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Evening star., 1934-09-20
Meeting Called.

GROVETON, Va, September 20
Especially The first meeting of the
Fall term for the Groveton Parent
Teacher Association has been called
by Mrs. C. B. Kearns, president, for
tonight at 8 o'clock in the school.
Evening star., 1934-09-20
Gasoline From Coal.

One British company which has
been marketing gasoline made from
coal since last year at the rate of
1000 gallons day plans to construct
20 plants with capacity of 100000
gallons annually.
Evening star., 1934-09-20
Sultan Loses Bet.

The Sultan Of Johore has lost a
substantial bet with friend because
DR.. j. e. Thomson, Of the Malay
States, has gained his "A" pilots air
certificate at Heston, England, at the
age of SO.
Evening star., 1934-09-20
SpOrtswear

10) Twin Sweater Sets; light
shades; broken sizes d no
34-38. Were S195 8. YI NJ
t3) Two-piece Knit sport
Suits; sizes 14-16. d 90
Were S295 ....... 4I III
81 White Twin Sets. consisting
of blouse and jacket. o.
Were S295 ............. LIZ
Evening star., 1934-09-20
WOMAN CLINGS TO JAIL

CHICAGO. September 20 (P1.-Miss
irene Marshall, 26, wants to stay in
Jail.
Held in connection with the Staying
Evening star., 1934-09-20
Drink More Champagne.

Germans are drinking almost as
much champagne as in pre-war years
as result Of government stimulation
Of the industry by the removal of spe-
cial taxes and the lowering Of freight
rates.
Evening star., 1934-09-20
Underwear

% Lace tt m m d
Silk Slip; size 80; &IIN
soiled. Was s1.s5. -. 1I.I7
1) Lact Trimmed Silk
Dancette; size 80; soiled. ~
Was S169 ............ |OC
t5) Silk Chemise, lace trimmed
or tailored; sizes 36, SO IL
and AZ; soiled. Were 81 /OC
(3) Silk Chemise; size 30
"a; soiled. Were s1.OO.. C1C
1S) Broadcloth Dancettes; in
prints or plain colors;
sizes 80, "a and So; Aa
soiled. Were 7ec. ...... TIC
(3) Blue Silk Panties;
tailored; small size. A.
Were Sl.00 ............ TIL
1) Pink Elan n eIette
Gown: size IT; damaged. 40
Was Sl.00 .......... T7C
149) Women's Tailored Rayon
Panties, Vests and Bloomers;
pea h or pink. Were 90
ACC ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. SOC
81 WOmen's One-Piece Pajamas;
dark shades; short &IIQ
sleeves. Were S229.. QI.I
(4Sl Riddles Rayon Panties,
Bloomers and vests;
flesh color; broken sizes. IT,
Were 39c .............. ~
ga Women's RayOn
Rieo"s5s' Wees sss ..sin''..''+ saim0n Color 38c
109) WOmen's Rayon Panties
and Step-ins; broken o.
sizes. Were 34c. ....,... ZJ(
Goldenbergs-Main Floor.
Evening star., 1934-09-20
Will Serve Supper.

LAYTONSVILLE, Md, September
20 (SpeciaD The Aid Society OF
Goshen Methodist Church South will
serve a chicken and ham supper in
Modern Woodman Hal there today
from 5 to pm.
Evening star., 1934-09-20
Irregalvs Of 49c
Window Shades
29c
(125) Opaque Window Shades;
white or dark green; 3x6 IT.
cut size.

Window Shades
(9S) Holland Window Shades;
white, ecru, shantung or
green; 3x6 IT. cut size. A.
Were Csc ........ TIL
(79) Cleanable Duplex Window
S h s; green and white, or
green-and-ecru; 3x7 ft. cut size;
Hartshorn rollers, Were Clio
$3.50 .......... QI.I7
(225 yds.) Shelf Oilcloth and Edg-
ing; discontinued patterns. E
Regularly 12c yard ...... OC
(250 yds.) Table OiIcloth; As in.
wide; plain white or colored
designs. Regularly 35c 7E~
GoIdenberg's-DoWnstairs Store.
Bedwear
(25) Reversible Blankets; 7ox80
size for double beds;
!s pastel St shades Were $22q
$3.50 ............ Y@s@S
(23) ?art-Wool Blankets; plaid
patterns; 7OxSO double O. 90
bed size. Were 1895 4Z.oo
(6) Wool-Filled Comforts; COW
cred with heavy fig d oA
ured sateen. Were s495 4C.7f
(49) Bed Pillows; medium size;
all feather filled; art To-
ticking. Were CSC. ..... O7C
Goldenberg's-Third Floor.
Evening star., 1934-09-20
Dresses

