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Evening star., 1936-09-20
Better Coordination.

Chief value in assignment OF an as
sistant United States attorney to police
headquarters, to take part in criminal
investigations, and especially in the in
vestigation of homicide, would lie in
adequate preparation of the case for
trial. The solution of a crime and the
arrest of the criminal are one thing,
but trial and punishment are another.
Sometimes case that the police regard
as alright and as simple as A B G
turns out to be incapable Of effective
prosecution in court because Of the ma
ture Of the evidence gathered by police.
Participation of a lawyer in investigation
should be Of value both to the police
and to the United States Attorney.
As Major Brown says in his letter to
Mr. Garnett, the plan has worked Sue
cessfully in other jurisdictions and there
is no reason why it should not be tried
here. The objective, of course. is better
coordination between the police and
the prosecutor. 1t should not be neces-
sary at this time, it would seem, to as
sign an assistant regularly to police
headquarters, as the same end would be
achieved by having assistants in the
prosecutors ofIice available for such as
signment when the need arises.
There is no disposition, or there should
be none. to regard the suggestion as in
the nature Of criticism or fault finding.
It relates to an obvious method Of i'm
proving the system. If Mr.. Garnett
does not feel inclined to adopt the sug-
gestion, he will doubtless explain what
appear to him to be its disadvantages.
Evening star., 1936-09-20
NEEDING THE VOICES
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN D. D. IL D. D. C l.
BISHOP WASHINGTON

The world Is not saved through its
own conceits Of power or its gifts of
excelling genius. 1t is saved through
needing the voices o. those who in other
and difiicult days have guided with
wisdom its course of action. We cannot
with assurance project ourselves into the
future or be confident Of our security
without reckoning with the wisdom that
has been transmitted to us from the
days of the past.
the parable of Dives and Lazarus rs
recorded in sixteenth chapter of St.
Luke's gospel. This parable was spoken
in response to the boasts of the self
assured religionists of His day who
stressed unduly their cherished tradi-
tions. They had proudly afIlrmed: "Abra-
ham is our father" and I'VE were
never in bondage to any man." The
Master rebuked them, saying: "You
are they which justify yourselves before
men, but God knoweth your hearts"
In the parable Jesus sought to dis
close their folly by showing them how
unresponsive and disobedient they had
been to those seers and prophets whom
they claimed as their own. In the story
Jesus speaks Of Dives suffering anguish
for his misdeeds and crying out to
Father Abraham, saying Have Mercy on
me and send Lazarus that he may
assuage my PAIN" to which he added a
further petition: II pray thee therefore,
Father, that Thou wouldest send him to
my fathers house: For I have five
brethren; that he may testify unto them,
lest they also come into this place of
torment" To this the answer is given:
"They have Moses and the prophets:
let them hear them" In response to the
further importunate appeal of Dives,
the answer is given: ''If they hear not
Moses and the prophets, neither will
they be persuaded, though one rose from
the dead"
There is weighty significance in this
parable, and 1t is pertinent to some of
the conditions we face today. In all
the phases of our life we are reluctant
to turn to the men Of wisdom of other
days. We are so strongly modern that
we would dispense with the old ideals
and old standards and systems that
have proved their worth, and substitute
for them our own conceits and what we
Evening star., 1936-09-20
Subversive Influences.

A ringing challenge to pleasure loving
parents who, by their indifference to the
problems Of youth, are allowing crime
and subversive influences to breed to an
alarming degree among the younger gen.
Grafton, was sounded yesterday by J.
Edgar Hoover, director of the Federal
Bureau Of Investigation.
Addressing the Holy Name Society
convention in New York City, Mr..
Hoover-who is in an excellent position
to know whereof he speaks-issued
sharp warning designed to awaken
thoughtless parents to their responsible
ties.
Declaring that more than 100000 boys
and girls are enlisted In Americas army
Of crime" the head of the G-men
said there els no suitable explanation
which the fathers and mothers Of Amer
lea can make for this outrageous situa-
ton"
Discipline must be re-established In
the American home," he said. "The
father who thinks too much about golf
to care what his son is doing; the
mother who is SO eager for bridge that
sfe. pretends to believe that her daugh-
ter in a parked car beside the roadway
is merely indulging in q bit of harmless
petting, must recast their ideas or realize
that they are unable to govern the
human beings for whose existence they
are responsible"
Parental indifference, Mr.. Hoover
charged, is tending ito create q weak
ening even of our political structure"
Instigators Of subversive activities
Evening star., 1936-09-20

