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HUNGER MARCHERS.
Disillusioned hunger marchers of New Jersey, defeated in
their quest to force legislation from the state’s assembly which
would provide relief for dstressed homes, retraced their foot
steps homeward Wednesday after a vainless seige of a week.
Os course it is admitted that these frenzied people sought
irregular methods to gain their ends, but hungry mouths and
parents with underprivileged children can hardly be expected
to observe the rules and regulations of good ethics.
Men, women and children do not leave their homes and
march upon the state capitol without reason. They may be all
wrong in their procedure, but they are not wrong in their ap
peals for aid when faced with the grim spectre of starvation.
Humbly they filed out when they saw they had lost their
cguse. The expected demonstration which might have been oc
casioned when a resolution was passed by the Jersey solons or
dering the marchers from the building, was not forthcoming.
Instead, they themselves passed a resolution thanking the cus
todians of the building for at least providing quarters and treat
ing them kindly during their eight days conquest.
New Jersey’s problem is not solved by the legislators fail
ing to act. The problems which face the needy in New Jersey are
parallel to those in other sections of the country.
There must be some principle of economics which would
meet the requirements of these people. As yet, despite the al
phabetical bureaus of relief, that solution has not yet been found
and those cOncientious men holding the power of government in
their hands must continue seeking until they find that solution.
DERBY DAY.
Tomorrow is Derby Day. It is a day when the eyes of the
world turn toward Kentucky.
Louisville is, for this week-end, the mecca for the sporting
world. All other events of competition are shunted to the back
ground while society, politicians, convention delegates who find it
convenient to gather “coincidentally” in Louisville just this time
of the year and the boys who wear checkered suits and talk out of
the corner of their mouths, brush elbows in the paddock to view
the nation’s finest horses.
The Kentucky Derby is, perhaps, the fastest sporting event
that the world knows. Invariably it starts around 5 o’clock,
Savannah time, and is over in just a couple of minutes. Then
the winner—perhaps a favorite, perhaps an unknown, instantly
becomes to the race track world what Jack Dempsey was to the
ring, Babe Ruth to the baseball diamond and Red Grange to the
football field.
In tomorrow’s race, Brevity and Grand Slam seem to be the
favorites. Predictions are that the track will be wet—and this
means much to the professional and amateur gamblers who will
wager a king’s ransom on the nose of their choice tomorrow.
It’s a grand event—an American institution and one which
revives memory of the old Southern gentleman with his Van
Dyke beard, linen cutaway and a mint julep at his elbow. Long
ipay it live 1
A GLORIOUS PAST.
Savannahians, descendants of those illustrious Georgians
who have defended the honor and safety of the nation through
the pages of American history, will pay homage this afternoon
to the Chatham Artillery upon the occasion of its 150th anni
versary.
No military unit in the United States enjoys a more colorful
and historic background. The Chatham Artillery has taken an
active part in every conflict in which this country has engaged
■ince its organization on July 4th, 1786.
When the call to colors came in 1812, the Chatham Artillery
supplied the War Department with a well-trained, courageous
body of fighting men. So it was when the United States went to
war with Mexico. When Georgia reached a parting of ways
with the national government in 1861, the Chatham Artillery
stood by the sovereign state, threw its forces into Fort Pulaski
and heroically defended that post. The Spanish American War
found this ancient organization ready for battle as they were
when trouble arose again in Mexico. Its enviable record during
the World War is well known to this generation.
Contract
Bridge
PERFECTLY PLAYED
AN ADMIRER of Mr. M. D. Maier,
one of our ablest players, has just
sent in a hand played by him, with
the comment: "The late Louis H.
Watson was partner of Mr. Maier,
and stated that he never saw a bet
ter played hand.” This is very high
praise, indeed, as Mr. Watson was
considered one of the five best players
known in this country.
As reported to me, bidding went:
South (Mr. Maier}, 2-Dißmonds;
North, 3-Clubs; East, 3-Diamonds, to
bother opponents; South, doubled;
East, 3-Spades; North 4-Clubs; South,
4-Hearts; North, 5-Dlamonds, merely
shifting to the red suit the better sup
ported; South, 6-Dlamonds, which was
a very stiff contract.
The opening lead was the 9 of
spades. East’s 10 overtook. South’s
Ace won. The Ace of diamonds was
led, to try adverse distribution of the
trunks. West and dummy played low
trumps. East discarded his lowest
spade, showing that West must win
at least one trump trick.
