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Evening star., 1932-02-09
AMMUNITION MAKERS
CITED BY TRADE BODY
Federal Commission Charges Un-
fair Methods of Competition
in Interstate Commerce.

BY the Associated Press. ~.
The Federal Trade Commission has
cited five members of the Ammunition
Manufacturers Association for using
unfair methods of competition in inter-
state commerce.
These companies, controlling about
90 per cent of the total output of shot
gun shells and small arm ammunition
in the country, are the Remington Arms
Co., Inc, New York City; Winchester
Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, Conn;
United States Cartridge Co., New York
City; Peters Cartridge Co.. Cincinnati,
Ohio, and the Western Cartridge Co.,
East Alton, Ill.
The complaint charged, among other
things, that they were seeking to tx
prices and lessen competition.
Evening star., 1932-02-09
POUGHKEEPSIE ENTRY DUE
Firemen Again to Join in Labor
Day Parade.

Pleased with their visit here last year
and their participation in the annual
firemen's parade, the Exempt Firemen's
Association of Poughkeepsie, N Y, will
enter more than 200 men and several
pieces of apparatus in the parade here
next Labor day. it is announced
Included among those to make the
trip will be the mayor of Poughkeepsie,
the fire chief and his deputies and a
30-piece band.
Evening star., 1932-02-09

In Scandinavia a popular series OF
translations of detective stories, chiefly
English, is meeting with large sales.
Evening star., 1932-02-09

CONTINUED On Page B.6.l
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The Cuban Disaster.

This time it is the fate of the Pearl
Of the Antilles to be victim of one of
those periodical and devastating freaks
Of the elements which so relentlessly
pursue the islands Of the southern At
lantic and Caribbean areas. Cuba was
struck on Wednesday by hurricane
and tidal wave which destroyed hun
dreds of lives and millions of dollars
of property, not only along wide
coastal region, but even in Central
Cuba. The damage ensued in conse-
quence of West Indian hurricane that
cut q path Of destruction across Cuba
after playing about for more than a
week in the Caribbean.
The once thriving town of Santa Cruz
del sur has been entirely wiped out as
a result of mountainous wall Of water
blown in upon it from the sea. Houses
were beaten down as If they were made
of eggshellS, and in the surging waves
that rolled over the ruins a thousand
people were drowned. Flowing madly
inward, the rushing waters spread over
the agricultural Province of Camaguey,
destroying growing crops and hundreds
of tons of sugar warehoused for mar
ket and taking heavy toll Of life. Es-
Inmates of deaths In Santa Cruz del Sur
range up to fifteen hundred, with an
additional casualty List of seven hun
dred.
American Red Gross aid, so frequently
asked and so unhesitatingly extended
on these catastrophe occasions beyond
our own shores, viii not be withheld
from Cuba, If needed. Headquarters ut
Washington has heard from the Cuban
Red Cross that reports of the hurricane
are still too incomplete to justify re-
quests for assistance. Many citizens
and corporations In the United States
have extensive business interests IN the
provinces affected by the Cuban dis
aster, so American concern in minister
ing to the stricken residents wants
takes on the character of compassion
for neighbors and friends. The Amer
lean people have only to think back
as far as the Galveston tidal wave of
1900 to realize what terrible havoc can
be wrought by the sea when 1t goes on
such a rampage as has just laid low
Cuba's southern coast, at the opposite
end Of the island from Havana.
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the key to which is to be found In the
novel Saints Progress"
Exceedingly modest, Galsworthy lives
q quiet and reticent life. Public honors
he has endeavored to avoid. He de-
cIined knighthood In 1918, but was
persuaded to accept the Order Of Merit
In 1929 The Universities Of Manches-
ter, Dublin, Sheffield. Princeton, Cam
bridge and oxford have managed to
capture him for honorary degrees.
The Nobel prize money is worth $780,
600 in current exchange, and an equal
number of years ago it would have
meant much to the recipient. But
now, it is said, he does not need it. He
has won fortune with his pen, and
he has no Abbotsford on his hands.
Perhaps he may devote the fund to the
relief of less fortunate writer's. 1t may
be assumed that he is familiar with
Allen Upwards plea, The New Word
addressed to the Swedish Academy in
behalf of neglected literary craftsmen.
A study Of the meaning of the term,
'"idealistic." as employed by Nobel in
his will and specified as q test of liter
airy worth, the book was ignored by the
general public, and Upward, poor, Ill
and disheartened, died a suicide. But
Galsworthy could not overlook such an
appeal. His sympathies for struggling
humanity include persons of his own
profession.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-11-12
Chinese Brides
Lose Family Ties.
Spiritual Supremacy.

