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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1937 ^Jhinkj about The Law’s Injustice. S ANTA MONICA, CALIF.— Had it happened in another country, we’d say, “What curi ous ideas foreigners have of law enforcement.” A footpad with an evil record held up a victim. A bystander saw the crime, identified the thief. The ruffian was held under indict ment.. But he could give bond. The spec tator was “de tained” as a mate rial witness—a gen tle way of saying he was locked up, ex actly as though he had been the crim- ™L U ’. he was Irvin S. Cobb guilty of bemg poor. Six months later came the trial. The defendant, having been out all that time on bail, looked hale and hearty. The prosecution’s witness was produced under guard, pale and sickly from close confinement. It didn’t help his health any when the crook’s attorney browbeat him, yelled at him, practically recused him of perjury. The citizen sued the state for false imprisonment, for loss of wages, for separation from his fam' ily, for all he’d suffered. Under the statutes he had no standing. They threw his case out. Meanwhile, the convicted crook had been released by the parole board and was free as a bird. r Aquatic Novelties. rNTERESTING discoveries were made in Hawaiian waters by gov ernment ichthyologists. For fear the similarity of sound may lead to wrong impressions, let me state tint this department has nothing to do with Secretary Ickes, although, since ichthyology pertains to fish, Mme. Secretary Perkins might pos sibly have a contrary view on this point. Because they do say there are moments in the cabinet when all is not sweetness and accord. However, the point is that Uncle Sam’s piscatorial sharps dredged up a fish that is most delectable for six months of the year, but poisonous the other six months. So at least they’ve found a creature emblemat ic of the California climate. Let this be regarded around here as treason, I will state that I’m as loyal a native stepson as any that ever came out of Iowa, having been here long enough now to join in passing resolutions endorsing the scenery and at intervals uttering three loud ringing cheers for the sunsets. Also let envious Florida refrain from gloating. To typify Florida’s climate that fish would be good only four months of the year and power fully hard to put up with the rest of the time. • • * Lecturing Adventures. I N ALABAMA is a sect which for bids its converts to laugh or even smile. Now I know who it was bought out the house when I delivered a humorous lecture down there. The other day a chap asked me why I didn’t go back on the lecture platform. I told him I’d appeared in practically ever sizable town in America, and, though it was years ago and probably popular indigna tion had abated now, still I wasn’t taking any chances—I was waiting for some new towns to be built. Once I tried the experimemt of slipping around to the front door to hear what the crowd said, coming out. That was the night I attempted suicide by gas, but was saved when someone, passing through the hotel corridor, smelled something that smelled even worse than the hotel smelled. A lecturer’s lot is not a happy one. But usually it’s the audience that suffers most. • • • Eating Oysters. T HERE’S a brand-new movement called eat-oysters-in-any-month- you-please movement, or, unless you’re working on space rates, it may be called E. O. I. A. M. Y. P. M., for short. Its sponsor says the prejudice against eating oysters in months having an “r” in them is a fallacy dating back 2,000 years when, between hiccoughs, a Roman senator said: “Oysters should be eaten only in certain seasons.” So it appears we’ve been penaliz ing ourselves ever since then for the indigestion of a Roman senator, although, so far as eating the Cali fornia oyster is concerned—he runs around forty to the dozen—I per sonally could refrain for the whole year without any undue longings. The California oyster looks some thing like a brass overall button suf fering from vertigris. Still, maybe it’s all for the best. Because during May, June, July and August is when the oyster does prac tically all his courting. There’s lit tle enough romance left in the world —and anyhow, who am I to come between an oyster and his love-life T He doesn’t seem to have any too much fun the rest of the time. IRVIN S. COBB. e-WNU Service. New* Review of Current Events U. S.