conceive to be our modern methods. In
nne. we declare our independence by
refusing to be influenced by the dead
hand Of the past" A wise leader of the
people expressed 1t in striking phrase:
We have dispensed with the old titular
dign1ties and the trappings for which
they stood; let us see to 1t that we do
not. dispense with the ideals for which
they stood"
Along with our efforts to be modern
we attempt to substitute for the sane
tions OF religion new schools of thought,
new systems of ethics. OF all the
prophets whose mighty teachings still
hold the place Of pre- -eminence, Jesus of
Nazareth is foremost. It is His teachings
more than all others that are challenged
today. So true is this that a world
statesman has maintained that "the
two dominant PHILOSOPHERS of life that
are today in mortal conflict are Christi
anity and communism" Beyond all our
efforts to restore our economic stability
and our industrial order we are COM
PEELED to address ourselves to those
things that enter deeply into our tndi-
vidual and corporate life, and those
things have to do with our moral and
religious well being. They transcend all
the questions that have engaged our
interest. Sooner or later, notwithstand-
ing all our boasted cleverness and in
genuity. we shall once again turn our
faces to the great prophets whose voices
we once needed. Sooner or later, with
our conceits of wisdom and so-called
clever craftsmanship, we shall come to
listen to the voices of those whose wis
dom guided us in other days. Sooner
or later, with our apostasy and indiffer-
ence to the high claims of Christ, we
shall come to realize that His teachings
have to do with the most vital concerns
Of our domestic, social and industrial
life. One of the great statesmen of
Europe said recently: What we are
facing today is not an economic or po-
litical crisis, but moral crisis" He
further maintained that much Of our
disillusionment and disappointment was
the product Of our own folly and our
refusal to recognize God in the economy
Of life. 1t was solemn word that Jesus
uttered: IF they hear not Moses and
the prophets neither will they be per-
suaded though one rose from the dead"
Evening star., 1936-09-20
The Alcazar.

Nothing more dramatic or at the same
time more terribly tragic has occurred
during the whole of Spain's fratricidal
ordeal than the blowing up Of the his
toric citadel Of Alcazar at Toledo. It
had held out as a rebel stronghold for
exactly nine weeks, sheltering not only
thousand-odd brave and tenacious de-
tenders, but several hundred Of their
women and children who suffered the
privations and dangers of the siege along
with the troops and refused to the last
to desert them even when offered safe
conduct to the Loyalist lines. The faith
fulness of this band of trapped hon.
combatants is not the least heroic note
in what will come to be known as the
epic of the Alcazar.
The insurgent forces occupying the
ancient castle fortress astride the heights
Of Toledo were warned q week ago that
if. they persisted in their defiant dec
lination to surrender. the governments
investing army would blow the Alcazar
to bits, even If 1t meant burying in its
ruins many of the troops and civilians
fighting or finding refuge within its
walls. Neutral efforts, through foreign
diplomatic channels, to obtain the
evacuation of mothers, wives, sisters and
children fell on deaf rebel ears. There
upon, in pursuance Of the threat to re-
duce the citadel to smoking and crum-
bling ruins, Madrid ordered mines laid
beneath the doomed area and early on
Friday morning they were set of. At
least two tons Of INT, it is estimated
were exploded, wreaking terrific de-
struction in all directions and incalcu-
liable loss of life and physical property.
The Alcazar was turned into a shambles
So perished not only most of its gallant
defenders, but q beautiful and massive
monument which for centuries had in
carnated the glory Of Spain and with
stood all previous attempts at oblitera-
ton. The world is bereft of another Of
its priceless and history hallowed objects.
Devastating as the first explosions were
they did not suffice entirely to subdue
the rebel garrison, whose surviving units
actually contrived to drive of Loyalist
forces which sought to bring the whole
Alcazar region under their control They
planted the republican flag over the
shattered fortress, but isolated groups
of defenders. apparently still equipped
with guns and ammunition. continued
literally to hold the fort. The govern
ment is ready to explode two more mines
if it becomes necessary to blast the in
surgent bitter-enders into submission.
General frances troops are not far
from Toledo and 1t is to be assumed
that in grim retaliation for the Alcazar
the rebels will make a desperate attack
on the city as soon as conditions permit.
Capture Of Toledo, despite demolition
of the fortress, would be of inestimable
moral and strategic advantage to the
enemies Of the government. There is
unhappily no sign that the waves of
blood which are drenching Spain will
soon recede.
Evening star., 1936-09-20

