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Evening star., 1934-12-24
.ROPER'S REPORT
STRESSES UPTURN
1870 Gain in Profits by 500
Firms Cited, Despite
Some Low Spots.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Secretary Roper told President
Roosevelt in the Commerce Depart
ment's annual report published today
that business enjoyed a definite i'm
provement in the fiscal year ended
last June, but that there still were
some discouraging spots on the eco
nomic map.
Citing increases in both domestic
and foreign trade, the return to work
OF many unemployed and a general
revival of confidence, the Secretary
said:
While evidence Of the progress
which has been made are concrete
and numerous, the fiscal year closed
with the capital goods industry still
greatly depressed, private construction
very low. unemployment large and
relief demands making a steady and
severe drain on the national budget.
Bank Loans Low.
Further, the volume of bank loans
outstanding, despite the plethora of
bank credit available, remained st a
very low level. Notwithstanding the
lack Of uniform Improvement
throughout the various aspects of
our national life, the year as a whole
brought definite gains from the low
point Of the depression"
The report added that although pro-
ductlon and distribution costs ad-
vanced during the year, the upward
trend OF activity was accompanied by
an Improvement" in profits. A rep
resentative group of 500 companies re-
ported profits approximating S1,4OO,-
100000, representing an increase of
about rs per cent over the total for
the preceding fiscal year.
Bureau Work Reported.
Another section OF the report re-
leased today covered the work of the
Bureaus of Air Commerce, Census,
Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Standards, Fisheries, Navigation and
Steamboat Inspection, Shipping Board
and the Patent Office, Coast and Geo.
detic Survey and Lighthouse Service.
Roper recommended a survey by the
Fisheries Bureau of pollution OF
streams, a new high-voltage electrical
laboratory for the Bureau of Stand
ards, early Senate ratification of the
treaty on safety of life at sea and
speeding of the work of making geolog-
ical and topographic maps of the
country.
Evening star., 1934-12-24
ILLEGAL F|REARM
SALES CONTINUE
Stronger Restrictions or
Gun Ownership Urged
for States.
BY REX COLLIER.

Legal traffic In machine guns ano
sawed-off shotguns destined for other
than law enforcement or military use:
has been completely halted by the
firearms control law.
This does not mean that gangsters
are not getting their usual supply OF
underworld-favored guns through il
licit channels.
1t does mean that rowing gunmer
of the Dillinger- Floyd Nelson clan nc
longer are buying their weapons OF
mass murder in open trade. without
interference Of Federal law.
Records Of the Internal Revenue
Bureau, which Is charged with admin
istering the firearms regulations under
revenue features of the act, disclose
that not q single gun Of the out
lawed type has gone into private
hands legiumately since passage Of
the law last Spring.
A total Of 1871 firearms already
In possession Of private owners at the
time Of enactment Of the law have
been registered with Internal Reve-
nue. collectors in the various States
however. Under the act these guns
were not affected by the tax statute
Names Withheld.
Names Of the owners of the guns
registered with the bureau are being
withheld by the Treasury Department
While there is no prohibition in the
act against publication of the names
officials hold that they are not privi-
legged to disclose identity of the own
ers unless Congress specifically di-
rects them to do so.
It has been suggested in Somt
quarters that publication of the list
of gun registrants might have a salu'
tary effect in connection with tht
Governments drive to curb pro-
miscuous traffic in guns popular ir
gangland. Persons who have legiti.
mate reasons for possessing such gun!
could have no valid ground for eb'
lection to publicity. it is argued.
At the Internal Revunue Bureau il
is said that many of the guns reg
istered after passage of the act were
antiques held by collectors. Thest
ancient guns fall within scope of tht
laws reference to short-barreled shot
guns, rifles or other guns not Of tht
exempted pistol or revolver class.
Guns Not Registered.
Because of the policy against pub
licity it is impossible to learn whether
any known gangsters were brazer
enough to register their 'Tommies'
and sawed-of shotguns with th'
Government. This Is considered al
extremely unlikely, however.
Under the gun-taxing lava round.
about method of control designed tt
comply with constitutional require.
ments-the private purchaser of every
machine gun, short-barreled shotgun
or rifle or certain other crimina
weapons, must pay a Federal tax Of
5000 on the sale. The tax does moi
apply to authorized law enforcement
officers or military agencies.
The law provides also for licensing
Of importers, dealers and pawnbroker.
engaged in firearms traffic. A total o1
81 of these gun merchants have beer
(Nontinued an, poo Q NoI1Ir,n ~
Evening star., 1934-12-24
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated FreSS.
NEW YORK, December 24.-The
crack of high-powered rifles along the
Nations deer trails has almost died
away, and at this late stage of the
warfare about rs hunters have been
killed.
Also, an Associated Press survey
today showed. number of deer have
been slain.
The figures are tentative, and will
be subject to an upward revision be-
cause IN some States the deer-shoot-
ing seasons are not yet over.
The survey took no account Of small
game hunting accidents. As always,
shotguns were accidentally discharged,
killing and wounding nimrods, and
bottoms were blown out of boats.
Like all big game hunting, pursuit
Of the deer Is fraught with danger
because Of the type of guns used
powerful rifles with great range.
Despite legal steps taken to lessen
accidents, men who look both ways
before crossing streets and pilot their
automobiles tiulidly through crowded
Evening star., 1934-12-24
NATION AWAITING
CHRISTMAS SIGNAL
Roosevelt Lights Tree at
5:10-SnoW or Rain To-
morrow Seen.

