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PAGE FOUR & (Times Published by— PUBLIC OPINION, UK). PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SATURDAY at XW EAST BRYAN STREIT Cor. Lincoln Entered m Seccmd CHm Matter July 28, 1936 at the Poet Office at Savannah, Georgia SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year 7.50 Six Months ————————————3 75 Three Months ------_-_.____ZI__ZZ__ZZZZ22lZ 1 95 One Month _ZZZZZZ--ZZ One Week ........................... ——----ZZ.ZZZZZZZZ .15 ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION FROST, LANDIS & KOHN National Advertising Representatives Chicago New York Detroit Atlanta Subscribers to: Transradio Press • International Illustrated News - Central Press Aes’n. Gilreath Press Service • Newspaper Feature, Inc. • King Features Stanton Advertising Service • World Wide Pictures INTOLERABLE ADMISSIONS. M nraat have indeed shocked the sensibilities, if not entirely destroyed the confidence of the gentlemen from Grace Methodist Church, in the result of their call on Mayor Gamble last Friday and the reported admission of the head of the police power of Savannah that he was unable to enforce the laws of the state and city as regards the traffic in whiskey. Such an admission, if made, can only point out two morals. First, that Mayor Gamble is a weakling, or secondly, that he must be in league with or have an understanding with those engaged in this nefarious, il legal traffio. There is no escape from these conclusions. That the law-abiding citizens of the community may know who is the actual responsible head of the police department of the City of Savannah, we quote the law as laid down in Atkin son’s Code, 1918, as follows: “Paragraph No. 427—-Head of the Police Department, and General Superintendence Over. The Mayor, as the head of the Police Department, shall have and exercise a general superintendence over the members of the po lice force, and may, at any time, appoint the mode and places in which the policemen shall be stationed, by written orders to the officer in command, by whom such orders shall be obeyed and promulgated.” Again we quote a little law that places within the power of the Mayor of Savannah the undoubted and unquestioned right to stop the sale of whiskey in Savannah, should he honestly de sire to do so. Paragraph No. 428 of Atkinson’s Code, 1918, states: “May shut up public resorts, when, etc. By virtue of the powers granted by law, to the Mayor and City Council, the Mayor shall cause to be shut up any place of public resort when the main tainence of order, the public safety, or tranquility, may, in his judgment, require it.” These two sections of the law carry no uncertain meaning nor or they capable of but one construction. We ask the gentlemen of Grace Methodist Chucrh, has Mayor Gamble made any effort to enforce either of these laws? We have at the head of the police department a fearless officer. He is known to be that type of officer who would not hesi tate to execute an order of his superior. Has Mayor Gamble ever issued a written order to his captain of police in accordance with the above law? Except, as is often alleged, to punish some not in sympathy with his political ambitions, can he name a single barroom in Savannah which he has tried to close ? Put a real man in the office of the Mayor, or let the present Mayor give the necessary written order to John J. Clancy, Captain of Police. This officer will never be cowardly enough to admit he is unable to enforce the law. Give him orders and no further sermons from the pulpit will be required to demand deceney and respect for law and order in Savannah. Do not hide behind the bootlegger as an excuse* Uncle Sam has thrown fear into his heart and win give him the required at tention. The Police Department of Savannah, a« a whole, is composed of good men. Pay them a wage that wiM permit them to live decently and beyond the temptations of the lawbreaker to influence his acts, give him proper orders and support; he can and will at least reduce the traffic to a minimum, if not entirely ■top its sale. Our judgment is that Mayor Gamble lacks the morefl courage to give Captain Clancy the necessary orders to enforce the liquor laws in the City of Savannah. TIME TO TAKE NOTICE. Now that the highest court in the state has upheld the con stitutionality of the acts of Governor Talmadge, and the banks have paid, or are preparing to pay over the funds in dispute, we hear no more of the necessity of an extra session of the State Legislature for the passing of an appropriation bill. The state government is being carried on legitimately and at reduced ex pense, and the mass of the people can turn their thoughts to those measures of government that concern them most. Touching the happiness and contentment of every citizen, from the humblest to the highest, is the question of taxation. To those blessed with riches, little need be said byway of argument to convince them of the burden they are bearing. Having learned their lessons in the school of experience, they have long realized the underlying causes of onerous taxes, and, today are bearing the brunt of the battle to correct the