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It Seem erne BEYtWOD BtOUN FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT took New Haven much as Grant took Richmond. But he was quicker about it. Os course Yale has been conquered on numerous occasions by Harvard eights, nines and elevens, but it still is quite a trick to be turned by a lone individual from Cambridge even though he happens to be the President of the United States. The chasm which lies between Cambridge and New Haven is not nearly as wide as many outsiders believe. Harvard men do not dislike the sons of Eli. On the whole they are decidedly sympathetic. They feel that here are young men who never had a reasonable chance. I remember distinctly the episode which made me decide to go to Harvard if only I could gain admission. As an impressionable lad of 17 I spent a summer at a Long Island resort called Bellport.

At the hotel where I boarded a Harvard freshman and a Yale senior were staying. The stripling from Cambridge was up bright and early every morning because his New Haven companion also was up early and the Harvard man felt that he ought to help him with his newspaper. a a tt Chauncey and Butch IT was the New York Tribune which possibly was a shade more literary in 1905 than it is today. Wide column measure prevailed throughout the paper

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and the editorials were so long and ponderous that it was then the custom to place one at the head and feet of such poor travelers as died at sea and required commitment to the waves. The Harvard man, Chauncey, would help Butch over the tough passages. Sometimes he would read aloud to the Yale senior and at other times he merely would lean over his shoulder and offer none of his erudition until his fellow scholar floundered on something like “ambivalence.” Upon encountering a word like that Butch would break into vile and not particularly imaginative profanity. Chauncey merely would smile in a patient way and cross the room to open a window 7 . “Wouldn’t it be a good idea,” he was wont to remark, “for us to let some nice clean air in here. But Butch was not to be mollified so easily. “What the blinkety, blank, blank does the blinkety word mean?” he would ask although not precisely in those words. “Let me mollify you with an' explanation,” Chauncey would suggest and Butch would break into even wilder and more vulgar language. You see he thought he understood “mollify” only he had it a little wrong. He thought it was a symbol for “effeminize” although there was nothing in the personality of Chauncey to suggest such a connotation. , . . . . But even after “mollify” had been explained duly and laid to rest “ambivalent” remained. “It means," said Chauncey, “that state of mind in which alternately love and hate a person or a thing. “That doesn't make any blasted sense,” objected Butch vociferously. “Oh, yes it does,” replied Chauncey struck by a sudden inspiration, “it describes precisely that relationship which exists between your college and my university.” tt tt tt A Beautiful Picture IT was beautiful to observe Butch as the notion registered. In fact one of the most thrilling things in the world* is to watch an idea as it steals acioss the countenance of a Yale man. It is an eloquent study in slow motion and you don't need to use a slow motion camera to get it. “Little fellow,” he exclaimed, “you said a mouthful.” Curiously enough Chauncey blushed. He was touched by this compliment from an unlettered friend who had a heart of gold. Their friendship ripened. Chauncey would deal painstakingly with one grammatical error every morning. From the improvised study hall W'ould hear the rippling baritone laughter of the Harvard lad and the gruff tenor of Butch of Yale. “No, Butch,” Chauncey would be saying, “you lay down the works of Walter Pater, but when you go to bed personally at night you lie down. Didn’t Professor Billy Phelps teach you that?” “Billy Phelps be blowed.” roared Butch, “all he ever taught us was that •Follies’ was better than the Scandals’.” But at the end cf the summer no one would have known Butch as a Yale man. He spoke with all the polish and precision of a lad who had been a year or so at Fordham or Holy Cross. Only a few months later I saw him at New Haven. I had by this time matriculated at Cambridge and had the privilege of watching our eleven score a ripping victory over the magnificent team of our rivals. I ran into Butch just outside the local stadium, which they call a bowl. v tt tt tt Wasted Efforts “/CONGRATULATIONS. Mr. Rafferty,” I said. Butch spluttered and grew red-faced. “What do you mean congratulations?” he asked angrily. “I always say,” I explained, “it isn’t so much whether you win or Ipse, but how you play the game. I thought the Yale aggregation displayed a high degree of skill even after the score had mounted to 41 to 0 against them. I liked their pluck and spirit.” “Oh, go and lay down and die,” said Butch forgetting both his manners and his grammar as he stamped off into the night. And so, as I was saying, Franklin D. Roosevelt scored a mighty triumph at New Haven. Surely it took courage to pick Yale university as the place to defend the brain trust. And yet he made even the sons of Eli lie down and like it. (Copyright. 1934. by The Times)

