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Evening star., 1934-01-28
HIGHWAY BUILDING
. SEEN IN DUAL ROLE
Program Held MeaningfuI as
Job Creator and in I'M
proving Facilities.
BY ROY d. CHAPLIN.

Chairman Highway Committee. National
Automobile Chamber OF Commerce.
Four years of depression have thrown
into bold relief the indispensable dual
role of the improved highway.
During this period road work has
assumed q new social and economic
importance as q giver Of jobs, second
only to its primary function Of pro-
viding mutually operated" low-cost
transportation.
As we enter 1894, the policy of the
Federal Government in granting pub
lie works funds for the construction OF
new roads will help greatly to restore
pre-depression levels Of employment in
that field.
The recovery act was approved June
IT, 1888, and in six months more than
500 projects have been completed
more than half the available $400, ,000,-
900 Is under contract and more than
l25,000 men are directly employed
through Public Works funds. Back OF
them are additional hundreds of thou
sands employed in producing materials,
in transportation and related activities
As q result. with the beginning OF
Spring. we may confidently anticipate
the restoration Of normal levels OF en-
ployment in road building.
Urban Spending Hailed.
A large share of the total Federal
funds are available for the improvement
of main roads through municipalities
Not only does this serve in the better
ment of urban traffic facilities, ont i,
creates employment where the need !:
greatest
Through these Federal expenditures
the future volume of employment lr
road building may be raised or low
cred, or shifted at will. Control rest.
with emergency funds which have tre-
mendously augmented Federal highway
aid expenditures.
The use of other funds for secondary
roads has served to emphasize the in
terests of agriculture In this form Of
transport.
The social effects can be briefly sum.
married.
Labor has attained a new mobility ir
the search for employment.
Agriculture Is Aided.
Agriculture is utilizing flexible
low-coet transportation to put an in
creasing range Of products on the mar
ket at attractive prices.
The owners of 100000 passenger
cars have held to the possession o.
their vehicles far beyond normal own
ership because Of the freedom Of move
ment attained through the road ane
the vehicle.
The owners of $780, 900 motor trucks
have found lowered transport costs anc
Widened markets.
Industry generally sees hope in tn
rise of new tranSporta ton concep
Evening star., 1934-01-28
AUTO MERELY ON THRESHOLD
OF DEVELOPMENT, OFFICIAL SAYS

The world has as yet seen only the
beginning of the expansion and ultimate
use to which motor vehicles, both pas
senger and commercial, will eventually
be employed, in the opinion Of automo-
tive experts of the Department of Com
merce. As has been the case in the
past. says A. w. Childs, chief Of the
sutomotive division Of the Commerce
Department, the motor vehicle will be
limited by and its use will be extended
with its ability to serve and compete
Evening star., 1934-01-28

with other means Of transportation. or
render an added service not otherwise
obtainable.
Contrary to the general and erroneous
impression, says ChildS. the automobile
has been not SO much the product of the
growth of the country as it has been a
moving force in that growth
During the last 80 years it has in
creased property values by, in effect,
bringing otherwise remote localities
close together. he declared. The market
gardener Is not confined to the old
distance limits. The resident Of the
city Is no longer restricted to narrow
Evening star., 1934-01-28
STOPPING OIL LOSSES
New Methods Meet Requirements
Of Later Model Cars.

Oil loss with a modern engine often
has nothing to do with the condition Of
the piston rings Since oil circulates to
the valve compartment any looseness Of
the cover plate gaskets is likely to be
followed by loss Of lubricant. In some
engines there is a normal amount Of
loss through the oil standing In the rear
of the compartment when the engine Is
not in operation. Oil also Is lost in
many engines through the rear main
bearing. Modern clutches which tend
to create a vacuum are the cause OF
this. Installing a vent in the clutch
case will stop this sort Of loss.
Evening star., 1934-01-28
$715,0O0,0OO is PAID
IN GASOLINE TAXES
State Rates in 1888 Range From
31a to Sla Cents Per Gallon,
Survey Shows.

