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The times-news., 1938-12-15
NEWSPAPERS OPINIONS
ToMORRoW'S TAXES

No longer can the American citizen look abroad
at the heavy tax burden borne by the European
citizen and with sigh of relief thank providence
that he is not cursed with equally heavy burden
The shoe is on the other foot. Actual cost of gov
ernment in this country now challenges that of
Great Britain.
According to figures compiled by the United
States Chamber of Commerce, american taxes in
1897 were At per cent more than in 1923 and %
per cent more than in 1928.
British per capita taxes on the contrary were
per cent less in 1887 than in 1928 and only about
per cent more than in 1928"
Actual per capita taxes collected in this country
about equal the per capita tax in Britain. But,
Britain has steadfastly clung to balanced budget,
or very close to one while since 1880 this country
has squandered itself into the red to the tune of
S24, 900 900, ,O00 In other words, there are $24,-
OOO, 900 900 of deferred taxes hanging the
head of American citizens which eventually must
be paid Otherwise, every man, woman and child in
the country will suffer the intoerable hardship of
national bankruptcy.
The public purse string must be drawn against
the irresponsible actions of demagogc politicians,
or the American dollar will sooner later become
nothing but worthless souvenir Investments,
jobs, opportunities Cash savings - all will be
wiped out-Shelby Star.
The times-news., 1938-12-15

have to make our way back to fiscal sanity await
tbe final disaster Today budget making means pre-
nar;ro to take the way back whether we actually
arrive at budget balance one year five years
hence.
Congress and the President can make all neces-
cory, movision for the national defense and still
rof}nce the total annual expense account. begin
,;,s, an control of the spending mania so resolute
oe 70 convince every observer Of the fixed intention
hoc Of it would of itself react powerfully on enter
nrse on the disposition of the owners of capital to
mt It to work, on the fiscal practices Of our thou
sands Of sub-governments-o this whole defeatist
philosophy with which mems minds and spirits are
bene deadened by all these little preachers of the
individuals HOPELESS dependence political prov
idence which has no real existence.
The times-news., 1938-12-15
Fish Oil Vitamin
A Said To Cure
Night Blindness
By WILLIAM TYREE
United Press Staff Corresponden


TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. Is. (UP)'
A new use has been found here
for cod liver oil-drink it and
you can see at night like cat.
At least that is the result Of
experiments of Dr.. Margaret
Cammak Smith, nutrition chemist
of the University of Arizona, iii
attempting to cure might blind
ness peculiar condition that
develops in the eye from a lack
of regeneration og pigment pur-
ple," a vitamin A substance. ..
The blindness can be corrected
in children by use of cod liver
oil, Dr.. Smith said.
Conducting test of 1877 un-
dernourished children here for
10 weeks and many others during
the past year, DR.. Smith said she
had successfully corrected night
blindness by daily doses of the
oil.
The test also had its reverbera-
tions in the laboratories which
furnished the cod liver oil, DR..
Smith reported. The children lik-
ed the natural kind better than
the highly refined, odorless type
which has been developed at the
laboratory.
Dr.. Smith started out to prove
whether a lack of vitamin A in
Mexican families of the low wage
bracket was reflected in the chill
drcn's vision, growth, susceptible
ity to disease, especially of the
respiratory tract, and breaks III
health, such as tuberculosis.
The answer to all these fues-
tions was "yes,"' DR.. Smith said.
Despite its Importance, the OK
pertinent WAS very simple to per-
The times-news., 1938-12-15

they can go without causing an
explosion. Every now and then a
ring or a machine guesseS wrong
goes too far in its mismanage-
ment and plundering. The voters
blow up, "kick the rascals OUT"
then settle back again into a
state of indifference until anoth-
er state of intolerable misman-
agement and plundelfng devel-
ops.
Too few people are interesting
themselves in the success of our
potentially splendid democracy.
A democracy, to succeed, must
be every citizens business. You
have heard it said that every
body's business is nobody's bust
ness. That is because everybody
passes the buck to everybody else.
If everybody would take a real
interest in what is everybody's
business, THEN everybody's bus
mess would be everybody's busi-
ness.
We in America have glorious
opportunity to be free; to live +;
and to pursue happiness within
the bounds of reason. If we are
not fit for such blessings, or will
not make ourselves fit, then we
shall lose them-just as other
The times-news., 1938-12-15
BY JOHN T. FLYNN Cd,
SEA Service siafy Correspondent