pernicious evils of waste and extravagance in government. To the average citizen, he who is today paying the bulk of the taxes, those hidden taxes that are daily being paid by him in the food he eats, the clothes he wears, and, we are almost tempted to say, the air he breathes, must be brought home this fact—it matters not how, when, or where taxes are placed, in the end the ultimate consumer pays them. You cannot soak the rich without soaking the poor. The professional politician knows this, though he dare not so inform the mass of the voters. The citizens of Georgia may never again have an opportuni ty to pass upon readjustment of the tax system of the state should there be a failure to pass the fifteen mill overall amend ment to the State Constitution in the coming election. They may never again be permitted to relieve their homes of heavy taxes and readjust the tax structure of the state that all forms of prop erty bear its just proportion of carrying on government eco nomically run. If the act accomplishes nothing more, it will be • sompelling factor to enforce the practice of economy* SENATOR BORAH’S LIFE STORY IN SKETCHES By C. H. Crittenden,' Central Press A* Hyiri Kk 1 ! ‘ Jk Borah’s father desired him to become a stock dealer, but this ype of work did not appeal to orah. * The answer to Will’s prayer for more schooling came from Lyons, Kas. One of his elder < sisters, whose husband was a lawyer, lived there. They invited Will to come to Lyons and he left Fairfield with high hopes. Receiving some help from his sister, Borah spent a „ ' / .year in school there.. —WASHINGTON AT A GLANCJE— ' STEIWER IS A GUESS Because of Being Chosen Keynoter FOR VICE PRESIDENT (Central Press, Washington Bureau, 1900 S Street) By CHARLES P. STEWART (Central Press Staff Writer) WASHINGTON, May 14.—The G. O. P. management’s selection of Sen ator Frederick Steiwer of Oregon to "keynote” at the Cleveland conven tion has led to considerable talk of him as a vice presidential possibility. Vice presidential guessing, how ever, necessarily is very wild until the presidential choice has been made. The politicians’ idea is to “balance the ticket.” Consequently the second place nomination is dependent on the nomination for first place. GEOGRAPHY *WRONG If Governor Alf M. Landon is named in Cleveland, Steiwer may be considered to have a certan amount of suitability. His geography is wrong. Geographically speaking, an easterner should be picked to match the Kansan But Landon himself seems to be suite popular among conservative eastern voters. In fact, he is popular enough in that quarter to have caused western progressives to voice suspicions that he is a dis guised reactionary. Now Steiwer is a mild liberal. As a running mate with Landon, he might give a measure of reassurance to the uneasy progres sive element. On ;he other hand, he wouldn’t go at all well wtih Senator William E Borah. He doubtless would be satisfactory to Borah, indeed, but such a ticket would be as badly balanced as it is easy to imagine. Two western men! And two more or less progressives! The east disregarded! Conservatism ignored completely! Not that Steiwer is immoderately progressive, but that would be his atmosphere, in combi nation with the Idaho statesman. BODAH’S STATUS* Even some conservative Republican politicians would be reconcilable with Borah if he were not so uncomprom ising. They honestly he would They honestly think he would ITALY’S BIG PUSH NOW / //A I y a? SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1936 I fc * Tr ISISI After this he taught a country school for a year or so, never forgetting his ambition to be come a lawyer. Thus in 1885 Will announced that he would enter the University of Kansas. As a sub-freshman Borah did most of his work in Latin and English., The next year, 1886, he took as many courses as he could get in history and litera ture, with one course each in elocution and composition.! make a formidable campaign. He has the natural qualifications to make him a dangerous radio competitor of President Roosevelt. And he isn’t actually, upon an examination of his record, so very radical. He has that reputation, but he never has voted very radically in the senate. The progressives never have considered him dependably one of themselves. Moreover, he is old—past 70 al ready. If elected, he reasonably could be counted on to die in the White House, making way for a real con servative to succeed him—provided, of course, that a conservative was in line for the office. UNCOMPROMISING * Conservative G- O. P. politicians are sure that Borah will not consent to run on the same ticket with a vice presidential candidate of their selec tion. If he would accept the presidentia l nomination iwth. say, Depresentative James W. Wadsworth as his partner, they might be glad of his campaign ing ability to win at the polls, reck oning on his associate to finish his term for hm. But they know that he wouldn’t acquiesce in a Wadsworth. And a Steiwer is too liberal for them. STEIWER AND BOD*AH Yet Steiwer unquestionably wqs picked as the Republican’ “keynoter” in part with a view to placating Borah. The G. O. P. management wants him to THINK that he has had the predominant voice (though not nom inated) in dictating his party’s plat form and the choice of its candidate. And Steiwer is one of his best sen atorial friends. The impression given is that he has been deferred to. It will be difficult for him to "tafce a walk” after this concession has been made to him. Besides, Steiwer has the oratory and the presence to make film a good keynoter. •No. 3: Borah Enters Law ■ ■■■ 1 ■■■■ Rm . » * * Borah in 1912, at 47. 