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balanced and taxes on incomes and
profits should be raised, if neces-
sary, ito sustain the volume of re-
lief and at the same time bring
the budget into balance and permit
the pairing down of public debt as
private debt expands"
The federal reserve system, said
Mr.. Eccles, ''is powerful to main
tain stable economy unless other
essential nonmonetary factors nee
essary to stability are brought into
line either by private interests or
by the government"
This statement, presumably made
with the approval of Secretary Nor
genthau and the knowledge of Pres
ident Roosevelt, aroused a lot Of
talk in Washington and the admins
tration leaders were discussing
taxes and receipts. Generally they
agreed that there will be no extern
Sive tax change-merely resolu-
ton in June extending for one year
$500, 900 in nuisance" levies. 1t
may be the Eccles warning will
serve to curb the demands of vari-
Gus department heads and congress-
men for more huge appropriations.
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the purpose of enforcing demands
against the employer"
However, he added, it was diff
cult for the federal government to
do anything in the matter until the
Supreme court has passed on the
validity of the Wagner-Connery
labor relations act.
Senator Van Nuys of Indiana,
Democrat, and others protested
against this seeming effort to place
on the Supreme court the blame
for the epidemic of sitdown strikes.
Senator Johnson of California
gave general warning" that the
Sit-down strike is the most ominous
thing in our national life today, bad
for the government and in the long
run worse for labor.
The Democratic senate whip, Sem
ator James Hamilton Lewis of Iii
nois, vehemently criticized sit-down
tactics of labor and demanded in
vestigation by congress. 'Is the
United States government" Lew
is asked. Every form of COM
merce is being torn apart under
the name of controversy between
employer and employee, leading to
the danger of national riots"
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Treasury Objects to the
Railway Pension Plan

THE new railway pension plan
l. agreed upon by railroad man.
agement and labor doesn't meet
with the approval of the Treasury
department, which says its taxes on
employers and employees are too
low to meet pension outlays. If the
income fails to level up with outgo,
say treasury officials, the differ
ence would come out of general gov
eminent funds. It was predicted in
Washington that President Roose-
welt might intervene to settle
the dispute.
Under the voluntary plan, taxes
starting at 2:5 per cent on both
employers payrolls and employees
wages would increase gradually to
3.5 per cent on each in 1949. The
management-labor understanding
provides that both would back the
plan in congress. 1t would supersede
the 1885 retirement legislation now
under court attack by the roads.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-04-01
Pope Accuses Germany of
Violating the Concordat

D OPE Plus XI, in strong papal
l. letter to the Catholic congrega-
tions of Germany, accused the NaZi
government of violating the concor-
da1 with the Vatican which was con-
cluded in July, 1888, and of foster
ing anti-Christian movements. If the
terms OF the concordat were not
kept, said the pope, that is not
the fault of the church. The other
side made unfair Interpretation of
the concordat, evaded it's provi-
sions, undermined it's content, and
finally more or less openly violated
its stipulations and the unwritten
law governing its actions"
Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler's news
paper Voelkischer Beobachter, in
an editorial interpreted as an an
swer to the pastoral letter, implied
the concordat might be cancelled by
the reich.
''At the conclusion of the concord
at, the state could not know how
the church would later interpret it's
provisions" said the newspaper, de-
claring that "even an agreement
with the holy see has not sacro-
sanct, untouchable and eternal val,
ue."
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sailed Immediately for San Francis
CO, asserting that she would resume
the flight as soon as possible.
AS the big plane rushed down the
runway for the take-off it swayed
badly, the right tire burst and the
ship went out of control. The left
undercarriage buckled and the left
wing slashed into the ground. The
ship then spun to the right, crashed
down on its right wing, and the right
motor snapped off the right wheel.
Miss Earhart quickly cut the igni-
ton switches, so there was no fire,
and no one was injured.
The first leg of the flight, from
Oakland to Honolulu, had been
made successfully and in record
time, but an inspection revealed
that the propeller bearings of the
plane were almost dry when she
landed. A motor expert there said
Miss Earhart might have been
forced down between Honolulu and
Rowland island had this not been
discovered.
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Spanish Loyalists Win on
Guadalaiara Front

