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Evening star., 1934-11-07
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

A reader con get the dnswer to
any question Of fact BY wrtttng The
Washington Evening Star Information
Bureau, Frederic J. Hnskin, Director
Washington. D. c. Please inclose
stamp for reply.
@. Which Of the fourth Liberty Loan
bonds still bear INTEREST,". r. @.
A. II the serial numbers end in :
or 1 the bonds have not been called
and still bear interest. II the serial
interest has ceased and the bond:
should be turned In for cash.
O. How many people attended the
Worlds Fair at Chicago?-S. w.
A. The total attendance is estimated
at 35,0O0.000.
! @. What is the average age Of air
plane pilots, compared with other
| business men?-R. 8. H.
A. Pilots in general are about Is
years younger.
@. How much currency Is made In
q day?-D. A.
A. Currency is printed IL bills to
the sheet. The average number Of
bills engraved daily is 3.464,736.
@. In marking time for marching
and military drills, why do we start
with the left foot instead Of the right
| foot?-G. H. l..
A. Regulations provide starting with
the left foot in marking time for
marching in military drills because OF
| the position in which the rife is held.
1t is called walking into the piece II
1t follows that all marchers use the
same foot.
@. How many marriages take place
! in the United States each year,
C. R. G.
A. Approximately 100000.
@. In the Roman amphitheaters,
| was it the custom to turn thumbs
down in token OF taking the life Of a
| vanquished gladiator?-E. H. K.
A. In the ancient Roman combats.
rested with the spectators to decide
whether he should be slain or not.
II they wished him to live they shut
up their thumbs in their fingers. If
they wished him to be slain they
turned out their thumbs.
Q. When will the farm census be
| taken?-L. o. T.
A. 1t will be taken beginning jan
uary /, 1885.
@. Did Tennyson approve Of Jenny
Linds Interpretation Of his songs?-
w. C.
A. Nine Goldschmidt sang to Ten
nyson Edwin Edwards arrangement of
two poems by the poet laureate. The
singers daughter says: Being as
unmusical as Dean Stanley, he pre-
ferred his own rendering, with, as
Nine Goldschmidt used to describe,
drop in the voice at the end Of each
line"
@. What was the cost of the fuel
used by the M-l0001 in the record
trip from Los Angeles to New York
City?-H F. c.
A The officials Of Motor Improve
ments, Inc, Of Newark, manufacturers
Of the oil-refning devise used on the
trains Diesel engine, estimate the
total fuel cost of the trip from coast
to coast at $50.
c. Should one say, II am raising a
child or Il am rearing q child"?-
S. F.
A. 1t is correct to say rearing" in
speaking of human beings.
@. What are the duties of the Fed
Evening star., 1934-11-07
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRAcEWELL.

Why should the big gentleman be
so stuck on himself?
After all, If he has been successful,
that is no more than we would have
expected Of him.
The only one 1t seems to floor Is
himself.
He seems never to have gotten over
1t, thereby demonstrating. one may
feel, that he was the last person in
the world who looked for his success.
A rather queer thing. is it not, this
habit of some men of indicating to
the world that their own ability Is
something of surprise to them?
We who look at them in awe would
expect nothing less, surely.
To our dazzled eyes they seem per-
fectly able to toss OF success much
as a foot ball player throws o ball
down the field.
Or do foot ball players still toss
balls down the field?
The last game we saw was over at
Georgetown field, more years ago
than we care to enumerate.
Jim Thorpe was carrying the entire
local team down the field with him,
as We recall.
Maybe memory Is faulty, but that
is one recollection, at least.
The big Indian was pulling 'em
down the field, and the wind was
blowing, and all the girls wore big
yellow NUNS, as they still do, We
hear.
That was our last foot ball game,
since when we have listened to them
OH radio, occasionally, only to be
vastly bored at the excited delinea-
ton Of the announcers.
How any one can get excited listen
ing to foot ball game, instead Of
watching it. especially when one has
no personal interest in the players, is
something which Is beyond one
observer.
A base ball game is something else.
so is the Kentucky Derby, but q foot
ball game, via radio, is about as slow
a proceeding to this observer as q
regatta. than which nothing is slower
not even the famous race between
the tortoise and the hare.
A dog that chases hares, by the
way, is called harrier
Perhaps every one ought to know
that, but we didn't until the other
day. upon looking through q new dog
book
One OF the breeds recognized by
the American Kennel Club is the
harrier, just So
The great historian Xenophon Is
said to have had q pack of barriers
1000 years ago. It's hunting dog
midway between the foxhound and
the beagle. standing some 20 inches
high and weighing about SO pounds.
The foXhound, by the way, is q
charming dog for city use.
More of them ought to be seen in
our streets. as they are clean. we'll
behaved fellows, kindly, interesting
and full Of fun.
Maybe the large gentleman. patiently
impressed with his own Importance
played foot ball, once, and has never
got over that, either.
Foot ball. of all games, ought to
make a man cheSty, and by rights,
too, unfOot- -ballish persons are in
clined to think
Foot ball is a mans game.
1t is an elemental contest despite
the refinementS which civilization
lends it.
Evening star., 1934-11-07

