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PAGE FOUR Published by— PUBLIC OPINION, INC. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SATURDAY It SOS EAST BRYAN STREET Cor. Lincoln Sutorod u Socond Class Matter July 2i, 19*5 tt Um Post Office at gavannah, Georgia SUBSCRIPTION RATBS Ono Tsar , 7.60 Six Month* __ 3.75 Throo Montha . ._ T 1.95 One Month „., - , „,. - - L 165 ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION FROST, LANDIS k KOHN National Advertising Representative* Chicago Now York Detroit Atlanta Subscribers to: Traneradio Prose • International Illustrated News - Central Press Aaa’n. Oilreath Press Service • Newspaper Feature, Inc, • King Features Stanton Advertising Service • Staid Wide Picture* T=?'". 111 . " : ADMISSION OP FAILU&I. The admission of failure to enforce the laws a* prescribed by the statute hooks of the State of Georgia by Mayor Gamble ra his conference with the Sunday school class of the Grace Method ist Church, gives food for constructive thought. The Savannah Daily Times, through its columns has been consistent in its direct questions to Mayor Gamble as to the dis crepancies in his program covering the functioning of hi* office pertaining to other departments in his administration. It is gratifying to see that the outstanding citizens and espe cially our church men of this community are beginning to realise that there is something wrong and that a careful analysis is necessary. We hold no brief for Mayor Gamble’s administra tion, or for that part, any other political administration. We are merely trying to live up to our responsibilities to our readers as we see them. Any poltical administration, whether it be na tional, state or municipal which does not render to its people a constructive program of service and action, is subject to criti cism. These interests should be portrayed to the public through the columns of its newspapers in no uncertain terms. The newspaper that endeavors to live up to these responsi bilities, is sometimes subject to criticism. But if we have been responsible in the awakening of the people of Savannah who be lieve in good government to the dangers that are now confront ing them through the administration of some of their municipal offices, we feel that we have been justified in our actions. And we are only proud and eager to line up with the good citizen ship of Savannah and accept whatever portions may be parceled out, whether it be criticism or praise. Who can tell but that further conferences by representative citizens of Savannah may bring ont other admissions of failure which will convince the good people of Savannah that their cus todians of public ownership have been found wanting in their peformance of service. BE PRACTICAL. The Savannah Daily Times notes with a great deal of con cern the recent publicity concerning the development of the Deptford Tract into a seaplane base. This is a pipe dream, practical in no sense of the word. First, the waters bordering this tract of land are not broad enough to guarantee four-way landings in inclement weather. Next, there has been a careful survey made of the Atlantic coast by the Department of Commerce, Postoffice Department, and last but not least, the business men who are putting their time and money into this development. After a very careful analysis by these experts, Charleston, 8. C., was chosen first, because of the fog line, and next because of the natural facilities of her harbor. Charleston’s physical assets along those lines made it possible for the South to take the first large plum in transportation circles from the Bast. Trans-Atlantic airplanes stopping in Charleston will certainly mean more to Savannah than it will mean to Boston. Savannah has a fine airport. Plenty of money has been spent upon the development of this project. The majority of seaplanes are amphibians and can land upon this airport if they so desire. There are many more practical projects that our good citi zens may devote their time and energy towards acquiring for our city. For example, why not build a bridge at the foot of East Broad street across the Savannah river connecting an en evitable short line between Savannah and Charleston, aiding in the development of the wonderful South Carolina sea isles. A seaplane base agitation in Savannah at the present time can do nothing hut make it possible for the Bast to take the Trans- Atlantic base from Charleston. Let’s be neighborly, sincerely so. Let’s produce a little action in helping Charleston with her problems. And may be then, Charleston will be influenced to help us with ours. —— » - BRIGADIER GENERAL RANDOLPH 0. BERKELEY The transfer of Brigadier General Randolph C. Berkeley from the Parris Island command is a distinct loss to the Southern coastal states. Immediately upon General Berkeley assuming command of Parris Island, he began to identify himself with civic movements conducive to progress in the immediate area surrounding his command. General Berkeley, because of his ac tivity in the development of the