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, 1935-11-11
Arrnistice Day

Sunday and Monday the people Of the world cele-
brate Armistice Day, the nth anniversary Of the cessa-
rion Of that war which was the war to end war" for
European nations participating and which for the
United States was the war to make the world safe
for democracy"
II the men who fought in that war. and the fathers
and mothers and wives and daughters and sons and
sisters and brothers who suffered at home while their
loved ones we're in peril-if these stop to think at all
about the significance Of the day, it cannot but be
to laugh.
The war to end war. and the world lowering on
the brink Of a struggle that threatens to involve all
the nations OF Europe while Japan calmly walks
Through China?
The war to make the world safe for democracy"
and the United States deals in strange isms that their
very progenitors cannot explain and that threaten to
lead where no man knows?
Safe for democracy? and Hitler rules Germany
with an iron hand, massacres the Jews. dismantles
the churches Of the and-whi Mussolini leads his
fascist enthusiasts into a combat against savage
hordes with climate, disease and suffering all at work
for the enemy.
And in the United States We are told how many
pounds Of potatoes we may raise. are paid for killing
little pigs and for not raising cotton and corn. Bill
lions OF dollars are poured into the morass Of public
dissatisfaction and the mountain Of federal taxes
levied for the support OF inefficency and laziness
looms large over the horizon.
These things are not those for which the youth OF
the world put on the uniforms OF their respective
countries and Jared forth to deal in shot and shell
They are not the things for which loved ones at home
suffered the despairing anxiety that can be known
only to those whose flesh and blood are in danger.
They are not the things that send men out to die
for their country, that send them out with the en-
couragement end support OF those who stay behind.
How did they come about?
Not through the breakdown Of Democracy. but
through the failure Of the individuals making up the
body polite Of democracy to avail themselves Of the
wisdom that lies inherent in democracy. Easier far
10 let the strong men. the men Of the hour so-called
do their thinking for them than for the individuals
themselves to fight against the current Of the strong
IL organized minority.
It used to be that in the United States and the
other countries OF the allied powers. Armistice Day
was one on which was celebrated a glorious victory.
Perhaps the most emphatic way Of pointing out the
futiity Of the whole thing would be to ask:
"a victory? And over what?"
, 1935-11-11

The great strides that public health has made IN
America in the present generation are strikingly Illus
trated by a remark by DR.. George Grille Of Cleveland
before the 25th clinical congress Of the American Col
lege Of Surgeons, in San Francisco.
"One of every II persons In the United states ana
Canada went to hospitals last year" said Grille. But
that is much less than one decade ago, when one Of
10 went to a hospital annually
Here is unmistakable evidence Of a sharp rise in the
general level Of public health. A number Of factors
are responsible; advances in the science Of medicine
itself, unceasing vigilance on the part Of public health
departments, and general improvement In health edu-
cation Of the public at large.
The result is a large plume for the cap Of the
medical profession.
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You're Telling Me?

There is very little betting among
the family on the match. but odds
being quoted r. 5 to l Pa loses
his temper before he gets the drum
sticks off: 3 to 2 that he will knick
his thumb at least once and even
money the turkey winds up on the
dining room rug.
For the big he-men who like their
sports rough we now have indoor
baseball, football. basketball ARD
golf games. Plenty thrilling but a
shade less muscle building than
turning over the pages Of a New
York Sunday paper.
Little Sister and Baby Brother can
hardly wait until they grow up and
become old enough to play with all
these nice new toys.
Why a country that has made it.
self free from the task of support
ing a fellow who got big pay for just
sitting around with a metal derby
on his head is a mystery to vi lib
erty-loving Americans. In fact, it's
all Greek to US.
never saw a crook yet who did
not point an accusing finger AT
somebody else and say he himself
was small fry or a virtuous business
! man.
Thomas z. Dewey, New York
racket" prosecutor.
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER IL. 1885

potatoes they may sell. and which has already
told them that a tax Of As cents a bushel will be levied
on all the bushels grown in excess Of that allotment.
Valley potato growers have through next Saturday
to file their applications for allotments.
Committees have been named to handle these APP
p~lications, applications on which the individual al
lotments will be based.
II no application is made. the grower failing to
ask for an allotment will be taxed the IS cents on ev-
cry bushels he harvests.
Growers should take due heed and file their ap-
p~lications, and file them Immediately.
, 1935-11-11

holding company act for the Edison
Electric Institute. seem to continue.
Arguing ostensibly for his dentist
client" before Federal Judge Cole
man In Baltimore, Davis became es-
pecially sarcastic about the acts pro-
hibition OF house-tO-house sales Of
holding company securities by en-
ployes Of subsidiaries.
i suppose that provision is TO pro-
tect the doorbells Of the nation
said Davis, proceeding to brand 1t as
beyond the commerce power, viola
tive OF the due process amendment,
and ian unwarranted invasion OF
personal liberty"
The governments brief. just filed
IN reply points out that the door
bell section wasn't I'm the act as or
iginally proposed. but was inserted
at the formal suggestion Of top exec
utives OF companies prominent
among members Of Davis client, Ed
ison Electric Institute.
Father OF the provision actually
was President Wendell Willkie OF
Commonwealth e. Southern - con-
trolled by j.. p. Morgan. whose coun-
sci Davis also Is.
, 1935-11-11

