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Evening star., 1934-09-18
Protest and Proposal for
Rerouting Street Cars
To the Editor of The Star:

40 L[le EQlI Ol Oh 4uc StdI.
Permit me to express my hearty
approval of the manner in which
Mr.. Thomas M. Roberts. under date
of September IL, 1884, expressed
himself in The Star in connection
with the plans of street cars and
busses and his opposition to the
abandonment of the trackage on P
street from Dupont Circle west to
Georgetown. 1t would be very un-
wise move on the part of the Utility
Commission or the Capital Transit
Co. to entertain such a plan. 1t would
certainly prove hardship and very
distinct loss to the many residents
of the West End section who depend
upon this line. Buses will not suffice,
nor can they be expected to support
the street car system. have learned
from good authority that it will re-
quire at least three busses to fill the
place of one street car, with no COM
pariSon as to safety and efficiency.
The distinct advantages the street cars
have over the buses are many. One
of the first is safety. Second, they are
manned by a crew of two men, af-
fording more ample protection to
riders than the busses, each having
only one man. Rather than discon-
tinue or dispense with trackage, I
think it would be advisable to increase
the same to all new territory wherever
possible and advantageous to the
public as well as profitable to the
company.
A very foolish move was recently
made, in my opinion, by the Capital
Traction Co. in dispensing with the
F and G trackage from Seventeenth
street west 10 Georgetown. If this
trackage was still in use, now that
there is talk Of extending the H street,
or Columbia, line across Fifteenth
street, up Pennsylvania avenue, it
could be diverted south on Seven
teenth street and along either F or G
streets west to such a point as might
be found most desirable. This would
almost be equal to cross-town road.
Instead Of dispensing with the P
street trackage, some of the cars
going east over that branch should
be routed around Dupont Circle and
headed north to @ or r street, and
eastward to the most distant and
travelled point. This would afford
another cross-town addition which, I
think, would be of a great service.
AS stockholder of both of the old
companies I candidly believe the
merged company is striving in every
way possible to work out plans that
are most desirable for its patrons, as
well as the betterment Of the service
in every particular. With a little
more patience on the part of the
public and the lessening of complaints
from the daily riders. I think that
in a schort time better results will
be realized. HENRY F. ASH.
Evening star., 1934-09-18
Long-Range L Forecasting
And u. S. Farm Crops

To the Editor Of The Star:
Rex Golfers interview with Sec
retary Wallace and Chief Gregg Of
the Weather Bureau in The Star Of
September IA Is of great interest.
Long-range weather forecasting has
been making definite progress in the
United States, Europe, India and at
other points. Everywhere, save in
the United States, it his been with
the approval and support Of oficial
institutions. In the Upited States it
has been frowned on and bitterly op-
posed by the United States Weather
Bureau.
This may explain why only at this
belated hour this important informa-
ton of Weather Bureau activity gets
an official release through the Secre-
tary of Agriculture and only vaguely
through the Weather Bureau. For 10
years I have been hammering unsuc-
cessfully on the doors of various gov
ornamental departments and bureaus
for Official recognition and activity in
this special field, but in vain. 1t be-
came necessary to establish the Long
Range Weather Forecast Service to
obtain funds to carry on the research
in this important field, wholly neg
lected and objected by the United
States Weather Bureau.
One would think that the vital i'm
portance of this field would have long
since forced the reluctant hands and
minds Of the Weather Bureau into
activity, at least to the extent Of a
fair-minded, If not open-minded, in
vestigation Of what has been going on
for 10 years and longer right under
the caves of the Weather Bureau
Chief Gregg in the Collier interview
declares that the Weather Bureau
has an open mind" on the long
disputed question of long-range fore
casting If so, 1t is very recent
acquisition. Ample proof to the con-
trary of Mr.. Gregg's assertion can be
found in the columns of The Star in
official releases from the Weather Bu-
reau. But I shall live in hopes that
Mr.. Gregg is belatedly correct and
that some definite signs can be made
visible, though one can question the
mental capacity of Weather Bureau
officials notorious for their opposition
to consider the available evidence judi
cially.
One important consideration comes
up. The interview indicates a pro-
tracted widespread investigation. Sec
retary Wallace seems firmly set on
carrying his crop -curtailment program
into 1885. Should he not use every
agency available without delay to dis
cover what the weather will be in
1885 affecting crops? Crop surpluses
In 1885 might be inconvenient. Crop
failures like that of this year would
be an unparalleled disaster. Ger
tainly this years program Of reduc-
ton and Of crop and animal destruc-
ton must be written down in history
as the outstanding failure of this ex-
traordinary administration.
HERBERT JANVRIN BROWNE.
Evening star., 1934-09-18
The Whipping Board.