Some States are more progressive
than others, and prove the fact by
putting in voting facilities that en-
able the returns to come in rapidly
Others require almost as much time
as it will take a new streamline train
to cross the continent.
Evening star., 1934-11-07
Longs Foot Ball Expedition
Gets Plenty of Publicity

may be wrong. but II the public in
terprets his largesse that way, Huey
can blame himself. He made his own
reputation
The Green Bay (Wis.) Press Gazette
believes that were Keats living today
he probably would not call majestic
oaks those green-robed Senators Of
the mighty woods"
Evening star., 1934-11-07

eral Alcohol Control Administration
&C. B.
A. 1t was established by executive
order Of the President, to be composed
of five officers Of the executive branch
Of the Government. Two members
were designated from the Treasury
Department and one each from the
Departments Of Agriculture, Commerce
and Justice. The Federal Alcohol
Control Administration Is charged
with the duty of carrying out the pro-
visions of the codes and marketing
agreements which have been signed
by the President, to control the liquor
traf1c, and Of making such interpreta-
tions OF such provisions and regula-
tions as 1t deems necessary.
Q. Please give some information
about the Paul Whiteman Scholarship.
p. c..
A. Paul Whiteman has established
the Elfrida Whiteman Scholarship as
memorial to his mother, who died
several weeks ago. The scholarship
will be awarded to the American COM
poser submitting the outstanding com.
position, fully orchestrated. in q con-
test to close at midnight February /,
1885. The winner will be awarded a
two-year scholarship at q musical
college or institute, a weekly income
of S25 during the school term and the
Elfrida Whiteman Medal for 1885.
Compositions may be submitted to the
Elfrida Whiteman Scholarship, care
of Paul Whiteman, Park Central Hotel,
New York, N. Y.
@. What is the thickness OF the
armored deck of United States bat
| tleship?-M NJ
A. This information is not given to
| the public.
@. Is the amount of money spent
for beauty preparation and similar
toilet wares increasing or decreasing?
H. S.
A. In 1891 the value of such prepa-
rations was s166,25 ,358, while in
1888 it had declined to Sl08 ,233,133.
For example, lip sticks and rouges
dropped from s5,1OOO47 in 1881 to
only s3,e43, 500 in 1888, and face
creams from $25,l24,553 in 1881 TO
Sl5,003,715.
Q. Please give a short biograp ply OF
Dorothy Arzner, motion picture di-
rector-E. A. D.
A. Born in San Francisco about 81
years ago, Dorothy Arzner attended
school in Los Angeles, later enter
ing the University of Southern Cali
fornia. She left school to volunteer
as an ambulance driver, but was
barred from going to France on ac-
count of her youth. William de Mile
gave her a job in his organization
and her rise has been rapid
@. Was there an old Indian belief
| that there was certain kind of tree
that lightning would not striker
c. B. B.
| A. The Indians claimed that the
black gum tree could not be hurt by
lightning.
@. Was Dred Scott the name Of
the Negro or OF his master in the
Dred Scott case?-D. L.
A. The Negro's name was Dred
Scott.
@. Did the recent Protestant Epis-
copal Convention sanction birth con-
trol?-A. F.
A. The convention Endorsed birth
control so far as it is in accord with
the highest principles of eugenics,
and a more wholesome family life"
O. Who wrote some verses begin
ming "A little peach in the orchard
grew"?-A. H. D.
A. They were written by Eugene
Field
Evening star., 1934-11-07

Chain stores are to reopen in Cleve-
land, Ohio, and none of the workers
will suffer loss of pay This is one
menacing incident in which the in
nocent bystander did not get the worst
of 1t.
Evening star., 1934-11-07
Glasgow Thrift.