Your Health BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN

IN the summertime many a person breaks forth with a crop of freckles. These yellowish or brownish spots appear chiefly on the exposed surfaces, such as the face, neck, forearm, and hands, but with the advent of modern' bathing suits they may also appear on legs, back, and chest. The spots are due to depositing of pigment from the blood in the skin. Some persons are much more likely to have freckles than are others, apparently because they have a special sensitivity to sunlight. In many cases the freckles last throughout life, but in others they come and go with the seasons, fading with the onset of winter and reappearing again with the sunlight in the spring As an indication of the fact that freckling represents a special type of sensitivity, it is well known that some persons exposed to the sun will invariably develop freckles, whereas others will merely form a deep coat of tan. n n n T?’ is possible for persons working in the theater i jnd to whom freckling is an incumbrance, .o nave freckles removed by preparations which peel skin. It is possible also to cover the freckles with various creams and ointments. Most persons, however, will do well simply to let them alohe and to avoid direct sunlight if the annoyance is too great. The quacks in the beauty field, who promise that they can remove freckles successfully, usually do this by applying caustic preparations containing mercury, which blister the skin and cause it to peel away. Such methods are always dangerous because of the possibility of infection and, second, because new freckles will come when new skin grows. nun SOMETIMES yellow spots occur that resemble freckles, but which represent an entirely differend condition, that is scientifically called chloasma. The common name for these is liver spots. These spots are usually associated with conditions affecting the glands, such as the adrenal glands and the sex glands, but may be due to almost any type of disease which disorders the body’s general function. Hence, the treatment involves a careful study of the condition of th§ body as a whole, with a correction of any errors of diet and personal hygiene that can be determined.

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GREAT BRITAIN WALKS IN FEAR

England Warned by Dominions Against Alliance With Japan

This is the third of a series of five stories giving the British viewpoint on the crisis confronting the empire in Europe and the far east, with the Geneva arms parley a failure, Germany rearming, and Japan ever reaching out for more territory. It is another series by William P hilip Simms on his tour of the world for The Times. tt tt tt BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS .. (Copyright. 1934, NEA Service. Inc.) LONDON, June 22.—Renewal of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance easily s might lead to the splitting up of the British empire. It will not be revived. Such in substance was the answer I got from every Englishman, Canadian, and Australian to whom I put the question of a possible resurrection of the old entente. I asked them why they thought it might imperil the empire. Here is w'hat one of them, a member of parliament, replied: “I’ll tell you a little story to illustrate. Just the other day a Tory die-hard—and there are still some—told me he sometimes could not help regretting we had let America lead us into scrapping the alliance. “ Get it out of your head once and for all,’ I told him, ‘that we were bamboozled by America or any other country into dropping that treaty. We dropped it because the government at London heard from our own dominions that it might disrupt the empire.’ “At the time of the Washington conference, in 1921-1922, there seemed a very real danger of war between Japan and the United States. Lord Balfour, then in America, was solemnly warned by Canadians in a position to know that if war came western Canada at least would side

with the United States. “One still hears a good deal of tosh in certain quarters in England about our sacrificing a useful and loyal ally merely to please an uncertain and apparently indifferent friend. The truth is, England let go because it was to her own interest.” tt tt tt LEFT to herself —that is, without the dominions—there is reason to believe the United Kindom would again tie up with Japan. But dominion sentiment is against it, especially since Nippon has made it plain to the world that she is out for mor. territory and intends to get it, covenants, treaties and pacts to the contrary notwithstanding. Australia, New Zealand, British far eastern interests generally,

