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PAGE TWO
THE PELTA COURIER
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19,1935
CURRENT EVENTS
PISS IN REVIEW
ROOSEVELT SIGHS CIGAR E ' TE
INDUSTRY CODE DESPITE
LABOR’S PROTESTS
By EDWARD W. PICKARU
©. Weetrrn Newspaper Union.
President roosevflt e\
* teuded do olive branches toward
the American Federation of Labor
when he signed the cigarette Indus
try code, which la-
bor leaders had de-
clared was “unsat-
isfactory.” The
breach between the
administration and
labor Is daily grow-
ing wider.
The code, finally
signed after months
of argument be-
tween the tobacco
industry and labor,
calls for a forty-
hour week and min-
imum wages front 'Jo to 40 cents an
hour. Labor leaders also objected
to tbe presence of S. flay Williams,
administration board chairman, who
they declare Is not in sympathy
with labor. The President issued a
curt statement Informing the fed-
eration council that Williams' serv-
ices had been satisfactory and that
he had no Intention of removing
him without cause.
The executive council of the fed-
eration, composed of William tireen
and presidents of the federation of
seventeen International unions,
states that some present adminis-
tration labor policies are bringing
Increased unrest among workers
which may reach the danger point
of widespread strikes unless cor-
rected.
Thus far, the President seems to
have had the best of the argument.
Labor lenders, however, are expect-
ed to push the fight for a "prevail-
ing wage" clause In work relief leg-
islation. thus endangering the ad-
ministration program.
' I' 11K President threw all his
weight into the battle to bring
the revolting senate appropriations
committee back into line on tiis $4,-
880.000.000 works relief bill, and Hie
committee finally voted to reconsid-
er the Mefarran prevailing wage
amendment.
Chairman Glass, Virginia's unre-
constructed rebel, was requested by
the President to inform tlie com-
mittee that insistence on changes
they had written Into the hi 11 will
wreck his plan to end the dole. An-
other senator, said to he close to
the administration, intimated that
the President will veto tbe bill If it
is enacted with major changes “that
will not permit him to carry out his
program."
The Mefarran amendment would
Increase wage rates paid fi.'OO.oiMi
relief workers to “the prevailing
wage scale." The President lias ad-
vocated $50 a month wage rates,
based on his tie'lef that payment of
low wages will discourage employ-
ables on relief from taking adrnn- ,
tage of private work opportunities
and shift men from private to gov-
ernment payrolls,
It has been Int’rnnted that changes
will he suggested Ivy the admin.*tr.i
tion to quiet assertions that the so- i
rial security program takes author- j
Ity awav from the states.
Senator Adams. California Demo-
crat, has stated flat he will ask
the committee again to Unfit the
work-relief appropriation to ?g,svn.
POO.(TOO which he estimates is *tifii-
cient to continue on the present
hasls. but not enough to provide the
higher wages and carry out the
projects the President has in mind.
An effort to c urtail the program in
tills way vvns defeated in the com-
mittee a few <],y s ago, although only
by a tie vote.
XT INK old gentlemen of vast dig.
”nity. comprising the I'nited
States Supreme court, conferred to-
gether for five hours Saturday.
Then, through Clerk Charles C.
Croplev, Chief Justice Hughes an-
nounced that there would he no de-
cisions handed down on the follow-
ing Monday. Nothing was said about
the rest of the week, tint it was as-
sumed the ruling on the gold clause
cases would not he handed down be-
fore February 18. It was thought
by the well informed that the de-
lay wns due to the slowness with
which the dissenters were preparing
their views.
Meanwhile anxiety over the mat-
ter, at least in government circle*,
was growing less dally. Attorney
General Cummings spent two hours
with President Roosevelt going over
the plans which have been drawn
tip for Immediate action In the event
that the decision goes against the
government.