fraternal effort to restore the shaken
commonwealth and to re-establish its
nag. The new covenant was sealed ut
San Juan Hall and still more eonvinc-
ingly at Belleau Wood, where there was
no Mason and Dixon line.
The Star. then, greets the q. A. r. as
q voice privileged to speak for whole
people. 1t presumes to say to the vet
Grams, their relatives and friends. that
they are welcome to Washington, the
city which an Immortality reborn Amer
lea calls Its home.
Evening star., 1936-09-20

At time when specialized scholarship
assumes 50 much civic responsibility the
business branch of the Democratic cam
paign should be encouraged in intellec-
tual demonstrations. A meeting Of the
alumni of the Packard Commercial
School Of New York City would be q
notable event If General James A. Farley
would consent to grace the occasion as
orator in chief.
Evening star., 1936-09-20
Welcome, C.. A. r.

The Nations Capital was an obvious
choice for the SEVENTEEN national en-
campment of the Grand Army of the
Republic and its five affiliated societies.
No other city had equal claim as an
assembly place for what should prove
the most impressive convention the vet
Grams ever have held. Here. in the
Federal District, the Government which
these survivors Of the struggle Of 1861
to 1865 defended is centered; here, too,
are the principal symbols Of their patri-
otic idealism-the Capitol, the Lincoln
Memorial and just over the river, Arling-
ton and its meaningful monuments to
the unforgotten dead.
OF course, the War between the States
is matter of history, receding hour by
hour into the past. New generations Of
Americans look back upon it with won
derment and incredulity. 1t seems i'm
possible that the fate of the Union ever
should have been dependent upon the
chances of q field upon which brothers
sought to shed each others blood. Only
by the exercise Of imagination is 1t feas-
ible to vision the picture Of land torn
asunder by partisan violence and knit
together again by force of arms. Yet
the aged men who gather today to COM
memorate those great events can testify
from their own knowledge that they
really happened.
Little else remains to remind the Ma
ton of the saddest and most sorrowful
of its experiences. The Republic has
been healed as well as preserved. Yet
it would be the rankest ingratitude If it
were not remembered that it is to the
Union soldiers and sailors Of seven
decades ago that America owes her sur
vival and continuance. Had they not
served and suffered, the United States
must have persisted at Gettysburg. But
the tide of rebellion ebhed to an In
evitable surrender. and. by grace Of an
ALLOWING Providence, Gray and Blue,
South and North, have Joined In . single
Evening star., 1936-09-20

his deepest impression by skillful at
tack directed at President RooseVeits
spending policies, accompanied by
plan of his own for meeting the Federal
Governments fiscal problems.
The impression gathered in the Middle
West is that the Democrats are much
more strongly organized than the Re-
publicans in all the States and that the
normal political advantages lie with
them unless Gov. Landon can dramatize
his appeal In the next month.
(copyy1ghA 1o30.o
Evening star., 1936-09-20

When Grover Cleveland Is mentioned
. wish is Immediately suggested that
many trif1es that have been magnified
into terrors will be so managed as to
permit them to retire into innocuous
desuitude.
Evening star., 1936-09-20
Member Of the Associated Press.
Another School Year.

