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Evening star., 1935-01-16
Entertainment for Children.

Ten o'clock in the evening, and
small Junior still awake! Such a
thing was unusual. not to say unpre-
cedented. Ordinarily. he was deep
In Sunderland by eight. His father
expressed his surprise, and his mother
somewhat hesitatingly explained, I'm
afraid I'm to blame. I read him a
ghost story, and he's nervous" The
child, attracted by series of colorful
illustrations in magazine, had
begged for the tale and, reluctantly,
of course, the mother had obliged.
Hence the fretfulness vulgarly de-
scribed as the "jitters.'
But Junior was only one of many
youngsters too disturbed to sleep that
night. Some hundreds of others had
listened to sequence of melodramatic
radio sketches, each of which had
been overburdened with simulated
horrors. The period just before bed
time, 1t seems, is preferred by those
who desire to reach juvenile listeners,
and a rivalry exists between claimants
for the youngsters attention-the
sponsors compete with each other for
the business to be had from the in
fantile public. One offers blood
curdling continuity about cowboys and
cattle. thieves, one Q narrowing mar
rative of adventures in interplanetary
space and one nerve-racking
chronicle predicated on the interna-
Evening star., 1935-01-16
Expansion of Forest Corps
Hailed as Mark of Success

and adds that at is necessary for the
c. C. c. boys to understand that they
are engaged in serious business; an
important branch of public service,
and that the representatives of the
public make the rules and will enforce
them"
Observing the purchase Of addi-
tional forest reserves, the New Orleans
Times -Picayune comments on the fu-
ture results of present activities:
'Vast-scale expansion of the national
forest areas will be listed by history.
We think. as one of the few excellent
'by-productS' of this historic season Of
adversely. If its purposes are realized
by the follow-through of the plans for
use and development of these areas,
the perpetuation of an adequate ma
tional timber supply should be assured
for generations to come. The resto-
ration TO forest growth of lands totally
unsuited or ill-suited to other pro-
ductive use is both present and a
future benefit. With the continuing
discovery of new uses for wood pulp
and f1bers. the Government expendi-
lures for timber production and per-
petuation should prove in the long run
a profitable investment even from the
business viewpoint"
Evening star., 1935-01-16

Saar plebiscite was conducted from
start to finish, the view prevails that
the outcome Is destined to hasten the
solution of Europes major problems.
Fuehrer Hitler has indicated that it
satisfies Germany's last territorial
claim on France, an assertion tanta-
mount to remuneration of any inten-
ton to attempt the recovery of Alsace-
Lorraine. France on her part accepts
the Saarois' decision as an irrevoca-
bly, accomplished fact. The Reich's
victory palpably reinforces Germany's
position among the European powers.
1t comedies with Great Britain's ef-
fort to persuade the Germans to
withdraw their resignation from the
League in return for cancellation Of
the military clauses Of the Versailles
treaty. How the French would view
such an automatic acknowledgment
of German claims to armament equal
ity is open to question. Berlin real
ICES that Nazi dreams of annexing
Austria are doomed by the recent
Franco Italian accords, although de-
mands for an Austrian plebiScite on
union with Germany are already
limited.
All in all, the stage is set for an
exhibition of enlightened German
craftsmanship. The Fuehrer and his
government, laurel-crowned in con-
sequence of the Nazi triumph in the
Saar, have an opportunity to lend a
powerfully cooperative hand in bol-
stering up the shaky continental peace
structure. Berlin's pacific intent
the Germans readiness, or otherwise,
to become good Europeans be
exemplified by the Reich's attitude
toward the overtures to bring it back
into the League orbit, particularly in
the field of armaments and their
control. The hour for conciliation and
reconciliation is at hand.
Evening star., 1935-01-16

