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Evening star., 1935-12-23

TN town after town, wherever beer in this
4 new-type can goes on sale, the story is
the same. Everybody loves it :. says the
beer tastes much better.
You'll say so too. And no wonder. For
beer in Cap Sealed Can retains every bit
of favor that the brewer puts into ii. None
of the original goodness is lost.
There are three reasons for this: The Cap
Sealed Can has special lining that is to
metal what beer barrel lining is to wood.
The can permits faster pasteurization. And
ii protects,the beer from harmful effects Of
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Aavor-robbing light-permanently.
The Cap Sealed Can opens like bottle
-. has shape that simplihes pouring -:
makes it easy to drink right from the can.
And the beer never touches the outside of
the can in opening or pouring.
You have no deposit to pay, no emPties
to return with Cap Sealed Cans. They cool
in a jiffy, take up little icebox space and
hold II fluid ounces, same as bottle.
If you haven't tried beer in this improved
can, you're missing something. Why not
have few cans sent home today9
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elastic shock cord is caught in hook
under the nose Of the glider and the
two ends pulled out in q long v, pre-
cisely as small boy propels q stone
out Of beanshooter.
Barnaby says that the volunteer
shock-cord crews got tired after some
few launchings and brought two horses
OF mild disposition and high tractive
powers to take over the job. The
horses were hitched to the ends Of the
cord and driven out ahead of the
glider to stretch the cord. Alas, the
animals were not far enough apart
and, when the glider was released, its
wing tips clipped each horse an as
founding blow on the rump.
Startled, indignant, and in some
pain, the ordinarily mild-natured ami
mails snorted, jumped, started run
ming in opposite directions. The shock
cord, rapidly stretched to its limit,
parted in the center, the broken ends
swapping back and fetching each horse
another sound wallop. They Just kept
on running.
II 4 y
Home Coming.
A CERTAIN United States Senator
attended recent fashionable
out-of-town wedding. Immediately
afterward the silk-hatted Senator
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had so much trouble recently all be-
cause of two little marking signs.

had so much trouble recently all be-
cause Of two little parking signs.
These two signs, carrying the warm
ing, mo Parking. Entrance" were
placed in front of an F street shop.
Being the movable type OF sign, how
ever, they were showed hither and yon
by chauffeurs seeking parking space.
This went on for some time until the
District traffic department got wind
of 1t and sent men around to set up
permanent signs in the sidewalk.
The trouble probably would have
ended there but for a little chip of
steel from a tool welded by one of
the workers. The chip whizzed
through the air and broke a heavy
plate-glass show window in the shop,
The District, Of course. had to pay
for the window.
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especially proud 1t talked and with
refinement. There came a day, how
ever, when the owner decided "Poll"
needed a companion. A second parrot
was purchased, but for five years 1t
never spoke q word.
One morning the old lady arose to
find her old parrot dead. She was
hearthroken. Calling her husband
she said "Pappy, come quickly. Polly
is dead. Poor, poor Polly"
Whereupon the silent bird suddenly
squawked "Pappy, come quickly. Polly
is dead. Polly is dead, ha-ha -ha-ha."
From that time on the second parrot
talked, but his favorite phrase was in
derision of his hated rival, jealousy OF
which had kept him silent for five
years.
Il X
FIGURES.
Water carrying is still one OF the
principal chores on Maryland
farms
More than so per cent of the
States farm families hdUe to carry
tDater into the home (the Average
"haup is So teet), the University
OF Maryland Extension Seruice has
found.
Only 13 per cent of the farm
homes in the. Free State boast the
luxury of d bath room, the College
Park TACT finders haze discouered.
FLIGHT.
T IEUT. COMDR. RALPH S. BAR
NABY, U. S. N, who next month
comes up for reelection as president
of the Soaring Society Of America,
tells one of the better glider stories.
1t concerns two hapless horses who
went out of the gliding business in q
high state Of equine indignation.
The gliders in the story were being
launched by the shock-cord method.
-
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Washington Wayside
Random Observations of Interesting
Events and Things.

tenants then sat down and tried to
figure out just what they did at any
time of the year besides drill, stand
guard, manage funerals, assume IA
tigue duty and superintend care of
public animals. They also noted that
only one school was in operation at
this season of the year anyway. 1t
looked like a real Army Christmasl
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HOLIDAY.

