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Milford chronicle., 1936-08-28

vote, giving one half to Cannon with
the understanding that when that
had been done the pre-convention
agreement on the division of dele
gates would be ended. Mr.. Bunting
said he understood the agreement on
the split was to carry right through
the convention. w. P. Short said he
would give one half vote to Cannon,
but he did so under protest. Mr..
Tubbs suggested they try to name a
compromise candidate upon whom
all Of them could agree, but this at
tempt at a settlement failed.
Pierce then moved the caucus in-
dOrse Senator Hastings for renomi-
nation. Mr.. Houston asked IL Pierce
knew Hastings would accept IT,
nominated. II do not know of any
one in Delaware. who would turn
down this nomination" Pierce re-
piled.
Mr.. Short said he would have to
vote mo" on this motion, and Pierce
said If that was the sentiment of
the caucus he would withdraw his
motion.
Several delegates were on their |
feet talking at the same time when
someone suggested a motion to adj
iourn would be in order. This was /
finally made, and the caucus ended.
Milford chronicle., 1936-08-28
LABORATORY HEAT
REACHES NEW HIGH

Two Northwestern university sci
entists recently measured the hot
test temperature ever attained by
man-12,O00 degrees Fahrenheit.
Outside snow fell. but in the
physics laboratory an electric arc
was several thousand degrees hotter
than the surface Of the sun.
A new type of thermometer had
to be devised for mercury used in
ordinary glass bulb melt at 674 de-
grees. iron melts at $500 degrees,
diamonds melt at $500 degrees, and
all substances at usual pressures
turn to gas at 5000 degrees.
The $1,000 degrees was measured
by photographing the light spec
triim produced by the arc.
Milford chronicle., 1936-08-28

AS business improves, the work.
ers' pay envelope grows fatter.
A long list Of companies have in
augurated pay raises so far this
year. Others have given employees
bonuses. Some have given both an
increase in pay and a bonus.
Companies which have boosted
their payrolls include Eastman, IN
ternational Harvester, Westinghouse,
Jewel Tea. Chrysler has put into ef-
feet three pay increases since the
summer Of 193S-has given bonuses
in addition.
Milford chronicle., 1936-08-28

Kansas train-auto collisions in
1885 killed So persons, only four
less than the combined toll the two
preceding years.
Milford chronicle., 1936-08-28
ONE AUTO FOR EVERY
4.53 PERSONS IN STATE

One automobile for every
4.53 persons was the average
in Delaware for 1885, Lloyd R.
Lewis, president and manager
of the Delaware Motor Club.
A. A. A., announced. In the
nation as a whole there was
one car for every 4.S6 persons.
California and Nevada had
the greatest density of car ow-
nership, with one automobile
for every 2.62 and 2.S4 per-
sons, respectively. Substantial
gains were made in car own
ership in every state except
Massachusetts and Nebraska
in 1885. New York state leads
in the greatest number of
cars.
The national increase in
registered cars last year was
five per cent greater than the
previous year and was the
greatest in history of motor
transport with the exception
of 1929 and 1880.
Milford chronicle., 1936-08-28

There are three women on U. S.
stamps.
Milford chronicle., 1936-08-28
Tn To Last Ditch

Il am in this battle to the last
ditch" Mr. Short shouted, "and ]
Milford chronicle., 1936-08-28

Mr.. Houston's recommendation
that an independent Republican Par
ty be formed at the meeting was
greeted with cheers and unanimous
ly adopted by a rising vote.
Continuing, Mr.. Houston said: "In
this new Independent Republican
Party we want it plainly understood
that everyone has a vote regardless
Of whether he is a Republican, Dem
ocrat, or Independent. All are wei
come to join u.s."
Mr.. Short. called upon by Mr..
Houston, said: This movement is
Statewide. 1t has been brewing all
over Delaware for some time and
has just been brought to head. 1t
had to have a starting place and
that place was Sussex county. but I
hope it will become equally as
strong in Kent and New Castle
counties as it is in Sussex.
'In To Last Ditch
Il am in this battle to the last
DITCH" Mr. Short shouted, "and !
The Washington times., 1936-06-17
The Human Side of the News = By Edwin C. Hill