From the Chicago Daily Tribune
Mr.. Kinsley, writing from Bombay,
tells of the progress of the movement
on behalf Of the untouchables In India.
Under the influence of Gandhi some
thing is being done and more may be
accomplished for the 6o,0o0,000 outcasts.
A considerable number Of Otherwise
intelligent people in the United States
viii hail this movement as another evil
dence of the spiritual supremacy of the
Orient and another proof that Gandhi
Is the supreme religious leader Of our
times. AS a matter of cold fact, what
is happening in India today owes little
TO Gandhi and pretty nearly everything
to western notions of humanity and de-
ceny. Gandhi's lack of clothing and
his preference for spinach are Oriental,
but his compassion for the unfortunate
among his fellow men Is Occidental. Like
a thousand other holy men of India. ne
might have lived and died In the con-.
temptation of the eternal verities and
his navel and perhaps in the course Of
his musings he might have come to q,
notion Of human brotherhood: but IL
he had not lived in the West, learned
western law and acquired western no.
lions ne would never have dreamed of
doing anything about it.
1t is difficult to attach much spir-
itual eminence to a man or a people
who had to wait until the third decade
of the twentieth century to begin to
correct so gross an injustice: all that
can be said for Gandhi and his fol-
lowers Is that they were less calloHsed
than their countrymen. II Gandhi is
entitled to any reverence, It must be
because OF his tnsistence upon accom-
pnshing his ends by non-violent means.
And even here there Is considerable
room Tor skepticisn. A candid exam
nation OF the record compels the adj
mission that vast amount of human
progress never would have been at
tanned when it was If the gentlemen
concerned had refused to take theIr,
coats on and battle for their cause.
No one can be sure that the Same re.
suIts would have been achieved then ~
EVER by Quletists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-11-12
Disarming the Mind.

DR.. Mary E. Woolley, president of
Mount Holyoke College and a member
Of the American delegation to the Dis
armament Conference at Geneva, calls
upon ordinary men and women to make
g psychologist contribution to world
peace by "dissrming the mind" There
will be general sympathy with the SEN
tirnent, but oh, the difficulties of the
task!
The history Of mankind upon this
earth is chronicle of battle and prepa-
ration for battle. The nations have
come into existence, remained or perish
ed by processes of war. Within each
national organization incessant struggle
prevails. Even in the home, psycholo-
gists say, there Is rivalry. DR.. woolley
ia asking the race to break with It's
past, to contradict its tradition, to alter
the mechanisms Of its thinking, TO obey
q new standard Of conduct, to cease
from conscious endeavor to survive and
prosper.
Hatred and distrust Of military meth
ods is universal. The whole earth longs
for peace. But how can humanity
translate its ideals into institutions?
How can it learn q new technique Of
Hfe1 How can It "diserm the rssn6"l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-11-12
Banking System Stronger.

From the Charleston wv. Va) Daily Mail.
The popular impression that the wave
of bank failures recently at its peak in
the United States had its origin with
or shortly after the depression's onset is
shown by the economic policy commits
sion Of the American Bankers Associa-
ton to be wrong. The major series of
failures really began during the depres-
sion period of 1921, it points out.
In a report citing data the commits
sion emphasizes how the banking sys-
tenn generally has been strengthened as
result Of the wedding out Of the weaker
institutions. Since 1921 more than
10000 banks have gone out of business,
leaving a total of approximately 10000
now doing business. Causes of the fail
ures, as seen by the commission, were
bad management in some cases, and, in
others, conditions over which the insti-
tutions affected had no control, the
commission concluded. In support of
this view it pointed out that the poten-
tial business OF only $500 persons was
behind the average bank in 1921 as
compared to 5000 persons now. The
total capital of the Nations banks to-
day Is more than $4,000, 000, 900 above
that of 1921, while capital funds and
deposits of the average bank each have
more than doubled.
These figures mean that the banking
system as a whole today is much
stronger than 1t was in 1921 before the
failures began. While this supplies some
compensation from the broader view
point, it can afford little consolation to
the thousands of persons who suffered
losses in the series Of failures. If the
crashes cause a strengthening Of regu-
lations which viii act as q safeguard In
the future against q repetition Of the
failures, the compensation factor viii
be greatly strengthened.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-11-12
GalswOrthy and the Nobel Award.

