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TIT rs the custom In a certain VII
lage neal the sea for the mel to
- 20 into the woods and bring out
by OF sled many small spruce tree&
These are ranged about the founda-
tions OF houses to keep them snug and
warm for the winter. Even the poor
est, meanest dwelling takes on a hoii-
day aspect when surrounded by this
hedge of fresh. vigorous green
In a gray. weather-beaten cottage
close to the shore lived a family whose
hard luck WAS the talk OF the village.
The father was a fisherman. bur now
that the winter had set In. he could
not go out In his dory: the summer
had yielded a fair catch, but the prices
were low. The mother was a cheerful.
sensible woman who kept the house
tidy and her husband and little girl,
Sallie, well cared for. When Christ
mas time came. however. she was
much troubled.
"Shall | write Santa I want a cart
with red wheels7" asked Sallie one
dag, land a teeny doll house | can
keep my kitten in7'
HE has 50 many children to remem-
ber." said her mother. Il wouldn't be
disappointed II Just this once. SallIe.
he kind OF forgot"
Sallie's eyes grew round with amaze
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He EnKIEnk sleigh bells played
merrr little tunes as the young
caroIIers set ont ON Christmas
Eve AT exery corner they stopped
and their clear young voices filled the
frosty night with Joyous hymns
Christ liz born tfey sang Good
Christian nzeza. rejoice
Al they reached the edge of the
town the driver turned Its all of
& couple OF miles ont q Widow Ell
derss~" he raid shall we go on or
turn back herey-
Oh lets do 20 on said Bob Miles
And then. because he was new in
town, and fell that he might have
spoken too hastily. he added "Of
couTxe whatever the others wan TO do
ss NIL right with me-
YES. let's szid Mary Byron They
wezst ON The crowd seemed always
Go do whatever Mary wanted
Bob Niles thought Of this as they
4ped along the snowy road But he
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ment- HE can't forget. Mamma He'd
not be Santa, II he did"
Mrs. Blake repeated SaIlie's answer
to her best friend. Mrs. Moore. And
Mrs. Moore said, BLESS the child $50.
well | never |"
Sallie listened with her fat little
hands clasped behind her. back i
don't believe II |" she said stoutiy. And
nothing her mother said could change
her convictions
When they vent to bed there wasn't
q present In the house-not an orange.
not a candy ~cane-but Sallie was sure
about the morning.
She woke when the dawn was gray.
She battered over to her window. The
sea was like a still. fiat sheet of metal.
the air was chill Down below vas
the green hedge of little trees
Sallie's eyes stuck out NJ she looked
at them; she gave a high. delighted
sQueal On every tree At the tip-top.
wal q little package done up In bright
paper and tied with colored string !
A row OF twenty Christmas trees. each
bearing 4 gifti
He did come. Mamma I" shrieked
Sallie. Santa trimmed twenty trees
Instead OF y 7"
Mrs Moore told Mrs. Blake that
evening that village children had crept
over Ii the night and each tied = pres
emit to a tree. Il don't suppose you
had anything to do with itr' smiled
Sallie's mother.
.Oh. we'll" said Mrs. Moore. faith
ike sAllie's can't BE- disappointed"
! : 1914. wsstsrn Nswsp~ps~ unis~~
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ERNEST T. WEIR Of x,ur~,

ERNEST 7. WEIR of PITTSBURGH.
~ chairman of the wesrton Steel
company. has dened the federal labor
board and fatty refused TO abide by
the rules IL announced to ruIde an
election of employees Representatives
for collective bargaining. In . letter
TO Senator r. D. Wagner. chairman Of
the board. Mr.. Weir said:
I'VE must consider any
ments with you terminated and the
election will proceed In accordance
with the rules adopted by the EN-
ployees' organization
Informed later that Chairman wag-
ner had announced the board would
enforce Its agreement TO supervise the
election at the Neirfon and C1arks-
burg. ". va. and St~eubenyIlIe. Ohio.
