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’ TRIBUTE TO JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Today marks another milestone in the annals of Southern
history as we Southerners stand with bowed heads in silent trib
ute to the man who was the President of the Confederacy, Jef
ferson Davis. Known as a man who was steadfast in his ideals
and principles that the South would eventually break loose from
her bonds acquired through long years of disassociation with the
rest of the world, to blossom forth into the dazzling flower of in
dustrial and political fragrance she now is, Jefferson Davis died
with the knowledge and belief that a long step had been taken
in his aims and ambitions.
It has been a long while indeed, since Jefferson Davis as
sumed the reins of guidance for the newly formed Confederate
states. A span of time which has seen newly formed innovataions
in both our industrial and political life. Brilliant figures have
gone forth from these states to carry into the world the banner
of the true South of today. Figures which, in almost every in
stance, have left their indelible mark on the roster in the Hall
of Fame. If Jefferson Davis were alive today, we know that he
would beam forth with the knowledge that his was one of the
first steps for the acquiring of this end for the South.
New customs, new manners, new ways and new principles
now grace our every-day lives, but the ideals which have stood
for so many years are still occupying a niche in the Hall of
Fame which our foreleaders in the early days of trial and tribu
lation when it was not known from day to day, exactly what
procedure was to be followed in coping with the many difficul
ties which persistently cropped up. But our leaders pulled us
through to the magnificent prominence that we occupy today.
.We want for nothing, we are deserving, and we have demanded
and received recognition from all parts of the world for our
place in the sun.
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Editor The Dally Times:
The irony of the tax situation has
been exemplified by a poem on taxes,
which was published in a New Mexi
co paper recently. I am sending it to
you in hope that you will publish it
in the columns of your valuable pa
per..
It read:
Tax the farmer, tax his dad,
Tax whate’er he ever had;
Jf he’s broke it’s just too bad,
j Go ahead and tax the man —
Tax his dog and hired hand,
i Tax his cow, tax her milk,
| Tax his bed, tax his quilt,
Tax has pig. tax his pen,
Tax his flocks, tax his hen,
Tax his corn, tax hfe wheat (
Tax his wagon, tex his squeak,
Tax his wife, tax his boy,
Tax whatever gives him joy.
Tax his baby, tax his crib,
Tax his all—who gives a fib?
Tax his fiddle, tax his bow,
Tax what he intends to sow;
Remember the Forgotten Man
In your so-called taxing plan.
Hfl has income, so they say, >
Most of which he ought to pay.
Tax the man that’s on the dole,
Get him in a deeper hole;
Tax the manufacturer, too,
He is more than getting through
Tax the man who works for him
'Fore his pay check gets too thin
Tax his building, tax his chattels
Tax his Ford and all its rattles;
Tax his stock, tax his cash.
Tax him double if he's rash.
Tax his light, tax his power,
Tax his payroll by the hour.
If he’s making more than rent,
Add another five per cent;
Tax whatever he has to sell, ..
If he hollers—tax his yell.
(Thanking you for any space you
can give me.)
A POETIC TAXPAYER.
Editor The Times:
I have been wondering if there
could be something done about the
revival of the custom of an annual
water carnival at Savannah. As you
know, until a few years ago the cus
tom was a regular event here for sev
eral summers. The innovation meaht
a great deal toward the entertain
ment of the citizenry in general here
and Lt brought visitors from all parts
of Georgia and from many points in
South Carolina.
It is needless to mention the boon
that these visitors were to the mer
chants of the city. However, it is the
•ectlonal —I might say, even national
—publicity which accrued to Savan
nah that was so valuable to the town.
For some time this city has been
leaking a strong bid. for northern
tourists. It seems to me that in this
connection the public relations coun
sels of the local hotels and chambers
of commerce are sleeping on the job.
They should be about the work of
bringing a water carnival back to
Savannah. If the job is well done, in
time the water carnivals here could
become, in a lesser degree nationally,
but still quite a drawing card, just
as the Rose Bowl game in Pasadena,
the Mardi Gras at New Orleans and
the Gaspar ilia carnival at Tampa.
