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Evening star., 1932-07-17
Mail by Freight.

In these days Of rapid transit, with
trains, trucks and airplanes carrying
goods and mail to effect the speediest
possible deliveries, it Is rather strange
to find a reversion to the slow methods
of many years ago in the postal service
Complaint comes from the residents OF
five Ohio towns that owing to the dis
continuance Of passenger service on a
branch road of one of the large trunk
lines the mails have been reaching those
points by freight trains, with the result
that they are now from five to ten hours
later than usual. Representations are
to be made to the Post ONCE Depart
ment that this is quite unsatisfactory
During the past few years passenger
service has been abandoned on some OF
the rail lines because Of the competition
Of buses and the extending use of in
dividual motor cars. On some of the
lines where such conditions prevail
small gasoline units have been operated
to maintain mail service. In this case
in Ohio the postal pouches are trans
ported virtually as freight.
1t is odd that this case should arNe
just when the Government has added
fifty per cent to the first class postal
rate. The effect is to give poorer serv-
ice for higher cost, which is quite con-
trary to the ordinary rule Of business
applicable to Government as well as tc
private enterprise. 1t cannot be doubted
that the complaint Of the Ohio people
will result in the adoption of some
means of moving the mails for them by
better method than that which is en-
ployed In the transport of coal anc
lumber
Evening star., 1932-07-17
THE GREAT SURPRISE
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, d. D., L. D.,
Bishop OF Washington.

either make or unmake our faith in
human nature.
Jesus affirmed in His great statement
concerning final judgment that what
we do secretly is a determining factor
in the ultimate judgment to be pro-
nounced upon OR lives. The good are
surprised that what they have done
quietly and unobtrusively merits the
divine favor. 1t was only kindly act
in feeding the hungry, giving drink to
the thirsty, ministering to the sick, car
ing for the stranger, but it was in these
acts that they grew a character and
developed soul. 1t was in the failure
to do these things that condemnation
was pronounced in the stern words,
"InaSmuch as ye did it not to one of
the least of these, ye did 1t not to Me-"
To give heed to and rightly under
evaluate them in the light of an ulti-
mate and impartial judgment,
The cultivation Of a kindly spirit, Of
thoughtfuness expressed In acts Of
generosity Is quite as possible as the
cultivation Of meanness, of unthought-
fulness and Of ungenerosity. There are
some people whose every expression,
every act, betrays a kindly considerate-
ness. They not only perform deeds that
bring happiness and satisfaction, but
they speak with caution and generosity.
They have the capacity of seeing in
their fellows undeveloped potentialities
and possibilities Such people spread
light and happiness wherever they go.
Such a gracious ministry is not condi-
toned by the possession of material
things 1t is conditioned by the spirit
in which its service is expressed. A
| disciple of old said: "Silver and gold
have I none, but such as have give
unto thee" and what he gave sent a
lame beggar on his way renewed and
restored. The only cost involved in the
service the Master commended Is un-
| failing kindness. This would be hap
pier and more contented world were we
! to obey His Injunction.
Evening star., 1932-07-17
A Depression Cure.

There may be lack Of employment,
lack Of funds, lack of trade in the
country, but there is no lack of reme-
dies for the depression and public dis
tress. Everybody is proposing them.
They come to hand in letters, in pam
phlets, in articles, all sure cures, all
positive prescriptions, put forth in the
best of faith and the highest conf
dence in their efficacy. The Star has
had so many of them that if it had
printed them all it would have been
required to devote hundreds and even
thousands of pages to them in the
course of few months. One that has
just come, however, may be given space,
for it is short and explicit, having at
least that merit in contrast with most
of the remedies that have been brought
to its attention. 1t is from Louisville,
KY, and is as follows:
Congress can end the depression by
passage of a bill to pension all of the
unemployed at $50 per single and $50
per married man with family. To pay
for this each month, sell tlckeLS 10
a Government-ope lottery, those
who are unemployed to be employed as
statesmen, with twenty per cent COM
mission.
What could be simpler than that?
Lotteries are certainly popular. Look
at the sweepstakes that are promoted
in other countries in connection with
important horse races. Millions of
dollars are invested in them, for the
sake of a few large winnings and many
small ones. This country has not had
straight-out lottery for nearly fifty
years, although it has taken part in
foreign promoted schemes Of this kind
with large outflow and small inflow
Of cash in consequence. The twenty
per cent statesmen for a Government
Evening star., 1932-07-17

