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PAGE FOUR Published by— PUBLIC OPINION, INC. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SATURDAY at 302 EAST BRYAN STREET Cor. Lincoln sintered as Second Class Matter July 23. 1935 at the Post Ottice at Savannah, Georgia SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year 7.50 Six Months ...... 3.75 Three Months ..... ..... 1.95 One Month ...................... ..... .65 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 Ass’n. Gilreath Press Service - Newspaper Feature, Inc. • King Features Stanton Advertising Service • World Wide Pictures COULD BE MUCH WORSE. In spite of the drought which has laid waste many thousands of acres in the Midwest, that practically all grain south of cen tral Kansas and Missouri has been harvested, and an estimated $200,000,000 will be in the pockets of hard-working ana indus trious farmers. It appears that the many arid wastes which have been visited in turn by the drought and insect plagues, would have a turning affect on the rest of the “Bread Basket,” but on the contrary, the wheat production is the best over a period of five years, critics have reported. Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas and Nebraska have reached a tremendous output of 240,000,000 bushels, which totals more than one-half the nation’s entire output. It is gratifying to note that this will, in a sense ,alleviate the distress felt in other sections of the country, and in a measure will help to re tain the wheat prices at a low standard to meet the ever-growing demands of the consumer. The farmers are storing their wheat, gambling on the possi bility that the drought which caused so much farming chaos in other sections of the country, will have the affect of sending the prices skyward, resulting in a heavy profit to the sections which have not been so unfortunate. But leading grain critics of the world state that this philosophy is doomed to defeat, because of the bumper grain harvest which has, even at this early date, kept prices down to normalcy. Kansas alone, which is the country’s premier wheat-producing state, has reached a crop toatl of 130,- 500,000 bushels in a statement issued June 15. Certainly it can not be probable that uncertain conditions in other sections should overcome the balance of purchasing power in the country at large. J. C. Mohler, secretary of the Kansas Board of Agriculture states that the farmers in the “Bread Basket” would realize more than double their income from the state’s crop last year. It is only a portion of the southwestern area of Kansas, the “Dust Bowl,” which has borne the brunt of the present drought conditions. Belated rains helped Oklahoma, which finally netted a total output of some 30,000,000 bushels. All in all, conditions are not as bad as was expected. OUR READERS’ FORUM (AU conimunlcatlon» intended for pub lication under thia heading must bear the name and address of the writer. Names will be omitted on request. Anonymous letters will not be riven any attention. The widest latitude of expression and opinion Is permitted in this column so that it miiy represent a true expression of public opinion in Savannah and Chatham County. Letters must be Imited to 100 words. The Savannah Dally Times does 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 reeerves the right to edit, publish or reject any article sent In:) Editor The Daily Times: I notice a revival of the question of safety gates at railroad crossings. At one time there was quite an epi demic of letters on this subject. Os course, nothing has been done, and so It .‘earns quite futile to add my sqywk. But on second thought, it occurred to me that nothing ever will be done if residents of this town do not keep hammering on this cry ing need, and take every advantage NOT—In the News ••• • • • COPYRIGHT, CENTRAL PRESS ASSOCIATION By WORTH CHENEY The recent Republican convention In Cleveland provided Its share of off the-record stories, but we think one of the better anecdotes is that told by Charles P. Stewart, prominent Washington correspondent of Central Press Association. The convention, as you probably know, was held in Cleveland’s gigan tic public hall. The huge basement of the building was given over com pletely to newspaper workers, each paper, w’re service and syndicate having a separate compartment, one end of the long basement room the convention management had set , up a bar for the convenience of the working press. This bar was fre quently crowded by reporters relax ing from their strenuous duties, and their discussions there naturally were concerned chiefly with developments in the convention. If you ever have watched a news paper man covering a big story, you well can imagine the flurry and ex citement that prevailed in that base ment on the night that Landon was nominated as the Republican candi date for president. His name was on everyone’s lips, and there must have been 500 newspaper men and women in the building writing stories about him at the same time. In the audi torium above delegates and guests