At any rate, isn’t it worth think
ing about?
A BOOSTER.
You’re Telling
Me?
Leon Blum, French premier-elect,
according to reports, is worrying over
how he can dodge the June 15 war
debt payment to the United States
and. at the same time, borrow $1,000,-
000,000 more from Americans. There
was only one man who could help
him and he’s dead. His name was
Harry Houdini, the maigician.
• • ■
France now owes the United
States $6,647,647,104.17. This col
umn Is in favor of meeting the
French part way. We’d agre to
knock off the 17 cents.
• • •
A new cellulose substance, says a
news dispatch, will enable tailors to
“pour” a suit of clothes on a man.
That’s nothing. We know a number
of fellows who need to be poured out
of their clothes every weekend.
* • ♦
Noted author has just had pub
lished a new book—and there
isn’t a single bad word in it! It
ought to be a great hit, because
the public goes for distinct novel
ties.
'♦ • •
New York judge finds bridge a
game of skill. Not always, not al
ways—it depends on who is playing
the hand. And that makes it a game
of chance, doesn’t it?
* • «
Fourteen states now have laws
against hitch-hiking. A clear
case of thumbs down on thumbs
up.
THOSE MODERN HOUSES!
He was showing a friend around
his ultra-modern house.
“There are lots of points about it
that I like,” said the candid friend,
“and there are some that I do not
understand. Why, for instance, the
round hole in the front door?”
A BIG SHOT, EH?
A mountaine?r took his son to a
school to enroll him.
“My boy's after teamin', what dya
have?” he asked the teacher.
“We offer English, trigonometry,
spelling, etc.,” she replied.
'Well, give him some of that thar
trigemometry; he’s the worst shot
in the family.”
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CAN G. O. P. SURVIVE
In Its Present Form
A SERIOUS DEFEAT?
WASHINGTON, June 3—One hears
not a few predictions in political cir
cles that the present Republican
party will evaporate completely if as
badly beaten in the coming election
as in 1932 and in the congressional
election of 1934.
These prophesies come from G. O-
P. as well as from Democratic sources.
As I previously have had occasion
to point out, the Democratic party
of today is pretty much what the Re
publican party once was. But if it
wins handsomely this year, it will
hang onto its name, absorbing into
its membersh! most of the progres
sive Republicans, like Senator George
W. Norris, the Progressive of the type
of Senator* Robert M. La Follette, the
Farmer-Laborites and other advanced
groups. They will, however, call them
selves Democrats, for that will be a
victorious name by which to be
known.
To the anti-New Dealers, however,
assuming their overwhelming defeat
again, the Republican designation no
longer will be a thing of which to be
proud. Nevertheless, there will be anti-
New Deal factions. Probably there
will be a tendency among them to
gravitate together under a changed
name.
• * •
Seek to Preserve G. O. P.
Old-line Republican leaders do not
like this prospeat.
They want to remain Republicans.
They have an already built up or
ganization of which they are the
heads. With a reshuffle they might
be snuffed out. Hence their desper
ate anxiety to preserve the original
G. O. P.
• ♦ •
Drive on Congress
However confidently this leadship
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may express itself for publication, it
has small hope of beating President
Roosevelt for re-election; it does be
lieve that it stands a fair chance of
cutting down his 1932 majority.
And especially will it concentrate
on making congressional gains.
It cannot get control of the senate.
If the Democrats were to lose every
one of next November’s senatorial
contests (which will not occur, by a
wide margin) they still would have
a majority. Still, the Republicans
conceivably can pick up a few seats
—two or three as a reasonable pos
sibility; as many as nine imaginably.
In the house of representatives the
G. O. P. really thinks it may improve
its status appreciably.
■ • •
A Low Level
Optimism of Republican strategists
as to the lower house is based large
ly upon the reasoning that any
change in their party’s representa
tion cannot, in the nature of things,
be otherwise than for the better.
