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Evening star., 1932-06-06
HIGH SCHOOL REPORTER
SCOOPS FRENCH PAPERS
Lad Gets First Interview With
Herriot After Change in
Government.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, June 6.-Perre Bourgeon,
editor Of q high school newspaper,
achieved the honor Of the flrst inter-
view with Edouard Herriot when M
Herriot formally took over the foreign
ministry from Andre Tardieu.
The young reporter seized the min
ister1s coat and begged for scoop
NJ. Herriot smiled, sat down at the
desk so long used by Aristide BRAND,
and wrote:
MY memories Of youth are fading;
I know how to read with the help Of
glasses, but since plunged into politics
do not know how to write"
Then he kissed the boy on both
cheeks while onlookers applauded.
Evening star., 1932-06-06
AUTO CRASH is FATAL

DANBURY, Conn. June (P).-Kai
Peterson, 36, of New Rochelle, N. Y,
was killed when his brothers automo-
bile crashed into a fence and then a
telegraph pole.
The brother. John, 80. Of Milwaukee,
Wis, and the wives Of the two men
suffered lacerations.
State police said John Peterson would
be held on technical charge pending
inueSfiQafinn
Evening star., 1932-06-06

Leading banks of Czechoslovakia have
discontinued the purchasing Of their
own shares on the open market to
maintain or control exchange prices.
Evening star., 1932-06-06

Thousands of gallons Of beer and ale
poured into the street when flremen
opened white-hot doors Of Liverpool.
England warehouse.
Evening star., 1932-06-06
Free Taxi City Cab Decatur 61OO-We Pay for

s139 3-pc. Rose jacquard Over
stuffed Bed Davenport S1O.S5
Suite, from storage. 80. IL
$500 Walnut Dinette Suite. OBJ
long extension table and chairs
with leather seats. Floor sCA.75
$4,000 3-piece Living Room
Suite, of reed fiber. High fan
sh aped backs. From $7.S5
s14s.oo Raii-top s-piece Living
Room Suite, covered with $Q.S8
jacquard velour. Reclaimed o
$500 Mahogany-fini Bed
Room Suite, good size dresser,
chest of drawers and
bow-end bed. From $10.75
storage ........ ........ ~
S19.75 Fine Inner Coil
Springfield Mattresses. $7.S9
All sizes ................
$8.75 Occasional and Pull-up
Chair, handsome carved frames
and fine upholstery fab
ric coverings. All new and $C.49
perfect ................. y
S148.0O Fine 10-piece Walnut
Dining Room Suite, used $A0.95
2 weeks. Al condition. 10
S29 to S45 One Let of Fine Cox
well Chairs and English Lounge
Chairs, bought at a great factory
concession for this sale. 81 so
All guaranteed perfect. II
$4,000 Ivory Enameled Large Size
Dresser and Bow-end Bed $3.50
to match. From storage. y
$4,000 Large 3mirr0r
Walnut Vanity Dresser, $o.85
from storage ............. y
s24.5O Highboy eck-top Chest
Of Drawers in walnut. $Q.S5
From storage ............ O
S24.50 Walnut finish Dresser0beS
and c If orobes. From $3.50
$3.50 Odd walnut wood Beds,
bow-end and poster styles. $A. .9S
All perfect .............. Z
S9.75 Extra Heavy Cotton Felt
RoiI-edge Mattresses. All 5 .39
$4,000 Walnut Apiece Bed
Room Suite, big dresser, French
vanity, highboy chiffonier
and bow-end bed. From $9Q.S5
$500 Overstuffed Club Chairs
and Wing Chairs, of taupe mo-
hair. Carved rail top $A.ss
frame. Reclaimed ....... =
Evening star., 1932-08-19
Confidence and
MOney-Lending

From the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
without a substantial enhancement
in bond quotations recent activity in
the stock market could have only a
speculative aspect. Stocks are certi-
Gates Of interest in net profit after
overhead and fixed charges have been
met. Utility. and industrial bonds are
liens on property-evidences of money
lent at interest and secured by mort
gage Of tangibleS. There is more than
speculative suggestion in their upturn.
Through the depression period bond
holders in many corporations have
doubted whether with readtustment of
all property values this security behind
their holdings was equal to the money
lent, and whether interest could con-
tinue to be paid. The fears CT some of
them have been justified-default in
interest payment and slumping in value
of property pledged have made many
supposedly secure mortgages worthless
But holders of the highest classes of
these securities have been worrying
more about what might happen than
about what has happened. The rise in
bond quotations signifies removal of
these fears, confidence in the ability of
corporations earning no net profits to
Ul6GO IllCll lACQ Obl4SdIlOllo. IC-
lance upon Government measures to
strengthen and preserve corporate
credit.
1t is an axiom that to have a sound
basis an upward stock movement, what
ever its day-to-day vagaries, must be
accompanied, If not preceded. by mani
festation of assurance on the part of
money lenderS-th2t is to say, bond
buyers. The psychology behind the
course Of bonds is an augury of better
times
Evening star., 1932-08-19
The Cotton Blossom.

