Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 April 1938 — Page 11
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From Indiana=_Ernie Pyle
Although Artist Colluzzi Isn't a Member of the Santa Fe Colony, Ernie. Finds Him Remarkable Chap.
SANTA FE, N. M., April 28.—They admit that Howard Colluzzi is one of the best artists in Santa Fe. Yet he is not a member of the “artists’ set.” There are two reasons: 1. They won’t have him. 2. He won’t have them. Explanation of Item 1—The artists shun Colluzzi for the physicdl reason that he is, to phrsfe it delicately, just “plain dirty.” No one remembers ever having seen him clean. Explanation of Item 2—Colluzzi shuns the artists’ group because he considers so many of them phonies and posers. ’ I spent several hours with Colluzzi in his mud house at the edge of town. He has four rooms, and I don’t remember any furniture except an old desk, a cot, and two broken chairs. Everything they say about Col- : luzzi’s lack of cleanliness is true. Yet ¢ Colluzzi is a learned man. He can Mr. Pyle speak half a dozen languages. He knows history from the first recordings right up to the Chinese war. He knows the Bible by heart, cusses a streak, and has one of the sharpest senses of humor I've ever run onto. “How have you ever had time to learn so much?” I asked. “You must spend a lot of time reading. “No,” he said, “I just happen to be built so I} can do four or five things at a time better than one thing at a time. I can cook supper and outline a sketch and read a book all at the same time.” Colluzzi is part Austrian, part several other European bloods. He was born on the Lower East Side in New York City. : : Colluzzi still owns a farm (he calls it .a ranch) in upper New York State. He has been back to New York only once since he came out here ten years ago. A Sante Fe artist going back to New York should be pretty nicely clad, I should think. But not Colluzzi. He wore his same old corduroy pants, high lace boots, red flannel shirt, galluses, and carried a satchel.
An Opinion of the Old Masters
I believe Colluzzi looks at everything with a sort of bubbling irony. His eyes sparkle with wit, and every few minutes he delivers some sarcastic crack, such as: “The Southwest is old in history, but it isn’t dead. It’s really just starting to live. The only thing dead about it is the fat women who sit in the lobby of the LaFonda Hotel.” : Colluzzi, unlike many artists, makes his living by his painting. He has a number of frescoes in buildings around Sante Fe, and he gets commissions from as far away as El Paso. The one trip he made back to New York was in 1932, and he went by airplane. He did it for a definite purpose. He wanted to have the illusion of being in Sante Fe and New York the same day. Arriving in New York, he beat it straight for the art museums. Fresh in his mind were the Penitentes, the caricature-faces of old Mexicans, the live freshness. of Indian children. He wanted to compare these art subjects with the famous old masters, all in one day. “And what did you think of the old masters?” I asked. “They looked lousy,” he said.
My Diary
By Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady Breaks Resolution and
Consents to Talk for Newsreels.
N= YORK, Wednesday.— Yesterday afternoon, Mrs. Helm, Mrs. Scheider and I went to a very -~ beautiful funeral service for Mr. Charles Hamlin, St. ° John’s Church was crowded with his friends and associates. He and Mrs. Hamlin lived in Washington for many’ years and it was easy to see how many people foved them. Our old friend, Bishop Atwood, helped conduct the service and, as I looked at his kindly face, I thought of how many times he must have stood by friends, acquaintances and even strangers, during dark hours. In the afternoon, I spent a short time at the Works Progress Administration office. Mrs. Ellen Woodward showed me a collection of photographs which cover many of the women’s and professional projects throughout the country. Mrs. Scheider and I took the midnight train to New York City and, fér some reason, the engineer of the train must have come to a very sudden stop during the night. ‘I woke to find my shoes reposing on my chest, instead of the shelf at the foot of my berth where I had put them. My knitting bag also had landed on me with considerable force, for I had put a book inside it. .
Hour Lost on Trip
Again we are adjusting to standard time in Washington and daylight-saving time in New York. It is delightful when you are going to Washington, for you always seem to save time, but coming this way takes five hours instead of four if you are traveling by train. According to my engagement book, I had the morning free. I had just finished a number of telephone conversations and settled down to clear out my brief case, when a telephone message informed
me that I was almost an hour late for an appoint-.
ment at the American Foundation for the Blind, where I was to read the first chapter of “This Is My Story” to be recorded in a talking book.