Tert: "When sdU 1De Thee an hun
uered, or athirSt, or stranger, or
naked, or sick, or in prison, and d,d
not minister unto Thee?'-St. Mat
them, TrU.44.
From the Masters great declaration,
as recorded in the twenty-fifth chapter
Of st. Matthew, in which He states the
final appraisal of life, it would seem
that what men do of good or evil Is IN
the man unwittingly done. 1t is true
that both the finer and baSer qualities
in our nature grow and develop Wltn-
out design. Some one says that
1--WE SOW thought and reap habit;
1--WE SOW a habit and reap char-
acter;
1--WE sow a character and reap a
destiny
Singularly enough, we use great care are
development of our aptitudes, our tal-
ents and the selection of our occupa-.
tional service, but in the matter OF
the development of our characters we
disclose no defniteness Of design or
purpose. Many of us inherit what we
have OF vice or virtue from environlng
circumstances or the influences OF home
life. One of the obvious reasons why
the Master was so gentle In dealing
with those who had erred was that he
reckoned with the forces that had mace
them what they were. In our Judgment
of men we are frequently surprised to
discover in them qualities for good or
i'll of which We had never thought them
capable Now and again some one
whose character has been unim-
peachable is found to be secretly in
dulging in a vicious habit that wrecks
his carer and brings shame to those
who are innocently involved. Again
community is surprised where some
critical situation arises to discover IN
one who has been a ne'er-do-well vir--
tues and qualities of character, acts OF
selfless services worthy of the highest
distinction and honor. 1t is disclosures
such as these and their antithesis thai
Evening star., 1932-07-17
BY WILLIAM HARD.

The most amazing feature Of the first
session Of the Seventy-second Congress
has been its vast extension Of the pow
ers Of the Federal Government In the
field Of finance and credit.
In agriculture this Congress has ap-
propriated $l25, 100000 to be invested
by the Federal Government in the
stock of the IL intermediate credit
banks. which are already nationally
controlled.
1t has also strengthened the interme-
diate credit banks in their rediscount-
ing privileges with the Federal Reserve
banks, thus expanding the possibilities
of agricultural governmental credit
It has also established revolving
fund Of $1O,00OOO0 for setting up "ag-
ricultural credit corporations" in the
various intermediate credit bank dis
tricts to borrow from those banks for
agricultural purposes.
It has also made further distinct ap-
propriations on behalf Of such "agri-
cultural credit corporations" in the Sec
ond Reconstruction Finance Corpora
ton bill.
It further, in the first Reconstruction
Finance Corporation bill, with which
the session opened, was careful to ear
mark 5000, ,OOO, 900 of the corporation's S
ultimate resources for loans to farmers
for purposes Of crop production. Subse-
Quent legislation has broadened this
idea to include loans not only for crop
production but additionally Tor crop
planting and for crop cultivat1ng and
for Summer fallowing and for the rails
ing of cattle and Of poultry.
Finally, in reference to the agricul-
tural industry, this Congress has allo-
Gated an underlined proportion OF the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation S
ultimate resources to the facilitating OF
exports of agricultural commodities.
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These developments, in general, have
received congressional sanction after
recommendation by the President. They
must accordingly be taken not as So
called radical experiments" by congress
sional oppositionists, but as the consid-
cred conservative suggestions OF gov
ernment not seeking novelties but real
izing and navigating the currents OF the
times.
In the matter Of the expansion Of the
currency, the President approved the
Glass-Steagall bill (ot Democratic
authorship whereby a Federal Reserve
bank, in issuing Federal Reserve notes
as money, may back them not only
with commercial drafts and acceptances
! and bills of exchange, but also with
direct obligations of the United States.
This new move was denounced In some
quarters as imitation" but was accepted
by dominant Republican as well as
Democratic opinion in Washington.
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Again, in the matter of the expansion
of credit facilities, Senator Glass 1nitl-
ated and the President approved a
legislative project for permitting indi-
vidual industries in stated circumstances
to borrow not merely from member
banks of the Federal Reserve System
but from the Federal Reserve banks
| themselves.
On behalf, further, of the banks
which have been closed for liquidation,
| this Congress, In the first Reconstruc-
ton Finance Corporation bill, author
lied loans totaling 5000. .oo0,0 to the
liquidators for the purpose of conserv-
ing If possible, the interests of the
depositors.
Even the so-called "mOratOriun" to
Evening star., 1932-07-17
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Speeding.