Motorists paid approximately s715,-
100000 in Federal and State gasoline
taxes during 1888, at rates ranging all
the way from three and a half cents
a gallon to eight and half cents. in
addition to local gas taxes imposed In
some sections of thy country.
The gasoline tax now effective in the
various States follows:
Evening star., 1934-01-28
A truly Aerodynamic Car with "Floatingg Ride"
.. the Sensation of the 1884 Automobile Show!

no TO THE 1884 AUTO SHOW! See the
" passing of an old tradition =. see
the beginning of new one.
See how the new AIRFLOW De Soto
has replaced the "horseless carriage"
type of motor car. See the beginning of
the Aerodynamic Age on wheels!
: There are three principal reasons why
everyone is talking about the AIRFLOW
De eSoto. First >. its appearance. Second
.. it's "Floating Ride" Third its
new method of construction. All three
are Of vital Importance to every motorist.
appearance. It has the same thrilling
lines as the fastest modern ships and
planes. Not a useless gadget or orna-
ment to catch the wind. 1t literally bores
hole through the air. 1t quickly makes
conventional cars look old-fashioned and
outmoded.
Open the big wide doors and you find
Evening star., 1934-01-28

DE SOTO FEATURES include Automatic
Ventilation; Enclosed Luggage Compartment; ALI
Steel Unit Body and Frame; Air-wheels; Wide
Angle Vision; Longer Springs; 100 Horsepower
Aluminium Head Engine; Floating Power Engine
Mountings; Automatic Clutch; Free Wheeling;
Hydraulic Brakes; All-Silent Transmission; Flex-
beam Lighting; Starting Button on Dash.
Evening star., 1934-01-28

the same exciting modern treatment.
Deep seats framed in chromium "a
reading lamp to match improved
arm-rests the last word in smart in
strument panels.
"Floating Ride" All passengers ride
in the middle of the car. A totally new
distribution of weight produces ride
so smooth that you can write letter at
80 mp.h. No more bouncing .. strap
hanging" days are over!
Construction. In conventional cars
frame and body are separate parts. In
the AIRFLOW De Soto, they form one
structural steel unit. 1t is 40 times more
rigid. A tremendous safety feature!
Before you buy any car ). at any
price take just one Floating Ride
in the AIRFLOW De Soto. Make date
with a De Soto dealer as soon as possible.
SEE 1T TO-DAY AT THE AUTO SHOW
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1934-08-17
Firm of
John Alexander
UNION NOTICES

Agricultural Workers Union No.
1864 will holG their meeting OF s 80 pm
Friday Aug. 18th at the hall 10 Frederik-
sted (Neezer's Hall
Officers and delegates are requested
to be at the meetings.
GYM HIA WILLIAMS
Secretary.
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LISTEN, WORLD
By Elsie Robinson

Hideous feeling! How long
you wonder-can you stand 1t?
And isn't there any way out?
Yes, there is. There is in the
Catholic religion certain most
useful provision called Making
an Act of Faith" This "act" is
just what the name implies-a
deliberate expression of faith to
fortify the spirit during those
dark times of doubt which beset
us all. AS part of the Church
ritual that expression is of a
religious nature-but I know of
no better plan wherewith. to
meet the daily ebb and flow of
common life.
Can't believe in anything-or
anyone? Don't care what hap
pens? AS empty of thought or
feeling as any clam? Punch
drunk? Then make an act of
faith!
Go out and deliberately do
something gallant and gener-
Gus. something nobly reckless
..'some brave, tender, large
hearted act such as you once
did when your mind was flam-
ing and your heart was singing
and life seemed great adven-
ture.
Don't try to think about it.
Don't try to feel it. Above all,
don't wait until you're tout of
the Dumps" MAKE A BIG
GESTURE-AND MAKE IT
NOW.
And when that gesture is
over, never mind about the con.
sequenceS-go on making an
other-and another. Disregard
your bitterness and bewilder-
ment, your WEAKNESS and dis
gust. Put them aside as an
actor puts his private problems
aside when he steps upon the
stage. as writer puts his
fear and anger and hurt aside
when he sits down to his desk
AND DELIBERATELY ACT
AS IF THOSE CONDITIONS
DIDN'T EXIST. ACT AS IF
YOU BELIEVE! ACT AS If
YOU CARED! ACT AS IF
YOU HOPED!
And suppose you do? There's
no suppose" about it. The
things as certain as flood tide
after ebb. spring after win
ter. IF YOU'LL MAKE AN
ACT OF FAITH, REAL FAITH
WILL COME! ACT AS IF
YOU BELIEVE IN LIFE AND
YOUR FELLOW MAN. GO
THROUGH THE MOTIONS
OF COURAGE AND CONT
DENCE-AND YOU'LL BE
GIVEN THE MARKINGS!
For, after all, the makingS
are always there. It's only
YOU and I who are punch
drunk, partner.
Copyright, 1884 by King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
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Picture Book Pull
By Robert BenchIey

