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Evening star., 1936-08-02
Olympic Games.

There is a compelling magic In the
mere name of the Olympic Games. In
dividuals who ordinarily are incapable
of enthusiasm for athletics find them
selves fascinated by the quadrennial in
ternational meeting which constitutes
the classic competition of modern as of
ancient times. For once, then, in each
four years it may be said that the whole
far-aung human family finds it's atten-
ton focused on single event-an assem-
bly, of youth and strength, courage and
skill, fellowship and peace personif1ed
in men and women, boys and girls, who
have earned the right to participate and
who recognize no barriers of race or
nation, class or creed.
1t was so in antiquity; 1t is so today
Hence, much of the value of the revival
of the custom in 1886. A moments
thought will suffice to indicate its sig
nificance. 1t is contest, rivalry, a
struggle for success, perhaps even a
strife for victory. But it is governed
by law of fair play and justice. In
other words, it preserves, possibly even
accentuates, natural differences, yet
always maintains the harmony which
multitudes have hoped might charac-
terize civilization as whole, displacing
war and the fear of war.
The gathering in Berlin illustrates the
point. In anticipation of it, the authori-
ties of the Reich prepared psyche
logically as well as physically. They built
a stadium equal to the need, constructed
an entire village for the accommodation
of the visitors, renovated Berlin; but,
more important, they consciously tried
to create an atmosphere of friendliness
and good will in Germany, among Ger
mans and toward Germans. For both
efforts they deserve credit.
Also it should be added that the team
which America has sent to share in
the games and perchance to win some
of them is in itself symbol of human
unity. 1t includes athletes of every type
of inheritance and temperament. Like
the United States, those chosen to carry
the Stars and Stripes into the arena owe
much to the past, to other and older
nations, to the accumulated experience
of other and older peoples. And that
obligation ought never to be forgotten.
Rather, it should serve as an inspiration
for American leadership in behalf of an
Olympian world-a planet free of fratri-
cidal anarchy, hatred and sorrow.
Evening star., 1936-08-02
Mistaken Identity?

Pausing at the million dollar Wrights-
vile Dam on the Winooski River near
Montpelier, VT, the President, accord
ing to the Associated Press, asked for
the washington press saying he
wanted to give them some education"
and he Immediately followed with the
observation that the dam "is very ex-
cellent illustration of the cooperation
between the Government and State in
boondoggling"
This statement is of interest to The
Star, as a member of the washington
press" Did the President want to
educate the press to the values which
lie in boondoggling, or to the value OF
cooperation between the Federal and
local governments? If the President
referred to boondoggling, The Star
hastens to agree, provided "boondog-
Cling" refers to such valuable undertak-
ings as construction of dams for flood
control. Without attempting to define
boondoggling, however it is proper to
point out that boondoggling, according
to common usage, refers to the process
of digging rat holes and then pouring
money down them, not to building dams.
But if the President was speaking OF
the benefits of cooperation between the
Federal Government and the local COM
munity as the sort of thing in which the
washington press might prof1tably re-
ceive instruction. The Star is keenly in
terested. According to the Associated
Press, the State and the Federal Gov
ernment co-operated in construction OF
the wrightsville Dam, the State do
mating the land and the Federal Gov
eminent footing the bill for construc-
ton Without knowing anything about
the figures, that sort of cooperation
would certainly appear to be to the
advantage of the State.
But If the District of Columbia plan
Of cooperation had been followed in
the case of the Wrightsville Dam, the
original terms of the contract would
have been altered as the work proceeded.
Every year the people of Vermont would
have been denounced as taxdodgers,
plotters and mendicants, and accused
OF having duped Uncle Sam into signing
the contract stipulating the division Of
cost. Without revoking or changing a
word of the contract, the Government
would have diminished its participation
and forced the State to assume greater
proportion of the cost as the work went
forward. And in the end the people of
demonstrating lost, in the meantime,
the privilege of self-government and of
representation in Congress-would find
themselves carrying about ninety per
cent of the cost of an undertaking which
the contract had stipulated should be
split sixty forty.
II the President was alluding to CO.
operation, he was asking for the wrong
pupil to receive the benefits of educa-
tional discourse. What he should have
asked for was the House of Represent
atives.
Evening star., 1936-08-02
An Echo of a Crime.

