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ly and easily other natlonS can
get at it.
Long distance air vehicles can
transport bombs as we'll as
bouquets.
1t would seem that the nations
of the world should be able to
scratch up enough statesmen with
enough sense to arrange that all
nations dwell together on this
globe in a spirit of friendly and
kindly cooperation; then, in
deed, the elimination of distances
between nations would truly
cause confidence and good will
| instead of the heebev jeebles.
The new air mail service to the
Orient is truly a marvellous, laud-
able undertaking, conceived in
America and born in America.
We can all be proud Of it. 1t re-
duces mail delivery to China and
Japan from weeks to days.
From now on, every time Japan,
the original China clipper, clips a
piece from China, our state de-
partment can get note of pro
test delivered in six days instead
of six weeks.
Japan, the China clipper, now
busy clipping China may yet prove
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WAR ONLY COURSE NOW
OPEN TO IL DUCE
(Copyright 1875 BY United Press)

Copyright 1885 By United Press)
ROME, Dec. 10. (UP)-War IN
Euroe is nearer than at any time
since Italy went to war with Eth
iopia, Italian and foreign diplo.
mats agreed tonight as result OF
r. Anthony Eden's appointment
as British foreign secretary.
Eden is regarded as definitely
anti-Italian and foreign office Of
fcials expect him to press the
League of Nations to embargo
Italy's military necessities-oil,
coal and metals-not later than
January.
Some diplomats said Eden's
appointment definitely has made
imminent an Italo-Ethiopian show
down. II Duce has limited he will
not tolerate sanctions that hit his
militar yforces. Eden sought that
kind of action fro mGeneva before
his predecessor, Sir Samuel Hoare,
caused delay by offering Italy q
peace plan.
Mussolini is seen by diplomats
to have two alternatives.
l. Wage suicidal war against
the League powers: or,
2. Retire from office and con-
fess failure of Fascism's dream OF
empire.
The latter is regarded as high
" improbable.
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WAY DOWN IN CAROLINA

The Christmas time is always
bright
Way down in Carolina,
Because the peoples hearts are
light
Way down in Carolina;
And everybody is your friend,
Their generous kindness knows no
end
Way down in Carolina.
The flowers seem so very fair
Way down in Carolina,
And song of birds is sweeter there,
Way down in Carolina;
The mountains almost touch the
sky,
And green and rich the broad
fields lie,
Way down in Carolina.
The men are loyal, brave and true
Way down in Carolina,
They love their state and country,
to,
Way down in Carolina.
Most beauteous women there you
find,
Whose hearts are faithful, pure
and kind,
Way down in Carolina.
From mountain heights unto the
sea,
Way down in Carolina,
The people always will be free
Way down in Carolina.
While "Peace on earth, good will
to men,"
They say to all once more again,
Way down in Carolina.
Wher'er I am my heart will roam
Way down in Carolina,
And glad l am to have a home
Way down in Carolina.
When my last sleep shall come to
me,
l pray, dear God, please let it be
Way down in Carolina.
LILA RIPLEY BARNWELL.
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BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON
nv RODNEY BUTCHER.

I assume, after viewing it's makeup
That is the American Nationa
COMMITTEE for the Third World
Power Conference, which will as
semble here next September.
Members include Chairman Over
D. Young Of General Electric
Chairman Floyd L. Carlisle of Nj
agara Hudson Power Corporation
President Frank D. Comerford OF
Edison Electric of Boston, Vice
President c. E. Stephens of West.
inghouse Electric, Chairman J. E.
Aldred of Consolidated Gas of New
York, President Harry J. Baker Of
| Southern California Edison Co.,
President James B. Black of Pacific
Gas & Electric, Vice President Will.
liam ]. Hagenah of the Byllesby
! Utility Group. and Chairman John
E. Zimmerman Of United Gas I'm.
provcment Co. (Which brought
the first suit against the holding
company act).
Members also include Benjamin
V. Cohen Of the National Power
Policy Committee, who wrote the
hated holding company act; Nor,
ris L. Cooke, whose scientific ex.
posures of electricity profits are
world-famous; Senator George w.
Norris of Nebraska, most celebrat.
ed Of all power trust" foes and
father of IVA; Judson King of the
National Popular Government
League, with whom battle against
the utilities long ago became a life
work; Senator Burt Wheeler and
Representative Sam Rayburn, co.
sponsors Of the holding company
act; President William Green. of
the A. F. of L.; President John
l.. Lewis. Of the United Mine Work.
ers; and Research Director M, II.
Hedges, of the International Broth.
erEood Of Electrical Workers.
/ This is the first time the World
Power Conference ever saw such
IL mixed committee. The confer.
enee used to be operated by the
utilities. This year the government
took responsibility--and named the
committee.
n'.nlpri.rht- l9aa- NliA Service. Incl
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ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER
By WICKES WAMB0LDT.

