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FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1934,
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A Vici i
icious Circle
L 8 By BRUCE CATTON
As the people of Mississippi get ready to vote on
a state liguor control bill early this summer, one
of the traditional fights against alcohol is being
waged anew. :
The fight is like those we used to see before the
18th amendment was even introduced in Congress.
4 great deal is being said about the “Demon Rum”;
speakers are telling the old stories about homes and
lives which booze has wrecked.
And this revival of the old type of campaign
might be a little reminder that there is one angle
of the liguor question to which we have not paid
much attention, so far.
Someone once remarked that while drunkenness
ecan cause poverty and misery, poverty and misery
can also c¢ause drunkenness; and before our new
attitude in ‘respect to the liquor trade gets fixed, it
would be worthwhile to examine that thought a
little.
The liquor traffic aroused widespread public in
dignation in America, roughly speaking, between
the time of the Civil war and the enactment of the
18th amendment. It is interesting to not that that
was precisely the period in which the great indus
(rial development of the nation took place. 4
In that era our cities became great. Our indus
trial towns developed themselves then; the coal
pelt spawned its endless series of mine towns; the
workingman came more and more under the sway
of the great corporation.
The pace of life was quickened; simultaneously,
the frontier closed, leaving the ordinary man more
at the mercy of the outside forces than had been
the case bfore.
All this put a heavy pressure on the individual
wage earner. In hundreds of thousands of cases; it
forced him to live in dreary and unsightly homes,
it closed his horizon, and it made him feel that
there was very little hope for him.
1s it going too far to suggest that this had much
to do with making the liguor problem acute? When
the whiskey bottle looks like a man’s only escape,
it is not surprising if he takes it. Misery led to
drink and drink led to more misery—a vicious circle
growing from un environment men felt unable to
change,
If all this is true, the ultimate solution may lie
less in restriction of the liguor traffic than in im
provement of the common man’s lot to the point
where he does not feel that periodic immersion in
an alcoholie haze is the only way of making life
supportable.
HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP
By DAN THOMAS
NEA Service Staff Correspondent.
HOLLYWOOD.—Acting in serious business, more
than art, to Frances Fuller, former Broadway beauty
and one of the more promising actresses among
Hollywood’s, younger set, Yet she's only completed
her second picture here.
“T tried other things before turning to acting and
know that if necessary I could go back to them.
However, it was not until T went on the stage that
| experienced that feeling of satisfaction which
comes only with the work you really love.
“] have often tried to figure out just why acting
appeals to me 8o strongly, but so far I've had no
SUCCESS,
“I know it ivn’t because of any particular artistic
strain in me, because I don’t regard acting as an
art. It isn’t sufficiently lasting for that, Hence it
must be classed as a business.”
With only two pictures to her credit, Miss Fuller
already has nearly every director in town bidding
for her services. And for good reason. She pho
tographs beautifully, has a charming manner and
an intelligence not exactly common around Holly
wood ~
Found: The champion joiner of Hollywood. He's
W. 8. Van Dyke, who admits being a member in
good standing of more than 50 organizations. And
every single one of the memberships was literally
thrust upon him,
It started several years ago when Van Dyke went
to the South Seas to make “White Shadows of the
South Seas.” There he was made a member of a
native tribe. When he returned he found himself
possessor of memberships in numerous local clubs
hefore he knew whht had happened.
When the director went to Africa to make
“Trader Horn” he became “kimg” of several tribes
whose names he can't even pronounce. When he
returned he found memberships in numerous ad
venture societies awaiting him.
The same thing happened when Van returned
from making “Eskimo” in the Arctic, bringing the
total up to more than 50 organizations. Van didn’t
want to hurt anyone's feelings, so he accepted
every membership that he was offered—although he
admits that he knows little about most of them.
However, he has a record which nobody in Hol
ilywood even will attempt to beat.
Which reminds me of Joe E. Brown’s pet story
about his recent trip to the Orient. Ask him about
the jaunt, and hi§ first words are, “Say, let me tell
You about a dinner we had in Shanghai—3s courses..
The meal lasted four hours and we had to" eat the
whole thing with chop sticks or our fingers. 1 used
my ‘fingers mostly. What a meal!” .