Luckily, their office is nearby, so I put my things
on and dashed over and apologized profusely for having entered all this morninX’s engagements for tomorrow instead of for today. 'I was so apologetic I did everything they asked me to do, until I was faced with the newsreel cameras. I struggled then to be permitted just to act and not to read. Finally, my sense of discomfort at having kept everybody waiting so long made me consent to read a few séntences, in spite of the fact that the last time I heard myself on a newsreel it was so terrible I decided never again to open my mouth in front of one of those machines!
New Books Today Public Library Presents—
HE everyday, homely possessions of a people indicate the true characteristics of their owners more vividly and permanently than those reserved for more special occasions. Such is the theme of EVERYDAY THINGS IN AMERICAN LIFE, 1607-1776 (Scribner).. William Chauncy Langdon, well-known author of historical pageants, has recreated our American past with charm and simplicity. Beginning with the colonies at Jamestown and Plymouth, he _ talks about the tools the settlers used in clearing and cultivating the new land, their food and how it was prepared, their religious" customs, their amusements, their mode of transportation, the growth of manufacturing and printing, and the development of the arts of the architect, the glass blower, the wrought iron worker, the cabinet maker and the silversmith.
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O the millions who have read and loved her books, Louisa May Alcott’s own personality has been overshadowed by that of Jo March, her self-drawn portrait in “Little Women.” Assuming that her life story would interest only the young, her previous biographers have slanted toward juvenile readers. But Katharine Anthony presents LOUISA MAY ALCOTT (Knopf) “for consideration by adult intelligences.” “Flowering New England” was a highly appropriate background for the talented Alcottss While Bronson, the father, traveled about lecturing, Louisa “pieced out” the family income by sewing, teaching and writing stories for $5 each. A born story teller, imaginative, and a jhard and practical worker, in later years she earned $8000 in six months. Of Louisa’s childhood, of her strange parents and beloved sisters, of her brief experience as a Civil War nurse, of the young foreigner whom she loved but did not marry, Miss Anthony writes. And she pictures Miss Alcott when, in the last years, broken in health and embittered by the indifference and ridicule of critics, she still wrote of happy, joyous youth—a final gesture of her shining and undefeatable spirit,
The Indianapolis Times
Second Section
THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1938
Entered as Second-Class Matter Indianapolis, Ind,
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‘Why You Should Vote for Me’
Candidates in Four Contested Judiciary Races Make Statements
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Indianapolis Times has invited all the candidates in the contested primary election con-
tests for the Mayoralty, Judiciary and Prosecutor races
to make campaign statements. : " Responses received from candidates for Superior Courts Two, Three, Five and Probate Court are printed herewith, in alphabetical order. Responses from candidates in the contested Superior
Court One races were published yesterday.
Responses.
from candidates in the other contested races named above will follow. No statements in uncontested races will be
published.
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Superior Court, Rm. 2
HERBERT M. SPENCER
Democrat, for Judge of Superior Court Two. :
(Born March 26, 1897, in Indianapolis; attended grade schools, Shortridge High School, graduated from Indiana University, 1920; City Prosecutor, 1928-1930; Assistant City Attorney, 1930-34; Marion County Prosecutor, 1934-38; married, one daughter; residence, 1924 Talbot Ave.; member Indianapolis Bar Association, American Legion, Scottish Rite, South Side 'Furners, Sigma Chi, Sigma Delta Chi.)
Y experience in recent years has been in criminal law. The importance of the Superior Courts in relation to law enforce-
ment is often overlooked. The °
promiscuous granting of writs of habeas corpus often thwarts the efforts of police officers and permits law violators fo escape their punishment. My conception of the true function of a judge is to be a referee, \ unbiased by influence of any per=sonal prejudice or of a legal clique. During my service as County Prosecutor 77 per cent of jury cases and 73 per cent of Municipal Court and other cases resulted in victories for the State. ” ” ”
JOSEPH R. WILLIAMS
Democrat, for renomination as Judge of Superior Court Two.
