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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-11-25
ORDINANCE MO. a7a2

To borrow money by issuing note or
notes in anticipation OF the issuance OF
bonds to be issued In anticipation OF
the collection of special assessments
to pay the cost and expense Of improv-
ing Thirteenth Street Alley, from Han
over Street south to Hanover street
Alley y, in the Fifth Ward OF the City
of Hamilton, Ohio, said Thirteenth
ming north and south, west OF Thir-
teenth Street, by grading and paving
said alley between said points with a
permanent material such as concrete
asphalt, brick, asphaltic concrete. War
renite bitulithic, or any other type OF
material as may be determined.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council OF
the City of Hamilton, Ohio
SECTION 1: That II is deemed neces.
sary to borrow money in anticipation OF
the issuance of bonds to be issued In an
ticipation of the collection of special as
sessments to pay the cost and expense OF
improving Thirteenth Street Alley, from
HanVoer Street south to Hanover Street
Alley b. in the Fifth Ward of the City
Of Hamilton Ohio said Thirteenth Street
Alley being the first alley running north
and south west Of Thirteenth Street, by
grading and paving said alley between
said points with permanent material
such as concrete, asphalt, brick. asphal-
tic concrete, Warrenite bitulithic or any
other type of material as may be deter
mined as provided in Section 2293r24 OF
the General Code of Ohio, In the sum 81
S5e4.T1, the estimated amount Of sale
assessment.
SECTION II: That the City Manager
and the Director of Finance of the CITY
of Hamilton, Ohio, shall issue note OF
notes for the above amount. Said note
or notes shall bear interest at the rate
not to exceed six per cent per annnm, ant
shall he dated as of date Of the issuance
and said note or notes shall he due ant
payable on or before two years from tbs
date thereof. Said note or notes shall
express upon their face the purpose fni
which they We're issued that they were
issued in pursuance to this ordinance
and in accordance with Section 2293-24
Of the General Code of Ohio, and shal
be signed by the City Manager and tht
Director of Finance of Hamilton, Ohio
and sealed with the corporate seal o1
said city,
SECTION III: That the faith, revenue
and credit Of the City of Hamilton, Ohio
are pledged to the prompt payment o.
said notes hereinabove described In ac
cordance with the laws and constitution
of the State Of Ohio; in the event tina
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-11-25
ORDINANCE NO. a7a5

Determining to proceed with the inn
provement of both sides of Mckinley
Avenue, from Highland Avenue Alley
to Highland Avenue, in the City Of
Hamilton, Ohio, by constructing what
is commonly known as boulevard or
white way lighting and secondary
lighting system as necessary, and levy
ing the assessment therefor.
WHEREAS, the Board of Revision of
Assessments has reported to this Council
the necessity for this Improvement and
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-11-25
ORDINANCE NO. a7ae

TO borrow money by issuing note or
notes in anticipation of the issuance
of bonds to be issued in anticipation
of the collection of special assess
ments to pay the cost and expense of
improving both sides of Mckinley Ave-
nue., from Highland Avenue Alley to
Highland Avenue, in the city of Ham
iIton, Ohio, by constructing what is
commonly known as boulevard or
white way lighting and secondary
lighting system as necessary.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1938-11-25

SECTION III: That the Clerk of this
Council be and she is hereby directed to
certify a copy of this Resolution to the
County Auditor of said County
SECTION w: This resolution shall
take effect and be in full force and effect
from and after the earliest period al
Evening star., 1938-01-23

crippled. 1nfantile paralysis had made
itself known with vengeance.
1t has not allowed its memory to be-
come stale. Now hardly . year passes
without minor epidemic somewhere in
the country. 1t never has quite repeated
the devastation OF 1916, but It has left
the Nation strewn with tho human
wreckage 1t has wrought.
Among its later victims was one man
who today nils a pre-eminent position in
America and In the world, q man whose
supreme courage In fighting his way back
from the depths into which the disease
had plunged him is an inspiring example
the President of the United States. Mr..
Roosevelt has taken advantage of his
pre-eminence In the public eye to strike
a body blow at poliomyelitis by giving his
birthday to festivities held to raise funds
for lighting this scourge. His birthday
Is January 20. A long list of events is an
nounced for the District Of Columbia.
So whoever helps the cause this week
Is helping build up defense fund for
himself and his children and his grand
children against one Of the most horrible
threats lurking in the darkness Of the
future.
Evening star., 1938-01-23
The Birthday Balls.

