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Evening star., 1936-01-05
BY GASTON NERvAL.

"HIS is election year. The col
umns of the press will be filled
in 1896 with news of political
Il activities, meetings, rallies
conventions, campaign pledges and
heated editorial controversies. Public
speakers will fill the air with eulogies
of their respective candidates. Polit-
ical clubs and centers will meet con-
stantly to observe the progress of the
contest.
Nineteen hundred and thirty-six is
election year. The business man, the
scholar, the industrialist, the worker,
the man in the street, all will be, tenn
porarily at least, politically minded.
In the course of the year. the man
who is to conduct the destinies of the
Nation for the next four years will be
chosen at the polls. The presence at
this time of such paramount economic
and social problems as the world de-
preston has wrought, places excep-
tional importance upon the selection
of the next Chief Executive.
Elections Due in 10 Countries.
No, we are not speaking of the
United States. The preceding two
paragraphs may be applied to any one
of exactly half of the other 20 re-
publics Of the Western Hemisphere
Presidential elections are scheduled to
take place, during the year which has
just begun, in 10 Latin American
countries: Cuba, Venezuela. Bolivia,
Paraguay, Panama, Nicaragua, Peru,
Costa Rica, Honduras and, possibly,
Ecuador.
Some of these elections will, un-
doubtedly, be peaceful and In the best,
or rather the best known, democratic
fashion, as democracy is understood
and practiced in our days. Others,
however, are charged with political
dynamite and may contribute to make
1886 an outstanding year in the annals
of Latin America.
The first in the list Is that an
nounced for the current month of jan
uary, in Cuba. Although repeatedly
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it seems quite probable that this time
the provisional authorities of the is
land republic will actually carry out
the promised election and help the
Cuban people to select new govern
ment. Unfortunately, as no one ia
miliar with present Cuban conditions
will deny, that help may go beyond
the customary limits, for it is no secret
that, since the overthrow of the Grau
San Martin regime. popular viii in the
island has been supplanted by the
strong arm of Col. Batista and his
highly paid army. Moreover, and as
result Of this, all the younger and
saner elements in Cuban politics have
announced their abstention from the
presidential contest. Irrespective, then,
Of whether former President Menocal
or Senior Gomez, former Machado
lieutenant, is victorious at the, polls,
Evening star., 1936-01-05
Antarctica Is Melting;
ClaciatiOn Once Greater

Antarctica, the South Polar con-
tinent, where Little America is To-
Gated, Is melting. It's ice was for
merly much more extensive than it
is now. Sir Douglas Mawson, in his
presidential address before the Aus
tralian and New Zealand Association
for the Advancement of Science,
pointed out evidence of much more
extensive glaciation than now exists.
Terminal moraines more than so miles
off shore have been discovered. These
deposits on the ocean bottom have
heights as great as 5000 feet and
frequently cause huge icebergs to be-
come grounded in 600 to 1000 feet
Of water and pack ice to build up in
back of them. shutting of access to
the coast. This does not happen at
Ross Sea or Wendell Sea, where the
water is deep.
Evening star., 1936-01-05
Whole Dirigible Fleet
Planned by Germany

BERLIN.-Germany aims at "the
creation Of whole feet of airships." "
according to the news given out in
Germany recently. AS soon as the
new Zeppelin L-3129, now nearing
completion at Friedrichshafen is
ready work will begin on a sister ship
Immediately. Pointing out that the
Lz-129 is intended for North Atlantic
trips to the United States, the Ameri-
can Express Travel Service reports
that the new itinerary will be from
two and one-half to three days. and
that an extended regular Zeppelin
service will be made to the Far East
by way Of the Indian Ocean.
Evening star., 1936-01-05

, days Of the Russian revolution, but
through no fault of his own-the Quai
d'Orsay refused to give him a pass
port.
In 1920 Laval turned over a new
leaf-he broke with the Socialist party,
| having failed to convince the majority
that a regular connection ought to be
established with the Bolshevik gov
ernment.
Nowadays an extremist who evinces
some readiness to come to terms with
the defenders of the existing social
order is always sure to be welcomed
by them and dubbed shining light
of political intelligence. All honors
are promised to him because it is
rightly or wrongly believed that, hav-
ing been intimately acquainted with
the extremists and having made him.
self efficient in the gentle art of
demagogy, he will prove more success
full than others in helping to tame
the subversive elements. AS soon as
lister, officials of all descriptions begin
to pay him a good deal of attention;
they are only too pleased to favor him
at every turn. Any one in difficulties
with the administration goes to the
young oarrister who sooner or later
will sit in the seats of the mighty.
( In that way, through settling cases
and promoting claims far away from
the court, it is possible for him to
pocket considerable fees. Influence
brings affluence.
Has Friends in All Camps.
From that initial career of his,
Pierre Laval has learned that money
is the supreme ruler of human affairs.
It can even be said that he has made
himself much too subservient to that
notion-a sound one, 1t is true, but
Continued on Ninth Page)
Evening star., 1936-01-05
BY FRED C. KELLY.