(Born on a farm and educated in the city schools of Madison, Ind.; age, 66; admitted to the Bar in 1896; served as deputy prosecuting attorney of Jennings County from 1900 to 1904; moved to Indianapolis in 1904; elected judge in 1930; married, lives with family in Franklin Township, near New Bethel; member of Baptist Church, Indiananapolis and Indiana Bar Associations.)
J INVITE the investigation of my record as a public official.
I have at all times received the ,
indorsement of the Marion County Bar Association in its vote for the selection of judges. - Temperate and practical, I have been constantly on the job and as a result the dockets in Superior Court Two are up to date. A judge's only platform should be his oath of office, to wit: To declare the law as it is written and to administer justice speedily and impartially, irrespective of race, creed or color. 2 8 =»
Superior Court, Rm. 3
RUSSELL J. RYAN
Democrat, far Judge of Superior Court Three. . (Resident of Marion Coun-
ty for 35 years; age, 47; educated . at Shortridge High
School, Wabash College and Cornell’ University Law School; admitted to bar in 1913; major of infanfry in World War, 1917 to 1919; Democratic County Chairman, 1922 to 1924; Judge of Superior Court, 1931 to 1934; Assistant Chief Counsel, Bureau of Internal Revenue, 1937; member Second Presbyterian Church, Masonic orders.)
S a candidate for Judge of Superior Court, Room 3, I have no platform to publish, nor promises to make. But I do have, from thy own experience as lawyer and judge, a very definite idea of what a judge should be. He should be fair: this is one of the very essence. He should be courteous: no one in contact with the public should be otherwise. He should be prompt: both lawyers and litigants have no patience with delay. He should be diligent: nothing less should be expected. And he should be considerate: there are two sides to every question, and no one should know this better than a judge. If elected, I would live up fo this ideal; and it is my ambition to make this effort. I ask those who. do not know me to believe it. My friends will know it. ” #" ”
CHALMER SCHLOSSER
Democrat, for Judge of Superior
Court Three. (Born on farm in Hancock County; graduate of high’ school, Central Normal College and Indiana Law School; has practiced law in Marion County for 36 years; member of Methodist Church, Knights of Pythias, Bar Association; has served as special judge in many cases; never has held public office.) .
Y pledge: ‘ 1. Render justice without fear or favor, and without regard to race, color, religion or politics. 2. Aphor religious bigotry. 3. Decide cases from the bench. 4. Decide cases promptly and without fanfare. 5. Courtesy to litigants, witnesses and attorneys.
6. Due regard for the rights of
those drawn for jury service. 7. Appoint receivers only when necessary and required by law. 8. Appoint qualified receivers and spread the appointments to the end that favoritism may be avoided. :
9. Require receivers to deposit
funds in banks and make monthly reports with bank statements showing such deposits. 10. Allow fees for receivers and attorneys according to the service rendered. 11. Be in court during office hours and attend to business. 12. Since judges are paid during vacation, be on hand during such period for the discharge of such duties as may be required. 13. Hear marital cases with patience and understanding. 14. Keep in mind that a public office is a public trust. 15. Keep the records open to the end that the public and the press may be fully advised of the conduct of the Court. ” ” 2
L. ERT SLACK
Democrat, for renomination as Judge, Superior Court Three. (Born in Johnson County; age, 63; graduated Indiana Law School, 1897; served as Johnson County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, 1897-98; County Attorney, 1899-1905; State: Representative from Johnson County, - 1901-03; nominated for Speaker of the House, 1903; State Senator, Johnson and Shelby Counties, 1905-08; defeated in 1908,
for gubernatorial nomination by Thomas R. Marshall; appointed U. S. Attorney for Indiana by President Wilson, 1916-1920; Assistant Attorney General in special Federal litigation, 1920-22; elected - Mayor of Indianapolis by City Council, 1927-30; appointed judge, Marion Superior Court Three by Governor McNutt, 1936; married, lives at 3902
Washington Blvd.)
