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Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-05-28
Poprava Csl. poddGstojnika
pro vyzvedacstvi.

We vojenske trestnici v Ito
meTicich byl popraven stabn1
rotmistr Josef Krej "a odsouze-
ny k trestu smrti provazem pro
zlocin velezrady We prospech
jineho statu. Jest to prvn1 csl.
vojin, ktery Cd r. 1918 plat1 "a
vyzvedacstvim sym zivotem.
Zlocinu velezrady Sc Krejza
dopustil re zistnych dGvod1.
PotTeboval penez ma %prostopas
ny zivot a kdyz mu je madar-
st1 agent nabfdli, pTijal je a
podaval jim zpravy o csl. ar
made.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-05-28
Pryc s ~ankahoIem.

Polesovice-Zlechov a Taca-
ply, vesnice Sc 1~castnily pred
nasky, kterou mel odp1rce al
koholu, A. Masto, ma thema :
"pryc cd alkoholu a jeho ma
sledkG". Pc feci Sc ujal jeden
starosta slova a pravil: "Toz
jste to slyseli. A hergot esli
uvid1m, re nekdo z vas chlas-
ia ten ankahol, tax no necham
zavrit az Dude z toho modry.
ia myslfm, re nam NIUE stacit
nase vino, mlatovica a slivovi-
ca, CO 81 sami napal1me. Ten
previt ankahol vice nepijte".
SchGze byla neobycejne ma.
vst1vena. Koncila v hospode We
tri hodiny rano.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-05-28

- VdIocny SOuu UdSklCh0 I0-
publiky odsoudil k trestu smrti
zastrelenfm diva nemecke va
leone letce, kapitana Waltra
Kienzle a poruc1ka Gottfrieda
Schulze-Planck, kteri jsou diva
re ctyT nemeckych letcd, jez
byli sestreleni baskickymi vo-
jaky poblize prdsmyku Urqui-
ola. Valecny soud odsoudil ty-
to diva k smrti pro "vzpouru a
vrazdu."
Kapitan Kienzle, jemuz jest
"a let a pochazi z Ludwigsbur-
gu v Nemecku,p rohlasil, re byl
porucikem nemeckeho letectva
neil Sci do Spanelska. Dial Sc
zapsat pro sluzbu We Spaniel
sku v Berline a "nemel zadne
obtfze dostat Sc do spanelska',
kan odjel 1noru z Kielu S il
nymi ctyrmi Nemci. Do 81.
brezna byl ma fronte u Madri-
du a pc te byl komandovan do
Vittorie, kde Sc stall velitelem
nemecke letecke eskadry 9 va
lecnych letadel obsazenych
vesmes nemeckymi piloty, je-
den z Mich byl poruc1k Schultz
Planck. Kapitan Kienzle da-
lie svedcil, re mel 1cast ma le-
teckych operac1ch ma Villareal
pfi zahajeny ofensivy proti
Bilbau. Poprel, re by byl pfi
bombardovan1 Durango a nebo
nekde jinde.
Porucfk Schulze-Planck jest
20 let star.
spanelstf fasiste varovali
baskickou vladu, re kdyby do
slo k porave dvou nemeckych
letcG, polka tyz osud zajate
vladnf vojaky, jenz upadli v
moe p~ovstalcG.
= Do pavilonu vedy ma sve-
tove vystave v PaTizi Sc poda-
Tilo z1skat vedeckou zvlast-
most: skleneneho muze. Je to
model muze v normaln1 veliko-
sti, jehoz knze je prdsvitna,
take je skrze nj videt vsechny
casti naseho organismu: kosti,
slahy, vnitfnosti, krevnf obeh,
nervovou soustavu. Skleneny
muz uni dokonce i mluvit a
sam vyklada, jak Tide dychaj1
nebO travi. pri cemz vzdvckv
ia cast tela, O ktere je rec je o.
zaTena svetlem. Vynalezce mel
Sc sklenenym muzem sest let
prace. Model je nejcennejs1m
kouskem hygienickeho musea
v Drazdanech, kterym byl do
Paf1ze zapGjcen. Ma vystavu
Dude skleneny muz dopraven
We zvlastnim zeleznicn1m vago-
nu a p%avilonu vedy "ozije' We
zvlaStn1m oddelen1.
" Puerto Monte, Chile,
padesat osob, mezi mimi mnoho
zen a det1, spadlo do more,
kdyz Sc zT1tila zed u pr1stavu,
S ktere pozorovali regatu. PLAY
ci zachranili vsechny az ma
diva. Mnoho z divakG bylo pri
tom poraneno.
= Antilles, Francie, ma
moTn1 letadlo, urcene k sluzbe
pres JIM Atlantik do JIM A
meriky, pri zkousce Sc pTevra-
tito a explodovalo. Tfi muzi z
jeho posadky byli zabiti a pet
dals1ch %poraneno.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-05-28
Ze strachu.

