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The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-22

Soapy turned off Broadway; he wanted three
months of food and shelter and knew one way to
get it. At Sixth there a conspicuous
window. Soapy took a co0ble-stone and dashed 1t
through the glass. People came running
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-22
Advice
Dr.. Pierce'S Discovery

Eyes, she is the girl of my Dreams
"There's another guy after her.
Better wake up"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-14
Gasoline Tax Evils
Brought to Light

From the California Oil World.
Two extreme examples OF the evils Oh
the gasoline tax have just come 70
light. Tennessee boosted its tax 70 '
cents per gallon, and the House OF Rep
resentatiyeS voted to double the tax IN
the District of Columbia; cents now,
4 cents IL the bill finally becomes law.
Both cases are inherently wrong because
each provides for diverting the funds to
other than road building.
Tennessee's action Is in line with thst
OF several non oil producing Southern
States, several Of Whlch-Georgia, south
Carolina, Florida and Alabama, to mem
ton only q few OF the most extreme
cases-have the highest gasoline taxes
In the country. Tennessee tax Is TO
be used to secure $5,000,0O0 bono
issue for current expenses OF the state
ut the expense of the motorist.
The District Of Columbia tax Is TO be
imposed upon voteless and defenselesS
citizens of Washington, not to keep up
the streets used by the motorists and
which are the only highways in the
District, but to cut down the Govern
ment's own contribution to the mainte-
nance OF sidewalks In front OF its build
ings.
II this action Of the House Is any
sample of the way a Federal gasoline
tax may be administered by Congress,
we think 1t is Just one more unanswer-
able argument for opposing 1t by every
means in our power.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-14
The 1882 Automobile,

Apparently there is httle depression
and much optimism for 1882 in the
automobile industry. The New York
Automobile show this year is attracting
huge crowds, and the reason is not
hard to find. The manufacturers have
left nothing undone to provide an at
tractive exhibit OF new products; motor
cars OF the latest design, incorporating
the newest features of inventive genius.
Especially in equipment have improve
ments been made in the 1882 automo-
bile, but the motor and chassis have
not been neglected. Refinements have
been added all along the line to pro-
vide the utmost comfort and conven-
fence for drivers and passengers.
Notable among the innovations are
stronger tenders and running boards
TO minimize the chance Of injury In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-14
Another Bus Line.

The District Commissioners, the
Treasury Department and the Public
Utilities Subcommittee Of the House
District Committee are agreed that no
matter what may be the disposition
OF claims by the Mount Vernon, Alex
7ndria a. Washington Railway for
damages resulting from loss Of its
tracks, terminal and privileges within
the Government Triangle. the munic-
ipality is not liable. Any claims Of the
railroad will be against the Federal
Government, and under the terms Of
the legislation now pending the
strength of those claims will be decided
upon by the courts.
This is, of course, the only equitable
view 10 take of the matter. The rail-
road has never had any Just claim
against the municipality. The inter-
eSting thing now is the permanent. So
hutton Of the new problem created by
the wise decision on the part Of the
railroad 10 substitute bus line for the
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street car. within l.. District q Co

street cars within he District Of Co
lumbia.
"It should be pointed out" the Com
missioners wrote to Congress, that In
addition to the fact that this abandon
ment Is entirely rs . result OF the
Federal building program, the removal
of the tracks, with the resulting addi-
ton of numerous buses by affilisted
operation, would not result in reduc-
ton Of the revenue of the District OF
Columbia and q serious congestion OF
the downtown streets not affected by
the street car operation"
The addition Of another bus line, be-
ginning Sunday, will naturally serve to
increase the congestion of the downtown
streets. The policy of the Public Utilities
Commission is to discourage the en-
trance of new bus lines to the congested
section. Yet the buses to be substituted
for the street cars serving the Virginia
suburbs will, for the time being at least,
enter the congested district. The bus
company wants TO come north on
Fourteenth street to Z, turn right on E,
in front of the District Building, turn
north on Thirteenth street to E, proceed
east on Z street to Tenth and stop at
the new curbstone terminal now occupy
ing the short block on D between Tenth
and Eleventh streets. The commission
wants the busses TO proceed down
Pennsylvania avenue from Fourteenth
10 Tenth, then return to Fourteenth
street by way Of Constitution avenue.
Nothing yet has been decided.
The Public Utilities Commission and
the trsfic authorities seem to be build
ing for themselves a condition that
steadily becomes more confused. When
the municipal authorities announced
policy last Summer for the elimination
of buses from the congested district
and the construction Of off-street
terminals, the bus companies were
given until next Spring to comply. Are
there any indications that they will
comply?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-14
Election in New Hampshire
Is Surprise to Both Parties

