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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-12-17

merelr a few mil
lion years old,
which, to our true ssaS-'
geologiSt, is the Irwin s. Cobb
same as yesterday.
Mention a few million years to him
and hen say "phew!" and just snap
his fingers-like that.
I wonler if the authorities would
pardon a suggestion from a poor
ignoran>us whose acquaintance with
geology is largely limited to two
of its sdrface phases, namely: Reg
ular paved roads and those derned
detou1s. When we consider most of
the humorous illustrations and the
bulk Nf the humorous text printed
in the average smart magazine OF
todar, and the even spicier lines
heard in smart modern plays,
wou'tln't it be more fitting to call
it, not the Holocene, but the OBJ
scSNe period?
The Laws Long Arm.
HE long arm of the law-it's a
Il grand phrase, isn't it? So mouth
filling, so satisfying to the honest
Citizens soull
It conjures up visions of unrelent-
ing warfare against crime, inevita-
BILE punishment for the guilty. It's
{ le bunk!
It's the bunk because of crooked
lawyers; venal policemen; compla-
cent prosecutors; soft-hearted or
corrupted jurors; witnesses, bribed
or inundated; the laws delays;
reversals of fair verdicts on foolish
.technicalities; a false sentimental
ty which forgets the widow and Or
phan of the victim and thinks only
of the family of the killer; most
often of all, abuse of the powers to
commute and to pardon and to pa
role.
These days, when see a SEN
fenced offender handcuffed to an
officer, I find myself saying to my
self, "Chances are that fellow, lit
orally or figuratively, is wearing
that decoration only temporarily"
The Passing Years.
livery newborn year is rosy
IL prospect just as nearly every
dying year is a dun-colored dis
appointment. But without revived
hope what could we look forward to
except being measured for a
shroud?
It seems only yesterday when 1887
was busting in, radiant, bouncing
baby-child, his arms burdened with
promises, bless his little soul! After
several false starts, happy days
were here again. Nobody was aim
ing to remodel the Supreme court.
Senator Ashurst told us so, and
didn't he know? He didn't.
Secretary Wallace, slightly assist
ed by Divine Providence, would i'm
mediately have the crop situation
well in hand. Grass would grow
only in the street leading to the
almshouse. The Wall Street boys
were expecting two suckers in ev-
cry pot. And the song of the Bulbul
was heard in the landau, the bull
bull!
Within the 12-month the Republi-
can party again would be going
concern. Well, if it's going con-
Germ, the question is, where?
And now, laden with future gifts,
comes 1888. How time flies! Why,
before you know it, Sistie will be old
enough to take job with the radio
and Buzzie will be signing testimo-
malls.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-12-17
Infantry Comes First

IN WAR operations on land the in
L fantry is still the most important
branch of the service, says Gen.
Malin Craig, chief of staff of the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-12-17
Don Bulge Claims He Grew
Seven Inches in a Year

DON Bulge, world tennis singles
champion, claims to have grown
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-12-17
Here's Some Help
for Those Missed
by Praise Agents

TENTH annual nominations Of the
Society for the Protection Of
Football Players Whose Press
Agents Fell Down on the Job:
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-12-17
7Y2Za1nkd Nck0kd

has submitted his resignation, be-
cause of ill health. His successor,
it is believed, will be Joseph P. Ken
nedy, now chairman of the federal
maritime commission and formerly
head of the SEC.
Mr.. Bingham recently returned
to the United States to undergo
treatment for malaria at Johns Hop
kins hospital in Baltimore. The
State department expects he will go
back to London after the holidays
to pay his official calls of farewell.
Il
Profits Tax Impossible"
p EPEAL of the undistributed
IN profits tax as levy "impos-
sible of equitable and effective" ap-
plication to the complex and varied
pattern of American industry, is
recommended in report published
by the Brookings institution, based
on a study of the actual effects OF
the tax on $50 corporations.
Prepared by DR.. M. Slade Ken
drick of Cornell university, in CO.
operation with the staff of the insti-
tuition, the study was made from
data obtained from the results of
some 5000 questionnaires sent out
by Senator Frederick Steiwer, Re-
publican, of Oregon, designed to
provide detailed case experience on
the controversial tax as far as OBJ
tainable in the first year of its op-
Grafton.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-16
100 men STRIKE
ON CAPITOL JOB