THE prologue TO the swelling
Il theme of the monopoly inves-
tigation has served at least one
good purpose. 1t has helped to
show what at least some of the
monopoly Investigators have iE
their minds.
Most important in his respect,
though least helpful of the three
performances, was the dissertation
by Mr.. Willard Thorp, from the
Commerce Department.
Mr.. Thorpe put chief emphasis
on the fact that there is, outside
the aluminium industry, no real
monopoly in the United States
What he meant was that in no in
dustry save aluminium did an
single corporation enjoy a COM
OF course it was not necoSsor,,
to have Mr.. Thorp spend six
montnS IN research to tell us that,
Even in the case. of mononolv
oy agreement we have had few
cases OF 100 per cent monopolv-
tnat Is monopoly of every feature
OF the industry. There have been
cases where every producer in the
INDUSTRY has been, found in An.
agreement. No one VIII ;do,,if +h;r
IS monopoly But usually the
agreements have covered onlv
cer[ain features of the industry
eerhaps it has been limited to q
uiViSion of territory, or to produc-
ion quotas, or 10 prices or to
patents or to other competitive
.unctlons. 1t was none the less a
monopoly because it did not ex-
emo It's monopoly effects to every
phase of its activity.
Following this MIR. Thorp COM
"e'eiY revealed his mind. He said
The times-news., 1938-12-15
. JOHN T. FLYNN

the Sherman antitrust law had
been the chief cause of combina-
tons in this country. Because in
induStrialiStS could not
get together and make monopoliS-
tic agreements under the law,
they united into single corpora
tons within the law.
OF course TO say that has been
the chief cause of combinations is
to ignore the whole history of cor
porate development. There have
been such cases. But it is in
credible that a man who has
taught economies in a firSt-class
college can make so egregrious a
misstatement of history. The proc
ess of combination had proceeded
to the most dangerous and de-
structive lengths before the anti
trust law was passed.
Since that time the enormous
advantages of combination in
the corporate form for financing
purposes, to evade all sorts of
laws, to hide earnings, to exploit
the public through stock issues,
etc, was all the incentive to COM
bination that was needed.
Mr.. Thorp has been loaned to
the government gratis by the Wall
Street firm of Dun &, Bradstreet.
What. he believes is that indepen-
dent enterprises ought to be al
lowed to get together and make
agreements without the hindrance
OF the antitrust laws. That is
what business wants. That is what
Mr. Thorp is working for and
toward. He represents that group
which will move heaven and earth
TO revive the old NRA agreements.
he has right to such views and
TO work for them. But he ought
not to be inside" the government
working from within as a repre-
sentative Of the government.
"nnvrirht. 1879 NEA Sarvice Tnnl
The times-news., 1938-12-15

Editor, The Times-News:
/ wish to join with you in say
ing that all county offices should
be for term of four years. IN
der our present set up it seems
to me wholly unwise to require
the commissioners and tax collec
tor to run for office each two
years when the other officials are
elected for a four-year term. The
present commissioners and tax
collector are men of high stand.
ing and ability and regardless of
their political faith must say,
in fairness to them and the large.
majority which they received in
the last election, that there is no
good reason why these officers
should not serve for four years.
Our senator and representative
should, in my opinion, have the
proper law enacted to make all
county offices elective each four
years.
JOHN W. DRAKE.
The times-news., 1938-12-15
HE DIDN'T LIKE ANDREW

"AndreW jackson hotel, Slr!
inquired taxi driver, as two pas
sengers climbed into his car at
the railway station.
81 don't want to go to a hotel
or anything else named after An
drew Jacksonw answered one Of
the passengers.
Some persons do not endorse
the praise sometimes given An
drew Jackson. AS president Of the
United States, he, as much, if not
more than any other person, help
ed to corrupt our politics. Jack
son was the father of the iniquit-
Gus spoils system, which has per-
sisted since his days in the presi-
dency; and which has done much
to make our politics abominable.
Jackson had some fine traits; but
political integrity was not one of
them.
The times-news., 1938-12-15
LONGEST NAME: Which firm

in Hendersonville has the longest
name? This column is betting on
Smyth's Radiator Repair Service
and Auto Steam Laundry, which
is twice as long as the shortest
advertisement and firm name in
the classified columns. This adv.
reads: Corn Wanted-FaImers
Federation"
The times-news., 1938-12-15
LIFE DAY BY DAY
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

peoples have lost blessings Tor
which they were not fit, or would
not make themselves fit.
Have we got what it takes?
Can we spare a little time to give
sincere patriotic attention to the
affairs of our government? Will
we correct the dangerous fault
pointed out by the butcher-that
of having too few people running
our government?
Governmental power corluptS
unless it is wisely guarded, as the
founders Of this government well
knew. And Absolute Power cor
rupts absolutely.
And don't you believe that
what you don't know doesn't hurt
youi
The times-news., 1938-12-15
DR.: SAXMANN HOME
FROM HIS VISIT En-

