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Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-08

FOR RENT-Nlce Groom fur. apt.
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Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-08

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Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-08
FURNITURE FOR SALE

FOR SALE-F'urnlJure. Electric
range, over stuff. etc. $50 He'll.
Phone 1901. 6t3
Evening star., 1934-10-12
Common Interest Is Urged
Among Railroads of Nation

Recording that "the Government
will give the private plan a chance"
the Stamford Comm Advocate calls
1t the fair and sane thing to do"
while the Charleston CIV. Va Daily
Mail suggests that "the roads could
take stock of their condition as a
whole and determine what should be
done"
Dealing with the railroads alone
may not solve their difficulties" in
the opinion of the Boston Transcript,
adding: The real question is how
they are to be fitted into a trans
portation system that includes all the
present agencies. Doubt concerning
the efficiency of q mere increase in
freight rates as cure for their trou-
bles suggests the possibility Of changes
in their methods Of doing business
that would reduce costs while SUBJ
Jecting their competitors to such fur
ther regulation as may be justified.
The current discussion of co-opera-
ton among the roads in place Of
competition Of the old kind, and the
steps they have taken to that end. are
significant in this connection"
Until very few years ago." ad-
vises the Birmingham News, many
OF the leading railroad executives la
bored under the conviction that in
creases in rates offered the only
possible solution to deficits in income
from their passenger business. It is
not unthlnkable that they might soon
De considering other ways and means
OF meeting competition in their
freight business"
Evening star., 1934-10-12

infractions lead. to accidents or not.
There is no cure for this bad habit
If correction is applied only when
cars collide. Penalties are more ef-
fective when nothing happens" as a
result of improper driving than when
they are imposed after collisions.
In his comments on this situation
Inspector Lamb of the Traffic Bureau
says: II do not know that the majority
of accidents are the result of drivers
failing to make turns in the proper
lane and failure to give timely sig
nal" The designating driver is
menace just as is the driver who
weaves his way through the traffic
lanes to gain priority of position.
Nothing can be done about these
dangerous nuiSances that will be ef-
fective short of license suspension.
They are really not entitled to the
use of the streets If they persist In
their bad habits of driving. If they
alone were the sufferers from their
ignorant or contemptuous tactics they
would eventually eliminate themselves
at no cost to the majority Of drivers,
who are law abiding and rule OBJ
serving. But unfortunately they do
more damage to others than to them
selves, and they should be treated as
a hazard to public safety.
Evening star., 1934-10-12
Discovery Day.

Christopher Columbus discovery OF
America, four hundred and forty-two
years ago today, has been termed
triumph of imagination. But for his
concept of shorter way to the Indies
around the Cape of Good Hope, at
the southern tip of Africa, he would
not have undertaken the voyage Of
1892. He conceived the rotundity of
the world and struck out on a new
path for the goal of riches. Others
had crossed the Atlantic before him
and had found the continent, but
Columbus, knowing nothing Of those
adventures, went forth upon the
chartless sea sustained by belief that
the lands that had been reached
heretofore by sailing eastward could
be more quickly reached by sailing
westward. That was imagination in
spired by superior intelligence.
In the paying Of tribute to the
great discoverer, which has become
an annual observance of the day, the
part PLAYED by Queen Isabella in the
advent vt brought America into
the i al of the European nations is
not to be forgotten. But for her
Columbus would not have been able
to set forth upon his voyage. She
was stirreu bv his appeal for aid and
her cSn imagination responded to
his concept that the short way to
Evening star., 1934-10-12
Italy'S Responsibility.