The present craving of adults
for picture books makes one
wonder if all this past business
of reading type matter has per-
haps been a pose. Considering
how grown-up we are (and lots
of us are great big boys and
girls now. we do an awful lot
of porting over picture books, and
we do everything with them
that the children do with theirs
except drop them on the floor
for someone else to pick up.
When we drop our picture books
they stay dropped unless we
pick them up ourselves. That's
why so many of us are so bit
ter about life.
Within the past year the crop
of just plain, large picture books
has increased to such an extent
that the old-fashioned book
cases, built for Dickens and Con-
rad, are as useless as your first
baby sweater.
There have been funny pic.
ture books, grim picture books,
naughty picture books, and then
came 'The American Parade
which is simply a plain picture
book Of American life since the
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would be out definitely.
BY his prediction, Lewis lndl'
Gates that he does not think
much of the prophecy of one
Senator Daniel o. Hastings, Re
publican, who predicted last
spring that Republicans would
win four, possibly six, and per-
haps seven seats in the Senate.
Many of Hastings Republl-
can colleagues failed to agree
with him at that time. Some
of them said the G. o. P:
would lose some places. and
could consider itself lucky if
it lost only four seats.
Postmaster General James A.
Farley has predicted that Demo
Gratis would gain several seats
but Lewis apparently is the
most optimistic soothsayer OF
the Democratic crowd of prog
nosticators.
The gains that LeaDis predicts
Mould give majoriay leader
Joseph T. Robinson a group OF
men that he could use with the
utmost success in forcing admin
iStrdtion legislation.
The minority last year had a
difficult task when they sought
to oppose the Administration.
They would be completely sub
merged, they fear, If Mr.. Lewis
is correct.
President Roosevelt is going to
Roanoke, Virginia, on October
10 for the dedication OF the huge
new Veterans Hospital which
has been completed.
The hospital. located in Rep
resentative Clifton A. Wood
runs district, is one of the
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1865, or OF several German caua'
vers in a trench. This is very
interesting" he says, pulling the
book over to get it in better
range. Then he turnes the page.
Here's a funny one!" he ex-
claims. "These girls in The
Black Crook Did you see this
one?"
You go and look over his
shoulder. There's another one
a few pages on-of the Can
can" you say. "Here-let me
show you!" And you try to take
the book away to find the place
for him. Taking a juicy bone
away from a dog would be simp-
Ter.
I'll come to it in a minute!"
he almost snarls, and clutches
the volume to his chest. From
then on the book is his. Insur-
ance is forgotten, the nex5
client is forgotten. and, if you
want to tip.toe out on him and
go to lunch, he will never notice
that you are gone.
A child confined with measles
never was so engrossed in a pic.
ture-book as this busy man in
yours. He turns the pages one
after another very slowly, get
ting his nose right down into it
in order not to miss a detail. and
not a sound comes out of him
for fifteen minutes, except an
occasional Every Interestingly"
BY having on hand five or SIX
volumes of pictures, left care
lesly about on tables and sofas,
I have found it possible to do a
whole afternoons work with a
roomful of people at my back.
It may take ten or twelve min
utes to get them to thumbing,
but once they are started, with
one holding a book and two
others perched on the arms of
the chair, there isn't a sign of
life in the room except the slow
rustic of pages and now and
then the wetting of a thumb.
When one group is through
with a volume, they swap with
another group, and so the
afternoon passes until my work
is done and I begin to get a
little lonesome. Then I 60 and
look over someone's shoulder,
for I am not averSe to picture
books myself, even ones that !
