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Evening star., 1934-12-17
"Muss EN- Up" Police Order
Revives Third Degree Issue

possibilities in the cowing OF the
crooks" observes the Tampa fla
Times, while the Austin (Tex) Amer
ican feels that 1--WE can never abolish
the third degree until we take few
of the kinks out of our system of
handling accused persons after they
have been arrested" The Elkhart
Qnd) Truth concludes: Although it
does sound cruel, there may be some
argument on behalf of the order, 'Muss
'em up Professional criminals as a
rule do not fear the police and the
courts. But they do shrink at physical
punishment or threat of death from
policemen's bullets. Federal agents of
the Department of Justice have set the
pace in the movement to treat crimi-
mails rough, and to shoot them on the
spot, if possible. Desperadoes like
Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson shoot
first, if possible, when they are in
danger of arrest. In self-protection.
f for no other reason, Federal agents
and police feel forced to shoot on en-
countering such desperate characters.
Greater severity against criminals
should be practiced by our courts as
well as by the police"
Evening star., 1934-12-17
Washington's Deadly Streets.

With a new all-time record of 1875
deaths from motor accidents in the
District of Columbia since the begin
ming of the year, established by
series of collisions yesterday. determi-
nation is expressed by Capital officials
to do something in correction and
prevention. Just what it is proposed
to do remains for explanation. Just
what can be done?
For one thing, all cars that are not
properly equipped for safe driving
should be swept from the streets, for
hidden licenses. Again, incompetent
drivers should be denied the privilege
Of operating machines Of any kind
and in any conditions. Licenses to
drive should be refused to those with
records of dangerous carelessness.
In practically every motor car colli-
sion there is some one at fault, through
speeding, reckless turning Of corners,
weaving in and out of established
lanes, failure to signal, racing the
lights at intersections and other
faults.
Immediate inquiry into the circum-
stances of an accident will almost as
suredly develop the conditions and
place the blame. There should be
prompt penalty for recklessness, per-
haps punitive, certainly suspension if
not revocation of license, especially
when a life is sacrificed.
washington has more cars in pro-
portion to the population than any
other city in the United States. 1t
has peculiar condition in the con-
centration Of traffic, morning and eve
ming, in the movement Of people to
and from work. But the ajority of
the accidents contributing to the
Capitals hideous record of deaths and
injuries do not occur in the hours of
this daily traffic congestion. Most of
them occur on uncongested streets
and roads. Certainly there was no
congestion excuse for yesterdays
three fatalities.
Bad driving, reckless, inconsiderate,
dangerous driving, is the cause of
these casualties, and in every case.
with practically no exception, some
one is at fault.
Few drivers who are guilty of reck-
lessness leading to collisions in which
others are killed or injured are pun
ished for their fault. Coroner'S jurieS
are lenient in fatal cases. When in
dictments are found, as they have
been in few instances, months
elapse before trial and punishment
when that is the result of court ac-
ton. There is no immediate, assured
penalty for this offense.
Clean out the old, ill-equipped cars
and the incompetent and reckless
drivers by refusing reissuance of
licenses and the solution of this prob
lem will be in sight Public education
has failed. Specific, direct action
against bad driving is necessary.
Evening star., 1934-12-17
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
High Brow Saint.

High-Brow Saint.
Now, little boy, be good and you
A high-brow Santa Claus may view,
With picture books that show for fun
How trigonometry is done.
A photograph will let you know
OF languages dead long ago.
And pictures classical will start
A proper taste for highest art.
But don't expect a bat and ball
Or a stout sled on which to haul
Your fellow Scouts, with joyous skill,
Till you arrive at Snowmanville.
Don't look for fairy books that lend
To each romance a happy end.
My New Deal waits for your applause,
I am the high-brow Santa Claus.
Evening star., 1934-12-17
Integrity in Art.