tional traffic in narcotics. Each daily
chapter is arranged to terminate with
hero and heroine in terrible peril.
The final incident, invariably, is de-
signed to promote tension which will
result in tuning in" for the next in
stallment-somebody in danger Is the
stock catch" of the authors.
And parents, it appears, are not
alarmed. Their minds, naturally
enough, are immune to the psychology
cal influence of made-to- order horrors.
They know too much Of real troubles
to be disturbed by imaginary ones.
The children, however, are affected.
Their world very largely is constructed
of dreams and, all too frequently, of
Nightmares. Yet few, indeed, are the
adults who have the leisure or the in
clination to protect them against en-
tertainment which miseducates and
frightens. Years OF campaigning were
necessary before the movies could be
improved in this respect. The radio,
with. access to practically every home,
remains uncorrected.
But, unless those who abuse the
privilege of time on the air mend their
ways, the moment will come when
protest will be registered. The present
tendency is toward increased extrava-
gance in program material, and the
end, as sure as fate, will be some sort
of censorship. 1t is unthinkable that
so important a medium as broadcast
ing should be degraded without OBJ
lection.
Evening star., 1935-01-16
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

relief fund is expected to hold up
its approval several weeks.
Republican plans in general and
the party's attitude toward current
developments in Washington are ex-
pected to be aired by Henry P. Flet-
cher. national chairman, when he
speaks at the next forum of the New
York County Republican Committee
in Manhattan on January 81. Former
Representative Robert G. Simmons,
Republican, of Nebraska and recent
unsuccessful candidate for the SEN
ate, will be heard on the same pro-
gram. The meeting will be the latest
in the series organized by the new
Republican leaders in New York
mostly of the younger element. with
a view to finding a common meet
ing ground of Republican thought" I"
In announcing Mr.. Fletcher's ap-
pearance. Chase Mellen, jr., G. o. p.
county chairman, states that the ma
tlonal chairman has made it clear
that he Is entirely open to aggressive
and progressive suggestions for the
future conduct and course of the Re-
publican party"
X X Il
James Grafton Rogers, an assistant
Secretary of State during the Hoover
administration. will next month join
the faculty of the Yale Law School
and also become master of Timothy
Dwight College on the New Haven
campus. Mr.. Rogers took his B. A.
at Yale in 1905 and his law degree
at the University of Denver Law
School. of which he has been dean
since 1927, Mr.. Rogers hobby. in ad-
dition to the law, is play-writing. He
is also a mountain climber of dis
tinction. An active figure in the Amer
lean Bar Association, he is now chair
man OF its section on legal education.
which is engaged in improving the
standards for admission to the pro-
feSSion.
No member Of Congress is taking
livelier interest in discussions rela-
tive to the budget than Senator A.
Harry Moore, Democrat, of New Jer-
sey. His admirers point with pride
to his recent record in the governor
ship of his State. They set forth
that he left Office at the end of
1884 with a balance of $34. 900 600
in the treasury, which was amassed
without the imposition of additional
taxes. Meantime the cost of State
government was decreased 1914 per
cent. Whether the new Senator from
Jersey will attempt to apply his
gubernatorial pruning knife to the
Federal budget has not been disclosed.
\ \
1renee du Pont, who has figured
conspicuously in the Nye Senate COM
mittee munitions investigation. re-
Gently presented each member of the
committee with q copy of a book.
Apparently by way of retaliation. a
booklet, called Zone He'll of a Bush
ness" dealing with the munitions
industry, has just been sent to mem
bers of the committee with the pub
lisher's compliments.
Evening star., 1935-01-16

