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Evening star., 1934-04-15

NCOntlnueo from F1rst PaSe.)
in the frst-named class will be az
| follows:
First prize, $3.50.
Second prize, 500.
Third prize, $50.
Four honorable mention prizes,
$25 each.
In the class of homes under s12,e00
the following prizes will be awarded:
First prize, $3.50.
Second prize. $780,
Third prize, $50.
Four honorable mention prizes.
SIS each.
Community Winners.
Winners will be chosen in the vari-
! GUS communities by committee Of
judges selected by each citizens asso-
citation. The various civic groups will
be asked by James G. Yaden, president
of the Federation of Citizens Associa-
tions, to name these committees imme-
diately, so that they may be organized
before the associations adjourn for
the Summer.
Entries in the contest may be filed
either with the Better Homes Com
mittee of each civic group or with the
Better Homes Contest Editor Of The
Star.
From the selections Of the citizens
committees The Stars Contest COM
mittee, composed of members of the
Silver Star Model Homes Committee,
which for the past several years has
chosen homes Of merit for public
demonstration under auspices of this
newspaper, will choose the winners
Of the capital awards
Employment stimulant.
In undertaking this movement The
Star is motivated by desire to stim-
ulate ''renovizing" work on a large
scale, with the two-fold objective of
beautifying washington homes and at
the same time creating a vast amount
of needed employment.
The Star appreciates the fact that
during the distressing era just passed,
needed home repairs and recondi-
tioning were postponed for economy
reasons, leaving tremendous amount
of this type of work 10 be done at
this time Homes thus neglected lose
much of their market value, cause the
appearance Of the community to de-
cline and tend to give the city a
down n-at-the- heels appearance.
Building authorities have estimated
there are 5000 neglected homes in
America, and have pointed out that
If the trivial sum of SI00 were to be
spent on each an 5000, 900 stimu-
liant would be injected into the
building industry with widespread
beneficial effect.
Home improvements which might
be included in the modernization
campaign cover any project of re-
modelling. rebuilding or undermining
the home.
Type of Work Listed.
Suggested work includes reroofing.
finishing the attic or basement TO
create a recreation or play room;
modernizing the bath room or kitchen,
addition Of one or more rooms, re-
painting and redecorating. enclosing
a porch, addition Of corners and en-.
largement Of windows; erecting re-
tanning walls, etc.
These suggestions far from cover
the field of possible projects which
may be undertaken to beautify the
home, all of which are eligible for
entry in the competition for $1,000 in
prizes.
The small home has Just as much
chance as the big home. 1t is the
practicability, effectiveness and added
convenience of the improvement
which will figure in the prize awards.
Details Of the program and rules Of
the contest will be announced by The
Star at a later date.
Evening star., 1934-04-15
FIRST LADY ATTENDS
FUNERAL DURING RAIN
In Party of so From New York
and Washington at Theodore
Douglas Robinson Rites.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
LITTLE FALLS. N. Y. April IA
Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt was driven
through drizzling rain this afternoon
to hill high over the Mohawk Valley
for the funeral of her cousin, Theo-
dore Douglas Robinson, former As
sistant Secretary of the Navy.
Robinson died of pneumonia Tues
day.
Mrs. Roosevelt arrived on an early
afternoon train with a party of so
persons from New York and Wash
ington
Burial was in the private family
cemetery.
Evening star., 1934-04-15
March Circulation
Daily ly..12O,138
Sunday y128,958
District of Columbia, IS:
rT TNETNrs NrTIynNr

DiStrlct OF Columbia, sS:
FLEMING NEWBoLD. Business Manager
CT THE EVENING AND SUNDAY STAR.
ooes solemnly swear that the actual num-
Der OF copies OF the paper named sold and
distributed during the month Of March
AID. 1884. was as follows:
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Family on Pensions.

