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Evening star., 1937-11-15
The Firearms Traffic.

The hunting season is at hand again,
and sportsmen are oiling up their guns
or contemplating the purchase OF new
ones.
Which brings to mind a gun story
vouched for by Attorney General Homer
Cummings.
A man walked into a sporting goods
store ip Minneapolis several years ago,
gave a fictitious name and address and
purchased thirty pistols. For sporting
purposes, OF course.
Months passed. Then gangster guns
blazed at Oak Park, Ill. Police found
several pistols at the scene. began tracing
them by serial numbers. Meanwhile
other gang shootings occurred-at New
ark. N. j.; at Philadelphia, Pa and
even in the Nations Capital
After the shooting here police found
dead gambler sprawled on the street
and an automobile abandoned. by the
killers. In the car, hidden in the seat,
were found sawed-off shotgun and two
revolvers.
The shotgun was traced back to a
retail dealer in Philadelphia, the two
revolvers to the sporting goods store in
Minneapolis. Pistols found at the scene
Of the Newark and Philadelphia battles
also were traced back to the Minneapolis
dealer All these murder weapons were
found to be part of the thirty purchased
by the sportsman" with the fictitious
name. The identity of this man has
never been learned.
Mr. Cummings cites this case as proof
Of the urgent need for Federal registra-
tion Of all types of firearms. He intends
to renew before Congress his plea for
an amendment bringing pistols. rifles
and shotguns within the scope of the
present firearms registration law. This
law imposes no fee on registrants It
does provide one-dollar tax on each sale
Of firearms, and requires the purchaser
to register his name and his fingerp,ints.
Previous attempts to amend the fire.
arms law have met with stout resistance
from dealers and from some sportsmen,
who claim the law would seriously in
convenience them.
Perhaps that is true-but they do not
object to registering their automobiles,
because they realize it is q matter of
public necessity.
The important thing. 1t seems to Mr..
Cummings, is that the murderer, the
kidnaper and the other Illicit gunner
should be put to some inconvenience in
acquiring guns. A criminal with q
record Is not likely to buy guns so
promiscuously if he knows he must sub
Evening star., 1937-11-15
War Pictures.> y

News pictures from War-torn Spain
and China constitute another link in
the chain of evidence of civilizations
mechanical advancements that are con-
stantly knitting the peoples of the earth
more closely, II not more harmoniously.
Slaughtered babies, streets filled with
bodies, aviators plunging to their doom.
victims lined up before firing squads
pictures of all these bring the horrors
Of war home to the entire world.
During the War Between the States
the Brady collection deservedly achieved
fame as Photographic record of the
conflict. BY the time the World War
started the movies had become an estab-
lished industry and helped compile 4
more complete and elaborate camera
record of that struggle.
Today the lurid scenes of man-made
death are reproduced more wildly than
ever in Wirephotos and "talkies" AS
mankind develops the peaceful arts Of
photography, photo transmission and
sound reproduction, it finds an awesome
subject in the parallel scientific progress
in means of human destruction.
In gruesome and uncensored detail,
news pictures record more and more fully
the story OF war. And the future, with
Its prospect Of television, looms as even
more comprehensive in its war news
"coverage.' 1t takes an optimist of the
highest order even to hope that before
the inevitable commercialization Of tele-
vision war will be permanently cured.
In the meantime pictures should serve
the double purpose of portraying the
war news and helping quarantine the
outbreaks Because OF the many war
photographs published during the last
year, some readers now are known to
skip them as too horrible" Yet they
should be required reading for every
body. For each horror scene is a sermon
for peace. The victims who perished so
un"lllingly, SO uselessly and in most
Instances without the slightest compre-
hension of what the slaughter was all
about, will not have died in vain il their
pictures make others learn to settle dis
putes without resort to arms.
AS the holiday season approaches the
daily supply Of war pictures makes Amer
lea conscious that its paramount reason
for Thanksgiving is peace, and its fore
most hope for Christmas is that peace
may shelter other troubled lands.
Evening star., 1937-11-15
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES +. TRACEWELL,