Admirers Of John Galsworthy viii be
delighted with the news that he has
been given the Nobel Prize for litera-
ture. Gentle of temperament, hopeful,
courageous and sincere of spirit, he is
the beau ideal of a modern man of let
tiers. His novels are pictures of an age,
and through their pages move people of
66sh and blood, real people with real
problems, real defeats and real victories.
In his plays, too, authenticity prevails;
the characters are alive. His genius is
faithful in the highest degree. He
would have made great reporter. OF
course, he is truly journalist. That is
one reason why latter-day historians
will quote him. The chronicle value
OF his work is both rich and good, and
his moderation renders it additionally
convincing.
GaIsworthy has earned the honor
which now comes to him. He began
publishing in 1904. Since that date he
has written some twenty novels and APP
proximately as many plays, not to men
ton essays and verse. His "Forsyte
Saga" is his noblest achievement. The
history of an English family through
three generations of its evolution. 1t is
memorable for the personalities which
dominate the narrative. Old Jocelyn.
especially. is creation never to be for
gotten. Among the plays The Mob, .
Justice" and THE Skin Game" have
been most successful. The last of thess
three "a 0 parable OF the World War.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-11-12
Chile's Election Indicates
Orderly Methods Restored

the last 10 years Chile has had compul-
sorry free education. Perhaps now the
number of those who can be appealed
to by calm reason has increased SUM-
GENTLY so that orderly government OF
the people and by the people can pre-
vail. But IL will be necessary to protect
by the use Of force the rights of the
majority to control the government.
This has already been demonstrated by
the rioting which occurred on the day
following the election of President
Alessandri."
Recognizing an Improvement In
Chilean conditions, the San Antonio
Express directs attention to the fact
that Argentina and Chile give evidence
Of growing cooperation, and states as
to the new conditions: They have
terminated q tariff war which began
early this year. That controversy had
compelled the Transandean Railway to
suspend operations on April Is to avert
even heavier losses than it had sus-
tanned Chile had imposed practically
prohibitive rates on Argentina's cattle,
as demanded by home interests. They
soon found that animals were being
driven through many Andean passes by
the thousands. The Santiago govern
ment's personnel changed rapidly be-
tween June 3-when President Montero
was driven from office-and early in Oc-
tober when Judge Abraham Oyanedel
became provisional chief executive.
However, It continued the embargo on
Argentinan live stock. In retaliation the
Buenos Aires authorities raised rates on
numerous Chilean products, but left a
door open for resuming negotiations.
They are ready to sign an agreement
for restoring trade along the old lines.
Tariff reductions are effective on No
vember is and the two countries viii
discuss new commercial treaty"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-11-12

Ten thousand theorists are ready with
answers to the questions, but, alas, their
proposals are visionary and Ineffective.
The race simply has not evolved to the
point where cooperation can take the
place Of competition. Utopian schemes
for advancing the hour have failed. It
would seem that only by the slow
processes of evolution can strife be elm
mated from the world.
To "disarm the mind" Of one nation
Is useless. The country so handicapped
would be the victim of all its neighbors.
To "disarm the mind" Of one class is
impossible so long as any other class
declines to "disarm." To "disarm the
mind" of even a single individual i'm
plies his reduction to the status Of a
human zero. To "disarm," in that
meaning of the phrase, would be to die.
But. DR.. woolley knows all this. She
is aware of the facts Of history. Her
object, then, is merely to stimulate an
interest In a constructive consideration
of the problem. She desires the culti-
walton of will to peace" She argues
for popular support for each genuine
gesture toward harmony between peo-
pies. And, of course, that is a useful
thing to do If the masses will support
such statesmen as are willing to labor
for peace, there will be gain in the
circumstances. A beginning must be
made somewhere, some time, and It is
for beginning-only beginning-that
she pleads.
In the end universal law and order
surely will triumph. The race will out
grow its belligerency. Struggle with
nature there always will be, but strug-
gle between one man and another can
be eliminated. DR.. Woolley is not IRA
tionally optimistic. But neither is she
Dramatically hopeless. At least, hui
manity can "disarn the mind" against
.ts idea of "disarrning the mind"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-11-12