Storm clouds hover over South
eastern Europe as anti-Italian pas
sions vent themselves in scattered
portions Of Yugoslavia. Arrest by
the French police of two suspected
accomplices of the Marseille assassin,
who were born on territory formerly
Austrian but now italian, has nour-
ished in Yugoslavia the theory that
the plot Of which King Alexander and
M. Barthou we're victims was OF
Italian or pro-Italian origin. On
Thursday Italian official premises in
several Yugoslavian towns, including
Sarajevo, of fateful memory, were at
tackled by angry mObs and a con-
Sular official was beaten, while agitatorS
harangued that the YugoSlavian mon
arch had been killed as the result of
an Italian-inspired intrigue.
1t requires no stretch Of the i'm
agitation to recognize that develop
ments like these are the sparks which
set international conflagrations alight.
To the situation which has in conSe-
quence arisen Italy holds the key.
No matter who King Alexander's as
sasSin was. or who his confederates
may have been, Italy already repudi-
ates responsibility for the tragedy,
though Premier Mussolini's govern
ment, naturally, is watching develop
ments in Yugoslavia with anxious
vigilance.
There is every indication that this
vigilance will be tempered with all
possible restraint. So far, there is no
inclination in Rome to attribute to
the anti-Italian manifestations in
Yugoslavia an importance which they
do not deserve. Any continuation Of
such incidents" on an extensive or
aggravated scale could not fail to
arouse rising displeasure in Italy.
Conscious of that contingency, the
regency just set up at Belgrade will be
wise to exhaust the governments
energies in keeping anti-Italian dem
onstrations within bounds.
Meantime the worlds eyes are on
Italy and its faith is pinned on Pre-
mier Mussolini. In very real sense the
fate of European peace may presently
rest in his hands. The world looks for
an exhibition Of dignity and self-con-
troll on Italy's part, which, while duly
safeguarding her rights, honor and
prestige, will also take into account
the incalculable consequences of ac-
ton invoked precipitately in their
name.
Evening star., 1934-10-12
Loose Ends to Be Tied.

The Commissioners are still making
haste slowly in accepting the contract
for the sewer loan. Advice Of patent
attorney has been asked on whether
the District must pay royalties, and
how much, for the use Of certain
patents in connection with the sewage
disposal plant; whether mere incor-
poration of patented processes in the
design for the sewer plant re-
quires royalty payments, regardless Of
whether the plant is put in opera
ton before the patents expire, and
other technical questions.
1t cost the District about $4,000
to learn that the disposal plant was
feasible and its erection desirable.
The advice of the experts on this
matter was delivered last Winter.
Now. after a lapse Of many months
in which nothing was done about the
plant, there is a sudden burst Of speed
which makes the Commissioners cau-
tious investigation Of certain details
seem tardy and time wasting. They
are naturally desirous to avoid lei
surely repentance for steps taken
under pressure. But q number Of
loose ends seem to have been left for
last-minute tying up. 1t is hoped
that waste will not necessarily follow
haste.
Evening star., 1934-10-12

the Indies lay westward. So q mans
inspiration and a woman's response
solved the mystery of what lay be-
yond the great sea.
OF course, the discovery would
eventually have been made had
Columbus not conceived the west
ward route and Isabella not given her
aid. Some later adventurer would
have gone forth, with or without
royal support, to penetrate the waste
which the Norsemen had once
crossed without material advantage.
1t might have been a century later
before the urge to solve the problem
of the Atlantic led to attainment. 1t
was bound to come about that the
great land below the horizon should
be discovered. Today 1t is difficult to
the state of mind of the
dwellers in what we know as the Old
WOIlu dS W Vic Acld1oilo Vi tlAc
elements Of geography, but there had
been no lack of sea courage, and that
which Columbus displayed was the
immediate cause of the revelation
that befell in 1892.
To the imagination of man and
the understanding of woman is due
the embodiment of America, the
western world, to mankind nearly
four and a half centuries ago; an
epochal event in the history of the
human race, of immeasurable conse-
quence to all peoples for all SUBJ
sequent time.
Evening star., 1934-10-12
Bad Driving Habits.