The New Deal and the Constitution
of the United States are like vinegar
and oil, antagonistic, if the distin-
guished Republican and Democratic
lawyers who addressed widely sepa-
rated meetings on Constitution day
are to be credited. These gentlemen
made up whipping board to han
die the New Deal, the bad boy of the
Roosevelt administration. They dealt
with the culprit without gloves. The
spankings administered were both
fancy and rough. Take, for example,
the comment of former Senator James
A. Reed of Missouri, who, when he was
in the Senate, used to be considered
much like Andrew Jackson in his
denunciations of privilege" Mr.. Reed,
a Democrat all his life, asserted that
democracy is not safe in this Re-
public" N. r. A. regulations which
forbid employers to give more than
thirty hours employment, he said, in
effect forbid labor to work more than
thirty hours. Also the power to limit
work implies the power to compel men
to work many more hours. "The
schemes of M. Wallace would reduce
the farmer to serfdom and utterly
destroy his initiative, activity, liberty
and manhood" continued Mr.. Reed
Sharp words, indeed.
The spanking board list included
also former Secretary of the Treasury
Ogden Mills, Representative James NJ.
Beck, former Solicitor General of the
United States; Bainbridge Colby, Sec
retary Of State in the Wilson admin
istration; Henry Breckenridge, As
sistant Secretary of War in the Will
son administration; Col. Theodore
Roosevelt and Col. Robert r. McCor-
mick, publisher of the Chicago Trib-
une. All issued solemn warnings to
the people to uphold the Constitution
if they would safeguard their liberties,
All denounced the New Deal and the
New Dealers. It was gala occasion.
Congress, which has given to President
Roosevelt the vast powers which he
uses in pressing forward the New Deal.
was denounced as a spineless, rubber
stamp affair.
The unkindest cut of all came from
Ogden Mills, who said that we are
sacrificing our birthright of liberty
without receiving even a mess of
pottage. What If liberty be sur
rendered and the surrender brings no
prosperity, brings no real and lasting
recovery? If such turns out to be the
case, then, indeed, the New Dealers
will be rushing for the tall timbers,
the high grass and the crevices in
the rocks.
While the whipping board was oper-
ating at full speed on the New Deal,
Representative Byrns, Democratic
leader of the House, raised his voice
in opposition to this storm of criticism
And Mayor La Guardia of New York.
who as fusion candidate was elected
to his present Office, plaintively sug-
gested that this is the time when all
loyal Americans should fight for and
not about the Constitution. Mr..
Byrns denied that the Congress had
been supine. He supported the dele
cation of unusual powers to the
President to meet an emergency.
1t would be interesting to have the
views of the trainers of the Constitu-
ton on the New Deal. But if we
were able to resurrect those estimable
gentlemen and to obtain their opin-
ions, perhaps no one would pay any
attention to them.
Evening star., 1934-09-18
Ultra.Legal.

From the Worcester Evening Gazette.
Congress may have given certain
Broadway music interests a monopoly
on the popular song industry, but even
Congress certainly never gave anybody
the right to perpetuate some of the
songs.
Evening star., 1934-09-18

Theories are advanced that the ex-
cessive rainfall is due to atmospheric
disturbances by radio. 1t may be
worth an experiment to ascertain
whether If the flow of speech and
song will dry up the climate will do
the same.
Evening star., 1934-09-18
Inside Stuff.

