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Taxpayer

taken back, means that the federal
government becomes a taxpayer in
every city, county and state where
it owns these homes. At the rate
things are going and assuming that
the ratio of delinquencies and de-
faults continue as they do for pri-
vate lending agencies, another four
years will see the Hole in possess
sion of a minimum of $50, ZOO par
cells of real estate. Of course, I
imagine, the local tax collectors will
be glad to see the federal govern
ment taking over the property be-
cause they will then collect their
taxes. But where does that money
come from? Sooner or later, di-
rectly or indirectly, it comes from
the taxpayers of the nation. 1t is
not a pleasant outlook.
And who knows but what there
may be more decisions like that of
the Florida judge who refused to
grant the foreclosure plea of the
Hole attorneys on a twelve hun
dred dollar mortgage on the home
of a carpenter. The judge held
that the government had made the
loan primarily to help this man save
his home. If the government now
took it away, therefore, the original
purpose of the loan was nullifed.
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It may not have occurred to some
but the fact that the federal govern
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promise with the Treasury depart
ment, which objected to so high a
figure.
The bill would aid low-cost hous-
ing projects in two ways. 1t would
make loans to the full amount OF
contracted projects, aiding the re-
payment of the loans by direct
grants if the sponsors kept rents suf-
ficiently low; or it would make dl-
rect grants not to exceed 70 per
cent of the cost of project. Under
this latter method, the President
would be authorized to make an ad-
ditional Is per cent grant from re-
lief funds, to be used only for the
employment of labor. Sponsors
would be required to contribute at
least 20 per cent of the cost.
The housing authority would also
be permitted to spend $25, 900, 900 on
demonstration projects to illustrate
to communities the benefits of elimi-
mating slums and providing ade-
quate housing at low cost. The prof.
ects would be sold Gas soon as
PRACTICAL to local housing agencies.
Under the first plan the housing
authority would be given power to
enter subsidy agreements totallng
$20,0O0,000 annually.
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NOT IN THE BOX SCORE:

NOT IN THE BOX SCORE:
THOSE two well publicized but
4 friendly enemies, Mike Jacobs
and Jimmy Johnston, shortly will
announce a partnership controlling
the world prizefght situation. At
least that is the buzz along Broad
way where 1t also is whispered the
new merger will leave Madison
Square Garden with nothing to do but
hold the bag Keep an eye ON
Georgia's t0rrid football team this
fall. The Bulldogs take the field
with practically an all veteran out
lit Jimmy, the little Brooklyn
Italian who used to shave Jack Cur
ley in a Forty-second street barber
shop each day, has been unable to
work since the death of the famous
sports promoter. incidentally, he
spent his entire weeks salary buy
ing flowers to honor the memory Of
his departed patron. Pretty swell
gesture that, one Jack would have
liked far better than the phony car
ryings on of more eminent persons.
Tony Canzoneri, who has been an
almost daily visitor to the race
tracks, is getting ready for another
fling at the boxing game . Harry
Turner, boxing and wrestling pro-
moter, is the Pop of an eight-pound
baby boy Fort Jay football fol-
lowers are cheering because Lieu
tenant Joe Stancook, the former
West Point ace who was slated for
duty in the Philippines, has been
permitted to remain with them until
Christmas Did any one note
that Tony Plansky, the Olympian
from Georgetown, is doing a swell
coaching job at Williams? One of
Tony's products is young fifty
Cook, who may surprise all the
quarter-milers in his final campaign.
Jersey City directors are tiffing
a trifle, one faction wishing Bill
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Congressional Boldness.

w AIMING to pet lovers: If you
~ own guinea pigs or tame rab-
bits or trained seals or such-like gen.
tie creatures, try to keep the word
from them that some of the majority
members of the lower branch of con-
gress actually threatened to defy
their masters voice.
The senate always has been
known as the worlds greatest delib-
erative body-and, week by week
and month by month don't those
elder statesmen know how to delib-
eratei But these last few years the
house has earned the reputation of
being the most docile legislative
outfit since Aesop's King Stork ruled
over. the synod of the frogs.
So should the news ever spread
among the lesser creatures, hither-
to so placid and biddable, that an
example had been set at Washington,
there's no. telling when the Bel
giafl hares will start rampaging and
the singing mice will begin acting
up rough and the grubworms will
gang against the big old woodpeck-
er.
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Wedqe to Split Loyalists