CPANISH government forces were
~ victorious in some heavy fight
ing on the Guadalajara front north
east of Madrid, their chief gain
being the capital of Brihuega,
headquarters of the insurgents. The
latter, however, scored in the Uni
versity City quarter of the capital,
and on the southern front were pre-
pairing to attack Pozoblanco, the
key to mercury, lead, sulphur and
coal mining territory.
Paris claimed to have information
that Germans had supervised and
helped a line of Notifications along
the Spanish Moroccan coast that
threatens British control of the
Strait of Gibraltar.
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be so unwise as to call out on gen.
eral strike men who have Just been
through six years of suffering due
to depression and loss of work"
Mayor Couzens said. 1T would
be unfortunate for him to do so.''
The mayor added that the police
would continue to evict strikers
from plants and stores held by 9TH
ers than employees at the places.
The eight Chrysler plants were
still held by the sitdowners, and
everyone was waiting anxiously for
Gov. FRANK Murphy to determine
what action the state government
would take to enforce the law. Evic-
ton and arrest OF the strikers had
been ordered by Circuit Judge
Campbell, whose order to get out
was defed by the workers, but the
sheriff said he couldn't act further
until he was given a sufficient force
Of deputies.
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one color. Pattern 1915 contains a
transfer pattern of two motifs 514
by 1914 inches; two motifs 6 by
7A inches and two motifs 51a by
inches; and four motifs 31s by 5A
inches; color suggestions; illustra-
tions of all stitches needed; mate
rial requirements.
Send Is cents in stamps or coins
(coins preferred) for this pattern
to The Sewing Circle Needlecraft
Dept, 81 Eighth Ave-, New York,
N. Y.
Write plainly your name, ad-
dress and pattern number.
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h1OAC JuOSCS W iSdI,
more judges to confer, more judges
to discuss, more judges to be con-
vinced and to decide. The present
number of justices is thought to be
large enough SO far as the prompt,
adequate and efficient conduct of
the work of the court is concerned"
Mr.. Hughes said his letter was
approved by Justices Van Devanter
and Brandeis. He made it clear
that he was commenting on an in
crease from the standpoint of eff
f1ciency and "apart from any oues-
ton of policy" which he said, II do
not discuss
Senator Burton K. Wheeler of
Montana, Democrat, was the first
opposition witness called before the
committee, and he started in by
reading Mr.. Hughes letter. Be-
fore entering the committee room
he said he believed the admins
tration would eventually accept a
compromise plan. He advocates a
constitutional amendment, permit
ting congress, by two-thirdS ma
Jority, to override Supreme court in
validation of acts of congress, pro-
vlded a national election had in
tervened between invalidation and
overriding.
The administration will compro-
mise, don't worry" Wheeler said.
They can't get more than thirty
five senate votes for the Presidents
plan. Public opinion, which swerved
toward them for a while, is now
swinging heavily against them"
Edward S. Corwin, professor of
constitutional law at Princeton, was
heard by the senate committee in
support of the Presidents bill and
he got along very nicely until Sem
ator Burke, leader of the opposition,
called his attention to a speech the
professor made a year ago and
book he wrote Is years ago, in both
of which he expressed views quite
different from those he seemingly
now holds. Then Senator Tom Con-
nally took hand in the questioning:
''Now you say the court is biased.
You want to add six new justices
who will be biased in the other di-
rection, don't you?"
Professor Corwin evaded direct
answer for some time, but Senator
Connally demanded to know whether
he did not support the Presidents
plan for this purpose.
well, that is one of the reasons"
the witness said.
The American Federation of La
bcr. like its opponent, the c. l. O.,
has favored the Presidents court
plan, though rather mildly, but
President William Green, when he
appeared before the senate commit
tee, was even less emphatic in his
approval OF it. He denied that the
court as low constituted "has as
sumed dictatorial power or that its
members have not the mental ca
pacity or the necessary learning"
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-04-01
The Race to Arms.

ITALY sees Britain's bet of 81, ,5OO,.
l. 100000 to be spent on war de-
fense during the next five years, and
raises it by decreeing militariza-
tion of all classes between the ages
of eighteen and fifty-fve, which
means a trained fighting force of
100000 ready for immediate mo-
bilization, adding as a side wager
the promise of total sacrifice, if
required, of civil necessities. for
attainment of maximum. mill
tary needs"
This means, of course, that
France and Germany and Russia
must chip in with taller stacks than
before, and thus the merry game
goes on until some nation, in des-
peration, calls some other nations
bluff and all go down together in a
welter of blood and bankruptcy and
stark brutality.
The world has been 5000 years
patching together the covering
called civilization, but experience
shows that this sorry garment NAV
be rent to tatters in an hour,
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u)t@t D
GM%NHKn
O.Qlobb
WunhA about
Benefit" Promises.

