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and finally achieved that objective. 1t
is high time that Congress, in which
alone power to do so is vested, took
steps to convert the treaty navy from
parchment into steel
Representative VinSon emphasizes
that the first and foremost point" in
his Navy bill, apart from its intent to
bring our sea establishment by steady
stages up to London treaty figures, is
that it provides for a replacement pro-
gram. With the exception of two 20
0O0-ton aircraft carriers, every ship
called for is a replacement ship-that is,
a vessel eventually to take the place Of
one become obSolescent with the pas
sage of time. With the continual i'm
provement occurring in naval archi-
lecture and construction, a feet that
is not kept up to date is a fleet which
would essay its task in national defense
under fatal handicaps.
Cricticism will doubtless be offered
to the effect that the threshold Of the
Geneva Disarmament Conference is an
incongruous moment for the United
States to launch a new naval program.
Such arguments lose sight of the fact
that a country which enters a limita-
ton conference with bargaining power
is in far better position to accomplish
results than a country which has
to trade with. The United
States was able to lay down terms for
capital ship limitation at the Washing
ton conference of 1922 because 1t
had vessels in being and under way
which it stood ready to scrap in re-
turn for an agreement with other naval
powers to restrict future construction
of battleships and battle cruisers.
Apart from Geneva considerations,
the American people will note carefully
the testimony now to be given before
the House Naval Affairs Committee on
the exact state of our sea establish
ment's efficiency. Authorities of repute,
like Admiral Upham, chief of the Bu-
reau of Navigation, has recently said
that cuts and sIashes in the naval bud
get have seriously crippled the fleet.
The facts on this score should be
brought to light. Current developments
in the international situation, especially
in the Pacific, constitute other reasons
why the Nation will desire to move
cautiously before approving any penny
wise pound-fooliSh naval policy at this
time
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Causes of EIatiOn.

SduSCS VI
The things that nearly happen, how
they fill our souls with dread,
AS we think on the escapes that we
have made.
The little germs are prowling under foot
and overhead,
And their occupations make us all
afraid.
The locomotive, had you crossed ahead
of when you did.
Would certainly have slain you on
the spot
We are thankful, as we think OF the
explosion or the skid,
For the things that might have hap
pened, but did not,
Had you been born some decades in
advance of when you were,
You'd now be resting meath your
epitaph.
II the annoyances which unto wrath
your neighbors stir
Were yours, you might lament instead
of laugh.
So when Fate seems unrelenting with a
disposition rude
And you're tempted TO bemoan your
mortal lot
Just pause and think a moment with q
sense Of gratitude
OF the things which might have hap
pened, but did not.
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One may love what one fears, ot
course
Love of the water, especially of the
great rolling seas, is something i'm
| planted.
The interest in boats and boating
may be purely theoretical, but based or
a tangible background.
This is why a ship is a symbol.
A ship is more than vessel. Even
the sailor recognizes as much when il
might be expected that he would have
no thought beyond his plain duty.
A ship is a symbol and it means that
the man who loves it has Specia
interest in life.
Those who love ships are interested
in everything. They are not like Sc
many people you meet, who cannot talk
about anything but the activities ir
which they earn their living
Friends of ships, wherever you meet
them, are like sailoringmen, who mus
| know a great deal about many thing.
| in order to keep the household of the
vessel running smoothly.
Friends of ships find nothing toe
small or too great, from darning sock.
to the great sweep of the horizon, tx
interest them.
II anything is great, or if 1t is small
makes little difference.
The important thing is that it have
some point of interest all its own.
That is why sailoringman take,
good care of the ships cat.
X Il
The position of the ship, at any
given time, is of interest to every mar
aboard.
The position of a house, on tn,
bosom Of the broad earth is of more
than monetary interest, although it /.
fixed.
We are assured by a seafaring gentle
man that about an hours time woulc
be all that would be needed for fixing
the position Of house.
An artificial horizon" would have tc
be established, since there would be
none, in the natural sense.
Our longitude and latitude are So
and-so," the home owner could say
thereafter in most knowing way.
Neatly blazoned and properly framed
the position might be hung in an ap-
propri&,e place, preferably on an in
closed sun porch, which often suggests
a ship.
A few nautical objects such as a
small ships bell with perhaps steer
ing wheel, would add to the illusion.
X !; X x
A nautical position of house would
mean nothing, after all, We hear some
one object-Would mean no more than
a Survey" of "lot" 100 by 200 feet
on the ocean!
This is a snowy objection, but it will
not hold water. The trouble with the
marine survey" would be that the ship
would be out Of it before it was COM
pleted, and even if the vessel anchored,
the survey would be merely a berth.
The position of house on land
would be fixed, as we pointed out, for
ever, barring some natural upheaval
or determination on the part Of the
owner to have it moved to another site
Ordinarily a house position" would
mean something quite definite, al
though it would have no particular use.
But there are great many fine things
for which there Is no particular use
Usage is only one of the measurements
to be used in judging anything A
home position" would be interesting,
and, properly engrossed and framed,
would prove decorative. We commend
the idea to home owners.
Evening star., 1932-01-05