From the Baton Rouge Morning Advocate.
Though seized for debt. the Cotton
Blossom will continue to give the same
hoary melodramas it has been giving
for almost 40 years up and down the
Mississippi River, came word recently
from New Orleans
The Cotton Blossom has been play
ing the river frcm St. Paul to New
Orleans for 40 years. 1t made money in
good times when cotton went to Is
cents a pound. 1t suffered in hard
times when boil weevils attacked the
crops. But always when Spring and
Summer came the gallant Cotton
Blossom came, too.
The history of the Cotton Blossom
of showboats in general-has long been
an integral part of Louisiana life along
the banks of the Mississippi. The
haunting call Of the calliope, the
gaudily decorated showboats, the ac-
tors, themselves, acting as deck hands.
heroes, or what was needed, are part
of romantic past rapidly vanishing.
Louisiana's children have grown up
with the showboat as part of their
background. Their memories are
tangled with days when they sat open
mouthed at performances Of the old
melodramas.
The people like the old-fashioned
melodramas," the captain of the Cot
ton Blossom said in an interview here
once They laugh at the old melo-
dramas-these city folk-but they come
to see the shows just like the country
people"
1t must have been true-it must be
true. Certain it is that city folks" do
turn out when a showbcat comes to
town. If there comes a day when the
showboat has passed. glamorous
remnant of river life will be gone.
Evening star., 1932-08-19

earth Is q unit Is in decadence. The
lay mind is incapable Of grasping the
nature Of this inquiry or Of understand
ing the processes of observation and
reasoning involved in such a research.
The particular point Of interest is that
man has now gone by means Of re-
markable device to the greatest height
ever attained. Whether or not this
achievement adds anything TO knowl-
edge regarding the conditions beyond
the atmosphere is yet to be determined.
Piccard's present attainment Of more
than $4,000 feet above sea level is strik-
ingly superior to the achievement OF
the Montgolfier brothers in 1882. These
Frenchmen, with balloon inflated with
smoke, made ten-minute flight OF one
and a half miles, which was regarded
as an astonishing feat. Until Picard
made his first ascent last year the
official altitude record for balloons was
held by Surfing and Berson, German
aeronauts, who reached 35.424 feet in
1921. Capt. H. C. Gray of the American
Army twice surpassed 10000 feet, but
his performance was not given oftciai
acknowledgement, for the first time ne
was compelled to descend in parachute
and on the next attempt he was found
dead in his car when the balloon re-
turned to earth. The greatest height
scored by an aviator with heavier
than-air apparatus was that of Lieut..
Apollo Soucek Of the American navy
who in 1890 rose to 1876 feet In q
land plane.
Evening star., 1932-08-19
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS

bined expenditures in this field this
year may we'll exceed a million dollars.
If the listeners can be induced to chip
in to pay this bill, or fair share of
it, not only will 1t tighten the National
Committees financial load but the sub
scribers will be more apt to listen.
David Hinshaw, Pennsylvania Quaker,
who was an important bureau chief in
Hoover headquarters in 1923, will direct
the organization Of the radio league.
From Oklahoma comes word Of an
other novel Embarrassing scheme. There
the Democratic State Committee pro-
poses to assess" every candidate for
public office on the basis of the salary
Of the Office to which the candidate
aspires. Candidates for Congress will
be assessed" az per cent and candi-
dates for State Office 1h per cent. In
political philosophy this is the converse
of the viewpoint reflected in statutory
prohibitions in some of the Eastern
States against solicitation of public
office holders for campaign contribu-
tionS. Congressional oversight Of cam
paign expenditures this year is in the
hands of special committees headed by
Howell of Nebraska, Republican in
surgent, on the Senate side, and Ragon
Of Arkansas, Democrat, on the House
side. So far nothing has been heard
from either committee.
~ ***
The financial angles of seeking public
office will offer no problem to Cornelius
Vanderbilt ("Sonny') Whitney, who has
just accepted tender of the Democratic
congressional nomination in the Long
Island New York, district. now repre-
Sented by Robert L. Bacon, Republican.
The son Of Harry Payne Whitney, he
received a half interest in his father s
5000, 100000 fortune, including the
Whitney racing stables, currently famed
as owner Of Twenty Grand and
Equipose. Representative Bacon's for
tune, though ample. is of much lesser
magnitude. In social eminence the con-
testants are pretty evenly matched. The
advent of Sonny" Whitney holds
promise of lively race in this silk
stocking district. Furthermore, the
Whitney fortune now joins the Astor
fortune in support of Gov. Roosevelt,
and they are amply capable OF outdoing
the past munificences OF John j.
Raskob.
Jouett Shouse, catapulted out Of the
dictatorship of the Democratic national
party organization in consequence OF
the Roosevelt victory at Chicago, lands
on both feet and smiling as head Of the
Association Against the Prohibition
Amendment. sponsored by the du Points
Maj. Henry H. Curran shifts from pres
idency Of the A. A. P. A. to vice chair
manship of the board in order to make
a place for Mr. Shouse. The latter is
less shy of the spotlight than has been
Maj. Curran.
Copyright, 1922
Evening star., 1932-08-19
Legal Confusion at Albany.

