^ Q /X / 3 3 . ROOSEVELT ^ project of tremendous proportions which will affect the welfare of ten states, was today by President-elect Roosevelt. It is a plan to develop the entire valj&^ of the Tennessee River. 1 It will reclaim a large area in the territory -tL ' south of Mason and Dixon^s- Line. A. George Van Slyke in the ^ew York Sun it is the most elaborate bit of national planning that will ever have been attempted by che Federal Government, It will at first be an experiment, but if it is successful it will be nr repeated in other sections of the country, especially Ohio and Arkansas. Mr. Roosevelt figures that it will provide employment control the waters of the Tennessee River)and this in turn is expected to help regulate felafit jFather of Waters, the Mississippi. A. /\ for at least two hundred thousand people. It entails bringing undeif Reforestation will be attempted on a large scale also. oV ;-.L Mome encouraging news comes from Youngstown, Ohio. A story in the Youngstown Vindicator tells us that the skies over Youngstown are brighter both literally and figuratively. Three Bessemer Converters in that steel center are making steel for the first time in months. Twenty-four of that districts eighty-three open hearth furnaces are now working. I‘rALY Over in Italy Premier Mussolini is taking drastic measures to put an end to the economic crisis. II Duce has organized a body called tht Industrial heconstructicn Institute. And its purpose Is to reorganize Italian Industry on a healthy basis. The correspondent oi' the Brooklyn limes Union cables that it began work today oy weeding out weak and unhealthy industries The President of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation today asked the Finance Committee of the Senate for an additional appropriation of one hundred and fifty million dollars. This would be used' sw direct 'll« w » y ± r loans to various states for unemploymt. n t r e 1 jsT RQUMAfllA Another foreign xar country sent in a bid today for an opportunity to aiscuss with Mr. Roosevelt the debts it owes Uncle Sam. That country is Aoum&nia which hitherto has sueixs: made all her payments promptly. t 'A i^rnusv * JAPAN A tactful and ingenious speech has just been made by the Mikado's Ambassador to the United States. Ambassador Debuchi told the New York Chamber of Commerce today that T!of all the Western nations, the United States will derive the greatest I benefit from the economic regeneration of Manchuria.n ! I / *» - GEMEVE Then, the world disarmament conference is on again. The delegates are assembled at Geneva and are considering the plan for limiting the worlds xxxxjxa. armies and navies which was offered by France. Hugh Gibson is representing the United States. V » j su rmjsv' \ AIKPLAMES Two United States airplanes, have been seized by the anM. Governiiient of Peru* They**® transport planes used to carry mall and passengers down the west coast of South America to Chile They've been conscripted by the Peruvian government for use against Columbia on the Upper Amazon Bd.ver in that squabble over the town of Leticia CANADA & lot of heated discussion is rotm: on in the Dominion of Canada over a big barter proposal which has been made to the Canadian government by the Soviet, The idea is to exchange seven million dollars worth of Russian oil for seven million dollars worth of Canadian cattle. The idea has been rejected by xks Prime Minister Bennett1s government, but we learn from the Toronto Star that there^ a movement on foot to carry it through by private enterprise# on the part of prominent Canadian cattlemen. Some of the Sma3=iSj=r?“papers are rather caustic on the subject of the^governmentrs attitude in turning the proposal down. V. OMEN A Canadian politician has an interesting diagnosis. to blame for the depression. ^ story in the Montreal Star A, informs us that this official, a Montreal Alderman, told the Legislature of the Province of Quebec that a sure cure for depression would be the complete elimination of young women under twenty-one from business. A. After they1re twenty-one, apparently the dear girls ' ~ Ic^jg t canTt do any harm- Itfs all a trifle beyond me. CRICKET ~Ct4. There ^ been a - ood deal of chuckling throughout the sporting world over a row that arose in Australia concerning a hrz cricket match. That row not only stirred up public opinion 7 ^ l4*v( enormously in AaafeaaMfc. It has now been brought to the attention of the British Government in London. if There^ff4, been a rood deal of talk in the United States concerning over-emphasis on sport. But never yet in the history of the U.S.A. has^fe^flaA^-rjicM*. :.hethr r a certain ball is fair. Ah A A British cricket team has been touring Australia. The O' row started because ±SEr.En in one of the important test matches $ a bowleTjwho correspond»*«fa> to the pitcher in baseball, dusted off