have mechanisms for maintaining q
certain degree Of inner heat, despite
food supply, or weather. Birds are diff
ferent. They must burn up food to get
their heat, minute by minute That is
why they eat constantly.
When the provided food supply is in
termittent they will not have time to
bother looking for it. They must eat
and must 60 where food is
II the gardener begins to feed them
and to attract them to his grounds let
him be sure to keep 1t up. II for any
reason he feels that he cannot keep 1t
up. 1T least for the duration OF the cold
season. let him not begin it at all.
This does not mean that any one who
has scraps of food should not put them
out for the birds. Something Is better
than nothing. But II feeding Is begun
on q regular scale. 1t should be kept up
until Spring copes, II it is possible to
do 1t.
Dogs and cats come to gardens.
Usually it is just trip through. In
most cases any damage they do is more
In the mind Of the earnest gardener
than actually in the physical garden.
Nature has way all her own of
taking care OF such damage.
BY the time spring Is here again. any
harm from animals Is covered over,
therefore the ire and worry caused in
human minds is more or less wasted
emotion.
Viewed practically, dogs and cats are
interesting garden occupants.
Somehow they seem to At into the
garden scene Just little bit better
than-well, moles, let us say.
Moles have been credited in the past
with two great crimes, running lawns
with their burrows and runs and devour-
ing bulbs. especially tulip bulbs.
In recent years the anti-molists have
faced a counter-fire from friends of
moles
The latter charge that 1t is mice which
really eat the bulbs. And they say that
moles do not do half the damage to
lawns they are said to do.
1t is all pretty question. No doubt
II one has moles, moles are pretty bad;
whereas. II the gardener has no moles
he cannot see much harm in them.
Their distribution must be exceedingly
'capricious.
We have lived in various sections of
Washington, and now in nearby Mary
land. and have never seen a mole run,
nor any evidence whatever Of their pres
ence
1t may be that moles really do not
cause the damage they are said to create.
Let us look at them fairly. Any dam
age to lawn. in the eyes of most gar
deners, Is crime.
Whoever or whatever causes it is q
criminal.
Gardeners will tight for their lawns
Hence the mole is villain. But the
chances are that if the raised runs are
let alone they will settle back in time,
and do no permanent harm, no matter
how they look at the time OF their first
appearance.
Nature takes care of such things
No doubt it is a matter of whose OK
Is eored, in the old phrase. We who
have no moles do not much mind them
in the other fellows yard.
Evening star., 1937-11-15

Look for moles In the early morning,
II you want to catch them bare-handed
A gentleman in haste called up the
other morning to give us this informa-
tion.
The correct time is exactly 7:1o am,
he said.
Watch where the animals are sus-
pected, and see the earth begin to
heave.
Deity reach beneath the creature
and pull him out.
1t Is as easy as that, evidently, II you
know how.
Fortunately, most home gardeners
hereabouts are not troubled with moles
The kind-hearted person will be glad
OF this. He always has rather liked
moles than otherwise: he has thought
them very interesting animals.
Other gardeners will grit their teeth
at this.
They will feel that a little frst- hand
experience with these fur-bearers would
change the tune Of the friends of
animals.
Would It?
We believe not
What is a garden for, after all
just for flowers?
There is nothing in the term to con-
fine the place to horticultural subjects
entirely, although no doubt it is COM
monty so construed.
1t may be helpful to some to point out
that gardens always have a great deal
more in them than flowers, grass, shrubs,
trees
Suburban gardens. for instance, have
wild rabbits. cotton tails with large eyes
looking In all directions. Especially at
night these rodents explore home gar
dens. In the moonlight they may be
seen stock still in the border, listening,
waiting. eating.
Squirrels are garden residents, too.
II there are trees. If feeding stations
for birds are in use, squirrels always
are present. too. having q greater fond
ness for seeds and grains than the
birds, even.
And. of course, there are birds all
the year around, If food is put out for
them.
During the cold months. the birds are
much more prominent than flowers.
even more evident than the blossoms in
June!
All this. of course. in the q garden
where seed and grain are put out daily.
1t never ceases to come as surprise
to many that there will be more birds in
winter than in summer under such
conditions.
This Is true Of both suburban and city
gardens.
The species of birds attracted are not
the same. suburbs and city. but there
always will be more birds in the cold
than in the heat. provided feeding is
done regularly.
The regularity of bird feeding is what
does it.
The birds come in numbers only if
the food Is put out in quantity, and as
regularly as the sun rises
1t must be remembered that birds must
eat to live, in peculiar sense Their
heat is supplied daily by the food they
eat that day. Four-legged creatures
Evening star., 1937-11-15
Mrs. Leslie Carter.