@. What is t-hunter?-P. L.
A. The term is applied to a person
who tries to curry favor with the
wealthy and great for the sake Of feed
ing on the crumbs which fall from
the rich mans table.
@. What is the pauper's oath7-s.
B. B.
A. The pauper's oath is one which
Is permitted to persons undergoing
bankruptcy and in some other cases,
whereby on the giving Of a statement
supported by oath that the person Is
without any available assets, either
personally owned or in expectation,
he may be released from the payment
Of certain obligations and permitted
to re-establish himself on solid finan-
cial foundation free from debt.
O. What did the marks ID" and &C"
mean on old silver pieces?-J. B. S.
A. Some New York silversmiths OF
the late eighteenth and early nine
teenth century marked their pieces
with the letter I'd" or &c" presumably
meaning dollar or coin. Early in the
nineteenth century the word coin"
was sometimes stamped on plate. As
the Use OF this word was open to some
question, certain States passed laws
requiring plate so marked to be 900
parts fine, and that the word "ster-
ling" should indicate silver Of 925
parts fine, the English standard. Ster-
ling as mark of quality appears on
American plate from about 1865.
@. As meat which has been killed in
the orthodox manner for Jewish con-
sumption is called Kosher, what is the
word for the oppoSite-for meat pro-
hibited to the Jews because it has not
been slaughtered in the orthodox man.
ner?-T. B.
A. 1t is called Trefa meat.
O. When did Japan and Germany
leave the League of Nations?-R. G. w.
A. On March 81, 1888, Japan with
drew from the Council Association and
announced her intention to resign
from the League, which she formally
did. Germany, on October IA, 1888.
announced her intention of resigning
and a formal resignation was sent.
/ Under the constitution of the League,
two years are required before such
resignation becomes effective.
@. Who is president OF the Poetry
Society of America?-J. H.
A. Henry Goddard Leach was re.
Gently indicted as president of this
organization.
Q. Who suggested the permanent
American cemeteries in France and
who paid for them?-C. B. r.
A. The procuring of permanent
places of burial for American dead
overseas was given tangible form
shortly after the armistice. when Mar
shall Petain wrote to Gen. Pershing
proposing the establishment of Amer
ican fields of honor in France and
stating that France would be happy
and proud to retain the bodies of
American victims who had fallen on
her soil" The cemeterial branch of
the War Department says that during
the war France set aside sufficient
ground for the burial of American
oOiOiNiS <lAICl lllC wal llONCNCl, tIlG
American dead were concentrated In
American cemeteries for which the
American Government paid. The
French government purcha. ed this
land from its owners and the Amer
ican Government reimbursed it.
@. Where IS Drowned Island?-
A. M
A. Anegada. or Drowned Island, is
the most northerly of the Virgin
Islands. 1t is IL miles long and very
narrow Horseshoe Reef surrounds
it and the surf breaks over much OF
the island during a rough sea.
Evening star., 1935-01-16
The Proposal for Majority
Verdicts.
oungstown Vindicator.

From the YOUNGSTOWN Vindicstor.
The suggestion made by Ferdinand
Pecora, former assistant district attor-
ney of New York City, that justice
would be better served If juries no
longer be required to give unanimous
verdicts, has given the crime conferees
in Washington something to think
about. The failure of the Constitu-
ton to include a specific guarantee OF
trial by jnry was considered one OF its
chief weaknesses and resulted in the
adoption of the bill of rights.
The Supreme Court has held that
the constitutional guarantee viSualized
the jury system as provided for in
English common law-12 citizens as
Jurors, whose decision must be unani-
nous to be valid. Mr.. Pecora's con-
tention is that many criminals escape
punishment because of the hung"
jury. in which one or two jurors refuse
to agree with the majority. Adoption
of Mr.. Pecoras idea would necessitate
a constitutional amendment in so far
as Federal courts are concerned.
The Supreme Court also has ruled
that State courts are not similarly
bound by the Constitution. Some
States permit juries in certain types OF
cases to consist OF less than IL men,
bers and jury decisions to be valid
without being unanimous.
Any advantage in criminal prosecu-
tions that such States now have prob
ably would be eliminated If Federal
jurisdiction Is further extended in the
effort to diminish crime. The require
ment for unanimous decisions puts the
prosecution at a disadvantage. since
the prosecutor must convince IL per-
sons of the validity Of his case.
whereas the defense attorney has only
to convince l member that his client
is not guilty of the charge against
him.
Gangsters, by intimidation. have
often been able to cause hung jurieS.
However, such gangs as those that
have terrorized many communities in
recent years probably would be as
willing to threaten half dozen jurors
as single member.
Evening star., 1935-01-16
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

