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Evening star., 1937-12-10
Bonds and Gangsters.

The Criminal Justice Associations d.
rector, Mr.. James A. Nolan, has called
attention again to deplorable situation
with respect to law enforcement in the
District of Columbia-the release on low
bonds of known gangsters and other
dangerous criminals who should be be-
hind bars. He cites the case of a
notorious local gang of bandits whose
depredations reached a climax in a gun
battle with police few days ago. Prin-
cipal members of this gang, he points
out, were at liberty on nominal bonds
while awaiting long-delayed trials on
burglary and other serious charges.
The average citizen, not versed in the
iaw and in the intricacies of our ma
chinery for administration of criminal
Justice, is amazed to learn that the arrest
Of hardened criminal seldom means
that he is put out Of circulation" forth
with. On the contrary, it means all too
often that, with the aid of congested
court dockets, legal technicalities and
his right to bend, he may regain his
freedom for months and even years
pending trial.
The constitutional rights of the GRIM
inal to bail cannot be questioned. Nor
can the constitutional rights of society,
upon whom he preys, be entirely over
looked in considering this grave prob
lem. Certainly it was not the intention
Of the Constitution trainers or of legis-
lators enacting the criminal statutes that
the right Of an accused man to bond
should be invoked by habitual criminals
as an easy means of postponing and
circumventing justice.
OF course, the defendant in GRIM
inal case is entitled to a speedy trial.
II he is an innocent man, he wants no
long delays at court. The sluggish proc
esses Of the law are boon to the bonds
men, who are kept busy bailing out GRIM
inals almost as fast as the police arrest
them.
The whole problem is complicated
one, but it is OF such Importance to the
welfare of the community that solution
should be attempted at the earliest
possible moment. A general oyerhauling
Evening star., 1937-12-10

and modernization Of the machinery Of
justice might be helpful with some recog-
milton given to the status under the law
of those whose records show them to be
habitual criminals.
In the meantime, it does seem that
whenever discretion permits, bonds of
known thugs and gangsters should be
raised to a level that would make it
extremely difficult for men of this type
to continue their maraudings while
awaiting trial.
Evening star., 1937-12-10
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Simplified Desires.
In days that went a course too swift.
I awaited in my glee
Full many q long expected gift
Upon the Christmas tree.
The sleds and skates, and garments gay,
And books and games and toys,
Old Santa carried in his sleigh
For withdrawing boys.
But now my very thrifty soul
To Santa sighs, ALAS,
I'd like another ton of coal;
And for my car, some gas!"
Evening star., 1937-12-10
Ashton, Md.


Dear Sir:
please don't take this as criticism
I'm always most interested in all you
write about birds-but there's one little
sentence in last nights This and That
which I must contradict.
you say the dove is never known to
alight on the shelf Of the station Win
ter before last, q long one with much ice
and snow, as you will recall, two doves
came to my suet board late In the winter
and fed there on the little platform
below the suet.
"They alighted first on the telephone
wire and then flew down to the board
and fed side by side for while and then
few away.
"You might be interested to know also
that a turkey buzzard came that same
cold winter and sat on the low roof Of
the building just above the suet board
for about Ave minutes, only q few feet
away from the window.
HE didn't eat the suet.
II like what you say of sparrows. I
like them.
Il also am glad you speak so well Of
jays. They are my favorites of the
larger birds. Nuthatches Of the smaller
ones.
Although we have from two to six or
seven cats all the time, we have jays,
cardinals, titmice, chickadees, nut
matches, snow birds, sparrows, downy
Woodpeckers and Carolina wrens feeding
close to the house all winter.
The cardinals do not come very close.
feed them suet, sunf1ower seed, pea
nuts, cocoanuts, fruit and bread crumbs
with thanks and appreciation for
your articles,
Sincerely,
&C S."
One can never be dogmatic in amateur
bird observation.
Every time we make sweeping obser-
vation, some one arises to contradict us,
and most properly, often enough.
The above Is case in point.
Although we have had turtle doves for
seven years now, without a one of them
alighting on feeder, there IS no reason
why one of these fine birds should not
so light in another situation and upon
another type of feeder.
At Our feeders we have not seen q male
cardinal get into the tray more than
half dozen times in as many years.
But this may not hold good somewhere
else. Birds vary, surroundings vary No
doubt certain birds would hop to the
shelf of a feeder of one design, but be
rather wary of another, depending upon
the particular bird
xx*
All those writing and talking about
birds, then, must be understood to be
speaking of the particular specimens
they, themselves, have seen. From these
particulars, it is often unwise to gener-
alize, but, no doubt, it is very human to
do so. 1t gives one the feeling of know
ing something, always a most pleasant
feeling. indeed.
Yet in this one field there is so much
yet to be known.
Bird migration, that stupendous an
nual performance. observed since antiq-
uity, is little better known today than
hundreds of years ago.
A scientist just back from Central
America reports upon the mystery. His
findings include statement as to the
deaths of many Of these birds, evidently
starved to death as the result of their
flight.
Evening star., 1937-12-10
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES Z. TRACEWELL,