One hundred men were called
out on strike at the Capitol today,
delaying installation of the chilled
water line necessary for the new
air conditioning system being
placed in all the buildings on the
Hill.
Fifty steamfitters and their
helpers were called on strike as
the result of a disagreement over
the handling Of the pipes.
Architect David Lynn is in
touch with the contractor for this
job, the Mechanical Engineering
Construction and Equipment Com
pany, of Baltimore, Md, with the
hope of clearing up the situation.
Under the agreement, Mr.. Lynn
said, laborers were to handle the
pipe as it was put into the tun-
mel which runs from the Capitol
power plant to the Hill. The
pipe in the tunnel was to be fitted
and handled only by steamfitters
and their helpers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-16
FIREMEN LOSE
FIvE-:DAY WEEK

A five-day, 60-hour week for
members of the District Fire De-
partment definitely was blotted
out of the picture for the 1889
fiscal year today by Commissioner
Melvin C. Hazen.
"A bill to provide the five-day
week for the firefighters was in
PRODUCED at the last session Of
Congress. 1t is still pending on
the congressional calendar.
Arguing that the Police Depart
ment now is no a three-platoon
system, the firemen and sympa-
thetic groups have stirred conSid-
cradle interest in their request on
Capitol Hill.
But Commissioner Hazen today
pointed out that to put the five
day week in effect in the depart
ment will cost 100000. He
added:
"The Commissioner will not,
even if Congress passes the bill
at the coming session, put the
five-day week in effect. We
haven't got the money and we
will not provide for it in the
1899 budget"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-16
OUT
IN POLICY ROW

Q.N.SJ. Secretary Of the Treas
ury Morgenthau announced today
Morrison Shafroth resigned as
general counsel of the Internal
Revenue Bureau because of a dis
agreement with him over a de
partment policy"
The resignation of Russell j.
Ryan, assistant to Shafroth, also
was announced by Morgenthau.
Shafroth and Ryan were the
men called upon by the Treasury
to make the preliminary investiga-
ton into millionaire tax dodgers
last year.
Neither appeared before the
House Ways and Means Commit
tee to testify in the Treasury's
behalf.
Both will leave Saturday.
Shafroth will return to Denver,
his home, to resume the private
practice Of law. Ryan, a former
justice of the Indiana superior
court, will return to Indianapolis.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-16
BRITAIN IN j. S,
MONEY Farley

G.N.S). An important confer
ence on the international financial
situation will be held here Monday
between Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau and Sir Frederic
Phillips, undersecretary of the
treasury for the British govern
ment,
Morgenthau today said he felt
it necessary to keep in direct
touch with the British govern.
ment, particularly on the tri-
partite agreement between the
United States, France and Eng
land.
Morgenthau said he doubted
any talk of the British govern
ment resuming payments on the
war debt would enter his converse
ton with Phillips.
Asked what this Governments
attitude was toward the British
move to squeeze Japanese credit
abroad, Morgenthau declined to
discuss the issue.
The Treasury has been advised,
however, that the British have re-
fused to discount Japanese Sterl-
ing notes held by Japanese ex-
porterS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-16
CdthoHcSASk.
Custer OF
Black

NEW YORK, Sept. 16 Q.N.S).
A solution of the controversy over
Supreme Court Justice Hugo l..
Black would be for President
Roosevelt to feel it his duty" to
ask the jurist to resign, it was
suggested editorially today by the
Catholic News.
There is evidence that he
(Mr. Black gave many Of his
senatorial colleagues who voted
to approve his nomination assur.
ance that he never was a men,
Der of the white-sheeted body"
the editorial states.
THAT was a downright decep-
tion-a smart trick, it is usually
called"
Many Senators, the editorial
continued, have not heSitated to
say they would have voted against
Justice Blacks confirmation had
they known what the newspaper
stories reveal"
Some of them go so far" the
article added, "as to hint that
President Roosevelt, in view of
the Snirch brought upon the
Supreme Court by the naming
of such an individual, ought to
feel it his duty to ask Justice
Black to resign. Perhaps that is
as good a solution as any,"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-16
Umbrella Jumper
Lands In Hospital

NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y, Sept.
16 O.N.S0. - Salvatore Carpan-
zano, modern counterpart Of
Darius Green, who wanted to be
a parachute jumper, leaped from
a high stepladder, using an UNI
brella to give him two-point land
ing. He dived head first on the
ground and was hospitalized today
with three stitches in his nose.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-16
Fails to Woo Her,
So He Socks Her