William Brearley, aged "a. of Coal
vile, England. has two sons and two
daughters who draw. old-age pen
sions.-
Evening star., 1934-04-15

SENATOH ALBEN w. bAkkLEY,
OF Kentucky, who will discuss modern
trends in economics and politics in
the National Radio Forum tomorrow
at 1890 pm. The National Radio
Forum is arranged by The Washing
ton Star and broadcast over the net
work of the National Broadcasting
Co.
Senator Barkley, temporary chair
man and keynoter Of the Democratic
National Convention which nominated
President Roosevelt in 1882, has been
supporter of the President and his
recovery program during the present
Congress. He has had a hand in the
drafting of much of the important
legislation carrying out the new
deal"
Evening star., 1934-04-15
$4,000 IN PRIZES
FOR RBETTER HOMES
Citizens to Cooperate With
The Star in Improve.
ment Campaign.

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Evening star., 1934-04-15
MURRAY CALLS OUT
TROOPS TO PREVENT
OKLAHOMA TAX SALES

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Evening star., 1934-04-15
2 KILLED, 3 HURT
IN HEAD.0N CRASH
ON 18TH STREET

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-16
GREATNESS AT HOME

TT is rather strange, when you stop to think
u about it, that more attention was not paid
to the passage of the Philippine independence
bill.
This measure, recently accepted in Manila,
does more than bind the United States to
give its island wards the freedom it prom
ised them so long ago. 1t marks the close of
an epoch-the final abandonment of a dream
that was lifted high against the western sky
a generation ago.
Who can remember that turbulent and
excited Spanish war era now? 1t seems very
remote, almost as far away from us as the
Civil war period.
1t was the signal of our coming of age, the
violent and cratic announcement by a giant
that he had attained his growth and meant
to do great things in the world.
Doing great things in the world meant, in
those days, becoming an empire, planting the
flag overseas, taking up the white mans bur-
den, and ali that sort of thing it meant look
ing with pride at new spots on the map, and
learning strange names like Mindanao and the
Sulu sea, and meditating on the pride and
glory of 2 great nation.
So we took over the Philippines, not know
ing precisely what we wanted of them, but
sure that taking them was good thing.
Now, a generation later, we turn them
loose again. giving them the independence
they wanted in the first place; and in the
time between something has happened to our
dream, something has taken our conception
of greatness and turned it inside out
The truth of the matter probably is that
we have learned that we have problems
enough at home
We have become great and strong, just as
we told ourselves we should back in 49, But
we have begun to realize that greatness and
off seas, or on grim squadrons at anchor in
tropical bays; they need as foundation pros
perity and happiness and freedom among the
people at home, and if they lack those things
they lack everything.
Our outpostS of empire no longer are places
like Luzon and Cavite; they are the breadlnes
in our own cities, the farms that drain the
blood from the men who work them, the slum
areas that need to be rebuilt, the industries
that profit neither seller nor buyer the in
justices that await settlement
No longer will we prove our greatness by
sending khaki-clad patrols into steaming
jungles to die far from home. We have big
ger jobs, closer home.
We are giving up our island empire be-
cause We have found new one in our own
front yard.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-16
"A FREAK MEASURE"

CONGRESSMAN RICH, a rich wooden mill
man of Woolrich. Pa. has stirred resent
ment among the hackers of the child labor
amendment by introducing an anti-child labor
bill. Trouble comes not from any danger of
the bill winning approval of congress or the
courts but because its provisions and punish
mentS are so drastic that enemies of the child
labor amendment are saying: told you so;
this is the kind of legislation congress will
pass if the amendment carries.
The Rich bill forbids the regular employ
ment of all children Is years old or under and
sets universal minimum wage of Is cents an
hour. Labor Secretary Frances Perkins calls
it "a freak measure" The national child la
Dor committee says it could not have been bet
ter designed to their ends if the foes of the
child labor amendment had framed it them
selves
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-16
HIGH COST OF JUNK

A N odd little footnote to the automobile age
was furnished at Woburn, Mass, the
other day, when man bought a used car for
S., drove it out on the highway and a few
hours later got into traffic accident that did
500 worth of damage.
The incident emphasizes our need of some
kind of strict regulation to cover the use of
aged and decrepit machines. You can. doubt
less imagine the kind of car that can be
bought for SIS; not much thought is needed to
convince one that such a car must be in
herently unsafe, to its driver and to others.
Why shouldn't we get busy and rule all
such wrecks off the road? The highways are
dangerous enough even when all cars are we'll
equipped and in perfect condition.
To permit SIS cars from the junkyard to
operate is sheer folly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-16
DOESN'T APPROVE OF
STRIKE ATTITUDE
Rv a Reader

