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Evening star., 1932-10-31
"O'Malley of the SUM- Called
Greatest of News Writers

Sun "sparkled with cleverness. with
humor and odd and unusual stories told
IN unusual ways and its literary
quality was high and that Prank
ward OMalley was identified with this
peculiar Sun style as few men were"
The Times adds that he was 'OMalley
ot the sun not merely representing
the paper, but part and parcel Of it."
The Asbury Park Evening Press con-
GUIDES: Even in his retirement Mr..
. ALLEY possessed the lively and de-
munStrat.ye sort Of mentality that Gre
ateS great writers and valuable citizens.
kmlnently fair he freely praised and
Clllclzed according 10 his conscience.
and thus he set a standard of frankness
tAat may serve as a teacher 10 Ameri-
cans today"
He was regarded as the master re-
porter states the Buffalo Evening
News. viewing him as AN exemplar of
the Dana tradition" and as one whose
stories stood Out, on a paper. every
page OF which was remarkable for ex-
celence in the presentation of news"
Inc BunalO paper continues Frank
y AIdIIey possessed that rarest Of gifts.
true humor and he employed it with
oeEghttuI effect IN his reports on what
nlaer the treatment Of others was
-->-A N''-4 4+NHH Ilt EdO sentiment,
100. ana the stories in which he gave
play to 1t rang true SO remarka Bile
We're many Of his stories. turned out
uhQer Algh pressure. that they are pre-
served IN textbooks on iournalism-as
MARKS Tor budding reporters to shoot AT
rank . Malley was a genius He wrote
literature without being aware of il
HIS memory Will be kept green as long
as newspapers have a regard for excel
lence in reporting
Beng a tirSt-ClasS humorist." COM
mentS the Sp9k- ne Spokesman-Reyiew
~ Ma4leE was necessarily a sad man
Wheh ne died the papers printed a
teFSe autobiography he wrote several
years ago, in which he characterized
hlmSet as flop. Probably there was
no false modeSty in his self-depreci-
alon. He had done so well in his pro-
leSslon that his name was legendary
among American newspaper men. even
lne young ones. but, like every other ex-
ceIent craftsman, he realized how much
petter ne might have been. and at times
II got him down. OMallev was a IA
nous reporter in New York in the davs
When star reporters enjoyed prira
donna privileges"
The Providence Bulletin found in
him "a wit that saw sharply through
Sham and fraud and capacity for
Ihe things that make life worth while !"
Inc Springfield Mass Union calls
nm perhaps New Yorks most dis
tlnctlve reportorial figure in the past
quarter of a century"
Evening star., 1932-10-31
Housing the Voters.

from the youngstown indicator
For some time national organization
continuing its efforts of some years. has
peen at work to get out at the coming
election 5OO0OOOO votes. about 13 600
600 more than were cast at the presi-
dental election of 1928. First voters
are expected to make up a third of this
increase. and to them strong appeals
are made by the party organizations.
There Is reason to expect a large vote.
for while the first voters are being
aroused to the importance Of the election
and aligning themselves with party, the
older voters find in the issues much to
arouse their interest The question OF
government and high taxes. which has
been discussed by clubs and other or
ganizations throughout the country,
confronts them as few other questions
do. for cost of government and taxes at
a time of reduced incomes is an issue
that springs up and is not made for the
purpose of campaigning.
With so many voters feeling strongly
about this issue in particular it will not
be necessary to drive them to the voting
booths where in many recent election
they have failed to show their presence.
Evening star., 1932-10-31
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

