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Antcriran
Fiction and Features
by tbe Nation’s
Foremost Writers
STAMFORD, JONES COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1936
NUMBER 31
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Bay of Fundy Power
Religion Aida Musaolini
Cheap Eggs for Soldiera
Government Railroada?
Governor Braun of Maine la
willing to ah are expenses, and l’res-
ident RooaeveR mny drop the Passa-
maquoddy power project That
would be a national mlafortnne.
While spending billions ao freely, it
wopld aeetp worth while to spend
thlrty-atx little ’millions to harnoai
tbe gigantic tide power In the Bay
of Fundy.
Development of that project
would supply the whole state of
lfatne with power and Industrial
prosperity and pay forMtself.
To allow the vast power of one
of tbe highest tides on earth to.con-
tinue going to waste would be as
foolish as It would be to cease us-
ing the power of Niagara.
-
• In Milan. Cardinal Schuster, cel-
ebrating mass for those that died
In tbe Fascist march on Rome, in-
dorsee earnestly Mussolini’s Inva-
sion, of Ethiopia, praising "the val-
iant array which. In Intrepid obe-
dience to the command of their' fa-
. therland at the price of their blood,
open tbe doors of Ethiopia to the
I_______Catholic faltd and tbe civilisation
i ef Rome.
Also, according to Associated
Preaa, the cardinal praised Fascism
as “promising the national morality
wished by tbe Catholic church."
Italian soldiers In Ethiopia, much
surprised, can buy aa many fresh
eggs as they want at ridiculously
low prices. • __________
Ethiopians will not eat egga—
their religion forbids them to de-
vour “that which might , have life
EXFORD O. TUGWELL, un-
dersecretary of agriculture and
once considered head man of the
“brain trust,” made a speech at
Los Angeles the
other day that
called forth a
sharp rebuke from
President Roose-
velt, Addressing a
Democratic gath-
ering, Tugwell as-
serted that the ad-
ministration could
satisfy every hu-
manitarian demand
and still balance
R. G. Tugwell the bud;:et 19a8
Mr. Roosevelt In a press con-
ference, scolded the newspapers for
printing what he called’ “crazy
stories’* and went on to declare
iTugwell’s assertion was almost as
in the future " but comment on
in the future, butjfinr ■rewlllieg^ ^ tflke Every effor, h* M this policy, for the.
would he made to hold the regular attitude of this
government departments down to
the figures of this fiscal ,yenr, but
he would make no , predictions as
to emergency expenditures.
"TO SelT the eggs to the Italian sol-
diers and let them imperil their Im-
mortal souls by “devouring future
life" If they choose.
. Ethiopian • tribesmen have - no
9 scruples about eating the chicken.
that religious scruples take Inter-
esting forms. What about the “fu-
ture life” that the hen might have
produced?
f Railway labor unions plan a
Washington lobby, to promote gov-
ernment purchase and operation of
railroads. Ownprs of some railroads
would gladly share the expense of
that lobby if they could sell their
railroads at a fair price.
Running a railroad In competi-
tion with automobiles, motor busses
and trucks Is like running a legiti-
mate hotel In competition with night
clubs and other former speakeasies.
Russia la a successful spy hunt-
er, having convicted on the aver-
age one every six hours, according
to “Collier's.”
If, In Russia, you are convicted
of spying, no second convlctloir Is
ever necessary or possible.
These 10,000 spies, to earn their
money, must keep international sus-
picion olive, and that helps to keep
war alive. — ' ■;
Pan-American Air Lines asks air
- travelers: “Shall we serve cock-
> tails to passengers?”
The answer should be emphatical-
ly "no." First, the average cocktail
la unfit for any stomach, except
perhaps that of a cnrrlon-eatlng
hyena; second. It has been proved
more than once that alcohol and
flying do not mix well.
The President Inspected “fortifi-
cations” of the Panama canal, re-
turning from the Pacific to the At-
lantic.
