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Milford chronicle., 1935-10-18
AN EFFECTIVE PENALTY

1t frequently happens, when penal
ties are inflicted for violation of auto
mobile lows, that violators keep on
doing the same things. Yet they are
a bit more wary of doing these
things when any cop is in sight.
In Kansas City. the police have
been taking the keys of all those
charged with violating traffic rules,
and keeping them until these people
appear in court. 1t should be an eff
fective form of discipline. If the
mOtorfst has no other key, and can't
operate his car without it, he will
Dc some thinking. 1t will probably
Dccur to him that it is much more
to obey the rules.
Milford chronicle., 1935-10-18
Pills AND MINES pEnpLE

In arithmetic we are taught that
there are plus and minus quantities.
The plus sums add to the total of
the column. The minus sums sub
tract from that total.
So in our community life, there are
plus and minus people. The plus
folks are valuable asset in any
business, they produce and sell more
goods, they win friends. They help
on good causes in community life.
In every relation they add some
thing to existing circumstances. The
minus folks subtract something. A
business place suffers losses by
their Indifference. Their lack of in
terest discourages movements for
community progress. If any of us
here in Milford are minus folks. let
us consider how much more satisfac-
tory it would be to join the plus
column.
Milford chronicle., 1935-10-18

a
Touching on the question of gov.
ernment ownership Ia bnsilless the
best and only way to settle this
question would be to have every one
fav0ring government ownership ID
have the government in competition
with him in his particular line. The
government As q competitor of the
other fellow and as q competitor Of
our own Is quite differsnt matter.
A torch" singer Is not singer
OF hot songs as the name might in
dicate. Webstef's dictionary defines
q terch singer 81 d singer Of songs
Of unfeqhited lote.a Arsreader who
6oesn't IKE torch singing tells us
that IL is the Kind of singing that
makes him want to burn up the ta-
dio NJ sst Fl
The best barometer of the condi-
tiOn Of a community Is its percen-
tage Of delinquent taxes.
fe e4Ne
Events in connection with the
Itallan- Ethiopian situation have
been moving so rapidly that we are
never sure that a paragraph written
one day will be applicable the next.
It doesn't take the children long
TO find where the largest ali day
suckers may be secured or where
the largest fee cream cones may be
purchased. f 91sf;f "'t@S as p
Milford chronicle., 1935-10-18

WHILE CHILL OCTOBER nights
nip the flowers with their frosty fin
gers, the flames dance inside the
home on the hearth fire. AS the
householder piles on the wood. the
flames leap higher. and the dwelling
seems more homelike.
As one sits by the blazing logs,
memory is stimulated. Faces once
loved, but now gone, are seen again.
One thinks of old friends with whom
one sat in the freight years ago,
and wonders what life has done to
them.
The mind grows brighter under the
inspiration OF those flames. If peo-
pie can stop their hustling activi-
ties long enough to spare an eveniny
by the frelight, they will find fire
side thoughts and talk rewarding.
Such home conversation has been
one of the educating forces that have
made America. When men and wO-
men discuss their problems in the
quiet freight. passion cools down.
and reason becomes powerful.
Milford chronicle., 1935-10-18

THERE is SAID to be a movement
to drop the motto an God We Trust"
from the United States coins, and
substitute THE Idea of the New
Age"
There is no doubt that we need a
new age. in which old evils shall
be abolished But sometimes the
new ages are no better than the old
ones. 1t might be argued that the
majority of the people don't act as
ie they trusted in God much, so the
present motto on the coins may seem
rather insincere. But as trusting
in God should mean not so much
holding some theological belief. as
trying to do right and give every
body a square deal, it doesn't seem
as If we should gain much, if we
drop the old slogan under which the
Estion grew great.
Milford chronicle., 1935-10-18
COLOSSAL

well, Johnny. said the uncle who
hadn't seen him for some time. you
are getting to be quite a big hoy
now, aren't youg" -'s t' -
Yep" replied the Kid, pop says
I'm growing like the public debt.
Cincinnati ENQUIRER. 1f ~ 'f@'
Milford chronicle., 1935-10-18

THE TOWN THAT is not making
a determined effort to go ahead. is
really slipping behind, since com
peting communities are all the time
improving their advantages and
achievements
Milford chronicle., 1935-10-18