AS Washington stores close after the
largest, Christmas shopping army in
history and mailmen struggle with q
record tidal wave of holiday mail
President Roosevelt this evening off,
cially will open the Nations Christmas
season by lighting the national COM
munity Christmas tree in Lafayette
square.
The President is to arrive at the
stand in front Of the tree in Lafayette
Park at p m and 10 minutes later be
will press a button which will flood
the living tree with color Radio will
carry the signal to America.
There is chance Washington may
have a white Christmas Snow, be-
ginning early tomorrow morning, was
forecast by the Weather Bureau, but
the forecasters admitted they are
more than a trifle doubtful about it.
as the snow may change to rain. The
local weather outlook depends upon
disturbance which was over Western
Arkansas this morning. A minimum
temperature of about % degrees to-
night is anticipated.
Roosevelt to Speak.
The President will voice his Christ
mas greetings to the American people
In a 10-minute address which the
National and Columbia networks will
broadcast, beginning at SIG pm. He
then will return to the White House
to begin a happy, quiet family OBJ
servance which will be duplicated in
thousands of homes tonight and TO-
morrow.
Mindful, however, Of those othe,
thousands who have no homes in
which to celebrate, Mrs. Roosevelt to-
day attended the Central Union Mis-
sion party to nearly 1000 boys and
lGa.atiallad Pana 2 Column a L
Evening star., 1934-12-24
PRINCESS JULIANA
ENGAGEMENT DENIED
German Grand Duke Claims Re-
ported Betrothal of His
Son Is Untrue.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SCHWERIN, Germany, December
24.-The Grand Duke Friedrich
Franz, w, of Mecklenburg, en-
phatically denied today London re-
ports his son, Grand Duke Friedrich
Franz v, was engaged to Crown Prin-
cess Juliana Of the Netherlands.
There is not a word Of truth in
It," the grand duke said.
A Daily Express Dispatch from
Berlin said the engagement would be
announced in January.
AMSTERDAM, December a (P.-
Reports from London that Princess
Juliana Is to marry the German
Grand Duke Friedrich Franz met a
stony silence in official quarters to-
day. Juliana. "a, has been the center
Of engagement ruInors for the last
seven years.
Evening star., 1934-12-24
FRANCE PLAYS SANTA
TO CHILDREN OF JOBLESS
Government Sponsors Yule Cele-
brations in Every Large City
in Country.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, December 24.-The French
government today played Santa Claus
to the children of Frances 100000
unemployed citizens.
They gathered around big Christ
mas trees set up in every city in the
country.
In Paris, Christmas started in the
morning with 10000 children receiving
gifts. Ten thousand more received
their present in the afternoon. The
process will be repeated tomorrow and
the day after Christmas so that $4,000
children will be entertained in the
capital.
Each child gets bread, milk ana a
bowl of hot soup, then goes to the
tree for his gift package. Each bun
die contains warm clothing, paper
hat, crackers, candy and a bar of soap
Evening star., 1934-12-24
"Destroy Those Who Want
Strife" Cited as Second
SuppIiCation.
f0NTIFF ADDRESSES
CARDINALS IN ROME
Three Masses Commemorating
Birth Of Christ to Be Celebrated
in Private Chapel Tonight.
By the Associated Press.