and an announcement to the Demo-
cratic party" Reviewing the other
overturns, the Charleston Is. c. Eve
ming Post (Democratic) statesi "Michi-
gan, Texas, New Jersey have, in special
elections, returned Democrats to take
the places of Republicans long repre-
Senting their districts. And now New
Hampshire sends O. Democrat to taxa
the seat once filled by Daniel Webster
Now, what do you know about that? Il
would be good fun to hear the Hon
George H. Moses, Senator from New
Hampshire, explaining to the brayins
sons of the wild jackass' how 1t hal
come about"
Recalling that New Hampshire "waI
carried by Woodrow Wilson in 1919
and in 1915, when issues of great mo-
ment broke down barriers of political
CUSTOM" and that such a crisis again
confronts the Nation" the Atlanta
Journal (Democratic) remarks that
Democratic success in New Hampshire
Is another sign of the times, presaging
still greater victories on the all-decisivs
battlefield of 1892" The Dayton Daily
News independent Democratic) finds
that "even the Democratic leaders
were surprised at the result" although,
"for many years New Hampshire has
been drifting slowly away from its
political twin, rock-ribbed Vermont"
The Daily News concludes that "the
administration which presides over
panic in the United States cannot ex-
pect to preside over anything very
long"
ut may even make George Moses
fear that some of the sons of the wild
jackass inhabit the Granite State"
suggests the Hartford Times tinde-
pendent Democratic), with the further
comment: THE vets will claim that
Mr.. Rogers opposition to prohibition
since that is not the new element in
the situation and in view OF the fact
that his principal campaign argument
dealt with unemployment and the pres
ent unfavorable economic conditions, IL
is more reasonable to assume that the
large shifting of votes was in the nature
of a protest For that reason, it is
negative rather than positive declara-
ton of sentiment"
dissatisfaction with economic con-
ditions" is seen by the Providence
Journal independently, which makes
the further comment: THE second
reason for the Democratic victory in
New Hampshire was the contrasted
attitude of the two candidates on pro-
hibition. Mr. Rogers was uncom-
promising in his opposition to the
eighteenth amendment, while his Re-
publican opponent. exGov. Bartlett, as
lately as 1928 had proclaimed himself
q dry on the public platform, and in
the campaign Just closed went only so
far in modification to this position as
to propose a referendum. Thus his
actual stand was more or less confused
and the swift-running current of re-
peal helped the Democratic standard
bearer along"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-14