Mrs. Leslie Carter probably outlived
her fame. Her tradition, OF course, is
immortal: but it was, in sober truth,
tradition long before her final passing
The present generation of playgoers
knew her only as legend.
few surviving friends however,
mourn Mrs. Carter with deep sincerity.
She was a person gifted with the power
to win and to keep a profound loyalty.
People were proud to be able to say that
they had been privileged to meet her.
Her marvellous voice commanded respect
full attention wherever it was heard, of
stage as we'll as on. Similarly, the dis
tinction of her manner, carriage and
bearing was compelling. She was truly,
a queen among women, regal figure in
any environment.
Not natural. Unborn genius explained
her success. Rather, she always insisted,
hard work was responsible for the celeb
rity she attained. She made herself 4
superior artist by sheer force Of will
and tireless labor. Like Sara Bernhard,
she achieved stardom by processes OF
struggle and suffering. She could act
difficult emotional roles because she had
taught herself to feel them poignantly.
Mrs. Carter's Camille" and "Zaza"
probably would not be appreciated in the
theater of 1887. They were applauded at
the turn Of the century for qualities
which now are "out Of date" But those
who saw them in their glory will not
forget them. Nor will gratitude for
them fade while that remembrance
fingers.
Evening star., 1937-11-15
No New Material.

I suppose you are preparing to tell
the people 4 few things they didn't
know"
mo. sir" answered Senator Sorghum.
The business Of = statesman Just now is
to assist a public with too much on its
mind to forget some Of the minor de-
tails"
Evening star., 1937-11-15

NIT his nngerprints to the Government.
And what is more important. he can be
prosecuted in the criminal courts if he
is found in possession OF an unregis-
tered weapon - something impossible
under today's inadequate firearms law,
unless the gun happens to be a machine
gun or sawed-off gangster weapon.
Mr.. Cummings is deserving of wide
spread public support in his commend
able campaign to cut of the gangsters
supply of death-dealing guns and am
munition.
Evening star., 1937-11-15
New Household Handbook.

This booklet might we'll be entitled
First Aid in Domestic Emergencies, for
there is scarcely 4 problem that arises
to worry the homemaker that is not
treated briefly but. authoritatively In It's
berry candles, or remove rust, or fire-
proof clothing or clean the clock, or
preserve silk stockings, or paint the
house, or clean piano keys, or thaw
frozen pipes, or make a hectograph. or
prepare an egg shampoo? This new
booklet Will tell you the modern way.
Send for copy Of HOUSEHOLD HELPS
today and be prepared for any emer-
gency that may confront you. Ten cents
postpaid.
Evening star., 1937-11-15
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Exterior.

Exterior.
Inc motor car goes speeding by,
A thing of beauteous pride.
And yet, 1t often bids us sigh
And wonder what's inside.
Is 1t q hunted bandit bad.
Who wends q wicked way.
Or only some light lad
Out for a holiday?
So, when we see a glad array
OF garments new and fine,
And make-ups fashioned to display
A handsome facial line,
Though the exterior view is good,
1t cannot be denied.
How very often have we stood
And wondered who's inside.
Evening star., 1937-11-15

Outcries of the nut who rushed King
George vi on Armistics Day were
smothered by the broad punns Of alert
policemen. Inasmuch as he was q little
man, 1t is too bad some footguardsman
did not cram a bearskin shake over his
head. Talking through ones hat is COM
mon enough, but not that sort Of a hat.
Evening star., 1937-11-15

In connection with recent Gotham DO
htical happenings, and with fond remem-
brance OF popular doggerel of Nav.
1893. certain Republicans may be heard
family humming, and Dewey feel down.
hearted? No. We dew not think we dew"
Evening star., 1937-11-15

Jud Tunkins says science and sociology
have at least done good Job in putting
the sossips out Of business. There's no
such thing as scandal any more"
Evening star., 1937-11-15
Proof of the Pudding.

From the Ann Arbor News.
One way to test the truth of the Japa-
nese statement that the Chinese started
the present war is for the japanese to
get out of China and see how far the
Chinese chase them.
Evening star., 1937-11-15

sprung by Senator Norris Of Nebraska.
Though the most peace-minded OF
statesmen and an opponent Of American
entry into the World War, the veteran
Progressive may enact the role Of chief
proponent Of an economic boycott of
Japan as the only effective method Of
checking her aggression In China.
(0opyrisht 1877
Evening star., 1937-11-15
bAnished Repoee.