Speeding.
A man went in motor car,
The local laws unheeding.
He didn't travel very far;
They held him up for speeding.
He tried a swift financial trick
For coin that he was needing.
He started out to get rich quick.
They held him up for speeding.
He sought acquaintance with a lass
Regardless of good breeding
He tried To fllrt. II came to pass
They held him up for speeding
Oh, friend, pursue a prudent way.
Ambitions are misleading.
If thoughtless haste you should display
They hold you up for speeding.
Evening star., 1932-07-17

A move which assures a personal
friend and physician an annual salary
of s22, 5000 is accredited to the finesse
Of Mayor James J. Walker. New
York's pay roll Is more liberal in some
particulars than that Of the National
Government and also manages to elude
wage cuts which might be suggested by
an effort at economy In public affairs
Evening star., 1932-07-17

A true Communist never fails to par
ticipate in any protest to the Govern
ment regardless of whether he is hon
estly interested or not. The bonus men
were wise enough to be on guard from
the start against this method of pur-
Joining publicity.
Evening star., 1932-07-17
~

AL Smith will contribute his best eff
forts to the support of the Roosevelt
Garner ticket, although it may as well
be understood from the start that the
Ex-Governor Is not most at home when
figuring only as a cheer leader.
Evening star., 1932-07-17

France has come to the end OF her
long continued drain on the world
gold, marking the close of tinanclaI
epoch of the utmost Importance 10
world trade and monetary unrest. Re
Gently France Withdrew from America
a last remaining balance of S55,OOO, ,OOO
of the precious metal and now has
closed all Of her large foreign balances.
Her gold is at home, more than S3,OUU,-
900 600 of it, the second largest gold
stock of any nation in the world, only
the United States having a superior
hoard
While the event has not been marked
by any pealing of bells, economists ana
international financiers as well as gov,
ernment officials charged with flscal
affairs realize that it Is one OF WorIo
importance.
At the time Of the Armistice France
was not in a strong position hnanclaliy.
1t will be remembered, especially py
Americans living in France at the time
and by those who did business WIN
Frenchmen or who toured that coun-
trv. that for a period Of years the
French franc stood at a discount. one
having an American dollar income in
France lived we'll, because 81 bought
many francs. Contrariwise, great many
francs were required to pay DEBT IN
American dollars or in any other golo
standard currency.
In June, 1928, President Poincare
executed a financial coup whereby the
franc was given de Jure Stablilzatlon' H.
1t was a major financial operation
which involved a writing of OF large
amount Of domestically owed DEBT.
The pre-war franc at gold par was
worth about 19 cents or about to the
81. BY governmental fiat, France de-
clared to the world that thereafter the
franc would be stabilized at about 4
cents, or 25 to the 81. 1t has renamed
en- that basis ever since. Save Tor deptS
TO the United States and Great Britain,
funded on a gold basis, France owed
scarcely any money beyond her own
borders. There was a theoretical loss
entailed to Frenchmen. writing on OF
the full value of old debts, In the
declaration that a l9-cent franc IN
future would be worth only cents.
Nevertheless, in the interests OF stabill-
cation this was accepted and France was
able to reassune her position among
the gold par nations Of the world.
Evening star., 1932-07-17

