Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 December 1940 — Page 17

lgnd’s fighting strength at the same time.

NEDNESDAY, DEC. 4, 1940

Shall They Starve? By Ludwell Denny

% Fol 14 (First of a Series)

WASHINGTON, Dee. 4—Millions of women and children in Nazi-conquered lands face starvation and . ‘pestilence. How many millions nobody knows. Herbert Hoover estimates 37 million sufferers, in- + Suding 15 million children—without counting France. He sdys from 10 fo 15 million lives are at stake. London and Washington officials say it is too bad but nothing ‘can be done about it, because sending in food would break the British blockade and help Hitler win the war. Mr. Hoover, the American Friends Service Committee, and other relief organizations insist that the victims can be fed without aiding Hitler. _ For months this debate has ; : ® continued without getting anywhere. Mr, Hoover held off during the Dresitential campaign to keep his from be~£oming isan issue.” And public opi®ion is not stirred E a winter problem untid winter comes. Moreover, there has been much misunderstanding of the Hoover plan. Some opponents have deliberately distorted it. Thus, despite heated discussion, the plan has not yet received a fair public hearing. But neither has it been buried by -the official and semi-official propaganda against it. Indeed, the public for the first time is really getting interested. Ques-

- tions are beginning to flow into newspapers.

Public Opinion Crystallizing There isan emotional concern behind these questions which indicates that this may become the most explosive issue of the winter unless the Administration faces it. Mr. Hoover is counting on this public undertow to move officialdom.

This undertow alarms officials, who fear the British

may be blamed for refusing to let American food ‘through her blockade. That might react against the anitisiration program "of ever-inereasing aid to - Britain, - ’

Heré are some of the questions raised Sythe propaganda and counter-propaganda on the Hoover plan: Are the conquered: countries. really starving, or isi that a Hitler lie?

Would they have enough if Hitler would - return

the food he has stolen? Would American food shipments destroy Britain's -blockade weapon, prolong the war, and help Hitler win? ‘Could relief food be kept out of Hitler's hands? Why feed Belgian, Dutch, and other victims for work in Nazi plane and munitions plants?

Wouldn't American supplies release Germna food

products for ersatz production of explosives and other war materials? Even if the Hoover safeguards -are perfect and Hitler agreed to such terms, how could you trust him?

Some More Questions

If disease is spreading in the conquered areas, will it not also endanger Germany? (And Britain? And eventually us?) Would the Hoover plan involve American money and ships, which might be sunk and drag us. into the war? . If we send our food surplus abroad, will not that deprive our own Americans on relief? Why is Britain asking us to send food to Hitlerdominated Spain, but not to the occupied democracies? If we withhold relief will the starving be less ready to revolt against Hitler, or more friendly to democracy? How much of politics and personalities is involved in the New Deal-Hoover clash on this issue? Why does Britain now reject essentially the same Hoover relief plan which she accepted in the last war —a war she won? Is this London-Washington policy determined in London or Washington? Is official opposition only a stall in preparation’ for a congressal trade, granting relief in exchange for modification of the Johnson and Neutrality laws, American money and battleships for Britain? .

NEXT—“Let Hitler Feed His Victims!”

~ (Ernie Pyle is en route to Londen)

Inside Indianapolis (And “Our Town”)

MAYBE IT’S JUST A RUMOR, or perhaps wishful thinking on someone’s part, but the story is going -around: that the patronage swap worked out by Gov-erpor-elect Schricker and the G. O. P. legislators Involves this: The Republicans are to take over control of the Highway Department, biggest single patronage unit. The Governor is to retain control over the liquor setup. As you probably remember, the Republican orators turned full blast on Hugh Barnhart, Alcoholic Beverage Commission head, during the campaign. He was their chief target. It so happens that Mr. Barnhart is one of Mr. Schricker’s best friends, one of his earliest boost- : ers. While the rest of the State House crowd was laying off, waiting for the go-sign on a candidate, Mr. Barnhart was in there working all ‘the time for the Lieutenant Governor. He was the only top-ranking leader to do so. Now Mr. Schricker owes a. political debt to Mr. Barnhart. But the Republicans want him out of the liquor setup. So, the report goes, Mr. Barnhart will go -over to the Highway Commission as chairman. \ iL This reported deal also may be one of the reasons the G. O. P. legislators went on record yesterday as favoring a law to make it a felony for anyone connected with the liquor industry to take part in politics. .-You never can tell about these rumors!

