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Prohibition Party Convention.


Meantime, the Prohibition Ma
tional Executive Committee at Phil
adelphia has announced that the
party's annual convention will be
held in Chicago May 8, 9 and 10,
to name for the eighteenth time in
the organizations 10 years history,
candidates for national political
office. Claude A. Watson. Los An
geles attorney and prohibitionist
candidate for Vice President in
1896, has been recommended as tenn
porary chairman and keynote speak
er at Chicago. The prohibition vote
in recent presidential elections has
been numerically inconsequential.
1t was only 57,551 in 1924, fell to
20,106 In 1928, rose to 81 1863 in 1882
and dropped back to 37,847 in 1886.
1t was Georgia's S famed willie" Up
shaw, crutch-using former Repre-
sentative, who rolled up the peak
vote for President on the dry ticket,
during the Roosevelt landslide of
eight years ago. Whether efforts for
a prohibition plank will be made
at the major party conventions has
not yet been indicated.
Il II X 4
Vets on Guard.
Capt William H. Stayton, former
president of the governing council
of Naval Academy graduates and
Of the Annapolis Alumni Associa-
ton, who founded the Association
Against the Prohibition Amend
ment, is the man who was largely
responsible for repeal. He informs
this observer that while vets at
this time have no particular cause
for alarm or anxiety, they are on
guard. Under the name of the
Repeal Associates, a skeleton or
ganization still functions at Wash
ington headquarters. serving pri-
marily as watching and listening
post, while local observation stations
in the various States are also in
formally maintained. Wet leaders.
nevertheless, are increasingly con-
scious that the drys have by no
means thrown up the sponge. They
still indulge in the rosy hope that
through gradual enactment of local
anti-liquor laws, national prohibi-
ton once again may come into its
own. 1t seems an iridescent dream,
but We live in incalculable times.
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Goodwill Industries
Chapel Services Planned

Rev. John B. Kelly of Georgetown
Presbyterian Church will be guest
speaker at chapel services of Good
will Industries Wednesday.
Half-hour services are being held
daily from Monday through Friday
at 8:15 am. in the auditorium of
the charitable organization, 1918
New Hampshire avenue NV.
Rev. Paul Sperry of the Church OF
the Holy City (Swedenborgian) Is to
be guest speaker Friday.
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Prison Farm Fugitive
Surrenders on Coast
Ry the Associated Press.

LOS ANGELES. Jan. 1.-Sheriff's
Capt. j. P. Toohey reported the sur
render today of Marion Webb, 81,
former jockey, who said he escaped
October 8 from Lebanon State Farm
Honor Camp, where he was serving
life term for murder.
Capt. Toohey quoted Webb as say
ing he left the farm to visit daugh-
ter who was then seriously i'll in San
Diego. Acting Police Capt, Ray
Giese received telegram early yes
terday from San Diego signed with
Webb's name, announcing his in
tention of surrendering.
When he arrived here, however,
he went to the sheriff's Office and
was booked at the county jail as a
fugitive.
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Sade to return
Uncle Sam to
the water wagon.
The same forces
which brought
about the eight
eenth amend
m e mt tn e
Board of Tenn
perance of the
M e t h o d | S t
Church, the w.
G. T. U. and the
A n t IS a on
League, appar-
emily comprise
the spearhead of
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people Did Not Vote Wet"

figures to show how each of these
promises" has failed to materialize
X X
people Did Not Vote Wet"
According to dry spokesmen, "the
American people never voted
against prohibition. They stayed at
home" The Methodist Voice sub
mits the following repeal figures"
presumably at the 1882 election) in
substantiation of those claims:
Total population entitled
to vote 6O, ,l35 ,604
Total vote on repeal ~ &C, ,10l 800
Total who did not vote 40,O33, ,744
Total vote for repeal ---- 14,811 ,529
Percentage of vote for re-
peal, based on voting
population - 24.6
Percentage "stay at
home" vote -- 66.5
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the effect the
fight may have
on the political
fortunes of Sec
retary of State
Hull.
Defeat of the
effort to get the
reciprocal tar
if arrangement
extended beyond
the present eX-
piration d a t e,
next June, would
not necessarily
p u t Secretary
Hull out of the
running for the
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Political Feuds FORGOTTEN