The — DAILY WASHINGTON . MERRY-GO-ROUND

By Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen

WASHINGTON, June 22.—Few people know it, but before the recent Republican national committee offered its chairmanship to Henry 7 Prather Fletcher, it sounded out that erudite young radical from North Dakota, Gerald P. Nye. Much to the latter’s surprise, he suddenly got a long distance telephone call from Chicago. So amazed was he that he thought it was a hoax, hung up the receiver, and called back to see that he was not being kidded. Satisfied of this, Nye listened while a prominent member of the Republican national committee offered him its chairmanship. Nye hesitated. “Let’s see if we understand each other before I give you an answer,” he said. “If I should take this job would I be at liberty to go into New Mexico and campaign for Bronson Cutting, who threw his weight to Roosevelt in the last campaign? “Or could I go into Wisconsin and work for Bob LaFollette? And would I be given an absolutely free hand to continue my investigation of the munitions industry?” The voice in Chicago hesitated. “Os course,” it replied, “as chairman of the Republican national committee we would expect you to respect its wishes on matter of

policy.” ‘‘That's what I thought.” replied Nye. “You don’t seem to want this job very badly.” came the voice from Chicago. “No, I don’t,” replied Nye, and hung up the ’phone receiver. tt tt it REPORTS of strained personal relations between Herbert Hoover and nattily-attired Henry Fletcher, new national Republican chairman, bring a hearty laugh from the latter. Not only are the two men on the best of terms, but Fletcher credits the ex-President with saving him $160,000. It happened this way: Four years ago Mr. Hoover asked Mr. Fletcher to accept the chairmanship of the tariff commission. After the latter had indicated his willingness to accept, Mr. Hoover informed Mr. Fletcher that he would have to dispose of any stocks he owned. “Some industry in which you hold stock may come before the commission,” Mr. Hoover said. “I am sure you will agree with me that to be on the safe side, it is best that you take no chances and sell all your stocks.” This was in 1930. The stock market had slumped, but, compared with later declines, was still prosperous. Mr. Fletcher, believing, as did almost every one else, that the market would bounce back, was reluctant to sell. But bowing to his chief’s wishes, he disposed of all stocks. Four months later he was exactly $160,000 richer. The market had crashed to unheard of depths and stayed there. Henry Fletcher ever since has been grateful to Herbert Hoover. a tt tt PROBABLY no chairman of a senate foreign relations committee in the history of the United States has established the record attained by Key Pittman, lanky senator from Nevada. What there is in the desert wastes of that state which inspires erudition in the field of foreign affairs remains a mystery. But Key Pittman handles his foreign relations committee as no previous chairman. Treaties and other affairs of state are clicked through his committee with clockwork precision. The treaty with Cuba ending the Platt amendment was ratified in record time. And the other day Pittman reported out and secured ratification of fourteen treaties all in the space of a few minutes Most of these treaties, incidentally, were written by Republican Presidents, had been gathering dust in the senate foreign relations committee —in some cases for ten years—because Republican Presidents were unable to push their ratification. a a tr CORDELL HULL has been getting the feel of his state department to an increasing extent lately. His latest debt note putting the British on the spot by suggesting “payments in kind” was entirely his own succinct handiwork. He has been working on this idea for months, figured that if the British couldn’t pay cash, they could

and Canada all fear the rising might cf Japan. Said H. G. Wells, in his “Shape of Things to Come:” “Australia and New Zealand appealed to the Washington government for a joint guarantee to supplement the imperial tie in 1937. They were advocating a mutual guarantee of all the Europeanized regions of the Pacific.” Informed Englishmen here claim the prophecy of Wells is far more likely to come true than the desire of a few remaining Tory die-hards who mourn the dead alliance. tt tt tt A JAPANESE victory over the 11. United States would place Japun within striking distance ol the goal set by the much-disputed Tanaka memorial, which calls for

