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Grave Turkish Insult
Is ''Face Like Church"

ISTANBUL.-"A face like Q church"
Is the gravest insult that one woman
can hand to another in Turkey and 1t
can be the cause of violent quarrels,
blows and even Of murder. In an old
wooden house situated in the poorer
districts Of Istanbul lived two women.
Aishe Hanoum occupied the top floor
and Fatma Hanoum the one below.
Toward the end Of Rama5an, the
sacred month of fasting, Aishe Hanoum
decided to do a little cleaning Of her
own. She swept and scrubbed the
wooden boards to her hearts content
making ready for the great festival OF
Bairam. In the midst Of her cleaning
the door was flung open and her neigh
Dor. Fatma Hanoum, entered like
gust of the bitter north wind. Her
rooms were flooded with dirty water,
and even her sacred prayer rug was
polluted She could not stand this in
Ramazan, month given to prayer,
fasting and cleanliness.
Aishe Hanoum explained, mildly at
first, that she was cleaning, but her
neighbor shrugged her shoulders at this
explanation. The two women began to
quarrel violently and finally Fatma Ha-
noun called her neighbor You old hog
with face like church"
Aishe Hanourn, furious, lifted a stool
and rushed on her opponent. The blows
rained hard. Patma Hanoum dropped
on the floor, covered with blood. The
police rushed to the scene Of action.
took Fatma Hanoum to the hospital
and the tigreSs with the stool to q dark
cell in the IStanbul Jail.
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HOW TO WRITE
BY BRUCE BARTON.

and forceful that the reports
of his conversations, pre-
served by the faithful Boswell,
make him still a very live and
fascinating person. But no
body now reads his books, and
this is the reason:
HE seemed to take pleasure
in speaking in his own STYLE"
Boswell says, "for when he
had careleSSly missed it, he
would repeat the thought
translated into it. Talking of
the comedy of The Rehearsal
he said, 1T has not wit
enough to keep it sweet
This was easy he,
therefore, caught himself, and
pronounced a more round
sentence, 1T has not vitality
enough to preserve 1t from
putrefaction.'
I get a good many letters in
the course of a year from
young people who want to en-
ter journalism or advertising.
Sometimes they compliment
me by saying that I use SIM
pie, short words, and they do
not know that the reason
use short words is because I
do not know any long ones.
Often they ask how best
they can train themselves to
write. My reply Is, first, make
an outline. Think the whole
thing through. now how your
piece Is to develop and where
1t is coming out before you
begin.
Second, ask yourself, What
is the simplest, most sincere
way in which I can tell what
I have in mind? How should
I tell 1t If I were talking to a
friend instead of writing it?
This was Bunyan's method.
Many have stepped into a
much higher Stile," but very
few have lived so long or been
read by so many people.
I0af
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AIRPLANES' SPEED LIMITED
BY HUMAN ENDURANCE
Man Must Train His Body and Senses to
Withstand Strain, Says Noted
Army Pilot.

thrust of the propeller when In flight
The natural tendency Of the plane Is
TO fly faster In rarifled air, because
OF the leSsened resistance, and with the
propeller responding to the control Of
the pilot, this natural fact could be
utilized
II the propeller can be made 20 do
the same amount Of work at tens of
thousands of feet in the air a. It does
at three or four thousand, the cause
Of fast flying viii be greatly advanced
Super Charger Power Aid.
Already a device called the super
charger has done away with loss of
power caused by high attitudes. This
super charger inhales the air, heats II,
congresses IL and forces 1t into tbs
carburetor at sea level pressure. II Is
operated by an instrument similar TO
control of the pilot. An ordinary motor
flown at an extremely high altitude
drops almost all Of its power, but by
means Of the super-chArger. the pilot
Is able TO preserve practically all Of It,
A 400-horsepower motor at 10000
feet in the air will develop only one
fourth of its capacity unless equipped
with a super-charger.
No matter to what degree Of
PAfAAAC l6oCAA - oCNClOktCQs
unless we find some way Of success
fully combating the lack Of oxygen and
the low temperature of the upper
regions we cannot fly there.
The ordinary person cannot-and
will not-travel by air unless It Is made
comfortable for him. 1t Is our busi-
ness as pilots and explorers of the air
to undergo hardshipS to prove that
fast flying Is feasible. But we must
offer comfort and safety before the
world will fly with us.
Every one can use his imagination as
to what the air liners Of the future
will be, what they viii look like and
whether they can In comfort span the
continent in six hours. Science and
the capacity Of human beings for In
vention will bring these things to us.
But no matter whether the coming
plane have Theoretically sealed cabin
or something else, of one thing I am
sure-all things are possible in the
future of aviation.
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Observation-Disclosures Ship Canal Plan
Revived to Control Floods of CarOnne

