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A Plan of Farm Relief
Chicago Tribune)

The farmers are in a desperate
situation today for these two reasons:
l. The taxes on their farms are
absurdly high in relation to the
yield of the land. With corn
selling at IS cents bushel on the
farm, the income of an acre is
scarcely sufficient to pay the
taxes alone, leaving nothing with
which to pay interest, wages or
a return on the investment.
2. Prices of farm products, as
result of excessive production,
are below even the bare cost of
producing the crops.
A remedy which would operate to
correct either of these two situations
would be welcome. A remedy which
would tend to correct them both
would be doubly welcome. 1t is such
a two edged remedy which is here
proposed.
In essence it is this: Let the legis-
latures in the principal agricultural
states provide that land which is left
fallow shall pay no state or local tax
es. The results of such a provision
should be apparent almost at once
Farmers would be encouraged, as if
by bonus on crop reduction, to de-
crease their acreage. They would
find it advantageous to let their
poorer acres go uncultivated. To
that extent the immense SURPRISES
would be sharply reduced and prices
accordingly would tend to rise in
response to the diminished supply.
At the same time the individual
farmer would have placed in his own
hands the opportunity to obtain tax
reductions. Likewise the tax spend
ing officials would be forced by the
certainty of reduced tax income, to
lower the cost of government to &C
cord with the ability of the farmers
to support their state and local gov
ernmentS.
The proposed remedy has numer-
Gus advantages, among which are the
following:
Without any bureaucratic interfer-
ence and without in any manner die
tating to the farmer how he is to en-
ploy his land the plan will bring
about crop reduction.
Without an artificial manipulation
of prices through government
agency it will create condition fav-
orable to higher prices for farm prod
ucts and therefore higher purchasing
power on the farms.
Without delay it will force the
townships, the school districts, the
counties and the states to make the
bold assault upon the governmental
extravaganza which is pushing farm
ers to bankruptcy and farms to fore
closure.
The plan Is simple In design and
direct In It's operation. The farmer
today Is under pressure to produce as
much as he can force from his land
In the vain hope that by doing so he
can pay his taxes and interest and
have q few dollars left over to buy
what he needs. II the fallow acres
were tax exempt the farmers inter-
est In a period of low and falling
prices would be to cultivate not more
as at present, but fewer acres.
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IN
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YORK
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MORE STORM CLOUDS

MORE STORM CLOUDS
New York, Dec. 31.-Clouds threa-
tening sudden changes have come
drifting in from Hollywood and hang
menacingly over those Broadway Of
fees where the film moguls have
been gathering in troubled sessions.
Whispers OF a hundred-and-one
events in the cinema world trickle
out into the street and there are in
Vulnerable signs of impending up
heaval in moviedom.
For while pictures may be made
in Hollywood, policy is decided in
Broadway and banking is arranged in
Wall Street.
And few there are who pretend to
predict what is going to happen after
the first of the year.
y y y
MILLER IS IN
Already there are indications of
new cooperative movements and unit
systems fashioned after the old Uni
ted Artists, in which stars, directors
and others will share.
Take, for instance, the case of Gill
bert Miller, as high-hat and import
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Barbs

A Memphis department store San
ta Claus recently was fired for alb
sent-mindedly kissing a 17-year-old
girl. Serves him right; that's no way
to kiss girl.
X X X
Congress may not get much
done about prohibition repeal
this session, but 1t at least put
beer on everyone's tongue.
* X X
President-elect Roosevelt makes a
hobby of stamp collecting. If the
debt cancelationists have their way
that's about all he'll get from our
European neighbors.
X Y X
1t cost the government an extra
$1,7O0 for sedan to accommodate
Postmaster General Browns silk top
per. Just another instance of the
high overhead at Washington.
X \ X
Pinching times have been a
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CHAPTER XVIII.
<<vvYHERE were you then,
" when Checkles and Doris
w were eating their ice