to be the greatest blessing China
ever had. Many of our blessings
come so thoroughly disguised that
we can not at first recognize them.
Nothing so drives people togeth-
er and unites them in an earnest,
intelligent effort to promote and
protect their own welfare as an
attack from outside. Japan's per-
sistent raping of China may drive
the Chinese into becoming a CO.
hesive, co-ordinated, progressive,
powerful nation:
Boys" a mother plead with her
sons who were squabbling like so
many drunken fishwives, "please
stop all this fighting among our
selves! Get together. Pull to-
gether. Be all for one and one
for all" But the. boys went right
on ouarreling.
About that time somebody on
the outside heaved a brick through
the window: and immediately the
boys were all for one and one for
all.
The following dialogue took
place a short time ago in q court
not a million miles away.
Attorney to his chent-who was
in the witness chair in his own be-
half: go,
"When were you married?'
Witness: "In 1881"
"When did you say you were
married." the attorney, asked
again in an effort to set his client
right.
positively. ,
Then the Judge took hand at
it, put the same question and got
the same answer.
"Your Honor" said the attoof-
ney in a further attempt to make
his client realize his blunder, i
should like to ask the witness
again to answer thas question" =.
"He has already answered 1t,
grinned the Judge.
ooh" exclaimed the witness,
suddenly seeing light. 81 was
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THAT SPECIAL SESSION

Governor Ehringhaus doesn't like it all that the
acknowledgement should intimate that the for
mer is lacking both in courage and nerve in the
matter of calling special session.
Sandy Graham had remarked to such an effect
in commenting upon, the necessity of having spe,
cia session of the Legislature pass social security
laws which will enable the state to get in on the
national band-wagon and ride with this new politi-
cal humanitarianism.
The governor comes right back TO say that il
often takes more nerve to resist the temporary ap
pears for gubernatorial action than are needed tc
turn deaf ear.
| At any rate, it will be right generally thought
| the governor shows no lack of either when he ham
mers his friend, Mr.. Graham, so brusquely.-Julia,
Miller in Charlotte Observer.
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IA DEATHS In RIVER
BLAMED ON BRAKES
CONTINUED from DaGa cne)

the bus was>a strange blend of or
der and confusion. On one hand
seat cushions were piled in dis
array through the bus, and there
was a stack of them in the center
of the aisle.
On the other hand one man was
found with a walnut in his hand,
which he apparently was about to
crack and eat when the sickeninG
plunge came. For him death was
quick and merciful.
A woman's body was found with
it's arms gripping the neck of a
man for whom she grabbed as the
bus hun tied toward the water.
Nowhere was there found any
clue as to why the bus broke
through the wooden guard rail,
protecting the Craw. Police still
believed the vehicles brakes failed
and that the bus skidded up to
the open space in the bridge.
Two men supplied scanty infor-
nation concerning the how and
whv of the tragedy. One of them
was Lacy McNair, who was on
guard at the bridge.
81 opened the draw" he said,
"to let a tug through. She was
the Edward D. McAuley Of Nor
folk. The gate was up at the edge
of the draw to warn cars and
trucks and buses. l heard a crash
I turned around just in time to
see the bus come through the gate
and slide toward the draw. Then
she went over"
L. O. Terrell, milk wagon driv-
er, passed the bus just before the
accident.
"It looked to me like it was
full" he said.
Officials of the Greyhound line
in Richmond said they kept no
passenger list, but they believed
about ten persons were aboard
when the vehicle left Richmond a
8 a. m, southbound. Additional
passengers could have been picked
up. they said, on the way to Hope
well, a town on spur OFF tins
main highway, so miles south o.
Richmond.
The bridge spans a marsh be-
fore it crosses the AppomatoX. 4
| A. Afford, the bus driver, had hi;
vehicle on the section of the bridge
that is above the marsh The roaC
leading to the bridge is straight
away sketch. Visibility was clear
Apparently the bus skidded just
before it got to the barred gate
that protected the draw. Skic
marks stretched ten feet. The bus
splintered through the gate, Sli%
up to the edge of the draw ano
plunged.
1t was two hours before Evart
arrived from Norfolk. He dived
found the bus overturned am
came up to get hammer witt
| which to smash the windshield
Then he found his diving suit wa:
too bulky to permit him to craw
into the bus and get the rest Of
the bodies.
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BRITAIN AND FRANCE
ARE READY FOR WAR

