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By ARTHUR FHIt
Tha state highway commls
ion announcei all the state
highways are strong enough to
be military roads, and bear the
traffic of war. This means it
won't be necessary to build spe
cial roads for tanks, and have
them ruined by logging trucks.
The year Is getlng along. The
first upstate worker has broken
a leg, "and hopes to be as strong
as ever. In time for the opening
of tha deer season."
Italy claims her air force In
a naval battle in the Ionian sea
with a British contingent dam
' aged the world's greatest battle
cruiser, the Hood, and the air
craft carrier Royal Ark, also
one of the largest ships. The
losses of the Italians were mod
est, and blandly admitted. Both
the Hood and the Royal Ark
have been hit before by planes
of Adolf and Benito, only to
show up serene and fit, another
day. But this is the first time
they have been put out of com
mission by Rome dropping
typewriter on them.
With the approach of the Chi
cago convention next week,
when with the usual vaudeville
and dramatics, F.D.R. will
"choose not to run," and, then
be "drafted" against his better
Judgment as the nominee.
Young Democrats hereabouts,
who have not aged any during
the eight New Deal years, get
madder and funnier. They have
already levelled their "pop
guns" at Mr. Willkle. the CO. P.
nominee, who recently ob
served: "Eight years In the
White House was enough." The
answer to this comment is the
stem-winding logic: "But. Mr.
Willkle doesn't know because
he hasn't been there!" On this
line of reasoning, it can be con
tended learnedly. Mr. Roosevelt
is not going to like a third
term, because he is never go
ing to have one! He can get
away with moving back Thanks
giving day a week, but not
moving ahead his stay in the
White House four years. Amer
icans are weary of having their
traditions enthusiastically kick
ed around, and besides they
don't like Madam Perkins.
A convict escaped from the
state penitentiary one day this
week, and was captured and
back in his cell in 30 minutes.
The warden wouldn't wait a
couple of days, until the fugi
tive gut back through his own
miscues.
"By the entrance of these two
men to the cabinet the Amer
ican shirt tail is caught in the
European war wringer. (Chico
Cal., Enterprise). State of the
Union.
AGATB TtM MIKrill:U!
Agat Beach. Jul; 1 tspl) Thle
small J tort, containing eome of the
tltwst umror college on th Ore
gon taut nd one of lh tow golf
courses from which th plr bars
tha ocaan In view t nearly all ttmea.
notod for 1U excluelvencas bordering
on anobblshneaa. haa achieved the
arm of fama: It la pictured In tha
Folic Oasetle'a July laaixl four
young women lying on tha beach
In battling aulta ar tha reaaon lor
Una sudden bunt Into prominence.
Tha real of tha periodical la filled
with degenereu Crimea, portraits of
burleaqu performers and aurh. Bum
mer vlsttora to Al Beach acarcely
appreciate the honor conferred on
them. It would appear from their
remarka (Joseph Patterson In Cor
rallls Oasrtte-Tlmea).
St. Joseph. Mo U.R t.eatir
Williams and t'rances Shobe
were married hire witn a li
cense William obtained six
weeks ago. "It took me a lit
tle time to persuade her," Wil
liam Hid.
Editorial Correspondence
Washington, D. C, July 10. Many years ago on a trip to
Europe we met a little Englishman who had written a second
rate vaudeville sketch entitled "The Naked Truth," and was
going back home to spend the profits.
Later we believe there was a more pretentious play of the
same same, but the basic idea was identical, namely every
time a member of the cast told a lie, white or black, a portion
of the speaker'i raiment was whisked off by hidden wires into
the wings. It was the start of the strip tease craze perhaps, at
any rate when we saw the sketch at Keith's just before sailintf,
the curtain fell on a pretty scantily clothed group for that puri-
tannical era, quite shocking, in fact
Ai we sat in the press gallery yesterday and listened to the
debate on the Stimson and Knox appointments to the cabinet,
it occurred to us that a similar arrangement in the Upper House
of Congress would have reduced most of the speakers to little
more than snap-band neckties, Adams apples and shorts. For
regardless of which side the speaker was on, practically no one
waa telling the real truth, and when the present war is the
topic few people in Washington do, from the President down.
No, this war talk in public here is one of the greatest make
believes, and entirely hollow pretenses ever staged in the halls
of congress, and yet neither officially or unofficially will any
one admit it.