From the Rochester Times-Union.
An eminent member of the govern
ment Of the United Kingdom speaking
at Glasgow endured q barrage Of eggs
and tomatoes, both ripe. The Scotch
are sticklers for old customs observed
completely.
Evening star., 1934-11-07

A local policeman is being con-
graduated on his record in ''ticketing'
CARS. 1t may be of advantage to him
in service routine, but it will never
encourage him to enter popularity
contest.
Evening star., 1934-11-07

Postmaster General Farley has
exercised economic and artistic influ-
ence, but has not succeeded In making
the average voter appear as calm as a
portrait Of Whistler's mother on Z
postage stamp.
Evening star., 1934-11-07

States that permit gang gamblers
to collect from D. c. citizens by an
odd twist of circumstances have more
to say at times about National Capital
affairs than the citizens themselves.
Evening star., 1934-11-07

Hauptmann Is putting up q stub
born fight, which suggests q posi-
bility that he has something better
to offer in compensation than outlaw
$40 gold notes.
Evening star., 1934-11-07

When the band plays MY Mary
land it does not suggest any guar
antee as to which statesmen are to
retain possession of the official ma
chinery.
Evening star., 1934-11-07

Disorders attending the closing of
the Chicago fair may have been due
mainly to mistaken calculation in
putting the date for the finish SO
close to Halloween.
Evening star., 1934-11-07
Still Hunting.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
A good many rich men may be
down to their last yacht, but the horn
OF the hunter still is heard on tbs
hill and the merry fox hunters canter
forward to the meet.
Evening star., 1934-11-07

SenSion. The Saar Valley continues
to figure as an historic controversy
over real estate.
Evening star., 1934-11-07
Good Prophet.

From the Topeka Daily Capital.
Pretty Boy Floyd appeared to be
the smartest bandit. Anyhow. he was
on record as predicting that sooner or
later the law would get him. And
1t did
Evening star., 1934-11-07
DELAYED Buck.

From the Louisville Herald-Post.
Add to foot ball terms: A delayed
buck--the dollar bet on q game and
not promptly paid.
Evening star., 1934-11-07
One Solvent Creditor.

From the Charleston CIV. va.) Daily Mail.
Some foreign loans are good, the
investment bankers believe. Wasn't 1t
Finland that paid up?
Evening star., 1934-11-07

President Roosevelt had but little
to say during the campaigning, but
derived silent enjoyment from listen
ing to the returns.
Evening star., 1934-11-07
New Dealin,

New Dealing.
"New ideas are coming to the front
rapidly"
I'm glad Of it." answered Senator
Sorghum. Some of these so-called
new ideas have been discussed by
intelligent people for years. This New
Deal may yet right a great wrong by
giving citizens Of the District Of Co.
lumbia representation in Congress"
Jud Tunkins says some men appear
to be like the rabbit, whose limit of
luck is his ability to run fast enough
not to get shot.
The One-Way Pendulum.
When landslides come and then
repeat
Some disappointment is revealed.
That law Of averages neat
We fear has somehow been repealed.
EmOtiOnality.
WAS there any election excite
ment in the Gulch?"
PLENTY of it," answered Cactus Joe.
But no one was seriously hurt"
Owing to the excitement every
body was so nervous that his hands
trembled and nobody could shoot
straight"
Those who know the TRUTH" said
Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, "are
wise. Those who know when not to
tell it all are still wiser"
Compliance.
My teacher told me long ago
I must be learning to say mo"
But several statesmen, I confess,
Have lately taught me to say "Yes."
For who shall venture to disclose
A thought that contradicts repose.
So ditto marks I gayH pen
To mean Yes" and Yes" yet again.
AFTER all dat plitical speakin',"
said Uncle Eben, "I'll be relieved to
hear some plain advice dat kin
understand, at a camp meetin'I"
Evening star., 1934-11-07
Tea Going Strong.