Some disagreement as to causes Is
shown in discussions of the victory in
New Hampshire of William N. Rogers,
wet Democratic candidate for Congress.
Recent elections in scattered districts,
1T is observed, have been favorable to
the Democrats, and 1t is believed by
some that the New Hampshire vote,
although light, was representative of
protest against economic conditions.
Mr.. Rogers stand as a wet also is
credited with some influence.
THE election demonstrated" accord
ing to the Manchester Leader (inde-
PENDENT, that the wave Of discomfort
resulting from the business depression
which made itself apparent in many
parts of the country in the regular cleo
lions of 1880 and which has been gath
ering volume in the special congress
sional elections, has reached New
Hampshire. There have been signs that
an upset in this district was within the
range of probability, but the extent OF
the oyerturn exceeded the expectations
of the most optimistic supporters OF
former Representative Rogers and OF
the most pesSimistic supporters OF for
mer Gov. John H. Bartlett" The
Leader also comments on the small
number voting and concludes: 1t IS
lamentable that SO many voters bear
their civic duties so lightly, making 1t
necessary to have extraordinary proyi-
sions in the way of transportation to
and from balloting places to induce them
to vote, except in national elections
"The Democratic victory" in the
Judgment of the Rockford Register Re
public (Republican), is interesting
largely because it is the first major po-
litical test of the new year, and because
it completes cycle OF Democratic up
sets in additionally republican dls-
tricts. including victories in New Jersey,
Ohio Missouri, Texas and Michigan.
Previous to the 1880 elections the Re-
publicans had clear majority OF 100 In
the House as q result of the 1928 Hoo
yer landslide"
"If any Republican can miss the
significance of the result" says the
New York Herald Tribune (Repub-
lican). "he must be blind or dreaming.
The effects of the economic tide are
still running strong against the admin
istration. When to these is added the
mounting wrath of the vets, the case Is
homeless The party plainly
faces the hardest kind of fight in the
coming election. 1t needs the strongest
nolitical direction at the mead OF It's
National Committee. 1t must refuse to
compromise the able leadership OF Mr..
Hoover in the economic field by sup
porting the beaten cause OF the drys.
The obvious moral OF the New Hamp-
shire result cannot De TOO soon TAKEN
N heart or too effectively acted upon
"The Republican candidate was a
strong ONE thinks the New York Sun
Gndenendent) but approximately half
Of the Republicans of the district de-
cIined to 90 to the polls" That paper
holds that mot even George Moses,
talent for humorous paraphrase could
turn out version of the election that
would make pleasant reading at the
White House" Appraising the victory
as complete and unexpected, me
Roanoke World-Ne tDemocratlc)
feels that sit should be both challenge
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Higghligghts on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

ished. but not at the same rate as other
countries, such as her great commercial
rivals, Great Britain and the United
States.
Further, the German figures include
reparations deliveries in kind, so that
q considerable portion of the exports
may be regarded as unproductiVe, ex-
cept to the extent in which 1t reduces
Germanys debts to the allies. Another
curious point is that the German ex-
ports consist in large part OF finished
articles which provide the maximum
of profit and employment. Yet there
are 100000 unemployed persons in
Germany, and the number is not
decreasing.
According to the Berlin correspond
ent of the Times, Germany's weakness
is in her inland market. And he points
out that the German index of produc-
ton fell from 100 to 1928 to 60 in Au-
gust of this year, turnover figures for
the retail trades showed a marked de-
cline, and bankruptcies reached abnor-
mally high figures.
Thus Germany, for all her proud po-
sition as an exporter, is as badly of
as other countries and in worse plight
than most.
Loan Interpreted as
Sign Of Confidence.
Central European Observer, Prague
The signing of the contract at Paris
for a credit of 100000 600 francs for
Jugoslavia and the immediate placing
of that sum at the disposal of the Ma
tional Bank has been greeted with much
satisfaction in JugoslaYia. 1t represents
q short term loan for which only 3 per
cent interest is being paid, and 1t will
be paid off in monthly installments
commencing in october, 1882.
The press emphasizes the fact that
this loan was secured at moment when
the situation on the international money
market was unusually strained. and
when it was almost impossible for any
country to obtain foreign credit. 1t
sees in this fact q proof of French con-
fidence in Jugoslayias finances. and a
recognition of the fact that the Jugo-
slav government has succeeded, without
outside help, In successfully facing the
present general monetary crisis-in par
ticular OF the fact that budget expendi-
ture has been brought down by over
1000, 600 900 dinars. The French loan
constitutes a guarantee for the main
tenance of budget equilibrium and the
stability of the dinar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-14
q collision, automatic clutch and brake