Evelyn Lay's first picture, when she arrives from
Europe in September, will be “Tiptoes,” slamorous
romance of the German Imperial Ballet. This is
scheduled to be one of the outstanding musical pro
ductions of the coming season.
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Local gossipers are beginning to wonder how
soon wedding bells wjll ring out for phillips Holmes
and Florence Rice, daughter of Grantland Rice. For
five years their romance has flourished, although
under diffieulties most of the time, since Phil was
here and Florence in New York.
Now shé is out here with a contract to the Co
limbia studio and she and Phil have become prac
tically inseparable.
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In 1930, there were 116,60 federal and state pris
oners in the United States.
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More than 55,000 doctors are registered in Great
Britain,
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More than 9,300 white rats have descended from
2 pair brought to the U. S. Department of Agri
culturé’ §n 1925 for nutrition experiments.
~ The Romans started the custom of forcibly feed
inf geese to enlarge the livers. A goose that is fed
by force every few hours soon develops a liver of
S&veral pounds’ weight.
Excavations near Mexico, D. F., have brought to
light well-preservied remnants of the bathing
Places of the ancient Aztec aristocracy. The “tubs”
Were carved from solid rock.
U. S. Currency is printed with 98 pounds of ink
on every 100 pounds of paper. Kach sheet of p:p:!‘
money i counted ; 361 and y
R MARB BN
| AN OFF YEAR IN POLITICS
On account of no presidential election
this year, the term of “off year” is ap
plied, but in reality, it will be one of the
livest in the history of the country. Be
sides the state elections, all members of
the lower House of congress and one-third
of the senate will be up for election.
In the national offices there is much in
terest between the Republicans and Dem
ocrats, the Republicans fighting to gain
control while the Democrats will be fight
ing to hold the majority ‘of both Houses
as now constituted,
Should a landslide occur for the Repub
licans, President Roosevelt would be
‘hampered in the congress of 1935. While
many Republicans voted the Democratic
ticket two years ago, it is possible for them
to be whipped into line in voting their for
mer ticket. However, no such condition
is anticipated, but such a change is possi
‘ble. It behooves every loyal Democrat to
remain loyal to the cause of Democracy
and take an interest in the fall elections
which have so much bearing on the future
.success of the Democratic party.
~ Since the adjournment of congress,
’members of both branches of congress
‘have returned home and commenced ac
tivities for the coming elections. In prac
teally all of the states party oppesition has
arisen and the campaigns will be fought
out on strictly party lines. Charges and
counter charges are being made in an ef
fort to discredit the Roosevelt administra
tion and to booster up a dying varty that
has little to offer the people.
President Hoover’s administration was
not a success; it was responsible, in a great
measure, for the creation of the period of
depression which has brought on a condi
tion from which this country will not re
cover for years to come. That, however,
is past history. The mistakes made during
the Hoover administration were costly, de
moralizing business of all kinds, commer
cial and industrially, but with ti'le incom
ing administration of President Roosevelt,
it has been improved and growing more
normal each day, “as we are on our way”
to recovery.
. IS GERMANY KEEPING FAITH?
Under an agreement reached at the
Paris air meeting in 1926, a relevant
clause was inserted in the Versailles
Treaty, Britain, Italy, France, Belgium,
Japan and Germany mutually agreed, not
only that caonstruction of importation of
armored aircraft into Germany was for
bidden, but that German civil aviation
should be maintained within normal lim
its.
It appears now that Germany has been
a large purchaser of airplane parts dur
ing recent months, which is in direct vio
lation of agreement as entered into by the
several nations. However, nothing better
could be expected of these people; their
first thoughts being self preservation irre
spective of the interest of other nations.
1t is alleged that Germany has ordered 350
engines from one British firm, ninety from
another and 2,000 from the United States.
A further report states that 112 American
airplane engines were shipped to Germany
in the first quarter of this year.