PARIS.-A group numbering 155
members of the Chamber of Deputies
has been formed for the purpose of Civ
ing France the longest ship canal in the
world. 1t would connect the Mediter-
ranean with the Atlantic and make Of
the territory south of the Garonne q
land OF great plenty.
For so years dust has been accumu-
lattng in a pigeonhole on the plans
drawn by the late Louis Verstraet, a
noted engineer, for the Canal des Deux-
Mers Canal of the Two Seas. The
group Of Deputies proposes to remove
the dust and to do all in its power to
execute the scheme.
Verstraet conceived. a canal of 27O
miles Cthe Suez Canal is about 100
miles long,, with terminals at Bordeaux
on the Atlantic and at Narbonne on the
Mediterranean. 1t would follow the
course of the Garonne eastward as far
as Toulouse and then the course of the
Aude to the sea. The original plan
called for IS locks. So much progress
has been made by engineering science
in half century that Verstraet's plans
could be much simplifled today. Ger
tainly the construction of the canal
presents no technical difficulties now.
Would Save 1.OO0 Miles.
The Canal of the Two Seas would
save more than 1000 miles of travel to
ships passing from the Mediterranean
TO the Atlantic, and vice versa. Fifty
years ago the cost was estimated at
$50, 600, 900, to which there was to be
added sum Of $4,000, 900 for special
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Soviet Fighting United States
With Deceptive Propaganda