A S THE battle of Madrid con-
"A tinued to rage, Gen. francisco
Francois eastern army was driving
an overwhelming wedge into the ter
ritory near the junction OF Teruel,
Cuenca and Valencia provinces 100
miles east of Madrid. His object
is to impose a barrier between Ma
drid and the loyalist governments
capital at Valencia.
Government forces all along the
line of advance were reported sur
rendering or fleeing. Insurgents
claimed to have captured large num-
bers of automobiles and supplies of
arms, munitions and clothing.
Latest news from the Madrid front
indicated that a rebel attack in the
Usera sector southeast OF the city
had been repulsed by machine gun
ners and dynamiters.
Taking inventories of their forces
in the Madrid conflict, the govern
ment and the insurgents disagreed;
each claimed the others losses had
been greatest. Rebels reported the
government had lost 300 fighting
planes and had had 80, 900 casualties.
The government declared Franco
had lost at least 100 planes to its 20
or 80, had lost 10000 to $4,000 men,
and had consumed SIS, 900, 900 worth
of war materials.
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U. S. Weighs Embargo

A S THE conflict in North China
4 = blazed into open, if undeclared,
warfare, the United States prepared
to declare that state of war ex-
listed between China and Japan and
to place an embargo upon the ship
ment of arms to the two countries,
under the neutrality act. The Pres
ident, who has the power to declare
that state of war exists, kept in
close touch with affairs in the Far
East, assisted by Secretary of State
Cordell Hull.
Proclamation of an embargo pro-
hibits the sale of arms, ammuni-
tons and implements of war to the
belligerent countries. 1t forbids
loans or the extension of credit to
either of them, and makes it illegal
for Americans to travel upon the
ships of the belligerents.
Secretary Hull said that confer
ences had been held among en-
bassy attaches, commanders of for
eign troops in Peiping and others,
to lay plans for removing Ameri-
cans and other foreign nationals
from the danger zone.
It was reported that there were
223 United States military person
mel and dependents and 403 Ameri-
can civilians registered in Tientsin,
in addition to $50 American officers
and men.
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New Court Bill Drafted

Z OUR important provisions were
L contained in the new court Ere
form" bill reported out of the senate
judiciary committee, but none Of
them involved any changes in or
additions to the personnel of the SUI
preme court. The new bill provides
for:
(a) Direct appeals to the Supreme
court from decisions in the district
courts involving the constitutional
ity of federal statutes.
(b) Intervention by the Depart
ment of Justice in all suits involv-
ing the validity of federal statutes.
(c) Trial of all suits to enjoin
the operation of federal statutes by
a court of three judges-one judge
from the circuit court of appeals
and two district judges.
(d) Reassignment of district court
judges by the senior circuit judge
of each circuit, wherever additional
help may be needed to relieve con-
gested dockets. Judges sitting away
from home would receive $40 day
additional pay.
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was OeIedLeO, 40 10 %.
It seemed certain that the south
erners would have enough votes to
defeat the measure when the metals
and building units of the Fedora
ton voiced their dissatisfaction also,
while Green at first refused to COM
ment. But under pressure from the
White House, Green gave out a
statement that, while the bill was
still unacceptable to him, he would
like to have it passed in the senate
and then improved in the house.
AS the senate passed it, the Wag-
ner-Connery bill to regulate hours
and wages would create a labor
standards board empowered to set
minimum wages up to 40 cents an
hour and maximum work weeks
down to 40 hours a week.
The draft prepared by the house
labor committee was far broader IN
scope than that of the senate. II
would extend the limits to permit
the board to set minimum wages
up to 20 cents an hour and set the
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That was in 1927. McGraw es-
teemed Hornsby above all other
baseball men at the moment, for
the first time in his life was speak
ing proudly of a successor.
Seven years ago we stood for al
most two hours talking on a crowd
ed Broadway corner. Hornsby had
Just taken charge of the Cubs, was
making a hustling, fighting team out
of collection of stars who hitherto
had looked at life too gayly.
That was in 1880. The late Will
liam Wrigley dubbed with pride
whenever he thought of his new
manager, was making grand plans
for the years they would have in
baseball together.
And now, while the Cubs and
Giants carry ON their fan-warming
feud the man who might have man
aged either Of them wanders around
In the prime of his forty-one years,
out Of job.
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North China Powder Kee