RMY officers at Fort Myer,
n who had been hoping for a
~ holiday order giving them
4 n more freedom during Christ
mas week, breathed sigh of relief
the other day when an official-looking
document appeared on each of their
desks Then they read it. 1t said:
From noon December 81 to reveille
January 2, all duty except necessary
rehearsals for drills, guard. funeral,
fatigue and care of public animals
will be suspended. Work of special
duty men will, as far as practicable,
be confined. to the morning All
schools will be suspended during this
period"
The good majors, captains and lieu
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for a party at Acacia Fraternity

for a party at Acacia Fraternity
there.
X y
UGLY POLLY.
no PARROTS have sufficient intel
- ligence to understand what they
are saying?
Our impression was to the contrary
until a woman whose veracity has
never been, and probably never will
be, questioned, told this one:
An older woman living In this VI
cinity had q parrot of which she was
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COPS AND CONVICTS.

A telephone call to the third pre-
citct sent police scurrying to 1907
Massachusetts dUenue at late
hour one recent Saturday night.
1t seems a citizens feeling OF peace
and security had been somewhat
ru6ted by the sight OF ttUo escaped
conpictS entering the house at that
address.
1t ipds only matter OF a Uery
telU minutes before the mystery tUas
Solued. The CONFLICTS" iUere ti0o
George Washington University stu
dents masQuerading In prison garb
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DISPUTE TIES UP SHIPS
Five Pacific Ports Affected by
Labor Troubles.

SAN FRANCISCO, December % Lp).
Labor troubles tied up 20 schooners
at five Pacific Coast ports today.
Release of two ether freighters,
engaged in off-shore service, awaited
selection Of an arbiter to settle a dis
pute between ssilors and employers.
The steam schooners appeared
headed for an indefinite tie-up. Frank
O'Connor, president Of the Ship Own
ers' Association Of the Pacific, said
the association would do nothing "for
the present" to end the controversy.
Seamen demanded a six-hour day
and 81 an hour overtime.
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sent the following telegram to his
wife, who had been unable to attend
the affair:
''Will be home tonight. Please leave
the kitchen door open"
4
IT'S the little things that often cause
the biggest headaches. . Ask Dis
trict traffic department employees who
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do something for the millions Of people whose
cause represent"
What Is this cause7 Looking back at the
records Of his trial We find that it involved the
right" to pay 20 and Is cents an hour to en-
ployes. The electric battery code provided
minimum of 40 cents which at 40 hours week
amounts to only SIC a week.
For a time We were inclined to sympathize
with Mr.. Perkins as one Of those inefficient
little manufacturers conducting a marginal
business. His plight under NRA it seemed
was a regrettable. though Inevitable, tragedy
But now that his role becomes that Of a ma
tional crusader campaigning to pull other pro-
ducers down to lis own low wage standards we
find ourselves unable to weep for him.
And so, Mr.. Perkins, why not forego your
nationwide Perkins Club. save the postage
and put another penny on the boys wages?
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PUBLIC ENEMIES GOING

THE Federal governments anti-crine cam
Il paign seems to be not unlike the mills
of Cod; if they occasionally seem to operate
slowly. they do manage to grind exceeding
small.
Arthur Barker, head Of the vicious Karpis
Barker kidnap gang, will serve the rest of his
life in prison for engineering the Edward G.
Bremen kidnapping.
His gang is hopelessly scattered. His
mother and brother have already met death at
the hands of Federal men; Karpis, his chief
partner. is a frightened fugitive; most Of the
rest of his associates are like their leader, due
for long terms behind the bars.
Slowly, but surely. society is getting the
upper hand again. 1t is actually getting so
that the ordinary newspaper reader can't even
remember who Public Enemy no l" is any
more. Dillinger, Floyd, Nelson. Barrow, Barker
one by one they get what is coming to them.
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HUEY. TRUE TO FORM