DR.. George SaXmam b,. i
turned from a stay in Ja.i| Ia,
Pa, where he was called -I's 1o q
his parents. both of wbor" :
been injured in automobjio
dents. Both are much i|r,': In, %
and DR.. SaXmann hopes t6ar r,",
be fully recovered a. an
date. 4
The times-news., 1938-12-15
CHINA CALLS ON INVENTOR

PASADENA, Cal. (UP)-At
the personal solicitation of Ma
dame Chang Kai-shek, DR.. c. Y.
Meng, young Chinese graduate
student of the California 1nsti-
tute of Technology and who there
invented the smallest radio tube
in the world, has been engaged to
construct short-wave stations for
the use of the Chinese armies.
The times-news., 1938-12-15

Y L llIllNilNs
Our butcher
puts his finger
directly on what
ails our democ-
I'acy too few
persons are TAX
ing an interest
in it; the let
George-do-it at
titude has sur
I G n d e 7 @ d the
management of
our government
tai affairs to po-
litical rings and
chimes, which eX-
plot US just as
far as they think
The times-news., 1938-12-15
SET KANUGA ROAD
TABERNACLE SERVICE

A special service will be held
at the Peoples Tabernacle on the
Kanuga road Friday night. The
East Flat Rock community prayer
band will conduct this service,
which will begin at 1880 o'clock.
The public is invited to attend
and the pastor, Rev. Sherman
Patterson, promises good singing
and testimonies, and speaking.
The times-news., 1938-12-15
BRIGHTEN UP COUNTRY.

SIDE: How many paint brushes
would you guess are sold in Hen
Jacksonville in a year? There are
perhaps nine houses handling
brushes. Emil Latt says he was
looking over some paint brush
data of the Hendersonville Sup
ply and Coal company which re-
vealed that this firm alone has
sold 1900 brushes since last May.
That evidently means that this
has been a good year with local
painters and paint merchants.
The times-news., 1938-12-15
Ey NOAH HOLLOWELL

TONIGHT: This is the night
when Representative-elect l.. L.
Burgin and Senator-elect B. l..
Prince face the firing squad of
teachers, who will open fire with
the professions demands of leg
islators.
The times-news., 1938-12-15
TAKE OIL BATH
NEWPTpNDnDT' II

NEWBURYPORT. Mass ~
Thomas G. McGlcw thouqs,
was seeing things when a r,..1
ant flew through an omen ~ -
of his welding shop and pir,,! ~
into a barrel filled with mad
oil. McGlew rescued The bii >
turned it over to the gamo ~
den.
The times-news., 1938-12-15

Il don't know how you feel
about it," said our butcher to me
the other day, "but l think too
few persons are running this gov
The times-news., 1938-12-15
MORE SIDE WALKS: The

WPA crew is laying cement side
walks on both sides of Church
street between Sixth and Seventh
avenues. Cement sidewalks are
mighty cheap to be spurned as
they are with WPA aid.
The times-news., 1938-12-15
BIBLE THOUGHT
THERE WAS NO ROOM
49, tbau in the inn" Matt. 2:D

The ancient hotel-keeper may have been the nrs'
10 shunt Him aside. But unfortunately ne has not
been the last At this Christmas season. IN the year
of our Lord 1885, there is still far too little room
for Christ in our modern Efe We call ourselves
Christian nation, but far too often the phrase IS
phrase only; in our modern society there Is TOO
little room made for Christ's presence ana teaen-
ing-Albert Linn Lawson in THE War Cry
. Ito be continued
The times-news., 1938-12-15

The word forecast is noun when accented oil
the first syllable and verb, whe~the iast syllable
is stressed
The times-news., 1938-12-15

Despite all arguments and figures, the hard TACT
remains that the farmer gets less money tnan ne
got before he was "saved."
The times-news., 1938-12-15
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR

NOTE-No unsigned commu.
nications are published by The
Times-News. All letters must be
signed with the real name of
the author. No communications
signed with a fictitious name
will be published.-EDITOR.
The times-news., 1938-12-15

