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Evening star., 1934-03-19

It is France that will see the greatest
significance in Mussolini's references
to Africa. They leave nothing to be
desired In the way Of directness. 1.-THE
vast resources Of Africa must be
valorized and Africa brought within
the civilized circle" he affirms, and
adds that he has not conquest, but
natural expansion" in mind. I'VE de-
mand," he amplifed, "that nations
which have already arrived in Africa
do not block Italian expansion at
every STEP" That means France.
It is the clashing ambitions of Italy
and France in Northern Africa that
are at the root of the differences, in
cluding naval competition, which
strain the relations between TIE two
Western powers. Their existing colo
nial possessions are in close prox-
unity. Many Italian subjects reside
in Franco-African territory. Occa-
sions for conflict are incessant. Mus
solini has now clothed Franco Italian
rivalry in Africa with a certain re-
ality 1t has not had before. 1t Is
not a development designed to pro-
mote a peaceful atmosphere in Eu-
rope. In specific hint at the un-
satisfactory state of Franco-Italian
relations, the premier reminds the
world that none of the problems that
have existed between the two coun-
tries for fifteen years has been solved"
On other scores Mussolini is no
less concrete. Austria knows we can
be depended upon to defend her in
dependence" he thunders. If that
means anything, it indicates Italy's
readiness to march" against any for
chile attempt by Nazi Germany to
throttle Austria's sovereign existence.
Yugoslavia Is also warned to regu-
larize her relations with Italy.
II Duce demonstrates that he Is a
realist about disarmament. In view
OF the general situation, he says, Italy
cannot reduce its military expendi-
ture. To carry out her internal pro-
gram she requires to be strong, too,
the premier argues. Then he returns
TO his old thesis that II other nations
will not disarm, they cannot logically
oppose the parity of arms demanded
by Germany. Europe has need of
mutual comprehension" according to
the Mussolini view. "or it is heading
for its twilight"
While the outside world is gasping
or shuddering over this frank Fascist
pronunciamento. it will not fail to
note the inspiring program of in
ternal development which the premier
launches. He promulgates a 30-year
plan which is to complete swamp
reclamation by 1910, new aqueducts
and highways, recreation of Italian
cities, complete rebuilding Of 100000
rural homes and repairs to $4,000
rural houses. That is a schedule de-
signed to arouse the admiration even
of our own p w. A.
Mussolini's greater Italy is to begin
at home.
Evening star., 1934-03-19
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Under the auspices of the Brookings
Institution there has just been pub
| lished a 475-paged volume entitled
THE Veterans Administration-1ts
History, Activities and Organization"
The authors are Gustavus A. Weber
and Laurence F. Schmeckebier. The
volume is one Of the Service Mono
graphs of the United States Govern
ment," issued periodically from the
Brookings press. The work carries
the record of veterans legislation from
August. 1776, up to January. 1884. and
is replete with statistical details of
the colossal sums disbursed by gen.
erous Uncle Sam on behalf Of the men
who have barred their breasts to the foe
in all our wars.
Alexander Hamilton has returned to
the public service as a S1-a-year man
in Mayor La Guardias administration
| in New York City. At least young
Republican bearing the distinguished
name Of the first Secretary of the
Treasury has just been put in charge
| Of the division of weights and meas
ures in the municipal department of
public markets. Mr.. Hamilton joined
up for S1-a-year service in Manhattan
with Winston Guest, scion of another
prominent New York family and star
polo player. who is in the legal de-
partment Of the Board of Aldermen.
Hamilton is one of the leading spirits
in the National Republican Club, which
is now girding its loins for militant
political action.
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officials Of the Federal Alcohol
Control Administration are interested
in the statement Just made by a
leader of the distillery industry re-
garding the quality of whisky now
being distributed In the United States.
Despite popular criticism, this au-
thority says there's nothing wrong
with the article, but rather with the
American palate, which during prohi-
bition years became "debased" by
strong" stuff, generally of bootleg
origin, and which will now have to
J cultivate a taste for mild, smooth
whisky" In announcing the other
day that the F. A. C. A., In order to
combat high prices and the bootlegger,
will permit the domestic supply to be
increased by A million gallons, Presi-
dent Roosevelt coined terse phrase
He said the Governments purpose is
to make available more honest made,
tax-paid" liquor.
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Norway Is about to station a new
Minister in Washington, though he is
by no means stranger to the United
States-Wilhelm Munthe Morgen-
stierne, for the past five years Nor
wegian consul general in New York
Mr.. Morgenstierne, though a profess
sional diplomat, is by origin a writer
and public speaker. Only 46 years
old, he became charge d'affaires of
Norway in Washington "a years ago.
In the meantime he has frequently
been in this country on speaking
tours, on official business and for
pleasure, serving his government on
different occasions both in Washing
ton and New York. At Oslo he is
looked upon as Norway's foremost
authority on the United States. MIR.
Morgenstierne succeeds as Minister
here Halvard H. Bachke, who has been
on duty since 1927. Norway has one
of the handsomest legation buildings
| in Washington, in the new diplomatic
quarter on Massachusetts, avenue near
the British and japanese embassies
Copyright. 1934)
Evening star., 1934-03-19

