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WILL ROGERS ,
Greatly Loved American :
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.." WU1 Rogers, 'Oklahoma cowboy
whose homely philosophy endeare'i
Mm to the hearts of tnllllons, Is
dead. The wreckage of-the plane
In which he, and Wiley Post, fa
mous filer, were seeking new,, ad-
ventures was found where It bad
fallen about 15 miles south of Point
' Barrow, V. Alaska,- 3 northernmost
white settlement n America.,
Thus ended In tragedy the career
. of the ranch hand .who had -made
millions laugh-r-probably the great'
est and best known comedian of his
day. Bis Intense Interest In avia
tion caused blm td undertake; .the
hazardous flight with Post over. the
wilds of the Far North, F(or . many
.years he had traveled the skyways,
and In his newspaper column had
been one of commercial aviation's
strongest.' supporters. , That 'flying
. should have, caused his death Is one
of fate's grim Ironies. l ' r,.'
Rogers' career reads almost like
' Action. He was bora at Ollogah in
Indian territory, November 4, 1879.
' He attended the , Willie Hassell
school at Neosho, Mo, and also the
Kemper Military academy at Boon
vlUe for a Short time. From that
humble beginning be rose to be-
' come the Intimate companion of the
: great men of the world.
His stage career began In vaude-
' villa at the old Hammersteln roof
garden in New lork in 1906. At
first his act was purely a routine of
' rope tricks, and be Is still consld-
-WIU Rogers V .
ered one of the world's rope ex
perts. Finally he began to insert'
homely .observations on current
vents Into his act, and enthusias
tic audiences begged for more.'
- Rogers began to receive national
recognition wben he was engaged
by Zlegfleld for the Follies and the
' Wight Frolics In 1914. ' The ever
. present chewing gum, his crooked
grin, and the lock of hair which
- dangled in his eyes were known to
everyone. Whether he talked to
' audiences ' of thousands, to Presl-
dents and cabinet ministers, or to
a group of ranch hands he still
had ' the manner of the Oklahoma
cowboy sitting on a' corral fence
and commenting on the weather and
the affairs of the nation.
: It was through his writings, how-
ever,' that he was best known and
loved. His daily newspaper feature -'was
read by millions, and his week
ly column . carried by the nation's
' largest dallies and also syndicated
to weeklies by Western Newspaper
- Union carried his observations In
' to the majority of American homes.
, 1No matter how busy he might be,
or what affairs were pressing - he
always took time to. prepare his
column himself. A motion picture
- might be in the making, with ex
penses of hundreds of dollars each
minute going on, but Rogers never
failed hs newspaper readers. Each
day he would retire to some cor
ner of the set, and while directors -
. fumed and producers walled, be
; turned out bis regular stint
Few people today realize the ex
tent ot Rogers' writings. Among the
' .books be wrote were Rogerlsms
' The Cowboy Philosopher on Prohl-
- bltlon ; Rogerlsms Tbe , Cowboy
." Philosopher on the Peace Confer
- fence, 1919; Rogerlsms What We.
I Laugh At; Illiterate Digest; Letters
of a Self-Made Diplomat to His
''President; and There's. Not a Bath-.
Ing Salt in Russia. .
His writings were unique. Under
their cloak of humor there was an
underlying commdn-sense that came
, from a man raised 'close to the solL
" He knew the psople of America and
1 his sage, comments often only a
few .lines often carried more wis
dom and more weight than pages
, by another. Although tils' fame was
i world-wide, and his income enqr
. i mous, be never ' lost the common
touch. To the' end be was Will Rog.
era, and his line "All I know Is
what I read la the newspapers"
became' almost-.a tradeniark. J ?
Just before he left on the fatal
. flight, he told correspondents that
, he was going. to spend the winter
- with some ft Alaska .old sour
doughs swapping'1 stories, hearing
i their tales of adventures and 'find
ing1 In their association the old pto-
1 neer humor, of his boyhood- days.
