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Evening star., 1932-07-05
The Weeyil Conquered.

From the Charleston Is. c. Evening Post.
Fifteen or twenty years ago it was the
unanimous opinion Of the South the
greatest peril that ever confronted the
cotton farmer was the relentless ad-
vance of the cotton boil weevil. When
it was discovered that the Mississippi
River had not stayed the Eastward
march of the weeVil, as had been hoped.
dire fears for the economic future OF
the South were uttered, some even pre-
dieting the end of the cotton industry
in the Southeastern regions, that hao
soil and moisture conditions especially
favorable to weevil growth. the wee
wills spread was classed among calaml-
ties of the first magnitude, and 1t was
probably fortunate that this was so,
since the resulting panic freed thou
sands of Southern farmers from de-
pendence upon cotton for their living
and did more to introduce diverSlhca-
ton into Southern agriculture than any
thing else did or could have done.
Today the cotton boil weevil IS not an
annihilating, devastating enemy OF the
cotton crop. 1t is nuisance that In
creases the work of the cotton farmer
and is responsible for sometimes per
cent, sometimes per cent, reduction IN
the crop. In an average year WeeVll
loss is not very far different from loss
due to various climatic causes. WeeVl
control is just a normal incident OF
modern cotton production. NO oetter
proof of this fact could be desired than
the $1,000 900 bales of cotton produced
by Southern farmers in 1881. The
average yield for last year was 201
pounds per acre, compared with lat
pounds for the 1880 crop. The 1881
yield per acre was the highest realized
by cotton farmers since 1914. Perhaps
some of the other problems which seem
so hopeless will be solved as well as
that of the boil weevil has been.
Evening star., 1932-07-05
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
"An1an Hoo"

"Anan Hoo"
I've heard the men who introduced
The heroes Of the day;
And into prominence was loosed
A name from far away.
Before he told of virtues rare
And great deeds far from few,
He paused with reverential care
To mention "Aman Hoo"
"Aman Hoo" gives the world chance
To view with proper pridel
"Aman Hoo" let's the nation glance
At merit undenied.
It sounds as if King Tut so strong
Survived the ages through
And for companion brought along
His good friend "Aman Hoo"
Evening star., 1932-07-05
Roosevelt's Internationalism

Three words enlightened interna-
tional outlook"-are all that Franklin
D. Roosevelt devotes to foreign af-
fairs in his speech accepting the Demo-
cratic nomination for the presidency.
There is no other single reference, di-
rectly or indirectly, to the vast stake
which America has in the grave ques-
tions now besetting perplexed world.
Gov. Roosevelt's detractors depict him
as a statesman addicted TO generalities,
among other failingS which they at
tribute 10 him. 1t would hardly be
possible to generalize more glitteringly
about a transcendent subject like the
United States foreign relations than
to voice the view that they Will be
approached from an enlightened out
look"
Mr.. Roosevelt aspires to the presi-
dency at a moment when the nations
Of the earth are cropping for light and
leading 1t was not unreasonable TO
expect that the Democratic nominee
at such a time would have the cour-
age and the wit to nail his information
al colors to the mast and let the voters,
whose support he seeks, have at least
a glimmer OF his attitude toward is
sues in which the country has very
deep and immediate interest.
AS the campaign develops, Gov
N1NA l~nF An uee
demonstrating his position on a variety
of subjects upon which he could natur-
ally not discourse exhaustively at Chi
cago on Saturday When the time
comes, it is to be hoped that he will
not shrink from getting down to bras.
Evening star., 1932-07-05