determine whether or not q proposed
item of appropriations shall be recon-
mended to Congress-has by degree:
assumed proportions that were never
contemplated in the beginning. II
has constituted another step in the
denial to local taxpayers Of any voice
in the expenditure Of their tax money
The Bureau OF the Budget is not con-
cerned with the wishes Of local tax
payers or with municipal needs and
aspirations. Its chief function Is ma
tional budget balancing. But that
function is not affected by the ex-
penditure Of local revenues. 1t is
time, as Senator Capper suggests, that
serious thought be given to the matter
Of returning to the Commissioners the
authority they should possess in pre-
senting to Congress each year a true
picture of the city's needs.
These needs, of course, are not
confined to the immediate undertak-
ings which might fall within a fiscal
year, or to the maintenance during
the course OF a single fiscal year OF
the city's municipal services. Using
DR.. Ballou's recent analysis of the
school system needs, Senator Capper
effectively points out the deplorable
conditions that only now are begin
ming to manifest themselves in the
public schools. If overcrowded clas:
rooms, unit buildings, portables and
other handicaps to school children
were conditions brought about by an
emergency, to be faced only during
the extent Of the emergency, they
could OF course be borne, and with
out great disruption to the educa-
tional program. The unfortunate and
dangerous element here is that such
conditions are cumulative, they can
not be cured overnight, and they con-
stitute warning signs for the future.
The local school system is rapidly ap-
preaching the condition which result
ed after the lean years of the war,
and which Congress sought tardily to
remedy by a building program that
never caught up with needs. There
is false economy, as Senator Capper
says, in piling up needs for the future
that become more expensive the
longer the delay in meeting them con-
tinues.
While Budget Bureau policy has
aggravated these and other handicaps
the District is facing now, the bureau
is merely carrying out a policy-or,
more correctly phrased perhaps, la
boring under lack Of policy-repre-
sented in the departure by Congress
from the provisions of unrepealed or
ganic law, which established the fixed
ratio system of appropriations. The
disadvantages have become greater
through failure of Congress to adopt
a workable substitute for the fixed
ratio principle. The lump sum, which
Senator Capper described as reduced
almost to the vanishing point" has
not been a workable substitute. The
lump sum system Of appropriating
and all 1t implies, nullif1es attempts to
plan for future growth and under
budget bureau control prevents the
full utilization even Of current reve-
nues for current needs.
Evening star., 1934-03-19