The Walker case at Albany has be-
come involved in complexity OF legal
disputation which may prevent its con-
clusion before the presidential election
in November The Mayor has now
sought to enjoin the Governor from
reaching a decision or indeed from pro-
ceeding in the present manner with the
hearing, and the court Is about to hear
arguments. Another Intervention has
been undertaken by a citizen in behalf
Of the Mayor, who challenges the right
! Of the Governor to remove the Mayor
under the provisions Of the State con-
stitution. Thus there are two questions
now before the court, either Of which
il answered in the affirmative, in favor
, of the petitioner, would stop the hearing
| and postpone If not prevent a decision
One of these is the right Of the Gov
ernor to act. AS to that question there
is seemingly little doubt. The Cover
nors right to remove a municipal officer
was exercised in the case Of Sheriff
Farley and was not challenged. 1t is
not challenged now by the Mayor him
self in his own behalf. He contend,
that the Governors method of pro.
cedure is unfair end in denial of the
constitutional right of himself as de-
fendant.
Mayor Walkers appeal to the court
in restraint of the Governor is baset
upon several contentious. One is that
the Governor has persisted in consider.
ing reputed activities during the mayor!
first term as possible grounds for re-
moval during the second term. Other
are that he refused to call witnesses Wit
testified before the legislative commit
tee in person, but relied on the tran
script of the evidence; that he thu
denied the Mayor an opportunity to b.
|. confronted by his accusers and to cross
, examine them; that he imposed
. burden Of proof upon the defendan
Evening star., 1932-08-19

instead Of upon his accuser; that he
relied upon newspaper articles to fix the
time of Russell Sherwood's stay in
Mexico City; that he cross-examined
the Mayor without calling accusing wit
nesses; that he placed on the Mayor
the burden Of bringing the accusing
witnesses instead Of summoning them
himself; that he thus deprived the
Mayor Of rights and privileges secured
to him by the "law Of the land" and
generally violated the Mayors consti-
tutional rights, particularly under the
"due process OF law" clause Of the four
teenth amendment of the Federal Con-
stitution.
This final point Of Mayor Walkers
complaint Is regarded as indicating a
purpose, II the State courts do not act
in his favor, Of carrying his contention
to the Supreme Court of the United
States. This would entail protracted
proceeding, outspanning the time be-
tween now and the presidential cleo
tion and perhaps even covering the re-
naming period OF Mayor Walkers
present term, unless the case were
extraordinarily expedited.
The effect upon the public mind Of
these proceedings instituted in the
midst Of the hearing at Albany Is
only to be guessed. The Mayor has
not challsaeed the Governors right Of
removal, but he does challenge the
righteousness of his conduct Of the
hearing. That question could only
arise after the hearing was begun and
had proceeded to the point at which
the alleged denials Of justice had oc-
CURED. Thus Mayor Walker is quite
within his rights If there is merit in
his demand that he be confronted with
accusing witnesses and given the op-
portunity to cross-examine them, and
that the charges against him are not
in the proper form.
1t may be that Gov. Roosevelt, whose
conduct OF the case up to this point
has certainly shown disposition to be-
lieve the charges to be valid and not
refuted, will be spared the necessity Of
announcing decision before such action
may have an effect upon his own politi-
cal chances.
Evening star., 1932-08-19
Evidence of An Old Map
Regarding Carrollsburg