Evidently both sound Judgment and
good Ipck would be required to make
the small slam bid. The first thing
was to rid South's hand of its dan
gerous second spade. The K of clubs
was led. followed by the 7, and won
with dummy’s J. West followed suit
with the 5 and 6, while East played
the 3 and 9. Unless someone had
false-carded West still held the < cf
clubs which would permit South to
rid his hands of its last spade. The
Ace of clubs was led. East showed
out, by discarding the 4 of spades.
Declarer let go his last spade. The
Q of clubs was led and declarer let
go his lowest heart. West played
his last club.
As West hact originally held at
least one spade, 5 diamonds and 4
clubs, the only guestion was what 3
unknown cards did West still hold. A
spade was led from dummy and ruf
fed with the 9 of diamonds. West
followed suit with the 5. As Weet
had led his highest spade and as all
lower spades than the 9 were ac
counted for West evidently still held,
at the end of the seventh trick, 2
hearts and 4 trumps. That made the
rest of the play an easy matter, now
that South haci so ably conducted
play up to that 'point.
Declarer held A K 4 of hearts, and
the K-Q-10 of diamonds, just one
more heart and one less trump than
West held. The Ace and K of hearts
were taken, then West had to ruff
the third lead of hearts. West could
not avoid doing this. Having taken
that single defensive trick, West had
to lead from his J-8-7 of trumps, up
to declarer’s diamond tenace, so that
declarer finally made his apparently
impossible small slam.
GUARDS SELL PAPERS
CHICAGO, May 1 (TP).—The
smartly uniformed guards on duty at
the Chicago Federal courthouse have
turned newsbobsy.
Usually, Richard Boehler, who is
blind, supplies courthouse visitors
with magazines and periodicals. Th-,
blind salesman became ill two week?
ago.
•>— No. 1: Early Years ——
Life Story of Senator Dickinson Told in Sketch Strips
iy ■ -- - -- - By C. H. Crittenden, Central Press Artist ■ - *
Senator Leiter Jesse Dickin*
son, U. S. senator from lowa,
was born on a farm in Lucas
county, lowa, Oct. 29, 1873.
His father and mother, of Eng*
lish descent, had migrated to
lowa from Ohio on a flat-bot
tomed boat. The greater part
of Dickinson's youth was passed
on the farm in lowa. He was
forced to walk many miles to
the little red school house.
—WORLD AT A GLANCE—
TAX BILL NOT O. K.;
Believed Unconstitutional in Some Sections;
SENATE TO REWRITE
By LESLIE EICHEL
(Central Press Staff Writer)
The tax bill will be rewritten by
the senate becavs* many sections are
believed to be unconstitutional. Fur
thermore, the bill is so complicated
that no one knows whether it will
take in as much as present laws or
more. It must take in nearly a bil
lion more to be of any use.
• • •
NO INFLATION?
Crashing security prices and de
dining commodity prices seem to in
dicate that fear (or hope) of infla
tion has passed. That is not quite
the case. A huge debt is in itself a
form of inflation. At present, how
ever, capital is frightened by the pros
pect of punitive taxes. It is fright
ened, too, by the ease that ’•Left”
governments come into power—as in
France.
• • •
IN 1940?
There are many persons who be
lieve that a Farmer-Labor coalition
will win power in the United States
n 1940—due to a failure of both
Democratic and Republican parties
to bring about fundamental economic
improvements.
It must be remembered, observers
point out, that it is not only the citj
unemployed, but the farm unemploy
ed who are a problem. The United
States has become largely a nation
of absentee farm ownership. Wher
ever that has occurred in the past,
through the centuries, there has been
a serious breakup.
SOCIAL SECURITY
Four years hence, also, our social
security measures may be considered
a failure. Few states have complied
with the federal regulations, in order
to participate. State legislatures are
governed largely by forces opposed
to social security.
Proponents of the present measure
assert that this opposition now may
result in “drastic” measures later—
against which this one will seem
weak and watery.
• • •
STUDEBAKER’S BOOK
Editors have been supplied for re
view a book written by John W.
Studebaker, U. S. commissioner of
education. This small volume, pub
lished by the National Home Library
Association, is titled “Plain Talk.”
In it, Dr. Studebaker asserts:
"Today, democracy stands more
than ever in a great shadow. In the
midst of chaos and the complexities
of a machine age, the people of many
lands have forfeited the privileges of
democracy for the paternalism of die
tatorshp. A wave of despotism
sweeps over the world in this hour of
crisis. We are testing whether this
or any democracy can solve the prob
lems forced upon it. To us falls the
historic mission of making democracy
work. . . .
"Let those who want to establish
an intellectual paternalism to protect
the people from what is considered
dangerous doctrine advocate such
control, not in the name of democ
racy, but as part and parcel of a
fascist program. Those devoted to
democracy will resist such paternal
ism and intellectual straight-jack
eting. . . .