QUITE characteristic of men of his type
" was Huey Longs five-hour speech delay
ing the Senate's vote on the simple courtesy Of
listening to the Presidents veto message.
History is strewn with faint memories OF
other Huey Longs. They, too. in the brief days
of glory that went to their heads, were hard
riding. ruthless. vengeful. They, too, divided
mankind into two classes-enemies and slaves.
And just as Huey overtaxed the Senates pa
thence with his long wind and personal spleen.
they. too. wore out their welcome.
Among the living dead who only recently
commanded the front pages may be counted:
Jack Walton. who placed the state of Okla
homa under martial law; Big Bill Thompson,
who thought Chicago's treasury was his per-
sonal purse, and Tom-Tom Helm. who cut his
throat with his own tongue.
Huey is running true TO form.
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THE NEW EMANCIPATOR

T UNKNOWN to most Of our citizens Penn
- sylvania has given birth to a new eman-
cipStor. who seeks to lead a crusade against
tyranny and oppression. The name of this
nberator is Fred Perkins of York.
You may recall somewhat vaguely having
heard Of Mr. Perkins. In the last Pennsyl
vania state campaign he was picSured by some
Republican orators as a martyr in the cause
Of small business against RECOMMENDATION" a
little rugged individualist battling for the
preservation OF all small business. He had
been convicted Of violating MIRA by paying
less than code wages in his electric battery
business and fined $500. His case now is on
appeal and may reach the United States Su-
preme Court.
This transitory burst OF limelght seems TO
have inspired Mr.. Perkins to bigger visions.
He has just addressed round robin letter TO
business men Offering TO form a national
Perkins Club" in behalf Of small business
men. Taking e cue from the chain letter
mania he suggested that each recipient send
copies Of his letter to friends until the nation.
Is blanketsd with Perkins Clubs. He would
feel guilty Of moral eowardice" Il he did MT
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WELL DESERVED PRAISE

A n example of how we'll Indiana's relief
L executives are doing their job came yes
terday when President Franklin D. Roosevelt
singled out this states plan for works-relief
as the ideal
The President suggested pointedly, that
other states would do we'll TO follow the pro-
grams laid down by both Indiana and Ala
bama. The President at lis press conference
made first announcement of the setups. declar-
ing that the plans provided the greatest
amount Of money for pay rolls which. after
all is the objective of the huge relief drive
Gov. McNutt and Wayne Coy went to
Washington several weeks ago and Mr.. Coy
underwent vigorous cross-examination on the
program from various high ranking New Deal
officials Topping the list was the President,
who was high in his praise of the plans
soundneSs.
Wayne Coy has done a splendid job as
Indiana's relief director. Praise from the
White House is high praise and he deserved it.
Indiana is proud to have public officials
like Mr. Coy.
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BRIGHTER FUTURE

A PROPHET may be without honor in his
L n own country, but he generally has good
deal Of fun When you set out to tell what
things are going to be like two or three CEN
turtles hence, no one can possibly prove that
you are wrong; and to talk without fear of
contradiction is one of the greatest pleasures
known to man.
Rexford G.. Tugwell apparently enjoyed
himself very much when he told an audience
at Albany, N. Y, the other day that the en-
tire Middlewest will be a tractleSs, treeess,
waterless desert in 300 years unless some
thing is done to conserve water levels and
check erosion.
He put his prophecy in the form Of some
travel notes by a British explorer in the year
2235, and it made pleasantly shivery reading.
He had his explorer poking about on the site
of ST. Louis, finding the Mississippi nearly dry,
traversing lifeleSS waste where the corn and
wheat belt now lies, and meditating profoundly
on the evils that arise from lack of national
foresight
However timely as warning all this may
be- it might be just much fun to write a SIM
liar prophecy based on optimism rather than
pessimism.
Let us suppose, for instance, that we heed
all warnings we have been getting in re-
cent years-warnings about soil conservation,
industrial waste, social injustice. the need for
rehousing. and so on; let us suppose that we
manage to do all the things which it is EVIL
dent today that we need to do, and put our ma
tional house properly in order.
find then?
It makes an enchanting picture. We can
see him visiting great cities that are free
from Sums with every family occupying a
clean decent home and every child having
access to grassy parks and groves for play;
cities which manage to get along without un-
employment or soup kitchens or poverty,
governed as efficiently and sensibly as a school
of technology, say, is governed today.
Beyond these cities our traveller would find
the worlds happiest and most prosperous farm
lands. Where the land is titled, it is green
with growing crops, and the farnlhouses and
villages are both lovely to look at and COM
Portable to live in; where the land is not
tiled it is park-ike reserved for enjoyment
Of all the people-who, by this time, have
plenty of leisure to enjoy such things.
4 prophecy built along these lines is quite
a contrast with the one Mr.. Tugwell put to-
gether; and the comforting part about it all
is that it is quite as likely to come true as
his.
And that, after all, is what makes the pres
ent with all its problems, a good time to
be alive. Our destiny is in our hands as never
before.
If we run the risk. through blindness and
greed, of making Mr.. Tugwells doleful fore
cast come true, we also have the chance-and.
all in all, better chance-of building a flu
ture brighter than anything We dream of
today.
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THE WAY OF GERMANY