South, has been associated with outstanding citizens from the major cities of North Carolina, South Carolna, Georgia and Florida. Hi* charming personality, keen insight and balanced judgment placed him in the inner councils of Southern development. He will be missed. And in our loss we can only congratulate the Marine Examining Board upon their gain. We welcome Brigadier General James T. Butterick and sin cerely hope that General Butterick will devote the same keen insight and understanding to the problems of this section of the country as did General Berkeley. SENATOR BORAH'S LIFE STORY IN SKETCHES T —" By C. H. Crittenden. Central Press Artist—■ - ■■■ -1 ► Senator William Edgar Borah, of Idaho, was bora in Fairfield, 111., on June 29, 1865. The solon was one of eight sons of William N. Borah and Eliza beth West, who migrated from Kentucky. His father was a fairly successful farmer and stock raiser.. —WORLD AT A GLANCE—. OPPOSITION CRUSHED Within Italy As Ruthlessly As Ever BY ITALIAN FASCISTS ? Central Press Staff Writer ? IS THERE NO opposition in Italy to war—even a victorious war? Yes, according to a letter from an Italian living in Paris, Carlo Roselil. We quote from Roselli’s letter to the Manchester Guardian famed English paper: “While the civilized world is justly indignant at the bombing of open towns and the use of poison gas in Abyssinia, I believe it to be in the interest of truth and of my country to remind you of the frequent exam ples of resistance to the war and to fascism given by the Italian people. •‘Within the last few weeks the Special Tribunal has distributed 223 year* of imprisonment: 65 years of the grouc of intellectuals accused of belonging to the ‘Justice and Libtry’ movement; 24 years to the young professor of finance of Cagliari inu re asity, Antonio Pesenti (aged 24), for having taken part, abroad, in a congress of protest against the Abys sinian war; 20 years to the workman Guermandi; 102 years to a group of 17 workmen from Reggio Emilia (names still unknown); 12 years to Giglio of Leghorn, whose father was murdered by the Fascists in 1932. "The bearing of all the prisoners was courageous, and during the trial against the intellectuals of Turin there were poignant moments. Against one of them, Professor Monti, there was no evidence, but the public pro secutor reproached him with having taken care, before his arrest, of the two children of one of his compan ions, Giua. (These children had been left quite alone in their home after the arrest of his father and mother.) “Monti answered: ‘I certainly did so, and I am proud of it. I am asham ed that in a country which boasts of being civilize dit can be counted as blameworthy to have had pity on two children left alone at home. Yes, I did take them to school and to the cinema, and I was only sorry I was not rich enough, or I would have had them to live with me, I would have done more for them.’ Even the military judges betrayed CALL OF THE OPEN ROAD c\ x 4\ A £&*?*// \ V\o% A\£ . , > Vtt? ' \. *li/^%fcr\ SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, MAY 12, 1936 Parents and children of the 1 Borah family worked hard and lived the typical life of farmers of their section and period. > Borah received his first training •at Tom’s Prairie public school J in Illinois, a few miles from the I Borah farm. A former college professor was Will’s teacher. some feeling. But superior orders obliged them to condemn. * * • OTHER TRIALS SECRET "Besides these trials, of which news has come through, how many other trials, how many other sentences, of wich we kno nothing? Since the war began te Fascist nespapers have re ceived orders never to mention them. News of Special Tribunal trials filters abroad with the greatest difficulty, and in Italy, except for the immed iate circles of the men condemned, nothing is known at all. “Then there are the secret military trials. A glimpse of these was to be had when the Manchester Guardian published a secret order to the Italian press, dated Dec. 18, 1935, to the ef fect that ‘No notice is to be taken of the trial before the military tribun al of Rome against five soldiers for mutiny.’ How did this trial end? Who were the accused men? No one knows. Another secret order, dated Feb. 25, 1936, runs, 'No allusion to be made to the departure of carabinieri (po lice) for Africa.’ "There have been, too, a very large number of deportations, especially from regions with Slav and German population. "These trials, orders, deportations show that enthusiasm for the war is at least not general in Italy, even if, as is natural, a part of the popula tion is worked upon by the news of victories presented as final ones, and by a very natural unity of feeling with tfie 400,000 sons, brothers and husbands away in Africa, and is per suaded that the war will shortly end favorably for Italy. . . * * * FORGOTTEN MEN ‘ Finally, may I draw your atten tion also to the situation of Terra cini and many others who have now been in prison for ten years? Terra cini is seriously ill. He suffers from troubles of the circulation so severe that he often lies inanimate, almost delirious, for days at a time, unable to touch food. Instead of trying to justify its bombing mission to clvi- No. 1: School Days — \ Borah as a young man. You’re Telling Me? A recipe to end all your woes Take four rubber tires, add one part gaso line and too many parts alcohol. Mix badly—then call the coroner. * • • America, too, has a caste sys tem. If you don’t eblieve it—try to borrow from your friends and discover how many of them are "untouchable.” • • • Never get into a fight with a por cupine. He is bound to win on points. * • * Mussolini can’t pose as another Julius Caesar and be so proud of the conquest of Ethiopia at the same time. Ethiopia was one of the coun tries the real Caesar thought was too insignificant to bother about, * * * Summer will soon be here. Thk morning we saw some ants mobiliz ing for their annual invasion of pic nic sandwiches. 't * m A contributor writes that he knows a girl who talks volumes and that she probably will wind up on the shelf. STYLE WHIMSIES A laoe jacket used over a wash able crepe dress Is one of the style points noted recently. White ground prints used under dark net redin gotes are another. Tailored net dresses with crossbars and geometric patterns are smart; and everything comes in short sleeves for dresses and three-quarter for jackets. A shirred elastic rubber bandeau is suggested by a rubber company to hold the coiffure in place during strenuous games, or to ornament t plain swim ap. It is called “wind blossom,” and is made with a snap fastening concealed under a rubber flower. It is ally colored. lize Abyssina with the noble object of freeing Abyssinian slaves, the Fas cist government would do well to re member the many Italian slaves and martyrs in its own prisons.” .... w.j mmM Study was a pleasure at Tom’s Prairie, and so were the oppor tunities to make little orations and speeches. Willie was good at speech-making from the start, and he was often singled out to do the honors on special occa sions. However, young Borah joined the other toys in pranks. —WASHINGTON AT A GLANCE— "WELL, WHAT NOW?” League of Nations Is Asked IN REGARD TO ITALY (Central Press, Washington Bureau, 1900 S Street) 9 By CHARLES P. STTWART (Central Press Staff Writer) WASHINGTON, May 12.—Italy’s conquest of Ethiopia leaves League of Nations’ diplomacy with about as severe a headache m it suffered from while Haile Selassie still was fight ing. Call off their Italian sanctions? If What are the League powers to do? they do that they tacitly admit that the League is toothess; with com pletely ineffective sanctions it can’t ite. It may as well expire, in short. Or shall the League folk refuse to recognize Mussolini's acquisition of the Ethiopian realm? If they "ic that they simply will prolong a can g "ous situation indefinitely. * * * GRIEF AHEAD? It is not as if Italy really had pacified the Ethiopians. Capturing a capital like Addie Ababa and policing Ethiopia are two different things. Frai.ce technically conquered Mo rocco, but had 70 years of subsequen' guerilla warfare on its hands. Spain technically conquered the Riff, but, nearly ageneration later, the expense of keeping it conquered cost King Alfonso his throne. Military men surmise that the Fa cists have decades of grief ahead of them yet to make their Ethiopian conquest stick. * * * PERILOUS CONDITION And if the League powers all this time continue to refuse to recognize that the Ethiopians are conquered, and continue trying to apply sane tions to Italy, and continue lending a certain amount to aid to Ethiopia? Why! the possibility of interna tional friction is manifest. It would be a perilous a state of affairs for Italy as for the rest of the world, to be sure, b-.t Italy evi dently is disposed to run the risk. # * * MUSSOLINI’S ADVANTAGE Mussolini has gained one Important advantage over his League of Na tions’ critics. Until Haile Selassie fled they per sisted in reprobating hs army’s ad vane on Addis Ababa, but with the Negus’ flight and the outbreak of disorders in his capital, they had nc choice but to appeal to 11 Duce, “For heaven’s sake, hasten your troops’ progress to protect our legations.” Thus the Fascist leader is in a po- The Grab Bag One-Minute Test 1. What is common stock called in Great Britain? 2. Who is the present governor of Kansas? 3. What is a palfrey? Hints on Etiquette Only a rarely brilliant person can dominate a conversation and remain popular. The average man appears at his best when he ‘ chats’’ a bit and then draws others into the con versation. Words of Wisdom Confidence is a plant of slow growt in an aged bosom.—Pitt. Today’s Horoscope Persons bom on this day are cou rageous. When things are going against them, they may utter a prayer for help, but they keep on fighting. One-Minute Test Answers 1. Ordinary sharea. 2. Alf M. Landon. 