North China Powder Keg
TIENTSIN, powder key of the
L hostiIities in North China, was
being attacked from many angles
as Japan apparently prepared to
fight a long term war. Japanese
bombers rained death and destruc-
ton from the skies, artillery pep
pered the city with shells and, as if
that were not enough, serious
earthquake shook the metropolis
foundations.
A surprise Chinese attack, by
three armies along 95-mile front
from Taku (Tientsin's port) to Peip-
ing, drove Japan away from three
key railroad stations, provoking
Nippon's retaliation. In the wake
of the bursting bombs, flames en-
quilted Tientsin's principal build
ings, including the central railway
station, the militia headquarters,
the famed Nankai university and
the Chinkiang international bridge
connecting the Chinese city to the
foreign concessions. In the streets,
Chinese and Japanese soldiers
fought hand to hand, with entrench-
ments in some places no more than
100 feet apart.
Chinese troops declared that
Thousands of non-combatant men,
women and children were killed or
injured" by the airmen.
Russia protested vigorously to the
Japanese embassy in Marking
against the "pillaging of the Russian
consulate by White Russian ruffians
assisted by Japanese. The Japa-
nese denied that any of their coun-
trymen were implicated, and ridi-
culed the idea that the Japanese
planned any future attacks against
Russian consulates.
In the Fengtai-Lukouchiao district
southwest of Peiping, 10000 veteran
Japanese troops massed for an at
tack upon five divisions of China's
central government army, number
ing approximately $4,000. Including
the remnants of the twenty-ninth
army, driven from Peiping by the
Japanese, there were said to be
100000 Chinese. Both sides were
well equipped with airplanes.
Further evidence of Japan's ex-
pectation of real war were the
sweeping changes in military per-
sonnet made after conference be-
tween Premier Konoye and Emper-
or Hirohito. Four new division COM
manders were named, as well as a
new commander for the island of
Forilosa. 1t was regarded as sig
nificant that all of the new APP
pointees were soldiers with extern
sive experience in China. The gov
eminent was attempting to push
through an appropriation of $115,-
100000 for operations in North China.
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daughter; and "Sistie" and "Buz-
zie" Dali, his grandchildren. 1t
failed to carry.
Democrat Ross Collins of Missis-
sippi offered an amendment that
would provide a new secretary for
each member of congress. "The
President may need additional Sec
retaries," he said. "How about the
overworked members of congress?
We need extra help also"
If the bill became law, it would
raise the total of the Presidents
$40, O00-a-year secretaries to nine,
for he already has three-James
Roosevelt, Stephen Early and Mar
vim Mcintyre.
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e! CaudiIIo Is the Boss

TNSURGENT Spain has a "head
L man" and also has name for
him now. In Germany things are
bossed by der Fuehrer," and Ital-
ians scurry to obey "Il Duce." Now
Rebel Spain has dubbed Gen.
Francisco Franco GEL Caudillo. "
Throughout the realm on walls and
fences are signs bearing the motto,
"Homenaje ell Caudillo" -"Obey the
leader" And the people salute him
by raising the right arm.
Francois followers are protesting
that he is not a fascist, but he has
never announced just what form of
government he will propose for the
nation. There is said to be scheme
afoot to shape it along the lines Of
Portugal's cooperative government.
Since he openly declared on July 19
that he believes the restoration of a
monarchy is vital to cohesion OF
Spain, it is believed that this is what
he will eventually effect. Prince
Juan, third son of the former King
Alfonso XIII, is the likely candidate
for the crown.
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Women Hear War Cry

