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The British Electrical Grid
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

While capitalists, industrialists and
politicians in the United States con-
tinue to wrestle with what is called the
power trust issue. Great Britain appears
to have coped with her own problem of
electric power control successfully. BY
next January, it is anticipated, the Brit
ish Electrical Grid will be in full oper-
alton. supplying electrical energy in the
United Kingdom under government con-
troll but through semi-private agencies.
The grid is network Of transmission
lines crisS crossing the country, hooking
up a system of generating plants and
distributing current to retailers. It is
now so per cent completed. more than
2400 miles of line having been con-
structed.
Great Britain's power problem did
not assume the same shape that the
power issue in the United States is
declared to have assumed. Here the
fear has been expressed by legislators
and reformerS that the power-generat-
ing agencies of the country would
gravitate into the hands of a super
power trust. which would prove an op-
pressive monopoly in private ownership.
The heated contests over such great
projects as Muscle Shoals. the Boulder
Dam, the creation of the Federal Power
Commission and similar developments
we're all the result Of an apprehension
that power might be removed from the
control of the people and unconscion-
able prices demanded for it. The issue
is far from settled in the United States.
although the period of depression has
weakened the forces of whatever power
trust which may exist to such an extent
that a final sharp conflict probably has
been postponed.
In England the situation was differ
ent. Instead of there being anything
like big power trust, the difficulty was
that there were too many independent
competing units. Electrical develop
ment has been shower in the British
Isles than here, where its greatest ex-
tension has been observed. From the
beginning of the industry local COM
panies we're chartered by Parliament to
supply current exclusively in some To-
caiity, usually a local government dis
trict or compact municipality making
a natural unit. While the companies
operated under this parliamentary per-
mission, it appears that there was no
central technical control. The result
was the gradual rise of an unstandard-
lied industry.
Avoid Oppressive Monopoly.
The several companies proceeded with
their equipment as they saw fit. There
was no attempt at creating a standard
system Of production or type OF equip
ment. Direct and alternating current
we're used promiscuously. There were
no standards Of voltage, frequency and
the like and a wide variation in
charges of the companies for their
product prevailed In this situation the
great need which developed was for
something like super-power trust. the
very thing so many Americans have
feared.
Yet. aware Of the American idea, the
British Parliament sought to reach the
merits of a unified system while run
ming no risk of the rise Of an oppres-
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Another Soviet Bid.

Soviet Russia's quest for American
recognition Is like a cat with nine lives
One attempt after another meets with
failure, yet Moscow, a glutton Tor
punishment. periodically comes back
for more. The newest Communist de-
sign on the goodwill Of the United
States Government bears the hall
mark of American origin, for it orig
mates with Col. Frederick Pope, New
York industrialist, who is now in Russia
as head of the Nitrogen Engineering
Corporation. Evidently Col. Pope en-
iovs important business connections
with the Soviet government.
The argument just put forth on be-
half Of granting Russia diplomatic
recognition at Washington and Of es-
tablishing full international relations
with her is the threadbare plea that
American trade would be Immediately
and immensely advantaged. Soviet
purchases of industrial equipment In
America" Col. Pope explains, "are be-
ing held to the smallest possible mini
mum because of the present lack OF
official relationship between the two
countries. Millions of dollars of Rus
sian orders would probably go TO
American business firms and indus
tries If this situation were overcome.
The absence of normal relationship
between the two great countries can
not but act as a deterrent to world re-
covery from the depression" Col. Pope
would send an unofficial commission
er" to Moscow to pave the way to recog-
milton.
This unabashed appeal to the avarice
of the American people will get no
where. 1t has got nowhere in the past
and 1t gets nowhere now. Col. Pope
knows perfectly well that there are no
restrictions whatever upon trade be-
tween Russia and the United States,
despite the lack Of diplomatic rela-
tions. Russian exports to this coun-
try and our exports to Russia have
grown under Soviet rule there to the
largest dimensions on record. Russia
buys here because it suits Soviet pur-
poses to do so. She ceases to deal
with us when trading can no longer
be done under advantageous circum-
stances. If there has been falling
off in Soviet business with the United
States, the real reason lies not in
Moscow's resentment Of non-recogni-
ton. but In the refusal Of American
firms and corporations to extend the
Soviet government liberal long-term
credits under former conditions.
It was President Coolidge, four or
five years ago, who put the case
against Russian recognition In one Of
his characteristic nutshells. He said
that the United States does not pro-
pose to "barter American principles
for commercial profit" That terse
declaration precisely applies to the
latest maneuver to bring about Soviet
recognition and with it the right to
conduct Communist propaganda in the
United States from within the walls Of
a Russian embassy at Washington.
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Increasing Spread
OF Comfort Service
BY HARDEN COLFAX,

