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PAGE FOUR S au aWWytaii ® m its Published by— PUBLIC OPINION, INC. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SATURDAY at 80S EABT BRYAN STREET Cor. Lincoln Catered as Second Class Matter July 23, 1935 at the Post Oftice at Savannah, Georgia SUBSCRIPTION RATEMJ One Year ...—.... 7.50 Six Months .... 3,75 Three Months 1.95 One Month ... One Week .... .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 Ase’n. Gilreath Press Service \ Newspaper Feature, Inc. • King Features Stanton Advertising Service • World Wide. Pictures EFFICIENT POLICE WORK. 'A letter from one of our readers, which appeared in yes terday’s Savannah Daily Times, complimenting the efficient work of the Chatham county police force in handling the traf fic situation on the Tyhee road during the summer months, brings us to the full realization of the alert and careful patrol ling of this highway by our county officers. Perhaps the major part of our county summer driving has as its terminus, the facilities and natural advantages of Savan nah Beach, and the huge maze of travel which makes the trip each Sunday is clearly indicative of the many varied traffic problems confronting the police. Hundreds of cars are always on their way to and from Savannah’s beach resort, and due to the width of the road and number of cars, it is a serious situa tion when one driver disobeys the laws in force, as one car can hold up traffic for many miles. It is an amazing fact that the police have more trouble with drivers who drive under the minimum speed law, than with drivers who drive over the maximum regulation. This appears ridiculous, but in order to keep the line of traffic moving, it is necessary that the cbunty enforce a minimum law. Thirty miles per hour has been the speed set for this re quirement, and it appears that this minimum is clarifying the traffic problems in the utmost. Nothing can be more exasperat ing than to have a car hold up an entire line of autos when there is absolutely no need for driving under the law. Everyone has experienced this occurence and it runs true to form that there is no possible way to go around the automobile in question be cause of the approaching line of cars. It can be traced to the fact that most of the accidents which occur on Sundays, which claim the bulk' of Tybee road’s traffic, happen because of a car trying to run the gauntlet of approaching automobiles in order to pass a car which has been driving under the minimum law. All of these many problems are but a few which confront the daily life of an average Chatham county policemen. Always courteous to the ninth degree and willing to help in any emerg ency which might arise, this band of men are to be congratu lated for their work in past seasons, and it is hoped that we might again experience their efficiency for the current summer months. OUR READERS’ FORUM | (All communications intended for pub lication under this heading must bear the name and address of the writer. Names will be omitted on request. Anonymous letters will not be given any attention. The widest latitude of expression and opinion is permitted in this column so that it may represent a true expression of public opinion in Savannah and Chatham County. Letters must be imited to 100 words. The Savannah Daily Times doee not Intend that the selection of letters pub lished In this column shall in any way reflect or conform with the editorial views and policies of this paper. The Times reserves the right to edit, publish or reject any article sent in.) Editor. The Daily Times: The American Gold Star mothers have asked the federal government to give life pensions to mothers who lost their sons in the World war. Delegates to the Gold Star moth ers convention In Detroit drew up a resolution asking for SSO monthly pensions, and free hospital and med ical care for the mothers of World war victims. The chairmen of the resolutions committee, Mrs. Alice Davis of Los Angeles, explained that Gold Star mothers have been receiving $57.50 a month since her son’s death but that these payments from govern ment insurance w’ll stop in 1938.” This is a worthwhile movement and I hope your paper will be for it. The LISTEN, FOLKS! —TO WILLIAM RITT— A radio spelling bee which Is ex pected to draw thousands of high svhool students to more than a dosen stations in six states is being ar ranged by the Lake Erie exposition in Cleveland. The spellers will do their stuff in two half-hour program* per week over each station. The result will be two winners from each studio, to be brought to the exposition for the finals, July 24-25. Stations WJW, Akron; WHBC, Can ton; WE Al. Cincinnati; WAIU, Co lumbus; WSPD, Toledo, and WKBN, Youngstown, in Ohio, and WLEU, Erie, in Pennsylvania, are reported among those stations participating. • • • A BEMI STUDJO, operated by the national government, 1* planned for