honorable political forgotten
being buried President Roosevelt
moved with SKILL and determination to foster sense OF
liberalism the American people His diplomatic
establishing cooperation between Washington and the
promoting head the rreachng
enng available the side of keeping
Of bringing the end if possible
Kux South had to hedge its criticism
this diplomatic sefdeense At the same time President
nghbor policy revealed haf-baked
gesture appropriation American oil interests Mexico
but grand design preventing the spread of the OF
deooges hemisphere accompanied the complete
disceding eclipse and Communist sentiment the
United States.
The effect the political fortunes Of the New Deal was tremendous
Republicans conceded have of
1910 elections unless President Roosevelt for third
this he maney dincned to do After the guns
speak, polls the
political indicated further Democratic victory in ls
growing would drafted
reelection the nsence Of OF the who had hitherto been
enemies The political ambitions Of both mice
Of events and the two ablest bring about
continuation of the New Deal Mesrs Hitler and Stain
corresponding shift in the political atmosphere of the
year opened mood of black reaction
rejecting the election results 938 Congress
public dissatisfaction with the W. the
mandate to block every major administration
relief appropriation ssed the spending lending
blocked the neutrality bill (as noted stalled the
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by many Americans as evidence of
a "war-mongering" mentality on
his part or as an effort to distract
attention from the failures" of his
administration. AS late as July 18,
the leaders OF the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee refused to
accept his judgment that there was
danger of war and declined to con-
slider renewal of the Neutrality Act.
With the outbreak of fighting
on September /, following the Russo
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cult OF the great Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes He mentioned the
President Holmes dctum
Ito President enthusiastically
had often thought
public life have all the trouble making than
the Illustration watching others them
throw light the question the hour most Pres
dent which whether he will making the decisions
!Rseassa North AmeEean NewspapeE Alliance: Inc!
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Actor Robert Armstrong
Weds Day After Divorce
BY the Associated Press.

0y 1fSSUC1dtcU IeS6.
RENO, New, Jan. Film Actor
Robert Armstrong and Claire Louise
Armstrong were married here last
night, the day after each had OBJ
tained a divorce. They planned to
return to Southern California i'm
mediately.
Mrs. Armstrong was the wife of
Rolf Armstrong, also of the films.
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Washington Observations
Drys Planning Drive to Return u S. to Water Wagon,
Through Stote Wide Laws at First

BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.
While New Years cheer flows
from a million bowls throughout
the land, plans are quietly maturing
to make 1910 year of revived cru
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the drive. 1t is Frederic william Vile
not proposed in the first instance
to seek re-enactment of national
prohibition. The effort rather is di-
rected at drying up the country
piecemeal by local action-that is,
through Statewide prohibition laws
which would pave the way to new
Volstead legislation by Congress and
eventually to another constitutional
amendment. No Rockefeller SUBJ
sides, as far as anybody is aware,
are at the disposal Of the drys this
time, but they are by no means
entering upon the new campaign
impoverished. The w. c. T. U. and
Anti-Saloon League between them
are said to have $750,00O in their
treasury as an initial war chest and
to be able to rely on annual income
from members to the tune of ST.
050,000 per annum.
Sheppard May Sound Tocsin.
1t may fall to the lot of the father
of the eighteenth amendment, Sen
ator Morris Sheppard, to sound the
tocsin for the second war on Demon
Rum. January 16 will mark the
Goth anniversary Of the eighteenth
amendment. The Texas Democrat,
in accordance with annual custom
since 1920, is preparing to address
the Senate that day and reaff1rm
that liquor is Gods worst enemy
and the devils best friend" He will
demand, as he has consistently and
vehemently done, ever since prohi-
bition was stricken from the Consti-
tuition, that "in the interest of a
higher and more efficient civiliza-
ton, beverage alcohol, like Car
thage, must be destroyed" Senator
Sheppard is ready, as on previous
occasions, TO contend that repeal
has utterly failed to produce the
social benefits pledged by its pro-
ponents. The little giant Of Tex
arkana will argue that there has
been an alarming increase in ar
rests for drunkenness, far in excess
of the increase for all causes. He
will point in particular to the "rela-
tionship between liquor and crime"
and seek to prove that delinquency,
especially among women and young
people of both sexes, is attributable
in considerable extent to the ZAP
palling" growth OF drinking since
1888.
Vets Broken Promises"
In the midwinter issue Of the
Voice, official organ of the Board
of Temperance of the Methodist
Church, George B. Cutten, presi-
dent of Colgate University, indicts
the vets and, by implication, the
Roosevelt administration and the
New Deal. on six specific counts.
He charges them with the follow
ing broken promises: Cd that
taxes would be lowered, the budget
balanced and unemployment ended,
as the result of the Federal Treas
ury's augmented income from liquor
taxes; (2p that there would he no
return of the saloon; 90 that there
would be no more bootlegging; ~
that disrespect for law would be
halted, with consequent reduction
in crime; 90 that there would be
no drinking among young people,
since retailers would be required to
serve adults only, and 60 that
liquor regulations would be taken
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We, The People
Year Ends With Growing Respect Of Nation
For RooseveIt's Foreign Policy
By JAY FRANKLIN.