AVING served only a few ‘months over one year and with past experience in legislation and in law practice, state and Federal, I will render further public service as judge of this court. Our judiciary is a high class public service and should be maintained as such. : This is the third time I have quit my private law practice to become a public servant. Two years and two months as Mayor put me in close touch with the whole city, its civic and commercial organization and its public needs. My law office was closed, but I did enjoy doing everything I could to help our “No Mean City.” . I have never regretted rendering this service to the citizens of Indianapolis. It was also a pleasure to see Marion County and Indianapolis go Democratic while serving as Mayor. ° ; Being a lifelong Democrat, I am for party loyalty, harmony and proper public service, which always lead to party success. : As judge I will continue to be honest, faithful, legal and abide by our constitutional form of government with due respect to law, race, color, religion, labor, capital and human rights.
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L. WILLIAM CURRY
Democrat, for Judge of Supe- . rior Court Five. (Born in Osgood, Ind., April 20, 1887; resident of Indianapolis for 30 years; married and lives at 2317 N. Adams * St.; member of St. Francis de Sales Church; was candidate for U. S. Senator in 1926; has never held public office.)
Af your candidate for Judge of Superior Court, Room Five, when nominated and elected it shall be my privilege and pleasure to exercise my duty in such judiciary in keeping with those fundamentals so important for the welfare of all who may. be obliged to appear therein, adhering at all times to the law and evidence in my decisions—race, creed or color shall not enter into my deliberations. You and each of our citizens shall be given fair and impartial treatment. It will be a further pleasure to counsel with you the people upon questions that concern you regardless of your station in life. I shall see that those who ‘become my employees shall at all times comply with the above policies. : For further convenience of our people and their attorneys, said courtroom will open promptly at 8:30 each judicial day and remain open through the noon hour until 5 p. m. In keeping with American fundamentals I desire to address the electorate and in so doing shall confine my remarks to those inherent principles designed and hopeful that life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness shall forever be inviolate.
4 If elected I shall make it a rule
that the attorneys must try their own cause without any interruption from the Court. However I shall exercise my prerogatives as your judge always with consist= ency, keeping uppermost in my mind that said office is one of trust and my rulings shall at all times be in keeping with the law and evidence presented.
HERBERT E. WILSON
Democrat, for renomination as |
Judge of Superior Court Five. (Born 1896, graduated from Penn College and Michigan Law School; resident of Indianapolis since 1919; served in Navy during World War; member American Law Institute, Indianapolis Bar Asso-
ciation, Meridian Hills Coun4 ; 1 Cou ;
NOT CONTESTED
Statements from the fol» lowing eandidates are NOT carried because their races are uncontested in the primary: - George R. Jeffrey, Republican, for Judge of Superior Court Two.
Joseph E. Hartman, Republican, for Judge of Superior Court Three.
Addison M. Dowling, Republican, for Judge of Superior Court Five. James Edwin McClure,
Republican, for Judge of Probate Court.
Prosecuting Attorney, 1931 to 1935; completing first term as judge; married, has two children, lives at 5670 Guilford Ave.; member of Presbyterian Church.)
PLEDGE as judge to dispose . quickly of cases at the least cost to litigants and taxpayers. I will promptly familiarize myself with the law pertaining to the pleadings and the case in chief so that I can rule on them without delay. : I shall oppose delays and continuances so that my docket will be free to dispose of cases for citizens who call upon the courts to speedily settle their disputes. The cases shall be decided sole17 upon the evidence as it comes from the witness stand and upon the law as handed down by our Supreme Court. I will ever be mindful that each day the law
- changes a little and as our social
and economic life changes the law must change with it. I believe that the first duty of a trial court is to render justice. To those litigants unfamiliar with judicial tribunals I promise to conduct my court and myself so that whether they win or lose they will know they had a fair trial and go forth as supporters and defenders of our American Court System. : Not only shall I be courteous but I will only employ attaches that are courteous, industrious and efficient. » » »
Probate Court
SMILEY N. CHAMBERS
Democrat, Probate Court Judge. (Born in Indianapolis, June 14, 1891; graduated from Shortridge High School, Wabash College and Indiana Law School; admitted to bar in 1914; saw service overseas dur‘ing World War with 139th Field Artillery; served two years as Assistant City Attorney; elected to Probate Court bench in 1930; married, has one son, lives at 1606 N. Talbott St.; member of Second Presbyterian Church and American Legion.) ;
HE Probate Court was established in 1907 by the Indiana Legislature. The Judge of the Court is elected for a term of four years. The Court has original exclusive jurisdiction in all matters pertaining to the probate of wills, ap= pointment of guardians, assignees, executors, administrators and trustees, and to the administra-
tion and settlement of estates of minors, insane, aged, and improvident persons, and of trusts, assignments, adoptions and "surviving partnerships and has concurrent jurisdiction in many other matters. The business of the Court is of a necessarily personal nature and while governed almost wholly by statute, the Probate Judge, whoever he is, must always be governed by rules of fairness and justice to all who come before him. The lawful desires of members of the families involved in fiduciary relationships have always been observed by me in the conduct of this most confidential office. It is my hope that my past service in this most responsible position is an earnest of my future service therein, if successful in my race for re-election. I-have no platform, except strict observance of the law, and toler=ance and equal justice for everyone.