D OME and Tokyo •ere the chief
bidders for the linn Olympic
genies. and It now appears that the
Japanese capital Is likely to he the
winner. Count Soyeshlma, repre-
sentative of the Japanese Olympic
committee, had an Interview with
Premier Mussolini In Rome and
talked him Into a swap h.v which
Japan will use its Influence to ob-
tain the 1044 games for Rome, The
count said that at first II Dure
WB« not Inclined to agree to the
BlSift hut softened under the nleg
S. Clay
Williams
the Olympics would mean much to
Japan'g celebration of tbe three
thousand six hundredth anniversary
of *to founding of the empire.
7TTII the full approval of the
administration, the army and
navy are to receive $40.1100,000 to
carry out a program of national de-
fense which will consist mainly of
improved strongholds on the west
coast and In the Pacific. The
money, which will be shared equal-
ly by tbe two departments, comes
from a $300,000,000 public works
fund. Some of the navy's part will
be spent along tlie Atlantic, but the
j greater part will go for shipyards,
dry docks and bases on the Pacific
| const, at Pearl harbor, Hawaii, and
at Coco Solo. Canal Zone, which Is
a submarine base.
Nearly $11,000,000 of the army’s
share is to be used in beginning the
! construction of a great air base in
Hawaii, The total cost of this base
is estimated at $18,000,000.
The decision to use most of the
money In the Pacific was said to
have been Influenced by the fact
that the fleet has been concentrated
In Pacific waters during much of
the past two years. Navy officials
stressed before the naval commit-
tee, that facilities for handling the
fighting vessels on the coast are In-
adequate.
Japan is supposed not to be
alarmed by this program, congres-
sional leaders having given public
and careful assurance that no "of-
fense" is intended and that such
propositions ns the Hawaii air base
would have been put forward even
If Japan had not denounced the
Washington naval treaty.
At a meeting of the army high
command with the military commit-
tee of the house those plans for de-
fense were threshed out thorough-
ly. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, chief
of staff, recommended to the com-
mittee the purchase of 800 new
armored and equipped airplanes at
a cost of $00,000,000 to give the
army the aerial armada of 2,,'1J0
modern aircraft recommended by
the Raker aviation committee.
These additional aircraft are neces-
sary. MacArthur said In a mem-
orandum. to expand the new gen-
eral headquarters air force to give
it 000 fighting units, for its Pacific,
Atlantic and central divisions.
Soon after tills meeting the
commanders of these three divi-
sions were announced by lirig.
Con. Frank M, Andrews, head of
the GI1CJ air force. Lieut. Gol. H.
H. Arnold. March field, Calif., was
named commander of the first
(Pacific) wing with the rank of
brigadier general. I.leut. Col. 11. C.
Pratt, former assistant chief of air
corps, was named commander of
the second (Atlantic) wing at Lang-
ley field. Vi., with the rank of
brigadier general. Lieut. Co). Ger-
ald C. Brant will command the
third (central) wing. Fort Crockett,
Texas, with the rank of colonel.
CHANCELLOR ADOLPH HITLER
went into a hermit-like retreat
to mull over the Anglo-French uc-
cord. and is searching for a means
that will enable him
to extract the re-
maining teeth from
the V e r s a I 11 e s
treaty. Diplomatic
quarters anticipate
the reichfuehrer
will emerge with
counter proposals
to the proffered
plan.
What these pro-
posals will be can
only be conjectured,
but they a re expect-
ed to deal with the future strength of
Germany * standing army, the plan
of certain French military circles
for lengthening the French enlist-
ment period, and the future course
of Russia. In any event he will
make an attempt to separate the
proposed air alliance from the In-
clusive security agreement worked
out by tbe liritisli and the French.
The London plan, reich officials
have bluntly stated, is not accept-
able in it* present form, and Ger-
many will not join any new general
pact unless some of her colonies
are returned. European boundary
changes which Germany wants are
chiefly tho*e of Memel and Danzig,
ent off from the Fatherland by the
Versailles pact.