national authorities on retail distribu-
tion are becoming increasingly inter-
ested In the spread of what is called
comfort service" through which COM
mercial houses supply many needs of
the consumer at fiat rates per month.
1t was said at the Department Of
commerce yesterday that reports to the
Domestic Commerce Division from diff
ferent sections Of the country tell Of all
KINDS OF applications of the idea. For
instance. a growing number of apart
ment owners are supplying tenants with
gas and electricity for a fiat monthly
rate, depending upon the average to
make up for the few that abuse the
arrangement.
4
new marketing plan for furnishing
heat service is said to be working out
successfully In several cities, including
Cleveland, st. Paul and Minneapolis
and Lowell. Mass. On the initiative of
the coal dealers, patrons are taking
kindly to the suggestion that they pay
Tor heat by the month rather than con-
tracing for coal by the ton. One Of
the various types of automatic stokers
Is Installed In the house or apartment
and service agent" representing the
dealer, supplies fuel as 1t Is needed, re-
moves ashes and inSpects the apparatus
at regular intervals to keep it in order
All the householder has to do to in
sure steady specified temperature is
TO set a thermostat and pay fiat rate
per room.
4
Another application of the idea from
the other side of the thermometer is
an arrangement recently made by a
number of ice dealers in Midwestern
cities who have been worrying over the
1nroads made in their trade by the cleo
trio refrigerator. They now offer to
accept fiat monthly sum for service
that will keep the home icebox filled
regardless of daily use. OF course, con-
sumers are required to submit their
boxes for inspection, and only such as
are given the seal Of approval are served
on this basis.
An even more surprising application
comes from the shoernakerS. couple
of enterprising boot and shoe manu-
facturers in the Southwest, after study
ing the average life Of the footwear OF
the rural workers in their section, are
proposing to keep farmhands and others
shod for a fixed sum per year. This
gives them a predictable income from
this source and enables the farm
worker to know just what must be MS
outlay for footwear during the year.
The past few weeks have witnessed
also q rapid spread over the aSSte o.
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHMANDER JOHNSON.

Interrogatory Existence.
We find that there is much to learn
No matter which way we may turn.
How did this earth first find place
In the vast realms Of starry space?
Whence did we come? Where do we go?
What makes the fruits and flowers grow?
Why was then" different than "now'o
Why do we all exist, and how?
Why have we sympathy sublime?
Why Is there war and why Is crime?
What is the reason that one man
Can do much more than others can7
Why have we interest and rent9
What have we earned? What have we
spent?
We ponder all these things with care
And life Is one long QUESTIONABLE.
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California OF q practice begun some
time ago by the Japanese truck garden
ers of keeping the iceboxes OF their
patrons filled with fresh vegetables for
SO much per week. On certain stated
days the truck gardener comes around
with his load Of vegetables, removes the
stale ones from the refrigerator, asks
his customer what she chooses-or
needs-ills the box and collects a reg
ular fat fee for this service.
In commenting on these schemes, one
authority gives it as his opinion that
the idea viii spread until the practice
of supplying the general consuming pub
Lie at fat rate VIII be applied TO most
Of the requirements Of daily life.
copyright. 1aa2l -.-.--..
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Government workers in fairness of
mind should sympathize with Con-
troller General McCarl, whose official
duties so often require him to be identi-
fed as the gentleman who brings the
bad news.
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Having missed the book beer season.
a few breweries are cherishing the
rather extravagant hope Of being able
to meet the demand for Brown Oc-
tober Ale"
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The ninety-third birthday Of John D.
Rockefeller has offered another con-
vincing argument to support claim
that anxieties attending great wealth
do not necessarily shorten life.
Evening star., 1932-07-10