Does grandfather still sit by the
radiator and dose over the newspaper"
He still sits there, but he doesn't doze.
The crime news is 30 exciting that it
keeps him awake all night"
Evening star., 1937-11-15

This special session OF Congress is
something like protested ball game be-
ing played over again.
Evening star., 1937-11-15

Is everybody right up to date on the
Washington airport situation? No?
Strange-it is all very simple.
Evening star., 1937-11-15

Learning English is said to be the
latest craze in Toxic. Wonder If they
have come to "Phooey" yet?
Evening star., 1937-11-15
Cramp Diplomacy.
From the Indiananolis Star.

xfUm I1ic 1nulHn3p0Nx bC8f.
Secretary Hull probably will hnd that
the only eject of writing notes to Japan
Will be writer's cramp.
Evening star., 1937-11-15
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Evening star., 1937-11-15
Pictures And HAadlinss.

Pictures and Headlines.
The underworldlins said, II vow
I think I'll take another chance.
I was sneak thief once-but now
am 4 hero Of romance"
Evening star., 1937-11-15

New Deal Pork Prices.
From the Cleveland News.
A late flash from the Department of
Agriculture predicts devaluation of
the pork chop at an early date in the
new year.
Evening star., 1937-11-15
Coming Commutel

VOmlnS C0mmutef.
The football player goes again
Tc strive with might and main.
The practice will improve him when
He runs to catch q train.
Evening star., 1937-11-15

One Gas Calls for Another.
From the Salem GMass.) News.
The folks who step on the gas fre-
quently have to breathe It little later
in the form Of an anesthetic for hos
pital operation.
Evening star., 1937-11-15

"A revengeful thought" said Hi Ho,
the sage Of Chinatown, lis a weary
waste of time that might have been
valuable"
Evening star., 1937-11-15

Mature is called superior to art" said
Uncle Eben. "but hawk ain got much
chance racin' an airplane."
Evening star., 1937-11-15

Pipes of Peace and Powder.
From the Omaha World Herald.
1t seems that every time two or more
nations get together and smoke the pipe
of peace. it only results in exploding
another keg of war powder.
Evening star., 1937-11-15

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Evening star., 1937-11-15

reader can get the dnswer to any
question OF fact BY. Drttino The Epen,no
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
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Evening star., 1937-11-15

@. In what part OF Ireland is Donny.
brook k?-T. K.
A. 1t is now part Of the city of Dublin.
1t was famous for It's fair, which was
first held in 1904. 1t was abolished in
1855 because OF the fighting and de-
bauchery for which 1t had become
notorious
The Washington times., 1937-01-07
ROOSTER MAIN
AT ORLANDO

ORLANDO, Fla, Jan. Cock
fighting's sweepstakes the interna-
tional championship tournament,
scheduled January 26 will fill this
lake region resort with followers
Of the worldwide sport.
The international tournament
held at spot kept secret is to
cock fighting what the Kentucky
Derby is to horse racing. Not only
are the best cocks breed in Texas,
New York, Pennsylvania, Ken.
lucky, California and North Caro-
lima entered, but foreign birds
from Canada, Cuba and Mexico
also compete.
Thousands of dollars will change
hands during the tournament, for
one Of the main reasons for sur
vival Of gamecock fighting is the
betting.
Followers of the sport steadfast-
ly maintain that it is the squarest
wagering opp ortunity in the
chance-taking business. They con.
tend that $6,0O0.O .O00 changes hands
annually on United States cock
fights with the local fight tops.
The Omaha guide., 1937-02-20
DALLAS INACCURACIES
NEGRO Y

Dallas, Tex, Feb 10 amp
Mayor George Sergeant Il this
city, last week delivered the cath
Of office at st. Johns Baptist
church, tq A. A. Braswell, who
thereby was officially proclaimed
"Neqro Mayor" of Dallas. Impress
ceremonies marked the occasion
with more than 500 persons present
It is felt here that one ressit Of
the Inauguration Of Mayor" Bras
well will be a much heavier regis
tration among the colored citizens
through payment Of pei taxes,
which many have neglected in the
past and as a result have been un-
able 10 vote.
The Omaha guide., 1937-02-20
Omaha "U" Building
to be Completed in '38