) of any man or woman not only
reflects character but reveals in
innate thoughts, worries, aims,
desires, fears, dislikes. Handwrit'
ing never lies, says the man with
the sixth sense. It is not only
the mirror of his soul and of his
past, but a reliable guide to his
future.
Schermann has been known to
discover the intention of murder
in the signature of a man he
never saw. For, in that signature,
he clearly perceived the image OF
a pistol.
MYSTERIOUS POWERS
Every stroke Of the pen has for
him it's special meaning laying
bare before his eyes the hidden
depths of the writer's soul.
Some time before the death OF
Stresemann, late Foreign Minis
ter of Germany, a specimen OF
Stresemann's handwriting was
submitted to the man who is SC
strangely the instrument of 9
hidden force.
From that handwriting, Scher
The Washington times., 1936-06-17

founded the police of dozen
countries and reduced Sherlock
Holmes to the status of an ordin-
ary private detective.
The French Surete, Scotland
Yard, the Moscow police and other
famous crime agencies, have called
upon Schermann in numerous
instances to unravel their puzzles
and the story is that he has never
failed them.
One wishes somehow that he
had been on hand during the
Hauptmann trial, to study the
handwriting of the Lindbergh
baby kidnaper, and, perhaps, read
the curious mind of Bruno Rich
ard Hauptmann.
Mr.. Schermann is plain, mod
est, even timid little man, and is
possessed undoubtedly of a mys-
teriouS force. He "Sees" any in
dividual through the handwriting
Of that individual
The Washington times., 1936-06-17
Greatest Show on Earth
By Frank Miller Smith

} The Philadelphia hall is half the
size of the Chicago auditorium,
where the last convention was held.
The requests for admittance in
one way or another more than
double.
There will be $500 delegates
and alternates to take care of
first and then the horde of
others. Some hope is held that
the less inSiStent ones will be sat.
isfied with tickets to the joint no.
tification ceremonies to be held
Saturday at Franklin Field.
1t will be the first time in the
history of conventions that such
a ceremony has taken place. The
program calls for a concert by
the Philadelphia Philharmonic
before the notification. Several
singers of national reputation will
also be called upon for selections.
At this convention Mrs J. Bor-
den Hartman will be the official
hostess. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson,
Mrs. Preston Cleveland and Mrs.
Thomas R. Marshall are expected
to attend.
The feminine contingent will be
larger than ever before.
The Washington times., 1936-06-17


dream of courage and adventure.
Nor the scientists god, which is
built from the scientists hunger
for truth. Nor the philosophers
god, which is built from the phil
oSopher's love of power and peace.
They can only understand a but
ter n egg god who gives his SER
wants good crops yearly and at
least 6 per cent interest on all in
veStments.
And, likewise, women build gods
for themselves out of the fire and
foolishnesS of their hearts. I have
known women who built gods
around Hoover cabinets and pre-
serve jars. And other women who
sought god in cabarets. And still
others for whom no power or
beauty of adventure existed out.
side their babies eyes. For love
can limit life as surely and ter
ribly as any vice.
LIES MEASURE
Even the atheist who denies God
has a god. No man ever wor.
shipped Jehovah or Buddha or AL.
lah or Wall Street more fiercely
than the atheist Worships his bit
ter conception of Nothingness. If
you want a real, red-eyed, religious
fanatic, one who will work over.
time and be crucified for his god,
pick yourself an infidel. They have
all other whirling dervisheS licked
Such a man makes himself a god
and, in the making, defines and
bounds his own life. FOR IF A
CABARET OR A SEAT IN THE
EXCHANGE IS HEAVEN TO
YOU, THEN A DA1SY-STARRED
MEADOW WILL CERTAINLY BE
HE'LL.
Why are our lives so limited and
frustrated? That's why. We build
these limitations, we prepare those
Illustrations. We make 2x4 gods
and, bowling before them, we shut
out the endless horizons of the
soul.
To the man who has put aside
his self-made god and opened his
heart to the immensity of Life
beauty is everywhere and power
is inexhaustible. And in every ex-
perience-in riches or poverty, in
sickness or health, in success or
disaster-he will find truth and
adventure.
HOW BIG IS YOUR GOD?
ANSWER THAT, AND YOU'LL
TELL THE MEASUREMENT OF
YOUR LIFE.
GCopyriEht, 1855 King Features
Syndicate. InpS
The Washington times., 1936-06-17
HOSPITABLE