pay in tin, rubber, or other noncompetitive products. The British have been arguing that the money they borrowed during the war was paid in the form of munitions and food, that they can pay back only in similar commodities. The Tennessee mountaineer in the state department now politely calls the cards. * a tt Democratic, in fact as well as politics, is Mrs. Roosevelt. ... On her recent inspection trip to West Virginia, traveling by train, she left her private compartment deserted most of the way, spending her time in the Pullman car with the newspaper women. . . . When bedtime came, she implanted a maternal kiss on the cheeks of several of her favorite journalistes. . . . Persistent are the rumors that Harry Woodring is to be shifted from the war department to a high agricultural position. . . Whatever are the successes or failures of the New Deal, one thing is certain: It has produced a first-class real estate boom in Washington. . . . Hotels are constantly crowded with business men on code conferences, or generals of industry and science, called in for advice by the administration. . . . Also the vast increase in the setup of the federal government, necessitated by establishment of PWA, AAA and the rest of the emergency alphabetical, has brought thousands of new workers here, who must be housed. . Apartments are at a premium and builders are able to sell new homes before they are completed. (Copyright. 1934. by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) FORD STILL INDORSES 5-DAY 30-HOUR WEEK People Must Have Leisure to Use Products, Says Industrialist. By United Press DEARBORN, Mich., June 22. The six-hour day and five-day work week today still carries the indorsement of Henry Ford, as a means of giving people time “to use up what they make.” “The five-day. thirty-hour week will be to the world’s advantage,” Mr. Ford said. “People must have more leisure to consume what they make and spend what they earn.”

‘GIVE ME A DIME TO BUY SOAP,’ NEW PLEA OF CITY PANHANDLERS

Cleanliness, often compared to godliness, took on a different role today. It apparently was being used as anew “gag” by city panhandlers. “Lady, give me a nickel or a dime to buy a bar of soap,” a suntanned man dressed in worn overalls asked a woman on a downtown street yesterday. “I’m getting pretty dirty tramping around the streets, and I want to go down to the river and wash.” The man’s face and hands were sun-burned, but clean. The woman decided against the soap.

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Viscount Harold Rothermere . . he demands that Britain ‘give” China to Japan, for British lecurity.

the conquering of all Asia and for world domination. Australasia, Hongkong, and western Canada would be at her mercy. For Great Britain deliberately to help Nippon to a position of such colossal power, British observers say, is unthinkable. Australian foreign policy is guided by one fixed principle, “white Australia.” A corollary is the doctrine of “territorial monopoly.” That is to say, Australia

ADMITS KILLING RIGHDENTIST Ex-Convict Says He’s Ready for Chair but Won’t Reveal Motive. Hi) United Press NEW ORLEANS, June 22.—“1’1l go to the electric chair, but the reason I killed Dr. Meyers will go with me,” confessed Harold St. Clair, 30, under arrest here today for the murder of Dr. Homer L. Meyers, wealthy Eldorado (111.) dentist. Two automatic pistols were taken from the ex-Ohio convict as he stepped from a taxicab yesterday. One was used in slaying Dr. Meyers. Police tore a vial of poison from St. Clair’s lips before he had a chance to use the deadly potion. A search for Dr. Meyers started Monday after he failed to return from a farm he was attempting to sell to St. Clair, who was going under the name of Lee Armstrong. Discovery of the doctor’s body followed shortly. St. Clair denied killing Dr. Meyers for money.

M. E. PASTORS BACK ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE Support Pledged in Fight Against Liquor. By United Press BATTLE GROUND, Ind., June 22.—Ministers attending the Northwest Indiana Methodist conference were on record today as indorsing the Anti-Saloon League and pledging their support in the fight against liquor. A resolution which commended the Anti-Saloon League “as the organization in Indiana best equipped to fight the liquor evil” was passed by the conference. Election of officers occupied the attention of the ministers at yesterday’s session. The Rev. C. C. Harold, Oxford, was named secretary; the Rev. Earl Heimberger, Zionsville, treasurer, and the Rev. Henry Braun, South Bend, chief statistician.