While not choosing to figure actively
In public affairs. Calvin Coolidge does
not hesitate to avail himself of the
natural right Of every American citizen
to express his personal opinion about
things in general.
Evening star., 1932-07-17

Airplane travel is now so swift and
so easy that it will soon be considered
unnecessary to hold big conventions in
a metropolis of central location, re-
gardless of climate.
Evening star., 1932-07-17
Authorizations,

what is the nature Of your misun-
derstanding with that author?"
'I made contract to pay him dol
lar a word" replied the publisher.
isn't he worth it?"
Eyes. But he wants to write dialect
and ring in lot of apostrophes on me. "
Evening star., 1932-07-17

Present conditions have at least done
something toward modifying the old
suspicion that man out of work is
that way because he secretly prefers
id1eneSs
Evening star., 1932-07-17

The weather man continues to be
welcome with news good or bad as one
public spokesman whose remarks never
fall under suspicion Of containing
propaganda
Evening star., 1932-07-17

equitable solution Of disarmament as
an indication Of the desire Of France to
reach fundamental accommodation to
Germany.
tCopyright, 1s37.)
Evening star., 1932-07-17
Mental Phenomenon.

The speech which on the Records page
found light
Showed telepathic vigor far from
slight
The Laughter" and applause" which
there occurred
In thought existed and was never heard.
Evening star., 1932-07-17
A Postponed Indulgence.

How do you account for the popu-
larity of some of these best sellers?"
asked the severely literary lady.
"I think" replied Miss Cayenne that
lot of us are trying to catch up with
the dime novels our parents prevented
us from reading when we were young"
Evening star., 1932-07-17
Problems.

well" said the man who tries to be
genial, July has its comforts. We are
no longer worried about when to put on
a new straw hat"
NO" replied Mr.. Growcher; "but you
are liable to get all fretted up seeing
how long you can make an old one last
Evening star., 1932-07-17
ShriekS,

"I tell you," said Farmer Corntossel,
''bein' sheriff around here is mighty
hard job"
"You never arrest anybody"
mo. But there's an awful lot O. false
alarms Every time one O. these Sum-
mer girls sees a caterpillar you think
there's murder bein' committed"
Evening star., 1932-07-17
After Vacation.

All stung and battered and sunburned,
He VOWS in tones sincere, though grim,
The city's good enough for him.
Evening star., 1932-07-17

"Dis world would run easier" said
Uncle Eben, "if dar was some way OF
holdin' de investigations befo' de trouble
happened"
Evening star., 1932-07-17

and Charles James FOX was IeCOSIllDoo
as the greatest debater in Parliament
when he was about the same age, nav
ing made his entrance In that body at
the age of 10.
John Young Brown of Kentucky was
elected to Congress when he was "a
and too young to take his seat under
the provisions of the Constitution. He
was elected to the Thirty-sixth Con-
gress, but couldn't take his seat until
the second session. This same Brown
was again elected to the Fortieth Con-
gress, but his seat was declared vacant
on account of disloyal act. Again ne
was elected to the Forty-third and
Forty-fourth Congresses and later was
Governor of Kentucky.
When the famous John Randolph OF
Roanoke, Va, was first elected to Con-
gress he wore no beard in the day when
boards were common, and looked much
younger than he really was The clerk
of the House about to swear him in
asked how old he was. With his char
acteriStic aggreSSiveneSs Randolph re-
piled, you had better go ask the peo-
same Randolph who had a "bloodleSs
duer' with Henry Clay on April 8, 1926
1t has been claimed for many years
that Henry Clay was the only man in
history who served in the United States
Senate before he was 80 years Of age
He was appointed to fill the unexpired
term of John Adair, who resigned
Clay entered upon his duties on No
vember 10, 1906. and was not 80 until
the April following. but he kept his
mouth shut and apparently no one else
thought of questioning his age. Clay
was later Secretary of State under John
Quincy Adams and twice defeated for
the presidency-by Andrew Jackson in
1882 and by James K. Polk in 1874.
A new light on unwritten history was
thrown recently by Finis j. Garrett of
Tennessee, former Democratic leader in
the House and now a Judge in the
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.
Judge Garrett, in the course of his
readings some three years ago, made
a brief study Of the record Of John
Henry Eaton of Tennessee, whose place
in history is best dominated, If not
fixed by the fact that he became the
husband of the piquant Peggy O'Neil.
Judge Garrett, not in argumentative
mood but with his usually kindly dispo-
sition, shares his historical discoveries
with his friends-in desire to set his
tory straight.
Evening star., 1932-07-17

