Show S Views of the Press The apprehension in California California California Califor Califor- nia of John F. F Dowd long- long sought former sheriff of Suffolk Suffolk Suffolk Suf Suf- folk county Massachusetts who fled about two years ago to escape standing trial on graft and corruption charges serves to emphasize the value of modern modern modera mod mod- ern era police methods in tracking down offenders Dowd had served in the army during the first World war Immediately Immediately Im Lu- mediately after his disappearance disappear disappear- ance the Boston police obtained his fingerprints from the war department a and a d circularized them A California sheriff was alert enough to compare the sheriffs sheriff's prints after his arrest arrest arrest ar ar- ar- ar rest as a drunken driver with those on the circular offering a reward Here we have once more an example of the value of finger finger- printing The chief agency Inthis in inthis inthis this work is the federal bureau of investigation whose identification identification identification cation division has on file more than fingerprint rec rec- In 1924 when this division was started law enforcement enforcement enforce enforce- enforcement ment agencies sent fingerprints to Washington By the close of 1939 the number had jumped to 10 28 Christian Science Monitor This time of y yea year e a r usually brings one epidemic hay epidemic hay fever This year we have haye another If we wanted a complicated name for it we could call It phobia In simple English It would be the hysteric fear of shortages Yes the bacillus of shortages Is loose First we had a a. shortage of food then of shoes and clothes They turned out to be existing only in the imagination of some some people When the tourist season was wan at its height visitors visitors tors tons were scared away from New England by the gasoline shortage Overnight it turned out that there there- was a a. a simple remedy for the evil evil idle tank cars People still woMen how tank cars could have been overlooked Nor No- N sooner was the gasoline shortage eliminated than the oil fuel shortage was upon us It went by too This week we were warned of a coal shortage beginning in October Two days later New England experts could prove that the coal shortage shortage shortage short short- age was also a fiction However wherever you go people will tell you of shortages Listening to that gossip you would come to believe t that hat h a t pretty soon we would better paper the room with dollars for lack of wallpaper wallpaper wall wall- paper on the market There is hardly any doubt that we shall have to give up some luxuries that there will besone be some sone shortages But to go panicky panicky pan pan- icky and allow the bug of pe phobia nuri to bite us is the surest road to inflation and the best way to bring about an abundance of real shortages Boston Globe The isolationists are beginning beginning beginning begin begin- ning to discover the people During the recent congressional congressional recess senators and representatives representatives representatives rep rep- visited and talked with their constituents and as asa asa asa a result some ar changing their obstructionist tactics Shaving having learned that the people are a r e strongly behind the presidents president's foreign policy There can be no other conclusion conclusion conclusion con con- from such surprise switches as that of Representative tive n of Illinois who after alten after aft alt er en creating a record for himself as a Republican isolationist and anda a foe of draft extension astounded astounded astounded as as- the country by urging support of Mr Roosevelt In his foreign policy Mr Dirksen is typical of a political awakening am among ng the isolationists A canvass canvass can can- vass vans by the Times Star-Times of the eight Missourians who v voted o 0 t e d against the draft extension disclosed disclosed dis dis- closed that at least three have now apparently changed their positions and are supporting the administration in its foreign policy Quite obviously many isolationists isolationists isola isola- isolationists were proceeding on an Incorrect hypothesis The America America Amer Amer- ica lea had stirred up so BO much dust underwritten so many telegrams to Washington and had made such an everlasting everlasting ing racket that some of the senators senators sen san and representatives mistook mistook mistook mis mis- took the trees for the forest St. St Louis Star f 1 |