Yet they must 60, when the time
comes. Over fields and forests, noun
tains, deserts and seas, they fly because
an instinct tells them to fly.
The flight in early spring back to
points north is equally fraught with
danger.
This column described, last year, the
finding of dead wood thrush two weeks
before another bird of this species
appeared in the neighborhood
There was little doubt that this bird
had fallen through sheer starvation on
its premature flight north.
There is; in such happenings and all
the other features OF bird life, q multi
tude of observations to be made by those
interested.
One should be wary, however, of draw
ing hard and fast conclusions from what
one sees.
Statements Of bird fact should always
be stated as fact for the individual
case.
You may see-and hear, thrush sing
while on the ground.
Another amateur observer, who has
never heard wood thrush sing from
that situation, may be tempted to
declare that no thrush does.
He will be in error, however.
Thrushes do sing from the ground,
upon occasion.
The thing to do is to say, 81 saw a
thrush sing while on the ground" and
let 1t go at that one bird.
Such little differences as these are one
Of the pleasing features of this combined
indoor-outdoor sport, which, better than
many, brings the great outdoors to one S
very window sill.
Some folks honestly think that bird
feeding cannot take place with cats
present, but the above letter contradicts
them, it would seem. There are, of
course, cats and cats, just as there are
people and people.
1t might be an excellent thing if the
failure of birds to come to feeder could
be laid at the door of cats solely, but,
unfortunately, the matter is not so
simple.
There are many factors tending to cut
down on the amount of bird life. These
have been investigated for many years
by ornithologists and others, without
any definite clues to the riddle. There
Is even dispute as to the factors,
themselves.
Some believe that huge amounts of
poisoned bait, put out in recent years in
the work of rodent destruction, is partly
responsible.
The deaths of forty American eagles in
Idaho recently in one week from alight-
ing on high-tension poles was matter
for press comment.
The house cat, after thousands of
years of successful living in a difficult
world, is neither the fool nor villain that
some would call him.
He knows pretty well thstshe has little,
If any, chance of catching bird at a
feeding station in fall and winter
II he is cat with a sense of humor
he may do as old Tigey does:
When he wants his dinner, and at no
other time, he ambes over to the feeder
and stretches out beneath 1t.
He does this solely to be bought off by
plate of salmon.
This is his way of getting dinner, and
one may think it rather clever of him.
after all, provided, of course, that one
likes cats as well as birds.
Evening star., 1937-12-10

the hands of relationships. Wednesday
nights New York speech Of the Interior
Department chief, entitled Nations in
Nightshirts," is the plainest speaking yet
to come from highly placed member of
the administration on that subject.
Hard-hitting Honest Harold" did not
pull any punches in declaring that
"Fascism, whether of the right or of the
left, is the greatest threat in the world
today" and that ut IL q threat even to
our own America"
lcopyrtght, 1857
Evening star., 1937-12-10

When President Roosevelt speaks he
demands strict attention at present from
the man who knows exactly what it
means to have an aching jaw. The
situation is one which will command
world of sympathy regardless of erudite
opinion.
Evening star., 1937-12-10

The State of Virginia encourages
Carter Glass in the expression of opinions
which do not always fall in with ac-
cepted forms of thought. A reference
to some Of the old books will show that
Virginia always was that way.
Evening star., 1937-12-10
Direct Action.
he Kansas City Star.