Affording q local vehicle for Nlange
who crave to vent . pet peeve antnst
the United States and to assure Aner9
leans and Britishers here how deua0NAR
bic everything is at home, two Eng1iakl
language newspapers have started un~
der government auspices News
and Workers News. The former q ~for
Union" edited by Miss Anna Louise
Strong. known as . lecturer IN the
United States, and the latter Is stor
English-speaking workers In the Soviet
Union" edited by TX. 8. Herald"
though the only visible editor IL Nd
FalowSki, a rising young proletaTiat
writer from New York. In q country
where the editors name, ancestry, So
cial SympathieS and political theology
are essential, an alias seems super
huouS on government newspaper.
Both newspapers tell as much about
starvation, slavery, riots and disaster
in the United States-1gures running
into thousands even for babies strangled
by starving motherS-as they do about
any encouraging progress In the Soviet
Union. They are considered hot prop
uganda for the limited English-read-
ing field here. Such is of1cial psy-
chology. The "spontaneous" diatribes
against the United States for these and
Russian newspapers are Systematically
secured.
"A man came to our Office today
with q paper written in somewhat Grip
pied English to be signed by our Amer
lean employees" the head Of an Ameri-
can concern tells. 1T certified that
there is no compulsory labor in the
Soviet Union. while slavery exists In
the United States, citing the legal, II
not the actual hours of work. He rep
resented a Moscow newspaper which
intended TO print 1t.
As q concern holding q contract
with the soviet government, wed IKE
your opinion he explained.
"'Then send it to our directors In
New York suggested. We are not In
politics, merely technical men,"
All are not as wary. Another Ameri-
can explained his experience at . meet
ing
IT was given q paper to read" he
said. 'Tt had the word Tie in nearly
every sentence and said I knew
nothing about the subject and anyway
I hadn't prepared the paper. How
ever, a German read 1t and the next
morning it appeared in Moscow news
papers as the opinion of foreign ex-
pertS' working in the Soviet Union"
(Copyright, 1ss1.)
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After q board meeting, at which
routine business was discussed, the reg
ular April meeting of the Powell Ele-
mentary School Association was held in
the school auditorium Monday after
noon. A card party, to be given in
May, was discussed and some prepara-
ton was made for the May meeting, at
which time the first birthday anniVer-
sary of the Powell Elementary ASsocia-
ton will be celebrated.
Mrs. George Arner, library chairman,
announced the completion of the book
shelves in the upper hall, which is to
serve as the school library, and asked
all parents to contribute books or
money to fill the shelves with suitable
books for the school children. Mrs. w.
C. Strauss, chairman of the mothers
study group, announced q study group
meeting for Monday afternoon, April
40. at 1880 o'clock. Mrs. w. p. Room,
State chairman Of study groups, win be
present.
Special attention was given by Mrs.
William Illch, president Of the Powell
Elementary Association, to the an
nouncement of the State convention
dinner, to be held at the Press Club
on Tuesday evening, April 81, at pm.
She urged as many as possible of the
members of Powell to go and empha-
sized that tickets for the dinner may
be procured from her as late as next
Monday noon. Mrs. j. N. Saunders,
State president discussed The Chill
dren's Charter"
The entertainment was given by the
children of the upper grades. It con-
sisted of songs by the sixth grade,
piano selections and dancing by the
iifth grade. folk dancing BY the fourth
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The speed limits Of the airplane rest
only on the ability of the pilot and
the worth Of his plane and motor.
My opinion is that the pilot is the
chief one to be considered in the race
for faster air travel Engineers today
can transfer from paper to reality
faster planes than we are as yet able
to fly.
When man is able to train his body
to stand the strain, and his senses not
to give way under the terrific pressure
of tremendous speeds and great heights,
he will find waiting for him, I am
sure, the plane that will make it pos
sible to eat up distance at a pace be-
side which the present $50 miles an
hour will be but childs play.
Learn More of Fuels.
AS the airplane industry grows older
we are constantly finding out more and
more about fuels. 1t is amazing, in
the light of recent discoveries, how
little we really knew at first about this
most important part OF flying.
Our main struggle now is to get an
ideal fuel-one that will weigh less and
furnish more power-and to find a
means of lubricating the motor
AS for the motors that are being
made today-they are marvels Of en-
cheering construction. They stand up