again" The Columbia (Mo.) Daily
Tribune (Democratic) declares that 1t
was born of ruthless political power"
and advises that presidential minority
candidates and dark horses favor its
continuance, at any rate ' lie there's
hope for them"
There is no reason" maintains the
Youngstown Vindicator independent
Democratic) why the Democrats
should cling to their rule that the votes
Of two-thirds of the delegates are neces-
sary to bring about a nomination.
Time honored as the rule is, it is not
sacred. Many of Gov. Roosevelt's op-
ponents agreed with him that it should
be changed. They do not believe that,
on the whole, it has tended to make
their party more democratic; indeed,
instead of insuring majority rule, it has
often put control of the convention into
the hands of a minority. Under the
two-thirds rule, one-third can impose
their will upon the rest. Again there is
nothing in the history of the party
save the one instance in 1912. when the
friends of woodrow Wilson held out
and nominated him against Champ
Clark'S majOrity-to show that the two
thirds rule brings out better men. The
Republicans have no such rule and
have gotten along very well, merely by
requiring a majority to nominate. The
tWo-thtrdS rule has always been q
source of dissensions and division"
THE theory that nomination by
twothirds vote" remarks the Morgan
town Dominion News independent
Democratic), would show more gen.
eral concurrence of sentiment in favor
of a particular individual, would carry
with it greater moral weight and be
more favOrably received than one made
by a smaller number, has not been
borne out by subsequent history. Time
after time 1t has been the cause of pro-
longed and bitter struggles that have
created party feudS and hatreds. The
convention has the power to change the
rule. though the procedure presents
many difficulties. Most likely the
change, if it comes, will be the result
of State conventions. 1t is not likely
that this old tradition will be thrown
overheard as a planned piece of emer-
gency strategy in support Of factional
interests"
1T is possible" says the Miami Daily
News (Democratic), that the rule may
some time be repealed But if it is to
be repealed, the thing should be done
in the disinterested caim of between
sessions lull." With this there Is agree
ment by the Cleveland News (Repub-
lican), the Baltimore Sun independent
Democratic), the Nashville Banner Gin
dependent) and the New York Times
independently.
Evening star., 1932-07-05
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

O. Why was the landing device for
airplanes on shipboard shown In Heirs
Angles blocked out?-I w.
A. 1t was blocked out because officials
did not wish the public to see the par
ticulars of the device.
@. How high should a tennis net
be?-T c.
A. 1t should be feet high at the
center. where it should be drawn down
taut by a strap not more than 2 inches
wide.
O. Which is the smallest planet7-
A. L. T
A. The Naval Observatory says that
the smallest of the major planets Is
Mercury; diameter about 5000 miles.
OF the minor planets, or asteroids, some
are so small that it is impossible to
measure their diameters. 1t is est-
mated that the smallest are less than
10 miles in diameter
O. Is a pair Of twins two or four?-
P. H. N.
A. A pair Of twins is two. twin
is one of two persons or things closely
related by ties Of birth. resemblance or
the like; specifically, one of two pro-
duced at a birth.
@ What sized turkeys are most
marketable?-T M
A. The to 2 pound turkeys are In
greatest demand. Families are smaller
and turkey is no longer merely "holi-
day" bird. There is a steady demand
at all seasons.
@. Can kangaroo leather be dyed col
orS other than brown and black?-
K w c..
A. 1t may be dyed any color, and
does not differ in this respect from
other feathers. The reason feathers
in general. and particularly kangaroo
leather, are dyed usually brown or black
is that these colors enable the blemishes
on the hide TO be more easily concealed.
Kangaroo leather makes very fine
shoe leather.
@. Did Capt. John Smith marry
Pocahontas?-M. F. w.
A. He did not. She was married to
John Rolfe.
O. Why do Socialists choose May 1st
for demonstrations?-L. c.
A. The celebration Of May day as
a popular holiday is of very great
antiquity and came to England with the
Roman invasion. In medieval and
Tudor England it was a great public
holiday, in which the classes both rich
and poor were up with the dawn to "go
Maying" and to dance and feast around
the May pole. On account of its popu-
lar appeal May day was selected as an
international labor holiday by the In
ternational Socialist Congress Of 1889.
@. In what year since the World
War were no quarter-dollars coined
r. ]. r.
A. They have been coined in each
year except 1922.
@. Who was the Empress Irene?-
S. E.
A Several Byzantine Expresses bore
the name, the most famous being the
wife of the Emperor Leo ". Originally
an orphan from Athens, she married
Leo and after his death ruled as regent
for her 10-year-old son, Constantine w.
She ruled with a strong hand for 10
years and when, her son approaching
maturity. she feared to lose the throne,
sent him into exile The young heirs
supporters strengthened so the Empress
had her son captured and brought back
to Ccnstantinople, where his eyes we're
put out by her orders. She reigned five
years longer and considered a marriage
with Charlemagne. A conspiracy of
mobiles overthrew her and exiled her to
the Island Of Lesbos.
O. Is such an address as Mr.. John
Jones, ESQ.," correct?-K. L.
A. When the abbreviation ESQ" Is
used it is incorrect also to use "Mr."
Evening star., 1932-07-05
Lost Flyers Found in the Bush.

