RISBANE
THIS WEEK
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a Influence Men
tty Cheap Empire
nod Airplane News
le learned Doctor Lorge of
hera' college, Columbia univer
sity, has been
studying laws
ganda that Influ
ences human
minds, experi
menting on 99
“educated”
adults from the
list of u nem
ployed, from
twenty to sixty
nine years old.
These were
I asked to express
■ their views of
“some opinions”
hnr Brisbane uttered by Lln
, Roosevelt, Hoover, Thomas
Socialist candidate), Coolidge,
fst, Karl Marx. Many that re
d favorably to the name of “Lin
’’ did not approve Lincoln's
tment:
lapital Is the fruit of labor, and
d never have existed if labor
not existed."
lose that “objected” had sound
on on their side. Capital Is not
fruit of labor any more than
r is the fruit of capital. Capital
labor are both the fruit of hu
intelligence.
le intelligence of Thomas A.
on supplied labor, jobs employ
millions of men and paying bil
i in wages, and that Edison in
gence alone supplied capital to
e that knew how to use Edison’s
s on a big scale.
le great element in “propagan
"persuasion,” in advertising, is
ttition. Say a thing often enough
the average man believes it,
asking why. Of all human
dctions, none is more firmly
i, immovable, than those based
superstition. Ignorance, false
1 and preposterous credulity.
ncouraging news:
tn aviation program of more
1 1,000 new planes to cost ap
tlmately $00,000,000 has been
iped by the Army, Navy and Ma
corps for 1030.”
we can afford five thousand
ion dollars to prevent the de
islon killing too many Americans
may well spend sixty million
ars to keep foreigners from
iting at all of us.
he Van Sweringen brothers had
road properties that financial
ers called a “three billion dol
empire.”
erhapc “three billion” referred
>onds, watered stocks and other
mrities” of the “emipre.” In any
s, the Van Swerlngens borrowed
;y-elght million dollars on that
iplre," largely from J. P. Mor
& Co. They did not pay the
:y-eigbt million dollars, the
lie thing was put up’ at auction,
Van Swerlngens bought back
trol of the “tbre^-billion-dollar
lire” for three million dollars,
-tenth of 1 per cent of the three
Ions and forty-five million dol
l less than the amount borrowed
It.
William J. Cameron, broadcast
from Detroit, able to Interpret
try Ford’s views better than any
y else, finds economic signs “al
dy changed for the better.” More
lortant, the “American mind has
le a remarkable recovery of equl
lum.”
Ithlopia’s king has “about” 2,000,-1
men massed on three fronts. all
ing Italians, and ready for any-'
tg to happen. Under these condi
is something probably will hap
. Whatever starts must go to
•nd. It IS not likely, with Hit
preparing for revenge, that
nee will sever her present re
pos with Italy for the sake of
pressed Ethiopia,
f dear old England should sally
tb and find herself all alone, she
dd probably “sally" back again
lout firing that _ first deciding
t Mussolini knows that
i Nebraska President Roosevelt
ressed his first speech of the
ipaign of 1936 to 13,000 farmers
aered around the rear- end of
car and 20,000,000 other farmers
radio. He talked earnestly, with
Ing; he understands the silence
'armers who applaud little while
resslng no disapproval,
he farmer, who Uvea and thinks
himself, la not a demonstrative
IS
Ixplalnlng and defending the
i, an administration device that
i farmers what, where, how much
r may plant, what animals they
I raise, what prices they must
rge, the President chose this eon
ring statement:
Fhree years ago I visited farms
this state and saw farmers
rshlng 30-oent wheat and shell
20-cent corn.”
rith farmers, facts count There
o 30-cent wheat or 20-cent corn
THE ALLEGHANY TIMES
MAGAZINE SECTION
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Poland’s New Liner at New York
A new transatlantic liner, the Pilsudskl. built especially for the mod
erate-income croup and designed for complete ship-board democracy, made
its maiden voyage to New York from Gdynia, Poland, recently. It is the
first liner to be built by Poland since it regained its independence and
built Its own port at Gdynia. The photograph shows the Pilsudskl arriving
in New York harbor five hours ahead of her schedule.