d
the
reachng their
Of understanding the events
Internally the most important public
opinion concerning President Rooves policy
his references the danger
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C111les III tHe Calendar. But, II
you are reasonable. you cannot
withhold admiration for the gusto
and force, the personal stamina
and the appetite for work which
he has in such overhowing meas
ure.
The key to the man is to be
found. perhaps, in a talk he had a
year or so ago with one of his
cronies and advisers. This man is
ono of the Nem Dea lerc u,hn maize q
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permit the political creation of large perlo
craftsmanship OF have tolerated
So the forecast for 1910 growth of liberalism national
their tremendous bid for world again. looks
like Roosevelt or RUM"
released News In
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II we are to face the growing
crisis as a substantially united
people, we cannot afford to bull
doze or ALLEVIATE large groups OF
working people, liberals and "aliens"
And we cannot afford to face the
crisis as a disunited people, if we
wish to retain national irdepend-
ence and democracy. This is a
purely practical considera ton, which
has nothing to do with merits of the
case for or against labor. etc. To
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In the face Of the world catas-
trophe with which his second term
is ending
But it takes more than world
to get the President
down. This amazing man is once
more the American man of the year.
His administration has been event.
full and exhausting. The world he
knows and we know seems to be
crumbling before our eyes. And he
Is still riding the whirlwind as
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THE opinions Of the riter this page their oon
necessarily The stars Such opinions presented IN The
Stars EFFORT to gue all sides questions Its
readers although such opinions may contradictory among
| themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
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and with the swift partition OF
Poland the Russian attack Finland and the growing at
failed would launch
spring drive against England from the air. public opinion shifted
startling rapiditY
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Hull May
Presidential
Backing
Trade Pact Victory
Would Boost Chances
As Candidate
By CHARLES G. ROSS.

The coming congressional fight
over the Hull trade agreements will
be important not only because of
the issue involved, but because of
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The Capital Parade
Roosevelt Again Presented as American
Of the Yeor; Tackles Job With Zest

BY JOSEPH ALSOP and ROBERT KINTNER.
United Franklin colleagues
began he could not smile
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Farmers took part in eight sports
tournaments in Moscow, Russia, last
summer.
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Leadership Discredited


poics) the saddle Congressional
result President Roosevelt
ended the with prestige than
time 1886.
growing irrelevance
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though ne had learned this difficult
pony at Hyde ~ $500 '
currently ne directly supervising reading
ofegn cables three times day. receiving
from ms Ambassadors abroad and making all
IN the held OF affairs
as pastme his Secretary much
ta ne frequently finds time plan
patrol He just finished the
WORKING on his budget
of the ~ - ~ ~
besides these
performing all the ordinary world
He watching passing reports
and thinking about He planning his coming
session Congress- and discussing the principal
leaders He also acting the political party
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To Live Is to Function

