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Evening star., 1933-08-12
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
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Many readers send In questions
siqned only with initials, asking that
the answers appear in the newspaper.
The space u limited and would not &C
commodate q fraction Of such requests.
The answers published are ones that
may interest many readers, rather than
the one who asks the question only. AL
questions should be accompanied by the
writer's name and address and cents
in coin or stamps for reply. Do not use
post cards Send your question to The
Evening Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric ]. Haskin, Director, Washington,
D. c.
@. Who designed the insignia used
by the N. I. r. AL. M. M.
A. The Blue Eagle insignia for busi-
nesses which signed the blanket code
under the N. I. r. A. was designed and
executed by Charles T. Coiner. art d.
rector for N. w. Aver & Son, Philadel-
phia, Pa.
@. We wish to take q motor trip to
Canada. What arrangements are neces-
sary in crossing the border?-C. w.
\ A. A tourist from the United States,
if citizen, does not require . passport.
He can obtain at once 60-day touring
permit for his motor car free from any
Canadian customs officer at the inter-
national boundary point Of crossing. A
2O-day extension Of this permit may be
obtained On making application to any
customs ofncer in Canada. No duty Is
charged on guns. rifles for hunting,
fishing tackle, golf clubs. cameras. and
certain other holiday paraphernalia If
previously used by the tourist. owned by
him and carried for his own personal
use.
@. How many apples are there in o
barra?-H g.
A. In a barrel Of 3-inch apples. II
only a few are beyond this size, there
are about 345.
@. What city has been called Little
Paris?-W M.
A. Both Brussels and Milan have
been SO called from their gayety and
resemblance in miniature to the French
capital.
@. What was the name Of Napo-
Icons mistress by whom he had a son?
IT N
A. She was Marie walewska. The
son was named Alexander.
Q. What is known as the gentle
crafts. c.
A. Shoemaking st. Crispin. who
was said to have been . Roman citizen
of high birth. was converted to Chris
tianity. left his native city, and became
a shoemaker at Scissors. He was mar
tyred about 205.
@. How long have there been public
SLAUGHTER houses?-F, c.
A. They were FIRST known in the
days that ancient Rome f1ourished.
O. When was the Order of the Iron
Cross established?-R. B.
A. This Prussian order Of merit was
instituted on March TO- 1913. by Fred
erick William III. to be conferred for
distinguished services in war. The
decoration consists Of q Maltese cross
around the neck or at the buttonhole.
@. How many buildings were de-
stroyed in the San Francisco earthquake
and fire?-M. L. 8.
A. Of1cial records state that 8,188
buildings were destroyed, valued At
s105 900 900.
@. How long is the great stretch Of
straight railroad track in Australia?-
r. NJ K.
A. On the Australian Transconti-
mental Railway crossing the Nullarbor
Plain, there Is straightaway Of 800
miles.
@. What is a terrazzo fioor?-G. K.
A. It is q surface of irregular marble
or grounded fragments embedded in
cement marble and ground to a smooth
fine surface. A terrazzo finish should
Evening star., 1933-08-12
Fanatical Patriotism.

