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women's national committee for law
enforcement. They told the COM
mittee that beer was responsible for
80 per cent of pre-prOhibition
drunkenness, and asserted that
modification of the Volstead act was
the entering wedge for the return
of the open saloon.
Then they warned that If Red
revolution and riots followed the
passage of beer legislation the re-
sponsibility would be laid at the
committees door.
Three congressman and DR.. Leigh
Colvin of New York also spoke in
opposition to modification.
Next day the dry men. mar
shaled by DR.. A. ]. Barton. execu-
tive secretary of the Anti-Saloon
league. took the floor. They in
cluded Canon w. G. Chase. Deets
Picket, Bishop James Cannon IT.,
and others. and another woman,
Mrs Ella Boole. president of the
National Women's Christian TEN.
perance union. was with them 70
add her arguments. One of fine
witnesses produced by the drys was
Dr. Walter r. Miles of Yale, who
told of experiments he made with
students tending to show that a
2.75 per cent alcoholic drink was in.
toSicating. He admitted the stuff
he gave the hoys was not real beer
hut concoction of grape juice
sugar and alcohol.
Secretary of the Treasury Mills
was summoned by the committee
to give estimates of the amount ot
revenue which would he derived
from tax of So on each barrel oil
legaliZed heer
Little affected by all the dry ar
gnments II had heard. the commit
tee went to work drafting the legal
izing bill The vets were confident
they could put 1t through the
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- Il
G M New Years a holiday long
III - after the American Gus
W#RNM tom of New Years calls.
which justified its observ
ance, had gone the way of the polka
and the hoop skirt. There Is moth
ing American about the carnival-like
merry-makina which nowadays wei.
comes the new year Or can IL be
that even this is a metamorphosis
of the watchnight meeting of 40
years or more ago? To deacons aid
elders, to all anxious heads OF fam
lilies, II used to seem fitting to spend
at least three honrs of the year In
singing lugubrious hymns and CIV
ing thanks that they had been
singled out for preservation when
so many of kin and friends had
been removed by an equally discern
ing Providence.
But to the young the watchnighf
meeting was always dreary serv-
ice, only to be endured in view of
the Joy of the tomorrow. And when
the life and color were taken out
of the observance of New Years IT,
self. there seemed little sense In
ushering In day of gloom with a
still gloomier New Years eve. So
they left the watchnight meeting to
those who found no more pleasure
In their days. and for themselves in
PRODUCED the practice now generally
prevalent of indulging In a last fling
in preparation for the morrow's dis
agreeable business of turning over
new leaf. They have revived the
old pagan ceremony. except that no
miniature skeletons are passed
around at the feast to remind them
that they are mortal. Nothing In
this modern New Years eve aban-
don. however. commends II as a sub.
stitute for the old and gracious Gus.
tom of paying and receiving calls.
a custom whose desuetude was has
tened by the prodigious growth of
the large cities of our country In
the years that have followed the
Civil war.
As peoples acquaintance in
creased numerically their cir.
Gle widened geographically. Horse,
drawn vehicles were still the fndis-
pensable ways of getting about. A
gentleman who In 1869 could call
upon 100 or more ladies and find
room In himself for an equal num-
Der of cups of coffee or glasses of
sherry. was compelled, In 1879. to
reduce his calling list by half: he
could not get all the way round.
even If his brains and his legs held
out. AS 1t became apparent that
either the custom or Its observers
must shortly perish from the earth
the custom languished and died
Such of the old observers as survive
spend the day sadly. There is moth
Ing they can do to make them re.
pentant There Is no pleasure In
making good resolutions which you
can't break If you try.-Boston
Herald
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future understanding. Secretary of
State Stimson promptly replied de-
clining to accept the payment if ac-
companied by conditions that would
amount to reputation of the debt
funding pact. The British explained
that they were merely setting forth
their own position and reserving
the right to recur to their argu-
ments in the future examination of
the whole question ito which
the United States government has
agreed"
The officials in Washington inter-
preted the last British note as one
of mental reservations" and de-
cided they could accept the pay
ment without committing the United
States to any deviation from the
terms of the debt settlement. So
the incident was considered closed
SO far as Great Britain was con-
cerned.
Belgium followed the example of
France and defaulted. The cabinet
council decided not to pay America