the city on their way to various parts Of
the canton reputed to be good COR
ners." Despite, however, the keen Wis
ION. cool nerves, and well-oiled and
ponsned guns of this expedition. the
tanulations OF the chase were regret
July meager. The huntsnen were far
more abundant than the game. From
the regions OF Versoix, Jussy, Perly and
La Plaine they returned, gorged with
pure air, but destitute Of spoil.
Happily, hunting is not merely ar
resting the swift fight of a hare sud-
denly emerging from concealment, by
the shot Of a master marksman. Really
more and better than that are the op-
portunities 1t gives to spend a day in
the autumnal fields and woods with
come OF cur best friends To be up and
abroad with them at daylight, to par
take with sharpened appetite Of re-
paSts informally prepared over fires Of
faggots. to walk interminable distances
upon green, leaf-strewn carpets, with
out any recollection of faticue-these
privileges, indeed, are the delights Of
hunting.
And whether one gets as l.luch as a
glimpse of rabbit or a pheasant, he is
sure that he has spent, regardless, a
delightful Sunday.
X = ~
Chinese Brides
Lose Family Ties.
Fu-jen, Peiping-In arranging the
marriage Of daughter a profitable ex-
change is the prime consideration, be-
cause the subsequent separation after
her departure Is so complete There
after the young girl owes to her par
ents-in-law the obedience and respect
she formerly gave her own parents.
She no longer pays worship to the an
cestors OF her family, but sewers her
relations with the dead as with the
living Henceforth she can worship
only at the shrine of her husbands
family.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-11-12
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON

CeaSeIess Unrest.
When Jack and Jill came down the hill
And let the water bucket spill
Said Jack, What do we care, my dear;
Wen have the bucket filed with beer"
Said Jill to Jack, II do declare,
We run and drop and get nowhere"
Said Jack, Don't cry. I've heard folks
say
Some candidates act just that way"
Said Jack, I'm sure it would be wise
At last for all to tranquillize."
Said Jill, I'm sure it would be fun,
But we've forgot how it is done"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-11-12
Dealing With Hunger Marchers.

Regardless. of sympathy for the SUI
fering men and women of this country,
all reasonable people should be agreed
that the only purpose behind so-called
hunger marches on the Capital is
vicious. The marches are of no prac-
tical benefit to anybody. The marchers
are victimized by agitators and their
distress is greatly increased by the
actual physical hardships endured in
the course Of such demonstrations.
Last Winter the various marches on
Washington were encouraged by the
communities through which they
passed. These communities, and the
States, took the practical, if selfish,
point of view that the problem was not
their own; that the sooner the march
ers were out Of their Jurisdiction the
better. Trucks and food were fur
nished to hurry them on their way.
Ironically enough, it was this local
community, and not the Federal Coy
eminent. on which the problem was
dumped.
The Commissioners are acting wisely
IN sending kilograms, well in advance,
to the State and city authorities, asking
their cooperation in discouraging
other marches planned for next month.
If the States and cities could be in
fuenced to the extent of making even
passive resistance to the marchers, ex-
pressed in refusal to give any aid in
the form Of food and transportation,
many of the demonstrators would be
discouraged. The Governors and mu-
nicipal officials of other cities should
not take the short-sighted view that the
only problem they face is passing the
marchers en- to somebody else. The
whole business Is of national Importance
and intelligent Americans should re-
gard 1t as such.
It is reported and understood to be
true that one of the many suggestions
made to the Commissioners is that If
and when the marchers reach Wash
ington the necessary police work In
handling the demonstration should be
given over to the District National
Guard after the Commissioners have
taken some action loosely described as
invoking martial law. 1t may be said
that neither the Commissioners nor
their legal adviser, Corporation Counsel
Bride, hcve any thought Of entertain
ing the suggestion. In the first place
the Commissioners cannot themselves
invoke or declare martial law. They
cannot call out the National Guard
In the second place, should some
situation arise making troop action
necessary, the troops should be
under the rigid discipline and expert
enced leadership of professional soldiers.
No task is more delicate than that
which Is represented in military inter
vention against civilians. Military men
know this. The horrible tragedy in
Geneva few days ago, when recruits
cut loose on mob with machine gun,
was the obvious and the expected result
Of trusting such work to young and in
experienced soldiers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-11-12

