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Geography Lesson in Passing Motors History and Romance Seen in License Plates. Washington. ? During the vacation Beason the motorist takes to the open road, carrying on his car a label that proclaims the region which he calls hom& Forty-nine different American auto mobile plates are familiar to those who live along trunk highways or in large cities today, and occasionally the alert bystander may see tags from sev eral Canadian provinces, Mexican states, Cuba, and even from such dis tant places as Hawaii, Haltt, the Canal Zone, and the Philippines. "In the passing parade of metal tag" there is a good deal of geography, and some history and romance," says a bulletin from the National Geographic society. "Primarily a mark of Identi fication, the motor license plate has be come, In some states, a peripatetic bill board bearing keystones, diamonds, stars, slogans, and other devices to advertise unusual features or products of certain regions. "South Carolina's license plate, across the bottom of which Is In scribed: 'The Iodine Products State,' Is perhaps the most familiar tag ex ploiting a particular feature of a state. Even the name of the state Is relegated to Initials (S. C.) In order to advertise to the world the high lodlne content said to be found In South Carolina vegetables and fruits. Boosts Natural Resource. "Arizona goes the southern state one better In advancing a natural resource. To indicate that Arizona Is a leading copper-producing state, and also to aid in the disposal, In a small way, of the enormous stock of the metal held In tne United States, Ari zona has u license plate made entirely of copper. "Several license plates bear emblems of the states which Issue them. Penn sylvania's for Instance, has a tiny key stone in each upper corner. Texns. 'the Lone Star State,' shows a star between the numerals In the center of the plate. Delaware carries a dia mond design because Thomas Jeffer son, while discussing the thirteen Amerlcnn colonies, once referred to Delaware as the diamond of thirteen gems. "Once Massachusetts emblazoned the sacred cod on Its license plates, but controversy arose over the design of the fish, some alleging that It In no way resembled a cod, and In 1020 the cod was replaced by a straight line penetrating a dot. "The pelican on Louisiana plotes Is the symbol of this southern state. It ^ Church, Saloon, School Under One Roof No More Fallon, Nev. ? A church, saloon, school and doctor's office, all In the' same building, was a combination that existed in Churchill county 48 yenrs ago, State Senator Thomas Dolf re called recently. nut It didn't last. In the pioneer days. Churchill coun ty built Its only schoolhouse four miles south of where Fallon now Is located. The Seventh Day Adventlst minister Secured use of the school building for church services. Part of the Interior of the building was used for a saloon, and County Physician Beemls used a corner of the building as his office. Dolf attended a church meeting one evening, when a woman and a pros pector, both Intoxicated, became quar relsome and used language which, penetrating the thin partition separat ing the church from the saloon, did not add to the church services. The woman innde the announcement she had a gun and wns prepared to use It. "Everybody made for the door ? In cluding myself," Dolf said. "The preacher said he had never preached so near to hell and never expected to again." The strange combination <Sf church, school, saloon and county physician's office thereupon was broken up. WORLD RECORD MAKER Jack Lovelock of Oxford unlveridty. IDngland, who broke the world * record for the mile run at Princeton, winning th? event In 4 minute* 7.(1 Necondft. Tflha Princeton-Cornell tenm won the meet from the Oxford Cambridge team. appears on both the license tags and on the state seal. ? ? "There Is no need to ask a Ken tucky motorist what part of the state he Is from. A motor tag of 'the Blue Grass State' bears the full name of the county In which It was Issued, as well as the state, year and the reg istration number. New Jersey Indi cates counties by a serial letter pre ceding the number. "In a few states, Virginia among them, municipalities require a second license plate, which Is usually affixed above the state tags. North Carolina has an Ingenious scheme to prevent the transfer of license plates from cars of one weight to those of an other. Passenger vehicles are divided Into three group* according to weight, the price of the license Increasing for heavier cars. Each of these classes Is Indicated on the plate by a tiny numeral (1, 2, or 3) between the large numbers In the center of the plate. "Mississippi has another means of preventing the transfer, theft, or mis use of license plates. Its tags cannot be removed from a car without de stroying a strip across the top bearing the date and class Identification. Washington state designates the class of a vehicle by a small letter In the upper left corner. An Outline of Montana. "Montana's