Norris Dam Almost Completed
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Norris dam, now more than nine-tenths complete, as it appeared from
an airplane recently. The view shows the dam, being built on the Clinch
river, by the TVA, with more than 000,000 cubic yards of concrete already
poured.
Lightship’s Nose Was Pushed In
Tbe bow of tbe lightship Ambrose Is shown pushed back about ten
feet after a collision with the Grace liner Santa Barbara In the upper
bay off Clifton, Staten island.
First Girl Scout*
The first American group of Girl
Scouts was organised at Savannah,
Ga., In 1912. It was patterned after
a similar movement in Scotland, but
on a modified scale.
Wheat Bran
Wheat bran Is the coarse outer
covering of the wheat kernel as
separated from clean and scoured
wheat In the usual process of com
mercial milling.
Many Stager* Kill Salve*
In every four cases of murder
there la one in which the guilty per
son commits suicide, according to
criminal statistics compiled in Eng
land.
Nickel Three-Cent Place*
Nickel three-cent pieces were first
minted In 1866, and silver three
cent pieces were minted from 1861
Sound* Break Glass
It is possible to break a glass by
making certain sounds near It Ca
ruso was able to break glasses by
singing to them—but he used a cer
tain note which be knew the glass
could notretsnd. Glasses have actu
ally been broken by sounds coming
over the wireless.
Foretold Quake
Just prior to the disastrous earth
quake at Quetta, birds and animals
behaved as though they had a pre
monition of Impending doom. Crows
and sparrows particularly refused
to roost In trees and cowered In
the open.
Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee institute, an Institution
for the education of negroes, was
established In 1881 by an act of the
Alabama legislature under the name
oG. Tuskegee State Normal school.
It was opened July 4. 1881.
rarmers Hear rresident at rremont
Thirty-live thousand farmers gathered at Fremont, Neb., to hear President Roosevelt speak from the rear
platform of his car as he was journeying to the west coast. He was given an enthusiastic welcome.
Site of New York’s Proposed World’s Fair
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This air view shows the site for the proposed world's fair to be held In New York city starting on
April 30, 1939. * It is a tract of 1,003 acres, some two miles in length and about a third that distance in its
greatest .vldth. The location is now known as the proposed Flushing Meadow park and is situated in the
borough of ^Queens. Inset is a portrait of George McAneny, chairman of the committee that is drawing up
the preliminary plans. The fair Is to commemorate the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the estab
lishment of the government of the United States and the inauguration of George Washington as President.
Scenes and Persons in the Current News
1—Parade of the American Legion during Its national convention In St. Louis, Mo. 2—Scene during cele
bration of pontifical high mass at the seventh national Eucharistic congress In Cleveland, Ohio. 3—Raising
the swastika, now Germany's official flag, on the North German Lloyd liner Bremen at New Tork.
Crowned With • 3racelet
Henry tbe Third wag crowned
king with his mother’s bracelet when
he wag nine. His father. King John
(of Magna Charts fame) died, and
the nobles banded together to make
the lad king In the year 121ft.
—*—-—
Camol’s Hump Mountain
The mountain called Camel’s
Hump Is one of the peaks of the
Green mountains In Vermont, 17
miles west of Montpelier.
Sucking Insects
The sucking tnsecn do not chew
the foliage but stick their beaks Into
the tissue and lire on the Juices or
life blood of the Diant
Putting On Brakes
“An argument ’bout whose g'Ineter
be boss,” said Uncle Kl.cn, “is likely
to give no results except to slow
down de machinery.’’
Canadian Forest Extensive
The Canadian forest spans the
whole continent from Atlantic to
Pacific and is largely composed of
conifers.
The Barometer
The barometer registers atmos
pheric pressure.
Called Forts “Ca.tle.”
The Spaniards called large forts
Bermuda's landscape Ip dotted
with wedding trees, which date back
to an early custom of the bride re
ceiving a slip of cedar In her wed
ding cake.
Most Unusual Theater
The world's most unusual theater
is said to be In Ruebeland. a little
theater In the Harz mountains. The
theater Is In a cave, GOO feet under
ground.
Looking Forward
So live that your distinguished
counsel will have some other de
fense than that the confession was
beaten out of you with a rubber
Davi/|
VikiJea/A
0>di and End* From the Pigeon
Hole Labeled “Haiti.”