And becausa he. was Will Rogers
be- wonld have found It Just as en
t; ! j as though he had never
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1 Italy's Tower of Faith In Rome, where Fascist soldiers repeat the
their lives to the country and Mussolini 2 View of the Inundated village of Coshocton during the disastrous
floods In eastern Ohio, ft New York (Strikers against the security wage parf by WPA demonstrating In front
of the ofoce of Gen. Hugh S. -Johnson,
Japanese Is Made .
World Guirt jfudge
Although three years ago the
League of Nations condemned Ja
pan i for ber outreach Into Man
churla, 25 of 86 nations how repre-
seated at Geneva have nominated
Haraukazf Nagaoka, a powerful fig
ure In Japan's outstanding diplo
macy, as Judge of the world court
at The Hague, That this will alter
Japan's attitude towards the league
I a question. ' " y
Italy's Camouflaged Tents in
- 'i Wnnniir ninnet would have a'.dlfficult time snottlne these Itallad tenta
the teiralq. The tents are erected in Eritrea, not far from the Ethiopian border.. The men are awaiting Mus
solini's "Go" before" starting' their Invasion. , - " ' , i '-' 1 '. '
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, Governor Portrays His Ancestor r
? Gov. Wilbur Cross of Connecticut; In light cloak, .standing at center
of table, Is shown as he portrayed one of his ancestors. In the rnrnnt
celebrating the state's tercentenary' on the campus of iiia fciute Co. . a
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administrator for that area. ' - -
Map of the Land
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This map of Ethiopia shows the wild terrain which, In case of war,
the Italian army will have to. master to conquer the loyal troops of Halle
Selassie. Valuable deposits of minerals and oil are guarded, by lofty
mountains and dry, oven-like deserts, which Id the, rainy season become
dripping and morass-like. Roads are few and there Is but one railroad.
oath Inscribed hear the top, pledging
- H Duce . Covets
East Africa :
which are camouflaged the color ol
O'Neill Takes Helm '
for (Cleveland Niie - i 1
Steve O'Neill, veteran Cleveland
baseball Iplayer, was appointed to
succeed Walter Johnson' as mfinnger
of -the Indians for the remainder o:
the 1"5 senson. Tbe tn"n has been
bamllcapped by I. ts and over
wo: cf theipll. ' ' i t T . ; '' .
ZTy Ci.s Tjr .:icld
famous waS;::ctcm correspondent
Washington. Comments by ad
ministration leaders, Including Vice
Chairman Crowe of the Democratic
national committee, that President
Roosevelt . would be re-elected by
the votes of the West and South,
thus virtually conceding the North
east as enemy country, have driven
political wiseacres to the electoral
vote table. What they have found
Is highly significant. ' . , -P.-a.
In a nutshell, If the Democratic
campaign for ' Roosevelt should, be
waged on that . basis next year, New .
York' would again be the pivotal-
state, as It used to be in. calcula
tions at the turn of the century.
For New York has not been the de
cisive state since : the Cleveland
days. In fact, In the only close elec
tion held since Cleveland that of
Wilson versus Hugbes ' In 1916-
New York was onlthe losing side.
She ; cast her electoral t vote for
Hughes, by the fairly tight major
ity of tlSSlMiM:,:':
Talk of re-electing Roosevelt with
the West and South has brought
back Interest In that very close
election, when . everyone ' waited . for
word from California to see who
had been elected. An inspection of
that vote, however, brings' out the
highly Interesting fact that the real
key state In that election was Ohio.
The Buckeye state was the only
one, so to speak, to go "out of line.
Ohio toted against the trend In sur
rounding states,; for Pennsylvania,
Michigan, Indiana and West Vir
ginia all went for Hughes, ?
Had Ohio gone for Hughes, no
one would have waited three days
to see how California went Hugbes
would have been elected. ; ; , '
The point of which now la that
the entire South and West are not
enough,', unless the candidate carry
ing them can also carry one of, the
big states, at least, east of the
Mississippi and north of the Ohio.
New York' with all, the, West and
all the South, would be enough.; So
would Ohio, or Illinois, or a com
bination' of Indiana and Wisconsin.