were staging a rousing demonstration in behalf of the new nominee. By the next afternoon, the report ers were writing stories about the vice presidential nominee, Frank possible of voicing their opinions on the question. Why not do what some mid-west ern states did several years back erect a white cross at a grade cross ing every time a life Is snuffed out in an accident there. It will not only serve as a grim reminder to autoists, but might shame the rail roads or the city Into acting to stop the needless waste of life by building crossing gates. D. BURCLET. Editor The Daily Times: Since William E. Borah seems to be neither Republican nor a Democrat, according to his last statement to the press, he should be read out of the Republican party and not accepted in the Democratic party. He seems to be a trouble maker in any party. In his dotage, he does not seem to know what he wants. I think he should be sent to Russia where he undoubtedly would be appreciated. J. J. WILLIAMS. ' Knox, and most of the shouting for Landon had died down. The big news of Landon’s selection by that time had been read by readers in all parts of the United States, and many sec tions of the world. And it would have been a difficult task if you had set out to find anyone in Cleveland who at least had not heard of the Kan san’s nomination. ■ Stewart, of course, would not have given a thought to wasting his time in an effort to find such a person. And, naturaly, he did not have that motive in mind when he stepped up to the newspaper men’s bar late that afternoon for a glass of ginger ale. He was the bar’s only customer at the time, and the bar-keeper, a short, middle-aged man with an engaging smile and a paunchy stomach, wel comed his arrival. After filling the order, the man turned to Stewart to pass a few pleasan’rles, and "make talk,” as they say. But his first words were enough to convince Stewart that the bar keeper would not be a very interest ing man to talk to. For, standing within a few feet of the machines and wires that told the world, nearly 24 hours earlier, of Landon’s selec tion, the man inquired: “Well, mister, do you think they are going to nominate Landon?” Horses used for pony express serv ice between Sacramento, Ca., and St. Joseph, Mo. were changed every 10 miles. There were 420 horses in the service. <■* THE “IVORY” HUNTERS A*/ ZJ % SLIP ISP ON \ him, and give] ~ JMliagk hiniboth / „ //; \ K /(Jft ?A^ n \ Hi ’’ii W|L L— o —WORLD AT A GLANCE— EMOTIONAL APPEAL In Spite of Straight Forward Platform STILL LIKELY TO RULE By LESLIE EICHEL Central Press Staff Writer . riILADELPHIA, June 30—Now as the Democratic convention shouting ends, eyes turn toward the Coughlin- Lemke third party. It is a strange condition In Amer ican politics at least, that a major party, concluding a convention with tremendous enthusiasm, should look with trepidation upon a new-born party, one whose name even Is barely known. Yet here is the Democratic party viewing with some fear the ar rival of this new babe. The babe Is a giant—that is the trouble. Anything that has emotional appeal grows swift ly. The Democratic platform—acclaim ed even by Republicans as a master piece of stating considerable without committing to too much —will not be the magnet of appeal for the Demo crats. Everyone knows the appeal ■will be based on President Roosevelt him self. And tihle Democratic strartegy evidently will be to have one emotion al appeal pitted against another— President Roosevelt against that of the new party coalition. And in that strange manner will the campaign against Gov. Alfred M. Landon, the Republican nominee, be fought. At least so it seems at the moment. SCOTTS SCRAPBOOK by R. J. SCOTS «. fugitive J-v WAS SHIPP ED IN A PACK) M<4 BOXX. 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That may seem far to the left to Republicans and conservative Democrats, but to many northwestern farmers and mid dle west and eastern workers it does not seem enough. Organized labor is greatly pleased with the platform—but the largest number of workers still are outside the organized groups and are sus ceptible to emotional appeal. The president probably assumes he cannot go faster than he believes the majority of citizens desire. And he evidently is of the opinion that he must fight to the last ditch all fur ther inflationary proposals. He is willing to risk the loss of the disaffected groups, believing perhaps that his frank statements of policy as evidenced by the platform and his Franklin Field speech, will convince the disaffected that he is doing the best he can. No Strongholds It is beginning to appear, too, that no place is a stronghold for either party, any more. Pennsylvania definitely has become debatable ground. Even Philadelphia, strongest Republican metropolis in the nation, is debatable territory. A Philadelphian remarked to me to day: “This city was on the way to be coming Democratic until the Coughlin- Lemke party appeared. I believe it still will go for Roosevelt. If the Democrats had been wise or wiser, they would have stolen much of the Lemke