Another record In opening day enroll
ment in the public schools is expected
tomorrow, when some $4,000 pupils nre
expected to register. Before the end
Of the school year an enrolment peak
Of about 100000 is anticipated, repre-
senting an increase over last years fig
ures of between three and four thousand.
The schools were crowded last year.
But as the provision of new facilities,
in the form Of new class rooms, is far
short of the increased enrolment the
schools are facing one of the most
crowded years in their history.
The largest appropriation for schools,
In funds for maintenance and construc-
ton, was in the fiscal year 1881, when
the total amounted to $13,875,99 That
Fall saw an opening day registration
of about 10000 pupils. This year the
total appropriations for schools amount
to $12,494 960-which is the largest, by
the way, since the fiscal year 1882. But
the opening days enrolment tomorrow
Is expected to be about $4,000. The
schools, in other words, are expected to
accommodate about $4,000 more pupils
than six years ago, and are operating on
less money, for maintenance and i'm
provement, than they received six years
ago. In specific figures, with $4,000 more
pupils, the public schools have exactly
$940,670 more for maintenance and
e2,321 100 less for improvements.
That indicates the nature OF the
school problem this year, but it does
not tell the whole story. The significant
figures are revealed In the expenditures
for improvement since the fiscal year
1881. In the Six years previous to and
including the fiscal year 1881. q total
Of $14,105,113 was appropriated for con-
struction-an average annual expendi-
ture Of $2,850,852. In the past six fiscal
years, including the current appropria-
tions, the total for construction has
fallen to $9,627 ,221, or an average annual
expenditure Of 81 ,604536 during period
when there has been an unprecedented
increase in the demands on the schools
because Of the rapid growth in school
population. If the six years previous to
and including the fiscal year 1882 could
be regarded as normal, the community
has fallen behind in normal improve
ments to the extent of more than S7,0OO,-
000-not including the extraordinary
amount of construction which the
extraordinary growth in school popula-
ton would demand
The school problem is indicative of
the whole financial problem facing the
community as the result of lean appro-
priations during the depression years
and the reduction of the Federal appro-
priation. Beginning with the next fiscal
year, there should be greatly increased
appropriations for schools. But the esti-
mates of available revenue for the next
fiscal year, with the lump sum carried
as $5,000000, point to a shortage of
funds even in maintenance, permitting
nothing for improvement. The fate of
the schools, along with that of other
necessary community functions and
undertakings, depends in large measure
on the fair solution of the fiscal relations
issue. 1t is by far the most important
issue confronting the community.
Evening star., 1936-09-20
Uplift.

what do you think Of Government
housing plans?" asked the inquiring
constituent.
They're all right" replied Senator
Sorghum, IF your motto is More power
to the Government When the Govern
ment gets tired of raising taxes 1t can
raise the rent"
Evening star., 1936-09-20

Now and then some brain worker sighs
for lodge in wilderness where he can
find repose. The wish is vain. Even If
he finds the lodge the hired man will
insist on putting up radio set in the
woodshed.
Evening star., 1936-09-20

If athletic champions continue to
make good in vaudeville it might be con-
sidered desirable for Major Bowes to
introduce q prize ring into his amateur
nights.
Evening star., 1936-09-20

Scientists engage in speculation on
conditions that will prevail a million
years hence. In Europe at present in
telligent attention is largely concen-
trated on what may happen in the next
ten minutes.
Evening star., 1936-09-20
Charm of the Unbelievable.

Charm Of the Unbelievable.
My radio! My radio!
Listen in with care.
Sometimes great wisdom you will show
Mid music In the air.
Your logic often will deceive,
Your statements are untrue.
You tell things need not believe
At least, hope you do.
Evening star., 1936-09-20
Shooting Stars.
Around the Clock
BY PHnANDER JOHNSON.

Around the Clock.
About our Working Hours we talk,
In language loud and strong.
We're frequently inclined to balk
Because they seem too long.
OF Cocktail Hours some folk are proud,
And yet they bring dismay
When anybody tries to crowd
Too many in day.
OF Daylight Saving we've been told,
And sometimes missed a train,
Yet other saving we behold
That teachers should explain.
Before we hope to reach state
OF usefulness sublime,
Our clocks we ought to regulate
For Night Club Saving time.
Evening star., 1936-09-20
Incidental Romance.

AHSAAVAASoA ASVAAASAASSs
The covers are gay
On the new magazines;
We find on display
Many wonderful scenes.
Yet, as we admire
All the life in q whirl,
We want to inquire,
Does the man get his grip"
Through political creeds
And through rumors of strife
The citizen reads
OF the wonders of life.
Yet whatever the task
That great thinkers may plan,
We are pausing to ask,
docs the girl get her man?"
"A political rally" said Uncle Eben
would be almost ~ good as q camr
meetin' II de leaders could learn to stint
- well - dey shout"
Evening star., 1936-09-20

Blowing up the Alcazar was impress
sive demonstration, but no one, whatever
his political faith. can contend that it
was any argument.
Evening star., 1936-09-20
Relaxation.