NEW YORK, Sept. 16 GN.S).
Thomas Di Angelo, %, returning
on the subway from the Coney
Island mardi gras, was smitten by
the charms of Elizabeth Smith, 80.
And she, in turn. was smitten by
him-but literally, not figuratively.
When Di Angelo insisted on Groom
ing love songs into her ear and
she asked him to stop he punched
her on the jaw, she charged in
court. d Angelo was held in $500
bail.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-16
Dollar Line Balks
War Risk Bonuses

SEATTLE, Wash, Sept. 16
G.N.S0.-All ships of the Dollar
Line will be tied up if crew mem
berS insist on their demands for
500 "war risk" bonuses, r. Stan
ley Dollar, president of the ship
ping company, reported here to.
day. 1T obviously is impossible
to pay a bonus that would in
crease operating costs $4,000 q
voyage when we aren't earning
enough money to pay normal ex-
penSeS," Dollar said.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-16
SON OF Stain
IS KIDNAPPED,
LONDON HEARS
Political Foes Are
Blamed for Crime

LONDON, Sept. 16 Q.NaS0.
'UnconfiTmed by any other source,
a transcontinental radio dispatch
from Riga today reported that
Josef Stains 12-year-old son.
WaSyl, had been kidnapped in Mos
COW while en- route home from
school.
The dispatch reported that
Stains political enemies were
responsible.
Reports carried by transcon-
tinental radio regarding Soviet &C
tivities in the past frequently have
failed of official confirmation.
Riga, the source of the runor con-
corning Stains son, is notorious
as a hot-bed OF antl-SoV1et propa-
ganda.
MOSCOW, Sept. 16 Q.N.S0.
Another "old Bolshevik" who ran
afoul of Dictator Stains purge
was without job today.
Presumably suspected Of "coun-
ter-revolutionary" activities, Com
Inissar of Justice Nikolai vassilie-
vich Krylenko was relieved Of his
duties by the Central Executive
Committee, which gave his post
to Antonov Ovseyenko. a strong
pro-Stalinite. After participating
in underground Bolshevik activ-
tiles during the Czarist regime in
1904, Krylenko rose to power un.
der the Soviets.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-16
Japan Given Map
To Foil Flag Ruse

TOKYO, Sept. Is U.N.S0-Fol-
lowing Japanese allegations that
the Chinese were using British
flags as a ruse to mislead Nip
ponese military and naval forces,
British officials today provided
japanese authorities with a map
showing all positions where the
Chinese were lawfully entitled to
fly the British flag. 1t was re-
ported the Japanese were using
the map as guide as they attack
Chinese positions.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-16

The Coast Guard craft Cayuga
and Chelan took up the search at
the request of Capt. Wallace Grist,
skipper Of the convoy power yacht
Viva II, who brought his own craft
safely into port after the towline
parted and the Endeavour I van.
ished astern in a raging gale.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-16
Geneva to Study
Air War on Subs

GENEVA, Sept. 16 Q.N.S0.
Representatives of Britain, France
and seven other signatories Of the
Nyon agreement to patrol the
Mediterranean against pirate"
submarines will meet in Geneva
tomorrow to consider proposals for
cooperation of aircraft in the
search for phantom submarines, "
it was learned today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-16
Grand Jury Indicts
Slayer of Reeves

NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Sept.
16 G.N.S0.-Margaret brennan,
2O'year-old 'honor slayer" of Paul
Reeves, was indicted on a charge
Of first-degree murder today.
A four-page confession Of the
killing, in which the girl repre-
sented herself as an expectant
mother, wa presented to the grand
jury. The true bill was found after
five minutes elaboration.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-16
Jewish Constable
Wounded By Arabs

JERUSALEM. Sept. 16 Q.N.S0
Palestine authorities at Salad to-
day sought the perpetrators of q
new outbreak of violence in which
two Jewish constables were fired
on by Arabian terrorists. One
constable was badly wounded in
the arm.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-16
Mrs. Roosevelt
Feted By French

PARIS, Sept. 16 G.N.S0.-Mrs.
Sarah Delano Roosevelt, mother
Of the American President, had
luncheon today with President and
Nine. Lebrun Of France at the
Chateau Rambouillet. Others
present were the United States
Ambassador William C. Bullitt, his
daughter, French Finance Minis
ter Bonnet and French Ambassa-
dor and Nine. De L,aboulaye.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-16
4 NaZi AviatOrs
Killed in Spain

MADRID, Sept. 16 Q.N.S).-A
German air ace named Manowski
and three other Reich airmen
were reported killed today when
a tri.motored bombing plane was
forced down on the Sarinyena.
Aragon front. Two other inSur.
gent planes also were shot down.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-16
BY JOHN GOETTE