-BRITISH TRADE PACT Treaty Planned That May Affect International Relations . . . Insistent Demand for Modification of Tax Laws Representative J. R. Mitchell of Tennessee (left), and Representative Marvin Jones of Texas, chairman of the house agricultare committee, discussing farm problems at a meeting of the committee io draft the new farm bill. U/TPicLvcd SUMMARIZES THE WORLD’S WEEK C Western Newspaper Union. Trade Treaty with Britain IN WASHINGTON and London it I- was officially announced that the United States and Great Britain had agreed to negotiate a reciprocal trade treaty, which has been sought by Secretary of State Hull ever since he started his recipro cal program in 1934. The negotiations are expected to begin before the close of the year. American admin istration officials be- „ . n i, Ueve such a pact Secretary Hull may j ea( j to a com . mercial union of all English-speak ing peoples and will be a powerful influence in preserving world peace. London looks upon it as an in strument to form a front which all nations may enter later on condi tions of most-favored-nations reci procity, and therefore as an indi rect reply to the new German- Italian-Japanese alliance. Principles said to be already agreed upon provide that Great Britain would receive reduced American tariffs on textiles and coal. In return she would grant the United States lower tariffs on food stuffs, certain raw materials, iron and steel and other essentials of a rearmament program. Immediate opposition to the pro posed pact developed among the statesmen in Washington. Senator James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois, Democratic whip, protested against any British accord until the Eng lish pay off their defaulted war debt to the United States. He caUed the proposed pact "trade treason.” Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Massachusetts Republican, served notice he would sponsor a resolu tion halting negotiation of all new trade treaties until congress can determine whether they are respon sible for the current business re cession. Representative Allen Treadway, Massachusetts Republican, de nounced the proposed treaty as cer tain to prove disastrous to Amer ican business. He warned it would throw “more Americans out of their jobs.” —*— Governors Ask Tax Repeal OVERNORS of the six New England states, in conference in Boston, adopted resolutions se verely criticizing the tax and tariff policies of the administration. They demanded repeal of the capital gains tax and the tax on undistrib uted corporate profits, and de nounced the pending reciprocal trade agreement with Czechoslo vakia as imperiling the jobs of thousands of American citizens. The governors who took this ac tion were Lewis O. Barrows, Re publican, Maine; F. P. Murphy, Re publican, New Hampshire; George D. Aiken, Republican, Vermont; Charles F. Hurley, Democrat, Massachusetts; Wilbur L. Cross, Democrat, Connecticut, and Robert E. Quinn, Democrat, Rhode Island. —*— Plotters Alarm France PRANCE was in a great dither I over an alleged plot of the Cagou- lards or “hooded ones,” and other rightist groups to overthrow the re publican government. The secret po lice have been making many ar rests and have uncovered secret arsenals and depots of the conspira tors. Among the men they seized was Jean de la Meuse, wealthy tex tile manufacturer of Paris. In their pursuit of the plotters the police went as far as Switzerland, per suading the government of that country to oust th«. count of Paris, who would be heir apparent of the throne of France if there were any longer such an institution. He had been holding conferences with roy alists. Eliot Ness After Labor Racketeers POR four months Eliot Ness, the 1 young safety director of Cleve land, Ohio, has been investigating labor racketeering in Cleveland, es pecially in the build ing trades, and then he made a report of his findings that re sulted in a special session of the Cuya hoga county grand jury to hear the stories of scorer of business men who allegedly have been terrorized by labor union officials. Ness said these men were prompted to volunteer their infor mation because of the security of fered them and the knowledge that many others were prepared to tes tify. x In addition to protests from busi ness men that they were being shak en down, Ness also had numerous complaints from rank and file union men that their leaders had obtained dictatorial control of the unions and had used it for racketeering pur poses. This resulted in hundreds of men being thrown out of work, impeded legitimate business, and kept hun dreds of thousands of dollars in new Industries out of the city, the Ness report was said to have stated. At a meeting of the Cleveland Federation of Labor, Don A. Camp bell, president of the Painters’ Dis trict co.incil, who had been men tioned in connection with the inves tigation, called