Bad driving habits are held ac-
countable for the majority of traffic
accidents In the streets of Washing
ton. A large percentage Of collisions
is attributed to the failure of motor
lists to keep in the correct lane for
turns and to make proper signals.
These are particularly bad habits.
The question arises whether they are
due to ignorance of the rules or to
indifference. 1t is assumed that all
drivers, with local licenses, know the
rules. If some Of them do not, they
are subject to revocation of their
licenses. The rules may change, but
they must keep informed, else they
are a menace.
It is announced that members Of
the traffic squad have been ordered to
deal more drastically with violators
of the lane regulation. That should
mean that drivers who disregard that
rule are to be punished whether their
Evening star., 1934-10-12
SAYS a Good Word
For Taxi Drivers
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
I am writing to you in favor Of
E. F. Storey's letter on lack Of street
safety in Tuesdays edition. l also
am a newcomer to Washington. I
have driven a car for 20 years, and
have been in "a States. and have
never seen such careless drivers in
my life as they have here carrying
District Of Columbia licenses.
AS far as I can see, the first man
across a street is in the right-that is,
where there are no signals-and I
agree with E. F. Storey. except on one
point where she says taxi drivers are
careless. A real taxi driver is not
careless. He may be fast, but he uses
his head when it comes to quick
thinking.
If one out Of ten private drivers
could drive and keep his or her head
as well as a taxi driver, accidents
wouldn't happen. OF course, there
are a few inexperienced taxi drivers
here in Washington.
Another point would like to bring
up is the condition and upkeep of
cars between taxis and private cars.
Taxi cabs are kept in much better
condition than private cars as to
brakes and so forth.
A NJ. ZIMBRICH.
Evening star., 1934-10-12
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

a Republican, a Socialist, and the
Constitution party candidate, Col.
Henry Breckenridge. The latter has
just challenged the doctor to a public
debate of campaign issues.
President Roosevelt says N R. A.
is to remain a permanent" part Of
the machinery of Government. Just
what portions of it are to stay with
us depends to a large extent on the
judicial and legislative branches of
the Government and not exclusively
on the executive will. The Supreme
Court at its present session will hand
down decisions that may vitally affect
the N. r. A. structure, while the new
Congress may take hand in remak-
ing the law, which expires June
16, 1885. Many congressional leaders,
Democratic as well as Republican. hold
that the act, in the light of experience,
manifeStly calls for revision, so be-
tween the Supreme Court and Con-
greSs the Blue Eagle may become
very different looking bird than it
now Is.
r
Interesting biographical facts about
Democratic senatorial candidates are
disclosed in Who's Who" just issued
by Col. Edwin A. Halsey, secretary of
the Democratic Senatorial Campaign
Committee. Fred c. Martin, nominee
In Vermont, has been village president
of Bennington, his native community,
OF Revolutionary fame, for 16 terms.
Lewis B. Schwellenbach of Washing
ton, was pupil of Senator Dill, whose
seat he now seeks, when Dill taught
English and public speaking in
Spokane. Sherman Minton, who is
after Senator Robinson's scalp in
Indiana, studied constitutional law at
Yale under William Howard Taft.
Henry Holt, opposing Senator Frazier
in North Dakota, is a printer and
skiing enthusiast. School Teacher
Rush D. Holt, the Democrats boy
nominee in West Virginia, calls him.
self "a devout representative of
organized labor" George L. Radcliffe,
running in Maryland, is author of a
historical biography, Gov. Hicks of
Maryland and the Civil War" Edward
r. Burke, candidate in Nebraska, is
a graduate of Felix Frankfurters
Harvard Law School.
~ **
NJ Albert Sarraut, who has resigned
as French minister of the interior be-
cause of inadequate protective meas
ures for the late King Alexander at
Marseiile, is well remembered in
Washington. He was a delegate to
the Armament Conference in 1922,
while French colonial minister, and in
the final stages of the conference was
chairman of the French delegation.
In private life M. Sarraut is proprietor
of one of Frances foremost provincial
newspapers.
(Copyright. 1934)
Evening star., 1934-10-12
The Kentucky Kidnapping.