~ ETROIT.-Charles F. Ketter-
ing, wee president and direc-
tor of research for General
- Motors, leaned back. smiling
amiably. with hands clasped over one
knee and told me story of his visit
to a Detroit book store.
He had just bought a number of
late scientific books and the clerk,
while wrapping them up, remarked:
"If I had my way I'd take all such
books as these and have them de-
stroyed."
"why3 What's your objection to
such books?" Kettering asked.
"Oh. science is too far ahead Of
u.s." opined the clerk. The public
is unable to grasp all the advances
in science and 1t does more harm
than good"
Locomotive as Illustration.
wait a minute, now," said Ketter-
ing. why does the public have to
understand advances in science? Does
the public know all about locomo-
tive? OF course not. But is that any
reason why people shouldn't ride in
trains pulled by locomotives? Only
a few people need to understand the
mechanism of a locomotive"
The clerk was good audience and
Kettering went on:
"If you were to go to the telephone
and tell the operator you wish to
talk with the room clerk at the Savoy
Hotel in London, England, in about
S minutes, or 10 minutes at most. you
would be able to talk to the man in
London. It's a wonderful adventure
to be able to do that a good example
of scientific progress; but you don't
need to have the remotest knowledge
of vacuum tubes or any of the other
details that make such feat possible. :"
But isn't there lag" I asked
Kettering, between scientific progress
and social theory? What good would
it do to have a phone to London if no
body could afford to use it? Shouldn't
the purpose of all scientific discoveries
be to provide better life for more
and more people?"
New Ideas Rot.
"Yes." he said, land the business
man is the one who gums up the
works by not being able to sell to
the public. During the war the bust.
ness man was swapping up everything
the laboratories could create: but now
new things rot in the laboratories.
Part of the fault is that business men
do not always show enough hospitality
to new ideas"
what then Is the real essential
to making it possible for business
men to sell more2 How is the public
to buy more Of what we could Greater"
Probably the greatest obstacle to
recovery" replied Kettering, thought
fully. 'is the difficulty of getting rid
Of obsolescence. Our common sense
tells Us that, II every industrial plant
In the country suddenly vent out
Evening star., 1936-01-05

STOCKS BREAK ON PRESIDENTS
VIEWS:
COMMODITY PRICES FALL
SHARPLY"
Observe it was the Presidents views
that caused prices to fall. 1t was not
the courts decision. Actually, as We
all know now, the day of the Supreme
Court decision marked the beginning
OF business recovery which has gone
on to the present time. Apparently
President Roosevelt is now convinced
he was wrong--last week he disbanded
the skeleton N. R. A. which he had
retained.
At one point in Mr.. Roosevelt's de-
ploring of the Supreme Courts invali-
dation OF N. r. A.. he alluded to Triple
A. He was quite specific. First, he said
that the same principle upon which
the Supreme Court had found N. r A.
invalid would. If applied to Triple A.
render the latter unconstitutional also.
And he predicted that If the Supreme
Court should wipe out Triple A, calam-
ity to farmers would follow. He was
very concrete. 1 quote from a sum-
mary of what he said, printed in a
newspaper of June /:
THE simplest example of the prob
lem was that of crop adjustment. he
said; asking If the Government was to
take its hands of any effort to adjust
national crops, and go back to the old
policy that every farmer was lord on
his own farm, free to raise whatever
and as much Of any crop as he pleased.
II we abandon crop control, wheat
would Immediately drop to SO cents a
bushel and cotton to cents per
pound, he held"
Test Of Roosevelt Views.
That was Mr.. Roosevelt on May 80
last. We are now face to face with
a possible test of his vision. The
Supreme Court, of course. may or may
not hold Triple A invalid; as to that
nobody knows. But If the court
should hold Triple A unconstitutional,
IL Triple A Is wiped out, 1t will be
interesting to watch the prices of
farm crops. No one that I know, and
have talked to many-no business
man or economist or statistician or
other form of expert-believes that in
the event of a court decision unfa-
vorable to Triple A. wheat would i'm
niediately drop to So cents q bushel
and cotton to cents pound" Most
Of them doubt whether there would
even be momentary tremor Of prices,
though that win be psychologists
probable. Many Of the best judges
Evening star., 1936-01-05