under hours Of flying at terrific speeds.
The motor of the future plane will I'M
doubtedly be better, however, along
with the rest of the machine
There are many obstacles to be over
come before we can fly efficiently and
safely at high attitudes. And until we
Surmount these difficulties, extremely
fast flying will remain only dream.
The handicap of very rare air is the
most important. Propeller trouble is
common at high attitudes. The ordi-
nary propeller, most efficient at sea
level, at q high altitude slips through
the air with very little effect.
A great stride toward remedying this
condition has been made by the inven-
ton of the variable pitch propeller,
which, when perfected, will make it
possible for the pilot to control the
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ried on by old-style diplomats. It is
essentially business representation car
ried on by business representatives
Economics has pushed politics into the
background, and numerals marshaled
under the sign of the dollar, the pound
sterling or the gold franc weigh far
more heavily in its deliberations than
troops marshaled under the most bril-
liant generals.
Our own representation abroad has
felt the pressure Of the same forces
which are altering the character of
the diplomatic corps in Washington.
We have merged our consular and
diplomatic officers into a single For
eign Service. Their training includes
more of economics and finance than
some of our Bayards or Lowells or
Pages ever dreamed of. If men Of wide
business experience have superseded
literary lights In our foreign embassies.
it is not solely because Wilson was a
literary man and Hoover is an engineer.
It Is, in part at least, because our en-
voys abroad must wrestle with very
different problems In very different
world. Ambassadors still represent the
king-but in the current years Of grace,
Business Is King
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MOSCOW, U. S. s. R.-The United
States, ''once powerful nation" is on
the edge of the precipiee waiting for
the last shove. That our fair country
is about to disappear into oblivion may
surprise those at home, where radio
sets jazz through the night and auto
mobiles must be lodged by day. but
over here all is known. Unkind things
which Representative Hamilton FiSh's
committee said about the Soviet Union
and the order of Secretary of the
Treasury Mellon barring Soviet tim
Der have brought the downfall, at least,
the discovery, that it is imminent.
Every speech, newspaper article or
radio talk these days tells about I'M
employment, starvation and slavery In
the United States, its disappearance as
a world power and the impending in
vasion of the Soviet Union by the
armed hosts Of Europe. On the other
hand, each speech must also have a
sentence that there is no unemploy-
ment in the Soviet Union.
But you have at least 100000
pariahs who are not permitted to work
or get ration cards." I said to an Of
fetal.
"Oh, but they are disfranchiSed and
not counted" he explained, which is
a most convenient way to dispose of
unemployment.
ALSO they may be arrested as So
cial enemies and sent away to work"
he added, which is another solution.
It Is something like the weather.
The gladstone Summer time was here
when therIuometerS were down to %
below zero in the capital and "a below
in some of the wide open spaces. Clocks
continued on Summer time.
"a decree was passed that Summer
time was to continue until March l."
is the explanation, and icy blasts were
tempered by the satisfaction Of know
ing officially that it was Summer.
The United States is also to be set
right and the Soviet government,
which writes history as well as de-
crees, will save the rising generation
from any illusions.
From our literature children still
come to admire America as prosper
ous," says an announcement Of Gosiz-
dat, the government publishing house.
I'VE want our writers to dethrone
America and show it as it is today, a
rotten and declining power. This no.
BILE task can be done only by our best
writer's"
Such corrective literature as has
reached the light of publication SO far
is chiefly letters from alleged foreign
or American experts to the newspapers
asserting that there is no compulsory
labor in the Soviet Union while slav-
cry exists in the United States. Some
Of these experts are bonaflde. Ameri-
can citizens, others are reportees who
cherish q virulent hate of the United
States. Most of them are Germans.
Germany conducts a clearly dual pro-
paganda, less frank than that of the
Soviet government and the Third In
ternationale. Inside the Soviet Union
the German policy procIaims everything
is all right to ingratiate itself with the
powers and people, while outside it says
everything is wrong to discourage 9TH
ers from coming in and to keep the
field clear for German industrialists
and German experts.
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American Named Dean
Of School in Hawaii

