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From Indiana = Ernie Pyle

The Betting Business Is No Bed Of Roses, Ernie Learns From His New Friend, a Saratoga Bookmaker.

SARATOGA, N. Y., Aug. 25.—Yesterday “afternoon at the Saratoga race track we ‘mulled around all afternoon without ever figuring out how you bet on the horses. But last night a beautiful collie dog wan-

dered into our restaurant. We petted him a minute, then he went to the next table and the man and woman there gave him some meat. That got us to talking back and forth, and these is people asked if we had been to the races. We said yes, but couldn’t make head nor tail out of the betting. They said they couldn’t either, at first. After a while they moved over to our table. They didn’t have anything to do after dinner, and we ‘didn’t either, so we decided to make an evening of it. They were swell people. We went from place to place, and : talked and talked, till 2 o'clock in #4 % the morning. The man turned out Mr. Pyle to be, of all things, a bookmaker : at the track! He's sort of new at it himself. He got into it by answering an ad in the paper. Some guy wanted a partner with $3000. Our friend had $3000- and no job, so he became a bookmaker. He hasn’t done very well so far. He's $3000 in the hole right now. You hear that gamblers never worry about their losses. Don’t believe it. This fellow and his wife worry plenty. \ The New York tracks run only five months a year. He can’t operate legally in any other ‘state. He has only from now till Nov. 4 to recu rate. - If he does recuperate, theyll go to Florida for the winter. If he doesn’t—well, he knocks on wood, carries charms in his pockets and rubs Negro boys’ heads. : our bookie explained why everything seemed like chaos to us at the track. New York is the only state . that has what they call “open betting” on the races. “All the others are pari-mutuel, run by the state. In pari-mutuel betting you just go up to a window, say what horse youre betting. on, hand over, .a minimum of $2, and they give you a ticket. ' There's no haggling about odds or anything. You don’t know how much youll get back till the race is - over. : ‘But in “open betting” it isn’t run by the state. Nothing is centralized. There are more than 100 bookies at the Saratoga track. Each is in business for’ himself. Se More than 70 operate at stands in “the ring,” . beneath the grandstand. Others just circulate through the stands, taking bets. Women have to bet with these, as they aren’t allowed down in “the ring.”

Bets Are Private Deals

- Each bookie quotes his own odds. Your bet is-a private deal between you and the bookmaker. Our bookie says all that gibberish we heard at the track, and all the figures on the slates, was merely the odds on each horse. A bookmaker in “the ring” has to have at least six

employees. And he has to lay the whole day’s expenses on the line before the first race. It costs our

” bookmaker $197 a day before he ever takes a bet.

About three of the 100 bookies at Saratoga go broke every day. But the bettor is paid off just the

same. “The office” pays.off for the busted bookie.

You hear about racetrack gamblers being free and

_ easy, broke today and rich tomorrow, happy-go-

“lucky. Well, our bookie says he was that way before he ~started gambling. ‘But racetracking has just reversed him. When he makes anything now, it goes right in the bank. For the first time in his life he knows the value of a dollar.

My Diary

By Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt

First Lady's Aunt Gives President Some Furniture for His 'Retreat.’

YDE PARK, Wednesday—The President, Sir

Thomas Hohler and I drove up to my old home in Tivoli yesterday afternoon. My aunt, Mrs. Gray, tried to persuade the President to take some of the furniture from there for his new “retreat” and he dutifully took a number of pieces. Then she urged upon him the acceptance of one of the first safes ever made in this country by the Herring Co. It is beautifully painted and decorated, much more pleasing to the eye than the modern “safer” variety, but he looked it over critically and decided that anyone could open it with a hairpin and that it took up too much room, so it was rejected. * . It amused me to see how our taste has changed, for in looking ‘at some of the old bookcases which have some rather ornate carving appliqued on very nice wood, he calmly remarked: “If you don’t think it vandalism, I am going to have all that trimming taken off. The carving in the moulding which is actually part of the wood, is quite charming.” Of course, he is right according to our modern standards and we will enjoy these pieces much more the plainer they are, but my grandfather who built the house and furnished it would probably not understand us. " Most of the old paintings were bought by my great-grandfather, Mr. Edward H. Ludlow. Only one of them seems to be signed, so all we can do is to decide whether we like them regardless of any possible value. One old gentleman, a three-quarter portrait, with a delightful white wig looks as though he might be an ancestor. However, Mrs. Gray says she was told that the painting was bought just because the family thought he had some faint resemblance to Chancellor Livingston. ;