Austria and Czechoslovakia.
France Flirts With Hitler.
The French recognize that they
cannot alone halt German enterprises
on the Danube. AS a consequence
they may very well decide to leave
Ccechoslovakia to its fate and make
q bilateral settlement with the Ger.
mans. Italy, whatever happens, will
thenceforth for a generation at least
be anti-British in spirit and ready
to join hands with any continental
opponent of England. Having mop
ped up Central Europe and estab-
lished their own system of alliances,
the Germans will then be ready for
q new trial Of strength with the Brit
ish, whose colonial empire will re-
main the ultimate target of German
ambition.
One OF the major difficulties Of
making the real as contrasted with
the imagined situation in Europe
plain to an American audience is the
fact that our public thinks Of con-
tinental questions in terms of morals
and not of material interests. To
them the British-directed attempt of
the League to halt the Italian opera
tions In Ethiopia seems the major
circumstance in the present situa-
ton. Vaguely they imagine that If
italy is punished and prevented from
prof1ting by her present aggression,
then other actual or prospective ag-
gressors like Japan and Germany
will fear to follow in Italy's foot
steps.
Actually, of course, the fact of the
League Italian conflict. since 1t has
led to the concentration Of the Brit
Evening star., 1936-01-05

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Evening star., 1936-01-05

is election year. The COL
umns Of the press will be filled
in 1886 with news of political
Il activities. meetings. rallies.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-17

moon, were soberly making plans, taking on responsibilities.
 Kay got up and crossed the room to kiss Alice on both checks. T wish you all the happiness in the worldl" she said.
 Surprisingly, Alice burst into tears. But I'll miss you sol You'll be way out there"
 Kay looked up, startled. What do you mean2"
 Haven't you heard2 Don't you know2 It was on the bulletin board. You've been appointed to a position in the western divisionl l You're to 90 to the coast tomor- row"
 Kay could scarcely believe the words. Nevertheless she had Q clear picture of what they meant to her. Ted Graham was out there. Ship Harbor was the home base of the trans-Pacific flightl
 There was c chance-surely . chance-that she would see Ted Graham again.
 (TO Be Continued)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-17

said, "Of course you will"
 There was c rap on tho door and Alice Miller walked in, her brown eyes aglow. She whirled in Q circle, and then sat down be- side them.
 "Oh, I'm SO excitedI The most wonderful thing"
 Doris eyed her coolly. "so you've got the jobl Well, I hope It's out on the west coast, some- whore where you'll never see that conceited Chuck Jones againI"
 Aiice's face clouded instantly and Kay saw that there were tears in her eyes. Alice merely sat there. saying nothing for Q while. Doris and Kay exchanged anxious looks.
 Suddenly Alice said, But you don't understand I haven't a Job and I don't want one. Chuck and l were married today"
 Doris chin dropped, Well, of all thingsl Married" All at once she broke out into loud laughter, She stood up and slapped Kay on the back. "The fishl The sapl The poor simpleton. He has Q hundred names in his little book and he"
 Alice faced her indignantly. "They didn't mean Q thing to him. Oh, love him"
 But Doris laughter continued unabated. ITO think--a meek lit- tie girl comes along '--- madonna features pretty little hands = plainly dressed and MT. Chuck Jones falls for her, hook, line and sinker. The sapl Mon are all sapsl They think they are lady, killers and they turn out to be softies-harmless little limbs. Oh, this is slaughter"
 Alice was Q little indignant. "We've just found the most ador- able little apartment only two blocks from here. Of course it's furnished - that's the only kind we can afford now. But l know how to keep house and we're go- ing to save our money SO that, before long, we can have, . place of our own"
 This speech sobered Doris somewhat. Evidently young Mir. Chuck Jones had some qualities she had overlooked. He and Alice had looked beyond the honey
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-17
TnE STORY SO FAR

KAx DUNN, pretty young nufsa, applies for a Job as stew ardess on Overland Alrwayt. In ehe Overland office she encoun- tera TED GRAHAM, veteran piiot 0e Trans-P Pacific Alrways, and largely due Co his inteFven- dlem, ahe is accepted for . trial period.
 Two ether girls, DORIS LEE and ALICE MILLER, are acCep- tsd en the same basis.
 Graham, who flies the trAns- Pacific route, is on his way Co Sen Francisco. Hhe shows Kay about the airport. When his plane arrives he waves gOOdby, she wonders if she will ever see Ain again.
 The three girls begin their training that night by boarding 8 plane for New York. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-17