England's st. James Palace was discarded many
years ago and court now is held IN buckingham
palace. -.
Evening star., 1938-03-19

} CTRANGE as it seems, Buffalo Bill,
Indian scout, once was Buffalo
Bill, postman. When only a lad of
IS years, before he earned his famous
nickname. he made one of the most
remarkable rides in the annals of the
Pony Express.
According to historians, Cody joined
the Pony Express at the age of IA
in 1860, the year the service was
formed. After serving a while at the
st. Joseph, Mo-, station, Cody trans
ferred to Red Butte, Nebr.
From this station, young Bill one
day set out with the mails for Three
Crossings, Wyo.. a ride of rs miles.
When he got there the next rider,
who was to carry the mail westward,
was ill, SO Cody volunteered to con-
tinue on to Rocky Ridge, IS miles
farther.
Not only did the boy finish this lap,
but. without stopping to rest, returned
to Red Butte, making total of 1922
miles in 20 hours and 40 minutes. a
remarkabel record. Few riders dupli-
Gated this feat.
Strange as it seems, in all the 600,-
900 miles covered by Pony Express
riders, only one letter ever was lost.
Grim riders held the efficiency of the
service at high level.
Evening star., 1938-03-19
Winning Contract.
BY THE FOUR ACES
Duplicate Results.

|nNE OF the most interesting hands in
the latest duplicate at the Caven-
| dish Club is one on which South in
most instances became declarer at a
contract of three no trump And while
| three no trump can be made against
any defense, some West players by per-
! feet discarding made things difficult
for the respective declarers, more than
one being set.
Duplicate.
North, dealer.
East-West vulnerable.
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North. East. South. West.
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In all instances West opened the
eight of spades, and since spades were
only stopped once, it appeared that the
contract would depend on the heart
.lnesse. The declarer would naturally
run off dummy's five diamond tricks,
and West would have a difficult time
with his four discards Several West
players discarded one heart and three
spades-a "give-up" play, since the
declarer could then knock out the ace
of clubs without danger of losing his
contract. Two West players discarded
two hearts and two spades, whereupon
both declarers, very much on the alert,
made their contract by dropping the
queen of hearts.
Perfect discarding by West would
leave him with four spades and three
hearts. Two players discarded thus,
and one of the declarers then played
a small club from dummy. East
West let &c another heart, and
spade return set the contract. The
other declarer made his contract by
accurately figuring Vests distribution.
He simply threw West in with spade.
and, while West was able to run of
four tricks, he was then forced to lead
away from his queen of hearts.
The odd part of this was that clubs
were never led throughout the hand.
Copyright. 1889
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-03
SPACE VISITORS

The Perseid meteors have been
visible annually since $50 A. D.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-03
FBI School
IS Officers Enroll
For Training

Thirty-six law enforcement Of
ficers. including police chiefs, de-
tective chiefs, a Scotland Yard in
spector, police captains and ser.
geants and plain paUrolmen have
enrolled for the spring session of
the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tons National Police Academy =,
which convened at the Depart
ment of Justice yesterday.
The Scotland Yard detective
inspector is Henry Arthur Leslie,
the only foreign representative
admitted for the session.
The academy, organized by the
Chief &C man." j. Edgar Hoover,
trains representatives of various
police departments in crime detec-
ton. Graduates of the academy
are expected to train members of
their home departments after
they return to their cities.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-03
Bauer Group
PIeases in
Concert
By WILLIAM NEWMAN

The Department of Agricul-
ture Orchestra, DR.. Walter
Bauer. conductor, presented
program which had been Sc
lected by the contest method
from various selections proposed
by the players themselves last
night in the Agriculture audi
forum 1t was model of choice
and arrangement. The great D
minor symphony of Franck be-
gan it. Weber's "Oberon" over
ture, the Polovetzian dances
from Borodin's opera, prince
Igor" and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Russian Easter" overture COM
priSed the second half.
These compositions were set
forth with so much musical I'm
Outstanding and technical re-
source that it becomes necessary
to describe this as one of the
best amateur symphonic groups
in this or in any city. DR..
Bauer evidently is a competent
and diligent drill master able to
make the most of the material
at his disposal and to win the
enthusiastic cooperation of his
players.
This was made clear with the
exposition of the symphony,
noble work and difficult. 1t
tests each division of the Or
cheStra and the results last night
were more than excellent in that
the errors were the classic ones
of which even professional or
chestras are guilty and the vir-
tues included good intonation,
for the most part, careful at
tention to phraSing and dy-
namicS, and sane, not to say
cautious, tempt.
The strings, which dominate
any symphonic ensemble and de-
termine its quality, achieve
surprisingly good tone and mani
fest none of the uncertainty,
spiritual or technical, that so
often overtakes the amateur.
DR.. Bauer is fortunate, too, in
his wood-winds, boasting a fine
first flute, competent clarinet,
good bassoons and an excep-
tjonal English horn. The French
horns are accurate, if not al
ways confident, and the Sturdier
brasSes not too aSsertive.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-03
LIGHT VOTE CAST
in MONTGOMERY
CITY ELECTIONS
of Rivalry or
Issues Is Cause