cream:"
81 told you" :.
"You told me a cock-and-bull
story. Do you expect any jury to
believe that"
Instead of replying the doctor
was looking mournfully around the
room.
II can't believe it" he MUIR
INJURED.
"Neither will the jury" snapped
Colt, accepting the non-sequitur as
a reply.
"Ah, haven't we talked enough?
Do as you please only let me
have some sleep now" cried Mas
kell with a shudder.
But Thatcher Colt only shook
his head.
"The police won't sleep until we
get our man." he replied.
Doctor Maskell forced a smile,
and an unearthly chuckle.
Crying the methods of the
Spanish In6uisition?" he Knocked.
"No sleep for suspected man,
Ell? Gentlemen-I shall be awake
when you are all nodding and
snoring. / am doctor-and ]
never sleep when a patient needs
me-"
And he smiled mockingly.
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Smid, president, University Of Cali
fornia.
= = =
With tax Of IS barrel on our
beer, the hoodlum wouldn't be able
to sell his graft encountered stuff to
the American people, even at the
point Of gun.-George p. McCabe,
general counsel for the Associated
Producers Of Cereal Beverages.
y y
I think war In Europe Is unlikaSr.
John ]. Pershing, on return
from Europe.
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playhouse staging tabloid music
shows starring the famous revue folk
with 81 top price-and maybe even
less.
X Y 4
PROFIT SHARING
So there you are, on the eve Of q
New Year. Every film office clutter
ed with conferences which portend
changes, the end of which no one
can at this moment guess. But the
trend is toward profit sharing, CO.
operation, decreased salaries and in
comes based largely on the income
from a picture.
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"It is called a pneumo-
cardio sphygmometer," answered
Thatcher Colt.
Dougherty blinked in over-done
astonishment at his friend. The
District Attorney was a well-edu-
Gated man, but for so long had he
cultivated his public pose Of rourh-
ness and readiness that he had al.
most convinced himself he was an
illiterate.
"A what, Mr.. Commissioner" he
purred, with such JUNCTION that I
was sure he regretted the abgence
OF an audience to laugh at his com
edy; ~
ut is commonly called q lie de.
tector," explained Thatcher Colt.
Dougherty clapped his hands
together and laughed immoder-
Have you fallen for that
Piffle :" he cried. my gosh. you'i
be using New THOUGHT On vonr
prisoners next. What is the Pohee
Department Of the CITY Of Eev
York coming to, I want to know :"
Thatcher Colt remained inner.
turbable.
"You are in ignorance Of thu
facts, Dougherty," he remon-
strated quietly. This machine il
IN almost daily use in the Illinois
Penitentiary at Joliet. Moreover.
it Is employed by the police az
many other cities-it has bear
used in more than five thousand
criminal cases in the Berkelev
California, Police Department
alone"
(Io Be Continusd Tomeyrow.)
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boon to at least one industry.
The snuff manufacturers are
paying extra dividends.
X X X
The Spaniards are. catching onto
the idea of republican government
The Spanish cabinet has decided to
spend 100000 for a garage for its
members IA automobiles.
y X x
Folks who call spade a spade
will have to find a new name for
hunger marchers who eat at pub
lie expense and ride to Washing
ton in automobiles.
X X X
The doctors were amazed at Henry
Ford's recuperative powers. Just the
Ford quick pickup.
Copyright, 1882, NEA Service, Inc.)
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'There is a theory that may in
volve Armstrong" he declared.
why don't you spill the theory
to me?" demanded Dougherty.
because you would disbelieve
in it SO much you might even
block me from then on" said
Colt. "No-give US the rest of
this day, Dougherty."
81 promised until midnight, "
sighed Dougherty. "And while /
have all the evidence in the world
to justly the arrest Of Maskell,
I'll live up to my word. The doc
tor is guilty as red-fire hell. Why
don't you give up the agreement
and let me 60 ahead?" -.
81 believe" replied Thatcher
Colt, "that before midnight, you
will agree with me that there is
something much more surprising
yet to be found"
Dougherty groaned with an air
Of conscious Christian fortitude.
Call right" he growled. "Where
do we go from here?" ~.
Thatcher Colt stood up, smiling
mysteriously.
"To the private dwelling Of the
Police Commissioner of the City of
New York." he divulged. "There
we will get the truth out of Hum
phrey Maskell."
Dougherty looked his astonish-
ment. Thatcher Colts proposal
seemed incomprehensible to him
then, and, indeed, to me, too. Why
should we have to examine Doctor
Maskell in the home of the Com
missioner? Why not at Police
Headquarters, where we could
have information, check-ups, all
the aid we needed? The District
Attorney shrugged his shoulders
and gave his famulus, Hogan, a
significant ogle as we left the Of
flee and descended to the street.
Soon we were uptown, in the new
Bohemia Of the West Side, the
neighborhood between the Verdi
and Dante triangles-near which
was the home of the Commissioner.
He lived in a modest house in the
West Seventies; there were flower
boxes before the windows, and
bright green paint on the wood
work; it was much more like
house in some doing little
Southern city than in the heart
Of Manhattan. Thatcher Colt
had lived for many years in
that house. In fact, he was
born in another Of the houses
on the same block, Just across from
No. 244, where Elwell, the bridge
expert, was mysteriously murdered.
Some day ! shall describe the sim
gular rooms contained in that quiet
and pretty little dwelling-the
weapons chamber, the room where
Thatcher Colt conducted his own
original researches into ''ballis-
tics" his poison room--but all
these things played their parts in
the detection Of subsequent crimes.
Tonight we were led to the library
Of Thatcher Colt, a vast, immense
room running the entire stretch Of
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A YEAR OF GOOD PROGRESS
ALONG THE WAYS OF HEALTH