Editor. Journal Of the American Medical Association.
and Of Hygeia, the Health Magazine
OF all the diseases which afflict Us, those spread
by the mouth and nose seem to be most serious and
most prevalent.
Although such diseases are more frequent in eli
mates like that Of the northern part Of the United
States, they occur also in tropical countries. occa-
sionally an epidemic of influenza will sweep the
world.
A survey made not long ago in a large American
city indicated that. for every person who died from q
disease affecting the respiratory, or breathing tract,
there were 337 additional cases In the community.
While these diseases are spread frequently BY cough
ing, splitting, and kissing, they also are spread by
other means which can be grouped under the head
ing, "hand-to-mOuth infection"
The person who is infected may wash dishes and
dry them, may transmit the infectious material TO
door knobs, to pencils, or other objects. These are
then handled by someone else, who gets the germs on
his fingers and carries them from his fingers TO his
own mouth, nose and throat.
Unfortunately there is no way to lock up people
who have respiratory infections, because at times it
would involve most Of the people in the community.
1t is possible for you, however. if you have such a con-
dition, to make certain that you are doing everything
that can be done to keep from spreading your in
lection to other people. You can cover up each cough
and sneeze. During periods Of infection you can avoid
the contacts that 1 have mentioned.
From a public health point of view. people who ex-
~pectorate promiscuously should be fined and con-
trolled. Common drinking cups and roller towels
should be abolished, and eating places should be COM
PEELED to use boiling water for cleansing glasses,
cups, spoons and similar utensils. every time they are
used.
In hospitals. orphan asylums. and similar institu-
tons. people who suffer from coughs and colds and
who must remain at work can, of course, wear face
masks during the time when they are in contact with
other people.
During the great influenza epidemic Of 1918 an
elevator man wore a face mask, but always lifted 1t
when he was about to cough. In other words. he was
OF the selfish type who was protecting himself, but
did not care how many other people he infected.
Before We gain any control whatever over the res
~piratory diseases. We shall all have to develop a pub
lie health consciencel
, 1935-11-11
So They Say

I know the working classes do not
need big navies. ii Is their rulers
who want them to protect their lives.
their money and their pockets. -
Oliver Baldwin, son Of Britain's
prime minister.
'Low-brcw arts are genuine arts.
They satisfy native needs In human
nature. - John Dewey, philosopher
and educator.
There Is no danger OF a Dictator
ship from the Left; the Right Is too
strong; 1t Is from the Right that
the dictatorship is coming. - Os-
valid Garrison Willard. noted liberal.
Does anyone think that war be-
tween great nations can be a limit
ed war and that meanwhile we can
trade with both sides in prosperous
neutrality? We cannot bolt our
selves IN an armed citadel and sur
vive. - Prime Minister Stanley
Baldwin.
Well, you can Just say well make
all we car sell and sell all we can
make. - Henry Ford, answering in
reviewers question regarding his
1885 production plans.
The process OF trial should be a
search for truth rather than a bat
tie OF wits in which the complexities
Of the law r too often used to free
the guilty and trap the innocent
A. II, Mccormick. commissioner Of
correction, New York.
The war in Africa Is a necessity. II
we conquer one-half Abyssinia, we
shall send there. I'm 100 years. s.
900. 900 Italians. - DR.. Giovanni
! Macerata. Venica.
, 1935-11-11
Ia STUDENT MAP
nE AFRICA

Are YOU following the war news
from EthIopia2 Will this crisis even
tually engulf the great European pow
ersp
To aid readers in keeping abreast Of
tnday's momentcus events, Inc
Brownsville Herald offers q new map OF
Africa. A large colored inset shows
Ethiopia IN minute dCtail-citles. towns
and villages: mountains, railroads,
strategic lakes and water routes.
Printed IN five cOlors from new
plates especially prepared for this time
Inv reader service. Size Fl X 28 inches.
Reverse side carries complete econo-
mic and political data on every geo
graphic division OF the African contin-
ent.
Enclose ten cents 20 cover cost, post
age. and handling.
, 1935-11-11

