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BRISBANE
THIS WEEK.
One Thing Important
Paid for Not Doing
$40 a Month
hat Do We Want of Japan?
One piece of news in tite world is
tmportant to the United States. If
Washington doesn’t know it, the gov¬
ernments of Europe and Asia do know
it.
That news is Amelia Earhart’s flight,
nonstop in eighteen hours, across 2,400
miles of the Pacific ocean, from Hawaii
to the United States. All American
citizens, especially those on the Pa¬
cific coast, and elderly, out-of-date gen¬
tlemen who are supposed to provide
for the defense of this country, should
ask themselves:
If a young woman, entirely alone,
without sleep, no assistant to help with
navigation, can fly, unseen, across the
Pacific ocean and land in California
to receive a bunch of roses, eighteen
hours from Hawaii, what do you think
five or ten thousand powerful bombing
and swift pursuit planes could do, com¬
ing from Asia or from Europe?
Pennsylvania Is an important tobacco
state. The government is paying farm¬
ers not to grow tobacco, just ns it
pays them elsewhere not to grow cot¬
ton or wheat and not to raise pigs.
After you h<'-, e spent your whole
life driven '. necessity’s lash to pro¬
duce the utmost possible, this brings
sweet peace to have the government
pay you for not doing it, even if you
can’t quite understand It.
Nobody Inis yet arranged to pay
newspaper publishers for not writing
editorials, tint tiiat may come, in the
glorious new era, and, here and there,
It might i»e a great blessing.
Washington reports that President
Roosevelt's message to congress about
pensions for the old will suggest “only”
$40 a month.
The Washington correspondent who
says “only" does not know what $40
a month would mean to millions of old
people whose lives are made bitter not
by deprivation, not by poverty, hunger
or cold, but by the fact that they de¬
pend upon the cold charity of others,
particularly on the charity of relatives.
Give $40 a month to the old that
are dependent and you will bring hap¬
piness Into the last years of millions of
lives, and that would lie worthy of a
great nation.
The honorable Japanese chief of in-
formation in the foreign office says the
United States is planning attack on
Japan. Any Japanese who believes It
lacks the usual intelligence for which
you give all Japanese credit. Nations
start wars because they want some
thing. What does the United States
want from Japan?
Uncle Sam, in a mild fit of Idiocy, is
now giving away the Philippines, Asi¬
atic islands richer in resources than
the Japanese islands.
We got those Islands from the Span¬
ish war. Should we start another war,
spend billions, kill many of our Jap¬
anese friends and burn up their coun¬
try by fire bombardment from airplanes
merely to get more Asiatic islands, to
be given away later?
Tlie thirst of the people means profit
to the government. Uncle Sam during
3934 collected au average of more than
$1,000,000 a day In liquor taxes, a total
amount of $.'174,500,232. Beer alone
yielded $200,000,000; spirits distilled in
America, $121,000,000; imported spirits,
$13,000,000; Imported wines, $0,000,000.
It is easy to understand why tens
of millions follow tin* trial of Bruno
Hauptmann for tlie kidnaping and kill¬
ing of tlie Lindbergh baby with such
Intense Interest. The trial is a mys¬
tery in itself. Gradually unwound in
court like the chapters in a detective
story, it holds public attention, the
horrible nature of ttie crime increasing
the interest tenfold.
Elglity-nine Russian fishermen, liv¬
ing on tlie edge of the Caspian sea,
ought to he grateful to the American
Wright brothers that invented tlie air¬
plane. With their boats they had drift¬
ed ten days on nn Ice floe and were
starving.
Along came a big Russian plane, fly¬
ing low, to drop tiny parachutes that
brought food, tobacco and alcohol.
Then the fishermen, hopelessly lost, out
of sight of land, got in their boats and
the airplane guided them to tlie short¬
est route to shore. «
This reporter sat next to Amelia
Earhart at a dinner recently, did not
recognize her, thought she looked, as
the French say, “like somebody." asked
‘‘Do you write, fly, or what do you do?"
She said “I fly a little, and I write a
little."
Europe continues “edging along” to¬
ward war. The Associated Press re
ports Italian troops being concentrated
along the Austrian border. Italy fears
that Germany may start an attack on
Austria, aiming at absorption, now the
Saar voting is over.
Italy calls this movement of troops
along tlie Austrian border “Winter
maneuvers,” hut Europe knows what
it really Is.
France probably will not be sur
prised. Mussolini for Italy and Laval
for France recently had e very afifeo
tionate conversation, of which the sub
stance was “Keep Germany under cod
trol.”