Of the TOO, 100000 industrialists, and the
result will be proper balance in trade.
X
Fire Fighters Willing,
but Lack Equipment.
El Universal, Mexico, D. F-The fire
department of this city is In lament
able condition due to lack of funds to
make necessary repairs. 1t is hardly
too much to say that half the equip
ment is practically useless. AS month
after month passes without the means
to replace the WOrn-out pumps and
hose carts, in about half a year the
department will cease to function al
together, for the firemen will no longer
have any apparatus with which to fight
fires. Some of the fire engines are abb
solute ruins and ought to be in muse
ums. Fires of mediocre character,
which could be easily subdued with
modern and we'll cared for units, speed
lily become alarming confiagrations
which require the Joint efforts of the
entire department to eXtinguish.
Such was seen to be the case at the
recent fire at the Hotel Lagunilla, where
the bomberoS could do nothing to pre-
vent the spread of the flames, though
they were on the ground ready to do
everything required in the circum-
stances had they the equipment to
work with.
At the moment, the pumps CHA
pultepec," "Coahuila," Constitution"
and "Libertad" are still in service, al
though decrepit and comparatively use
less. The four hose-trucks for these
engines are not in much better condi-
ton. Three other engines, Mexico"
"Benito Juarez" and "Independencia,"
with but two hoSe-cartS between them,
are out Of commission with their motors
disassembled. All the other pumps are
almost as ineffective In case there
is another fire like that in the Teatro
Principal. all the firemen can do will
be to fold their arms and let the blaze
burn itself out. Their efforts would
be of no avail.
Under such conditions, 1t certainly
behooves the commandant of the corps
to invoke the immediate aid of the
authorities in rejuvenating all the equip
ment of the city before a disaster of
overtakes us. At present
the firemen cannot be held responsible
for the consequences of any fire.
Let us hope that the municipal coun-
Gil, in particular, will see the importu-
nate and imperative needs of the de-
partment. and supply whatever is nee
essary for the fire corps to put their
impaired equipment in serViceable
condition.
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claws instead of four of more value2-
G. K
A. The so-called imperial dragon of
China was represented as having five
| claws on each leg Used as a symbol
OF rank as, for example. on embroid-
cred coats. it was appropriate to mem
bers of the imperial family only. Goats
made for this class of people were
| often, though by no means invariably,
of better quality than those made for
lower classes and might, therefore, be
more valuable.
@. When did the first book appear
in which Sherlock Holmes was a char
acter?-H. H
A. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle intro
duced Sherlock Holmes in Study in
Scarlet, y published in 1887.
Q. What is the capacity of an oil
tanker?-J. M
varies with the size of the vessel from
5000 to 100000 gallons.
@. Is Venezuela a dry or well watered
cOuntry?-L. T. P.
A Rainfall varies from less than l
| inch month in the dry season to as
much as 5 inches a month in the rainy
season. In addition Venezuela is par
ticularly we'll endowed with rivers. The
country has more than 1000 rivers.
About $50 rivers empty into the Carib-
| bean Sea, while some 200 flow into Lake
/ Maracaibo. Included among its streams
is the OrinoCo, one of the great rivers
of the world.
@. Why is it said that the Bunker
Hill Monument commentaries a battle
7 I, ;ol, II
A. Back of the village of Charleston
rose an elevation called Breeds Hill,
while still farther back was a higher
elevation known as Bunker Hill On
the evening of June l6, ITS, Col. Pres
colt led his regiment and some other
soldiers to Bunker Hill but possibly be-
cause the soil was refractory at that
point the detachment proceeded to the
eastward extremity Of Breeds Hill.
When the detachment reached this hill
at midnight, it began to throw up enl-
bankmentS and the battle known to US
as the battle, of Bunker Hill is really
the battle of Breeds Hill.
@. When it is noon in Washington,
D. c., what time is it in Honolulu and
in Auckland New Zealand?-B. C.
A 1t is $50 am. of the same day
in Honolulu and 80 am. of the fol-
lowing day in Auckland.
@. How many Emperors of the pres
ent reigning family has Japan had?-
F. T.
A. The present Emperor, Hirohito, is
the 1880 of his line.
@. Is an octopus, sea bat and devil
fish one and the same creature?-C. r.
A The name devil fish may be ap-
piled to either of the others. The octo-
pus is a cephalopod of the phylum
molluSca, and. strange as it may seem,
is more closely related to the oyster
than to the sea bat which is a true
fish. The octopus, together with the
other mollusks belonging to the same
order, are sea creatures of very low
development, having no skeleton and
no true nervous system. The sea bat
is a fish belonging to the group of
cartilaginous fishes called rays. These
fish, like their near relatives, the
sharks, have a cartilaginous structure
which acts as skeleton in place of
the bones of more highly developed
fishes
@. When was the Church of st.
Botolph in Boston, England, founded?
A. E
A. 1t was built in 1909 on the site
of an earlier church. 1t is one of the
finest parish churches in England. The
Lincolnshire town of Boston, for which
Boston, Mass, was named, gained its
name as a corruption Of Botolph's
Town.
Evening star., 1932-01-05
Wheels OF Progress
Depend on Agriculture.