(Contirued from mage cnel
and economic penalties but also
seeking to shut off Italy's vital
military necessities-oil, coal ana
metals. Mussolini has limited this
last step means war.
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NICE MODERN WARSHIPS TOO
COSTLY TO FIGHT
(Bv BRUCE CATION

= Tho Gentlemen who are inhaling the
1onaon foo at the current naval confer
ence really want to do something Tor tne-L
rnsnectiye countries, they might try to nn0
a,or,o NAV of making warships less eXpen-
sive.
A modern warship is just about the most
costly contraption, pound for pound that
man has ever invented. Indeed, 1t Is so
very costly that admiralS don't dare to FISK
# nv doing any actual fighting with 1t.
For illustration, look at the record IN
the World war.
When this war began, Great Britain had
the mightiest fleet ever built AS the war
went on she added to it, so that at the END
it was ever so much larger and more pow
erful than at the beginning.
Yet from first to last the guiding thought
of her naval strategists seemed to be that
these marvellous ships were so extremely
costly, and took so long to build, that they
must not under any circumstances be rlsked
in actual combat if it could be avoided.
The first example of this timOrousness
came at the Dardanelles. The British ad-
miral Sir Roger Keyes is authority for the
statement that the straits could have been
forced bv the British fleet if the British ad-
miralty had not been afraid of losses.
An effort was made, only to be aban-
doned when Turkish mines sank three old
battleships; and it is noteworthy that at
the moment the flight was given up the
Turks had resigned themselves to utter de-
feat.
The next example came at Jutland. Jel-
licoe interposed the British fleet between
the German fleet and Germany, and could
have wiped out the foe vessels in toto; bu1
ne held off for fear of torpedoes, the Ger
man fleet got away-and the war dragged
on for two more bloody years.
A few weeks after Jutland, opportunitj
knocked once more, and the story was re
peated. lAgain bit of daring would have
brought overwhelming victory, and again
safety first policy prevailed.
Here, as Admiral Keyes points out, were
three occasions on which the British flee
could have forced speedy ending to tn
war. Each opportunity was missed; nc
because the British admirals were coward
ly or incompetent, but simply because tn
weight of those hundreds of millions o
dollars worth of cunningly fabricate
metal was too much for them.
In the old days of wooden ships admiral
were less cautious. A Nelson could los
four or five ships without putting dent
the national budget; Jellicoe could not.
If the conferees at London want to Ell
able their respective countries to get re;
value for their naval expenditures, the
might find some way of making warshil
ftheaper AS it is now, they are too expel
sive to be used.
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GIRL TREATED
FOR EXPOSURE

Continued from page one)
public property, was bound to the
recorders court under $500 bond.
Officers said Patterson flooded the
jail after his arrest and did other
damage to property there. Homer
Blackwell was arrested in the
same case and charged with fight
ing. The charges against him were
dismissed. p,
L. r Rhodes was fined $40 and
cost on a charge of being drunk
and disorderly.
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quick and easy
communicat i o n
between nations
are building in
ternational con-
fidence and good
will"
That is a glori-
O u S sentiment,
and it ought to
be true; but the
fact is, the way
things are now,
every n a t / o II
gets the filters
every time it
thinks how uuick-
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BY RODNEY BUTCHER
NEA Servfce Stnn correspondent