We Vranovicfch, Csl., Anto-
nj sumula Sc vsadil S kamara-
dy, re Sc neboji j1t O pGlnoci
ma hTbitov a ukrasti tam venec.
Druheho dine rano byl n~alezen
mrtev, MAZE kabat zachyceny
ma kGlu v plote hrbitova. LekaT
ktery jej prohledl, uznal, re
zemTel srdecn1 mrtvic1, zavine-
nou snad strachem. re nejaky
duch jej chytil "a kabat.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-05-28

Ii odmluvy, zajistili 81 cestf v1d
cove dals1 pozadavek, ably mo-
Mi pripojiti k sobe velky biloxi
lidu zcela jinych narodnost1.
T1mto zpGsobem bylo Cesko-
slovensko zaokrouhleno ma Sc
yer pohlcenfm 3 a ctvrt milo
nu NemcG, kteTi tez byli pod
danymi rakouske vlady, a ma
jihu nelltostnym pozTenim tri
ctvrte milionu cistokrevnych
Madar1.
Tyto diva pevne doplnky CT
zincG jsou Cd toho casu drze-
ny jake veznove Ceskosloven-
ska. Byly predany Cech1m S
tax malym vysetren1m jake do
bytek a ceske 1Tady jednajf S
mimi bez ohledu ma jejich pra-
va a city.
Jakozto zajatci kmene po-
vestneho pro malicherne n1z-
kosti jsou predmetem chladno-
krevneho vyvlastnovani a utla-
covan1. Vsechny snahy byly Wy
nalozeny ma potlacen1 jejich
recl a ceska policie Sc pokusi-
la zlomiti jejich ducha soustav
nym pronasledovan1m.
Minuleho roku byl pfijat
zakon ma ochranu republiky,
vyStavujlci kterehOkOli N6mce
nebo Madara okamzite depor-
tact z jeho pr1bytku ma hrani-
c1ch do vnitrozem1 Poole roz-
maru m1stn1ch ceskych 1rad1.
Jelikoz jsou Cesi naplneni spat
nostf, mali spatne svedomf.
Zbrojili horlive bez ohledu ma
ducha mfrove smlouvy versaill-
ske, j1z dekuj1 "a svou nahodi-
lou existence.
Kdyby nebylo Hitlera, Cesi
nikdy nemusili litovati sve zlo-
cinnosti. Ale obrovsky vyvoj
ozbrojene moci nacistickeho
Nemecka Jim hroz1 odplatou.
Stfznosti 3 a ctvrt milionu
Nemcd, utlacovanych Prahou.
nejsou p~rehl1zeny V Berlin6
kde stejn6 pozadavky Madar6
stran vracen1 jejich ztracenych
lid1 "a hranicemi Ceskosloven-
ska nasty rovnez sympathetic u
Znan1.
Dracf zuby, jez Cesi zasili
vyrostly kolem mich v 1rodU
smrtelnych nebezpec1.
z obav pred nebezpec1m cd.
platy uzavrelo CeskoslovenskC
minuleho roku smlouvu O wa.
JENNIE pomoci S Ruskem. Velkt
delegace rudych leteckych d1
stojn1kd pfibyla nahle do Pra
ny a organisovala tam uzit1 &c
skych letist a pohonnych latel
bolsevickymi valecnymi letad
ly.
Jedinym 1cinkem toho bylo
re sc rozdrazdil doutnajfc
vztek Nemecka ma Ceskoslove1
sko, dix poloze tohoto v srdc
Evropy, nebot NIUE prave tai
slouziti "a zakladnu pro SOVIET
sky utok ma Nemecko. z let's
ma ceske pGde mohou bolsevic
tt pumafi doleteti mad Berlin
Drazdany a Vratislav "a no
dinu.
Pred desiti roxy jsem fekl
re Ceskoslovensko jest rusiv,
zivel We stTedn1 Europe. Dne
vis1 valecne mraky tezce naC
! jeho hranicemi.
Snad by byl jeste cas- pro &c
skou vladu k naprave, ale j,
pod kontrolou techze pleticha.
skych politikG, kteT1 mali "a
sluhu o existence teto zvracen,
zeme.
DR.. Benes, hlavnf zplodite
Ceskoslovenskeho statu, jes
nyn1 jeho presidentem. o men
ii tax sympaticky s~ocialistick,
spisovatel jake professor Ha
rold Laski pravil: "Pochybuji
vef1-li nektery evropsky stat
mix DIR. B%enesovi 1plne. Nikdt
new lepe nez on, jak Sc zacho
vati vsem lidem."
DR.. Benes z1skal mnoho u
sve politicke kariery. We Una
men1 st1znostf by ucinil dobTe
kdyby Sci ma odpocinek nebC
zreformoval svou politiku We
zenskych tabor1. Je prfznac
ne, re jeho zeme nema jedine
no pfitele mezi peti staty, S nj
miz hranicf.
Faraon, jenz zatvrdil sve srd
ce, byl zatopen Rudym morem
Mnohem hroznejs1 zatopol
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-12-21
the imposition of a cruel and unusual
punishment for a misdemeanor.

