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Evening star., 1937-07-11

One OF the things that makes Sum-
mer hard for member of Congress is
the fact that when there is hard work
to be done it is impossible to end it by
making it temporarily illegal.
Evening star., 1937-07-11

The Boy Scouts are on their way home
with an abundance Of new ideas that
will make for good citizenship in the
future. Every citizen of the U. S. A.
should see this Capital City at least once,
Evening star., 1937-07-11
A Cynic's Observation.

Prom the wheeling wv. Va Nevs.Resister.
The best place for a man to hide his
money 30 his wife won't flnd 1t Is to put
It In the basket with his undarned socks.
Evening star., 1937-07-11

Money remains mystery. No one
assumes to figure coldly on the amount
required in the search for Amelia Ear
hart.
Evening star., 1937-07-11
Ins and Outs.

ms and Outs.
Il am told that you know all the ms
and outs of politics"
Il don't pay so much attention to the
outs" replied Senator Sorghum. The
ins are usually the fellows who have
most of the real influence"
Jud Tunkins says It's kind of a deli
cate matter to be smart enough in a
horse trade to protect yourself without
bein' so smart folksll be scared to do
business with you.
Evening star., 1937-07-11
Only q Dream.

Only q Dream.
What beauteous fancies fade away
In hours Of sleep by heaven sent.
I dreamt heard the landlord say,
We're going to reduce the rent"
Evening star., 1937-07-11

The Thermom.
The old thermom
Hangs on the wall
And spoils Nfes balm
For one and all.
For In the time
OF warmth severe
Grief seems to climb
Both far and near.
We find life brings
Resentment strong.
We vow that things
Are going wrong.
Each morbid myth
In memory lives.
We quarrel with
Our relatives.
Well find anew
Mid Autumn's calm,
Our griefs were due
To the thermom.
"A man dat really values his opinion" !"
said Uncle Eben, "is liable to take q little
care Of 1t an not let 1t git mussed up IN
pesuaisetaouS eonveeSatlon."
Evening star., 1937-07-11

Ideals which cannot be attained" said
HI Ho, the sage of Chinatown, ARE worth
a struggle, since they build strength for
the achievements of the future"
Evening star., 1937-07-11

Rate by Mail-Payable in Advance.
Evening star., 1937-07-11

4 X *
So now the question Is: Will President
Roosevelt break openly with John Lewis?
Will the A. F. of L. come through to take
over the lead dropped by the c. I. o.?
And can industry now balk the trend
toward union organization?
So far as Mr.. Roosevelt is concerned,
the hazards of definite break with Mr..
Lewis are regarded as too great to risk.
The G. I. o. Is more than q labor UNION.
1t represents political movement as
WELL The President bases his hold on
power on combination OF labor and
farmer votes. A threat by Lewis to
break away and to organize q labor
party under the leadership of Gov. Phil
or Senator Bob La Toilette would be
enough to cause any politician to think
twice before forcing fulfillment of that
threat
So the Presidents moves are expected
to be made through subordinates and to
involve an effort to slow up the Lewis
drive rather than to stop It's momentum
entirely. That raises = question con-
cerning whether or not the c. I. o.
leader can control what he has set under
way.
The STRINGS within the A. F. Of l..
are regarded with special concern.
After flfty-six years, the federation
finds that some OF its strongest unions
have broken away. Leadership has been
lethargic. But now William Green and
his cohorts are getting set to try to get
back in the running The result may
well be that, in the months ahead, C. I.
o. unions will be striking against A. r.
Of L. unions, and vice versa, instead Of
striking against employers. This type Of
jurisdictional strike is the most din
cult to compose.
But, II history IL any guide, william
Green and his oegsna2atop stand uttle
Evening star., 1937-07-11
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United States. Some have been hectic
in the extreme. When farm prices were
so high during the war, there was active
speculation in Middle Western farm
lands and there have been such hectic
chapters as the Florida land boom, where
parcel might change hands half a
dozen times day, each time at a
higher price.
All such activity leaves more land in
the hands of people who are absentee
landlords and not producers, and there
Is progressive increase in tenancy.
Tenancy rather than ownership results
often in degeneration Of the land. It
was Arthur Young who said that II
man became possessed of q desert he
would turn 1t into a garden because it
was his own, but II you gave him q
tenants lease on a garden he would soon
turn 1t into a desert.
&tt 4
That such a situation has come to
exist has caused the National Resources
Board to recommend strong measures to
implement the reversal OF the traditional
American land policy. The Federal Gov
ernment already has done much to take
sub-marginal land out of production and
remove other lands, at least temporarily
from cultivation. Instead of seeking to
put settlers on the land, it wants to
take them of.
To discourage speculation it is sug-
gested that special taxes be levied on
sales of land within less than q year
of purchase. Also, there might be pro-
vision for the licensing of dealers in
land, accompanied by regulation Of their
dealings. Finally, the land financing
would be taken under control. In a
word, there has been a complete revolu-
ton in American governmental land
policy. 1t remains to be seen which plan
will work the better.
Evening star., 1937-01-08