©, King Feature* Syndicate. Inc.
WNU Service.
DADE COUNTY TIMES: THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1935
GERMANS WIN SAAR PLEBISCITE-
AMELIA EARHART SPANS
PACIFIC OCEAN.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
©, Western Newspaper Union.
ERMANY won an overwhelming
victory In the plebiscite held to de¬
termine the wishes of the inhabitants
of the rich Saar basin as to the future
status of that terri¬
tory. The complete
vote ns announced by
the commission was:
for return to Ger¬
many 477,119, for an¬
nexation to France
2,124, and to return to
present status under
League of Nations
control 40,513. Their
margin of victory ex¬
Geoffrey Knox ceeded the hopes of
even th e most op¬
timistic Nazi leaders.
Opposition forces,, terrorized by fear
of reprisals, immediately prepared to
leave the Saar as soon as departure
of foreign troops removes assurance of
protection. It has been estimated that
more than 400 Jews left their homes
within the first two days after the elec¬
tion, some of them preparing to locate
in Luxembourg, and others leaving for
Palestine.
The council still lias the final de¬
cision on how tlie Saar shall be gov¬
erned, and if the minority is larger
than 40 per cent, It may yet divide
the Saar, returning only those districts
1 which went overwhelmingly pro-Nazi
to the reich, and permitting the others
to remain, as now, under the league.
There were few disturbances at the
polls as voting proceeded quietly. Riot¬
ing, however, broke out while ballot
boxes containing the votes were being
brought by soldiers of ttie League of
Nations international army to Wart-
hurg palace to he counted.
Love of the fatherland won over
antipathy to Hitler principles in in¬
fluencing ttie voters. The Saarlanders
In voting to return to reich rule ex¬
change their personal and political
liberties for the regimentation of a
dictatorship witli its curb on the press,
free speech and individualism.
The plebiscite was conducted under
the direction of Geoffrey Knox, ap¬
pointed president by the League of Na¬
tions to administer the affairs of the
i turbulent region while the vote was |
being taken. !
Repercussions of events which will
Immediately follow the Saar vote are
j awaited with uneasiness in world cap¬
itals. A spokesman for the Italian
! government expressed hope that trans- j
| fer of the territory to Germany would
j take place immediately. Fears were
! also expressed that exuberance over
the victorious vote would lead Nazi
supporters to excesses elsewhere. Signs
of a renewal of Nazi activity in Aus¬
tria are being watched closely by
Italy.
EXTENSION of life of tlie Recon-
struct inn Finance corporation for
two years will be asked, informed
congressmen assert. The RFC’s au-
j thority to make loans expires on Jan¬
uary 31. It Is rumored that tlie ex-
| tension will include a proviso perrait-
j ting the President to put tlie organl-
z^ion i* out of business ended by proclaiming tlie conclu-
emergency at
! slon of one year.
The extension plan may also carry
a section doubling tlie length of time
| for maturity of loans the RFC may
make. The present limit is five years.
It is also said that the RFC may be
permitted to extend Instead of renew
existing loans providing value of se¬
curity is unchanged.
A NUMBER of important Issues
** await the League of Nations ns it
convenes at Geneva on its fifteenth
birthday. Five major disputes will
come before the body, of which the
Saar plebiscite. Involving as it does
the disposition of the future national
allegiance of that rich territory, holds
most immediate interest.
Other decisions which await action
of the league Include: the dispute be-
| tween Iraq and I’ersia over alleged
j border violations by the latter; the
border conflict between Italy and
Ethiopia; tlie Greek complaint that
j Greek minorities in Albania are being
deprived of their guaranteed rights;
and the long war in the Chaco Boreal
between Bolivia and Paraguay. Tlie
latter nation has been cool toward the
assembly’s detailed peace plan, al¬
though it has been accepted by Bolivia.
FMRST legislation to be put through
w the house of representatives was
j completed as tlie $779,916,000 lnde-
i pendent offices appropriation bill was
passed in virtually the same form as
; recommended by the appropriations
| committee. The amount for the securi¬
ties and exchange commission was in
creased to $2,000,000. Efforts of Rep¬
resentative Blanton of Texas to reduce
the $264,043 for the home loan bank
board and ot Representative Taber,
New York, to cut down the appropria¬
tion for tlie federal communications
commission were defeated.