The rescue from the sea of Stanislaus
Hausner, the Polish aviator, after he
had been given up for lost in his at
tempted flight from New York to War
saw is paralleled by the discovery in
Australia of two missing German air
men, Bertrand and Clausemann, miss
ing since May II on a hop from
Timor Island to Port Darwin. They
had started from Kiel February % for
a flight around the world by easy
stages When it was reported from
Port Darwin that they were two days
overdue it was believed that they had
gone down in the stormy Timor Sea
Search was at once instituted along
the northern Australian coast and some
tracks and traces of the lost airmen
were found. including the abandoned
airplane with one of the pontoons miss
ing. The men we're found only about
twelve miles from the point where the
plane had been discovered. They had
wandered, however a long distance in
the push. Ihey SubSlSted upon gum
leaves, snails, kangaroo flesh and
lizards for forty-five days. They feared
meeting cannibal blacks. Finally they
met with friendly natives, who sup
piled them with food. Several times
they saw planes lowering over them,
evidently in search of them, but they
were too weak to attract attention
Their plight was more difficult because
of the fact that they suffered from the
comparative rigors of the Australian
Winter prevailing during most of the
time of their wanderings. When they
have recovered from their distressing
conditions they will have story to
tell that will be one Of the thrillers Of
aviation history.
Evening star., 1932-07-05

the head, not in his legs. He moves
on when he thinks he will.
And when an American business man
is depressed the slump is in his head
This silly depression has gone on long
enough. Get rid of it. 1t is inside
of you. Rise and walk"
Get all OF this, if you do not al
ready possess 1t. What do you think?
Evening star., 1932-07-05

Advice to farmers seldom brings cheer
owing to the almost inevitable reminder
that if they raise big crop the prices
will be low, and If the crop is small they
will not have enough to sell to figure a
worth while profit.
Evening star., 1932-07-05

A certain relief might be felt if Con-
gress could dispose of the eighteenth
amendment at once and leave Senator
Borah free 10 discuss the other inter
esting questions of the day with his ac-
custcmed vigor.
Evening star., 1932-07-05

There are others who began as happy
warriors and came back from Chicago
trifie detected. AL Smith, being most
conspicuous of all, possibly gets more
sympathy than he really cares about.
Evening star., 1932-07-05

There are some eminent physicians
in public life, but in spite of the fact
that psychological depression" was
mentioned a great many years ago, no
one has seriously suggested that Uncle
Sam call in DR.. Freud and have him
self psychoanalyzed.
Evening star., 1932-07-05

For the moment Gov. Roosevelt has
had the benefit of stage management so
fine that he was enabled, in addition to
gaining political eminence, to share
honors with the most renowned aviators.
His fight was extraordinary as revealing
the passenger as the star instead of the
pilot
Evening star., 1932-07-05
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Evening star., 1932-07-05
Next Portion of the Program.

The old band wagon for awhile
Will have to take a rest
While orators in splendid style
Explain just what is best.
Oh. how I'll miss the choir that brings
Its harmonies with glee.
Now well I know I'll hear some things
With which I disagree.
Evening star., 1932-07-05
Chronic.

Pron the Ann Arbor Daily News.
The Japanese have launched a new
offensive" in Manchuria, but, We un-
derstand. from a Chinese source, that
the Japanese are never anything but
offensive in Manchuria.
Evening star., 1932-07-05
Afternoon Refreshment.

We speak of beer in accents queer
And say that it will soon be here.
Wen never have that old saloon
Though it may grac: the salon soon.
Evening star., 1932-07-05
The Shooter Shot.

From the Lynchburg News.
Senator Smith Wildman Brookhart is
said to be an expert marksman, but
TINS time, apparently, he has been the
targst-and riddled target at that.
Evening star., 1932-07-05
A Dependable Result.

You think prohibition repeal will
bring the sunshine?"
II don't say for sure" said Uncle
Bill Bottletop, but anyhow it'n do
away with lot of moonshine."
Evening star., 1932-07-05

The only relief in connection with
the record Of Fourth of July disasters
is the fact that no political policy can
be held to blame for them.
Evening star., 1932-07-05
The Chilean Paradox

From the Charleston Is. c.l Evening Post.
The new Chilean government has
evlasntly decided to be Socialistic cnly
70 the extent that Socialism pays from
q capitalistic standpoint.
Evening star., 1932-07-05
Tell Tales.

