davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1933-07-01

A statistican says the Columbia River,
largest stream on the West Coast, dis
charges 555.500. .00o, 900 barrels Of water
into the sea yearly.
Evening star., 1933-07-01
Selling of Wives Shown.

How wives were sold will be shown
in this years pageant in Wakefield,
England. It is said that in the West
Riding district it was once commonly
believed that wife-selling to the highest
bidder in the market place was legal
The last recorded sale was on Septem-
Der 13, 1914, when william Heslam OF
Thornhill, brought his wife with q
halter around her neck and sold her
for the equivalent Of $1.25. It is also
recorded that she and her purchaser
lived contentedly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-08-25
SAYS ADJUSTMENT ACT WILL
AID COOPERATIVES

Chester C. Davis, director of the
production division of the Agricul-
tural Adjustment Administration,
sees broader opportunity for farm
ers' cooperative associations than
they have ever had before. He
thinks the Agricultural Adjustment
Act will probably do the cooperative
movement more good than an act
directly fostering cooperative mark
citing would have done.
When the Adjustment Act gets
into full operation, it will be posi-
BILE, for the first time, for coopera-
tives to promise only what they can
do. By taking over jobs that the
cooperatives cannot yet perform, and
relieving the co-ops of responsibility
for SURPRISES and prices at this crit
ical time, Mr.. Davis holds that the
Adjustment Act will be of very real
service to the farmers organizations
themselves. 1t will enable the CO.
ops to specialize in jobs that they
are already well fitted to do.
He emphasizes that the Agricul-
tural Adjustment Act aims to control
prices through the control of produc-
ton, but has nothing to do with
market prices directly. One of the
things he thinks may be very i'm
portant for the co-ops to do in the
future is to exercise a moderating in
auence on speculation by regulating
the flow of commodities to market.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-08-25

purchased in addition 100000 of
Glass A capital debentures of the
County Trust Company.
Certain assets of the old institu-
ton, including all real estate except
banking houses, have been trans
ferred to- the County Corporation.
Under the plan, as approved by
the depositors, SO per cent of their
accounts have been made available
to depositors in cash. One-third of
the deposits were applied t., stock
purchase in the reorganized company
and the remaining one-sixth is rep
resented by certificates of beneficial
interest in the subsidiary company.
'The cooperation of business in
terests and of the many thousand in
dividual depositors has been most
encouraging" Mr.. Miles said. II
feel confident that the new institu-
ton will be real boon in the de-
velopment of the counties which it
serves in Southern Maryland and on
the Eastern Shore.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-08-25
PROHIBITION A SHOCK ABB
SORBER

Whiting Williams, nationally
known observer and writer among
the workingmen of America, spoke
splendidly for Prohibition at the
National w. c. T. U. convention just
held at Milwaukee. He said in sub
stance: zone of the chief shock
absorbers that has prevented this
depression from injuring the work
man as seriously as previous depres-
sions have done is Prohibition.
Prohibition has taken the burden off
the worker by closing the saloon.
His earnings had been shifted from
the bar so that he had savings laid
up. All the speakeasies of a town
do not do half the business of a
morning that was represented in the
colossal flow of money in one hour
over the bar of one saloon"
The vast revenue that is prophe-
sled by our government officials
would be fraction of the sums that
must first be paid to the liquor deal
ers by all classes.
Where is this money today?
EARL GOODWIN,
Director.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-08-25
THE COUNTY TRUST COMPANY
REOPENS FOR BUSINESS

The County Trust Company of
Maryland, with twenty-one branches
and total resources in excess of $10,-
100000, opened for business last
Monday restoring banking facilities
which had had only limited facilities
since the bank holiday was declared
last February.
The opening was approved by
John J. Ghinger, State Bank Com
missioner, after the reorganization
plan had been adopted with the ap-
prevail of the depositors Of the Trust
Company.
The Company, under it's new
name, has approximately $7,500,O00
in deposits and capital of $780,
900. 1t has no Indebtedness and
has Invested itself of all real estate
holdings except banking houses.
Hooper S. Miles. of Salisbury, will
continue as directing head of the in
stitution. He had been president of
the old bank for only nine months
before the Statewide moratorium
went into effect last Spring and has
worked day and night since that
time to perfect plans by which the
new institution might be organized
ON a sound basis which would meet
with the approval of the State Bank
Commissioner, as we'll as the Federal
authorities in Washington.
Cooperation of the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation made possible
the opening of the bank. The R. F.
c. loaned approximately $1,000. 600
to the County Corporation, wholly
owned subsidiary of the bank. and
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-08-25