YOU HAVE TO PAY out in order
TO take in. Those who try to take
in the pubicis money for goods,
without paying out money to tell
the public what they are selling,
don't seem to realize. this truth.
Milford chronicle., 1935-10-18
EDITORIAL BRIEFS

A prudent man cOncealeth know
ledge; but the heart of fools pro-
claimeth fOolishness.-Proverbs 12:
%.
Those opposed to war can derive
considerable satisfaction from the
attitude Of all civilized nations to-
ward the threatened war between
Italy and Ethiopia. At no time in the
history of the world has the oppO-
sition to wagging war been so gem
eral and so definitely pronounced as
it is today. ~. ,...t. -
A boy with an air rife shooting
birds can do more damage to crops
than a horde of ehinch bugs and
grass hoppers. Every bird killed is
just one more pest destroyer put out
of business. The number of bugs
and worms taken by a single small
bird in a day is amazing. We allow
the boys to shoot the birds and then
wonder why the bugs and pests take
the crops.
Unmistakable evidence of a return
to normal times are TO be found In
the feet that employment has gained
60 per cent in the heavy industries
since March 1898; Industrial activity
was at IS per cent Of the 1923-25 |
average In May and the first half OF /
1885 was S per cent better than the |
same period last year In the auto |
mobile industry production the first !
hhlfof 1896 was IS per cent over the /
same period in 1884 and the highest (
since 1929 Farm income in 1885 Is /
estimated to be the same as in 1884 /
which was a billion more than in /
1888.
If the time ever comes In this
country when Every citizen is re-
quired to pay a certain amount of
taxes two things viii happen. The
Milford chronicle., 1935-10-18

YOU CAN'T GET anywhere in this
world by standing still and waiting
for things to come to you Reach
out by advertising. - So
Milford chronicle., 1935-10-18

IF YOU RUN DOWN your home
town, others will say it's no good
and people will lose courage about
efforts to make it better.
Milford chronicle., 1935-10-18

THE UNADvERTISED STORE is
about like the too tirhid maiden, may
be very nice, but doesn't get much
attention.
Milford chronicle., 1935-10-18
HARVEST JOYS

According to old tradition the har-
vest period is one of joy. Here is
the way the sacred psalmist put it;
Thou crownest the year with thy
goodness.
And thy paths drop fatness.
The pastures are clothed with fiocks,
The valleys also are covered with
grain,
They shout for joy. they also sing"
All over the world at completion
OF harvest. the people kick up their
heels in dances. and have grotesque
ceremonies to express their merri-
mnt
In these strange times, a great
harvest may spell calamity for farm
ers, since it will probably mean low
prices. Let us hope We can better
order our agricultural life. so that
again the country shall rejoice when
the valleys are covered with grain.
Milford chronicle., 1935-10-18

If the time ever comes in this
country when every citizen is re-
quired to pay a certain amount of
taxes two things viii happen. The
Evening star., 1935-08-01
QUAKE FORECASTS
HELD IMPOSSIBLE
Carnegie Laboratory State
ment Follows Claim OF
Greenspan, New York.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PASADENA Calf, August l.
Widespread publicity to the claims OF
Reuben Greenspan of New York OF
ability to predict earthquakes yes
terday shook the worlds foremost
laboratory for earthquake study into
action.
The Carnegie Institution seismologi-
cal laboratory, through DR.. Beno
Gutenberg, geophysicist member OF
the staff, said all attempts to predict
earthquakes have been without sue
cess. Furthermore, he said, the
Greenspan methods are not at all
new
"Earthuuake predictions have been
published by the press and in maga-
zines, especially for July &c." the
statement sets forth.
Countries Mentioned.
"In some instances Turkey, Persia,
Western India or the northern part
of Africa were mentioned as a region
of the origin. In others, more eX-
sctlv. a strong shock in Western
India was predicted for this date. No
destructive shock corresponding to the
prediction has occurred.
According to the report these pre-
CictionS were made on changes in the
gravitational pull due to the varying
positions of the sun, the moon and
the planets. The moon produces
tides in the solid crust of the earth
with an up and down movement twice
a day. which frequently exceeds
foot.
IF the gravitational pull of these
bodies is really acting as a major
cause of earthquakes there should bt
clear parallelism between earth
quake frequencies and the changes il
the gravitational pull.
Statistics on Subject.
statistics. however, show that II
many regions such a parallel def
nitely does not exist, while in other
there is a slight change in the fire
quency of earthquakes corresponding
to these changes in gravity, but b
far too small to base earthquak
predictions on this fact.
1T should be kept in mind, besides
that these changes of gravity, o
Evening star., 1935-08-01

the tides Of the earth's crust. cou,d
act as trigger force only, which viii
not produce an earthquake unless an. n
other cause has built up a strong m
stress in a certain region. o
statistics show that there is prac.
tically no day without earthuuates
and days with more than In Mid
shocks are very frequent. After the the
occurrence Of strong shock literally
thousands of aftershocks are re-.
corded"
Evening star., 1935-08-01
Trade Agreement Signed