BY Reader.
Until recently I have been one great
admirer Of your paper, as one that
in good faith and when called for
hits straight from the shoulder. But
now I, and practically all the per-
sons I have talked to, have been dis
gusted with the sloppy shedding Of
tears attitude that The Times has
taken with regard to the Real Silk
strike situation, in upholding the
rights of the poor, down trodden
slave" against the powerful rich
corporation.
Any strike, to be successful,
should have public opinion with it.
Believe me, public sympathy is not
with 1000 employed men who are
receiving NRA wages, striking, when
there are still 100000 unemployed
men in the United States.
The Times loudly protests about
the armed hirelings of the mills.
Who started the rough stuff. any,
way, the workers or the strikers?
am unempl0y have wife and
two children. and am member OF
the American Legion.
I wish I could get a job at the
mills. There are about 10000
more men in Indianapolis who think
the same way do. 90
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-16
THE SUPREME ANT HILL

DnATORY judges of the land should con-
~ template the zeal of the nine elderly men
of the United States supreme court as re-
vealed to the American Law Institute by Chief
Justice Hughes.
The high courts work for the closing term
breaks all records for the disposal Of causes,
and discloses the most august tribunal of
America as veritabe ant hill Of diligent and
competent work. Last term, Justice Hughes
said, the supreme court disposed of 756 cases
on the appellate docket This term it will bet
ter that record by 100 cases.
Mr.. Justice Hughes also dispelled the ilu-
sion that the justices loaf during the summer,
by reminding the bar that they take care of
home work in the shape of applications for
certiorari a total of 300 of which must be
studied and passed upon during the coming
vacation time And, besides studying and rul-
ing on cases. the court has been charged with
the duty of prescribing rules for proceedings in
criminal cases in federal courts after verdict.
The reformers who cry for more courts,
more judges and more tinkering with pro-
cedure should jot down on their cuffs the
tr1lism that delayed justice can best be cured
by better and harder working judges
ut always must be borne in mind" said
than its administration, and no rules of prac-
tice can take the place of alert and competent
Judges"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-16
FUTILITY OF ARMAMENT

ERENCH newspapers are worried now by
l. reports that Germany is constructing
chain of rocket bases along the frontier, ready
to shower vast number Of explosive rockets
all over France
One newspaper says projectiles capable of
travelling 125 miles have been developed and
it is estimated that with a large chain of
rocket bases Germany could dump $4,000 tons
Of high explosives on French soil in one night
The French frontier forts may be invul
nerable, but what. asks a Paris paper, is the
use of that, if all of France may lie dead and
burned behind them?
The question is a puzzler. Indeed, one
might go farther. What is the use of prepar-
ing for war at all, If weapons against which
there is no defense can be used against you?
Or. for that matter, why try to keep civ
nization alive. II we are all set to blow it out
Of existence ogernight2
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-16
HOSIERY PRICE RAISE
BRINGS QUESTION
Rr a Kniffer

By Knitter.
Mr.. Goodman has made the state
ment that he could buy hose from
other mills cheaper than can be
knit on his machines. Do not be
misled.
Real Silk substandards. which the
Ayres store offers in the basement,
carry three lines of "frsts" in the
main floor hosiery department
namely Aimee" "Ayresheer" and
"Sheercountess." These three num-
bers come from the Real Silk and
National mills. The Nationals pro-
duction has been cut off completely
and Real Silks is very low. 1t is
to be supposed then that at least
part Of the stock is being supplied
by factories outside of Indianapo-
lis.
incidentally the price has raised
10 cents pair on these three num-
bers since the strike started. Is
there any necessity of raising the
price if the hose can be shipped
here for less?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-16
URGES TEACHING OF
CIVILIZATION
By Fritz Krull.

