Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 May 1938 — Page 9
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Snake Believed Dead Comes to Life In Newspaper Office, but the Same Cannot Be Said for Its Victims.
PITTSBURGH, May 23.—You won't believe this story, but I do. Some men, working in the woods about 50 miles from Pittsburgh recently, ran onto a big blacksnake which had just finished swallowing a baby rabbit. So they killed the snake, cut a slit about a foot long in its stomach, and took out the little rabbit. Not only that one, but two others the snake had previously swallowed. All the rabbits were dead. Then they wrote a letter about it to the Outdoor Editor of The Pittsburgh Press. But they doubted that he would believe them. So as proof, they put the late rabbits and the late seven-foot snake into a pasteboard box, and shipped them to the Outdoor Editor. When the box arrived, the Outdoor Editor was at home sick, so the box was just placed on his desk to await his return. He was away 3 for several days; in fact was still in Dyle away when, on the night of the third dav-—the snake came to life! Yes, the snake came to life, somehow got out of the box, and at 3 o'clock in the morning went crawling across the floor, among the reporters’ desks, in the editorial room of The Pittsburgh Press. Some charwomen saw it. They called up the Outdoor Editor and hysterically told him to get right down and take care of his snake. He said "Oh nuts, get it back in the box and I'll take care of it in the morning.” So with much shooing and swishing of brooms, they got the bewildered snake back in its box, tied it up very tightly. The Outdoor Editor took care of it the next morning. The snake, they tell me, is right this minute crawl=ing happily around in a cage at the Pittsburgh Zoological Gatdens. I can’t tell you whether or not he manages to keep any food in his stomach. I didn’t
g0 out to see. P. S—The rabbits are still deceased.
More About Death Valley
Some of you may remember the piece a couple of months ago about our getting stuck in the Death Valley washouts on the way up to Scotty's castle. And how, after finally seeing the castle, we left at dusk because they wanted $80 to put us up for the night. Well, coming across the country since then, I guess at least two dozen people have asked us where we stayed that night. So I'll tell you: We drove eastward 27 miles over a rough dirt road (not the one we were stuck in) until we hit an oiled road in Nevada. Then we drove south 60 miles to Beatty, Nev. a tiny village where we'd been told there was a hotel. There was a hotel, but just barely a hotel, vou might say. The rooms had no heat, no running water, no electric lights. We are not always finicky about these things, but we were that night, for we were done in and needed comfort. So we decided to go on, We had a bite to eat in a little “diner” restaurant, and then drove some 60 miles, if I remember, to Death Valley Junction, which is back in California again. It was late at night. There we found water, heat, lights and sleep, and lived happily ever after
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My Diary
By Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt
President Insists on Seeing Film 'Snow White' for the Second Time.
TASHINGTON, Sunday-—Friday afternoon was
comparatively quiet, only two short appointments and then, from 4 to 5, the Cabinet ladies joined with me in entertaining at a tea for the wives of the members of the House of Representa= tives. The sky had cleared and we had hoped to be in the garden but the grass was still too wet, so we enjoyed our refreshments indoors and looked at the roses and the trees from the porch and the windows. We had
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“Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” shown after dinner. One of our guests had not seen it, nor had John and I. My husband had seen it, but he insisted on remaining for this second showing. In the middle of the performance, Elliott came in and took the President to his study, but after a few minutes they returned. Elliott left for the night plane for Ft. Worth and whispered as he went out: “I'll be back again on Monday.” All this was a bit disturbing, but nevertheless we all enjoved “Snow White” very much. I have never seen anything as enchanting as the animals, the color is beautiful and so is the music. However, I can quite understand why little children find the old witch and Snow White's flight through the forest a rather terrifying spectacle. This, however, is not the part of the picture which remained in my mind. Late at night I found myself thinking of the little princess at the well with her doves and the funny little men being Kissed on the tops of their heads. Mr. Walt Disnev certainly has an enchanting imagination and I hope he does many more such Alms.