Nyomdaigazgato, Budapest. - The
earth has 1850 900, 900 inhabitants, and
of these nearly $50 100000 are living
from agriculture, 700,000000 from
manufacturing work and the remaining
300 900 900 ind rectly from these two
sources of supply for our necessities
Interdependent as these two branches
of human occupation are, when one Is
adversely affected the other likewise
sustains Affections, and it is patent to
all that in the present sorry state of
things the misery Of the agriCulturiSt
has increased that of the factory
worker and each ones buying capacity
has been diminished. The aggraVation
what we call the economic world crisis.
Civilization calls for help!
When the soil is untitled it brings In
no return, and the farmers can buy no
manufactured articles. And those en-
pIoyed in the factories, when there is
no market for their products, must also
come to idleneSS. The first group of
workers is now in rags-the second
group without food. A wheel of the
world economy wagon has come off
indeed, two wheels have come off. The
soil does not earn. and, as result, in
dustry cannot, either. Capital loses
confidence in both of them.
Where can we find help? In q
system OF careful planning. Let the
more important exporting states de-
termine by mutual agreement quotas
for production and fair prices for their
products. Then the land will begin
to earn again, and the farmer can buy
the products Of the factory, and the
mechanical worker the product of the
soil. When the soil is earning, other
industries are earning, too. Money
cTculates again in the world The
wheels and sets out boldly again on
proSperitys only way, for prosperity
means but the satisfying of the de-
mands Of all the people everywhere.
The restored earnings of the s5O,OoO 900
sgricliturists will restore the earnings
Evening star., 1932-01-05
British Fighting Planes.

