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WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH W. LaBINE
See Hope for League Rebirth
Under New Russ-British Pact;
Must Get Rid of Avenol First
(EDITOR'S NOTE—When opinions are expressed in these columns, they
are those es the news analyst and not necessarily df this newspaper.)
— Released by Western Newspaper Union. .
INTERNATIONAL:
Rebirth?
Once the white hope of world
peace, Geneva’s League of Nations
buildings are today what one corre
spondent calls “a stately mausole
um haunted by the ghosts of braver
men.” In its heyday the League stood
for collective security, later watch
ing Japan, Italy and Germany drift
away without enforcing the cove
nant’s spirit because such action
might “divide Europe into ideologi
cal blocs.”
Chief reason for League doldrums
is its management. A carbon copy
of Great Britain’s current appease
ment cabinet is Secretary-General
Joseph A. C. Avenol, who in recent
years has filed the machinery of
collective security under lock and
key.
Black marks on the League’s rec
ord include Manchuria, Ethiopia,
Spain and China. Each succumbed
amid ineffectual, insincere League
sanctions which were enforced
against aggressor nations only if in
dividual signatories found it “con
venient.” By this spring Mr. Ave
nol’s back-tracking generalship
I LEAGUE’S AVENOL
He “forgot” Albania’s plea.
reached a new low. When Albania
protested its seizure by Italy, the
secretary “forgot" to circulate its
SOS among signatories. There was
no reprimand, and at its May meet
ing Mr. Avenol prevented Russia’s
ambassador to Great Britain, Ivan
Maisky, from reading a letter of
protest against Czecho-Slovakia’s
seizure. At the same time he got
the council to postpone any discus
sion of Albania until next Septem
ber.
However, even as the League
grows more decadent under Avenol
leadership, hope rises for a rebirth
of its collaboration machinery. Nev
er a word-mincer, Soviet Russia has
enough dislike for powder-puff di
plomdcy to force Britain and France
—the League’s other two leaders—
into rejuvenating Geneva’s halls un
der the new British-French-Russian
mutual aid pact. First hopeful sign
is the new treaty’s goal of preserv
ing European peace. Second sign:
It has been communicated to the
League and will possibly operate un
der the League covenant. But a
prerequisite to any such rebirth
w'ould be the retirement of Mr. Ave
nol, whose job rests secure so long
as the Chamberlain-Halifax-Hoare-
Simon quartet rules Britain.
BUSINESS:
Middleman
Favorite butt of pro-chain store
and pro-co-operative movements has
been the wholesaler, who in popular
notion is excess baggage in the U. S.
distribution system. If the middle
man could be eliminated, many be
lieve, a bar of soap or pound of cof
fee would cost John Public substan
tially less.
To test this theory, New York’s
Twentieth Century Fund broke down
Trend
. How the wind u blowing ...
ARMAMENT — Soviet Russia
has ordered a 50 per cent in
crease in her 1939 national de
fense budget to keep abreast of
Germany and Italy. Approximate
additional cost: $8,000,000,000.
RUBBER— J. M. Slattery, Fisk
tire executive, predicts 50 per
cent increase in world rubber
consumption during next 10
years. Items: Sponge cushions
and mattresses, cushions for rail
road tracks, traffic markers,
flooring, furniture, packaging
materials, plastics and latex gar
ments.
GASOLINE— In 1938, U. S. gas
oline consumption was 1 per cent
above the previous year, although
motor vehicle registrations were
1 per cent less than 1937.
JEWS—A new Berlin ghetto de
cree places still more drastic re
strictions on areas to be inhabit
ed by “non-Aryans.”
the $38,500,000,000 which U. S. con
sumers paid in distribution costs for
their merchandise during the peak
year of 1029. Individual figures and
percentages of the distribution cost:
Wholesalers ....(18%)$ 7,000,000,000
Retailers (33%) 12,600,000,000
Manufacturers (24%) 9,100,000,000
Transportation (23%) 8,800,000,000
Miscellaneous ( 2%) 1,000,000,000
Basic conclusions were that whole
salers did not earn excessive profits
in 1929 (groceries, 1.3 per cent; con
fectioneries, 2.2 per cent; dry goods,
2.7 per cent), and that they remain
an essential link in the distribution
machine.
DOMESTIC:
U n-A mericanism
To freedom-loving but undemon
strative U. S. patriots, the trouble
with anti-Communist organizations
is that they are pro-Fascist. Con
versely, anti-Fascist groups (like the
American League for Peace and
Democracy) are more interested in
promoting Communism than fight
ing Fascism.
When he began investigating un-
Americanism last year, Texas’ sin
cere Rep. Martin Dies won deserved
criticism for letting his committee
listen indiscriminately to anyone
with an ax to grind. But thanks
to Martin Dies the U. S. has become
acutely aware of “isms” pounding
on its doors.