Preached n stage in which the art
less young woman would babble
linnocently OF her employers
.lsecrets to the attractive young
salesman, just as II he had been
Ia friend on many years standing.
The only trouble with all Of
this was that while she babbled
freely she did not seem to know
anything that would help Bobby.
One evening. however, they
went to an amusement park ON
the shore Of a little lake in one
OF the eastern suburbs; and there,
latter they had eaten and danced.
they sat on q bench by the water.
idly watching people who swan
In the lake beneath long strings
of electric light bulbs.
Mary Ann snuggled conhdingly
close to him: and Bobby. more TO
head on what looked like an in
cipient petting party than in any
hope OF getting needed informa-
tion, casually turned the converse
ton to the unromantic topic OF
the daily routine at the sales
agency.
Mary Ann, Il developed, had
had what she termed a hectic day.
First Of all. one OF the other
stenographeFs -a lanky young
woman named Dorothea-had de-
veloped a headache and had been
obliged to go home. thus over
burdening the two remaining
girls. Then Mr.. Hopkins had
turned grouchy because his efforts
to sell a dozen sedans to the city
government for use as police radio
cars had been foiled by a rival.
who had had the forethought 10
contribute more heavily to the
mayors campaign fund than Mr..
Hopkins had contributed. And,
lastly, there had been a misplaced
invoice.
"That was Dorothea's fault"
said Mary Ann. 'She got the in
voice yesterday and knew 1t was
supposed to go TO Mr.. MacFarlane
to be initiated and then to Mr..
Hopkins, but she stuck II some
where and after she went home
nobody could find ut. Maybe you
don't think that made Mr.. Hop
kIns mad! And then-it's funny
after Mr.. Hopkins had gone
home, and / was Strengthening up
my desk to 20, / found IL there
under a pile Of papers in my own
basket-you know. the "a that's
marked for incoming letters-and
how she ever managed to put II
there I don't know. but that's the
way Dorothea is"
CHE went on and on, while
- Bobby sat disspiritedly beside
her, only half listening. and think
ing glumly that IL he had not been
born under u most unlucky star
he would be sitting here with Jean
Dunn, and not with this scatter
Drained female who had TO be kept
talking lest she grow unduly 70
mantle. Then a phrase caught his
ear.
and so there we we're, with
an invoice for half q dozen new
passenger car chassis mislaid, and
the chassis already delivered. and
the bookkeeping department."
"Whoa!" said Bobby suddenly
What do you mean. half a dozer
new chassisG You mean new one:
that we got from the f%actory?"
why. yes. OF course" she said
looking a. him In surprise
"Why?"
Whatever are we doing will
new chassis?" asked Bobby.
"Oh, we get 'em right along
said Mary Ann Every couple o
months an invoice like that come
in"
"But what happens to themG'
asked Bobby. wrinkling his brows
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BEGIN HERE TODAY
JEAN DUNN. secretary 90 DON
AID MONTAGUE lawyer, oeiayn
her answer when BOBBY WAL
LACE. automobile salesman. asks
her 10 marry him.
club she meets SANDY HARkANs
whose business connection Is
vague. sandy introduces bobby
and Jean so q MR. and Mrs
LEWIS. Bobby selIn some bonds
for Lewis. svhe euys y ear .u,.
an trailing WINGY LEWIS bank
robber. ne learns about IN bona
transaction and questions Bobby.
Larry believes the ear Lewis
bought Is armored. Bobby nm
dertnkes 60. ind out.
jean aEreea 60 a secret engage
ment with sandy. The hank OF
which her father hs president -
robbed and Larry starts a search
for the robbers.
heeu Injured. Ne and the Lewisen
are staying nc q farmhouse. she
soon finds hermeif a virtual prts-
OncF. The whole party leave n
farm.
Larry learns the robbers were
the jackson gang. A
number, written on the wall, leads
the federal men 10 he farm.
NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER xXXv
TALKING 70 his eo-workers
A. Larry Glenn had remarked
that II was nearly as important
10 checkmate the people who
gave aid and comfort to ~gangsteri
a. 70 catch the gangsters them
selves, since the latter would d
helpless without the assistance o
the former.
Bobby Wallace, the young nal
who sold automobiles for MARI
Hopkins and loved Jean Dunn
with what seemed each day TO b
more and more a hopeless love
had never heard this wise remark
But he was devoting himself
nevertheless, 70 a bit OF amateur
sleuthing aimed in precisely tina
direction.
Larry had told him how gang
sters are able to buy armored car
which look like ordinary pleasure