Spends Quiet Day at White House
Saturday morning, John, Anne and I had another ride together, At noon We all drove down to Annapolis for the Navy-Harvard-Pennsylvania boat 1 could only stay for lunch because I had promised to receive a very charming Swedish lady, Dr. Hannah Rydh, who was passing through Washington on her way to lecture at Sweet Briar College. Virginia, tonight. She is the wife of the Governor of one of the northern provinces in Sweden. In addition to her official duties, she is a well-known profesear of archeology, writes and lectures, and is president of the largest woman's club in Sweden. Today is a quiet day, for I am the only occupant of the second floor of the White House--something which happens to me very rarely. Those who have been off on the Potomac will be back tonight in time for our usual informal supper party.
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New Books Today
Public Library Presents
N his new book I TALK AS I LIKE (Dodge) Boake |
Carter, well-known radio commentator, assembles his recent radio talks covering many timely and varied subjects—kidnaping and the work of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the controversy in the Senate over Mr. Mellon's art collection; a debate between the author and Francis Biddle, ex-chairman of the National Labor Relations Board, on the Wagner Act; the airplane crash of the Martin Johnsons; the abdication of Edward of Windsor; war and the bankers and the loss of the Hindenburg at Lakehurst, N. J. Whether or not we agree with Boake Carter's views, we must grant that his book is provocative of thought and argument. » » »
L= in Munich at the beginning of the Nazi reign, this latest novel by Phyllis Bottome is well named THE MORTAL STORM (Little). The story of a family divided against itself, it deals with tense human emotions set against a violent and exciting background. The two older sons belong to Hitler and the new government, and their convictions clash with the liberal beliefs of their Jewish stepfather, The two younger children, with their Jewish blood, soon feel the cruelty of the Nazi power. By falling in love with a young peasant who is a Socialist, the daughter brings further disaster upon herself and her family. Miss Bottome knows whereof she speaks. And through this story of one family she gives the reader a clear picture and sympathetic understanding of the tragic situation now existing in Germany.
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By E. R. R. VW ASHINGTON, May 23. —Czechoslovakia 1s now facing a possible threat of annihilation by Germany for precisely the reason which led Allied military experts to favor setting Czechoslovakia up as an autonomous state after the World War. Bohemia, which includes Praha and forms about half of the area of Cechoslovakia, is the only section which offers natural strategic advantages for defense between Germany and the Black Sea. From a military point of view, Czechoslovakia is the only real barrier to the famous German “Drang nach Oesten,” the push to the east which was once exemplified in plans for the Berlin-to-Bagdad railway, and which has been reaffirmed by Reichsfuehrer Hitler.
The paradox of Czechoslovakia’s position is intensified by the presence of 3,000,000 citizens of German descent in her 15,000,000 population. The boundaries of Czechoslovakia were drawn to include these “Sudeten” Germans in order to include the Sudeten and Bohmerwald mountains, which now form the border of Germany and German Austria, for obvious strategic reasons. But the pres= ence of this German minority in Czechoslovakia may give Ger=many an excuse for intervention if violence develops in the contest between the Czechoslovakian Nazi Party, led by Konrad Henlein and the Czechoslovakian Government.
However, Czechoslovakia is by no means defenseless, partly because the mountains do form a natural barrier. There are only two feasible military routes for a German attack on Czechoslovakia and southeastern Europe: the Moravian gate between the Sudeten and Carpathian mountains on the nothern boundary, and the Danube valley between the Bohmerwald mountains and the Alps on the southwest. By the Germany has placed herself in a position to attack through the Danube valley, which is less heavily fortified than the Moravian gate. In actual military strength, Czechoslovakia is less inferior to Germany than might be supposed from the disparity in population. The Czechs have had compulsory military training since 1920, and have a fully trained army and reserve estimated at 1,800,000, which probably exceeds the num=ber of fully trained men in Germany. The Czech army is well equipped with military machines and artillery, though the number of airplanes is not over half the German strength.