Oklahoma is a comparatively new
State, and asserted the natural right
Of youth to get simple, harmless en-
joyment even from so serious an
occasion as a National Democratic Con-
yention.
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AS a generous and courteous man,
former Gov. Smith feels it proper to
admit that the best of parties may
sometimes make a slight mistake.
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The question OF whether there Is
direct need of general relief has been
elaborated to include the supplemental
interrogatory, IF so, how much, why,
where, when and what with?"
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Communist orators request no pay
thereby returning to the principle Of
equitable barter, exchanging nothing
for nothing.
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Tough Contract.

Tough Contract.
why are you so silent?" asked the
friend from home.
Anything I say" answered Senator
Sorghum, leads to a charge that I am
playing politics"
Aren't you?"
"Mebbe. But If am, it's my turn
once in a while to be dummy"
Jud Tunkins says one reason he spe-
eially enjoyed the fireworks this Sum-
mer is that they sort of seemed to re-
feet his state Of mind.
Relief.
The scientist should not be missed
When earth relief would find.
Oh hasten, friend psychologist.
Relieve the public mind!
Cancellation.
What do you think Of debt cancella-
tious?"
st suppose there may have to be such
things" answered Mr.. Dustin Stax.
They disturb business, however, when
they imply a future distrust that can
GELS credit"
Patience" said Hi Ho, the sage Of
Chinatown, as admirable until it grows
naughty and asserts itself as an excuse
for Incidence"
High.
Our high finance" may cause a sigh
AS taxes still mems patience try.
We wonder if they call 1t such
Because it seems to cost so much.
"Tryin' to make everybody agree" :"
said Uncle Eben. sis one o. desc sper-
ments like putin q rat and cat and
dog In de same pen" --..---,.--.
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Our high finance" may cause sigh
AS taxes still mems patience try.
We wonder if they call 1t such
Because it seems to cost so much.
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rhe Evening Star Newspaper Company

THEODORE W. MOVES. f. Editor
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"Tryin' to make everybody agree,
said Uncle Eben. "is one o. desc 'spert-
ments like putin rat and o cat and
q dog In de same pen." .--..-.
Evening star., 1932-07-10

Jud Tunkins says one reason he spe-
eially enjoyed the fireworks this Sum-
rner is that they sort of seemed to re-
feet his state Of mind
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Relief.

The scientist should not be missed
When earth relief would find.
Oh hasten, friend psychologist.
Relieve the public mind!
Evening star., 1932-07-10

Patience" said HI Ho, the sage of
Chinatown, as admirable until it grows
naughty and asserts itself as an excuse
for incidence"
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The past few weeks have witnessed
also q rapid spread over the aSste of
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An autopsy was performed on the
body Of Guiteau, the executed assassin
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660d reduction in nun

reduction between 500 and 500!
When colds did develop among
Listerine users, they lasted only
one-third as long and were one
quarter as severe. Bear that in mind.
Ordinary Mouh,oashes Fail
Such performance, of course, could
not be expected from harsh mouth
washes which, by irritating the
tissue, allow germs easier entrance.
Nor could they be expected from
weak, watered limitations of Lis
terine often devoid of any germi.
cidal power whatever.
Only full strength Listerine, un-
der clinical tests, has shown such
preventive action andcurative effect.
Effective Because Safe
Such amazing results are due to
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5 BR|DGE DEATHS
! HELD ACCIDENTAL
County Officials End Inquiry
at Takoma Park-State
T to Make Probe.
sx.stan Correspondent Of The Star.