the batsman, in fact beaned him. Well, of course, the bean ball is no novelty in baseball. Apparently this episode in Australia is the filt time it was ever tried in cricket. And it certainly seems to have been effective. First of all the Australian cricket board cabled the officials of the CRICKET - S ruling 1 body of cricket in England complaining that the visiting British bowlers had been unsportsmanlike :1 in using the bean ball. This infuriated the English cricketers who demand the withdrawal of the term 11 unsportsmanlike”. The newspapers took it up and claimed that the incident was likely to damage relations between the two countries. The question was taken up in the House of Commons and finally today the Club that is the ruling body of cricket in England, sent a delegation to His Majesty’s Secretary for the dominions to explain the episode. All of which has been giving American sports writers a considerable chuckle. DUKE * Times certainly have changed in England when they talk of" arresting a Duke. The aatk wearer of the strawberry leaves yjz* ~l£jt f&yjsTiy. in question is His Grace, the Dute of Manchester. A hotel at /v — sttRimons a seaside resort obtained a jud^ment^against His Grace who failed to appear in court at the proper time. Uo the court ordered His Grace imprisoned for forty-two days. ’A U^rC-<k<L, ^ ”tr &, I'm i. nsf-tsv I'UKE; Times certainly have changed in England whtn they talk of arresting a Duke. The M kx wearer of the strawberry leaves yju. in question is His Grace,^the Duke of Manchester. A hotel at — summons a seaside resort obtained a judyment^against His Grace who failed to appear in court at the proper time, do the court ordered His Grace imprisoned for forty-two days. ^ g :- MY The mali fist of Ghancellor Adolf Hitler beKan to show Itself today. Germany another election campaign, her sixth in less than a year. It began with bloodshed and street battles. In Berlin alone five are dead, and a score i gnun wounded. H. B. Knickerbocker cables the hem York Evening Post that the country is getting a foretaste of what rule by the Hitlerites, the hazis, will mean. The Prussian Minister of the Interior has ordered the suspension of all police officers who suppressed the Nazi riot at Hamburg, where three Hitlerite storm troopers were killed, the same.time he ordered ihs a state funeral for a Nazi storm trooper who was killed by Communists. Then^throughout Prussia all Communist meetings have been prohibited The Prussian police also raided the headquarters of the Red party in Berlin. All cables report that feeling r gV'-C',r2 /- Germany. It is quite evident thet the Hitlerites intend to curb Y 1/7 their opponents with an iron hand,/also that the opponents are not % FQLLOVr GrKMANy Later In the day Chancellor Hitler s^ave a sensational interview to a group of newspaper men. The burden of his discourse was a plea to the rest of the world to suspend judgment on the Nazi regime. He used these words: ’'Crucify me if at the end of four years we have not succeeded," He said further that Germany must find herself again cr the red flag of &± Bolshevism will be flyin PABBIT And here * s something that really i_s news. Out in California a snorting xh± wild-eyed rabbit engaged in combat with a dog and defeated the dog. The rabbit in question weighs eight pounds. After one bite from that rabbit*s teeth the dog ran tacg|t±g JfcafflfeaS into the house. A- A. I should add that the story comes from Tulare, California, not far from the birthplace of Mark Twain*s Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. 'siti 3 ^o^B. DIVOhCK The State of Delaware is going after the divorce trade in a big way. At least, if certain legislators A are successful, Ae learn from the Baltimore Evening Sun that a bill has been introduced in the jaM Senate repealing all ttee existing di^-oce laws, together with another bill making drastic changes in the methods of obtaining divorces. The second measure provides that be granted in Delaware aft-r a ten day residence, and for any cause whatsoever provides still further that in no case will any alimony whatsoever be granted quite a few' men will be moving to \ Delaware, MURDKF HUNT They’re having a peculiar kind of murder hunt over in Nev, Jersey, The murder is a mean who has 'poisoned * \ fourteen dogs. The dogs were prize dachshunds worth about nine thousand dollars. The crimes were committed in a, kennel in North Hackensack, ^ew Jersey, w.y. A story in the^torld Telegram quoted the inspector of police as saying that so far as he is concerned it’s the same as any other murder case, A fellow mean enough to ao a trick like that probably would enjoy murdering m human being^ A says the inspector, 0.0,P. An amusing piece of political news comes from Washington today concerning the beer bill. At the beginning of the Lame Duck session JSXBKX G.O.P. leaders