ONE of China's chief agitators
- for war was Nine. Chang Kai-
shek, Wellesley-educated wife of the
dictator. She urged women to fight
Japan "according to their ability"
citing the fashion in which the wom-
en- of Spain are occupying the fight
ing lines. $50
''In the World war the women Of
every country gave their best" she
declared. "The women Of China are
no less patriotic or capable Of phys
ical endurance. sg& y.
China is facing the gravest crisis
in its history. This means we must
sacrifice many of our soldiers,
masses of our innocent people,
much of the nations wealth and see
ruthlessly destroyed the results Of
our reconstruction"
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the old man of the link beds, they'd
be calling me next.
And I used to slice so far into the
rough that, looking for my ball, !
penetrated jungles where the foot of
man hadn't trod since the early
mound builders. That's how I add
ed many rare specimens to my col
lection of Indian relics.
But the last straw was when a
Scotch professional, after morbidly
watching my form, told me that
at any rate there was one thing
about me which was correct-I did
have on golf stockings!
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year each. The de-
bate on the bill pro-
voked some quaint
comment. Republi-
can Dewey Short of
Missouri offered an
amendment provid-
ing that the six new
positions should be
given to Elliott,
Franklin, Jr., and
J o h n Roosevelt,
sons of the Presi-
dent; Mrs. A n n a
r ne til o err his
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The American Association
mailed out engraved invitations for
its All-Star game on July n
Dodger fans may adore their play
ers but when Van Mungo phoned
for table on Brooklyn hotel roof
the other night the reservation was
put down for evan Mogal." Ted
Breitenstein of Cincinnati's once ia
nous pretze1 battery of Breiten-
stein and PETIT now is watchman
in a brewery.
Irv Witty, NJ Y. U. basketball
star, is keeping in shape for next
winters campaign by acting as
sports councillor at Camp Equinunk
in Pennsylvania Jules Bender,
who led the Eastern collegiate point
scorers while at Long Island U.
last winter, is similarly occupied at
Camp Windau in Pittsfeld, Mass,
while preparing for pro court ca
reer And, while on the subject,
is it true that Long Island is taking
their athletic scholarships away
from Bender, Ben Kramer, Leo
Merson and Red Norton, although
they have not yet finished their
courses? And could the reason be
that the four able youngsters have
played their allotted four years of
college basketball and room must
be made for new talent?
United States control of the Ma
tionaI Hockey league is almost COM
plete, with only Les Canadiens and
Tor0nto's Maple Leafs to be left i'm
Canada next season. Cleveland,
where Printing Ink Magnate Al SUIT
phen has his milliOn-dollar stadium
all set, will get the Montreal Ma
rooms franchise, with Ex-Ranger
Bill Cook as manager. Tommy Cor
man, veteran Maroons' manager,
probably will stay close to his race
track interests as manager OF the
Montreal Forum OF course
there's no hint of syndicate hockey,
but it's a fact that DetrOit's Jim
Norris owns the Red Wings, has a
big piece of the Americans, controls
the Chicago Stadium, home of the
Black Hawks, and holds stock i'm
Madison Square Garden, which owns
the Rangers, who in turn appar-
emily have taken good care Of the
younger Cook Hockey mOgulS,
incidentally, still seem squeamish
about giving Big Bill Dryer the
works. No matter how much they
gossip about forcing him out, the
fact that he still has an option to
redeem his N. Y. Americans if he
can assemble the proper cOcOnuts.
New York's small outdoor fight
clubs have had their worst season
since 1929. Too much rain, not
enough local attractions and Jimmy
Johnston's popular priced Garden
shows have ruined the little fellows
b. Bill Johnston has offered Henry
Jeffra SIS 1000 to fight Indian Quintana
in a 15-rounder Aldo Spoldi,
Italian lightweight, scored two one
round knockouts in his homeland
and will return here in the fall
Enrico Ventura also writes from
Italy that he is counting the days
until he gets back here and resumes
his lightweight activities Kat
sunni Morioka, Japanese bantam
weight who boxes Quintana at
Coney Island, is known as "Kats"
to the fight mob.
Close friends insist that, i'm spite OF
the bags of gold being dangled be-
fore his eyes, Don Bulge will not
turn pro until the United States has
defended the Davis Cup success
fully at least once Kerr Petrie,
dean of New York Golf writer's, was
born on the fringe Of Carnoustie,
where the British open was played
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Cubs-Ciants Feud
Tale of Diamonds
Sharpest Rivalry