PE1PING, Sept. 16 Q.N.S).
Thousands of Chinese were killed
today as Japanese troops swept
irresistably forward in their Of
fensive to the southwest from
Peiping.
Commanded by one Of Nippon's
foremost military chieftains, Gen.
eral Count Terauchi, the japanese
followed up yesterdays smashing
victories by new hammer-like on
laughts that left Chinese forces
10 choice but to flee or die.
100000 CHINESE FIGHT
One hundred thousand Chinese
oops fought in stubborn rear
uard actions, but they were
.owerless against the tanks, heavy
.rtillery and airplanes Of the foe.
One again it was wars old story
If machine-like military might
,iding roughshod over a larger but
.ess well-equipped force. In the
carnage that ensued, whole COM
7anies of Chinese preferred to be
wiped ont rather than retreat.
In one narrow sector alone, Nip
ponese officials stated, japanese
officers counted 1000 dead. What
the deaths of Chinese numbered
over the entire 79-mile front could
only be conjectured.
Claiming advances of from five
to nine miles, the Japanese believe
they have almost obtained their
detectives, either by cutting the
Chimes off from their railroads or
by forcing a general retreat to-
ward the south.
TRAP SET FOR CHINESE
Japanese airplanes destroyed
two Chinese troop trains and
bombed the town of Chochow, so
miles southwest of Peiping.
Eight Chinese divisions were re-
ported retreating
One Japanese official claimed
the advance had reached depth
of 10 miles, with the Nipponese
left wing sweeping to the west
and attempting to drive the
Chinese against the japanese right
wing advancing from Lianghsian.
The Japanese claimed they had
completed enlightenment of Cho-
chow and had bombed Paoting,
setting fire to all military eStab-
lishments. They declared they had
captured half million rounds of
ammunition and 5000 hand gre
nades at Tatungfu and had re-
duced to ashes the Chinese mill
tary works at Taiyuan.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-16
POPE RECEIVES GERMAN

VATICAN CITY, Sept. 16
QN.SD.-Pope Plus today granted
a private audience to Msgr. Orse-
nigo, papal nuncio to Germany. It
was believed they discussed the
tense Vatican-Reich relations.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-16
Hating of Vessel
Denied by British

HONGKONG, Sept. IS U.N.S).
Reports that a japanese destroyer
halted the British passenger and
cargo vessel Rawalpindi 100 miles
from here were denied today by
British naval authorities.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-16

Although some concern was felt
for the safety Of those aboard. it
was recalled the sleek-hulled racer,
unsuccessful contestant in the
1884 Americas Cup races, suffered
a similar mishap while en- route
to Newport from England early
this summer but fought her way
to safety.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-16
Cutters Search Sea
For Lost EndeaVOur

BOSTON, Sept. 16 (Ns) -Plunging through heavy SEAS
United States Coast Guard cutters today the
North Atlantic 800 miles offshore for the racing soop En-
deavour which, with 20 professional yachtsmen aboard has
missing since the towne of her convoy yacht parted
during a hurricane last Monday night.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-16
FIGHT ON KHAN
CHANGES VIEW
OF DEMOCRATS
Backers Ignorant
OF Membership

With sentiment increasing in
all sections of the country that
the resignation of Justice Hugo
Black from the Supreme Court be
demanded on the ground he is .
member of the Ku KIux Khan,
eight Democratic Senators were
on record as saying today that they
would not have voted for his con-
firmation had his Khan member.
ship been known to them.
In the vote to confirm him,
taken on August II, the Congress
sional Record shows that So Sena-
tors voted for confirmation, 16
voted against him and 16 did not
vote.
GIBsON's STAND
One of those who did not vote.
Senator Ernest Gibson (R) Of
Vermont, declared that If the
charges had been Substantiated
he would have voted against con-
firmation.
Senator George L. Radcliffe
CD, Of Maryland, the latest to
declare that he would have
changed his vote from AYE" to
nay if he had known that JUS
tice Black was a Klansman, today
launched a bitter attack on the
former member of the Senate who
resigned after his appointment to
the court had been confirmed.
Senator Radcliffe said:
"In the first place I cannot
imagine anyone joining an or
ganization as obnoxious as the
Khan. But if anyone did, the
ideas which made him Join such
an organization make him unfit
to sit on the Supreme Court
bench Of the United States.
WOULD CHANGE
IF had known that Senator
Black was a member of the Khan
certainty would not have
voted for his confirmation as q
member Of the Supreme Court.
But I will say that when the
Senate Judiciary Committee
was considering the nomination
communications were received
from Jews, Catholics. Negroes
and others all endorsing the
Senator and so far as I have
been able to find out there has
never been any question Of re-
ligion or racial discrimination
charges against Senator Black"
Other Democratic Senators who
have definitely stated that they
would have changed their votes
and opposed the confirmation Of
Senator Black to the Court had
they known Of his Khan affilia.
ton are Frederick Van Mugs Of
Indiana, Prentiss M. Brown Of
Michigan, A. Harry Moore of New
Jersey, william G. McAdoo of Cali
fornia, Bennett Champ Clark Of
Missouri, Robert E. Wagner of
New York, and Clyde L. Herring
of Iowa.
AS the controversy over Senator
Blacks appointment to the court
ragged throughout the Nation, it
Continued on Page 2, Col. g.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-16

