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Evening star., 1934-08-02

German character wfieh n vas pos-
E1nls 70 admire He wss . natural
successor 70 Friedrich Ebert. and hs
sl.ctSon. April % Is7s. vas q source
OF naaisfaetson TO millions who BE-
lisved With ample reason In his trust
vosthiDeas. hs ccnseioSH&Dess Of re-
spons1blilly and his constroctivs
pstFtot iSm.
The boneer hs bseathed the eentler
he became II vas mis- pE--Beee TO
survive has legend. The nideotAs
wooden efaey. designed 20 portray
him, in the siegessiIes. Berlin. vAs
taken down. and with b vanished the
notion OF his frightfulness. Like, the
peasant In the ancient fairy tale he
lived his devil into an angel. Re-
Gently the hopes OF multitudes OF
people in other lands had centered
IN his eapac city 70 restrain fsnatteism
in his ovn country. Father Htnden-
burg had become an object Of gen.
eral affection in hearts devoted TO
peace. No stranger or more impress
sive rnetAmorphosis ever has occurred
In modern times.
And 10 the whole world mourns
today for the kindly old man who 81
last. and yet too soon. has entered
into rest He had suffered much:
the soFrows Of an age OF trouble mad
bowed his head He leaves . stage
riotously turbulent, but the unlver-
sci prayer will be that his honOrqd
memory may have q helpful influence
In the earth which must go on with
out him.
Evening star., 1934-08-02

With only q few cissenters, the
American press agrees TO the neces-
Sity for expansion OF the Nations air
force as proposed by the special
Aviation Committee headed by Newton
ID. Baker. There is no such unanimity
for support for the committees Op-
position to unification OF the Army
and Navy aviation services, some edi-
tors insisting that real effectiveness
cannot be gained through separate
organization
cause, +" remarks the Birmingham Age
Herald, in the course OF a review Of
the report. and that paper holds that
IF the nations generally are con-
centrating ON the expansion OF their
air strength, America must leave
nothing undone TO make its own aerial
equipment adequate from every
angle" The Boston Transcript sees
in the report "the most impressive
sky writing the Nation has had since
the war" Belief that Congress can
not afford to ignore the plea for ex-
pansion Is voiced by many papers,
including the Pittsburgh Post Gazette,
the ASbury Park Evening Press, the
Cincinnati Times-Star and the Jersey
City Journal.
The Air Corps" declares the San
Antonio Express. must be prepared
TO defend the Nation and its detached
territories and dependencies at in
slant notice. 1t must be afforded the
personnel and material necessary to
that end
The Buffalo Evening News also
concludes: 'sDisheartening as the
committees plan Is from the United
States taxpayers viewpoint--and no
less from the viewpoint of all per-
sons who would like TO see less Of q
disposition toward armament racing
among the powers and more effee-
tive work toward durable peace--it Is
likely that the recommendation will
have administrative backing at the
next session of Congress. For al
though the committee discounts the
possibility Of an air invasion of the
United States present procedure in
Europe will strengthen the prepared
ness argument in Washington"
Army aviation needs bolstering, Z"
In the opinion of the Wichita Eagle
while the New Orleans Tinles-Pic-
ayune declares: Congress. by failure
To make adequate monetary provi-
sion for the Nations air defense
bears chief responsibility for what
Evening star., 1934-08-02

usual acreage. received $i63. .OOo, 900
in checks from the Government snd
at the same time produced just about
as much cotton on the three-fourths of
the acreage a. might have ordinarily
bssn expected from the total acreage
That was because weather conditions
were favorable Which goes to prove
that 1t Is not always a drought which
may upset the plans Of the A. A, A.
The wheat farmers have received
s237 900 900 for cutting their acre
age, and by the end Of this year they
will have received q total Of s6S9 .e00.-
0OO It is explained that these pay
ments do not come out Of the resu-
lar revenues OF the Government. They
come from the processing taxes levied
upon the cotton and the wheat when
they are Manufactured into food.
Who. in the long run. is going to pay
these processing taxesf Somebody
wa pay.
Evening star., 1934-08-02
SHOOTING STARS.
by PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Potato Bug.