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intends to hold to all her territory—as large as the United States though it is and with less than 7,000,000 population—until settled by whites, however long that may take. If this policy were challenged, she would fight. tt tt tt A fundamental Japanese doctrine is precisely the opposite to the Australian. Japan contends no country has the right to withhold vast areas indefinitely from

TODAY and TOMORROW n n a By Walter Lippmann

OWING to the limited number of wave lengths available for broadcasting, the maintenance of free speech on the radio is a very complicated matter. But there is nothing complicated about at least two matters which the Herald-Tribune has dealt with in a series of articles just concluded. They are quite simple.

The first is the statement issued by Radio Commissioner Lafount about a year ago, in which he warned the stations that their licenses might not be renewed if they allowed “the greed or lack of patroitism on the part of a few unscrupulous advertisers” to produce broadcasts which the commission did not regard as in the public interest. This threat, which was uttered in the early days of the blue eagle campaign, was tantamount to the suppression of criticism of the NRA. It was scandalous and, on the part of an official appointed to guard the rights of the people, it can not be condoned by saying that it was an example of overzealousness in a time of hysterical excitement. The second point is, however, much worse. It appears that the secretary of the federal radio commission is Herbert L. Pettey. It appears also that Mr. Pettey was in charge of radio for the Democrats during the 1932 campaign, and that, by express authorization of Postmaster-Gen-eral Farley, he is still in charge of radio time for the Democrats. Thus, Mr. Pettey has a dual position. He is secretary of the commission that rules the radio. And he represents the Democratic national committee in radio affairs. If Mr. Farley can not see the gross impropriety off this arrangement the President should see it, and should remove Mr. Pettey at once. That is the least that can be done to assure the country that the government power over radio is not being exploited for partisan ends. tt a tt THE removal of Mr. Pettey would be a pledge of good faith, but it will not solve the difficult problem of radio control. As the Herald-Tribune articles pointed out, “whether it wants to or not, radio cottons to the administration. no matter what par-

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use. If a nation can not use its land, it must let others come that can. Great Britain’s foreign policy, stripped of all consideration for the dominions, is on a different basis. Afraid of Japan—for Britain is in no position to fight a major power in the Far East—she would like to come to an understanding with that country. But that< is far from easy. Japan would require a very handsome quid pro quo, and Britain has little to offer which Japan would consider worth while except a pledge to aid her in the event of war. Viscount Rothermere, it is true, has an answer. He suggests—even demands—that Britain give China to Nippon. tt tt tt THE price of British security in the Orient, therefore, would be Britain’s help in holding China down, and the rest of the world off, while China was being swallowed and digested by Nippon. But for the dominions and opinion in Britain’s Far Eastern Crown Colonies, it is said, the Rothermere suggestion might get somewhere. But this is a big “but.” 4 Australasia and western Canada at least would want to make certain what would happen after Japan, by devouring China, had grown into an uncontrollable giant. And that, manifestly, is impossible. Accordingly, dominion sentiment is opposed to Britain lending her help to create a Frankenstein which, in the end, might turn and devour them all. NEXT—Weak British leadership blamed for growing menace to world peace.

