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It Seems to Me HEYMBM ONE of the preat difficulties in fighting against propaganda is that the word itself has not been defined clearly. One man’s "propaganda" is another man's "educational campaign." I am not going to attempt to And some simple phrase or sentence which will mark the difference. But it does seem to me that It is essential for the public to know not only what the propagandist, or educator, says but the forces which stand behind him. Naturally I do not deny the right of a newspaper to editorialize day after day in favor

of a huge Navy, but if by any chance the owner of that publication happened to be heavily interested in munition stocks I would feel that this fact ought to be on the record. I am not among those who would attempt to break up the meeting of every speaker who undertakes to defend Hitler, but there again it would be interesting to know whether the orator was expounding his own ideas or receiving a weekly check from some official source in Germany. Somebody may object that It would be quite possible for a Nazi worker to be utterly sincere in his

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statements and still remain on the German pay rolL However, it does make a difference. * * * It Was Just Their Mature NOR am I dealing particularly with the subject of sincerity. I haven’t the least doubt that a few of the most violent red-baiters are filled with a fanatical glow of righteousness. In these cases, too, it is worthwhile to know what forces are making use of these convenient tools Not every traitor is bought with silver or with gold. Arnolds and Judases have been known who betrayed their fellows simply because that was their nature. Not even in the case where somebody voices that which we call an "honest” opinion the people who are affected by his words have a right to be acquainted with all those factors, economic, personal and political which went into the making of that opinion. Probably it would not be feasible to require that every educator should submit to psycho-analysis as part of his preparation. And difficulties would arise were there an ordinance that no person should attempt to instruct his fellows without first disrobing as for a medical examination. But I think the public has every right to demand that teachers, commentators, and editorial writers should be at least as courteous as conjurors. When a man gets up on any sort of platform to announce that there is just one way to save the world and that he has the program in his pocket we ought to shout, "Roll up your sleeves, professor.” bub Follow the Magician THE kindly magician often invites a committee from the audience to come upon the stage and see for themselves that there is no trickery. This might be an excellent rule for radio stations, and motion picture magnates, and of books and articles and papers. There is already quite a little legislation which requires public announcement of ownership. But the law does not go far enough. Those who are about to be propagandized or educated have a right to know who cwns the owner In watching a game of chess the spectator knows that the castle, knight or bishop who makes a sudden sortie across the board did not swing into action on his own volition. Our interest lies in the hand which holds and moves the piece. So it should be In the field of propaganda and education. And I would begin at the earliest stages. The teaching in the primary schools should be under constant and close scrutiny. I am not thinking in the silly terms of those who would oust Miss Z from teaching the alphabet because it is rumored that she is a Red. Mv notion is that what we want to know lies in the field of just what form the required curriculum takes and why this book is chosen instead of some other. If there is to be a useful examination of propaganda we will have to grow out of tne prevalent belief that the firing of a professor or a teacher is merely a matter between some principal or president and the individual involved. The general public has a stake in all these things. Not one of us actually makes up his own mind. Our minds are made up for us by teachers, editors, authors, broadcasters. Under these circumstances it seems to me no more than reasonable that we. the people, ought to say. "Come on in boys. Sit down and chat a little while and tell us all about yourselves. We want to know you better.” (Copvrldht. 1934

Your Health -BY DR- MORRIS FISIIBEIN

OITTING quietly and in your chair doing nothing, O vou use up about 100 calories an hour. This is about the amount of energy that you get from an ounce of sugar or starch or less than half an ounce of fat. The moment you begin work, you use up more energy, but comparatively not so much more, so that it docs not require a great deal of food to cause an excess in body weight. We get our calories from food. A cup of clear, hot coffee will supply through its high temperature about 10 calories to the body. The addition of two tablespoons of thick cream and one lump of sugar will raise the value of that cup of coffee to about 150 calories. ... For this reason iced coffee, which is frequently drunk in larger quantities and with more cream and sugar, is likely to be more heating and fattening than plain, hot coffee. a a a MOST everybody now knows that greens constitute a good reduction food chiefly because they provide bulk and food value without many calories. A large serving of lettuce with a little vinegar and with grated cheese to the amount of about a oneinch cube, will not exceed 100 calories. The moment oil is put on this lettuce the calory value of the salad leaps tremendously. The way to reduce is to find out through study how many calories yov spend a day and then eat 500 calories a day less than you spend This will reduce your weight about one pound a week. a a a IF you eat 500 calories a day more than you spend. vour weight will gain one pound a week. If you find that your weight is not being reduced following the reduction of calories, you might take off a few more calories, but the elimination of the foods should be from the sugars and luxury- foods and not front milk, fruit and fresh vegetables which are important for mineral and vitamin values. As we get older our body weight tends to decrease. At the same time actions that go on in our bodies become slower and the amount of energy used up becomes less. For this reason older persons require much less food than do the young. Eighteen hundred calories a day should cover the energy requirements of most men of 70. anc 1600 a day the energy requirements of men of 80. This is about the same energy requirement that is needed by a child around 6 years of age. Children need more calories in proportion to their body weight, because they require food not only for the energy needs of the body but also for growth.