. Unfortunately there are no forti-
fications on the Panama canal. The
canal depends on Its locks and they,
‘ open to attack from (he air, could
easily be destroyed. No engineer
will deny that
The way to have a “fortified"
canal la to build one at sea level.
In these spending days' that might
be done how, through Nicaragua.
There Is encouragement In the
fact that “regulhr Jobs," not the
artificial made-to-order kind,- are
Increasing. Three hundred and fifty
thousand men were hired -In Sep-
ruber, and payrolls for September
$ le.WO.GOO'-e.vCVoek. above Aug-
ust .-■■
tnoi
as
News Review of Current
Events the World Over
President Raps Tugwell for Budget Prediction—WPA
Job Prograni Moves Rapidly—Farmers Indorse
Corn-Hog Control for 1936. V
EDWARD W. PICKARD
0 W*st«rn Mawnpaper Union.
toward whichf all civilized people
of the world should feel supreme
shame, In the face of an experiment
which they wanted to test, for the
first time, against the Italian peo-
ple, let It be 6ald:
“We will oppose it with our mopt
Implacable resistance, with our most
firm decision and with our most
supreme contempt.”
However, it was announced In
Geneva thut the duce was willing
to negotiate for pence with Ethiopia,,
and there was a possibility the
league would detay for 15 days the
.application.. of fn rther penal ties.
King Victor, Emmanuel mailed a
decree putting the entire Italian
merchant marine on a war basis.
Prime Minister Baldwin’s reply
to Mussolini's defiance was a blunt
rtloh that Great Britain was
prepared to resort to force, if nee-
unfounded an the predictions 4 tw THTTroBt Ihe sanctions.
-thrown out by many political ob-
servers that the budget probably
would never be balanced again.
Tugwell’s statement wasn’t quite
as “wild" as the newspaper stories,
he remarked, because Tugwell
knew a little more about the budget
than the newspaper men.
The President said he and his
advisers were about to make a
study of the flnancfhl situation, and
that, until the budget Is finally
drafted about tbe first of the year
f OBS for 3,51)0,000 needy persons
d by November IT*, andjan end of
the dote by December 1. That was
the forecast made by (he New Deal:,
era Ip Washington, and It appeared
probable of accomplishment. Of-
ficials snld states will receive no
direct relief allotments from the
government for December and that
the November grants will be great-
ly reduced. The employment pro-
gram |s a month behind schedule,
but Is now being carried forward
rapidly. .Every state director of
the WPA has been given a Job goal
by Administratin' Harry L. Hopkins
and was told by that gentleman:
“The responsibility for carrying
out these objectives, through pro-
viding work on approved projects,
rests squarely on you."
VTEW DEALERJ
J-N major victory, and
have scored a
ire corre-
spondingly elated. By a majority of
something like 10 to 1, the corn-hog
producers have
voted for a continu-
ance of the crop ad1
justment through
another year. In-
complete returns
from the referen-
dum showed that
the program was
favored by a ma-
jority In every one
of the 33 states
which votes
received.
•It Is only nat-
ural that ws should be pleased with
the apparent approval of adjust-
ment given by corn and hog farm-
ers," said Chester C. Davis, AAA
administrator, as he watched the re-
turns come In at Washington. “If
the final results bear out present
Indications another voluntary con-
tract will be offered for . both corn
and hogs.”
Before the results of the voting
were known President Roosevelt an-
nounced tentative plans for making
the AAA over from an emergency to
a permanent agency,.--
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pONTINUING the rtdihlnlstratlon’s
v-* policy of “enabling farmers to
market their crop In a more or-
derly fashion,” Secretary * oT Af-
•:r xrs
tqjMit^.beUlgerentA” *
4*
Warner BrolhgrilJUJCceasfui pso-
Ruction of "A Midsummer Night’s
Jhreom," under the direction ef Max
•Reinhardt, proves courage and
eound business Judgment
The picture js a financial aa well
ee an artistic sbcceM, greater by
far than. anjL£ectnt Shakespearean
stage production with living actore>
0 Kiss rMturm Syndicate las. '
WNU Ssrvles.