No More “Bicycling,” Boys FOR YEARS, THE NEIGHBORHOOD theaters ‘have been. doubling up on their second feature films. For instance, two hofises_in the same chain (or with. a working agreement), would Jook different headline movies and the same second attraction. When one house had shown the “B” picture, it would be rushed to the other, by auto, wagon or bicvcle, shown there, and returned to thdfirst house. The practice was known as “bicycling.” :

Vashington

. “WASHINGTON, Dec. 4—As President Roosevelt has left Washington to spend two weeks in the Carib“beatni; it is not ‘likely that any big decisions regarding

‘ -$he critical situation of Great Britain will be made s during his ‘absence.

They may come soon after he returns, however. These decisions can’t be’ delayed much longer. England has to know quite soon whether we intend to do anything more than we are now doing— which is not enough to enable her to win. © Possibly President Roosevelt has” gone away at this time in order to think it through. He may have decided, as he has in the past when perplexed and confused, that the time had come to get away from the trees and take a look at the forest. , On any other basis, it is difficult to understand

3 ‘why he would leave the country at this time.

England is being mercilessly battered. Southamp-

“ton is only the latest in the series of critica wounds.

_England’s parts are being shattered one by one. Her war industries are being smashed daily.

England Near Defeat

We are not speeding up our shipments sufficiently fo compensate for these losses and to enlarge EngTo talk

* ;about planes in 1942, and about merchant shipping

”

‘

* that we will build for England a year hence, is to ‘talk about pie in the sky.

This is my own size-up and I attribute it to no

' _ “onie in the Administration, but I cannot see how _ i England can go on much longer unless immediate aid

‘ of far larger proportions is forthcoming from the

.*i United States. Within the next few weeks, it seems to - me; En -* order that she

England must know ‘what to expect from us in e may act accordingly. If nothing more ‘is coming, except on the present schedule, then Engand may very well decide that it would be futile to

My Day

Tex., Tuesday ~—We woke yesterday to - the Da lovely balmy weather. It was like a warm October day in New York State. A drive around the “~~ gity of Abilene and out to Hardin-Simmons University gave us an ‘opportunity to enjoy the sunshine, When - we were here last year, Dr. Sandefer, who was president of the university, was in very delicate health, but I remember with pleasure By short visit with him. Since he has died and we took = flowers yesterday to his grave on the campus. I particularly like t inscription, which pointed to the university buildings all about as his real monument. We stopped a minute to see his wife, .a very charming elderly woman with a: lovely face, who is readjusting her life in a new house “and new duties andsjnterests. | must be hard to ~ do, and yet. she gave one no of finding it a * Burden, oT think pethaps, one of the things most to be dein old age, is the power to acquire new interests meet whatever situation comes with a gallanmakes people feel that you are conferring ) en: you share a little of your

: reading ly have

But no more. The operators’ union said that unless the theater had two operators, they would have fo stop “bicycling.” Only the larger neighborhood houses have two operators.

The Luncheon Was Late, But—

It was luhcheon time, and the members of Indianapolis Post 4 of the American Legion Auxiliary were getting a little anxious. The hostess, Mrs. H. Nathan Swaim, asked them to please be. patient, because the luncheon was a little behind schedule in preparation. © “Meanwhile,” she said, “let’s distribute the Christ-

mas gifts—and please do not open them until they gre all distributed. Then we'll open them all at one ime.” She walked to a gaily-decorated Christmas tree and handed out the packages. The members untied the ribbons, opened their presents and gasped. It was their lunch, from salad right on through to dessert. They all agreed Mrs. Swaim’s novel idea was a dandy.