platform, put it into their own.” But this writer believes that to be questionable. The Democrats cannot envelop all the elements that shoot through the political skies. The Demo crats have decided to pursue a straight course. They look upon the Coughlin movement as a righist movement, not a leftist. To the left they see the Socialists, then the Communists. The Republican party ocupies its traditional place. But in a sky so full of shooting stars can the Democrats pursue a straight course? If ever they are hit. they may be disintegrated. Bachelorhood was taxed as a lux ury tn the 13 colonies, which placed it in the same category as distilled spirits, billiard tables and gaming cards. The Sultan Mahmoud of Ghazni ordered that his favorite poet, Fir daussi, a Persian, be paid annually one silver piece for every line of verse he wrote. Firdaussi contemptuously refused the pension, because he con sidered all his lines worth gold. Today is the Day By CLARK KINNAIRD Copyright, 1936, for this Newspa per by Central Press Association (Copyright, 1936, Central Press Asso ciation) Tuesday, June 30, end of fiscal year. Feast of the Twelve Apostles in Greek. Catholic calendar. National holiday in Bolivia, Chile, Colomabi, Mexico, Guatemala. Zodiac sign: Can cer. Birthstone: pearl. Moon: first quarter. * * * NOTABLE NATIVITES Vladimir K. Zworykin, b. 1890, elec trical engineer who devised the icono scope, the magic eye of television . . . Dr. Louise Pound, b. 1872, philologist and educator . . . Dr. Paul L. Heyl, b. 1872, physicist . . . Walter Daugh erty, known as Walter Hampden, b. 1879, actor . • . Roy L. McCardell, b. 1870, humorist . . . George Bam berger and Charles Watkins, b. 1930, principals in the celebrated Chicago baby mixup case. * • * TODAY’S YESTERDAY June 30, 1530—Montezuma 11, aged 51, last native ruler of Mexico was killed because he paid $10,000,000 ran som to his adbductors. After the Aztec ruler had paid Hernando Coretz for his release, his subjects stoned him to death because he treated with the 600 Spaniards instead of driving them out of the country. Nevertheless, the 600 remained to dominate mil lions. June 30, 1905—Albert Einstein, an obscure 26-year-old patent examiner in Switzerland who dabbled in mathe matics and physics as a hobby, de livered the first paper on what was to be his Theory of Relativity and make him one of the world’s most fa mous men. This recognition did not occur at once. His thesis was at first consider ed fantastic and unimportant. 30 Years Ago Today—The Pure Foods and Drugs act, one of the most important pieces of social legislation in history was enacted largely as a result of a novel—Upton Sinclair's The Jungle. June 30, Among State Histories: 1805—Michigan separated from In diana territory . . . 1817—Corner stone of the first lunatic asylum west of Appalachians was laid at Lexing ton, Ky. . . . 1834—Indian territory was created by congress and set aside as a permanent home for tribes. . . . 1864—Congress granted Yosemite Val ley and Mariposa big tree grove to California for public park. . . . 1870 —Mrs. Ada Kopler of Effingham, 111., first woman to be graduated from a law school in U. S.—Union college, Chicago. . . . 1900—200 killed, $lO,- 000,000 damage done in fire which de stroyed ships and docks ab Hoboken, New Jersey. FIRST WORLD WAR DAY-BY-DAY 20 Years Ago Today—The mightiest chorus of artillery that had bsen as sembled on any front filled the air of the Somme with a song of death. July 1 was the date set for the be ginning of offensive there for which the allied command had been pre paring for months. Artillery prepara tion had been going on for a week, shattering wire, touching off ammuni tion dumps spotted by air observers, knocking apart railways and high ways on which reserves and material would have to be brought up by the enemy and setting German nerves on edge. Artillery was thousands of years old, but generals were only now learn ing how to use it en masse. Gunners were becoming scientists. They knew now the earth’s rotation must be taken into account in firing at long range. For example: when the range is not corrected for this rotation, a projectile fired due west will travel further than one fired due east at the same point. They had learned how to use sound to locate the position of enemy guns. Huge microphones set up behind the lines along a base 9,000 yards or more In length, pick up the low tonsd rumbling of a gun as contrast ed with the sharp crack of a bursting shell. Observers watch to see which microphone (the one nearest the gun) picks up the first sound. This may be a second or two before the others receive it. All the apparatus is connected to a central control which obtains an automatic record of the time when the sound passed each microphone. The direction and posi tion of the gun can then be calculat ed. (See it's true.) The Somme battle, lasting into No vember, was to become notable in the history of warfare as marking the in troduction of the tank. That was not to come until September, however. As the Somme struggle opened, the idea of using