Official Washington ia divided into two classes, as far as
war ia concerned, and only two. Those who want to get into it
now, and beat Germany as she was beaten in 1913, only more
so, and those who don't want to get into it now or anytime, who
want the United States, regardless of what happens in Europe,
to keep out. That is the only real division, although, as is always
the case when such issues are drawn, there are different grades
of feeling in each group.
But do you ever hear anyone in the con cress admit they
want to get into the war against Germany NOW! Not even the
President will do that. Nor will Senator Pepper, the President's
fiery pro-British spokesman. But listen to the tulk in the cor
ridors and in the press rooms, and find out the general opinion
and tbe quoted remarks (off the record) to sustain that opinion,
a a a a
On the other hand, there are the frank and sincere isolation
ists, about a baker's dozen of them, who take Washington's
statement literally and place any activity in Europe in which
this country might engage, outside of resisting actual invasion,
under the heading of "foreign entanglements." Some of them
don't like Germany, some of them do, hut they are all against
war, any war, and what Germany may do or not do, doesn't
interest them.
They are, however, in a decided minority, and couldn't get
to first base, if they were not supported, directly or indirectly
by those who vociferously deny they are isolationists, but who
in any clear-cut test, always vote isolationist and at heart ARE
isolationists.
As a result, while some of the speeches pro and con are
well worth hearing, a few are really better than that, there
is an air of insincerity and lack of candor about the entire per
formance whieh can't fail but depress and distress any thought
ful person listening to it. One feels the extreme gravity of the
world situation justifies the truth.
Another fact adds to the artificialitv of the proceedings,
everyone concedes Messrs. Stinison and Knox will be sustained,
in spite of the fact that nine out of ten of the speakers are
against such action. It is difficult, therefore to take a senator
so very seriously when he pounds his desk, tears his liuir and
pictures the ilire calamity to
entrance of these two "interventionists" into the cabinet, when
you know the speaker is entirely aware Unit nothing can keep
them from precisely that, and
much as one wink of sleep over
Senator Tydings of Maryland
against these appointments, although lie said very little against
the two gentlemen themselves. His point was this nation's
almost complete uupreparedness for war aguinst Germany or
anyone else, citing figures from army heads, which were so
conclusive there was no answer. In fact we don't doubt Presi
dent Roosevelt's request today for four or five more billions
for preparedness was in answer
administration forces didn't try
there was no refutation.
"Prepare! Prepare! Prepare"
we have an idea the country as a whole, in spite of the tre
mendous cost and great sacrifice, will be almost unanimously
oenind an appeal like that.
We were pleasantly surprised
the floor, usually has a broad smile on his under-shot face, and
being rich we had been told was inclined to take his job no more
seriously than the members of the senate took Jiim. Perhaps the
laci ne served as captain of a battery in the last war had some
thing to do with it. lie certainly got all stirred up and also
stirred those who heard him.
Going out met Joe Singer in the hall. He asktd if we were
going to the Chicago convention. When we replied in the af
firmative Joe cocked his head on one side, cave that pm-k.eveil
"nine or nis ana remarked, sotto
"special and secret mission!" Joe
mysteriously conspiratorial on
Two of the most unusual members of the Senate are the
Farmer-Labor representatives, Lundeeu and Shipstead. I.nn
deen is large, bald, pale and insinuatingly malevolent. He
almost never makes a speech, instead he assists those who
speak on his side by interrupting them, and amplifying their re
marks in such a low murmur that it is practically impossible lo
distinguish what he says from the gallery. Incidentally be is
the chap who got into the headlines when be tried out the new
army rifles and made more bulls eyes thau anv of the armv
experts. His enemies call him pro-Gemian and radical, but we
should say he isn't pro anything, but just conuenitaltv and in
curably a rebel first last and all the time in his lumbering
fashion "agin' the government."
a a a
Shipstead is also a large man, but a verv different tvpe
to our way of thinking hy all olds the finest looking msn'in
the Senate, tall, powerful, heavy iron grev hair, a stroiiK.
thoughtful and kindly face, alas well-dressed and graceful in
carnaee he would stand out conspicuously and favorably in anv
company.
He made the first speech we have ever heard him make ves
terday, he, too. was against the Stimson and Knox appoint
ments. we could hardly believe our ears when his measured
words came out with a marked Scandinavian accent. Not know,
ing the man one might well take him for the ex President of
' l1' college, or the National t'itv bank ! U.W.R
Explained.
