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Evening star., 1932-07-24

PART FOUR-6 PAGES.
Amusement Section-Stage, Screen and
Veterans of Foreign wars-Page 2.
Y. w. C. A. News-Page 3.
News of the Clubs-Page 8.
Serial story, Babes on Broadway
Page 8
Aviation Activities-Page 3.
Disabled Veterans-Page 3.
Marine Corps News-Page 3.
In the Motor World-Page 4.
Fraternities-Page S.
District of Columbia Naval Reserve
District National Guard-Page 5.
PART FIVE PAGES.
Sports Section.
PART SIX-12 PAGES.
Financial and Classified Advertising.
The Home Gardener-Page IL.
ORGANIZED Reserves-Page IL.
American Legion-Page IL.
Public Library News-Page II.
Spanish War Veterans-Page IL.
PART SEvEN-l6 PAGES.
Magazine Section.
Review of New Books-Page IL.
Crossword Puzzle-Page 13.
Rows and Girls Page-Page IA.
Hirh Lights Of History-Page Is.
Those Were the Happy Days-Page 16.
GRAPHIC SECTIONS PAGES.
vyorId Hvents in Pictures.
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Sales Above Appraisals.

VAN VERT. Ohio, July % R).-For
the first time in three years both rural
and city properties were sold today al
sheriff's sale for prices above the ap-
praisals.
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Balchen to Blaze
Norway Mail Line
In August Flight
26 to Be Carried in Ship
on Minneapolis-to-
Bergen Trip.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MINNEAPOLIS. July 23.-Plans for
a mid d-August transatlantic flight from
Minneapolis. by way of Montreal, Green
land and Iceland. to Bergen, Norway,
were announced tonight by L. S. Clark,
Minneapolis business man, who said
Bernt Balchen has been engaged as
chief pilot.
Twenty passengers, a crew Of six. in
addition to mail, supplies and fuel, will
be carried, M. Clark said. A flying
boat is now being constructed and will
be delivered here about august !, he
said.
Safety Chief Consideration.
Mr.. Clark is secretary of syndicate
Aerial World Tours, Inc-organized to
finance the flight. He said the chief
consideration will be safety and test
of the feasibility of establishing an air
mail line operating on regular schedules
over the ncrtherly route. He said ar
rangements have been completed for
underwriting the venture with an In
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
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COLOR Sections PAGES.
Holly of Hollywood; Keeping Up With
the Joneses; Mutt and JET; Reg lar
Fellers: Mr.. and Mrs; Tarzan; Lit
tie orphan Annie: Moon Mullins;
Brutus.
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Municipal Utility Earnings Pay
Expenses of Town.
BELOIT, Kans.. July % (P).-Beloit
was added today to the list of tax-free
Kansas cities.
The city council voted to suspend all
city levies and place the entire cost OF
local government upon earnings of the
city light and water department
Chanute, Colby and Augusta are
other taxless municipalities in the
State
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TODAY'S STAR

PART ONE-16 PAGES.
General News-Local, National and
Foreign.
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PART TWO-8 PAGES.
Editorials and Editorial Features.
Radio News-Page 5.
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PART THREE-10 PAGES.
Society Section.
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PART FIVE PAGES.
Sports Section.

GRAPHIC SECTIONS PAGES.
World Events in Pictures.
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WEATHER.

CO. o. Weather Bureau Forecasto
Fair and cooler today; tomorrow, fair;
gentle to moderate northwest and north
winds today becoming gentle variable.
Temperatures-Highe "a. at pm.
yesterday: lowest, H. at am. yester-
day Full report on page 5.
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The Star is delivered every evening and
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CITY SUSPENDS TAXES

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Evening star., 1932-10-16
FRANCO-BRITISH TALKS
BRING LITTLE RESULTS
Conservations in London Bring Only
Exchange of Macdonald and
HerriOt Peace Plans.