Have we had the pleasure Of serving
you through our Washington Informa-
ton Bureau? Can't we be Of some help
to you in your problems7 Our business
is to furnish you with authoritative in
formation and we invite you to ask us
any question of fact in which you are
interested. Send your inquiry to The
Frederic J. Haskin. Director, Wash
ington, D. G. Enclose three cents in
coin or stamps for return postage. Do
not use postcards.
@. Is the supply Of turkeys greater
than 1t was last year?-A. T.
A. This years crop Is Is per cent
above that of 1881. 1t is estimated
that 100000 are ready for market
this year.
@. Who owns the body of deceased
person?-T. A. N.
A. Unless disposed Of by win, own
ership is legally vested in husband or
wife, with children following, and then
next OF kin In order Of blood succession.
For state purposes coroner may claim
temporary custody, but never owner
ship.
@. Are there any towns in the United
States which have no local taxes?
H. A.
A. r. E. Mcdonnell in a survey
shows SO tax-free towns. Earnings from
municipality owned utilities are sufficient
to meet all their expenses Of local gov
eminent.
@. Does the flag fly over the National
Capitol day and night?-J. K. X.
A. The flag which flies from staff
over the central pediment and in front
of the dome of the National Capitol
on the east front, and similar flag
on the corresponding side of the dome
on the west front, are never lowered,
night or day, except for replacement.
Other Official flags, by regulation, are
lowered at sunset and run up to the
peak of the staff at sunrise. That these
flags should fly continuously is mat
ter of custom which has been followed
for many years until now it has the
authority Of tradition.
@. In what part of New York City
Is New York University?-C. r. H.
A. The colleges which make up New
York University are scattered through
out the city, although the majority
OF them are in Washington Square.
@. What types Of inventions are
being patented in this era?-H. H. S.
A. In the past year applications have
increased for patents on air condition.
ing. refrigeration. oil burners, de-wax-
ing OF lubricating oils, alloys, electric
clocks, automobile accessories and
safety and comfort devices for railroads.
O.. How large is Manila Bay?-M. s.
A. 1t has an area of ITO square miles
and circumference of 120 miles and is
the finest bay in the entire Far East
O. OF what kind of wool are Oriental
rugs made?-A. D. H.
A. They are made from the hair of
the goat or certain species of sheep. and
the best are colored by the native Vege-
table dyes, which are practically i'm
perishable.
@. How old is Frankie Darro and
what Is his real name?-T. D.
a. frankie Darro was born in Chi
cago, III, December %, 1918. His real
name Is Frank johnson, jr.
@. How many acres of average farm
land does 1t require to produce a years
food for farm horse?-R. L. M.
"A. The Bureau Of Animal Industry
says that under good corn belt condi-
lions 1t requires approximately 81
acres to produce years food for a farm
morse having an average weight of 1850
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-11-12

There is only one valuable idea to be
gained by Communists in mingling with
American crowds. That is the re-
minder that crowds may assemble here
without being unruly, save in extraor-
binary instances, and that it will be
difficult to change this custom Of the
country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-11-12

BY instructing police to keep hands
OF violations of liquor law, Oakland,
Calf, draws general attention to itself
and is placed under moral obligation to
demonstrate that when alcohol is legally
available it will not necessarily be used
in excess.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-11-12

For awhile James J. Walker will rest
and recuperate. His situation is less
enviable than that of lame duck, who
at least has abundance of companion
ship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-11-12

Japan has seditious political organi-
zation known as BLACK Dragons" It
would have been better to avoid so ter
roristic symbol and import the patient
elephant and mule.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-11-12

Some economists say that debt post
,ponement is as good as a cancellation
if it can be repeated with enough fire.
quency.