Objections are also seen to the
proposal that Germany Join the
Eastern pact urged h.v France and
the Franco-Itnlian treaty guarantee-
ing Austrian independence.
The air alliance, however, is
viewed differently by the Nazis,
since it would give them either the
chance to build an air fleet or get
recognition of the fleet that It Is
generally charged they have already
built; Germany would be accepted
as an equal partner, touching Nazi
pride and thirst for prestige; and
the refill has hopes of regaining
Britain’s waning sympathy, since
the proposal emanated from Lon-
don.
Italy, the first nation to reply to
the proposals drafted at London, of-
ficially stepped into line for an in-
clusive western European security
agreement, affirming her adherence
In principle, although making a spe-
cial exception of the "special situa-
tion of Italy with regard to Great
Britain, and vice versa.” The com-
munique declared that Italy be-
lieves the Anglo-French proposals
“contain the possibility of an ac-
cord with Germany and therefore
the beginning of a period of col-
laboration among the Interested
Dowers.”
* 'r**\
Chancellor
Hitler
' |' 11E l-eague of Nations nervons-
l.v watched Italian mobilization
of 100,000 troops, fearful that an
other relation like that precipi-
tated by ttie Japanese occupation
of Maiichukuo was about to lie
added to its worries. The call to
arms was sounded after announce-
ment of another clash between Ital-
ian native troops and Ethiopians
at Asduli, In which live Italians
were killed and six wounded. A
previous battle took place several
weeks ago.
A government spokesman dis-
closes that Italy Is preparing to
send reinforcements and officers to
Eritrea and Somaliland to orgunlze
native troops and strengthen from
tier forces. Heavy shipments of war
materials have already been made.
While the Italian government lias
emphatically declared that their
preparations are purely defensive,
designed to prevent further Ethi-
opian attacks on frontier posts, ru-
mors are adrift that II Dime is plan-
ning the present drive to establish
a protectorate over Emperor llailie
Selassie's dominions.
\1THETI1ER he desires it. 1’res
t ’ blent Roosevelt will have to face
an early test of his strength against
that of bonus pa.vn.ent advocates.
if present signs
are read correctly.
Although bonus
lenders have been
unable to agree
among themselves,
they insist the plan
be brought up for
consideration. Some
administration lead-
ers have expressed
belief such a step
is necessary to pre-
vent a revolt on
major adniinistra-
Wriflht
Patman
tion legislation.
The controversy over possible
methods of payment is becoming in-
creasingly bitter. Representative
Patman, Texas Democrat, author of
a bill to pay the bonus certificates
with an issue of new currency, gave
out a statement asserting that Com-
mander Frank N. Belgrano of the
American Legion wanted to finance
payment with a bond issue because
the bank of which he is vice presi
dent receives $1,350,000 In Interest
annually on $45,000,000 worth of j
government bonds.
The American Liberty league also
Issued a statement applauding the
President’s stand against paying the I
bonus. The league said I lie Legion- j
backed Vinson hill to finance the j
bonus through the sale of bonds
was "the lesser evil.” but asked con-
gress to defeat both it and the Pat- j
man measure.
“The President's opposition to im-
mediate payment of the entire face
value of the bonus certificates Is
based on sound principles and de-
serves to be upheld,” the organiza- j
tion added.
Its statement also said immediate
payment would encourage a drive J
for pensions “involving huge addi-
tional costs for an indefinite period \
of years.”
'T'llE jury holds the fate of Bruno
a Richard Hauptmann, licensed of
the murder of the Lindbergh child,
in its hands. Only four courses
are open—acquittal, conviction with
the death mandate, conviction with
a mandatory life sentence or dis
agreement. In his final plea to the
Jury, Edward Reilly, chief de-
fense counsel, bitterly charged that
Colonel Lindbergh was betrayed by
Violet Sharpe, the dead Morrow
maid; Ollle Whately, dead Lind-
bergh butler; lletty Gow, Lindbergh
nursemaid; ami Henry Johnson,
friend of Miss Gow. He declared
that evidence against Hauptmann
had been “planted.” and that the
state bungled the Investigation.
