davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1934-06-05
Triumph in Failure Is Placed
TO Credit of Codos and Rossi

America joins with Europe in laud-
ing the skillful flight of Paul Codos
and Maurice Rossi across the Atlantic
from east to west, while regretting
that a slight injury to their plane at
the beginning resulted in their failing
to reach the Pacific Coast. Their
mishap caused the loss of the big
French prize, but added to the his
tory Of air pioneering, in the opinion
of American newspapers.
1T represents a very emphatic ef-
fort by the spirit IF French airmen
to develop an ocean mail service in
which they shall be pioneers" says
the Allentown Morning Call, with the
statement of the ultimate objective:
while these flights still appear in
many respects to be little more than
stunts that will win movie and radio
contracts, actually they are telling the
designers Of planes what to do in
order that the Atlantic and other
great bodies of water may swiftly and
safely be crossed in the future by
thousands Of travellers, that mail and
other precious cargo may speedily be
transported from one continent to
another and that the relations be-
tween the nations may be improved by
the contacts which they thus Will
make with one another"
"It will long stand as triumph
Of air travel" declares the Wichita
Beacon, while the Manchester IN. HI
Union advises that when commercial
crossings become an actuality, We must
not forget the brave pioneers who
made it possible" The Miami Her
aid holds that "the remarkable jump
with their monoplane, the Joseph Le-
brix, calls for enthusiastic tribute, al
though the flyers fell short of their
goal by 2,400 miles," and gives the
tribute that while human endurance
might have met the test. the machine
could not, and mechanical weaknesses
forced descent at the Floyd Bennett
Field" AS to conditions, that paper
concludes that flying the Atlantic
remains great feat. and those who
pioneered the course have made it
practically no easier for those who
followed"
"They failed to make their nom
stop flight from France to San Fran
CISCO" according to the Omaha
World Herald, because their plane
brushed a rose bush on the take-off
1t is explained that this made tiny
cracks in the propeller, these widened
during the flight and caused terrific
vibration which forced the flyers down
on arrival at New York. The conse-
quence was hardly so far reaching and
disastrous as in the case of the king
dom that was lost for the want Of
horseshoe nail. But it does serve
to illustrate how tremendously impor-
tant mere trif1es may sometimes be.
A good many adventures of the air
have undertaken to duplicate the feat
of Lindbergh, never to be heard from
again. What happened and how will
Evening star., 1934-06-05
No Warrant for a
Strike of Renters

To the Editor OF The Star:
I note that a member of Congress
suggests that if rents are raised in
Washington when Government pay
is restored a renters strike may be
the solution. Let us look at the other
side of the question for moment.
I have before me the statement of
operation of an apartment house in
Washington for the year 1888. This
statement shows that the total income
from rents was $11,500. Operating
expenses for such items as elevator
operators, janitor service, fuel, light,
etc., totaled in excess of $13,500. Un-
paid interest on the first trust Is
about $4,000, or a total of nearly
$4,000. The first trust comes due
next year. 1t is easy to see what is
going to happen to the holders of
the second trust. 1t is hardly likely
that the holders Of the first trust will
consent to renewal in the face Of
these conditions. The whole fact OF
the matter is that, as James j. Hill
once said, Our trouble is not due
so much to the high cost of living as
to the cost of high living"
AS long as the average American
is unwilling to turn his hand to any
thing in the way of physical effort,
but wants liveried elevator operators,
janitors, furnace tenders, switchboard
operators, etc., to attend upon his
wants, and as long as he permits his
children to deface the property occu-
pied, so that every time a new tenant
comes in, an apartment must be COM
pletely repapered and repainted, Just
so long must rents remain high. Un-
less our Congressman can point out
some way in which two and two can
be made to equal more than four,
rents cannot be kept at low level
with the N. r. A. codes sky-rocketine
the price of everything that goes into
building maintenance and operation
The suggestion that Congress woult
look with complacence upon q
renters strike in the face Of such
conditions as these is merely another
straw tending to break down any
inclination upon the part of the in.
vestor to build anything or to start
anything new. r. g. CAMPBELL.
Evening star., 1934-06-05