the S2.125,0O0 that was due Thurs
day. explaining that the Hoover
moratorium and the Lausanne rep
arations agreement had deprived
Belgium of substantial sums and
that the debt funding agreement of
1925 was based on Belgium's ca
pacity to pay. Then the cabinet
resigned.
Italy, Lithuania, Czechoslovakia
and Latvia paid up on the debt.
Hungary, Poland and Esthonia did
not pay. Poland has asked the
United States to review the debt
agreement on the ground that her
interest on the debt is unfairly high
when compared to that which Italy
pays.
PRESIDENT ELECT Roosevelt
i was aroused to wrath when the
correspondent of the London Elk
press sent a cablegram to his pa
per misrepresenting Mr.. Roose
velt's views on the debt question
The dispatch said in part:
Let me at once clear up any
misunderstanding there is. at home
concerning what the new President
Is going to do about war debts.
gather from our conversation thai
on March 3 he is going To make 6
statement which I believe vii
bring some measure of relief to {
doubting world.
"But although I have the hes
reasons for believing that the inter
est on the war debts may be waived
and perhaps some pretty hard con
ditions will be attached TO cuttins
off the interest. there Is no possible
shadow of doubt that the capita,
representing mt RooseveIt's own ffg
ure s11 .OaO. OO0.OOO. will have TO b,
paid-every red cent of 1t. ~
Governor Roosevelt declared tina
the story was made Of whole cloth
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principal and In
terest due the Unit
ed States on Thurs
day. MacDonald's
cover nm ent b a d
proposed that the
payment should not
be regarded as the
regular semi-annu-
al installment pro-
vided for In the
debt agreement, but
as a payment on
capital to be taken
into account in any
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ing hearings on the
legalizing m e a s.
ures. and it heard
plenty in opposi-
ton, from both men
and women. The
gentler sex came
first. and the things
it said about beer
were far from gen.
tie. The women
were led by ! Mrs.
Henry w. Peabody
Of New York. gen.
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Lie pOWcIlui koO.
cialist party deserted the govern
ment.
Premier Herriot had made a ire
mendous fight, the most brilliant in
his career, and when his defeat was
announced he and his ministers
stalked out of the chamber. The
deputies then took another vote on
q motion to defer payment until
such a time as an international debt
conference can be held, and this
was carried, $50 to 81. The Radi-
cal Socialists who had supported
the premier's terms for payment
had left the chamber before this
vote was taken.
Herriot and his cabinet immedi-
ately submitted their designations
to President Lebrun and, as is Gus
tomary, were asked to carry on I'M
til a new government could be
formed. Consequently it was neces-
sary for Herriot to transmit to
Washington the decision of the
chamber.
FOLLOWING a rapid exchange
i between London and Washing
ton, Great Britain fulfilled expec-
tations by paying the S95, $4,000 in
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house, but were not SO sure they
could muster a two-thirds vote to
overcome a veto by President Hoo
ver-and there were reports that
the Chief Executive would disap-
prove the measure on the ground
that it would nullify the Eighteenth
amendment.
The senators were discussing the
relative merits Of repeal and mod
ificati0n. Senator Borah, a bone
dry. said he liked the repeal plan
offered by Senator Blaine of Wis
consin. who is very wet. Mr.. Blaine's
resolution would amend the Con-
stitution, first. by forbidding trans
portation of intoxicants into any
stare or territory in violation of its
laws; second. by authorizing con-
gress to enact laws to aid enforce
ment in dry states. This he
would substitute for the Eighteenth
amendment.
MRS. FRANKLIN D. RoosE-
lNl velt has called forth the
shocked protestations of prohibition
women in various parts of the coun-
try by asserting in radio talk that
''the average American girl of to-
day faces the problem of learning
very young how much she can drink
of such things as whisky and gin
and sticking to the proper guam
tity." She was contrasting condi-
tons today with those of her youth
when, as she said. very few girls
drank anything beyond glass of
wine at home, land it never would
have occurred to the young man to
carry a flask to an evening party"
XXIETS in the house were de-
w feated in two attempts to cut
off funds for prohibition enforce
ment. Amendments to the treas
ury supply bill designed to slash
$9.OOO,OOO from the 1884 appropria-
ton for the coast guard were Of.
fered by Schaefer of Wisconsin and
Boylan of New York, but both were
voted down.
Japan is becoming more and
- more isolated by developments
in Geneva. The League of Nations
Cancellation committee of nineteen,
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How =
lines Have
Changed