Fifty years ago international atten-
ton was centered upon Egypt, where
the British naval
BRUSH dttacK force was begin
on Arab Bey. aaainst ugesSLaoiis rahai Iaod
La gaceta., 1932-05-17
B 0XEO
DERROTA DE RELAMPAGO
SAGUERO

Miami, mayo 17.-Relampa-
go Sagiero, campe6n cubano de
peso welter, perdi6 anoche la
decision de los ~jueces sobre Gus
Campbell, de esta ciudad, al pre-
sente uno de los mas habiles gla
diadores de peso weller en- la
Florida.
Uno de los golpes de Camp
bell, en- los primeros asaltos del
encuentro, derrib6 a Relampa-
go, pero este pudo incorporar-
So antes del conteo. Campbell
hubo de asimilar frecuentes v
Electives golpes por ell cuerpo,
mas en- los asaltos finales pare
cia en- mejores condolences que
su oponente, alcanzando ell ia
lilo de los jueces. Pesaba ell ven
edo 143, tres libras menos que
ell vencedor.
Tablas fue ell combate semi
final entire Young Russell, la
Pantera de Palmetto, y Jimmy
de Capua, 4 veterano de Flint.
Michigan.
La gaceta., 1932-05-17

nos menos que Ell, lie dominaba
por complete, por la energia ex-
traordinaria de su caracter. Pc
70 no pudo obtener UNA sola pa
labra de respuesta a sus insis-
tentes razones. La gitana per-
manecia 1m6vil, como una es-
tatua, con la cara Noble la mesa,
oculta entire las manos, Y las
trenzas enparanadas. Al fin,
desesperado de no lograr NADIA,
ell hermano Sc echo en- una ca
ma a descansar.
Era la una de la madrugada
cuando lie Sac6 de su profundo
sueno la muchacha, a la que en-
contr6 en- pie, junto a su lecho.
Estaba muy palida Y sus ojos
brillaban de un modo extrano,
-Arriba lie diio-. En-
La gaceta., 1932-05-17
D EPO R E

no peso ligero. La victoria del
negrito cubano fue tan facil
como Sc esperaba y la batalla
tuvo lugar en- la arena San Nj
cholas. Sarko cay6 a la Iona en-
eel primer asalto, sin conteo, y
no gano nj uno solo de los 10
rounds.
Pesaba Chocolate 1912 y ST
rival 1864.
La gaceta., 1932-05-17

su valor como p~ugilistas, me
reciera la recompensa de cuatro
centavos.
Dicen que Stribling trataba
de acostar a su oponente... pero
que este Sc agarraba demasia-
do. Mientras lie sigan arrojan-
do palomas al hijo de Pa Strib
ling, Ell seguira enrilueciendose
y ell pugilis<o desprestigiando-
GO
La gaceta., 1932-05-17

comprender tn enamoramiento.
! La Moreno de Malaga, la mu-
jer orgulloSa que volvia la esral
da y cerraba los oidos a todos
sus adoradores! La que vic al
mismo Gitano a sus pies y des-
demo ser SUI novia, lie bastan
unos dias para ser la querida de
un e3traho.
La muchacha no resppndi6 a
los reproches de su hermano,
que continue algun tempo in
crepando al Empecinado, al
cual. a pesar de deberle la liber-
tad, no habia querido nunca.
La OCCASION lie parecia al i6ven
propicia para desertar Y volver
a su vida anterior; pero era in
cap~z de huir sin s&hermana,
le, a pesar de tener varios a.
La gaceta., 1932-05-17