That it pays to stay in the forefront
Of aviation development, especially in
speed, is demonstrated by the recent
order placed by the Belgian govern
ment with an English airplane firm for
sixty high-fying fast war fighters
Designed to operate at attitudes be-
tween twenty and thirty thousand feet,
the planes specified in the commits
sion-the largest single order given to
any firm in the history of fying-are
rated as the most complete combat
machines Of their type yet developed
1t is easy to understand why Bel
GUM turned to England for its new
force OF aircraft Ships of the type
ordered have been diYed vertically at
miles an hour and yet remained fully
In control of the pilot. Such develop
ment can come from only one thing
and that is the bulldog persistence
of the English in seeking and captur-
ing the speed honors Of the air For
the third year in succession the British
were victorious last Summer in the
Schneider Cup races, and now retain
permanent possession Of that trophy
because they kept everlastingly at it
and pushed forward to a new world
record of more than four hundred and
eight miles an hour a speed OF one
hundred and twenty-five miles an
hour more than an American has at
tanned. II the United States had pur-
sued the same tactics as the British
in speed development an American
firm might well have procured the
order for a million and one-half dol
lars worth OF planes,
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upon the measured liberalism of COM
mon acceptance as to place him, legit-
imately, in the order of genius" A
great artist whose convincing master
piece is "Moby-Dick"
Yet we called him "a cannibal" We
New England folks are great for calling
names And what else was he? A Vag-
abond, a common sailor, hobnobbing
with the very dregs Of our Christian
yilization-mutineers Bohemians. And
yet out OF it all, you see-the refuse. the
mess of humanity, the vagabondage Of
life-he dEew greatly beautiful, pro
foundly oasquieting work Of art. The
story Of Moby Dick, the white whale.
Evening star., 1932-01-05

Now, it is solemnly declared in an
English newspaper, the Welsh want to
make their principality separate entity
in the British Empire. If they succeed,
how about Cornwall? And how about
the Isle of Man? In the end, by sort
of reverse English" the empire may
20 back to the ancient mile-square City
OF London proper.
Evening star., 1932-01-05

Today, after all the talk, hubbub and
recriminations, and with the prospect Of
permanent resumption of relations, who
outside the two services can state accu-
rately offhand how many years passed
without an Army-Navy game?
Evening star., 1932-01-05
Nominations.

DO you give much time TO your
speeches?"
Yes" replied Senator Sorghum.
And no matter how much thought 1
give speech before make it, it Is
liable to cause me still more worry
afterWard."
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TO the use for republication OF all news DIS
patches credited to it or not otherwise cred
ited in this paper and also the local hews
published herein. All rights Of publication oil
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1932-01-05

If the report of the capture of the in
fantile paralysis germ should prove to
be true, that alone would remove much
of the stigma attaching to poor, old,
friendless 1881.
Evening star., 1932-01-05

Two hitherto uncharted islands, dis
gorged by an undersea volcano, have re-
Gently appeared off the coast Of Brazil.
Absolutely providential for that super
fiuouS coffee.
Evening star., 1932-01-05

The celebration Of Christmas killed
two hundred. New Year was observed
with paltry hundred deaths. What is
the matter-are we becoming mollycod-
dies?
Evening star., 1932-01-05
UnprOhcient.

IT suppose you play golf?"
No" replied Mr. Cumrox. II can't
say that I play It, But am still work
ing at It,"
Evening star., 1932-01-05

A truly courteous man has to listen
Smilingly TO the same story great
many times.
Evening star., 1932-01-05
In and Out.

A man once longed for career.
He sought to serve his country dear.
But politics was very hard.
He felt that he was somehow barred.
He worked and schemed till he grew thin
Getting in.
And when at last place he found
Where great responsibilities abound,
His pride 1t was that none should say
That politics his mind could sway.
He worked still harder, there's no doubt
Keeping out.
"Mebbe de man dat never has to
fight" said Uncle Eber. ain as peace
able as he Is lucy"
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The worst epithet of 1881 was not
let loose until the very last day. Mis-
guided and egotistical whifet" are
surely harsh, harsh words.
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Present Prosperity.