From the Boston Evening Transcript
This flngerprinting of children will
have one good RESULT will enable
exasperated mothers to trace the real
culprit in the jam closet.
Evening star., 1932-07-05

Politics" said Uncle Eben, sounds
to me Ike game dat has to be played
Wit even more hollerin' dan Q crap
game"
Evening star., 1932-07-05

I'VE cannot be respected as ances-
tors" said Hi Ho, the sage of China
town, "if we make merry and leave our
grandchildren to pay the debts"
Evening star., 1932-07-05
New Times. But Old Ways.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
We used to have beer parades In the
old days. They proceeded from one
saloon to another with capdldate In
the lead.
Evening star., 1932-07-05
Valued Auditor.

I'm here to tell you" said the irate
intruder, that you don't know what
you are talking about"
Go ahead" answered Senator Sor-
ghum. so positive an opinion at least
assures me that you have been listening
with attention"
Evening star., 1932-07-05

For the purposes Of roll call, it might
seem fair if Alabama would occasionally
consent to spell its name "Yowlabama." ."
Evening star., 1932-07-05

Jud Tunkins says some ideas of mod
ern convenience remind him Of a fire.
works shop next to gas filling station
opposite a fire engine house.
Evening star., 1932-07-05
One Easy Job.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel
There is no particular difficulty in
inducing two dandelicns 10 grow where
one grew before.
Evening star., 1932-07-05
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Evening star., 1932-07-05
Homes for Paupers
Advocated in Egypt.

FL Comercio, Lima.-We have noticed
Of late q disposition on the part Of our
Evening star., 1932-07-05


Did you hear David Lawrence Sunday
night from Chicago in his radio
analysis of the Democratic convention
just concluded? 1 hope you did. A
clear historic survey, an analysis of
the political significance of the cere-
mony, a summary of the political
philosophy of this institution, a fore
cast of its fate.
What a common-school instrument
tality the radio is!
X
And did you read in The Sunday Star
Rise and Walk" by Herbert CasSon, an
English editor talking to us, to
Americans? If you did. cut it out and
pin it within constant eye-reach. If
you did not, here are few scraps of it,
enough to make you hunt out The
Sunday Star for the rescue and preser-
vation of this personal word to every
one of us.
Here it is, in part:
You are depressed. You think you
are crippled. You are afraid Of the
future. You are full Of fears.
You have half the gold of the world
and half of the machinery and most
Of the automobiles and all Of the sky
scrapers.
You are ruled more by ideas and
less by tradition than any other people
in the world. You have usually done
what you thought you could do.
X
There is now golden opportunity
for every man who has eyes to see it.
Dollars are now being sold for so
cents. Practically every security in
the United States is being sold at less
than its value.
The way to Great a fortune is to
buy from pesSimists. Pay your money
and take the risk
In five years from now most Ameri-
can business men will belong to the
-Wish-I-Had Club"
When a horse balks the balk Is In
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-01
NEW ELEMENT
ECLIPSE HINT
Photos by Japanese Scien-
fists Vary in Lines.
fCopyrieht. 1882. by united Press

Copyright. 1882. by United Press
ALFRED, Me-, Sept. 1.--Informa-
ton, possibly of great value to the
scientific and commercial world, was
envisaged from studies begun today
of eclipse pictures taken by group
of japanese scientists.
Photographs of the spectrum dur
ing the eclipse showed variations of
lines in the spectrum which may or
may not mean new elements"
The Japanese, whose meagerly
financed expedition Travelled 10000
miles to come here for the great
celestial show, were elated at the re-
suit of their labors, but indignant
at published reports that their
plates already showed a new gas
mo. Al"
Okura Ottawa. chief astronomer
of the imperial observatory at
Toxic, and leader of the expedition
declared the story about mo. Al"
was given out by an ignorant per-
son without authority" He branded
It entirely false.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-01
FARM STRIKERS
STAGE BATTLE
AGAINST ODDS
Bitter Enders Ignore Pact
for Blockade Lifting,
Continue Fight.
BY T. w. INGOLDSBY
United Press stan Correspondent