Young Roosevelts Drop In and Out

After dinner last night, we were sitting out on the porch talking, when one of the men came out and told us the sad news of Frank Hawks’ death. The President couldn’t believe it at first because he had seen him on Sunday at Lowell Thomas’ baseball game. When I went in to say good-morning it was still uppermost in his mind and he said: “What a shame for such an accident to happen to Frank Hawks.” oe Late last night my_nephew, Danny Roosevelt, arrived to spend a few days and write up some of. his experiences in Spain. At breakfast this morning, Sir Thomas Hohler, who was leaving to catch his boat for England this afternoon, came in and I introduced my young nephew. - He looked ‘at him and. said: “This is a most remarkable household, young Roosevelts seem to keep dropping in and out. They are all tall and I think it very pleasant, but a little confusing.” .

I must say that I agree with him about the dropping in and out, for Franklin Jr. lunched with us yesterday on his way to Maine, and Betsy, Jimmy’s wife, arrived yesterday-afternoon. ‘They do seem to drop in and out.

Bob Burns Says—

g FOLLYWOOD, Aug. 25.—In almost every catastrophe, youll find unsung heroes. The bravery medal usually goes to the fella who hollers the loudest - and gets everybody excited when it should go to the quiet fella who informs the people of the danger they're in without gettin’ ‘em excited. When my Uncle Orchie was clerkin’: in a hotel, a nervous lady called down one night and said she couldn't sleep with a bunch of men runnin’ up and down the hall. In a quiet voice, Uncle Orchie says “Well, if you can sleep while the hotel's on fire, a few Seaman runnin’ down the hall shouldn’t bother m i :

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Editor's Note—A major front in the struggle for domination of Europe is forming quietly along the Danube with little: Hungary playing an increasingly important role. In the following dispatch, Webb Miller, United Press European manager and veteran war correspondent, explains the significance of this weeck’s: developments among the smaller nations of Central Europe.

By Webb Miller

(Copyright, 1938, by United Press) ONDON, Aug. 25.—Nazi Germany and the Little Entente nations are starting a tug-o-war over

the kingless kingdom of

Hungary to help decide the fate of Central Europe. The contest began in earnest this week with Hungary maneuvering to hold a middle ground from which she can extort concessions from both sides, which dangle political, economic and military promises or threats as bait. Great Britain, France and Italy are keeping one foot on the sidelines, but their interests are involved "and their weight will be felt directly or indirectly in the struggle. The issue arising - from Hune gary’s strategic position in Central Europe is well defined. Germany’s rising economic and military power along the Danube River, her desire to dominate the middle European states and the consequent threat of ‘another world war has sent the small powers scurrying to the sidelines in an effort to remain neutral or to vantage points from which they can choose the best prospect in event they are forced to line up on one side. Czechoslovakia, Rumania and Yugoslavia—the . Little Entente nations—have chosen to attempt to block expansion of Nazi influence eastward. Their immediate objective is to wean Hungary away from the German orbit. ” 8 ” CTUALLY, the struggle centering around Hungary is part of a general realignment by small nations of Europe which are seeking desperately for a way to keep out of the next war or, if that can’t be done, to occupy a

vantage point when the showdown comes.

Belgium and Switzerland have

Working toward that objective,

THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1938

Both Ends Against- the

Hungary Looks Jor. Concessions From Both Germany and Entente

At this recent ceremony in Budapest throngs paid tribute to Hun-

gary’s war dead.

+ formally: - declared ' their neutral status; the Scandinavian countries have tightened their common bonds; the Balkan entente has made-a friendly gesture to a former foe by recognizing - Bulgaria’s right to rearm; and now the Little. Entente is courting Hungary. : : The objectives of both :the Little Entente—originally sponsored by France to draw a ring around Hungary after the World War— .and of Germany were. sharply emphasized this week. The Entente powers, meeting at Bled, recognized Hungary's right to re-

arm in exchange for her pledge

not to resort to war to settle mutual problems—a pledge regarded as comparable in ineffectiveness to the Kellogg-Briand Antiwar Treaty pledges. The truth was that Hungary already was rearming in defiance of the Treaty -of Trianon:and the

Shown at the left is a. group of 2 Hungarian Boy Scouts, who have grown up with the watch words: “Nem nem soha”:

Little Entente merely made it of-

ficial with a rubber stamp approv-.'