such machines was still being kicked around in the British and French general staffs. Britain was training its first tan kcorps, a year after the idea had first been advo cated, but there was ho conception of the machines potentialities. French headquarters had learned in June of Britain’s new machines, and Gen. Estienne had gone to England to look them over. The enthusiastic report he delivered on his return found small favor. Nor was gas. that mother striking new development in warfare, to play a notable part in the Somme. Os 54 different types of gas developed by the various armies, all but 12 were abandoned. Mustard gas, the first one introduced, was still the most effec tive. One part in 14,000,000 parts of air, made any soldier a gas casualty in a few hours from eye inflamma tion. Any place it touched the skin it made a burn which became pain ful in four hours. But gas attacks depended on weath er and winds, and the army that used them had to be protected from them with masks. Thus far no truly pro tective masks had been developed. Two gases had been found that would penetrate any mask. Combatants were unable to follow up their attacks closely, but had to wait until the cloud had passed by, by which time -WASHINGTON AT A GLANCE- HUEY LONG MISSED And Large Part of His Following Lost BY THIRD PARTYITES Central Press, Democratic Conven tion Bureau. By CHARLES P. STEWART (Central Press Staff Writer) PHILADELPHIA, June 30—A for midable third party movement per haps (or even probably) might have developed ths year if Senator Huey P. Long had lived. It would not have elected its candi date, but it would have jeopardized President Roosevelts re-election, for it certainly would have drawn much more heavily from his voting strength than from Governor Landon’s. Pres ident Roosevelt assuredly must have a 100 per cent solid south to win. The late Kingfish unquestionably could have swung Louisiana to a third ticket, and possibly two or three additional southerly states. It is dougtful that the New Dea; stand ard bearer could have stood these de fections. However, Dr. Francis E. Townsend, Father Charles E. Coughlin and the Rev. Gerald K. Smith cannot do what Huey could have done. • * • Not So Widespread No one of them has the Kingfishs widespread appeal. Last year I invited comment from readers concerning Senator Long’s program. Some of it was adverse, of course, but it was evident that Huey had many followers, particularly in Louisiana, noticeably in Mississippi, Georgia, Arkansas and Oklahoma, and quite numerously (to my sur prise) in Maine and Michigan. If Dr. Townsend, Father Coughlin and the Rev. Mr. Smith could get to gether, they might have as much joint strength as the Kingfish had singly. MyNewYork By James Aswell NEW YORK, June 30 —Interview With an Octogenarian New Yorker: Q. What amusements do you re member best from the New York of fifty years ago? A. Rowing was a great sport in those days. People don’t row much any more though many of the Hud son River boat and yacht clubs go back to the sport. Also coaching. It was great sport to make up coaching parties for New Rochelle in those days. Q. You notice that nearly every corner now has it’s soft drink stand in the Broadway sector. Why were Americans so slow to realize the pro fit possibilities of iced drinks? A. Oh, we had our soda waters in those days. We spoke of them as “phosphates” if I remember cor rectly. But New Yorkers then went in for heartier stuff. Oysters were the popular street-corner snack. The oyster grill was the coffee pot lunchroom of fifty years back. It was also the after-theater gathering plc'.o of the smart folk There was O’Neill’s and Bristol’s, both in Sixth Avenue, and there was the famous “Oyster Bay” far uptown, for those times, near what is now Times Square. Q. Do you think fewer oysters are consumed in town now than were consumed per capita half a century ago? A.I am convinced of it. Why it was nothing to toss off two dozen blue points in the afternoon and then a dozen Lynnhavens after the theater. And quail. People don’t eat quail the way they used to. Men used to make wagers and enter upon marathon quail-eating contests, dur ing which they swore to eat at least one quail a day for thirty, sixty or ninety days. The lobster, too, seems to be fading as the dish of the rich. Why, if you talk about ‘‘lobster palaces” nowadays the younger gen eration won’t know what you mean. Q. Offhand what in New York life and customs has changed most in the half century with which you are familiar? A. Heavens, boy! Everything has changed. Even the menus in the res taurants. I remember when only the classiest eating places had bills of fare. The names of the dishes used to be emblazoned on banners and hung from the ceiling. Sometimes corned beef and the cabbage would be done in gold on a cerise back ground with silver tassels. It was ir resistible. But of course the attitude toward women has changed most. P. How do you mean? A. Well in the Eighties and Nineties no first-rate hotel would al low a woman to register after dark, no matter how refined