the imposition of cruel and unusual
punishment for a misdemeanor.
In reply to these assertions, the Corpo-
ration Counsel. acting on behalf of the
Commissioners, told the justices of the
Supreme Court that they had ruled in an
earlier case that IAN automobile is,
potentially, a dangerous instrumental
ity, as the appalling number Of fatalities
brought about every day by its opera
ton bear distressing witness" With
these facts in mind, the Corporation
Counsel continued, it should be remem-
bered that the operation of an automo-
bile is "a privilege and not right" and
that properly constituted authorities,
comforting the privilege, can take it
away, provided their action is not ar
bitrary or capricious.
There can be no dispute with the
proposition that the sanctioning of this
position by the Supreme Court will be
of material aid to local authorities in
their determination to eliminate the
motorist who proves himself to be a
menace to public safety.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-12-21
Privilege VS.. Right.

While not unexpected, the Supreme
Courts indirect approval yesterday of
the authority Of the District Commits
sioners to revoke or suspend the driving
permits of motorists who violate GER
tain regulations was welcomed by local
officials upon whose shoulders rests re-
sponsibility for reducing traffic hazards
in Washington. The high courts action
came in the form of a refusal to review
decision of the United States Court
of Appeals for the District, which had
held that the Commissioners did not ex-
coed their authority in authorizing the
suspension for fifteen days of the oper-
ator's permit of motorist who had
pleaded guilty to speeding charge. This
amounts to approval by the Supreme
Court of the action Of the Commits
sioners.
The motorist affected, although rec
ognizing the difficulties inherent in traf-
f1c regulation and the potency in this
respect Of the power to withdraw driv-
ing permits, contended that the statute
comforting the authority on the Com
missioners was unconstitutional because
it represented an illegal delegation OF
power by Congress, that it deprived him
Of property and rights without due
process Of law, and that It contemplated
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-12-21
Wire.Tapping.