A reader can get the ansper to
any question OF fact BY lortting
The Epening Star Information Bu-
reau, Frederic J. Hnskin, Director,
Washington, d. C. Please inclose
stamp tor reply.
@. Let me know the amount Of
interest paid by the American people
on an average every year,. E. A.
A. An estimate made by the Twen-
tieth Century Fund, including real
estate, bank, general business and all
interest Of every kind. yields round
figure of $4,000, 900 900 a year. This
seems to be fairly competent. While
the other fiscal items have changed
markedly during the depressed years
since 1929, there has been very little
change in interest.
@. Is it whisky or whiskey?-J B. L.
A. The word may be spelled either
vay. Leading dictionaries give the
preference to whisky. In advertising
and in labels on bottles both forms
are used.
@. How long did it take Gibbon
to write "The History OF the De-
cline and Fall of the Roman En-
pire"?-L. c.
A. In preparing this monumental
work Gibbon spent IS years.
@. Was Lafayette ever entertained
at Arlington Mansion in Virginia.
L. r. C.
A. George Washington Parke Custis
entertained Lafayette at Arlington
during his visit to the United States
in 1924.
@. Is there any record OF the largest
whale ever caught?-M. c.
A. The largest of which there Is
scientific record is the one 54 feet
long which was captured and killed
in 1907 and is now on exhibition at
the American Museum of Natural
History.
O. Where is Ben Jonson buried?-
6. H
A. When Jonson died, in 1887, he
was buried in an upright position
in Westminster Abbey. A plain stone
with the inscription. 20 Rare Ben
JonSon," marks his grave.
@. Is the soil of Panama fertile?-
C. B. N.
A. 1t is very fertile. Only five
eighths of the whole area of the re-
public is occupied and the cultiva-
ton of the land is carried on under
old methods. Bananas are the prln-
cipal crop. but rubber, coffee, cocoa,
coconuts, and sarsaparilla are i'm
portant crops.
@. Was fishing once classed as a
crime in New York?-S. A. c.
A. A statute passed in New York,
1857, prohibited rides for pleasure in
boats, carts and wagons, and all other
amusements, fishing, running and row.
ing in search of nuts and Strawberries,
and too unrestrained and excessive
playing. The first offense was pun
ishable by fine of guilders, with
double sum for the second offense. For
third transgression, the culprit was
to be summarily punished and correct
ed on the body.
@. How many actors are there in the
United States?-R. NJ.
A The 1890 census lists 37.993
actors and 37.303 showmen. a total Of
1926. OF these actors, 1920 were
female and 1903 we're male: l,495
showmen were female and 35.808 were
male.
@. Why do nails in building work
out after a length of time?-M T. P.
A. The alternate expansion and
contraction resulting from changes in
temperature cause nails in a building
to work out.
Evening star., 1935-01-16
Imitation and the Bonus.

Initiation Is complicating the SOL
diers' bonus issue. Two major bills
for the immediate cash payment of
the bonus are before the House Ways
and Means Committee for considera-
ton and report. The first, the Pat
man bill, is an inf1ationary measure
1t provides that the Treasury shall
issue couple of billion dollars in new
notes, non-interest bearing, to pay
the veterans. The second is the Vim
son bill, which authorizes the appro-
priation of whatever money may be
needed to pay the bonus, without pro-
viding for the issuance of new money,
funny money" by the Treasury.
At least three courses are open.
The bonus may be paid by the infla-
tion route, the printing press money;
it may be paid with borrowed money,
or it may be paid with money raised
by the Government through addition
al taxation. The imitation route has
a strong appeal for that group in
Congress which favors the issuance of
more currency by the Government on
the theory that this will put addi-
tional cash in the hands of the people
This group does not take into con-
sideration that such imitation will
work a hardship on every laborer and
salaried man and woman in the land,
cutting the value of pay in terms of
food, clothes and shelter.
President Roosevelt has clearly in
dicated he will demand of Congress,
if it puts through a cash payment
bonus bill, that it provide the money to
pay the bonus; that he will demand
that Congress raise through taxes the
sums required. He relies upon the an
tipathy of Congress to an increase in
taxes which would make itself un-
popular. Even if there should be pro-
vision for Government bond issue to
cover the payment of the bonus, the
President might we'll insist upon pro-
vision being made to raise the money
to care for interest and amortization.
The Patman bill will have the
friendship of the inflationists in Con-
gress. 1t will be opposed by those who
frown upon currency imitation. The
bonus payment may be caught be-
tween the upper and neither mill
stones. 1t is conceded that the Presi-
dent will veto the bonus bill in what
ever form it comes to him, if it pro-
vides for immediate cash payment.
1t seems likely that the bill could pass
the House by the necessary two-thirds
vote over a presidential veto. The
Senate is another story. Opponents of
currency imitation in the upper house
might find it exceedingly difficult to
vote for the Patman bill. Republican
Senators who would, perhaps, be will
ing to vote for the payment of the
bonus on the theory that. since the
Government is pouring out billions of
dollars for all kinds of projects, the
veterans might as well have theirs"
would shy away from currency infla-
ton.
The American Legion is backing the
Vinson bill. The Veterans of Foreign
Wars are reported to be in favor of the
Patman measure. If the veterans and
their friends fall out, perhaps this
bonus legislation may be more difficult
of enactment than seemed likely few
weeks ago. In the meantime the
White House may watch these dissen-
sions in the ranks Of the bonus sup
porters with some satisfaction.
Evening star., 1935-01-16
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