Another report, says:
“Sir John Simon, British Foreign Secre
tary, replying to a query in the House of
Commons a few days ago, admitted that
one of the recent German contracts was
with the British firm of Armstrong-Sidde
ley, a subsidiary of Vickers, the great ar
maments firm. But he added that the “or
der itself is for a form of airplane engine
that it is perfectly lawful for a German
firm to order.” : e
In view of the foregoing admittance that
England and the United States are selling
airplane parts to Germany to enforce the
agreement of 1926 would be inconsistent.
While it is alleged that these engines and
other parts are not adaptable for war pur
poses, but purely for commercial usages,
there may be an excuse for this country
and England to continue the sale of such
parts for airplanes. However, there is
room for Germany to trespass in their
purchases of such parts and step over the
bounds of commercial purposes into that
of war usages by merely changing and re
modeling the parts.
Let us hope, however, that the Ver
gailles agreement will be lived up to, not
only by Germany, but by the agreeing na
tions.
SHOWING IMPROVEMENT
According to the Federal Reserve Board,
recovery in all lines of business and indus
try is reaching a peak more encouraging
than had been expected. In May, the fig
ures for the nation were 87 per cent of the
figures of 1923-25, compared with 86 per
cent in April and 72 per cent in November.
Another encouraging sign of the recov
ery reaching a high peak is the condition
in the steel market. Steel is the barometer
of industrial activity under all conditions
which has shown an increase from 54 per
cent of capacity in April to 58 per cent in
May. Lumber has also shown a marked in
crease in price. The output in textile in
dustries has shown a small decline. That
condition, however, is not to be taken seri
ously, but in the near future, the decrease
will be far more and ahead of the minor
decline during the past few weeks.
The output of petroleum has continued
to increase while the coal industry has held
its own, neither up or down. Employment
in the factories and industrial plants have
remained normal with little change during
the period of April and middle of May.
Employment on the railroads and farms
and in building have shown a decided in
crease.
Recovery signs are multiplying and sub
stantial increases are reported from many
authorative sources. All which goes to
show that the country is rapidly coming
back under the recovery acts of the “new
deal”.
In 1930, there were 116,670 federal and
state prisoners in the United States,
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DID IT EVER
OCCURTOYOU - -
A Little of Everything,
Not Mufl_f\nything
Good afternoon, Mr. Post
master: Hope that you are well
and happy, for it won't be long
before you will be cussing, if
you do your duty.
Oh yea, oh yea, oh yea, all
the candidates for the Athens
postmastership have received
notices from the Civil Service
Commission announcing their
fate.
l Some received papers showing
their rating while some received
notice telling them of their failure
to make the grade. That feature
was unfortunate. If all of the can
«idates rated eligible for appoint
ment, it would not have done any
harm as only the three highest are
eligible for appointment, Three or
four of the candidates failing to
'make the required per centage was
a surpris® to us. However, we
‘have no way, that is certain, of
knowing the whys and wherefores
of the rating plan as used by the
Civil Service Commission, but we
do sympathize with our friends
losing out for they are all splen
did citizens. i
We think we know the three
highest applicants—that is the
three rated the highest by the
government agency, but we are
leaving that to Bryan Lump
kin to tell i nthese news col
umns this afternoon.
If you do not see it in the Ban
ner-Herald, you may bank on it
not being known, for if it is known
by anyone, Bryan Lumpkin will
tell you about it in big black head
lines. He likes a sensation and
grows fat off of spot, news—
“when it is news,” This is being
written in advance, but on another
page of this paper, possibly page
one, you will find the whole story
sad as it may be for some, but
cheerful for others. Even though
nine of the bakei’s dozen should
be rated eligible only three names
can appear on the eligible list and
only one can be appointed from that
list. '
Paul Smith has made a good
postmaster for the past dozen
years or more, and if he had
not grown excited and blew up
at the wrong time, he would
have held over until February
1936,
‘ However, we suspect that some
of the Democrats were impatient
‘and wanted him to resign, but
that was no reason for him doing
}so. He lost his nerve and, with it,
he lost the postoffice;, and now
pretty soon he will be out of of
fice, and have a long time to wait
for another Republican administra
‘tion. A change in control of the
‘major parties may come in the next
‘half-century, put in our belief, the
'Republican party will not only un
‘dergo a material change, but that
one on the essentials for its success
wiil be a néw name and new
crowd sponsoring it
How'lli you bet on this post
mastership, anyway, pal? It
is a dead cinch to win, hands
down, if you will bet on the
right candidate. Trim up the
harness, turn on the gas, and
let’s ride, boy.
