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Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-09-30
HAIL DAMAGE SLIGHT

Checks for hail DAMAGE totalling
$17.760 have been mailed Montana
farmers who carried insurance with
the state, f. X. Bowman, chief of
the Hail Insurance division an
nounced. Farmers may insure up to
$40 per acre against hail damage
and premiums sufficient to cover
losses are charged.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-09-30
CAN'T FOOL HIM

When Judge George w. Padbury
of Helena asked George Detson. APP
plicant for citizenship. what form of
government this country has, George
promptly answered.
We'll not jes know what form
she is, but Roosevelt and the demo-
CRATES she run the country all
right
George PASSED.
Evening star., 1937-02-07
Split in Britain's Ranks of Labor
Prevents Party's Return to Power

Parliamentary party shifted toward
the center and insisted on the evolu-
tionary principle Of Labor,s Socialism.
They did this for two reasons. The
backbone Of the Parliamentary Labor
party Is the trade union movement.
It is from this source that it draws
both its main voting strength and its
financial resources. And the trade
union movement, still less the CO.
operative movement, with which 1t is
associated, Is not revolutionary. It
is concerned primarily with questions
of wages, labor conditions and social
betterment, and it is content to work
for these ends through the existing
parliamentary institution. It wants
neither revolution nor the catastrophe
which revolution implies.
The second reason is that the Labor
party wants the prospect Of returning
to power, and the leaders know that
association with communism would
scare away that vast body of mod
crate opinion whose support can alone
give it victory at the polls. For this
reason 1t has done its best to muzzle
Sir Stafford, whose revolutionary
speeches in the country are stamping
labor with the brand of Moscow. But
Sir Stafford will not be silenced, and
Evening star., 1937-02-07
BY A. G. GARDINER.

= ONDON.-The storm that has
burst in the British Labor
party and threatens to send
IL the extremists out into the
wilderness has long been gathering.
The disruption is the outcome of the
decision Of the Socialist League, led
by Sir Stafford Cripps; the Inde-
pendent Labor party, led by Mr..
Maxton. and the Communist party, led
by Mr.. Pollitt, to join forces, create a
popular front and challenge the Par
liamentary Labor party by the issue Of
Q manifesto on revolutionary lines.
This attempt of the Communist
tail to swing the Labor dog into line
with the Moscow gospel IS, in effect,
an appeal to the Labor electorate to
rebel against the parliamentary lead
ers of the party and transfer the
machine to the hands Of the left
wing.
The driving force in this policy
Is Sir Stafford Cripps. who held legal
ONCE in the last Labor government
and formed. the Socialist League to
put ginger into the Parliamentary
Labor party. But the more he ap-
piled the ginger in his torrent Of
revolutionary speeches, the more the
Evening star., 1937-02-07

the question Of expelling him from
the parliamentary party became ur-
gent. The first step was to get con-
troll Of the Labor paper. the Daily
Herald, which had become the voice
of Sir Stafford and. the Socialist
League. This was done through the
action of Sir Walter Citrine, the sec
retary Of the Trade Union Council,
and Ernest Bevin, the most influen-
tial of the trade union leaders, and
the Herald is now definitely anti
Communist.
Now Sir Stafford has raised the flag
Of rebellion openly. In linking the
Socialist League up with the I. L. p.
and the Communist party, he has de-
clared war on the Parliamentary La
Dor party, which has disowned both
the I. L. P. and the Communists. He
has challenged the Labor party either
to expel him or to surrender to him
and his Communist colleagues. Hav-
ing failed to stampede labor into
communism from within the ranks,
he has set himself to mobilize the
working classes against the old
guard and capture the machine
from 1t.
The adventure Is not hopeless.
Cripps Is much the ahlest parlia-
mentarian in the labor movement,
and he has behind him all the intel
lectual extremists Of the new states
man school-Laski, Bertrand Russell,
Cole. Brailsford, Haldane, Naomi
Mitchison, Maxton and the rest. But
the Labor party has the organization,
the money and the votes, and. so long
as the trade unions are loyal to the
present leaders. there Is no prospect
Of Cripps getting control Of the ma
chine.
But whatever the ultimate issue, the
split destroys any possibility Of an
early return Of labor to power. It
will leave the party torn into two
warning and irreconcilable factions,
with Maj. Attlee in the role Of Keren-
sky and Sir Stafford Cripps in that
Of Lenin, and until the issue between
the rival pink and red policies Is
settled the government Of the country
will continue to be In the hands OF
the parties Of the right.
tcopyrights 1879 -"
Evening star., 1937-02-07

