nunciation of the word queue" in the
sentence "A queue Of people stood wait
ing for the theater to open."-E. @. H.
A. The word means q long line" 1t
a + pronounced the same as the ie''s'
@. II q child is foreign born, her
father dead and her mother takes out
naturalization papers, does the child
become an American citizen?-F. L.
A. The Naturalization Bureau says
that II, after the death of the father OF
an alien child. the mother Is natural
ICED before the child becomes Of age
the child automatically becomes q citi-
zen Of the United States.
@. When did the biggest strike Of
| anthracite coal miners take placer
N. B. B.
A. The longest and costliest strike in
the anthracite industry began Septem-
Der /, 1925, and was settled February
IL, 1926. It lasted 1874 days, involved
! 158, 900 workers. and caused q loss Of
5000, 900 900 to the operators and $685.
600 900 in wages The total loss Ii esti-
mated at $1,oo0.ooo.ooo
q. What Is meant by the mississippi
Bubble"?-M. 8.
| A. It was q speculative scheme, pro-
| jected by John Law, the failure Of which
occasioned widespread financial distress
and bankruptcy in France. As an an.
mex to the bank he had established ir
1716, . company was formed which had
grants Of land In Louisiana and which
was expected to realize immense sums
by colonization and commerce.
@. Where does the sand come from
that is used in making glass?-W. 8.
| A. In this country the chief sources
Of sand for glass making are In West
| Virginia and Illinois. We import some
from France and Belgium.
| @. Are there more religious books than
fiction published In the United States?
Il. p.
A. Last year l0,1S7 new books and
new editions were issued in this coun-
try. Fiction led, with 2,142; children's
books were second, with 931, and re-
ligious books third with 806.
Q. Why was the father Of former
President Coolidge known as Col Cool
idge?-A. v. r.
A. John G. Coolidge obtained the title
Of colonel from service on the stair OF
Gov. Stickney Of Vermont He occu-
pied several public offices, among them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-05

that such methods had cut the influx
from Mexico by more than 10 per cent
in the last half Of 1929. And during
the past fiscal year only 10000 Mexi-
cans came in, as compared with &c. 900
in 1929 and $4,000 in 1926-27. Those
figures conclusively show that-even
from the restrictionistS' Viewpoints
quota law is unnecessary. Its only eff
feet would be gratuitously to hurt
friendly peoples feelings"
Congress can do no better" IN the
opinion Of the Fort Worth Record ele-
gram, than to place immigration strict
ly on basis Of economic needs. We
can set an arbitrary number Of emf
grants from the various countries and
declare the attributes necessary for &C.
ceptance to be productive ability. law
abiding probabilities based on record,
literacy tests and physical examinations.
We could get along admirably for q
quarter OF century without any immi-
grafton, but II We do elect to continue
the system we are clearly entitled to
make the requisites check with our eco
Monies and readjustments of govern
mental functions"
It is commended by the Lynchburg Ad-
vance that unrestricted Mexican immi-
grafton rs contributing to the serious
Unemployment problem in this country"
while the Long Beach Press-Telegrarn,
conceding that there are certain types
Of work which do not appeal to Ameri-
can laborers," holds that "the real
problem Is to bring about nice adjust
ment that will give employment to every
American who needs It," The Rich
mond News-Leader states: "A policy
OF general exclusion has much to COM
mend 1t, provided, Of course, that busi-
ness and professional men are allowed
to enter freely; but If there Is to be any
immigration, why not prefer those who
actually are preferable by every stand
ard?"
The country has not yet assimilated
n a sn9Se E wo come Ns here says the
terest Of the immigrants themselves.
both recently arrived and those who
came here years ago. as well as every
one born here, we must guard the gates
and permit very few people to come In
Tor some time to come" The Rochester
Times Union concludes: Congress
doubtless is in touch with popular senti-
ment on this issue. The foolish red
scare Of 1920 gave the original impetus
TO immigration restriction, but, once
adopted, 1t proved immensely popular"
Observing that Canada has tried to
cut down the number of migrations to
this country, the Charlotte Observer Of
fers the comment: mo one win quarrel
with Canada for doing everything posi-
bic to keep her nationals at home. But
certainly 1t would be the height of folIy
Tor this country to aid in any such
move, as 1t would certainly be doing If
Canadian immigration were placed un-
der the quota system"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-05
The Economists Warning.

The economists, 028 of them-have
signed round-robin urging President
Hoover to veto the pending tariff bill
If 1t ever comes to him. They take
the position that 1t imposes rates en-
tirely too high; that it will raise the
cost Of living, damage export trade and
bring about bitterness in international
relations. How many American business
men, engaged in manufacturing, in the
production Of the thousands Of articles
that 60 into the everyday life Of the
American citizen, would sign the same
kind Of petition? How many Of the
farmers who give thought to the ques-
tion of the tariff would ask the Presi-
dent to veto the bill, which contains
higher protective rates on agricultural
products than any other tariff law ever
enacted? It would be interesting to
know. But judging from the demands
made upon the ways and means COM
mittee of the House, the finance COM
mittee Of the Senate and the House and
Senate themselves, the business men
and the farmers do not feel the same
way as the economists about this legis-
lation.
The protective tariff system has
never been popular with great many
professional economists. They have
predicted dire results from the estab-
lishment of q tariff wall for years. Yet
the United States, American business
and American labor have thriven under
this system, until the old demand for
free trade. upheld by the Democratic
party for a long time, has been aban-
doned. Perhaps the storm which has
been predicted by the economists OF
other years Is now about to break over
this country. II so. there will be re-
crudescence of the old free trade theory
with political backing. Despite the
warnings of the economists, however
the country does not appear yet to be
willing to cast down the system under
which 1t has made remarkable advance
ment In very short span of years.
Always there has been the cry that
the cost Of living would be increased
by the protective tariff. The fear that
the American export trade would suffer
because Of the tariff has been expressed
80 many times In the past that many
people look upon the warning as q mere
gesture. Threats Of international d
will because Of the tariff have not been
lacking. It Is possible that Americans
have become unwisely blind to these
warnings of the economists. They have
heard the. "wolf, wolf" cry 80 often
that they are not now impressed by 1t
The rrotectaye systsm b hsrs to stag
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-05

to the repeal Of the flexible tariff pro-
vision Is going to make the coalitions
Job tough one from now on In the
nnal disposition Of the tariff bill. The
Senate coalitionists admitted privately
that they did not believe the debenture
would be found In the bill when 1t was
sent to the President. But they had
greater hopes Of strong support In the
House on the repeal Of the flexible pro-
vision Of the tariff law. And now the
House has turned down this proposal by
an even greater vote than It turned
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