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Our Washington Letter - --By-- National Editorial PARGIE GIRI MAS MMlS PaiWOa-HAll HAMILTON). • WowlattiaB by mu^miut w» COLUMBIA PICTURES "Washington, November 15--Con- Yinced that Congress, for political purposes, will endeavor to handicap the National Recovery Administration 1 by restrictive legislation early January all efforts are utilized to speed up codes for 1200 industries. Some dofibt has been expressed that •' the speech-making tours of NRA executives in defense of theiis policies, could be chalked up as jrreat successes 1 , It is generally admitted that General .-Johnson may have erred in carrying . ; / "oratorical swords into territory con'-, trolled by his cjiief critics. In strik-' - ing at the snipers the firey recovery ietftian b^s invariaWy chased his ^rtemies up a tail tree with the sto^k ?ry. "If the NRA fails what ef- Jti'vc remedy can you offer ?7 With Sfljkillful propagandists flooding the ;f|j^ountry; with claims and counter-, ;. ' * " fclaims it is. small wonder that the. dbiic is bewildered" and .consequently; z1 v.."..restless1. ' Any promoter or reformer; • . C":;*/Snows' full, well that prejudices are ;1 more easily stimulated than neutral- . : !zed or corrected. High hopes are held for a spirited' upturn m employment as the red-tape is cut oh public w«rks projects. The Government has a vast fund--more than three billion dollars--for this activity. The construction industry. Bloughed down by uncertain material costs and labor rates, did not respond to the spurs authorized by Congress last June. By breaking down the State organizations into county units direct.lv contacting the Federal agencies tlie stalemate of matching State funds will be broken quickly. It ..is,. » expected that these projects will reemploy four million workers. T^ie 'processing taxes [on certain farm products whkfKj&ecome effective in August are gradually trickling into the public treasury. The anticipated revenue fo $500,000,000 will be used largely to pay farmers for the reduction in crops and livestock . m accordance with the Government's •'•'v.';?: •arm relief program. About $70,000,. 000 wheat adjustment payments will l»e made shortly with Kansas and North Dakota drawing heavily on this ' fund. Ten Mid-West states will share In com-andrhog benefit payments. Payments have already begun in tobacco- growing states out of a fund of $25,000,000. An official forecast this week stated that the demand for production credit in 1934 is not likely to show much change from the current year. Federal authorities are • working long hours to release a portion of tied-up deposits in country banks as a means of relieving farmcredit conditions. The forced sales of « farms for debts is still a troublesome factor. Tariffs once a line of demarcation between the major political parties •will soon figure prominently as a nonpartisan issue. The -Recovery Act permits any labor or trade group to complain in instances where foreign goods are adversely affecting industries covered by codes. The free-trade advocates are in minority these days when protection of home markets rises above political dogmas. The ' President may direct an urgent study by the Tariff Commission in event complainants prove their contention i s "What did she steal. Harris?" The »ker was Mr. Walsh, manager of large New York department store. He addressed the store detective * ho had brought a beautiful girl •."to his presence. A man accom- ,--ni?d them. 'I didn't steal anything!" the girl |r terrtipted. glaring at Harris. 'J-iow ri ii'w you do this?" : "She lifted the gentleman's wal- Irt." replied the detective. £ did not!" *Tou did so," retyrted the supt «osocl victim. .. The girl .slapped the man's face V ith all hei might. Harris grabbed .'••Ivor roughly. "Cut that out." .•Sylvia, the girl, was almost h.vs- >,ivioal. "Let me go. Let go of me! didn't steal -anything." " . "Where's the, wallet, Harris?" the V : ( h m a g e r i n q u i r e d . \ * , . C "y::v "I don't.kiww, sir,- "She probably ' • • i f t r i s ' i t o n h e r - * " • "I have not.". • *:•'. "Then certainly you won't object i>~*b being searched!" Walsh declared. V"; "She has it. ! saw her take it." :-'*iUd the - main, "^fhe bumped into tjiiie. I 1%lt for my wallet." He put •/tiiti hand int.> his pocket. A look of »mazement came int'o his face. V^iowly he ;iut his hand deep into K ills pocket :in I pulled out the'wallet. "It must have slipped down. fir-- excuse me. Miss. I'm ,sori y. It's a • terrible mistake." He-commenced to * tjick out foolishly. The gfiil Tsobbejl ? Convulsively. • "Madam!" Walsh exclaimed. c«- 1 r i--> ln-r. 1 . .i;'( i« !l >"<> live in the same boarding houae with me and my father. He helped us when we needed the money." .. "Where is he now?" the manager inquired. "I can't tell you that. He's been kind to me. I could never tell on uhlm afte^all he's done for me." She ,. commenced pleading anew. "Please let me go. I'll do anything you say. I'll leave the city." "It isn't up to me." •"You'll be saving my life. Now they'll send me to jail, and I'll be marked as a criminal. . Please give me a chanre. Surely a person's whole life can't be condemned because of one mistake. You're decid- . ing my whole lite! Please let ipe .; gO." • ' ; Walsh pressed the dictagraph" button and talked Into it. "Mr. Smith, there's a giii in my*, Office whom we caught in an ex-; .