C0 Summer Dresses; misses and
women's sizes. Were O. 97
t8) Summer Dresses, misses and
women's sizes. Were $1.95 A7-
and S2.95 TIC
Coldenberg's-Second Floor.
Evening star., 1934-09-20
House Dresses

(20) House Frocks; of printed
percales and sheers; sizes no.
IA to 20, Were 79c. go. Toe
(25j House Frocks; in prints or
plain colors; sizes IA Ii.
to 38. Were $780,. O1C
t3D House Frocks, of solid color
green or blue chambray; o.
sizes 48 to 50. Were S1.29 q
Goldenberg's-Second Floor.
Evening star., 1934-09-20
Furniture

% Three piece Davenport Suite; (;
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-17

ranging to continue 1t under its own steam.
Richmond finances a 75-piece orchestra
through sale Of season tickets and of found
erships" at 500 apiece.
In indianapolis, on the other hand. there
is a successful cooperative orchestra whose
members pro-rste the money from seat sales
after expenses have been met. In Omaha, the
lay throughout price-cutting and did so well
at it that it had to move from its original
quarters into the city auditorium, which seats
1000 people
Kalamazoo, Mich, likewise learned that
low prices pay; it has thriving orchestra in
its fourteenth season, with tickets that sell at
Is and so cents.
No longer are fine orchestras confined to
the largest cities. Pennsylvania now contains
nine symphony orchestras, not counting those
in Philadelphia: New York has II outside of
the metropolis, Florida has four, Texas has
five, and Massachusetts has three, outside of
Boston.
Good orchestras can be found in such cities
as Huron, s. D.; Phoenix, Ariz, and Albu-
querque, N. M
One reason for growth of such organizations
may be that the depression has released many
good musicians in the big cities. Another un-
doubtedly is that schools of music through
out the country have slowly but surely been
laboring to raise the musical taste of the
public
But whatever the reason may be, the result
is pure gain for the country as whole
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-17
SERUM PARDONS

MIKE SCHMIDT and Carl Erickson.
A'A erstwhile life term convicts at the Can
non City penitentiary in Colorado, will be
free men on Dec. 90 Their pardon bv the
Governor is their reward for service to hu-
mainly.
Last May Erickson and Schmidt voluntarily
allowed themselves to be noculated with a
new anti-tuberculosis serum. Several weeks
later large quantities of tuberculosis bacilli.
sufficient to kill any one unprotected by a.
potent serum, were injected in the men. On
Dec. IL they were pronounced to De in good
health. 1t seems the new serum may be sue
cesSful
Almost daily medical science announces
new discoveries, new cures Unfortunately the
best test of a cure or preventive is its effect
on living human body preferable healthy
one inoculated with the disease. A person al
ready i'll may be too weak for experimental
ton. Volunteers are few, but from time to time
convicts are asked to risk their lives, freedom
being the reward.
No matter what the final worth of the
new anti-tuberculosis serum may be, Schmidt
and Erickson probably have aided medicine in
its battle against the White Plague. Their
pardon is small price for society to pay.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-17
A GOVERNMENT RACKET