Widely distributed activities in
the United States are bringing the
advance against racketeering, kid
Laping and other crime nearer TO the
goals the attainment of which the
public is demanding.
The United States Senate Sub
committee on Racketeering, holding
its first public meeting in New York
City, revealed that the Federal Gov
ernment's long arm only awaits reg
ulated direction to reach out in every
direction and pluck the racket from
the economic fabric wherever it
may be found.
Thoroughly alive to the situation,
police chiefs throughout the states,
in answer to a QUESTIONABLE sent
out under the auspices of the Amer
lean Bar Association, list a score or
more of commentators for meas
ures which they believe would result
in speeding the stamping out of
rackets.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-08-25
STATEWIDE WET GROUP

War has been declared ON the
Eighteenth Amendment by a non
partisan, Statewide committee,
which will wage an incessant cam
paign for repeal until the election
September IL of delegates to the
State convention at Annapolis.
The committee, headed by Cover
nor Richie as chairman, consists of
asa persons of both political faiths
and of various races and creeds
from Baltimore city and the coun-
ties.
The vice-chairmen of the organi-
cation are J. Enos Ray, Collector of
Intrnal Revenue and chairman of the
Democratic State Central Committee
and Alexander Armstrong, Republi-
can, former Acknowledgement of
Maryland. Serving as chairmen Of
the Congressional districts are DEM
ocrats and Republicans.
All of Maryland's Representatives
in Congress, with the exception of
Hon. T. Alan Goldsborough, of the
First District, who is a staunch dry,
have been selected as district chair
men by the vets. VIM. S. Gordy,
Jr., State Comptroller, will serve as
wet chairman in the First Congress
sional District.
The vets open their campaign
Saturday night, August 26, when
Governor Richie, Senator Tydings,
Mayor Jackson, Mr.. Armstrong,
William F. Broening, former Mayor;
William A. Stayton, founder of the
Association Against the Prohibition
Amendment, and others are sched-
uled to speak in the arena at Car
Inns Park, Baltimore.
Meetings also will be held in every
ward in the city, and in the various
counties.
AS provided in the law passed for
the election, there will be seventy
two candidates competing to go to
the repeal convention, which will be
held October is. From each of the
six Congressional districts there will
be nine candidates, three pledged for
repeal, three unpledged and three
pledged against repeal.
In addition there will be eighteen
candidates for delegates ut large, six
pledged for repeal, six unpledged
and six pledged against repeal. Mr..
Ennis said one of the primary func-
tions of the committee would be to
inform the public that vote for re-
peal of the Eighteenth Amendment
would require marks opposite the
names of the nine candidates pledg-
ed for repeal in the first column on
the left of the ballot.
The County Committee for Cecil
isTOmar ID. Crothers, DR.. Jos. 1.
France, Mrs. John F. Johnson, DIR. v.
H. Mcknight, John H. Kimble,
Pierre LIE Brun, Mrs. Murray Brush,
DR.. Harry A. Cantwell, James F.
Evans, Mrs. Harold Bailey.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-08-25
WAGES ESTABLISHED BY PUB
Lie WORKS ADMINISTRATION