Potato Bug.
Potato Bug, with stripes Of gold,
How beauteous you appearI
With admiration l behold
Your Splendors drawing near.
Potatoes, Rs We always knew.
Are fOod for human kind.
But FIRST Of all they give to you
Your beauty so rehned.
Potato Bug! Your bill OF fare
Is liberal and nice.
And II you make potatoes rare
Youn help to boost the price.
For your destruction some may call.
Such counsel l resist
And say that maybe, after all,
You're an economist.
Evening star., 1934-08-02
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HlSKIN.

A Teader cdM get the aNsspsr 10
aay question OF fact 1v aprtfine The
Washinctca EpeHine Star Information
Bureau, Frederic J. HaSkiR. Director
Washington. d. c. Please iNelose
stamp for reply.
@. what was the song which
Irene Dunno sene especially to sting
aree in the play Of that name?-R. b.
A. Tonight Is Mine by Gus
Kahn and FRANKIE Harling.
@. How many republics In this
Hemisphere are Spanish American7--
L. A. G..
A. OF the twenty-one republics in
the Western Hemisphere all but three
are Spanish American. The United
State q. OF course. English speaking;
the Haitians speak French and the
Brazilians are of Portuguese origin, All
the others are Spanish.
@. Was there portrait painter
named Jouett7-E. ,.
A. Matthew Jouett uTsS-ls27)
was an American portrait painter born
In Mercer County. Ky. He studied
under Gilbert Stuart.
O. Is Il true that most accidental
drowninRs are n pairs?-H. @. r.
A. While there are no statistics on
the subject. in q large percentage of
drownings the would-be rescuer also
browns. A recent case in point is that
In which five girls lost their lives try
ing to save q companion. This bureau
has hist issued a new publication with
IS drawings showing the various
swimming strokes and the different
procedures in life-Saving. 1t will be
sent TO any address for ten cents.
@. Who invented barbed wire and
woven wire fencing?-F II. v.
A. Barbed wire was invented In
1873 by Joseph p. Ghdden Of De Kalb,
III. The first woven wire fence was
erected by j. Wallace Page on a farm
in Lenawee County, Mich. in 1888.
@. Was the name of Jefferson
Davis ever put back on Cabin john
Bridge M. ID. p.
A. This bridge, which carried the
aqueduct into the City OF Washington,
was built before the Civil War, and
an inscription included the name of
Jefferson Davis as Secretary of War.
During the Civil War his name was
effaeed. II was restored In 1909.
@. What religious bodies In the
United States have no Salaried min
istry?-B. s.
A. Bahais, Old German Baptist
Brethren. Plymouth Brethren. Breth-
rem In Christ, Cristadelphians Amana
Society. Apostolic Faith Mission,
Hephxibah Faith Missionary Associa-
ton, Metropolitan Church Associa-
ton. Missionary Bands Of the World,
Religious Society of Friends (Hicks-
itel. Orthodox Conservative Friends
tWilburite), Holiness Church, Menno-
mite bodies, Universal Brotherhood
and Theosophical Society and We
danta Society.
@. Are there many divorces In
Japan?--J. v.
A. The rate is very high--1 TO
about 8 ITO marriages.
O. Is the widow of Casey Jones
the famous engineer In the song, Iv-
ing?-L. q.
A. Mrs. John Luther Jones. widow
of Casey Jones, lives at Jackson,
Tenn. Recently she participated in q
celebration of the eightieth anni-
versary of railroading in West Ken
tucky and Tennessee.
@. Who discovered the medicinal
properties OF quinine ?-M. ID.
A. The Indians Of Peru used the
plant and introduced II to the Jesuit
priests. Between 1879 and 1899, the
Countess of Chinehon. Vice Queen OF
Peru, lay III OF fever. She was
cured by brew made from the bark
OF the plant. and sent q quantity to
Spain for experimentation. Hence
Evening star., 1934-08-02

