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and furnish their advice to members
of the Government, the Congress in
cluded.
When that day comes. the business
men Of large and small units prob
ably will agree with the conclusions
though they may not even be familiar
with the technical or scientific data
by which the conclusions are reached.
At the moment, the business world
asks for confidence. The administra-
ton misunderstands the term as
meaning more conversation. What
the business men want Is for the Gov
ernment itself to cease giving the i'm
preston that 1t does not know what
it wants to do from one day to the
other. Clarity and definition are the
things most people desire to see in any
complicated governmental operation.
And when political laws and economic
laws are set up against one another
for purposes Of reform. it Is even more
vital than ever that the rules be
worked out slowly and less impulsively
than has been the case in political
government In the past.
Copyright. 1881
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4SuI q II q n
Reichswehr, and Germany again meets
the hoary old problem Of who guards
the praetors."
! Won Hindenburg Is believed by
many army officers to have picked
Gen. Won Fritsch as his successor, but
he wasn't quite definite about 1t. AS
Hitler showed in there was much
junker opposition to the peasant born
Austrian corporal. Won Blomberp
squared that, stirring hostilities which
flared up with his marriage to q
carpenters daughter. Gen. Won
Fritsch, Of ancient feudal lineage, Is
said never to have been reconctled to
Hitler's seizure Of power.
In November, 1884, Hitler sent Col.
Gen. Hermann Goering to Gen. Won
Fritsch to urge him to resign In favor
Of Maj. Gen. Won Reichenau. The
general refused, and was supported in
this by letter to Hitler signed by all
the ReichsWehr division commanders.
For several years Won Fritsch Is said
to have been quietly mobilizing mon-
archist and army strength for show.
down with Der Fuehrer. This may b.
it. or 1t may not. The censorship u
tight and authentic news is scarce.
Gen. Won Fritsch, 81 years old, IS
professional soldier, in the army
since his early youth, rising to high
rank in the artillery in the World War.
His is an ancient landed family and
his cultural and intellectual back.
ground Is autocratic and feudal. In
1880 he became a commander Of the
Sd army district and was named chief
Of the Reichswehr January :, 1924.
(CopyriRht 1881
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opinion
prohibtively high
Chairman Board Housing
Stewart Mcdonald Commissioner Statistics
Lbn authors
Some Of fighting back at the labor
administration could not afford public anti-labor
The little board OF strategy turned their problem
occurred them that cities
union labor wdy used Therefore.
OF Justice ruling
The department obigngy
that the sategs able tell
men stayed the prevailing
This probably the administrations
Mcdonald
The Conference Committee
f particularly tough problem
conferees
Majority Leader Abn W. Barkley who primary struggle
Bukey again in
Ohio seldom stayed stuck for than
after the Conference Committee lambasted
majority had to be recruited the
generous pie-shcins had to be resored TO-
an chanoe Comm
division The
administering the Public Utility Holding
the advent of Chairman William f.
far from satisfied uth the methods OF administration.
The chief charge
attitude aloofne considered
and reorganization
is giving the job Of managing division lawyers
Fortas former professor at the Yale School.
Fortas who assisted Chairman
gnizatons bankruptcy will official
of the utilities division
to take line with the utilities
Copyright 1885, by the North
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tation: force, and allies. The British
Empire is now being definitely chal-
lenged in the Mediterranean by Italy
and in Asia by Japan. both with the
collaboration Of Germany.
The reputation Of Great Britain,
which Is one of her greatest assets,
has rested on fear, wholesome for
the empire, that 1t Is unwise to twist
the lions tail. plus . considerable
capacity for compromise and q great
deal Of elasticity In situations where
Great Britain can afford to be gen.
erous. or where wisdom decrees that