ty is in power. The principal force that drives it to being a hand-maiden of the administration is the power of life and death, sound and silence, which the federal radio commission holds over every broadcasting station in the land. That was true in the Coolidge days. It was true in the Hoover days. It would be true of any future Republican administration. For the same reason it would be so were the Socialist Norman Thomas in the White . ouse.” The heart of the difficulty lies in the fact that there only are limited numbers of channels for broadcasting. This makes freedom ,of the radio a very different matter from freedom of the press or freedom for speech, if there were only a few printing plants in the country, or only a very few halls in which to produce plays, concerts, and make speeches, the problem of a free press and free speech would be like the problem of the radio. There are a limited number of channels and there are only a limited number of hours each day when people can listen to broadcasts. The problem of free radio is how to divide up fairly these limited opportunities. Any one can hire a hall. Any one can hire a printer. But only a few people can talk on the radio in any one day. And those who decide who shall talk, at what time, and for how long, are bound to move in that twilight zone that lies between censorship and editorial discretion. tt tt a "DECAUSE the facilities are limited, it follows inevitably that government control is necessary. It would be impossible, for example, to sell a wave length to a private company and treat it as private property. That would make the station independent of the government, to be sure, but it would mean that the air was pre-empted for those who could pay the highest price for it. That would be intolerable. . A government monopoly of the air, though it seems to work reasonably well in England, would be obnoxious to American sentiment. There remains only, therefore, the method of licensing private stations on the understanding that they will be administered fairly. That this system will work perfectly no one who ever has been an editor would expect. Let us say that the secretary of labor broadcasts a speech on the administration policy. There should be a reply. But who is to make it? ,The secretary of labor in the previous administration? An old guard Republican? A spokesman of the A. F. of L.? A spokesman of the Iron and Steel Institute? A Socialist of the left wing? Os the right wing? Os the Communists? Os the American Workers party? Newspapers can, and many of them do, give representation to all shades of opinion pro and con. But how can a radio station do that? On a really critical issue, here are likely to be not one opposing view, but half a dozen, and if every one is to have the hearing he thinks he is entitled to, the radio would produce incessant gabble and become exquisitely tiresome. (Copyright. 1934i Akron Dogs Quarantined By United Press AKRON, Ind., June 22. Disclosure that a dog which bit six persons here was infected with rabies resulted in a quarantine on all dogs in Akron today.

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Fair Enough] ,| YORK, N. Y„ June 22. —Perhaps it is all for the best that the New York boxing commission has forbidden the proposed prize fight between John Jacob Astor’s stepfather, Enzo Fiermonte, and Slapsie Rosenbloom for the light heavyweight championship of the world.. It was, to be sure, a snobbish ruling, discriminating against John Jacob’s stepfather in a rather high-handed way. Strictly speaking, John Jacob’s stepfather is entitled to the same rights and privileges as any other prize

fighter as long as he behaves himself. But one must consider that he might draw an undesirable element to the ringside if he were to appear for his contest surrounded by the set from Newport, Palm Beach and the Long island Hamptons. Pugilism suffered severely from the presence of this element during the boom and genuine patrons of the grand old sport only recently have reclaimed the seats in the first row which for a long time were occupied by exclusive society millionaires and