6y the Associated PreSS.
VATICAN CITY, December a.
Pope Plus warned that "the clamor
of war spreads ever farther" and
urged the world to pray and work fol
peace, in his Christmas address today
to the "curia" of cardinals.
I'VE see a constant increase ir
warlike ams," he said. This is a
distracting element in which the spirit
seems to have no part. We are or
the eve of a day when the heavens
resound with the hymns of angels
calling for peace on earth.
Never has a chant had more rea-
son for being than today. ."
Another Prayer.
Eve wish for peace. We bless peace
But if, in the future, there be some
people possessed Of homicidal mania
who wish to prepare for war, We
shall have another prayer.
This prayer will be: Destroy, Oh
Lord, those who wish war!'
But we prefer our first prayer"
His holiness concluded by repeating
with passionate emphasis the word:
Peace! Peace! Peacel"
The voice of war, said the Pcntif
is added to "all the discomfort, pair
and real evil of the present crisi.
which is felt in all directions II
private and public life"
He urged the world to invoke tn,
comforts of the Virgin Mary in thes,
troubles, particularly In the momen
when the famous shrine at Loreto ha.
been taken over by the Vatican under
its treaty of conciliation with Italy.
Rejoices Over Holy Year.
The Pope said he rejoiced over thu
success of the holy year just past in &
moment when the world was disturbed
by so many conflicting currents as Il
suggest that the justice of God NIGH
be about to descend upon mankind
He said the Eucharistic Congresses a
BuenoS Aires and Melbourne wer,
matters Of consolation and expressed
the desire that eucharistic congresse,
might develop evermore.
The holy year, he said, came at &
moment when the currents CONTRARY
to redemption were let loose-currentl
which after 19 centuries of redemp-
ton, Of the new Christian life, o
Christian salvation, one might say
are renewed by the proclamation Of
moral paganiSm, social paganism anc
state paganism"
Fear Gods Justice.
These are horrible things" sale
the Pope, which make us truly feal
some serious and formidable response
of God through which the mercy oi
God might become his justice tc
awaken so many souls really sleepins
again in the sleep of death"
The Pope's remarks were addressed
according to tradition, before the II
cardinals of the "Curia" or that grour
Of cardinals who reside in Rome.
This year three of the pontiff's mos
beloved advisers were gone. They were
Cardinals Pietor Gasparri, Francis
Ehrle and Giuseppe Mori.
Tonight the Pope will avail himself
OF an age-old privilege accorded te
every parish priest only on Christina.
eve. With only few intimates ir
attendance he will 60 to his private
chapel at midnight and recite three
separate masses in commemoratior
Of the birth Of the Savior.
Evening star., 1934-12-24
PILOT Is FOUND DEAD
IN CHARRED WRECKAGE
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press,
SUNBRIGHT, Tenn, December "a.
"A pile Of burned and twisted steel
marked the end of the trail today
for Russell S. Riggs, night airmail
pilot, who crashed to bis death on Big
Pilot Mountain with a cargo Of
Christmas gifts.
Riggs, pilot of an American Airiines
ship between Cleveland, Ohio, and
Fort Worth, Tex, where he lived,
cracked up. early Saturday morning.
The wreckase' was found Sunday
morning.
Two farmers who found the wreck
said that had he gone so feet higher
he would have cleared the mountain,
Evening star., 1934-12-24
MASKED BANDIT R0BS
LIQUOR STORE OF 5000
Clerk Held Up While Alone in
Esta blishment-Police
Start Search

Almost $500 in Christmas liquor
sales money was obtained this morn
ing by an armed bandit who held up q
clerk in a liquor store at l. street
northeast.
The clerk, John Casper, 1907 Crit
tenden street, was alone at the time.
Seeing the man enter with hand
kerchief tied over his face he started
to run from behind the counter.
The bandit drew gun, waved Cas-
par into corner and opened the cash
register, filling his pockets with cash.
The loot included package Of about
$500 which represented Saturday s
sales.
Caspar said the robber wore a gray
overcoat. The man ran from the store
and turned into an alley. Police were
searching for the fugitive.
Evening star., 1934-12-24
No $50


Because of the holiday
there will be no $3.50 or
Night Final editions of
The Star Tomorrow.
Night Final subscribers
will receive the Regular
Edition.
Evening star., 1934-12-24
Blast on Italian Submarine.