You may question the Roosevelt judgment regard
Roosevelt little
the Of superhcaiy
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Zest for His Work

The strange thing
visible zest A this ceaSing
The New Deal
out OF on The purge had proved failure The Democratic party
split from hell breakfast.
easy to come by Then he often seemed tired and
He often tired and he has aged conpcuously
years. but the sorn has disappeared
he makes his jokes less often
new questions to decide energies
His energies really ncalculabe stage on the
Securities
Jerome Frank called on him to report plans handling possible
the securities
detail rose to 90
He knew the President really
when the President him sit
the C brokerage as central denos
nd of ''N'
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Two empires their life lines intact Great Britain and Italy clashed in the Red AL lied CD shipping the Italian life line to her colonies the Red A. planes planes
  cpa city Somaand black believed Mediterranean Italian Dodecanese Islands (4) Turkey.
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Hungary Told To Lay Off

MUNICH, July 10 (A) - Hun garian leaders were told definite ly by Hitler and the foreign min isters of Germany and Italy that Hungary mustn't upset the Bal kan applecart at this time by trying ito secure her rights in Rumania.' Informed German sources said Premier Paltaleki and foreign minister Count Chaky, who came to discuss Hun gary's demands that Rumania re store at least a part of war-lost Pennsylvania, conferred first with foreign minister Von Rib bentrop and Count Ciano then were received by Hitler.
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Findings On Rate Increases Made Public

SEATTLE July g lP) - The Alaska Steamship Company's net income from operations was $326,o99 during 1899, the smallest it has been since 1894, the U. s. Maritime Commission reported in an exhibit of the files of the hearing on freight rate increases.
 The Commissions exhibit re- garding the finances of the North land Transportation Company,
 hows that i. made a re. profit from operations of $l2L0OO in 1939. c. M. Carlson, accountant Scr the Maritime Commission complied the finance exhibits which also devote many pages of he survey to the exact type of cargo carried by the companies,
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UNDATED, July 10 (P0 Italy disputed Britainnia's rule over the seas as both sides claim ed the victory in a violent zig gag naval battle in the 1onian Sea, just below the instep of the Italian boot. While the British version said the Italian warShlps fled almost immediately" be- hind a smoke screen after an It. allan battleship suffered a long range hit, an Italian communique asserted that the British fleet was driven off.
 The British admiralty, taking note of 'mendacious reports of ten circulated by the enemy quickly retorted that the clash developed into chase of the Italian ships and that there were no British casualties. It must be assumed that of the Italian naval forces at least one heavy unit which suffered damage must
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French Fleet In Alexandria
 Surrenders To The British
 Axis Formulates Plan of Attack

in the Atlantic, Mediter ranean, Red Sea and Indian Oc- can, and above all immobilize Britain's sea power in the Med iterranean.
 In the meanwhile, the Fn'st Lord of the Admirlaty A. C. revealed that the new 35,0O0 ton French battle ship Richalieu was crippled at Dakar, French West Africa, in daring raid by a British motor boat which dropped depth charg- es close under her stern and by planes which torpedoed her.
 Alexander said seven French capital ships have now ''been ac- counted for" since the British last week served an ultimatum on the French fleet that it either surrender or scuttle their ships to prevent them from falling into the hands of the axis powers.
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Italy And Britain Dispute
 Victory of Running Naval
 Battle In The Ionian Sea

have gained the shelter of shore defenSes" the admiralty added.
 The Italian communique admit ted casualties of 29 killed and 69 injured but insisted that the Italian naval forces sought out the British men-of-war to head off an apparent British plan to at tack Italian coastal positions, and succeeded in contacting the en- eny. The Italians said one Brit ish warship, probably battle ship was sunk, while "only ore of cur warshipS was hit They admitted however the sinking of the Italian destroyer Zefiro and the loss of one submarine.
 Itsly's cIsim of seeking the in itiat.ve in the sea battle differed markedly from the British ac- count which Reported that the Royal Navy made contact with the Italian ships and pursued them in .beir flight.
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Japanese Charge |. Marines Nal.
 treat Cendarmes