! One sees all this, and yet does not
quite see It,
1t has happened, yet ones adjust
ment to the happening is quite tncom-
plete, as yet.
A second more, and a Big Idea comes
over one.
Why you have been in an accident
at last"
1t is just as if some one else said it.
aloud, and to you, specifically.
! Sure enough, there are people gath
/ ering On the curb, and even in the mid
die of the street.
Should one get out?
| The passenger, mind you. is thinking
| TO himself should he get out
! What the driver is thinking is no.
body'S business.
Suddenly the passenger sees the clear
necessity for getting out.
He IS not hurt, he has not even been
/ Jared.
/ That, he tells himself, is the ad-
vantage of riding in a Big Car, of the
sort commonly described as "a block
long"
What a fine bumper that big, sturdy
looking radiator made, to be sure.
/ Yet how suddenly and completely it
crumpled up, like so much peanut
brittle.
The now thoroughly astonished pas
senger d1smountS, or whatever getting
out Of an automobile" is called.
! BY this time he has had time to be
surprised, time TO note that his own
hand, of which he has been perfectly
unconscious, is trembling slightly.
/ He looks at 1t, amazed
/ So this Is what Nature does to hands.
it makes EN- tremble without the
slightest conscious reason?
Why should a mere hand tremble.
/ when a mind did not know anything
/ out of the ordinary had happened until
too late?
( The crowd is gathering
/ The business of getting names and
/ addresses and numbers is being gone
/ through with.
/ Street cars are backing up to the
north. A dismounted motorman asks,
| Cant you move 'er over TO the curb
so we can go on?'
/ A bystander says, mo. he can't: look
at the water coming out of that radia-
/ tor"
enough. it was leaking like a miniature
waterfall, making a nice pool in the
street.
The car can be moved. however.
! 1t responds nicely. eases over to the
curb, comes TO a halt The water is
almost gone, now, but she still runs
No matter how inquisitive man may
be. he will not feel any need of ex-
perimenting further with automobile
accidents.
His small accident will be sufficient
He will feel. and perhaps rightly. that
enough IS enough, and perhaps too
much.
Many others will continue to expert
ment. involuntarily along this line
Many more will have experiments
thrust upon them.
Each experiment. negligent, painful
or fatal, as the case may be will IL
time De Jumped off as Statistics of
Automobile Accidents" D."
One thing, however, one may feel sure
Of that in each case as Of cat
catching a mouse, it IS over before one
knows it.
Evening star., 1932-10-31
Halloween.

Now comes Halloween, and chlldren,
anyway, are merry, 1t is good that II
Is so, for their elders perhaps may catch
the fever of their fun, and the con-
1agion can do them little harm IN
time when it is easy enough to be sad
The eve or vigil Of All Saints or All
Hallows' day. November /, was not orig
inally a happy occasion. Tradition tells
that "of all nights in the year this IS
the one upon which supernatural in
fuences most prevail. The spirits OF
the dead wander abroad, together with
witches, devils and miSchief-maklng
elves and in some cases the spirits OF
living persons have the temporary
power to leave their bodies and join the
ghOstlv crew" OF course, the elves,
fo, all their mischief, must have been
out of place in the company OF such
sinners as the legend indicates; proper
elves are too wise, it may be assumed,
to associate with authentic trouble
makers.
But. by and large, Halloween did orig
mate in fear. and its emergence from
terror into fun and foolishness is its
glory. Primitive man felt dread Of the
departed because he was ignorant OF
their destiny. But when new hope
came into the world with Christianity,
his faith in their harmlessness, if not
his knowledge of their contentedness,
began to grow Centuries of course,
we're required in the process, but at last
mankind could make mockery of what
it once had shuddered about. So
Halloween, night Of horrors, became
e night of triumph over superx ition.
Evening star., 1932-10-31
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Thanks,


Well soon have election and find a
collection
OF patriots waiting to vote,
And then We will pass from state
Of detection
Produced by the figures they quote.
Meath skies that grew weary and left
the heart dreary
Well gather once more to be gay
And VOW, in a mood that is chatty
and CHEEKY,
Wen be thankful for Thanksgiving
day
Well cease seeing donkeys behaving
like monkeys
Or elephants capering light
And bearing big banners like quadruped
funkies
To guide us to sweetness and light.
To a biped returning with appetite
yearning
Well journey happier way.
When we find the bright skies of our
future returning.
Well be thankful tor Thanksgiving
Gav
Evening star., 1932-10-31