Signs of gathering storms were seen,
however, as Representative Rayburn,
Democrat. Texas, chairnuiD of the
house Interstate commerce committee,
declared on the floor that he would nor
support a bill to place production of
viJ under government controL Emer
legislation to snpplant control
invalidated by the recent de¬
of the United States Supreme
will undoubtedly be proposed,
Rayburn’s declaration Is seen as
Indication that opposition may de¬
apparently, has found a
way to heat the depression. King
In his annual message to par¬
reported that solution of the
of unemployment appears near,
budget is balanced without new
having been imposed or new
floated, and the national debt
be reduced this year. Only 00,-
kroner (about $15,000,000) has
asked for unemployment relief,
compared to 100,000,000 kroner last
conditions among corn
belt farmers are indicated by a fed¬
report which shows a gain of
or more than 30 cents a
for each borrower, lias been
by farmers in 10 states whc
themselves of the government
corn loans. Only slightly more
$500,000 of the $120,492,259 re¬
unpaid. About 18,000,000 bushels
under seal under the new 55-cent
report states.
HUEY P. LONG, after
attacking the administration on the
of the senate, betook himself to
radio and continued the assault.
declared the Roosevelt policies
hopeless, and summoned all the
to flock to his banner and help
out all fortunes above three or
millions, "making every man a
Meantime the revolt against the
in Louisiana was growing.
by the hundreds were joining
Square Deal association which is
to march on the capitol in
Rouge unless the legislature re¬
certain of Huey’s dictatorial
IM, tousle-headed Amelia Earhart
p, utnam, holder of a dozen air rec¬
has added to her laurels by mak¬
tlie dangerous west to east Pa¬
cific hop. Thousands
cheered tlie intrepid
flier as she brought
her big plane to a
swift stop at Oakland
after the 2,400 miles
flight from Honolulu.
She was tlie first per¬
son to make the trip
alone.
Miss Pumatn ad¬
mitted weariness after
Putnam she flew her mud-spat-
(ered ship to Los An .
home of her mother. Unfavorable
prevented her from continuing
Washington as she had originally
The solo flight from Honolulu thrilled
hard-riding airmen. Miss Ear¬
however, took it calmly. Her
accomplishment adds another
to her already amazing list of
which include:
First wmnian to fly the Atlantic.
First woman to fly solo across the
First person to fly the Atlantic twice.
First woman to fly an autogyro.
First person to cross the United
in an autogyro.
First woman to receive the distin¬
flying cross.
First woman to receive the National
society's gold medal.
First woman to make a transcon
nonstop flight.
Holder of women’s transcontinental
record: 17:07:30.
Former holder of women's Interna¬
speed record—181.18 m. p. h.
First woman licensed in the United
to carry passengers for hire in
planes weighing up to 7,700
THE highly dramatized trial of
Bruno Hauptmann for the kidnap¬
and murder of the Lindbergh baby
state continued to weave a strong
of circumstantial evidence around
defendant. Lindbergh first identi¬
his voice as that of the man who
tlie ransom; next was Arnan-
Hoehmuth, eighty-seven-year-old
who told of seeing Hauptmann
a “dirty-green” car with a lad¬
in it into the Lindbergh lane March
1932, the day of the kidnaping. Then
I’errone, Bronx taxi driver, identi¬
him as the man who paid him $1
deliver a ransom note to “Jafsie.”
"Jafsie,” otherwise Dr. John Con¬
the aged Bronx educator who un¬
tlie negotiations with the kid¬
next went on the stand and in
garrulous way identified Bruno as
man with whom he dealt and to
he handed the $50,000 ransom
His long and somewhat ram¬
story was bitterly assailed in
examination by E. J. Reilly, chief
defense counsel, but seemingly the
value of his evidence was not
shaken.
Handwriting experts Introduced by
prosecution added to the drama
they testified that in their opin¬
Hauptmann was the author of all
ransom notes. Comparisons of the
and subsequent handwriting, ad¬
Hauptmann’s, were shown, and
conceded the state had pro¬
strong evidence against the ac¬
Detective Arthur Johnson of New
was on his way home from Eu¬
bringing relatives of the late Isa-
Fisch to testify for the state
claimed in his defense that
ransom money found in his pos¬
was given to him by Fisch, a
associate In New York. Fisch
returned to his home In Gar
where he died.
National Topics Interpreted
by William Bruckart
National Press Building
Washington. — Out of
Roosevelt’s eight-billion-dollar
Budget Starts is developing a
re al
Controversy which runs to
heart of tlie
Deal. True, this controversy like
ly all of the others will not result
changing ttie President’s plans, but
seems to me to be a matter which
tifies consideration even though
Roosevelt will in the end must,
Included in the budget was
for an appropriation of four billion
lars and, as stated by the President,
he supplied “in one sum, subject to
location by the Executive
for giving work to those
on the relief rolls.” Beyond that,
was no exposition of its intended
nor has there been any detailed
ment of the plan. As a result, there
a considerable body of opinion in
halls of congress which is saying
effect that Mr. Roosevelt ought to
fine his work relief program. He
not done so, and tlie best
1 can obtain is that no explanation
be expected in the near future; he
tends to proceed as he lias in ttie
by developing a program
and using the funds as tlie
requires.