Newspaper men didn't want for
a friendly greeting when they ar.
rived to get their seat tickets.
Bill Donaldson, superintendent of
the House gallery, was there 10
identify each one and give him
the ducat. After this brief cere.
mony, Mr.. Donaldson would smile
broadly and announce:
"All right, Admirals."
Four blondes, beautiful show
girls, we are told, dressed as yeo-
manettes, would step forward and
present the correspondent with a
convention program and invita-
tions from candidates and others
to the various festivities and busi-
ness conferences in full swing at
the various headquarters.
The Washington times., 1936-06-17

mann read that StreSemann was
suffering from heart trouble
though the German statesman
seemed to be in perfectly good
health. Shortly afterward, he
examined a note written by
stresemann and predicted that
the statesman would die in about
six months. Death came in seven
months.
In 1888, Schermann was ex
amined by a commission of New
York physicians among whom
were such distinguished gentle
men as Charles Lewis Dana and
DR.. C. Ward Champion. 1t was
DR.. Champion who came as close
as any human being could come,
probably, to explaining the mys'
terious powers Of the little man
Of Cracow.
Champion asserted that Scher'
mann, biologically, was a "leap"
ahead of the rest of the human
race-a long leap ahead in the
slow evolution of the species and
it's mentality, a promise, perhaps
of the gifts that all or most hu'
man beings may possess at some
distant day.
(CopyriSht, 1885. by King Features
eyndieats~ 9nSO
The Washington times., 1936-06-17
The District Bill

The House persists in following the policy dictated by
one of it's members of WHITTLING AT THE Ma
TIONAL CAPITAL.
The other day it decided not to cut quite deep
the dictator had formerly insisted but nevertheless it
accepted his ultimatum that considerable chunk be
carved out of the Federal share of maintenance of the
seat of the Federal Government
Whether even this concession by the House will result
in the passage of District appropriation bill by this
Congress is problematical.
THE SENATE HAS DETECTED THE OBVIOUS
INTENT OF THE MAN WHO WOULD BE DICTATOR
OF THE DISTRICT AND REALIZES THAT NOW IS
THE TIME TO MAKE FIRM STAND AGAINST
HIS ARROGANT ASSUMPTION OF CONTROL OF
THE NATIONS CITY.
Even before the House voted to accept provision in
the bill for compromise payment Of $42OO0OO by the
Federal Government liberal provision is under
stood to have been offered by the House managers in
the conference between the Senate and House.
That offer was declined by the Senate which insisted
that the payment should be held at $57O0OOO the figure
set by the Bureau of the Budget and endorsed by Pres
dent Roosevelt.
It. is difficult to see why the Senate should &C
cept the modified proposal of the House.
1t is to be hoped that regardless of WGt action is
taken ultimately on the pending bill, that steps
lDU be taken to eliminate this constantly recurring
quarrel.
Early in this years negotiations over the Federal
share when became apparent that the Senate had de-
cded to resist the House dctaton of local affairs
bers of the Senate suggested that impartial commits
sion be created to set policy for the future.
That suggestion, in form, should be tied to
whatever measure is finally enacted for defraying the
expenses of the city for the coming fiscal year.
The Washington times., 1936-06-17
Daily COnstitutiOnals
By Max Berns