Another kidnapping! A young woman
is taken from her home in Kentucky,
brutally, and whiSked of by q man,
who has demanded $4,000 ransom.
Despite a warning against notifying
the police the family has done SO and
the hunt is now on vigorously. The
victims husband has declared his will
lingneSs to pay the ransom and to
pledge immunity to the kidnaper If
his wife is returned alive.
The theory is entertained that the
kidnaper is not member Of gang
and that the criminal enterprise Is
solely his own. Yet this is doubted by
some, who feel that it is more likely
that whereas only one person partici-
pated in the actual seizure others were
involved. There is no clue to his
identity or character save that the
ransom note indicates a somewhat
higher order of intelligence than that
Of the operatives in this criminal line
heretofore.
The recent successes Of the law in
kidnapping cases do not seem to have
been deterrent of such enterprise. The
circumstances of the abduction suggest
that the wretch who took Mrs. Ston
was unafraid Of subsequent identifica-
ton, for a maid in the household was
present and saw him and has given
description of his appearance. Acting
alone, he evidently did not dare to
take both women and so remove the
witness who, If he is caught, can attest
to his identity. This suggests q
desperate man seeking money.
Unless a State boundary is crossed
by the kidnaper with his victim the
Federal law will not be operative and
at present the case lies wholly within
the jurisdiction of the State of Ken
lucky. The Federal officers, who have
been so highly effective in such cases
during the past few months, may be
called upon for aid If the pursuit is
pressed, and it is to be hoped that
this will occur and that this wicked
crime may quickly be brought to solu-
ton and the kidnaper taken for the
highest penalty permitted.
Evening star., 1934-10-12
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

however, this sense percolates into the
mind Of the fish FAM" so that at last
he begins to feel that maybe he has
overdone it just bit. He might not
admit this at large, but he does so in
the secret places Of his own heart.
Some may ask why three tanks
couldn't his goldflshes, guppies and
angel fishes be put into one?
They could, but the mixture is not
good, from any standpoint.
Most persons who keep fish at all
are willing to admit that there is
something highly incongruous about
mixing the humble goldfish and the
so-called "tropicals."
Not only are their problems Of care
different, especially as to water tenn
perature, but their temperaments are
different in every way. He who has
not thought much about fish except
as things to be caught on hook will
not understand this viewpoint, but
let him be assured that he has but
to undertake the care of aquarium
fishes for time to come into COM
plete realization of the fact that two
fishes can be as utterly different as two
human beings, although superficially
looking great deal alike.
If the incongruous mixture Of
fishes is bad in theory, often enough
1t Is worse In practice.
Especially when one tries to mix our
little friend, the guppy, with our big
friend, the angel fish, or scalare.
Not only will the smallest-sized
angels eat middle-sized guppies, to
say nothing of the small ones, but
they will render each other uncom-
Portable physically and mentally. Let
no one Sneer at the intelligence of
these tiny creatures. They have
plenty Of brains.
The guppy tends to make the water
1t inhabitS alkaline, whereas the
angel fish makes the aquarium water
acid.
The guppies belong to the class Of
live bearers, whereas the angel fish
are egg layers.
These are great distinctions among
the fishes which must have a great
deal to do with the following story:
A local fish fancier purchased,
about a month ago, two miniature
Angels. They were about two months
old, their bodies about the size of a
dime.
With their long fms at top and bot
tom extended they did not measure
much more than half an inch high.
One of them had scarcely got out of
the class Of longer than high" which
distinguishes these fellows for the
first six weeks, until they assume the
typical angel fish shape.
These tiny fellows were placed in a
tank with some young guppieS which
were too large for them to swallow.
Despite the finest conditions as to
heat, food, etc, the angel fishes were
extremely wild, throwing themselves
into the sand when any one ap-
preached, standing on their heads
and in other ways acting extremely
"goofy." Since this fish usually is a
sensible fellow, young or old, the
owner was much taken aback.
Finally he decided to put them in
a larger tank containing one angel
fish with a wing spread of three
inches. two Rasbora and half dozen
Barbus oligolepis. All of these are
egg layers.
No sooner had the little angels hit
the water than they began to act
normal and by the next day were
swimming all over the tank. They no
longer hurled themselves into the
sand at the approach of the feeder,
nor did they stand on their heads.
They were at home.
Evening star., 1934-10-12
Cunga Dean.
From the Pittsburgh post-oazett..