istration, which has charge Of 1seu-
ing licenses, revokins them and en-.
forcing the laws on the highways.
Uniform examination Of drivers Be.
fore obtaining . ncense-an examina.
ton that means something"
A central record system.
A tough" program Of suSpending
and revoking licenses Of habitual Of
tenders.
Highway Patrol Needed.
Effective enforcement requires also
an adequate State highway patrol.
Safety authorities are agreed this pa
troll should have no other duties and
should be under the same executive
who issues and revokes licenses.
1T makes little difference where
the centralized authority Ia placed"
advises Sidney j. Williams, director Of
the National Safety Council. Some
States have an administrator report.
ing directly to the Governor. In 9TH
ers he is part Of the State highway
department or a revenue department.
The important point is that one good,
outstanding man should be put In
charge-with backing and the oppor.
tunity to do a job"
The need for an adequate patrol
Of rural highways Is emphasized by
the sharp increase in fatalities on the
open road in the last 10 years. AS
automobiles have become faster and
more commodious means OF trans.
portation from city to city, travel has
greatly increased, speeds have in
creased, and accidents and deaths
have increased.
Rural Deaths Up in 1888.
Between 1924 and 1885 rural traihc
deaths jumped from 10,100 to 25,2o0.
$50 per cent. During the same period
city fatalities increased ~ per cent.
But States like Rhode Island, which
have made q big thing OF highway
patrol, have kept the death rate
down.
Advocates of strict driver license
laws decry the argument that such
laws will reduce the sale Of cars by
barring many persons from the right
10 Drive.
"An average Of as to 80 per cent Of
drivers fail on their first test for .
license in States having progressive
laws" says Williams, but only to
per cent are finally denied a license.
The effect is not to take many drivers
of the road but to make better drivers
Of those who stay on the road.
And who will argue that defec-
tives. cripples and others who clearly
are mentally or physically incapable
Evening star., 1937-01-08
BY BLAIR MOODY.

DETROIT, January 8 (N.A.N.Ao.-
The saving of life this month becomes
a political issue-a pressing subject
for action in 43 legislatures now con-
vening-cne that the rising slaugh-
ter in the streets has made it i'm
possible longer to dodge.
For inadequate, out-of-date laws
still on the books in most States are
contributing to the trafhc holocaust.
In many States there Is no control
at all over such vital points as who
shall have a right to drive and who
shall not. In others the control is
30 loose and so sIoppily administered
that 1t Is virtually useless.
Men who have studied the traffic
problem, whatever their differences
on other points, are a unit in declar-
ing there is every reason why every
State should enact a standard" law
covering at least three or four i'm
portant points.
In IL States which have adopted
standard" license laws-representing
pooled experience of the experts Of a
utIC1i idtfOlldl SdACey oiSokAn0pASAS
the aggregate trend Of trafic deaths,
based on gasoline consumption, has
been steadily downward since 1926-a
net reduction Of 26 per cent in 10
years.
In States with "substandard" license
laws the trend OF deaths has been
ilp. In States with no license laws
at all the increase has been even more
marked
Death Records Checked.
r.. L. Forney, statistician of the
National Safety Council. has traced
the traffic death records in States
which have adopted standard laws
and checked them against other
States.
He found that If the trend had
been as favorable in the whole coun-
try between 1925 and 1885 as the
trend in standard license law States.
$4,000 persons killed in traffic would
have been saved.
Even most enthusiastic advocates
Of up-to-date trafic legislation do
not contend the enactment of any
law will clear the streets Of carnage.
But they do assert that the most
competent official cannot enforce a
law effectively if there is little or
nothing to enforce, nor can acceptable
results be obtained from a system
which scatters functions among three
or four departments and centers re-
sponsibil:ty nowhere.
STANDARD" laws, while not always
worded identicslly, have these points
In common:
A centralized motor vehicle admin
Evening star., 1937-01-08

q dozen other points. Eight States
have passed Laws requiring periodic
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., New Hamp-
shire, Virginia and Maine twice year,
in the Spring and Fall: Delaware,
Massachusetts, and Maryland once a
year, and New Jersey on proclama-
ton OF the Governor.
Most of the legislators and governors
elected In November rode into office
on the tidal wave Of support for the
Evening star., 1937-01-08