Macdonald then said that his only
aim in trying to call four power con-
ference was to find practical means
to get Germany back into the disarma-
ment negotiations so that it could be
clearly ascertained just what Germany
really has in mind. II Germany's in
tentions are less innocent than they
outwardly appear to be with regard
to rearmament, Macdonald said that
this fact would soon be apparent.
Herriot said that he had no objection
to four-power conference, but that 1t
should be held in Geneva, which is
where the Disarmament Conference is
sitting. To move to London to please
Germany. he suggested, would be to en-
courage bad diplomatic methods. He
seems to have intimated that he had
American sympathy in this view.
Macdonald and Herriot then agreed
on two principles said to have been
recently thrown into the discussion by
the American delegate. Norman H.
Davis: First, no rearmament of any
sort, and second, no unilateral revision
Of the treaties.
New Treaty Possible.
They also agreed that Germany could
be readily granted juridical equality
within new treaty, provided some way
could be found to prevent an increase
IN German armaments, whether now
or later.
Herriot rendered Macdonald his five
fold peace plan. thus:
l. A general disarmament conven-
ton said to be based on President Hoo
ver's proposals.
2 A consultative pact including
abandonment Of neutral rights and
nonrecognition Of forcible seizures of
territory In case of violation of the
Kellogg pact.
g. A European mutual aid and Sc
curity pact on the Locarno model. out
lawing not merely war. but any use of
armed force in another's territory.
4. Provisions for an international
airplane police force under the control
Of the League of Nations.
| S. An equal rights protocol on the
basis Of no increase Of present arma-
ments for anybody, either now or later.
Macdonald Offers Plan.
Macdonald then explained to Herriot
the British three-point peace plan,
| thus:
l. Germany shall be granted the right
to possess all sorts of arms that the
other powers have right to. but only
In limited quantities.
2. The other powers should reduce
| toward the German level by successive
stages.
g. A ten-year truce from territorial
and treaty revision agitation.
Neither statesman seems to have
liked the others plan very much and,
accordingly. each agreed to take it I'M
der consideration and discuss 1t late-
| 1t is believed that British opinion
is neither prepared to disarm on the
Hoover principles, nor to accept new
security commitments on the Herriot
principles. Similarly, the French are
unwilling to grant to Germany even in
small quantities. arms now forbidden
under the treaty and feel dissatisfied
with a mere ten-year political truce
declaration, unless there are provisions
for enforcing 1t In case somebody
breaks it.
The whole problem, therefore. appar-
entity remains as complicated as ever.
(Copyright 1882
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the unpaid principal. On mortgages
for less than eight years the bank can
advance only up to 80 per cent. No
mortgages running longer than Is years
are handled by the bank.
The cash which the bank uses in
this manner will be derived chiefly
from the sale of debentures sold to the
investing public and secured by the
banks mortgage holdings. Issued in
denominations of 500 and UP. they
will be backed by real estate to the
extent of approximately five times their
face value, and as such they will con-
stitute one of the safest and best in
vestments for the person of moderate
means. Though bearing the name Of
the individual banks which issue them,
these debentures, paying probably 4 or
Az per cent interest, will have behind
them the entire resources of the Home
Loan Bank System with total capital
ization of $l34000.000.
In some States there is at present a
legal hitch preventing savings banks
and building and loan concerns from
becoming members. but Franklin w
Fort, chairman of the Federal Home
Loan Board, has received assurances
Evening star., 1932-10-16