1988 crop, available from Decem-
ber 1 until next' July ir The Com-
modity Credit corporation had al-
ready approved this And -asked a’
commitment from Ujr It P. C. to
provide the. necessary .funds.
DREMIER MUSSOLINI dolled the
* League ot Nations and Its sanc-
tions. In a speech at the Inaugu-
ration of the hew university (u
tlome he soldi
“In the face of aa economic
The British government made
new protests to Italy against Ital-
ian press attacks on Britain and
anti-British propaganda In Egypt,
and three more destroyers were sent
from Gibraltar to Malta.
XITHILE the League of Nations
▼ V was going forward with its
plans for tbe imposition of sanc-
tions agSTfikt Italy, Its officials
asked the United
States government
Secretary
Hull
country Is consid-
ered vital to the
success of the pro-
gram. Secretary of
State -Hull replied
promptly but with
extreme caution,
avoiding • comment
on the action tak-
en by the league
powers and Inferentially declining
to cooiterate In tbe sanctions. The
answer, whose tenor was dictated
by President Roosevelt, was sent
to Minister Hugh Wilson at Berne.
It only set forth the moves made
by tbe United States under the neu-
trality aqt und restated our gov-
ernment’s hofC for world peace. In
press conferences Mr. Hull stressed
the fact that thts country will con-
tinue to move Independently to keep
free and untangled as President
Roosevelt has promised.
pONSTITUTroNAUTY of the
^ Guffey coal act. a h’giily con-
troversial measure, is to In* passed
on by the Supreme court. Tbe way
was opened when Justice .lease Ad-
kins of tbe District of Columbia
Supreme court granted to the Car-
ter Coal company a teni|k»iary iq-
nctlon restraining government en-
forcement of the act.
In allowing tbe issuance of a
temporary Injunction, Justice Ad-
kins denied another order which
would have restrained the govern-
ment from collecting the penalty
prescribed by the act for noncom-
pllance. He directed that the coal
company post a bond of $1,500 a
day for ten days to insure stock-
holders of the company against a
loss through Imposition of tbe pen-
alty should the act be held consti-
tutional.
Regardless of the District Su-
preme court’s decision on the con-
stttutlonnHty of the. act, the test
case will be carried to the Su-
preme court for a final decision by
tbe company or tbe government, at-
torneys said.
T IBERTT league’s committee of
A-' 58 more of less eminent law-
yers got Into trouble by offering
free legal services In anti-New Deal
litigation. Someone protested to the
American Bar association and that
body's grievance committee baa
opinion on the
been asked for an
ethics of the offer.
It was report-
‘Death in the Dark’
By FLOYD GIBBONS
• Famous Hsadlins Hunter.
T KNEW a bird once who had the reputation of being afraid of
* nothing under the sun. Ijt seemed as though, when they built
that bozo, they made him with only one nerve—and that one cast
iron. He could crash to the ground in a plane and crawl out of
the wreckage laughing—could walk through a hail of rifle bullets
without even batting an eye.
They said he was fear-proof, but he confessed to me once that ana
thing had him scared to death.
“I don’t want to die In the dark,” be told me. “That's the most hor-
rible thing I can think of.”
And I thought of that lad today, when I heard the story of
Thomas A. Woodman, who, In July, 1922, stood In • darksnsd
catacomb and faced, not ons death, but thirty.
This happened to Tom whew he woe living on hie dad's ranch
In Young county. Texas.
He was working for a man who waa making a geological surrey of
committee had been cited for un-
ethical practices, but the bar as-
sociate denied this had yet been
don«.
•d that the iponibers of (he league’s ' the neighborhood, and it was his Job to locate limestone strata In the
ravines and mountain sides of the surrounding country.
Lookihg for Limestone in an Abandoned Mine.