Of handling q car should be allowed
to drive? The prominence Of this type
Of driver in the accident picture Is
sometimes exaggerated. but there Is
no doubt that he causes . higher
percentage Of accidents than the nor
NAL driver.
There are 81 varieties OF driver ex-
aminations-ranging from a few per-
functory questions to a 12-hour men,
tai and physical test given to offenders
Evening star., 1937-01-08

experts IL one requiring periodical
examination OF cars for physical con-
dition. "June-heap" cars. like de-
fective drivers, are . small minority.
but they cause . dispropriate num-
Der Of accidents.
Evanston, H., with 10 per 100, 600
trafic death rate, requires an exami-
nation Of every car every six months
for brakes. headlight glare. wheel
alignment, lights, steering wheel and
Evening star., 1937-01-08

car in q road test and pass Q thorough
oral examination on the rules Of the
road.
Such an examination obviously can
not weed out the reckless driver. But
it can weed out the incompetent driv-
or. And an effective and hard-boiled
administration of the power to sus.
pend licenses catches up with many
OF the reckless and the Amart alecks.
Another statute advocated by safety
Evening star., 1937-01-08

New Deal viii they act to break
the legislative log jam that has kept
model r laws on the books In a
streamline age? VIII 1887 bring the
Nations pedestrians and its careful
and competent drivers New Deal"
in safety?
tCopyright. 1885. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance lneJ
Evening star., 1937-01-08
by the psychopathic clinic attached to
Detroit's Recorders Court.
Take Middle Position.

Standard law advocates take com.
nonsense position between these ex-
tremes. They concede 1t would be
next to impossible to put every driver
through 4 gruelling mental examina.
tion before granting him . license.
But they do insist that he demon
strate practical knowledge to handle .
Evening star., 1937-01-08
TRAFFIC DEATHS
POLITICAL ISSUE
Saving of Life Is Pressing
for Action in 43 Legis-
IatureS.

This is the ftth OF series OF
seDen articles discussing n'ethods
Of combating the tratic menace.
Evening star., 1937-01-08

Scotland has a farm-labor shortage,
The Washington times., 1937-11-24
NEWTON GUILTY.
IN SLAYING, GETS.
LIFE IN PRISON .
Pastor Fights Verdict,
DepIores Prejudice
BY CLANCY M'QUIGG

PTTTSFIELD, ILL.,, Nov. "a
Q.N.S).-The Rev. C. Ellsworth
Newton heard early today that
he should spend the rest Of his
life in prison for violating the
commandment, Thou shall not
kill"
The 51-year-oId Baptist preacher
was convicted by a jury for the
murder of his former parishioner,
Mrs. Maybelle Kelly, 45-year-old
mother Of two children, and his
punishment fixed at life imprison-
ment.
WILL FIGHT SENTENCE
Judge A. Clay Williams will
impose the sentence some time
today. Rev. Newton announced
he will fight the case all along
the line to seek vindication.
More calm than a majority in
the country courtroom, the preach.
er heard the jurors verdict at
LAS a. m. today after being
reused out of a sound sleep in
the adjacent Jail.
He took the blow without a
trace of agitation. The reading
Of the jury's finding might have
been, in fact. a financial report
for all it appeared to concern him.
DEPLORES PREJUDICE"
To interviewers later he said
with almost a trace of sadness in
his voice:
II am not surprised. People
were so prejudiced. So pref
udiced."
Harvey Baylor, jr., foreman OF
the jury, revealed the eleven farm
ers and one barber had been
unanimous from the start in their
opinion of the preachers guilt.
Only the demand of one for the
death penalty and the wish of an.
other for the minimum term of
ten years, held up the agreement
The Washington times., 1937-11-24
u. S. neutrality
POLICY BACKED
International News Photo