Minimum wages were established
Friday by the Public Works Admin
istration in it's adoption of pro-
gram designed to stabilize the con-
struction industry, maintain a
STANDARD of living in decency and
comfort" for it's workers and equal
ize living standards in the various
sections of the country.
The wage rates, which were
agreed to by representatives of the
American Federation Of Labor, will
be applied on all projects construct
ed from the $3,3OO,00O.0 public
works fund.
In fixing the minimum wages, the
Public Works Board divided the
country into northern, central and
southern zones and provided mini
mum hourly wages for skilled labor
of $40 in the northern zone, $1.10
in the central zone, which includes
Maryland, and 81, in the southern
zone. Unskilled labor VIII pc palu
SO cents an hour in the northern
zone, As cents in the central zone
and 40 cents in the South.
In the central zone with Mary
land are Delaware, Virginia, Ten
nessee, Colorado, Utah, California,
North Carolina, West Virginia, Ken
lucky, Missouri, Kansas, Nevada and
the District of Columbia.
The southern zone takes in South
Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Arkans-
as, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana,
Arizona, Oklahoma, Texas and New
Mexico.
In the northern zone are Maine,
New Hampshire, Vermont, Massa-
chusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut,
New York, New Jersey. Indiana,
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Nebraska,
Wyoming, Oregon, South Dakota,
Idaho, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michi-
gan, Illinois, Iowa, North Dakota,
Montana and Washington.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-08-25
TIMING A TURN"

The turn has come. Most
Americans seem convinced Of this.
Despite memory of numerous unful-
filled predictions that the United
States would be on the road back to
national progress by such-and-
such a time, they are looking for
ward with more certainty than they
have felt in years. And their cheer
full attitude is due only in part to
the energy and enthusiasm pervad-
ing their Government, only in part
to the activities of the NRA and the
prospect of new jobs and better
working conditions under the in
dustrial codes.
And the turn" is registered only
in part by security and commodity
markets, only in part by rising
wages and increasing employment
In each individual it is registered in
unseen upswings of aspiration and
resolve. And in society it is felt in
the lifting of the recent belief that
civilization may have reached it's
last frontiers, climbed it's last peaks,
and probably had no alternative but
to deteriorate, or at very best, stand
still.
This belief-like false beliefs in
general-did not arise from a con-
temptation of facts, though it ap-
peared to do so. For if it was a
fact that society hundred years ago
had many opportunities before it,
how shall we account for the wave
of pessimism that Macaulay breast
ed in 1890? Then, it seems, some
men felt that an end of economic
and social progress had been reach
ed. And Macaulay, with deeper in
sight than some who thought they
were weighing facts, asked this
question::
I'VE cannot absolutely prove that
those are in error who tell us that
SoclSty has A0nCA0u IuNHiH6 poiht'
that we have seen our best days.
Bus so said all who came before us,
and with just as much apparent rea-
son. u. On what principle is it
that, when we see nothing but i'm
provement behind us, we are to ex-
pect nothing but deterioration be-
fore us?"
It is significant that these words
strike a note in harmony with the
thought that is abroad today. The
turn" we need most has come
Christian Science Monitor,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-08-25
ABOLISH STOCK GAMBLING,
URGES JOHN T. FLYNN

Abolish stock speculation, the
buying of stocks and bonds with the
purpose of making profit out of the
change in the market prices. That
is the plea of John T. Flynn, promi-
nent business writer, in the August
9 issue of "The Christian Century"
leading undenominational religious
journal. He declares that stock
speculation has undermined our
business and industrial life and that
corporation managers and direc-
tors can make ten times as much in
the stock market with their own
stocks and the stocks Of their col
leagues from whom they obtain in
side information as they can from
their salaries as corporation execu-
tives. The result is that many cor
porations are run primarily as man
ufactories of stocks and instruments
for stock market profits rather than
public producing machines.
Mr.. Flynn recommends the enact
ment of laws (which would do away
with margin buying and short selling
of stocks. Our corporation laws
should be overhauled," he urges, ito
prohibit the manipulation of cor
porate structures for speculative and
promotional purposes. Our banks
should be driven ruthlessly out of
the speculative markets"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-08-25
CANAL IMPROVEMENT NOT
APPROVED

The proposed improvement of the
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal so it
could accommodate all types of water
craft was met with an unfavorable
report from Col. G. M. Hoffman, U.
S. A, Corps of Engineers, who is in
charge of the North Atlantic Divi-
sion.
Sponsors of the canal change orig
inally sought to have the waterway
deepened from its present depth of
IL TO 80 feet and its present width
of 80 feet to 500 feet.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-08-25
D
FIVE YEARS OF THE RENUNC1-
ALTON OF WAR
Friends Peace Committee

