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Senator Burke Quotes Pres
ident’s Speech on Visit
to South America.
By th« Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 4.—Senator
Burke (Democrat, of Nebraska), to
rig htaought to link President Roose
velt in philosophical kinship with
President Vargas of Brazil, who re
cently promulgated a corporative state
form of government for that country.
In an address prepared for a dinner
Cf the American Defense Society held
in honor of Senators who opposed Mr.
Roosevelt’s Supreme Court reorgani
zation proposal, Burke asserted the
President was "reported” to have given
Vargas part of the credit for originat
ing the New Deal.
"It is a startling thought,” the Sen
ator said, "that the American form of
government should need defense—
need it probably more than at any
other period since it came into being.”
Cites Roosevelt Speech.
"In the last few years a devastaing
change has taken place in many coun
tries. I call your attention to one ex
ample only, the most recent one and
In some respects most closely con
nected with our own affairs.
"I refer to the South American re
public—if it may still be called by that
name—Brazil. A year ago when our
Chief Executive (Mr. Roosevelt) vis
ited that country he is reported to
have said:
” 'It was two people who invented the
Ned Deal—the President of Brazil and
4 the President of the United States.’ ”
Turning to Brazil's recent departure
from the traditional democratic forms,
Burke quoted the Brazilian minister of
Justice as having made this statement:
“There is a world-wide movement
to withdraw from parliaments the
power of initiating legislation and
have parliaments delegate their func
tions to the executive.”
"With such a spirit prevailing,” said
Burke, "we need hardly argue the
necessity of organizing for the defense
of the Constiution and the American
form of Government.’'
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HYDE DENIES HOOVER
STARTED SCARCITY IDEA
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Borah in Error Says Former Sec
retary of Agriculture—Ex
plains ex-Chiefs Stand.
B? th* Associated Press.
TRENTON, Mo.. Dec. 4.—Arthur M.
Hyde, Secretary of Agriculture in the
Hoover administration, today denied
* Senator Borah's assertion that the
policy of scarcity as a cure for eco
nomic ills was originated by President
Hoover.
"The country will welcome the op
position of Senator Borah to the com
pulsory crop control bill,” Hyde said
in a statement.
"But the Senator is wholly inaccu
rate when he says Herbert Hoover
originated the idea of ‘scarcity as a
cure for economic ills.’ Mr. Hoover
did no such thing.
"On the contrary. Mr. Hoover has
’ been in the Record for more than
20 years as an opponent of the theory
of scarcity. * * *
“What the Hoover administration
advocated was production voluntarily
balanced to the effective demand—and
demand included export demand plus
a reasonable carryover.”
Puzzle
(Continued From First Page.)
plus twice the number of the rector’s
daughters. One way of going at it,
presumably, would be to determine all
possible values of x times x-minus-1
which, subtracted from 109, would
leave a number divisible by 2, one
half of which would be a reasonable
number of daughters for a rector to
have. Then again, perhaps all the
girls kissed the rector.
In fact, if they all did kiss the rector
, the problem seems to figure out
rationally.
A possible value of x is 10. Then x
times x-minus-1 is 90. Add x for
the number of kisses received by the
rector and it totals 100. That leaves
a difference of 9. Therefore, 9 out
of the 10 girls must have been daugh
ters of the rector.
Some Half-Reasoning,
If all the girls didn’t kiss the rector
there must have been half a girl in
the company. Very likely, of course,
anybody familiar with the first
principles of mathematics will find
this attempted solution idiotic.
But supposing the same problem is
applied to a mixed company—not at
a church party—as it naturally can be.
Then two kisses are merged into
one kiss and there is room for in
finite argument, susceptible to the
aforementioned laborious and self sac
rificing experimental procedures, as
to the smallest possible number of
kisses by which everybody can kiss
everybody else. It would seem to be
an arithmetical progression, or some
thing of the sort—that is, three people
could kiss all around with two kisses,
four people with five kisses, etc.