BY Fritz krull.
Your columns quote Kenneth L.
Ogle, chairman of a newly formed
statewide committee to combat
lawlessness, as saying that the raid
ing of a police station by criminals
is an absurdity." 1t is. Here is
another:
1t is an absurdity that the most
fragrant crime condition in all his
tory, gripping an entire nation,
should parallel the most extensive,
most heavily subsidized, school sys-
tenn Of all times. Which Of the two
is the most absurd. School men
say, I'VE do not teach crime" That
is hardly the point. Doctors do not
spread disease, either. They COM
bat it and organize prevention.
We'd like to turn the crime situa-
ton over to the doctors. Are the
schools combating crime? Crime is
a lapse from civilization. Civiliza-
ton is not native to humanity; we
come into the world unclothed and
unciviliZed.
Civilization has to be learned,
hence taught. Are the school men
teaching it? We choose to take it
they sincerely believe they are. But
their elaborate curricula reveals
nothing more in this direction than
a handful Of civilizations by-prod-
ucts - arithmetic, geography, art,
etc. By-products never yield bases.
Arithmetic, civics and music do not
yield civilization.
Civilization has made its way, has
been left to N e its way. vicarious-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-16

BY L. E. BIacketor.
Last week I attended a series of
lectures given by a certain DR..
Gouthey in connection with re-
vival campaign he is conducting
at Cadle tabernacle. The subject
was THE Great Pyramid" and for
the benefit of those who could not
attend I'd like to call attention to
some of the more outstanding
features of the edifice as pre-
Sented by DR.. Gouthey.
Contrary to the encyclopedia
Britannica and other reference
books, and historians and arch
biologists of no little eminence, who
believe the great pyramid to be of
Egyptian origin, DR.. Gouthey
states as his firm conviction that
this ancient structure was built by
Shen, the son of Noah. 1t seems
that Shem had in his stupendous
construction project the use of
precision instruments Of such
marvellous accuracy that those of
OQI IuOO6II1 SClGllblSCo dlS, Ill COIII-
parison, but crude limitations.
And that in the building of this
great structure he squared the
circle no less than twelve times!
And doubled the cube
Now 1 submit this is nothing
short of astounding. However, if
one is inclined to doubt in these
matters, he should remember that
we have it on the authority Of
DR.. Gouthey, himself, who. though
not mentioning ever having seen
the great pyramid, nevertheless,
has, in his extensive readying,
made a very comprehensive study
of the subject.
1t appears that Mr.. Shem and
associate engineers chiseled the
foundation stones of the pyramid
to the precise curvature of the
earth, and this precaution, to-
gether with stone shock absorbers
sunk into the bed rock at the four
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-16
NOT ABOVE SUSPICION

~OLONEL WILLIAM NEBLETT, special in
~ vestigator named by senate judiciary
subcommittee to examine the record of Fed
eral Judge Frank H. Norcross, nominee for
the United States circuit court of appeals
bench in the far west, makes serious charges.
Under oath the committee counsel says that
this Judge mot unknowingly" last year allowed
himself to be party to an Illegal conspiracy"
to use his court to defraud preferred stock
holders and creditors in partially lquidating
a Pacific coast chain drug concern.
Common stockholders, he said, had used
NorcroSS' court as a wringer by which
ss.7OOOOO company had been squeezed out of
100000 worth of debts, leases and preferred
shareholders claims. A holding concern of
its original owners bought the assets for
sl.55O0OO, and continued to run the firm under
a slightly changed name. it is charged.
The record shows that Norcross named as
receiver q Reno bank One of the attorneys
for that bank was William WOODBURY., whom
President Roosevelt has nominated to take
Norcross' place on the Nevada district bench
II he is promoted.
Colonel Neblett also charged that Judge
Norcross caused the government to lose
100000 By his decision in a suit to recover
three parcels of the famous Elk Hills naval oil
reserve Although Norcross had before him
the United States supreme court decision on
this lease, he held the evidence insufficient to
prove fraud.
His opinion was reversed by the circuit APP
peals court upon which he aSpires TO sit. The
decision, Neblett said, illustrates ho3 nsensi-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-16
Squared Circles and Doubled Cubes