Questions and Answers

Q—When were the earliest game laws enacted in the United States? Were they Federal laws? A—The earliest game laws in America probably were the hunting privileges granted in 1629 by the West India Company to persons starting colonies in the New Netherlands ‘New York), and the provisions regarding the right of hunting in the Massachusetts Bay Colonial Ordinance of 1647. and the New Jersey Concession* Agreement of 1678. The first Federal game law was passed in 1832, and ir the oldest one on the statute books. It was m force until the admission of Oklahoma as a state in 1907. It prohibited the capture of game in the Indian territory by any persona other than Indians, except jor subsistence.

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THE MURDER OF BABY LINDBERGH

Desolate Sourland Mountains Scene of Most Shocking Crime-

Here It the flrtt of a teriet of 12 dispatches whi> h will present a complete, intide picture of the Lindbergh crime from its inception nntrl Bruno Richard Hauptmann's trial for murder in Flemi ngton. The series, by Sidney B. Whipple, will rontam an expert analysis of the crime, many hitherto unpublished details, and an Inside account of the men, methods and ceaseless labors of the army of detectives which led to the sensational arrest of the former German machinefunner in the Bronx. BUB BY SIDNEY B. WHIPPLE United Press Staff Correspondent •Copyright. 1934. bv United Pressi 'T'HE desolate, rain-drenched Sourland Mountains of New Jersey pro- -*■ vided, during the dying winter of 1932, a setting for the most shocking crime in modern American history—the kidnaping and murder of Charles A. Lindbergh Jr. In an effort to escape the unwelcome attention and adulation of the world and to rear his son in the atmosphere of an average American family, Colonel Lindbergh had built his home, that winter, in an isolated community near the dour foothills, three miles from the little town of Hopewell. The home was a rambling, white manor, in French Seignorial architecture, dominating a knoll which overlooked an estate of some 500 acres. To its north, penetrated by dirt lanes and rough roads, lay a 10-mile tangle of woodlands. On its south were rolling meadows and occasional swamp land, descending gently to the village. Colonel Lindbergh, his wife, Anne Morrow' Lindbergh, and their 20-month-old son had not yet established themselves permanently in the great white house. It was their habit, however, to spend weekends at the manor, supervising the touches that were transforming it into a year-round residence, and to spend the remainder of the week at the home of Anne's mother, Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow, in Englew'ood, N. J. But March came in like a lion. On the morning of March 1, Mrs. Lindbergh looked out upon the dismal prospect, and decided not to risk driving through the storm to

Englewood, with her son. The child had a slight cold. Accordingly, she telephoned, shortly before noon, to the baby's nurse, Betty Gow, who was at the Morrow home, and told her of the change in plans. Betty, a Scottish maid who had attended the family since the baby's birth, promised to be at the Hopewell home by mid-after-noon. But before she left Englewood, she attempted to telephone Henry Johnson, a red-headed young man with whom she was friendly, to break an engagement with him that evening. Unable to reach him at his boarding house, she left word for him to call her at Hopewell. BUB LINDBERGH, who was in New York, was not expected home for dinner. He had promised to be present at the dinner of a New York organization of university men—a promise, it developed, he had completely forgotten. At 7 p. m. the child was put to bed in his crib in the large nursery on the second floor. His mother, ministering to his cold, had rubbed his chest with oil. Betty Gow had dressed him warmly in a woolen sleeping garment, to the sleeves of which were affixed little aluminum cups, de-

The DAILY WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND By Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen —

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—Senator Bill Borah seems deadly serious about his campaign to reorganize the Republican National Committee. He has told friends he will rally the votes of national committeemen from 16 states—enough to call a meeting of the entire committee. He plans to follow this up with a demand for removal of Chairman Henry P. Fletcher and replacement by outspoken W. Kingsland Maty, recently ousted as New York State Chairman when he accused