What Impression Ids fiery speech
may have made i* known only to the
jurors themselves.
C PEEDY police action was neces-
sary to avert new bloodshed in
Paris on the anniversary of the up-
rising caused by popular Indigna-
tion over the Stavinsk.v scandal
disclosures. Thousands of arrests
were made as Communists sought
to arouse the public to a repeti-
tion of the riots of a year ago. when
10 were killed In the Place de la
Concorde. Police gave the Reds
no chance to carry out their In-
tended maneuvers. The most harm-
less looking Individuals were e«
corted a few blocks and let go with
farewell kicks, while those found
carrying weapons were rushed Into
improvised concentration camps.
Premier Flandln was hissed and
booed by many (Ire-eating National-
ists as lie attended memorial serv-
ices in Notre Dame cathedra).
QTRONG evidence that the govern-
^ nietit. even in the event of an
adverse decision on the gold clauses,
will keep the $85 an ounce price for
gold and 59-ecnt dollar was con-
tained In a statement front Secre-
tary Morgenthau. The treasury chief
statpd:
“The country can go about Its
business with assurances that we
are prepared to manage the ex-
ternal value of the dollar as long
as it may he necessary.”
Mr. Morgenthau disclosed that tlie
2,000 million dollar stabilization
fund would be used If necessary to
keep the dollar on an even keel un-
til congress enn take remedial nr
tion, by passing tbe new laws which
are now being prepared by tb«
treasure
BOULDER DAM PROJECT BECOMES REALITY
By WILLIAM C. UTLEY
1 N'»l l.DEIt dam is ready to lie
r~X gin operations within about
j A—*n month's time.
The gigantic project, one of the
mightiest engineering Jobs e\er mi
dertaken by man, once the subject
of thousands of columns of news-
paper comment throughout the land
has been all hut forgotten with
the new Interests that have attract-
ed public attention—i lie depression,
tbe New Deal and others, but for
live years since the undertaking was
begun In 11*80. ,',noo workers have
toiled night and day until now the
great dam Is a reality.
The project Is costing America
$105.000,IKK* and other projects di-
rectly associated with it account for
another $230,000,000. With the Job
so little removed from completion,
engineers of the bureau of reclama-
tion pronounce it ready to eliminate
feet in diameter. Two of them hare
Ims'ii filled with plugs of concrete
350 to 400 feet long. When the
river has risen to a height of Jtlo
feet, the third channel, which con-
tains gates to regulate the flow, will
follow the permanent structures,
huge pipelines 30 feet In diameter.
It will lie June or July before
tliere is sufficient water for the op-
eration of the power house, which
will he finished about July 1, with
five of the seventeen generating
units Installed, the rest to lie put
in over a period of a few years.
Tlie greatest of these units, to la-
the largest of Its kind In use any-
where, will generate 115,000 horse
power.
Built in the shape of* a horse
shoe, with wings 025 feet long and
the side against the dam 300 feet
wide, the 15 story power house will
lie the seat of one more of the fed-
eral government’s numerous ven-
tures into the electric light and
power business of late. Unlike the
TVA and other projects, business
outlook is particularly good here,
for all of tbe power lias been eon
tracted for in advance. Income
from tlie sale of electrical energy
Is expected to exceed $7,000.00(1 a
yen r.
Tbe water In tlie reservoir will
be ready long before tlie machinery.
River Harnessed at Boulder Dam.
the two great dangers confronting
the territory which it serves. They
are the mud, deadly floods of the
giant Colorado river ami the parch-
ing drouths caused by lack of Irri-
gation. When entirely completed,
the dam will also furnish power
to generate more electrical energy
than any other water power de-
veloped in this country, 1,735,000
horse power. It will become the
source of water supply for several
large cities, notably Los Angeles.