Since time immemorial, patriotism,
exalted to the degree of fanaticism, has
been characteristic of certain type OF
Japanese mind, especially among the
military caste. A survival Of the Sa-
mural spirit. the cult in our time has
had no more perfect exemplification
than in the naval court now
under way at Yokosuka.
On trial are Lieut.. Horishi Yama-
gishi and ten other naval officers
charged with the assassination in May,
1882, of Premier Suyoshi Inukai and
with other terroristic acts. In defense
of himself and his comrades, Lieut..
Yamagishi testified this week that fears
Of Americas ambition" motivated the
crimes. The lieutenant, who confessed
that he gave the fire" command
which loosed the fatal shots, declared
that he and his brother of1cers were
afraid that the United States would
attempt what he called further domi-
nation of Japan and the Orient in 1896,
when revision of the Washington and
London naval treaties is due.
He proclaimed 1t as his patriotic con-
viction that the japanese leaders, in
cluding Premier Inukai, who accepted
the existing treaties. betrayed the
nation" and merited assassination.
Their like, the naval lieutenant told the
court-martial, must never again be
given power to sign away "the birth
right OF the empire" Finally. the
accused of1icer said. his group was
determined "to attempt the reconstruc-
ton of Japan before the crisis Of 1885
arose"
In amplification Of his "reconstruc-
ton" statement Lieut.. Yamagishi ex-
planned that it entails the elimination
Of political parties standing between
the Emperor and the people" Denying
that his guiding principles are either
Fascist or radical, Yamagishi added:
I'VE desire simply to establish a state
in which the Emperors subjects all are
one national people, becoming one
nation and all the people becoming the
Emperor's children" That smacks
bit of the Hitlerite "co-ordinated" state.
While there Is no justification for
suggesting that the Japanese authori-
ties have given these remarkable pro-
ceedings widespread publicity in the
newspapers which, according to the
Associated Press, have received them
"sympathetically," it is obvious that
such outbursts of fanatical patriotism
as Lieut. Yamagishi's imaginative alibi
constitute effective big-navy propa-
ganda at the very moment the Toxic
government is seeking to popularize the
greatest program Of feet expansion in
the empires history. The myth Of
Americas ambition to dominate Asia"
which recently found other expression
in a wild Japanese newspaper tale Of
Chinese-American aviation alliance.
also adds useful fuel to the fire Of
public opinion. which Japanese mill
tarists are now building for the purpose
Of mobilizing public support of their
demand for full naval parity with Great
Britain and the United States three
years hence.
Evening star., 1933-08-12

had met In England. The general
verdict seems to be that he was. an
unparalleled persuader." II passes
without challenge that he was one Of
the most eloquent Of the Statesmen Of
his day, and the time, It may be re-
membered, was An age Of oratorical
gisnts. He was the contemporary Of
Edmund Burke and Charles James Fox,
Of Danton and Robespierre. Of Patrick
Henry.
It Il interesting to note that his
campaign against the trafac In human
chattels was carried On through forty
four years. It began in 170s, and 1t
was not until the end Of the week after
his demise that 1t eliminated in
triumph, . victory which he personally
was not privileged to see but Of which
he passed to his rest abundantly con-
ndent. At first 1t was only minority
agitation, Judged to be sentimental"
In the finish it had the support Of an
entire nation, educated and organized
to demand the change. Another man
might have been discouraged by the
struggle, exhausted by the labor. but
Wilberforce was too great and true .
philosopher to indulge in even . mo-
mentary pessimism. Instead, he taught
himself to be content with slow prog
ress. His chief concern was that every
step should have . permanent and
lasting effect.
The world today has problems to
which such . generous and tolerant
approach Is eminently to be wished.
And that u the Importance Of Wilber-
force in the twentieth century. His
example should be q guiding star to
those who, like himself. carry the pain
of multitudes in their hearts.
Evening star., 1933-08-12

The religious exhorter Aimee Semple
Hutton announces a temporary recon-
ciliation" with her husband. The an
nouncement thus modified partakes Of q
spirit of modern prophecy which seems
unusually reliable.
Evening star., 1933-08-12
Plenty of Pitchers.

A base ball game was played yester-
day in Boston between the Nationals
and the Red Sox which must have car
ried the memories Of the older followers
Of the sport back to the days when the
Washington team played on what was
then known as the Printing ONCE Lot,
where now stands the City Post Office.
In those days q professional base ball
team carried at most three pitchers and
sometimes worried along with only two.
The Capitals aggregation then bore on
its roster the names Of Whitney and
Mack, famous as the shadow battery"
because each of the pair was tall and
slim. The Mack Of that combination,
by the way, was none other than Cor
nelius McGillicuddy, for many years
and now manager of the Philadelphia
Athletics. When pitcher was assigned
to duty on the mound in those times
ne went through to the bitter end. how
ever hard he was pounded, however wild
he became. whatever the score. And
scores were often large then.
In yesterdays game at Boston eleven
pitchers were used, five by the home
team and six by the visitors. In the
uproarious ninth inning, when Wash
ington piled up six runs for an unex-
pected victory. the Boston management
nresented no less than four tWirlerS in
swift succession. The directors of the
play shifted their boxmen to meet the
exigencies Of the batting order. When
q left-handed batter was due at the
plate, . rieht-handed pitcher was in
troduced, and vice versa, with a bewil-
dering succession Of talent. Searchers
Of records may find games in which as
many or perhaps more pitchers have
Evening star., 1933-08-12