From the Kansas City Star.
DR.. Hjalmar Schacht's resignation
as economic minister of Germany has
been accepted but he is given the post
as personal adviser" to Reichsfuehrer
Hitler. Hereafter DR.. Schacht's advice
will be rejected by Hitler direct, instead
of by the economies ministry under Hit
ler's direction.
Evening star., 1937-12-10

A great many small quarrels are left
to be discussed in Washington, D. c., by
persons who do not know much about
them, but who have studied various
versions running through initials repre-
senting the entire alphabet.
Evening star., 1937-12-10

1t is only short time till Christmas
stockings are examined for gifts brought
by the toiling years to reward the affec-
ton Of youth. The toll seems little when
it is remembered that the affection, sur
viving through the ages, is still worth
while.
Evening star., 1937-12-10

and they look upon . national conven-
tion with horror. Their idea Is that the
New Dealers will hit the toboggan II
they are left alone. This Fabian gen.
eralship may be good: on the other hand
an increasing number Of Republicans
feel that something should b done.
Evening star., 1937-12-10
No Longer Usable.
From the Lowell Leader.

From the Lowell Leader.
In Chicago schools it is understood
that that multiplication table has BEEN
put under the ban. Maybe because COM
putations run into such high figures
these days as to be beyond comprehen-
sion.
Evening star., 1937-12-10
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All rights Of publication of special dispatches
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Evening star., 1937-12-10
Liberaity.

LiDcfauty.
when you went into business, why
did you call your place shopper"
Il desired my patrons to feel that they
were being literally treated said Miss
Cayenne, so I gave them two extra
letters on the sign for nothing"
Evening star., 1937-12-10
Varied IMPRESSIONS.

Varied Impressions.
"You have been coming to Washington
for many years
"Yes," answered Senator Sorghum.
Have your impressions of this great
city changed?"
I'm certain respects. 1t has bigger and
more beautiful buildings, but pretty
much the same old line of talk.
Evening star., 1937-12-10
Shop Early.

Shop early" comes the summons clear
Which we will not forget,
While vowing In another year
We will shop earlier yet!
Evening star., 1937-12-10

de way lucky gambler struts" said
Uncle Eben, "looks like he was tryin' to
take credit for sumpin' accidentally done
by de dice"
Evening star., 1937-12-10

I'VE throw papers at JOSS" said Hi
Ho. the sage Chinatown, 80 demonstrat-
ing that the principal need of supersti-
ton is waste basket"
Evening star., 1937-12-10
Dreams.

I ask not that my dreams come true.
Though some of them seem fair,
OF nightmares there have been a few
For which do not care.
Evening star., 1937-12-10

Jud Tunkins says he's glad arrange
ments are being made to provide work
for more people. Maybe some of the
lazy folks he knows may want to 60 with
the crowd and enjoy the new experience.
Evening star., 1937-12-10

@. How many years do thoroughbreds
usually race?-N. w.
\. The term OF racing usefulness In
usually between five and eight yeas.
Evening star., 1937-12-10
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OF opposition to the PRESIDENTS pro-
gram, particularly if the threat of re-
prisal is brought forth again. So far
Senator Guffey of Pennsylvania, who
reused the Democratic opponents of the
court bill to fury just before the Con-
gress adjourned last summer, saying
that their political scalps should be
lifted by the Roosevelt followers, has
not yet broken out again. There is no
final assurance, however, that he will
not do so. If he does, the fracas is
likely to be hot. Guffey was chairman
of the Senatorial Campaign Committee,
although at the time of his attack on
the court bill opponents he was said to
have retired from that post. Whether
his retirement stuck" however, is an
other matter. There has been no new
chairman appointed in his place.
X
The c. O. p. standard bearer, former
Gov. ALI M. Landon, is here today and
will remain over the week end, attending
the Gridiron dinner tomorrow night.
Mr.. Landon is meeting a lot of the Re-
publicans from the Middle West and
other parts of the country. He came
here just as the Republican National
Committees Executive Committee Is
about to meet in st. Louis to select, II
possible, a committee of 100 to draft q
declaration of principles for the party.
Mr. Landon was not strongly in favor of
having the Republicans hold national
convention next year, or even Of the
plan to draft set OF principles. Indeed,
he was reported to be averse to these
proposals, which were strongly backed
by former President Hoover.
There is q strong group Of Republi-
cans in Congress who prefer to let things
run along-let nature take its political
course-at this time. These gentlemen
do not believe 1t would be wise for the
Republicans to draft . set q principles
Evening star., 1937-12-10
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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-01-28