half loaf Is better than none.
Britain's Natural Allies.
Britain's natural allies in the Far
East against Japanese aggression are
the French, the Dutch, the United
States Of America and Russia. Her
natural allies in Europe are the
French, the Lowland countries, Scan
dinavia and Russia. Italy is only 4
useful ally as long as she has no
grandiose imperialistic dreams.
The Japanese purpose is to chal-
lenge Great Britain. France Holland
and the United States in the Pacific.
The italian purpose is to challenge
France and Great Britain in the Med
iterranean. The German purpose as
expressed both in traditional German
policy and most clearly in National
Socialist literature. is to expand in
the East at the expense OF the small
Central European states and Russia.
And both italians and Germans have
ideas about exploiting South America.
With complete realism. therefore,
the Germans. Japanese and Italians
come together to play each others
game. and 1t would seem that equal
realism would dictate that the coun-
tries challenged by this alliance would
also stick together to play each others
game.
Germany's Plans for Future.
II one tries to put oneself into the
minds Of the Germans, Italians and
japanese. 1t is quite easy to follow and
even Intellectually to admire their rea-
soning. Germany believes that her
future empire lies in Middle Europe
the basin OF the Danube and beyond
that in Russia. The strategy is first to
unite all Germans living at present in
contiguous territories. and by means
OF an enlarged and far more powerful
Germany extend hegemony: that Is,
one form or another of a Germanic
Empire. which will reach from the
Rhine possibly eventually to the Pa
cific across Siberia. This may seem
like . perfectly impossible megalo-
maniac dream, but so is the British
Empire. If you think of it. perfectly
impossible dream-one little island
controlling large parts Of every CONT
nent.
The German conception Of impe-
rialism Is not that Of the nineteenth
century. 1t does not imply that Gen.
tral Europe or Russia must be con-
quered by the Germans It implies
that these territories must be con-
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OF
reserved mainly to the unkers and aroac
and upper bourgeois class.
Field Ma,shal Blonubero considered
ovdindes q able organizer
useful at when the Reich
Hndenbo ,ohen Won Papen chancellor he distinctly
opposed to the Fuehre.
Later however realized that Hitler alone could
mate colaboaors of Germanys Destiny.
Won Bombees marriage to Of mo
objected command
Of the field marshal
10 prevent the introduction Of politics in the
There rule in
without the consent of his ocer
below his rank" a
be OF good family Exceptions those
for their lack birth"
worked for her living could
elusive Of the officers
staff few years his
faux might overlooked,
There have been lately
and the high authorit
pcnted BY the Nd1 politics army
demanding from all commanding officers
the Sunday church pdrdde
Protestant Catholic
to lead their
because Of this
Rechswehr leaders
Jew batter Rechswehr
suppression OF the most important n Germany.
Won BombeE 1t said q
Hitler nght"hand man. This annoyed the
they avaied
more responsible than anybody
tsecns~ehr into one OF the most powerful armies
The State policy regarding tn.
NnNffh
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and boasting . far more efficient or
ganisation. . far greater military force
and far more subtle propaganda.
some British Tories are prepared to
welcome 1t as an angel Of light.
(Copyyisht, 1881
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was the treaty Of Rapallo and the fear
OF . united Russia and Central Europe
under . vigorous Communism.
Now, when exactly the same ghost
raises his head, but this time wearing
. brown shirt instead of 4 red necktis
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QeMOuS IT az live. .
And as for the
u nj t e d M in e
Workers Conven-
ton held here
this very week,
there were epi-
sodes " h | c h
threatened dis
order, only to be
overcome by the
iron hand of John
Lewis.
It somehow is
IN the nature of
democracy for
persons to want
to express them
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ORDERED FROM STATE
Man Admits Horse Betting Fraud
In Miami Court.