TRATEGIC maneuvers of the Czechoslovak Army have been based on defense rather than attack, and staff officers say they could withstand a German attack for a month, and could prolong a war for three or four months. After that the country would be helpless without outside aid. Czechosiovakia has defensive alliances with Rumania and Jugoslavia (the Little Entente), France and Soviet Russia, but these are practically conditional on French aid, which would have to take the form of an attack on the German western front to be effective. There is virtually no chance of a successful defense of Czechoslovakia against Germany without a general European war. On the other hand. the defeat of Czechoslovakia would destroy French and British influence in the whole of southeastern Burope. It would give Germany access to important reserve sources of food
Side Glances—By Clark
MONDAY, MAY 23, 1938
If Hitler Invades Czechoslovakia—
General European War Almost Certain to Follow Successful Defense
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With Czechoslovakia seized by electoral
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and petroleum, and possession of the famous Skoda armament works at Pilsen. If the push to the east were continued to absorb
the other Balkan states, which it would be almost impossible to de=fend, Germany would come into conflict with the British as well as the French sphere of influence, and might again threaten the British “life-line of Empire”’—the route to India—as the German=Turkish alliance did before the World War. Any weakening of the French= Russian alliance would aggravate the precarious position of Czechoslovakia. The pact of mutual assistance between Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union provides that it is to come into effect in case of attack against either country only if the attacked state also receives the aid of France. A revision of French policy in line with England's lukewarm attitude toward guarantees of Czechoslovakian independence would relieve Russia of any formal treaty obligation to assist Czechoslovakia. Another important aspect of the French-Russian alliance in the present situation is that it applies only to Russia's European frontiers, France is not obligated to come to the assistance of the Soviet Unton if there should be an invasion of Siberia. ” ” » OW that Hitler has been able to defy the great powers with impunity and annex Austria to the German Reich, concern is felt lest he next attempt to absorb Czechoslovakia or at least that portion of it which adjoins Germany and Austria and includes in its population over 3,000,000 Germans. The western half of Czechoslovakia is now surrounded on three sides by Ger= man territory and obviously presents a tempting morsel to the Nazis in Berlin, who have never made a secret of their conviction that Germany must expand eastward. Czechoslovakia nevertheless can= not be swallowed up as easily as Austria. The German minority while constituting over 20 per cent of the population, is still a minority in a predominantly Slavic country, And the Praha government has stated unequivocally that it will resist any German offensive with the whole weight of its not inconsiderable military force. Both France and Russia, moreover, are bound by treaty to come to the aid of Czechoslovakia in event of a German attack. Any putbreak of hostilities in that quarter, therefore, could easily precipitate a general European war, For that very reason Hitler may be expected to move warily. In seeking to accomplish his obJjectives he will have a weapon at hand in the strong Nazi movement among Czechoslovakia's Sudeten Germans led by Konrad Henletn, who is demanding for
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the German minority immediate autonomy within the present state. ® ww LTHOUGH Czechoslovakia, 4 comprising Bohemia=— formerly a part of Austria—and Slovakia—formerly a part ‘of Hungary--has been an independent republic only since 1918, it was not an artificial creation of the Paris Peace Conference. Bo= hemia was independent under its own kings from the 10th to the 16th Centuries. The Czechs and the Slovaks were closely related Slavic peoples who never lost their racial identity under Austria and Magyar rule. A national revival among both peoples during the 19th Century, and during the World War hundreds of thousands of Czech soldiers deserted from Austria and took up arms in be= half of the Allies Meanwhile, such Czech leaders as Masaryk and Benes worked ceaselessly abroad for recognition of Czech claims to independence Upon dissolution of the Austro-Huns-garian monarchy in 1918, Czecho= slovakia declared its independence and its delegates received full recognition at the Peace Conference. As early as 1920 and 1921 Czechoslovakia moved to safe=guard its security by concluding treaties with Yugoslavia and Rumania, the three states forming the combination known as the Little Entente. Friendly relations were cultivated also with France, which made a treaty of friendship with Czechoslovakia in 1924. This was supplemented in 1925 by a security treaty concluded as part of the general Locarna settlement, and in 1935 by a mutual assistance pact with Russia paralleling the FrancoSoviet pact of like nature. An independent Czechoslovakia has been regarded by the great powers as necessary for the purpose of presenting an obstacle to expansion of German territory and influence in eastern Europe. Its role in that respect has become the more vital with the sacrifice of Austrian independence. While it has been suggested that Hitler might be satisfied if the German minority were given autonomy and a sufficiently powerful place in the Praha Government to control its foreign policy, the Czechoslovak leaders have shown no disposition to accept such dictation. It is held that autonomy for the German minority would be completely impractical and ‘would seriously menace the unity, if not the continued independence, of the na tion.