Kay tried to distract Doris <houshts. "Tt's strange how our paths cross. We all have different Fline bus we meet--sometilnes in Omaha, or New York. And. of eo,ane, here at Central Airport. I you'd almost hate to go to the &1s|ern diVisfon--s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-17
JOHN REYNOLDS
 RENDERED FETE

Oakville, Sept. MA stag party was held at Bruneau's restaurant on Watertown avenue last evening In honor of John Reynolds of Water bury, given by Joseph Holmes.
 Games and music were enjoyed, and later a special dinner was serv- ed to those attending who were: James Phelan, Don spender, Joseph Holmes, John Holmes, Burton Walk CT, Bob Atchison, Armand Reid, George Hubbard, Albin Anderson, Joseph Bormolini, Sid Cook, H. Coley, A. T. Held, MT. Brennan, MT. O,Day, M. Gillette, H. Weidham, ]. Kufer, George Mitchell, A. Heaton, II. Baker, D. Walker, c. Kingston, R. Moore, A. Raymond, Albert Rye- holds and Sid Spendcr
 Sir Peter Lely's portrait of Moll Davis, who was Neel Gwynn's rival for the favor of Charles II was sold recently in London for $2,e00.
The Washington times., 1936-10-17
D ELAY LOOMS
AT GLENN DALE.

Possibility Of a delay in the
opening of the adult tuberculosis
sanitarium at Glenn Dale, Md,
doomed today when it was ascer-
tanned that a water pipeline sys-
tenn may not be completed in time
for the opening scheduled for
January /.
The adjacent children'S tuber-
culosis institution is served by an
arteSian well system. When at
tempts were made by District en-
gineer officials to have a well
sunk to supply the adult building,
the contractor lost a bit in the
we'll shaft while drilling and was
unable to retrieve it. The Off
Gals then decided to expend a
$4,000 reserve fund and pipe
water to the institutions.
Bids for contracts on the pipe
line will be opened by the Wash
ington Suburban Sanitary Com
mission next Friday, it was an
nounced by J. Darby Bowman,
secretary. The pipe line will be
routed through Lanham to Glenn
Dale and a 1,000,000-gallon water
tank will be constructed at the
institution.
The Washington times., 1936-10-17
81 Buick POwer
Stepped Up For
Fuel ECOnOn1u

-Four new lines of motor cars,
are announced for 1887 by the
Buick Motor Company.
In appearance the new cars
differ widely from their predeces-
sorS. All models have been STEP
ped up in horsepower with re.
sulting improvement in accelera
ton and general performance.
The four lines of care are:
The series 40 Special, 122-inch
wheelbase; the Series 60 Century,
126-inch wheelbase; the Series
80 Roadmaster. 131-inch wheel.
base; and the Series 80 Limited,
138-inch wheelbaSe. The Century
RoadmaSter and Limited models
all are powered by a 120-horse-
power valve in head straight
eight engine. The Special series
cars are powered by a '120-horse-
power 8-cylinder engine of the
same design.
The four lines offer a Selec-
ton from 81 different body types
covering the entire lower medium
and medium price range. Six
new bodies have been added for
1887. They are the two and four
door five-passenger plain-back
sedanS in the Special and Cen
fury series, a new convertible
phaeton in the Special series and
a new formal sedan in the Road
master series.
The Washington times., 1936-10-17
NEWS OF WASHINGTON CHURCHES
Retreat League
Post GiUen to
Father Spence

Archbishop Michael J. Curley,
Of Baltimore, has appointed the
Rev. John S. Spence, assistant
pastor at the Shrine Of the Sacred
Heart, this city. as director Of the
Retreat League of Washington.
The Washington Retreat House
on Hardwood Road, conducted by
the Franciscan Sisters Of the
Atonement, is to be the center for
retreats for District women.
The house, a spacious mansion
of Colonial design, is nestled in
the center of five acres of wood
land.
Retreats are held throughout
the year and ordinarily begin
Friday evening and end Sunday
night after a conference at which
the papal blessing is impaired.
There is also a three-hour exposi-
ton and benediction of the
Blessed Sacrament.
Short closed retreats, from Sat
urday evening to Sunday night,
are also given. Mid-week and one
day retreats are held and also eve
nings of recollection.
Any organization, club, Sodal-
ity, guild, alumnae, federation or
parish may arrange, through its
head or project for date for a
retreat or for an evening Of recol-
lection.
The Washington times., 1936-10-17
ANDERSON
INNEW PULPIT
TOMORROW