Although have just heard half a
dozen presidents deliver their fare
well messages and bespeak for
their successors the same cordial
cooperation go. I am still optimis-
tic about the health of America.
For one thing there were the nu-
merous new records made by our
athletes in the Olympic games in Los
Angeles last summer. Obviously the
race is not deteriorating physically.
Some of us have felt bit anxious
about increasing effeminacy, but we
have found the cause of that and we
have a cure for it. The cause Is
precocious indulgence in cigarettes
and automobile driving. The cure is
athletics or at least play for every
body. I said athletics, not sport.
From my point of view, which is
perhaps unique, there is rapproch-
ment discernible between us regular
doctors and the principal offshoots
or schisms in the healing business.
My correspondence with osteopathS
has grown to considerable volume
the past year and for the most
part it has been just as cordial
as though they were regular doctors.
I have even had a civil word or two
with an occasional cult practitioner,
and believe it or not, here the other
day a chiropractor assured me that
he always enjoys my articles, he has
learned lot from them, and my
teachings have proved profitable for
him-and there's no catch in that
either. This experience inspires me
to look forward to the day when
there shall be neither isms nor
pathies but just physicians, healers
or practitioners, all licensed on the
same minimum educational qualifica-
lions and fitness to assume the
responsibility such a servant must
take.
A new specialist has gained recog-
milton, namely, the Industrial Sur
geon, the doctor who serves as ply
sician for large industry, takes care
of the employees in emergencies and
so on. Until now no formal recog-
milton has been accorded such q
speciality, but I reckon we see the
handwriting on the wall. Techno-
cracy looms ahead. and already Sc
rious revision of older forms and GUS
toms of medical practice is under
way. All kinds of schemes are being
tried out, from here to quackery, ir
the effort to spread out in easy
monthly payments the burden thai
brushes man when serious Hines!
occurs in his family, the burden o.
big doctor bills, bills for medicine, TO,
nursing, for hospital care. Unles.
the country is destined to go com.
munist, I venture to prophesy tina
all these new forms of practice, ex-
cept the firmly established plan O.
contracting with physician to Civ
his services or certain part of hi
time exclusively to the employees O
a given plant, will fail after fat
trial.
believe we have consolidated ou
position in the war against 1.-The com
mon cold" and cancer. If the caus.
of "the common cold" was not dis.
covered again this past year it wa.
an oversight on the part of Johns.
Hopkins. AS for the apparent in.
crease in the prevalence of cancer
We have found an encouraging ex.
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one hundred and fifty feet on the
third floor, and shelving a person
ally selected collection Of more
than fifteen thousand books on
crime and it's related topics, more
than half of which would not be
found together in any ordinary Ii
brary in the world.
Waving us to comfortable chairs,
Thatcher Colt retired. Dougherty
and Hogan looked around them
with an air Of suspicion and be-
wilderment. Their very glances
seemed to say that Thatcher Colt
could not be a practical man, with
all those books in his possession.
Presently, the Commissioner reap
peared, wearing a dressing gown of
strong, rich silk, a lowered padua-
soy. From a covered recess in the
library wall, a small alcove above
a table, he drew out a tray on
which reposed glasses, and a bottle
Of old port. Withdrawing the cork,
he called our attention to a filmy
crust of scales of tartar on the top,
the beeswing of a rare old wine.
''In this xerophilous land" said
Thatcher Colt, "there is not much
more wine like this. Gentlemen,
your healthw
We all felt very solemn and i'm
portant as we drank that precious
liquor. 1t warmed the inner lining
Of my soul. Then, leaning back in
his chair, Thatcher Colt, resumed:
81 must begin by explaining to
you that this is wholly an extra
legal proceeding. I must also make
that perfectly clear to Maskell. He
has the right to decline to have
anything to do with these expert.
ments."
"What kind of bunk have you
fallen for, Thatcher Colt?" AS he
asked the question, Dougherty al
most hummed the words, while his
hands, spread out on his knees,
seemed itching to get hold Of Mas.
kell and pitch him into a cell.
1.-Two things" replied the Com
missioner, "the first is thisv'
On table, at his right hand.
was an object covered with a cloth
Of green serge. Lifting this, Colt
disclosed an odd affair, drum-like
electrical instrument.
What the deuce is that7"
Knocked Dougherty, his hands in
his pockets, as he leaned over at
a rakish angle and surveyed the
machine quizzically.
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Way of the Law