Americans remember the work OF
Frank Ward OMalley, reporter on the
New York Sun in the days when that
paper reflected the personality OF
Charles A. Dana. Though he died re-
Gently and was buried in France after
years Of living abroad, "OMalley of
the Sun is remembered as perhaps the
greatest of reporters.
He is called by the Baltimore Evening
Sun "a survivor of a golden age-an
age in which he sat at the center of
things. on the greatest newspaper, from
the newspaper mans point of view, that
ever existed The Baltimore paper re-
calls that he rose to the distinction of
writing the Tenderloin and East Side
stories for his paper" and points out
that his style was so distinctive that
the fact that he never signed his stuff
did not keep him anonymous" The
Evening Sun also reviews his work. say
ing Chinatown. as the tourist likes TO
think of it, was largely the creation Of
OMalleys brain. He ranged over the
fetid quarters Of the town, picking out
nonentities and turning them into per-
sonalities and perSoneges. He seemed
to know intimately everybody in the
whole city. If he did know them. he
invented personalities for them. and
thereafter they spent their lives trying
to live up to the characterization which
he had given them"
recalls the Cincinnati Times Star, his
influence was dispersed through Park
Row and from there throughout the
country That paper believes that
"the city rooms will not soon forget his
interview with the mother of a muir
dered policeman or his annual account
Of certain ball, with its fulsome lead.
invariably followed by list of the in
jured" The Minneapolis Journal places
him as ''one of the brightest beams Of the
old New York Morning Sun. in a day
when the Suns coverage Of current
news events customarily took the form
of sprightly literature The Journal
continues: 1T is not too much to call
Frank Ward OMalley the ablest re-
porter that worked on the New York
news sheets in the present century. And
the strange part of it all IS that news
paper work had not been his ambition
at all. He just slipped into it by the
art route. He had indeed. studied
drawing, painting, sculpture and arChi-
lecture for 10 full years-a patient
preparation which would scare one of
todav's impatient youngsters half to
death-before ever he launched his ca
reer as an illustrator by vocation and
poet by avocation. But he did not
last long as such. His clevernesS at
tracted the Suns attention and he soon
found himself in regular newspaper
work The boy who had planned and
hoped to be a painter, sculptor. archi-
tect became instead a great reporter
perhaps the greatest reporter Disap-
pointed? Not bit of it. Veterans of
the Park Row that used to be still talk
of the JOY that was Frank O'Malley's
whenever fate sent him forth upon a
particularly difficult story"
His brilliance was a comfort to a
multitude" declares the Hartford Times
with the tribute that the old Morning
Evening star., 1932-10-31

Being in an automobile smash-up is
no fun, but there Is one thing about 1t
usually 1t happens before one has time
to think about it.
1t is over before the participants. and
especially the involuntary participants
have time to worry about what is going
to happen to 'em.
Well, there is some satisfaction in
that.
The man who has never been in an
accident, and then gets in one only tC
come out of it safe and sound. has 4
great deal to be thankful for, although
his car may be damaged.
Even the richest men can't buy new
parts" for themselves.
Many man who has never been in
an accident of any kind, but who has
read In his paper every day Of collisions
on almost every street, will be inclined
to wonder what his mental processes
would be in such a situation.
Especially If he were merely a pas
sengar.
When he thinks about it at all, he
believes that he would see" the other
car coming in time to jump, or at least
be able to throw up his arms to protect
his eyes
Such an innocent might be surprised
to know that the whole thing will be
over before he knows it
Il
Only a few seconds elapse between
what may be called the inception Of an
accident and the actual accident itself
Few drivers actually 60 along the
street with the possibility Of collision
in mind at all times
Even If they are of the nervous,
tense, set type, insistent on helping
the car forward all the time, the
chances are very decided that they
will never expect the accident which
oyertakes them.
The happening 0vertakes them.
whether it comes from front, rear or
side, or whether they do the smashing
or some one else smasheS into them. OF
whether the two just smash
1t may be set down. therefore. with
some approximation of general truth,
that every one is surprised by a COL
llslOn when it comes.
The most surprised person. of course,
Is the passenger, especially If he is on
the front seat to the right of driver.
Generally he Is gaWking around at
the scenery. or talking, or deep in his
own thoughts
His mind is not on the road except
incidentally.
He has no worries. broadly speaking
and this is one of the charms Of auto
mObiling
x
Picture him sitting there thinking
about anything in the world except a
collision
And then 1t begins to happen.
BY the time his mind has readiusted
itself to this new fact. so suddenly and
strikingly looming upon his personal
horizon, it is all over
The radiator crunches in like so
much chocolate sponge.
There goes curious thing-what
is it?
Bless my soul, it is the chromium rim
of the right headlight, or rioodlight, or
Whatever you -Call-it.
The rim begins TO roll like a Child's
hoop down the Avenue
One eyes it placidly. notes its ap-
proach TO the left side OF the thorough
fare, and its involuntary halt at the
curb
Evening star., 1932-10-31