Its delegation slumped from 268 in
1929 to 102 in 1935.
Out of a total of 435, this 103 was
middling skimpy.
The G. O. P.’s previous low in re
cent years was 127 in 1913. That was
deemed about the limit of awfulness.
There are Republicans, to be sure,
who speak of a majority of the rep
sen tatives as their November ob
jective.
But—heavens!
Normally the presidential candi
date who wins in a presidential year
takes into office with him a repre
sentatorial majority.
In his own mid-term he is likely to
lose representatorial strength— often
to the extent of a majority against
his policies. This was not the case
The Grab Bag
One-Mlnute Test
1. In what month occurs (a) the
longest day of the year, (b) the short
est day?
2. Is aluminum a basic metal or
an alloy?
3. What does the word “taxi” mean
in aviation?
Hints on Etiquette
When a woman dines alone she
should wait for the head waiter to
show her to a table and seat her.
Word« of Wisdom
Talent is that which is in a man’s
power; genius is that in whose power
a man is.—Lowell.
Today’s Horoscope
If your birthday is today you are
forceful, quiet and a profound think
er, with a love for justice, truth and
harmonious conditions.
Horoscope for Sunday
Persons born on this day have a
strong sympathy for suffering. They
are deep lovers, but home conditions
are not always felicitous.
One-Minute Test Answers
1. (a) June, (b) December.
2. A basic metal.
3. To move over the surface of the
land or water before rising or after
landing a plane.
with President Roosevelt. He got a
big majority in 1932 and increased
it in 1934. Historical precedent would
indicate that he should increase it
still further this year.
If he does It will be a tolerably
good guess that the Republican party,
as such, is done for.
Republicanism under that name,
may survive as a conservative party
if it cuts down President Roosevelt’s
electoral majority, grabs a few senate
seats and makes substantial gains in
the house of representatives—to say
nothing of getting control of the lat
ter. That is too long a chance on
which to bet.
-WORLD AT A GLANCE—
MANY INDUSTRIAL CHIEFS
With a Leaning Toward Vandenberg
COMING TO CONVENTION
By LESLIE EICHEL
(Central Press Staff Writer)
Reservations for rooms at the Re
publican national convention in
Cleveland include innumerable capi
talists. An examination made by
this writer of the names discloses
that chiefly the steel interests will be
interested.
Steel interests are bitterly opposing
President Roosevelt. It is under his
administration that unionization fi
nally is making headway in the steel
industry. John L. Lewis, progenitor
of the industrial unions, which are
making the tremendous fight on this
mightiest of industries, has led the
labor movement to Roosevelt.
* « «
To«. Vandenberg?
There seems the remotest likeli
hood that Governor Alfred M. Lan
don can be stopped for the Republi
can presidential nomination.
Yet some of the big money men ap
pear to.be coming to Cleveland to
be close to Senator Arthur H. Van
denberg of Michiman. His headquar
ters seems likely to be a magnet for
magnates.
The big deals—if there will be time
for any deals at all—probably will be
at large estates on the outskirts of
Cleveland, miles from the center of
the city. Or clubs may be the scene
—in particular, one club across the
street from the hotel housing the
Vandenberg headquarters, the Union
club.
• « *
Society Leaders
It is queer how many society wom
en have made hotel reservations for
the Republican convention.
Nobody seems to know why—ex
cept tht, perhaps, they desire to do
their share to urge delegates to nomi
nate somebody who will save the na-
-
MyNew York
By
James Aswell
NEW YORK, June 3.—ls I were
Mayor of the city of New York
(which Heaven forbid!):
I’d halt this showy and expensive
nonsense about noise “abatement”
and devote the energies of the secu
lar arm to more productive ends.
For one thing, I’d tackle the traffic
problem. Cops who failed to clear
the cross town streets of illegally
parked cars would find themselves
cashiered. There would be no fur
ther coddling of trucks and their pre
hensile drivers. Trucks would be per
mitted to unload only at specified
hours —at 4 a.m. or some other un
earthly time if no other way could
be found to keep them from paralyz
ing crosstown traffic in the rush pe
riod.