Even more Interested tlinn I-os
Angeles in the nearing of the eiTd
is tlie third largest city of Nevada,
Boulder City. Built In the desert,
six miles from the dam itself, for
the homes of the employees and
their families, its population of ap-
proximately 5,000 souls will begin
to dwindle until probably only the
ghost of this comparative metrop-
olis will remain when all the con-
struction work is over.
Rising like a gargantuan monu-
ment from the lied of the Colorado
i:p tlie steep mountain sides. Boul-
der dam i* already tlie highest dam
in tlie world, by far. although work-
men will still lie busy completing
the top of it when it begins opera-
tion. Taller than any skyscraper
west of Manhattan, with the possi-
ble exception of one or two In Chi-
cago. It towers 584 feet above tin-
bottom of Black canyon. When the
reservoir is tilled a 50-story build-
ing would merely poke the tip of its
tower above the surface of the wa-
ter. Seen in the perspective of flu-
lofty peaks that Heave tlie clouds
above the dam. it would seem ns
the tip of a reed that grazes tbe
bottom of your bout in a fishing
pond.
The four intake towers through
which the water enters the power
plant, checkered in design, are the
principal contrast to the broad
white expanse of the dam itself,
which rises In a great triangle from
tlie bottom of the canyon. To as-
sure obtaining of clear water, they
begin 250 feet above tlie Colorado's
lied, and will extend .'!8d feet above.
World of Caverns.
With no water running over tlie
top. the face of tlie dam on the
downstream side slopes in a steep
and graceful curve, bracing itself
against the weight of tlie tremen-
dous wall of water on tbe other
side.
Internally, tlie dam is a magic
subterranean world of caverns, bor-
ing their way into the rugged
mountainsides of volcanic rock cast
210.000 cubic feet a second 30 years
ago, laying waste vast areas In the
wild antics of Us most wanton
spree, it was more destructive in Its
rage than even a Niagara turned
loose to 1mlter the countryside at
random. Now California’s rich Im-
perial valley, lying below tlie level
of the river and further protected
by levees, may rest in relief from
its age-old feur.
Floods are caused by the melting
snows on the many mountains of
the region. After the record break
of Riots, it took 18 months of labor
on a vast scale and the expenditure
of $2,000,000 to return the river to
Its rightful lied.
There will si ill lie floods on the
Colorado, but now they can be held
In check to a size Hint will not get
beyond control. I’rohably no flow now
will ever be more than 48,000 cubic
feet a second below the dam and
35.000 cubic feet a second farther
down the river, In tbe Irrigated sec-
tions.
Irrigation Most Important.
Of all the operations of the dam,
irrigation was perhaps held the
most important by tlie lawmakers
who appropriated the money for its
construction. Although Hie average
How of tlie Colorado is 22,000 cubic
feet n second, this dropped off to a
mere trickle of 1.700 cubic feet this
year. Such a failure of water sup-
ply was the cause of almost irre-
parable losses in the fertile fields
of tlie Imperial valley. The pity of
It is that when the water of the
river fails, that is just tlie time It
is most needed for Irrigation.
Now the flood-time waters will
lie arrested and held until the
parched months of July and August.
During the summer months the dam
will permit tlie passage of about
10.000 cubic feet of water |>er sec-
ond into the valleys below, holding
the winter-time flow to about 4,000
cubic feet.
Another constant threat to agri-
culture has been the large amounts
of mud and silt carried down from
tlie mountains by the Colorado.
Much of this silt was dejKisited In
irrigation ditches where water to
revive thirsty vegetation was sore-
ly needed.
Twenty-four hours a day, seven
days n week, tlie crews are at work
to bring all these benefits to the
area served by the dam.
At Hie finish of their day’s labors,
the workers return to spotless,
cheery homes In a city that sprang
like a mirage in the desert. It is
Boulder City, six miles from tlie
dam. The federal government, be-
cause It owns all tlie land, makes
all the rules for the inhabitants.
