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Show UINTAH BASIN RECORD Crowned King and Queen of England Dinner Cloth oi Crocheted I- - about: Curing Stuttering, LEE, ARIZ. Away CHIN here in the Indian President Roosevelt, Washington. from the time he was Assistant retary of the Navy e Budding in the Wilson has ministration, Navy always been regarded as a friend of the military forces of the United States. He has never been a fanatic about his position but has held consistently to the view that the military services must be protected against continuing political attack, which would destroy their usefulness. Likewise, Mr. Roosevelt has constantly argued for a policy of building up the army, navy and marine corps. Since he has been in the White House, Mr. Roosevelt has taken care always to see that sound policies of development were invoked as regards the military services and his interest in the navy in this direction has been marked. In consequence, the President has brought about a program of building in the navy that, examined from any angle, must be considered as having established a splendid first line of defense for our country. Whether one favors a big navy or a small navy, I think it must be admitted that the navy is the first line of defense and so the President, being fully acquainted with developments throughout the world, has seen to it that our navy shall be in a strong position as our first line of defense. It may be, as some critics of the President contend, that the hundreds of millions expended under Mr Roosevelts policies constituted too much of a fund in this direction; that we have no need for a navy as large as that now contemplated, and that the creation of a large navy indicated a policy of aggression by the United States. My own feeling is that these objections are not well founded. The turbulent situation in international relations, both in Europe and in Asia, seems to warrant a definite move on the part of the United States to be equipped. In other words, who is there that would wish our nation again to be caught without any worthwhile fighting units ready for action as we were in 1917? Further, although we are a peaceful nation, we must avoid a repetition of the 1917 conditions because we can not afford the waste of money that characterized the building up of our armed forces at that time. ad-th- One reason for the comments that I have just made on the navy and President Roose- Neutrality velts policies is the fact that we Law have a new neutrality law. It was passed just a day ahead of the expiration of the temporary neutrality law that was operative during the past year or so. This new law probably is as good as any neutrality law that can be written. It represents the work of men in congress who are very se, rious in their desires to create machinery that will keep us out of war, or at least will slow down our entry into international conflict. It lays down prohibitions against the sale of hundreds of items by American citizens or American corporations to any nation which the President may hold to be a belligerent nation, which is the way diplomats describe a nation at war. The law has a further important and interesting provision. It requires that if any belligerent wants to buy products in this country, commodities that are not prohibited by the neutrality law, it must come to our shores and get them and must pay for them before the boat leaves. Thus, it has come about that the new law is called the cash and carry neutrality act. That title sounds very satisfying. It sounds as though we will never make loans again as we did during the World war loans never to be repaid except in some minor instances and that none of our ships will become the targets of foreign gunboats because we are transporting munitions of war to any belligerent. Surely, this phase of the law will in a measure retard our entrance into any war and it will at the same time reduce the excitement in this country incident to the manufacture and sale of munitions of war because of the profits accruing under such circumstances. But, it strikes me that, after all, this neutrality law is likely to be a rather futile gesture. Having observed governmental action over an extended period of years, I refuse to kid myself. I will not say that the new neutrality act will keep us out of war because, very definitely. it will not Let us see why. There are a thousand and one acts that a foreign nation can do to insult our national honor or damage our citizens and their commeice. These are called overt acts. When an overt act is committed, it is so easy to forget about the high principles stated in the present neutrality law. It can be repealed and a declaration of war substituted for it within a very few hours. There have been a good many millions of citizens of the United States come onto Look at this earth since the Facts the armistice of 1918. Among these are undoubtedly many who will learn of the present neutrality law with a feeling of safety; who will think that nothing now can happen and their mothers, wives and sweethearts will feel they need not worry about the time when these younger generations of men will have to march away, with drums beating and flags flying, never to return. For their peace of mind, the pres ent neutrality law certainly is helpful. My suggestion is, however, that they look the facts in the face. When one of these overt acts is committed, in we will go