Radio Is rendering a great public
service in spite Of the fact that occa-
sionally an economic argument as dis
cussed in various localities appears in
danger OF becoming entangled in its
own network
Evening star., 1933-08-12

and thereby to win freedom became an
obsession With almost every Bulgarian.
The hatred Of Turkey u still strong and
now the Dulsarians "have turned their
backs on the East and are fixing their
eyes on the West. Macedonia Is q
subject which causes national soreness
and Bulgaraans will not become pAcifists
Until they have wrested 1t back from
the Serbs
Evening star., 1933-08-12

Hitler is trying to explain that his
propaganda scattered from airplanes
over Austria was only some Of those
scraps of paper that In reality do not
mean a thing.
Evening star., 1933-08-12

In regulating payments by employers
there are several more or less delicate
distinctions to be observed as between
wages. salary, fees for professional
services and plain graft.
Evening star., 1933-08-12

Strikers who use firearms in the
course of New Yorks milk holiday
would be better of by recalling the 4th
Of July method of safety first in con-
nection with explosives.
Evening star., 1933-08-12

Machado might prove himself a
greater man if he should decide to
abandon his present title and become
a dictator like Mussolini.
Evening star., 1933-08-12
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANpER JOHNSON.

Abstrusely Speaking.
At first a problem seems to be
As plain to all as "A, B, c."
As we proceed to calculate
The complications grow more great.
As money matters still expanE
In this and many another lano
Some obligations overdue
Bring to attention II. o. u"
The unknown quantities we see
Implied In terms Of <. Y, 2.
We hope and grope as h the past,
To find a @. i . Ut last.
Evening star., 1933-08-12

AL Capone expects to go back into
the beer business. His only chance to
do so will be to put up his N. r. A.
emblem, and mean it.
Evening star., 1933-08-12
Summer Neckwear.

In the sort Of weather that has been
prevailing throughout the country
doubtless the white .collar worker
should be permitted to remove his col.
lar without losing his standing.
Evening star., 1933-08-12

A Crooners' Code.
From the tynehburs News.
we favor shorter hours and juster,
not higher, pay for crooners.
Evening star., 1933-08-12
Diet and Price.

From the New York Sun.
Price lists Of food. issued by the Gov
ernment, nnay tell the housewife what
she ought to pay for dinner, but will
not solve the old problem Of what to
get.
Evening star., 1933-08-12

Neither Toilers Nor Spinners.
From the et. Louis Post Dispatch.
Consider the stock SPECTATORS. They
toll not, neither do they spin.
Evening star., 1933-08-12

A conference is never complete until
the next conference has been called
to check up on it,
Evening star., 1933-08-12
No "R" in This Code.

Oyster growers are experiencing dif-,
hculty In formulating code Tha
oysters are working on an eight month
year already.
Evening star., 1933-08-12
Drought.

Drought.
From the Topeka Daily Capital
Malt prices wait on drought. says
Brewing Industry. efiicial organ Of the
brewers. Which daought?
Evening star., 1933-08-12
MAYORS and Bulls.

From the Detroit News.
Madrids mayor was reelected IN
the platform that he has vstehSd
1000 bull fights. Ours, We believe. Set
into closer contact with the brute
Evening star., 1933-08-12
Something Le0ned.

Something Le0ne0.
Did you conduct q campaign OF
education?"
I'm one respect" said Senator Sor-
ghum, "it was that. It has resulted in
giving me some of the big lessons Of q
lifetime."e
Jud Tunkins says how can you find
a great public to run government in
telligently when most Of them cannot
even learn the traffic rules.
Evening star., 1933-08-12
Bird Lore.

The eagle now Is on display,
An influential fowl.
To heed him is the likeliest way
To be a wise old owl.
Evening star., 1933-08-12

Beauty Of Mountains
In Hungary Told.
Magyar fIiralyi Allamvasutak, Buda-
pest.-fhe Buekk Mountains compose
one Of the most interesting features Of
Hungary They DO not compare in
height with the Alps. for scarcely any
of their elevations exceed 5000 feet,
but their picturesque beauty is not at
Evening star., 1933-08-12
Rata hx Carrier Within

Rate by Mail-Payable In Advance
Maryland and virRinia,
Evening star., 1933-08-12
Interesting Transaction.