overlapping, long struggling under
the stigma of prohibition era abuses,
has been dealt death-blow by the Su-
preme Court.
Starting out as a justihable means of
outwitting the criminal, the caves
dropping-by-wire crime detection tech
nique came upon evil days when pro-
hibition agents adopted it. A cry arose
against it as an invader of personal pri-
vacy. 1t became a symbol of uncon-
= stitutional snoopery, OF governmental
espionage extended into the very homes
OF the citizenry.
Law enforcement authorities debated
its merits congressional committees in
vestigated its use by Federal agencies,
victims of overlapping evidence con-
tested its validity-but the lower courts
and finally the high tribunal upheld the
practice as constitutional
Under this legal sanction, Federal law
enforcement agencies, following the de-
mise of prohibition, strove to give wire
tapping a semblance of responsibility.
1t began to prove of value in checking
the incomes of gamblers and other
racketeers who were evading income tax
payments. Smugglers, counterfeiters and
a variety of other law violators found
themselves trapped by tapped wires
The Omen were chary in using the
listening-in technique, chiefly because
their chief, J. Edgar Hoover, was never
enthusiastic over overlapping. He was
on record before congressional commit
tee as holding the method to be "un-
ethical" except under exceptional cir
cumstances. He authorized the tapping
of wires only in so-called "life-and-
death" cases, including kidnapings, and
then merely as a source of clues, not as
trial evidence.
1t is said number of dangerous kid
napers might be at large today, instead
of on Alcatraz Island, but for LEADS"
obtained by Omen by tapping gangland
telephone lines. Mr.. Hoover has felt it
was not unethical to invade the privacy
of kidnaper's telephone wire, especially
when the life of a victim was at stake.
Justice Sutherland, in his dissent from
the majority opinion, feels the same way
about it. He points out that now "the
most depraved criminals" will be secure
in the knowledge that they may plan
their crimes by telephone without fear
of Federal interloping.
The thought is somewhat disturbing.
Congress should give serious considera-
ton to this phase of the question-pos-
sibly with view to amending the Fed
eral Communications Act so as to per-
nit overlapping for investigative pur-
poses in kidnapping and other heinous
crimes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-12-21

dogmatic radical. Even with regard to
free trade, he professed a willingness to
listen to reason.
Yet the principal motive power of Mr..
Binghams life was not logic. Rather,
it was brave and frank idealism predi-
Gated upon sentiment. He loved what
he loved passionately and without apol-
ogy. His heart was big, his instincts
generous his enthusiasts uncompromis-
ing in their intensity He could not pre-
tend a tolerance which he did not feel
Neither was he capable of pallid intellec-
tualized emotions His opinions were
rigid, and he altered them only when
his spirit-not merely his mind-had
been convinced.
Patriotism, as might have been ex-
pected, meant much to Mr.. Bingham
always. Devotion to Louisville, to Ken
lucky, to the South, to America and hon.
orably to England dominated him. His
biography could be written in terms of
the affections he cultivated and main
tanned A lengthy chapter necessarily
would be required to tell of his services
to journalism, especially to the Asso-
ciated Press.
But the moment of his passing is too
early to appraise Mr.. Bingham ade-
quately. He rests, yet he is not gone.
His example, if nothing else, remains.
mourned and will be remembered. When
the annals of his generation are COM
piled he will have his place in them as
an Ambassador of the American people
to their British friends as we'll as Of the
United States to the Court of st. James.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-12-21
Let the Blind Alone!