homes in general. Mr.. No-Job, anxious
to raise some money has been shocked
to find his $4,000 house brought down
to a market value distressingly below
that figure, so that for mortgage pur-
poses it was practically dead horse" p"
If he already had mortgage on 1t
his equity could be put in thimble.
His predicament was nobody's fault In
particular. But that didn't help him
any. And building and loan companies
themselves. with buildings back on
their hands and no more loan funds
available, we're in an equally uncom-
Portable position.
Now good warm cash will flow into
these institutions in exchange for mort
cages on ice They qualify for this
relief by becoming members of the re-
gional Home Loan Banks. each insti-
tuition subscribing for stock in the bank
to the amount Of l per cent Of the
mortgages held On mortgages origi-
nally made for a term of eight years
or more the bank will advance up to
40 per cent of the value of the prop
erty securing the mortgage; provided
this is not more than 60 per cent OF
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lends money only where there is rea-
sonable prospect of getting it back, con-
sequently it finances no new undertak-
ings unless they be of self -liquidating
kind. such as bridges that pay for them
selves in tolls. But these self-maintain-
ing, money-back undertakings are
very much in its line" and they are
the kind of works that provide work.
In saving large employers (such as
railroads. from going on the rocks. and
making possible the starting Of new un-
dertakings of a pay-as-you- use them
kind, the r. F. c. isn't so remote from
our personal welfare as its pair of bill
lions might lead us to suppose. Indeed,
it's something to take rather a friendly
interest in!
Tax Burden Controlled.
The Tax Burden.-As regards taxes our
interest isslikely to be less friendly than
querelous. Why, we ask, does the Gov
ernment have to have so much money?
What does it do with it all?
Actually We taxpayers finance three
governments-Federa State and local.
And how the cost of them has risen
Comparing present figures with those of
the year 1913, we find that Federal ex-
penses are six times as high, State gov
eminent expenses ditto, and local gov
ernment expenses ton an average
throughout the country at large) are
modest four times as high.
And has Mr.. Average Mans income
increased proportionately?
Seemingly not quite!
Looking at the estimated Federal bud
get for the current year we find that
| out Of expenditures totaling nearly four
billion. approximately one billion is fol
veterans, and seven hundred millions for
national defense. These amounts, to-
gether with interest on public debt
contracted In wartime, show that war
fare-preparedness and aftermath
eats up more than half Of our peace
time budget.
State expenses have done their
mounting without martial justification
And local nkewise-most of all in the
cities.
What can a humble taxpayer dc
about It?
The citizens of Indiana have given
the answer. In that State there Il
cleser watch on budgets, and local tax
payers have won the right Of redress
any ten local citizens may protest tc
the State Board of Tax Commissioner.
regarding any part Of q proposed loca
budget which seems unwarranted, OF
any local bond issue that should moi
be approved.
similar systems. And other States are
following. 1t is up to the citizen. Ss
| let there be discussion!
Evening star., 1932-10-16
Poland Will Restore
Pre-War Bison Herds

WARSAW.-Formerly inhabiting the
whole of the Continent, the European
bison Is now restricted to few forests
of the Caucasus and to some geological
gardens Before the war there were
herds In some parks in Russian Poland
and Lithuania. Poland is now striving
to re-establish these herds, which were
depleted first by the German troops
and then by the Soviet forces.
1t having been reported that sew
eral European bison were still to be
found in Poland in the wild state. the
Government made an exhaustive in
quiry and discovered that the last ami
NAL was killed recently by the ranger
formerly in charge of the herd. This
lone survivor was an old bull which
had developed a disease Of the legs
and was shot to end its sufferings.
To restore the herd five bisons have
been taken from the geological gar
dens of Warsaw and Poznan and
transferred to the State Forest OF
Bialowics. 1t will take years before
the herd reaches pre-war proportions
300 head.
There is in Europe an International
Society for the Conservation Of Bison,
with headquarters at Frankfort-on-
the-Main in Germany. It has MEM
bership Of $40, two-thirds of whom
are Poles.
tCopyright, 1922
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"Aviation Transport
Tested by French

PARIS.-With the Commandant
Teste, recently commissioned. the
French navy Is testing . new type OF
aircraft carrier. Onicially she is des-
ignated as an aviation transport"
The French navy already mas the
Bearn, which is an aircraft carrier Of
the type used in the American and
British navies, with the deck serving
as runway for taxing of and alighting
The Commandant Teste differs in that
she Is only of half the tonnage 10000
instead of 22,50O) and has no runway.
The greater part of the deck space is
occupied by hangers for seaplanes,
which are either catapulted or lowered
by cranes. On their return the cranes
serve to hoist them on board.
The general staff Of the navy, while
conscious of the necessity Of aircraft
carriers for work with fleets far from
their bases. considers that France needs
aviation transports" also, as adjuncts
to coast defense.
IrSonvr;rht aoasN
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SHANKS ASSAILS MARCH
FOR CRITICIZING PERSHINC
Declares Chief of Staff Sought to Take
Credit for Accomplishments
of Others.