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Few people realize the value of money
until they’ve spent it all.
SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1936
—-i -
Dickinson entered Cornell
college. Mount Vernon, la., to
work his way through. He hired
out as a farmhand to a neigh*
bor, was a clerk in a hardware
store, and after studying ste
nography at night school he be*
came secretary to the president
of the college in his third year.
He played football and baseball.
In 1898 Lester was graduated
with a B. S. degree.
"If our (educational) profession be
lieves in democracy, it must do its
part in safeguarding our schools
from the beginning of dictatorship.
To me, that means vigorous and unit
ed effort on the part of teachers anc
patriotic American citizens, not only
to thwart specific threats to academic
freedom, but to improve our educa
tion so that we may more adequate
ly and competently meet the heavy
demands which democracy makes
upon its citizens for intelligent ac
tion.”
• • ♦
CREDITORS
Depositors in closed banks, stock
holders in both sound and bankrupt
companies, are beginning to fight for
publicity. These creditors have been
treated as disloyal outcasts. Yet it
has been their money which the of
ficers have used and with which
they have paid themselves handsome
ly and made deals.
Both the law and regulations (such
as stock exchange regulations) have
militated against the nivestor-credi
tor. Insiders have obtained all the
“gravy"—and still do.
The chief revolt at present is
within Wall Street itself. The con
dition has been frightening money
away. Thus, investment leaders are
fighting to bring about publicity—
and confidence.
• • •
ANTI-SOCIAL MILLIONS
Some stockholders also are ques
tioning the right of “their corpora
tions’’ to wage anti-social fights to
the extent of millions (of stockhold
ers’ money).
Disclosure before the senate lobby
committee that large corporations
had paid 80 million dollars a year to
detective agencies to spy on work
ers and to crush labor organizations
has brought on an incipient storm.
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You’re Telling
Me?
LONDON IS attempting to stamp
out the cockney accent in its grade
schools. The authorities probably
have discovered American radio
comedians are too much competi
tion.
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French imperialists are at
tempting to revive the empire
of Napoleon. Other countries,
too, have archeologists who
dig up the ruins of the dead
past.
♦ ♦ ♦
Denmark will probably enjoy a
ireat influx of American tourist
trade this summer. It has just
been announced that a hotel in
Copenhagen, the Danish capital, is
piped for beer as well as water.
♦ ♦ *
The louder a man insists he is
right the greater, usually is his
doubt that he really is.
• • «
U. S. Grant isn’t the only one
who had to plan to "fight it out on
-his line if it takes all summer.”
How about the man who is trying
to pay the bills incurred by his
.'amily during the summer?
• • •
Indian college student turns
author. Ah. the noble Read
Man!
ONE MINUTE PULPIT
Yet a little sleep, a little slum
ber, a little folding of the hands
to sleep: So shall thy poverty come
as one that travelleth, and thy
want as an armed man.—Proverbs
S: 10-11.
Lay not up for yourselves treas
ures upon earth, where moth and
rust doth corrupt, and where theieves
break through and steal.—St. Mat-
I thew 6:19.
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One year later, he received the
degree of LL. D. from the Uni*
versify of lowa. Dickinson set*
tied in Algona, la., a town of
4,000, to practice law. He be*
came popular among the towns*
folk, and was appointed city
clerk, a post he held for six
years. This appointment proved
, to be the starting point of Dick*
inson’s political career. He al*
, ways has been a “regular” Re*
****Miran.
—WASHINGTON AT A GLANCE-
CONVENTION CONTROL
In Spite of Steiwer’s Keynoter Post
WON BY CONSERVATIVES
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Staff Writer
WASHINGTON, May I—As pre
viously remarked in this column,
the Republican managers appear
to have picked Senator Frederick
Steiwer of Oregon as their Cleve
land keynoter with a view to plac
ating Senator William E. Borah of
Idaho.
But do they imagine that Senator
Borah will be satisfied with a tea
spoon of liberality in the form of
Senator Steiwer in the keynoter's
role in comparison with two whole
tureensful of conservatism in the
form of Representative Bertrand
H. Snell of New York and ex-Re
presentative John Q. Tilson of Con
necticut respectively as permanent
chairman and parliamentarian of
the G. O. P. convention?
If that mixture goes down with
the Idaho statesman he is easy to
please—and he hasn’t that reputa
tion.
• * *
A MILD PROGRESSIVE
Steiwer, to be sure, as also has
been said before, is a very mild
progressive and a close legislative
and perhaps personal friend of
Borah’s.