From the Louisville Courier-Joufnal.
The canning industry is preparing,
under its code authority, uniform
method of labelling its cans with a
description of the contents. Giving
the customers inside information.
Evening star., 1934-09-18
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

A reader can get the answer to any
question of fact by writing The Eve
ming Star Information Bureau,
Frederic j. Haskin, Director, WASH
ington, D. c. Please incolse steamp
for reply.
@. How much ground is necessary
for q mile race track?-J. r.
A. A mile track requires 2,400 feet
in length; 1000 feet in width.
@. Where Is the original of Abraham
Lincoln's letter to Mrs. Bixby, whose
sons were killed in the Civil War;
j. N.
A. The Library Of Congress has two
facsimiles Of the celebrated Bixby let
ter, but the whereabouts Of the orig
inal is not known.
@. What Eastern college Is record
ing the speeches Of prominent Amer
leans for use in a language course?-
e. s.
A. Prof. William Cabell Greet of Co.
lumbia University has obtained the
records of radio speeches of President
Roosevelt and otLer distinguished
speakers for his linguistic library
which includes 2,500 disks recording
the characteristic speech of various
sections OF the country. The library
will be used in connection with Prof.
Greet's language courses. His students
will be required to make records by
means Of which their defects in
speech will be remedied.
@. How far from the Norris Dam is
the town Of Norris?-T. D.
A. The new T. v. A. town of Norris,
Tenn, Is about 5 miles from the Nor
ris Dam. The dam is on the Clinch
River, rs miles northwest Of Knox
vile.
@. How many names are there In
the new Who's Who in American
A. M.
A. The 1934-35 edition, Just pub
llshed, contains more than $1,000
names.
O. Has grape juice or orange juice
more food value?-F K.
A. The food value is about the
same-550 calories per quart.
@. Did the man for whom mac
adamized roads were named live in
America?-K. M. E.
A. John Loudon McAdam was born
in Scotland in 1756, but came to New
York in ITO and remained 13 years
He returned to Great Britain with
considerable fortune and soon be-
came interested in the improvement
Of highways. He held several govern
ment positions in this line Of work
and in 1927 was appointed by the
British government general surveyor
Of roads.
@. How many blind men were there
in the last Congress?-C. G. c.
A. There were three: Senator Gore
of Oklahoma, Senator Schall of Min
nesota and Representative Dunn OF
Pennsylvania.
@. Is the grand opera singer, Emmy
Destinn, still living?-J. E. B.
A. She died January 80, 1880. She
was born in Prague and her real name
was Ritti.
@. What is the oldest department
store in New York City?-P. G. M.
A. 1t is Hearn's, which was founded
in 1927.
@. OF what nationality is Dorothy
Parker, the Writer?-A. G.
A. Her mother was Scotch and hel
father Jewish.
@. Please give history of the song
Hail Columbia. M. G.
A. The words of this song were
written during a period of great po-
litical excitement in 1898 by Judge
Joseph Hopkinson and were set to the
Evening star., 1934-09-18

1t cannot be denied that q certain
morbid romance hovers around the
career of Dillinger. War has repeat
edly shown that there is mysterious
picturesqueness about manslaughter if
conducted on sufficiently large scale.
Evening star., 1934-09-18

Interest in yacht racing survives
in spite of the more serious contest
that is reported in the construction
and management of bombing planes.
Evening star., 1934-09-18
Intellectual Discipline.

The boys and girls return to school
With undisguised regretting
With much to learn; and, as a rule,
Some things due for forgetting.
For youth, that every one admires,
Dull books may be disdaining,
And the professor oft acquires
Some arduous mental training.
Evening star., 1934-09-18

Germany is suspected of smuggling
war equipment in the face of the un-
derstanding that the former Kaiser
had all kinds of munitions factories
of his own.
Evening star., 1934-09-18

While in Oklahoma, Lindbergh in
quest of new experience, MIXED
COW with which he was entirely un-
acquainted. A true aviator is abso-
lutely without fear.
Evening star., 1934-09-18

N. R. A. was never regarded strictly
as a one man job. 1t would be sur
prising if Gen. Hugh johnson did
not have a subsidiary brain trust of
his own.
Evening star., 1934-09-18
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHIIANDER JOHNSON.