license plate la distinc tive because the numerals and name are surrounded by an outline shaped like the state's boundaries. New Mex ico tags bear an arrangement of lines and a circle that looks like a sym bolic sunburst, a fitting design for a region with few cloudy days. Florida, Oklahoma, Mississippi, and Alabama cars carry only one license tag In place of two required In other states. The single tag Is placed on the rear of the cnr. "Although at one time color schemes varied widely, In recent years they have been nearly standardized. A combination of black and yellow (or orange) Is nowused by ten states and the District of fcolurobla, the numerals and background alternating In color each year. While this Is not a par ticularly attractive color scheme, tests have shown that these two shades have high visibility. White and blue combinations are employed by eight states; black and white by seven; and white and green by six. "Minnesota has the odd combination of black on aluminum this year. Texas chose the colors of Texas university, orange and white, for passenger cars, and the colors of Texas A. A M. col? lege, white and maroon, for commer cial vehicles, In 1933." Queen of National Cherry Festival Morella Oldhnin, who whs selected us queen of the nutlonal cherry festival In Traverse City, Mich., center of the great cherry belt. Before the fete Morella went to Washington to present a box of cherries to President Roosevelt. Home Town Helped by Beggar Quebec Mendicant Lends His Money to Birthplace. Quebec. ? Heggars In thin old city are sharply divided by caste, there be ing the "regulars" who occupy fixed pitches and who only accept money, street car tickets or tobacco, and the "occaslonuls," mostly women, who go from house to house, taking anything that Is offered. Begging is a regular rncket at pres ent, with most of those who work the various wards balling from outside points, but while rngged clothes and a pitiful face nre generally the main stock In trade, these do not necessari ly mean that the beggars are penni less,' For Instance, Hebe Kmond, who Is known a* Campette and who has his pitch nenr the Capitol theater on Quebec's mnln shopping thoroughfare, Is^qulte well off, and In addition to a healthy bnnk nccount owns n block of houses In St. Suuveur, the Fiench Banking Act Gives Banks New Problem By WILLIAM BRUCKART Washington. ? Passage of tho (Jlass Kteagall hanking law ? tho banking act of ItWH ? has produced r condition among depositors In hanks which was not forecast dur ing debate on the bill In congress. The law prohibits payment of In terest by bnnks on balances held by depositors In their checking ac counts which are designated as de mand deposits. lint Interest can be paid on time deposits which nec essarily are left for stated periods. Ho passage of the law has caused a lot of people to switch part of the money they have In their check ing accounts to the accounts where they can get Interest on tho funds. Tho banks nre worried as to how they will readjust their practices to meet this sudden condition, ac cording to the treasury. Tt Is nothing serious Insofar an the safety of hanks Is concerned, but banks try to keep the money In vested and the necessity for keep Ing It Invested Is much greater when It Is left wllh the bank as a time deposit, for the Interest rate always has been higher. quarter, and has lent the municipality of Chlcoutlml, which he claims na his blrthplnce, a consldernble sum of money. Cnrnpette Is an exception, however, for the majority of the professionals have fallen upon much tougher tlmesr for which they blame Philippe Trot tler, an insignificant little fellow. Trottier, who was a professional beggar up to a couple of months ago, is now in Quebec Jail, scheduled to be hanged on August 18 for the mur der of Marie Anne Webster. During his trial, which aroused widespread in terest, he announced that his takings were between eight nnd twelve dollars a day. This statement, published through out the province, caused many people to refuse to give to beggars. They now turn whatever sums they can nf ford for charity over to orgnnlzed as sociations. Dog Has Money in Bank to Pay Fines and So On New York. ? Mrs. Minnie Fontaine. I thirty years old, given a suspended sentence In court on a ehnrge of hav Ing her little dog, Frenchy, In the street unmuzzled, was told by Magis trate Casey: "If you come Into court ngnln on this | charge, I'll have to Impose a fine." I "Oh, thnt's nil right," she replied. I "My dog has money In the hank." Mrs. Fontaine explained she has no children, but she keeps a small Iron bank In her home marked "Frenchy," In which she drops colnR ocraslonnlly to provide sweetmeats for the dog. Stnr* Rohh*d 4B TitpM Austin, Texns.? Owners of (hp f'herker Front store here were pained when they found recently that burglars bad paid them n visit, but th*y were not surprised. The store hns b?"en burglnrlzed 4f> times nnd htjnoked twice In seven years, nocordlng to Ar thur Smith, proprietor. Cat Adopt* Bulldog Abilene, Texns. ? They