cars but which are actually bullet
proof and therefore exceedingl,
useful IN the sort OF maraudinI
forays to which %gangsters are ad
dicted.
Larry had gone on from Their
to remark that It looked yer,
much an IL Wingy Lewis, tn
gangster who had passed himsel
OF on the innoeent Bobby as al
ordinary business man. hal
bought such a al from Mar
Hopkins, Bobby's employer; and b.
had urged Bobby to watch closet
for any eorroborative evidenc
that might be available. and Z
let the Division OF investigated
men know about 1t at once II b
found II.
Bobby, therefore, had gon
sIeuthing-and, he believed, haI
found something.
After learning that Hopkins an
MacFarlane, superintendent Of tn
repair shop in Hopkins auto sale
agency. had made q mysteriou
trip together, Bobby had gone o
the trail and discovered q Queel
secret factory, hidden on in tn
wastes OF the southeast fringe Q
Dover. And nowadays. in a slowl
rising excitement, he was keepin
eyes and ears open in an effort {
learn more about It.
TOR some days mis- efforts weF
l. fruitless- Then II occurred {
him that he needed some way Z
getting an occasional bit OF stra
information from Hopkins privat
office: and TO further this end b
began to be attentive to Mary An
Nichols. one OF the three stenol
raphers on the agency's payroll
Mary Ann was short. dark. an
slightly chubby, and she was liz
mensely fattered by Bobby's NJ
expected attentions: SO that aftC
a very short time they ha
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"Oh. I don't know. Anyhow"
Il don't either" said Bobby.
I'VE never sell q chassis. And
we don't sell one custom-built job
q month. and when we do It comes
from the factory. 49,"
Then. suddenly. old suspicious
arose and he sat up straight, star
ing out over the lake. Half .
dozen new ear chassis every two
months wasn't II logical 10
suspect that they went 20 this
mysterious factory he had dis
coveredf And II that factory was.
in truth, a place for the Illicit pro-
duction OF these armored cars,
what more natural than 70 sup
pose that regular chassis were
bought. shipped there, and then
mounted with special steel bodies?
A moment later, to Mary AIMS
perplexity. he developed q violent.
splitting headache, which made Il
imperative that he get home and
20 to bed. He hurried her TO a
street car, escorted her TO her
home, and babe her good night
with the briefest Of ceremonies;
then, instead Of heading for his
own room. he hailed n taxi and
told the man to drive him TO the
sales agency.
In the cab be looked at his
watch. Eight-forty; the place
would still be open. or at least the
garage would be. He waited i'm
patiently while the cab drove up
TO the salesroom. paid the driver.
and then walked TO the garage
entrance and let himself In
lie let himself through the door
II that led from the garage TO
the Offices and display rooms. A
night light burned there. diffusing
a spectral dusk over the half
partitions OF the Offices. Bobby
looked around: he had the place
70 himself. Without hesitation he
walked into the typists' Dol and
made for Mary AIMS desk. "A
wire basket stood on one corner.
He paved through IL, and nc the
bottom found what he was looking
for; an invoice. initiated by Mac
Farlane. certifying that six new
passenger car chassis, numbers
from 3A-1269S to sA-12703. had
been received the day before from
the Panhard factory in Detroit
Half an hour later he had
reached the spot where the Gin
dered lane turned oR-the lane
that led TO the abandoned brick
works which now, III his suspicious
/ were correct, housed a factory
where armored cars were made
for outlaws. He drove a dozen
yards or so into a vacant lot,
stopped the car. got out, locked 1t,
and began to walk up the lane.
He followed the lane for half
a mile. hearing nothing and seeing
nothing. Then, at last, 1t dipped
down hill, swung around a hillock
to the left, and opened into the
little hidden valley where the old
brick plant was situated.
The dark mass OF the plant
doomed ahead OF him in the dark
ness. A faint light cleaned from
an open door il front; straining
his eyes. Bobby could just % the
hunched figure Of q man, seated
on q box BY the door. The watch
man, probably-who, Bobby re-
membered. carried a gun and
looked ready TO S II.
A car was parked inside the
yard. Someone started ifs motor
and switched on its lights: and
Bobby fr~antically erouched dowr
behind a tiny bush as the stabbing
headlights covered him and the
landscape all about him with
food OF binding light
y ITO BE Continuedl
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Whether We Like 1t Or Not