Old Guarders of being in secret league with the power trust. it tt n MRS. ROOSEVELT already is at work on her Christmas list. Asa matter of fact, her Christmas shopping began months ago at the various bazaars and exhibitions which she has attended. Her immediate family is big, the “greater Roosevelt family” tremerdous. So the First Lady must begin her Christmas shopping early a a a THE fertile brain of Don Richberg. new czar of Government co-ordination, is buzzing with all sorts of bright ideas for juggling Federal bureaus. One of these is to shift the Bureau of Insular Affairs from the Department of the interior to the State Department. Thus Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands would be put in the same category as foreign countries. It is not known whether Richberg thinks the insular possessions should have the same status as Haiti and Cuba or whether he thinks they need larger doses of pink teas and protocol . . . Henry Suydam, sagacious adviser on crime prevention to the Attorney General, had his Thanksgiving turkey stolen from his back porch . . . The Cabinet ladies’ luncheons, considered by some participants as the most boring occasions of the social season, already have started ... It looks as if the Nicaraguan Canal, revived by Calvin Cooiidge when he needed an excuse for sending the Marines to Nicargua. might come up for discussion at the next Congress. Rep. Carl Vinson. Chairman of the Naval Affairs Committee. is strong for the canal, says he is going to push it. a a a MADAME Secretary Perkins is a stickler for abiding by the office rules of her department. She not only signs the guard book when she leaves after working hours, but requires ail her executives to do likewise. . . . Senator Robert Wagner has te’d Senate colleagues that he plar-s to offer a bill at the coming session that will outlaw company unions. Wagner sought such legislation last Congress, but could not get Administration backing for it. . . . William T. Kemper, Missouri’s Democratic National Committeeman, and the wealthiest man in the state, just has settled a back income tax claim with th*> Treasury for SBO,OOO plus interest, bringing the total up to approximately SIOO,OOO. . . . The Stock Exchange business may be in the doldrums, but diamond brokers and dealers report brisk trade. Imports of gems in the last several months have been the largest since 1931. The trade attributes the improvement in sales to better business conditions and less fear of inflation. a a a ANOTHER major Blue Eagle upheaval appears to be impending. The NRA is buzzing with the whisper that ChaH-

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vices of modern mothers to prevent the habit of thumb-sucking. Thereafter, at half-hour intervals, Betty Gow looked in at the sleeping Infant and saw that all was well. The lights were turned out and she went below stairs, to visit with the impeccable English butler, Oliver Whately, and the butler’s good wife, Elsie. Shortly after 7:30 p. m., Col. Lindbergh unexpectedly made his appearance. He inquired, as usual, about the baby and w'as told Charles seemed to be suffering from a slight lung congestion. At 8:15 p. m., Ollie Whately announced: "Dinner is served.” a tt tt AFTER dinner, the Colonel retired to his study, adjoining the living room, and became engrossed in work. Anne Morrow Lindbergh tired with the day's events, went upstairs to her own bedroom, and prepared to retire. Col. Lindbergh recalled, afterward, that at some moment between 9 and 10 o’clock, he was startled from his reading by hearing a loud noise outside the window. With a furious wind blowing, however, he laid the sound to the possible crack of a tree branch, and resumed his studies. A little before 10, Betty Gow

man S. Clay Wiliiams is soon to return to his tobacco business. Williams refuses to confirm or deny the report, but friends assert that he took the NRA job only at the insistent request of the President and with the understanding that he would be free to step out after 90 days. That time is soon up ... Tt is an open secret among Jim Farley’s intimates that if he is still Democratic national chairman in 1936 he will leave no stone unturned to defeat Senator Bill Borah. Following his return from a Western political survey last summer, including a visit to Idaho, Jim privately informed friends he was convinced the veteran Republican Independent “could be got” two years hence when he comes up for re-election. Borah has been apprised of Farley’s threat, and grimly says he is ready for the battle . . . Treasury insiders are forecasting an early promotion to a strategical Federal Reserve post for Herbert Gaston, able assistant to Secretary Morgenthau. Gaston will receive the job. it is hinted, as another move on the part of the Administration to strength its grip on the Reserve system.