To the Editor Of The star.
With reference to an editorial appear
ing in The Evening Star Of q few days
ago, concerning that section Of the city
now commonly known as "Buzzards
Point" and mentioning the fact that
there was an attempt at a real estate
development there about so years ago
under the name of "Carrollsburg," /
would like to state that I have in my
possession map issued by the United
States Geological Survey number OF
years ago and entitled view Of the City
of Washington in 1892 and in 1911"
sometimes called the ''overlay map" be-
cause it is printed in both light green
and pale brown. The place names and
boundaries as they were in 1892 are in
light green, while the present streets,
parks and public buildings as they were
in 1911 are in pale brown. Now the
name of that section bounded by the
Eastern Branch on the east and st.
James Creek" on the west is in light
green G792), as is also the name Car
rollsbEg," the same as the other tracts
of land Of that period, such as "Dud-
dington," abby Manor" Hep Yard"
and "Bealls Levels" the last named OF
which takes in large part Of downtown
Washington. There are two sets Of
streets given Tor "CarrollSDurg, tnOse
for 1892 not being parallel with those Of
1911, but having, as enc goes south
toward "Buzzards Point" slant of IS
or 20 degrees to the west. From this 1
would take 1t that "Carrollsburg" was
not creation of so years ago. but goes
back at least to 1892. There is a house
marked in light green on this map, lc-
Gated at what is now about First and E
streets southeast, and a little under it,
also in light green, the name Daniel
Carroll" but it is not very clear whether
the name refers to that particular house
,, as the residence Of Daniel Carroll or to
that tract of land as belonging to him.
However, 1t seems to me, that, judging
from this map the name of Carols
burg" goes back at least to 1892, or
! exactly 140 years ago, as the place name
for that particular part of the city.
CHARLES G. HOFFMAN.
Evening star., 1932-08-19
piccard's Astounding Feat.

For the second time Prof. Auguste
Picard has risen in a sealed steel gon-
dola borne by gas balloon to a height
above the surface of the earth that has
heretofore been denied to man. In
May, 1881, he and companion went
up somewhat more than $4,000 feet.
Yesterday he and another aide reached
an even greater height, approximately
4,l33 feet according to present compu-
tation On the former occasion the
landing upon descent was effected on a
glacier in the Tyrolese Alps and the
rescue Of the daring Adventures was
accomplished with great difficulty. Yes
terday the balloon was brought down
safely and without mishap in a stubble
field rear a village near Lake Garda, in
Italy. In another respect than that of
the easy landing the flight of yesterday
differed from its predecessor, for Prof.
Picard kept in communication with the
surface Of the earth during the greater
part of his flight by means Of radio
sending messages in this manner from
the greatest height ever known.
As to the scientific results of the ex.
ploration of the upper atmosphere
nothing can be known until the instru
ments carried in the metal gondola il
which Picard was borne can b.
checked. Indeed, the world has Learned
but little respecting the first flight il
the matter Of the observations thei
made. One explanation Of the purpos
of this daring scientist in seeking tn
stratosphere, or the region above tn
atmospheric envelope, in which life can
not be sustained without aid, is that h
hoped to obtain data to determin
whether thM universe Of which tn
Evening star., 1932-08-19
Mr.. Curtis Is Consistent.