Discussion pro and'co, the merits OF the Warren
Potato Control law is now most distinctly out Of place.
Regardless Of our likes or dislikes, the law is the law
OF the land. 4 law under which the potato growers Of
the nation will be told how many bushels of tax free
, 1935-11-11

Fishing provides the only opportunity for modern
men to do real thinking undisturbed. It offers a real
escape from the complexities Of modern life. DR.
George B. Cutten, president, Colgate University.
, 1935-11-11
Dinner Stories
VERY TRUE. VERY TRUE

Wife C~heatedly): You're worthless
you're bad tempered. you're shifJleSs,
and you're a thorough liar.
Husband reasonably: Well, my
dear, no man is perfect.
, 1935-11-11
BarbS

When her bed moved during an
earthquake. a Cleveland woman
thought a man was underneath and
called police. No, she wasn't an old
maid.
IL shouldn't be 50 hard for Italians
to do without meat. All they have
10 do II pretend they're Americans
and study American meat prices.
Jimmy Walker was reported TO be
affable toward his questionerS. But
then they didn't include Samuel
Seabury.
, 1935-11-11
USE THIS COUPON

The Brownsville Herald.
information Bureau.
Frederic j. Haskin. Director
Washington. ID G.
I enclose herewith Ten Cents IN coin
carefully wrappedl for q copy Of
the Map OF Africa.
Name
Street
City
state .............. .ss.ss4.s-4s
fMafl 90 Washington. .. c.
, 1935-11-11
Keep Cough To Self
To Prevent Spread
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

Editor. Journal Of the American Medical Association
and Of Hygeia. the Health Magazine
, 1935-11-11
THOsE CRUEL LAWYERs

NUN ID INV ALHN
"A lawyer was crOSS-eXamining {
witness. Are you a teetotaler?'
NO the nan replied.
Are you a moderate drinker?"
No answer.
Am I right. IN calling you
heavy drinker, then7'
That's my business"
ANY other business?" asked tn
LAWYER.
, 1935-11-11

More Grief For Mr.. Davis
The mishaps Of the eminent John
w. Davis. in his attempt TO test con-
stitutionality Of the public utilities
, 1935-11-11

'Low-brcw arts" are genuine arts.
They satisfy native needs In human
nature. - John Dewey, philosopher
and educator.
, 1935-11-11

q. WHAT are frloIeS! j. vi.
"A. In Mexico and the Spanish
American countries. any cultivated
bean OF the genus Phaseolus, Is
called by that name. In particular
it refers to the small, flat, black
bean which ranks next 70 maize In
Importance as an article Of diet and
* an ingredient OF many dishes. IL
is probably OF South American orr
gin.
, 1935-11-11

a certain high State Department
official. travelling far away, was
awakened recently at ! a. m, and in
formed by telegram that under a
certain act Of Congress the president
had approved his resignation
About dawn. after a night q
, 1935-11-11

q. VINO OFIsIIdIIy UHHtu WtIIdIU
Island? A. F.
"A. The island was granted TO Rob-
ert Manning In 1864. lie ~bequeath-
ed II to his step-daughter. Mrs. Rob-
ert Blackwell, and the city Of New
York purchased IL In 1928. Former
ly it was known as Blackwell's Is
land.
, 1935-11-11

q. How wide win the Florida
Canal be? I'D. McC.
"A. The width OK the Atlantic-G Gulf
Canal will extend for 2 miles out
into the Atlantic and 10 miles out
into the Gulf. Channels 1000 feet
wide will lead into the canal from
lightships at these two extrsraR
POINTS. On the inland waterway,
along the beds OF the rivers that are
bein- utilized. the chanenl will be
400 feet wide. while through that
small portion OF the canal Cd be cut
from rock and shale across the di-
vide the passage will have a mini
mum width Of $50 feet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-01
and Harris Ewing Photos

take your seat" Cox retorted, rising
from his chair and motioning Blan-
ton away.
Blanton's reply was lost in the con-
fusion but Representative SABBATH
Democrat. OF Illinois. chairman pro
tempore. permitted Sellers to describe
his activities briefly.
When he finished, Representative
Dies told the committee that Norris
Shook. nephew OF Patton, was ready
to testify. The committee recessed
until tomorrow without hearing him
Meanwhile. the Senate Lobby Com
mittee is tentatively planning to make
a tour Of Southern States next week
for first-hand evidence OF the way
in which utility companies fought the
Roosevelt bill.
Committee members said they were
considering the trip to follow up
leads" in Asheville N. c.; Memphis
Tenn; Columbia, S. c., and possibly
other cities.
The Senate Investigators yesterday
heard an accountants tale of how
s25 900, 000-half OF it profit-had
been "siphoned" from operating units
of the Associated Gas g. Electric Co
The testimony came on the heels
OF presidential order that the
Treasury make available to the Senate
committee returns filed on income
excess profits and capital stock. The
executive order also directed that any
information that is submitted could
be relayed to the Senate proper.