SHANGHAI, July 10 l49 - The Japanese navy joined with the army in bitter verbal attacks en the United States marine gar rison at Shanghai, reiterating charges that Japanese gendarmes were arrested by marines July : and malreated and the Japanese military was insulted. Rear Ad- miraI Moriji Takeda, command CT of the Japanese naval garri- son told newspaper men of 'vio- lence and insults inflicted on the gendarmes and of bar barcus acts beyond description. 7"
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WASHINGTON, July 10 (P) - President Roosevelt asked Con- grass to authorize an additional four billion 848 million I'll thou sand dollars for defense in a spec ial ss5sage, asserting "We will not Use our arms in a war of aggression; we will not send our men to take part in the European wars. The request brought to ap proxima.sly ten billion dollars, the funds and contract authorlza tions asked at this session of con gress for land, sea and air arm aments.
 Previously the President asked Congress to vote about five bil- Ion ia two catergOries. Specific ally the President requested two
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UNDATED, July g tH9 - The surrender of the French fleet in Alexandria to Britain was report ed as Rome dispatches disclosed a purported German-Italian ag- reement for a three-fold attack on the British empire. The deci- sion of the French naval author ities to turn over the French fleet in Alexandria, leaves the British free to seek out the Italian navy in the Mediterranean The "fu- ture engagements promised by Prime Minister Churchill last week came at time, too, when it was reported that German movements hinted at Nazi at tempt to wrest from Britain, con trol over the Mediterranean stronghold of Gibraltar.
 A triple-scheme of attack on Britain was outlined in Rome by Virginia Gay d a, sometimes known as MuSsolinfs mouth piece" The plan as outlined, calls for the blockade of the Brit ish Isles; destruction of Britain's empire contacts which might in- cluda. Gibraltar, Malta and the Suez Canal; and the defeat of the British at home and in imperial territories and at sea. Both It. ally and Germany, Gayda said have specific tasks. Of these goals Italy is assigned to strike in four places on land, harry British
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miles traveled IT Alaska service, number of passengers carried, assets and firrs
 There was 10 such exhibit en- tered for the Alaska Transporta- ton Company
 L. W. Baker. ma4~ser, claims that the Alaska Steamship Com pany gave general testimony yes terday, telling of the Companys problems in serving Alaska. He recited statistics showing Alaska as a huge expanse with seasonal variations encountered as regards the number Of ports of call. He asserted his firm Does all it can to encourage and help the indus tries of Alaska
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Britain, Italy Both Claim Victory In Naval Battle
President Asks Additional Four
 Billion 84S Million I'll Thousand
 Bringing Defense Total 10 Billion

billion one hundred sixty one mil lion dollars in cash appropria- ton and two billion six hundred eighty six million dollars in con- tract authorizations. The latter will permit Congress to appro- priate later a like amount.
 President Roosevelt declared ''The principal lesson of the war up to the present time is hat partial defense is inadequate defense. So this great sum means a sacrifice and so large a pro- gram means hard work and part icipation of the whole country in the total defense of the country and this nation through sacri- flee, work and unity, proposes to remain free"
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King Carol Arrests
 Chief Iron Guards

BUCHAREST, July 10 (P) - The ministry of propaganda an- nounced the arrest of General Ion Antonescu, veteran leader of Ru mania's pro-Nazi Iron Guards, as Carol moved to prevent the Iron Guard from wrestling control of the government from him. The king strove to win the support of all factions and to quell any internal threat to his totalitarian party and present united front against outside danger to Ru- mania's existence.
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Germans DOwned In Mass Raid Over England and Channel

LONDON, July 10 l41 = Ten German planes were reported shot down in great air battle over England's southern coast and English Channel, and involv- ing nearly 150 planes.
 An air raid warden in a south eastern English port said two formations of German raiders, each nearly 50 strong attacked a convoy of small ships. He believ- ed that one ship was sunk.
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