LONDON, August l R-A five.
wear agreement providing for deyelon-
ment of export markets and nrotec.
tion of respective home markets was
signed yesterday in London BY rep-
resentatives of the British Iron and
Steel Federation and the Interna- :
tional Steel Cartel of Continental
Producers.
Evening star., 1935-08-01

with interfering In the RUNNERS
domestic affairs with the result they
became estranged. She also charged
the actress was dictatorial and desired
to be the ruler Of the roost.'
Needless to say, I am deeply
grieved," said Miss Boland. But ]
will fight 1t to the last ditch.
"At no time did I ever have a word
to say regarding the domestic situation
of the Hummer family, except by re-
quest of the RUNNERS"
Evening star., 1935-08-01

trict Committee, Judge Almond W..
Scott, Capt. Rhoda Milliken Of the
Police Department Woman's Bureau
and Theodore s. Bolts made speeches
OF tribute to the work Of colored men
in the two branches of service.
The Banquet Committee consisted
Evening star., 1935-08-01

was given by citizens committee last
night at Lincoln Colonnade.
John H. Clinton was toastmaster
and Lieut.. Samuel J. Battle Of the
New York police force was the princi-
pal speaker.
Chairman King of the Senate Dis
Evening star., 1935-08-01
$150,000 ALIENATION
SUIT IS DENOUNCED
Mary. Boland Characterizes Ac-
tion by Wife of Nephew as
Ingratitude.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES. August MARY
Roland, describing a si50.000 aliena-
ton of affections suit brought against
her as "a masterpiece Of ingratitude,
said yesterday, II will fight it to the
last ditch"
The noted screen actress was sued
by Mrs. Elizabeth Ross Hummer. wife
of Miss Boland's nephew, Georg5
Bernard Hummer.
Mrs. Hummer charged Miss Boland
Evening star., 1935-08-01

johannesburg, South Africa, will
build q s150,o00 model hospital and
bazaar for natives.
Evening star., 1935-08-01

of T. Duport Georges, Sahib Georges,
Lillian Alexander. Theodore 9. Bolts,
Beatrice Woodland and J. H. Clinton.
Evening star., 1935-01-07
For Recovery.

The Congress has before it in gen.
eral broad outline the Presidents
continued recovery program. Today
the budget message of the President
was transmitted to Capitol Hill, con-
tanning in dollars and cents the esti-
mates of outlay for the various prof.
ects and proposals. Those who have
conferred with the President In recent
days place the entire budget at above
$4,000. 100000. OF this one-half-a
vast sum is to be expended to carry
on relief work, or work relief, as it is
termed under the new plan of the
President, to take the unemployed off
the dole and place them on the pay
roll.
The measure of recovery under the
New Deal is held by the President to
be very considerable. 1t is obvious
however, that the United States has
much yet to do. The expenditure Of
$4,000, 100000 year for relief
whether it be work relief or any other
kinds predicated upon a great mass
Of unemployed. The President esti-
mates that there are 100000 Of these
jobless workers On relief rolls. That
Evening star., 1935-01-07
Price Fixing

From the Charlotte IN c. Observer.
1t is the studied opinion of S. Clay
Williams, heading the N. r. A., that
price fixing ought to go out of the
catalogue Of the New Deal.
In which he, of course, IS correct.
Price fixing that is arbitrarily i'm
posed by Federal authority is bound
to be too inelastic to give that proper
play to competitive interests.
More than that, Mr.. williams has
the constructive idea that the same
end can be more democratically as
well as more efficiently reached by
another road
Fixation of minimum wages and
gauging the work week, on the basis of
cooperation between business and in
dustry and the Government. will get
to the same objective, while, at the
same time, doing no violence to the
time-honored principle of price fixing
on the part of the producing and SELL
ing Intermediates.
Mr.. Williams, incidentally, is strik-
ing fire in his high position.
When in New York the other day
for an address, seats were set for 1900
and more than l 400 came to hear him
and kept him the remainder of the
afternoon answering questions flung
at him in regard to his conception Of
New Deal operations.
Evening star., 1935-01-07