DETROIT PASTOR WILL SPEAK TO METHODISTS ‘Poor Boy, Great Man’ Will Be Dr. Rice's Subject. Dr. Merton S. Rice. Detroit Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church pastor, will speak Tuesday night, Jan. 15, at the Meridian Street Methodist Episcopal Church, St. Clair and N. Meridian-sts, on the subject, “Poor Boy, Great Man.” The committee on arrangements includes J. I. Holcomb, Arthur V. Brown, H. H. Hombrook. John S. Wright, Alexander Taggart. H. P. Sheets, J. W. Noel and William L. Taylor. Harry O. Garman. William E. Mick, Edgar Henderson and Kennedy Reese are the members of the ticket committee for the lecture which is being sponsored by the men of Meridian Club. Mrs. Howard Clippenger will have charge of music, and Mrs. W. C. Patterson is chairman of the decorations committee. CUTS OFF OWN LEG IN FUTILE RESCUE EFFORT Irish Plumber Found Dead at Bottom of Deep Well. Vait( s Press GREYSTONES. Ireland. Dec. 11.— Rescuers reached Charles O’Leary, imprisoned in a 30-foot well shaft since Saturday, by frantic digging but they were too late. O'Leary was dead. O'Leary, a 30-year-old plumber, was trapped by a slide of earth. On Sunday, he tried to free himself by amputating his leg with instruments lowered to him but failed. The last sign of life from him was yesterday afternoon.

INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1934

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Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., victim of the most shocking crime in America’s history.

made a final visit to the nursery. She turned on the lights and went to the efib. It was empty. Puzzled, she sought Mrs. Lindbergh and asked, "Did the colonel take the baby?” "Perhaps you'd better go downstairs and see,” Mrs. Lindbergh suggested casually. tt tt tt Betty Gow went downstairs to the study. The Colonel was at work and no child was to be seen. "The baby isn’t in his room,” said the nurse. "I thought you might have him.” Col. Lindbergh and Miss Gow

DISPUTED FURNITURE CONTRACT AWARDED Fry Accepts $2400 Offer of Indianapolis Firm. The much-disputed contract for $2400 in office equipment for use in nine branches of the state employment service has been awarded to the Indianapolis Office Furniture Cos., it was announced today. The firm was low bidder. Representatives of four other concerns, charging favoritism, recently “beseiged” the offices of Paul Fry, State Purchasing Agent, and of C. M. McAlpin, his assistant, and demanded that bids on the order be opened in their presence. The request was denied. CRIPPLED FREIGHTER LIMPS FOR ENGLAND Three Officers Lost, 7 Seamen Hurt; Ship Heads for Port. B]) ■United Press NEW YORK, Dec. 11.—The disabled and storm-battered Japanese freighter, Victoria Maru, proceeded slowly toward England from midAtlantic today, escorted by the Dutch tanker, Amsterdam. The Victoria Maru sent an SOS Sunday after mountainous seas smashed her superstructure, killing her captain and first officer, and sweeping her third officer overboard. Seven seamen were injured.

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hurried upstairs. With Mrs. Lindbergh they stared at the vacant crib and then began a frantic and fruitless search of the upper rooms. The conclusion dawned that the child had been stolen. The open shutters of a nursery window—warped shutters which could not be closed—appeared to point the trail of the kidnapers. Col. Lindbergh told that suave, efficient butler, Ollie Whately, to call Harry Wolf, chief of the Hopewell constabulary. Then, in desperation, he seized a rifle and rushed aimlessly out of doors, to be met only by an impenetrable darkness, falling like a curtain

I COVER THE WORLD u u By William Philip Simms

AIIASHINGTON, Dec. 11. —Under Government subsidy, Japan plans YY not only to manufacture her own automobiles and in the end virtually stop imports, but to build motor cars for export. The United States at present has almost a monopoly on s he automobile trade. Great Britain, France, Italy and a small number of other countries build autos, but America builds and exports more than all others combined.

Entry of the Japanese into this trade, now seemingly about to take place, might prove serious in the not distant future—particularly if the Japanese- War Department and other agencies lend the industry a hand. Behind the move is the Japanese Government’s desire to .make itself completely independent of outside sources in everything pertaining to the national defense. a a a IT is part and parcel of the same general policy which led to the seizure of Manchuria and Jehol to provide raw materials; Japan’s recent oil edict setting up a virtual monopoly within the area which she controls, and her demand that foreign concerns keep on hand not less than a six months’ oil supply at all times. Two great American companies, until recently, have had complete control of the Japanese automobile industry. These were Ford and General Motors. So vast is their capital and so complete their