These rules are interpreted largely
by the government’s efficient city
manager. Sims Ely.
Efficiently Managed.
Tin- city manager issues all tlie
business permits in tlie city, and
no one can enter business without
a permit. Tliere are neither too
few business houses for prosper-
ity nor too many. Mr, Ely has nl-
Huge Artificial Lake.
So huge is the reservoir that will
form one of the world's Inrgest arti-
ficial lakes. It will take three years
to fill. It will lie 125 miles long,
with a shore ’ine of more than 5<ki
miles, and will cover 227 square
miles. At present the canyon nliove
Hie dam is being cleaned out In
preparation for Hie creation of tlie
lake. Leaving the canyon forever
are a railroad, an old concrete mix-
ing plant and a large camp.
The Colorado is one of tlie most
temperamental and Inconsistent riv-
ers in the Fnlted States. It drains
approximately one-thirteenth of the
country, yet Its flow varies from less
than 2.000 cubic feet n second fit
Hie lowest period to an nil-time high
of 21 o.ihni cubic feet a second. The
How now is about 4,500. It will not
l-e until the spring floods that the
reservoir in back of tlie dam begins
to till Up.
While the dam has been built, en
glneers have diverted Hie flow of
the Colorado around the project by
means of artificial river beds Heft
through the mountains. One of
these tunnels carries the whole flow
now. but at times four are need-
ed. They cannot nil be shut down at
once to begin building up the reser-
voir. because much of the water Is
needed for Hie irrigation of the
Yuma and Imperial valleys.
When tlie nei-ds of Irrigation have
been met. gates being built In the
Nevada diversion tunnel will re-
turn the sin plus to the reservoir.
Tlie three diversion tunnels are 50
View Looking Down stream From the Crest of Boulder Dam.
up front craters in prehistoric days.
Entrance to tlie tunnels is effected
through a cave-opening of heroic
proportions. Here is the first of the
30-foot piping that will feed water
to tlie turbines. From this tlie wa-
ter. rushing with all the force of
Its long full, enters the power house
through secondary pipes 13 feet In
diameter
Never lias a construction Job been
speeded so swiftly. More than
3,000,000 cubic yards of concrete
have been poured from the huge Id-
ton buckets In strips 5 feet high. It
Is nearly a year and a half ahead
of schedule, the contractor says.
Gone now Is (lie terror of the
flood periods of the Colorado. Each
of the two spillways of Boulder
dam could accommodate a rush of
water of a volume greater than the
ordinary flow over N'iagnra falls.
This Is necessary, for when the
river reached Its peak flood flow of
lowed two of a kind to come Into
the city at a time. In order to keep
down prices through competition, al-
ways a sound plan in the era of ex-
President Hoover, for whom the d«m
is sometimes called. The number
of business concerns are held down
to what is necessary to supply the
needs of the community.
Visitors cannot merely come and
go to Boulder City like in other
towns. United States marshals keep
out all 1 illt those who have passes.
Tills reduces crime, for undesirable
persons never get a chance to com-
mit crimes—they don’t get In.
Tliere lias been only onp crime in
all Boulder City's history, a hold-
up. Its jierpetrators were under
sentence inside of two weeks.
Transient visitors who appear to
lie law-abiding citizens nre given
24-hour pusses which may be re-
newed.
Ci. Weatcra Ntwapapar UdIosl
BRISBANE
THIS WEEK.
Mussolini \\ arlike
Supreme Court Power
All Happy There
Learning How to Spend
Mussolini lias found tlie opportu-
nity to allow the world what It
means when
modern "Rome”
starts moving.
He has mobil-
ized au army
with air planes
to supplement
tanks and arttW
lery, and tlie
Emperor of
Abyssinia, Haile
Selassie, must
discipline his
unruly chiefs
that have of-
fended Mussolini
by an attack on
African colonies,
or so much the worse for Ethiopian
Selassie, who, believes that he Is
the direct descendant of King Solo-
mon and Hie <jueen of Sheba.