I IKE his dragon-klling patron saint, Sem
- ator George Norris is buckling his armor
for a duel with one of the republics toughest
enemies-the spoils system His pledge to fight
for the merit system will be cheered by a tax
ridden and debt-weary land.
The menace is real
Civil Service Commission figures do not
f1atter the Roosevelt Administration. They
show less than 70 per cent of all Federal en-
ployes in the executive branches under civil
service. Since Inauguration the number outside
OF civil service has increased from 100000 to
214Oc0 or nearly 100 per cent.
This huge rise in the number of unprotected
Federal jobs is due. of course, to the sudden
expansion of emergency services. Outstanding
exceptions among the politically manned
alphabetical units are the Farm Credit Admin
istration, put under civil service by sthe Pres
ident, and the Tennessee Valley Authority.
Congress, under a Norris amendment, saved
IVA for the spoilers.
President Roosevet's spirit is willing He
and his cabinet frequently voice loyalty to the
merit plan. But the flesh is weak. Pressure
from hungry and more or less deserving Demo-
Gratis is constant and unrelenting. The appe-
tite for pork knows no bounds. And Postmas-
ter General Farley as chairman of the Demo-
cratic National Committee keeps the patronage
flowing.
In this trend is a danger to Democratic
Government. Heretofore America has been
rich enough to afford waste and ineficiency in
Government. From now on Government will
cost enough even if every dollar is wisely spent.
The times call for new and more patriotic
attitude on the part of ruling politicians
toward the public service.
The National League of Women Voters has
just launched two-year campaign to restore
the merit system
The people must shake off their lazy
minded attitude toward government" said the
leagues board of directors We believe that
Jacksons to the victor belongs the spols' mus
vanish. In its place we shall unfurl fresh
standard. there is no greater glory than the
public service Let public service be so exalted
and so wise that no one in the future shall
find scope for his patriotism only in military
service.
I'VE believe that We the people can, through
the machinery of our democracy, create ways
Of training and selecting our civil servants
which will attract to public service men and
women Of extra worth
A government is no stronger than its off,
Gals. The patronage product is not the kind
on which the New Deal can rely safely.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-17

four and one-half years, and so 20
keep from starving he forged the
checks to the amount of $55.
Mrs. Wilson, his wife, told the
court in Cincinnati, O., all my life
I have saved for old age, once We
had stocks and bonds and insur-
ance saved but they are all gone.
My husband did all man could do
to get work, but the same old story
(too Odd, so he must pay the PEN
atty.
Compare this with insult Where
is the justice? There is justice for
all mankind by placing our old men
and women of 60 to work and
spending 5000 each month over the
entire United States, this bringing
up the standard of living and max
ing room for all the unemployed TO
go to work at a decent living wage.
This will relieve our Government
Of spending billions of dollars which
have not relieved the depression or
put the idle 10 work There is only
one way of relief which will stand
forever and that is DR.. F. E. Town.
sends plan for the old age reyolv-
ing pension.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-17
SAM RAYBURN

D EP. SAM RAYBURN 9: Texas withdrew
~ as candidate for Speaker of the House,
because he had no chance to win. He will re-
main as chairman of the Committee on In
terstate and Foreign Commerce
Much of the important legislation before
Congress this winter will be hanoled by his
committee. 1t probably will draft permanent
NRA legislation, a law to regulate holding
companies, communications law to broaden
federal control over the telephone system, and
pass upon additional oil and railroad meas
dres
This legislation will be guided by the same
man who fought for effective security and
stock market laws in the last Congress. Sam
Rayburn is only S. He will get another
chance. And if his future record proves as
good as his record last year, he will earn, and
some day doubtless receive, promotion to the
Speakership.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-17
THE &c" MEN

nFF the record one of the chief topics of
~ discussion at the Washington Crime Con-
ference was resentment of local police against
the spotlight held by the &c" nen-Depart-
ment of Justice Agents
Perhaps the newspapers, much more than
the &c" men, are responsible for the situa-
ton The effective activity of justice agents
unconf1ned by county lines, has tended to give
them publicity while credit due local officers
often has been overlooked.
The crime conference itself was proof that
the Administration and Justice Department
recognize the Importance of local police
agencies
Assurance of cooperation between police
and national officers with both equally con-
cerned about the others problems will do
more permanently to control crime than SEN
sational clean-ups.
The Department of Justice knows it. 1t
has done nothing more laudable than its pres
ent attempt to bring about that cooperation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-17
MUSIC OF DEPRESSION

Ut is easy to give vent to a lot of nonsense
when you start looking for the brighter
Size of the depression. Nevertheless, it is
becoming evident that one of the unexpected
by-products of the last few years has been an
amazing growth in the popularity of frst-rate
music in America.
Why this should be so is a puzzle. If there
Is something about a reduced income and
flock of financial worries that makes people
reader TO listen to good music, it is hard to
think just what it may be.
The fact remains. however that the number
OF orchestras playing classic music has in
creased amazingly since the stock market
crash.
A writer in a recent issue of the American
Mercury estimates that the United States
NV contains so to so regular orchestras. of
60 70 100 members each. which are giving reg
ular programs of symphonic music.
These orchestras are supported in different
ways.
Baltimore. for instance, has q symphony
orchestra supported entirely by the taxpayers
Newark, N. J.. ssaktedt4n orchestra Win the
seIp Of the cwA lax inter. and is new A.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-17
BLIND PERSONS SEEK
TRUE PUBLICITY