q collision, automatic clutch and brake
control to relieve the operator OF
fatigue after long hours at the wheel,
improved steering mechanisms and
brakes, windshield wipers which main
tain . constant speed instead of fluctu-
ating with the motor, interior sun
visors which are adjustable ut will,
thermostatic temperature control Of the
engine, instruments to show oil level
in the crank case, radiators with larger
cooling areas, more efficient braking
systems, manual adjustment Of shock
absorbers, silent second speeds, auto
matte self-starters with which 1t Is
impossible to stall motor and many
others too numerous to mention.
Nothing is perfect but the automo-
bile of today Is making real bid for
perfection. Its place in the business
world has been carved out by persistent
efforts on the part of the manufac-
turers to improve their products. Long
ago the automobile ceased to be re-
ferred to by any but the uninitiated as
a pleasure" car. 1t is "passenger"
car or a business" car.
Motorists of today are indeed for
tunate lot. Although more traffic must
be contended with, the past twelve years
has seen remarkable changes not only
in motor cars, but in the roads upon
which they are operated. 1t is far
cry from the bumpy, rutty highways
Of 1920 to the smooth, wide arteries
leading from city to city, and from the
automobiles that suffered and splut-
tered, oftentimes refusing to start or
stop, which rode on hard tires and
which steered with all the ease and
grace Of q ten-ton truck, to the efficient
ly performing creations of today. 1t
Is no wonder, then, that 1882 is expect
ed to be a good year for the industry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-14
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

EaSy-Chair knowledge.
ct know the world without doubt"
Said Socrates McSnook.
Although I seldom venture out,
I've seen 1t in book.
This world of ours, so round an
grand,
Which greatly I admire,
Looks something like an onion, and
It's axis is wire.
"A star is a five-pointed thing,
With angles, neatly traced.
A river looks much like a string
'Twixt different countries placed.
The ocean has a color gay,
Pea green or navy blue,
And every country will display
It's own especial hue.
"A mountain range is queer indeed.
With lines on every side.
IT'S something like a centipede
Which has been petrified.
You do not need to roam about
For useful facts to look:
I know the world without a doubt"
Said Socrates McSnook.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-14

IT have read your recent articles
about rain" writes a resident Of nearby
Virginia, land md them of more inter-
est than the rain itself. How does one
become interested in rain2 I think 1t
is q bore"
We would suggest to our honest CORE
spondent that the best way to become
interested in rain is to make garden.
A garden makes rain interesting, just
as rain makes a garden interesting.
We never found bit of thrill or
even ordinary interest in rains until we
took up gardening on q strictly amateur
scale.
Then the very heavens began to in
trigue us. Natural spectacleS which
formerly we regarded only as nuiSances
began to take on all the glamour OF
theatrical shows put on especially for
our benefit.
The secret of finding q rainy day in
tereSting is the oldtime secret Of how
to make q foot ball contest interesting.
One must have personal interest In 1t.
Perhaps nothing shows the falsity OF
our strictly modern civilization better
than the artificial interest worked up
teams in which they have no genuine
interest.
How people who do not know sim
gle member of team and who do not
attend the colleges involved can get any
kick" out of watching foot ball game
is something entirely beyond the writer
here AS to their solemnly listening to
the blah of the radio announcers, this
leaves us gasping for the air OF light
and reason as to the why Of it all.
Next to watching q regatta, perhaps
the dullest spectacle on earth or, rather,
on the waters of the earth, foot ball
game in which we have no personal in
terest is perhaps the most tiresome
event. Just how any one else manages
to work up any enthusiasm will remain
for us q standing mystery. OF course,
it takes all sorts of temperaments to
make up this great and teeming world.
Some people like radio "crooners,"
but Cardinal O'Connell does not.
Others are very fond of attending ban
quets, but the person who detests after
dinner speakers will not understand
how they endure them.
1t is much the same with rains.
To enjoy rain one must have some
real reason for liking it.
Now a garden, small or large, de-
mands a certain amount Of wafer.
Despite the honest application of the
hose, every gardener understands the
necessity for a normal rainfall If mis-
growing things are to be up to snuff,
as people used to say.
Nothing takes the place Of normal
rainfall.
The world has but to endure q
drought for a few months for this
rather boresome fact to be brought
home to thousands who tended to re-
gard rain as purely automatic.
A series Of pleasant rains, such as
Washington and vicinity has known so
far in January, becomes something OF
an event.
Happy then is the gardener above
ordinary men.
1t does not require that man be a
premier, or a king, or multl-mil-
lionaire for him to be out of the ordi-
nary.
He may be so, as far as he is con-
cerned, and yet no man otherwise sus-
pect it.
Amateur gardeners everywhere have
this difference from their run-of-the-
mill fellows, that they appreciate and
love a rainy day. They are like the
man fond of pet animals. who does not
mind few hairs on his coat; they
overlook the inimical features OF rainy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-14