Democrats. If the Republicans can
win in these Statewide contests this
year, 1t will give the Democrats some
thing to think about when looking
forward to the 1886 presidential elec-
ton. Mr.. Edens is said to have a
good chance for the Republican nomi-
nation by his friends. He spent sew
eral months in Washington last year
working for the Chicago Century of
Progress Exposition. Mr.. Edens has
been prominent in labor circles as
well as In banking. He began his
career as a messenger boy for the
Western Union Telegraph Co. Later
he was a mail carrier and in the rail-
way service. At one time he was vice
grand master Of the Brotherhood OF
Railroad Trainmen.
Evening star., 1934-03-19
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

@. Who is the League commissioner
Of the Free City Of Danzig?-P. M. P.
A. The Free City of Danzig has q
commissioner appointed by the League
of Nations annually. The present
commissioner is Sean Lester Of the
Irish Free State, appointed october
25, 1888, succeeding DR.. Helmer Ros-
ting, appointed October is, 1882.
@. What effect will imitation have
on the money a person now has?-
o. B.
A. In case Of imitation the face
value of the money remainS the same,
but prices rise and the money will
not buy so large an amount as for
merly.
@. When was the American Forest
ry Association organized?-F. T.
A. It was organized in 1875. II
publishes a monthly magazine, Ameri-
can Forests.
@. II a man has served part Of a
sentence for bootlegging liquor and
is now out on parole, must he con-
tinue to report now that prohibition
has been repealed?-C. M.
A. The Parole Board of the Bureau
OF Prisons of the Department of JUS
tice says that the passage Of the twen-
ty-flrst amendment does not affect In
divtduals on parole. The individual
who is on parole must continue to re-
port to the parole officer until dis
missed.
@. How many questions should q
person ask in one letter?-I. B. r.
A. If the questions pertain to one
subject, three or four may be includ-
ed Otherwise 1t is better to write
separate letters as 1t causes delays in
passing the letter from one depart
ment to another. Address your letter
to this papers Information Bureau
Frederic j. Haskin, Director, Wash
ington, D. c., including coin or stamp
for reply.
@. Did many of the Forty miners
die in the first year Of the California
gold rush?-C. M.
A. Lack of adequate shelter, proper
food, and medical supplies, together
| with the lack of preparation for the
unusual hardships took toll Of about
10000 lives by fever, dysentery and
other diseases.
@. What country in the world COW
ers the most territory from north tc
south?-N. M.
A. Chile stands first with a length
of 1851 miles. Its width varies from
As to $50 miles.
@. What was the statement made
by President William Henry Harrison
as to the vAue of political parties?-
G. E. K.
A. He said: IF parties in republic
are necessary to secure a degree oi
vigilance sufficient to keep the public
functionaries within the bounds oi
law and duty. at that point their use
fulness ends"
@. How many murders did Jack the
Ripper commit?-G. c.
A. In 1889 he committed at Least
nine. He was never apprehended.
@. In England, is it now possible fol
a man to marry his deceased wife's
sisters. M.
A. BY act Of Parliament in 1907 II
was provided that a man could do so
but a woman is not permitted to mar
ry a deceased husbands brother.
@. What is meant by program mu-
sic?-R. H.
A. The term Is applied TO purely IN
strumental works which are intended
to reproduce by musical tones a series
of definite ideas or events.
Evening star., 1934-03-19