Just why it should be necessary for
the Government to step in and super
vise'-for a price-nine stands in Fed
eral buildings here which have been a
source of livelihood for blind operators
for the last four years is beyond compre-
hension, even in day when government
takes many unusual turns.
Here are eight men and one woman
who, under the direction of the Column
bia Polytechnic Institute for the Blind,
set themselves up in business, let their
wares speak for themselves, and asked
favors of none.
Now, because of a law passed eighteen
months ago and designed to improve the
economic condition of the blind by OPEN
ing Federal buildings to their sales VEN
lures, the nine stands that predated the
legislation are to be taken under the
protective wing of the Office OF Educa-
ton in the Interior Department and
their operations controlled by the We'll
fare and Recreation Association, along
with other Government concessions.
Instead of the conductors of these
enterprises being permitted to keep all
profits, as under the present system, the
new plan, to be effective January l, will
exact fee figured by the operators as
twenty per cent of their net. This is for
the item of supervision, which also is
understood to entail an expansion pro-
gram. Along with it, their independence
goes.
When, despite the tragic handicap Of
blindness, men and women are able to
20 along on their own, they deserve more
than a bureaucratic ball and chain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-12-21
No Time to Hate.
Prom the New York Times.

Almost as great menace to peace a
the power Of irresponsible relationships
Is the reaction those relationships bring
out in democratic countries. Nationalism
stirs up nationalism, hate stirs up hate,
violence stirs up violence. The progress
sion from one to the other is of deadly
simplicity
Excuses of violence are, after all. only
only one phase, and transitory one, in
human nature. The deeper we 60 into
fundamental emotions the more nearly
alike the human race becomes. Great
praise or great blame for any one frac-
ton of 1t is likely to be equally mistaken.
The love of parents for children and Of
children for parents, the seeking for q
meaning in life which inspired religion,
the arts, the sciences-all are interna-
tional, all mark the race, not the nation,
and certainly not the accidental political
jurisdiction.
If events now taking place or in the
making drive us to popular or even a
governmental condemnation of the pol
icies OF certain governments, 1t will be
well for us not to condemn peoples-not
to condemn the peasant or the city work.
er who is herded into some firing line
against his inclinations. and not to con-
denim the wife or mother who prays for
his safe return.
When this fit of the worlds madness is
over, there must be q reconciliation
among peoples and a recognition of the
constructive forces that exist in all coun-
tries and all civilizations. Let us con-
tinue to remember the kindness, the
courtesy, the gracious and idealistic
qualities of nations which happen at the
moment to be under q domination Of
which we do not approve and which
seems dangerous to the worlds peace.
We can condemn outrages against hui
mainly without condemning humanity
itself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-12-21
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES +. TRACEWELL.

Especially II there Is snow on the
ground, the picture Of the feeding birds
is one never to be forgotten.
It is all the more distressing, there
fore, to have this interesting sight
broken, and the birds deprived of their
dinner as the result of carelessness and
thoughtlessness.
Owls and various hawks must be kept
in mind, too. when birds suddenly leave
= windowsill or other place where they
have been feeding.
The former Is not SO likely to be found
in the city, but various small hawks, in
Guiding the species commonly called the
pigeon hawk, often invade the city.
Old time Washingtonians will recall
the hawk which lived in the old Post
Once Department Building tower.
Next to rife of any kind hawks are
most feared by the smaller birds.
The entry Of one of these predacious
fellows into the picture means the exit
Of every bird.
Nor will they show up again for at
least two or three hours, despite the
fact that the hawk may have left q
minute after he arrived.
When birds thus suddenly leave, for no
apparent reason, their feeder should
look around and try to find the reason
Often the hawk may be spied, sitting
on a tree limb high above the feeding
ground.
The silhouette of this bird is unfor-
getable.
Small birds never overlook it.
One glimpse Of that silent figure, and
they are gone, and nobody can blame
them.
A cat may or may not run birds away,
but he wouldn't keep them away
There are cats and cats, just as there
are people and people.
Cat haters believe that all cats catch
birds, but the friends of cats, of whom
there are many land among the finest
and most artistic Of people, know better.
They realize that some cats are bad
bird catchers, and that others actually
ignore them.
Cat haters would have been interested
in seeing Tigey asleep in the border
about 10 feet from so English sparrows
eating seeds.
The happy clatter of their chirping
stirred the cat to cast a sleepy eye in
their direction, but it was solely look
OF interest, not malice.
1t was just as II he were saying, "Oh,
what's the use? I couldn't catch them
If tried"
And he couldn't. of course.
~
Birds which suddenly leave a feeder
do not really hide anywhere.
They simply leave. maybe fly miles
away, where they try to find another
feeding place.
Nowadays thousands Of city and sub
urban people are interested in feeding
them.
1t is easier for them today to find an
other station well supplied with seeds
and grains than it would have been
five years ago.
To the extent that people use soap,
and feed the wild birds, they are civil
lized.
Keep seed out, if the birds disappear.
Some happy day they will come again,
and bring with them chirps OF re-
joicing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-12-21