was an artist in effective combinations.
His $1,000 diamond stud became IA
nous. Ultimately the Duke ran to
Snowy motor cars, and it is related that
a certain Nile green limousine was fitted
with a row of bookshelves stocked with
classics. which the Dukes critics averred
that he did not read if he could In
the course of years the Duke turned
his back on the East Side and went to
live on Riverside drive, from which his
daughter was married with truly ducal
extravaganza Of trousseau and bounty.
But the East Side loved him neverthe-
less. and now he Is deeply mourned
there. and his funeral, as at present
planned, will be an historic event.
Evening star., 1932-10-31

additional seats: Ninth, eleventh, four
teenth, eighteenth. twentieth and
twenty-flrst districts. They insist, too.
that the battle is very close in the
twelfth, twenty-third and twenty-ninth
districts. 1t would seem incredible that
the Democrats could win such a large
number of House seats in Pennsylvania
and 1t may be that they are all wrong,
no matter what the size of the Roose-
welt vote may be in the State.
Massachusetts, is one of the States
in which the registration this year is
higher than it was four years ago In
deed, there are 10000 more registered
voters than there were in 1928 Both
sides are claiming advantage from the
added registration.
Evening star., 1932-10-31
The Back Seat Revolt.
From the Oakland Tribune.

From the Oakland Tribune.
At last the "back-seat driver" has
rebelled. She" does not wish to be
so called any longer, and to win more
complimentary designation will so in
form herself as to the rules and man
ners of driving as to merit. at least, the
title of rear admiral" The idea comes
from the Soroptimist Club in Berkeley,
members of which have pledged them
selves to take driving lessons. In the
future when they suggest little less
speed or cali attention to an approach
ing car they will feel an assurance
based on knowledge Of the problems of
the man at the wheel. 1t is not un-
likely they will be factors in preventing
accidents.
Evening star., 1932-10-31

The modern version of the Brutus
and Cassius reconciliation scene sug-
gested some time ago was finally en-
acted by New York'S Governor and eX-
Governor with applause from the de-
mocracy and compliments to the stage
management.
Evening star., 1932-10-31
Merited Tribute.

We listen to the campaign strife,
With programs one by one,
And wonder how, in one short life,
These things can all be done
And as each patriot draws near
Our glorious land to save
We give all honor most sincere
To one so wise and brave
Evening star., 1932-10-31

According to reports from London,
Banker Montagu is in entire agreement
with the American f1nancars who admit
they do not feel able to point out exact
" what money can be expected to do
under all circumstances.
Evening star., 1932-10-31

Boston likes college men, but it is not
above popular enthusiasms. John L.
Sullivan. the Boston boy" was an idol
of the throng in the old days when peo-
pie who could not meet him personally
wanted to shake even the hand that
shook Sulliyan's.'
Evening star., 1932-10-31

One of the mysteries that future his
torians will endeavor to solve is the
suuestion of how. at this advanced stage
of the worlds moral and intellectual
growth. the element of religious contro-
yersy could be injected into serious
Dublic discussion.
Evening star., 1932-10-31

The electoral college now functions as
a recording body. Straw voting may
eventually aspire to such accuracy as
to make the election itself appear a
formahty in authenticating foregone
conclusion.
Evening star., 1932-10-31

Lady AstOr will speak for the Com
munity Chest in her home town in Vir-
ginia. This honor and the service she
confers will entitle her to affectionate
recognition by old friends as a Perfect
Iady
Evening star., 1932-10-31

Ass zrtions that Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Ford did not register may be accounted
tor BY the fact that he regarded RepuD-
Elican victory as so secure that one or
two votes old not matter.
Evening star., 1932-10-31

1t may be that radio producers Will
have to strengthen their programs soon.
A rousing campaign speech with th@
whole world listening in is hard "act
TO follow.
Evening star., 1932-10-31

1t is evident that JAMES J, Walker
knows his bandWagon. When the
political music calls on him for rest
he responds with an artistic silence that
is positively intense.
Evening star., 1932-10-31
Nav Get Him There Yet.

From the Dayton Daily News.
A Florida church has replaced peWs
with rocking chairs and now all 1t will
take to get pa 10 church Is a pair OF
slippers and a newspaper.
Evening star., 1932-10-31
Dad as a Puzzle Expert.