On prohibition and about everything
else Gov. Roosevelt's running mate is
content to go along with 1.-The boss"
So when Vice President Curtis, that
embodiment of all that is good in party
regularity. expresses his own opinion
on prohibition and places himself In
disagreement with his boss more than
ordinary interest attaches to the con-
trast.
The Vice President would doubtless
have succeeded in pleasing all the ele-
J ments Of his party had he merely said:
believe in meeting the issue squarely;
I am a strong believer in the rule OF
the majority, and feel that the people
should at all times be given full op-
portunity to express their opinion on
the Constitution and amendments
thereto.
But he added:
But personally am not only in favor
of honestly and fearlessly enforcing al
our laws, but, further, l am opposed to
the return of the saloon, and am op-
posed to the repeal of the eighteenth
amendment.
And thus he places himself IN a
position that is contrary to the one
assumed by the other half Of the ticket.
For President Hoover favors repeal OF
the eighteenth amendment, although
modification" by another amendment
is more in keeping with the spirit Of
his recent declaration.
But Vice President Curtis Is merely
taking advantage Of that very freedom
of opinion on this subject specifically
guaranteed to him as a Republican oy
his party's platform. And there Is
nothing strange about the fact that
even in these days he prefers to remain
known as a dry, as he always has been
known. Like the President, he is out
of the picture as far as taking any
| real part in the submission to the peo-
pie of Constitutional amendment.
While, as president OF the Senate, ne
could vote in the case Of tie, the sub
mission of an amendment to the Con-
stitution requires two-Ghirds vote oil
the Senate as well as the House. The
resolution to submit an amendment
| would already have been lost. were the
votes evenly divided. But suppose that
| Vice President Curtis were a member
of the Senate and were to vote as a
Senator on this question. He would, II
he sought to abide by his party's plat
| form, work as a Senator against q
resolution submitting an Amendment to
the Constitution repeating the eight
eenth, without substitute. His partys
platform does not believe the issue
should be limited to that OF retention
or repeal" But he would remain con-
sistent with the views of his party as
we'll as with the dictates Of his own
| conscience in voting for a resolution,
such as the Glass resolution, which
couples repeal of the eighteenth amend
! ment with another amendment granting
/ Federal authority to prevent the return
| of the saloon and to protect the dry
oIaICo dSdlIlSC Ilc "Cb olatCS' AAC SNHia
seek the submission of that question to
the people by voting in favor of the
resolution, and he could Immediately
return to Kansas and work for defeat
OF the proposed amendment.
| Mr. Curtis is entirely consistent, and
no one can ask that he be anything
| else.
Evening star., 1932-08-19
SHOOTING STARS.
BY pHrLANDER JOHNSON.

Time Untiring.
Time shows mankind marvellous
change.
From scenes Of days gone by.
And many of them seem so strange,
They bring q heartfelt sigh.
We laugh at the ancestral ways,
Which once none dared to slight.
What grandsires thought it good to
praise,
Now scarcely seems polite.
Yet time goes busily along
To peace just after war.
From tears to smiles, in contrast strong,
And that's what Time is for.
Evening star., 1932-08-19
Publicity for r. F. c. Loans.

The fine point that CLERK lfhno'e
had to decide in connection with pup
licity for the Reconstruction Finance
CORPORATION loans was whether the Sec
ton of the act providing for its suomls-
sion OF monthly reports on ACTIVITIES
expenditures, loans, etc, to the Presl-
dent and to the Senate and House OF
Representatives Cor the secretary OF the
Senate and the clerk Of the House OF
Representatives If these bodies are not
in session." meant that after such re-
ports were submitted they should be-
come public property. There Is nothing
In the act that specifically says these
reports shall be made public. But Mr.
Trimble, in the absence Of statutory ex-
planation of the purpose OF submitting
the reports, relies upon the intent OF
Congress In adopting the So-called pub
lcity clause. OF this intent there Is
considerable doubt and confusion. The
President has said that it was the
understanding of Senate leaders Of both
parties that publicity was not contem-
plated. Mr.. Trimble presents state
ments in debate by House leaders to
show that 1t was their understanding
that the publicity clause meant making
public the names of those who borrowed.
And he quotes the following statement
by Senator Norbeck, who submitted the
conference report on the bill in the
Senate:
move that the Senate agree to the
report.
I will state that the Senate conferees
Welded on everything. The queS-
ton at issue, of course, was the question
whether the borrowing banks should
have their names. published. The
Senate. by decisive vote, had decided
that they should not be made public.
The House had the opposite view: but
they were so determined in regard to
the matter that we saw no hope OF
agreement and we yielded.
The loans will, therefore, be made
public. The question, then, is whether
the publicity will do any damage. The
President and the Senate felt that it
might. The House felt that 1t would
not
And now that q test Is to be made,
II Is diflcult to believe that any great
harm, or even embarrassment. can
result from the publicity. Will depos-
itor become alarmed II he finds that
his bank has applied to the Reconstruc-
ton Finance Corporation for 0,000,-
900 loan, and on the presentation of
proper security obtained that loan?
Will not such information serve rather
to bolster confidence Of depositors in
the fundamental soundness Of the bank ?
A whispering campaign to the effect
that so-and-so has learned that SUCH
and-such a bank had to borrow money
from the R. r. C. might be capable of
causing great harm, especially II there
was no way Of knowing whether the
report was true. But the formal
announcement that the same institution
applied for and received q loan from
the r. F. C. last month, thus presenting
prima facie evidence that the bank is
sound and in possession of ample secur-
ity. should cause no alarm. And when
1t is understood that banks borrow from
the Reconstruction Finance Corporation
in order to do more business in the
extension of credit, and that the loan
Is for the benefit Of the community
confidence, rather than lack of it.
should result.