th« entire case “a lot of newspaper propaganda which has been passed around since the labor movement began,” and added that “it’s high time this stuff was stopped.” Harrison Backs Water D RE VENTED from considering the pending government reorgan ization measure by a filibuster against the anti-lynching bill, the senate engaged in a lot of talk about tax revision. Pat Har rison, chairman of the senate finance committee, after conferring with Sec retary Morgenthau, declared that addi tional revenue to compensate for modification of the undistributed profits tax could be raised only by broadening the income tax base or by a gen eral manufacturers’ sales tax. Mention of a sales tax aroused Senator Borah and others, and the Idahoan prodded Harrison until he backed down and said he did not quite mean what he had said. "If, in the revision of the tax laws, we should lose some revenue, I do not believe, with the spending program that is now going on, that we would help business,” Harrison told the senate. “I think the goal should be to try to balance the budget at the first opportunity. I believe the wise way to 0c it is to curtail some of the emergency ex penditures.” Harrison proposed a return to the old normal income tax on corpora tions and, if necessary, to increase the rate to 18 or 20 per cent instead of the former maximum of 15% per cent. Bullet Kills Howard Coffin tJOWARD E. COFFIN, who was II chairman of the World war air craft production board and spon sored the development of the Lib erty airplane engine, was found shot to death at his winter home in Sea Island, Ga. Beside his body was a hunting rifle from which one shot had been fired. It was assumed his death was accidentaL Senator Harrison Crop Control Opposed IN ITS annual convention in Har- * risburg, Pa., the National Grange voiced opposition to crop control legislation, but named cotton and tobacco as possible exceptions. “Drastic curtailment of produc tion or destruction of large quan tities of food products in the United States,” said a resolution adopted by the delegates, “eventually will result in bringing about a condition detrimental to the whole people. “We believe the problem now fac ing American agriculture cannot be brought to a satisfactory conclusion by either of these means, but lies in bringing about better distribution systems and increasing the pur chasing power of the whole peo ple.” Senators Smith and Byrnes of South Carolina have declared them selves against Secretary Wallace’s proposal for processing taxes for cotton and wheat, considering them in reality sales taxes. —*— Rand Is Acquitted TAMES H. RAND, JR., president *-* of Remington Rand, Inc., and Pearl L. Bergoff of New York were found not guilty of violation of the Byrnes act by a jury in the United States District court in New Haven, Conn. The verdict was a blow at the government’s first attempt to en force the act, which forbids the transportation of strikebreakers across state lines with tha intent of interfering with peaceful picketing. —+— Another Judge Wanted CENATOR MINTURN of Indiana ^ introduced a bill authorizing the President to appoint an additional judge to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals at Chicago. That court has jurisdiction over the sev enth circuit, Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana, and has had one vacancy since the retirement of Judge Sam uel Alschuler last year. Both Senators Lewis and Dieterich of Illinoi said they had no candi date for the place. —*— New Land Speed Record p APT. GEORGE EYSTON of Eng- land set a new world record for speed on land when he drove his 24- cylinder automoile, Thunderbolt, two miles on the salt bed speedway in Utah at an average speed of 311.42 miles per hour. This is the fastest man has ever traveled in a motor car. Chinese Flee from Capital ANKING, capital of China, was ~ abandoned as the seat of the government because of the rapid ad vances westward of the Japanese forces. Officials were being scattered in several cities, the central point being Hankow, on the Yangtse 300 miles west of Nanking. One army of the in vaders was moving from Shanghai on Nanking, and anoth er was about to at tack Tsinan, capital of Shantung prov- Chian*; ince in North China. Kai-Shek China, however, was far from giv ing up the fight. It was reported in Shanghai that Generalissimo Chi- ang Kai-Shek had resigned as pres ident of the executive council in or der to lead his troops in a final ef fort to stop the Japanese and win the war. H. H. Kung, it was said, would succeed Chiang in the presi dency. He is finance minister. Thousands of civilians and for eigners were fleeing