Plain people look up to artists. Not
gifted themselves, they respect as
well as admire the genius of more
fortunate men and women. Their
attitude toward the inspired few is
that of wonderment and awe. Great
talent partakes of the miraculous, as
they conceive of it, and a curious
reverence grows up in the public mind
in tribute to the marvel and to its
instrument. Hence the worship
which is offered to the names Of
Homer and Shakespeare, Michelan-
gelo and Beethoven.
But when the field Of art Is in
Evening star., 1934-12-17
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

A reader can get the GnsDer to
any question Of fact BY ioriting The
Washington Evening Star Information
Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director,
Washington, d. c. Please tnclose
stamp for reply.
@. In sending Christmas cards in
unsealed envelopes, what postage
must be put on the envelopes?- T. B.
A. Printed greeting cards mailed
under cover Of unsealed envelopes are
chargeable with postage at the third
class rate Of ~ cents for each 2
ounces or fraction Of 2 ounces, re-
gardless of whether addressed for de-
livery through post office boxes or gen.
eral delivery, or by city or rural
carrier. Printed Christmas and other
greeting cards in unsealed envelopes
may bear q simple written inscription
not in the nature of personal corre-
spondence, such as sincerely yours"
Merry Christmas" Happy New
Year." 'with best Wishes" etc., to-
gether with the name and address of
the sender and Of the addressee, with
out subjecting them to more than the
third-class rate.
Q. Is more automobile travelling
done on city streets or in the coun-
try?-B. M.
A. American motorists travel about
200 billion miles a year. This traffic
now Is about evenly divided between
rural roads and streets.
@. Who is the Oldest woman who
voted in the last presidential elec-
tome. C.
A. The oldest Of record is Mrs.
Caroline Hoffman of New York City,
who is 103 years old.
@. Is it against the law to sell rum
filled candies?-S. S.
A. The sale of candy filled with
alcoholic liquors containing to 20
per cent Of alcohol Is q violation of
the food and drug act, and this re-
repeal of the eighteenth amendment.
@. How many blind persons are
there in the United States?-H. N.
A. About 114.000. AS causes Of
blindess are being steadily eliminated,
1t is believed that the number will be
decreased.
@. How much Of 9 vocabulary should
child OF 8 have?-H. r. M.
A. At this age q child should be
familiar with approximately $500
words.
Q. Please name several famous men
who died in 1s31.-H. c.
A. Among the famous men who died
in that year were Arnold Bennett,
English author; A. A. Nicholson, ply
sicist; David Starr Jordan, educator
and scientist; Thomas A. Edison, in
ventor; Hall Caine, British novelist.
@. How did the sarbonne get its
name?-W. H.
A. This university, in Paris, was
named for Robert de Sarbonne. who
| founded it in the thirteenth century.
@. How many people speak the
| Czech language?-K. F. M.
A. The number Of persons speaking
Czech, exclusive Of the Slovaks, is over
100000.
@. What is debouching?-M. r. w.
| A. In military usage debouching IS
the issuing of troops from out q mar
row passage, wood, defile or any other
roadway which has compelled them to
advance in column or other narrow
formation.
! @. What is the Oldest example Of
modern man?-M. C. G.
A. The Advance of Science says
that the skull of q woman found in
Evening star., 1934-12-17

London In 1928 and nicknamed the
Lady of Lloyds (after the building in
which workmen found herr has been
nominated for the tile oldest known
example Of modern man" Prof. G.
Eliot Smith, British anthropologist,
has concluded that she lived in the
early days Of Neanderthal man.
@. What are homographs?-G. H.
A. Monographs are words identical
as bark, the covering of tree; bark,
the cry Of dog, and bark, a kind Of
boat.
G. How much does a set Of sails
like those on the Rainbow and the
Endeavour cost? What material Is
used?-J. o. Y.
A. One set Of these sails costs about
500, 900. A fine grade Of sail canvas
Is used.
@. Is there a bell in Moscow which
weighs as much as GA tons-W. T.
A. The Great Bell of Moscow, cast
in 1885, weighs 1913 tons. There are
three other bells of great size in Mos
COW.
@. Who Is directing the Richmond,
Va, Symphony Orchestra? Name
some of the musicians in it-M. E.
A. Wheeler Beckett Is director.
Leonid Bolotine, new concert master.
leads the string section; Alexander
Blackman leads the second violins.
nr1r,n ,Lo Dc nAIltef A lac
tinguished fiutist, Ewald Haun, is
playing with the orchestra this season.
@. Are guards being sent to the
leper colony at Molokai from the
United States?-L. z. c.
A. For the past two or three years
a rumor has circulated throughout
various branches of the Army, Navy
and Marine Corps that guards are
needed in the leper colonies. There
| is no basis for this rumor and no
such positions are available. Any
needed guards would be recruited
from the native population.
@. How Is yerba mate served in
South America?-P. B.
A. 1t Is usually served in mates,
which may be gourds, plain or orna-
mented, or elsborately made cups OF
silver. The tea is slipped through
bombillas. A bombilla Is O tube with
a strainer at one end.
@. Is Horace Walpole Frisby
member Of Congress?-G. NJ.
A. He Is a columnist's character and
his identity is similar to that of Mr.
Pickwick or Sherlock Holmes. There
is no such man. He is designed as
caricature of the typical Congressman
@. What organ controls the sense of
balance in the human body?-O. w.
A. The sense of balance or equilib
rum is controlled by the inner ear
or labyrinth. 1t is the one sense or
gan entirely concerned with posture
and equilibrium. II consists Of Sc
ries of membranous chambers and
tubes immersed in fluid and contained
in the bony cavity of the inner ear.
In man and other mammals the
labyrinth is closely Joined to the
cochlea, the sense organ Of the ear
responsive to sound.
| @. In what does Kundry appear as
q character?-L. B.
A. In Wagner's "Parsifal" Kundry
is a woman doomed to wander eter-
nally for having laughed at Jesus
while He was bearing the cross. Fall
ing into the power of Klingsor, she is
forced by him to attempt to seduce
Parsifal, whose resistance enables him
to lift her curse.
Evening star., 1934-12-17
Get Rid of Grade Crossings,
From the Philadelphia Inquirer