He would ride or walk through the country all day until he spotted
an outcropping streak of the stone, and then his boss, by the aid of
Instruments, would follow the course of tbe stratum In an effort to locate
probable sites for oil wells. '
It was on ons of these walks that Tom cams upon the
entrance to an abandoned mins, and It struck him that mins
would he a fins place to look for limestone. So he got out his
flashlight and started to go in. —--
'THERE is no lack of potential
A candidates for the Republican
Presidential nomination. The lat-
est boom to be informally .launched
Is for Gov. Alf M.
London of Kansas,
often mentioned as
other day there
was a gathering in
Topeka of party
leaders. Including
members of the
s t s t e committee,
state office holders,
Mngressnien and
Senator Artkur
Capper, and after
some oratory they unanimously and
enthusiastically. Indorsed the gov-
ernor for the nomination. London
had not indicated whether he would
be a candidate. If he will, the move-
ment will probably be given formal
status at the annual Kansas day
dinner in Topeka on January *29.
Gov. Landow
A MEUICAN citizens are not re-
** spectlng the embargo on ^ship-
ments to Italy and Ethiopia to an
extent that satisfies the adminis-
tration. Therefore the President is-
sued this strong statement:
“In dealing with tbe conflict be-
tween Ethiopia and Italy I have car-
ried into effect the will and Intent
of the neutrality resolution re-
cently enacted by congress. We
have prohibited all shipments of
arms, ammunition, and implements
of war to the belligerent govern-
ments. By my public statement of
October 5, which was emphasized
by the secretary of state on Octo-
ber 10, we have warned American
citizens against transactions of any
character with either of the bel-
ligerent nations except at their own
risk.
“This government is determined
not to become Involved in the con-
troversy and Is anxious for the res-
toration and maintenance of peace.
“However, In the course of war,
tempting trade opportunities may
be offered to our people to supply
materials which would prolong the
war. I do not belief* that the
American people will tvlsh for ab-
normally increased profits that tem-
porarily might be secured by great-
ly extending our trade In such ma-
terials; ndr would they wish the
struggles on the battlefield tj>
be prolonged because of profits ac-
cruing to a comparatively small
number of American citizens.
"Accordingly, the American gov-
ed as wo'
shipments consigned fer export
Ait: k
TWO tragic airplane accidents
A marked the week in the United
States. Tbe huge Boeing bombing
plane built for the army, largest
land plane in the country, was be-
ing tested near Dayton, Ohio, when
It fell and burst Into .flames. MaJ.
r P. Hall, chief testing pilot, wAs
killed and four others were Injured.
Lleuts. R. K. Giovannoll and L. F.
Harman risked tbelr lives to res-
cue those trapped In tbe wreck and
were themselves painfully burned.
Another Boeing plane, rebuilt and
undergoing tests by the United Air
Lines, crashed ngalnst s small hill
near Cheyenne and the four occu-
pants were hurled to death.
Tt.Vr.
'
way ■from
New York- and Boston were sever*
eat in Helena, where at. least two
persona'were killed and many In-
jured. Numerous buildings weak-
ened by the former temblors In the
Montana capital were thrown down
and tlM property losses were con-
siderable.
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1 • **•«■«*.
T 1 ONDUltAS suffered one of the
Al worst floods In its history.
Fully 115 deaths resulted, sad the
property damage Is estimated at
$12,000,000, half of it sustained by
the United Fruit company. Re-
ports of the disaster reaching Te-
gucigalpa were meager and vague,
and the mortality list may be great-
ly Increased later.
\\TANO CHINO-WEL, premier of
Y v China, and two other officials
were wounded by an assassin In
Nanking. Martial law was declared
there Immediately. The Rengo
(Japanese) News agency, crediting
Chinese sources, said the assassin
was a member of the central execu-
tive committee of the Kuomlntang
(ruling Chinese party). Chinese
sources asserted he was a citizen
of a foreign power. The Reuter
(British) News agency reported
Wang's assailant was a Japanese
newspaper man.