Dear Sir:
Here in the heart Of the city we have
a large and constant window ledge
bird clientele.
For the past six days we have neither
seen nor heard . bird Of any kind.
pigeons excepted)
mot even sparrow has been sighted.
We are beginning to fear they may have
frozen to death during the cold snap.
"Or do they hide away somewhere
until warmer days come?
If you can shed any light on the sub
ject will you do so?
Sincerely, M. P. c."
A+
No one need fear that birds will freeze
If plenty of food is provided.
That is the purpose Of feeding them, to
keep them from freezing to death.
If they get plenty to eat they will live
through the severest cold.
When they suddenly disappear from q
place they have been feeding happily,
one may feel sure that something has
happened in the neighborhood to drive
them away for the time being.
Rest assured that they have scouts out,
keeping an eye on the situation.
1t is unfortunate that these quick
disappearances often happen just at
Christmas, when 80 many persons be-
come interested for the hrst time in
bird feeding.
One plop out Of Christmas air rife,
and every single bird will leave 4 feed
ing station.
Where before from two dozen to .
hundred songsters were feeding con-
tentedly, there will be only an expanse
of well-trodden ground, covered with
scattered seed and husks.
Unusual noise or intrusion OF any sort
at the feeding place will have much>the
same effect. but If it is removed the cum
sumers will return shortly.
1t is different with the air rife
All birds recognize this instrument Is
the real thing, the great enemy Of bird
life.
This type OF gun is as deadly, in many
ways, as it's larger cousin, the ~ caliber
rife.
Many persons have the idea that these
guns are not deadly, but either can put
out an eye or kill.
Just how the idea ever got abroad
that these make good Christmas presents
Is dimcult to say.
Surely it is unfortunate that the birth
OF the Prince of Peace should be cele-
brated with gifts OF rifles to little chill
dren.
The birds are canny
They understand only too well the
danger to them, so they fly away, and
do not come back, sometimes for the
duration Of the entire holidays
This is particularly unhappy for ali
who feed the birds, for there is no time
they would rather have the feathered
folk with them.
Somehow it seems highly appropriate
that. in the Christmas festivals, we think
OF the birds, and let them share with us
some OF the good things of the world
that come our way.
They cannot share many things, but
foods are right down their alley"
Breadstuffs of all sorts. fruit, nuts, old
breakfast foods and meals, oats, corn
these and many others strike the birds
as just right for the Christmas feast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-12-21
Lowell Mellet.

To all newspaper men who know him
as fellow member Of the craft and to
the community which has come to know
him through his newspaper, the resig-
nation of Lowell Mellet as editor of the
washington Daily News is matter of
real regret. He is a irst-class news
paper man, rich personality and a
valued citizen. He has exercised an in
f1uence for good in this city which will
not be soon forgotten.
Whatever may be the new duties
which call him from active NEWSPAPER
work, The Star ventures to speak for
many in wishing him happiness, health
and prosperity. Whatever he does, one
may be assured that it will be done
honorably and well.