* tort ion scheme. ' I don't- think she*#.,, a criminal, sir, and extortion is a, . serious charge. I was wondei^ng jC' we cou|d take the lil^erty of releasing her." I really think she's honest./' '. Smith's voice could be heard over • the >vlre. "I'm sorry Walsh. Tlte store's rule has always been to : prosecute--our insurance company •„ insists upon it----" - . "Please ta?k to 'him again;" Sylvia pleaded. "Please try to convince. . )iim. Can't you tell him what It.'- means to me? He couldn't be so , heartless." ' "I wouldn't bother . you.* Mr. '• Smith, but I- really think this'caso . is ,m exception," \Vnlsh spoke into' How to Eat for . Health and Beauty Imp, Latest Brain Teaser From Europe ^Becomes The New National, Pastime that American workmen are endangered by the influx of cheaply produce <i competitive goods frob other countries. Members of Congress returning >ariy to their desks find no let up in volume of letters. So great is the demand for answers that it has been necessary to devise stock replies with the result that constituents receive almost identical answers with the noncommittal bromide that the legislator ig. giving your case careful consideration. A select list of leaders and powerful private citizens in each district is usually accorded a special personal letter from the alert secretary who can duplicate the chief's handwriting and literary style. The boys are returning in a belligerent wiood which bodes ill for Administration policies especially where patronage has been unsatisfactory. The adoption of the Twenty-first Amendment to the Constitution will force revision of revenue laws. It may cause modification of special taxes imposed as an emergency measure last spring. A sub-committee which has been- studying these matters is holding sessions behind closed doors to perfect their recommendations to • Congress*. Estimates show that $500,000,000 may be raised from • a liquor tax. A majority of special NRA taxes will automatically ease Dec. 31. The difficulty with* liquor taxes is the wholesome fear that "heavy excise taxejs will (encourage evasion and keep bootleggers in^usixiess. "Hollywood \tnrs trol their weight safely by hi diets around fresh milk," Eilers, Fox star. IN ANY discussion of reducing the * word "calories" is frequently men-: tioned. A calorie is a unit of hea which is given off when the body .up energy. Foods yield calories hi. varying amounts. Those rich in' fatSf ;' starch and sugar yield many calorii Naturally, a comparatively low calorie food such as fresh milk, shou be the basis of the reducing diet, bei cause It Is, conveniently, not only low In calories, but rich In food value, heihg the most complete of any single food Iff all tbe elements needed for health, A 1,400 CALOHIE REDUCING DIET Rreakfast (385 Calories) ) Calories Grapefruit 100 Cooked cereal % cup .......... 100 Fresh milk 3 tbsp. for coffee ...25 Sugar 1 tsp. for coffee Coffee ................ Fresh milk 1 glass ... I.nneheon (3t0 Calories) Omelet 1 egg .............. k , Bread t si ice . . Butter *4 tbsp. ............ ... Fresh milk 1 glass ......... /^Dinner (560 Calories)' Broiled liver 1 slice ........., Scalloped onions' Vk cup Fresh peas Vs cup Butter for vegetables ^ tbsp. Cabbage and apple salad ..... \12 Fresh milk 1 glass 13 Fresh milk 1. glass 10:30 p. rri...135 To(tal Day's Calories 1,390 .....135 Earl Carroll showgirls on Broadway between the scenes, Kate 8mith and her manager at air show, and Bill Selzer and "Teddy" Kenyon (at right) winners of U. 8. amateur pilot championships--all Imping away! Sloicly he put his hand into his ]>ocket. i J ' v s - r r f by Mac Chnkc find Hale Hamilton.) tow sorry I am for this unfortunate >ccurrence. Please realize " The [irl cor.'inued to cry. Walsh«touched ler on the shoulder "Please con- . ;rol yourself. Madam." She flun^ the manager's hand :|way from }>er shoulder and^ooked -ip, her face tear-stained. "You're foing to suffer for this. I'll show (rou--you've branded me a thief." "But. Madam--r-- I'm apologizing "Apologizing? You branded me a thief and now you apologize. What about the people who saw me?" ; l>he started 10 cry again. • "Please, Madam if you'll " He was interrupted by the ringing Of the telephone. "Please don't interrupt me," the manager said over the phone. "What is it?" he asked after a pause. Walsh was puzzled. He looked at Sylvia as he replaced the receiver. r" "I came with a neighbor," said the girl. "Oh, the humiliation--the . disgrace! I'm going to my lawyer. |*ou have no right to call innocent .people thieves." • "A mighty nice performance. Miss." Walsh declared. » "What do you mean?" Sylvia • looked at him anxiously, biting her ' Bnderlip, but still trying to bluff it , But indignantly.' Wash sat down. "You're working t clever racket, girlie, but you!ve fceen caught." ~~ ".What are you talking about? 