Tor the cause Of Latin American lib
Grafton. But now that the danger to
the United States-or what was mis-
taken for q real danger-had disap-
peared; now that the Latin Americans
endeavored to obtain permanent. OBJ
ligatory commitments Of mutual as
sistance and protection from the ap-
parently altruistic pledge Of President
Monroe, the predetermined states
men Of the North cautiously stepped
backward. They we're not dreaming.
like their colleagues down at the 18th
mus. They had their eyes wide open
to sense the realities around them, to
take the road which offered most Sc
curity and least obligations for the
future and to keep their hands free
for the time when their own expan-
sionist plans were ripe.
Once this original conflict Of views
has been grasped it Is easy to realize
what q stretching Of the imagination
and of historical facts Is required to
call the multilateral pledge Of con-
sultation and mutual assistance signed
at Buenos Aires q "continentalization"
Of the Monroe Doctrine.
(Copyrtght, 1937J
Evening star., 1937-02-07

States directly in this situation Is
trade. With the European markets
gradually closing through the aid Of
quotas, prohibitions and monetary
restrictions. American industrialists
turned their eyes to the South, where
a truly rich market awaits their goods.
The hitch is that this potential trade
depends on a large measure on re-
ciprocal agreements that Secretary Of
State Hull Is trying to get Congress
to approve.
Auto Trade Large.
Take automobiles, for instance. Ar
gentina alone bought nearly 10000
buy many more if customs duties
were not as high as they are. But
the Argentines want to sell their beef
here, and they cannot do it because
Of sanitary restrictions they think un-
justified. Mr.. Hull seems to favor
the idea OF a two-way letdown Of Of
fetal barriers to reciprocal trade.
However, the American Live Stock
Association, assembled at El Paso re-
Gently. warmly disapproves. South
America is the only fly in the cow
mans ointment" said the associa-
tons president. This Argentine bus
mess is Secretary Hull's idea to pro-
mote peace and world markets. He is
a high-class gentleman. but he is max
Ing a mistake" And on Thursday Mr..
Hull was assailed in the House as "a
mystic and a dreamer" for his spon-
sorship of an extension of the recipro-
cal trade agreements act.
Obviously political unrest and the
realization that fireworks may start
when least expected do not help trade.
Without trade, there can be no pros
perity to speak of. And prosperity, in
the words of Mr.. Hull, is not different
from peace.
So, if the achievements of the pam
American conference for the consoli-
dation Of peace are carefully strained,
the only things that now remain are
the brilliant oratory and the written
and verbal pacts, which make neither
peace nor war any more remote than
they were in the first place.
(Copyrisht. 1887. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. 1nc.D
Evening star., 1937-02-07
Former Head Hunter
Now Peaceful Citizen

MANuA.-The wild man Of
Borneo." the savage head hunter
whose tribal law once commanded
him to produce the head of an enemy
as . proof Of manhood, has been
transformed into a peaceful citizen.
Head hunting has been forbidden by
the government and, strangely enough,
the tribes are conforming to the law
without protest. The government has
realized the importance Of the head,
which was not only a war trophy,
but an addition to the household; for
the native believed that the size Of
his family was increased by each new
capture.
Some substitute, therefore, had to
be found for the custom, which claimed
a yearly sacrifice of thousands of lives.
A new ceremony was finally invented
by an ingenious settler, at which,
after elaborate and lengthy ritual,
old skulls, which are kept numbered
and registered by the government, are
brought out as symbols. Massacres
are thus tactfully averted and every
one Is happy.
Evening star., 1937-02-07