But all that a convention keynot
er does is to make the initial
speech.
The platform doesn’t have to fol
low what he says.
The nominee doesn’t have to be
the individual he indicates.
Generally the keynoter, the plat
form-framers and the nominating
Influences all are of one mind, but
this time maybe it will be other
wise. '
• * *
MAY CAUSE SPILL
If Steiwer makes a pro-Boran
speech such managers as Repre-
npu*
K&
Romance entered Dickinson’s
life and he married Myrtle Call*
of Algona on August 21, 1901.
After the honeymoon the cou
ple returned to Algona, where
Dickinson continued his law
practice. In 1909 Dickinson was
elected county attorney of Kos
suth county, lowa. He served
for two terms.
To Bo Continued
sentative Snell and Colonel Tilson
certainly will disregard it.
That will cause a split.
And if Steiwer is not vehement-
• ly pro-Borah’s program the Idaho
■ solon assuredly will remain un
. reconciled.
Borah will be alienated in eith
[ er case. He will “talk a walk.’’
That is what the G. O. P. man-
• agers want to prevent. But the
. compromise they offer? It isn't
f much of a compromise. A weak
j kneed liberal offered to Borah! An
j ultra-conservative control claimed
> by themselves!
I♦ * *
• ULTRA-CONSERVATIVES
Congressman Snell?
He is a likable old cheese-maker
! from Potsdam, N. Y. But politically
and economically he is reaction
i ary—not to say conservative.
• His nickname is “Hard-boiled
• Bert”.
And the convention’s parliamen
tarian, Colonel Tilson?
The colonel is as likable as Snell,
but he was leader in the house of
representatives in the most ultra
conservative days of G. O. P. con
trol.
Both are 100 per cent Old
Guardsmen.
Steiwer is 10 to 15 per cent a
liberal —no radical whatever.
♦ * *
CONTROL MACHINERY
At the Republican convention?
Steiwer will make his speech.
How liberal it will be is problem
atic.
Then Representative Snell will
assume authority. His rulings will
be dictated to him by Parliamenta
rian Tilson. If Parliamentarian Til
son is momentarily off the job his
place wll be taken by Lehr Fess,
son of former Senator Simeon D.
Fess of Ohio, one of the most con
servative statesmen who ever sat
in congress. Sons often are differ
ent from fathers, but Lehr was
parliamentarian of the house of
representatives when (perhaps not
because of the fact that) his fath
er was a leader of the majority
party in the senate.
* * *
A CLASH?
All this is not to reflect adverse
ly upon conservatism.
But it seems to threaten a clash
between conservatism and liberal
ity at the coming Republican con
vention.
All Os Us
By MARSHAL MASLIN
NIGHT WALK
CAN’T STAY inside on a night
like this . . . Must go out and take
a walk . . . Don’t feel a bit sleepy,
even if it is late. This night’s too
precious to waste in snoozing.
Even a sleepy head must go out
and see the moon and hear the
night birds and feel the cool wind
blowing against his face.
Just half a moon up there in
the clouds. . . . Not bright enough
to flood out all the stars, just
right. When it’s full you lose all
the stars and that’s a pity because
stars always stir the heart to mys
tery and wonder. Even a cynic
can’t look at the stars without be
ing impressed and even humbled
a little. Even astronomers, who
know so much more about them
than we do, don’t lose that natural
primitive feeling about them . . .
Lot’s walk.
Blossoms are- all gone from the
trees along the street. Leaves are
out and each tree has a black and
friendly shadow ... A bird in that «
tree sings intermittently. His song
isn’t exactly lovely, but it’s nice
to hear a bird sii.ging in the night i
. . . Here comes a little white dog, ;
wagging his tall, sniffing. I know i
you, you rascal, you’re the fellow ]
that barks so loud when I’m try- 1
ing to sleep. Don’t bark at me—l’m i
a friend. Most of the houses are s
dark. People gone to sleep . . . «
There’s a room where the light 1
was just switched off. Windows <
are all up. They can hear my foot- i
steps on the walk. ... A student j
is studying up there in that attic <
room . . . They’re having a party t
in this big house. All lights on, ‘ c
Today is the Day
Sy CLARK KINNAIRD •
Copyright, 1936, for this Newspaper
by Central Press Association
Friday, May 1; Feast Day of St.
Philip and St. James the Less,
Apostles; Child Health Day;
Labor Day in Philippines; Arbor
Day in Washington State and Wis
consin.
