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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22

ern Legislatures have been cutting re-
Gently or may cut in the future"
*
Through the patriotism and energy
of the Southern bankers and farmers
says the Houston Chronicle, the prob
lem Of the cotton surplus seems on its
way to solution. The farm leaders,
aided to some extent by the various
Legislatures, have made possible the OPP
portunity for action by providing for
future cut in production. The Southern
bankers will furnish the necessary &C
ton to give relief at the present time.
A large part of the surplus will be eff
fectually eliminated now rather than
two or three years hence Southern
farmers consequently have gooi reason
to expect a better price for what they
produce this year and next year"
THE cotton market" observes the
Columbia IS. c. State. has been
showing ability to respond promptly to
news favorably affecting business senti-
ment, such as word from New Orleans
of a 1000 000-bale hold-off until next
July. Commodity markets generally de-
veloped a more confident tone during
the first half of the month as result
Of the several plans to promote finan-
cial stability
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22
Those Triangle Tracks.

The refusal by Justice Adkins to
grant temporary injunction restrain
ing the Government from demolish-
ing the Virginia interurban terminal at
Twelfth street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. and from closing certain streets
within the Avenue Triangle does not,
unfortunately, guarantee clear sailing
henceforth for any of the parties inter
eSted or involved in the controversy.
The Government is apparently con-
cerned even now over its rights in the
matter OF destroying the car tracks that
are laid on the streets to be closed.
Justice Adkins said that Congress, in
granting the street car company its
charter, specifically reserved the right
to repeal it, and the court has difficulty
in seeing logically why Congress cam
not repeal a portion of the charter. But
the court did not say that Congress had
repealed a portion of the charter, al
though it has enacted legislation clos
ing the streets.
The railroad corporation is consider
ing the wisdom of appealing from JUS
tice Adkins decision or of taking its
grievance into the United States Court
of Claims, where, Justice Adkins plainly
intimated it belongs.
The street car riders who depend
upon the washington, Alexandria g.
Mount Vernon Railroad for transporta-
ton from nearby Virginia into town
are left as high in the air as they ever
were. They do not know what the
solution of their particular problem Is
to be and they do not know who, if
anybody, will solve it for them.
In the meantime the Governments
work in the portion of the triangle in
volved is being delayed. Excavations
are being made in sections of the area
that are not crossed by the street car
tracks. Contracts for excavations in
other portions, necessitating the clos
ing of streets on which the tracks are
located-Thirteen- half between
| Constitution avenue and c, and D be-
tween Twelfth and Thirteenth-are
being held up pending decision on the
Governments course of action. Into
the contracts is written the possibility
that the contractor may have to dig
on both sides Of the tracks, snoring up
| the rails with timbers as the excavating
proceeds, leaving the tracks high and
dry.
The whole business becomes rather
absurd. But the court left no doubt
about the Governments right to de-
molish its own property, which is now
being used as the railway terminal at
Twelfth street and Pennsylvania avenue
If the Government should now proceed
to demolish that property and excavate
On both sides Of the track. another ter
minal must be established.
1t Is difficult to understand what is
to prevent the authorities from max
, ing an agreement with the railroad
company whereby, in return for OBJ
tanning permission for the establish
ment of another terminal, the company
will abandon its tracks within the tri-
angle building area, and, if it has q
claim for damages alleged to have re-
suited, press it before the tribunal
created for that purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22
Movies for Children
Producers Problem
From the Atlanta Journal.

From the Atlanta Journal.
Motion picture producers have en-
countered a unique problem which
might be termed educational, but which
is chiefly promotional. They must win
and maintain the interest Of children
in the Aims. This is called, in any
undertaking, building for the future"
and in so far as the cinema is con-
cerned, it means the creation of q
precedented for the simple reason that
the children of a generation ago were
drawn to the pictures by that most
powerful of juvenile magnets, the West
ern." Silent films had to be fairly
simple, and their appeal was in the
Beginning mainly pictorial. Any child
could understand the thrill of cowboys
chasing Indians, because the cowboys
wore cowboys suits and the Indians
wore Indian suits. The cowboys al
ways got into trouble, and the Indians
always outhumbered them five or six
to one. But the gallant band would
keep the enemy at bay until reinforce
ments Numbered up in the form either
of more cowboys or of lucky Cetach-
ment of United States Cavalry from the
nearby fort. Briefly at the end of the
picture, some special cowboy might en-
brace politely some special maiden, but
that sort Of romance was strictly SUBJ
ordinate to the swift portrayal Of ad-
venture-sheer and breath-taking adj
venture.
But talking pictures have changed all
Of that. Stories have become more and
more sophisticated, until the problem Of
what to show at children'S matineeS
has become pressing indeed. Frequent
ly the children are bored. They want
staggering feats Of courage and marks
manship, not subtle dramas of modern
society. The pictures made with child
actors are usually more appealing to
grown-upS than to children, and they
are not numerous enough, in any event,
to I'LL q juvenile program. Producers
do not think that children form an i'm
portant enough proportion of their
audience to make pictures especially for
their delight, but they may have to do
that. Perhap" they will return to some
of the more naive Western types Of
| films, and if they do, they may be
astopished at the number of adults who
will like them. The appeal of adventure
embraces all ages and stations, though
many producers seem to have forgotten
this And all ages can become. bored
with smart" films, unless the fare Is
varied now and then with something
tftsh ana RholeSonely Elelodramatie.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22