Ada. O.-iU.Ri An undergrad
uate '-prank" dating bark SB
years has been cleared tin. Mos
Morehead led school authorities
to a porch and recovered a bell
clapper one used to csll tu
dents to classes. Morehoad ad
milled he and a companion stole
the clapper and tried to saw H
in half to keep as souvenirs
Tou'll enjoy th Fresh Sea FVxid
from Hoi!)'. )li t Suih.
Cloali tint (oi ruu Lat lo Claa
U; aVda is 140 p. a.
tins nation that will follow the
at heart he isri t wasting so
the dire results of it.
gave one of the best speeches
to that indictment, which the
to refute, presumably because
was Tvdinirs' final crv and
at Tydines. who seldom takes
voice, he was going too,
wouldn't be Joe if he w
on a
ere n't
the eve of large events
Get Dignity.
Stanford University. Cal-Ui.'
Swing mtislr may evfiltin'ly
bceome the folk song of the
20th .ccnttny, T,-of. Alhert El
kus. head of the department of
music at Sanford University be
lieves. He declares that' the
continued notminrlty ot ,w(ng I
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nas ncfiop.i i into something 1
more th. a frd. I
Cloaing lima tor 100 Lats t Clas
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Personal Health Service
By William
igard letter pertaining lo swaonai health and hygiene, not to dlae
diainoela or treatment. wlU be ant were by Or. Brady u a etamoed arlf-sd-lreaeed
enielope Is ancluaed. Letters ahould be brief and written In Ink
Owing lo the large nam here of letters received only a few can b anwnrrd
No reply can be mad to quart not conforming to Instructions Addreaa
Dr. VWUIam Brady, 263 El Cainlno. Beverly Hill. Calif.
TREATMENT OT
Kindly explain the difference
between birthmark and nevus,
asks a reader, and give some
of your prac
tical advice on
the best meth
ods of treat
ment of tnese
blemishes.
In the read
er's case the
difference
amount ?d t o
approximately
a dime. In
some cases it
may be as
much as $300
to $300. Birthmark Is a spot
or blemish in the skin, present
at birth or becoming apparent
in the early weeks of life, due
to excessive pigmentation (fawn
color, yellowish, brown or
black) or to dilated and over
grown blood versels. Nevus is
what we docs call it when
we're anxious to persuade you
to undergo treatment. If you
fail to react favorably to that,
we back off a bit, get set, and
tackle you again, this time pro
nouncing it nevus vascularis.
If you don't give up to nevus
vascularis, then we can gener
ally flatten you and proceed
with the treatment when firmly
but gently inform you that you
have a hemangioma. Now just
relax
Hemangioma is Greek for
tumor or swelling composed of
multiplied and dilated blood
vessels. Some misguided per
sons with hemangioma make
the mistake of submitting to
the efforts of unqualified oper
ators to remove or obliterate
the blemisn. In any case such
a mark may be safely treated
only by a doctor of medicine
and surgery.
Hemangioma is usually red
dish or purplish, from pinhead
to many square inches in area
fiat or slightly elevated above
normal skin level (so-called
"portwlne stain") or in some
instances having a nodular or
lobulated surface, soft, compres
sible, perhaps becoming larger
or more tense and congested
during exertion.
The earlier in life anv birth
mark is treated the more satis
factory the result will be.
Treatment should begin before
the child is three months old.
or at any rate before the end
of the first year.
Radium treatment shows its
THE
CAPITAL
PARADE
By JOSEPH ALSOP and
ROBERT KINTNEP
Rlasd by th North
American Nwipapr
Alliance. Inc.
Washington. July 12. With
respect to certain kinds of vital
equipment, the army is still suf
fering from the indecision which
always seems to afflict our mil
itary men when they are asked
to place big orders for Immed
iate delivery. Confronted with
huge appropriations and carte
blanche to spend them the
American army is rather in the
position of a poor woman, used
to scrimping and saving, who
is taken into Cartier's and told
to choose her own memento.
The officers can't make up their
minds.
But after causing some serious
delays la tha defens prof ram. this
problem of dacldlnc what to order
now appears to b nearlng a solution.