Interesting Transaction.
'Well," said Farmer Corntossel, you
can't get somethin' for nothin' except
in this here agriculture game"
Have you enjoyed such profits?"
mot yet. But in some parts of/the
country I understand you kin git paid
for cotton accordin' to the amount you
didn't raise"
ITO speak the truth is easy" said HI
Ho, the sage of Chinatown, "but to rec
ognize it readily requires a highly In
telligent and discerning mind"
Evening star., 1933-08-12

Abundance.
Now very lucky is the elf
His like-we seldom find it
Who starts q business for himself
And knows Just how to mind it,
For when he journeys through the
streets
Experience will surprise him.
For one cash customer he meets
A dozen folks advise him.
Seems like money was like dem
specimens in a museum" said Uncle
Eben. de scarcer dey gets de more
talk about 'em dar is
Evening star., 1933-08-12
THEODORE W. MOVES. .. Editor
lhe Evening Star Nexspaper Compan.

lith 0t. and Pennsylvania Ave:
New York once: ITO East 42nd et.
European once: IA Resent st.. London
EnGiand.
Evening star., 1933-08-12

COuVale6clng from an Illness. several
mystery stories Of late have begun with
An invalid convalescing in lonely
country spot. Sometimes the excitement
Of q mystery produces . cure; in this
case there was tragedy for the invalid.
players overnight, when she went out
for an early walk along the bluff, the
first thing which she saw was the body
Of one Of them. q man, lying in the
tall sea grass only a few feet from the
steps leading to the beach. She re-
membered hearing Car backfiring very
near the house several times in the
night. Asey Mayo, Cape Cod celebrity,
former constable, met her IS she was
sitting Imply in the grass, too horrif1ed
to move. He brought her . telegram
from her son in Boston, inquiring how
she had stood the trip. That appar-
emily innocent telegram Il q clue. Asey
took charge Of the case, unofncially
and Immediately. He already had q
reputation as an Avocational sleuth. The
village Of Weesit was proud Of him and
he had modest satisfaction in his own
achievements. II amt an arm Of the
lawr no more" he said to Mrs. Ballard.
"Used to be constable over to Wellneet,
but they had two murders there an
sort of felt the placed used up it, quota
for the next hundred years." OF course.
Asey succeeded In running down the
murderer and, of course, the outcome 10
q surprise to the reader.
=
Bulgaria and her people Of the pres
ent, explained by her past, are described
BY Henrietta Leslie in "Where East II
West" (Houshton Minlin), - the re-
suit Of Q tour to 0 country with which
she was already familiar. Turkhh in
f1uence has left an apparently indenble
mark on Bulgaria. ''for 500 years the
Turks crushed every spark and spirit
out Of them" and quite naturally the
determination to drive out the Turk
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-06-07
The Uncertain Income Tax.
Cincinnati Enquirer.)

Eventually, the investigation of the j. P. Morgan Company and other investment banking houses no doubt will throw some light on the question of how best to form sound public policy toward private banking. But thus far the most striking development in the questioning of MT. Morgan has been the evidence showing how uncertain the in- come tax can be as source of public revenues.
 None of the twenty partners of the Morgan firm paid income taxes to the Federal Government for the last two years MT. Morgan testified Appar- ently, that action wholly in conformity with the law This astonishing fact undoubtedly looks odd and negotiable to a salared with family who paid $100 in income tax last year on S5 900 income
 In a sense, his objection is justly founded MT. Morgan or any of his partners certainly enjoyed higher standard of living than the $50O0 worker But paper losses enough to cancel profits for the Morgan firm in those two years, and result there taxable income It must be remem- bered, however, that the investment bankers paid enormous income taxes in previous years on paper profits. Having paid on the inflated profits, they exempted by the technic of &C., counting in period of deflation
 The significant fact in this connection is not the strange nature of the Federal income tax which produces such paradoxes as that cited It is rather the uncertainty of the income tax as means of raising revenue. In the bountiful years up to 1880 the Federal Government reaped rich harvest from large incomes for profits were being made out of thin air in the speculative mania which had gripped the country. When deflation began this rich source of revenue dried up, and the Fed eral Government has turned to the mass of citl- zens to make up the shortage. Taxes on tires and radios, gasoline and tobacco and beer taxes on tee- phone calls and electric current and bank checks these reaching into the slender purses of the common man" to make up for the paper deficits of the wealthy"
 Quite apart from its possible implications on private banking then, the Morgan investigation thus far has shown one principle in high relief The income tax is not a sound reliance major source of revenue so long economic system is subject to the ups and downs of business cycles
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-06-07
The Worst ImpOverishment.
(New York Times.)