The other night man named William
Webber died in Passiaic, N. j., and but
for singular coincidence his death
would have been barely noted outside
of limited circle. That coincidence
brings back to the minds of many who a
familiar with his name as one who would
now be known as public enemy and
who, but for his betrayal of his asso-
ciates, would probably have gone to his
death at Sing Sing. It was on that
same day in 1915 that Police Lieutenant
Charles Becker was executed for COM
plicity in a murder that had held the
attention of the country for many
months. This was the killing of Herman
Rosenthal, gambler who during one
of New York's spasmodic reform move
ments had undertaken for revenge to
peach upon his associates and police
co-operators.
Webber and RoSenthal were members
of gambling syndicate against which
District Attorney Charles s. Whitman
was seeking to find evidence. especially
In respect to protection privileges en-
joyed at the hands Of the police. Rosen-
thai was known to have agreed to meet
the district attorney. Shortly after
midnight on July 16, 1912, he was in
convivial converse with group in a
hotel and Webber played his part in
the tragedy by approaching him and
telling him that some friends wanted
to speak with him outside. Rosenthal
arose and went out through a side en-
trance and was Immediately slain by
a blast of gunf1re from gang of hired
killers, known as "Gyp the Blood" Horo-
witz, "Dago Frank" Cirofici. whitley
Jack" Lewis and Lefty Louie" Rosen-
berg. The connection of Lieutenant
Becker with the crime was later estab-
lished and he and the four gunner
Evening star., 1936-08-02
were executed, Becker after q second

were executed. Becker after q second
trial.
Webber was marked man. Although
the gambling gang had been broken up
by the prosecutions and punishments, he
lived in terror of his life and, in fact,
about year after the murder he was
knitted and narrowly escaped death. He
later moved to Passaic and went into
business there.
Since the RoSenthal murder and the
punishments meted out to his assassins
and their police aide-which perhaps
put crimp in official cooperation with
the racket but did not materially affect
the crooked industry-a change has
occurred in gang efforts and personnel.
The rackets are as numerous as ever and
as murderous, but they do not flourish,
as in those times, under the auspices of
corrupt municipal officials. From time
to time there have been charges of
protection" for illegal enterprises, but
without any evidence of participation in
the actual work of rackets or crooked
business. At least there has been no
evidence OF direct partnership on the
part of the police in lawlessness.
His success in the prosecution of the
murderers of Rosenthal and their police
associate, Lieutenant Becker, won for
Charles s. Whitman the post of Gov
ernor of New York. Before him William
Travers Jerome had as district attorney
thrown fear into the hearts of the
gangsters of that day, but it was Whit
mans fortune to serve in a case that
attracted national attention and that
in its final disposition gave encourage
ment to those who looked to see a
higher standard of law enforcement
established in Americas largest city.
Evening star., 1936-08-02
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANpER JOHNSON.
Teaching On and On.

1eacnlng On ana On.
Professor, dear, oh, please draw near
And teach me this and that,
Especially how may appear
To be bit high hat!
Teach me authority to show
How men must run their biz,
Believing something must be so
Because say it is.
Professor, dear, please persevere
In your hypnotic style,
That I may learn the difference quear
'Twixt "Howdy do" and He'll"
Teach me a method firm and free
With sermons or with jokes
That I in turn equipped may be
For teaching other folks.
Evening star., 1936-08-02

of funds. There have been few charges
of favoritism in allotments.
There is no denying the fact that
almost irresistible opportunities and
temptations exist for the most fragrant
sort of politics to creep into the spending
of billions of dollars and the distribu--
tion of millions of jobs and millions OF
bounties.
But, until now Mr. Roosevelt and his
chief administrators have figured that
political dynamite is wrapped up in the
openly partisan use of relief and subsidy
funds.
What will happen after election. in the
event of victory by either side, is a
matter of vital interest to taxpayers and
citizens. They face the job OF devising
some means of non-partisan administra-
ton of relief and bounty systems II
Federal spending is to continue on q
broad scale.
tCopVv1Ul1e, Aooo6
Evening star., 1936-08-02
Utilitarian.