1 You’re Telling Me? DR. ZADOK DUMBKOFF, who is capable of more dumb ideas than a half dozen movie producers, was in again today with his latest brain storm which, he believes, will assure him a front seat in the ranks of in come tax worries. • ♦ ♦ ‘ Get a load of this”, said the eminent mountebank in his best Oxford English, “I’m about to go into the business of renting my ears to the radio business. • * * “I have just been reading,” he con tinued, ‘ that the great drawback to radio is the sponsor and performers have no means of knowing how many folk are listening to their program. In fact, they are not certain anyone is listening. ♦ * * “Now, here’s where I come in. I, Dr. Dumbkopf, will listen to their program—for a price of course. I will sign contracts to listen to any program, assuring said sponsor and said players they are really being litened to. • * * “Here is my price list: I will lis ten to a symphony orchestra or a cracking good dance band for $1 an hour. I will listen a radio comedian for $5. Applause or laughter on my part will, of course, be $2.50 extra.” “How much,” we wanted to know, “will you charge for lis tening to a politician making a campaign speech?” • * * “One hundred berries a minute or a flat rate of $5,000 an hour. And, as you will agree, I will be under paid at that!” NOW HE’S SILENT “There’s plenty of time for Joan to trunk of getting married,” said the husband. "Let her wait until the right man comes along.” “I don’t see why she should wait that long,” answered the wife. “I didn’t.” ■ fc- 2. t J I Borah left the university in the early spring of 1887, being threatened with tuberculosis. He soon regained his strength, but he never returned to the university. The uncompleted freshman year at the university marks his farthest advance . toward a formal education. Yet * he later became an authority on ' constitutional law. —WORLD AT A GLANCE— WALL STREET’S WORRIES (And Why Does It Have Worries?) NOT SHARED BY OTHERS By LESLIE EICHEL Central Press Staff Writer THIS WRITER has been mulling over thoughts gathered at the annual convention of newspaper publishers in New York. More optimism was displayed than at any convention since 1929. That is true, too, of other conventions and trade meetings. Yet Wall Street is gloomy. There surely is an underlying rea son. Markets are sensitive to changes. Is is that Wall Street sees France turning to the left? Even if France does not turn left, will it not devalue the franc, causing the “necessity” for a currency read justment through the world? ’ My New York James ?As-weU NEW YORK, May 14.—Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne are undoubtedly the most ornamental and colorful of al theatrical married pairs Their current vehicle, “Idiot’s Delight,” which has just been tapped by the Pulitzer Prize Committee, is only a so-so play in these eyes, but the sound and fury of the piece signifies more than it otherwise would because of the bright presence of the Lunts. She began her career in England as a child sprite on a high wire in a fantasy, and he in Wisconsin’s Car roll College Glee Club. They have been married about 16 years and never once have the gossip writers been able to whisper a rift in their felicity. They like the same books, the same plays, the same movies. They think alike, and even look alike from some angles. They have the same political convictions and always quarrel spiritedly over the same things and make up immediately. They take their vacations together and refute the legend that opposites attract. ♦ * ♦ Now the gals are invading another field once traditionally consecrated to males. I refer to the profession of “sandwich man”—or “sandwich wom an.” Time was when you could scour the streets of New York without turn ing up a single lady parader bearing an advertising poster front and back, her head through the middle of the hnge—but no longer. Also the old-time sandwich man was an unkempt and often a tatter ed figure, pacing out his alloted span of hours t get a meal or change with whch to purchase a slug of hooch in some Bowery “smoke joint.” The girls have prettied up the calling. Resplendent in Gypsy garb they ballyho tea rooms (I am reliably in formed that none of these is a real Gypsy, among whom such lowly la bor is considered undignified) they advertise beauty parlors, their locks freshly crisped into the newest fash ion in permanents, or show off chic hats in behalf of millinery stores. There is one serious-looking sandwich lass who carries a double board upon whch are affixed samples of stamps for collectors offered by a Nassau street firm. For the first time in many moons I peeked in at "Connie’s Inn,” once a Harlem oasis of renown and