from Nanking. But military authorities remained there and declared the city would not be surrendered to the Japanese without a desperate fight. Peace Prize for Cecil TTISCOUNT CECIL of Chelwood v has been awarded the Nobel peace prize for 1937. It is worth $40,600. Lord Cecil was selected be cause of his work in behalf of the League of Nations, of which he was one of the founders. When informed of the honor he was in New York city receiving an honorary degree of doctor of laws from Columbia uni versity. He had just attended a conference of the World Alliance for International Friendship Through Churches in Washington and was a week-end guest of Presi dent Roosevelt. Twelve years ago Lord Cecil, who is seventy-three years old, won the Woodrow Wilson peace prize. Britain Woos Hitler ■yiSCOUNT HALIFAX, lord presi- y dent of the council in the British cabinet, was in Germany ostensibly for the purpose of visiting a hunting exhibition but actually to negotiate with Hitler and other Nazi chiefs for the establishment of more friendly relations between Great Britain and Germany. Public be lief was that he was 'authorized to hint to Hitler that there was hope Germany might regain some of its lost colonies if Germany would abandon its economic isolation and co-operate with other European powers in a revised League of Na tions. The British want to detach Ger many, and Italy, too, if possible, from their alliance with Japan. Hal ifax was a fitting messenger to send to Berlin, for he is an outstanding friend of Germany among British officials. ADVENTURERS’ CLUB HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELFI “ One Brand New Suit ” By FLOYD GIBBONS Famous Headline Hunter H ello everybody: Take it from me, boys and girls, you can’t take it from Bob Kaiser. That is, you may take it from him, but you won’t keep it. It’s been tried before and it just didn’t work. It all sounds mysterious but it’s as simple as A B C. As a matter of fact, it’s the subject of today’s adventure story—the stirring tale oi how Bob Kaiser of New York city got mad about having a brand new suit ruined and fixed the guy that ruined it with both hands tied behind his back. Today Bob works for the New York Steam company, but on June 7, 1925, he was a sales manager for the United Cigar Stores, running a shop located at Broadway and Thirty-first street, New York. It was on a Sunday, and things were quiet along that section of Broadway. There weren’t half a dozen people in sight on the street, and there hadn’t been a customer in the store for half an hour. These Customers Wnre Bandits. Then, about noon, a customer cam's in. He asked for a pack age of cigarettes and Bob turned to get them from the rack. And as he turned he heard a low, grating voice say: “Don’t move —or I’ll blow your brains out!” Bob didn’t move, but out of the corner of his eye he could see the man —holding a thirty-eight caliber revolver on him. “It was a hot day,” says Bob, “but the sweat that broke out on my forehead just then was cold—ice cold.” The man came behind the counter and ordered Bob to sit down on the floor. That’s where Bob began to get mad. He had on a nice, new suit that day and the floor had been freshly oiled. The porter had oiled It the day before, and he had given it an extra heavy dose. If Bob sat Foxy Little Terrier For Tea Towels Terry, the Terrier, will dry your dishes with the same “punch” he displays when rolling glasses and hurdling silver. It will make your dish-drying a joy just to see Ms jolly self on the towels you use. These motifs require so few stitches, so little floss, they're eco- Gagged and Tied, Bob Chased the Bandits. down on that greasy floor—well—his suit wasn’t going to look so new any more. Bob got mad about it, but he didn’t lose his head. He took another look at that thirty-eight and decided that maybe the gangster was right. He sat down on the floor. And about that time, a second gangster, who had been watching outside, came in to help the first. Ruined Suit Made Bob Angry. They told Bob to open the safe, and he opened it. The com pany’s instructions, in case of a hold-up, were to give the bandits the money without any argument. The gangsters took four him- dred dollars of the company’s money and it made Bob mad to see them get it that easily. Likewise, he was still mad about his ruined suit. When the bandits had the money they tied Bob’s hands behind his back, put a gag in his mouth and pushed him down to the floor. A friend of Bob’s came into the store and bought some tobacco. The bandits waited on him. When he asked where Bob was they told him he was out to lunch. After Bob’s friend had gone the bandits