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Evening star., 1936-10-25
The Iron Horse Still Serves

In these times of round -the-world travel
in few days, trans-continental plane
flights in a few hours, rapid train
transit is not so much of a marvel as
once it was. Yet there are accomplish
ments in the way of speedy transit on
the rails that show that progress in this
field of travel is still being made, and at
a rate to effect resumption of COMPETE
ton for patronage by those in haste. A
train on the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy line has just made run between
Chicago and Denver, distance Of l,027
miles, in twelve hours and twelve min
utes. That is new record for rail travel,
better by f1fty-two and half minutes
than previous performance. The train,
a stream Lined combination of eight
coaches, averaged 83.6 miles an hour on
the run, as against the former record
of IT'S miles.
There are those who remember with
somewhat Of thrill the accomplishment
Evening star., 1936-10-25

and ministry of Jesus Christ. We fully
recognize the influence generated by a
crowd deeply moved by the persuasive
utterance of great preacher, but a
conviction that issues In a vital personal
faith comes in the main through personal
experience Of the Incompatible value of
that which the great Master taught and
exemplified.
Much Of the appeal Of religion today is
designed for the crowd rather than the
individual. All our planning contem-
plates the effect 1t may produce upon
the mass rather than upon the individual.
Much If not most of the effort of the
church is impersonal rather than per-
sonal. We have largely reversed the
methods of the Master himself. He
dealt with the individual more than
with the crowd. He changed lives through
intimate contact with them and through
a persuasion and winsomeness that were
irresistible. He exemplif1ed method
that must be recovered, If the Christian
church is to effect results issuing in a
more dynamic faith and practice. 1t
was to Saul, and Saul alone, that the
voice spake that convinced him of the
error of his way. He was singled out
IOT great puI pOoc anu lIliOuSu I'LL ldI =
reaching changes were effected.
1t is inevitably true. and the long his
tory Of the church certifies it. that where
one individual is completely converted
to the Christian cause he becomes a
regenerating factor to those whose lives
he touches.
The whole story of the growth and de-
velopment of the Christian church wit
messed to revivals and reformations that
have issued from a mighty change
effected in the life of some individual.
We need the mass movements, but we
also need a fresh emphasis upon a
ministry that is definitely designed to
present it's high claims to the individual.
Religion is an individual experience and
the practice of the ministry of Jesus is
one that needs fresh recognition in our
present world. Our individual experience
Of the value of the Christian faith will
be strengthened and enriched just in so
far as we seek to interpret it by word and
act to those with whom we have fellow
ship day by day.
Evening star., 1936-10-25
Planes for John Bull.

OF far graver immediate Importance
than any fine points of neutrality law
that may be involved are the political
considerations that lie behind Great
Britain's plans to draw extensively upon
American industry to replenish her air
force. Although domestic plants have been
speeded up to keep pace with the re-
armament program ashore, afloat and
aloft it suddenly develops that facilities
for aircraft production are inadequate,
requiring the government to turn to the
United States. In addition to reported
ordering of several hundred planes OF
various types from leading manufac-
turerS here, British builders have &C
quired certain American basic patents
ment and are already fabricating them
under royalty arrangements. In the in
terested service departments at London
no secret is made of the fact that air
rearmament projects cannot be executed
on the contemplated scale or within
scheduled time without recourse to
American resources. One of the Incl
dental reasons, which throws significant
light on British industrial recovery, is
a shortage of skilled workmen in the air.
craft trades.
Since Germany's return to the status
of f1rst-class military power, with un-
disguised emphasis on the air branch,
Great Britain has turned her attention
to the creation of formidable air force
of her own. She has been brought to
realize that the Reich of the Hitler
Goering air era constitutes as much of
menace to British insular security as
German sea power did in pre-war days.
1t is this modern danger that inspired
Prime Minister Baldwin to proclaim two
years ago that the Rhine has become
Great Britain's frontier" Since he said
that the Germans have advanced their
armed lines considerably nearer the
English Channel by remilitarizing the
Rhineland.
Within the past fortnight two other
things have happened to make the Brit
ish government and people conscious
that Germany is an uncomfortably close
neighbor. Belgium has decided to forego,
sooner or later, any alliance commit
rlentS to her old friends in Western
Europe, requiring both Great Britain and
France vitality to readjust their plans
for defense against another German
attack. The right to use Belgian terri
tory for air bases has bulked conspicu-
ously in Anglo-French strategy in the
event of future war. On the heels of
the Belgian development comes the
Italo- German entente, with its prospect
of united military, naval and air action
in the next European emergency. Bri-
tannia's memory of the Italian air peril
ranean during the Ethiopian crisis is
still painfully fresh. What German air
bombers did to London and other British
communities during the World War is no
less indelible.
The London governments concern over
its aircraft needs is thoroughly compre-
hensible. If American industry can
minister to them without jeopardy to the
defense requirements of the United
States Army and Navy, British orders
will undoubtedly be welcomed in this
country. They are legitimate far-sighted
measures of preparedness.
Evening star., 1936-10-25
Autumn Is Free.