Some Goings-On Here

PROSECUTOR ' DAVID LEWIS, who asked for a: recount when he was edged out in the ‘November election, is conspicuous by his absence as the recounters go about their work. Sherwood Blue, the victor, is right there most of the time, peering over shoulders and keeping his own private tabulation. . . . Charles Chase, Indianapolis Railways president, had a long talk with Mayor Sullivan yesterday. “Just a friendly conference,” said Hizzoner. . . . Wonder if he told Mr. Chase about the floodlights at the State Fairgrounds car stop that burn day and night? . . . James Carr, the public relations man, is reported to have the inside track as secretary to -Senator-elect Raymond Willis. . . . Add fall hunting stories: James Beatty. motor vehicle division director of the P. S. C., tramped through the fields and woods with a friend most of the. day without seeing beast or fowl. Near sundown, a covey of birds flew into the air. “Quail,” he muttered, and benged away. One dropped. He raced over and pickel up—a dead sparrow.

By Raymond Clapper

continue Suffering this creeping devastation with no hope of victory. In what I have just said, I am not talking defeatism or any other kind of ism, but only trying to look this situation squarely in the face. American public opinion will have to decide what to do about England. To delude ourselves that Britain is winning the war solely because she is putting up resistance with heroism unparalleled in history is to live in a fool’s paradise. England, in spite of her great naval power, is nearer now to being cut off, nearer to being strangled, than she has ever been. The Greeks may be chasing the Italian back to Rome but all the while the Nazi grasp is tightening on England. We shave come to something of a pause, marked now by President Roosevelt's departure on his Caribbean cruise. There is a strange silence and inactivity in. Washington regarding Britain.

Full Emergency U rged

Lord Lothian’s trial balloon for immediate financial help was shot down in the first volley, although a day or two later congressional committees quickly approved the Administration decision to throw another 100 million dollars into China to be used against the Japanese. Our Navy from top to bottom is against release of any more destroyers or other naval ships to England. Figures indicate we sent fewer than 300 planes to England in October, and if we are going to step up these shipments materially in the near future it wil have to be at the expense of our own rearmamen Some here are saying that the state of limited emergency under.which we have been operating since the war began is not sufficient and that a full emergency should be declared. That would not mean a declaration of war or engaging in active war. It would mean that we had decided the situation was sufficiently grave to warrant our giving war powers to the executive for internal use. We are as yet only half awake, coasting in sublime confidence down the same road on which the democracies of France and England coasted.

By Eleanor Roosevelt

no unanswered personal. leters in my v ibriot case, even the longhang ones were written yesterday. - At 8:30 we went to the auditorium and the new president of tke university, Dr. White, introduced me.

The most colorful part of the evening was the cowboy band. They played and sang: “The Eyes of Texas.” At the end of the program one of the boys sang: “I Am an. American,” and finally the whole audience Joined ire singing: “God Bless America.” I think this cowboy band is coming to Washington for the inauguration and I shall watch for them with interest in the parade. They will give me an added reason to pray for good weather, for rain would be as destructive to their very effective costumes as it was to my own hat, coat and dress in 1936. That drive| down Pennsylvania Ave. in an open car in the pouring rain is still fresh enough in my mind to make me hope we shall -not have to repeat that part of the inaugural ceremony. After the lecture last night, Mr. Frank Roberts came to my: door just to pay his respects, because he had served under Uncle Ted and still liked the Roosevelts. I think it is remarkable how the young men who served un under Uncle Ted have never forgotten him, nor lost the memory of the spell of his personali ty. Abilene is a ‘nice friendly place. Even ‘though- we did: not;leave until this morning, young andaier came for us and took us to the-sta US

circle of the National Socialist Party.

S Hitler mad ?