forever remain among the mysteries
of the sea. We may we'll believe.
however, that the explanation in
many cases may extend back to some
thing as apparently trivial as the
brushing of rose bush"
1t was assumed" says the South
Bend Tribune, that they would have
more than an even chance Of success
II they reached the coast of New
foundland with their mechanical
equipment in good order. The North
Atlantic winds, however, damaged the
plane and the flyers were cheating
death for hours before they landed
in Brooklyn. N. Y. Their continua-
ton of the flight in the disabled plane
after reaching the Newfoundland
coast qualities them for a high place
in the list of aviation heroes"
HonorS bestowed by the French air
service are commended by the New
Bedford Mercury, while the Sioux
Falls Argus-Leader calls the result mo
small accomplishment, even in this
day of aerial wonders" and the
Owensboro (Ky) Messenger asserts it
is "a great achievement which will be
part of the history of aviation" The
Altoona Mirror proclaims that the
flyers have won renown by their re-
markable performance"
THE last 600 miles of the voyage"
observes the Oshkosh Daily North
western, were full of the menace Of
death. on account of weakened wing
that vibrated continuously in the final
lap and threatened at almost any
moment to collapse and precipitate
them into the ocean. The courage Of
the French aviators never left them
and their feat was remarkable in view
of the difficulties they encountered in
the final stages of their flight. They
are the first men to fly the Atlantic
in both eastward and westward direc-
tions and the first to pilot a plane
from Paris to the city limits Of New
York City. Their aim had been to
surpass their own record Of 5,657
miles. established last August when
they flew from Bennett field to Kayak,
Syria, in the same plane"
With review of flying efforts the
Roanoke World-News concludes: "Un-
til airplans are equipped to fly at
much higher attitudes, above storm and
fog and prevailing winds. the Atlantic
crossing remains hazardous, while the
crossing in the westward direction,
successfully accomplished but twice.
has to await a combination Of wind
and weather that may not occur once
in year."
Evening star., 1934-06-05

to respond to the plight of their fell
low citizens, than upon the National
Government.
Today, Of course, all this Is changed.
One does not have to search for
precedents. They have already been
established. The National Govern
ment is up to its neck in relief of
all kinds and degrees. The drought
is merely another emergency, more
acute, perhaps, and more sharply de-
fined than the emergencies with
which the National Government has
been dealing the patt year and half.
AS far as can be recalled, the ques-
ton of responsibility of the American
Red Cross has not been raised. The
amount of relief needed has not been
determined. But relief will be ex-
pended, Immediately, and whether it
Will amount to half a billion dollars
or billion dollars is apparently of
no great moment to anybody except
the headline writers.
The drought in the North-Central
States may be worse than the 1880
drought. The weather and crop ex-
perts seem to feel that it will be. But
the effects of drought, of course, are
cumulative and long drawn out. This
catastrophe will cause suffering and
privation for years, the extent depend
Ing upon how soon it begins to rain
again. But Federal dollars are already
beginning to pour if rain has not.
,, Harry Hopkins announces that al
ready half the population of North
and South Dakota are obtaining re-
lief of one kind or another from the
Federal Government. Three million
dollars additional have been rushed
to the fourteen drought States, and
before the end of the week Mr.. Hop
kins hopes to have $50, 900 farmers
drawing relief money on public works
projects.
Some of the suffering, like that
caused by the 1880 drought, may be
avoided now by this prompt action.
There is no question of the need of
relief. The only question is the Ma
tional Governments ability to stand
up Under the financial strain of this
responsibility, which it has 50 quickly
and unhesitatingly accepted, in addi-
tion to other responsibilities which it
has already accepted, and in addi-
ton to the others which it is ap-
parently anxious to accept.
Evening star., 1934-06-05
Experiments on Animals
Conducted Humanely
To the Editor OF The Star:

TO the Editor OF The Star:
Allow me to express agreement with
N4r. Simmons in denouncing the stand
of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and to say that
Mr.. j. H. Pinckard's impression of
the purpose of the "Anti-V." Society
is correct. I wish here to add a
few words to what they have already
said concerning those who attack
the methods of research in allevia-
ton Of human suffering.
I feel certain that if the members
of that society had the remotest no
tion Of the humane manner in which
scientific Investigations involving the
use c; animals are conducted, and
what is more important, of the num-
ber of ailments and deadly diseases
which can now be controlled solely
because of animal experimentation,
such a society could not reasonably
exist. Except for ignorance of the
facts alluded to above, no other ex-
cuse for its existence is acceptable
to any one having the welfare of
humanity in mind.
The discovery of the cause of dia-
beteS was brought about by the use
of animals, and by that alone, and it
seems that an anti-vivisectionist
would not object to the use of insulin
on a relative or friend afflicted with
diabetes. Yet it is not inconceivable
that an "anti-V." might be deranged
enough to oppose such treatment be-
cause animals served as subjects in
the Investigations leading to the dis
covery of insulin.
1t is sad indeed that an official of
the "Anti-V." Society should display
such lack of knowledge of, or stub
bornness in accepting, the facts prov
ing the existence of disease germs.
A grammar school student, 1t may be
said, can advance facts supporting
the germ theory of disease. which. by
the way, is hardly a theory any
longer. SYLVESTER SCHMIDT.
Evening star., 1934-06-05

Those twins of soil destruction, over
grazing and erosion, are a national
menace that can be sidestepped no
longer. said Charles Lathrop Pack,
president of the American Tree As
sociation. With the wheat growing
area of the country parched and
swept by dust storms, there must be
immediate action for relief, Pack
pointed out.
Thousands of Civilian Conservation
Corps men are working on erosion
projects. There is grazing bill now
before the Senate. But these measures
are not enough, according to Pack.
who is aiding the educational project
now being carried on by the Civilian
Conservation Corps, by giving the
corps 10000 of his forestry primers.
Four million have been given the
schools of the country.
From the erosion standpoint this
is the situation" said Pack. I'VE
know great waste increases with the
removal of the absorptive soil down
to the less abSorptive or eroslve sub
soil. Overgrazing and erosion are the
twins of soil destruction.
There are about 35,000,000 acres of
formerly cultivated land that have
been essentially destroyed for crop
production; 100,000,000 acres of land
now in crops have lost all or most Of
the topsoil; 100000 acres of land
now in crops are rapidly losing top
soil, and additional area is suffering
from erosion in some degree.
Farmers operating on the 100000
900 acres of denuded land are subsoil
farmers, practicing bankrupt farming
ON bankrupt land whose productivity
has been vastly reduced.
"Thick-growing vegetation" Pack
says, lis one Of the most powerful
agencies of control. Wisdom calls for
extensive use of trees and thick-grow-
ing vegetation, as grass and ciovers,
on slopes and the more erosive soils.
There must be maintenance IN the
soil of good supply of absorptive
vegetable matter.
There must be engineering struc-
lures, such as terraces and soil-saving
dams.
I'VE must practice those rotations
which keep the land under the soil
saving crops greater part of the time.
"One big move in this soil-saving
battle is now under way by the plant
ing of some $4,000 pounds of black
locust tree seeds. This means that a
hundred million young trees should be
available for soil erosion prevention.
In national forests tree planting
has been trebled, the planting for the
calendar year reaching $1,000 acres.
The Is C. C. C. camps in the Ten
nessee Valley Authority have planted
5000, 900 black locust and other spe-
cies. North Dakota will plant 400 900
trees this year, an increase of 100000
| over last year. Indiana coal producers
are planning to plant 100000 black
locust and half million pine seed
lings to reforest strip coal lands. In
New York State, by planting 26,000,-
| 600 trees, the Conservation Depart
ment will have BATHS acres under re-
forestation.
"In the Lake States most of the
planting Is done in the Fall. In this
region more than 10000 acres Of ma
tional forest land were planted in the
Fall of 1888, and probably $4,000 acres
will be covered in the Fall Of 1884.
I'm West Virginia and some sec
tions of Colorado re-estabishment Of
protection of watersheds will be para
mount. Erosion control will be the
primary consideration in many plant
Evening star., 1934-06-05
Night Schools Render
A Valuable Service
To the Editor of TIE Star.