Arthur UrUbnne
4
Maybe he is, but he will encoun-
ter a problem that King Solomon's
wisdom could not solve for him
when be meets Mussolini's air-
planes.
If wine, Selassie will pay tbe In-
demnity that Mussolini demands.
As a practical business man, Mus-
solini always asks a little southing
cash. He got some from Greece.
Also. Selassie must salute the Ital-
ian flag, which costs nothing. Mex-
ico would not do that.
One question may surprise you
concerning Supreme court decisions
setting aside laws passed by the
congress and signed by the Presi-
dent, on the ground that congress,
in passing the law, had exceeded its
constitutional authority. This Is
the question: Are those Supreme
court decisions in themselves un-
constitutional?
When Hie Supreme court, some-
times by a narrow tunrgain of five
to four, declares a law unconstitu-
tional and void, is it exceeding its
constitutional authority?
Where in tlie Constitution of the
United States do you find authority
for tlie Supreme court power to
overrule congress and the President
in tlie making of laws? This ab-
sence of authority is no accident.
Those that wrote the Constitution,
after long arguing, disputing and
many concessions, knew, presum-
ably, what they wanted the Consti-
tution to say. And they did not
want it to give the Supreme court
the power to veto laws, that It now
assumes and exercises.
In London. John Puckering, fifty-
eight, apparently dead, wns revived
after five minutes. Meanwhile, he
bad gone to heaven. He saw in-
teresting things, camp back to tell
of them. Souls, evidently, travel
more rapidly than light, which
takes 1)00,000,000 years to get out-
side of tlie universe as we know
it, going 18(1,000 miles a second. Mr.
Pickering says heaven is filled with
a "happy crowd.”
Tliere were no children. “AH
were dressed as on earth.”
No moths in heaven, of course;
no depression, either.
Mayor LaGuardia, consulting with
President Roosevelt about loans for
New York city improvements, again
proves that we have at last lenrned
to spend money. Something over
$1,100,000,000 would lie the prelim-
inary total, for tunnels, highways,
public schools, a $150,0(10,000 hous-
ing program. $232,000,000 to bring a
better water supply from the Dela-
ware. extension of Park avenue ns
a broad highway above tbe trneks
of the New York Central north to
the Bronx, elimination of slums and
the slum character from tlie East
river shores.
From Ireland comes Jack Doyle,
via Mayfair, London, 6 feet 4. hand-
some face, nice smile, big muscles
telling the truth about himself,
whatever the damage to his mod-
esty: "I am not like tlie usual low-
brow fighter. I’ll go up and up and
up to the very top.” ,
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., head of Gen-
eral Motors, announces that 30,000
employees, under the company’s sav-
ing and Investment plan, will hav«^
$11,000,000 cash divided among
them. 1'he employee who saves $25
a month, the maximum, $300 a year,
gets back Ills $300. plus $321.50 con-
tributed by tlie company, including
$114 for Interest. It Is rather diffi-
cult to persuade men to “arise, y*
prisoners of starvation." and "throw
off their chains." when one of the
chains Is attached to an $11,000,000
melon.
Germany plans an army of 400.000
men, small compared with the kni-
ser’s army. But the renl fighting ma-
chine hereafter will be located Ini
the air, and, besides. German re-"
crults for the 400,000 army wll1
serve only one year. Instead of four,
giving « rapid turn-over of trained
fighters. At the end of five years
Germany will have 2,000.000 men
trained to fight. It Is likely, how-
ever. that whatever Is going to hap-
pen will happen long before five
years are up.
& Kin* Feature* Syndicate, IM-
WNI1 Servlet*
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The Delta Courier (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 8, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 19, 1935, newspaper, February 19, 1935; Cooper, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth984419/m1/2/?q=War+of+the+Rebellion.: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Delta County Public Library.