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between him and his kidnaped son. tt a a TOWN police, augmented by the highest officials of the New Jersey State Police, headed by Colonel H. Norman Schwartzkopf, reached the Lindbergh home within an hour. Teletype messages sputtered over the police wires of three states, galvanizing the news rooms of newspapers and press associations into frantic action. Out of New York and into New Jersey rolled an army of news gatherers, special writers, professional and amateur detectives. Back of them marched another division of workers—the communications division with truck loads of telephone equipment and telegraph cable, to converge on the sleeping town of Hopewell and turn it, for a time, into the news capital of the world. The advance guard of this army reached the village in the early hours of March 2. Its leader pounded insistently at the door of Bebhart's General Store. "Wake up, Pop,” he shouted. "You'll have 300 here for breakfast.” Tomorrow—The Chase Begins,

equipment, it was generally considered impossible for a Japanese concern to break into the field. In recent years, however, the Japanese demand has greatly increased. This demand should continue to grow as good roads multiply and other developments take place inside Japan proper and in Korea, Manchuria, Jehol and throughout China. The Japanese do not wish to continue in the role of mere middlemen, placing foreign-made—-principally American—cars. They wish to supply this trade with their own product. nan THOUGH it is not widely known, Japan has already begun car manufacture, from the ground up—not just assembled jobs. Last year, two such concerns were combined under the name of the Automobile Manufacturing Corp. This, with the Tokio Gas and Electric Manufacturing Corp., is turning out most of the Japanese autos under the “protection” of the War Office. The Mitsubishi Dry Dock, in Kobe, and the Kawasaki Wheel Corp., are backing the effort. They have just finished a series of trial trucks and buses. The Japanese Wheel Manufacturing Cos., similarly, has turned out experimental passenger cars. A car known as the Datsun—smaller and cheaper than any American car—is already on the market. It is built by the Japan Industry Automobile Corp. Several other large concerns are likewise experimenting. a a a IN 1930, there were 458 cars manufactured in Japan. Last year the number had increased to nearly 2C©O. Reports from Santiago, Chile, say Japan intends soon to market the Datsun there and elsewhere in South America at a price less than one-third that of the cheapest car. Japan today is selling bicycles in Germany, home of cheap bicycles, for less than half the cheapest price the Germans can quote in their own country. Admittedly, should Japanese automobiles, by the aid of subsidies or otherwise, take hold, competition would be extremely hard to meet, even by the largest American concerns. REALTORS ELECT RICE North Side Association Chooses New Officers. New officers />f the North Side Realtors of Indianapolis are William Low Rice, president, and William L. Bridges, secretary, as result of the election held yesterday in the Board of Trade. Mr. Rice has been in the real estate business here more than 30 years. He succeeds Forest B. Kellogg. u•- * -

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Entered an Seoend-Claaa Matter at Postoffice. Indianapolis. Ind.

Fair Enough wnoow WILLIAM SCOTT STEWART, who adorns and ennobles the profession of the law in Chicago, has uttered a solemn cry against the current practice of the United States Government in dealing with potential clients of the criminal lawyer. Mr. Stewart, whose own clients have included the Roger Touhy firm of kidnapers and torturers, deplores the abrupt eradication of John Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd and

Baby Face Nelson among other martyrs to the lawless zeal of government agents. "It is all very well, this crying that the agents always get their man,” said he in an address to his colleagues of the Illinois Bar Association, "but it is about time the revulsion set in.” With this professional protest your correspondent finds himself in hearty agreement because business is bad enough at best nowadays without the interference of the Government. In the untimely destruction of Dillinger, Floyd and Nelson, without