Professor T. E. Gregory, the British economist mas written striking letter about some of the remoter effects of what has been done in Germany They are incidental, almost imponderable but are omlnous for the future To put ban upon the free play of intellect to condemn whole group of skilled writers and laboratory workers and uni versity professors and rising in the professions to a condition of inactivity and almost seryitude- all this Professor Gregory describes as the deliberate impoverishment of nation. Mental and spiritual poverty IS much more. depressing and deadly than is material. Think of the books that might have been written to delight and instruct the whole people Think of the great discoveries in science and in medicine that might have been made Think of the brain power that might have been applied to German public affairs and international rela- tions The NaZi movement in Germany is called one of youth. But when these mpetuous young men have grown to middle life, what losses may not they and their generation suffer from the present cutting off of good part of the national resources
 in literature and music and research
 The results of the new religious and race pro- scripton in Germany may fairly be compared to what happened in the Great War In reckoning up her losses from it, France has always placed high the artistic and literary that were brought to an end prematurely the battlefelds or in the trenches. Great numbers of painters and scuptors
 just beginning their life work, along with young writers and dramatiSts and poets went to their deaths, and by much reduced the esthetic re- sources of the French people. The case recalls that of old in the North referring to the
 American Civil War. You ask me, he said why my generation has not done distinguished work. The answer is that the flower of it. the brightest young men of my time lie buried in Virginia That But Germany in peace and with a great flourish of national pride has deprived herself of what might have been ten or twenty years from now her intellectual glorieS
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-06-07
ANOTHER ADMINISTRATION SUCCESS

The enactment by Congress of the measure void- ing the gold clause in contracts, both public and private again upholds the hands of the President. The new law, it should be remembered, doesn't pro vide for doing anything new-the President had already voided the gold clause by the impounding of the nations gold and ruling that it was illegal to pay it out for any purpose, even though that purpose to meet Government obligations either in the form of interest principal payments.
 The law, therefore substitutes de jure voiding for a de facto voiding fundamental part of the Governments present program The Treasury made it plain that it had set aside the gold clause in it's bonds when it refused to ship gold abroad to meet it's May l debt service. That action was greeted in some quarters with harsh words-nclding prom inent persons at home well abroad-but it wholly in keeping with precedent And by it the Administration served notice it would treat foreign creditors the basis as it was deal ing with it's own citizens at home.
 The law passed by Congress will clear the atmosphere to a considerable extent Suits were threatened against the Treasury to compel payments in gold in compliance with the gold clause. There might have been some doubt to court decisions the power of the Treasury to void the clause, but generally it is conceded that the Supreme Court of the United States if called upon to render a decision, will uphold the power of Congress to enact such legislation to meet such emergency as confronts the nation
 It was logical step in the Administrations pro- gram of controlled imitation It bosters the nations mpounding of gold by preventing it's export abroad for payment on contractual obligations And it apparently is furtherng the upward movement of commodity prices of the principal objectives set for itself by the Roosevelt Administration
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-06-07
PLIGHT OF SCHOOLS.

Figures compiled by the National Education Asso- citation show that some 500000 boys and girls had exceedingly brief and inadequate facilities or none at all during the school year just closed. Forty States reported 145,700 pupils were enrolled ln schools that forced to suspend before March l, and 467,000 by the end of the same month
 More than 220o schools were closed before March l. and thousands of others after that date in which pupils involved could be given other educational opportunities. The closures not confined to the large cities where the stress is said to be worse Practically every large city in the country has been affected. Salaries of teachers have been reduced from Is per cent to nothing at all. Suspension of construction programs has prevented the erection of more than 4,00O needed rural schoolhouses and in 18OO0 other districts not minor repairs were made during the past year.
 The Association summarizes the facts of the survey as follows Frst-The responsibilities of public education are decreasing Second the financial resources of public education are decreasing Third Educational opportunities have been seriously re- stricted It asserts that the issue is "Wil the people withdraw children from school and slacken their demands for education services; or will they