Friends Peace Committee
August 81, 1888, is the fifth ami
versary of the signing of The Pact of
Paris. All of the nations of the
world but three have either adhered
TO the Pact of Paris or announced
their intention of doing so.
The remuneration of war in the
Pact of Paris is an impressive state
ment of an ideal. Of more practical
importance is the second article, in
which the signatories pledge them
selves not to seek the settlement of
disputes except by peaceful means.
1t is this section that the United
States has relied on in refusing res
IGNITION to the so-called state of
"Manchukuo." This attitude does
not judge the rights and wrongs Of
the original dispute. That question
is very complicated, with much to be
said on both sides. But the resort
to violent means of settlement is
condemned, because it is clear
violation of the pladge of the Pact
of Paris.
During the intervening five
years, steady progress has been
made in providing for the peaceful
settlement of disputes. The League
of Nations has enjoyed some notable
tv;,, he in "a
about Danzig.
Danzig, predominently German in
population, is free city in which
Poland enjoys certain rights, as
Danzig is a port serving Polish ter
ritory and depending on that trade.
Poland maintains an ammunition
depot in Danzig, as she has perfect
right to do. Last spring, alarmed
by Hitherto campaign speeches in
Germany, Poland increased the
guard at her Danzig ammunition de-
pot, and in so doing considerably ex-
ceeded the number of troops that
she is allowed by treaty to station
| in Danzig. This naturally alarmed
the Germans in Germany. They
thought they saw in it the first move
of Polish attack on Danzig's rights
as a free city. With Hitlerites just
come into power in Germany, their
fiery campaign speeches still ringing
in German ears, the situation was
very tense. Yet an appeal to the
Council of the League of Nations
soon set the matter right, the Polish
government admitted it's error, the
Polish troops were withdrawn, and
the danger avoided.
Because the settlement was prom
pit and effective, there was little ex-
element and most people never even
heard of the successful handling of
an incident more serious than the
one which precipitated the World
War
1t is because the desicions as to
national policies are ultimately de-
termined by public opinion that the
individual citizens have an important
share in preventing that war, which
| if it comes, must destroy our civili-
cation. The Pact of Paris gives
public opinion a rallying point. 1t
enlists national honor on the side of
peace. For this reason it deserves
attention.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-08-25
WAGES ALWAYS LAG BEHIND
PRICES

Reviewing the trends of wages
and prices following previous bust
ness slumps, 'The Financial World, T"
leading weekly journal for investors,
says in recent issue that wages al
ways lag behind prices. In the
present period the action of the
wage level has been much better
than is usually the case. If wages
now can be made to keep pace with
prices, normal business should be
attained just so much sooner, but
failure to do so should by no means
result in renewed business depres-
sion."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-08-25
ORPHANS COURT

Bond Approved M. Mortlock
Kirk, administrative of Lewis A.
Kirk.
Account Passed-First and final
account of William E. Citing and
Charles E. Citing executors of John
r. Citing.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-08-25
EASTERN SHORE FOREST
WARDENS

The Eastern Shore District now
boasts of 20s forest fire wardens.
They are divided among the nine
counties as follows: Cecil So, Wi
comico, 81; Worcester, 80; Dorches-
ter. so; Caroline, %; Somerset, 10;
Talbot 10; Queen Anne IL; and
Kent, g..
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-08-25

Inviting the guests in relays helps
one to handle big reception; and
also enables one to keep mortal enc
mics apart.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-08-25

Tolerance is being complacent to-
ward people you know are wrong,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-08-25

Consistency takes all the pleasure
out of life.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-08-25

Eventually every man is recog-
nized for what he is,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-08-25