the new Interior Department building in Washington. The plant, which would be the first government radio station, would have no other equipment than a set of microphones and switchboards with which it could connect local studios. The station would be for the use of all federal agencies. boye got their bonus, now it’s time to do something for mothers, who lost their sons in the same war. A GOLD STAR MOTHER. EDITOR, Daily Times: I read with interest letters ad dressed to your column praising county police for their vigilance in keeping traffic moving on the Tybee road, which is, I agree, very com mendable. However, I do not believe that we should pass lightly over the service city police are rendering in apprehending reckless and foolhardy drivers within the city limits. Every day in police court many persons are meted out stiff punishment, which is well deserved, and which is evi dence of the alertness of our officers. While perhaps the local speed limit of 15 miles per hour is antiquated, speeds of 50 and 60 through the city streets are certainly not to be tole rated. Such drivers, who apparently believe they are specially licensed to speed through our city, overrunning boulevard stops, crossing traffic lights, driving with improper lights, etc., should be dealt with exactly as city police seem to be doing so ef ficiently. A bouquet to our city police, as well as to the county officers! A return to popularity among broad casters and sponsors of the bonus radio show is seen in the increasing demand for time spots of that length for next season. Popularity of such hour-long shows as Fred Allen, Rudy Vallee, “Show Boat,” Major Bowes’ Amateurs, and several of the recent full-hour straight dramatic shows. However, not all radio stars relish the long time, believing a half-hour sufficient for their types of program. These stars probably will continue on a half-hour basis. LINENS EASY TO LAUNDER Light weight and sheer linens are cool and easy to launder, and hand kerchief linen is staging a comeback this season. For those who prefer something heavier, however, even in a summer dress, there are the lawns and cambrics. Handkerchief linens this year may be had in clever em broideries and colors. Hand blocked designs are striking for those who wish something daring. REVAMPING THE OLD SLOGAN! *B**"* - * -I “^****** **"® {BE 02 —WASHINGTON AT A GLANCE— HAS FARLEY OVERDONE In His Effort to Have Smooth Sailing DOLING OUT OF JOBS? (Central Press, Washington Bureau, 1900 3 Street By CHARLES P. STEWART (Central Press Staff Writer) WASHINGTON, June 11.—Although young Senator Rush D. Holt of West Virginia is by far the noisiest of Democrats in accusing his own party’s administration of playing politics with relief in his home state, he by no means is the only one to make the complaint. The others simply are more dis creet; they murmur instead of shout ing. Os course Republican charges of the kind are be expected; that there are so many disgruntled Demo crats is more surprising. Explainable Yet it is explainable. If politics had been played to the angry Democrats’ liking they would not have been angry. To the con trary, they now would be denying that there has been any politics-play ing. But such of it is may have been done has been done mainly at the SCOTT’S SCRAPBOOK by r j. 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Os course, there are a few moguls in both houses of congress whose recommendations have had respectful consideration, but those of the rank and file of legislators have been rather cavalierly treated. Naturaly, the ones whom the ad ministration has pooh-poohed in the matter of appointments are mightily indignant. , It is not altogether certain that Farley has not overdone his policy of subordinating local candidacies to the national administration’s sup posed advantage. It may prove to have bred a deal of influential Demo cratic disaffection, which will profit the G. O. P. on election day. If it was an error it is too late to correct it now, anyway. • • • “Antis” Given Jobs Farley has gone to the extreme of giving many of the New Deal’s emer gency jobs to anti-New Dealers. This may sound very non-partisan and open-minded, but another inter pretation it is open to is that his alm is to keep the “antis” quiet. In Washington this is very no ticeable. This town is full of newspapermen, many of who mwere jobless, when the New Dealers came into power. The New Deal agencies needed pub licity experts wholesale, and it em ployed them from the unemployed journalistic class by scores of hun dreds—and most of them were “antis.” It Doesn’t Work Far be it from me to find fault with the New Deal for giving a job to a jobless anti-New Deal news paperman. But if the New Deal reckons that, by hiring that chap, it has him con verted it has another guess coming. He faithfully turns out mimeo graphed pro-New Deal propaganda, but he sits around the