the number composing them may
be. the greater is known to be
the aScendancy of passion over
reason.
after securing a sufficient
number for the purposes of
safety, of local information and
of diffusive sympathy with the
whole society, they (the people,
will counteract their own views
by every addition to their rep
resentatives. The machine will
be enlarged, but the fewer, and
often the more secret. will be
the springs by which its motions
are directed"
. To guard against a rule OF pas
sion common to large bodies, our
Constitution provides for a small
Senate as a check upon the large
House of Representatives.
(TOMORROW: STABILITY IN
GOVERNMENT")
ICopyright. 1885. by King Features
Syndicate. fns.9
The Washington times., 1936-06-17
PRE.YUES

The Bigwigs preparing for the
Philadelphia convention declare
that the Democrats are going to
put on a show that will have
enough color to drown the Cleve-
land one.
All delegations are being re-
quested to bring bands with them
and to have them dressed in as
striking costumes as they can pro.
cure.
Jim Farley, chairman, Edwin A.
Halsey, sergeant-at-arms, Forbes
Morgan and w. W. Howes, chair
man of the ticket committee, are
being inundated with requests for
tickets and honorary appoint
ments. The job has about got
them running around in circles.
The Washington times., 1936-06-17

NAL, though Edwin c. Hill
rare, activity of the human mind.
He believes that science should
devote itself to the serious study
of telepathy and clairvoyance, as
he himself has been doing for
many years.
I gather that DR.. Carrel is con,
vinced that the mind has latent
powers not dependent upon the
senses; that the mind is controlled
by laws different from the known
physical laws.
There may exist, indeed, that
strange faculty we call the sixth
sense-inexplicable intuition capa'
BILE of amazing preScience.
SIXTH SENSE
I'm thinking now about that
remarkable Pole, Raphael Scher'
mann, whose feats in telepathically
solving murder mysteries have as
The Washington times., 1936-06-17
CANNOT UNDERSTAND
Wise Words

He is ungrateful who expresses
his thanks when all witnesses
have departed.-Seneca.
Education has for it's object
the formation of character
Herbert Spencer.
A faithful friend is the medi-
cine of life.-Apocrypha.
Our little system have their
dayS they have their day and
OeaSs to bes-Tennyson.
The Washington times., 1936-06-17

without avail John d. NJ. Hamilton
that the police had been letting
spectators in without tickets.
Not so with Mr.. Hamilton. He
was stopped. He argued vehe-
mently. 1t was no go. The best
known man at the convention
was stopped and stopped cold.
Finally Joe Wills, assistant SUI
perintendent at the Senate press
gallery, noticed the trouble. He
gave the o. K. and Mr.. Haml-
ton was grudgingly admitted to
make his way to the platform to
nominate the man who became
the conventions choice.
The Washington times., 1936-06-17
FASHION NOTE

1t still puzzles some. That is
how the heck to walk around in
the Commerce Building without
getting lost.
A new batch of emergency
clerks, they had been working
there several weeks, laughed de-
lightfully when one of their num-
ber turned up breathless a half
hour late from lunch because he
got mixed up and had been run
ming up and down corridors in a
desperate marathon.
He must have gotten docked.
For, the next day the young lady
at the desk next to him appeared
wearing a button in the lapel of
her coat with a cord attached.
"Ah hah," said the late-frOm-
lunch clerk, "a new lapel watch.
Let's See."
Lapel watch nothing" the
bright young thing shifted.
"It's a compass. 1 bet I won't
get lost like you did"
The Washington times., 1936-06-17


man can comprehend the nature
of His being. And all men call
Him by different name. But
whatever the name or nature of
this invisible Presence, this much
is sure-it is the source of all life
and into Its inscrutable plan is
woven the pattern of each sep
arate human life.
But such mystery is too vague
and vast for men to understand
They cannot grasp it's immensity
nor fit 1t to their small schemes
and desires. So each man builds
a god for himself. Out of his
longing and fear and conceit and
greed, each man builds an ideal
that he can worship and serve
and trust.
CANNOT UNDERSTAND
FOR MOST MEN THAT IDEAL
IS JUST A LARGER IMAGE
OF THEMSELVES. They build
their god by their own dimensions
If their iGea of heaven is Better
Business their god becomes a tire.
mendouS, omnipotent Butter n
Egg Man. And they proceed to
measure all things in life bu but.
ter N egg values.
Other gods and other values
The Washington times., 1936-06-17