This is the time when Nature stages
her best of shows-the multi-colored
pageant of Autumn just now is at its
apogee of beauty. A certain marvellous
richness characterizes the picture. Gold
and green, red and brown and yellow.
skies blue and bright with the sun-an
these elements are assembled to make
the composition glorious beyond the
power of words to tell. Perhaps the
painter is only that principle which some
Evening star., 1936-10-25
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

Half a century ago the Socialists in
London were demonstrating in advocacy
of reform" legislation
Disorders In and occasioning much
the Streets disorder. The Star of
October 80. 1886. COM
menting on this situation. says:
1T is very common error which the
Socialist Committee in London has fallen
into as to the right of everybody to the
use of the public streets, irrespective Of
time and circumstances. The same mis-
take is made daily in the large cities in
this country, when political, social and
religious bodies want to indulge in what
they call demonstration and are re-
fused the privilege. The streets of
city are public property. it is true; but
that does not mean that any one citizen
or collection of citizens has right to use
a street to the exclusion or inconvenience
of other citizens, except by permission of
the authorities to whom the laws COM
nit its care. If any other rule were
recognized there would be nothing to
prevent an American maker of patent
medicines from painting his advertise
ment On the front of every post office
building owned by the United States.
Such buildings are public property in the
broadest possible sense, and every citizen
who pays taxes and does jury duty in
the Federal courts and otherwise fulfllls
all his obligations to the Government is
one of its proprietors. This gives him
absolutely no privileges, however. beyond
free access to the corridors and public
reception rooms of the buildings at such
hours as the official custodian desig-
mates"
"The latest sleeping car horror" says
The Star of october 80, 1886, referring to
railroad disaster
oleeplng cars in Visions n in
as Death Traps. M ~n,cn uni anlr'een per =
"only adds one more to the long catalog
of proofs that this class of vehicles are.
in certain circumstances. mere gilded
pyres. 1t is the old story of the oil
lamp and the coal stove. Nothing but a
desire for big dividends keeps such
antiquated apparatus in use by a rich
railway company. If creosoted timber.
tungstate sizing and mineral paint were
used instead of the gum-charged natural
woods, for ornamental purposes, the
ISdLlIlS QOIlc Oy cAIlduSI oICoA1 ~ SAAS
locomotives or by one Of those processes
of chemical evolution which have been
tried with success in Europe and the
cars lighted by gas, the pipes and burners
being all outside and the rays trans
mitted through adamantine glass tran
SONS set in the cornices, the perils OF
travel from one source, at least. would
be reduced to a minimum. But this
would cost money and the sum laid out
on it would diminish the incomes OF the
stockholders to some extent or else cut
down the princely salaries of the presi-
dents and other officers. 1t might also
interfere with the artistic beauty OF the
cars. But that is of comparatively small
importance; for human being, IN pres
ence of the most horrible death known
to Nature, is not likely to measure his
surroundings by the standards set up
by John Ruskin or Sir Charles Eastlake y
Evening star., 1936-10-25

In the complicated mathematics in
volved in New Deal arithmetic symbols
are, of course, employed to denote num-
bers. Senator Barkley of Kentucky has
not found time, in his various activities,
to elucidate exactly how many pigs it
would take to make handful such as
he referred to in an early campaign
speech.
Evening star., 1936-10-25
Earnings. .

Earnings.
"The stock market quotations indicate
better earning capacity"
"Of course" said Mr.. Dustin Stax.
people just naturally have to earn more
in order to pay the increased profits on
our investments"
"A dishonest man." said HI Ho, the
sage Of Chinatown, must at last be
cheated himself, since he is forced into
companionship with experts In dis
honesty"
Evening star., 1936-10-25
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Suspense. .

Suspense.
What is the sound SO gently heard?
November 3rd.''
Which keynote, as they lose or win,
Will be cashed in!
How many new jobs men will hold,
Or lose the old?
We bow unto the mystic word,
November 3rd"
It holds the answer long deferred,
November 3rd"
On Sunday there are prayers to say
And one more day
Brings Tuesday when we'll cease to smile
And all be anxious for a while.
Will it prove solemn or absurd?
November 3rd.'
Evening star., 1936-10-25