There are $4,000 known
criminals in the country.
These statistics were left to-
day by L. B. Nichols Of the Fed.
eral Bureau Of Investigation at
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-16
Crime Cost Placed
At $475 a Second

POLAND SPRING, Me-, Sept. 16 (.NS.).-Crme does not
pay-bu costs plenty. The cost is $475 second in the
United States for a total of SIS 900 100000 year.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-16
CHINESE SLAIN.
BY THOUSANDS.
NEAR PEIPING.
3 Divisions Retreat
In Disorder

CANTON, Sept. 16 (I.N.S.).
Heavy casualties were caused
in Canton this evening when
Japanese war planes raided the
city.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-16

Washington with 200 clubwomen
attending the annual New Eng.
land Conference of State Fed
Grafton Of Women'S Clubs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-16
WASHINGTON FORECAST

Mostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow;
cooler: gentle shifting winds, becoming
northwest tomorrow. "Details on Page 81
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-01
FRANK COTTRELL
 RECALLS EVENTS
Weather 52 Years Ago To- day Two Below Zero
 Says North Main Man

You may have thought it was cold this morning, but the weather today was nothing compared to what it was on Nov. 1, 1887, according to Frank H. Cottrell, of North Main street. And MT. Cottrell ought to know, because 50 years ago today was his wedding day.
 The temperature dropped to two below zero on Nov. 1, 1887, MT. Cottrell recalled today, and the ground was covered with snow. The hacks that brought people to his wedding found 1t heavy going, and the vehicles slid all over the snow covered streets.
 MT. Cottrell was married at his wife's home, which stood on the spot now occupied by the offices of the Waterbury Clock Co.,, on Cherry avenue. Mrs. Cottrell died seven years ago.
 For some time MT. Cottrell was employed by the Miller & Peck Co. he left the firm in 1896, and was in various businesses for 40 years. Two years ago he returned to the Miller & Peck store, and is still employed there.
 Winters nowadays are nothing like what they used to be, insists MT. Cottrell. The winter of 1912 was so severe, he said, that the ice on the fountain in Hamilton Park rose to a height of more than 50 feet. On St. Patrick's day of that year, at the stroke of noon, MT. Cottrell climbed to the top of the icy peak, and placed side by side the American and Irish ags for the world to see.
 The weather today, too mild, said MT. Cottrell.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-01
BRASS WORKERS
 PLAN PETITIONS
To Attend Aldermanic Ses- sion Tonight Oppose
 Show Permit Law

Delegates from the Waterbury Brass Workers Union will present two important petitions to the Board of Aldermen, who will be n session at city hall this evening Opposition to proposed ordinance Is contained in one of :ne petitions while the other proposes an action by the board.
 The first communication which will be presented tonight is in oppo- sition to the proposed ordinance which would grant the Superintend- ent of Police discretionary powers in regard to the issuance of permits for the showing of pictures and plays.
 The union is of the opinion that the ordinance would be contrary tO the principles of free speech and assembly.
 The second petition proposes to the board that 1t sponsor the in- vestigation of the local rent situa- tion. It is the belief of the union that prices of rents at the present time are not in proportion to the salaries now being paid.
 The delegation includes: Adolph Curtiss, president of the Waterbury Brass Workers Union; Philip c. Brainard, financial secretary, John J. Driscoll. recording secretary, and William Feltman, William Davies, Harold Webster. Charles Shugrue Alexander J. Hinkelman, Frank Comerford and Joseph Garcie.