DEEP AS THE
GOD HE HAS
B lit FOR
H I M S E L F.
FOR M OS T
MEN TIL A T
IDEAL IS JUST
A L A R G E r
I'M AGE OF
THEMSELVES.
Over all men
and their little,
limited god S
looms the one
boundless, eter-
nal God. No
man has seen
n;n Fnnn N
The Washington times., 1936-06-17

Like the time
John D. M.
H a m / | t o n
rushed into the
auditorium t o
nominate Gov
ernor ALI Ian
don. He was
in a hurry. He
made a dash
for the first
e n t r ance. 1t
was the press
e a t e. T h e
qualified work
ing press had
com p a / ned
The Washington times., 1936-06-17

terested, inquir-
ing eye on tele-
pathy. One of
the g re a t e S t
scientists, DR..
Al e xi S Carrel,
famed surgeon
and master ge-
MUS of the
great Rockefel-
ler Institute,
leads the way
in this faScinat-
ing inquiry.
He holds that
telepathy does
exist as a nor
~ol fH0nn Il
The Washington times., 1936-06-17

SAdNG4y UAAC AA41A Va WOAA4dG4 41C
does NOT want to marry, and
selects wisely, by the careful
process of elimination.
When a widower forgetS his
sorrow long enough to begin to
worry about the thin spot on top
of his head and to take a fresh
interest in his neckties. the
women take heart and the Devil
smiles behind his hand.
It is always easier to marry
a secondhand husband than it
is to marry a bachelor; because
a man who has been through the
battle and surrendered once, has
very little fight and no sales
resistance left in him.
A widower is always in mortal
danger of remarrying; because
there is something about a lone
man, with a bereaved expression
The Washington times., 1936-06-17
A WISH2

The songs chosen by the Repub-
licans came in for quite bit of
ribbing from the not too Sympa.
thetic Democrats listening in at
Washington.
Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney
of Wyoming applauded when he
heard Reinald Werrenrath sing
ing, "On the Road to Mandalay."
"That's pretty good" he re
marked. That's just about
where the Republicans are 60
ing"
The Washington times., 1936-06-17
DID YOU HEAR?

And did you hear what some
others believe they heard Chair
man Bert Smell say when the
Hoover demonstration began after
that Republican Stalwart had fin
ished his speech?
The Washington times., 1936-06-17


is LEARNING FROM A GOOD TEACHER
Of all animals is intelligent the elephant
has so good memory is powerful, easily
taught by intelligent trainer.
These statements will be proved during this campaign with
ALT NJ Landon of Kansas leading the great army
of determined Republicans and dissatisfied Democrats
The campaign will enghten voters and also enghen the
Republican elephant he will learn things hitherto unknown
him.
Governor Landon will teach the Republican elephant that
the people, American Masses first all other things
SECOND.
Governor Landon will teach his hearers and the Republican
that has chosen him leader that the most important
thing the United States is the happiness of the
American family and that this country at least hundred
millions Average Americans They the nations back
bone.
Governor Landon does not lack sympathy for those at the
bottom the heap there those that must be helped and
he will see that they get help.
appreciates those that have done the great business and
industrial work of the United States He would not deprive
them of a fair return their superior ability.
Landons real interest is in the
Americans the body of the people to which he belongs
whom he has succeeded by his efforts.
The intelligent Republican elephant will learn from Gov
Landon that the old statement Take the pennies
and the pounds will take of themselves applies to human
beings; aso Take of the average and the
tional will ask only for justice. He take Of
himself
The Washington times., 1936-06-17