" JACOB L. STEINMETZ
Democrat, for Probate Court Judge.
‘(Born in Louigville, Ky. Feb. 12, 1878; has been a resident of Indianapolis for more than 40 years; graduated from Indiana Law School in 1905, has practiced law continuously with exception of World War, when he was in service; active in Democratic circles for 30 years, nominated for Juvenile Court Judge in 1922 and 1926, .served as Chief Deputy Prosecutor of the Municipal Courts for four years, 1931 to 1935; married, has five children, lives at 625 E. 24th St.; member of Christ Episcopal Church.)
F nominated and elected Judge of Probate Court, I pledge to give full time to the duties of the office and to conduct the Court economically and impartially and, with dispatch and honesty, dispose of all business of the Probate Court. On account of the great volume
- and enormous total value of the
estates and the large number of persons interested in these estates, I would order and have all necessary books and a sufficient number of clerks to keep the records therein as up to date as pos= sible so as to make it easy ior the Judge of the Court, attorneys, litigants and other interested parties to ascertain readily the condition and status of any matter
for renomination as filed in the Probate Court.
As judge of the Probate Court, I would follow the statutes of the State of Indiana and Supreme ‘Court decisions governing probate matters as the guide and law in making my rulings and decisions in all matters filed in the Probate Court of Marion County. The Probate Court was established by the Acts of the Legislature of 1907 in Marion County, which Acts specify that all Coun- ‘ ties in the State wherein is situated an incorporated city containing a population of not less than 100,000 inhabitants shall have a Probate Court.. This is a special Court with original, exclusive jurisdiction in all matters pertaining to the administration and settlements of the estates of minors, insane persons, habitual drunkards, insolvents, estates of deceased persons, and surviving partnerships and concurrent jurisdiction in other matters with the Circuit and Su-
perior Courts.
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Side Glances—By Clark
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Our Town
By Anton Scherrer
It's Reassuring to Discover 165 Columbia Club Members Who Know Precisely Where They Are Going.
N this uncertain world, where values fluc- ~ tuate like everything and men change their beliefs overnight, it is reassuring to discover someone who knows precisely where he is going. Still more comforting is to find 165 men of the same mind. Which brings me
to the point of today’s piece, namely that tonight 165
incorrigible Republicans will sit down to a beefsteak dinner and celebrate the 49th birthday of the Colume bia Club. By rights, the birthday should have been celebrated on Feb. 13. That was really the day, in 1889, the Columbia Club was incorporated. Indeed, purists go back even further and point out that the Columbia Club was nothing but the old Harrison Marching Club. Seems that when Benjamin Harrison was nomiDated for DYesitent in 1888, someody aroun ere got the notion that he ought to have an Sot Mr. Scherrer for parades and the like—and so he organized one.
Two months later—in August, 1888, to be e the Marching Club was so sure of Mr. i Saat tion that the members decided to escort him to Wash ington on the day of the inauguration which was still seven months off. They meant it, too, because just about this time they bought the uniforms for the occasion. They consisted of a blue flannel coat and pants, a white vest, and a pearl gray derby hat. Bee sides that, every man was required to carry a cane, Sure, the Marching Club got to go to Washington.