3. A saddle horse. “QUEEN OF HOUSEWIVES” “Que:n of housewives” Is the title offered to any Turkish woman or girl who wins a contest in which con testants must take an examination in all subjects with which a model housewife must be familiar. The award also carries with it a prize of $2,500, cookery, needlework, child care, hygiene and embellishment of the home are the subjects on which the housewife must pass examina tions. For beach and cruise wear a new group of scarfs admits that fishing is a favorite feminine sport, and uses the fish motif freely. For in stance, a small linen square may have a sailfish motif appliqued in a cor ner, or all over fish designs appear on solid boarded squares of crepe oi bajrtiste. During these early school days he had much sport with horses. He went to the county fair where Kentucky horses raced, and he developed a delight in fine horses that never has left him. His father allowed him to call a family horse his own. To bo continued. sition to argue henceforward that he acted just as the League countries begged him to act; not in defiance of their wishes. • * * PAYING THE BILL Diplomats lake it for granted that Mussolini will be very popular with his country for a while, now that hit campaign appears to have been so successful. Their guess, however, is that dis content will begin to develop as the home folk atrtt paying the bill for his venture. This may not be the case if the Ethiopians accept Italian rule peace fully, instead of continuing guerilla warfare indefintely, and if their country proves to haye sufficient nat ural resources to make it look like a good bargain. But, as previously remarked, France’s and Spain’s experiences by no means suggest that the native? will be peaceful for years to come. And persons who have visited it insist that the territory is not worth having. A$ one former resident o; Addis Ababa observed In Washington, earlier in the war, “If the Italian, get that country, it will serve 'em right for starting a fight with no just provocation.” • * * WRONG TACTICS? Military men, by the way, are oi the opinion that the Ethiopians made the great mistake of trying to fight regular battles, with thfir primitive weapons, against Italy’s up-to-date equipment. At the outset it was expected that their strategy would be to harass the invaders by a series of swift raids without conning to grip in strong force anywhere, in formal engage ments. They lid not stick to this policy and, in large scale encounters Italian discipline and arms were too much for them. To quote an Italian diplomatic functionary who spent several years at their capital, “The Ethiopian is a wonderful warrior but no soldier.” ♦ ♦ *****) MyNewYoek By James<AsweU NEW YORK, May 12. —Randomus- ing: I passed Clarence Budlngton Kelland’s huge manor house out Port Washington way the other midnight and it was lighted up from cellar to attic like a Christmas tree. ... A tinkle of merry voices drifted out on the clear spring night and it occur red to me that poverty is not the in variable lot of scriveners. ... A drop-in at the home of Walter Hoban, the cartoonist, who regaled with ominous anecdotes about Long Is land’s “candle burglar,” who has been making off with the good burgh ers’ silverware and jewelry for five or six years running, to the dismay of the police. . . . The thief appears gifted with a whimsical and unbusi nesslike fancy. . . . He will pilfer some knick-knack worth a few cents in preference to a valuable bauble which fails to take his eye. . . . Fel dora hats are a particular weakness; he has stolen dozens. . . . Hoban told of a householder who was awakened late one night by footsteps in his bedroom. ... He lay still and watched the sinister candle burglar tiptoe about the room. . . . Finally he remarked causally: “How’re ya doin’? Remember, if you find any thing of value we’re in fifty-fifty.” ... The thief said “Sh-h-l” and tiptoed to the window and out. . . . Candle wax on carpets is the invariable mark of this marauder, but the Long Island Sherlocks have no other clue * * • The land that will harbor the 1939 World’s Fair is being leveled and graded near Forest Hills. . . . Sketches are even now being prepar ed of the eye-popping wonders in prospect. . . . And my Gee Whizz Men insist that the prevailing decor will be modernistic, like many of the buildings in the Chicago hoopla. . . . The Fair will serve at least one ex tremely meritorious purpose: trans portation facilities between Manhat tan and Queens will be much improv ed. what with the huge Tri-Boro bridge spaning the river farther up town and another subway being dug to facilitate the travels of harried commuters. . . . • ♦ • Carmela Ponselle (Rosa’s sis) who is byway of being a Grade A opera- i Today is the Days 4 By CLARK KINNAIRD •§ Tuesday, May 12; National Hoapifcl|B| Day. Morning stars: Venus, Saturn, Uranus, Jupiter. Evening stars: Mer cury, Mars Neptune. Moonc last quar ter Thursday. SCANNING THE SKIES: On the Sun. a man weighing 180 pounds on Earth, would weigh two tons! * * * .