have looked at before.
Aside from the bitterness
which arises when someone
gets hold of a picture-book
which you are only half
through with, this innocent
pastime tends to simplify and
sweeten our human relation
ships. If man descends to
meet, as Emerson said, he Ger.
tainly unbends to look at pic
ture-bookS. For IS minutes, at
least, everyone in the room is
naive and ingenious. I don't
know what particular virtue
there is in that, but there must
be some.
Articles By Robert Benchley
appear each Monday, WedneS-
day, and Friday.
Copyright. 1884 by King Features
= Syndicate. 1nc.)
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breaks you believed the human
race was a good gang and the
world was a swell place.
But now you've changed. You
can't tell exactly how or why
you're changed. But some
times you hardly recognize
yourself. You don't seem to
care about things the way you
did. You don't believe in things
or in people the way you dld.
You can't understand 1t.
You've tried to fight against it.
You tell yourself not to be a
gutter and a sorehead. But it's
no use. Everything you say
everything you do, seems blah.
You put on a bold front, but
beneath you're sick about It,
You wonder if it's worth while
going on like this.
WHAT'S THE ANSWER TIC
IT ALL-or is there any?
Sure there is-and a per-
fectly simple one. Ever go to
a prize fight? Or watch some
human go through long siege
of worry and hard luck? In
either case, chances are you've
seen someone go PUN c H
DRUNK. When the scrap
started he was all excited
full of confidence-up on his
toes and fighting with all he
had. Now he's slugging away
automatically-so tired he can
neither think nor feel.
What's the matter with you
and millions of other Ameri-
cans? That's what's the matter.
You're punch drunk. The whole
worlds that way-a bit. In time
we'll get over it. Our strength,
our enthusiasm and our conf
dence will come back to us.
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Civil War. And just leave one
of them around on your desk or
table, and see what happens to
it when your busy adult gets his
talonS on it.
A man comes into your Of
flee, let us say, reeking of in
surance. He is very busy man
and can give you but a mo-
ment of his time. He may even
keep his hat on, he is so busy.
All that he wants to do is out
line the advantages of a special
300-payment endowment policy,
and then get away to another
client who is taking out twice
the amount of insurance that
you are considering. (The next
man that an insurance agent
is going to call on is always
doubling your ante.)
He sits down, pulls out a lot
of papers from his brief case,
and clears his throat. Then his
eye lights on the picture-book.
He opens it casually from where
he is sitting and says: whats
this-a collection of pictures of
some sort?" He knows very we'll
that it is, but wants confirma.
.tion or a slight excuse to ex-
anime it more thoroughly.
He thumbs the pages aimleSs-
~ for a few seconds and then
comes across a photograph Of
Broadway and Pine Street in
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suance of the order many of
the judges were appointed by
other departments which had
control of the various terri
tories.
The order, however, did not
affect prosecuting attorneys
and in some instances difficulty
has arisen because prosecutors
could not work with judges
without fear of interference
from department chiefs who
controlled the territories in
which they worked.
A recent case that accentuates
the necessity of q change, in
Cummings estimation, WGs that
of a prosecutor vho began inves-
tigating reports of graft in a
public office Nth the approval
of the Judge but 1OGS removed
from office By the Cabinet Of
ticer 1Oho appointed him for
conducting a "one-mGn inQuisi-
tion."
Until judges and attorneys
are appointed by the Depart
ment of Justice, there can be
little hope of harmony in terri
tOrial tribunals, Cummings be-
lieveS.
Copyright, 1894, The Washington TimesJ
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-08
Freedom of the Seas
For Other Nations