Mean hi la th record to date de-
eerve. Inspection, particularly tn view
ot the dire prediction of tbe prophela
and wieacre vho (oreaaw that tha
detena council would
sabotaged or destroyed.
Mrsar. William Kmidsen. Edward
R. Stettlnlu. Ralph Budd. Sidney
Hlllman and their compeer hre
Ire sdr let tl.OOOOOOOOO In conlmcU.
They eipect to let at least l POO.
0O00O0 mora In the next I daya.
Meanwhile, they hav formed n
organlsauon o flestble and et ao
well-knit aa to arouse eqjally warm
admlrauon iroong th businessmen
a ho must deal with It and th new
dealera who hare com tn contact
with it on tha government end.
Every sector of th ortvnlaaUon
haa tanclbl achievement to It
j credit. rVc esample, despite th tact
that industry knows him aa one ot
the ablest and wlaeet labor leaders.
Sidney Hlllman' Appointment a a
mrmbrr of the defense council aa
greeted atth cries of horror from pro
fessional Tleaera-wlth-alarm. Since
the council started operations, four
trikre of the utmost seriousness hse (
threatenedin motor. In ahlpp'ng. i
in aluminum rd in txvper-mimni i
Anv ii, etf lhH aitFiat fj-nillfl
Any one of these ttrikea would 1
have stopped an Important part of
the aelenss program dead in Ha
trtvka. rVr ea-h of them. Hlllman,
tot tvathei witft Rcudaen and tt.
tlnlus. Aiter reach'ng a common 1
cuaciuslon, Uic in? aat into tsca
Brady. M. D
BIRTHMARK
most marked effect in the first
two months after application
of the radium. Then for four
to six months more progressive
fading of the mark follows. A
single treatment has proved
sufficient for nearly a third of
the hemangiomas; two and even
three treatments have been re
quired for the other two thirds.
In perhaps a third of the
cases of hemangioma radium
alone does not entirely oblit
erate the blemish. In such cases
the Judgment of the surgeon
should decide on further treat
ment. Methods in greatest favor
are solid carbon dioxide for
smaller nodules, electro-desiccation
and electro-coagulation
(diathermy) when the angioma
is deep, surgical excision and
skin-grafting where the mark
is In a situation favorable for
such procedure.
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Lecture I paid to hear Informed
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be caused by too much vitamin D.
(O. W. C.)
Ans. In the fertile lms1natlon of
the uninitiated. For two yenrs I took
10.000 untta of D dally, without only
excellent effecta on health. There is
no actual basla for the notion thnt
too much of this or that vitamin
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William Hrady. SI O. tS El
Camlno. Beverly Hills. Calif.
J ur1k iltuatlon, Kn-Jdstn and Stet
I tiniua appealing to th managenu'UU
, and Hlltmao to labor. Three of. the
i strike have been aettled without an;
stoppage of production. In the case
of tha fourth, tn th aluminum
i Industry, negotiations hare Just been
resumed and a settlement la ex
; pected. v
Hlllmana achievements are of In
terest because they reverse the gloomy
forecasters. Interesting In the same
way ta the president's and the treas
ury's quick cooperation with the
defense council in loosening tax
amortlratlon requirements on plants
built by Industry for defense pur
poses. Messrs. Knudsen and Stit
tlnius Informed the president and
tha treasury on Monday that the
present amortisation sstera consti
tuted a "near bottleneck." The treas
ury conducted s brief investigation.
There wer a couple of friendly
conferences. And 4S hours later
the president announced that the
chanties suggested by Knudsen and
Stettin! us would be recommended to
be Incorporated 1n the new tax law.
Again, aviation production has
cs used m uch d reary conce rn . Yet
the representatives of the army and
navy agreed on a final program
early last week. Preparations for the
program are going full blat Despite
the attitude of Henry Ford, the only
production gap will probably be
filled by the Packard Motor com
pany's of an in -line engine plant.
(Reports that Packard had decided
to turn the )ob down were mislead
ing: mvouattons are still tn progress
nd coin venr vell.t Ororce J.
, vjr.d wA captain Sidney Kraus tl
,wo ,Ipru on ,i.tion production,
, t now coulldent that all the de-
mands of the army and navy will
be met on echedule.