Biggest threat, inspired by Italo-
German success and fostered by de
pression-made malcontents, are the
U. S. Fascists. This spring Fas
cism reared its head when Mr. Dies
revealed a strong anti-Jewish move
ment led by Maj. Gen. George Van
Horn Moseley retired anti-New
Deal army officer; Dudley P. Gil
bert, New York financier, and such
Ku Klux Klannish groups as Knights
of the White Camellias, led by
George Deatherage of St. Albens,
W. Va. Blandly admitting his anti-
Semitic sentiments, General Mose
ley has promised shocking, revela
tions concerning Jews in high places
before the summer is over.
Greatest handicap to an impartial
investigation of un-Americanism is
the very stumbling block Mr. Dies
encountered last autumn, namely,
ax-grinding. Best example, though
in this case probably popular with
Mr. Dies, was the arrest of Fritz
Kuhn, “Fuehrer” of the violently
Nazi - German - American Bund,
charged with grand larceny and
forgery in shortages of $15,000 from
Bund funds. Overlooking the fact
FUEHRER KUHN
“. • . a lot of nonsense.”
that Kuhn participated in Hitler’s
Munich putsch in 1923, has or
ganized 94 active Bund branches
and has done nothing to merit con
fidence of the U. S., critics looked
suspiciously (though probably un
fairly) at the two men responsible
for his arrest. New York’s Mayor
Fiorella LaGuardia might have re
alized his many Jewish constituents
would relish any anti-Nazi move.
New York’s District Attorney Thom
as E. Dewey, a potential G. O. P.
presidential candidate, could expect
excellent publicity from the case.
Said Mr. Dewey: ‘"The indictment
shows Kuhn is just a common
thief.” Answered Fuehrer Kuhn:
"It’s a lot of nonsense.”
SCIENCE:
Probing Atlanta
Long before the Revolutionary
war St. James was a thriving capi
tal of St. Kitts island, sometimes
called Nevis, located in the Lesser
Antilles southeast of Puerto Rico.
In 1680 an earthquake dropped St.
Kitts and its St. James 300 feet be
low the sea. This summer an ex
pedition led by Detroit’s Capt. Rob
ert Hall plans to walk along St.
James’ submerged streets in one of
science’s most unusual expeditions.
Connected with the surface only by a
small telephone wire, divers will
wear new helium-equipped suits
which need no lifeline to compressed
air machines on deck. Last year
Captain Hall made similar experi
ments in the Lesser Antilles, exam
ining submerged shipwrecks in crys
tal-clear tropical waters
BAKER COUNTY NEWS
GERMANY:
Ole Man River
Prussian army men are notorious
ly scrupulous about detail and lax
about fundamental principles. In
1914 they made certain that every
soldier’s equipment was precise, yet
overlooked French stubbornness. In
1938 they built amazingly perfect
fortifications along the Rhine river,
yet forgot that every 10 to 15 years
the stream is subject to abnormal
floods. Result: Unexpectedly one
night a few days after Adolf Hitler
visited the Limes lines, German sol
diers fled their fortifications in the
GERMANY’S LIMES LINES
Water did what weapons couldn’t.
face of rising flood waters. A few
days later news leaked out that a
great stock of ammunition was lost
and that the forts must be entirely
rebuilt.
More fortunate were Frenchmen
on the Rhine’s other bank, who dis
covered their fortress engineers had
anticipated the seven-foot rise.
Results of the inundation: (1) Ger
many will probably be stalemated
against aggression until next fall,
knowing the world knows of her vi
tal weakness along the Rhine; (2)
France began pondering how to pro
duce artificial floods in the Rhine,
paralyzing the Reich’s first line of
defense in case of war.
CHILE:
Next?
If the U. S. wants solidarity
among Pan-American nations, she
must pay for it. Such is the view
of South and Central American coun
tries who could get all the trade con
cessions they want from bartering
Italy and Germany if Washington
did not play ball. Last November,
Cuba’s Dictator Fulgencio Batista
visited President Roosevelt. A few
days later handsome concessions
were announced. This spring Bra
zil’s Foreign Minister Oswaldo
Arahna came a-visiting, also win
ning concessions. Next came Nica
ragua’s President-Dictator Anasta
sio Somoza, who went away with
$2,000,000 in credits. A few days
later from far-away Santiago came
the announcement that a Chilean
economic commission will visit
Washington in July seeking a loan
and commercial credits. Far from
being gifts, however, U. S. finan
cial arrangements with Pan-Ameri
can nations decrease American de
pendency cm European and Asiatic
nations and often provide new out
lets for domestic surpluses.
NAVY:
Statistics
Significant and fearsome is a U. S.
peacetime naval construction pro
gram bigger than any in history.