WASHINGTON. &C en-. Billy
w Mitchells value as an agitator
in getting appropriations for the
air services outweighs the annoy
ance he causes army and navy Of.
ficials by his frequent assertions
that our air feet is utterly worth
less.
Investigation indicates that our
military aviation force isn't doing
badly at all. Astonishingly enough,
in view of the many "bear stories"
circulated in the past, it's officers
are even willing sometimes to adj
init that-when they're not talking
to Congress.
OF course they'll never concede
that we really have enough"
planes. And to decide what's
enough" you have to figure what
the possibilities are that we will
be invaded by foreign power or
coalition of powers capable of land.
ing a flock Of troops and planes on
| these shores.
A recent count showed 11ee
planes IN the Air Corps, Including
SSS combat planes which the arm1
insists are in good shape. Deliyery
OF new batch of 314 will start in
1885 dOS bombers, 10 attach
planes. II observation planes, 20
training planes). "
Now on top of that, the army &c
ABOUT TO sign contracts for 500
new hfsh'speed combat nlane s
winch will cost about 500 Ooo
"Hlen means about 1000 planes.
Tompietion Of present progra NJ
VIII bring the Air Corps within
S Snooting distance Of the Bakar
ooarus recommendation OF o9Oo
a,;,h that board was loaded
with military and ayiation.minded
|
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married in 1891; and my wife and
| separated in 1881" .9,
81 How long ago was that :!
oueried the attorney.
Eight years. replied the wit
ness. ...
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The new dollar bill carries the motto "E
Pluribus Unum" Zone From Many, the
significance of which will become immedi-
ately apparent every payday.
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CARD OF THANKS

We wish to extend sincere
thanks to all friends who were so
kind to Mother during her long
illness and for their help and SYM
pathy after her death. We assure
all of our heartfelt appreciation.
G. R. LYLE and FAMlL.
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THREE FISHERMEN DROWN

FON DU LAC, Wis, Dec. %
UJP)-Three men preparing to
fish through the ice in Lake Michi-
gan we're drowned when their
truck broke through, it was
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-23

Live and learn. Stratosphere photos re-
Gently revealed world was round, and now
a movie exec. says most POPULAR actors
have large heads.
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Said high government official
at the initial take off of the great
aerOplane, "China Clipper, for
the Orient, "These new means Of
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At this season it isn't hard to explain the
AAA to Junior. He has undoubtedly been
paid for not footing his Christmas sax.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-23

Another good way to lessen the horrors of war
would be an agreement to pronounce names as
they are spelled.
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IHEREs one important ott,cia,
Dav committee I which probably will
a.ser meet in its entirety. MOI
without a riot. anyway. one conlS MID
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-15

standards of weights and measures,
mineral samples, ship models and
pieces of machinery. It Is said by
David Lynn, Capitol architect. to be
the longest arte room In the world.
X X X
TRAGEDY" AT ZOO.
THE worst that can happen has &C.
Cured at the Zoo: One Of the
eagles has full-fledged, very lively
hornets nest under its wingl
It's the truth, so help us.
However. the whole truth Is, that
the eagle is made Of plaster of Paris.
It's the lone bird that is perched atop
the machine shop which is part of
the Geological, Gardens maintenance
property.
C. w. L. Carroll, chief of the shop,
put the bird up on the roof more
than thirty years ago. It came from
the Smithsonian Institution about
1900. when they turned it out. 1t laid
around the shop for some time, then
Carroll mounted it in its present 10
cation. NoboGy's ever bothered It
since, nor is likely to now, very soon.
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PROSPEROUS COUNTY
HAS FEW BATH TUBS
Of 2,196 Illinois Farm Families,
1,743 Still Use Oil Lamps,
Survey Reveals.