CANTA MONICA, CALF
~ Maybe benefits" are be-
ing overdone-indeed, some
are rackets wearing the mask
of charity-but even so, if a
good trouper has promised to
show up, you'd think he would
prove he's a good trouper by
showing up.
There have been cases out
here when there were listed
enough notables to make a
whole constellation of stars,
but what resulted was a milky
way of amateurs and un-
knoWns.
Those last-minute alibis for non
appearance are not always true
Opac Tho roo1 footc
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OzVOl9zylZ Z EVINN|
IN REVIEWG
BIZ 6dWu/1d W picRd/zd
g Western Newspaper Union.

Governor Murphy had declared
that constituted authority must be
obeyed, but he explained his failure
to act promptly by saying that
blind adherence to legalistic phil
osophy will surely lead to eventual
Illustration of the democratic ideal
of true freedom"
The committee named by the gov
ernor to devise ways of disposing
of future labor disputes was busy
formulating legislation; and Mr..
Murphy held frequent consultations
with James F. Dewey, federal con-
ciliator. Also he was in communi.
cation with Washington.
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cation of this new
weapon of ! a b o r.
Majority L e a d e r
Joe Robinson said:
"Manifestly the sit
down strike is un-
lawful. It is not
within the rights of
any individual or
group of individuals
to seize or retain
possession of prop
erty to the exclusion
of the EMPLOYER for
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gers in inhationary
price rises, which
are due, he says,
chiefly to foreign
armament demands,
strikes and monopo-
listic practices by
certain groups in
both industry and
organized labor. He
argued for continu-
ance of low interest
rates but said the
budget should be
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-04-01
ManiacS and Motors.

nISPATCHES tell of a slaying
~ automobile which chased a cit
izen clear up on the sidewalk and
nailed him. This is a plain breach
of the ethics governing our most
popular national pastime-that of
moving down the innocent bystand-
er.
Among our outstanding motor ma
MACS it has already been agreed
that once foot passenger reaches
the pavement, he is out of bounds
and cannot be put back in play I'M
til somebody shoves him into the
roadway again. Otherwise the pe-
destrian class would speedily be ex-
terminated, whereas its members
are valuable for target practice
when an operator is building up
to the point where he is qualified
to sideSWipe a car full of women
and children while going seventy
miles an hour, or meet a fast train
on equal terms at a grade cross
ing.
BY all means let us clarity the
rules so that the sport of destroying
human life on the highroads shall
not suffer through the overzeaI of
amateur homicides. Remember our
proud boast that we lead all the
world in traffic horrors.
IRWIN S. COBB.
@-WNU Service.
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ones. Inc real IdCLS
may be:
A night club cutup
has been unexpect-
edly taken sober
and so isn't funny.
A darling of the
screen thinks he did
enough when he al
lowed the use of his
name, so he spends
the evening congen-
tally posing for pro-
file photographs.
A., aaf0- So La
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-04-01

plane at the take
off for Rowland is
land. By q ii C k
thinking and action.
she saved her life
and those of Capt.
Harry Manning and
Fred J. Noonan, her
navigators, but the
plane was SO badly
damaged that it had
to be shipped back
to the Los Angeles
factory for repairs.
rTyI
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ing that an increase
in the number of Su-
preme court JUS
tees, as proposed
by President Roose-
welt, would not pro-
mote the efficiency
of the court" He
added:
1T is believed that
it would impair that
efficiency so long as
the court acts as a
unit.
There would be
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smaller 81 t d o w n
strikes in that city
by raiding and ar
resting the strikers,
Homer M a r t i n,
president of the
United Automobile
Workers, threatened
to call a general
strike in all the auto
plants there except
those of General
Motors.
Il don't believe
Mr.. Martin would
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-04-01
Happy Bluebirds'
Motifs for Linens

Bluebirds are for happiness-so
runs the legend. This dainty pat
tern in 10-to-tke-inch crosses will
add a CHEEKY touch indeed to your
towels, pillow cases, scarfs or
cloths. Do these simple motifs in
natural color, or two shades Of
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-04-01
Eccles Sees Danger in
Inhationary Prices