About twenty years ago there flrst
dawned on the consciousness Of the
United States terrible disease.
Since the beginnings of medical his
tory there had been recorded cases of
paralysis in children. It took all sorts of
forms and was due to all sorts of causes.
More than half century before Ger.
man physician had circumscribed rela-
lively small group of these paralyses
which had common syndrome and
named them "poliomyelitis." Consider
able study had been made Of the disease
in medical laboratories, chiefly in Eu-
rope. The virus which caused it had been
determined and some progress made
toward q rational treatment.
But In 1916 it was still rare nalady
and . medical curiosity. The man on
the street had never heard of 1t. Even
the average, physician would have had
difficulty in recalling that he had taken
perfunctory notes on something of the
sort in medical school. It was some
thing which hardly would come into the
average practice in lifetime.
Then, in the late summer Of 1916, there
was an explosion. A pandemic swept
over the United States, centered chiefly
around the city OF New York where there
were 10000 cases. Young and old were
stricken. The death rate was; about
twenty IN . hundred Of, the victimA
Thousands xere LETT almost hopeless,y
Evening star., 1938-01-23

raised they carried on. However dis
appointing the results Of their crusade
they set q standard of excellence toward
which the world must press on until
the brotherhood Of nations and races
has become q reality.
We need to be reminded now and
again that humanity Is blessed and en-
riched b. those who have the faith ard
courage to follow an ideal. however
elusive it may seem to be. The record
of human progress is vitality related to
those who dreamed dreams and re-
sponded to some lofty vision that chal-
lenged them to action. We are not
saved from our follies or a mistaken
course of action by the application Of
some exact mathematical rule, nor are
We made the better and stronger be-
cause we adhere always to established
precedent and time-honored tradition.
The worlds pathfinders have been the
men of vision, those who courageously
and despite the doubts and misgivings
Of their fellows dared to project them
selves into q new and more promising
future. In their generation they may
have failed of their objectives and ex-
perienced bitter disappointment because
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sooner or later another generation has
appraised their motives and striven for
the attainment OF their aims.
These seers or prophets belong to a
small company, but company that is
indispensable to growth and progress.
Without this company the world stag
mates and lives on the low plane of
medlocrity. The noblest example of
what we have in mind is found in Him
who dared to envision a universal broth
erhood and whose second great command
was, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as
thyself." A counsel of perfection, yes,
but an ideal OF human relations that is
fundamental to world order and peace.
"A new heaven and new earth, wherein
dwelleth righteousness" this was the
lofty conception of one who had caught
the vision Of the Master. It is worth
striving for, 1t will be attained when the
world catches step with its idealists, the
men OF visions, those who dream dreams.
Evening star., 1938-01-23

there has always been evidence of the
relation of dependency to delinquency in
all age groups.
"Traditionally, 1t has been the practice
Of teen age youth to earn. occasional
spending money by odd jobs, which jobs
now 60 largely to heads Of families. With
the withdrawal of source of income or
frequently because Of the absolute need
in their homes and the withdrawal or
reduction of relief funds, the turn to
petty thieving has been inevitable"
Studying police and court records over
. period Of years In city unidentified
but considered typical Of American mu-
inequalities the association found that
both fluctuated in direct proportion with
the amount of relief funds available and
the standards maintained, both petty and
major criminality increasing as such
public assistance was curtailed.
With local relief facilities currently re.
stricted and facing further drastic cur
tailment at the hands Of unfriendly con-
gressional members, the present wave Of
burglares and hold-ups here comes as q
coincidence moro than ordinarily dis.
turbing.
In fact, it would be well worth while
determining how many Of those appre-
hended for some Of the District crimes
are involuntarily jobless and dependent
upon public relief-and perhaps unable
to get it. Such circumstance, of course,
could not be cited as sufficient excuse
for armed robbery, but 1t would throw
further light on the whole problem Of
health Of the community.
Evening star., 1938-01-23
DREAMER OF DREAMS
THE RIGHT REV. JAMES e. FREEMAN D. D. L. D. D. c. L.
BISHOP WASHINGTON