al. In addition, the three powers

agreed to tighten their own eco-:

nomic collaboration and to seek to draw Hungary closer. to them economically. Importance of that action centers on the Danube River, which supplies the life

blood of Central European econonow

my and which Germany is attempting to dominate. . From the other side of the nicture, Nazi Fuehrer Adolf Hitler was hard at work . entertaining Hungary's regent, Nicholas Horthy; showing him with impressive ceremony the power of the German Navy;- talking presumably of

- closer. relations: between greater:

Germany. and the nation which once was united with Austria as a great empire, 2 o ® » ITLER wants Hungary to go,

> along with his plans. The

By Ruth Millett

NEA Service Staff Writer 3 OUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., Aug. 25. —Youth wants peace. Youth wants a say in any legislation that affects young people. Youth wants free education. Youth wants jobs that make good use of individual training and ability. Youth wants a religion or philosophy that stands up under critical contemplations. Youth not only wants these things, but feels it has a right to them. And even though most of them are- personal problems, the young people of the world today Soe them as international problems also. ; These ideas were not summed up from the prepared speeches at the Second World Youth Congress, but from what the young delegates of 55 nations had to say to me after the meetings: weré over. When the talk turns to morals;

Peace and Free Education Are Goals of Youth

there is a surprise in store for the American who has become used to the sex freedom of today’s young people. ‘ Go : Bernard Floud of London, son of the British High Commissioner in Canada, says that the young people in England are more moral than they were only a few years ago, in the boom period: “They are having to wait longer for marriage, but it isn’t .causing thém:to lower their moral codes. British youth today is too serious-minded for that.” The story seems to be the same everywhere. In Belgium and Czechoslovak they ‘are still too closely tied to the family circle to drop conventions. In Japan and China tradition is too strong. Most of the young delegates (except those from countries where war marriages are flourishing) feel that marriage is too difficult for young people. They want government help—even if it is as indirect as cheap housing.

Hungarian kingdom, much military equipment of the former Austrian Army has‘ been

sent, forms a long geographical

prong at the end of the German pinchers around Czechoslovakia.

‘Germany is the dominant trade

factor in all central Europe despite the handicaps of her barter system of exchange and ihe recent efforts of Britain and France to strengthen their economic position, chiefly through loans. The Reich buys approximately three-quarters of Hungary's farm exports. : But Hungary so far is playing her hand carefully. For 20 years she was the underdog, her Lorders sliced off, her proud Magyar population divided (700,000 in

Czechoslovakia, 1,500,000 .in Ru-

mania, 500,000 in Yugoslavia) and her army limited. Her children grew up with the watch words: “Nem nem soha” (No, no, never!) dinned into. their ears in protest against - the . Trianon Treaty chains. ; a : The circumstances which beset the kingless kingdom are changing and with the change Hungary’s position undoubtedly is being bettered. Because of her geographic and economic . position, she is able to demand substantial

to . which

Entered as Second-Glass Matter at Postoffice, Indianapolis, Ind.

“‘(No, no, never) dinned into their ears in protest against the Trianon

Treaty chains. The underdog for 20 years, Hungary now seeks to make

the most of her strategic position.

concessions. from those who seek

her favor. - Already they-are be-

ing offered, but Budapest knows how to bargain. ‘

Being courted. by both the Little Entente and Germany, Hungary is suddenly ‘coy. She's guing to make the most of it. \.

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Nashington . By Raymond Clapper |

Without Big. Jim Farley, New Deal Is Playing Politics in Primaries Like a Bunch of ‘Prep-School Boys.

VV ASHINGTON, Aug. 25.—The New Deal ' better get big Jim Farley back on the job in these primaries and do it right away. You'd think that by now the New Dealers would be experts in politics. They're note This is their fourth campaign but after six years of experience they still go at politics like preps school boys. . se Mr. Roosevelt is their main asset, His program if carrying the fight. If Senator : George is beaten in.Georgia, it will: 4 be because the ‘popularity .of the New Deal is strong enough to over-

come the numerous handicaps under which it labors in the Georgia

Ty. Mr. Camp, the New Deal Senatorial candidate, has no money, no organization, no newspaper support and no sex appeal. He even reads his speeches! - In Maryland, where the New Deal is out to get Senator Tydings, ; it is not much better off except that it does have an able and respected MI Clapper fighting candidate, Davey Lewis, a New Dealer before Roosevelt. On the stump he is easily outboxing Senator Tydings, a suave reactionary whose voting record is more anti-New Deal than Senator Vanden berg’s. Mr. Lewis doesn’t have the organization. Sens ator Tydings, the anti-New Deal candidate, has WPA, He and his campaign manager, Senator Radcliffe, have exercised joint monopoly on Federal patronage, for which Jim Farley, the trusting soul, now kicks himself all over the Postoffice Building whenever he thinks of it.