My opinion Is that if he had made any
public effort to denote Gen. Pershine.
there would have been q showdown
and a new chief of staff.
It is essential to attempt just esti-
mate of Gen. March and his services.
Peyton c. March rendered country and
Army a valuable service He was able
to do so because primarily he is a man
Of action, and action was the crying
need Of the War Department when he
took charge.
He is cold. fearless Of responsibility,
quick thinker, and I Doubt whether
any other officer his superior in driv-
domitable will power Until he took
charge, discussion, memoranda. confer
ences were the order. The War De-
partment needed a dictator. and Gen
March was a car. He stepped on the
gas and the whole Army felt the pres
sure.
Most Valuable in War.
These statements relative to Gen.
March's services are confined to the
war period. When the Armistice had
been signed Gen. March's usefulness
was minimized. War spirit had cooled
sense of duty was on the wane. The
time had passed when any man was
regarded as Stacker VINO did not un-
questionably comply with whatever or
ders he received.
Conditions had entirely changed. The
War Department no longer needed q
czar What it did badly need was q
man of diplomacy, tact, patience. Gen
March did not show these qualities. A
knn nf H1rp1 y1d q IL
erance Of the views, wishes and 7opin-
than mere driving force. A storm OF
bitter criticism broke over the land
A master hand was needed at the helm
Many emergency officers, and ON
GERS of the Regular Army, also, re-
turned from abroad almost bolshevik
in attitude. Never again" were The
words oft repeated. In the final Meuse-
Argonne campaign many oficers had
won promotion on the field Of battle
Many incompetent officers had been
relegated to the rear.
But the moment the Armistice was
signed there was q cable tom the Wal
Department forbidding further promo
tions, and directing that officers resume
the duties of their grade. The Officer
who had distinguished himself could
not receive the promotion he hac
earned. The incompetent oficer was
not denoted. but was free to 60 bach
to the job where he had already shown
himself incompetent.
The idea became prevalent that thu
War Department was not interested tr
the oficer who had won promotion II
CONTINUED on Fourth Fase9
Evening star., 1932-10-16
BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER.

~ ARIs.-Franco-sritish talks on
- Thursday and yesterday in
London seem to have made NO
i constructive contribution to the
disarmament and security i'm
broglio, on the solution of which
economic reconstruction, in turn, Is said
to depend.
The Franco British consultative un-
derstanding of Lausanne. which was
badly wrenched by the sudden invitation
which Ramsay Macdonald, prime
minister of Great Britain. sent out for
q four-power conference in London
without first sounding out French
Premier Edouard Herriot, appears to
have been duly repaired.
Temporarily. the rivalry between
London and Geneva for diplomatic
supremacy seems to have been decided
IN favor OF Geneva.
New Peace Plans Studied.
Herriot showed Macdonald his new
peace plan and Macdonald told Herriot
of Great Britain's new peace plan. Each
will study the others project with a
view to possible adjustment later.
1t is possible that Macdonald will
invite Chancellor Franz Won Papen and
Foreign Minister Constantin Won Neurath
of Germany to London in the near
future. but otherwise the diplomatic
schedule runs as follows:
The council and assembly OF the
League of Nations end today with vir-
tually no concrete achievement to their
Credit.
The Economic Conference Committee
will meet in Geneva on october 81 and
the bureau Of the Disarmament Con-
terence on November 3, but may be post
poned to November 10.
The German elections come on No
vember and the American on Novem-
Der 8. Everybody feels that it Is better
to get them over with before attempting
any further major negotiations.
The British French Italian German
talks on the German arms equality claim
begin in Geneva on November 10, pro-
vided, meanwhile, Germany can be ger
that the American delegates. while not
officially participating, will not be far
distant then any more they have been
Just now in London.
Discussion Of the Lytton report on the
Manchurian crisis will begin November
II at Geneva and the Disarmament
Conference, with or without Germany
reassembles MVsmber 81.
1t is understood that Herriot in con-
vorSing with Macdonald dWelt at some
length on the autocratic and military
character of the present German gov
eminent in contrast with the ideals OF
the three great democracies." Great
Britain. the United States and France
Herriot suggested that these great
democracies should stand together to
stem the rising tide of relationships
Macdonald more or less agreed. but
suggested that the best way to overthrow
autocracy in Germany Is to make more
reasonable concessions to the German
viewpoint.
Cites French Concessions.
Herriott replied by long list OF
Frances alleged concessions to Germany.
including the premature evacuation of
the Rhineland and the virtual cancella-
hon Of reparations, which. however, Her.
riot said.s resulted, not in 0aktng Ger
many more democratic ana contented,
but less So.
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BY MAI. GEN. DAVID C. SHANKS,
T.. s. A.. Retired.