WI I'D HE custom Of celebrating
ME the advent Of the New
@ n Year is sunk In antiquity.
I%@hE Let US glance down the
centuries toward some OF
the first stunts in which the popu-
lace INDUCED and see If we aren't
inclined TO draw a breath of relief
as we exclaim. slow times have
changedI"
Long, long ago. before the dawn
of civilized stomachs, 1t was good
old pagan custom for our people To-
celebrate the New Year by gather
ing in the open where they cOul0
circle around two wild boars that
tore each other to bits. The meat
of the dead animals was then d.
vided between the people to feast
upon, the best pieces being re-
served for those higher In authority.
It's a far cry from the midnight sup
per of today with its carefully
chosen hors d'oeuvres to stimulate
the tagging appetites of guests
whose stomachs revolt at the sight
of spilled blood.
In old Scotland a more savory
diet was enjoyed OF New Years
eve when people thronged through
the streets between twelve and one
O'Clock at night bearing steaming
Kettles OF spiced ale. known In that
day as the wassail bowl. AS they
passed each other on the way to
visit neighbors. they stopped TO give
and take sips. so that their spirits
were mounting high when they ar
rived. to be generously fed on buns
and cheese. This pleasant custom
persisted for many years.
At one time the New Year was
celebrated by the giving Of presents
just as Christmas is today. Gloves
were a popular contribution 70
lady's wardrobe because Of Their
rarity.
When pins were first invented,
about the beginning of the Six'
teenth century. they were an even
more acceptable gift in feminine CIR
cles. They were rough handmade
pins, but were considered rare
pieces of workmanship compared
with the skewers of bone and Woo
then In use. If money was given
for their purchase. II was known as
apin-money." phrase which mas
chung to the language. ana con'
notes money used for any extras
pins or other.
In early America the New fea.
was celebrated with the simplicity
that was part of the times. VIVID
no steam cars. motor cars or teie
phones. people had TO depend ~
stage coaches and OK teams TOT
TRANSFORMATION. II was said tna' =
was of no use to SIT up and waleD
the old year out as the "clocKs ~
so vary that they knew very n'us
of the crossing" SO the sell'els
celebrated by making multitudlnoOs
calls the next day. juggling melly
sleigh bells and shaking oil snO"
on the door step. Refreshments cur
sisted of great slices OF cas az.
dougllnuts. coffee and cider. ~
custom of making wholesale NC"
Years calls persisted for map
years. Only a short time agO
was still the fashion for families +"
hold open house.
The Chinese are said TO ce'eDsn.,
New Years In the most unusu
fashion OF all. They actually -
compelled to pay off their deD.s -.
fore they can be at peace WIN -
world. OF all the customs OF ~.
rious nations, this is perhaps So.
most worthy Of emulation.-iDO'"S
apolis News
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which is now to
handle the Sino-
Japanese trouble
over Manchuria. in
tended to ask the
United States and
Russia to have rep
resentatives on the
committee, but To-
kyo instructed its
delegation at Gene
va to reject any
such proposal. In
deed, Japan de-
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WASHINGTON NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Bret Resume Of Happenings OF
the Week Collected for
Our Readers.
THE MARKETS
nA.4laAA