II has spread throughout the world.
@ How much ALT win be carried
into the reservoir at Boulder pam7
%. r. 9.
A. It Is estimated that the average
volume of silt carried BY the Colorado
River into the reservoir at Boulder
Dam will be l37. 900 acre feet annp-
ally, under the presen' conditions.
This viii decrease with upstream de-
Velopment.
Q. In q fiea circus, are The neas
real Or are they clever imitations7---
| r. NJ II.
A. A fea circus consists Of a num-
Der Of real trained heas which are
viewed by the audience through micro
scopes.
@. What were BrowninTs last
words7-w. c. c.
| A. "Asolando" was received with
such enthusiasm that q telegram 70
/ this effect was read TO the dying poet
He remarked. How gratifying" These
were his last words.
| @. What Is sterno heat composed
/ cf?--.L. S.
| A. Sterno heat Is aolid alcohol
/ made by heating one liter OF de-
natured alcohol of 90 per cent strength
to about so degrees C. AID mixing
herewith 20 to 30 grams Of well-dried
rasped Venetian soap and two grams
OF gum lac. The gum prevents the
evaporation OF the alcohol. When
this solid alcohol is burned the soap
remains behind.
! @. Please advise about the eagle
boats used during the Werld war;
] j. L.
A. The eagle boat was developed
as a special measure during the World
| War to met the submarine menace.
The vessel has q speed OF about
eighteen knots. and no protection.
They are rapidly disappearing from
use and probably no more will be con-
/ Structed. The eagle vessels we're oil
burners. Eoole geared turbine en-
gines were used. These ships had two
masts and one funnel.
@. What difference Of temperature
will house plants stand between day
| A. There should be o variation Of
not more than IS degrees for day and
night temperature OF plants. Day
| temperature OF not more than 70 de-
grees Is most satisfactory for house
plants.
@. How do indications Of drought
in the United States and England
compare7-R. II. M.
/ A. American records do not extend
as far back as the British. II is shown
that rivers here are the lowest In rs
years. In England they are lowest In
| 200 years. II records existed for the
United States It might be shown that
! conditions are the same in both eoun-
tries.
O. For whom Is Baxter Peak In
Maine named9-R. L. s.
A. Baxter Peak was named BY q
resolution OF the Legislature OF the
State Of Maine. signed by the Gov
ernor Of that State on April z, 1891.
in honor Of Percival p. Baxter, former
Governor Of Maine, who took q lead
| Ing part In the creation Of the Mount
Katnhdin State Park. and who, In
1891. donated Mount Katahdin TO the
State Of Maine.
O. Are civil service employees al
lowed 10 pateEt inventions and
claim the exclusive rights thereto7
". NJ. w.
A. In decision made In 1898 the
| United States Supreme Court ruled
that Government employees are en-
titled TO patents on inventions result
ing from their own ideas. even though
the work Is done on Government time.
providing the inventions are not the
direct outgrowth Of work done on
particular subjects by direct aSsign-
| ment
Evening star., 1934-08-02
Plural.

do you say politics is or politics
are'?" said the grammarian.
Il Use the plural" answered Sens-
tor Sorghum. We have national poll
tiles. State politics, county politics,
town politics and Office politics. and
they're all different"
Evening star., 1934-08-02

The indianapolis theater that put
the Dilliager family on view resOFted
to direct publicity. The family was
not even required TO learn dialogue
or play on the musical glasses.
Evening star., 1934-08-02

Liquor dealers who desire return
OF the saloon may be Influenced by
q wish for the old lattice doors that
would conceal the desolate appearance
of the wide open dispensary.
Evening star., 1934-08-02