" American Conference for the
~ Maintenance of Peace. the
4 n American republics are, for
the first time, bound to regard an
attack upon the independence CT any
one Of them by a non-Amarican
power as the join concern of all.
Contrary to the current impression
spread here by superficial cable re-
ports from the conference and mis-
roe Doctrine really was, the SOL
idarity declaration signed unani-
mously at Buenos Aires was not the
continentalization of the Monroe
Doctrine, but the enactment of an
entirely new doctrine. This new doc
trine is more in agreement with the
theories of Bolivar and other early
Latin American leaders than with
those which prompted the Monroe
Doctrine, their dissimilarity, and, in
fact, their incompatibility, having
been demonstrated at the very birth
of the Monroe Doctrine, more than
hundred years ago.
RO0Sevelt-Hull Doctrine.
If a name is wanted for the new
one, it may be designated as the
Roosevelt Hull doctrine, or as the
first step in the direction of the ideal
Bolivarian doctrine, though it lacks
the compulsory features of the latter.
Without going to the extent of
specifying ways and means, the
Buenos Aires agreement is, neverthe-
less. a pledge Of mutual defense
against non-American aggression,
something which the Monroe Doc
trine never was, and, in spite Of q
popular misconception prevalent both
here and in Latin America, never was
intended to be.
The new doctrine Is to the effect
that "every act susceptible Of disturb
ing the peace of America affects each
and every one of them" and will
justify the initiation of the consulta-
tive procedure provided for in the
collective security convention, also
signed at Buenos Aires.
No one who has taken the trouble
to go into the origins of the Monroe
Doctrine can fail to see the vast diff
ference, indeed the contrast, between
this joint commitment and the one
sided declaration of 1923. It Is al
ready an established historical fact
that it was the safety and interests
of the United States which President
Monroe and his advisers had in mind
when they drafted the famous mes
sage Of December 2, 1928. The in
sistence with which the message speaks
of "the rights and interests of the
United States" "our defense" "our
happiness" "our peace and safety"
"our political SYSTEM" should suffice
to prove that the trainers Of the Mon
roe Doctrine were, above everything
else, directed by their country's in
terests. Moreover, this Is abundantly
corroborated by numerous official and
private documents of the time: Diplo-
matte correspondence with Great
Britain, France, Russia, declarations
of the founders and early statesmen
of the United States, contemporary
interpretations Of the Monroe Doc
trine, etc.
Not Pledge Of Protection.
It may be argued that, even though
only incidentally concerned with Latin
American independence, the United
States was actually interested in pre-
venting the establishment Of new
European colonies on the American
continent, and that, therefore, the
Monroe Doctrine might have been
taken as q pledge Of mutual protec-
ton and defense by the young rebub-
lies to the South.
Evening star., 1937-02-07

Ecuador Is exiling "Reds"-a conven-
lent designation for oppositionists
throughout South America-to the
Galapagos Islands. In Venezuela,
President Lopez Contreras has just
imprisoned 16 leaders Of the Left.
Mexico seems .to be all set for new
trouble Brazil is still trying the
would-be leaders of military con-
spiracy. Bolivia and Paraguay have
not yet stopped making faces at each
Evening star., 1937-02-07

other, after a truce suspended the
slaughter in the Chaeo front. And
so it goes.
Meanwhile additions are being made
to their armies, navies and air fleets
by several South American nations.
Argentina, for instance. has quite
few naval units building in European
shipyards. Chile is increasing her air
force. So Is Brazil
One thing that concerns the United
Evening star., 1937-02-07
BY CARLOS J. VIDELA.

BY CARLOS ]. VIDELA.
~ RESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S voy-
u age to Buenos Aires. to preside
over the Inauguration Of the
4 Pan-American Conference for
the Consolidation Of Peace, gave rise
to brotherly effusions among the Latin
American delegations. Mr.. Roosevelt
was Rugged by two Presidents, was
loudly called mi Amigo" and his trip
was hailed as an epoch-making event
in the annals Of this hemisphere.
Thenceforward peace was to reign,
disputes would be settled amicably and
good will would descend upon the
mountains and plains of the Americas.
Mr.. Roosevelt returned to Wash
ington, leaving American prestige in
South America at its highest level.
Never before has the United States
enjoyed the position it now has VISA
Wis the South Americans. But has
this really consolidated" peace?
The answer is yes and no. If by
peace is understood general order
and tranquility" as Webster says, then
still marking time at the same spot
where Mr.. Roosevelt found it when
debarking from the U. S. S. Indianap-
oils at Buenos Aires. If by peace is
understood the absence of interna-
tional war, then it is, at the moment,
a blessing extending from Hudson Bay
to Cape Horn.
No sooner had Mr.. Roosevelt t''rned
his back and boarded the Indianapolis
for his voyage home when handsome
South American smiles and ardent
handshakes gave way to frowns and
suspicious of wide skullduggery. This
time 1t is not international conflict,
such as the Chaco War, that makes
officials jumpy. but rather their own
internal wrangling behind the scenes.
Argentina's Fixed Elections.
In Argentina, the reigning "dicta-
torship" OF Gen. Augustin P. Justo
may be blown sky-high If few more
elections" are fixed the way the last
ones have been. The Argentine rad
ical party (not radical" at all in the
English sense of the word), undoubt-
edly the majority group, Is feeling
aggrieved at the prospect Of being
deprived of the fruits of electoral vic
tory.
In Chile, President Alessandri took
advantage of a railroad strike to
tighten up his control over the coun-
try. Peru has been under what
amounts to martial law for some time.
Evening star., 1937-02-07
BY GASTON NERYAL.