In tlie critical days of 1933 when
Roosevelt took office, I believe it
generally conceded that tlie
was so serious as to warrant
tion liy congress of almost any
even remotely desired by the
He used that power during 1933
1934. Now, many members of
house and senate believe that tlie
has arrived for congress to
more inquisitive about the
of taxpayers’ money and to avoid
lowing in blind trust however the
ident may direct. While it is
that congress will not be told how
President intends to use tlie
and while it is also probable that
requested appropriation of four
dollars will be rubber stamped,
fact remains that at no time
the New Deal lias there been such
buzz of discontent in the
own list of wheel-horses.
Byrnes* the South Carolina
who has been looked upon
as Mr. Roosevelt’s spokesman on
cial affairs in the senate, has
that body that it is impossible “to
more specific at this tiine” on
woi-k relief program. Senator
will go no further, lie lias given
interviews respecting his own
on the matter and apparently
elected to wait at bat until the
ident tosses him the ball.
less, there are some senators who
they detect just a trace of concern
the attitude of this
spokesman and they are
how long he will continue to
his known energies.
* * •
Presentation of tlie budget was
pected in many quarters to
■ • t,ie means by
^rit:cs Chide i\ ]e president
President to get employment
ing again in
industry. It showed nothing
in this direction. Consequently,
ics of tlie administration who have
opportunity to speak in the house
senate have begun to (hide the admin
istration on its third experiment
three years. Representative Snell
New York. Republican leader in
house, has called attention to tlie
uation something in this manner:
President tried out one plan in
he tried out a second plan in 1934,, and
now lie is trying a third
The first two were found to he all
and the Republicans, it seems, are con¬
vinced that the current effort has
strikes on It before it gets
They are predicting failure for it
every way except the success that
assured in getting rid of money which
tiie treasury is borrowing. Their con¬
versation all have the same theme
song, namely that the country is seeing
activity, but they are not predicting
how long this action can continue until
the nation goes broke.
Whether the business leaders
met at White Sulphur Springs, W.
1 a., a month ago were right or
wrong in proposing the use of a dole
instead of the more expensive work
relief plan, or whether they were cor¬
rect in any of the other recommenda¬
tions they made, the truth is the ad¬
ministration has rejected without com¬
ment every single one of tlie recom¬
mendations made by that group. Mr.
Roosevelt made no mention in his bud¬
get message or in his annual message
to congress of plans for balancing
budget, and this fact at last has sunk
in. 1 lie result is additional fear on
the part of many business leaders who
can see in the future only inflation and
economic chaos for tiie country.
Privately, I have heard many expres
sinus indicating that men of wealth are
putting their money into tangible prop¬
erty-something that will not dry up
and blow away. That is always the
refuge of individuals who fear that
the currency which their government
controls is losing its worth. These
men will be criticized for that course,
naturally enough, by blind followers
of inflation plans.
From all of tlie signs now visible
and from the undercurrent of mum¬
bling that I hear, it certainly is made
to appear that Mr. Roosevelt Is con¬
Deal With Eye Trouble
Without Loss of Tin^
*
Of the great number of sympto
of eye outstanding disease, in there are signifies,,! four C
are their
Dr. Hyman Cohen points out u
Hygeia Magazine, in the chapter “pj
“The Eye Book” dealing with
ease of the Eves: General CW|h
erations.”
The first of these is the dimmin,
of sight. Especially when it *
i s th
only apparent symptom, this i s 0}
tlie utmost gravity because it u
liable to be overlooked for some
time, especially when the vision io
the fellow eye is good.
Pain in the eye is frequently nils
taken for an ordinary headache or
an attack of migraine. Repeated
dosing with headache remedies i &
resorted to, and so here also valu
able time is lost.
Redness of the eye is a danger
signal of trouble ahead. Pop U i af
remedies iri use, such as the applj.
cation of a slice of pork or tea leaves
or oysters, to tlie inflamed eye, mai
cause infection.
Discharge from the eye should not
be confused with nn excessive flow
of tears, although tlie two often go
together. When the discharge is a
puslike secretion, it is of great 1®
portance to ascertain the nature of
the discharged matter by having );
examined microscopically. If the
condition is allowed to involve the
other structures, the damaging con
sequences are dire; if the condition
Is contagious, the fellow eye and the
eyes of the family and attendant are
In danger.