Use Of peat moss in the home gar
den u no longer a novelty. but such
dry season as this calls renewed
attention 70 IL
Next to q free use OF the hose.
peat moss is the best thing TO rnolsten
the soil and II helps conserve the
water the hose puts on.
As remarked here recently. there
seems to have been real apathy this
Summer on the part OF many home
owners In regard to watering
This necessary ehore OF the gar
den year was In diSTepute with thou
sands OF gardeners. none Of whom
had talked with any other. but all
OF whom were seized by . curious
mass feeling, that watering was just
too much trouble.
And surely sprinkhng ts q great
nuisance except IN that first nush
OF enthusiasm which normally fol-
lows on the purchase OF q home.
After a time the gardener begins
10 realize that Nature does know a
thing or two after all. and that she
will bring many q rain just when
needed.
He finds out that some Summers
the rains fall at fairly regular in
tervals the entire period through, 10
that after q few such years he begins
to believe that future seasons must
be the same.
Nothing could be further from the
truth. Seasons are variable, eSpe-
cially OF recent years. Even the
Weather Bureau is beginning TO sd-
nit something il never did before,
that "the weather IS changing. ="
Something is happening, and every
one recognizes 1t now.
Those who saw this change first,
however. were not scientists, but
amateur Nature lovers, men and
women everywhere who had come TO
take the world into their conscious
ness In q peculiar way, that OF In
terest in and kindness to all living
things.
deal OF time noting the weather, nos
only because Il interested them, but
mostly because made a great deal
OF difference to their small friends
OF the garden. the plants, the ami
mails. the butterflies and other in
sects. the fishes in their pools. the
water lilies and the enemies Of plant
and FISH life.
1t was natural that some OF them
should evolve into truly diScrimlnat-
ing observers, who, although they
made no scientific approach to a
study OF meteorological conditions,
did come TO know them rather thor
Oughly
Some of them even claimed to have
a feel" about the weather, similar
TO that Of the oldster who saws that
he can tell when 1t is going 10 rain
by the pain in his foot.
The mass OF the people, however
paw little attention to these details,
they are not interested. except inSo-
far as q rain may interfere with
some private outing OF their own
Many ardent gardeners. too, do not
travel far along the pass of weather
observa tions.
They believe that because last
Summer was wet, there must be
plenty of rain this season.
II the better observer tells them
that there has been very little water
from the skies To date. they immedi-
ately ask how about the thunder
storms.
They do not observe such phe-
nomena closely enough to know that
the total rainfall of these threaten
ing demonstrations was practically
nill. as far as the growing things of
the garden were concerned.
Black clouds and ardent lightning
displays make q great many persons
believe that where there is so much
Evening star., 1934-08-02
Summer Strategy.

FSom the POrtIand Crseonian.
Nov that Judge has decided that
a girls right to change her mind IN
affnfrs Of the sheart Is n God-given
privilege. the way is paved for an
easy and painless teruinltion Of the
consequences of many . beach hirta-
Evening star., 1934-08-02

One way 10 avoid absolute bureau
cracy may be to have so many bureaus
that all of them will be kept guessing
as 10 what Is in the others.
Evening star., 1934-08-02
Double. Headed,

From the LOuissllle CoaTier-JournaI.
Two heads are better than one. un-
less its the head Of State like
North Dakota.
Evening star., 1934-08-02

A Hitler envoy may be banned by
Austria, but n number of European
countries have posted no admittance"
signs with but little success.
Evening star., 1934-08-02
Sel@tivity,

Seleetivity.
Hear the unregenerate churl.
Prohibition had its whTlI
This repeal thought would be
Glorious for you and me,
Thought that we again would smile
In an epicuresn style.
Bootleg heker was curse
This 6ispensary stun is worse!"
Evening star., 1934-08-02

Another phase Of the economic
problem is TO discipline bss capital
without shooting up the sincere small
investor along with him.
Evening star., 1934-08-02
Eyenina LIN.