10 the EDITOR OF TIE Star.
Recently read in the press an ar
ticle stating that due to the depres-
sion there is a grave danger that in
many cities some of the classes in the
night schools will have to close or else
be seriously curtailed. AS I am a
tourist here do not know local con-
ditions, but know it is a serious loss
to a community when the night
schools are crippled. The evening
schools are one of The greatest assets
any community possesses, as not only
the newly arrived immigrant often
attends the Americanization classes.
but the native-born Americans like
myself often receives benefit from the
night schools of our large cities. I
nave taken up numerous courses at
the night schools in Chicago as well
as in California and in the classes
were people from the ages of 16 to
IS, so there Is no age limit, showing
that both youth and the aged find
pleasure and benefit in the night
schools of our public school system.
1t will be a loss if any of these
classes have to close due to shortage
OF funds, as adult education is in
creasing yearly as more and more in
dividuals acquire an appreciation of
the fact that their minds need not
stagnate even II their schools days are
over, as they can continually learn
new things and branch out into new
avenues OF learning in adult educa-
ton. I have taken up hobbies like
basket making and weaving by the
hand loom and interior decorating,
ETC., in the night schools, showing
there is really no limit to things
taught in many evening schools. as
one cannot only brush up IN literature
and the purely academic work, but
go on into fields where they can learn
to beautify their homes by color and
art DOROTHY A. DAVIS.
Evening star., 1934-06-05
Name of Steamer Pentz
Was Always the Same
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
Please allow me to correct an
answer to a question printed in the
magazine section of your valuable
paper. On Sunday, May 27, the fol-
lowing question was asked:
"How many names did the excursion
steamer Samuel j. Pentz sail UNDER"
On Sunday, June 3, the answer was
given: "'The Capital City," Harry
Randall" and "Pentz." That Is all
wrong. The name Of the Samuel J,
Pentz was never changed. It was the
steamer. John w. Thompson, bought
by the late Capt. A. S. Randall in
about 1890 or 1891, the name Of which
was changed to Harry Randall and
later to Capital City.
B. G. CARPENTER
Evening star., 1934-06-05
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Refuge.
I won't permit myself to weep
AS earth brings many a care
So long as I contrive to keep
My good old office chair.
It's there have found sweet repose.
A chair is not complete
Unless with it a good desk goes
On which to put my feet.
No bed of roses do I ask
To soothe my cares away
AS I am resting from my task
AS bid by N. R. A.
When strange adventures seem to be
In prospect everywhere
My one request is let me be
Safe in my Office chair.
Evening star., 1934-06-05

Is our good neighbor, Canada, also
such a country?
I hope the little Dionnes will not be
exhibited anywhere until they get a
good grip on life. If my fears are
unfounded I am like the little girl who
for the first time saw a cat carrying
her kitten By the nape OF the neck.
you amt fit to be mother" she
cried scathingly. "You amt hardly fit
to be q father" But then, babies
aren't kittens.
ROSE ARNOLD POWELL.
Evening star., 1934-06-05

delayed, also some repair work which
seemed to be necessary before the
flnal dome account was settled, show
that the total expenditure was 81, ,048,-
600. The dome was practically COM
plete about the close of the year 1865.
Its weight is estimated at 8,878,478
pounds.
Q. How long has Graham Nc
Nance been on the radio?-K. M.
A. He began as a baritone soloist
in May, 1922.
@. Is william Beebe to attempt
another deep sea record this year?-
L. S.
A. In July, under the sponsorship
Of the National Geographic Society,
DR.. Beebe will attempt a diving ex-
pedition to a depth Of one-half mile
in two-ton steel sphere, Az feet in
diameter.
@. Please describe the coat of arms
Of Cuba-S. B. B.
A. The arms of the republic Of
Cuba consist of shield. the top Of
| which is band on which is repre-
Sented a key of gold in the sea be-
tween two tongues of land at the
bottom Of sunrise. The lower two
thirds Of the shield is divided into
two parts. the first of which consists
of five oblique bands of blue and
white the first, third and fifth blue,
and the second and fourth white.
The other half Of this part of the
shield has landscape with a large
palm tree. The shield is surmounted
by a helmet and encircled by two
wreaths-one of laurel and the other
Of evergreen oak
@. When was Elliott Roosevelt
married to Miss Googins?-M. c.
A. The marriage of Elliott Roose-
velt, son of the President, and Miss
Ruth Googins, occurred July %, 1888.
! @. How many poisonous snakes
are there in the United States?-
/ B. NJ.
A. CT approximately $50 species Of
| snakes in the United States, only
about 20, or less than IS per cent,
are poisonous.
Q. Have Summers always been
variable-some much warmer than
| others?-R. r.
A. Both tree rings and varves are
mute witnesses to weather fluctua-
/ tlons. Very old trees show thick and
| thin rings. Layers of clay, called
varves, found in the former beds of
ancient lakes fed by melting ice
/ sheets, form another record. These
. - ~
OF sediment. Thick layers we're de-
| posted in warm Summers when
melting was rapid, and thin layers
in cool Summers.
@. Please give an account of the
Challenger Expedition-T. C.
A. This was an expedition con-
Quoted in 1926. under the auspices
/ of the British government, for the
purpose of exploring the open ocean.
The Challenger was fitted with every.
thing that could be carried in the
way of scientific appliances for re.
search and placed in command of
Capt. Mares. Prof. Wylie Thomson
and scientific staff conducted the in
vestigationS and determined the
depth of the waters, .eonf1guration and
conditions of sea floor, the fauna,
currents and atmospheric conditions.
During the three and a half years
they covered nearly 10000 nautical
miles. The route was south to
Madeira, thence to the Canaries, the
West Indies, and north as far as
Nova Scotia; south again to Cape
Verde, then to Cape of Good Hope,
Australia, the China Sea, Japan, the
west coast of South America, through
the Straits of Magellan, and back to
England.
@. What Is slang?-B. F.
A. 1t is popular but unauthorized
language, usually inelegant. Slang
has been defined cleverly as vigorous
outlaw 1anp11ooa
Evening star., 1934-06-05
Tokens.