Upon the orders of Thatcher
Colt, / was sent home to snatch a
few hours sleep before another
long night of inquisition that
doomed ahead. However, did not
feel like sleep, but spent the late
hours Of the afternoon being
bathed and shaved, and then hav-
ing tea with Betty Garfield.
Every time we broke bread to-
gether, we liked each other better.
In the course of our conversation,
she assured me her engagement to
Bruce was never really serious
and was all ended now.
With a light heart, / returned
to Headquarters. It was five
o'clock when I reached the Com
missioner's office where l found
Thatcher Colt in deep converse
ton with Dougherty. Neither the
District Attorney nor. my chief
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A Change Needed

Suggestion by the state govern
mental survey commission that new
safeguards be thrown about the ini-
tiative clause Of the state constitu-
ton merits serious study on the part
of legislators now gathering here for
the 1898 session. It indicates an ap-
probation Of the conditions under
which the people are placed when
such measures are presented to them
6 well g familiarity with the history
Of THU weapon for enforcing the
popular will.
The suggestion made Is that mi
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Editorial Comment

Editorials printed below show the
trend of thought by other editors
They are published without regard
to whether they agree or disagree
with The Tribune's policies.
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vAPOR.HEATED PLANE

Dayton, GA vapor heated airplane
has been developed in the Army
Equipment Branch at Wright Field.
It is operated with a boiler inside an
exhaust lire and a radiator inside Of
the cabin Of the plane similar to that
OF an automobile hot water heater.
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PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
By William Brady, M. ID.

Signed letters pertaining health hygiene
diagnosis treatment will be answered by Brady
selfaddd Letters
in ink No reply be made to queries not conforming nstrc
ions Address William Brady. this newspaper.
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China is about six times as large as
the state of Texas.
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tIHE MYHEkYof GERALDINE
j by ANTHONY ABBOT

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Evening star., 1932-08-14

est effort of theirs, while not
greater by leaps and bounds than
their past films, is nevertheless
one of the better gloom chasers
and an ideal entertainment for
both young and old. Chiefly to
be admired, too, is the svelte
beauty of Miss Thelma Todd, who
continues to be Statuesque and
calm even when she is COM
pletedly submerged by the four
Marx Brothers all at the same
time.
The Paramount outfit may well
be pleased with these pictures as
well as the new Chevalier film,
Love Me Tonight" which, as Mr..
Sam Katz (the enterprising man
at the heinz said, reveals this
ex-Parisian gamin, as IAN actor
as well as a singer OF comic
songs"
Mr.. Katz, in an interesting, if
somewhat Shambling, Grafton on
the merits of new Paramount
policies given at the luncheon for
peregrinating film reviewers, fur
ther disclosed the fact that NJ
Chevalier is unquestionably one of
the white-haired boys on the lot
and will continue to prove him
self so. Close at his heels Mr..
Katz puts the Marx Brothers.
Others whom the Paramount Or
ganization boosts with a great
boost are Miriam Hopkins, Fred
eric March and Gary Cooper.
In the order of events to
watch for in the future are the
careers of such as yet unStarred
stars as Charles Laughton (you
will see him in 'The Devil and
the Deep'), Cary Grant, new
Gable-Brent menace; Alison Skip
worth, whom Washington will re-
member as Nine. Raqueteer, and
Herbert Marshall. These players
Mr.. KatZ seemed particularly en-
thusiastic about, as also George
Raft, who, it is said, gets four
times as much fan mail as any
one else on the lot-and this after
playing only small bits in two or
three films.
Eighteen pictures instead or six,
plans for innumerable others, the
signing of 80 new writer's, the
grooming of new and attractive
cinema ladies, the postponing of
Sylvia Sidney's Madame Butter
fly" until she is absolutely ready
for such an undertaking-all this
indicates that the Paramount
Corporation is settling down to
riding along on the crest, but also
to making sure that it will stay
there once it has attained the
heights. That it has splendid ma
terial at hand is unquestionable;
that its future is bright is also
unquestionable, and that it en-
tertained visiting cinema sleuths
in right royal fashion is also un-
questionable. So give the cor
poration a great big hand-it de-
serves it!
Evening star., 1932-08-14
Aline's About Face.