"Why do you make fun Of hoss and
buggy days?"
II DON'T" answered Senator Sorghum.
But after getting hit by an automobile
and losing my salary at the races
can't help wishing the plain old hosses
and buggies could have stayed hitched
up together"
Evening star., 1936-08-02
Joyous Promise.

The circus now is on the move,
Our dispositions all improve.
The elephant is on parade;
The steam-piano has been played.
For every one who passes by
Some marvellous picture meets the eye.
We hope the real show will be
AS what on billboards now we see!
Evening star., 1936-08-02

Wild ponies on Chincoteague Island
are rounded up annually for fair. The
event makes a splendid show and is a
cheering reminder that the East as well
as the West has its wild" spots.
Evening star., 1936-08-02

In spite of all the erudition available
there is always problem as to whether
family will rear a Fauntleroy or a
Tony Lumpkin. One valuable feature
of public education is that which leaves
1t to the youngsters themselves to con-
tradict too strong q tendency either way.
Evening star., 1936-08-02

Communism has not made dent in
American life sufficient to abate the i'm
pulse which causes everybody to stand
up when the band plays "The Star
Spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1936-08-02

Shop girls have been conscripted for
army duty in Spain. If called on for
impromptu fighting they may have
learned something in the methods of
needless war from the scrimmage at the
bargain counter.
Evening star., 1936-08-02

1t is difficult to learn exactly what
became of a great deal of the bonus
money in either banking or trade. Money
in spite of expert analysis still remains
a mystery.
Evening star., 1936-08-02

Denunciation of paternalistic govern
ment does not preclude suspicion that
there are moments when some bureau
cratic prodigy deserves severe lecture
and maybe even spanking.
Evening star., 1936-08-02

For purposes of technical power dis
cusSion, "Passamaquoddy" is abbreviated
to "Quoddy." A little valuable time is
thus saved in the construction prepara-
tions.
Evening star., 1936-08-02

High prices for food products read
cheerfully to members of the Board of
Trade, but not SO well to the city person
who is inspecting prices on the menu
card.
Evening star., 1936-08-02
Pre-PenSivenesS.

Some men in merriment may sing,
We welcome their "tra Ia
While others serious thought will bring
At which we laugh 'Ha! Hal"
But things at which we smiled of yore
To rule us now begin.
So think before you speak-do more
And think before you grin.
The martyrs of the olden time
Were ridiculed with Zest,
Pursued with quips in prose or rhyme
Not always of the best.
Inventors great seemed lost to fame,
Our homage now they win;
Immortal gratitude they claim.
So think before you grin!
prize fightin'," said Uncle Eben, "is
de manly art of self-defense. De big
gest defense is de precautions taken to
keep anybody from gettin' hurt to
amount to anything"
Evening star., 1936-08-02

The campaign introduces so many new
and capable speakers to radio that Major
Bowes might undertake to conduct new
kind Of amateur contest.
Evening star., 1936-08-02
Always Ammunition.

From the South Bend Tribune.
OF course, if the drought continued
the political mud throwers would find
something to use anyway.
Evening star., 1936-08-02
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Evening star., 1936-08-02
Song Sadness.