now Times Square’s citadel of colored en tertainment. It seemed to me that the chocolate tinted performers were lighter of hue than I had ever seen them. Most of them, indeed, looked as though they had merely had a slight sun tan. I Inquired of the redoubtable , Conniet whether this might have some anthropoligical significance. He said no, he had only developed a special spotlight, a sort of gray green beam, whch lightened the skins of al who basked in It. Adventures in thrift: There’s a place near Coenties Slip, on lower Manhattan, which offers free fire wood to those who will carry it away . . . That big biscuit factory, on Long Island, dispenses broken crack ers and wafers at a dime a pound from a side door. ... In East 13th street there is a shop which vends, at a fraction of the reglar price, cakes and chocolates whch have been cracked or had their designs damaged in transit. ... A retired lawyer has advertised recently that he will un dertake to give advice and mellow wisdom to all comers affected with travails of the heart or Big Problems, gratis—because it amuses him. | A aJl x Borah returned to Lyons to read law in the office of his brother in-law. . Thus in 1889 he had met the requirements for admis sion to the bar. Will nW* a special study of evidence, hop* ing to become a great trial lew* yer. His first experience with the law came with cases in the justice’s court, cases with which his brother-in-law did not care to trouble himself./ To Be Continued. And if France stabilizes its franc on a lower basts will the European money invested in America not return to Europe? Would that not precipitate general liquidation of securities? Who can answer such questions? QUESTIONS UNANSWERER The very fact that such questions cannot be answered indicates how lit tle we have progressed since 1930 in searching for the actual causes of general disaster. The rise and fall of prices remains a mysterious gamble—often fatal. Why has there been no real effort to get at causes? The answer may be this: The gov ernment could not carry on its “pros perity by spendingy” polic nor could private business put forth huge capi tal issues and run up prices if causes were uncovered for the general view. Both government and buiness are in the dangerous process of pyramid ing again. The time for the break may not have arrived yet. Indeed, infla tion is looked for prior to a break. But what people do not see is the fact we already are existing on money that we owe—not on our earnings. « « « WHY? What seems to be the reason for this: We, therefore; have underconsump tion, not because we haven’t enough money to go around, but because we have found no means under our pres ent setup to give these workless mil lions the chance to produce and to share in what they produce. The circle is narrowing and nar rowing—thus, we shall have larger and larger underconsumption (or “overpoduction”, as it is falsely term ed). And we spend more and more on these unemployed, but never enough. Finally, we may begin “pr|nting” money when the real money giveh out. But nothing will have been solved, yet more men will be out of work. x • * * ANY BRAVE MAN? There is no likelihood that the is sue will be looked squarely in the face by either political party. Both parties fear being called “rad ical”. Yet the soundest thing that could be done for business and for Wall Street would be a forthright redistri bution, not of wealth, but of earning participation. In brief, shorter hours, broader distribution of jobs, co-oper ative sharing of earnings would be a bull point, not a bear point, in the long run. All Os Us By MARSHAL MASLIN Well, what do you know?” says he to me. “Nothing at all,” says I to him, politely and he went his way and I went mine. But my answer wasn’t true . . . You can’t pass 40 years without gath ering a considerable amount of fact and opinion. Some of it sticks to you some of it blows away like dandelion fuzz. Some is useful, some is just a burden. Some is solemn stuff, and •some is trivial but pleasant. . . . So, whatever they may be worth, I guess I know a few things. I know that some sunsets are mag nificent and others are just smears across the sky . . . that it’s fun t< watch a baby getting older and learn ing things . . . that a meadow lark on a fence post makes a thrillin; song . . . that wild geese flying over in the night, honking as they go, d< something to the heart . . . that chickens are silly things . . . and seem to have. that cows have more sense than they I know that friendships is good. . . . that responsibility is better thai no responsibility . . . that child childhood isn’t altogether a happy time of life . . . that children mai shrewd analyses of their parents . . that worry is futile but practically unavoidable . . . tha tyou waste your time crying over spilt milk but that’s why you cry . . . that when you’re getting a cold you’re likely to be peevish. I know that women think men an funny . . . that men talk a lot about women . . . that a fellow needs his sleep . . . that though you lose what you love it’s a bless ing to have had It . . . that ever man or w ( oman carries a flamin? torch from the dark past to the shin ing future ... and that selfishness is its own defeat. 