“That man is not normal.” Then again he may be seen to sit in apathy for a quarter of an hour, without speaking a word, without even looking up, pick-" ing his teeth abominably. Has he heard anything that was going on? Has he been dreaming? Never was a real conversas tion with Hitler possible. Either he would listen in silence or he would “speechify” and not allow one to speak. Or he would walk restlessly up and down, in-_ terrupt constantly, and jump from one subject to another as if unable to concentrate. I:cannot judge whether Hitler is near madness in the clinical sense. My own experience of him and what I have learhed from

others indicate a lack. .of control amounting to total demoraliza-

pests of rage—all this was grotesque and unpleasant, but it was not madness. When a grown-up man lashes out against the walls like a horse in its stall, or throws himself on the ground his conduct may be morbid, but it is more certainly rude and undisciplined. ” 8 2 ITLER, however, has states that approach persecution mania and dual personality. His sleeplessness is more than the mere result of excessive nervous strain. He often wakes up in the middle of the night and wanders restlessly to and fro. must have light everywhere. Late=: ly he has sent at these times for young men who have to keep him company during his hours of manifest anguish. At times these conditions must have become dreadful. ° A man in the closest daily association with him gave me this account: Hitler wakes up at night with convulsive shrieks. He shouts

‘GLEAN TUNNEL’

DEMAND GROWS

P.-T. A. and Civic Clubs Join In Criticism of Bates St. Underpass.

The P.-T. A. of School 7 was to meet today to seek a solution to the

problem presented by the Bates St. tunnel, under attack by civic groups and South Siders. They assert that the pedestrian tunnel under the New York Central Railroad tracks in the 900 block, Blates 8t., must be improved. The Indianapolis Federation of Civic Clubs, led by Paul C. Wetter, its president, has promised full support in having the tunnel “cleaned up.” Official action will be taken at the civi® groups’ monthly meeting Friday at the Hotel Washington.

Council of Women Protest

Parents in’ the neighborhood as-|

sert that children are molested “by drunks and cranks” and that the tunnel is an “eyesore.” They claim that children and adults are often forced to wade through water in the tunnel because there is not adequate drainage. Yesterday the Indianapolis Council of Women, meeting at the L. S. Ayres & Co. auditorium discussed the problem and adopted a resolution asserting the underpass is “unsanitary and unsafe,” and asking that as policeman be stationed at the tunnel when children from Public School 7 are using it.

City Aware of Complaints

Police Department officials said they are aware of the problem and have received complaints about the tunnel and have investigated on several different occasions. Democratic City Councilman Ollie Bach of the South Side has agitated for improvements at the tunnel for some time. He is aware of the “dangerous” spot and wants it improved. Meanwhile the Works and Safety Boards are themselves aware of the sentiment for tunnel improvements and rll concerned “hope that Somes thing can. be done.”

CANADIAN 18 NAMED AS BRITAINS ENVOY

Craig DON Der today will Tore: sent the British Ministry of Economic Warfare in the United States and Canada. A -Canadian, she will be attached to the British Embassy at Washington but will be in New |vork and Ottawa frequently. One of her Bsr. tasks will ve to explain. e uiremen we|to ‘make clear that the relief

ations in countries s couple by popul ons on -~

. whole bed vibrate.

tion. . His shrieking and frenzied ° shouting, his stamping, his tem- -

Then he

Hysterical | Outbursts of Hitler Described

INSTALLMENT FIFTEEN : "This is the fifteenth installment of “The Voice of Destruction,” in which an intimate associate of Adolf Htler from 1932 to 1935 reveals how he outlined his policies and told his plans for world domination in conversation with the inner

I think everyone who has met the Fuehrer two or three times must have asked himself this question. who has seen this man face to face, has met his uncertain glance, without depth or warmth, from eyes that seem hard and remote, and has then seen that gaze grow rigid, will certainly have experienced the uncanny feeling:

Anyone

\ for help. He sits on the edge of

his bed,%as if unable to stir. He shakes with fear, making the He shouts confused, totally unintelligible phrases. He gasps, as if imagining himself to be suffocating.