Germany congratulatng Britain on the launching of
the Queen Mary announces that the liner Bremen is
ready for the looming struggle for the blue ribbon of the
Atlantic
France announces that the Normandie will be of 5000
gross tons compared with the Queen Marys 10000
Britain makes plans for sister ship of the Queen
Mary.
America staunches traditional supporter of "the free
dom of the SEAS makes neither announcement nor plans
The present Administrations version of the freedom
of the seas may be keeping the free of American
ships
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T human Side of the News - By Edwin c. + I'LL

From Gallon, Ohio, an old
man of 70 sends a petition to
the convention of the Protestant
Episcopal Church meeting in
Atlantic City, in which he asks
that q judgment by an ecclesi'
astical court of 10 years stand
ing be set aside.
He is William Montgomery
Brown, once bishop Of the
Diocese of Arkansas, and his ap-
peal is from the verdict which
convicted him of heresy and
brought about his expulsion
from the House of Bishops.
Bishop Brown has not re-
canted and he does not think
that he has lone chance in a
million" of reinstatement.
Yet year after year he files
his appeal, basing it on the
argument that the decision was
unjust to him and that few of
the bishops of the church would
survive a test of the purity of
their orthodoxy.
It is said that his trial in
Cleveland in 1924 was the first
of an Episcopal bishop for
heresy since the Reformation.
At that it was forced on the
House of Bishops.
DR.. Brown had been retired
for IL years at the time, and
had devoted himself to the
study of Darwin, Karl Marx
and Huxley.
Some time before the Rus
sian revolution he published a
book, Conn unism and
Christianism," wherein Com"
munism was called "the one
comprehensive term which is
synonym at once of morality,
religion and Christianity"
Representatives from Arkan'
sas to the church's convention
in Portland were passed over
by the delegates with a refer
ence somewhere to the mental
condition of the writer. Bishop
Brown promptly said that he
would submit to sanity test
and reiterated the doctrines he
had laid down in his book.
The trial in Cleveland was
quite a sensation and attracted
worldwide attention. The last
one akin to it in this country
had been that in 1906 of the
Rev. Algernon S. Crapsey,
rector of st. Andrews Episco-
pal Church in Rochester.
A court of nine bishops sat
in judgment in a hall adjoin-
ing Trinity Cathedral in
Cleveland.
The proceedings had an aura
Of the Middle Ages. When
counsel for Bishop Brown de-
manded a bill of particulars,
the church advocate set forth
that in % instances in his
book Bishop Brown had denied
the doctrines of the church as
contained in TIL. Book Of Com.
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O4AAAA0 ~~S ~
you used to
have even in
the tougher
times. Three
years ago
even t Wo
you still felt
excited about
things. Used
to get steam
ed up easily.
Y GU W e r e
sore at a lot
of things, but
still you were
hopeful. In
spite of all
4 l. r. II
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Wise Words

Blessed is he who has found
his work; let him ask no other
Observation-Disclosures.
He cannot be strict in judg-
ing who does not wish others to
be strict in judging him.
Cicero.
The coxcomb makes a dis
turbance; the fool makes lam
entations; the honest man.
when deceived, retires and says
not a Word.-La Noue.
If a man be imbued with a
generous mind, this is the best
kind of nobility.-Plato.
He is happy whose circum-
stances suit his temper; but he
is more excellent who can suit
his temper to any circum'
StanceS.-Hume.
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M l S S o u r !,
w e S t Vir-
ginia, New
Mexico and
M n n e sofa.
He predicts
that Michi-
gan may be
won.
A victory
for the Demo
CTdIS SUCH as
L e W i S pre-
diets W o u | d
give the party
in p o W e r
enough votes
to swing al
most any pro-
gram it tried
to put over.
The minority
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m e n t h a S
been accom-
plished.
In the early
days of the
present Dem
o c r a t | C
r e g i m e the
President, on
Cum m in G s.
recommended
tt n, issued
an Executive
order which
pl a C e d the
F e d e r a !
j u d 6 e S Of
these courts
u n d er the
juriSdic t i o n
of Justice.
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The Greatest Shoe
On Earth
BY John Snure, Jr.

Senator James Hamilton
Lewis, Senate sart0rial spOkeS-
man, predicts that the Demo
Gratis will win at least nine
and possibly ten seats In the
upper branch of Congress in
approaching elections.
Gains will be made, he
claims, in New Jersey, Rhode
Island, Maryland, Indiana, Ohio,
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Punch Drunk? Here's a Cure :

That. bankrupt feeling
No, I don't mean in cash.
Perhaps you've still got a job.
You eat regularly-sleep in a
decent bed-even have enough
to go to the movies and pay the
dentist. Nevertheless you feel
broke.
This depression has done
something to you. Taken some
thing out of YOU. something
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Russia Gets Religion
Of a Sort

Of Sort
The Bolsheviks who have abolished religion haven't
abandoned the idea of sin and expiation.
It's sin in Russia to happen to have been born in
family which ate regularly that is, a family of
Kulaks or wetodo peasants But you can expiate this
sin by supporting the soviet provided that you have
served five years in exile If you happen to work in the
gold platinum industry the exile term can be cut to
three years.
Such is the marvellous morality which the Reds would
have accept!