KeIaX3tIOn.
do you enjoy foot ball?"
Every much" said Miss Cayenne. "1t's
q vivid and rudimentary form Of dis
cussion that doesn't trouble your mind
with any argument as to how you are
going to vote this Fall"
ITO initiate another" said Hi Ho, the
sage Of Chinatown, "is to call attention
to some one who is great enough to cast
q shadow in which idlers may seek re-
pose."
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ing their money
Along with this sentiment goes an
expression of fear over the size of the
national debt and concern over future
taxes. Without q doubt Gov Landon
can capitalize this issue much more eff
fectively than he has done up to the
present time. When it is discovered that
farmers-who pay almost no direct Fed
eral taxes and draw heavily from the
Federal Treasury-are being Influenced
by spending and tax arguments, the ex-
tent Of the Republican opportunity is
evident.
People in the smaller cities and in the
towns are busy talking about individuals
they know who have landed well-paid
Federal jobs. It seems that w. p. A..
has become a catch-al for worn-out
politicians. local political lame ducks and
community ne'er-do-wells. Voters see
individuals that they know drawing
down more money than they are able
to make and react accordingly.
y
Considerable interest," but diminishing
in its effect, surrounds the imports of
farm products. Few arguments can be
stirred up about the administration soil
conservation program, since the oppo-
sition indorses much the same thing.
The constitutional issue has failed to
click with the voters and now scarcely is
heard out in the country. Likewise
people show little excitement over
charges that the new dollar isn't much
good and that bank deposits and tn
surance policies are worth less than they
might otherwise be.
Gov. Landon, Judged by the attitude
c6 the general run Of voters. can make
Evening star., 1936-09-20

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St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1936-04-03
COUGHLIN CHURCH BURNS

Tears coursed down the cheeks of several
elderly women. Shingles sheathing the
original Shrine of the Little Flower at
Royal Oak, Michigan, cracked as flames
bit into themn
Across Twelve Mile Road the Rev.
Charles E. Coughlin stood among his flock
eally on ST. Patrick's Day, signing as his
rambling jerry built Church burned. Loss
of the $500 organ grisved the Radio
PRIEST "as matter of sentiment" be-
cause it provided music on his broadcasts
Seventy-fve feet away new Shrine of
the Little Flower is nearly finished Its
cost, $3.50 900, is covered by contributions
from radio listeners.
Writing in Golfers, Walter Davenport
recently described the church that burned
1.-THE little parish Church of Sainte
Therese of the Holy Face and the Child
Jesus" the Father Coughlin built in the
lowly suburb fifteen miles from downtown
Detroit decade ago:
"A motherly little House of God -.
deeply and snugly shawled beneath . roof
that almost hides its doors 1t needs paint.
It seems little neglected, and little be-
wildered 1t seems to knee and feel hum
BILE, brooding in the shadow of its Iordly
child, the huge pile of carved stone-Cruci-
fxion Tower-the Shrine of the Little
Flower" Literary Digest
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1936-04-03
Friday April 3rd 1896
Random Notes

The So. Catherine" will arrive at this
port today and sail from Trederikstsd to
morrow afternoon. On this account the
outgoing mails will close in Christianstsd
at 100 D. M tomorrow instead of 400 p.
m.
Arguments were heard on the Mandamus
Case In the District Court of Erederiksted
yesterday.
This is case growing out of the Iefu.
sal of the Electoral Board to register wo-
men az voters in the Frederiksted district
Never before in the history of this island
have women demanded the right to vote
In st. Thomas there has been a suffrage
movement among some of the women. LII
tigation started The Electoral Board was
taken to court and Writ of Mandamus
securedson the ground that it was incompa
tibls with the changed sovereignty to deny
women the right to vote because Of their
sex.
The women of Frsderikted then joined
in the fight, taking the Electoral Board of
that district into court.
His Hon. Judge Levitt presided, but did
not give his decision up to the time the
Court adjourned yesterday.
The mill at the Central Sugar Factory
had to cease grinding last night when the
cane throwers went on strike. Engineer
chief, J. Tiley was called and tried to set
tie the differences. A labor representa-
tive of the st. Croix Labor Union was
summoned. He persuaded the men to re
turn to Itheir work, but they would not
yield. The day gang reported this morn
ing and work was resumed.