With a $773,000,000 building appro
priation on its hands, with 74 ves
sels already underway, and with 23
new contracts about to be let, the
fleet’s current status is something
like this:
Type of In com- Under eon- Approprl.
Vessel mission strnction ated for
Battleships 15 6 2
Heavy Cruisers 17 1 0
Light Cruisers .. 17 6 2
Aircraft Carriers 5 2 0
Destroyers ....2U 35 8
Submarines .... 87 12 8
Auxiliary 107 12 3
Primary emphasis in the new pro
gram will be on capital ships, 15
such battlewagons already being in
service. On the way are two more,
the 35,000-ton North Carolina and
Washington. About to be started are
the South Dakota, Indiana, Massa
chusetts and Alabama. Two more,
45,000-tonners and larger than any
thing afloat, will be started under
current appropriations. None of the
eight battleships will be ready be
fore 1945 or 1946.
COMING UP
JUNE 15— Justice Edgar J.
Lauer of New York Supreme
court, whose wife was convicted
and sentenced for smuggling, to
resign.
JUNE 15 — Semi-annual war
debt payments due. Last Decem
ber 14, of 13 governments owing
$2,051,707,241 (of which $1,891,-
489,906 was in arrears), only Fin
land paid in full as usual, $232,-
935. Hungary made part pay
ment of $9,828.16.
JUNE 17— Commander Donald
B. MacMillan to sail from Booth
bay Harbor, Maine, on eighteenth
scientific expedition into arctic.
JUNE 23—Paul V. McNutt, U.
S. high commissioner to Philip
pines and former Indiana gover
nor, to arrive at San Francisco
and open campaign for Demo
cratic presidential nomination.
Epilepsy Found
Most Prevalent
In Sub-Normal
By DR. JAMES W. BARTON
IT WAS thought for many
years that epilepsy caused
feeble-mindedness notwith
standing the fact that many
TODAY’S
HEALTH
COLUMN
r ———
brilliant individu
als were or had
been subject to
epileptic attacks.
Many physicians
felt that these few
brilliant men were just excep
tions to the rule.
It is also a fact that among
those of poor intellect (those
below normal mentally) there
is a greater proportion of epi
leptics.
What about epileptics who
are normal mentally? Are
they likely to gradually lose
some of this mentality and become
subnormal? *
A most interesting
study of epilepsy
and mentality is re
corded in the Amer
ican Journal of Or
thopsychiatry by
three Boston re
search workers —
Drs. Merril Moore,
C. R. Atwell and A.
Louise Collins. There
were 229 epileptics
examined during the
period 1916 - 1936.
They are believed to
Dr. Barton
be a fair cross section of the epi
leptic portion of the community.
The tests included speed and ac
curacy with which simple sums
were done or questions answered,
memory, mental speed, speech, rea
soning, judgment, comprehension or
understanding, and others.
Examination Results.
What did these research workers
find after an examination of 229
cases during a period of 20 years?
In cases where the intelligence
was below normal, this below nor
mal condition was not due to the
epilepsy but because the patients
were mentally below normal any
way and happened to have epilepsy
also.
They found also that the individu
al below normal mentally is more
likely to develop epilepsy than one
who is normal. “The effect of epi
lepsy is greatest in those who are
below normal anyway; they have
less resistance to the effects of the
attacks than have those of normal
or higher mental ability.”
Another interesting finding was
that the length of time the patient
had been afflicted with epilepsy did
not seem to make much difference
in the effects of the epilepsy on his
mental power. ~
• • •
Exercise Needed
For Healthy Heart
Some years ago whilst visiting
Montreal I noticed a man climbing
a number of steps up the side of
the mountain, then resting for a
while and again climbing a few
steps and resting. On inquiring he
told me that he had had a nervous
and physical breakdown which had
affected his heart. After resting for
a couple of weeks after he was ap
parently well, his physician had ad
vised this climb, which he took at
a definite number of steps per min
ute. He was increasing the number
of steps' between rests each week
and was again examined each week
by his physician.
Most of us have been thinking
too much of the rest that the tired
or failing heart needs and forget
ting that every muscle of the body
needs work or exercise to develop it
and keep it in good condition. Os
course the needed rest to build up
or restore the “reserve power” must
first be taken, but thereafter regu
lar and graded exercise strengthens
the heart.
Dr. Ernest P. Boas in Hygeia
states *
•Well-Tolerated Activity.’
“It is a matter of common knowl
edge that physical training enables
a normal individual to undergo se
vere bodily exertion with greater
ease and efficiency. While there is
no thought of making a trained ath
lete out of a patient with heart dis
ease, a certain amount of well-tol
erated activity — exercise — will
make the circulatory apparatus
(heart and blood vessels) a more
efficient machine, will spare the
heart a certain amount of work (be
cause the training will make the
work easier) and promote a general
sense of well being. It will also
help to prevent obesity (overweight)
which so often follows an inactive
life and adds to the heart’s burden.