But supposing the party is com
posed of some such mixture as a man
and three girls. The man could kiss
each of the girls and each of the
girls could kiss the man with a total
of only three kisses but—at least so
It seems to the dull lay mind—it
would require a total of six kisses
for each of the girls to exchange
kisses.
And That's Not AIL
As can easily be seen the varia
tions are infinite and the mathematics
of kissing gets as complicated as the
mathematics of Einstein.
And that's not the only thing about
kissing that leads to complications,
and every complication adds to tne
matehmatlcal abstrusity of the prob
lem until it gets altogether beyond
the most ingenious and powerful
arithmetical, algebraic and geometri
cal methods.
But the geometry and trigonometry
of kissing are something else again
and likely to be badly complicated
by the presence of rectors, husbands,
chaperons, etc. All told, it looks as
if a new mathematics was in the
offing, requiring a lot of conscientious
— or unconsclentious — experimental
verification.
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Night Club Artists Turn Santa Claus
J^n “identic Russian doll, blowing on hot tea, was presented, to The Star-Warner Bros.
N. B. C. Christmas campaign Friday night by the Club Volga Boatman when its show went on
the air. Some needy little girl in Washington will receive her for Christmas. Left to right
are: Olga MorosofJ, who presented the doll; Anna Sablukova (Mrs. Matt Windsor), George Gunn,
N. B. C. announcer who accepted the doll for the campaign, and Matt Windsor, Volga Boatman
proprietor.
Toy Campaign
(Continued From First Page.)
of the campaign. His chief aides in
planning the Commerce Department
campaign are John Gartland, E. W.
Libbey, chief clerk; Fred Fagg, direc
tor of air commerce; William L.
Austin, director of the census; Alex
ander V. Dye, director of the Bureau
of Foreign and Domestic Commerce;
Lyman J. Briggs, director of the Na
tional Bureau of Standards; Frank T.
Bell, commissioner of fisheries; R.
S. Patton, director of the Coast and
Geodetic Survey; Joseph B. Weaver,
director of the Bureau of Marine In
spection and Navigation, and Conway
P. Coe, commissioner of patents.
The chief aim of the Government
division is to inform the 115,000 Fed
eral employes of the opportunity for
them to play the part of Santa Claus.
More than 10,000 children are de
pendent on charity for their day-to
day existence, and many more face a
toyless December 25.
Fourth Broadcast Tomorrow.
Mr. Burke already is organizing to
include both the House and Senate,
plans drives In all departments and
agencies similar to the one under
way in the Department of Commerce.
Meanwhile, it was announced that
the fourth broadcast in the Christ
mas campaign series will bring a pro
gram tomorrow night from the Po
lice Boys’ Club at the fifth police
precinct station.
The program, which will begin at
and continue 15 minutes, is to include
talks by Maj. Ernest W. Brown,
superintendent of police; Mr. Burke,
and Capt. Joseph C. Morgan of the
fifth precinct. The Police Boys’ Club
Harmonica Band, under the direc
tion of Leon Brusiloff, will play
‘‘Santa Claus Is Coming to Town.”
"Jingle Bells” and "Holy Night.”
Vincent Lopez and his orchestra,
now playing at the Earle Theater, will
be on the air for half an hour Tuesday
night on behalf of the Christmas Cam
paign, He will play over Station
WMAL from 10:30 to 11 p.m.
Boy Needs Wheel Chair.
A request for a wheel chair has
come in. Do you have one not in use?
The police report a family with a boy
who was injured recently. He must
stay in bed a long time unless a wheel
chair, which his parents cannot pos
sibly afford, is donated. If you have
one to give you may call Mrs. Ada
Minnix at Republic 0883 or 0884.
Your part in seeing that no child in
Washington is forgotten this Christ
mas. and that no family is without a
Christmas dinner, can be managed in
the following ways:
1. Attend a toy matinee Saturday
morning, December 18, at any Warner
Bros. Theater. A new toy or new arti
cle of clothing is the only admission
cost.
2. Leave a new toy, new article
of clothing or non-perishable food
(canned food is excellent) at Federal
building collection centers, at any Peo
ples Drug Store collection box or at
any night club toy party. Donations
made at all of these places go to The
Star-Warner Bros. N. B. C. Christmas
Campaign.