MIAMI, Fla, Feb. 4 [P).-Charles
Heller has fine Of $500 and trial
costs in Criminal Court after admit
ting the charge Of Mr. and Mrs.
Michael Licalzi of New York that he
obtained $4,000 from them on q horse
betting scheme. Judge Ben Willard
ordered him to leave the State.
Mr.. and Mrs Licalzi said Heller had
reimbursed them. They charged he
obtained the money on the claim he
needed 1t to collect s10e,0oo in horse
race winnings which he promised 10
share with them. They became sus-
picious and had him arrested.
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Films Recreation for Goldwyn.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 4 R.-A
good way to spend an evening, said
Film Producer Samuel Goldwyn, Is
to 60 to q movie.
Il 60 to picture show every night"
he declared. why not? I've got to
do something to get my mind of my
business"
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were Jailed in the island Of

unoaded The Jailed the island Of
Malorca.
All the State Department did make
Ihere question
territorial waters have challenged q
desoyers Ae
interests Yet they did
The incident in itself
ceden which might important
policy.
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Ulcut. AlklAIW
is the center Of
the British En-
pire. 4 common
wealth Of states
scattered around
the world, living
with various de-
grees Of political
democracy under
the capitalist
system. For the
defense Of that
e m pire three
things are need
ed-prestige, or
perhaps we had
better ay repu.
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Reich power poll
tics, with Gen.
Won Fritsch, with
his old monocled
junker and army
b . ackin 8. once
more challenging
Hitler. Not only
the neo-paganism
Of tho Nazis, but
their foreign pol
icy u assailed.
Even the cagiest
Of correspondents
report q widening
cleavage between
National Social
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Headline Folk
and What
They Do
Gen. Won Fritsch Is
Challenging Hitler
Regime.
BY LEMUEL =, PARTON.

BY LEMUEL =. PARTON.
HERE never was any love lost
between Adolf Hitler and Gen.
Werner Won Fritsch, com.
L mander Of the Reichswehr,
As Marshal Won Blomberg u dislodged
from the war ministry by Fraulein
Gruhn, the Wallis Simpson Of Ger
many, It's . broken field again m
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by DOROTHY THOMPSON.

~ NE Of the most fascinating
spectacles in the world today
II Is to observe how one set Of
~ private interests beclouds
larger aspects0of the same private
interests, and how imperialisms cut
their own throats out Of fear that
somebody else will do 1t II they don't.
Nowhere is this better illustrated
than In England 1T the present mo-
Evening star., 1938-02-04

WHeN oeNdVOE f1eHIy CapOC
Lodge of Massachusetts, slipped
his prevailing wage provision into
their measure. the housing bills
sponsors were frantic. The youth.
full Republicans amendment,
which had all the immense pres
sure of the A. r. Of L. behind It,
seemed to mean that union wages
would have to be paid on all hous-
ing projects. And throughout the
adninisfra tim {noYn tia lIlhifa
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bids wonder all
frankly opinion
steamship
capital
to help him.
only Government oDnehtp
at time when all
0oin0 obsolete he the ouy clanors potential
There t1o possible
shooting the commission had
expected submitted
sion highly dubious but investigation that
yards reliable established
sibiy that the commission pryng
the
The housing bill has passed. prevaing
wage agreement cut out Of It, The operation
both for the doctor and the patient although
story still
the most direct de labor
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freedom Of the seas has remained
intact. Yet, facts seem to belle this
attitude.
The case Of the American
merchantmen. the Nantucket Chief,
u typical. This vessel flying the
Stars and Stripes, commanded by
an American and manned mostly
by American citizens, has been
stopped by Nationalist gunboAt. 1t
was taken to 4 Nationalist port,
where the cargo Of oil from Russia
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-, secs::e,y TIE Star Such ognton. ars prsssnted r.
readers although such opinions contradictory among
thsn1selves and directly opposed to The Stars
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POISED FOR SEARCH
wilkins to Fly Over Area Where
Flyer Was Forced Down.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska. Feb. 4 R.-
Sir George Hubert wilkins, noted
Arctic explorer, was ready today,
weather permitting. to search the
area south of Barrow for Harold
Gillian, Fairbanks aviator forced down
Monday on 4 hop to Barrow.
wilkins is based at Axlavik, N. w. r.,
where he has been awaiting q full
moon, expected about February II, for
another moonlight flight in quest OF
six Soviet flyers missing since August
Gillian and his mechanic, George
Saunders, were well provisioned.
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This Changing World
Fear of Mixing Politics With the Military Is Reason
Behind Won Blomberg's "Resignation.''
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

politics mix With the army it, either too bad for the
n politicians IN
wv countries officers
deprived Of their right to VOTE
to object the preaching Of political doctrines
Evening star., 1938-02-04
The Capital Parade
Merchant Ship Bids Srpass Expectations Ruling
Beat "Prevaing Wage" Clause in Housing Bill.