of the mile-a-minute railroad speed on
regular service. When that was done
travellers who experienced it boasted of
their participation in such performance.
But it was exceptional and rare. 1t
called for the utmost in the way of high
pressure firing of the locomotive, for the
soundest equipment and the firmest road
bed. The hammer blows Of the driving
wheels upon the rails were potential OF
grave danger.
The evolution of the engine power
has eliminated the hammer blow and
road beds have been greatly improved.
Speed is no longer as dangerous as it
was in the early ''mile-a-minute" days.
Coaches are constructed of lighter but
more durable materials. Switches are
more dependable. Train dispatching is
more exactly controlled. Automatic train
stops assure protection against collision.
In short, in every feature OF railroading
there has been improvement, to the end
of assurance of security for the traveller
as well as better service.
To those in great hurry or those who
desire novelty the air lines are preferable
to the surface lines. Yet the trains after
some depletion of patronage are again
carrying pay loads" in consequence Of
betterments in the service, curtailments
in the travel time and the assurance Of
greater safety. The railroad is not obso-
deserved share of public patronage so
long as it advances in efficiency of serv-
ice, while maintaining a high standard
of safety.
Evening star., 1936-10-25

AS years advance some of the Euro
pean political leaders are forced to look
around for a good "second-string man
to keep the works going in case of
emergency.
Evening star., 1936-10-25
Barbecuri0us!

Barbecurious!
Hat little barbecue.
It was q splendid treat.
A revelation plain and true
OF how some folks may eat.
The proletariat in its place,
To eat tough cuts would join,
While politicians offered grace
And took the tenderloin.
"A hen lays eggs" said Uncle Eoen,
"and q rooster crows: Dem dat does de
least work Is liable to make de most
noise"
Evening star., 1936-10-25

The suggestion that this city initiate
London to the extent of designating a
public space where orators of all shades
of artistic thought may say what they
choose might be useful in practical way
if police arrangements could be made
to have each speaker fingerprinted and
photographed for future reference.
Evening star., 1936-10-25

Post card politicians are sending out
market quotations, often influenced by
speculative drives to prove prosperity.
And yet some wise people continue to
say that it is wrong to gamble.
Evening star., 1936-10-25

Jules Verne wrote Around the World
in Eighty Days." but lacked imagination
to portray the terrifying experiences and
observations in trip Of the same length
made in much shorter time at present.
Evening star., 1936-10-25

Referring to the taxpaying public as a
foot ball of bureaucracy. Al Smith intro
duces to the astonished imagination the
idea of billions of dollars worth of
foot ball.
Evening star., 1936-10-25
Word Play.

"UTu ray
Oft we have hidden our distress
BY word disguise effectual;
To make dishonesty seem less
We call 1t intellectual"
Our strikes as holidays" are known,
And even things statistical
May by the alphabet be shown
In terms quite euphemistical.
Evening star., 1936-10-25

Al Smith has discarded one phase of
his old reputation. After listening to him
for five minutes nobody calls him a
happy warrior.
Evening star., 1936-10-25
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Economy,

do you think more pay roll economy
should be practiced?"
Il do," answered Senator Sorghum.
"It ought to be easy to send out and get
back the dollar-a-year men who during
the war were all over the place."
Evening star., 1936-10-25

A song and dance by radio cannot
exclude the serious reminder that an
unbalanced budget. like the music, is
reaching into every home.
Evening star., 1936-10-25

A heckler has his use in offering a
little physical diversion for a crowd that
is filed with the idea CO throwing some
body out.
Evening star., 1936-10-25
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to an annuity of $85 month at the end
OF that time. This is the maximum called
for under the plan.
But what of the individual who has not
been included in the plan, either because
he hasn't worked, or because he is in one
of the exempt classes?
For him the Government makes i'm
mediate provision. If he has saved Moth
ing, has made no sacrifices, has had no
thought Of the future, he can get as
much as $50 month as pension for the
remainder of his life, if past IS and in
State with State old-age pension sys-
tenn. Not only that, but, if married, he
and his wife can draw as much as $50
each month between them, with the Fed
eral Government contributing $50 Of the
amount.
In other words. the Government is
making much more liberal provision for
the aged destitute Of the country than it
Is for the workers of today who will build
up their own annuity system.
The system scheduled to 60 into ef-
feet on January l, with its highly intri-
cate accounting, simply is a program Of
forced saving designed to provide lit
tie something for the aged individual
worker, depending on the amount Of his
earnings during lifetime.
1t is that principle of basing a plan
OF old age assistance on the amount of
individual earnings, of requiring every
worker to build his own little retirement
fund, that injects complications into the
social security program.
Those complications are not all techni-
cal, judged by the studies of independent
agencies.
The studies make point Of the fact
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The Washington times., 1936-08-15
Will Aid
Lily Pons