OMAHA, Neb., Sept. Bitter
enders among the striking farmers
battled desperately today against
overwhelming odds to continue their
blockade of the Omaha market.
Disregarding the truce declared by
Milo Reno, head of the Farmers
Holiday Association, small picket
groups maintained camps on the
highways leading to this city and
conducted logged fight.
Tires we're punctured, windshields
smashed endgates opened to per-
NIT live stock to escape, and heads
bruised as the strikers fought with
officers VINO outnumbered them.
Were going to do our best to
stop milk trucks, at least" said
leaders of the handful of men who
remained from the ranks of the
picket armies of few days ago.
The men were bitter against the
truce order, charging that it h.
destroyed all hope of obtaining y
higher milk price.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-01
75-M|LE GALE
LASHES GULF
COAST REGION
Tropical Storm Is Moving
Inland From Mobile,
After Wild Night.
MANY LIVES IN PERIL
Hazardous Rescue Work Is
Done by Coast Guard;
Wires Are Down.
BIZ United Press

DD ONEttu EJcoS
MOBILE, Ala, Sept. IA trop-
ical storm that dashed the coast all
night moved inland west of here to-
day, imperiling lives and prop
erty.
A bowling wind that reached a
velocity of Seventy-fve miles an
hour, blew down communication
lines, and sent gulf coast residents
rushing to cover.
No casualties were reported in
this region early today.
Coast guard patrol boats spent a
hazardous night of rescue work.
Six men and boys were rescued
from a small craft in Mobile bay.
Another cabin cruiser was report
ed in distress, and two coast guard
boats that left on the rescue trip
had not returned.
Smaller communities we're isolated
with communication lines gone.
The center of the storm appeared
to be passing Bayou La Batre, Ala,
at 6 a. m. A seventy FIVE mile-an-
hour wind swept the town, followed
by a calm and further furious gales.
Weather bureau officials believed
the storm was the same tropical
disturbance which whipped in over
Pensacola, Fla, at a Sixty-three-
mile pace Wednesday night and
resulted in one death. and severed
communications for hours.
Word came from Miami that an
other hurricane had blown up the
Caribbean and was headed north
westward. Three days would be re-
quired for the second storm to reach
Florida, it was estimated.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-01
PROGRESS MADE
ON MINE WAGE
Two Proposals to Be Put Up
to District.
BIZ Enitcd Press

By bHtcd Press
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Sept. l.
Two proposals by Indiana coal OPP
orators for settlement of wage diff
ficulties will be placed squarely be-
fore miners themselves, the miners
scale committee decided here today.
One of the proposals was for
adoption of contracts similar to
those signed several weeks ago in
Illinois, calling for daily wage of
S.
The other proposed Is per cent
reduction in wages from the $50
scale provided in 1881 contracts
which expired last March 81.
The district IL convention will be
reconvened Sept. II to consider the
proposals, A0e Wales, president of
District II. United Mine Workers of
america, said. -
Wales SAD the proposals would
be offered with no recommended
tions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-01
GERMANY MAY
SPURN FUTURE
ARMS PARLEYS
Action Hinges on Frances
Answer to Demand for
Equality.
REFUSAL is PREDICTED
French Angered, but Not
Alarmed at Stand of
Won Papen.
BY FREDERICK KUN
United Press STAFF Correspondent

BERLIN, Sept. l. - Germany
stands ready to withdraw from all
future disarmament conferences if
France rejects her demand for
military equality, it became appar-
ent today.
Ge:many'S "big push" against the
Versailles peace treaty was on in
full force.
The German demand for equality
IN ornaments, made through a
memorandum to the French GOV
eminent, was considered the most
impol tant onslaught on Versailles
since the unsuccessful effort to
conclude a German-Austrian GUS
toms union.
Threaten u. S. Market
The partial scrapping of repara-
tons at the Lausanne conference
was interpreted here as a further
crumbnng OF the versailles system.
Germany's position is that if the
world powers can not achieve radi-
cal, worldwide disarmament. the
German army must be remodelad
IN proportion with the military evo-
luton OF other countries.
Meanwhile, other developments in
the German situation which tended
to focus the worlds attention or
the reich included:
l. Increased German tariffs threat.
ened important markets for Ameri-
can products.
League Break Feared
2, Germany appeared headed fol
break with the League of Nations
Credit for payment Of Germany:
dues in the league was deposited
with Berlin banks, but with the un-
outstanding that any money paid a.
dues would be spent by the league
IN this country. The league re-
fused to sanction this procedure.
3. The memorandum to France
was overshadowed, for a time, the
delicate internal political situation
in which Chancellor Franz Won Pa
pen had the right to dissolve the
new reichStag at will, meaning, il
followed, new and costly, and per-
haps troublesome, general election