JOSEPH ALSOP ROBERT KINTNEk.
bids
criterion. Presidents
actually
4 the neighborhood $l1000oo000
This the
the bids IL freehters the commission
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the disastrous results which such Q
policy caused in the army Of the
Soviets. And they endeavor,d to
keep the Reichswehr Just . pow
erful body for national defense,
completely outside the religious
and social policies Of der Fuehrer.
The ofncials anti-Semitism Of the
government was fully indorsed by
the army. In the days Of the
Kaiser and even later during the
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ClarityNeeded
for Little
Business
Might Formulate Plan
If It Knew Course of
Administration.
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
1" UREULENT meetings such as
have been held this week by
the managers of small busi-
L nesses are by no means the
exception to the rule in Washington.
Some Of the N. R. A. meetings of
business men were just as noisy and
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The lowest bid submitted by an
established yard averaged $3.50 .
deadweight ton, while one ship
yard had the "damnable effrontery"
(as commission oflcial de.
scribed it, to ask the Government
to pay $377 q ton for Its new
shipping. Even the $3.50 bid Is
$50 ahead Of wartime shipbuilding
prices.
The commission Is in q state
of dank desperation about the
The Washington times., 1938-01-24
"'P0ntifex ,

By CHARLES McGUIRK

Before that night everything simple to him. There
certain laws of the land and you obeyed them
obeyed the laws of nature If you didn't you caught
But whether Mere canght not. criminal.
The Washington times., 1938-01-24

Ihe knew everything. He had killed
a man.
He would be arrested. He
would disgrace his father and his
mother. He would then, eventu-
ally, be electrocuted for murder.
He threw the bottle to the floor,
whirled and ran.
His running brought the whole
place alive. They followed him
into the street, yelling, "Get that
guy!' "Murder!" "Police!" Pom
tifex heard the sad scream of a
police siren.
The screech put wings on his
ankles. He ran as he had never
run before. Within three blocks,
he had far outdistanced his
pursuers. But terror now was
chasing him and his speed did not
Slacken until his breath came in
great sobs and lead flowed down
through his legs.
He felt as if he would drop and
then an alley mouth loomed before
him and, still running at his best
speed. he slipped sideways into it.
And Immediately collided with an
other body.
His fists began to thresh at the
other body. But it had slipped
from him and as he famed the
empty air a flashlights beam
struck him and he could see just
inside the circle of light a gun in
the other hand of the man who
held it.
"Quit it, Copper" a voice
rasped. II want to get a look at
you before I give it to you"
I'm not a policeman" Ponti-
fex gasped as relief flooded
through him
The Washington times., 1938-01-24

Something happened to Russell
when the man fell. Everything
cleared magically. He was stand.
ing there with the bottle still IN
his hand, the shards Of it, rather,
because the bottle had come apart
at the moment of impact.
Then, after a long, long time,
somebody came softly in with a
handbag and leaned down over
the body and graSped its wrist.
The somebody listened a moment.
Then shook his head.
"I guess he's croaked," he said
casually.
Pontifex came out his trance in
q split second then. Immediately,
The Washington times., 1938-01-24
FINDS HELP

whats the idea?" There was a
certain interest and warmth in
the voice to which PontifeX
quickly responded.
"I just killed mani" he blurted
Back there on the waterfront. u
"Yeah?" the voice drawled
20. K, Kid. I'm on the lam, too
I'm in little trouble. I got car.
hop in. Well Scram out of here u
There was car in the alley and
Pontifex gratefully scrambled into
it. The man was beside him, a lit.
tie, foreign man. The car grunted
then began to breathe softly
powerfully.
Pete to you," he said. Whats
your moniker? You got any jack?'
"Jack?"
Money"
About eight dollars"
"Oke. I'll stake you"
They hid away in the mountains
of New Hampshire for two weeks
up in the woods where the world
was not heeded.
He got to like Pete although
Pete was a killer, because Pete told
him so. On Tuesday of the third
week he ventured into town alone
and found a Boston Transcript.
In the personal columns he found
an advertisement. 1t read: rus.
sell. Come home. Everything is
all right. The other person was
not hurt. James"
James was Judge Maitland's first
name. The ad had been inserted
by his father. A wave of thanks
giving engulfed him.
He went back to the cabin and
told Pete. Pete eyed him coldly.
And then his eyes warmed. He
put his hand in his pocket and
peeled a $40 bill from a huge roll.
GETS A BREAK
"Oke, Kid" he said. "You got
the breaks. I wish my babies
would come to life like that. But
they're always too dead to start
with. Here's a double saw-buck
Get going"
So Pontifex went home to
mother and resumed his Studious
life where he learned he had as.
sumed a certain popularity as the
very devil of a fellow. It was a
month before they caught UP with
| Pete and brought him back tc
Boston.
Now, the judge was hot fol
Pete's conviction because he really
was a dangerous killer. And he
knew that a man named Pete had
befriended his son.
If this Pete was the one, then
that would establish him as the
man who escaped from the scene
of the killing of two other gang
SterS shortly after 4 o'clock on the
morning the double murder was
committed.
He pointed this out to Pontifex
and Pontifex was very wretcheC
because he knew that no matter
what Pete had done for him, the
law was the law and law-abidinl
persons must indulge in no non
sense in dealing with criminals.
So, reluctantly, he went down tt
police headquarters and was
brought to Pete's cell. Pete stared
at him impersonally and inscrut
ably. He knew the game was up
but he waited to see if this punk
would do what he was expected
to do.
l "Is this the man with whom
,, you rode away on the morning Of
the 16th?" Captain Donovan o1
Detectives asked.
PontifeX's soul writhed. HI
stared at Pete stonily, trying tt
ask his forgiveness as he said.
mo, sir. That is not the man
I never saw him before in my
life"
So Pete went free to continu,
his killing. And Pontifex is mo-
a bit sorry,
The Washington times., 1938-01-24