Now Vital State
" All this, too. It must be remem
bered, Is on the. assumption that the
candidate carrying the South and
West carries California; That State
Is now vital, 'far more Important,
with Its heavily Jncreased electoral
vote;' thah. It was In 1910 before
electlon''dayo.that year. 'y y
Rumblings from California are
that the Golden Gate state today
is no more friendly to the New
Deal than la Rhode Island, whose
vote .precipitated fall- this: talk.
Washington attoj-neys ' who attend
ed the bar, association meeting In
Los Angeles,- moat , of whom also
visited San Francisco, and some of
whom visited San Diego, bring back
these reports. They say California
has been so frightened by radicals
that It has swung all ,the way con-
servuuv. , wr :: ':..,
Add to this possibility, tha, f act
that Ohio never was a: strong Roose
velt state-that even In 1932' its
majority for' him ' was :only about
73,000f-and ''since then it: has had
many squabbles that both Its sen
ators voted against the AAA amend
ments and It becomes clearer why
Ne.w York's 47 electoral votes are
apt to be absolutely, essential to
Roosevelt' next. year..t;h0rf'rf
Which again brings up tha. ques
tion of Tammany. So far' the Tiger
has not put a stone In the , Presl
dent's path.' It rolled up a tremen
dous majority for him In 1932. rlts
delegation In 'the-house has voted
almost . solidly : for everything he
wanted In many obvious Instances
against the -local selfish Interests
of the New York taxpayers. Where
as Tammany has gotten very little.
Farley's backing ;, of. McKee -for
maybr df New York resulted in the
election of La Guardla, which, de-
S rived the Wigwam of local plun
er, and It has fared very badly on
rederalv..0atnagfc-V,',-l;';,;J1,;ii-'..-'';iy.'.
' Now, no. one 'accused the- Tam
many chieftain of being stupid
about this sort of thing. And there
will- be no forced- municipal elec
tion Ut November,. 1038, as , thert
was Jn -1932, following tbe slgna:
tion of Mayor Walker. So do not
be abrprbied If . . suddenly w fbere
should be manifested a much more
kindly spirit toward Tammany , at
the: White ;House..;.!v;;,j.j,
ChWclis nd'CbajrUiea'
... Sudden . realization' of what the
Jtoosevelt tax Ideals would do to
their- sources . of Incomes nqt to
mention, endowments has been
driven home to prominent church
men as well as those interested In
hogpltajs and other charities. .
Up to about a month ago the .at
titude toward the New Deal of most
persons, 'whose chief Interest was
tn churches, educational and -charitable
enterprises, has been rather
benevolent -They, were glad espe
cially those Interested primarily In
cburch'and charity to see the fed
eral government -take so, much, of
their burdens from them. This was
especially true because the New
Deal program began at a time when
for several years contributions had
shrunk and expenditures skyrocket-'
ed. both Mtie to the .depression.
T"i j ',-.!y t!t"(r interest wi
forced ' on the-' whole subject ot
where the New Dea) policies would
lead wl(b. respect to contributions
and bequests by the rich by Pres
ident Roosevelt'd firm stand against
exemption of corporation contribu
tions to charities from corporation
-income taxes. ;:,. A ;'!: ':'
Courcbes' bave' long been benefi
ciaries from the wills bf the rich.
So have universities, hospitals and
charities. And while some of the
shrewder leaders In such circles bad
been - somewhat . alarmed by the;
heavy Imposts on big fortunes pro
posed Id the Roosevelt tax message
of June, they had not -takes any
public stand. . in fact, If tbey ' both-,
ered to write to their senators and
representatives' during the last days
of June or early in . July, it escaped
general notice: ': ' V ' 't '
Then the Prealdebt made his po- (
sltlon clear on corporation gifts to
charlUes, which brought the people
Interested up standing;, and, result
ed Ui an Immediate barage of pro
tests being received on Capitol H11L
Started.Tbem Thinking aik?