N$ARRINER S. ECCLES, chair
1VA man of the Federal Reserve
board, started something when he
issued a warning against the dam
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-04-01
Detroit Is Threatened
With General Strike

D ECAUSE the Detroit police, di-
- rected by Mayor Frank Couzens
and Police Commissioner Pickert
put an end to number of the
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-04-01
Chief Justice Hughes
Opposes Court Plan

CHIEF JUSTICE CHARLES E.
~ HUGHES created something of
a sensation by sending to the senate
judiciary committee letter declar-
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-04-01
Amelia Earhart's Flight
Stopped by Crack-Up
A MELIA EARHARTS

N WELIA EARHARI gI0be-en-
L a circling flight ended, for the
present, at Honolulu when she
cracked up her $4,000 Laboratory
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-04-01
Foreign Words
und Phrases

Sine qua non. N) Without
which not; an Indispensable con-
dition.
In eXtenso. N.) Fully; at
length; unabridged.
Elk parte. N) Of or from one
side only.
Non est inventus. N) He has
not been found.
Pax vobiscuni N.) Peace be
with you!
Statu quo ante bellunn. (L.) AS
it was before the war.
Sur lie tapis. CD On the carpet;
urder consideration.
Ad hominem. U.) To the (in-
dividuaD man.
Absque hoe. L) Without this.
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trying to decide whether he'll sell
his yacht and buy a racing stable
or sell his racing stable and buy
yacht.
An actress suddenly remembers
she has an engagement over the
Arizona line to be married some
more.
Staying at home to post up the
diary used to be an excuse, but
diary-keeping is now out-oh, abso-
lutely!
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Knows the Value
He who knows most grieves
most for wasted time.-Dante.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-04-01

Sitdown Strikes Debated
by the Senate
CENATORS indulged in an indig-
- nant debate concerning the Sit
down strike and there were de-
mands for a congressional investi-
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-04-01

Keep your body free of accurnulat-
ed waste, take DR.. Pierce's Pleas
ant Pellets. so Pellets 80 cents. Adv.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-04-01
Talking Fish.

- ROt. 1SAAC GlNSBURG OF the
L United States bureau of fisheries
solemnly vows he has heard those
tiny aquatic creatures known as sea-
horses communicating with one
another by speech and he suspects
other species do the same thing.
Undoubtedly so. I can confirm
this discovery by story Drury
Underwood used to repeat. Drury
said gentleman ordered whitefsh
in Chicago restaurant When the
portion arrived the patron shifted
at it and then, in a confidential un-
dertone, began talking, seemingly
to himself.
The waiter ranged up.
Anything wrong, sir?" he in
quired.
"Oh, no." said the patron, II was
Just talking to the fish"
'Talking?"
Certainly. I said to him: Well,
how're tricks out in Lake Michi-
gan?' And he said: I wouldn't
know. It's been so long since 1 left
there l can't remember anything
about it. "
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-04-16
DELAWARE MAN DIES
FROM A HEART ATTACK

With his 8O-year-old housekeeper,
Mrs. Mary Weyl, suddenly stricken so
violently i'll that she could sound no
alarm, Oliver Jones, 62 years old, a
farmer of the Redden section, Della
ware, died of a heart attack in the
woods last week near his home and his
body. was not found until Thursday.
Robert Donovan and John Petty.
john, farmers, living in that section
went to the Jones home and found his
team hitched to the wagon and stall
ed when the wagon had become wedg-
ed between some buildings. They went
to the house and found Mrs. Weyl was
i'll but managed to learn from her
Jones had left home for wood on We'd
nesday. They followed the wagon
tracks to the woods and found the
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-04-16