My informant described to me in full detail a remarkable scene —TI should not have credited the story if it had not come from such a source. Hitler stood swaying in his room, looking wildly about him. “He! He! He's been here!” he gasped. His lips were _blue. Sweat streamed down his face. Suddenly he began to reel off figures, and odd words and - broken phrases, entirely devoid of sense. It sounded horrible, He used strangely composed and entirely un-German word-forma-tions. Then he stood quite still, only his lips moving. He was massaged and offered something to drink. Then he suddenly broke out—

“There, there! Who's that?”

os » ” E siahped and shrieked in the H familiar way. He was shown that there was nothing out of the ordinary in the room, and then he gradually grew calm. After that he lay asleep for many hours, and then for some time things were endurable, It is terribie to think that a

In the corner!

- madman may be ruling Germany

‘and driving the entire world to war. And hysteria is infectious. Anyone who has seen splendid youngsters, entirely normal, slowly -but steadily become demoralized through association with

. hysterical women, will not wonder

that hysteria .should be extend-

ing to high dignitaries of the °

Reich, and a whole nation. But how comes it that so many visitors are charmed to the point of ecstasy over this man, and consider him an outstanding ‘genius? Not only very young people, but men of knowledge and experience and critical judgment, are unable to speak of their experience without emotion.

British Install Cannon in Plane

_ LONDON, Dec. 4 (U. P).— Many British fighting planes are being equipped with cannon and armor plating. The British cannon are said to .

be better than the German, which |

fire 300 three-quarter inch sheels per minute. A British expert is said to have altered the fighting "plane designs to provide for the cannon without 4oss of spéed or maneuverability. Details of. the new plane are secret but it is known that experts have been try=ing to develop an airplane cannon that can easily hit a plane 1000 yards away.

AID TO ENGLAND

‘CHEAP WAY OUT’ Appeaser’s Role Might Send U. S. Into the War,

Donovan Says.

Furnishing England with ‘battleships and planes would be “a pretty cheap way out for us,” Col. William (Wild Bill) Donovan, World War commander of the “Fighting 69th, 2 said here last night. “For us, England at once a shield and a laboratory in which we can test our armaments, bombsights and planes,” he said. “For her, we are a factory and a warehouse which can well mean the difference be-

- | tween victory and defeat.”

He spoke in Caleb Mills Hall at Shortridge High School after speaking during the day before businessmen, veterans and ers. Warning against the role of appeaser, Col. Donovan said such a stand would carry the U. 8. either into war or into a peace of ‘submission, - : ‘He urged a staunch brand of de mocracy to fight the Soll ifarian powers whose sole aim, he said, is world domination. In connection with Col. Donovan's appearance here, the Indiana Com-

‘| mittee for National Defense launched

a broad organizational drive yesterafl , inviting representaves: of more than 50 women’s groups in Indiarta Jd join the movement, Col. Donovin, who is a special assistant to Secretary of the Navy

‘Prank Knox, reminisced during the

day with World War buddies. Several veterans’ groups attended the

lecture in uniform.

eo reer. 'STEUBEN FER DIES ANGOLA, Ind. Dec. 4 (U. P.).—

Charles Clark, 60-year-old Steuben |

«There, there. “Hitler.

Max Halbe the poet, a close friend of Gerhart Hauptmann, told me of the meeting between Hitler and the veteran German dramatist. Hauptmann had the feeling that this might prove to be a counterpart of Goethe's meeting with Napoleon, and was eagerly ‘looking forward to hearing some striking remark from Hitler. Hitler, himself an artist— which “of . Hauptmann’s works would he penetrate to the heart, with the eye of genius? ¢ Hauptmann was introduced. The Fuehrer shook hands with him and looked into his eyes. It was the

famous gaze that makes everyone

tremble, the glance which once made a distinguished old lawyer declare that after<meeting it he had’ but one desire, to be back at home in order to master the experience in solitude. Hitler shook hands again with Hauptmann, Now, thought the witnesses of of the meeting, now the great phrase will be uttered and go down in history Now! thought, ‘Hauptmann. And the Fuehrer of the German