From the Seattle Times.
Seattle high school students are de-
vising new puzzles. If they run out OF
ideas, father could furnish few around
the first of the month.
Evening star., 1932-10-31

One advantage Of print over radio lies
in the fact that no one can do reliable
proofreading for the microphone.
Evening star., 1932-10-31

In some respects" said Uncle Eben,
times is easier foh de playin' man
even if not foh de workin' man
gifts sarprised every time I hears how
many people gifts paid real money foh
knockin' Accomplishments on de banjo"
Evening star., 1932-10-31
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Evening star., 1932-10-31
No Static There.

From the Louisville Times.
In Chile. where they have five gov
ernments in four months, there must
be almost no constant unemployment.
Evening star., 1932-10-31
The Impatient Agriculturist.

Everybody is now talking about
your relief" said the tourist
Yes" answered Farmer Corntossel
Sometimes I stop and wonder whether
It's good straightforward talk or mere
idle gossip"
Evening star., 1932-10-31

appear as bystanders, but not innocent
ones.
Evening star., 1932-10-31
More Handshaking.

This is the hope that must inspire
Each kindly human heart
When fierce reproofs at last retire
And grievances depart.
Well bid glad tidings swiftly speed
Across from shore to shore
And folks who once have disagreed,
VIII all shake hands once more
Evening star., 1932-10-31
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Evening star., 1932-10-31
Irate Farmers.

From the Wichita Eagle.
Much Kansas corn may not need
shelling this year, if farmers put their
price resentment into it, as they throw
it in.
Evening star., 1932-10-31

Jud Tunkins says folks have grown
so irritable and suspicious that poll
ticians can't even call each other by
their first names without lot O.
people thinkin' there's a catch in it
somewhere.
Evening star., 1932-10-31

What you call a demagogue." said
Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, is not
one who teaches the people, but one
who yesses them"
Evening star., 1932-10-31

A great many good. practical steam
filters say radiator These days pro-
nunciati0 goes by favor
Evening star., 1932-10-31
Like Old Times.

Times aren't like they were when
you first went into politics"
Maybe not answered Senator
Sorghum And yet there is something
sweetly familiar about the way eminent
gentlemen vary a campaign by Incl
dental nominations for the Ananias
Club"
Evening star., 1932-10-31

After November some homely
philosopher will doubtless offer the be-
nign suggestion that what the country
really needs is a good nights sleep.
Evening star., 1932-10-31
THEODORE w. MOVES. Editor
The Evening Star Newspaper Compans
Business ONce

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Chicago Once. Lake Michigan Building.
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ENGLAND.
Evening star., 1932-10-31
Tweed So Spelled 1t.

From the Charleston, w. Va, Daily Mall.
Maybe it should be spelled Tammany
Haul
Evening star., 1932-10-31

SlVe-DemOCrdtlc nOOK-up. here III lIle
East the Democrats have sensed this
danger and are doing their best to have
their most outstanding conservative
leaders speak day and night to create
the impression that Roosevelt IS no
radical but that he will give the coun-
try a conservative administration.
y X x
TIE Democrats are counting lot on
picking up House and Senate seats now
held by the Republicans. If the RooSe-
welt sweep materializeS-Which the
Democrats insist is as sure as death
and es-undoubtedly both houses OF
Congress will be strongly Democratic
If that Roosevelt sweep does not ma
terialize, there will be different story
in regard to Congress. But. even so, ii
looks as though the Democrats might
hold on to the House and gain a few
seats in the Senate, so we'll intrencheo
are they in both bodies. Down III
PENNSYLVANIA. for example. political OBJ
servers who give Hoover the State insist
that the Democrats have good chance;
to win several House seats in that State
now occupied by Republicans. They dc
not. however, believe that Rupp, the
Democratic nominee, will defeat Davl;
for Senator.
Pennsylvania is electing "a members
Of the House this year, two less thar
in the present Congress, due to the re-
apportionment of House membership ir
accordance with the 1880 census. Ir
the House today the Democrats have
only seats out of SO held by the
Pennsylvania delegation. This give.
an indication of the Republican
strength in this State. for the Demo.
Gratis could pick up only three seats ir
1880, when the swing was strongly
Democratic. Now Democratic worker!
are claiming. and with some justifica
ton, that they will win the following
Evening star., 1932-10-31

@ Who won the corn husking con-
tes. last year?-E. L. H.
A On November 10, 1881 Oryille
Welch of Platt County, H. won
the national corn husking contest over
entries from seven other corn belt
States He husked 3l37 bushels Of
corn in 30 minutes