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/ no appetite
^ losing weight
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Then you may suffer nagging
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swollen feet and ankles, rheumatic
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JUDGE LEHMAN. HUMBOLDT.
fronted with a necessity for some defi¬
nite outline of his plans and an as¬
surance that he will adhere to those
plans. Without such, the situation as¬
suredly is that he will not have the
confidence of the business structure.
It seems illogical even to suppose that
he can gain the co-operation of busi¬
ness in expanding its activities, there¬
by re-employing workers, unless he
takes a different tack than his pro¬
nouncements thus far indicate. At
least, such is the conclusion of 8. vast
number of thinking people.
* * *
I heard a visitor to Washington say
tlie other day that he would like to
ride airplanes, “but
Night tlie confounded things
Flying fl v most of tl,eir
.
schedules at night.”
The individual is a man of great
wealth and his time is of -great value.
He insisted he was sincere in his state¬
ment that he would much rather save
time by flying if the planes were on
day-light schedule.
The statement aroused my curiosity
to tlie extent that I conducted some
inquiry Into tlie situation. I found the
night schedules of the air lines to he
due to the fact that they are fixed by
the Post Office department If a line
desires to carry mail it has to subject
itself to the dictates of “Big Jim” Far¬
ley, the postmaster general. Ilis office
can and does say to nn air line that
it will fly a ship leaving New York at
9 p. m. or else it does not get the mail
contract. The result is that the plane
leaves New York at 9 p. m. or it leaves
Chicago or Washington or any other
city on a time stated by the Post Office
department.
Many persons feel that such a policy
is taking undue advantage of private
industry. It is true that the Post
Office department is paying for carry¬
ing the mails at a rate probably well
above the rate it receives in postage on
that mail, it is, therefore, a subsidy.
But tiiis government has for years
maintained a policy of subsidizing new
industries and that course is responsi¬
ble for tlie success attained by the de¬
velopment of tlie transportation sys¬
tems of this country.
The President’s special commission
named to study the airplane problems
of this country and to make recom
mendations heard much testimony and
received much data showing that the
airplane industry in the United States
had placed this country in the number
one position in the air among all na
tions of the world. Individual mem
hers of that commission have stated
they regard this as highly beneficial.
Some of them at least maintain that
development of an air industry was
one of tlie greatest steps taken in na¬
tional defense preparation. They ap¬
peared to consider this one end as jus¬
tifying the course without even con¬
sidering the maintenance of a great in¬
dustry within the borders of our na¬
tion as a commercial unit.
But while this lias been going on,
and while many authorities on econom¬
ic matters continue to urge develop¬
ment of the air industry, we find an¬
other agency within the government
placing handicaps on that same seg¬
ment of the economic structure. The
least that can he said is that the
courses cannot he reconciled.
* * +
The administration is determined to
control oil production. If it cannot do
The Oil so by Executive order
—anil d, e Supreme
Case Court of the United
States has decreed it
cannot do so in that manner-^ffhere
will he laws predicated upon tlie in
terstate commerce clauses of tlie Con¬
stitution which will permit tlie execu¬
tive branch of the government to keep
its hand on the valve of oil wells.
President Roosevelt apparently was
not much concerned over the Supreme
court decision which invalidated that
part of the recovery act giving the
Chief Executive authority to allow or
prohibit interstate movement of oil as
it decided best. The President ap
peared to feel, in responding to ques
tions by news correspondents, that the
rebuff was only temporary. He an¬
nounced at that time a determination
to control oil production in one way
or another to avoid what he describes
as a criminal waste of a great natural
resource.
Ihe oil case, the Supreme court de¬
cided, had its origin in regulations and
executive orders issued under what the
administration believed to he authority
accorded by the recovery act. Those I
regulations and ordeis prescribed
quotas allowed to be shipped from eacii
of the several oil producing states.
The motivating spirit was a desire to
avoid accumulation of a vast surplus
of crude oil with the consequent de¬
pressing of prices until crude oil was
worth little or nothing. But, like many-
other prohibitory laws and rules oi
conduct, individuals resented being told
they could not do a certain thing and
immediately began to devise ways by
which it could be done—a characters
tic that was developed to its fulles
during the bootleg days of national
prohibition. The oil that was moved
surreptiously came to be known as “hot
oil,” and the controversy over the va
lidity of the regulations and executive
orders consequently was called the
“hot oil” case.
©. Western Newspaper Union.