Science, coldly contemptuous Of
the supernatural, highly skeptical
Of that which cannot be weighed,
measured and tested. turns an in.
The Washington times., 1936-06-17
FLASHBACK

Newspaper men returning from
Cleveland gather now and then
to compare notes on stories they
didn't have time to write.
The Washington times., 1936-06-17

Scientist Says Raphael Schermann Is Leap
Ahead of the Rest of the Human Race
handwriting a~and moral characteristics of
picture, startlingly accurate, of person
the mental He proved that the writing
The Washington times., 1936-06-17
A CHECK ON PASSION

A CHECK ON PASSION
After providing for a large
House of Representatives, why
does our Constitution provide
for . small Senate?
I'm all legislative assemblies,
say the Federalist. famous Consti-
tutional authority. "the greater
The Washington times., 1936-06-17

Any woman who has married
a widower and heard what a COM
bination of Ange1-and-Venus her
predecessor was knows the exact
location of his "buried treasure"
The Washington times., 1936-06-17
Listen, World!
By Elsie Robinson
HOW BIG IS YOUR GOD?

MAN HAS HIS GOD $mean nothing to them. They
AND EACH IS AS not understand the poets god
viii
The Washington times., 1936-06-17

in his eyes, which appeals to
every woman'S maternal instinct.
Half a lover is better than
none-and the second wife gets
the better half.
Copyright, 1885, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1936-06-17

When a man VOWS he VIII
never marry again." don't let it
crush your hopes. The most Sus-
ceptible thing on earth is the
The Washington times., 1936-06-17

location of his buried treasure. "
A FUSED husband" may not seem
such an attractive matrimonial
proposition as a brand-new bach,
elor model, but it is much less
wear and tear on the nerves run
ming a man who has been home
broken than learning how to run
one who has never been woman
tanned.
Many a girl has hesitated to
marry a widower because she did
not want to be second edition"
and then has tied herself up
to a bachelor, only to discover
that she was 32d edition.
A widower usually makes a
better and safer choice the Sec
The Washington times., 1936-06-17

Of all animals intelligent the elephant,
has good memory is powerful more easily
taught by an intelligent trainer.
The Washington times., 1936-06-17
Marry-GO-ROund
By Helen ROWLdnd
SECONDHAND HUSBANDS

ond time; because he knows
exactly the kind of woman he
does NOT want to marry, and
The Redwood gazette., 1936-10-15

The Lam's guest writer this
week is comparative newcomer.
who views the town with an OBJ
jective, albeit a jaundiced, eye.
His especial criticism follows, al
belt satirically: Our guest editor
wishes it known that he is not the
same as our guest columnist.
THE MAN FROM MARS DOES
A BOBBY BURNS
Would some power the giftie
gle us
To see ourselves as others see US.
Melodrama in 3 acts
The Man from Mars stepped
across Second Street and leaned
against the clock.
Beautiful town, this, he muir
INJURED.
Eyes sir, stranger, answered
the Innocent Bystander, 1--WE here
are pretty proud of the Scenic
City. Beautiful location, pleasant
people,"
"Ah yes" said the Man from
Mars, but it is too bad you have
so many fires".
Fires? the Innocent Bystand-
er looked blank.
The Man from Mars rubbed his
injured leg (the fourth from the
front on the Lefty "but these
strange vehicles, is it not that the
drivers are going to fire or flee
ing from some natural calamity?
Why else would the inhabitants
of your city defy the laws Of ply
sizes, the metaphysics of probab-
ility, and risk the necks OF their
fellows unless from such over
powering cause?"
''The reason, said the Innocent
Bystander, sis that they are try
ing to save time"
'Why" asked the Man from
Mars.
"You sir, are a hopeless idiot," !"
said the Innocent Bystander,
"They will use the saved time to