Among the plans for relief that have
received attention at Washington isl
one for the elimination of grade cross
ings. Various organizations. including
the recent Conference of Mayors, the
Associations of Public Service and
Highway Commissioners and the
League of New Jersey Municipalities,
have indorsed the idea. According to-
Milton w. Harrison, president of the
Security Owners Association, who has
been in communication with Secretary
Ickes, nearly three-quarters of a mil
lion Of the unemployed could be put
to work within ninety days at a cost
OF 1856, 900 900. A survey made by
the association schedules 1881 prof.
ects extending over the United States.
More than Sc per cent of the mileage
Of the class 1 railroads is covered in
the report. Eighty-five per cent Of the
outlay would go directly or indirectly
into wages.
Evening star., 1934-12-17
Brilliant Opportunity.

Brilliant Opportunity.
An appointee we think is not so good,
AS we his record hold in contem-
plation.
We hail him still, because it's under
stood
He has this splendid chance for
reformation.
Evening star., 1934-12-17

insult Is being encouraged to hope
that he can get through his legal
affairs in time to take the benefit of
better business conditions to utilize
his wealth of experience.
Evening star., 1934-12-17

An effort to reduce the high cost
of electricity may result in recon-
mendation to read Poor Richards
Almanac in connection with study Of
Ben Franklin's scientific researches.
Evening star., 1934-12-17
Time Is Money.

Time Is Money.
"Have you an ideas about bal
ancing the budget"
IT have" answered Senator
Sorghum. Everybody knows that
time is money and we have millions
of years before us"
Evening star., 1934-12-17
Another Problem.

From the Charleston (W. va.) Daily Mail.
Washington is studying plan by
which a man with $400 can build
SIS, 900 home. If it solves that problem,
perhaps it can discover how q man
with a $2,5oo income can support .
IS 600 family.
Evening star., 1934-12-17

Senators who insist on going back
to the World War may succeed in
introducing the initials w. w. into
the bewilderment of alphabetical
discussion.
Evening star., 1934-12-17

The Associated Press is exclusively en-.
titled to the use for republication OF all
news dispatches credited to 1t or not other
wise credited in this. paper and also the
publication of special dispatches herein
are also reserved.
Evening star., 1934-12-17

One of the saddest examples of
unemployment is the G. o. P. ele-
phant, who sees no more prospect Of
a campaign fund than of a relief
fund
Evening star., 1934-12-17

Pensions for age will, whether
directly or indirectly. be paid by the
employer who depends on good and
faithful workmanship that keeps the
business going.
Evening star., 1934-12-17

Dickens christmas Carol" again
asserts itself as timely reading,
although "Alice in Wonderland" re-
tains its old grip on the imagination.
Evening star., 1934-12-17

Mussolini is quoted as saying that
the words liberty and freedom"
are overworked. No system of CEN
sorship will ever serve to eliminate
them.
Evening star., 1934-12-17

There are sinister hints that the
high cost of investigation may only
serve to add to the expense Of
munitions.
Evening star., 1934-12-17
Holiday Patience.

We mention things on Christmas eve
On which our hopes are set,
And then, still thankful to receive,
We take what we can get.
Even before the weather man
Our gentle wish we set.
Then in our customary plan
We take what we can get.
Evening star., 1934-12-17

The numbers racket is form Of
underworld taxation with no benefit
to any one except the racketeers.
Evening star., 1934-12-17
Among Those.