IWNUTT BEGINS HEALTH DUTIES

Appointment ‘to National Defense Work Seen As Reward.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (U. P). —Federal Security Administrator Paul V. McNutt today assumes new duties as co-ordinator of the health, medical welfare, nutrition and recreational aspects of the national defense program. “Transfer of | these functions to the former [Indiana Governor's agency from the National Defense Council was approved by President Roosevelt, the White House announced late yesterday. T hey formerly had been under the jurisdiction of - Defense: Commissioner Harriett Elliott, whose report on undernourishment of the nation’s workers was an issue in the recent

~ | Presidential campaign. Miss Elliott remains in charge of consumer wel-

fare activities. - Interpreted as Reward

The move, ordered by the National, Defense Council, wa: regarded as a reaffirmation ot the President’s third term pledge that, despite the interfiational emergency, the New Deal's social gains will be preserved. Some quarters interpreted the action- as ‘adding more prestige to

rewarding Mr, McNutt for his services both in the Government and in the political field. He withdrew his name from the 1940 Democratic Presidential race so as to give Mr. Roosevelt ‘a clear field. The order for Mr. McNutt's appointment provides that he “formulate and execute plans, policies and programs , . . during the national defense emergency; to that end he shall co-ordinate the facilities of existing Federal agencies . . . and shall establish and maintain liaison with such other agencies as he may deem necessary or desirable.” |

Duties ‘Widespread

Already the co-ordinating head of the National Youth Administration, Civilian Conservation Corps, Public Health Service and Office of Education, Secretary McNutt’s new duties make him responsible also for the rehabilitation of young men rejected from selective service because of physical disabilities, for recreational facilities for mobilized

of the nutritional standards | of American manpower, Cah ill |

In the corner! Who's that?” shouted

the security agency and, in effect]

- | trainees, and for the Init natce Aldeen’

1 have frequently heard men

- confess that they are afraid of

him, that they, grown men though they are, cannot visit him without a beating heart. They have the feeling that the man

. - will suddenly spring at them and

“pot at them,

strangle them, or throw the inkdo something a great deal with eyes

senseless. oy of insincere enthusi asm, w.

. hypocritically cast up, and a great

_ ‘rience.

deal of self-deception, behind this talk of an unforgettable expe- | Most: visitors want their

_ interviews to be. of this kind, be-

cause so many others have said ‘that such were their own. But these visitors who were fain to hide their disappointment gradually came out with it- when they

were pressed.

‘s zs = ; . SUT is that! really all fit amounts to, that the visitor, was simply under the influence of auto-guggestion during his “great

. experience”? The case is not quite so simple as that. Ihave often had

- the opportunity of examining my

Reich’ shook hands a third time, warmly, with the great writer, and - passed on to his neighbor, Later Gerhart Hauptmann said to his friends: “It was the greatest moment of my life!” = #2. 8's ¢

HIS man, awkward and ill at ease, and always at a loss for words when he cannot be rhetorical, has not even the irritating Biiractiveless of the wayward. What, (then, is if’ in him that so | Ten. affects his visitors? "There is an instructive parallel— mediums. Most of these are ordinary, undistinguished persons; yet suddenly they acquire gifts that carry them far above the common crowd. These qualities have noth--ing tp dp with the medium’s own. personality. They are conveyed to him from without. The medium is possessed hy them. In the same way undeniable powers enter into Hitler, genuinely demoniac powers, which make men his instruments. The common united with the uncomimmon—that is what makes Hitler's personality so desperate a puzzle to those, who come into contact with him,