In firt. ytcrpt for th dr.avs and
Indrclsions irf tha aenic depart
mants Ihrmstlves. tbs Grn? pro
gram It making aa ood pnrtva aa
could b hoped It la now predicted
that virtually complet' equipment
for an army of 400 000 will be radv
within four monthi. which ia s
trem?iy apelr work conllfring th
bins dticltnclea in rquipmrnt the
army tartd with.
Tha common atory, that th new
dealrra would 1ntrrfera and ikm( it
all. na no foundation. As the tirw
dfalwra were at no time conauited
by the pre idenl on the defens
program or on auy matter relatir.
to foreign pwllcy, this wan anttvi.
pat4d bv those who tonkthe trouble
to discover the tme itatua of thfe
, iuppoediy evil (tovr nimctit Influ
I ences The real jokr on the n
dealer, however, ta tbat tf tie
buinesmen ha ha .wiled in con.
tinut to do auch a food Job f.v
, wd,n, , ma, , ul,
I r r
awsy on of the Republican a b.-e?:
iMuea in tha oncoming flection.
You 11 nWT the re.h V rVv
from HoUvslSS a S xth
. .
Cat ais4 rt;boca a sot sat.
Cowboy Topper for Willkie
Like all presidential candidates who vi:it the west. Wendell
Willkie. Republican nomine, accepted a 10-gallon cowboy hat
when he arrived in Colorado Springs. Colo., to enjoy a three-week
vacation before jumping into the presidential campaign. Willkie
clasps in his left hand an embossed fishing license, an invitation
from Governor Ralph L. Caxr (lett) oi Colorado to bag his trout
limit.
He WA-4 f ? tv "
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ALMOST ONE OF A K I N D-Mary Virginia Rink, 26-year-old
I'niversity of Colorado graduate, is (he only woman to
win a master's degree at the Chrysler institute ot engineering.
Detroit. She's busy, above, viewing spectroscope pictures of vari
ous metals, readily explains her unusual for s w oman I interests
She likes enrlnecrine because "it puts all the sciences tuccther."
: V,!-...
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GRADUATES TO A JOB -Future looks bright
for Porter Vaughan. University of Richmond (Va.) senior and
southpaw who's agreed to sien with the Athletics for S8.000. At
other end of handshake is F. W. Boatwright. university president.
In The
Das
News
By Frank Jenkins
'T'HREE hundred Italian planes
were engaged in the naval
battle in the Mediterranean. The
Associated Press says today
(Thursday):
"Dispatches from Home
acknowledged that a large part
of the Italian attacking force re
turned with damage and with
wounded crewmen hit by ter
rific drumfire from surface
ships. Three Italian planes were
lost.
"By contract. Sir Andrew Cun
ningham ithe British admiral),
reported that his ships suffered
not a single casualty."
IF true, this passage in the news
is intensely interesting because
it indicates that warships can
ti'.ke care of themselves against
attack from the air.
Here in America. c are bet
ting billions that modern navies
can t be destroyed by modern
airplanes when conditions of at
tack and defense are reasonably
cnuaL
Much more than the billions u
at staXe.
COLLOWIN(J'thT Rome d.s
patches acknowledging dain-
-s.. ;y
It I
1
age to the Italian attacking force.
the Assoc:ated Press savs the
Italian high command in a "be
lated'' cominunioue insisted that
the Italian bombing planes set
fire to the 42 000-ton British bat-
tie cruiser Hood, the world's
: largest warship, scored two
i bomb hits on the aircraft carrier
! Ark Knyal and two on another
British battleship.
! The British admiralty Issued
a forma! denial of this statement.
Time win tell where the truth
really is.
A SIDELIGHT on these claims
anH nMinlapl.m.. 1. u
the British are using pretty
heavy naval strength in the
I Mediterranean, indicating that
inry are out to deal Italy as
hard a blow as possible s soon
as possible.
"TALK, rather than action, is
the order of today in the
news.
A "spokesman'' for Russia
says the Soviets have no inten
tion of making a demand on Tur
key for possession of the Darda
nelles. He adds: "There are no
reasons for the USSR (Union of
Soeial st Soviet Republics) to set
con'rol of the Dardanelles. Our
relations with Turkey are good,
and the straits are open to us."
T'vs statement is probably
hors-efeatiiers. but at leat if Rui
s'a gr.is the Dardanelles without-
oriivnition from Germany it
w.11 add weight to the conclusion
thit Stalin and Hitler are still
working together according to
program.