3. Deliver food, clothing or toys to
any police station, the National Guard
THE SEVENTH ANNUAL
STAR-WARNER BROS,
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TOY MATINEES
and
THE SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL
METROPOLITAN POLICE
PARTY
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in co-operation with
THE PARENT-TEACHER
ASSOCIATION
and
FEDERAL EMPLOYES
have joined forces to provide food,
new toys and new clothing for
needy children and poor families
this Christmas.
New toys and new clothing will
be received now at all Warner
Bros ’ Theaters and will be taken
as the price of admission at 14
theaters on Saturday morning,
December IS.
Non-perishable food or any
other gifts will be received at any
police precinct in Washington.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
PHONE
THE STAR—NATIONAL 5000
Branches 293, 260 and 418
POLICE—REPUBLIC 0883
and 0884
P. T. A.—GEORGIA 8735
FEDERAL EMPLOYES—
DISTRICT 2200, Branch 2627
N. B. C —DISTRICT 0300
Armory at Sixth street and Pennsyl
vania avenue N.W., or call National
4000, ask for precinct five, and ask that
a squad car be sent to your home for
anything you wish to donate.
John J. Payette, general *one man
ager, Warner Bros. Theaters, an
nounces the programs for the toy mat
inees, all films having been contributed
by their local distributors.
John J. Payette, general Bone man
ager, Warner Bro6. Theaters, an
nounces the programs for the toy
matinees, all films having been con
tributed by their local distributors.
Earle—Gene Autry in “Boots and
Saddle.” a Republic picture.
Metropolitan—Laurel and Hardy in
M-G-M’s “Way Out West.”
Tivoli—Errol Flynn and the Mauch
twins in Warner Bros.’ “Prince and
the Pauper.”
Ambassador—Joe E. Brown in R
K-O's "When’s Your Birthday?”
Savoy—William Boyd in a Para
mount picture. "Trail Dust.”
Avalon — Spanky McFarland in
M-G-M’s "General Spanky.”
Uptown—Laurel and Hardy in
M-G-M's "Way Out West.”
Calvert—Joe E. Brown in Warner
Bros.’ “Polo Joe.”
Sheridan—Jane Withers in the
Twentieth Century-Fox production,
“Angel’s Holiday.”
Colony—Spanky McFarland in M
G-M's “General Sparky.”
York—Joe E. Brown in Warner
Bros.’ "Polo Joe.”
Penn—Jean Arthur and Gary Coo
per in a Paramount picture, “The
Plainsman.”
Apollo—Billy Mauch in Warner
Bros.’ "Penrod and Sam.”
Home—Joe E. Brown in Warner
Bros.’ "Polo Joe."
Each picture is supplemented with
comedies, Mickey Mouse, Popeye, Silly
Symphony, Merry Melody or Color
Rhapsody cartoons, in many cases
three to a program.
At the Earle and Metropolitan the
shows start at 9 a m. and at all others
10 a.m.
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P. W. A. POWER CASE
TO BE REARGUED
Right to Finance Municipal
Plants to Be Debated Second
Time by Supreme Court.
By the Associated Press.
The right of the Public Works Ad
ministration to finance municipal
power plants will be argued for a
second time before the Supreme Court
tomorrow.
Scheduled for hearing are the
appeals of the Duke Power Co., Char
lotte, N. C„ and the Alabama Power
Co. of Alabama.
The Duke company is seeking to
prevent construction by Greenwood
County. S. C„ of a *2,800,000 P. W. A.
ftnanced hydroelectric plant at Buz
zards Roost, S. C.
In a rase Involving similar issues,
the Alabama company opposes use
of P. W. A. funds to finance municipal
power projects in Decatur, Gunters
ville, Hartselle and Russellville, Ala.
for which the P. W. A. allocated
approximately *522,000.
The Duke case was before the
Supreme Court a year ago following
an opinion upholding P. W. A. and
the county in the Fourth Circuit
Court of Appeals.