Tablas fue declarada la bata-
LA semi-final entire Jimmy Cum
ningham, ef 'concertador de
peleas' de Mr.. Richardson, y
Pop Hardy, de Sarasota. FL pn-
blico penso que Hardy merecia
la victoria y expreso su descon-
itento, creyendo que los jueces
habfan arrimado Ia SARDINIA.
al concertador.
Kid Hernandez hizo tablas
con Port Yke; Baby Lincoln SUI.
! per6 q Jimmy Mira; George
Leonard puso a dormir a Kit
Ericker, y Mike McDaniels y
Tom Pix "acostaron" tambier
"a sus CONTINGENCIES, Irish Pat
sy Kline Y Carl Bachman.
La gaceta., 1932-05-17
BASE BALL
LIGA

Los Dodgers de Brooklyn en-
pezaron "a batear furiosamente
en- la octava entrada, anotando
8 carreras y venciendo a los
Piratas. En- este ultimo inning
los vencedores pegaron I'm jon
ron y 6 hits. Alfonso Lopez ayu-
dc a Ia victoria de su club con
dos hits, en- 5 veces.
La gaceta., 1932-05-17
CANCELA HIZO TABLAs
CON SMITH

Charleston, C. del S., mayo II
Los jueces "machetearon" a.
qui y Tony Cancela, que ha-
bia ganado la batalla, tuvo que
dar tablas a Walter Smith, de
Fort Benning, Ca, luego de un
encuentro a 10 asaltos.
Despu6s de la pelea Canoe
la tom6 ell tren hacia Chicago,
dcnde combatira ell viernes por
la noche, frente a Joe Doctor,
de Buffalo, New York.
La gaceta., 1932-05-17
GREENWOOD TRIUNFO so.
BRE CROSBY

En- la Arena de Sulphur
Springs, Cliff Greenwood, ell j6-
ven pugilista de Sarasota. al
canz6 anoche lie decision de los
.iueces sobre ell zurdo Sam Cros-
by de Tampa.
Los dos hombres combatie-
ron sin descanso Y Ell publico sa-
Ito altamente complacido del re-
sultado.
La gaceta., 1932-05-17

do de Gancia, vapule6 a Walter
Smith.
Los jueces recurrieron a la
fuente patri6tica y lie arreba-
taron Ell trinfo a quien habia
sabido conquistar!o.
Mientras ell p1blico siga to-
fernando jueces patrioteros, los
fieles de verdad seguiran ale
jandose del cuadrilatero.
La gaceta., 1932-05-17
FACIL TRIUNFO DE CHIC
COLATE

New York, mayo 17.-Mike
Sarko, de esta ciudad, fue ano-
che derrotado por Kid Chocola-
te, campe6n mundial de peque-
La gaceta., 1932-05-17

Young Stribling venci6 aver
a Joe Doctor, en- Toronto, On
tario, cuando ell referee descali-
fic6 a este 1ltimo por compor-
tarse como un "cerdito".
Doctor Sc agarraba y Sc aga
rraba y Stribling CANADA asal-
to tras asalto, pero sin que min
guno de los dos, bien apreciado
La gaceta., 1932-05-17
Con los G'rantes

Ell negrito cubano, Chocolate,
Sc "bebi6" anoche con facilidad
a Miguelito Sarko, de N. York.
I'm punetazo en- ell primer a.
salto trio a Sarko sobre la Iona
y despues los 10 asaltos pasaron
a las casiHas del ~protegido de
"Pincho" Gutierrez.
Mientras ell p1blieo siga pa
gando por "pamemas" de esa
clase, ell boxeo jamas llegara a
su completa regeneration.
La gaceta., 1932-05-17

La Arena de la Decima ave-
nida no pudo reabrirse aver, a
causa de la lluvia.
va dijimos hace pocos dias
que la situaci6n de la industrial
tabacalera no esta para "pelei-
tas", pero quiza los muchachos
esten mejor enterados que noso-
tros, va que parecen dispuestos
a recuperar para ell Circulo los
miles de pesos perdidos. !