There would be an immediate shift
in the attitude of the police toward
pickets who mass in front of the
shops of honest taxpayers guilty of
no crime, in order to harry and jostle
customers. Now the bluecoats do
everything except serve tea to these
gentlemen. The whole business of
picketing amounts to the punishment
of business without trial; it has never
raised wages of honest workmen a
dollar and it has no place in an or
derly society.
I’d make one speech a year in
which I would list the number of ad
ditional soft political jobs that had
been created in the interim. I’d re
mark the increase in taxes and what
the city offered residents for the ad
ditional expense. I’d wear a special,
tomato-proof mask on this appear,
ance.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars
in trade are lost and thousands of
hours wasted each year by ridicu
lous parades, marches and demon
strations. There is no reason why,
in a nation at peace, the citizens
should be harassed by every mob of
exhibitionists in flossy uniforms or
carrying banners of garbled protest
which convince nobody, that happen
to want to wear out shoe-leather up
and down the boulevards. I would
railroad through an ordinance tax
ing all such civilian show-offs SSO a
head for the privilege of disrupting
normal business on any of the citys
thoroughfares. Also, there would be
made available to them several hun
dred acres of nearby swampy ground
upon which they could strut and
wheel and puff out their chests to
their hearts content without annoy
ing normal human beings.
I would encourage free speech, but
in the interest of the general welfare
I’d force every Union Square and Co
lumbus Circle soapbox crackpot to
listen to a phonograph record of his
own harangue for two ours a week.
This would do away with the species
in three months.
Motion picture and legitimate
theaters would be forced to subscribe
to an ordinance very much like the
laws which prevail under the Pure
Food statutes. They would therefore
display labels that the customers be
not defrauded. Every theater would
thus be required to exhibit a large
sign in front, reading, “Entertain
ment or “Propaganda. The two are,
of course, mutually exclusive.
Instead of manicuring the poison
ivy bushes in the public parks, rak
ing leaves and other such labors, the
duty of whatever surplus labor the
city employe w would be to clean the
streets of snow when it fell, keep
the city hospitals spruced up and in
general devote themselves to work of
some palpable use to the community.
I would try to get the pay of fire
men raised. They are the least
heralded and most efficient of all
the city employes.
Every time a politician on my staff <
died or disappeared into Mexico I’d
abolish his job and donate his pay i
to hospitals and clinics.
But don’t worry. I’ll never be i
mayor.
tion from the New Deal.
Challenge
In the meantime, President Roose
velt is pushing the fight straight into
the Republican convention area.
Edward F. McGrady, assistant U.
S. secretary of labor, came to Cleve
land to address the convention of the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of
America, and his words were inter
preted as an F. D. R. defy.
They were:
“The president, is building for the
future in a spirit of democracy and
against the threat of a dictator to
morrow.
“The president will continue to
place the security of the men, wom
en and children of ths nation first,
regardless of abuse or misrepresenta
tation.
“He will not swerve from his de
termination to provide; decent homes
to live in; development of the natural
resources to afford the fullest oppor
tunity to engage in productive work,
and safeguards for our people againsti
major misfortunes.”
♦ • •
Like Borah
It is queer how much pro-Borah
sentiment there still is, even though
the Idaho senator made a poor show
ing in the primaries.
Townsend pensionites seem to con
tinue to be for him.
And Borah continues to remark
that he is for old age pensions—
» * *
Gaining Votes
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Governor Martin L. Davey of Ohio,
Old Guard Democrat who faces a hot
fight for re-election, with Republican
Attorney General John S. Bricker op
posing him, seems purposely appeal
ing to “farmers” by attacking col
legians. It is, of course, an old stunt.
Davey believes he made a hit by
cutting down the appropriations for
Ohio State university.
Now, he is decrying the formation
of such student organizations as the
Veterans of Future Wars.