BY M. CharletOn McLain.
I wish to congratulate your staff
on the splendid Clothe-A- Child
idea. desire, however, to call GER
tain paragraphs to mind.
In the Dec. 10 issue of your paper,
second column to the right on the
front page, in bold type, there ap-
Feared an article titled Eyes" Now
it is barely possible that you might
have located a family that is some
what like the one described in the
article previously mentioned, but I
do feel confident that Bobby does
not do the cooking nor does he lead
mother and daddy to bed.
Probably you are asking, How
does this fellow know so much?"
Here are the reasons:
My wife and I attended Indiana
State School for the Blind, and are
at present keeping home without
outside assistance.
I wish to insist that the case
above mentioned is not typical. 1t
is true that many blind persons need
help, as it is almost impossible for
any physically normal person to get
work.
do not, in any way, intend to be
unjust or to seem overly sensitive,
but the blind, as whole, want work
and true publicity.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-17
So They Say

Prior to prohibition, on rare oc-
caSions only did we see unescor5ed
women imbibe cocktails in the after
noon, but since repeal az least so
per cent of our patrons nave been
women-Oscar of the Waldorf =
Nobody can kid me about my
beauty. I've looked at this p2n too
many times.-Claudette Colbert.
I think I have outlived my play
ing usefulness. - Harold Red"
Grange.
don't care for pie, cake, or
candy, but I do like spinach-Doris
Louise Paul Of Wilton Junction, Ia,
national All health champion.
No man can look out upon oar
present life and think Of the To-
morrow without being aware Of the
terrific upsurge Of the forces of evil.
DIR. Albert w. Beaver, president OF
the Federal Council OF the Churches
of Christ in America.
We are passing out Of period pf
unrestrained competition.-Donald
Richberg.
II I were in need Of help, I should
go to an English Clergyman just as,
in Austria. I should go to peasant.
Phyllis Bottome, author and leg
turer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-17
MONDAY. DECEMBER II. 1894.
THE TENTH PLANK

JEW will object to most Of the details in
= the nine-point program for crime suppress
sion, adopted by Atty. Gen. Cummings Con-
ference in Washington
The gathering offered forum for whole
some airing Of expert views and conferred at
tention upon what It called ian intolerable
breakdown Of law and order throughout the
country"
The proposed West Point" for training
crime fighters does not imply a dangerous ex-
tention of Federal powers. Such an institute
would give cities and states better trained po-
lice Officers less subject to political pressure
State departments of justice and interstate
agreements would help coordinate police ac-
Invites. improve personnel and modernize
methods
Better educational vocational and recrea-
tional services for youth are crime medicines
requiring no discussion.
Crime procedure needs simplifying, but it
is not so clear that we should tinker with the
Anglo-Saxon jury system that has stood the
test of centuries. Abuse Of paroles and pardons
also needs attention, but here, too, reformers
should walk carefully.
1t is true that unsafe. unsanitary and in
secure" prisons are crimes incubators. that
criminal lawyers often become lawyer-crim-
inals. that crooked politicians are more dam
gerous than the criminals they sometimes pro-
tect. Finally the conference properly con-
demned lawless methods of dealing with in
dustrial conflicts and racial antagonists"
But the tenth plank in an American anti
crime program was missing. 1t would call for
elimination of economic causes of crime-pov
erty siums, preventable diseases. child neglect
and exploitation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-17
Church, Government and Science

By L. E. BlacketOr.
In last Mondays Message Cen
ter there appeared an article, I'M
der the cryptic initials, S. E. NJ,
in which the writer states that
The Times accuses the church Of
being opposed to progress in gov
eminent and science. Taking is
sue, the writer then says, Nov
it is easy to demonstrate that this
is far from the truth"
Quite naturally then, I expect
ed the writer to do his stuff, that
is to say-immediately to proceed
with his demonstration. When,
alas, and a1ack-a-day! here is
what 1 read: Father Coughlin
indorses the New Deal; Father
Hubbard has made scientific dis
coveries; a Catholic priest in
vented synthetic rubber
Remember, S. E. NJ, that it is
the church, as such, of which you
are supposed to be speaking, and
not of individual men. If the
captain of battleship should in
vent mechanical toy, would this
demonstrate that the Navy De-
partment stands for progress in
the toy industry? The church on
the one hand, S. E. M, the indi-
vidual man on the other, are two
separate and distinct things. You
have confused the one with the
other.
You state further that the most
learned man of all time was
Thomas Aquinas, a Catholic
priest. Well, wouldn't know about
that; but I'm minded to inquire
so what?
The Inquisition lasted not just
a few months or years, but CEN
turtles! And as a result in Spain,
for example, commerce and in
dustry were paralyzed for years.
Would you say, S. E. M, that the
Inquisition advanced the cause of
government and science?
In those dark centuries the men
of science fell under the yoke Of
the church. If their discoveries
and writings did not conform to
scriptural Interpretation they were
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-17