THE unemployment problem in Germany
Il seems to be giving way before a deter
mined drive by the Nazi government. And be-
cause the German effort to solve the problem
is in some respects the reverse of our own, it
is interesting to see how it is being handled.
Its chief feature is that it is putting men
back to work by cutting the standard of living.
Wages. working hours, and consumption are
all being reduced. There is strict S6-hour
work week. overtime is prohibited, earnings by
both husband and wife is forbidden. nanufac-
turers are not allowed to buy machinery that
would displace workers. and large portion Of
every mans wage is confiscated and given to
the unemployed.
The unemployment problem can be solved
that way-temporarily. at least-if you have
the heart to try it. But it is a hard, grinding
program.
Most Americans will prefer their own
method. which. despite all its fumbling mis-
takes. at least seeks to conserve and raise the
standard Of Living.
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ANSWER TODAY RESTS
WITH RANK AND FILE
By r. H. S.

BY r. H. S.
Before this letter may reach your
columns it is my opinion that the
most dramatic scene in the halls OF
Congress in 10 years will have been
enacted. The old darkey and his
whimsical smile at a rolling of the
Ethiopian dominoS will have moth
ing on the Americans this week.
1t will become apparent as time
marches on whether 18 years ago we
left our shores for the European
tournament IN order to maintain
our free institutions. After the vote
in the Senate on the Patman bill
events will result from the clash of
opinion and emotions relative TO
that question.
Our new leadership will be de-
termined by this handspring Of de-
sires. Those who have lost faith
in American traditions Of COM
mon sense and daring sports
manship have urged the pres
ent occupant Of the Presidency to
violate our customs in governmental
procedure. This gentleman has
yielded to their requests and de-
clared his intentions to violate the
traditions of the Office of the Presi-
dency.
Checks and balances of judicial.
legislative and executive depart
ments are cast aside as outworn
policy governmental proce dure
What will the answer of the rank
and file Of the people beP
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on killing our pigs. blowing up our
cotton and limiting our farmers
from raising all their farms will
produce when millions are out of
work and hungry?
I see our Congress has raised its
salaries to $4,000 a year and Is
cents a mile for travelling expenses
and laugh at the hungry who are
appealing to them for bread. This
is all uncalled for.
When one man says mo" they all
bow their heads in deep dream
OF what seems to be hypnotic in
fluence and can not wake up until
the hypnotist snaps his fingers.
Then they wake up and look
around and cape and say Where
have I been?" If just one nan is
going to say you can not have an
adequate old-age pension and you
can not pay the bonus, why not
send all Of those Congressman and
Senators home and stop that ex-
pense?
You boys in Congress and the
President, remember the forgotten
man was your slogan when you
were appealing to us for votes. He
is still forgotten. Now get right
down to brass tacks. Vote for the
McGroarty bill Quit your monkey
business and joy and peace and
happiness will soon reign the world
over.
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He'll Think For Himself