AFTER every trip, and re
jfY gardless of its duration,
the cuffs, the notebook and in
side the hat band, all disclose
memos discovered later and
jammed into a column. Glance
over my shoulder:
May 18, 1935, exactly 132 years
from the day | General Dessalines,
in a fit of rage, ripped apart the
red, white and blue French flag
and from the blue and red rem
nants created the flag of Haiti, I
motored into the city of Archaie,
place of that dramatic outburst.
In discarding the strip of white
bunting, which he cast into the
dust, the black leader eliminated '
the French from island history. By
combining the blue, representing
the mulattoes, lie symbolized the
solidarity of what remained of the
African slaves, conquerors of Na
poleon's invading army. President
Vincent attended the ceremonies at
Archaie, made an address that
equaled any I ever heard in our
own home towns Fourth of July.
Other orators throughout the black
republic opened up along similar
lines. Dessalines was reborn In a
blaze of transcendental articula
tion. A million blue and red flags
fluttered over Haiti.
* • *
Towers and Tunnels.
William Erlcson Bleo, general
agent of the Colombian Steamship
company at Port au Prince, born
in Brooklyn, 1870, son of Eman
uel Bleo, resident engineer for the
Koeblings during the erection of
the Brooklyn bridge, first suspen
sion to span the East river, 1883.
After the erection of the two tow
ers, before the steel was installed,
a narrow wooden foot bridge,
swinging like a spider's web be
tween the piers, served as highway
for the constructors. Toung Bleo,
then in his teens, invited by his
father to make the trip, got stage
fright in midair and set up a howl
of terror. Bleo, senior, chagrined
at what he called rank cowardice,
seized the youngster by the scruff
of the neck and held him kicking
over the side of the frail causeway.
‘‘Stop squalling or I’ll drop you
Into the river.” Eric subsided,
promised to be a good boy and fin
ished the trip, following his father's
footsteps in silence without fear.
• * •
Horse for a Hero.
At the assault of Verdieres, Gen
eral Capoix, thrice repulsed by mi
trailleuse and driven back to the
foot of the hill, for the fourth time
remounted and led Ills troops into
battle. Again his horse fell, un
able to rise. Capoix, disentangling
himself, got to his feet shouting,
“Bullets are dust. Forward 1” Only
the advent of night halted this
man’s thirst for conflict. The next
morning, a groom leading a hand
somely caparisoned charger, ap
peared at the headquarters of the
blacks, where he delivered the an
imal with these words: “Captain,
General Rochambeau offers this
horse as a mark of admiration to
the negro Achilles, to replace the
one of his that the French army
regrets to have killed.”
* • •
Mulatto Melodrama.
Jean Tierre Boyer, a mulatto
born In Port-au-Prince, 1776, sent
to France, received a military ed
ucation, , returned to his native
land, serving under Andre Rigaud,
representing 35,000 free mulattoes
not all in sympathy with the black
Toussaint L’Ouverture’s campaign
against slavery. Rigaud, defeated,
much of his- army afterward join
ing the common cause of L’Ouver
ture, departed for Paris with sev
eral of his lieutenants, among them
Boyer, who reappeared as a cap
tain in the French army sent by
Napoleon, 1802, in command of hia
brother-in-law. General Leclerc, to
crush I'Ouvertnre, with the calami
tous result destined to be writ
ten in blood. The subsequent be
trayal of L’Onverture by Leclerc
and the treachery of Bonaparte
resulted In Boyer Joining the forces
of Dessalines and Chrlstophe in the
successful campaign to drive
France from Haiti forever. Tronic
indeed that chapter in the life of
the gallant Boyer, who, while serv
ing as a captain under Leclerc,
spent much of his time paying
court to Madame .Leclerc, Napole
on’s exquisite slip of a sister, In
stalled in her palace built for tbe
languorous Pauline at Cape Haltien
out of the private funds of the first
consul. In less than a year from
the date of her arrival in the do
minion of the new freedom Mme.
Leclerc, widowed, returned to
France on the battleship Swift
eure with the embalmed
her husband, a victim
fever. Boyer,
Haiti la 1821,
l^crSSta1,
betook himself to
established™2™
and died
enty-l