A AS A result Of the recent Inter-
~ American Conference for the
~ Maintenance of Peace, the
n American repl1blics are for
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-14
SEMI -PR0 BALL
 REVIVED SINCE
 DEPRESSION ERA.
Sponsors Now More Plen- tiful - Congress Aided
 Players and Fans

Pittsburgh, Pa., May 14-(SpeciaD -Honus Wagner, high commission CT of semi professions baseball, ad- mitted today that the future of baseball looked dark during the de- pression days. This was due to the fact, the semi-pro czar said, that sandlot baseball was at its low-ebb in history.
 "The trouble was that the spon- sors backing baseball clubs were decreasing in those days" said Wagner. Consequently, there were not enough ball clubs for the num- Der of players. The sponsors start ed backing teams in other sports because Sandlot baseball cost more in proportion to finance than the other forms of athletes"
 Wagner said the sponsor could not be criticized at that time be- cause sandlot baseball offered no more inducement than minor sports, less costly to finance.
 Congress Helped
 Something happened, however, in 1885, Wagner pointed out, that now offers the business firm the neces- sary incentive to finance ball clubs. That was the creation of the Na- tional Semi-Pro Baseball Congress.
 The serni-pro congress, Wagner said, is sponsoring this year a Ser- ies of 48 state tournaments, cul- minating in the national finals at Wichita. Kan. in August. with @ $5,- 900 minimum guarantee to the championship club.
 The serni-pro congress, however, has added other features to the series of tournaments to increase more interest in semi-pro ball. For one thing, a semi-pro guide, listing every team in the United States, with name of sponsor and manager, is being published in 1888.
 We are doing everything possible to interest more sponsors back into baseball" Honus added. Were fur nishing the sponsor incentive to play for an official state title. We're giving him national advertising with our guide. Furthermore, we have recently added feature that will give him protection Of his play CTS under 8 new national system of contracts-patterned after organ ized baseball"
 Honus explained many semi-pro leagues throughout the country were adopting the new national system of contracts. Each organiza- ton that joins the congress in ac- cepting the contract system is be- ing donated league trophy by the semi-pro chief.
 Features of the National Semi- Pro Baseball Congress, Wagner ex- plained, are furnished through leading sporting goods stores, or by writing direct to president Ray mond Dumont, of the National Semi-Pro Baseball Congress, Wich- ita, Kan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-14
MILLION DOLLAR ARM STILL SORE; TEST TOMORROW Crowd of 800 to Sit in on Diploma Presentation
 to Teller
By WINTHROP LYMAN


 United Press Stan COrrespOndent)
 Van Meter, Ia., May 14-UP)- Bob Teller plays Horatio Alger for the hometown folks tonight.
 The 18-year-old farm boy who made good in big league baseball has written his final high school ex- aminationS. No one doubts that he passed. Tonight he will receive his diploma.
 He will make 8 speech over Q na- tional radio network. Movie ca1n- eras will record his words and deeds. Reporters have come as far as 1000 miles to witness the event. Hun dreds of out of town folk have come to Van Meter to watch the goings- on.
 Came Up Fast
 Center of it all was the youth who only several summers ago was just another farm boy with 8 great smile, an arm of iron, and . liking for playing catch with his father, William Teller. He won local fame as 8 pitcher for Van Meter teams. A big league scout saw him. Bob took a chance, went to the big city, and last fall as a member of the Cleveland Indians struck out 17 Philadelphia Athletics to set an American league strikeout record.
 Today he is 8 hero, his right arm million dollar arm" He received 10000 bonus for signing 8 contract with the Indians which pays him $10,000 year.
 But he was still a high school student. He had to leave school to go with the Indians on their train. ing trip, and hasn't been in . class room since. He had tutor instead.
 He wrote his psychology and physics examinations Wednesday, his English and history tests yester- day. His grades will be announced today.
 He hasn't thrown baseball since he came here, except for . lew losses to his eight-year-old sister, Marguerite, because his arm is sore. But he did go to 8 theater party In Des Moines Tuesday night, to 9 weiner roast Wednesday night. and a. junior-senior banquet in Des MoineS last night.
 His father hoped to "play catch" again, but explained that Bop promised the boss in Cleveland he wouldn't throw any and he hasn't"
 So Bob stayed at home resting his arm and memorizing the speech he has to give tonight because his fei- low-seniors elected him class presi- dent last fall when he set his strike out record.
 Bob was still "one of the boys" to the 19 seniors who will be graduated with him. He'll probably take one of the girls home after tonighCs festivities, his mother said.
 Miss Florence Wishmeyer, named brightest" girl in the class, will be yaledictorian. Miss Elsie Collins will be salutatorian. John Horsley, alumni director of Simpson college will deliver the commencement ad- dress. Clarence Dunn, school board president, will pick the diplomas out of a papier mache baseball and pre- sent them to the graduates.
 Eight hundred men, women ana children will be there to watch. Other years, only about half of Van Meters 400 residents have been on hand.
 'IIl be mighty proud to hand that sheepskin to Bob," Dunn said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-14
Boston Baseball Bric-A-Brac
BY ERNEST BARCELLA