corners protected in a devastating
earthquake.
But what appears to me to be
it's most amazing feature is the
fact that this great pyramid
stands at the exact center, Ito
the very pinpoint," Of the habit
able land of the earth, and this,
mind you, Notwithstanding the
continuous spreading Of the Mis-
siSsippi delta
No mention was made of sub
sidence of fertile islands, and the
constant erosion of coast lines, all
partly habitable land.
DR.. Gouthey severely took to
task some of the more prominent
Skeptics of our day, including
Claren ,e Darrow who, with his all
too-inG uiring mind. questions the
standing still Of the sun at the
command of Joshua when, &C
cording to Mr.. Gouthey, the sun
did so stand still at his command,
and as proof of the fact, adduces
the following testimony.
Some years ago Mr.. - I
didn't quite catch the name, "the
worlds greatest living chronicle
gist," thoroughly investigated the
matter. In his tracing of time
backward to the first day of crea-
ton and then forward again, he
found that there is one whole day
missing.
And if that isn't proof enough
for these scofhng skeptics, the fol-
lowing additional evidence should
clinch the matter for all time.
This day that is missing in the
ages-long calendar of years is
missing at the very time when
Joshua commanded the sun to
stand still We have all this on
the word of Mr.. Gouthey, himself,
who, Of course, is quoting the
worlds greatest living chronicle
gist."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-16
WEDNESDAY. MAY IS. 1884
THE WAR CHEST

DRESIDENT ROOSEVELTS budget mes
sage to congress yesterday was an inven-
tory Of the war chest against depression.
Appropriately, he holds to the determine
ton announced in January Of bringing the
federal governments operations out of the
red, If possible. by the end of the fiscal year
1896. The good credit of the government IS
the corner stone of confidence so necessary for
recovery.
Fortunately the President has not closed
the door against emergency appropriations in
excess of the requested 1922 900 900 if they be-
come necessary, but merely has pointed out
that higher taxes must go hand-in-hand with
a larger appropriation if the budget is to be
balanced in 1886
Congress failed, when it had the tax bill
under consideration, to take precautions
against the possibility of unexpected demands
upon the treasury Having so failed, the only
course that congress can now pursue is to fol-
low the Presidents program.
Relief expenditures by the federal govern
ment must be continued. There should be no
controversy in congress on this point. Federal
relief was forced, after too long a delay, by
uncompromising necessity trailing in the wake
of collapsed private charity and bankrupt
states and municipalities.
Four and one-half million families still are
dependent upon federal relief, and relief funds
are being expended at the rate of s9OOOO,OOO
a month.
The administrations effort, whenever pos
sible, to provide jobs instead of doles follows
the best American traditions. But playing
politics with the taxpayers money and the
unemployed mans need is not in keeping with
either good traditions or good government. Di-
rector HopEn MS has been frank enough to ad-
NIT the existence of politics in the relief ma
chinery intelligent enough to recognize it as a
real menace to the relief program, and bold
enough to do all in his power to crush it.
Fights will be waged in congress on two
points-on the adequacy of the appropriation
and on attempts to earmark for pet projects
portions of the $3.50 100000 lump sum for pub
lie works and relief. The President wisely has
asked that the sum be restricted.
No one knows now whether the appropria-
ton, together with the nearly two billion dol
lars already appropriated and as yet unspent,
will prove adequate. That can be answered
only by business conditions and weather con-
ditions that can not now be forecast. The
President, however, seems confident that the
fund will be sufficient at least until congress
reconvenes in January. If events prove that
he has guessed wrong it will be up to him to
call special session.
1t IS this very uncertainty of what the fall
and winter months will bring that should i'm
pei congress to give the President the free
hand that he has asked divert savings from
other appropriations for relief purposes.
We are trying to carry on with very mar
row margin. A strait-jacket appropriation bill
might make it an impossible task for the
President
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tive the mind of the court was to the fraud
of a public official"
Federal judges sit for life and WELD great
power. They must be, like Caesars wife,
above suspicion. Colonel Nebletts report seems
to indicate that President Roosevelt has been
misled by those recommending promotion Of
Norcross
The chief reason for the senate conhrma-
ton machinery is to prevent just such mis-
takes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-16
BETTER CARE OF
STREETS URGED
By George schultz.

By George schultz.
We should have some one in the
city to look after streets that are not
fit to crive over and some that are
impossible to use--LeGrande avenue
from State to Keystone avenues,
always Is full Of weeds, and CAL
houn street is the same way. Shade
trees and sidewalks. but the street
can not be used because Of its con-
dition.
The fremen recently had Ray
mond street blocked both directions
with their apparatus and the nearest
detour was south back to Keystone
to Troy avenue or north to Mime
sofa street. Raymond street is one
Of the through streets on the south
side. OF course, some streets .xe