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 15.-Jack
Oakie, who has been in pictures
long enough to be called veteran
comic, has been assigned to a
featured role in Lily PonS' next
film for RKO Radio. which is as
yet untitled. Oakie got quite a
kick out of getting the part be-
causes by a coincidence he has
already played in the same story.
The answer is that the basic
plot is the same as an earlier film
called Street GirP' in which
Oakie appeared a few years ago,
and which was RKO Radios first
dialogue production.
The picture is just getting under
way, Miss PonS having arrived in
Hollywood last week to begin the
shooting (and the singing. Oakie,
as we all know, was already in
Hollywood, and ready to jump into
any musical film that came along.
He is a natural for such produc-
lions, and has been seen in a
dozen or more, including '"Too
Much Harmon sitting
Pretty" Murder at the Vanities, "
Shoot the Works" June Moon, -
Dancers in the Dark" Million
Dollar Legs" and Madison
Square Garden"
The Washington times., 1936-08-15
New Movie PreVieWs By JLMMY STARR

storms of South American
and all for an unselfish purpose.
Not for personal glory, but for
progress-the commercial connec-
ton of nations.
Pat OBrien does magnificent
Job with the role of Dave Logan.
He is almost savage in his de-
sire to achieve these aerial feats.
He sacrifices his own marital
happiness. He is cruel, merciless
sometimes driving his workers
beyond human endurance. The
role is one of mixed emotions; Of
high pitch, yet Pat makes the
quick changes both effective and
forceful. He has just turned in
his finest performance to date.
No easy directoral task was
handed Ray Enright, who, OBJ
viously, tackled the job with enc
thusiasm. He caught the spirit
of his subject and went about it
in a business-like manner. The
result is a fine production with
more than ordinary entertainment
value. It's an education in aerial
maneuverS.
Humphrey Bogart does a grand
piece of work as a pilot who does
not believe he'll make the grade,
but he does carry out orders.
Ross Alexander, too, clicks nicely
with a sarcastic comedy part.
Showing much improvement over
her last performance, Beverly
Roberts handles the feminine lead
adequately.
Although death overlook him
before the picture was completed,
Henry B. Walthall was splendid
as always-in the role Of the
inventor Of the Clipper ship.
The Washington times., 1936-08-15

Up to date haven't seen much that indicates qualities
destined to make him the 1896 Valentino But who am to
dispute million who suffer from heart hump when
his image appears upon the screen.
In Magnificent Obsesson with Irene Dunn he offered
his best work. in what will be generally called unap
pealng role However, M-G-M, amazed and delighted
the furore that his appearance in this Universal pic
re created loaned him for 'Private Number to bolster
the slipping Janet Gaynor, and then hastily called him
back assigned him to His Brothers Wife, with Barbara
Stanwyck.
Then came higher opportunity with Joan Crawford in
The Gorgeous Hussy This you and can see IS serving
a young actor who in college Is months ago with
very top layer of in roles 1t should increase his
fan mall now said to add up to 5000 letters a week
Now he gets the juicy role of Armand in Greta CARLOS
Camille" top spot for any leading man. No wonder ne
decides to buy himself new house.
Taylor is young good looking if not handsome fair actor
and alive with personality He is with great company one
that spends fortunes to build its potential hopetus III
still say he the Valentino, reservng the right
change the odds after he appears with Garbo The gamor
Swede has frightened than one leading man to
death They seemed to awed into wooden stupidity by
the of Grea and appalled, at the thought of
giving her intimate clutch.
Much will depend upon how Robert Taylor is handled in
the news releases For instance read this week in the
Hollywood handouts this quotation by Mr. Taylor classify
ing women
"Women are like cars You drive business for ap
pearance You drive sports for fun and you drive
other because you particularly like it. Of course don't
that man should have that many women friends
This strikes very dumb stuff for fair following
which would prefer references to moon glow mist on the
mountain soft silver beams shining the placid lake. just
after twilight No likes be compared to free
wheeling model.
However, Edward Lawrence, another of the Taylor
Boswels does better. He quotes him follows
From time to time asked just what think will be
the length of my honestly don't know, but judge
that won't be less than three years. more than five or
six have ambitions secret otherwise There no
specific roles which yearn to play At the present time
thoroughly satisfied with the roles which have been given
me- and will probably continue being contented with them
so long they good, and find that able to play
them in manner which will bring credit to the studio
well myself.
"And when it over (my career mean)" he went on,
IT would like go into the executive end of this motion pic
ture industry studied banking in school and found it in
terestng hadn't been fortunate in being selected for
test should have gone into line Of executive
The Washington times., 1936-08-15
'Pickfoir' Soon
In Movies

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 15.-Pick-
fair, Mary Pickford's estate and
home in Beverly Hills, will be
photographed in technicolor as a
background for the new M.-G.-M.
musical revue, Fair At Pickfair,"
which Louis Lewyn puts into pro-
duction at once. 1t will be the
first time the home of the famous
star has been photographed in
natural colorS.
The producer has received Miss
Pickford'S permission to repro
due for Fair at Pickfair," the
colorful bazaars, fortune-telling
booths and other decorations used
by the star in a recent social
event. A feature of the produc-
ton will be the appearance Of
many of HollyWood'S screen per-
SonageS.