told Bob not to move for five minutes, and left, themselves. But Bob didn’t wait even five seconds after those thugs went out the door. With Ms hands tied behind Ms back and a gag in Ms mouth, he leaped up and ran in pursuit of the bandits. When he got to the street he saw the thugs walking toward Sixth avenue. He tried to yell, but the gag in his mouth was so tight that he couldn’t utter a sound. So he started across Thirty-first street after those crooks. He followed those birds to Sixth avenue and Thirty-second street and there the two bandits split up and went in different directions. Bob lost sight of one man but he continued to follow the other. He trailed him to Thirty-second street and Seventh avenue, and there the fellow turned around and caught sight of Bob, gag still in his mouth, hands tied be hind him, trailing along in his wake. At that the thug turned and bolted. He Literally Fell on the Thug. The thug ran across the street toward Pennsylvania station, dashed into the Thirty-second street entrance and bolted down the stairs toward the concourse. Bob lit out after him. Running as fast as he could with Ms hands tied. Bob dashe£ down through the main corridor and down the slippery marble stairs. At the bottom pf the stairs, right in front of the ticket windows, he caught up with the thug and there a strange battle took place—probably the strangest scrap in all Mstory. Bob fell on the crook, and when I say “fell,” I mean that literally. With Ms hands tied behind Ms back, there just wasn’t anything else Bob could do. He gave a leap and landed on the crook. And the crook went down. Bob, gagged as he was, couldn’t yell to attract attention but the spec tacle of a bound and gagged man, legs flailing in the air, rolling on the floor and all over the top of another man attracted plenty of attention as it was. People began to yell and run to the spot. Tom Eagan of the station police came running up with the crowd and grabbed the bandit. That bandit was out of breath and pretty badly frightened by his strange experience. He was still wondering what landed on him as they led him away to the calaboose. Bob got his hands untied then, took the gag out of his mouth, and went back to his store. He had left the door opefn and a big crowd had gathered about the place. He did a record business that day, selling stuff to people who wanted to hear his story of the hold-up. The bird Bob caught squealed on his partner, and both of them got seven-year sentences. And the company gave Bob a $550 bonus, a raise and a vacation. Copyright.—WNU Servlco. Bobcat and Lynx Closely related to the Canadian lynx, which it has largely supplant ed in northern United States, the bobcat has the lynx’s short temper, exceptional sight, fatal claws. It lacks the lynx’s distinguishing tufts of hair on the ears, is slightly small er and is spotted. It roams eastern America from Maine to Florida, is an excellent swimmer, takes to wa ter when hotly pursued. It preys on all small game, yet has been known to tackle an alligator when cornered. Nicot of Nicotine Fame Jean Nicot, Sieur de Villemain, was a French diplomat born at Nimes, in 1530. He studied in Paris, was a courtier of Henry II and act ed as envoy of Francis II to Lisbon in 1560, whence, having procured seeds from a Dutchman, who brought them from Florida, he in troduced tobacco into France. Killer Whale a Mammal A true whale, the killer whale, is a mammal. Twenty to thirty feet long, streamlined to perfection, his black back surmounted by a slen der, sickle-shaped dorsal fin that causes him to be confused with sharks, the orca roves the oceans in absolute outlawry. His slender flukes propel him at unbelievable speed, and his cavernous sharp- tootheid mouth enables him to rend and tear his prey. English Spoken Jby Millions English, spoken by 200 million people, takes second place to Chi nese—spoken by 400 million Celes tials. Russian, German, Hindu, French and Spanish come next in that order. Apart from these moth er tongues there are countless dia lects and patois. Guarani, the In- dan language generally used throughout Paraguay, has a vocabu lary of well under 1,000 words. nomical and ideal pick-up work. Single, outline and cross stitch make this splendid embroidery for a gift. In pattern 5746 you will find a transfer pattern of six mo tifs averaging 5 by 8% inches; material requirements; color sug gestions; illustrations of all stitches used. To obtain tiiis pattern, send 15 cents in stamps or coins (coins preferred) to the Sewing Cirqje, Household Arts Dept., 259 W. Fourteenth St., New York, N. Y. 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