G.N.S.) The Administrators
disinclination to invoke the neu-
trality act in the Sino-Japanese
conflict was vigorously defended
by Representative Stanley CD,
Connecticut, who told the
House "the President has acted
properly" under the law.
Replying to repeated Repubi'
can attacks on the act, Stanley,
a member of the House Foreign
Affairs Committee, said that the
current crisis in the Orient proved
that it is necessary to vest arbi-
trary powers in the President to
make wise operation" of the law
possible.
The Washington times., 1937-11-24
Davis Gets
Bid From
London
BY KENNETH T. YOUNG

BRUSSELS, Nov. "a GN.S0.
With collapse of the nine-power
conference a practical certainty
for tonight, Ambassador Norman
H. Davis has been invited to Lon
don for three-cornered talks with
Britain and France on the Far
East.
Although Davis has not yet &C.
cepted, the invitation is signifi-
cant, showing that London and
Paris are not yet decided to aban-
don China altogether to the Japa-
neSe war machine.
On instructions from China, it
was learned, the Chinese delega-
ton has decided not to oppose
adjournment sine die tonight.
The Washington times., 1937-11-24
CANTON AIR RAID.
KILLS 10O; RIOT.
STIRS SHANGHAI.
Refugees Storm French
Zone Rice Shops

SHANGHAI, Nov. "a O.N.S0.
Serious rioting broke out in the
International Settlement here to-
day coincident with devastating
Japanese air raid on the Canton
region which claimed at least 100
lives.
Thousands of homeless Chinese
refugees begging for food stormed
rice shops in the French Conces-
sion. Settlement police dispersed
the rioters with baton charges.
IL WARSHIPS READY
Meanwhile, martial law was pro-
claimed at Tsingtao following Of
ficial reports IL Japanese warshipS
had been observed so miles south
of the city.
In the drive toward the almost
deserted Chinese capital, the Japa-
nese claimed to have captured
Wushing. 1t was believed they
would now attempt to march on
Wuhu, further west, with the in
tention of surrounding Nanking
and squeezing it's defenseS in one
Of the "pincer maneuvers" used
by Japanese military commanders.
TRAIN ATTACKED
Reports from Canton showed,
meanwhile, that the invaders
have no intention of confining
activities to a single region.
Severely shaking the foreign
concessions at Canton, Japanese
war planes dropped bombs on
Chinese quarters of the huge
southern port. In addition to the
100 killed, many were wounded.
The planes bombed the district
in a series of raids. The Canton
Kowloon railway terminus was
badly damaged and later a train
bound for Hongkong was attacked
three times. Passengers fled to
nearby rice fields to escape the
hail Of explosives.
CONSULATE ESCAPES
The crowded Honan district of
Canton was severely damaged by
the bombs and the Italian con-
sulate narrowly escaped being
ruined.
From the north, meanwhile,
came advices stating anxiety felt
for seven American missionaries
and two American children at
Taiku was ended when members of
a Japanese mission, returning to
Taiyuan from Taiku, reported all
Americans there were safe.
The Washington times., 1937-11-24
L|Tv|NOV LOSES
STAL|N'S FAVOR

LONDON, Nov. "a Q.N.S0.
Resignation of Maxim Eitvinov as
Soviet foreign commissar is ex-
pected in January, the London
Daily Express reported today in a
dispatch from Warsaw.
Litvinov was barred from a cab
met meeting at Moscow yesterday,
the dispatch said, and later was
interviewed by Dictator Stain for
more than an hour.
Soviet Prosecutor Andre Wish
inSky, it was reported, is preparing
a mass trial of Russian diplomats
recalled from abroad and arrested
in the current diplomatic purge.
The Washington times., 1937-11-24
Baby Born, Killed,
During Air Raids

MADRID, Nov. 24.-A baby was
born between two rebel air raids
on Alicante and in a second attack
the baby and its mother were
killed by a bomb.
In all 33 persons were killed Of
whom 16 were children.
The Washington times., 1937-11-24

''The Yellow Lily" A Dramatic
Story Of Love in the South Pacific by
Ion L. IdrieSs. Read 1t in The Amer
lean Weekly with Sundays Herald Times.
The Washington times., 1937-11-24

Science Explains What Makes Food
DrunkRnds" Prof. Donald A. Laird,
director Of Colgate University's Psy-
Geological Laboratory, tells why many
people Overeat and what causes them
to. In The American Weekly, with
Sundays Washington Herald-Times.
The Washington times., 1937-11-24
OFFICIALS SILENT