OADo sSANA NNANAAtO AUA NAAC 4NatAOAAA
league pennant this year Is rem
iniscent of bygone days when their
feud was tale of basebalPS sharp
est and most enduring rivalry. The
only difference is that while the
competition is just as keen this
year. the bitterness is gone.
The story of the rivalry of the
Cubs and Giants practically writes
itself. 1t stretches far beyond the
years of Mike Donlin and the one
and only Matty. It embraces other
hard-bitten Giants of the youthful
1905 bus-riding a brick tossed way
from hotel to ball park to defend
the baseball honor of the nations
largest city.
There are memories of lantern
jawed little Johnny Evers, thick
muscled Frank Chance, shouting
bitter taunts at fans tight-packed
within old wooden grandstands.
Once more you see Mordecai
Brown, tobacco-flecked bali clutched
within three fingers, warming up
for the greater baseball glory of
the nations second largest city.
Pages could be written about
other never-to-be-forgotten incidents
OF far off afternoons. Of happy years
when the Giants merely knocked off
the Dodgers (then Superbas) in
their stride and saved their best
hate and sharpest spikes for Chi
cago invaders.
You showed your colors then. Ev-
cry man was an enemy and so re-
garded unless he could display the
proper ribbon and could mingle dire
insult with high praise in correct
proportion.
Remember that glowing baseball
year of 1908, when feelings were
running at their fullest anyhow?
Then Chicago baseball writer's ar
rived at the Polo Grounds early on
one heat-waved afternoon to view
with bitter establishment a notice
posted upon the press gate. Above
the sprawling signature of a man
who never hesitated to name his
enemies it stated simply and starkly
that, by order of John j. McGraw,
no Chicago writers would be permit
ted to enter the park.
Of course that was long ago. Nc
Graw is gone now. Evers is a
plumpish, white-haired upholder of
the law. Their heirs, the Terrys,
Grimms, Hartnetts, Hubbells and
Demarees of today, seldom permit
feelings to flow as violently for the
sake of a mere ball game. Yet
there is grim tensity about pres
ent meetings just the same. So far
this year the National league race
has been a nip and tuck affair be-
tween the Cubs and Giants.
Truly enough National league pen
nants have been won most often in
recent years by late season spurts,
but there is no copyright on the pro-
cedure. The same methods by which
modern Yankees and Tigers have
triumphed in the other circuit could
prevail as easily.
There are other angles-indeed
far too many of them for this linn
tied space-to this story which prac-
tically writes itself. Yet, as might
have been mentioned at the start, I
have been sitting here thinking
about something else.
About Rogers Hornsby in fact.
Ten years ago, lacking only
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Terry would put
Casey Stengel in
charge of the club
and buy Babe Her
man for the outfieId
M a y b e h e
Giants regulars do
not know it, but one
of them will be with
Cincinnati next year.
It's part Of the deal
in which the Reds
s e n t Weintraub,
Brennan, B r o W n
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wages and hours
bill with an approx
al slightly less than
lukewarm, the sem
ate passed it, Sc to
%. Southern sena-
tors, led by Pat Har-
rison of Mississippi
and obviously dis
pleased with the
bill, pressed a move
ment to recommit it
to the education and
labor committee,
but their motion
40 L.
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month, he led the
Giants on a surging,
victory-adorned trip
through the West.
Still a great second
baseman and hitter,
the man who had
won St. Louis first
pennant a season
previously, he sub
stituted for the all
ing McGraw as
manager and almost
brought another flag
A. KT1,xv Vnwlr
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thorlZe the Notation
of a $500, 1000, 900
bond issue by a
United States hous-
ing authority. To
meet operating ex-
penses of the pro-
grants first year,
$26, 900, 1000 would be
appropriated iInme-
diately. The pro-
posed bond i S S u e
was cut from ST.
600. 900. 900 as a COM
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go so far as to say
golf gave me up. I
tried and tried, but
/ never broke a ty-
phoid patients tenn
perature chart
never got below 102.
I spent so much
time climbing into
sand-traps and out
again that people be-
gan thinking I was
a new kind of her
init, living by pref
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ut%t .
SCH
NlvvlbD about
This Business of Golf.

OAKLAND, CALIF.-As I sit
~ writing this, | look out
where elderly gentlemen, in
tent on relaxing, may be seen
tensing themselves up tighter
than a cooked wolf-trap, and
then staggering toward the
clubhouse with every nerve
standing on end and screaming
for help and highballs.
smile at them, for am one who
has given up golf. You might even