In striking passage In the Prophecy
Of Joel, We read: "Your old men shall
dream dreams and your young men shal
see visions" In q world that Is largely
given to utterly mundane and practical
concerns, the dreamer Of dreams is not
accorded conspicuous place. Too often
the world speaks with contempt Of the
visionary. and yet, 1t Is historically true
that 1t is the men and women who,
seeing far an end sublime" dare to
project themselves into the future and
to hope and work for conditions that
approximate the ideal who lead the race
to high attainments. They rise above
the prosaic and commonplace things Of
life and attempt to forecast and prepare
for conditions that, at the time, seem
impossible Of accomplishment.
Two such dreamers and men Of vision
recently passed to their great reward,
namely, the Honorable Frank Billings
Kellogg and the Honorable Newton D.
Baker. They both passed away in the
season In which we were commemorating
the anniversary Of the birth Of the Prince
Of Peace, and both Of them gave the
best years Of their life to pressing the
claims Of Him who came teaching the
universal brotherhood Of man. Here
were two outstanding statesmen, men
who had occupied high Office in public
service, who dared to think and plan in
terms that lay outside political platforms
and programs. They believed that to
deal with the curse Of war required that
new formula for international rela-
tionships should be devised. They be-
lieved that nothing less than an ideal
condition should be aimed at and that
a war-stricken world should be chal-
lenged to accept as an irrevocable policy
the abolition OF war as a method of set
ting international disputes. Their
dream Of a world at peace was held by
the practical politician and the schem-
ing diplomat as utterly chimerical and
impossible Of accomplishment. Like all
idealists they were scoffed at and held
in derision by the cynic and the skeptic.
"Dreamers Of the impossible" they were
called. but. undeterred and unembar-
Evening star., 1938-01-23

ship of the kind that gets quick results
is impossible in this Nation except in
periods Of acute crisis. This fact is in
her ant In the structure of the Federal
Government and is increasingly apparent
to the President and his advisers.
In Great Britain, the party that gains
power rules through the cabinet that its
leader selects. That cabinet determines
party policies and the prime minister is
dictator in the administration of those
policies. The Parliament can accept or
reject the policies of the cabinet. but
rejection can lead to an upset of the gov
ernment and the call OF an election.
There is party discipline and centralized
administration that is wholly lacking in
the United States.
Present developments make clear whv
1t is that President in this country
cannot lead and cannot run the Gov
ernment in the same direct way that
the cabinet runs the government in Great
Britain or as government is run In most
other nations
Mr. Roosevelt as an example, can move
only as fast and as far as he can sell a
Congress on moving and only as fast as
he can move without running into q
Supreme Court check. There is no party
responsibility. A radio address telling
the people exactly what he has in mind
and exactly where he Is trying to 20
would only lead to an attempted coalition
OF congressional blocs organized to check
his progress.
The result is that the country sees its
President playing a game, calling the
plays and making the moves that he be-
lieves can assure majorities for approval
OF key policies. Every President, with an
objective in view, is forced to play this
game rather than to set out directly for
the objective that he thought had been
approved at the polls.
Mr.. Roosevelt is asking Congress for
some changes in the organization of the
Federal Government that he thinks
might alter this situation.
The fact Is, however, that many Of
those who have been studying this prob
lem doubt whether the present structure
Of Federal Government can be geared
to solve the economic problems that the
people seem to expect Government to
solve.
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Evening star., 1938-01-23
DELAYED Sentence.