BY MAI. GEN. DAVID c. SHANKS,
L. S. A., Retired.
Commander of Port Of Embarkation.
Hoboken. N. j.. in World War.
I'm developing the story of his World
War service in the book THE Ma
tion at War" Gen. Peyton c.
March has gone far afield in dis
cussing both men and events. He
cannot feel aggrieved, therefore, II
others exercise frankness and candor in
speaking of him. The careful reader
of Gen. March's story cannot fail to
be impressed by its two outstanding
features.
First-The tremendous emphasis Gen.
March places upon his own efficiency
and service. There are few pages where
he is not the central figure. In his
scramble to take credit he made eyre
gious blunders. A man who offers
criticism so pointed must have facts to
back him up.
Second-There is glaring evidence OF
Gen. March's animosity toward Gen
Pershing. It stands out at every angle
Sometimes Gen. March has gone far
out of his way to present Gen. Pershing
in an unfavorable light, as witness his
references to Gen. Pershing's services
in the Tacna-Aric dispute.
Tells of March's Visit.
The average reader will have only
Gen. March's story from which to dis
cover his animus toward Gen. Pershing.
As for myself. had from Gen. March's
own lips positive evidence of his feel
ing toward the commander Of the
American Expeditionary Forces.
A few days before Gen. Pershing's
return from Europe Gen. March ar
rived in New York to inspect the port
and its embarkation camps. of which
I was in command. I went to his hotel
in my official car to accompany him
on hts round.
MY car carried 6 two-star flag in
dicating the rank Of major general, the
only flag I was authorized to use. Gen
March turned with the brusque in
quiry why my car was not carrying
the four-star flag of his rank. I said
I was sorry, but could not provide
what I did not have. Fortunately Gen
MArsh's aide appeared with four star
hag.. Ruffled feelings were soothed
and we started on as vigorous round
of inspection as it has ever been my lot
Wanted No Ceremony.
As we were returning to the hotel
said: Gen. Pershing will be coming
home in a few days. What special cere-
mony do you wish?" In a petulant
tone Gen. March replied: None. Gen
Pershing automatically becomes q majo1
general as soon as he sets foot or
shore"
Gen. March's prediction about Gen
Pershing's demotion did not come true
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Must Climb Monument 48 Times to Lose
Pound, Says Doctor, Hitting Reducing Fad

brings his whole body and his whole
mind into united action" he declared.
This constitutes mental prophylactic
and actually improves person. Other
wise, there is no evidence that exercise
and sport In themselves make q man
either healthier or better morally. If
you don't believe the latter statement,
watch q crowd of ministers cheating at
hand ball some time"
Copyright. 1897