HONOLULU-The University OF IA
vail is planning to establish School
Of Tropical Agriculture. and has chosen
prospectively as its dean DR.. Royal N.
Chapman. formerly of the University Of
Minnesota. and one Of the leading en-
tomologists Of the United States. Or.
Chapman was brought to Hawaii some
months ago by the Association Of Pine
apple Packers as the director Of its
experimental station. Both the pine
apple and sugar men of the Territory
work closely with the university In en-.
couraging courses dealing with the
leading industries of the island, and thu
selection Of DR.. Chapman as head Of the
new agriculture division Is q part Of that
policy. It Is expected that the new
school win attract students from various
Pacific countries.
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Parent-Teacher Activities

All material for this column must
be in the State ONCE, room l01,
Burlington Hotel, on the first
mail Tuesday preceding Sunday on
which publication Is desired.
The annual State meeting of the
District of Columbia Congress Of Par
81 at 10 o'clock in Wilson Teachers
College, Mrs. Joseph N. Saunders pre-
siding.
The annual get-together dinner was
given by the George washington Uni
versity class in parent-teacher train
ing Tuesday at Pieardi's. Mrs. Dorothy
Adams Association, was chairman in
charge of arrangements, and her COM
mittee included Mrs. s. s. Kirby, Mrs.
Bertha Eldred and Mrs. Miner Buell..
Several original songs composed by
members Of the class were sung. The
faculty of George Washington Univer-
sity was represented by Dean w. c.
Ruediger and the School Board by Mrs.
Henry Grattan Doyle.
A large number of teachers were also
present. A surprise was the singing of
song composed by Mrs. Bertha Eldred
and dedicated by its composer to Mrs.
Joseph N Saunders, president Of the
District of Columbia Congress, who
spoke briefly. as did Mrs. G. s. Rafter,
past president.
The local Summer roundup chair
men met with Mrs. Thomas l.. Elkins,
State chairman, Wednesday afternoon
in the Burlington Hotel and received
final instructions for their work.
The April meeting of the Board of
Managers was held Tuesday afternoon,
when final arrangements for the State
convention were made. The resignation
of Mrs. Franklin Jones as chairman of
vacation activities was accepted with
regret. Mrs. j. G. Payne and Mrs z.
r. Kalmbach, members Of Mckinley
High Association, were formally elected
delegates to the national convention.
Mrs. Hoffman Tolson presented to
Mrs. Theodore A. Birney, founder and
first president Of the National Congress
Of Mothers.
A committee, with authority to act
in sponsoring an essay contest among
school children, was appointed consist
ing of Mrs. FINS D. Morris, Mrs Joseph
Sanders and Mrs. Edward r. Seal. The
subject of the contest is "Beautifying
Washington in 193l-32."
The local Parent Teacher Associa-
tons are invited to attend a memorial
service for the late DR.. Charles F. Ca
rusi, president of the Board of Educa-
ton, which will be held in the audi
torium of Central High School May IS
at $50 pm. The principal address
will be made by Justice SiddonS of the
District Supreme Court, and DR.. H. B.
Learned will preside.
Authority was given Miss Catherine
Watkins, chairman of kindergarten ex-
tension and supervisor of kindergar-
tens in the public schools, to include
the District Congress Of Parents and
Teachers in extending an invitation to
the Association for Childhood Educa-
ton to hold its 1882 convention in
Washington.
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~RANTLAND RICE told
me about a cub re-
porter who sat down
- at the typewriter to
produce his first story.
The news event which he
had been assigned to cover
was trivial; the story would
not occupy more than a cou-
pie Ce inches in the paper, yet
the poor youngster made one
false start after another.
Finally, when the floor
around him was covered with
discarded sheets, and he was
staring hopelesSly into his I'M
responsive machine, the griZ-
zled city editor Sauntered over
and laid a soothing hand on
his shoulder.
"Just one little word after
another, sonny" he said.
Just one little word after
another"
John Bunyan wrote a book
called Pilgrims Progress"
which has been reprinted a
thousand times and is still a
best seller. In explaining his
method of writing he said:
1T could also have stepped into
a Stile much higher than this,
in which I have here dis
courSed, and have adorned all
things more than I have
seemed to do; but I dare not.
God did not play in tempting
Of me; neither did I play,
when sunk as into a bottom
less Pit, when the Pangs Of
He'll caught hold upon me;
wherefore I may not play in
relating of them, but be plain
and simple, and lay down the
thing as it was"
1t is interesting to contrast
this simple, straightforward
statement with a quotation
from DR.. Samuel Johnson.
That vigorous old autocrat
talked in a manner so direct
(Copyri
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same officers were elected for the COM
ing year as presided She. past year. DR..
Everhardt, director. Child Guidance
clinic, was the speaker, anu the Grade
School quartet entertained With several
selections. Mrs. Frazier's room, "a and
3 and "A grades, won the banner.
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Finland's Prohibition
Brings Lawlessness

OSLO.-Two Films, Edward Bjoerken-
helm and Cenalainen, chairman and
secretary, respectively. Of an oflcial
committee appointed by the Finnish
government to investigate into the pro-
hibition situation in Finland and to
study conditions In other countries,
after visiting the other Scandinavian
countries have come to Norway because
this country presents a particularly in
teresting field for studies Of this kind,
having tried prohibition and abolished
1t again.
Mr.. Bjoerkenheim says that for 50
years he has taken part in the work OF
teetotalism, and until prohibition was &C
tually put in force he was one OF the
chief advocates Of this drastic measure.
But, he adds, IT see now that 1t Is i'm
possible to enforce q law Of this sort.
Prohibition in Finland has been .
disappointment to all who believed In
1t. Lawlessness has increased alarm
ingly, smuggling and Illegal sale has
taken on enormous proportions. Last
year the authorities seized more than
100000 liters of illegal spirits and the
government then appointed q commit
tee to prepare an alteration in the law.
There Is no doubt that We shall sug-
gest radical changes in the present sys-
TEN, and 1t will then be for the gov
eminent to put the matter before Par
lament. which, of course, has the final
decision. Two great parties, the Farm
ers' party and the Social Democrats,
are still in favor of prohibition, so it Is
not easy to forecast what will happen"
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DIPLOMATIC WORLD TODAY
is WORLD OF BUSINESS
Its Problems Now Are Economic and
Are Solved by Trained Men in
BusinessIike Manner.

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