Many people have thought of the New Deal as having a sleek, fat, well-fed payroll machine rolling through these primaries like a juggernaut. You can find cases of that. Kentucky, for instance. But the New Deal machine didn’t roll in Iowa. That was strictly an amateur job, undertaken against Mr. Fare ley’s advice.

New Dealers were caught flat-footed in Idaho. Rep, D. Worth Clark, conservative Democrat, made a gume shoe campaign for the Senate. When Republicans flocked into the Democratic primary to help him, the Administration let Senator Pope, the New Dealer, go down without a word of help from the President. And so careless was the Democratic National Come mittee that, in face of the situation, it let one of Chairman Farley’s routine telegrams of congratulation go through to the -anti-Administration winner,

Camp Too’Slow on Uptake

WPA is always supposed to be a New Deal voting machine. But the New Deal doesn’t have WPA either in Georgia or Maryland. In Georgia WPA is run on a nonpolitical basis by Miss Gay B. Shepperson, a professional social worker: In Maryland Senators .Tydings and Radcliffe control WPA. Neither does Mr. Camp in Georgia have the Federal jobholders with him. Senator George has them sewed up. All Mr. Camp has in Georgia is the belief of the voters in the Roosevelt policies. Mr. Camp isn’t proving quick enough on the uptake either. For instance the National Grange came forth with an indorsement of Senator George. But nobody on Mr. Camp’s side came firing back with the taunt that the Grange was the same anti-New Deal S ganisation which supported . Governor Landon in : Senator George has been getting away with the chant about President Roosevelt marching through Georgia. In reality this carpetbag issue gives Mr. Camp his best opening—his chance to tell the story of the Roosevelt reconstruction in the South, of the roads built, schools, auditoriums, charitable institutions, the rebuilding of the capitol and the state

Jane Jordan—

Marriage Can't Be Given a Fair Test in Six Months, Jane Advises.

: EAR JANE JORDAN--I have been married since March. The first month I was married my huse band took me places but after that I have stayed at home. I have heard lately that he has been running

around with other girls. I have heard this from three | or four different persons—persons who are my neighe bors and who have no reason to lie. It has me wore ried as I love my husband. Some say I should leave him. When I tell him I am leaving him he says I can’t. Still I can’t go on like this. I love him, but if he acts like this much longer I think I will .go crazy. Please help me. Should I leave?—M. V. F.

joo . ' Answer—Stop talking to neighbors about your husband. You love him and he doesn’t want you to leave. Six months isn’t a long enough trial to give your marriage. Don't retreat before you've tried everything you know to make it into a going concern. You say your husband won't take you anywhere. Does he go out alone or does he like to stay at home? If he goes out alone there is no reason why you should sit at home. But if he stays at home it simply means that he is too tired to go out. : I don’t know what kind of man your husband is

Everyday Movies—By Wortman

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KNOWLEDGE

1—With what sport is the name of Donald Budge associated? 2—In astronomy, what is the ‘ name ‘for the path of a planet or comet? ! Nad 3—Which was the first coun to officially recognize the Soviet: Government?

11 4-—Of what country- is Nova:

~~ Scotia a province? 5—Is a person who was born in . the U. 8. of alien parents who were never naturalized, eli-

gible for the office of Pres-

ident? : - 6—Is polygamy legal anywhere in the United States? * 7—In which State is the Garden of the Gods? ;

-8—How many times did Grover

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and therefore I can't tell you what to do. If he likes a lot of entertainment you'd be smart to provide it. Some women are entirely too dependent on their husbands for everything. Their housework is quickly and easily done and they look forward to the is of the husband as the high spot of the day. They ex pect him to come home and provide entertainment for a life that is dull without his presence. Othef women have a dozen interests of their own to occupy them. They lead a full life during the day and are bubbling over with interesting incidents to relate to the spouse. Don’t be one of those helpless women who expects her husband to think up somee ‘ thing to do regardless of his mood. You have more time ‘than he has to find friends and make plans.

Note to E. M. P.—I do not have .the address of H. H. and cannot forward your letter to him. ? Note to H. F.—I am not acquainted with any, numerologist and cannot help you. JANE JORDAN. Put your problems in a letter to Jane Jordan; whe will | answer your questions in this column daily. 4

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