From the Detroit News
Hitler il mean to his adverssries. but
he sQusres>i IL nicely By shooting his
friends.
Evening star., 1934-08-02

Jud Tunkins saws a drunken driver
makes up his own traf1ic regulations.
Evening star., 1934-08-02
SiamE.

Postmaster, dear. sell me = stamp!
To get my letter travelling:
Here st YOUR window viii camp
While samples you're unrsyeling.
MY friend, said the postmaster kind
That's how l earn my salary.
So choose your work OF art refined
From my vast picture gallery"
Evening star., 1934-08-02

Education" said Uncbe Eben,
seems to me like it made some folks
to 50 q long way round 70 tell what
everybody should have known in Dc
faast nlaee.1
Evening star., 1934-08-02

OF course, Gen. Cole has no desire
TO run as an Roosevelt candidate
for the gubernatorial nomination. Yet
at the same time he must rely for sup
port on the Democratic leaders who
were for Smith. ike Gov. Ely. in his
fight against Curley AS matter Of
fact there are few Democrats who
care to run this year as distinctly out
and-out opponents OF the President
Gen. Cole and the others all speak well
Of the President and his Efforts 10 bring
recovery. Senator David !. Walsh,
who is q candidate TO succeed himself,
has never been aligned with Curley--
certainly not in the last few years.
But Senator Walsh at the same time
is not saying much just now about the
contest between Curley and Cole. 1t
is well understood that he would much
prefer TO see Cole nominated and that
he would rather have the general as q
running mate on the Democratic ticket
this Fall than the former mayor of
Boston. His practice in the past,
however, has been TO run his own cam
paignS and to let the other candidates
for party nominations fight their own
battles.
Evening star., 1934-08-02

The amount OF money paid to the.
farmers already under the erop-ad- :
justment program has been enor-
nous, and promises to be still greater.
The cotton farmers In 1898. for
rloving under ons-fourth Of their
Evening star., 1934-08-02
Regulation.

Can you regulate the stock ex-
changer"
Not in way that will give uni
verssl satisfaction" said Mr.. Dustin
Stax. There's no way on earth to
change q natural born loser into a
winner"
old friends sometimes must part. "
said Hi Ho the sage OF Chinatown,
for no better reason than that they
interfere with the silly pretense OF re-
manning always young"
Evening star., 1934-08-02
Tas Evening Star Newrpapes Csmpany

f1th at aaa PeansYFfaniA Ave-
NeN York Once ITO Hast sEno g.
Lhacaao OFsEe LaNe MMBf&Rn uHlasssg
Eaa-epeaE Onsees - neeeKn Bs- Loaaoa-
Evening star., 1934-08-02

"~iSh Aoi hAS AailuIS W take an ac-
tive hand IN the Cole campaign-la-
beling him Dave the Dodger."
But II there Is anything sure In
politics 1t Is that Senator Walsh Ia
destined TO be reelected in Novem-
Der. The senior Senator from the Bay
State has great following. He has
had the support of many Republican
voters in the past and OF very MANY
oil The so-called independent voters,
as well as the Democrats. He has
been going along with the Roosevelt
administration in its legislative pro-
gram, despite the fact that he has
been ignored, at times in the dis
tribution of Federal patronage. The
Presidents son, James Roosevelt. has
been the principal dispenser of Fed
eral plums But If the President is
popular and strong with the voters,
so is Senator Walsh. If the Roosevelt
administration should undertake TO
bump off Walsh. especially when he
has been supporting the administra-
ton, the Roosevelt leaders probably
would find that they had bitten of
more than they could chew.
Ks
In the past it has been popular to
speak of the 'embattled farmers" in
political campaign years, with every
effort made to plaeate them and
bring them to the polls. Right now
1t looks as though 1t is the "embat-
tied A. A. A." which is holding the
spotlight. Secretary Wallace Of the
Department of Agriculture, the I'm
dersecretary of Agriculture, Rexford
@. Tugwell, who was charged with
being a radical. but who turned out,
in his examination before the SEN
ate Agriculture Committee to be posi-
tvely devoted to the Constitution.
and other officials of the department
and OF the Agricultural Adjustment
Administration are going up and
down the land telling the. farmers
what a boon the A A. A. has been
10 them. Ordinarily. 1t might not
have been necessary TO go campaign
ing TO sell the A. A. A. TO the farm
ers, particularly as they are getting
hundreds of millions of dollars
through its operation. for cutting
down their acreage in wheat and
cotton I'D tobacco. for allowing their
pigs Il 1e slaughtered and for lot
OF other things. But the drought
came along in the midwest and
the Northwest and has threatened to
upset the whole program. DR.. Tug
well, like the President has dubbed
the American critics Of the new deal
the agricultural new deal. Tories. !"
He insists that the crop-adiustment
plans of the A. A. A. must continue
50 that the farmers may have $50
eial insurance
Ax
Evening star., 1934-08-02