Prosperity we say draws near.
For future bliss we persevere,
And fitting thanks fail to allow
For blessings we enjoy right now.
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contribution is placed upon the control
ling and taxing Federal Government.
Those who confess to g conception
Of the fixed Federal contribution as
representing merely the amount Of un-
taxable real estate owned by the Fed
eral Government take too narrow a
view of the basis of the Nations obli-
cations in respect to the Nations City.
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- Moscow.-Russia was the lead
ing exporter of briStleS before
~ the World War The average
annual exports for the period
19O9-19l3 amounted to $500 metric
tons, the total in 1918 being 1000 tons,
valued at 8,369,000 rubles (sf,435 ,OOO).
During the World War exports fell of
considerably and the world markets
were obliged to meet their requirements
by larger imports from other countries,
especially China. Soviet exports have
not so far regained their pre-war vol
ume, the subsequent peak total never
exceeding 1000 tons.
X
Table Is Broken,
But Chair Still Remains.
La Voz de Madrid, Madrid,-A gen.
eral for the republic in times Of peace,
as we'll as in the dark days OF strife,
Senor AZana showed himself recently.
Like Pedro Crespo, that admirable and
symbolic hero of moderation and honor
in government, and Enthusiastically
reiterating that 'if you break the table,
the minister of war set forth the in
evitable course to be folloWd in proper
defense of the republic.
Illustrating his point, our civil"
rather than martial" general swung
about his head the f1imSy table before
him, holding it by but one leg. This
table represented in his speech the
monarchy, and he illustrated how it
had been demolished at one stroke, and
without apparent generalization. Yet
while the breaking Of the table was
voluntary and unanimous episode,
justified with clear, plausible, patri-
otic and noble intention, now We are
confronted with the prospect that per-
haps the chair-that is to say, the re-
public-will be shattered, too!
During the long years OF the dicta
torship the efforts of Senior Azana to
bring about better conditions were pru-
dent and methodical, and resulted
finally in the smashing up of one piece
of our obsolete furniture. But the civil
general of the republic need have no
fear that any Of us contemplate the
fracturing of any other furniture-that
is to say, the democracy established on
the 14th day of April in the current
year. Rather, we shall all loyalty as
sist the new President of the republic
in repairing any damage to these chat
tells.
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Of the TOO, 900, 900 industrialists, and the
result will be proper balance in trade.
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G. When was the Church of st.
Botolph in Boston, England, founded?
A. E
A. 1t was built in 1909 on the site
of an earlier church. 1t is one of the
finest parish churches in England. The
Lincolnshire town of Boston, for which
Boston, Mass, was named, gained its
name as a corruption of Botolph's
Town
Evening star., 1932-01-05

0VIET ECONOMIC REVIEW,
MoScow.-RuSsia was the lead
ing exporter of bristles before
the World War. The average
annual exports for the period
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-08-04

enrolled as a student at the Un;ver.
silly o North Dakota, and nlave1
Nth various dance orchestras while
onere- he also spent about two
years with ~oruhestras at Havre. and
later attended the University 81
Minnesota for q term.
Recently he l4as been EMPLOYED of
Q radio broadcasting station at
Grand Forks. N. d., and It was there
maj Harry Turner, d former mem
Der OF Ted Weem's famous orches-
ira, began his dance band. Gunder-
son joined the band a few months
ago when 1T started b-raadaastino
from the Bismarck station and play.
ing fcr dances in that vicinity. That
the band has gained national prom
nen IS attested to by the number
OF requests that are received from
all parts of the country.
Inc group has been giving daily
performances from KFYR ali LAO
n again at $3.50 b. M, and this
week took a step forward IN the
musical world when it Joined the
national hookup. Over this hookup
the orchestra will give weekly pro-
grams every Monday from IL d. M.
] p. M, Mountain Standard Time.