Portland
Wheat-Big Bend bluestem, hard
wheat, sic; soft white and western
white, 41c; hard winter, northern
spring and western red, 39c.
Hay-Buying prices. fob. Port
land; Alfalfa, Yakima, s12.
Butterfat-24@25c.
Eggs Ranch, 24@25c.
Cattle Steers, good, $5@5.50.
Hogs-Good to choice, s3.50@3.75.
Lambs to choice, $4.75@5.
Seattle
Wheat-Soft white and western
white, 41c; hard winter, western
red and northern spring, 42c; blue
stem, sic.
Butterfat-26c.
Eggs-Ranch, 26c.
Hogs-Good to choice, $3.35@3.60
Cattle Choice steers, $4.75@5.25
Sheep Spring lambs, s4.50@4.90
Spokane
Cattle-Steers, good, $4.25@4.75
Hogs Good to choice, S3.10@3.25
Lambs Med. to good, s4@4.50
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News Review of Current
Events the World Over
France and Belgium Default on War Debts-Great
Britain and Four Other Nations Pay-Drys
Argue Against LegaIzing Beer.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD

that he had refused to give the COR
respondent a christmas message
for the world" and had declined to
discuss with him the debts or any
thing else. Lieut.. Gov. Fl. 81. Leh-
man, who was present when the
Englishman saw the governor, as
serted that nothing in any way JUS
tifying the cabled STORY had been
said.
The President-EIect took occasion
also to deny report printed in a
Sacramento newspaper that he
would offer the portfolio of the in
terror to Senator Hiram w. John
son.
% REPRESENTATIVE LOUIS IT,.
II McFaduen of Pennsylvania.
who seems to dislike Mr.. Hoover
much more than anyone else does.
introduced resolution seeking to
impeach the President on the ground
that he had failed to obey the
mandate of congress against the
cancellation of the war debts and
has "endeavored to nullify the con-
tracts existing between the United
States and it's debtors" In his talk
the Pennsylvania even limited at
possible bribery. A motion. to lay
the impeachment resolution on the
table was opposed by only eight
members. all Democrats except Nc
Fadden.
DREMIER HERRIOT of France
having accepted the agreement
reconciling the equality demands Of
Germany and the security require
ments of France, the German gov
eminent consented to return to the
disarmament conference and hopes
for the success of that conference
were revived. France, Great Brit
ain and Italy declared that one of
the aims of the conference is to
give equality of rights to Germany
and her allied powers within the
framework of security for all ma
lions. Britain, France, Italy and
Germany affirmed they would not
resort to arms to settle disputes,
and the same powers promised to
cooperate In a sincere effort to
bring about disarmament.
In Berlin this accord was consid-
cred distinct victorty for Chan
cellor Kurt Won Schleicher and For
eign Minister Won Neurath.
D REPRESENTATIVE DANIEL r.
Garrett of Houston, Texas.
died in his Washington apartment
after an illness of several months.
He was a Democrat of great inf1n.
ence in the party and in the house,
had served sixteen years in con
gress and was reelected in Novem-
Der.
EXCEPT for the war debts beer
was the chief topic of interest
in Washington. The house ways
and means committee was conduct
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Old
New Years
and the
New
New Years

IASSACH USETTS made
New Years a holiday long
after the American Gus
tom of New Years calls.
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WORD, refusing TO
pay the December
war debt interest
installment o. $780,
261, 432 d ue t h e
United States. This
action was taken by
the C h a m b e r of
deputies by a vote
of 402 to 1S7. while
the galleries reared
the Nationalist and
Royalist song mot
a sou to America. /"
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ORANGE, reputedly one of the
= richest nations in the world, has
defaulted. For the first time in his
tory 1t has broken its pledged
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committee settle the controversy,
thus disregarding the friendly ad.
vice of Great Britain.
Then Maxim Litvinov. Soviet for.
eign affairs commissar. issued a
statement that Russia and China
are resllming diplomatic negotia-
lions that were disrupted in 1927. He
gave out the news after parley
with DR.. w. w. Yen. Chinese delegate
at Geneva. This was looked on as
direct bid for recognition of Rus
81, by the United States.
sit is only when all states main
tain relations with one another =
Litvinov said. that we will be able
to speak seriously of international
co operation in the cause of peace,
international observance Of peace
pacts and agreements. and the Gre
alton of universally recognized and
authoritative international organ
izatiOnS."
This was interpreted as an in.
timation that Russian cooperation
in settling the Manchurian dispute
may be conditioned on American
recognition of the Soviets. At the
same time it was taken as yelled
hint that Russia, If it is treated as
| 1T wishes. would consider entering
the League of Nations to collab.
crate in strengthening the peace
pacts.
A spokesman for the government
in Tokyo said this action by what
he described as the nations "most
disturbing to the peace of the
world" was Indirectly threatening
Japan.
IHAIRMAN MARVIN JONES OF
~ the house agricultural committee
introduced the Democratic farm re-
lief measure in the house. the same
being the allotment plan which Is
favored by President-Elect Roose
velt. With this as basis the Dem.
ocrats hope to work out a bill that
| can be passed at this session.
The Jones bill which applies only
to wheat, cotton, tobacco and hogs
provides virtually two plans In one
For 1893 the secretary of agricul
| ture would fix the percentage Oi
these commodities required for do
| nestle consumption.
No means of curtailing produc
ton is provided. Thirty days after
| massage of the act producers of the
four commodities would be entitled
| to receive adjustment certificates
on that portion of their sales fall
ling within the domestic consump
ton percentage.
The certificates would be issued
at the rate of ~ cents bushel fol
wheat, 5 cents pound for cotton
q cents for tobacco, and cents fol
hogs. less small administrative
charge.
InNE of the "lame ducks" of the
/ ~ house. C. William Ramseyel
Of Iowa, has been provided for i
The senate Is willing. Presiden
/ Hoover has nominated him TO h
i Judge of the United States Cour
i Of Customs. Mr. Ramseyer headed
the Republican campaign speakers
bureau.
: q 1872. western Newspaper Onion
Evening star., 1932-04-10
Ring Toss Fans