MONFALCONE, italy, December "a
R.-A warrant officer was killed and
nine men injured today by the explo-
sion of the motor on the submarine
Freteli Bandiera. The cause of the
accident was not Immediately deter
mined. The undersea boat was about
70 leave for Pola at the time.
Evening star., 1934-12-24
DISTRICT GETS s715,5O0
FOR JANUARY RELIEF
Allen Announces Fund Increased
by Greater Demands for Fuel
and Clothing.

The District will receive S715,500
from the Federal Emergency Relief
Administration to carry out its gen.
eral relief program during January,
Commissioner George e. Allen an
nounced today.
This sum represents a small in
crease over the December allotment
OF approximately 100000. Allen said
the increase was occasioned by greater
demands for fuel and clothing. The
Districts January allowance from the
Federal Government for its transients'
program has not yet been made pub
Lie.
Evening star., 1934-12-24
Belgian Steamer Rescued.

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, December
~ R.-The Belgian steamer Emile
Francqui, walloving in heavy seas 400
miles on Sable Island With her rudder
carried away, was taken in tow today
by the steamer Henri Gaspar. The
tWo siipc started 1or Halifax.
Evening star., 1934-12-24
Australian Plane Arrives.

LONDON, December "a (R.-The
first regular air mail service from Aus
tralia reached Croydon Airport today
3 minutes ahead of the 12-day sched-
ule for the 12,OO0-mile fight.
Evening star., 1934-12-24

Continued on Page 3, Column -
Evening star., 1934-12-24

CONTINUED on Page 8, Column A.
Evening star., 1934-12-24
WEATHER.

10. 5. Weather Bureau F0recdstJ
Cloudy, slightly colder tonight, mini
mum temperature about 28 degrees; to-
morrow probably snow; moderate winds.
Temperatures-Highe At, at 1O:45
am. today: lowest, 35, at $50 am. today.
Full report on page "A.
Milford chronicle., 1934-07-06
DODCING HARD TASKS

When you have a disagreeable> job
you find out who are the real help
ers and who are the STRIKERS For
Instance, if there is money to be
raised for some church or philan-
thrOphy you quickly find out who
aIe the people you can depend upon.
20, | couldn't do anything SO dis
agreeable as to butt into peoples
homes and ask them for money"
some people will say if invited to
participate in such canvass. No
doubt it is distasteful work to go
around with subscription paper
The solicitor gets some cold looks,
aid some people won't even invite
him to step in and sit down.
Yet somebody has to do that work.
Our societies and good causes would
never live through such times as
the country has seen, unless a great
deal of personal solicitation was
done. People hate to turn down
such canvasser, but if they simp-
ly receive an appeal by mail, they
usually throw it into the wastebasket
and forget it.
We cant afford to let these good
causes go down. A community is
hardly worth living in unless it has
churches and philanthrOpies, and
unless people are willing to make
personal gifts to those who are in
trouble. But if everyone refused to
help in such cOnvasses, since it is
unpleasant to go around and ask
for money, all these generous move
ments would be largely without
funds. They would have to curtail
their work or stop.
The soliciting of money is not the
only hard task that has to be done
for the benefit of the community.
The people who run fairs and sup
pers for public causes, and serve in
many other capacities, are often
tired to the point of exhaustion, and |
about ready to give up. If more |
people were willing to help do such |
things, such heavy labOrs would not
fall on a few.
Milford chronicle., 1934-07-06

they probably had stronger consti-
buttons. But probably her compan-
ions also were squandering their
physical ability. Before long they
would all discover that they were
burning the candle at both ends.
A strong and healthy young per-
son feels there is almost no limit
to his or her strength. Many of
these young people waste this cap
ital of health and strength. They
work days and play nights. They
have so much reserve strength that
they do not show any physical de-
terioration for time. But those
excuses have to be paid for. They
are like the man with bank deposit,
from which he draws out more than
he puts in. Some day he will be
notified that he has overdrawn his
account, and his checks can no
longer be hOnOred. ,-.
Many of us have thus OVerdraWn
our physical account. II often takes
a good long time to recover from
such waste of energy. The human
body needs its regular rest and
quiet, and it will not stand over
work or everyday indefinitely.
Milford chronicle., 1934-07-06
HEALTH-YOUR CAPITAL