window and persons on relief
were to become only a memory,
bad taste in the mouth.
His radio audience was deeply
moved and treks to the telegraph
Office followed I was impressed
to sign this letter with a pen
name to fOrestall being asked by
many of my friends if I was
not one Of those. Such query
would be too embarrassing as I
am a man without guile.
We got revaluation Of gold. Did
Roosevelt remove the dollars ap-.
pendix soon after Father Cough
Inns insistent demand in 1888
and we now have according to
the governments own statistics as
many unemployed and almost ex-
actly twice as many on relief as
before the famous operations.
Father Coughlin's cure" was only
an assumption, a false one at
that.
We cling to our physician not
because of his faultLess diagnosis
Of our ailments, but because he
cures them.
am now doing my own think
ing.
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BY w. H. B.
The obstacle in the way of any
attempt to create a true appraisal
of Father Coughlin's wisdom in
worldly affairs is the habit of his
radio listeners Of making no dis
tinction between his facts and his
assumptions.
Many of his facts are at least
indiSputable, whereas his assump-
tionS may be false or true. All
are Jumped together in the popu-
lar mind as gospel truths. The
immediate rush TO the telegraph
Office following one of Father
Coughlin's quiet, gentle winning
orations is therefore equally in
protest against the facts depicted
and in support of the remedies
recommended - that is his as
sumption.
In 1888 Father Coughlin pre-
scribed Sunday after Sunday, the
revaluing of gold as the magic
cure of unemployment and public
relief. Following the revaluation
of gold and the cheapening of our
currency all we're to have jobs;
poverty was to fly out Of every
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TIMES TAKES ANOTHER
RAP FOR COUGHLIN STAND
By F. B. Mel.

By F. B. Mel.
"Give light and the people will
find their own way" Father Cough
lin has been doing that for several
years. Now that some people are
beginning to grope around feeoly
trying to find their own way, you
are getting the "jitters." I hest
tate to believe that you are afraid
they won't find the (right) way.
When I read the "Intoleraole
Coughlin" editorial I looked at the
top of the page to make sure 1
hadn't picked up a certain other
indianapolis newspaper and Won
dered if I would be the only one
TO gasp at such a thing in The
Times-I wasn't.
No. am not going to stop TAX
ing your paper because it's still SO
per cent O. K. You and Father
Coughlin are both working for a
fairer zeal for the masses.
I confess I don't know whether
imitation of the circulating dollars
would lead toward financial cnaos,
but I do know that debt imitation
through bond issues has led and
still is leading us toward it. So
why be particular which way we go
since the destination is the same?
You might better have discussed
whether or not a bonus, ant If so
a method of Davinent. instead Of q
personal slap at Father Coughlin-
the, citizen.
I suggest you lay of Father
Coughlin. also Huey Longs person
and examine their platforms instead.
lest they put you in the same light
in the eyes of your public as you
put Judge Baker with your recent
QUESTIONABLE. They may be wrong.
So might you. But right or wrong,
just as long as it's not obscene let's
encourage free and open speech and
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CLASSES COERS-JOHNSON
AS TWO OF A KIND

BY d. S. Short.
1 have read this paper from its
birth as the indianapolis Sun and
always thought it the most newsy
one in the city, until it was muz-
zled. The Message Center of May
16 issue expresses my views right to
gnat's eve. Did the writer of the
letter think that the 100000 tele-
gram senders were just delegates
at-large representing millions who
have never collected on the Hoover
Just around corner and the
Roosevelt promises? Who will send
them in November, 1886, when
Roosevelt and his mOney-changing
friends will have plenty of time to
read them and weep?
Then we have the paid propagan-
dists, but why mention them; they
have to live, they are fooling no
body but themselves with their for
eign imitation rubbish. Our people
know they had no gold or silver to
issue against. We could print 20
billion and that would not COM
mence to initiate to the extent
bankers would with their printing
press money.
The only real danger with the
Patman money is that some of the
parasites might have to earn their
living. Probably that is why
preacher says that Father Coughlin
is the most dangerous man in
America and says he is going to get
his gang together and crack down.
In my judgment Mr.. Johnson and
Mr.. Coers are two of a kind.
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discussion-"Give light and the
people will find their own way"
The American press should cut
this thunderous silence TO Father
Coughlin's challenge to dissect his
16-point program. A man with five
million listeners and who can pLc
10000 paid kilograms on the wire
in 80 minutes should rate more
front page than heretofore. Where
is your nose for news?