LIE severity OF the sentence imposed
on Reno E. Stitely, former employe of
the National Parks Service, should serve
to dissipate the impression, arising from
lll-considered senatorial criticism, that
his case had been mishandled in the
local courts. The criticism came prin-
cipally from Chairman Ashurst of the
Senate Judiciary Committee and Sena-
tor McCarran, Democrat, Of Nevada, who
believed there had been an unreasonable
delay in sentencing stitely and that he
should not have been permitted to re-
main at liberty on bond pending the i'm
position OF sentence.
AS to the alleged delay In imposing
sentence, the fact is that Stitely plead
ed guilty on January to a charge Of
defrauding the Government of some
$4,000. In accordance with law, the
case was referred to the probation oficer
for investigation and report. In less than
two weeks that investigation. including
study OF the voluminous record in the
case, was completed and the matter was
referred back to the Judge. At the same
time. 1t must be remembered, the proba-
ton oficer had numerous other cases re-
quiring similar treatment.
On the basis of the facts submitted by
the probation office Justice Joseph w.
Cox sentenced the dafapdont to s.rp>
from six to twelve years in prison and to
pay fine of $36. 900, which the Govern
ment is entitled to collect from him at
any time. Seldom has such heavy SEN
tence been imposed here, and it is fair
to assume that the Judge might have
dealt less severely with the prisoner If
he had not had before him the informa-
ton presented by the probation ofice.
Unless it is proposed to abolish the
probation system entirely, those in posi-
tions OF authority should be slow to
criticize any case involving only the rela-
lively slight delay of two weeks in send
ing a man to Jail. Care should be taken
not to destroy the good that has been and
can still be done by using the probation
system to make useful citizens of men
who have fallen for the first time into
the ways Of crime. It should be remem-
bered that the probation system COM
mits no Judge to leniency If the facts
developed do not warrant 1t.
Evening star., 1938-01-23
Cravelly Point.

Once more Congress has set itself to
the task Of considering airport legisla-
ton for Washington. That 1t is no small
task IS attested by the fact that for
nearly twelve years Congress annually has
concerned itself with this problem and
still is just about as far from q solu-
tion as in the beginning.
There is new hope. however. President
Roosevelt has announced himself pub
licly as favoring the long recommend
ed Gravelly Point site and Represent
ative Smith of Virginia has introduced q
bill to carry into effect the wishes OF the
President. Upon this measure hearings
now are being held by the House Com
mittee on Public Buildings and Grounds.
Since 1926 the Gravelly Point site has
received prominent mention in every air
port hearing-and there have been more
than a score Of them-held by commit
tees of Congress. The first site recon-
mended for the Districts airport, Grav-
ely Point during the past decade has
been approved by virtually all Of the
aeronautical, civic and business organi-
cations in the District.
Chief arguments in support Of Gravelly
Point, as listed by Mr.. Smith, author of
the pending bill: It is only ten minutes
from the business section of the city It
provides facilities for seaplanes as we'll
as landplanes and is the only available
site which does so. 1t fits in with plans
for development of the National Capital
park system. 1t allows for expansion.
down the river, to meet any future needs
in that direction.
Principal arguments against Gravelly
Point advanced during the past ten years:
It is too close to Boiling Field. Rebuttal
evidence: Uniform traffic control meth
DDS would eliminate danger Of interfer-
ence.
Second, it is subject to flooding. Re-
buttal: Army engineers say an eleven
foot fill would place it at that point above
the level of any flood ever recorded.
Third, river fogs would handicap serv-
ice. Supporters of the site concede some
interference but say Interruptions would
be infrequent and Offset by convenience
of the field. In any event. they say, and
the President agrees. an auxiliary airport
on high ground will be an ultimate ne
cessity.
Fourth, much time will be required for
filling the site. During the past sum-
mer 100000 cubic yards of fill have
been placed in connection with river
dredging operations; testimony before
the committee is to the effect that the
work could be completed in two years.
There has been, in the past, more
united support for Gravelly Point than
for any other of forty-eight sites which
have been studied. If organizations and
individuals supporting this site through
the years since 1926 are willing and pre-
pared to unite again in its behalf, it
may be that the end of the Capitals
long fight for an airport may be at hand.
Evening star., 1938-01-23
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