Moved in New Year's Eve
By that time, though, the Harrison Marching Club was known as the Columbia Club, and to show they meant business they bought the old Morrison home on the Circle which stood next to Christ Church in exactly the same place where the Columbia Club now is. Michael H. Spades, who controlled the property at the time, wanted $24,000 for it, but Edward Daniels who ran the club the first year of its existence bided his time and one night routed Mr. Spades out of bed and offered him $23,300. Instead of getting mad, the way everybody expected, Mr. Spades accepted 'the proposition and went back to bed.
In 1900--on New Year’s Eve, as a matter of fact— the Columbia Club moved into a new building on the same site. Everybody at the time thought the new building was good for a hundred years, but in 1924 they tore it down and put up the present one. Charles Evans Hughes, then Secretary of State under Coolidge, laid the corner stone. He didn’t make a speech, though, because on the way here he picked up a terrible cold in Cincinnati. Toward evening, however, his cold got better. Enough, anyway, for Mr, Hughes to deliver a long speech at Cadle Tabers nacle. :
Jane Jordan—
Students Told to Find Tactful Way To Teach Boy Better Table Manners.
EAR JANE JORDAN—There is a boy who eats at our lunch table at high school every day. We didn’t ask him to eat with us and we want to know how to get rid of him. Our reason for wishing to do this is because of his terrible table manners. He takes huge bites and then mauls his food with his mouth open. He gives us indigestion because we try to eat our lunch before he gets. there. How can we get rid of him or get him to improve his manners? FIVE H. S. STUDENTS.
Answer—Have a heart. The boy has not had the proper upbringing or he wouldn't chew with his mouth open. .
When a boy is obliged to learn his manners by the cruel process of social ostracization it sometimes leaves marks on him for life. That is why I urge you not: to hurt his feelings too severely. I do not blame you for not wanting to eat with a young man whose manners are offensive. Find some tactful way of breaking up your luncheon party. Go sonie place else to eat for a few days or scatter yourselves throughout the lunchroom r You might get someone to write an editorial in the school paper on the importance of table manners and bring it up for discussion in his presence. If he is a worth while boy one of you might take
-him in charge and give him some private lessons in
manners. Whatever you do, don’t make fun of the lad to his face or behind his back. Nothing is so damaging to a person’s self-esteem as to be made to feel ridiculous. " ” »
| D JANE JORDAN—I am 17 and for about four months I have been going with a young man of 18 who is very jealous of my friends. We always have a quarrel when I talk with other boys. He wants to sit at home and talk of love and getting married while I like to go to shows and dances, Before Easter I let him buy me a new dress which
he couldn’t afford, but he insisted and I didn’t want -
an argument. Now I know I do not care for him enough to go with him steady, but how can I tell him without hurting his feelings and causing a dis agreeable argument? He doesn’t make enough to support himself and his prospects are not good. All things considered don’t you think I am right in not wanting to marry him. BEVERLY.
Answer—If you accept dates with other boys he will get mad and quit you and this will be best for you both. You are not only too young to marry but you are not in love. To make this clear to the young man may cost you a few disagreeable moments but I don’t see how vou can avoid it. It is bad taste for a girl to accept a dress as a gift from a young man. JANE JORDAN.
A —— Put your problems in a letter to Jane Jordan, who will answer your questions in this column daily.
Bob Burns Says—
OLLYWOOD, April 28.—I believe our court system is the finest in the world and a man could always get justice if the case was tried honestly and fairly, but when lawyers start pullin’ in witnesses to prove their point, anything can happen. : One time down home a man was arrested and accused of breakin’ into my Uncle Orehie’s house and robbin’ him. When the trial come off, Uncle Orchie was called as a witness and the minute he looked at the prisoner he says “That's the man that come into my room that night.” The prisoner jumped to his feet and he says “Judge, these people are trying to frame me—how in the world could this man recognize me when he kept his head under cover all the time I was in his room.” (Copyright, 1938)
Walter O'Keefe—
LLYWOOD, April 28—Oxford and Cambridge Ha on the Thames River the other day, and
| Yale and Harvard are getting ready, but the most
exciting naval race these days is the one being waged between the big nations. oo wh England has just raised her taxes so that she can have a battleship in every garage. Meanwhile Germany complains about of raw materials, but surely the Gi
‘a couple of destroyers out of Goering ; e rate they're all building