The general ground plan, and
style OF architecture, and the num-
Der and location Of buildings on the
new municipal university Of 0ma-
ha campus were decided on last
week by the regents.
1ho decisions followed a visit to
Omaha by Paul Gret, internationally
recognized architect Of Philadel-
phia, WHO has Ioeen engaged as
consulting architect for the new
university buildings Among khe
test known buildings designed by
Mr.. Gret are t'Ie Pan-Amarican
b1ilding in Washington, the Fol-
gers Liberty there, the Hall of Sci
cnce at the Century of Progress Ex-
position in ulcaSo, and various
college buildings at tht universities
of Texas, Wisconsin and Pennsyl-
vania.
He styled the Zephyr streamlined
train, and had never seen the COM
rleted work until he came to Oma-
Ia.
Only one building viii be built at
Che present time, according to the
feeerls. It will be an H-shaped
building of early Georgian style.
facing Dodge street. Library and
se.enco labratories Will be built in
10 tho bui ding There will be no
gymnasium at present. The building
viii stand en- tie highest part Of
fhe new campus site.
Constructor will begin as soon
al no weather permits. The regents
expect the bui dlng to be finished
during the summe of 1888.
The Omaha guide., 1937-02-20

will s~lenderiZe the contours of the
face until 1t becomes more oval.
Some girls. however, have wide
eheekbones and wide jawbones, and
no amount of reducing will change
this broad, square type of face.
II you fall into this latter type,
the rules for your couture are
about the same as those given for
The round-faced girl. Your hair
should be combed back to show the
full height of your forehead, and
flat enrls should be worn on the
cheeks. The %center-part nay be
ri If your features are regular;
otherwise, part the hair on the side
and bring 1t back diagonally, off
the forehead.
a mass of curls Mt the top of the
head. or any other arrangement
that Will add to the height of the
face. should be adopted. Soft curls
at the temples and near the angles
Of the jaws will make the square
contours of the face less angular.
With both the wide face and the
round face. emphasize the natural
hairline across the forehead. es-
pecially II 1t has an attractive
widows peak"
Avoid a short. fluffy bob. and
above AL don't experiment with
bangs.
Whatever your type of faee-
experiment. Follow the rules given
IN this column and the preceding
me. Study the different effects
created when you change the place
of your part. or the arrangement
of curls.
The Omaha guide., 1937-02-20
Nae Davis Is
Student Editor

Bet v Mac Davis, q II gh
school honor student for two
wears and the daueht r Of Atty
and Mrs. Charles F. Davis
1852 Bnney Of St, has been
selected BY her IN ruetor pa
ionrnalism as editor Of the edi-
tor al page of the North Star
the student publiea ion OF the
North High school.
Betty Mae has made a com
mendable record at North ana
is well liked by both studeni
and instructors. She is a mem
ber Of some Of the schools out
tasnding organ cations such as
'oThe Council Of 100 IN.
Red Cross Service and several
o,ber. The young Mis- DAVIS
. also nm active member OF 81
pbillins Church and the North
side YWCA. Upon gradua-
she will be eligible to
membership IN the Nationa'
Roll Society.
The Omaha guide., 1937-02-20
MRS. KING DEAD

Mrs. Corine Highman B.
King formerly of Omaha, pass
ed away in Tulsa, Okla. Jan.
oath and her body was return
cd to Omaha for burial. Her
mother Mrs. Ellis was at her
bedside when death came. Fun
eral services were held m Tul-
ga. Mrs. Goldine Buchanan
her cousin and mother accomp-
anied the body to Omaha. Her
mother wished TO thank her
many friends for their KIND
ness and hospitality
The Omaha guide., 1937-02-20
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The Omaha guide., 1937-02-20
OklahOman Dies IN
City =.

The funeral of Mr.. II. A.
Weston was held Monday af-
ternoon at j. d. Lewis Mortu.
airy at 2 p. m. Mr.. Weston
came to Omaha Jan. 31s and
passed away Feb. 9th at 6 pm.
at the home Of his mother in
law, Mrs. Roxie Austin. 25ls
Decatur st.
Ho ives II on arriving n the
city bu his condition was not
considered ser Gus until Tues
day Of last week when he suf-
fered a relapse.
Tie was a devout Christian in
his home town, Oktaha, Okla.
and a highly respected citizen
The pastor of Pleasant Green
Baptist church Rev. J. II. Rey-
nolds officiated. Pleasant
Green choir rendered music.
Mrs. Ta'ley sang a beautiful
solo.
Many condolences were read
from various auxiliar es and
friends. Many condolences
were sent the family from Ok