regardless of the neutrality law. I might advert to some of the things that happened between 1914 and April 6, 1917. President Wilson, a sincere advocate of peace, did the best he could to prevent our participation in the World war. It was a matter that actually brought about his in 1916 because his campaign leaders used the sloHe kept us out of war. gan, Events came through with such startling speed, however, that month after he was inaugurated for his second term, he was standing on the rostrum before a joint session of congress asking for immediate passage of a resolution placing our country In the war on the side of the Allies and against Germany and the Central Powers. Two days later we were formally In the fight and then, once we were made a belligerent by the decision of our government, it became a war to make the world safe for democracy. I think I need not review all of the various slogans that were employed in the national propaganda to solidify our nation behind its military forces. There were many of them. The nation was ninety-fiv- e per cent behind the government in a war to qpd all wars. Hundreds upon hundreds of millions of dollars were borrowed from our citizens who bought, first, liberty bonds and later, victory bonds. For the first time in later history of our nation we had a tremendous national debt, more than ten billions of which were loaned to those nations with which we were associated in the war. The remainder of these funds was spent like money in the hands of a drunken sailor, ashore for the first time in the year. Nor Is there criticism to be made of that spending because we were not prepared for war. So, while I do not nbw foresee our participation in any conflict within the next few years, I am quite convinced that Mr. Roosevelt has pursued an absolutely sound program m advocating a strong navy and a strong army. It will serve us W'ell and will cost us very much less than if this building up process had to be accomplished overnight as it was in 1917. It may be surprising to a good many people to know that our army at present ranks as number i7 in the list of armies of nations even though our country is one of the largest and one of the richest in the family of nations. My belief is that if our navy Is made to rank with the greatest and plans are worked out as Mr. Roosevelt is trying to work them out so that our army will be possible of expansion, taxapers money will be much better spent than through or wasted through boondoggling useless development of theoretical schemes. As the battle over President Roosevelts proposal to pack the court of the Supreme United States with . Court six new judges grows in heat, it becomes increasingly evident that members of congress are looking to the political aspects of the situation to a greater extent than obtained in the early stages of the fight. This circumstance certainly is working to the advantage of those who oppose the Presidents scheme and it i interesting to look at the picture from that angle. My observation of congressional activities in the past lead's me to believe that every President must expect in his second term a certain amount of defection, a certain amount of running away, among the supporters who stood by him unflinchingly during his first term. Of course, most of his stalwaits will stick by him through thick and thin but it always has happened that a rather deep fringe of his party will begin to balk or duck when they reach the second lap and know that the hcd of their party will not seek election to a third term. The reason must be quite obvious. All members of the house and of the senate membership have to seek votes in their home districts every two years. With a Piesident in his second term, the interest of these candidates for office must turn to what their voters think rather than what the President thinks. one-thir- d Western Newsp .per Union. country comes a newspaper saying some expert at correcting human utterance has turned up with a cure for stuttering. London. Still arrayed in their regalia of the most glorious coronation the world has ever seen. King as they responded to the George VI and Queen Elizabeth are shown on the balcony of Buckingham palace Princesses Elizabeth and the are them Between cheers of thousands of their subjects who gathered outside. International News Radiophoto. Margaret Rose. Paying Homage to George VI American Peeress But why? By his own admission, nearly all stutterers can sing and most of them can swear fluently, thus providing superior emotional outlets in two directions. One smartest of the criminal lawyers I know deliberately cultivated a natural impediment in his In court- speech. it room debates y' gave him more time to think up either irvinS.Cobb the right questions or to figure out the right answers. And one of the most charming voices I aver heard belonged to a Louisiana girl whose soft southern accents were fascinatingly Interrupted at intervals by a sudden stammer like unexpected ripples in a gently flowing brook. How to Relax. BEFORE I started out here, jumpy after wrestling a radio program for six months, Jimmy Swinnerton, the artist, whos one of the most devoted friends these high mesas ever had, advised me to try stretching out on the desert sands as a measure for health and complete relaxation and a general toning up. Just lie down perfectly flat, he said. Then he took another look at my figure. Anyway, lie down, he said. So today