trial, Mr. Stewart's profession, sadly over-crowded by frequent drafts from the law schools and afflicted by the repeal of prohibition, was deprived of three promising jobs of work which might have kept three law firms in funds through the winter. The deceased were thiee of the most successful bank robbers in the country. tt K tt Tough on the Lawyers ARRESTED and brought to trial in strict accordance with the United States Constitution which all criminal lawyers hold dear, they would have been desirable clients. They might even have been acquitted in court on an appeal, or paroled later to become repeat orders with their attorneys. Shot dead without trial, they were of no use to anybody but the embalmers, except that Dillinger's old father was enabled to make t few dollars elevating the drama in Indianapolis. Proposals that the late Dillinger be cured like a ham, a Pharaoh or Nicolai Lenin and placed on exhibition at the Chicago World Fair at a dollar a squint, for the old gentleman’s benefit, were rejected on aesthetic grounds. It is not so much the violence done the deceased, however, as the elimination of the trials which will be deplored by all persons of good conscience. r ihey had to die some time. But the trial is a sacred thing and the legal profession is entitled to its legitimate business opportunities. If the Government feels that. In the confusion attending the New Deal it is necessary to do some informal killing, then the victims should be selected ■with discretion. Let the L epartment of Justice confine its killing to petty larcenists who wouldn’t be worth anything to a lawyer, even if they be brought to trial, z' tt * They'll Be Clients Again AFTER all, criminal lawyers pay taxes out of the fees which they receive from kidnapers, bank robbers and murderers. Their sense of justice, which is very acute, will cry out with Mr. Stewart, against a branch of the Government service which singles out the very flower of their clientele and removes them abruptly from the diminishing roster of live ones. The criminal lawyer's taxes are being spent for the ruin of his own business. But a note of cheer has just been received in a letter from two policemen in San Diego, Cal., which should hearten Mr. Stewart. The California Bobbies related a case in which two men, colleagues of Mr. Stewart’s late clients, the Touhy gang of kidnapers, tortured a man to death by fire in a robbery. The jury found them guilty but weakened and brought in a verdict of second-degree murder. This verdict was then thrown out by the Appellate Court on the ground that the defendants were either guilty of first-degree murder or not guilty of anything. Perhaps this is the first premonitory shudder in the revulsion which Mr. Stewart bespeaks. Here are two clients, very like Mr. Stewart’s Touhy in their professional methods, who are spared to become clients again.

Today's Science BY DAVID DIETZ

THROUGH the ages Mt. Everest has towered above mankind. No climber ever mounted its summit. Mallory and Irvine met their death in such an attempt in 1924 when they reached to within 900 feet of the top. It remained for the airplane to achieve the conquest of this mighty mountain. How it was done is told In “First Over Everest,” written by four members of the Houston-Mt. Everest Expedition of 1933, including Air Commander P. F. M. Fellowes, the chief executive officer. The actual flight took only six hours. But months of preparation were needed for the accomplishment of those few hours. As the authors point out, the dream of flying over Mt. Everest was little more than a fantastic hope until 1932. While British, French and German flyers flew over neighboring mountain ranges, it was apparent that the conquest of Mt. Everest required a plane equipped with an engine of superlative power and superchargers able to meet conditions close to the stratosphere. For Mt. Everest is five and one-half miles high—29.oo2 feet to be exact. “Imagine the pinnacle of a Matterhorn on the shoulders of Mt. Blanc, or Mt. Ranier, the second highest peak of the United States, capped by the very highest, Mt. Whitney,” say the authors. That gives you an idea of the height of Mt. Everest. tt tt tt THE authors take pains to point out that the chief purpose of the expedition “was not to perform a feat of daring and endurance, to break a record, to do something for the first time. These are doubtless excellent things, and the expedition in fact achieved them—but it was incidentally. “The true purpose was austerely scientific: to show that the airplane and the air camera could be made the means of acquiring important knowledge which would otherwise be unattainable.” Wr i, science is the gainer, for there is no doubt that the airplane and the camera are tools of prime importance to the geographer, the geologist, the topographer, and the meteorologist. But as the authors admit, the flight over Everest was a grand adventure and by the same token their book is a grand book of adventure. I can recommend it as a Christmas present* for any boy who loves adventure, or, for that matter, for his father as weli. tt tt tt A MOST interesting feature of the book, fully aa interesting as the text, is the illus.ratio is. These number 39. Most important of all is the photograph of the peak of Mt. Everest, taken during one of the fights over it. As the authors trulv sav, “This closeup of the summit of Mt. <Everest is the dramatic record of an epochal achievement in exploration comparable to Peary's picture of the North Pole or Byrd’s aerial panorama of the South Pole.” A large dark spot in the photograph marks the points at which Mallory and Irvine met their death in the expedition of 1924, only 900 feet below the summit. Other photographs of the Himalayan range are equally stirring. “Firs! Over Everest” is published by Robert M, Mcßride & Cos. at $3.50. Q—Who is the Chief Scout Executive, and where are the headquarters of the Boy Scouts of America? A—James E. West, Chief Scout Executive, Boy Scouts of America, 2 Park-av. New York City. Q—When was the meteoric shower, generally referred to as the “falling of the sure?” A—ln the early morning of Nov. 13, 1833.

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