Among Those.
"Were you happy at the big party?"
mot very," answered Miss Cayenne.
"But you were smiling all the time" I"
ct control my feelings. Like others,
I was among those pleasant"
"Since he became a candidate for
Office" said Hi Ho, the sage Of China
town, "my neighbor, Hi Hat, extends
his hand, but the umbrella I lent
him Is never In It,"
Evening star., 1934-12-17

"De selfish man." said Uncle Eben,
mustn't be surprised if de only way
he can be sure of merry Christmas
Is by talkin' Il into q phonograph
record.e
Evening star., 1934-12-17
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Evening star., 1934-12-17
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y
OF course, the overwhelming Demo-
cratic majority in the Senate is in q
position to seat Holt If it desires to
do so. There has been so much talk
about violation of the Constitution In
recent months that the Holt case Is
likely to be given considerable promi-
nence, however. Is Holt to receive
q Senator's salary for the six months
that he is not qualified to serve in
the Senate? is another question that
must be considered. If q man Of 2s
can be elected to the Senate, why
not a man Of 20 or ~, or even IS?
=
The referendum vote by the cotton
farmers of the South on the Bank
head cotton control bill seems to be
Overwhelmingly in favor of its con-
tinued operation. This, 1t is argued,
will give the cause Of regimentation
of the farmers producing not only
cotton but other major crops q con-
siderable boost. The corn-hog pro-
gram referendum did not show an
overwhelming sentiment in favor of
this plan of corn and hog crop reduc-
ton. But the cotton farmers, now
that the President has said that the
little fellows who raise only two bales
will be exempted, have gone strong
for the controlled reduction Of the
crop. There Is one thing about this
cotton reduction, however, and that
is, II 1t keeps up, peoples In other
countries viii produce more and more
cotton. And If they do, the cotton
price, which Is a world price, may not
be rs high as the proponents Of crop
control hope, and markets for Amer
lean cotton may become less and less,
The Washington times., 1934-08-23

Prepare to open your eyes in amazement when
YOU see the FABRICS. -. the MODELS. the
TAILORING. the FINISH! And if you re
skeptical about the LOW PRICE, bear in
mind that we contracted for these suits SIX
months ago and took advantage of favorable
market conditions with the ONE lDEA.. tC
offer a Fall Suit Special that would literally
sweep the town!
The Washington times., 1934-08-23

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, QN.S0.
Several carloads of heavily armed
policemen screeched to stop in
response to a riot call. They
found a small boy had called
them.
Where's the riot?" he was
asked.
Right here" the boy answered,
as he explained he had just
beat up another youngster. He
The Washington times., 1934-08-23
Edwards Regrets
Death of Freda

WILKES BARRE, Pa, Aug. %
0.N.SD. - Bobby Edwards, the
young mining engineer who faces
the electric chair for the "Ameri-
can Tragedy" Staying of Freda Nc
Kechnie, 26, his neighborhood
sweetheart, has only one regret, it
was learned today. He is sorry
that he cannot restore Freda to
life, he confided to a friend who
visited him at the prison.
The Washington times., 1934-08-23

Huey Long SemDly II a I
made him the States absolute po-
1itical dictator. Huey command
ed Gov. Oscar 20. K" Allen to
summon the legislature into Spe-
cial session, wrote more than a
score of measures, instructed the
legislators how to vote in caucus,
and then shouting for his follow
ers to ballot affirmatively, saw to
it personally that each measure
was approved in both branches.
Has Supreme Power
The batch of legislation gave
him, through the acquiescent
governors office:
l. Control of a State con-
stabulary with police power in
any municipality in the State.
2. Power to grant unlimited
feprieves to any of his follow
ers who might run afoul of
unfriendly municipal admins
trationS or courts.
3. Command of a State mill
tary force which was made free
to operate without interference
by civil courts.
4. Control of public morals.
S. Control of elections through
machinery that would place
two of his chosen in charge of
each individual ballot box.
6. Power to diSarm enemy
police forces.
Would End Graft
The excuse of the Legislature
being summoned into session on
less than "a hours notice was to
end wholesale graft, corruption
and vice which Long charged
exists in the New orleans mu-
nicipal government.
The powerful New Orleans "old
regular" Democratic machine
which, until Huey came out of
the back country to surge swiftly
to power as the prophet of the
common people, had always domi-
mated Louisiana politics, revolted
against Longs dictatorship and
snapped short a five-year alliance
last December, delivering the
Kingfish his first major defeat
since he became political dictator.
The Washington times., 1934-08-23
Mary M'COrmick's
Appendix Removed