I tried it. Another friend, John Kirk, the famous Indian trader, helped me pick out a suitable spot on the Navajo reservation that was forty miles from the nearest habitation. But the site I chose was already by a scorpion with a fretful stinger and an irritable disposition that seemed to resent being crowded. So I got right up again. In fact, I got up so swiftly that Kirk said it was impossible to follow the movement with the' human eye. It was like magic, he said. pre-empt- '$Wk London. Seated on his throne in Westminster abbey. King George VI receives the homage of his peers, immediately after being ceremonially crowned, by the archbishop of Canterbury. One is shown kneeling before the monarch. International News Radiophoto. London. Lady Astor, the former Nancy Langhorne of Glenwood, Va., shown at the coronation. International News Radiophoto. Hold Seats All Night for Coronation ft Hi . 1 f f-- V -- VkY f ' v' r r,e,x . i T6 Si h XJ Commoner Is Crowned Queen V sign as shown. Chair of State it 4 vV At I K Shi, inches, in cotton, they a uiches. Join together, for dinner cloth, spread or Pattern tPJ s 1410 contains dree for making the sc and charts shown ; illustrations of all stitches used; quirements. of them mater 1 Send 15 cents in stamps c (coins preferred) for this to The Sewing Circle Neede Dept., 82 Eighth Ave., New Write your name, pattern number 1 j address ( plainly. 'Quotations" V as we use money mil ! ness needs, so we need manners our daily needs. Michael Men. J ut The only worthy attitude of dividual, as of a nation, ii an ve a greater whole and to st for improvement and ennoblemu Albert Einstein, War is not a relic of borkiw but the fruit of the ivMea m1 which we live. Det ere Alien, silver lining to the world pression is womans chance to pro she really is mano helpmate.-E- nn Glyn. A man of forty is not toe old have made up hio mind about m things and too young not to be ing to change it. George Boas. !ESC i Tty P SO .005 P uo rolemanf AIR-PRESSU- Mantle LANTERN Use your Coleman ' ui hundreds of places where an ordinary lantern is useless Use it for after dark chores, hunting, fishing, or on any it turns night job night into day Wind, cant put rain or snow It out. High candle-powe- r light Kerosene and gasoline models. The finest made. Prices as low as $4 45. Your local dealer can supply you Send postcard for FREE Folders. In :J ... 322 THE COT.FMAN I.A5fi AND STOVES Dept. WU172, Wichita. KanM Chino CM Philadelphia, Pa.) Lo. Angela, Immortality r f FEEL It my duty to call to t atten-tio- n to the following warning, recently published: The earth is degenerating In these latter days. . . bribery and corruption abound. . . the children no longer obey their parents. . . It Is evident that the end of the world Is approaching! However, it should be added that this prediction is not, as might be assumed from its familiar ring, the utterance of some Inspired observer of the present moment. It Is a translation from an Assyrian tablet, dated 2800 B. C. So, if the fulfillment of the doleful prophecy has been delayed for years it seems reasonable to assume that It may be some months yet before civilization flies all to pieces. it i Waning States Rights. I watch commonwealth after commonwealth below the Mason and Dixon line tumbling over one another to embrace centralized authority In exchange for federal funds for local projects, Im reminded of a trip which a friend of mine out here just made. Hes a descendant of the Lees and he decided to pay a pious pilgrimage to the last remaining strong, hold of the late Southern Confederacy. So he went to the only two states that voted last fall for states rights, making his headquarters in the ghost city of Passamaquoddy He reports that, in both Maine and Vermont, the secession sentiment is getting stronger all the tirnu and that theres a growing tendency to name boys for Jeil Davis rather than Ethan Allen or Neal B. Dow. SALT LAKES If i Vv 4 .Vi i London. The archbishop of Canterbury Is shown here crown upon the head of Queen Elizabeth, In Westminster placing the abbey. It was the first time in 250 years a commoner had been crowned Queen of England, blie Is the former Llizabcth Bowes-Lyodaughter of the eari of Strathmore. International News Radiophoto. London. chair of While sitting In state. King George the VI makes responses to the prayers of the archbishop of Canterbury, International New Radiophoto. IRVIN S. COBb! -- WNU Service. HDSTHjI NEWEST Our lobby Is WteJJJJjJ cooled during the Radio lor Every Room 2 OO Rooms 200 Baths AS i Crochet string and theyll mewl Civilizations Predicament. T London. Under the famous lions guarding Lord Nelsons monument at Trafalgar square, early comers held scats all night that they might have a good view of the coronation procession. More than 6 000,000 persons saw the pageant. International News Radiophotd. s. -- either way makes a hand;, Really now, Sonny Boy, what is all the hurry about? - ''h v the hurry. Sonny Boy? you almost daily. Youre roaring through populous streets or skidding on hairpin turns or whirling at sixty perilous miles an hour around the kinked and snaky twists of mountain roads like some demoniac bug racing along the spine of a coiled rattler. If I am one to say, you probably have primed yourself for this senseless speeding on that most dangerous of all mixed tipples the fearsome combination of alcohol and gasoline. 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