took away her kittens when they were born, so Patty, I'erslnn cnt, ndopted Hoots, a two-weeks old Poston bull. The oat gives the bulldog bntbs regularly and performs t lie other duties of mother hood This Week h Arthur Brisdank Money Talks, in Prison From 2 Pigs, How Many? Flood, One Mile High Still the Wonder Grew Today "money talks," even In prisons. The United States has sum marily suspended a chaplain, Rev. James A. Ordlng, and two guards, of Leavenworth prison, for making a gangster convict too comfortable. Mr. Terrence Druggan, the comfortable gangster, was first made a "trusty," then assigned to drive a truck. Ho drove the truck around town on vari ous social errands, including n visit to a "lady friend." Man "dressed in a little brief au thority" with money In his pocket tnust be amused, If you want to get the money out of his pocket Into yours. When Sherman was marching to the sea, somebody marching with him stole two pigs from the estate of Jefferson Davis. Capt. Thomas Jefferson Davis of our army hns often told Lieut. John B. Sherman, grand-nephew of General Sherman, that something ought to be done about the pigs. Recently General Sherman's grand-nephew sent two pigs, nicely crated, to Captain Davis, and that matter Is settled, almost, not quite. Lieutenant Sherman has yet to learn what "Interest" means. Captain Davis says two pigs are not enough. He will have r atlstlclans figure how many pigs the original two would amount to now, after 70 years, and calculates offhand that the de scendants of General Sherman will owe him 1 50,000,000 pigs at least. Exciting news tells of a wall of water rushing Into the city of Denver, following a cloudburst. The damage, thanks to Instant pre cautions, was comparatively slight, al though considerable sections of the city were flooded. Denver doubtless will erect concrete walls that will hereafter efficiently control "Cherry creek," so often a menace In pioneer days. A flood in a city one mile above the level of the sea seems strange, hut anything can happen anywhere. The United States government Is determined to make kldnnplng danger ous for the kidnapers, and will carry on a relentless crusade against that and other gangster forms of crime. In the fairy story, when sometlilnR pleasant happens, the good fairy Is always back of It. and it Is In modern government. The administration good fairy, I'ro ' feisor Moley, Is to tak? charge of the antl-kldnaplng campaign. You con sider how many things that man knowa and two lines come back to you : And still they gaz'd and still the won der grew That one small head could carry all he knew. As It happens, Professor Moley, he fore becoming official pooh bah, had speolallr.ed In crime prevention, and no better man could have been chosen to worry the kidnapers. We live In days of revolution, reform, repentance and searching of souls. Nothing like It In nature, except an old-fashioned Baptist revival meeting In Jackson school house, Fanwood, N. J., when one farmer after another would arise and say. In trembling voice, "I love Jesus. Brethren, pray for me." Even the New York Stock exchange Is on the mourners' bench, saying "I love Franklin D. Roosevelt, and I am going to be a better boy." Mexico has n "revival of prosperity" i plan. Plutarco Ellas Colics, Mexico's "Iron man" and former President, will have charge of the undertaking, run nlng over six years. Tills country Is gratified by (he statement that Mexico Includes In Its plans n trade ngreement with the I United States. General Calles tells ten thousand Mexican workmen that the world Is i about to face o most serious crisis and that Mexico will co operate fully with ; other American countries. Hitler lets It be known that what he soys he means. In Altonn four "reds," convicted of attacks on Nazis, were beheaded. U seems strange. In these days of eleetMc chairs nnd "lethal rooms," that kill criminals with ?ns, to think of cutting off a criminal's head. And, strongest of all, the Herman headsman does his work In "full eve nlng dress" ? swallow-tail coot, big open shirt front, white bow tie, [(anna Anderson, twenty six year old member of the Creek Indion tribe, lift er o life of drudgery, got word from the government that she had won * lawsuit over oil lands and would r<v celve accumulated moneys nmountlriK to $1,050,000. Many will suggest, that the Creek lady will spend so much money fool ishly, nnd perhaps she will, but not more foolishly thnn young white gen tlemen that Inherit slmllnr sums All the news about factory produc tion, employment Increase ond coop eration by big business with the Pres Ident's plans Is good news, so contrlb ute your unit of optimism to the situ ntlon. What everybody thinks Is what happens. ?, I93X, by King Feature* Syndicate, Inc. WNU Htrvlot Revival of Garden Party Type Frocks ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ' By CHERIE NICHOLAS BACK to the "perfect picture" type 1 oi costume swings the pendulum of fashion this summer. Wherever fashionables gather at formal outdoor occasions the scene Is