Mussolini Is Hailed by Moslems in libya
Stalking between ranks of white-clad Moslems, Premier Benito Mussolini of Italy (left) is shown with Gen.
Italo Balbo, governor of Libya, as he made an inspection during his recent tour of the Italian colony in Africa. II
Duce pledged his word that Moslems in Italy’s possessions would be protected and given full liberty to prac
tice their own religion.
First Lady Meets a Newcomer
Mrs. Roosevelt on a visit to Austin, Texas, calls upon Mrs. James All
red, wife of the governor, to see her new son, born recently in the execu
tive mansion and named Sam Houston Allred. The child was born in the
bed once occupied by Texas’ famous historical character, Sam Houston.
Governor Allred is one of the youngest executives the state of Texas has
ever had in its century of independent history.
Vet Faces Jail
for Sunday
Tobacco Buying
Cppt. Archibald Pither, who
bought tobacco on Sunday in To
ronto, Canada, recently, thereby vi
olating a- city ordinance. Rather
than pay a fine for his misdeed the
captain determined to go to jail for
24 hours. He says it's a matter of
principle with him. When ques
tioned by reporters, he said: '‘I’ve
been nerving myself to go through
with it. Yes, even if it were three
months in Jail—which it wouldn’t be
—I’d go through with it It’s a ques
tion of principle. Captain Pither is
a veteran of the Canadian Expedi
tionary Force in the World war.
Pearl White, Star
of Silent Movies,
Returns to U. S.
Pearl White, glamorous star ol
the old silent film days returns to
Mew York from Paris after an ab
sence of nine years. Remember the
“Perils of Pauline” and ‘‘Exploits of
Elaine”? Pearl was the heroine of
them all.
Syracuse Bowlers Make High Score
Rolling up a score of 3,045, this quintet of straight-shooters from Syra
cuse, N. Y.. set a new high mark for the American Bowling congress
in New York City, recently. The bowlers, representing the Pastime Ath
letic club of Syracuse, rolled three games of 1,055, 979 and 1,011 for the
impressive total, topping by 17 pins the winning score in the congress of
1935. The team, left to right, includes Clarence Walters, Hank Kaupp,
Jim Melligan, Art Loos and Jim Reinsmith.
* Manhattan Oarsmen Welcome Springtime
The Manhattan college varsity crew hail the advent of spring weather by taking their shell down the Har
lam river for an outdoor workout The theme song of these New Yorkers is “Swinging the Sweeps.”
Scenes and Persons in the Current News
I—Chief Justice Hughes, who recently declared that an Increase In the number of Justices of the Supreme
court as proposed by President Roosevelt would not promote the efficiency of the court 2—Gen. Hugh S.
Tohnson (left) and John L. Lewis shown as they listened to speeches at an anti-Nazi meeting in New York.
3-Bust of Grover Cleveland is 'inveiled for Hall of Fame by his grandson, Thomas Grover Cleveland (left),
and Dr. Harry Woodburn Chase.
Allan Hoover Takes Bride
Allan Hoover, age twenty-nine and son of the only living ex-President
cf the United States, shown with his bride, Margaret Coberly, after their
marriage in Los Angelos, Calif. Former President Herbert Hoover and
Mrs. Hoover drove from their home at Stanford university to attend
the ceremony.
RISING G-MAN
Graham N. Lowdon, who has been
named special agent in charge of
the Philadelphia division of the fed
eral bureau of investigation. Mr.
Lowdon is a naave of Fort VArth,
Texas. He is a graduate of the
Washington and Lee university at
Lexington, Va., and the George
Washington university law school at
Washington, D. C.
STRIKE ARBITRATOR
Father Frederic Siedenburg, ex
ecutive dean of the University of
Detroit, who was selected as chair
man of the mediation board to settle
the numerous strikes which were
threatening Detroit.
Poland Decorates Dr. Rodzinski
Count Jerzy Potocki, the Polish ambassador to the United States,
pins or Dr. Arthur Rodzinski, the conductor of the New York Philhar
monic orchestra, the Polonia Restituta, highest order of merit, apart from
| military honors. At the right is Mrs. Rodzinski.