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» » ” HE Foreign Policy Association, in a recent repo on the German minority question in Czechoslovakia, stated:
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series of incidents created an atmosphere exactly reminiscent of that
which preceded Germany's protective interest in Austria.
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above are the sections in which live 3,200,000 Nazi sympathizers of
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This photo shows the vast Skoda works at Pilsen, Czechoslovakia, Europe's second largest munitions factory. Capable of turning out large stores of armaments, the plant would be a welcome asset to Nazi Germany, should Hitler seize Czechoslovakia,
“Mutual distrust is one of the chief obstacles in the way of
German-Czech reapprochement. Czechs fear that if they make too many concessions to the Germans, they will merely be strengthening their potential adversaries. It is understandable that the Czechs are anxious to safeguard the independence for which they fought so long. They realize that an armed conflict with Germany would mean a struggle for their very existence, Centuries of subordination have made it difficult for the Czechs to rule with the ‘effortless superiority’ of the British, but this is to be explained partly by the constant fear of possible domi= nation by Germans from within and without, This psychological factor has influenced the Republic's minority policy from the start, ‘The role of the German Reich in this dispute is unfortunate but also understandable from the German point of view, Germany claims that it wants peace and has no designs on Czechoslovakia, and denies that its interest in the Sudetie minority is prompted by expansionist motives,
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“The Germans feel that an injustice was done at the end of the World War by placing the German minority under Czechoslovak rule, and the broad masses of Reich Germans feel they should give their moral support to a movement directed at securing better treatment for the Sudetic Germans, just as they would for German minorities living in Poland and other European coun= tries. “With all its other faults, the Austro-Hungarian Empire had the one virtue of constituting an economic unity in the Danubian basin. Since the war, to the detriment of all concerned, this unity has been disrupted, and the Succession States have surrounded themselves with almost insure mountable trade barriers. In any attempt to build up a sounder economic system in the Danubian basin=-and signs of such ats tempts are becoming evident Germany feels that it shoul! not be permanently excluded from the economic life of Central Europe. Economically, both Germany and Czechoslovakia would stand to benefit by such co-op-eration.”