Thia got fhW to thinking about
the whole tax program, and its pos
sible effect not only on -the things'
in which they were Interested but,
la inany cases, on .their JotC
Church leaders began .to realise
that If the heavier Income taxes on
big Incomes, and heavy Imposts on
inheritances proposed by -tbe Pres
ident, , were Imposed there might
be a serious falling off Iff their do
nations, and bequests, as the first
place the rich would start to cut
would be on their charities, when It
came to readjusting their, expenses
to conform to the new taxes. V
Tery prominent churchmen of
four of the largest denominations
In this country nave already moved
into action, writing their senators
and members of tbe bouse at length
about what the new taxes would do
to their churches In : many in
stances these, letters were the sec
ond to be received by the same leg
islators from tbe same writers with
in a -ihOTth.'-',:;;
. .;' First came tbe protests about the
President's desire to eliminate the
exemption for corporation-gifts to
charlUes, v Then, -within three or
four weeks, came the second letters
protesting about the. higher taxes
on . the plf incomes "and. : Inherit
ances. '
"One very ; Important . figure " in
church circles In this country wrote
his senator that be believed the
whole system, of, financing - Ms
church and for . that matter, "all
other, churches in . this country,
would have to be , changed If the
policy ot "sharing the wealth" it
carried wtkfciiff l'--W
: - incidentally, a few of these pra
test letters also strike at the idea
of the sliding scale corporation
taxes, pointing; out that the same
curtailment of gifts to church and
charlUes would follow reduction of
corporate dividends as j would fol
low higher Income and inheritance
taxes. ,r..0.:l'Si-i:,Sv;
Vindications are that If, .tbe tail
bill fight Is long drawn out In the
senate, this church and charities in
fluence may become one of, the po
tent elements in the, final votes on
amendments, ,o V , t
' Cut? Relief
4; Real pressure to .cut the relief
icosts of , . federal government has
been under way since May, and ef
fects are beginning to show." This
is not being accomplished,. as some
seem to think, by any, surveys .the
federal men are making. . On the
contrary It Is belhg accomplished
exclusively so farr-by state and
k local agencies. . - - , 1
But It is being done because of
federal pressure. Very few people
realize what a czar the four-bllllon-dollar
-rellet bill made of Harry
Hopkins always allowing for. the
fact that President Roosevelt can
tell , him what to do. But he has
the power to say to any state; "Cut
your relief 6ll by -so many by the
first of the month, or next month
you get no. federal money,- what
ever." ..." -'.-v ,:-;S .
;'. Whe congress Vas passing the
relief bill, giving the President four
billion dollars to prevent suffering
and spend our way out ot the de
pression,' : the, senators , and repre
sentatives were -much 'concerned
about bow part of the money should
be ? apportioned , as between the
States. They laid down the old, ex
acting formula arrived at In days
Of good roads aid appropriations.
They applied this not only to such
money as should be spent for roads,
but also, to the money to be spent
for ellmlhatlng grade 'crossings, vv
It s simply did not occur to them
that it might be a pious idea to de
cide how the relief money should be
distributed, v The Idea was, If peo
ple were hungry they would be fed.
That Is still the Idea; of course, but
the -national . legislators never
thought of Harry, Hopkins saying
to their state- governments. that if
they did not proceed according to
his ideas,, be would cut off their fed
eral aid. . -'-:''.-' - -
Care of Broom
With a little care a broom will l.i 1
a long. time. Her, Is one precaution
to take; Make sure that your broom
Is dry after It has. been, used -in
water. v If you put It away with the
handle - down (which la , the be t
way), and te la not dry, the water
will work its way down to the handle
and" reach, the wire. -The wire will
rust and tbe handle will fall out. - -
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: " ' Court Dafiaot SpmH Limit
- Motor 'speed law was thus summed
up by Lord Justice Scrutton in the
Court of Appeals, London In con
nection with a court case arising as
the result , of a motor car accident,
says ; the Canadian t Press r "This
court has said three times, : and I
want it to be -generally known, that
if you are going at such a speed that
you cannot pull up within the limits
of your vision, an an accident bap- ,
pens,' you are in tb wrong." , ,
Week's Supply of Postum Free
; Bead the offer made by the Postum -Company
In another part ot this pa
per, They will send a full week's sup
ply of health giving Postum free to. ,
anyone who writes lor It Adv..,
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headquarters in the restaurantof the
station in Carlisle, England, likes to ;
travel on trains. .
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