MOT only the sun, but the moon
as well, will rise and set on
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Pattern 1981-Pajamas SO COM
Portable, restful and entirely salts
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Size 16 requires yards of 80
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Pattern 1207-f your day begins
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Size SO requires 4as yards of
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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-01-28
Still Coughing?

No matter how many medicines
you have tried for your cough, chest
cold or bronchial irritation, you can
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Serious trouble may be brewing and
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branes as the germ-laden phlegm
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Even If other remedies have
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druggist is authorized to guarantee
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money If you are not satisfied with
results from the very first bottle.
Get Creomulsion right now. (Adv)
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-01-28
MlUnhNM g.
g QUESTION:

The corduroy clothes so popu-
lar with young people will laun-
der easily, if washed in mild soap
and plenty of warm water. Rinse
well, shake and hang up to dry.
Wash metal door hinges occa-
sionally with warm soapsuds,
wipe dry and rub with oil to pre-
vent their rusting.
Stains may be removed from a
marble mantelpiece in the follow
ing way: First of all, wash with
soap and water, then wipe dry,
and apply paste made of finely
powdered bathbrick or carbonate
of soda, and lemon juice. Rub
this well into the discolored parts
and rinse off in clean, cold water.
For white sauce, melt two and
a half tablespoonful of butter in
saucepan. Add five and half
tablespoons flour mixed with one
third teaspoon salt and few grains.
pepper. Add one cup scalded milk,
stirring constantly. Bring to boil
ing point and beat until smooth
and glossy.
Sailed peanuts, freshened by
heating in oven, are very good
served with chocolate sauce on
vanilla ice cream. The young
people like this combination espe-
cially well.
. Associated ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Service.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-01-28
Albania Hears the
Call: Gets Phones

Tirana, Albania. They're
thinking of putting Albania into
telephone connection with the
rest of the world, after all these
years.
Heretofore the department of
communications has seen no ne
cessity for introduction of eff
cient telephone service, feeling
that the citizens of mountainous
Albania wouldn't use telephones
if they had them.
The practice here is to climb
e peak and shout over to a per-
son on another. The system is
so good that news spreads over
the entire nation in few hours.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-01-28

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-07-09
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-07-09
ALL-DAY MEET FOR
TABERNACLE CHURCH

An all-day gathering at Tabernacle
Methodist Episcopal church near
Townsville was announced today by
Rev. D. A. Petty, pastor of the churcE,
part of Middleburg circuit, to be
held next Sunday. 1t will be the &C.
casion of the third quarterly confer
ence. with the presiding elder of the
Raleigh district, DR.. J. H. Barnhardt,
present and presiding, and also
preaching. Representatives of all the
churches Of the charge will attend.
j. E. Rink, of Duke University, wilt
launch the vacation and teacher
training schools by meeting with the
leaders and mapping out the work for
the week. The Vacation School will
be held each day next week from Q
to II a. M, and the training school
will meet each evening at o'clock,
Mr.. petty announced.
Dinner will be served on the
grounds at the noon hour.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-07-09

inviting political determination if he
guesses wrongly. He must be pretty
sure of himself or he wouldn't guess
that way.
The conclusion is unacceptable that
these boys sincerely think they know
anyway-from motives of self in
IereSt.
Large Number Opposed.
Now, maybe a lot of them are mis-
taken.
STILL consider how large a proper
ton Of them must be mistaken. On
the recent Senate vote on the admin
istration's relief bill one-third of the
Democratic senators were against the
White House.
Were all those % boiling Demo
Gratis worse informed concerning their
home states views than the executive
mansion?
It is almost inconceivable.
All the same, the President is very
willy.