NEW YORK, Aug. % Q.N.SO.
Mary Mccormick, opera star, was
in the Medical Arts Hospital to-
day after having undergone Q
successful operation for acute
appendicitis. Miss Mccormick
was stricken in her hotel apart
ment Tuesday evening.
The Washington times., 1934-08-23
Dead Men, | Shot,
Found Near Auto

TUCUMCARI, New Mexico,
Aug. % G.N.SO.-The bodies of
two men, one shot three times,
we're discovered near a wrecked
automobile. The automobile bore
an Oklahoma license.
Sheriff Ira Allen expressed the
opinion that the car had crashed
while the two men were engaged
in a hand.to-hand struggle
The Washington times., 1934-08-23
3-COunty District
NamesLegiOn Head

WAYNESBORO, Pa, Aug. %
(SpeciaD Wilbur F. Brown, re-
siding here, former county chair
man of the American Legion,
has been chosen district COM
mander of the Twenty-second con-
gressional district, which takes in
Franklin, Adams and York coun-
ties. Brown succeeds Herbert
Hoover, of Glen Rock, York
The Washington times., 1934-08-23

"HeIp!" Help" Help" How
often have you heard those cries when
you couldn't render the service neces-
sary to relieve the situation? Keep in
formed as to dependable services avail
able at u moments notice q. read
the Business Service Directory Of the
WANT AID SECTION Of this newspaper.
The Washington times., 1934-08-23
Pan-American Oil
Earnings $152,419
BY International News Service

BY International News service
The quarterly statement of the
Petroleum & Trans
port and subsidiaries discloses a
consolidated net profit for the
quarter ending June 80, 1884,
after all charges as follows:
$152,419.26, equal to 3 cents
per share on the 4,702,945 shares
outstanding.
The Washington times., 1934-08-23
BOY WINS, CALLS POLICE

said the defeated boy had just
gone home to obtain an ice pick
to finish the fight.
Il just called you in case"
the boy offered.
The Washington times., 1934-08-23
HUEY CHOPP|NG
WOOD, STATE
HAS J|TTERS
BATON ROUGE, La, Aug. %
iU.N.SO-Huey Longs chopping
wood, and Louisiana's got the jit-
ters.

o n e v e r y
tongue in this
ancient state is
ra m e d t h e
question:
"W h a t 5
Huey'S n e xt
m We a n d
w h en- is it
cOming?"
In a history
m a k in g five
days last week
Senator Lon G
whipped legis-
alton through
the State AS
L
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-04-20
KILBURN AGAIN CHIEF OF FIRE
 DEPT.,DOUGLAS
Other Officers Are Chosen Members Have Feast
 of Crab and Beer

Annual election of officers of the Douglas Volunteer Fire Depart ment was held last night following the reopening of nominations and the following were chosen: L. w. Kilburn, Fire Chief; Adolph Hirsh, chairman; Ed Roller, vice chair man; Mike Pusich, foreman; John Laughlin, chief truck driver; Jack Langseth, secretary, and A. J. Balog, E. E. Engstrom and A. Shudshift, trustees.
 Two new members were voted into the epartment-A. E. Goetz and Rex Fox.
 A framed photograph of J. G. HTex' Zimmerman, the last of the former Fire Chiefs of Douglas to have answered the last roll call, was presented to the department, to be placed with the others.
 L. w. Kilburn, chairman of the committee which was looking af- ter the work of getting the pict- ures, reported their work now fin ished.
 Tickets for the annual dance, to be held April g were distributed and the sales campaign has already started According to Mike Pu- Eich, chairman of the committee in charop of the danca evarv ar rangement will be made to assure good time for all who attend.
 At the conclusion of the busi- ness of the meeting the firemen enjoyed a big crab feed They also had keg of beer on ice to top off the refreshments, as a reminder of the good old days"
 Several of the firemen's wives
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-04-20
HARRY RACE CALLED SOUTH BY BROTHERS
 ILLNESS IN SEATTLE

E Harry Race, proprietor of Races Drug Stores here and in .Ketchi- kan, left suddenly for Sc tile aboard the Northwestern Wednes- day when he received word of his brothers illness in that city. MT Race will be met in Ketchikan by his wife who will accompany him south.