@. Who discovered the medicinal
properties OF quinine ?-M. ID.
A. The Indians Of Peru used the
plant and introduced il to the Jesuit
priests. Between 1879 and 1899, the
Countess Of Chinehon. Vice Queen of
Peru, lay III OF q fever. She was
cured by brew made from the bark
Of the plant. and sent a quantity to
Spain for experimentation. Hence
Evening star., 1934-08-02

@. Was the name OF Jefferson
Davis ever put back on Cabin john
Bridge IN. ID. p.
A. This bridge, which carried the
aqueduet into the City OF Washington,
was built before the Civil War, and
an inscription included the name OF
Jefferson Davis as Secretary Of War
During the Civil War his name was
effaced. II was restored In 1909.
Evening star., 1934-08-02

@. What difference Of temperature
will house plants stand between day
and night?-H. N.
A. There should be o variation uf
not more than IS degrees for day and
night temperature OF plants. Day
temperature OF not more than 10 de-
grees Is most satisfactory for house
plants.
Evening star., 1934-08-02

@. Who invented barbed wire and
woven wire fencins?--F H. v.
A. Barbed wire was invented In
1873 by Joseph P. Ghdden Of De Kalb.
III. The FIRST woven wire fence was
erected by j. Wallace Page on a farm
in Lenawee County, Mich. in 1883.
Evening star., 1934-08-02
R... y c.rI.t with d. ci.y.
Rate by MaD--PayabIs tn Advance.
Marvin ma nnA yIrmfmka

All Other States and Canada.
paily sne FandsY. W. 81 80 mo ~ ~
Daily enly 90. ~ ~ 90 ! mo fss
Ruhasr oBly .. ~ " 40 ] mo SOC
The Washington times., 1934-02-06
.S150,000 MORE
|. FOR D. c. CWA

Allotment Of another $3.50, 900
to the District for purchase Of
materials for civil works projects
has been made by Federal Relief
Administrator Hopkins. The sum
is to be used for all purchases to
February Is.
ALLEGATION Of the money in the
District is expected to be made to-
day at a meeting of the work
planning and job assigning COM
mittee of the District CWA.
Capt Howard r. Clark, execu.
tive official Of the local Civil
Works Administration, is planning
a number of new projects here to
be started if Congress extends the
period Of tn program beyond
February Is.
The Washington times., 1934-02-06
RED IDLE QUIT.
|. D. c. IN PEACE

Delegates to the National Unem-
ployed Councils were en- route to
their homes today following a
three day convention here.
The group, numbering 1000 had
announced that they would stage
a demonstration in Lafayette Park
yesterday, with or without permis-
sion Of police. But the stormy
weather, coupled with the presence
Of police, blocked this.
A group at the White House
was received by Secretary Marvin
H. Mcintyre. Others called on
Secretary Perkins and CWA Ad-
ministrator Harry Hopkins with
demands for higher pay and con-
tinuance Of the CWA program
At the German Embassy q
group protested against the Nazis,
while at the Polish Legation others
protested against the arrest Of
political prisoners,