We have our preference, of
course, for the postmastership,
but there are several who would
suit us. If we had our way about
the darned old office, we would
divide it up into three parts and
have three postmasters, one woman
and twe men, but to tell you the
FORMER BASEBALL
PLAYER IS HANGED
Paul H. Kauffman Dies in
Kansas City Today for
Girl’s Murder
KANSAS CITY, —(#)}— Paul H.
Kauffman, 35_, World War veteran
and former minor league baseball
player, was hanged in the county
jail here today for the murder of
17-year-old Avis Woolery of Webb
City, Mo., whom he lured to Kan
sas City and attacked in Swope
park four years ago. His home
was in Columbia, Pa.
“"The trap wag sprung at 6:03
a. m,
Kauffman protested his inno
cence, announcing from the sgcaf
fold that he expected someone to
come forward and save him.
Prior to the first of his two
trials, he confessed he met the
young girl when ghe arrived from
Webb City in response to hig ad
vertisement for a nurse-mald,
choked her to death in the park
after the attack and buried the
body in ®w .shallow grave. The
body wag discovered two months
later after Kauffman had been ar
resteh for an offense against an
other girl.
Calmly awaiting the execution,
Kauffman smoked, wrote letters,
tried to finish a song he had been
writing and recalled his brief base
ball career with the Reading club
of the International league. He
ordered his personal effects gent
to his mother, Mrs. Harry G.
Kauffraan, Columbia, Pa.
NEWS OF GEORGIA'’S
GAME AND FISH
Work sheets on the improve
ments of the trout hatchery at
Summerville and the building of a
new hatchery unit for FERA last
week. Immediately upon the com
pletion of this survey Louis Wright
and C. C. James Jest for south
Georgia to choose a site for ths
scuthern hatchery, seeking first a
centra] location and adequate wa
ter supply, and second =~n area
that can be developed at little
cost,
r Plenty of water is the prime re
iqulrement in the hatchery for we
are planning to build these units
so that they can be .expanded and
‘enlarged as the revemue of the
department permits it. As soon as
this site 'is chosen and made av
pilable to the department, surveys
'will be made and cost sheets pre
wpared, We have two weeks to
‘make preparations for the hatch
)'ery development to get under way.
After that time it will have to be
fast and furious work to get these
iunlts into operation as rapidly and
as efficiently as possible,
truth, two women and one man
would suit us just as well, if not
better. When we theard about
these notices being received, we
commenced a canvass of the list
of applicants, and it is surpris
ing to learn how few people stay
at home nights—that is in the early
ipart of the evenimg prior to mid
i;nlght of course., After that hour
we are not intorm:d as if is cur
job to hammer out two columns
of editortals and a column of this
kind of suff you are now read
ling—that is, If you are reading t.
Tourist (in Yellowstone Park)
~—*“Those Indians have a blood-
curdling yell”
Guide—"“Yes, ma’'am; every one
of 'em is a college graduate!”—
‘Christian Leader,
BEN BEANIE'S FIRST
MOVIE SHOWS HERE
Old Maestro |s at Palace
Saturday; Strand Fea
tures John Wayne
Hollywood hag scored another
’hlt with the recruiting of Ben
Bernie from the radio. Following
}m the long line of radio stars who
‘have made movies, the old Maes
‘tro makes his screen debut In
“Shoot the Works!” showing Sat
\urday at the Palace.
The radio “raid” began when
“The Big Broadeast’ was- filmed,
quh Ring Crosby, the Mills Bro
thers, Kate Smith and a host of
others. It continued with Russ
Columbo, Rudy Vallee, Burng and
Allen and many others becoming
gscreen as well ag radio favorites,
Now Ben Bernie has been recruit
ed, and his first picture, “Shoot
the Works!” is one of the brightest
and cleverest comedies to come
from the movie studios in a long
time. L
Six ~musical numbers, which
have already proved their popu
larity over the alr and at dances,
are featured in this production,
including Bernie's comedy-hit: “A
Bowl of Chop Suey and You-ey."