ROCKVILLE, Md, May Slack
of rivalry for the offices to be
filled and no important issue Of
interest to the voters resulted in
a very light ballot yesterday as
six Montgomery county municipal
tiles went to the polls.
In Takoma Park, Md, the
largest municipality in the county
and scene of many a bitter con-
flict between the Democratic and
Republican factions, only 127 Of
the towns 1900 registered voters
returned the unoppoSed incum-
bentS to office.
OF the total vote cast, Mayor
John r. Adams received 1872;
Councilman Harold A. Axtell, 1T;
Councilman Fred C. Duehring, 118,
and Capt. Harold w. circuit, ILL.
~ VOTES AT ROCKVILLE
At Rockville, the county seat,
but % votes were cast returning
to office Mayor Douglas M. Blan-
ford and Councilman Edgar Reed,
G. Lamar Kelley, and Oliver H.
Perry. DR.. William A. Linthicum
was also elected a member of the
Town Council to replace Judge
Thomas M. Anderson, who de-
clined to stand for reelection.
Fourteen residents of Gathers
burg, Md, journeyed to the polls
to return Mayor William McBain
to office for his seventh consecu-
tive term. Councilmen Ohio G..
Trundle and George w. Marshall
were reelected.
Poolesville retained its town
board consisting OF Howard Spur
rier, Mrs. Julia Hall, Charles B.
Sellman, Mrs. Howard Frye and
G. Robert Gray. OF more than
100 voters, only SO cast ballots.
The board will meet within 10
days to select a chairman, who
will act as mayor of the town.
At Garrett Park, Mayor Roy P.
Moore was reelected with 80 votes,
as were Councilman Leon F. Cur
tbs and Rudolph Dieffenbach,
with 88 and So votes, respectively.
WRITTEN CANDIDATES
Although the incumbents were
unopposed on the original ballots,
they had a slight opposition when
a few of the town voters elected
to write in the names of William
P. MacNulty for mayor and
James F.. Thomas and Halle
Chrisholm for councilmen. Mac
Nulty received six votes while
Thomas and Chrisholm received
II and one vote, respectively. One
hundred and two ballots were
cast.
Barnesville's so eligible voters
returned it's present administra-
ton to office. J. R. Lillard and
C. C. Orme we're reelected to the
board of commissioners Imme-
diately after the election the com.
miSSioners voted to retain Mayor
Shirley Hayes, who also is mem
Der of the Maryland house of
delegates.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-03
D. C. TAX BILL
AGREED UPON
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Continued from Local Page)
to produce total of $500, 900,
which is 100000 more than the
estimated requirements for cur
rent expenditures. This 100000
cushion" the confereeS explained,
was left in the tax measure to
meet an anticipated deficit in the
relief funds during the fiscal year.
A special study of the Districts
relief problem is to be made
during the summer. The Districts
appropriation bill for 1889 calls
for a report to the Senate and
House not later than August /.
ONE.MAN BOARD
House conferees accepted the
Senate's plan for a one-man board
of tax appeals. to whom appeals
from the business privilege tax
may be taken by District tax
payers.
Chairman Palmisano of the
House conferees. fighting for
Maryland business interests who
objected to paying a business
privilege tax in the District. lost
out in his effort to have inter
state commerce exempted from
the new tax.
Chairman William H. King of
the Senate conferees, announcing
details of the agreement, said a
new tax study provided for in the
legislation and for which $4,000
has been appropriated, will be
made by the joint committee on
Internal Revenue taxation, under
direction of Lowell H. Parker,
chief of staff. The same COM
mittee, assisted by it's own experts,
previously made a study of the
Districts tax problem which is
expected to serve as a ground
work for the new survey to be
made during the coming year.