From the Rockford Register Republic.
Beer flows freely, but one of the big
tea companies has declared an extra
dividend.
Evening star., 1934-11-07

AS novelist, Upton Sinclair has
managed to become the hero Of his
own political mystery story.
Evening star., 1934-11-07
A Foolish Cow.

From the wichita Eagle.
The Oklahoma COW that has just
broken a record for milk production
may expect a visit from the plow-
under experts almost any day now.
Evening star., 1934-11-07

Criminals enjoy pictorial notoriety,
but no cameraman has ever kept one
Of them out Of the penitentiary.
Evening star., 1934-11-07
CHAFF BEFORE THE WIND. Bv
Sigurd Christensen. New York
Liveright Publishing Corporation.


The characteristic tenacity of the
Scandinavian is the motif in this
story of the love Of Sven Helle for a
woman who, according to his simple
standards Of right and wrong, has
committed an objectionable sin and
should be held in contempt for her
evil deed. His comparatively un-
eventful life up until the time of his
falling in love had been quite free
from the temptations and pitfalls
which beset the average human, for
his nature and his beliefs did not
permit him to stray far away from
the narrow experiences of q righteous
and well-ordered life. Then came an
overwhelming love for woman who,
he Is to learn too late, had murdered
her brutal and worthless husband.
An intensely interesting study of
the struggle OF a human soul for clar-
ity OF understanding is developed with
q group of people of varying degrees
OF temperament and beliefs in the
mortal and spiritual differences, of
emotion which sway and influence
men and women of powerful strength
~ SAAUAN NSeSA III AACuIIlSldIlCcS De-
yond their comprehension crowd upon
them and drive them into dark and
hopeless despair.
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Evening star., 1934-11-07
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Jud Tunkins says some men appear
to be like the rabbit, whose limit of
luck is his ability to run fast enough
not to get shot.
Evening star., 1934-11-07
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@. Should one say, II am raising a
child" or Il am rearing q child"?-
S. r.
A. 1t is correct to say rearing" in
speaking of human beings.
O. What are the duties of the Fed
Evening star., 1934-11-07

@. Was Dred Scott the name Of
the Negro or Of his master in the
Dred Scott case?-D. L.
A. The Negro's name was Dred
Scott.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-05-15
Hit Seattle Terror
at Anti w ar Meet
SOCIALIST REPRESENTATIVES
SEIZED BY STAGE
FRIGHT

Seattle, May S-Rcports of the
spread of terrorism here in Seattle
and a call for unity were outstand-
ing features of the Anti-War De-
Tense Mass meeting held i'm the
Moose hall May Z. A United Front
of the Legion Against War, the
Young Communist League, the Young
Socialist League and the National
Student League initiated the meet
ing.
How , young anti-war workers,
both high school students in West
Seattle, We're taken out, beaten up
and threatened with more violence
If they did not cease their anti-w
activity and the story Of Mrs. Tia
den who was beaten up by vigil
antes at the army day parade was
told. Workers We're urged by the
speakers to unite to fight fascism
and war.
The membership Of the Kenwood
branch of the Socialist party voted
to join the Anti-War United Front
Defense committee and a repre-
sentative attended all Of the COM
mittee meetings. But when approch-
ed to speak at the mass meeting,
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-05-15
By lowell Wakefield

May Day is over, the greatest
May Day the world has ever seen.
Looming clearly for all to see
stands one great force that is keep
ing alive the trdition Of May Day,
made of it an international day
of struggle.
Fifty years ago it was the Amer
lean Federation Of Labor which
founded May Day, made Of it an
international day of struggle.
Later it was the Socialist Party
that raised the banner of struggle
on International Labor Day.
To the Socialists and to the
members of the AT Of l. whose
leaders have betrayed the tradition
of May Day whose organizations
refused to take part in the parades
and the demonstrations and either
did nothing or prattled meaning
lessly about child health, we print
the appeal of that great figure of
the American labor movement, Eu-
gene V. Debs. printed first in the
New York Worker" April 27, 1000
This is the first and only Inter-
national Labor Day. 1t belongs to.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-05-15
Mayor,Counciland
RWPA Join in Re-
INSTRUMENTATION
GET PROMISE OF FOOD FOR
SEVERAL DESTITUTE
FAMILIES