to Kerrepsi Ut. I will arrange that
we have the apartment to ourselves
My cousin will go to some stuffy old
relations over in Buda-"
Furious at himself, Ian vainly
sought to suppress a tide of exulta-
ton that swept him as a wave roars
over a half-tide rock. All at once he
had caught the warm fragrance of hel
body in his arms. With breathless
little sigh she yielded the scarlet pro-
vocation of her mouth. Then sudden.
ly she broke away, stood up, breast
heaving as though torn by conflicting
emotions.
"No," she murmured. "This is the
end. Go away, Ian-leave mel beg
you-for your own sake"
Utterly taken aback, Ian behelG
that the slender, beautifully gownet
form was shaking with silent but rack
ing sobs. He stood up and took hel
by the hand.
est down, my DEAR" said he gent.
ly. 'There are many things / DOM
understand"
Try as he would, Ian could not faith.
ON that sudden vote face. For ex.
ample why had she stammered fortl
that sudden warning against herself
Why? Was it a clever play for cred
ulity? He suspected So
AS they sat there silent, uncer
tainly gazing at each other. ant
handsome as two young .divinities, {
swan came gliding up, it's snake-like
snowy neck gracefully undulating a:
it probed the pebbled bottom for food
"Viola " Smiling wanly, Lolits
tossed the great shiplike bird a BIZ
Of bread, then settled back on thu
seat, chin resting on breast.
AS the fire of forge flares wher
the bellows beneath it is pressed, 81
the heat of Ian's strange love grew
into consuming fire. In spite Of
all-in spite Of the cold reasoning Of
his brain, he loved her above life it
self. He knew it. Strange that love
should happen SO suddenly, so unhap
PLY. He slowly raised his eyes ant
found she as looking at him steadily
with curious, almost wistful, tender
ness.
She said: Several times, Ian, I fol
for reasons, have said to men 4 low.
you.' II lied. Is it not irony tha'
now, when l really mean those words
you do not, in your heart, believe
ma-?"
Her lips formed a stiff little smile
that was like tiny wound in her palt
failures when he vehemently shook
his head.
ooh no." she sighed, dropping troub
led eyes to the swan. "You have beer
suspicious of me from the first. You
are only here because you are fine
You are afraid for Leonard's little
fiancee."
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-04-16

There was infinite pathos in her
tone, patient resignation to fate that
somehow brought conviction.
at is strange" she continued with
out looking up and, seeming to COM
mune with herself, chat at this par
ticular moment I should have fallen
in love. A week later-things would
have been so different. We could
have had such a gay, pretty court
ship. But now" she sprang to her
feet and caught up her bag-"now l
must go-in spite of Olushka and Feo-
dor"
Olushka? Feodor? Ian's ear told
him that they were Russian names.
He started-she had almost gained
the door, her small slippered feet
crunching the clean, white gravel I'M
der foot. The swan raised dripping
head and cooked hopeful eye.
Suddenly he had caught her, bent
her back in fiercely, tender embrace
and, with earth and sky Keeling about,
pressed kiss after kiss upon the exotic
fragrance of her mouth. At first she
lay passive, eyes closed and body lax,
then she met his kisses with hunger
that was somehow pathetic.
81 think we'd better stay a little
longer, Lolita" he said quietly.
She looked at him, lip curled in ter
ror. "No, no, cannot"
"Why?" he inquired softly.
An old waiter hurrying past the
door of the bower with tray of cock
tails, shot a glance inside and smiled
to see handsome young chap sitting
very close to girl in a green after
noon dress. Quite brazenly this clean
cut young fellow had his arm about
the girl and she sat with her head rest
ing upon his shoulder, her mouth very
close to his ear.
But the passing waiter failed to
note that the young mans smile was
fixed, mechanical one, which was
not surprising, since at that moment
Lolita was whispering not tender
thoughts but tale so horrible it
staggered the imagination.
"Never, beloved" she was whisper
ing, "have told this before-see how
trust you? It would mean death for
me and mine we're it betrayed"
go on, dear-and have no fear"
Then Samoniev, a lieutenant of
this same Bobkhine who passes as my
cousin, Ernest Won Bdanensee, ordered
mother buried to her neck in the pig
sty-after that the swine were let
loose"
The slender fingers between Ian's
brown palms seemed to grow chill.
Through the consuming passion that
had seized him, Ian struggled to see
clearly. Was this all lie-a care
fully calculated appeal for sympathy?
Or was it the truth? He could not
decide.
After that they set fire to the pal
ace, and shot my father and Gregory,
my only brother who came back from
the war, after lining them up against
the dairy wall. Olushka, little Feodor
and l were forced to watch; then. they
dragged US away to Moscow.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-04-16

"At first I refused to do anything I
was told. I was only child-four-
teen or so. But when Samoniev threat
ened to torture my even smaller
brother and sister, 1 agreed to serve
them for ten years."
Continued Next Week
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-04-16

body face downwards the side of attack
leading held
few his brother day Afternoon at o'clock at Nc
found dead of Coley Georgetown