do you remember the girl who used
to sit at a piano by the open window
and warble I'm Saddest When I Sing'?"
asked one old-timer
We'll" answered the other, "I miss
her terribly. She never lasted more than
ten or fifteen minutes. She was much
better than the radio that keeps going
by the hour whether there's anybody
home or not"
"I have silken robes broidered with
gold," said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown,
"but dare not wear them. What one
man in his heart regards as beautiful
may often serve only to make strangers
sneer."
Evening star., 1936-08-02
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There Is little denying that politics
figured in selection of W. P. A. personnel
down to the level of supervisors and
foremen on jobs. The big question is
whether the selection of unemployed to
get work on projects was based on politics
and whether work was based on political
support for the machine represented by
the State administrators
Relatively little evidence is to be had
that the millions of w. P. A. jobs we're
doled out on political basis. When
political activity has been brought to
the attention of Washington officials,
they have acted as they did during the
past week in summary dismissal of Off
cials in Oklahoma.
In C. c. C. camps. much the same
sort of set-up has existed Non-technical
appointments to supervisory jobs were
made through party machinery. But
the boys going into the camps were
chosen from relief rolls.
In the A. A. A., administration of the
farm program has largely been free from
party politics.
Henry Wallace, as Secretary of Agri-
culture, and Chester Davis, as admin
istrator of the plan, saw their political
problem from the start. They decentral-
lied the actual enforcement of the pro-
gram through creation of machinery
that farmers themselves operated. State
and county committees of farmers func-
toned in the field, and these committees
were chosen by their neighbors through
secret ballot
In P. W. A., Harold Ickes, as ad.
ministrator, has created an elaborate
machine to keep politics from allotment
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-13
Today's Sport Parade
By Henry McLemore United Press Staff CorrespOndent)

brisk 130, was in the center of the track. Wimmelle about the same speed was some 10 feet to his right.
 Daredevil
 Any other driver on the track would have swung to the left of Howe and the right of the French man. But not Tazio Nuvolari. With the Alfa all out, which means he was blazing along in the neighbor- hood of 150, and, with a whine and 8 roar, sandwiched them. For a split second it was fifty-fifty whether he would make it. Then he reelected out front. As his car shot clear he lifted hand of the wheel and gave 8 salute of utter nor1- chanalce.
 That was just one of the mo- ments Tazio Nuvolari provided. He repeated this, and similar stunts, all afternoon. On the curves he was unbeatable, and time and again dip ped in and out to pass cars with only inches to spare, and yet-and this is the most solid proof of what hot one he is behind that wheel there wasn't 8 spectator who ever hough he migh crack up. He drove recklessly, yes, but he drove with a sureness, confidence in the big red Alfa, that made you know he would finish as he started the first lap-right side up and out in front.
 He's a hot up that Tazio Nu- volari.
 Much, much too hot for any ot the boys who drive around here. He made it look easy and won' They made it look hard and lost. Copyright 1886 by United Press)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-13

Westbury, N. Y, Oct 13-A sports writer has his moments.
 He has his very high moments, when the hair on the back of his neck briStles like a Boston bulls, and those creepy waves jingle all over him.
 I've had 'em, had 'em in Louis vile when big horse, running behind, suddenly swung to the out side and started for home. Had 'em under the glare of 8 ringside seat when a champion, his legs wobbly and his head foggy, got of the floor, and came on to win. Had 'em on 8 river bank when a tough, hard-bitten crew said "waht the he'll and started digging those oars in deep and fast. Had 'em in a baseball park, tennis stadium. a football field.
 And yesterday, high in the press rookery of Roosevelt raceway, had another one-another high moment that left me limp and laughing (yes, laughing, because somehow I always get the laugh when my heart goes too fast). One of Musso- lini's boys gave it to me, chap named Tazio Nuvolari, chap who wore a yellow turtle neck sweater, and a silver lucky piece, and who is known to the men who try to beat him as the fellow who has contract with the devil"
 Sounds OK.
 Tazio Nuvolari (and try to find a better name for dare-deviO won the 300-mile Vanderbilt cup race, and in beating the finest drivers in the world he gave show down, for heart-stopping drama, hasn't been surpassed in these parts for a long time. His runs down the strech and around the curves, in that fire engine red Alfa-R Romeo of his, were as stirring sight as sport will of fer in long time.
 Especially those runs down the straightway. Lawdy, how he gave it to that hurry-hearse of his. Lawdy how he stepped down on the foot throttle and, with green, yellow and red flames leaping out of the exhaust line, came barreling down the stretch. The race wasn't 10 minutes old before he gave show which revealed why he is the most feared of all European drivers, and why he is claSsed as the finest guy behind wheel in the world. Mid- way down the Straightway, directly in front of the packed grandstand, he swept behind Lord Howe of Eng land in a black ERA. bullet, and Jean Winmelle of France, in big grand prix Buggatti. Howe, doing 8
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-13
ITALIAN AUTO
 RACE KING WINS VANDERBILT CUP.
NuyoIani Easily Ontstand- ing Driver in 3OO=Mile
 Grind; Won $23,6OO
BYLEsL1E AVERY