A persons physical condition is
kind of capital, something to be
spent with care Each one of us is
given a certain outfit of physical
strength and ability. If that power
is wasted we are like the person
who inherited a fortune and squan-
dered it on foolish measures.
A young woman remarked the
other day. that other girls could do
the things she wanted to do. there
fore she could do them. This girl
was not physically strong, and when
she was out late nights constantly,
she suffered from it, as her pale face
indicated.
The fact that other young women
could stand those designations had
no bearing on the question whether
she could. If they did stand them.
Milford chronicle., 1934-07-06
THE CLEAR THINKER

Two people were trying the Other
day TO account for the success of 3
young man who is the head of q
certain famous educational institu-
ton. Conditions have seemingly
been very difficult for that school
for some years. Many of the par
ents who had expected to send chill
dren there, have been unable to do
so. owing to financial reverses. Yet
somehow that young man had found
other students to take the place of
those that dropped out. The prop
erty had been kept in excellent
physical condition, and receipts had
largely exceeded expenses. making
important improvements possible.
What qualities enabled that fell
low to win out thus under Difficult
ties?" was the question asked.
Various qualities were mentioned.
But one thing was specially empha-
sized in accounting for his success.
II was noted that when he got up
to say anything. whether he was ad-
dressing the students or talking to
parents, he had the gift of stating
very clearly in a few words the
ideas he wished to express.
Many people when they try to per
5uade anybody to do certain things,
are unable to come directly to the
point. They wander around and
talk about side issues, and can't
on the things that they
want most to say, and express those
points explicitly.
If you can say thing clearly. in
a few words. you can persuade most
people, assuming your idea or prop
Isition is a good one. The clear
hinker becomes the leader. Other
people may have greater power
If OratOry or more personal charm.
But a person who sees direct into
he heart of a proposition, and can
tate that heart of the thing in Ian
,uage that anybody of moderate in
diligence can understand, is going |
o have power in the world.
Milford chronicle., 1934-07-06
Milford, Friday, July 6, 1884
KEEPING THE TANK FULL

A friend remarks that if his boys
do not show better forethOught in
doing their work in life, than they
do in operating an automobile, they
will not get very far. He goes on
to tell how they hate to take time,
when starting out for one of their
trips, to measure the gas in their
tank They claim they can run 20
miles after the gas tank gauge shows
zero, so they think they are all
right But it does not always work
out that way.
One night son was going out with
the car, and he promised to be back
at IL o'clock. AS usual he did not
look at his gas. So on coming home,
all at once the motor baked when
they were out on lonely country
road, some miles from any gas sta
ton.
He got out and tried to push the
car, but soon got tired. He waited
around awhile, and finally a good
natured truck driver came along
and gave him tow to the nearest
gas station. When he got home it
was l o'clock instead of II, which
did not make father feel any better
about the younger generation.
One can imagine that many of the
boys who are out late nights with
fathers car. and who fail to deliver
their girl friends to their homes at
the time they promised. make this
error just because they were too
busy to look at the gas tank.
Such habits are not limited to
young folks. Many older people are
too much occupied with the things |
they are doing from day to day to
consider the future.
We must keep the tank full, not
merely in running the car, but in
all other things. We must be ready
for the next step. If we are going to
need more knowledge to accomplish
the things We want in life, We must
take time for study. The rewards
of life go to those who look ahead,
and know today what they are going
to need tomorrow.
Milford chronicle., 1934-07-06
No MORE Frontier

I'm 1896, when the country was re-
covering from depression, such
recovery was greatly accelerated BY
the wide open spaces which then
could be had for farming in the
western states. If man could not
earn living in the cities, he could
take up farm land cheap, and usual
ly make a living
Today. we have no frontier The
whole country is settled. While
there is plenty of farm land, yet
more farm products are produced
than can be sold. We have to ad-
just ourselves to these conditions.
We must somehow make an opening
for city and town people in their
own localities. The boundless
Irairies are all bounded today, and
no longer furnish an outlet for sur
plus multitudes.
Milford chronicle., 1934-07-06
RECOVERING FROM WARS

The past few years have not been
pleasant ones. but the American
people have learned at least one
lesson. 1t has been much like the
old-fashioned interview with father
in the woOdshed, unpleasant, but
helping to impart wisdom. And
that wisdom in this case, is that the
cost of fighting a war is not nearly
50 great al that of recovering from
the war and taking care of those
hurt.
Wars upset the complicated ma
chinery of civilization. The stop
page and damage caused thereby are
worse than the cost of the war. If
our people are asked from now ON
to fight a $5O,OOOOOO,OOO war, they
will realize that recovering from it
will cost them 500. 900, OOO, 900 more.