The situations rather glum
When money is a word
That represents no steadfast sum,
However often heard.
AS symbols vary through the earth
We ask, mid gains or losses,
How much SwaStika is worth
In change for Iron Crosses.
Evening star., 1934-06-05

Honors are bestowed upon Rich
mond P. Hobson. He was the subject
OF much frivolous comment, but no
one ever made serious denial of his
right to be rated as a hero.
Evening star., 1934-06-05

A drought affords no consolation by
the reminder that the process of evo-
dicity, irregular but sure relief against
the need of plowing crops under.
Evening star., 1934-06-05

An insurance policy on every auto
mobile would make it more exper sive
If included in the price fob, but it
would insure the insurance.
Evening star., 1934-06-05

The portrait of Whistlers mother
on postage stamp represents a
beautiful art thought. The lovely
calm Of the figure will serve almost to
dignity the era which developed the
airmail controversy.
Evening star., 1934-06-05

A brain trust doing business in a
goldfish bowl will provide some
statistician with material for thought
as to how much it is costing the tax
payer for fish food.
Evening star., 1934-06-05

Heavy rains have brought relief to
farmers in drought-stricken areas,
strengthening in a wholesome manner
the belief that prayer can DO more
than politics.
Evening star., 1934-06-05

Republican leaders are still conf
dent of an ability to show that G. o.
P. are still the initials that count in
political affairs.
Evening star., 1934-06-05
"H'antS." "

"Why don't you get ghost
writer?"
He would have to be too familiar
with my personal affairs" answered
Senator Sorghum. "A ghost writer
sometimes turns out to be too closely
related to skeleton in the closet"
Evening star., 1934-06-05

Jud Tunkins says a man who
thinks he can play politics may find
himself like the farmer who yoked
himself with a bull calf. He was
only playin'. but the calf didn't know
~
Evening star., 1934-06-05
One Relia bility.

One Reliability.
Are you in favor of horse racing?"
"Yes," answered Cactus Joe, "I like
honest sport. Whatever suspicious
may arise among us humans, we al
ways know that the hoss at least is
absolutely honest"
"Old men know more than young
men," said Hi Ho, the sage of China
town, "but not always as much as
young women"
Evening star., 1934-06-05
Vanished Pungencies.

Vanished Pungencies.
MY feelings now are just a trife
hurt,
A jester sighed "I miss dear Doctor
Writ.
He gave us, in our state of inf1amma-
ton,
The benefit Of counter irritation.
Though Doctor Munyon-Doctor
Copeland, too,
Survive and try to tell us what to do,
When puns on Writ were all at last
repeated,
He faded out. His function was COM
pleted."
politics is a great game" said
Uncle Eben, "and it sounds fun a
distance dat it is somethin' like de
innocent little chillun use to play,
known as Post -QfHce.'"
Evening star., 1934-06-05

Q. What Is slang?-B. F.
A. 1t is popular but unauthorized
language, usually inelegant. Slang
has been defined cleverly as vigorous
outlaw language.
Evening star., 1934-06-05

W A SHIN NG T o N, D. c.
TUESDAY. Y.,......June s, 1884