-. Nebraska, second Tuesday in
Anril April ~; Pennsylvania, fourth
tuesday in April April IS: Massachu-
setts. last Tuesday In April. April 26;
MARYLAND, first Monday in May, May 2;
California first Tuesday in May, May 3;
south Dakota, first Tuesday in May,
Nav 3: Ohio, second Tuesday in May,
Nav 10; West Virginia, second Tuesday
in May, May 10; New Jersey, third
tuesday in May, May IT, and Oregon,
third Friday in May, May 20. In New
York district delegates only, April 5.
whether President Hoover's name Is
10 be entered in all these primary con-
tests is q matter which the strategy
board will have to determine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-14

The Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations approves requisition for
$3.50 900 SIS an expense allowance for
the American delegation to the Geneva
Disarmament Conference, perhaps as a
gesture Of confidence that the meeting
will really effect results for peace
despite the prevailing opinion to the
contrary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-14
Credulity.

Some women believe everything q
man tells them"
Yes" replied Mr.. Meekton. Before
I married Henrietta told her l would
be her slave for life, and her trusting
nature refuses 10 accept any compro-
mise"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-14
International Art.

Prom the GAINESVILLE Gazette.
Strange that about the time Ameri-
cans are introducing chop suey into
China yodeling Is declared lost art
in Switzerland, existing now only at
radio stations and In vaudeville in the
United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-14
In January.

Shadows come a-prowlin'
'Crost de Winter sky:
Wind sets up q howlin'
As 1t travels by;
But now an den among de trees
Dat stand so bleak an bare
A sunbeam slides along de breeze
An whispers, Don't you care"
Shadows has DER playtime
'Mongst de frost an snow;
Nighttime, like de daytime,
Gotter come an 90.
But over dsr de skies so blue,
VIII sweetness in de air,
Is ginter smile foh me an you,
so, honey, don't you care!
"A man wifi nufrin' to do" said Uncl
Eben, AN a man wifi whole lot
sponsibilities is allus kind o Jealot
Of each other"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-14

Participation by former Secretary of
the Navy Daniels in motor car acct
dent in Georgia probably makes him
long for the return of the days when he
sailed his seven seas so safely by proxy
q decade or so ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-14

A new electric lamp is being, devel-
oped which is said to be from three to
six times as brilliant as those now in
use. Manufacturers OF cosmetics may
be put to it to keep pace with this
advance In illumination,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-14
Cooling viii Be Hard.

From the Harrisburg Telegraph.
Chicago is to provide artificial cool
ing apparatus to keep a comfortable
temperature in the National Convention
Hall, but it will have to be strong medi-
cine to overcome the volumes of hot air
that will be turned loose there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-14
Boss Bass.

Prom the Hartford Daily Times.
bass which Waterbury man
caught last Labor day has been awarded
first prize in a national competition.
1t 10 not expected that anybody will
have TO eat the hsh at this time to prove
further It's superiority. ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-14

In recent flight the airship Akron
formed eight tons of ice on her outer
surfaces, which suggests rival for
some Of the new-fangled refrigerating
devices
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-14
Dangerous Topic.

Oh, you and I wish strife would cease,
There is no chance to doubt it,
And since we both are fond Of peace,
Let us not talk about 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-14

Premier Laval shows his political
versatility by recognizing his ministry
in almost as speedy fashion as the now
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-14

With only seven investigations in
progress at the Capitol it begins to look
as though the Seventy-second Congress
we're doomed to score a new low record
for inouiSitiveness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-14

Persistent optimists hold to the belief
that some day the public building pro-
gram in this city will get the jump on
the street car tracks and proceed to a
finish
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-14
Member Of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
TO the use for republication OF all EewS as
patches credited to 1t or not otherwise cred
Tied in this paper and also the local news
published herein. All rights OF publication OF
special dispatches herein are also deserved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-14

Nature is doing its best in the East
ern States to solve the fuel problem
for the unemployed, whatever may
happen during the next few weeks.