Cast of Characters in
"Pontifex"
RUSSELL MAITLAND, the
son of a judge and himself a
lawyer at heart.
PETE, a killer who becomes
friendly with Russell under
rather surprising circum-
stances.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-02-17
Natal Notes

Announcements have been received
here of the birth of a daughter to
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Seigworth, of
Salisbury, Md, at one time located in
theis community, born on Wednesday,
February 2. Mr.. Seigworth is a
brother of Gilbert Seigworth, of this
place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Miller, Key
ser's Ridge, announce the birth of a
son, February II.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Hutzel au-
nounce the birth of a son, February
ID.
Personals
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Brewer, Chilli
cothe, Ohio, recently enroute to Wash
ington, D. c., visited Mrs. Wilson
Bills, Little Crossings.
Miss Elizabeth Yost, nurse in a
Somerset hospital, has returned after
visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs,
P. H. Yost
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred. Livengood and
their son Paul, of Washington, D. c.,
Miss Doris Hunter, Frostburg, and
Betty Ann Beachy recently motored
to Washington for visit with Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Mcclure, who have
spent several summers here at the
Livengood Tourist Home.
Mrs. Harold Gibson, Washington,
D. c., is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. A. Morgart, Jennings.
Mrs. C. S. Zeller attended social
function last week at the home of Mrs.
Lester Corle, LaVale, and visited in
Cumberland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clemance Wadsworth,
Pittsburgh, were guests of Mrs.
Wadsworth's mother, Mrs. Eta V.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-02-17

This homestead later became the resi-
dence of General Benjamin F. Kelley,
where he died about the year 1891. 1t
now belongs to Daniel Lichty.
George M. Swan resided in the
Georges Creek Valley in Al1egany
county.
James Swan, the youngest son, re-
manned in Baltimore. He was presi-
dent of the Merchants Bank there and
one of the first directors Of the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad
His wife was Elizabeth Donnell.
SwantOn
In Garrett county we have the viii
lage of Swanton, which is said to take
it's name from Swans Mill, located on
the same site where the old State road
crossed Crab Tree Run. On map of
this part of Western Maryland drawn
in 1923 and published in the report of
the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Com
mission, which was planning a canal
across the mountains passing through
this point, Swans Mill" grist mill,
is shown on the present site of Swan
ton. The Swan family owned land in
this neighborhood. Did they own the
mill prior to 1928, and did the name
"Swanton" (Swan TOWN. come from
General John Swan?
CHARLES E. HOVE.
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PAGE SEVEN
Engle, over the weekend.

Engle, over the weekend
Emmons Younkin, Pittsburgh, was
here over the weekend visiting his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. R. F. Younkin.
Mr., and Mrs. Roy Zehner, Pitts
burgh, and Lieut.. Robert A. Marshall,
Washington, D. c., were weekend
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John Zehner.
Mrs. Marshall and son Alex will re-
main here until next week.
Leslie Stanton, Norfolk, Va, visited
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. C. Earl
Stanton, last week.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. LeVan, Everett,
Pa, and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Port. of
Uniontown, were recent guests of Mr..
and Mrs. B. Fl. Bender.
Miss Genevieve Spielman was at
her home in'Hagerstown this week.