Winlock, Wn., May Through
the efforts of the Relief Workers
Protective Association, a committee
consisting of one of its members,
the Mayor and 3 Councilman called
on Mrs. Allen, district relief boss,
concerning the discrimination of re-
lief in this neighborhood
The case where a family of IL
was allotted IS cents per person per
week was pointed out. Also the
case of a So year old INDECENT who
is forced to live on dandelion greens
and lettuce in his garden which is
only an inch tall. The mayor and
the councilmen supplied his tenn
porary food from their own pock-
cts.
other cases taken up were those
of a family of 6, children sick, re-
ceive only $500 for 2 weeks (no
garden or cow and another family
of 6 which receives $3.50 for 2
weeks. Mrs. Aliens answer was that
I'VE all make mistakes" However,
as result of the meeting she pro-
missed to send the county nurse to
the sick children and direct relief
to the cases pointed out.
We await results. Groceries will
taste better than promises.
-RWPA Correspondent.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-05-15
Shopper Exposed

Aberdeen, Wash.-Miss McGilli-
cuddy, a put on" friend of the
working people, in the employ of
the Grays Harbor County Welfare
Board as an Investigator, is serving
the ruling class very efficiently.
On August LIST, 1888 when the
workers Of Grays Harbor county
gathered on Heron and H SITS. to
demonstrate against Bosses War"
she was present at the demonstra-
ton. When our elected committee
went to the welfare office to present
our demands-the doors were closed.
McGilliguddy must have sent in a
sos" call that the workers were
coming.
On May LIST, 1884, when the work
ers and farmers of Grays Harbor
County gathered on the same cor
ner to demonstrate against Hun
ger. War and Fascism' this snnCp-
err again made her appearance
(this time in her carr. According to
she" x up-aGain the welfare office
doors were closed"
Yet many persons think she is
n fair and square person.
Actions speak greater than words
and through her actions at both
of our demonstrations Miss McGil-
liguddy has condemned us to fur
Their starvation.
Let us answer with organization
and struggle.
Worker Correspondent.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-05-15
WIVES OF FOUR JAILED MEN
INSULTED BY MARTINS
SECRETARY

Seattle-Insulted by Dick Ham,
ilton, Governor Martins secretary,
for not being sufficiently polite to
the Governor, four of the Frandsen
eviction fighters wives are back
with a half way promise of their
husbands release in less than two
months.
Made to Mrs. Price, Mrs. Norton,
Mrs. Moon and Mrs. Frandsen when
they went to Olympia last week,
the promise is branded by the wo-
men as having the earmarks of a
trick to slow down the mass cam
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-05-15
Shoot Down Three Filipino
Cannery Workersin Portland
Who Refuse to Pay Job Graft
MASS MEETING OF 600 scoREsa
REIGN OF TERROR
AGAINST WORKERS

Portland, May G-Shot down on
the street right in front of the po-
lice station because they refused to
pay company gangsters, three Fill
Pine cannery workers are in the
hospital with serious wounds.
Immediately after the shooting
the Police Department of Portland
started a mass campaign of terror
against all Filipino workers They
arrested about n hundred and fifty.
Although the shooting took place
in front of the Police Station the
Portland Police were unable" TO
apprehend the perpetrators Of the
shooting.
The Fishermen and Cannery
Workers Industrial Union together
with the International Labor De-
Tense sent a committee to Police
Headquarters to demand release Of
the workers and arrest of the gang
sters.
The F'CWTU called a mass pro-
test meeting today, which was at
tended by almost 600 workers in
Guiding about $50 Filipino work
ers.
After the mass meeting an org
anizational meeting was held to
demand an increase in wages, the
immediate stopping of all collec-
tion of money from the workers
and unemployment relief for can
merry workers who have lost their
jobs because of this racketeering
and discrimination.
Filipino Cannery Workers work.
ing in the Alaska Salmon Gamer
les are forced to hire through com
pany agents, who have contracts
for hiring labor for Alaska salmon
canneries. These same agents also
are the foremen on the job while
in Alaska. These Company thugs
have for years been intimidating
the workers into paying money for
them in order to get jobs. Many
times the workers, after paying
$1,000 or $500 are still refused a
job and they cannot kick because
they have no receipt to show that
they have paid.