Limited Press Staff Correspondent)
 Boston, May 14-(UP)-Letting the sports chips fall where they may:
 filling feet may cost Frankie Mc- Gowan a chance to clinch a regular job with the Boston Bees ,. The Branford (Conn.) baseball idol who has the smallest tootsies (size 1-O in the business has been warming the wood on the Bees bench so far this season Except for the doz- ,en times his name has appeared in the lineup as a pinch hitter =.
 This undoubtedly is Frankie's last crack at the big time Che was up twice before-with the Athletics and the St. Louis Browns) .. The hard luck guy is going on 36 They don't stick around very long at that age Recent acquisition by the Bees of Outfielder Roy Johnson seems to indicate McGowan Is on his way out ...
 No Soap
 The reported deal between the Red Sox and Chicago's White Sox appears to have fallen through !. The Red Sox, 1t seems, don't care to give up il1fielder Eric McNair Now they're saying the Boston club may try to do business with De- troit ;. The Tigers have an extra outfielder in Pete Fox But they may want McNair, too ...
 A Boston radio station is dicker- ing with ex-heavyweight champion Jack Sharkey for a nightly 15-min- ute broadcast .. The glib, one-time gob would pop off with reminiscenc- es He shouldn't have any trou- ble spieling for IS minutes ...
 Scouts On Trail
 Major League scouts have been hanging around the Boston college campus for the past couple of weeks The B. c. nine hasn't compiled 8 very enviable record so far, but they have four nifty pitch CTS in Charlie O'Hara and John Kelley, both southpaws and juniors, and Bob Cash and Sig Sonny, a pair of right-handers ..
 No less than five big league clubs have sent emiSSaries out to Newton to give the four fingers the once over .. Interested parties are the New York Tanks. the Philadelphia Athletics, Detroit, the Red Sox and the Chicago Cubs
 The Bees will take a look at Zig gy Sears, Jr., when they reach Chi cago on their forthcoming swing through the west Young Ziggy, whose pappy is National League umpire, is 8 catcher His old man was southpaw twirler
 Eddie Moriarty, the former Holy Cross star, has decided to stick to baseball Eddie had planned to join the priesthood shortly after joining the old Boston Braves in 1884 Later he relented and went with the Wilkes-Barre club of the N. Y.-Penn league, but was re- turned to the Bees 10 days ago by Buffalo Now he's with Scran- ton .ss
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-14
SNEAD AND HINES
 LEAD MET OPEN

Bloomfield, N. J., May 14(UPJ- Sam Snead, the winter golfing Sen- sation from White Sulphur Springs, w. Va, and Jimmy Hines of New York lead by two strokes today for the second round of the Metropoli- tan open championship at the For- est Hills Fild club.
 They clipped two stroks from par for 68's in the first 18-hole round yesterday. Henry Picard of Her. shey, Pa, who was one of the pre- tourney favorites to win Byron Nell sons undefended title, carded a par 70 in a six-ply tie for third place. The others were Frank Moore, Mamaroneck, N. Y.; Harold sanderson, Summit, N. J.; Paul Runyan, White Plains, N. Y.; Art Straub, Manasquan, N. J.; and Joe Ford, Warrensburg, N. Y.
 Four including Vic Ghezzi of Deal, N. J., and Joe Turnesa of Tuckahoe, N. Y., were tied at 7l. and seven were deadlocked at "A. At the latter figure was Frank Stra- faci, a New Yorker who paced the amateurs.