■ p. NOTABLE NATIVITIES Lincoln T. Ellsworth, b. 1880, ex-, plorer who put 300,000 more square miles under the U. S. Flag. He tfla, the writer at a cocktail party the other day that he has one of the world’s worst memories for names ... Rt. Rev. William T. Manning, b. 1886, Episcopal bishop of New York . . . Leßoy “Baby Leroy” Winebrenner, b, 1932, cinemactor. * • * TODAY’S YESTERDAYS j May 12, 1789—The Tammany Bo ciety or Columbian Order was found* | ed in New York—as a Republican or ganization t Formed as a benevolent and fraternal organization, its pur pose was to “combat the influence of the aristocrats in politics”* The name, borne originally by a sachem of the Delawares who sold land to William Penn, was suggested by a “Society of St. Tammany” which grew out of May Pole festiv ities. * * * May 12, 1820—The girt from whom the girls named Florence get their name, was bom In Florence, Italy, which is where she got her name. This, of course was Florence Nightin gale, daughter of a wealthy English family who became one of the world’s greatest humanitarians against the opposition of her family and the British army. > All of her arguments about need less suffering on the battlefield ; wouldn’t move the British War Os ; fice to agree to send women to the Crimea to nurse the sick and wound ed of the Russo-Britieh war. But elab orate graphs the 33-year-old woman made up to show how many of , the men could be restored to quick usefulness on the battlefield by com petent nursing, were effective! Then , her own family opposed the Scheme. “Mark”, said Lord Stanley about that time, “why, by breaking through customs and prejudices, Miss Night ’ ingale has effected for her sex. She has opened to them a new sphere of usefulness.” * * * May 12, 1885—Maggie Clark died, age 24, a few months after her mar riage to George Washington Johnson, with whom she had fallen in love while he was her schoolteacher in Glanford, Ontario* She was the in spira tion of his poem “When You and I Yere Young, Maggie.” which F when set to music by J. A. Butter- * field, an American, became one of ( the most enduringly popular ballads. She was 18 when she became hto pupil in his firs£ term as a teacher in a little red schoolhouse that long since disappeared. * * * FIRST WORLD WAR DAY BY-DAY ' 20 Years Ago Today—James nolly, commander-in-chief of the Irish Revolutionary forces in the Eastern rebellion was executed In Dublin by British soldiers, the same day the British prime minister ar rived in Dublin in the role of peace maker ! | (To be continued) i* * * IT’S TRUE Smoking was interdioted by the 1 i n t ] ie 16til Century as a pagan ! *fte. 80 far a* is known, the inter » diet was never removed. Johannes Brahms was a wit, too. He ■ « • 1° chamber music with his > riend Billroth, the Viennese sur geon whose instrument was the cello, a* “*** flatbed playing a new son ata by Brahms Billroth cried: “My ) God, how you did punish that piano; I could hardly hear myself. “Lucky ’ you,” replied Brahms. The Irish Capt. Thomas Blood stole the crown and royal regalia of Brit ain from the Tower of London, akme, da £ lif £ t! He was caught be fore he could dispose of the loot, but 11 ®° a£, mlred his auda clty that he set him free and gave him a pension. o fiTst well in the U. • v'r 7 , by accident at , the town au thorities quickly ordered it walled up because ’ 2L t i*L? ffcnsive odor - » was three , years before anyone thought of using the gas as an illuminant. The Little Minister” has earned STjamre f ° r yf a” & of human pathos, and so I pass it on. ... a young man wrote enclos- W** na Pkln bearing the im print of one of the well-known low price cafeterias. ... He asked her to place her squiggie on the napkin, explaining: "I take my girl to eat in this cafeteria because I can’t afford tne more expensive restaurants. H you signed it I could tell her I saw you there one day and her opinion of the place would be improved. She wouldn’t feel badly about eating there so much.” . . . Carmela oblig. ed. . . . But speaking of opera folk, Arturo Toscanini, the famed conduct or, left New York in a blaze of tem peramental fireworks such as only his profession could produoe. ... He was so distresed by the flare of a photograph’s flashlight at hta fare well performance that he sulked In the wings and refused to take another how. . . . Then, when he sailed on the Champlain a couple of days later, he walked up the gangplank in a heavy overcoat on one of the hottest days so far this year, stationing guards to keep the photographers and n- wshawki back from his state room coor—guards and, of all thngs. a press-agent. These musicians are certainly cards! . . Some time back I ran a column about check-room cuties and ciga rette girls m the various cut-up salons of the town. . . . i omitted the most engaging trio of all: Irene La Bonte, Lillian Karkruff and Irene Bartish, of the Rockefeller Center Rainbow Room. . . . They are incorporated under the name of Bonkabar, a neut welding of their last names, and each of the three put up capita! to float the venture. . . . They were the first gais in town to own a cigarette con cession in a night club. ... At th* moment they s.re engaged in writing their joint memoirs.