TAKOMA PARK, Nd, January l3-
The death yesterday afternoon OF three
workmen when a portion Of the Carroll
Avenue Bridge here fell as they were
engaged in demolishing it has been de-
clared accidental and no further in
vestisation Of the matter will be under
taken by county officials, States Attor-
ney stedman Prescott has announced.
An engineering investigation to de-
terrnine the causes of the bridge falling
while the men were working on IL VIII,
however, be undertaken by the state
Roads Commission to provide m1orma-
ton so that similar accidents may De
avoided in future. Maj. e. BROOKE Lee,
member of the commission, stated to-
Ssy A State Roads Commission in
snector assigned to the Job had as his
principal function the seeing that the
lob was completed according to con-
tract, Mai. Lee said.
The three workmen lost their lives
when a 40-foot concrete slab OF the
bridge gave way while they were Work
ing on it. and crashed to the floor OF
the valley rs feet below. Two OF them
were buried beneath masses OF con-
crete.
The dead are: Guy L. Cowperthwait
of Elkton, Nd. who leaves his wife and
two children. He was temporarily room
ing in Baltimore.
Edgar T. Tracey, "a, of 493 jackson
avenue, Tskoma Park, survived by his
widow and one child.
Harold Davis, colored, Of Media, Pa.
TIVE Buried by Debris.
Cowperthwait, who was superintend-
ant of the work Of demolishing the
fridge, and Tracey, mechanic, who
had obtained work on the bridge but
two DAYS ago, we're mangled almost
beyond recognition. They were killed
Instantly
Davis was not crushed so badly and
lived for several hours. He died late
yesterday in the Washington Sanitarium
Of internal injuries, fractured peiyis
leg. shoulder and arm.
Six men were on the span when 1t
collapsed, but three, all colored, leaped
10 safety. witnesses said that as the
bridge started to crack all dashed up
the incline toward the solid portion Of
the structure.
The three who died failed to reach
safety before the huge concrete slab
pHIIcO bllC 1CSb VA 1AaC SAANSS 0AAN
toppled to the bottom Of the valley.
Students from the Washington Mis-
sionary College, which is nearby, we're
the first on the scene. They were
Joined by Takoma Park firemen and
members of the Kensington Fire De-
psrtment rescue squad. The victims
soon were extricated.
Described by Witness.
Ed. B. Austin, 2O2 Willow avenue,
Takoma Park, Nd, was a witness to
the accident. THE gang had been
dynamiting before lunch" he said, land
Immediately after lunch began cutting
through reinforcements with an acety-
lene torch
six men were on the bridge when
the span gave way. The columns
underneath the outer edge Of the con-
crete slab had been removed and the
slab, weakened by the cutting of the
reinforcements, tipped over. The three
men nearest the standing portion of the
bridge ran from the falling section and
were able TO reach safety before the
slab was severed from the rest of the
bridge"
About 30 feet of the bridge at the
north end had been demolished be-
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fore the accident and the men were
working on the next section.
The three colored workmen who e.
capped were Archie Davis, brother OF
the dead man; wellington Rose, Mount
Airy, Md, and Edward Dotson, also
Of Mount Airy.
w. L. Guthrie. 507 Greenwood ave-
nue., Takoma Pax, Nd, and FREQ
Green, q student at the Washington
Missionary College, were standing at
the north end of the bridge when the
span fell. They we're the first to begin
the work of getting the men from be-
meath the wreckage.
While doing so, Green inhaled a
quantity of the scetylene gas used to
operate the torch, and required hospital
treatment.
Other Students Aid.
Other students of the college who
aided in the rescue work included
Oscar johnson, George Griffin and
George Butterfield.
Montgomery County Policeman
Charles Barnes arrived at the scene a
few minutes after the accident and
took charge of the situation. He sum-
moned an undertaken and notified the
contracting firm, Forbes 81 Murphy of
Baltimore.
The bridge, about 200 feet in length,
was being torn down to make way for
a new structure.
The contract for the demolition was
awarded to Forbes 81 Murphy about two
weeks ago, when they were declared
the low bidder at q contract price OF
$4,000 A triple-Span reinforced con-
crete arch bridge will be constructed
in it's place under a contract recently
let by the State Roads Commission.