. ING TOSS is a game of skill that you can
~ make yourself and that the whole family
will have fun playing
It's easy to make the hook-board, because
all you need is a piece of board IL inches
square and Is small hooks The hooks should
be Of the inch and one-hah size and either
the square-cornered or the rounded kind will
do. Screw them into the board at equal spaces.
The diagram shows how to arrange them and
how the completed hook board looks. Under
each hook mark a number-the hooks near
the center being numbered higher than those
near the edges. This arrangement Of num-
bers Is also shown in the diagram.
The tossing rings are ordinary canning rub
bers such as your mother uses glass jars.
Evening star., 1932-04-10
Postum Hunt Is Real Short

a N indoor 'possum hunt is almost as exct-
ing as real outdoor one. Each hunter
has pack of well trained dogs" and though
the 'possum is a clever animal, the crafty
hunter captures him before very long.
Pieces Of candy or large-sized beans are hid
den in the room. Then teams of about four
each are formed to carry on the hunt, each
team consisting of three dogs and a hunter.
As in a real 'possum hunt, the dogs are silent
until they tree 'possum. so in the indoor hunt
the hunting dogs must also be quiet until they
find a bean. AS soon as they find one they
bark until their leader comes and bags the
'possum." In order that the leader can al
ways find his own dogs each team should have
separate mark. Those on one team might tie
handkerchiefs around their right arms and
those on another team could tie them on the
left. for instance.
The leader holds the beans until the hunt
Is over, when the one having the most Of
these "'poSsums" wins.
Evening star., 1932-04-10

These rings aren't the easiest kind to toss
that's what makes the game interesting. How
ever, there plenty of good big hooks on
the board, and with just little practice you'll
be able to ring one nearly every time.
Hang the board on the wall or set it on a
chair mark off line about or 10 feet from
the board, and you're ready to start The
one who makes the highest score in five tries
wins the game. Ring toss can be played by
each player taking turns. or by choosing teams
to play each other. but whichever way you
play 1t, you'll always have fun.
Evening star., 1932-04-10
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RIDDLES

How about trying the riddles we have for
you today? They all sound pretty new and
catchy to US and we think you'll agree when
you read them over We have to thank Michael
Horowitz for sending them in.
l. What is round as the moon, black as coal,
and reveals personality.
g What has tongue and does not bite?
3. What has a lot Of keys and can't open a
door?
f. What is the most bashful thing in the
house?
5. What has a hundred eyes and can't see?
ANSWERS
1. A phonograph record. 3 shoe. 3. A
piano. 4. A clock, because it always has its
hands in front of its face. 5. A thimble.
Evening star., 1932-04-10
BY W. BOYCE MORGAN.

Bill Leeds starts out to visit his brother Don. who
10 Q hre lookout for the State Forest Service sta
TONED on top OF the Goats Head . mountein %
AXE Don letter announcing that he has won 2
father takes him to the bottom Of the mountain,
and shortly alter he starts his solitary climb Bill
comes upon four setting dre that they
may be hired 20 fight it. The men see him. and
ne nights his way through the blaze and continues
up the trail toward Dons cabin A severe cleo
trieal storm arises. and the wind. thunder and
lishtninE make his climb difncut and dangerous:
storm, but he feels secure in the cabin. which is
protected against lightning He becomes worried
abou. BINS absence in the storm that he tries to
Gomez in over the wire. wrecking the cabin. knock
rss @ scsst s '. ns ~ooo
the cabin while Bill is still a quarter Of . mile
away down the trail.