graced with lovely ladles wearing romantic cos tumes which declare the revival of quaint and alluring garden-party frocks. Most artfully ne-frllled and be-ruffled are these summery creations which are styled ot wondrous sheer weaves, with skirts reaching to the ground, and hats the wide brims of which have not been so wide and pic turesque for many a season past. This revival of the heguilingly fem inine '.n dress is especially apparent near and about the French capital this summer, where smart I'nrislennes have been wearing Just such enchanting gowns and clmpeaux to the rnces as you see pictured in the group herewith. It would be difficult to conceive of anything more entrancing in the way of midsummer array than this trio of sheer alry-fnlry frocks topped with hats whose shallow crowns nnd wld ened brims are the very essence of poetry In millinery. At every turn of the road In fash Ion's realm organdie In profusion greets .'he eye this summer, and If not organdie then moussellne de sole which enthrals even more because of Its elusive sheerness. The winsome gown to the left In the picture tells a ro mantic story In terms of Intricately beruffled panels at each side of its voluminous skirt and In the wee jacket of pastel taffeta, the message being completed via one of the wide-hrimmed capellnes which are so distinctively VOGUISH COTTONS By CH Kit I K NK IIOl.AN O?tton? nro plnylng ?? Hppctiictilnr rolo on tho ?tnK? of fnnhlnn. The nttrnetlve IhrrIo In tho picture Ir droRRod In cotton from tho tip top of her pretty henri down to her hemline, for hnt, Jneket nnd dress nre fill of n spongy soft cotton wenve. Tho plnld cotton presents rr tuindsorne nn np ponrnnce nR more pretentlouR tweed nnd tho beauty of It Ir thnt It tub* perfectly. Tho bolero jneket with ItR Rcnrf neckline Ir removable. Togeth er with ItR mntchlnx beret It can bo worn with nny number of d torror. new In that their crowns are exceed Ingly shallow and their brims amazing ly broad. What's more they are worn to dip over an eye in n most tantnlis lng manner. The model In the center Is an en trancing sheer print frock such as Paris so widely acclaims for warm summer days. Note the shoulder treatment a la ruche. Hie identical sheer print trims the perfectly fas clnatlng picture nut which milady wenrs. The gloves are hlack velvet, if you please, which well they may he 11c I cording to fashion's latest edict. Comes thirdly In the picture a lovely t sheer gown the decorative feature of 1 which centers In exquisite hand-em | broidery which is worked to ?< nicety on bodice, sleeves and skirt Again a I nuge eapellnr of the so called shepherd I ess type, such as fashion adores this summer, adds the finishing touch to this costume. While these three eutniiiciiu: gown* serve as criterlons of what's what in Parts midsummer modes, yet i hey te!l but part of the story There were. tot example any number <>f "picture" gowns fashioned with almost unbe llevnble simplicity which added in finitely to their lure in some in stances trimming was conspicuous by its absence In that many of the crisp transparencies and beloved sheer prints were individualized solely through varied sleeve treatment.- (som? (pdte exaggerated) and with differing necklines, some of which were square cut, others rounded and many softly draped. ?. 1933, Wmtern Newmmi'iT I'nlon DAYTIME SKIRTS AND SKIRT LENGTHS The smooth hell skiri tlaruig trou the hips w i 1 1 m > 1 1 1 exaggerated ripples hut permit tine plenty ot fr< edom Iv the favorite for nil daylight hours There arc some r? : n ? ! . iml from plenty variously placed ; a few hJI around pleated skirts Some creators, like Worth and I'ntoii. favor the st-mgM nnd narrow partlcularh for -mils Daytime skirt lengths in general iook a little longer from M to lu ire hey off the ground. Sehiapaielll and I'atou both show some a hit shorter I or 1.1 Inches ofT Angel Wing Shoulders on Evening Jackets Newest Angei wings appeared in I'.KtM styles for modish mortals when Schla p>i rel II launched Her midseasoti collection showing 'angel wing shoulders" on lit tie evening jackets These Innovations* are curved pieces of fahrh extending frorrr the top of tlie shoulder to the shoulder tdade. They stand straight out on the mannequin's hack Among the models was a lit Hp waist length evening wrap of pansy blue crepe sprinkled with white hlon soms, designed with angel wing shoul ders, and worn with n white crepe evening frock llookless. huttonlcss frocks pulled over the head were (mother feature of the display Slender, crinkled crepe frocks with waistlines above normal were fie signed with round necklines finished with elastic ribbon, which pull wide when slipped over the head and snnp back Into place to fit closely around the throat. Smart Dinner OuJfil Yon can make yourself nn attractive dinner outfit by using n bright colored washable fabric for the dress Itself and lining a white linen or pique Jackot with the same color. Rlnck for Swim Suit* Smart for swimming nre black bathing suits worn with whit H<*ce? sorles ? or vice versa.