This bridge will have a much wider
roadway than the old one. 1t will also
have a walk for pedestrians on one
side, and the arch construction Will
allow the building in the valley below
of a continuation of the park drive
in Sligo Valley Parkway to be under
taken next Summer by the Maryland
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission. The new bridge will be
built at contract price OF about
$4,000, the State to furnish the
cement, making the total cost in the
neighborhood of 100000.
The bodies of Cowperthwait and
Tracy were taken to the Colonial
funeral home of William Reuben Pun
phrey at Rockville and prepared for
burial Funeral arrangements have not
been completed.
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HOOVER IS WORLD
LEADER, SAYS TESS
Tells Brooklyn Audience He Is
Outstanding in Relieving
Burden of Armament.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 13.-President
! Hoover was pictured last night by
Senator Simeon D. Fess, Republican
National Committee chairman,s rs "the
outstanding leader of the world" in
relieving the people from the burdens
of armament.
Mr.. Hoover will receive "the most
emphatic vindication yet voted in the
history Of American politics" Fess de-
clared, when the American people come
to realize what his leadership has
meant.
The Ohio Senator, speaking before q
rally Of Brooklyn Republicans, dis
claimed any glory-seeking on the part
of the President.
Has Prevented Strikes.
Fess credited the President with
bringing together the forces of capital
and labor with the result, he said, that
consultation and cooperation, in q
spirit of good will" have supplanted
the strikes that usually attend economic
disturbances.
When rightly viewed" Senator Fess
said, this achievement will be pro-
nounced one of the greatest accomplish
ments since the World War"
The worldwide depression has been
a test, the Senator said, not only of the
modern economic system, but also OF
the stability of the government.
After reviewing the Presidents plan
for the Reconstruction Corporation, the
Home Loan Mortgage Bank, the in
crease in the funds of the Farm Loan
Bank, and the recommendation for an
other corporation with a capitalization
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of $3.50, 900 900 In the interests OF the
depository of closed banks, Fess said:
mot in the history Of the world has
there ever been suggested, much less
undertaken in legislation, program
as constructive and as far-reaching as
the program submitted by President
Hoover and now under consideration by
the Congress"
with respect to world affairs, Fess
said:
THE President has taken the lead
in producing good will between this
and other nations His first outStand-
ing movement was to give life to the
famous Kellogg peace pact. The second
was his leadership in securing the Lon
don naval treaty. His third was his
effort to induce Europe to meet about
the table in the common interest OF
lessening friction between nations by
reducing armament below the point OF
aggression"
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the fact that Listerine kills germs
in the mouth in the fastest time
Without injury to tissue. Unlike that
of harsh mouthwashes, its effect
is actually healing.
So, while Listerine attacks the
cause of infection, it relieves the
irritation that accompanies it.
Be Systematic
Make a habit of gargling full
strength Listerine every morning
and every night. Thus, you keep
your breath beyond suspicion and
help Nature to ward off colds and
sore throat. Once a cold threatens
to become serious, increase the
frequency of the gargle to once
every two hours, meanwhile call
ing your doctor. Lambert Pharma-
cal Co., St. Louis, Mo-, U. S. A.
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mining communities Of West Virginia,
Pennsylvania and Kentucky.
Surg. Gen. Hugh s. Cumming and
DR.. c. &. Waller, assistant, made the
report in urging re-enactment of the
bill, by Senator Robinson, Democrat. OF
Arkansas, appropriatinfi 100000 for
rural sanitation.
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NATIONS HEALTH GOOD

Death Figures Normal, With In
FAINT Mortality Rate Lower.
Public health officials today told the
Senate Agriculture Committee the
health of the Nation was holding up
despite hard times.
The death rate is normal, they said,
and the infant mortality rate lower
However there are evidences of mall
nutrition in some areas, mainly in the