their mens. The millionaires used to sit around, breatmng offensive fumes of champagne cocktails and flicking caviar off their dress shirt-fronts. It was with a sense of relief that the true patrons moved forward again after the panic, like exiled patriots returning to a land delivered from the heel of the despot. It would be, indeed, a tragedy if the exclusive society millionaires should be encouraged to over-run the ringside again. a tt Must Show His Stuff 'T'HERE are other difficult problems involved in the selfish ambition of John Jacob's stepfather to fight Slapsie Rosenbloom. After all, Slapsie Rosenbloom is a champion and it seems a little presumptuous of the husband of the former Mrs Astor to challenge him without first proving his right to a contest. The husband of the former Mrs. Astor ought to go and get himself a reputation. It is one thing to qualify for membership in the social set of Newport, Palm Beach and the Long island Hamptons, but to obtain a fight with Slapsie Rosenbloom one should be required to show genuine qualities. Mr. Rosenbloom is very democratic, but he hardly can be asked to fight all the stepfathers in society. From the very outset it has been noticed that society does not mix well with the members of the profession. When the boys went down to West Hampton the other day to watch Mr. Fiermonte at his training they were not received personally by Signora Fiermonte, and James J. Johnston, the manager of Enzo, was compelled to admit that he never had been presented, himself. Now, when the late Leo P. Flynn conducted Jack Dempsey’s training camps at Saratoga and Chicago. Mrs. Flynn always was a charming and cordial official hostess. ‘Come on in, bums.” Mr. Flynn would yell, heartily, “and climb outside of a load of my Kate's corned beef and cabbage and a few dishes of ale.” Mr. Flynn's Kate would second the invitation just as heartily. “Come and get it, bums,” Mrs. Kate Flynn would say. it tt it A r o Beef or Ale SIGNORA ENZO FIERMONTE did not cook any corned beef and cabbage or serve any ‘dishes of ale. And, most significantly of all, she did not even greet the visitors with so much as a “Hello bums.” It is little touches like that which count around a training camp. Somehow, one has a feeling that if Izzy Kaplan, the photographer, were to go strolling through the Fiermontes’ library in his bathing costume, shedding sand over the rug, and possibly laying his cigar down on the grand piano, that would be taken amiss by one of the Fiermonte butlers. This could lead to social unpleasantness between the Fiermontes and Izzy Kaplan. Mr. Rosenbloom seems to have acted hurriedly in approving Enzo Fiermonte. Perhaps he did not pause to consider that Enzo is the stepfather of John Jacob Astor, who recently has been involved in a distressing scandal over the return of his engagement ring. Mr. Rosenbloom owes it to the profession which he long has adorned not to visit this scandal upon the innocent sport of pugilism. The ring has survived its Charlie Phil Rosenbergs and Fred Fultons but can it take an Astor? (Copyright. 1934. by United Feature Syndicate. Inc.)

Today s Science BY DAVID DIETZ

THE weather as a subject of conversation is very old. Asa subject of scientific study it is much younger. Scientists still have much to learn about the weather. The average man’s interest in weather increases with the approach of the vacation season. As outings, tours, hikes and boat rides are planned, the question of the weather assumes great importance. There are a number of weather signs, not always infallible, but usually trustworthy, which the average person can learn to recognize. The owner of an inexpensive barometer can learn to predict the weather with a reasonable degree of accuracy. In addition, the study of the weather is in itself a pleasant and agreeable hobby. This is particularly true of the study of clouds. Clouds are a neverceasing source of beauty and the person who has failed to learn to observe the clouds has cheated himself of one of nature’s richest offerings. No two days are alike to the person who has formed the habit of studying the clouds. It is an easy matter to learn about the different types of clouds and the information which they convey about the weather. i a a WHILE persons in general talk a great deal about the weather, it is usually only in the time of some extreme condition, like last year’s drouth, that they realize how great a role the weather plays in life. The reading public is familiar with the great damage which a storm can do. The Galveston hurricane of Sept. 8, 1900. was particularly disastrous. The toll of death reached 6,000, while the damage was estimated at $30,000,000. Weather has played an important role in shaping the course of history. A change in weather cost Great Britain its military chi* 1 * in the early days of the World w*r. Lord Kitchener, field marshal of the British forces, had hurried north in answer to an urgent appeal from the czar of Russia to visit what was then St. Petersburg to discuss means of obtaining closer co-opera-tion between the Russian and British forces. At the time, a heavy northeast gale was blowing. The naval officers were of the opinion that the ship would have an easier time if it left Scapa Flow by the west entrance. The officers thought the ship would be sheltered from the northeast winds and high seas. a a a BUT even at that time the storm center was shifting. Perhaps the British weather office could have given this information if it had been consulted. At any rate, the Hampshire started at 5 p. m. The northeast winds shifted to northwest winds of even greater velocity. At 7:40 p. m., the Hampshire struck a submerged mine which had been put in place a day earlier. It was impossible to send help because of the high seas and the terrific wind. Only twelve of the ship’s company survived the disaster and were picked up later. Kitchener, they said, was last seen standing beside the captain of the doomed vessel. 4

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