does not include the workers without
jobs who may not be on such relief
rolls, nor does it conform with the
higher estimates of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor.
The country can continue to stand
this expenditure for relief, as the
President says. 1t cannot continue to
make these vast expenditures forever,
however, as the sincerest of the New
Dealers will admit. Nor does the
President contemplate such a pro-
gram. Constantly he refers to the
fact that he expects American private
industry to absorb the jobless. If that
much-desired end is to be attained, it
is clear that industry must be given
encouragement. Yet little enough has
been said in the way of its encourage
ment. Rather, there is the threat of
Governm' ut interference with in
dustry for one reason or another.
These reasons ring with sincerity.
They are of excellent purpose. Yet
they can scarcely be said to be quiet
ing to the nerves of industry.
There is no present intention on
the part Of the administration, it Is
clear, to seek a balanced Government
budget, except at some indefinite time
in the future. The receipts of the
Government will not equal, in all
probability, one-half of the expected
expenditure for the fiscal year-which
ends year from June 80 next.
Apparently it is the intention OF the
President to carry on along the lines
of the New Deal recovery program al
ready attempted. A year and a half,
the period these plans have been in
operation, generally speaking, is not
conclusive. He has indicated that the
plans Of the Agricultural Adjustment
Administration are to proceed, that
the N. r. A., certainly in part, is to
be continued. And the effort to prime
the pump through huge public works
program is to go forward on a scale
even greater than before.
The Congress is asked by the Presi-
dent to agree to this program. 1t is
likely to do so, although there will be
here and there bitter opposition to
certain features. The Congress, as
well as the President, must be fully
aware that actual recovery in this
country depends on industry and busi-
ness. The Government cannot substi-
tute for industry and business in this
matter indefinitely. What does the
Congress and what does the President
intend to do for business and in
dustry
Evening star., 1935-01-07

the area of one Of the most important
trials ever held in America? 1t was
simply curiosity. There was nothing
to be seen but Just another small town
and just such a court house as may
be seen in any other county seat.
None of the participants in this sad
spectacle of inquisition into one Of
the most daStardly crimes ever COM
mitted in this country was within
view. The prisoner himself was close
ly confined. The lawyers and the
witnesses were all at their respective
homes, resting from the ordeal of last
weeks proceedings. just a small
town main street, with its shuttered
shops, and a commonplace court
house.
A few OF the visitors, perhaps, got a
thrill inside the court room by sitting
in the seats of the Jurors; some pos
sibly sat in the chairs occupied by the
accused man and his accusers. It is
related that few of them were snap
shotted in these positions, thus get
ting precious souvenirs of their thrill
hunting expedition. Far better would
it have been if the building had been
closed and all this indecorous perform
ance prevented.
The Roman-holiday spirit prevails
today despite the long lapse of time
and the supposed advancement of
mankind since the arena drew ex-
cited throngs to witness hideous spec
tacles of cruelty.
Evening star., 1935-01-07

represent the majority, nor are they
fair examples of the unemployed as
a type" The Times concludes that
Mr.. Richberg declines to believe that
the energies of American business
men and the courage of American
flnanciers have been exhausted"
The Sioux Falls IS. DakD Daily
Argus-Leader complains that Mr..
Richberg seeks to obtain support Of
his objective by scares," but the
Wichita Eagle asserts that Americas
chief hope is that private industry
will speedily reach point where it
can employ most able-bodied per-
sons" The San Francisco Chronicle
emphasizes the point that "as en-
ployment in industry increases, those
on Government work will be absorbed
in private industry, while the unem-
ployableS will be permanent charge
on the States"
1T will be noted" agrees the
Charlotte News, that Mr.. Richberg
is not discussing the alternatives of
feeding or of not feeding the hungry,
and clothing, after a fashion. the
naked. Rather is he arguing for his
own choice of the method by which
they are to be fed and clothed. 1t
may or may not be commentary on
the co-ordinator that he favors the
more expensive way. No matter
what might be said against it, c. w. A.
during the Winter of its existence
was twice SIS effective and half as
expensive a method of relieving the
unemployed and making them put
out for it as any public works pro-
gram yet devised
THE new Federal policy puts a
halt upon the increasing dependency
of the. States upon Washington, in
the opinion of the Newark Evening
News. The Indianapolis News con-
cludeS that this country will 20
to the dole with great reluctance"
Evening star., 1935-01-07