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First of Trio Accused in
Fatal Abduction Faces
Jury Tomorrow.
By the Associated Press.
HUNTINGTON, W. Va„ Dec. 4.—A
tenant charged with kidnaping his
landlord to settle differences over a
"bouncing” check prepared himself
tonight for appearance in court Mon
day to defend his life.
The trial of Arnett A. Booth, 46, for
the abduction of Dr. James I. Seder,
79-year-old prohibition leader, was
set to open with a prosecution demand
for the death penalty.
The ace witness for the State, Dr.
Seder, was missing. He died of ex
posure four days after being freed
from an abandoned mine in which he
was held captive.
Booth was one of three men ac
cused of the crime, but he will go on
trial alone. His two alleged com
panions, John Travis, 25, and Orville
Adkins, 24, obtained separate trials.
Held In Mine 10 Days, Is Charge.
The State contends Booth, Travis
and Adkins kidnaped Dr. Seder on
November 1 and held him in the mine
for 10 days in a vain attempt to ge‘.
650.000 ransom.
The three defendants, all of whom
have prison records, were arrested
within 24 hours after the retired min
ister and former Anti-Saloon League
superintendent was found laboring,
weak and exhausted, across a Wayne
County hillside 25 miles from his
east end apartment.
Alleged Kidnap Method.
Federal Agent R. E. Vetterli said
the accused trio, in signed confessions,
related that Booth, a tenant of Dr.
Seder, enticed the doctor from his
home with the promise of payment of
money due on a bad check.
D. B. Daugherty, attorney for Travis
and Adkins, claims Dr. Seder was
freed through the efforts of the moth
ers of his two clients.
Travis, it was disclosed, had been
married between the time of the kid
naping and the day of Dr. Seder's
return. His wife, Verna, 19, said she
wanted to sit with her husband at
his trial because "I love him.”
Supervisor
FRANK KEY GREEN,
Marshal of the Supreme Court
of the United States, uiho was
yesterday appointed as rep
resentative of The Star-War
ner Bros.-N. B. C. Christmas
campaign for the Supreme
Court.
CELL MUSIC HAILED
Director “on Outside” as Trio
Practices.
LOGAN, W. Va. UP).—Three string
strumming musicians in the county
jail play from inside their cell block
while the director stands outside, but
they boast it won't be long before
they will charm more than just the
Inmates.
Charley Johnson, San Edridge and
Charley Cline twang the strings of
their instruments while Moss Steele
keats the baton on the bars.
And Jailer C. W. Bias is just as
proud as they are. He says:
"The old grand opera hasn't got a
thing on my boys."
RETIRED ENGINEER
DIES AT RESIDENCE
Thomas F. Collins Piloted Capitol
limited for Eight
Tears.
Thomas Francis Collins. 65. retired
locomotive engineer of the Baltimore
dc Ohio Railroad, who for eight years
was engineer on the Capitol Limited,
died yesterday at his home, 324 H
street N.E., after a long illness.
Mr. Collins was employed by the
railroad for 47 years. He had been
inactive, except for a short time, since
being injured in 1933, when his head
was struck by an iron bar from a
signal tower as he leaned out the cab
while piloting the Capitol Limited
from Washington. Although stunned
by the blow, Mr. Collins brought his
train to a stop and was rushed to
Emergency Hospital. He was retired
recently.
A native of this city, Mr. Collins
was the son of the late Thomas Col
lins and the late Mrs. Mary Collins.
He was a member of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers and the Holy
Name Society of St. Aloysius Catholic
Church.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Margaret Connors Collins; a son, Dr.
Thomas Francis Collins, Jr.; a sister,
Mrs. Katherine Beuchert, and a grand
daughter.
Funeral services will be held at 9
a m. Tuesday in St. Aloysius Catholic
Church. Burial will be in Mount
Olivet Cemetery.
North China Winters Severe.
North China experiences the cold
est winters in the world for its lati
tude.
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Retail Prieei Drop.
Soviet Russia claims that retail
prices have dropped 40 per cent since
the start of the second 5-year plan.
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