1 I know that beauty is good . . that an ugly life is a. tragedy . . I that the human heartis oatient. dur. Today is the Day By CLARK KINNAIRD • Copyright, 1*36, for this Newspaper by Centra] Hess Association •' Thursday, May 14; Independence Day in Paraguay. Morning stars Venus, Saturn, Uranus, Jupiter; Eve ning stars: Mercury, Mars, Neptune Moon: last quarter. Scanning the skies: Everybody knows that the gravitation pull of the moon causes ocean tides, but do you know that when the moon is in a certain position whole continents are stretched as much as 60 feet? This gravitational force is keeping the whole land mass of Europe and Asia in a state of movement. * • * NOTABLE NATIVITIES Bertie Charles Forbes, b. 1880, fi nancial writer and editor. . . . Frank Gillmore, b. 1867, president of Actors Equity Association. . . . Bruce Rogers, b. 1870, famed designer of books. . . . Julian Eltingo, b. JBB3, actor. . . . Albert Einstein, b. 1879. He was an obscure patent examiner in Berne, Switzerland, when he brought forth his celebrated theory of relativity. TODAY’S YESTERDAYS May 14, 1685—The first American president was chosen. “President of New England” was the title conferred by James II on this date upon Joseph Dudley, 38-year-old clergyman who went into politics and was sent to England as agent for Massachusetts colony. Though - he was the first president, he became so much of a royalist that New England disowned him, and he became the first native American to run for and be elected to parliament. 250 Years Ago Today—Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit was born in Dan zig, Germany, where, when he was 28, he first used quicksilver instead of spirits of wine for thermometers— then a century old—and established the thermometer scale named for him. He fixed his freezing point at 32 degrees to avoid negative measure ments. On the first centigrade thermome ter scale the zero degree mark was at the boiling point and the 100 de gree mark at the freezing point! Eight years after it was first invent ed, in 1750, the scale was inverted by Marten Stromer and it is final form , which is used today. Fahrenheit died two centuries ago this year. May 14, 1799—Jonathan Grant of Belchertown, Mass., had a telegraph line operating between Boston and Martha’s Vineyard, 90 miles away. Witnesses of the demonstration re ceived answers to questions put to persons at the other end of the line in less than 10 minutes. This, of course, was 45 years be fore Morse began operating his tele graph system, but it was seven years after Claude Chappe set up a system in France. May 14, 1804 —45 men led by Meri wether Lewis and William Clark, two army officers in their thirties, left St. Louis to proceed up the Missouri valley on the most epochal explora tion expedition ever undertaken in the U. S. The government had refused to ap propriate more than $2,500 for ex penses, and the expedition—which had to be financed by the American Philosophical Society! »* * * FIRST WORLD WAR DAY BY DAY 20 Years Ago Today—Austrians launched the great offensive against the Italians on the Trentino front for whch they had been preparing for nearly a year. The first shock of it sent Italian forces into retreat, but the withdrawal was orderly and tena cious. , • * * (To be continued) IT’S TRUE You’re wrong if you believe the bite of the tarantula is deadly. 'Con trary to popular belief, this species of the spider family is harmless. Hyman Shorenstein, commissioner of records in Brooklyn, N. Y., cannot read or write. Mrs. Kibbie Comer of Texas,.has read through the New Testament 125 times, the Old Testament 63 times. Noah Webster, at the age of 80, mortgaged his house to publish his dictionary. Harvard would have nothing to do with it, because he ad vocated simplification by dropping the old-time ‘u’ from honour and candour, and the final ‘k’ from mu sick, and many of his changes he had to restore later. Columbia University, largest in the U. S., was established by churchmen with the profits of a lottery. There isn’t a Mormon Church. E. Miller of Vincenes corrects our state ment concerning the “Mormon Church,” explaining that it is correct ly known as Church of the Latter Day Saints. The Grab Bag One-Minute Test 1. What is a narghileh? 2. Who first said “The Lord’s er”? . 3. To what does the expression “Free Silver” refer? Hints on Etiquette Avoid being a bore wh»n talking with friends or strangers. Don’t “try*' to be funny. Be your natural self and give other people a chance to say something. Words of Wisdom Tradition wears a snowy beard, ro mance is always young.—Whittier* Today’s Horoscope Persons born on this day are witty, original, sympathetic and kind. Most of their unpleasant conditions are of their own generating. One-Minute Test Answers 1. An Oriental pipe for smoking to bacco. 2. Christ during the Sermon on the Mount.” 3. The struggle between the east and west for the unlimited coinage of silver dollars. It provided the pres idential campaign issue in 1896. c.ble and stanch . . . thab all huffian bemgs want to be good. What do I know? ... My friend, I know as much as I have written,