Survey Reveals.
BY the Associated Press.
STERLING, ILL.,, July 15.-Whiteside
County is one Of the most prosperous
rural counties of Illinois, but:
A survey by County Farm Adviser
F. H. Shuman showed that among the
2,196 farm families in Whiteside
County 1900 had no bath tubs, 1,743
still use oil lamps, 800 farm homes
have no kitchen sink. $50 still carry
water to and from the kitchen and
700 farm women have no washing
machine.
The survey was made as part Of
a campaign sponsored by farm Or
PLANTATIONS.
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Washington Wayside
Random Observations of Interesting
Events and Things

bitten by one of the spiders, was ex-
tremely Ill for three days and was
under medical care for two weeks.
Some of the spiders had a body diam
eter of a half inch and a spread
across the legs Of as much as two
inches.
One of the spiders was put into a
bottle and. anticipating an example
of something deadly in the way of
action, some one dropped into the
bottle rather spindly and anemic
specimen of the great Pensacola cock
roach, well known to naval aviation
personnel.
The spider. however, refused to do
battle and the roach sulked in its
corner. The next morning, however,
to the amazement of all, the black
widow was stone dead, while the roach
appeared clipper as ever.
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BIGGEST ANTE ROOM.

BIGIEST ANTE ROOM.
IT GIVES one the weirdest feeling
to walk toward the office of Secre-
tary of Commerce Roper just
like approaching the royal chambers
of mighty monarch.
In the first place it probably is the
size of the waiting room through which
one must walk to get to the little
door In the back. Next the elaborate
furnishings, the thick. spring carpets
on the floor and the solemnity with
which colored attendants stand around
lend their air of grandeur.
The room is 245 feet long and 20
feet wide and contains numerous
articles of popular interest, such as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-15
City Celebrates for Month.

Selkirk. Scotland, ancient capital Of
the Scottish borders, has just complet-
ed a month of celebrations commemo-
rating its foundation 400 years ago
Among the outstanding events were
the traditional ceremony of riding the
borders, in which 200 huntsmen par
ticipated. and the march, arm in arm
of 5000 lads, who sang old border
songs as they went through the town
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PUZZLED JUDGE.

~ no craps" and the small boy rs
head shook in vehement emphasis OF
his denial.
With several other youngsters he
had been hauled into Juvenile Court
where M M Doyle, now vice chair
man of the Board of Public Welfare
and then Municipal Court Judge
substituting in Juvenile Court, was
presiding.
But the officer says you were down
on your knees with the rest Of the
boys" Judge Doyle insisted.
L know, but I wasn't shooting, y
solemnly maintained the boy.
Kindly, but firmly, the judge de-
manded to be told what he was doing
If he wasn't playing dice.
Il was just fading somebody else. y
came the reluctant explanation.
A look of puzzlement was written
plainly on Judge Doyle's countenance
as he turned to the probation officer
at his side.
What in the world is fading'?'
Judge Doyle whispered.
POPULAR WITH WIVES.
Workers whose WiUes see them
ottenest are employees OF the cast
iron soil pipe industry. A current
Labor Department surrey shors
they labor only q hours Deek.
X x X
BATTLE IN A BOTTLE.
NAVAL aviation personnel at CORY
Field, Pensacola, Fla, have found
an insect which is match for the
dreaded black widow spider. If re-
port to the Navy Department is to be
credited.
About 80 of the dreaded spiders
have been captured at Cory Field and
1t is reported that one sailor, who was
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SYMBOLS.

Parks note: The trio of female
figures that adorn the Dupont Me-
mortal Fountain on Connecticut
Avenue represent the sea, the ,uind
and the stars,
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THE VANISHING SIGN.

z VISITORS emerging from Union
Station are much amused,
" these hot days, by the game
of hide-and- between jul
venile bathers in Columbus Fountain
and the policemen of that vicinity.
The mo Swimming" sign disap-
pears about the time the first SWIM
mers arrive, and reappears as they
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depart. One observer has been try
ing to learn what becomes of the
sign-not that he wants to reveal
the secret; he's just curious.
After watching for several days,
however, he's convinced the Great
Discoverer himself couldn't find the
sign when the sun is hottest and the
splashing fountain coolest.
X X X X
D. C. ON WHEELS.
Be it beer truck or limousine,
there are enough motor Uehicles
in the District to enable eDery third
resident to driue one. Latest fig
ureS reveal there are 1851 gaSo-
line.driUen machines.