Besides the famous oOrchestra
leader, “Shoot the Works,” boastd
a superlative comedy cast includ
ing three of thel most popular
laugh-makers in 'movies: JacK
Oakie, Alison ‘Skipworth and Ros
coe Karns, Karng made hig first
big hit as the soldier pal of Gary
Cooper in “If 1 Had a Million"
and he and Oakie took the part
of Tweedledee and Tweedledum in
“Alice in Wonderland,” Arline
Judge furnishes part of the love
interest.
vaf’fiixlfially good short subjects
have been arranged to till out this
all-comedy program tomorrow.
JOHN WAYNE PLAYS
AT STRAND SATUFPR.DAY
Every year litepally hundreds of
college football players finish up
their glamorous careers on various
and sundry football teams through
out the country; are rewarded for
their stellar abllities by being
placed on honorary *“All-American,”
“All-Eastern,” and “Ali-this, that
the other” teams.
What becomes,of these star foot
ball players? ;
Hollywood, home of the motion
picture world, has taken its share
of these football- heroes of yester
year and has placed them in roles
ag assistant in production, tech
nical advisers while some are
making names for themselves as
actors.
Included in this latter category
is the nmame of John Wayne who
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duction, “West of the Divide,”
which is at the Strand tomorrow
‘Wayne, born in Winterset, lowa,
went to high school in Glendale,
Calif. and continued his education
at the University of Southern Cal
ifornie, where for two years he
was a star tackle on itg football
team. \
While working as a prop boy at
Fox studiog during a summer va
cation, Wayne was selected by
Raoul Walsh to play the lead in
“The Big Trail.” Making an in
stant guccess in this plcture, 'Wayne
gave up whatever thoughts he may
have had about becoming & grid
iron hero and dropped out of
gchool to continue with his career
in motion pictures. 1
The supporting cast of “West of
the Divide” includes Virginia Brown
Falre, Lloyd Whitlock, George
Hayes, Yakima Canutt, Billy O’-
Brien, Lase McKee, Blackie White
ford, Earl Dwire, ‘'and Dick Dick:
son, R. N, Bradbury, the authot,
also directed.
MACON MAN DIES
MACON, Ga.—~(®)—A. H. Small,
80, assidgtant to Chief of Police Ben
T. Watkins, died suddenly at his
Yome Thursday of a heart attack.
He was a member of a prominent
middle Georgia family, but was
born in Whitfield county.
“So ’elp me folks, it’s got the
mosta of the besta of fun, love
and song hits . . . yowsah!”
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“FOR PETE’S SAKE”
ALSO—CARTOON
STRAND WITH CARTOON AND
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TODAY Baer vs. Carnera Fight
“House of Mystery”
PAGE ONE-A
Morgan Blake Is in
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Hospital in Atlant
ATLANTA .—(#)—Morgan :3; ‘
sporting editor of 'The Journalk
who has been absent from his desk
for the past six days due to the |
fliness, is now In the/ Pledmomit |
hospital, e
Mr. Blake was taken ill suddens
ly almost a week ago and was
confined to his home until yesters
day when his physician advised
that he be taken to the hospitalss
A rest of several more days wals
his chief need, the doctor said.
MAY MEET CHAMP
MIAMI BEACH, Fla—(#)—E. He
Griffith, manager of Joe Knight,
said Thursday he Is instituting:
negotiations with the Nsw[;
Boxing commission for a world
light-heavyweight title fight be=
tween the Cairo, Ca., southpal
and Champion Maxie Rosenbloom.
TO GET 12 MILLION =
MOULTRIE, Ga. — (#) — Dean
Paul Chapman. of the Universit
of Georgia college of agriculture,
says tarmers in Georgia will ress
ceive more than $12,000,000 thi
vear in AAA benefit payments.
PALACE
JACK OAKIE
DOROTHY DELL
ARLINE JUDGE
ALISON SKIPWORTH
ROSCOE KARNS
BEN BERNIE'S BAND
LAST
TIMES
TODAY
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