= ee@Rsseaes is an we eaa eni0y4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-01-08

logue for the screen Roscoe Ates earned MS
living as a soda jerker. But that job, like many
others had a disastrous finish.
IT was working in drug store in Okmulgee,
Okla, during the early days Of the oil boom,
Roscoe declares.
Ct had been in the habit of serving bottle
of citrate of magnesia to one of the leading OIL
promoters He came in one morning, accom-
panied by a rather pompous-lookng old duck
Without being told, gave him his usual drink
and asked his companion what he would have
1.-The same he said. I like lemon soda
well, you know me. I gave it to him. How
in heck did I know he was the mayor?"
The career of soldier of fortune almost
captured Lewis Stone after he was discharged
from the Army at the close of the Spanish
American War.
Gen. Homer Lee was looking for officers to
go to China and train troops there" Stone
says ut looked like good job and accepted
For a month or so I was colonel in the
Chinese army-ready to sail.
Then the Boxer rebellion broke out and L
quit I couldn't see the idea of going over there
and possibly having to fight against my own
people or any other white army.
so I turned in my nice parchment commits
SION as did all of the other boys who had
signed up to go over"
Dorothy Jordan's first job consisted in teach
ing a dancing class for her younger sisters
friends at 5 cents a lesson. She was IA at the
time; and the venture ended when the girls,
after few lessons decided they knew as much
as their teacher.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-01-08

contract, TO create a good impression
invited my prospect and his wife to accompany
me to the theater one evening"" he says. We
had seats well down in front. I removed my
overcoat and placed 1t carefully under the seat.
uTHEN I saw I had taken off my suit coat
with it. I was sitting next TO my well
groomed prospect and his wife with only my
vest on. And everyone around us was laughing.
I never went back to close the deal"
Charles Ruggles should have known that he
never was cut out for the serious job of a
pharmacist But he didn't. He studied phar-
macy in college and then went to work in his
fathers drug store
II got along fine for the first week." Charlie
declares Then I made a mistake in mixing
up some medicine for a customer I never
waited for dad to fire me. but left home and
went to San Francisco to look for another job"
Norma Shearers first job, that of a piano
player In large department store. came to a
= sudden end three days after it started. And
she didn't even get paid for those three days.
When I finished school I knew that
couldn't go to college, so set out to find job
in Toronto" says Norma.
About the only thing could do was play
a piano, so started making the rounds of all
the stores with music departments landed
job and worked for three days without telling
my family what was doing.
Then my mother heard the news from q
neighbor who had seen me in the store. She
came down and took me home without even
giving me o chance to quit oficiaily."
YOU'VE seen how adept Conrad Nagei Is when
! It comes to making love to beautiful girls
on the screen. But IN reality you haven't even
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Continued from Fourth PGge
smile that the few people who know him some
times see.
'arhat is all right I'll make my sets BY
hand"
IE went home. back to the little house tn
Connecticut where he has lived for more
than 20 years. Every morning he arose ut
dawn and worked until dusk. He wished that
Summer would nnger. The rose earlier
and the days we're longer. He could put in
more hours of work
He had decided that he would make 500
edition, in IL volumes each, of the 900 plates.
simple arithmetic process showed him that
it couldn't be done. He decided that 100 would
be enough
BY October. in 1929 he had received sub
scriptions for IS of the sets. The price was
81, 400 a set. Then the economic condition
changed. Sixty cancellations followed
Rex Brasher kept right on working There
was nothing romantic about the task. Just
hard dull routine After o while enough sub
scriptions were renewed to raise the total
to rs.
This task. which had started in 1928. was
finished in 1892.
THEN he looked at his work-and this time
] he called IL good-and complete. He had
not been careless with any details. He had
verified every color with the bird skin collection
of DIR. Jonathan Dwight. The collection is q
feature IN the American Museum of Natural
History In New York.
Brasher had studied his birds directly He
had seen them perform the actions with which
he credited them. Audubon. 50 the critics said.
had taken liberties RraSher refused to d0 go
II he had to perch On q fence. or lie IN n cold
river bed for day to get the sweep Of q wing
or the color Of o foot, he stayed. It took
patience.
And the detailed copyiaS took considerably
mere
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-01-08
STRANGE PATHS TO GLORY IN THE MOVIES

NOrmaShearer' irst
Work Was as a Piano
Player, Ann Harding
Started as a Filing
Clerk-and a Roll
Call Of the S tars
Shows That 80 Per
Cent of Them Came
to Pictures From
Most Prosaic Jobs.