were either indifferent or a? opposed to it. Mow they are prepared to do their utmost to help the Democrats wm pass it. And why are they doing this? Because , the correspondent of the Philadelphia Lvening Ledgera they see in it a chance to lay a trap for the President. If the beer bill is passed, it is generally understood that hr. Hoover will veto it. This, they feel, will make the President so unpopular that there will be no chance of his come-back in 1936. jf) Nice playmates, these politicians. A (X BONFILS Anybody v-ho ev< :■ lived best or even visited me West A. A will be interested to learn that Fred Boni'ils, the famous publisher of tin Denver Post died this morning. Bonfils was one of the spectacular figures of the modern west, and one of the most successful publishers in America. Concerning his methods and reputation, perhaps the less said the better* But his success was unquestionable. The people who didnft like him •were almost as numerous as the thousands who eagerly read his .the last few months of his existence he started a lawsuit against the Rocky Mountain Mews, the Seripps Howard newspaper in Denver which bade fair to develop into a trap of Bonfils* own seeking. &v\ <SL l*4***A$^t oarer every day. But his enemies never -ot him, although rrithlH oarer every day. - .^te-AUGAC-T- - -fy^/56 Today, February 2nd, is Candlemas#. That Is, itfs i*~ ? cl . ^ ^i ^r^jf - ^ ^ 1^1 $ Candlemas# in Furope. ftac?n> 0n this continent v ., t —. «■ Groundhog Day. ,*^^3 States at any rate, the groundhor certainly saw his shadow. Onee upon a time that was believed to mean that six more weeks of severe winter were ahead of us. Dr. Blair, of the great Bronx Zoo, says the groundhog as a weather prophet. Hef s been wrong for the last five years in succession. Dr. Scarr, Uncle Sam1s Weather observer in New York, C<rvvJ2^l that may be so, but the groundhog knows Just as much about ahe next six weekfs weather as any human observer can possibly know A story in the Camden Courier Post from May’s Landing, New Jersey, says: wyetuwrrtres h: i,L 2 farmers in Southern Jersey are thumbing their noses at the groundhog toch The weaflier Is so mil , and there ^ been so little frost in the ground that the soil is in excellent condition and farmers are starting to plant broccoli, cabbage. JL&t Mti** " Lu tomato^ and spinach. In other words, they say spinach to groundhog. / ^ ^ /y In dew York a groundhog, evidently bored with the ^ ksy^r^slsL ; C a 'f- burden of prophecy that is thrust upon his breed, committed suicide. His owner was taking him in w n^e to the top of the Empire State Building, so that he might see his shadow from there. On the way he gnawed his way out of his cage, Jumped down ^*4*4 into the traffic on Fifth Avenue, and was run over, /juz id ~tusi dhvi y J&dy ^L a . ^ SPANKING Now for a piece of information that xxii:-niazxiani not only should but will — interest children and their parents alike. The tendency amonp; educators of late years, especially the highbrows, is to decry the old-fashioned spanking, '.Veil, the pendulum seems to be swinging. Dr. E, E. Free in The V.eek' s Science" quotes the Senior medical officer of the school system of London, England, T 1th the A. ^ statement that the most scientific way to punish a child is by mirTiiT f» hand functioning in the traditional way. Bat, says this A medical offic •, you must be sure the spanking is hard enough to be really painful. Another necessary feature of the method is that it must be done immediately while the parent is still angry. This is explained on the ground that if you wallop him while XEsiJxKXHnKry yo^1* anger is still warm, the child understands you perfectly well. If you put it off until later and administer a dose, of "reasoning" along with it, this impresses the child as one of the thousand things, that grown-ups do but that no sane the old-fashioned method: over paefti t» knee with the palm of SPANKING - £ child can understand. ^ J Mental punishment such as scolding and the so-called reasoning with the young, are unnatural, says this doctor, and ~ts usually ineffective. Painiaaa the skin, such as results from a A. good workmanlike spanking, is nature’s method of training all young animals. What do you think about It? reaction •»nrrr is to this.aarogrriftbfcv, K da n SIMMs' r HO>*£EvVORK lier#-*- ii another little item for parents. The Philadelphia A. Evening Bulletin quotes a father as a skin, his son hov; he got on in school today. "Not :;o he;f', replied Bobbie. ’’That problem you helped me with last night was all wrong." The: father was But the boy reassured him, saying: "Don’t worry about that. Pop, none Hwi&ZArfl) *__ 1 embarrassed and "Well, well, that’s pretty A- of the other boys’ fathers got it right either." After that one I’ll have to go home and brush up on my own home wo r k} a nd SO LON : UN1. XL i OMORROW.