The Rev. Howard Stone An.
derson will preach his first sermon
tomorrow morning as the new
pastor of First Congregational
Church, of which President Cool.
idge and Justice Brewer, late Of
the United States Supreme Court,
were once members. His subject
will be For Such a Time"
Rev. Mr.. Anderson studied in
Middle Western schools and was
graduated from Chicago Theo-
logical Seminary in 1928. Mrs.
Anderson was formerly professor
of kindergarten and primary
methods in the University Of
Omaha. Both were ordained to
the Christian ministry and were
active church workers in North
Dakota and Illinois.
The vigorous and successful
leadership which Mr.. Anderson
showed in difficult fields in the
West led to his call by the First
Congregational Church, whose
pulpit has been vacant since the
resignation of DR.. Allen A. Stock
dale last December.
Mr.. Anderson served for three
years as secretary of the Chicago
Congregational Ministers Union,
and for two years he was a mem
Der Of the advisory board Of the
Chicago Congregational Associa-
ton. In 1886 he acted as moder-
ator of the Illinois State Confer
ence of Congregation Churches
He comes to Washington from
the Warren Avenue Congrega-
tional Church of Chicago, where
he had been pastor for five years.
All departments of the Sunday
school convene at GAS a. m. A
debate will be conducted at the
Young Peoples Society at 6:45
tomorrow evening based on the
subject: Resolved, that there
should be moratorium on preach
ing" The Young Women's Club
meets at Sis Tuesday for din.
ner and a program. Mr.. Anderson
will conduct the mid-week prayer
meeting at GAS Thursday, pre-.
coded by the church night supper
The Washington times., 1936-10-17
SERMON TOPIC
OF FREEMAN
IS PEACE

The Right Reverend James E.
Freeman, DID,. LID, who re-
turned today from Chicago where
he attended the special meeting
of Pan-American Bishops and
Archbishops of the Anglican Com
munion, will deliver the sermon
at the Peoples EvenSong service
in the Great Choir of washington
Cathedral tomorrow at 4 p. m.
While in Chicago, Bishop Free
man gave an address before this
conference on The Western Hem
isphere and World Peace" which
attracted wide attention through
out the church and secular press.
The preacher at the celebration
Of the Holy Communion at 11:00
a. m. in the Great Choir tomor-
row, will be Canon Arson Phelps
Stokes for many years secretary
Of Yale University.
Religious services for the day
will begin with the celebration OF
the Holy Communion in the
Chapel of st. Mary at 1880 a. m.
Until further notice the Holy
Communion Is celebrated on
Thursdays at $50 in the Chapel
of the Resurrection.
In order that visitors to Wash
ington Cathedral may understand
its architectural and symbolic
features to the greatest advan'
tage, volunteer Pilgrim Aides are
on duty in the Great Choir on
week days from Monday until
Friday between 900 a. m. and
500 p. m. and on Saturday from
900 a. m. until 100 p. m.
The Washington times., 1936-10-17
DAILY TIMES
TABLE
TODAY

l PM. - Luncheon, Lawyers
Club, Mayflower Hotel.
4 P.M.-Tea Dance, Washing
ton Club Trinity College, Willard
Hotel.
5 Pm. - Tea Dance, Epsilon
Fraternity of Georgetown Uni
versity, Wardman Park Hotel.
7 PM. Dinner, Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company, May
flower Hotel
7 PM. - Banquet and Rally,
New York State Democratic Com
mittee Washington Club, May
flower Hotel.
8 PM. - Meeting, American
Clan Gregor Society, Willard
Fotel.
$50 PM. - Meeting and Re-
freShmentS. D. c. Chapter Rain
bow Division Veterans, Willard
Hotel.
10 Pm. Dance ii PM
Buffet Supper, Electrical Workers
Union No. 26, Willard Hotel.
10 P.M.-Dance, Athletic AsSo-
citation of the Federal Bureau Of
Investigation, Wardman Park Ho-
tel.
$50 P.M.-Card Party, Progress
sive 500 and Bridge, Naomi, No. /,
Rebekah Order of Odd Fellows,
Thomas Circle Club, 1926 Massa-
chusettS Ave. N. w.
$50 P.M.-Benefit Bingo Party,
Pythian Temple, 1912 Ninth st.
N. w.