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Dizzy Dean is a d'Artagnan with
out an AthoS or an Aramis. He is
the Three MuSketeers wrapped in one
package. Only GaScony or Oklahoma
could produce his like. He is Whata-
man making good his braggadocio,
related, spiritually, to Alfalfa Bill
Murray, Napoleon and Barnum.
Winning thirty games in the Ma
tlonal League pennant race, he PLAYED
his name with those of the immortals
of the mound, "Matty" and Alexander,
Walter johnson and Lefty" Grove.
But he has also the magnificent in
science of Rube Waddell, who called
in his outfield, with three on and
nobody out" in the ninth inning, and
then nonchalantly struck out three
batters. Dizzy goes into opponents
club houses, hears managers discuss
the weaknesses OF the Cards-and
then tells them just what he is going
to do to them. The "kick" of it comes
when he goes to the pitchers box and
makes good his boast.
Evening star., 1934-10-12
Dictator Cannot Give
Democracy to People
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
May reply to the statement Of o. J.
Schuster, In The Star Of October 4?
He says: "It is at least conceivable
that q Stain, Mussolini or Hitler
may represent that needsd unifying
power by which aspirations are trans
lated into deeds which mean q for
ward step toward our ideal democracy
and that thus civilization Is saved
from anarchy and chaos"
OF course, any wise, strong dictator
or despot can establish law and order
where anarchy and chaos have pre-
vailed. But no monarch, by so doing,
would establish any democracy. A
democracy means government in
which the people rule. A dictatorship
is where only one man rules. One Of
the signs of our modern political decay
Is the common knowledge, everywhere
admitted, that cur democracy, our
representative form of government,
has been destroyed by corrupt political
machine rule. The hopeleSSneSs Of
the people getting what they want by
the present rule Of machine politics
is what leads persons to adopt futile
theories Of changes in the social order
as q remedy for their misfortunes.
o. ]. Schuster indicates that he has
the strange misconception that democ-
racy is something which the people
receive instead of what the people ac-
complish for themselves and their
posterity. Dictatorship is for the peo-
pie the LATEST and least intelligent
form, where the people do nothing but
yield everything to the monarch and
take what he gives.
Democracy Is not merely one Of sew
eral forms Of government. 1t is the
highest and most complex form. A
lapse from democracy indicates either
social illness or immaturity. Democ-
racy is not benefactreSs to the selfish.
1t Is the reward Of the unselhsh; the
reward which comes to those Who re-
we're the preciousness Of the spirits Of
others and, for their Sakes, sacrifice
their own energy and rights, so that
all men may have opportunity to de-
velop and grow as God wills.
A dictator may act as Santa Claus
and give gifts to many people. Santa
Claus, however, cannot give democ-
racy to the people. 1t must grow
obediently to the law of brotherhood.
into the maturity of family where
every member does his part and thus
enjoys to the full the political family
life Of humanity. Representative gov
ernment is the best form of democracy.
VIM. SHEAFE CHASE.
Evening star., 1934-10-12
Those Unwilling to Work
Should Not Get Relief
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
I believe that a large percentage OF
the persons receiving aid from the
Emergency Relief and other charitable
organizations in this city won't make
any effort to obtain employment be-
cause they are having their food, rent,
fuel and clothing supplied them with
out having to work for it.
NY reason for stating this Is as
follows: There are four in our family,
two adults and two children. We have
advertised in local newspapers and
have been answering the advertise
ments that appear under Help Do
nestle" trying to get a woman for
general housework, $50 per month,
room and board, stay nights.
We have also called several employ
ment agencies, without success, to
furnish woman of this kind We find
that they want $35 to $50 per month
and no washing.
have heard number OF people
say it is impossible to get help be-
cause those that should be working
are being supported by the Govern
ment.
I suggest that a plan be put into
operation whereby a person desiring
to give employment can contact the
Emergency Relief and charitable or
ganizations and they through their
records can offer the work to those on
their list. If the person to whom
the work Is offered refuses to accept
it without just cause, that person
should be taken off the relief rolls
and the money they have been draw
ing go to increase the allowance of
deserving cases. Part Of this plan
would also call for the person offering
employment to report back to the
relief organization as to their progress
with the worker.
If you feel that your paper can do
anything to call this matter to the at
tention of the proper organizations or
persons, I am sure you will be doing
something that will benefit Washing
ton. CARL G. LIPP.