National Press club and talks to his fellow-scribes (to whom that same propaganda is being franked by Postmaster General Farley) as anti-New Dealerishly as ever. -WORLD AT A GLANCE— SOME DIFFICULT PLANKS In Regard to Labor, Isolation, Social Security FOR G.jO. P. BUILDERS By LESLIE EICHEL Central Press Staff Writer CLEVELAND, June 11 —On one im portant platform plank both Repub licans and Democrats promise to agree—that the hours of labor must be shortened, in order to relieve un employment. But organized labor does not prom ise to be satisfied. It desires to know the answers to a few other questions, as for example: 1.,Wi1l the parties agree that col lective bargaining and all its con comitant essentials be written deep into fundamental law and upheld in practice? 2. Will the parties agree that con gress “assume its prerogative" and curb the supreme court’s “anti-labor" tendency (as labor sees it)? For ex ample, in the Guffey coal act deci sion, the court upheld the right of the government to regulate the in dustry to maintain prices for owners but denied the government the priv ilege of regulating wages and hours uncer the act. 3. Will the Republican party (and the Democratic party) push for arti fication of the child labor amend ment? The foregoing are three of the most important questions. There are many other questions to which labor desires an answer. And the parties will find it difficult to give answers. No leading candidate will give a direct answer. Governor Landon’s answer to a query on regulation of hours and wages, in an interview, was unsatisfactory to organized labor. The Republican labor plank is not likely to please either side. Some advisers are urging that la bor be won by a cry against “regi mentation” and “dictatorship". La bor leaders smile at that. • • • Isolation The Republicans will continue with an isolationist plank in their plat form, in so far as foreign policy is concerned. But that will not satisfy either the international traders and bankers of the east or the automobile and ma chinery manufacturers of the middle west. Leading financial interests are iso lationist no longer. They desire bar riers broken down, they desire inter national trade, they predict economic MyNew York By James Aswell NEW YORK, June 11—People and Palaver: George Abbott, the gangling, gray-templed producer and author, is one of the few playwrights I know who writes exclusively in long-hand ... He is now in the midst of three compositions—a comedy of his own, a collaboration with Rodgers and Hart (musical) and a version of “Un cle Tom’s Cabin” ... He hops from one to the other without ever getting writer’s cramp, and turns up at all the uppity Broacway parties into the bargain . . . Carl Brisson, the Danish warbler and movie hero, has a smile the tooth-paste manufacturers dream about ... I don’t know why, but there’s a giggle in the idea of Billy Rose in Texas: I’d give a nickel to see him on a horse . . . William Powell apparently goes on enactnig echoes of ‘ The Thin Man,” which was such a hit . . . “The Ex Mrs. Bradford" is the deftest of these versions so far . . . But why not try a new tack? ... A merry tale of how Vincent Price, who plays Prince Al bert In “Victoria Regina" and whose papa is a candy manufacturer, had a box of all day suckers emblasoned with the name “Helen Hayes" made and presented to the star ... It is im possible to suck the name off the candy, and cast and stagehands have tried diliegntly . . . Incidentally, Miss Hayes has received thousands of dol lars worth of strange and ingenious Queen Victoria memorabilia since she began playing the part, including a portrait of the queen done on the inside of an eggshell and jeweled . . . • * * The most memorable act in any night club, at the moment, is for this reporter the turn done by a brother and sister at the Hollywood Cabaret. . . . They are Charlotte and Charles Lamberton and they are said to be absolutely deaf and incapable of speech . . . The drummer gives them a heavy beat during their whirls and tango tapping, which they pick up through their feet . . . Red-heads, they are both In their teens and Charlotte is a raving beauty . . Phil Spitalny, the bandman, tells me that he nearly went crazy trying to find 32 girls who combined beauty and musical ability ... It was for one of those so-popular gal jazz ag gregations . . . Dorothy Parker’s lime nek might be re-written; “Men sel dom make passes at girls who blow brasses.” . . . How to put on the ritz: The Hud son River Day Line's Show Boat Rides will be known this season as The Day Line Evening Cruises." The iaotic game of “handies”, which involves the representation of the names of songs and popular phrases through cute poses and gesticulations continues to make parlors hideous roundabout . . . But your reporter, donning his beard, solemnly predicts that "handies" will be forgotten in a month and will not even