United Press Staff COrrespondent)
 New York, October 13 = (UP) - Tazio Nuvolari, road-racing king of Europe, extended his realm to the United States today with capture of the first revival of the historic Vanderbilt Cup Race = 300 miles around the 16 twisting turns of the new $1,0O0,000 Roosevelt raceway.
 Pitifully equipped mechanically and unaccustomed to this type of speed competition, American drivers were helpless as the daring 40-year- old Italian paced four other Euro pean cars to the finish tape ahead of any U. s. entrant.
 Averaged 66 M.P.H.
 Nuvolari, who had won 83 out of 156 continental races before his Vanderbilt Cup triumph, drove his big. powerful Alpha Romeo around the four mile pretzel like layout 75 tines in four hours, g minutes, 44.0f seconds for an average of 65.998 miles an hour. Hitting the speed up to near 16O MP.H., on the straightaway in front of the grand stand, then braking to between 30 and 40 on the hairpin turns, Nuvo- lari, captured every lap in his big red "No. 8" with the exception of the 27th when he went to the pits to refuel.
 The crowd of more than 50,0O0 re- fused to be thrilled by the few minor mishapS and spins on the banked turns, and to be satisfied by the foreign drivers breathless spurts down the straightaway.
 In winning. Nuvolari took first prize of $20,000 and $3,600 in lap money, with Pierre Wimille of France capturing second prize money og $10,000 in his Bugatti special. Count Antonio Brivio of Italy who trailed Nuvolari mast of the race, finished third and won 5000 plus $100 lap money.
 Othel prize money went to Ray mond Sommer of France, piloting an Alpha Romeo who was fourth; Freddy McEvoy of Australia, in Maserati, fifth; Mauri Rose, Colum- bus, Ohio, sixth; Wild" Bill Cum mings, Indianapolis, seventh; Phi lipe Etancelin, France, Eighth; Dea- con Litz, Dubois, Pa, ninth; Chuck Tabor, Orange, N. J., tenth. There also was a consolation of $10,000 to be divided up among the next 20 finiShers.
 Hard Luck
 Billy Winn of Detroit, in his Miller special, put up a courageous battle for third or fourth place, until the rear end of his machine collapsed on the roth lap, forcing him out. The Italian Alpha Romeo squads other member, Dr. Giuseppe Farina, went into spin on the 27th lap and retired with a broken steering gear.
 Only 12 cars of the 45 starters completed the 300-mile grind, but there were still 18 on the track when the final flag waved by white haired speedboat king, Gar Wood, official starter, forced them to stop.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-13
BOSTON COLLEGE BOWS TO TEMPLE
Warmers PhiladeIphians Make New Gil DObie Out=
 fit Easy l4-O Winner

Boston, Oct. 13-(U.P) = Enl- ploying a deceptive attack organized behind a powerful line, Temple found Boston College an easy mark and defeated them 14-0 at Fenway Park yesterday. It was the third straight victory for Temple and Boston Colleges first defeat in two games.
 Though Temple outrushed Boston College 261 yards to 69, forward passes led to both touchdowns, the first by Gordon Smith who crossed the goal line from the four-yard line after jaunt around right end in the second period. Chet Mccall tallied the second touchdown in the last period, crashing through left guard from the four-yard line.
 Only the bunting of Tony Dina tale saved Boston College from a rout, his boots averaging 40 yards from scrimmage despite bad kick that carried only 10 yards.
 Added to Temples gains by rush. ing were 115 yards by passing, com pared to only IT for Boston College.