she looked, unless she was accompanied by a male relatives. And they wouldn’t let her enter by the main door; she had to sneak through a “Ladies En trance” aound the comer, and if she wanted to wait for anyone down stairs she had to go into a special parlor provided for her, where a cham bermaid acted as chaperone. Mrs. John Jacob Astor single-handedly overthrew the tradition when she ar rived after sundown at the old Wald orf and horrified the clerk by refus ing to leave when he said he couldn’t accommodate her. Q. Is that, in your opinion, the most revolutionary change? A. The whole town as I said, is topsy-turvy compared to what it used to be. But it would take hours to tell you all the changes. Why don’t you run this interview in several sec tions and I’ll give you a little mater ial out of the past for each one, which you can use from time to time. Q. That seems an excellent idea, resistance of the enemy was restored. A German physiologist had thought of a mask to circumvent this, but German military authorities wouldn’t employ him because he was*a Jew. (To be continued) But evidently they cannot get to gether and keep together. Instead of bein gone consolidated leadershp they are three conflicting leaderships— jealous of one another. A third party would be something to reckon with, but a third, a fourth and a fifth?—that would be ridicu lous. Without implying a suspicion that the New Dealers are glad Huey wm assassinated, the fact remains that they are lucky that he was. • * • An Answer? The New Deal administration is remarkably successful at “getting away” with a policy of “pooh-pooh!” President Roosevelt long ago de clared it to be an impropriety for a party chairman to hold, also, a fed eral office. In fact, he required Dem ocratic state chairmanships to be re signed upon their incumbents’ ap pointment to federal positions—to quit one jor or the other. Several of them had to do it. Yet Postmaster General James A. Farley has continued as national Democratic chairman. The anomaly has been much talked about. “Pooh-pooh!” has been the admin istration’s answer. It seems to have been satisfactory. • • « Prosecutions Dropped When Huey P. Long was fighting the New Deal administration in the senate, the justice department began proceedings against Huey and hia lieutenants, charging income tax eva sions, and actually sent one of the lieutenants to the penitentiary. Huey being dead and his Louisiana organization in conformity with the New Dealers, further proceedings are dropped. This is talked about. "Pooh-pooh!” says Attorney Gen eral Cummings. And that, too, seemingly, is satis factory ■—♦ « • \ Campaign Levies Civil service employes are supposed to be exempt from levies for cam paign purposes. It is notorious that they have been so levied on from “50 cents up, 1 ” at I have heard acquaintances in. th< civil service express it. “Pooh-pooh!” is the answer, With no investigation. j Chairman Farley has been accused in print of exacting campaign tribute from postmasters. “Pooh-pooh!” is the only rejoinder. Your’e Telling > Me? Americans, opines a visiting Eu ropean, are in favor of anything and everything. That’s right, for aren’t we the nation which invented board ing house hash? • • * Among other things we have forgotten to worry about is what was to become of baseball when !Babe Ruth quit. • • ♦ Today’s children get all the breaks. Now that Italy has taken over the country the kids won’t have to learn how to spell Ethiopia or Abyssinia. However, when we were kids it wasn’t so bad, either. We didn’t need to worry about such names as Benito Mussolini and Man choukuo. * * • Millie, the titian-topped typist, says the reason our office fan hums s< loudly is because that’s the only waj we can tell when it’s turned on. Life is safer though noisier than it used to be. The fellow who al ways wanted to rock the boat now spends most of his time try ing to get a different radio pro gram. For the first time in our life w< may cheerfully accept the accusatioi of being sinners—now that Mussolift has called liberty a middle-class vice. The Grab Bag, ONE MINUTE TEST 1. With what does the subject W archaeology deal? 2. Who were the Augurs? ) 3. What is a blimp? HINTS ON ETIQUETTE Plain cakes may be picked up the fingers at the dinner table, bu fancy cakes and pastry should b< eaten with a fork. WORDS OF WISDOM Who doth right deeds is twice born, and who doeth ill deeds vile. Edwii Arnold. TODAY’S HOROSCOPE Persons born on this day are oftei powerful in a psychic way, stronglj mystic, and may become marked fig ures in the mystic world. They talk fluently and to the point and theb explanations are clear. HOROSCOPE FOR SUNDAY Persons whose birthday is Sunday are apt to have many sad experiences in their lives, especially in their g ® r ,± ys ’ and *«ain what ever heights they reach by pain and suffering. They do not care for fin ery, but what they do have is of the oesu. ONE MINU T r T EST ANSWERS - of the remains of an- cient civilization. 2. The highest class of official di viners of ancient Rome. 3. A non-rigid dirigible balloon.