How many years has 1t been since
you looked through microscope?
Perhaps when you were a student
in high school or college, and studied
botany or biology.
Maybe all these years you have been
secretly nursing a longing for good
instrument, but somehow never got
around to it.
There was always something more
important to buy-food, clothing
house payments, taxes and so on.
Perhaps 1884 is the year, out of the
ages, when you can satisfy that long
ing for a microscope.
Madam, If your husband comes
sneaking home some evening with a
wooden box under his arm, do not
Immediately jump to the wrong con-
clusion.
Maybe he has satisfied that old de-
sire for renewed study of the invisible
world.
Get the jump on him, cry out gayly:
"Oh, goodiel You have brought mi
croscope at laStl I am so glad. Now
we will be able to see those wonderful
parameciums, or should it be para
mecia?"
He will be glad to tell you which
and even go into the matter of SPELL
ing the word, If he Is interested In
the life to be found in a drop OF
water.
Protozoa, infusoria-hundreds o1
these, and many more queer things
occur regularly in water.
BY infusing dried lettuce leaf, OF
putting some powdered lettuce, rice
or other vegetable substance in water
and permitting it to stand for several
days. any one, in even the cleanest
home, can work up a mighty nice
crop Of curious animals and plant
forms, mostly invisible to the so.
called naked eye.
The paramecium, or slipper animal
cule. is one Of the thousands of pro-
tozoan forms which may thus be Gre
ated out Of nothing, as it we're
The air-any airs full of these
and many other forms of life.
We are all full of them.
Protozoans live in the intestinal
tract, along with friendly bacteria and
unfriendly bacteria, too, unfortu-
nately.
The protozoans ordinarily cause no
trouble.
No doubt We consume millions OF
them every time We take q drink Of
water.
Along with these occur still more
simple creatures, the amoeba. Some
times this, in some of its forms. cre-
ates unhappy conditions in the diges-
tive tract.
The tiny slipper animalcule is q
favorite with home aquarium fans
for feeding the fry of egg layers
Any one who has ever seen fry Just
Matched out knows how immeasurably
small they are.
And realizes, better than any one
can. except by seeing, Just how tiny
their living food must be.
Right here, however, comes a stum-
bling block in the culture Of fishes in
home aquariums.
Creating infusoria (various ciliated
protozoans) by home methods requires
something that the average person
does not possess.
A microscope.
Ordinarily 100-power magnifica-
ton will do for this work, beside en-
able the possessor to have a world OF
amusement looking at other things.
1t is possible now to purchase cul-
lures Of various protozoa, such as pa
Evening star., 1934-03-19
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

ramecium, bulrsaria, ETC., and even
more complex animals, known as ro-
tifers (because they swim with q ro-
tary notion.
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A world IN a drop of water, think Of
that!
1t is an old enough story to scien-
fists, but to your average business
man it is quite novelty.
Little silver boats, swimming rapid
ly hither and yon-Such are slipper
animalcules in their drop of water.
Placed on a slide, the drop seems
nothing at all, as you turn the ad-
justment, until-all of a sudden,
strange things come into view.
Bits Of lettuce, magnified now to
the size Of boulders, drop out of sight
here is fine fat paramecium, going
rapidly down stream at the rate of 30
miles an hour, at least.
One wonders just how fast this ami
NAL is going.
There is no doubt at all that he Is
going fast, in comparison with other
animalcules around him.
He swins, they all swim, apparently
going for miles Gin their drop of a
WORLD, none touching the other, each
nicely missing all others.
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So this, then, is life.
Yes, part of life, one of the simplest
forms of living creatures.
Under the microscope 1t appears
bright silvery, with its nucleus and
various rudimentary organs plainly
visible.
1t is shaped much like a slipper,
from which it gets its common name,
with restricted place in the center
Of its length.
1t Is at this place that 1t finally di-
vtdes in two, each part becoming a
full-hedged animalcule. This creature
has a rudimentary mouth, which may
be seen, and digestive organs of a
sort.
1t Is higher in the scale Of life than
the amoeba, which is a simple mass
of protoplasm, without any apparent
way Of eating, and yet it eats. It
simply flows over the food, or pro-
trudes part OF itself over it, and
absorbs it. Just what the amoeba
eats We do not know, not having car
ried our thoroughly unscientiic studies
In microscopy far enough. One of the
delights of aquarium study Is that you
can go into 1t Just as far as YOU
please, or as little as you please, in
either case gathering a great deal of
instruction and honest entertainment.
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Tho NJ ha
does not depend upon ones interest
in aquatic hobbies.
For comparatively modest prices
one may purchase small instruments
with ranges from so to 100 power,
adequate for ordinary work. More
expensive microscopes take you up to
400, 500 and 700 magniflcations, or a
great deal further.
1t must be kept in mind. however,
that the higher the power of magnif1-
cation. the more difficult the instru-
ment Is to use.
It Is, as scientists explain 1t, a case
Of 80 many trees that you cannot
see the woods" when you attempt to
use a very high-powered instrument.
So much is brought out, that one
has difficulty in seeing what one Is
after.
Therefore. the beginner In a most
interesting hobby may do we'll to go
at it by easy stages When he out
grows his smaller instrument, he may
give it away. preferably to some boy,
and purchase for himself real micro
scope. But begin easily, almost al
ways the best way in any line.
Evening star., 1934-03-19
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PH1LANDER JOHNSON.