driven into exile, imprisoned, or
put to death. I mention here but
one among many of the men Of
science who, through the rigors of
the Inquisition, suffered frightful
aTtyrdom-Giordano Bruno.
The church had taught that the
earth, inhabited by man, was the
center of the whole universe. Co.
pernicus had long since discovered
the fallacy Of any such belief. And
Bruno, now writing his learned
confirmatory expositions of this
discovery, fell under the con-
demnation of the church. For
the above reason, and for his
heretical religious views. the pow
ers of the Inquisition caused him
to be imprisoned, accommodated
and burned alive.
Did all this Stacking of the
scientific mind, all this persecut-
ing and burning of learned men
tend to advance the sauce of SCI
ence?
Just few more instances of
the churches hamstring of
thought and science. Consider the
witch burning of the early days of
this country, opposition to justi-
fable divorce, the condemning of
birth control, anti-evolution til
rades, Sunday blue laws, and last
but not least, all the high, grand
wizards and b';zzardS of the Ku-
Klux Klan.
The church is static; it doesn't
grow, expand, and advance as do
other institutions. And why is
this? 1t is because the church is
bound not to accept any new dis
coveries or advancement in
thought should they run counter
to some dogmatic Interpretation
of Scripture.
When the church throws over
board all its fossilized doctrines
and dogmas; when it opens the
windows of its mind to free and
untrammeled thought, then, and
only then, can the church share
in the credit for the advancement
Of science and government.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-17
NRA VIOLATIONS SHOULD
BE MADE PUBLIC
Nv william z. starts.

By william E. Storts.
When a poor man is arrested and
hailed into court for some minor
offense. he often is given more pub
licity than his act warranted. Yet,
every day in Indianapolis as well as
in many other cities Of our country,
there are business firms and indi-
viduals who see fit to steal part Of
the wages rightfully earned by their
employees.
The NRA Compliance Board has
authority to step in and make adj
justments if one can prove a viola
ton of the code under which the
business operates. These adjust
ments, however. are always made on
the @. T. In fairness to those in
dIviduals and businesses who live UP
to the code agreements, would it not
be a good idea to expose the viola
tors through the public press9
Such a plan, If carried out, would
probably discourage potential viola
tors and would create q more whole
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-17
RECOVERY FOR THE SCHOOLS

IT is encouraging to see that plans are be-
ing made for nationwide effort to reha-
bilitate our public educational system Edu-
Gators from IS states, converting in Washing
ton, are outlining a recovery program for
the schools, and John K. Norton of Columbia
University, chairman of their special commit
tee, declares that we must guarantee the chill
dren of America the educational opportunities
promised them as citizens of a democratic
government"
The public school system has taken series
of hard blows during the depression. Teach
ers have gone unpaid, schools have been put on
part-time schedules, curricula have been
pruned ruthleSsly, and a number of so-called
'frills"-some of them of very great value
have been dropped.
One of our greatest duties. as prosperity
returns. must be to put the school system back
on sound. properly financed basis. Public
education is the corner stone of our democracy.
We can not safely allow it to deteriorate.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-17
MISS LIMA SHOULD GET
BETTER CHANCE TO TALK.

By w. H. Brennan.
1t seems Miss lima should have
had a chance to talk to big gath
ering, and that an effort should
have been made to have her speak
in Tomlinson Hall, or some other
big hall.
The people want to know all about
What Youth Thinks" and she is
here to tell us, old and young alike.
Many will want to hear her.
Either she or Kenesaw M. Lands,
or some Of the other young orators
should get a chance to talk to the
young men and young women, to
see if Mr.. Borah talks their Ian
|guage, when he speaks on the change
to younger leadership.
Governor Pinchot favors putting
in younger leaders, and this must
be of real interest to the people
here, as well as every other other
state. Youth demands it, and Of
course, they can't deny them any
thing.