An Infinitude.
The sun comes up and the sun goes
down
In its old accustomed way.
Perhaps you smile and perhaps you
frown
But it's just another day.
Our hopes grow bright and our fears
grow dark
There are moments grave or gay.
But the world rolls round and we still
remark,
"It is just another day."
A hope may fail, but we'll try once
more.
We will never feel dismay.
The future has a boundless store
This was just another day.
Evening star., 1935-01-16

War on vice will be conscientiously
undertaken. 1t has been said that
there is no perfect crime. This asser-
ton does not destroy the hope Of
finding a perfect policeman.
Evening star., 1935-01-16

Amelia Earhart says she does not
know just why she enjoys an over
ocean fight. The journey of hostile
bombing plane would be even more
senSeleSS.
Evening star., 1935-01-16

The United States Supreme Court
is regarded with public veneration as
a brain trust that operates for public
welfare without a shadow Of mer-
cenary motive.
Evening star., 1935-01-16
Uncle Sans New Role.

From the Roanoke Times.
A survey shows that more babies
were born to parents on relief than
to the same number not on relief. A
generous godfather, Uncle Sam.
Evening star., 1935-01-16

Wonders of geological formation are
being disclosed in California. 1t will
be hard to persuade residents that
they are worth the earthquakes in
volved.
Evening star., 1935-01-16

The King o. Siam has decided not
to abdicate. This may be because no
one wants his risky position sufficiently
to crowd him out of it.
Evening star., 1935-01-16

The introduction of metaphysical
phenomena has caused the Haupt-
mann trial to extend not only to both
sides of the earth but into the heavens
Evening star., 1935-01-16

The task Of educating the world
has never been easy. Even Moses. the
pioneer of publishers, had his diff
culties.
Evening star., 1935-01-16

Congressman would be less restrained
in expression if a patronage seeking
constituency were not always among
those present.
Evening star., 1935-01-16

Nothing Static in Style.
From the Lowell Evening Leader.
Somebody asserts that streamlining
is here to stay. But to insist on that
is criticism Of our hoasted American
ingenuity. ..l~
Evening star., 1935-01-16
No Nudist Cangsters.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
We don't suppose there is such
thing as an undercover man in Q
nudist colony.
Evening star., 1935-01-16
ELIGIBLE.

From the San Antonio Evening News.
The quintuplets are seven months
old and fourishing-but has any FORE
sighted manager signed them up for
vaudeville?
Evening star., 1935-01-16
Delegated Authority.

Delegated Authority.
women have a tremendous power
in politics"
Yes" answered Senator Sorghum,
"but they'll never permit the idea that
the way to be a successful statesman Is
to become a popular gigolo"
Evening star., 1935-01-16
Funds for Sport.

From the Tulsa (Okla.l World.
There always seems to be ready
money to buy q good base ball player.
Evening star., 1935-01-16

Ben Franklin.
Ben Franklin bought a printing press.
His wit, thereby displayed.
Has often brought to our distress
Unostentatious aid.
The sentences he bade us read
Were sapient master strokes.
He seemed to think the public need
Was more and better Jokes.
Evening star., 1935-01-16

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are also reserved
Evening star., 1935-01-16
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Evening star., 1935-01-16

For Display Purposes.
"Any gangsters in Crimson Gulch?'
asked the travelling man.
"A few" answered Cactus Joe.
"Why do you let them hang
around?"
They're useful in their way When
ever We have a reform election We
need few recognized miscreants to be
temporarily cleaned out"
IT am willing to forgive" said Hi
Ho, the sage Of Chinatown, "but I
avoid forgetting to an extent that may
keep me forgiving so frequently that
my effort to be gracious appears
ridiculous"