form a foot note to some future historian’s “Only Yesterday” researching ... It lacks even the exotic appeal of Mah-Jong when that wierd game was first in troduced . . . The Monopoly boards seem to be gathering dust, also, and I'm told stewards had to search clos ets to find a backgammon board at the Union League Club the other night. chaos and disaster without it. The Republicans, therefore, face a fight over the traditional high tariff plank. Thus, there may be a straddle isolation on international affairs, but “vigorous endeavors to regain for eign trade” without cutting the tariff. Although, at the moment, no predic tion can be made —for such planks are difficult to construct. * * * Munitions One of the queslons bobbing up is one that the Republicans would like to shun: Shall »ve nationalize munitions’ manufacture? The public is very much for it, the duPonts very much against it. If only munitions were at stake, the question would not cause such perturbation. But “nationalize” has an unwelcome sound to the Republi cans. And if one industry can be na tionalized, will there not be a demand for the nationalization of other in dustries—in the end, all industries? * * * Taxes The writing of a tex plank by ths Republicans will be easy. It will be a mere matter of condemnation. But the aftermath will not be so easy. Some of the wiseacres are be ginning to vision that. The minority that now cries for social regulation through taxation may grow into a majority—under “demagogues”. The Roosevelt plan, halted by the senate, to force out un distributed earnings through taxation, pleased that minority. But they be lieved it did not go far enough. There you have the cause for worry. * * • Social Security And here is the worst hurdle ctf all to surmount, in writing a platform— social security. Neither Republicans nor Democrats will surmount it. That is, to the sat isfaction of those desiring social se curity. In short, there is a growing minor ity in the United States that may form a third party by 1940—0 r ab sorb one of the two old parties. The Republicans insist they will not be the ones to be absorbed. They will remain the stronghold (and haven) for conservatives. They believe the United States will remain a conserva tive country. They are staking vic tory on that assumption. You’re Telling Me? A central European genius has just Invented an electric bell attachment for church collection plates. This is the world’s first alarm clock designed to awaken one’s conscience. • « • A newspaper in Surat. India, recently made a front pag? ..tory of a wedding there between two monkeys. Why the excitement? That happens often in the Unit ed States. • • • Maybe the reason the poet wrote that “Flowers are the language of love” was because he knew no girl ever won a breach of promise suit by exhibiting a withered bouquet in court. « * • Another paradox is that while the railroad fare between New York and Philadelphia has dropped to SI.BO New York and Philadelphia are farther apart than ever—in the American league. • * ♦ “Rome,” wrote John Heywood, “was not built in one day,” Ha! So the WPA project boys had a hand in that one, too! ♦ ♦ •_ We read that Alex Woronka, a Canadian miner, has won a prize by eating four pounds of sausage at one sitting. That sounds like a lot of baloney. * * * Haile Selassie, ex-king of Ethiopia, at his first press conference in Lon don. served thirsty reporters glasses of Italian vermouth. First thing we know he’ll be suggesting a toast to Mussolini. - All Os Us - Outside my window I heard the squeal of sudden brakes, and then a crash. ... I knew what it was, a collision of automobiles, and it was none of my business, but I had to gawk. That’s what it was. all right, and straight across the street I saw a splendid new car with a crumpled rear fender and its bumper hanging crookedly. ... Down the street a few feet was an old, oM. car that didn’t sem to be hurt a bit . . . and from the positions of the cars it was obvious that the old car had smacked the new car and was in the wrong. Out of that new car stepped a handsome lady—and was she furious? (She was.) . . . Costly her apparel as h&r purse could buy, not so young as she had been, but with a challeng ing air of authority. . . . Out of the old car lounged a young fellow, tall, broad shouldered, curly hair, not so well dressed, not a bit afraid, and with a grand SMILE on his Irish features. What happened? . . . Well, I couldn’t hear the words, but I could see what happened. . . . She frowned, he grinned (not impudently, just pleasantly). She made abrupt ges tures, he was polite and friendly, ad mitting everything, I think. . . . They stood in the street and had a pleas ant conversation. ... I’m sure he flattered her, I’m just as sure she Today is the Day By CLARK KINNAIRD Copyright, 1936, for thia Newspa per by Central Press Association Thursday, June 11: Corpus Chris ti, a holiday