At the n-.?rrc"it. what Kussia
thinks of Gem-any. and vice
vera. is t!e vnA iulcful subject
in the world.
Flight 0' Time
MMlfor and Jarkaoa Counts
Hletury from th file M In
MaU Tribune sn ta tear
ago.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
July 12. 1930
Ot was Saturday)
Portland at 93 degrees wai
hottest day of year. The mer
cury rose to 99 here.
Principal prosecution witness
in Tom Mooney trial now ad
mits he lied.
President Hoover defers de
cision upon trip through west
Fnur oaanline comrjanies sell
ing at 254 cents per gallon;
three at it'i cenis.
People will vote on antl-clg-arette
bill In November.
Forest fire burns In Hiatt
Prairie section.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
July 12. 1920
(It was Monday)
Union labor Joins third party
forces.
Bolshevikis recapture Minsk
from the Poles.
President Wilson calls nom
inee Cox to White House to
iron out stand on League of
Nations. '
Rain threatens valley and
tourists call off trip to Crater
lake.
R. L. Polk & company to take
census of city.
Democratic senators open firs
on Senator Harding, G.O.P.
nominee.
AT THE
National Capitol
WITH
John W. Kelly
CONTINUED FROM PACE ONE
caravan of rolling forts.
As the two senators, McNary
and Hayden, view the situation,
it would be Impossible to move
tanks from Fort Lewis, Wash.,
to the Presidio, San Francisco.
Because ot roads and bridges,
the tanks would be stymied.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT has been
given a blank check for 200.
000 000. There are no strings on thl
money. He can us It for any pur
pose hft Interprets as essential to
national defense. If he so elects,
Mr. Roosevelt can take any part of
this fund snd devota It to the
construction of military highway.
Th task Hayden and McNary hav
set tor themselves la to convince
the president the importance of hav
ing highways and brldgea capable
of sustaining tr&ffle of super-tanks,
howltera snd similar heavy rolling
stock of the new-day army. They
will contend that real military high
wars are an essential part of army
mechanization.
Lugs alone on tanks, after a dozen
passed, would make the blacktop
pavement resemble a plowed field,
or concrete pavement pulverlied. Th
bottleneck between Eugene and
Grant Pass . cannot han"le th
present light equipment of th army,
becaus of curves, grade and con
struction. The tentative military
highway map includes the east-west
route, approximating the Columbia
river highway and Old Oregon TralL
This route Is no more abl to aup
port tank traffic and antiaircraft
equipment (which 1 mobile), than
the Pacific highway.
e
OT announced vet is a plan foe
' making current federal taxes
look like nothing. Sine congress
voted ftv billion dollars for national
defense and worked out a tB
! schedule to amortize thl aum In
' nv year, another five billion dol
lars haa been added, and poeslbly
two billion more will be requested
by Prealdent Roosevelt. Thl spell
I taxes, th greatest load that th
t people of th United SUte have ever
J ""n required to pay. In th treasury
1 department tM expert hav pre
I pared a bin completely revising th
; 1st structure and It will be given
to the house committee on wy and
I means later thl rer. As drifted,
th bill provide, for depreciation ot
: plant expansion where ucn cxpan
! slon ha been made to Increase
facilities for nillng ordera for na
tlonal defense. It it absence of such
provision now that 1 causing man.
ufacturers to bold back such ex
pansion. as
WASHINGTON- Scene Just as the
! army la trying to Increase en
I llstment. some officer mot yet Iden
tified) ta becoming finicky about
; tattocmark on applicant for Ih
, uniform. Tgnnj men will not b
'-") into th army If they have
I tattoo on them which la "not
i nice Preaumably th recruiting
rryeant Is to be the art critic,
I After great effort 60 underprivi
leged children of th national capital
a r to be sent to a T. B. camp foe
two weeks. At the same tlm a
society haa been omniaed within
the shadow of Washlngton a monu
mr nt to proi Me hom-s for several
hundred British refuge children.
One wealthy society woman la r
ranging to domicll 300 In her sum
mer estate.
There will be direct wire from
the convention hall t Chlcsgo to
th Whit House and Mr. RooHvelt
will b tn constant touch with hi
sretnlMtinj, ... .
. .v... noiej in inicaco
I compla-.n that reservations ar light.
' "'jh ina to a general
belief that th convention will b
tame and therefore peop. as not
I Unnieg. to t:tui. But