POLITICAL gossIpTH Washington
* Is that Senator Vic Donahey of
■n'’ lhe run ,nt0
way tfrotu Spokane and Calgary to retire to private
lireTTmieftrly
forty years of public service. Dona-
bey’s Impressive victory over Sim-
eon Fess In J932 and bis well
known vote-getting Ability lead some
prominent Democrats Jo think it
would be wise to put Mm on the
ticket as Mr. Roosevelt's' running
mate >
He was Jnst about to t»»t«*r when he remembered that there had been
of wildcats In tbst part of the country, and he paused long
enough to take a last look at his Colt .44. Then he barged on lpto the
mine.
Tom Decides to Take No Chances With Wildcats.
There didn't seem to be any wildcats lb the mine, though. With his
flashlight, Tom examined every nook and corner or tbe old diggings, but
he didn’t find any limestone, either. He had[ reached the back 4>f tbe
mine, aa4 etarted to dig OUT a Specimen of the rock that composed Its
rear wall, when suddenly he heard a soft, slithering noise behind him.
__________ Torn jmllad out hlw gun and froxs in hia tracks, listening for
a repetition of tho sound.
From down somewhere toward the entrance, he could hear
~ something—a queer, shuffling sound as If some animal were sneak-
ing up on him In the dark. The funny thing about that sound/-.
r though, was that It aeemed to come from several places at once.
Tom's thumb pulled- back the hammer of his revolver. He fumbled
for his flashlight and got It out—started flashing it about In search of a
wildcat.
Its rovlag beam disclosed, not a cat, but something infinitely more
horrible. On the floor in .front of H<n, and almost at his feet, were rat-
tlesnakes—dozens of them—writhing and squirming across the entire
length of the passage.
They were all over the floor, and still coming—pouring out
from behind the timber that supported the roof of the mine.
The sight first sickened Tom, and then horrified him.
•I felt,” he says, “like praying to God to tako away thoso
reptiles and send mo a couplo dozon wildcats instead.”
He backed as far as he could Into the rear of the old mine, and hia
racing mind began to grope for some way out of his unwholesome pr»
dlcament. , *' "__ t
Tom’s “Host*" Were Unwilling That He Depart.
The snakes were between Tom and the mine entrance. And that
made It bad. They were hissing and spitting at Tom—plainly reseating
his Intrusion, and that made It worse.
In another minute they would be moving up on him—striking at him.
Tom knew he had to do something before that came to pass.
/' He flashed hia Hght over the floor again In anothor ewlft
Inspection. The snakea covered the whole floor of 4ho mine but
there was one spot—a strip throe or four feet wide—where they
were few and far between.
Tom took off his straw hat, rolled It up In his bandanna and set flrs to
It Then, waving this Improvised torch, throwing coal chunks and shooting
his revolver, be began an Intensive campaign*to drive all tbe reptiles off
that narrow, sparsely guarded strip.
He Decides to Try the Death-Strewn Path.
The snakes pauseti and strbek at the coal chunks he tossed, but they
squirmed away at the approach of the torch. Those that wouldn't move
for the torch, Tom blew apart with his Colt. All the time, he had bees
edging his way down that clear strip, until at last he was safely past
(hem.
The Improvised torch burned down to his fingers and- he
candidate*for Vice President next S« came out of the ground with each a rusl
a wild dash for tho
rush that his horse, tethered.
r- He
jear. Mr. *** ** *£*
waL*t,Tu°Mhere0!i Lome^aron Then"’* rode* back to where his boss was waiting, teJULW*.
rhlle you're working at It
0—WNU Service
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r+*
Hae Meet Severe Climate
Tbe Antarctic baa -the most se-
vere .qJJtqgte of any part of the
earth's surface.
Organist Devised Steam Whistle
.-The locomotive whistle has a
musical pedigree. It was Invented
by an English organist more than a
century ago.
C ANTA MONICA. CALIF.— .