Governor Davey, speaking before
disabled war veterans, said the Vet
erans of Future Wars made a “mock
ery of the patriotism and self-sacri
flee of you veterans of the World
war.”
He added that they “hold up to
scorn you men and women, you Gold
Star mothers, who suffered the an
guish. . . . etc.”
The students are responding that
they aim to prevent the necessity of
such self-sacrifice—ordinarily impos
ed upon persons by politicians with
high . sounding, emotion - appealing
phrases.
Republicans are spreading the
word that they wil get the youth vote
in Ohio.
• « •
Will It Count?
Democrats have been discussing
two items in Walter Winchell’s col
umn:
“A group of Bibbies have contrib
uted 800 Gs ($800,000) for a “Truth”
campaign—to belittle F. D. R. . . .
Gov’t sleuths now have the name of
a local (New York) life insurance
exec who is anonymously chain-let
tering an attack on Mrs. R.’’
Democrats can hardly believe the
Republicans would be so stupid as
to throw away their chances in that
manner.
- All Os Us -
WHAT IS IT ALL ABOUT?
I HEARD A man say: “That fel
low doesn’t know what it’s all about.”
He said it scornfully, as though HE
knew what it was all about . . .
and could exlain it to you, patiently,
in detail, if he had the time for it:
But, in fact, who DOES know what
it’s all about?
The learned men don’t. Don’t
even pretend that they do . . . The
great chemists, great engineers, great
physicians, great astronomers, they
know much about a few things, they
know their way around in their spec
ial fields . . . but they are the first
to confess the enormous fields of their
ignorance. They know that the be
ginning of their own failure is in ar
rogance, self-confidence and cocksure
ness about their knowledge.
The little fellows, who have had lit
tle success may swell up and sneer
. . . The Stuffed Shirts may do that,
those Stuffed Shirts that are filled
with Pride and Pomposity, Ignorance
and Meaningless Noise, but not the
truly wise, the humble. . . . These
admit that, though they know some
thing, they can never know ever
ything. The great doctor may know
why a man dies, cannot know why he
lives. The philosopher may know
something about man’s dreams, yet
never plumb the depths of his in
scrutable hungers. The Wise Guy
may know his way about in a mean
and selfish world of his own. but be
puzzled by the simple and effective
workings of human heart . . . knd he
can never know what this life is all
about.
Fortunately fcr our happiness, it
is not necessary xor us to know . . .
It is good to understand, to catch a
lovely glimpse of the unknown wis
dom, and this one fleeting glimpse
is sometimes enough for a whole span
of living . . . But for most of us It
is enough to do our job, to love and
be loved, to shoulder our burdens, to
endure both our adversity and our
triumph . . . and thus by simple acts
to prove that we know more about
what life is about than the arrogant
fellow who boasts of his smartness
can ever, ever know.
Established in 1800, the library of ;
congre-s now has one of the largest ■
collections of printed books and
pamphlets in the world. The collec- :
tion totals nearly 5,000,000 books and
pamphlets, approximately 1,300,000 ;
maps and millions of uncounted
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Today is the Day
By CLARK KINNAIRD
Copyright, 1936, for this Newspa
per by Central Press Association
(Copyright, 1936, Central Press As
sociation, Inc.)
Wednesday, June 3, Ember Day.
Confederate Memorial Day in Ten
nessee; Jefferson Davis’ birthday, a
holiday in nine states. Foundation
Day in western Australia.
Scanning the skies: The sun that
shines upon us seems to moot to be
the most important of astronomical
bodies. For centuries it was wor
shipped. But it is just one of many
sung and has little distinction in the
stellar eystem. There are other suns
300 times bigger.
NOTABLE NATIVITIES
Raymond Pearl, b. 1879, eminent
biologist and essayist. We enthusias
tically recommend his works for lay
reading . . • Jim Tully, b. 1891,
tramp novelist . . . William H. King,
b. 1864, senator from Utah . . . Ro
land Hayes, b. 1887, great colored
singer of world fame . . . Donnis
Mackall, b. 1892, British novelist . ..