Hooray! Hooray! for circus day,
When gilded glories are displayed
And on the street observers say
THE elephants are on parade!"
The other animals are there,
The tricky donkey full of pep,
The plumed knights and ladies fair
On handsome chargers keeping step!
Yet elephants with Joy we see
And many hasten to affirm
That the initials &c. o. p"
Still stand for Grand Old Pachy-
derm.'
AS the campaigners organize,
With purposes still undismayed,
Again the shout rings to the skies
THE elephants are one paradel"
Evening star., 1934-09-18
Easy on the Linen.

From the Minneapolis Star.
There's one nice thing about dull
times. You don't see go-getters
figuring on restaurant tablecloths.
Evening star., 1934-09-18
Shelter.

CuclIcT.
From the Des Moines Register.
Planted now, that 100-mile belt Of
trees stretching from Canada to Texas
should be ripe in 1854 for posterity
to hide In from tax collectors,
Evening star., 1934-09-18
Voice of Safety.

"Have you any soap box orators in
Crimson Gulch?" asked the travelling
salesman.
NO." answered Cactus Joe. Feel
ing has been running so high that a
man with something to say isn't ex-
pected to get out on the street corner.
He is provided with microphone in
bullet proof room in the Jail"
Evening star., 1934-09-18
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Evening star., 1934-09-18
Reform.

What Is your chief interest at
present?"
Reform" answered Senator Sor-
ghum.
But you have always been for
bearing toward political and financial
frailities"
That's the trouble. "A lot of citi-
zens have decided I am the fellow
that needs reforming"
Evening star., 1934-09-18

@. Please give history of the song
Hail Columbia. M. G.
A. The words of this song were
written during period of great po-
litical excitement in 1898 by Judge
Joseph Hopkinson and were set to the
Evening star., 1934-09-18

@. OF what nationality is Dorothy
Parker, the Writer?-A. G.
A Her mother was Scotch and her
father Jewish.
Evening star., 1934-09-18

"In order to deserve friends" said
Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, I'VE
must not be two timid about making
their enemies our own"
Evening star., 1934-09-18
Truth With Formally.

The truth, of course, we ought to
speak,
Yet in some formal session
Some lawyer very oft will seek
To limit its expression.
And so, as years go rolling by,
When evils need correction
I say, ITO speak the truth I'll try
If there is no objection"
Education" said Uncle Eben,
sometimes makes man able to hide
a heap O. foolishness behind a lot o.
big words"
Evening star., 1934-09-18

@. What is the Oldest department
store in New York City?-P. G. M.
A. 1t is Hearn's, which was founded
in 1927.
Evening star., 1934-09-18
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Evening star., 1934-09-18

Jud Tunkins says he admires good
loser, but not one who keeps right on
playing after he's convinced the game
is crooked.
Evening star., 1934-09-18
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Evening star., 1934-09-18

@. Is the grand opera singer, Emmy
Destinn, still living?-J. E. B.
A. She died January 80, 1880. She
was born in Prague and her real name
was Ritti.
Evening star., 1934-09-18
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-28

Scanning the headlines. Strikers Won't Re- turm to Work . Best Friend of China is Title Givem Amey1cn Police in Pistol Duel a0th ,Seven Auto Bandits .. . Italy Faces Disaster and Ruin Unless Help Comes. . (. Gas Sellers Must Bea0are. Neao England Industrial Leaders Organise to Cut Do0n High Cost of Living. Bolshevk Tried to Butt itto Naug- atucE Case. Provng conclusively thdt times don't ckamge much after au The aboue headlines a0ere ou % issues of the Democrat during the summer of 1919
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-28
Increase In Deaths
 Last Year Reported
One Killed Every Fifteen Minutes and One Injured
 Every 3I Seconds in Automobile Accidents

Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin, have had gains in fatal ities.
 Nearly 2,sO0 deaths have, oc- cured in the East, South Central states, comprising Kentucky, Ten nessee, Alabama and Mississippi, and the increase of 34 per cent is the greatest of any geographical division in the country. Three of the four states have reported gains of more than 30 per cent, one of which has had an increase of more than 80 per cent, the highest of any in the country from which figures have been obtained.
 In the West South Central states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas figures on deaths are difficult of computation because two of the states have not reported for 1884. However, on the basis of the reports received for 1884 and the complete data for 1883, 1t is indicated that 5000 fatalities may be expected for the group for 1884. x
 The Mountain states have had more than 1,40O deaths for the year. This division consisting of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colo rado, New Mexico Arizona, Utah and Nevada has an increase of more than 31 per cent in fatalities, for the next to the greatest per- centage gain of any part of the country.
 Around 3,4OOt deaths have oc- cured in the. West North Central states of Minnesota, Iowa, Mis- souri, North and South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas, for an in- crease of almost 12 per cent, with South Dakota showing a decrease. 4,9OO Killed in South The South Atlantic states, with a gain of 21 per cent in deaths, has a loss of life of 4,900, with Delaware showing a. decrease. But Maryland, the District of Colum- bia, Virginia, West Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia and Florida have reported appreciable percentage increases.
 Fatalities in the Pacific states have numbered 5,700, the in- crease on the basis of available statistics amounting to more than | IS per cent.
 Only New Hampshire, Connecti- cut, New York, New Jersey, South
 Dakota and Delaware out of 45 states and the District of Colum-
 bia which have reported figures on
 deaths from automobile accidents have succeeded during, 1894 in re-
 ducing their fatalities. Fifteen
 states have been able to hold their percentage increases under the average indicated for the country
 as a whole. These are Maine,
 Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana. Ala
 bama, New Mexico, Nevada, Iowa,
 Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Maryland and Georgia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-28
ORIGINAL CAST"
 IN VANISHING ACT
Communist Leader Pre- sides at Social Legis-
 latiOn Group

Members of the original "spon- soring committee with the excep- tion of George Borgnis, erstwhile communist candidate for congress, were conspicuous by their absence last night at another meeting of the group urging local representa- tion next month in Washington, D., O.. when national conference on unemployment insurance and so- cial legislation takes place. Edward H. Davis of the Scovill Company. Rev JPoseph O. Todd, Rabbi Will liam Greenfield, Rev A. A. Perry, Arthur L. Purinton of the "Y' and Rev Thomas L. Crosby, members of the original sponsoring commit tee did not attend last nights ses-' sion at the YMCA. MT Borgnis was present as well as a number of other communists.
 It was voted to have Waterbury and vicinity represented at the Washington conference on January 9th. 6th. Eth. by Joseph Nygren of the Naugatuck progressive party and Hyman Ross of the Jewish aNitonal Workers Alliance of this city.
 Charles W. Campbell of New Haven and Waterbury. communist organizer. was chairman of last nights gathering. Attorney Perry Graicerstein was secretary. A mass meeting will be held at the "" on January 3rd to raise funds to de- fray the expenses of the two dele. gates. The committee in charge in. cludes Mir Nygren, MT Ross, Mir Campbell, Mrs Lucy Sehmaitis, Fl. M. Webster and Samuel Shnaeroff.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-28

Drums of war. Corporal Frank Coye post, Mo- l, American Legion The name behind the story here is we'll known in Waterbury, Frank Coye was the first Wa terbury soldier killed in actual combat in the World War; Frank Coyle was member of Co., A. 102nd Infantry and sailed for France in September, 1917. On the night ot Feb 2s 191S shell exploded in the ranks of Co., as it was moving up the front line trenches for it's first taste of real warfare Five of the members of Corporal Coyes squad including himself struck by fragments of the she'll Hugh Mellon who was killed later in the war; and rBilie" Mulgan member of the Waterbury Fire Depart ment now were hit at the time "Joe" Corcoran in the Democrat plant in the squad with the above-named wasn't scratched It wasn't until l5 days later that Frank Coye buddies in Co., learned that his wounds had proved fatal and he had become Waterbury first casualty in the World War The placeChemn des Danes; the date-March 13 1918.