torial election results. Among the
q Senators who voted to sustain Mr..
Roosevelts veto of the independent
offices bill, including much Of the
bonus program, were four who were
candidates to succeed themselves. All
of them were re-elected-Byrd of Vir-
ginia, Connally of Texas, King of
Utah and O'Mahoney of Wyoming.
In several instances the bonus was
a major campaign issue. Senators
Connally and O'Mahoney who voted
against the original bonus proposals
and then supported the veto, were
each opposed in November by a popu-
lar ex-Service man who had pre-
viously served in the House of Rep
resentatives and made q strong bid
for veterans support.
* X
Something like the famous battle
against the League of Nations is in
sight, with the impending attempt to
secure Senate ratification of the re-
vised proposal for American member
ship in the World Court. Republican
progressive Senators Borah and john
son are expected to lead bitter op-
position fight. They will have some
support among both Republicans and
Democrats, but not nearly enough to
overcome the strength that Senator
Joe Robinson, Democratic majority
leader, will muster in favor of court
entry. The vote will be the first
graphic test of the administrations
power to impose its will in the Sen
ate on practically all occasions-the
bonus always excepted. Affirmative
action will take place not far from
the twelfth anniversary of the date
on which President Harding first
recommended such a step-February
"a, 1923.
X X \ X
Whether or not he emerges as head
man of the vast new Federal public
works relief scheme, Secretary of the
Interior Harold L. Ickes is certain,
practically all authorities agree, to
remain a potent New Deal figure. If
and when he quits the embattled
scene, they say, it is sure to be of his
own choosing, for President Roosevelt
continues to hold Honest Harold" in
highest esteem. Some Democratic
politicians do not hide their dislike
of the Chicago reformer, first, because
they consider him a Republican out
slider, and secondly, because he has
not loosened up on P. w. A. funds
and methods to the extent they de-
sire.
Women in the new Congress are
seven instead of the eight who sat in
the preceding House and Senate
There are now six in the House and
Mrs. Cafaway in the Senate. That's
one fewer in the lower branch, be-
cause Of the defeat of Mrs. Mccarthy,
Democrat, of Kansas. Mrs. Clarke,
Republican, of New York did not seek
to come back, but the Empire State
elected Mrs. Caroline O'Day, Demo-
crat, as Representative-at-La
X " X \
His American colleagues are inter-
ested to learn that Sir Arthur Willert.
one-time Washington correspondent
of the London Times, is retiring as
press officer of the British foreign
office to engage in literary work. While
IN Downing street Sir Arthur fairly
revolutionized British government news
practices, substituting for traditional
secrecy and aloofness the American
system of intimate contact between
officialdom and the press. Sir Arthur
is trusted adviser of Prime Minister
Macdonald.
Copyright. 1880
Evening star., 1935-01-07
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Motivation.
Great Wisdom is a better thing
Than money, any day,
Yet worth We keep on measuring
BY what we have to pay,
As with a practical intent
We face this life of care,
The Profit Motive must be lent
To make the deal seem square
Great Wisdom still retains its pride,
Mid mercenary strife!
Its influence is not denied
In any sphere of life.
With patient skill we calculate
Results that should be due,
And our transactions demonstrate
A Profit Motive, too.
Evening star., 1935-01-07
Flemington's First Sunday.

Yesterday all roads in New Jersey,
fed by the roads from adjacent States,
led to Pennington, the scene Of the
trial Of Bruno Hauptmann for the
kidnapping and killing of the Lindbergh
baby. And they were crowded from
dawn until dark with motor cars
carrying some sixty thousand people
intent upon viewing the town that
has become famous and the court
house where this trial is being held
and, indeed, the very room in which
the prisoner and the parents of the
child he Is accused Of stealing and
staying sit close together. Not all Of
the sixty thousand went inside the
building, for the guards made all who
sought entrance sign a register, and
that SO checked the flow of the visitors
that only about five thousand actually
gained admittance.
What was It that drew this multi
tude over the roads. drew them within