SCANNING THE SKIES: Day'
light has a different meaning
every month. The light from th
whole sky is about eight times a
great at 9 a. nr. on>a June or Jull
morning as on a January morninj
and the average June noon is sou.
or five times as great as in Decern
ber. •£
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NOTABLE NATIVITIES
Kate Smith, b. 19p8, in Washin*
ton, D. C., an eight-pound babj
now a great big radio star ... Si
Philip Gibbs, b., 1877, novelist wh
used to be a newspaperman hin
self . . . Walter C. Teagle, b., 187?
oil magnate . . . Leila Hayms, b
1908. cinemactress. -
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TODAY’S YESTERDAYS
MAY 1, 1638 —Charles I issued
decree forbidding emigration <
Puritans from England to the co
ony in Massachusetts, “a breedin
place of nonconformists and r
bels.”
The decree caused the detentio
of a ship on which Oliver Cron
well was to sail. So Cromwell ata
ed home, and in the course •
events became the man who cau
ed Charles’ execution and becan
his successor!
MAY 1, 1672—Joseph Addisc
was born. After he wrote the Sir
Roger de Coverly papers, the Dr.
Johnson said, “Whoever wishes to
attain an English style, familiar
but not coarse ,and elegant but not
ostentatious, must give his days
nights of volumes of Addison.”
j 100 Years Ago Today—The first
steamship to round the Horn, ths
first steamship ip the Pacific, ths
BEAVER, arrived at Victoria, B. C.
168 days from London. Sailing
ships usually made the voyage in
’ faster times.
t 50 Years Ago Today—The 8-hour
j day was established as the stand
j ard by organized labor. The Feder
ation of trades unions which met
in Washington the previous Decem
ber, had adopted a resolution de
claring that beginning May 1. 1886
eight hours would constitute a
l ’ day’s work.
T _____
MAY 1, 1898—The squadron com
manded by Commodore George
1 Dewey, defeated a Spanish squad
ron that was not match for it, in
‘ the battle of Manila Bay, and es
tablished American naval power
; in the Pacific. „ 7
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MAY 1, 1924—Adolph Hitler was
' sentenced to prison In Germany,
( for preaching Nazism.
FIRST WORLD WAR bAY-BY-DAY
1 20 Years Ago Today—Great Brit-
tain, France and Russia concluded
a secret treaty partitioning Tur
key. Russia was to get Constanti
’ nople, the Dardanelles, Trebizond.
Erzerum, Bitlis, Vqn and Territory
■ in southern Kurdistan. France’s
share was to be Syria, The Adana
vilayet, and western Kurdistan.
Britain's loot was to be southern
Mesopotamia, with Bagdad. and
two ports in Syria, Akka and Haifa.
Russia agreed to incorporation of
the “neutral zone’’. Persia in the
British sphere of influence and
agreed with France not to object
to Britain’s annexation of Egypt.
Already, in 1915, the Allies had
agreed to large divisions of Austro-
Hungarian and Balkan territory
for the benefit of Italy, and Vien
na’s politicians had taken it to
a death warrant for the empire and
its mere existence sufficient rea
son for fighting to the bitter end.
These were two of the secret
treaties about which President
Wilson knew before the United
States entered the war, but which
he declared unequivocally and un
conditionally before a Senate com
mittee in 1919, were a secret to
him. too, until the Paris Peace
Conference.
(To be continued),
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IT’S TRUE
There is an extraordinary sim
ilarity between the sign languages
I of Amerindians, Australians abori
gines and deaf mutes.
* * *
Life is no more perilous" today
than it was in ancient times. Com
parative statistics show that
where as suicides and accidents
cause 9.5 per cent of today’s pop
ulation to die violently, an estim
ated 12 per cent died violently in
ancient Greece and Rome.
** * ’
Kansas should never try to kid
Californians about earthquakes.
Tornadoes rage around northeast
ern Kansas with greater frequency
than any other section of the en
tire world —lhere are an average
of more than three a year. Torna
does are notoriously more common
in the U. S. than any other land.
• * *
You're wrong if yop believe cir
cuses appeal primarily to children.
Attendance figures show a ratio of
3.1 of adults over children!
cars out in front—they’ll make a
noise when they say. good night.
Here comes a couple, youth and
maiden, walking our way, close to
gether, arm in arm . ... Don’t bark
at them, dog, they’re friendly . . .
Nice old couple live here. They go
to bed early, get up early, work
in their garden . . . Somebody’s
sick in the next house. We saw
a doctor going in yesterday. Knew
him by his little black bag and the
caduceus on his cay,. . . Well, here
we are home again, doggie. Good
night and behave yourself. Don’t
do any barking . . . People want
to sleep ... We had a good walk»
didn’t we? • " 7.