Moved Up.
Old Dante was a poet fine
With wondrous tales to tell.
He gave descriptions line by line
OF where bad spirits dwell.
So many things are upside down
That Dante's famous spot
Becomes a place where blizzards frowr
Much worse, though not so hot.
Since airplane controversies shift
And terrify the crowds,
That old Inferno takes a lift
And sizzles in the clouds.
Evening star., 1934-03-19

Nations abroad are in a serious
state of social agitation. One OF the
obvious duties Of superior intelligence
Is to learn what to avoid by studying
how they got that way.
Evening star., 1934-03-19
Copyright. 1934.)
American Apples.

From the Rockford Regtster-Republic
Regardless of what its doctors may
think about 1t, France announces it
will permit the importation of 1,000,-
900 bushels of American apples in
the next three months.
Evening star., 1934-03-19

The very numerous columns on
etiquette do not suffice to make clear
the precise formality for all occasions
in addressing communications to the
White House.
Evening star., 1934-03-19

Commercial aviation ventures to go
further than discussions of chiseling
and assert that it has been knitted
outright.
Evening star., 1934-03-19

Cacophonous Choir.
Vox Populi! Vox Populi!
Your voice is very strong
And numerous singers by and by
Will join you in the throng.
Although a leader skilled may try
To make the songs agree,
He'll often sigh and wonder why
You will sing off the keyl
Evening star., 1934-03-19

Today is Monday and Congress has
found it necessary to start another
week by recognizing it as wash day.
Evening star., 1934-03-19
p & b. SunnIY

p. e. B. Supply.
what are the prospects of food
supply?"
"In one respect" answered Farmer
Corntossel, I'm afraid of a shortage.
We farmers are holding out on the
pork and I hear a number of politi-
clans are spilling the beans"
Reading romances reveals you to
yourself" said Hi Ho, the sage of
Chinatown, "since your preferences
show you the kind Of person you
would like to be-"
Strikes.
A strike is threatened, we are told,
Amid the radio Utter.
It makes our very blood run cold
And sets our nerves a-twitter.
Folks feel like striking now and then,
But there are certain lunches
That indicate occasions when
It's best to pull your punches.
"Kind words" said Uncle Eben
don't do any harm, but kind hearts
are better even If dey works In
silence"
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Bad Mixture.

From the Shreveport Journal.
The combination Of joy-water and
joy-riders brings anything but joy.
Evening star., 1934-03-19

Jud Tunkins. as far as he can
hear from the professors, says there
has always been an argument about
whether everybody was going to run
the Governments business or the
Government was going to run every
body's business.
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Sailing On.
Are you going to assist in guiding
the ship of state?"
II am," answered Senator Sorghum,
although must admit that when I
started out in craftsmanship I didn't
know it was going to turn out to be
an airship."
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Times Adventure Club

HUNDREDS in that town. One
of them is Elnore Seal, whose
picture we are publishing today
the column.
Elnore is Is years old and
her birthday anniversary is
September IT. She has been a
member of the club some time
although she is not one of our
original Seat Pleasant gang.
We have been promising our
selves for ages to visit Seat
Pleasant and one Of these days
we are going to do it. We sent
a cameraman out their once to
make some pictures at the Dis
trict Line School (rememberD
but we were not able to go our
selves. But ONE of these days
Just see if we don't go.