Victims of Fatal Texas School Blast Laid to Rest
v.i n • ivea ne;>cts y. taliering steps. Texas buries its dead. A tragic scene in a New London cemetery
•> re 'tive' • i cc'ionl disaster victims are assisting each other to the children’s graves.
Departed Spirits.
SANTA MONICA, CALIF.
—Continued failure of me
diums to claim the reward
offered by the late Harry
Houdin, who provided a test
for proof of communication
with the spirit world, makes
me think of a thing that hap
pened at the first seance ever
held down in my neck of the
woods.
The operator was summoning the
spirits of departed dear ones to
order. A lanky youth
out of the bottoms
desired to speak
with his father.
Presently, a shad
owy figure appeared
between the cabi
net’s dark curtains
and a voice uttered
muffled sounds.
"Is that you,
Paw?” inquired the
seeker.
Irvin S. Cobb
"yes, son," an
swered the voice.
“Paw, air you in heaven?”
Seemingly startled, the ghostly ap
parition hesitated a moment be
fore giving what might be taken
for an affirmative sound.
“Paw, air you an angel?” de
manded the son.
Again an embarrassing delay,
then a diffident mumble.
“A regular angel with wings and
everything?”
Once more a low grunt.
“Say, Paw,” cried the youth, perk
ing up, “whut do you measure from
Up to tip?”
• • •
Matrimonial Adventures.
HERETOFORE some of the au
thorities have held that the first
two years were the hardest in matri
monial adventures, but the peak of
the danger period for married coup
les is now set at the sixth year by
Los Angeles’ city attorney. On the
side he runs a bureau for handling
the funds assessed for family sup
port against separated or delinquent
parents. So he ought to know about
it, if anybody does.
Well, personally, I always did
have the theory that no woman
could stand any man for more than
five years unless she got numb.
After that it’s just a long-distance
endurance test on her side—and per
haps sometimes on both sides. ,
• • •
Senatorial Shifts
NAMING no names, a little bird
just in from Washington whis
pers that one senator, under the in
fluence of alternating psychic waves
or something, already has shifted
three times on the plan to make
the Supreme court over. First he
was against it, then for it, then
against it again, and is now threat
ening to change once more. They’ll
be taking beta on him at. Lloyd’s
next. . .,
Once in a while we get a states-'
man who reminds you of a hunk
of country butter in an icebox
takes the flavor of everything near
by, but not improved by any one of
’em.
• • •
Maine’s Statesmen.
THERE is but one answer to the
attitude assumed by both of
Maine’s senators, who show a pro
nounced inclination to balk at what
ever the New Deal calls for in con
gress and especially at the plan to
mold the Supreme court somewhat
closer to the boy scout model.
If these here foreigners don’t like
this country, why don’t they go back
where they came from?
The Game of Poker.
CALIFORNIA’S attorney general
decides that draw poker, unless
played as a percentage game, is not
gambling.
Had he gone deeper into the sub
ject, he might have ruled that draw
poker, as generally played nowa
days, is not even a game. What vet
eran would call it anything except a
sacrilege against an ancient and
once honorable sport when folks are
free to introduce at will such abom
inations as deuces wild or one-eyed
jacks or barber’s itch or spit in
the ocean?
To draw honest cards; to try to
play the other fellow’s chances as
well as your own; to try to figure
when to raise and when to call and
when to quit; to try to pick the right
moment for bluffing, since the bluff
is the real soul of the thing—that’s
poker, my masters, an American
born pastime, hallowed with age,
ennobled by usage, beloved of the
fathers.
IRVIN S. COBB, i
©-WNU Service. 1
Trees Prove History Repeats
Tree rings, which tell the story
of wet and dry seasons, do not in- ,
dicate there is any general trend
toward either drier or wetter cli
mate. In the Pacific Northwest,,
where the United States Department
of Agriculture made studies of 1,240
ponderosa pines centuries old, show
that the period from 1917 to 1935
was critically subnormal because of
the lack of precipitation and lower
water tables. The average ring
growth from 1909 to 1919 was identi
cal with the general average during
the past 600 years, bearing out the
generally accepted theory that cli
matic history repeats itself through
the ages.