Now this doesn’t mean that hard
or prolonged exercise should be tak
en which would use up the heart
reserve and perhaps require rest in
bed again. “Sudden spurts of ef
fort as in lifting heavy objects or
sprinting to catch a train are par
ticularly dangerous, as they may
cause acute heart failure. Similarly
all competitive sports in which the
patient may forget his fatigue and
drive himself to greater efforts
should be avoided. Tennis, basket
ball, handball are out of the ques
tion.”
The heart patient must never rush
from place to place. He must ac
quire unhurried activity.
Copyright.—WNU Service.
REMEMBER . ..
u lfs AU In The Examination”
Ur. L. N. Huff. 54 Broad Street
Healey Bldg, Atlanta — A Spe
cialist in Bye Refraction* for
over 30 years, and a State Board
Examiner for Optometrist since
1923, leads the South tn eye ex
aminations.
Let Dr. Huff take care of the
only pair of eyes you will ever
have.
♦ -
II
DR. L N. HUFF
*New’ Styles Very Few,
Says Clothing Expert
There are few really new fash
ions even though they vary with
each new season. If present-day
styles are examined one will see
Ideas which were leaders in the
fashion world of years ago, accord
ing to Vivian Minyard, clothing spe
cialist.
“Redingotes” are popular styles
at present The slip of the redin
gote is usually of print material and
the sheer coat to be worn with it
of a plain material. In 1806 this
was also a leading fashion. More
elaborate materials and more yard
age were used then but the idea is
the same.
Sleeves with fullness at the top
are popular present-day styles in
all types of dresses. The idea for
these may have come from the
“Leg-O-Mutton” sleeves of 1825.
These sleeves were much more
elaborate, so again the present-day
tendency Is toward the more con
servative fashions. I
“Basques" today are not so differ
ent from those worn in 1850. To
day’s version has less fullness in the
skirt
The “Gibson Girl” of 1900 has
been repeated in 1938 fashions.
These styles in 1900 featured small
waists, full skirts, etc, and were
picturesque styles. Today they are
comfortable and smart looking with
the fitted waist line, fullness in the
blouse, and flares or pleats in the
skirt.
Ideas in fashion have been handed
to us from ancient people. For in
stance, the ancient Egyptians had
the custom of wearing bands around
the head to keep the hair in place.
We retain the fashion but place the
band inside the hat Streamers and
broad brims for ehildren’s hats
probably came from a Greek cus
tom. To protect the head from the
sun, these people wore that type of
hat.
Many things have direct influence
on fashion. People in the headlines
are responsible for particular styles.
War, economic conditions, activi
ties, world events, etc, all suggest
possibilities to the designers.—Viv
ian Minyard, Extension Specialist
$15,000,000 Estate Unoccupied
One of the most palatial estates
in the world remains unoccupied, al
though an army of caretakers is
kept busy around the grounds. It
is the Van Deering estate, called
Viscaya, at Miami, Fla, which cost
in excess of $15,000,000. The man
sion is furnished with priceless
antiques collected from all over the
globe and the gardens include plants
brought from all sections of the
tropical belt The estate has been
tied up in litigation for year*.
Hi Bo Baying
“Some books," said Hi Ho, the
sage of Chinatown, “show great in
dustry and their publication great
moral courage."
Many Specie* of Penguin*
Altogether 35 different species of
fossil types of penguins that lived
long ago have been found by scien
tists.
Insanity Laid to Fatigue
Fatigue is found to be a cause of
Insanity—both of the mind and th*
nerve cells.
Sugar in Bees’ Blood
Bees have an exceedingly high
blood sugar concentration during
their active life as honey gatherers,
» Cavalry Consisted of Chariots 1
Early cavalry consisted mostly ot
chariot*
z
Many Towns Built on Hill*
Most of the small towns in north
ern Italy are built on the top* of
hills. Strongly walled and fortified,
they were tough nuts for the wan
dering bands of bravos to crack in
the Middle ages.
Goat* Popular in Italy
The goat forms an important item
in every Italian rural landscape.
Every farm has its herd. Every
village house seemingly has its goat.
The animals are prizes for th*
cheese made from their
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Let the very humblest man
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MALARIA
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When your teeth are chattering
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Fragile Habits
Evil habits, once settled, are
more easily broken than mended.
—Quintilian.
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where a drawing agent is
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Flattery corrupts both the re
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Your kidneys an constantly altering
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Symptoms may be nagging backache,
pemistent headache, attacks of dixsiness,
getting up nights, swelling, puffiness
under the eyes—a feeling ot nervous
anxiety and loss of pep and strength.
Other signs ot kidney or bladder dis
order may be burning, scanty or too
frequent urination.
There should be no doubt that prompt
treatment is wiser than neglect. Use
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