planned ahead, she took house in
Brentwood Heights and admitted
frankly that she liked Hollywood and
Hollywood's methods.
1.-The truth is she says now, I've
never seen any evidence that Once in
a Lifetime was fair impression of the
industry. Every picture I have been in
has started on schedule and finished on
time. All the promises made to me
have been kept-faithfully kept"
This interesting young woman whose
nationality is a mixture of Scotch
Irish-R Russian Jewish. says she got her
first opportunity on the stage by pester-
ing Edgar Selwyn, a family friend. She
has played in musical comedy, roper
toire and stock aS well as in legitimate
Broadway productions, but until her
venture to Hollywood with the play that
made fun of the place. she had never
appeared on stage outside of Greater
New York.
She has a glorious sense Of humor, a
way of throwing her lines away that
endearS her to all audiences and de-
termination not to become stereotyped
as a character actress fitted for only
one particular kind of role. She is
married to a New York architect-and
expects to take a long vacation abroad
with him in the Fall.
Actually she is not at all satiated
either with Hollywood or the world In
general, a young woman who wears
picture hats, who neither cooks, nor
drives a car, nor keeps pet, and who
is frankly sorry if she once hurt Holly
woods feelings.
She came to hoot, she says, but she
has STAYED to tOot!
Evening star., 1932-08-14
Personal Items.
WALLACE FORD rejoicing that his

WALLACE FORD rejoicing that his
little daughter Patty is well again
E. Norma Shearer and Leslie Howard
having walking race" as they leave
the "Smilin' Through" set. -. Johnny
Weissmuller telegraphing his wife, Bob
Die Arnst, that he is Hollywood bound.
Robert Young getting genuine thrill in
being presented to DR.. Margaret Chung,
famous Chinese surgeon, who comph-
mented him as the young doctor in THE
Sin of Madelon CLAUDE"
Ramon Novarro entertaining two
famous German dancers on the home
lot. Wonder if Jean Harlow is saving
recipes since she has become a house
wife?. Conrad Nagel, playing step
father to Jackie Cooper in Father ami
Son." getting real thrill out of watch
ing Jackie act . Jimmy Durante read
ing new book called "Jail-Bait," and
enjoying it. John MILAN positively re-
fuses to talk about himself as long as
any one will listen about the new
baby. Karen Morley entertaining rela-
tives from back home with luncheon
in the M-G-M restaurant. . Marion
Davies getting a thrill out Of lighting
UP the beach with fireworks. Wallace
Beery at the airport posing for pictures
with his favorite plane. Joan Marsh
and her mother being mistaken for
/ sisters at a beach club.
Evening star., 1932-08-14
Will Rogers Pictures.

WILL ROGERS new Fox contract,
by the terms of which he is to
make four pictures, makes "Jubilo." now
in production, the first Of the four
films he will appear in. 1t is to be
modernized with music. After "Jubilo"
comes "State Fair" which Fox intends
to make one of the high points Of the
season. Janet Gaynor will have the
chief feminine role in this hen Fox
brings that study of Iowa farm life,
based on Phil Stongs Literary Guild
novel. to the screen. Will Rogers will
also be starred in this production as
his second assignment under his new
Fox contract.