1 How dare you " She made a • rush for the door. Harris, caught unawares, jumped after her and ,| J6t managed to catch her as She reached it. She struggled like a wild Cat, and Harris had to actually lift fcer off the ground before he could fcring her back. "There's no use doing that, Miss. It'll do you no good." "Please please 1 don't want to get arrested!" "Who does?" Walsh Inquired. Then he turned to Harris.' "Her partner may be hanging around." "I'll take a look." said Harris as fce started for the door. Sylvia took Ji vial from her purse and raised It to her lips. Walsh knocked it from ker hand. ' "This taking poison fs an old one," •aid Harris. "They all do it when ,.,%'hey are caught. I usually let them lake the poison," he smiled. "H's jisually nothing stronger than root leer." . Walsh had picked up the vial. He Smelled it. "This isn't root beer." •Then he turned »o the girl. "Nothing Is ever so serious that It's worth taking your life." -J "I'll kill myself before I go to jail/' she declared. - < "Why didn't you think of that before?"" * - ' "I did thtnjk of it. That's all I was thinking about, but 1 had to do it." ' "No one ever has to steal." "I'll never do It again. Please let nie go." "1 can't do that. Miss. Who was the man that was here? Is he yo'ir husband?" , - j ^ "No," she replied. "He used to The Unicorn The unicorn is regarded as a fab* ulous beast, but the first man who reported seeing one probably believed he had. The gemsbuck or cape oryx has two horns of the same length and shape as the single horn of the classic unicorn. One of these animals which had lost^one horn in a fight would iooii almost exactly like the unicorn of legend. the dictagraph. "The girl Mn't this criminal type. She's even tried to commit suicide. She was realljr desperate 4,Walsh, this isn't up to us." Smith's voice came back. "Our insurance company prosecutes, and we haven't anything to say about it. It's very nice of you to take an interest in this, but it is impossible for us -to do anything." Sylvia rushed over td the mouthpiece and called, "Please, Mr. Smith --ypu couldn't be so heartless, Please give me a chance! I'm not it thief, honest I'm not. Just let me talk to you!" "I can't do anything," Smith exclaimed. replacing the receiver on the hook. Sylvia heard the click. "I'll fix that Smith. You tell him that! I'll ruin iiis Ijfe, like he's ruined mine! I don't care what happens to me, but I'll fix him!" Sylvia became hysterical. "Tell him that I'll get even with him!" The girl was led away by the detectives. She was tried, found guilty and sentenced to two years in the house of correction. The man, who was the brains of the scheme, went free. He visited Sylvia in prison. "I expected you before. Tony,'" Sylvia greeted him. "I left town until things blew over," he said. "How is it here?" : -- "Fine. I'm like one of the family^ she replied. . - "Cheer up. kid. Two yearS'H be over before you know it." "I couldn't last two years. One- • month has almost driven me crazy.'*." Tony Graiton was a little appre-. hensive. "Now don't get any wild - ideas in your head, Sylvia. Yoij dm't escape from a place like this,** "I'm not escaping. They're go-: Ing to let me out--and thank me." "What are you going to do?" he Inquired nervously. "First you TO going to do something. Next time you come here bring me a book, and in the binding put about three matches--those wooden one#." . v "What's the gag?" "I've got something figured out. In a month you can figure out a lot of things in <• place like this." The Warden approached within earshot. "You just tell mother net to worry.. They treat me rrice here--and everything will be all right, Goodbye Tony." r "Goodbye. Sylvias, TVI see yo* : next week." With that, he left. aM(I Sylrfa returned to her prison work in the kitchen. "Now when I get out wC here, we oughta hitch up as. a tea*»r»," said Jeanie, with whom Sylviai xm shell-ring peas. "With what I know about rackets, and your sensible way of looking at things, we ought to get along swell." "1 got something else to do ^rhen I get out of here," Sylvia* replied., "1 rn going to fix some one." , " A m a n ? " J e a n i e i n q u i r e d , w i t h ' sidelong glance. ' " "A skunk!" Sylvia exclaimed. (TO BE CONTINUED) August Month of Battle* More battles have been fought 111, August than Jm any other month. J7GYPT, Europe, America, -- bne after another, the countries have fallen victims to the madden ing little puzzle game of fifteen numbers In sixteen squares. Appropriately called Imp, it has landed on Amerjcan shores and in six weeks conquered the East Coast. Snapped by the camera in idle momenta, notables in various walks of life are shown above wrestling with what looks so simple. The problem is to arrange the numbers in specified orders; and you don't run out of problems because the game has oyer one billion possible combinations All oyer N^w York now, people are practicing up for the first American Tpurnament given at the Roosevelt ^y the National Imp Association early in November. Wall Street is reported doing little else than solving Imp problems; newspapers run daily departments as they used to with cross-word puzzles; all the stores have them in window displays, and everybody loses his or her temper regularly. A beautiful box of 21 Christmas Cards, all different, is on display at the Plaindealer Office, priced at is tion of Christmas Cards we havf & ' • ^ 7./VV ever handled. Be sure to look ' V'. • •• -• - 3 ' •. them over before buying this year < • Should B* Racorded Three things that should alDray* ;he" legally recorded--a marriage, a birth, and a real estate transfer. Tht-rv a Of, a young girl from liluc Island Who had such poor hvnlth-^oh, my land! 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