Christian F. Reisnor, b. 1872, New
York clergyman.
* * •
TODAY’S YESTERDAYS
June 3, 1770—Mission and presidio
of San Carlos was established at
Monteroy by Spaniards, and Califor
nia’s mission period or settit men t
days began.
On? glance and Towns and Kan
sans are Californians, but Spanish
visited and explored California 150
years before they began settling it!
What stirred to action finally was
fear California would become Rus
sian.
June 3, 1826—The Rev. Jedidiah
Mors? died in Charlestown. Mass, at
65, after having attained fame by
using the pulpit to expound political
and economic news which anticipated
the Rev. C- E. /Coughlin’s radiora
torical rabble-rousing by 80 years.
He reached a national audience
from his small congregational pas
torate, and proposed and agitated for
disunion long bsifore the question was
raise in the south. He sought to in
duce New England to secede.
June 3, 1859—Frenchman Jean
Francois Gravelet, 35. known best as
Charles Blondin, provided astounding,
almost unbelievable, news for the
world by walking across the chasm
at Niagara Falls upon a tight rope.
It was only the beginning. On later
crossings he trundled a Wheelbarrow,
carried a man on his back While
blindfolded, wore stilts.
Italian woman Maria Speltemix
was roused to emulate him, walked
across with her feet in baskets.
Our references to Blondin are so
recurrent that constant readers of
this column should know his faits
by heart. We keep repeating them
because they seem to be the greatest
acrobatic achievements— and ths
most courageous foolishness—in his
tory. Do you agree?
June 3 in State Histories: 1808—
J’efferson Davis was born in Ken
i tucky, a few miles away from the
birthplace of Abraham Lincoln . . .
100 Years Ago Today—Maryland’s
i legislature made appropriations to
taling $8,000,000 for projects of epo
chal importance: Baltimore and Ohio
R. R., Chesapeake and Ohio canal,
Maryland Crosscut canal, Annapolis
and Potomac canal, Eastern Shore
R. R. . . . 1850—A disunion conven
tion of southern states called in Nash
ville died in ridicule.
• ♦ •
FIRST WORLD WAR DAY-BY-DAY
20 Years Ago Today—President
Wilson signed the army reorganiza
tion bill, called the National Defers
Act. Concentration of the national
forces, and abandonment of the idea
of a federalized army composed of
state militia contingents had been
urged upon him. Because he refused
to use on congress the influences that
had carried through so many meas
ures, Secretary of War Lindley Garri
son had resigned. The general result
was the passage of a work and inade
quatic bill. Congressmen had wanted
to keep those home town armories.
Pork-barrels more powerful than big
guns to a congressman.
Not In the News
BY WORTH CHENEY
(Central Press Association)
ELLEN, A SOCIAL worker in ai
large midwestern city, is a little bit
afraid of dogs. She likes dogs, you
understand, but she doesn’t care
much for meeting up with strange
members of the canine family.
One day Ellen was sent out to
bring a truant boy back to school.
She marched boldly up to the ad
dress, the second floor of a double
house, and knocked. In response came
the wild and .angered bark of a dog. •
Then she heard it dashing down the
dark stairway of the second floor
home.
Frightened, Ellen retreated rapidly
to her car. Safely inside, she ponder
ed her problem: she must get the boy,
but how to avoid a dog bite? She
decided to go to'the polcie.
The police sergeant was abused at
her request, but agreed to help her.
He sent not only one man, but three
one to get the boy, one to watch
the dog and the third to take care
of Ellen.
Fortified thusly, Ellen was driven
back to the address in the police
scout car. She and her three pro
tectors went up to the door and
knocked. Again came the wild bark
ing, and again the dog was heard
rushing down the steps. Ellen wanted
to run, but the policemen held their
ground. The pulled out their night
sticks as one of them opened the
door.
Ellen’s white face grew suddenly
for out walked the cutest French
poodle dog you ever saw. It was
about as big as a kitten, and appeared
very capable of tearing a paper doll
to pieces, if thoroughly