Lindbergh few nonstop from Washing
ton to Mexico City in twenty-seven
hours. Doolittle's time yesterday was
ten hours and fifteen minutes. And on
the last lap from Tampico to Mexico
City, when Doolittle undoubtedly opened
up his baby power house" a bit, he
covered two hundred and twenty five
miles in fifty-four minutes.
So 1t appears to he up to Hawks to
buy d new ship and start out after the
fast-traveling Doolittle. These flyers are
heads Of the aviation departments of
rival oil companies and have plenty of
backing for their contest to win pre-
n1ier honors. They will not lack for in
terest, in their exploits from speed
minded Nation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22
Rail Consolidation
Seen Progressing

From the Chicago Daily News.
Railroad consolidation was one OF the
major detectives of the transportation
law of 1920. The task Of regrouping
the railroads of the country was as
signed to the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. That body prepared tenta-
lively a comprehensive plan. 1t was
deemed unsatisfactory and carriers
thereupon determined to work out sub
stitute suggestions and submit them to
the commission for approval.
After years of conference and dis
cuSsion the Eastern railroads have
agreed upon four-system consolidation
plan which they ask the commission to
sanction. A somewhat premature an
nouncement last December of similar
plan received the cordial approval of
President Hoover, but subsequently, OBJ
stacles were encountered which neces-
STATED further delay.
The final points of difference having
been adjusted by compromise, the East
ern carriers are anxious to proceed with
their plan. Naturally, the economic sit
uation has played an important part in
inducing them to waive minor Objec-
tions and make mutual concessions for
the sake Of the economies and improve
mentS expected to follow Judicious con-
solidation.
The railroad brotherhoods have been
in touch with the committees charged
with the solution of the problems. Con-
seQuently no opposition from them is
anticipated
The agreements outlined, IL put into
effect, would constitute long and sig
nificant step toward complete railroad
consolidation. In the interest of good
service and genuine economy the pro-
posed changes should be Effected with
as much expedition as the complex and
difficult task allows. National prosper
ity should be promoted materially as a
| result.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22
Teaching Of English
Faces Difficulties in Porto Rico.

Ell Progress, San Juan-The teaching
of English in Porto RIGS is a diffcult
problem. Aside from the perplexitieS Of
method and technic in teaching the
language to children whom it serves
no useful function as q medium of
communication, there are at present in
the Porto Rican situation two other
factors of fundamental import. One
of them Is the problem constituted by
the lack of a sympathetic, willing &C
ceptance by the people Of Porto Rico
of a second language, and the other Is
the problem of providing a body of
teachers who know and use the English
language with fair degree of fluency
and correctness.
It is said that we do net know how
to teach English in Porto Rico. This
does not mean that all teachers lack the
necessary command of English to teach
it well. A number of teachers use eX-
cellent English, and speak with ease and
f1uency. But this Is not the rule, and
there is undoubtedly lack OF sympathetic
teaching of English, ana unwillingneSs
to accept it as a second language.
Whether or not Porto Rico should be
made to accept English Is a problem
ultimately for Porto Rico to decide.
Where a second language Is taught,
through the medium OF the public
school, to an entire people, there is al
ways the possibility that this second
language may become q rival to the
mother tongue. This arouSes emotions
grounded in affection for the mother
tongue, and these aroused emotions set
up ant3gofisfn to the second language.
The more general ana articulate this
expression Is the greater its influence
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22
Maryland's Safety Campaign.

Maryland's fourth annual Save a
Life" campaign is now in full swing
and If the results obtained in other
years can be taken as a criterion motor
lists and pedestrians in that State will
reap the benefits that come from thor
ough inspection as to mechanical con-
dition of every motor car that travels
the streets and highways. Between
now and November thirty, when the
campaign ends, every driver must sub
NIT his car to an authorized depot for
a check on brakes, lights, horn, steer
ing mechanism, rear view mirrors and
windshield wipers and at the same time
he must present to the examining off,
Ger his certificate of ownership and OPP
orators permit for inspection. A small
Sticker is given to those who pass sue
cessfully. Failure to show a sticker
after December l will result in re-
fusal to issue registration tags for 1882
and possible penalty.
These campaigns for safety on the
highways States. notably Penn
sylvania, have conducted them for years
inevitably aid in keeping down the
accident and fatality toll. The automo-
bile of today is far less likely to go
wrong" than the car of ten years ago,
but nevertheless the carelessness Of mo-
florists in failing to make periodic visits
to the repair shop for an inspection re-
suits in a high percentage of unfit
vehicles on the streets. The compulsory
test Of every automobile, therefore, not
only weeds out the mechanically i'm
perfect but makes the motorist realize
the benefits that accrue from keeping
his car in good condition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22
Motor Cycle Operators
Must Pass Severe Test.