Ab City Hall—

Bingo Comes B

City officials have admitted that bingo is back in town again and beginning to thrive. In the next breath, however, they add that they are ready to deal with it. Bingo was chased out of town a year ago despite’ a flood of complaints by the players. The players saw nothing wrong with the game and objected when it was taken away from them. But the Safety Board and the Police Department were concerned with something more than bingo. They feared that as soon as the game got a foothold in town, it might be taken over by the “professionals.” The Police didn’t want the “professionals” to operate. . But along with the questionable games, the police had to stamp out bingo as operated by religious and fraternal organizations. Now that bingo is back, police are N |seeing to it that it is confined to the ‘ fraternal and religious organizations. At present, they don’t feel it necessary to bother the games. They have received no serious complaints. The situation now is that the police are standing by ready to crack down when there are complaints which indicate that bingo is getting big and professional again. J . a 8 8 8

'Forgotten Man' Found

Works Board members, they have found Indianapolis’ forgotten man. He is a South Site resident who writes that: He has no paved street in front

TARKINGTON PLAY T0 BE PRESENTED

The ‘Booth Tarkington comedy,

8 p. m. Friday in Kephart Memorial Auditorium at Indiana Central Col-

lege. ' oe the cast, in the title role, be’ Marion Truesdale, Gilling a) be a senior and president of the hb. Other. J f the

believe |

own espeience: and I must admit that in Hitler's company I have again and again come under a spell which I was only later able ‘to shake off, a sort 'of hypnosis, He is, indeed, a remarkable man, It leads nowhere to depreciate him and ‘speak mockingly of him. He is simply a sort of great medicinkman. He is literally that, in the full sense of the term. We have gone back so far toward the savage state that the medicine-man has become king among us. “I, Emperor and God”—that is not the formula of his existence.

him, no deification of the State in the person of the Emperor. The parallel with the Roman Emperors is entirely: misleading. Asiatic, African cults d bewitchments are the true element of his spell, and furious dances to the point of exhaustion.. The primitive world has invaded the West. - Hitler is exacting, spoiled, avari« cious, greedy. He does not know how, to work steadily. Indeed, he is incapable of working. He gets ideas, impulses, the realization -of which must.be feverishly achieved and immediately got rid of. He does not know what it is to work continuously - and unremittingly. Everything about him is “spasm,” to use a favorite word of his. Nothing about him is natural. His professed 'ove of children and animals is a mere pose. He has been a Bohemian all his life. He gets up late. He can spend whole days lazing and dozing. He hates to have to read with ~ concentration. He rarely reads a book through: usually he only begins it. Yet he has a large library. He loves books; loves fine editions and fine bindings. But in the ~ drawer of his bedside table there is also literature of less feputable character. NEXT-—Hitler’s Character.

ack and Police

Keep Eye on 'Professionals’

of his house, no sewer, no City water, no gas and no City mail delivery. Instead, he says, has has two dumps close by and the snioke of burning trash is becoming “unendurable.” The Board is investigating.

Care Urged On Plates

Motorists who get the 1941 license plates before the Dec. 31 deadline are urged by Police Chief Morrissey to take special care in destroying or hiding their 1940 plates. The Chief warned that this year’s plates, chrelessly disposed bf, might wind up on a bandit car. Thieves look for. these plates to Soptuse: identity. > There has been more than "one case, the Chief recalled, where an innocent citizen has been roused out of bed at night in the course of an investigation of a crime in which his discarded license plates were used. -

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

1—Which country owned Gibraltar before the British acquired it?

2—What is the State. flower of * Oklahoma? | % 3—In whose honor - Pennsyle vania named? 4—“To be, or not to bet ‘that is ‘the question:” is a quotation from Shakespeare’s —?2 | 5—Raw ae is imported chiefly from —? i 6—Can a white horse be seen in total darkness? / 7—Which American President was d¢ nominee for the office ‘three times, was twice elected and was

defeated after his first term? | 8—Is cancer a contagious disease?

“Clarence,” will be presented by the Me Alpha, Psi Omega Dramatic Club at}