Officials of the Surete Rationale
maintained a grim silence as they
pressed forward against the plot
terS, refusing to disclose further
details of their progress, but it
was learned scores Of new arrests
are expected.
Authorities anticipate, it was
learned, that concealed munitions
dumps connected with the plot
shortly will be unearthed at
Dieppe and Lille.
The Washington times., 1937-11-24
MasterMnd
OfRoyaHsts
Hunted

PARIS, Nov. "a GN.S0.-The
master mind" behind the most
spectacular revolutionary plot
against the French government
since the republic was founded was
sought by agents of the Surete
Generate today.
His identity and even his ma
tionality were a mystery, but it
was reported police suspected
some foreign agent in connection
with the plot and attempted to
link the conspiracy with activ-
tiles of a huge espionage ring
discovered operating along the
Maginot Line, Frances vital string
of Notifications on the Franco
German frontier.
EXPECT NINE ARRESTS
Police let it be known that nine
more arrests were expected to fol
low seizure Of two Germans and
two Frenchmen at Huningue yes
terday.
Thus far, no direct connection
has been established between the
alleged spies and the mysterious
rightist hooded order known as
Les Cagoulards named by Minis
ter Of the Interior Marx Dormoy
as authors of the revolutionary
plot against the government.
However, the fact the spy plot
was discovered simultaneously with
discovery of the revolutionary con-
spiracy convinced observers there
was some connection between the
two and strengthened general be-
lief foreign agents were at least
indirectly responsible.
In announcing the attempted re-
volt had been nipped in the bud,
Dormoy said the Cagoulards had
conspired to oust the leftist gov
ernment of Premier Chautemps
by force and set up a dictatorship
as the first step toward a mon
archical restoration.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-06-26

turned with a long steel tool in
his hand.
What's that. Jack?" Sadie
asked as she eyed the sharp
looking instrument.
Just a tool Clayborn loaned
me. I promised to bring It back
this morning. These tools have
to be accounted for. you know"
and he was gone. leaving a kiss
on his mothers cheek.
When Jack entered the Ward
building he was sent immediate
" TO Millions office. His self
assurance dropped few de-
grees when he faced the man
who. In n few short months. had
taken over the entire legal per-
sonnet OF the Ward Co.
Milton gave him curt nod.
for he had assumed his mask. his
business armor.
"Sit down, Mr.. Foster"
For all his brusque manner,
Milton was anything but cool and
collected. He was shocked to
find that Jack Foster was Ne
gro. Neither Clayborn or Silas
Ward had mentioned the nation
ality OF the man who had invent
ed the Midget Heater. He recog-
nized Jack Foster also as the
man who had escorted the beau
tiful girl TO the Employees
Work Council meeting.
Again that sudden twinge OF
pain as his conscience pricked
him
I'm low" he muttered to him
self, we are all worse than
thieves"
But Jack could not read the
mind Of this dignified official Of
the Ward Company.
Milton answered the buzzer
and Kay appeared and placed
some papers on his desk and left
the room.
Mr.. Foster" Milton began.
after clearing his throat TO re-
lIeve the huskiness that some
how seemed to bother him.
Jack was beginning TO wonder
when Milton would notice he was
there. The absence OF Clayborn
and silas Ward also made him
wonder.
You understand, OF course,
that as an employee OF the Ward
Company we have a right to use
your invention, especially under
the circumstances in which you
invented your heater"
I'm afraid / don't get YOU"
answered Jack. looking bit
puzzled.
Wont you admit that your
heater was perfected almost en-
tirely in the work rooms OF this
plant?"
We'll. a part of 1t. yes" Jack
replied.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-06-26

And by that reason alone.
silas Ward is automatically made
part owner Of your invention"
That's a lie," Jack said quiet
ly.
But it's true" Milton voice
was cool. you are an employee
OF this company and OF course
YOU are we'll acquainted with the
laboratory on the fourth floor?"
YES" Jack answered. He
was breathing heavily. He heard
again his mothers warning"
Jack. please be careful"
III you are acquainted with
that department. you know any
work accomplished by the men
there. any invention or success
full tests made by these men be-
come the property OF the Ward
Company. Now. Mr.. Foster. you
made your heater. you used our
steel. some OF the tools and a
part OF the time that belonged
TO the company to invent your
heater"
"who told you used the COM
pany's tools and steel?'