Ell TELEGRAPH. Guayaquil.-The COM
missioner of traffic has designated Senior
Rafael A. Munoz, honorary examiner of
the competence of all the mot-r cyclists
in the city. Aspirants for these privi-
leges must present to the commission
and its examiner. Senior Munoz, more
sufficient and circumstantial proof of
Their physical and mental condition
than is required even OF the drivers OF
motor ears, because of the greater diff
cultieS and jeopardieS associated with
the operation of motor cycles. All APP
plicantS for licenses will be subjected,
therefore, to a rigid examination.
At present the commission is re-ex-
aiming the motor buss drivers in the
city and also the vehicles, to make sure
they are in safe mechanical condition.
Inspection of private motor cars and
denomination CT their drivers will sue
coed these Investigations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22
SHOOTING STARS.
ny PHrLANDER JOHNSON.

No MOnotOny.
Good news and bad news.
Coming through the air!
One day is dark and stormy
And another day is fair.
Gay news and sad news,
Sorrowing and smile,
Each following the other
In a very little whilel
Bright news and dark news,
Often we're perplexed.
But always glad we're living,
Wondering what is coming next.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22

Japan would be willing to allow her
soldiers to do police work in Manchuria
in case bandits became active. The re-
straining influence Of the arrangement
would be capable of comprehensive de-
velopment. 1t is as easy to mistake a
rebel for a bandit as it is to mistake a
Maine hunter for a deer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22

Remarkable prosperity enjoyed by
France following great adversely entities
her to be listened to with close atten-
ton when she has any suggestions to
offer concerning financial management.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22

A thorough student can always be re-
lied on for new and valuable ideas
Traffic Director Van Duzen has found
more ways of turning a corner than the
average D. C. motorist would have con-
Sidered possible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22
Dealers Destroy
Cucumbers to Keep Up Price.

Neues Wiener Tagblatt, Vienna.-In
the neighborhcod of Prague 10000
pounds of cucumbers have been de-
stroyed by pickle and gherkin dealers
to maintain high prices. The 10000
pounds of cucumbers will be piled in
one great heap, saturated with petro-
leum and lime, and set af1re.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22
Member of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
to the use for republication OF all news ais
patches credited to 1t or not otherwise cred
tied in this paper and also the local news
published herein. All rights of qualifications of
special dispatches herein are also reserved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22

Occasionally big theatrical firm
finds it advisable to give a little less
attention to artistic manuscripts in
order to study legal documents pertain
ing to leases and rentals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22
Mystery of Civilization.

From the Rockford Register Republic.
A man was swindled out of 100000
on the old race horse tip game. How
these fellows get the money they lose
50 easily is one of Civilizations mys-.
terieA,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22
Going Still Further.

DO you approve of prohibition"
II do" answered Senator Sorghum.
"IIl go still further. If prohibition law
isn't enough to abolish bad liquors,
believe In total abstinence"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22
lGunpowder Backfre.

From the Cleveland News.
Chinese general being bombed by
japanese airplanes must have regretted
at least those of his ancestors who had
anything to do with the invention d
Sunp0Wder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22
.HE JAPAN ADVERTISER. Toxic.
"A dispatch from Moscow says:
All over the Soviet Union are
numerous health resorts, sana-

toria and rest homes, in which
the workers spend their periods of rest,
says the TaSs Agency.
This year, the sanatoria will have
$4,000 beds available for exhausted work.
ers compared with $4,000 last year Ar
rangementS have been made to give
treatment to half million people
Workers who are not in need of
special treatment spend their annual
holidays in rest homes. where they re-
ceive full board and various recrea-
tons for a nominal charge-and in
many cases free. 1t is expected that
100000 men will go into rest homes this
year.
There are week end rest homes" in
the big cities like Moscow and Lenin-
grad. The week end in Russia, of course,
is not the fixed Saturday to Monday pc
riod. Every day of the week is rest
cay for one-fifth of the working popu-
lation. Thus the rest homes are never
idle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22

BY merging, railroads can arrange
/ for only one hard-luck story where
formerly it was necessary to tell sew
eral
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22

The uneducated populace of China
used to believe that there was very little
territory of Importance outside of that
country. Along with its advantages,
civilization brings some rude awkenings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22
Work.