in 26 countries. Kema haha day in Hawaii. Moon: Last quarter tomorrow. Scanning the skies: Before the change in calendars .the 11th of June was the summer solstice, cele brated as St. Barnabas’ day. Thig was expressed proverbially in Eng land: .... ‘Barnaby bright, "The longest day, the shortest night” And the weather on June 11 wa« taken as prophetic for the summer. « * * NOTABLE NATIVITIES Richard Strauss, b. 1864, famed composer of Salome, Elecktra, Rosen kavalier, etc., who is not to be con fused with the Straus who wrote The Blue Danube or the Straus who com posed The Chocolate Soldier. . . . Jeannette Rankin, b. 1880, first woman to be a member of Congress . . . Alvin M. Owsley, b. 1885, U. S. diplomat. . . . Ralph Pulitzer, b. 1879, newspaper publisher. ... Dr. Leland O. Howard, b. 1857, chief en tomologist of U. S. Department of Agriculture—your No. 1 sentinel against insect enemiea. TODAY’S YESTERDAYS June 11, 1776—Chance made Thomas Jefferson, 33, the author of the most famous document in Ameri can history. Richard Henry Lee, who lhad in troduced the resolution for indepen dence into Continental Congress, waa called to Virginia immediately after ward, and Jefferson was given his place in the committee assigned on this date to draft the declaration to accompany ‘ the resolution. Actual composition of it fell to Jefferson, and the rest is history. The other members of the com mittee were: John Adams, 41; Rob ert R. Livingston, 30; Roger Sher man, 55; Benjamin Franklin, 70. Livingston, co-author, never signed the Declaration of Independence. 100 Years Ago Today—Andre Am pere died in Marseilles, aged 61, hav ing achieved immortality as discov erer of electro-magnetism and father of modem physics. His father was of the opinion that a well-endowed mind must of necessity find the men tal food that best agrees with it and for that reason did not send Andre to school. Without regular school training, young Ampere had at 18 invented a universal language, learn ed mathematics and algebra, com posed a treatise on conical sections, proved differential and calculus, mas tered Greek, translated Horace into French verse, worked out aerostatic apparatus and instruments for ob serving the stars! • • • June 11, 1859—Penrod Comstock discovered the so-called Comstock Lode Six Mile Canyon, Nevada. He sold out for a few thousand dollars and went on to another field. What he left behind turned out to be the richest and most remarkable find in American history. Subsequent own ers took more than $300,000,000 in gold and silver from its four-mile long compound fissure vein before the end of the century. In one year —1877—539,000,000 was dug out. It was the foundation of the Mackay, Fair, Flood and Mills fortunes. * • • June 11 Among State Histories— -1796—U. S. flag of authority was first raised in Michigan territory, at Detroit . . . 1861—Wheeling conven tion opens to organize West Virginia State government . . . 1878—Perma nent government of District of Co lumbia was Instituted by Congress, with a board of three commissioners and no local legislative body. Thus Washington became the first com mission-ruled city. ♦ * • FIRST WORLD WAR DAY BY DAY 20 Years Ago Today—British forces under General Jan Smuts took Wil helmstahl, capital of German East Africa, where for two years a small force of German officers and native soldiers had been holding out against overwhelming odds. But the cam paign was not over yet. Germans still held Maunsa, on the southern shores of Lake Victoria, in which there were strongly defended islands. To get to these, Smuts’ army had to transport ships piecemeal by railway from Mombasa to Nairobi and then overland, a truly Herculean’feat lost sight of in war dispatches. Not only that, but Smuts had to construct a branch of the railway from Mombasa to move his army and supplies. (To be continued) The Grab Bag One-Minute Test 1. Where and when will the Demo cratic convention be held this year? 2. Distinguish between (a) a bas soon and (b) a monsoon. 3. What is the French system at measurements called? Hints on Etiquette When guests are introduced to the hostess, the latter should rise and offer her hand whether the guest is a man or woman. A younger woman should rise whenever she is presented to an older woman. Today's Horoscope If your birthday is today, you tend to be proud, energetic, fearless and impulsive. You have many friends, a sufficient number of enemies but are not malicious or unjust tn your dislikes. One-Minute Test Answers 1. It opens in Philadelphia June 23. 2. (a) A wood-wind musical instru ment, (b) a periodic wind In the Indian ocean. 3. The metric system. liked it. In less than two minutes she was smiling and laughing. . . . She gave him her card, he wrote his name on one of hers, he walked back with her to her car and helped er in with not-tooobvious a gesture. . . . She waved her hands to him as she purred away.