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Being From Boston and Owning & Sawmill, Mr. Emery Was All for the English Aesthetic Movement,
THING that always delights this department is the way that each man’s ears his own profession. Which is just another way of calling vour attention to George Emery and
the part he played in the English aesthetic architectural fashion that gained
| ground in America in the Seventies and left its mark
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English ae: really ought what happened to Colo nial architecture which up to the 1860'= had been the most admired of It was thrown into the discard, To a country suddenly filled with fresh millionaires, the Colo- Mr. nial house all at once appeared too countrified for any further use. Indeed, architects of the time went so far as to advise their clients that Colonial architecture had never been anvthing but an elaboration of the farm house, and to take its place they invented a kind of scrollssaw rococo which ended in an orgy of curves, the like of which the world had never seen, Strangely enough, the common run of in England wasn't any better than that
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have ended had not C. L. Eastlake gone straight to the point, and said everything fit to print about the “Chairs,” he roared, “are ine variably curved in such a manner as to insure the greatest amount of ugliness with the least possible comfort.” Well, just about the time Mr. Eastlake's book arse rived in America, George D. Emery, a Bostoner, showed up in Indianapolis. He brought his whole family with him. Among other things, he was inters ested in hard woods for interior trim, and for that purpose he set up a big mill at Ohio St. and Pogue's Run. A lot of people, including Chris Bernloehr, still remember it,
Known for Its Angies
With Emery anyway, St. The house attracted start not only because of angles. Believe it or not,
day. Mr. Enough, 1204 N. Delaware attention right from the its size but because of its Mr. Emery’'s house didn't except those he just had to have to make a stairway work. TI don't know whether Mr, Eastlake's hook had anvthing te do with the sups pression of curves or not but I rather imagine it did, For two reasons: (1) Because Mr. Emery was a Bos. toner and brought up to read books, and (2) because he christened his new home “Eastlake. Ax for Mr. Lyman 8. Avres, he bought the in 1882. I don't know what happened, but fust abow Emery packed up the whole family and moved back to Boston
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Jane Jordan—
Silence Is One of Woman's Best Weapons Against Dominating Man,
EAR JANE JORDAN=-I have been married three years and have been separated from my husband twice. We are separated now and I want to go back to him, When we are together he says he loves me, but as soon as he leaves me he evidently forgets all about me. Sometimes I don't see him for weeks. He
tells me that as soon as he gets a job we'll go back together. It was all my fault that we separated this last time. I have gone to him and tried to get him to come back to me, but it doesn’t seem to do any good. He seems to enjoy keeping me dangling on a string. I don’t know whether to go out and have dates or to stay at home and wait for him. He says he doesn't care if I have dates because he is having them, but I can’t find anyone with whom I would even want to go. What is your opinion of this situation? What can I do to get him really intere ested enough to come back? LONELY WIFE nn Ww w Answer = Since you perceive for yourself that your husband enjoys keeping vou dangling on a string, why do vou give him the pleasure? It is strange but true that in many marriages we find one who hurts and one who is hurt and if each did not derive some form of satisfaction from his role, why is he willing to play it? There is, perhaps, in every woman's love, an element of submission, a desire to be mastered by the beloved person. We do not think of it as unsual until it becomes exaggerated. Then we realize that the oversubmissive wife has that within her nature which demands dominance alternating with love Such a situation cannot be understood op plained from the glim evidence con‘ained in letter, Try to free vourself from this vearning loved and punished. Don't beg vour husband for love Keep away from him when he is unkind and show disapproval of conduct which rates disapproval Silence often is a woman's most powerful defense against the man who tries to break her down. If he doesn’t know what she feels or thinks he is uneasy and will make more effort to win an expression of love from het I advise vou to establish an independent life of your own filled with work and friends and a variety of interests. If your husband wants to be part of it, let him work for it, JANE JORDAN
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Put vour problems in a letter to Jane Jordan, who will answer your questions in this column daily
Bob Burns Says—
OLLYWOOD, May 23-The reason it takes ro long to try a case in court is not on account of the long speeches the lawyers make, but because it takes so much time to explain what the lawyers are talkin’ about, One time grandpa Snazzy was called as a wite ness and the lawyer says, “Now, Mr. Snazzy, did you or did you not, on the date in question or at any time previously or subsequently, say or even intimate to the defendant or anyone else, whether friend or mere acquaintance or in fact a stranger, that the statement imputed to you, whether just or unjust and denied by the plaintiff was a matter of no moment or otherwise. Answer--did you or did you not?” Grandpa thought a while and he says, “Did I or
did I not what?’ (Copyright, 1938)
‘Walter O'Keefe—
OLLYWOOD, May 23.-From Rockland County, in New York, last week there came reports that the kids of reliefers were playing baseball with a surplus of California oranges, and now Greenwich, Conn, complains that the Government has sent more cabbages, grapefruit and potatoes than the local supply of bicarbonate can compete with Connecticut doesn't know how to solve the holly ing problem or the food surplus, and it's all the re sult of Government “planned extravagance. The Greenwich welfare authorities distributed five pounds of oranges a week per person, and the natives don't like it. They're tired of being forced to eat
breakfast three times vay.