We've telephones and Photographs
And many a radio set.
With all the tunes and all the laughs
We aren't happy yet!
When one desire Is gratified
Another will be met.
We say, while toiling on in pride,
I'VE will be- happy yet!'
A simple story life will tell
And sorrows we'll forget.
If we can work and do 1t well,
Well all be happy yet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22

No nation admits that war can be
desirable In its undesirability lies its
assumed potency as a threat in the
hands OF reckless determination.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22

Elegant as his wardrobe is, Capone
can hardly offer even the feeble apology
that he is obliged to hold out on his
taxes in order to pay his tailor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22
Attire,

The racketeer who works with care
Lives in luxurious state
And puts on silken underwear
Instead Of armor plate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22

Some O. desc sinners is so tough"
said Uncle Eben, dat when OIL Satan
tempts 'em, he pears to me like he
was jes lookin' fob new trouble in his
home"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22

Jud Tunkins says money has got to
be such an interesting proposition
you're tempted to stand around and
talk about it instead of trying to
earn it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22
Lost Simplicity.

LOST S1mpuclty.
80 you made Mesa Bill get out of
Crimson Gulch?"
He went East for while" explained
Cactus Joe, land came back putin on
airs. He used to be satisfied with
pony and a six-shooter, to amuse
hisself. When he insisted on a limousine
and a machine gun, We had to put him
out. We simply couldn't stand his
Gifted ways"
"There are two questions" said Iii Ho,
the sage Of Chinatown, which great
wealth may sometimes find it diff1cult
to answer. They refer to the beginning
and the end: How did you get it?"
and What are you going to do with it?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22

strong enough to carry New York State
in the general election in 1882.
X X X X
Gov. Clifford Pinchot of pennsyl-
vania blew into Washington Tuesday
and rushed up to the Capitol to confer
with a number of Progressive Republi-
can Senators One Of them was Brook
hart of Iowa. Mr.. Brookhart declined
to say what was the subject CT the
conference between himself and Gov
Pinchot, leaving the implication that
it had something to do with the
aspirations of the Pennsylvania Gov
ernor to win the Republican nomination
for President against President Hoover
Gov. Pinchot has been active during
the last few months. delivering speech
in Sedalia, Mo, attacking the Farm
Board and the Hoover administration
generally. He has been invited to make
addresses in other Western States. Ac-
cording to Senator Brookhart, Pinchot
would be capable Of carrying the presi-
dental primaries in many of the west
ern States If he went into, them next
year. In some quarters the opinion
the Republican senatorial nomination
next year, when Senator James j. Davis
has to run for denomination and re-
election.
Gov. Pinchot has been among those
who believe that the Federal Govern
ment should do large part in the
matter of providing for the unemployed
and the distressed during the present
period of depression. 1t is understood
that he went into this. matter quite
thoroughly with some of the progress.
sive Senators, whose attitude has beer
much the same as that of the Penn.
sylvania Governor. 1t is an attitude
which has been resisted strongly BY
President Hoover, who demands volun'
tary action by local and State organi,
nations for relief rather than d Fedora
dole,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22

@. why is tobacco sold in France IN
so few places?-C. r.
A. Tobacco is a government monop-
oily, and is sold in certain licensed
cafes. Such licenses are allotted to ex-
service men only. They, however, may
sell them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-09
Sensible Way to
Lose Fat

Start taking Kruschen Salts to-
day-thats the common-senSe way
to reduce.
This is what they do-they clean
out impurities in your blood by
keeping the bowels, kidneys and liv-
er in splendid working order-a
vigor and tireleSs energy you'd most
forgotten had existed returns.
As a result instead of planting your
self in an easy chair every free mo-
ment and letting fiabby fat accumulate
YOU feel an urge for activity that
keeps you moving around doing the
Things you've always wanted to do and
needed TO do 10 keep you in good con-
dition.
Be careful OF the foods you eat-then
watch the pounds slide of Take one
half teaspoOnful of Kruschen Salts in a
glass of hot or cold water tomorrow
morning and every morning-and II
they don't change your whole idea
about reducing, go back and get the
small price you paid for them. Get
an So cent bottle Of Kruschen Salts
lasts weeks-at Hooks Dependable
Drug Stores or any progressive drug
oist anywhere in the world.-Adyertise-
ment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-09
TWO COURSES TO OPEN
Jewish Community Group to Work
National Education Week.

Two of five educational courses
to be offered at Kirshbaum Center
will begin tonight, as the Jewish
Community Center Association plans
observance of National Education
week.
They are: Highlights Of modern
literature, by Mrs. John Hays
Bailey, and practical public speak
ing, by Asa j. Smith.
Later this week, classes in applied
psychology, practical lettering and
sign painting, and conversational
French will be inauglrated. All
but the sign painting courses are
twelve weeks; it is an eighteen
week course. Tonight's classes
start at 8.