They live the life of Riley,
these veteran gangstfcrs of the
old established firms, but they
die the deaths of 'dogs. Their
successors come and go. Let us
hope thjy’ll keep on going fast-
er than they kfeep on coming.
With that at. Valentine’s day
massacre emblazoned In red letters
on .the civil score
board, Chicago still
holds the lead, for
a single cleap-up,
but you cant say ^
the boys around
New York aren’t
trying. Dame Ru-
mor bath It that
very few of the gen.
tlemen tn perma-
nent residence there
are entirely satis-
fied with Alcatrnz Irvin. 8. Cobb
—the life Is too con-
fining, for one thing—but, even so,
my guess Is that Mr. Al Capone.
ASug as a bug in a rug. Is kind ef
glad about one fact: that long-terdi
policy of trealtu aufi cusuairy TnruT-
ance which Uncle Sam Issued to
him—with the clause permitting"
travel eliminated—still has quite
some time to run.
• • •
Borah for President.
DILL-ALLEN WHITE says Sena-
AJ tor Borah Is good presidential
timber. Well, the Republicans
miglK go further and fare worse—
they probably wlIL’
I
Olio* 1 was sure most of thrsmart"*. •
tricksters were naturally Republic-
ans, Just as most of the honest Id-
lots were naturally Democratic.
Lately; though, the Republicans
have borrowed ,mnny of the ster-
ling half-witted tactlce of tbe op-
position. Where there’s a choice ef
two ends. thevIL take both—-—------
Besides, to any set of party
houses, Borah. as a candidate, would
be absolutely hopeless. He makes
up hia own mind, instead of send-
ing It to some reliable old guard
laundry. He say*’what he believes.
When he talks, he talks about io-
snes, not About Borah.
• • • -
Hand* Acre** tbv Sea.
W’ARIOUS subtle diplomatic tricks
’ having failed ts lure us Injo
palling England's chestnuts out of
the fire for her—and who ever saw
England with a burnt paw If there
was a sucker handy—It’s almost
time for our devoted kinsmen ef
the mother country to dig up the
line about hands across the sea and
that other equally lovely line which
goes so well when played on yeur
Anglo-ssxophone—the one about
blood being thicker than water.
No use reopening ancient sores,
but students of our Revolutionary
history will perchance recall that
the first hands across the sea were
what you might call hired hands,
being Hessian mercenaries rented
at so much a head to conquer us.
Whereas of late years, the most fa-
miliar hands across the sea were
those greedily outstretched to clutch
the Yankee’s dollars, then clenched
into angry fists did the said Yankee
so much as hint he’d Hl^e s little
something on account ' ■
So, while the League of Nations
stews In Its own thin and Impotent
gravy, let us acknowledge that blood
Is Indeed thicker than water—but
piously continue to give thanks for
3,000 miles of .water.
The Horee and Buggy
CFRONT pages come packed with
" tidings" to stir
r
the pulse—war,
earthquake, a famous woman filer
tn a crash; death for mea in high
places; another .Cuban hurricane
making up; a tragic finish for a
great cartoonist whose wit and skill
gave Joy to millions. It’s as though
fate had her grim wash day, too.
Even so, the budget of news seems
strangely Incomplete, Let's look the
flaming headlines throng* again to
see whet's lacking. Oh, yes, this
must be It:
None of the younger Roosevelts
got pinched over the week-end for
»nesdln| WV^ssr ------------------- .
flic rfllroiTPitHMihly the returns from
the back-precinc** aren’t all In yet.
Anyhow, the I’resldent has no
cause to coijSplafn that the boys
belong to tna hor-w^and huesry
IRVIN S. COBB.
r?;.,!!““ I * 1 'iA-Uwegr1?": '
Tho Cetty Stool
A cutty stool waa a seat once
used In the Scottish church rer the
exposure of offenders against chas-
tity. The aloner. was required te
sit on the stool before the whale
congregation during tbe entire serv-
ice and at Its cloeii to stand op
while being severely reprimanded
by tbs minister. - j
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