Great surprise was occaStOned last
fall" says The Star of January "a. 1888,
Modes OF Capital the novelist and edi-
Punishment. tor. was found among
the signers of petit
ton to Governor Oglesby for the remis-
sion of the sentence of death against the
Chicago anarchists. All sorts of rumors
were set afloat to account for it. One
story described him as frightened by q
threatening letter; another accused him
of q tendency toward all sorts Of social
heresies But his friends who know him
best were aware that the real reason OF
his protest against the hanging Of these
assassins was his adherence OF all hang
ings. He is disbeliever In capital pun
ishment, on the theory that If it is wrong
for a man in the heat Of passion to take
the life OF his neighbor. 1t is doubly wrong
for collection of men, acting in an ofh-
cial capacity and in cool blood. to avenge
that homicide by committing another. 1t
is in accordance with this view that Mr..
Howells now suggests, editorially the idea
of selecting executionerS by lot instead
of letting any one man make trade of
the slaughter of human beings. He would
have every citizen made liable to hang
mans duty, as he is already to jury duty,
so that the high social magnate as well
as the degraded ruffian can have a
chnce to destroy the lives of his fellow
men.
"Of course. all this is pure satire. Com
ing from the pen of so skiuful writer
as Mr.. Howells 1t is likely to make more
impression on the popular mind than its
merits strictly warrant. Undoubtedly
the accessories Of the death penalty, as
now executed, are horrible and revolving
to the refined sense But if these be re-
moved by the substitution of some sys-
tenn like that of the electric chair for
the scaffold and rope there will be no
outward sign of the executioner's work.
1t would be very simple matter to have
the prisoner hidden from sight after be-
ing placed in the chair and the current
that is to dispatch him conveyed auto
matically by the movement of a clock
work, hydraulic, steam or hot air lever,
so that the precise moment of death and
all its incidents will be unknown, even to
the sheriff and his jury of physicians
Experience seems to have demonstrat-
ed that the world, as its present stage Of
civilization, cannot get along very we'll
without the use of the death penalty
as deterrent, and the Howells school of
philosophers could spend their time to
better advantage in helping to devise
means for performing disagreeable duty
as decently as possible than in raising
abstract arguments against society's right
Of self-protection"
Evening star., 1938-01-23
Relief and Crime.

Coupled with their findings that insult
flcient funds are preventing maintenance
Of adequate standards of public relief in
the District, the American Public Wei
fare Association has made public sig
nif1cant and somewhat alarming study
Of the apparent relationship between
crime and the relief standards of q COM
munity.
The increase in juvenile delinquency
% widely reported in our press and In
crime records" the association says, has
. definite correlation to the lack of relief
q to poor standards Of relief; In fact,
Evening star., 1938-01-23

Sage and well-mannered gentlemen
spend much time in conference when ex-
perience with human nature shows they
would rather be rehearsing "the Big
Apple with purposes that are unmistak-
ably lofty and generous.
Evening star., 1938-01-23

A manner of modesty is attributed to
Edsel Ford. Observation of John L.
Lewis will not convince him Of benefit
tn assuming somewhat boisterous man
ner Of persuasion.
Evening star., 1938-01-23

A new deal brings hope of advance
ment in methods, but the same old ques-
ton as to lynching survives and the same
old fllibuster continues.
Evening star., 1938-01-23

More than 100000 shortage in G. G.
g. funds is reported to Senator Nye, who
a. usual will require time to study the
circumstances.
Evening star., 1938-01-23

Slight actions" said Hi Ho, the sage
of Chinatown, "often have great effects.
Even so small a matter as placing
postage stamp on letter may change
the current of a lifetime"
Evening star., 1938-01-23
Shooting Stars.
By PHnANDER JOHNSON.
Buttin' In.

Buttfn' In.
Just Buttin' In! It causes woe
At first, to mortals here below,
As it lets down the social bars
And carries theories to the stars.
We greet with smiling and We say,
Let Gentle Folly have its way.
To crash the party is no sin.
Who shall be blamed for Buttin' In?"
Tom Edison once left us gay
BY promises of later day,
When new inventions that seemed strange
To earth would bring tremendous change.
The populace with one accord
Laughed lightly at the brief word, Ford
The men who now the honors win
Are those who just kept "Buttin' In"
Evening star., 1938-01-23
Safety First.

Safety First.
"You have refused at least dozen
times to marry me-"
Then, why" asked Miss Cayenne, do
you insist on propodng?"
1T makes agreeable conversation. And
I feel that 1t is perfectly safe"
Evening star., 1938-01-23
All Other States and Cana
Member Of the Associated Press

The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to
credited to it or not otherwise credited IN tnls
paper and also the local news published hereIn.
herein also are reserved
Evening star., 1938-01-23
Tobacco.

Tobacco.
II shall not use tobacco"
Said little Robert Reed.
1T seems, since girls smoke cigarettes,
Efeminate, indeed!" -..s
Evening star., 1938-01-23
Deciding Voice.

Deciding Voice.
The Robin we ere long will hear
'Mongst songbirds in majority.
Meanwhile the Snow Bird will appear
Chipping with much authority.