plants. Weir reiterated my letter
stands
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Found himself I'm the SsrntH ht8ane
tine Oserturned Sled
did nDs think IN strange. for she was
charming and v~ivacious. rs wen as
beautiful
He had come on the ride hoping to
gex better acquainted with some OF
the yeung people
He Was - engrozsed In his OVID
thoughts thaf he noticed nothing until
someone called Look out" and he
found himself In the snow beside the
overturned sled
"A zpiII In the snow nerer hurt any
body NJ OF the boys called out. but
tn had Mary Byron had \ broken
ankle
I've had two years of surgery"
Bob Niles stated. and the others drew
aside Al h deftly put the ankle
ha<k IN place. md tied on = temper
my aafint with handkerchiefx. he kept
M i c0uStznf Gov OF Iittle stories
until Mary forgot the pain to laugh
n then
Carefully saae was loaded hack or
The sieixh and taken home Its :
sh1me / spoiled the Widow Elders
GrfzfmAs Eve" she said -You musi
al pruunise me Il 20 out there tomor
row might and ring for her
They MI promised but Bob Niles
T vonr-- h< said. It'll rant to know
how yos are getting a
well sh< answered. smiling. -yos
w1T know. won't you7 never dix
A<I,<ve In changing doctors In thu
addse nj n CASE
1874 u~~m~ N~~mU~p~T unssa-
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and he speedily found
the way TO settle 1t.
Mr.. Peek was persuad-
ed TO resign as agri-
cultural adjustment
administrator and a
new position m C b
more TO his liking was
devised for him. He
was called a special
assistant TO the Presi-
dent and named to
head a temporary COM
mittee that will rec
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q close friend of Mr..
Peek, he sided with
Secretary Wallace
and Assistant Secre-
tary Tugwell In the
dispute. However, he
defended Mr.. Peek
against assertions
that the latter's pres
enee In the admins
tration had delayed
prosecution of the
crop control program.
He pointed to the
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=hgplaRe4 Miami on
his way to Washing
ton. where he re-
suImes his former post
as head Of the Latin
American affairs bn-
reau In the Depart
mlent of State. Jeffer-
son Caffery. who sue
ceeds him In Havana.
will be, for the pres
ent. the personal rep
resentative of presi-
dent Roosevelt rather
than a m h Il a
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the Soviet III c
Other ENJOYS on ar
rival at the capital
have been accorded
little or no attention
until they have pre-
senfed their creden-
tials. but Mr. Rullltt
was greeted with ex-
traordinarv enthuSi-
asrn by officials and
~popnlace alike When
he crossed the Rus
sian frontier at Ne
rnwafnra na uaE Ira
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ommend permanent machinery for co
ordination OF government efforts to
expand foreign trade.
The committee also will include the
members of the two departmental
committees. the inter-departmental ad-
vlsory board on reciprocal treaties. In
ter-departmental trade policy commit
tees. and such other individuals as
Peek may select.
In a formal statement the White
House said The report of the COM
mittee and final action is expected
within two weeks
It continued. George Peek, agri-
cultural adjustment administrator.
having completed the organization
period of the AAA, is designated TO
head this committee as a special as
sistant to the President O. American
trade policy
The new organization ito correlate
the internal adjustment OF production
with such effective foreign purchas-
Ing power as may be developed by
reciprocal tariffs, barter, and other In
ternational arrangements will be
headed by Mr.. Peek when Ii Is com
pleted.
The administration expects TO bring
about modification OF some most-fa-
vored nation treaties so as to make
possible special treatment of liquor Inn
ports from countries agreeing to take
more OF this country's surplus farm
products. This ID not regarded as q
great difficulty to Mr.. Peek. as 1t Is a
favorite theme with him that trade
amounts to Swapping my jack-knife
for your marbles"
Trade. to him, whether on d do
nestle or international basis, Ia just
what the word signifies. and he says
that In It's transaction I'VE sometimes
have to sleep with people we don't like
and sometimes with those we like"
He Is quoted as remarkIng to an
aide OF the prospective liquor deals !:
Sure, we'll take their liquor Ii we
Shu pay luem Will DHllST huu PORK
and other stuff"
Mr.. Peek has long felt that agri-
culture has been neglected In Its pos
sibilities for export, %contending that
too much emphasis has been placed
during the last Is years on the ex-
portation OF industrial products.
CHESTER DAVIS, who was slated to
succeed Mr.. Peek as adminlstra-
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completed its study Oh
the matter and laid
its report before him
This report viii fe
submitted TO congress
and may result In leg
islation for rigid GOV
eminent regulation OF
telegraph. telephone
and radio companies,
the reorganization Of
the whole c~orrfnlunirz
ion industry xnd
" -.
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IL AR0LD was practically speech
III less on Christmas morning over
~ the present of an electric train
from his uncle Dan. There were yards
of track. a station. a signal tower.
switches, ever q tunnel and a turn
table The train whistled, 1t shot
around curves with breath taking
speed. Numbered through the tunnel,
its wheels turning so fast they were
round blurs OF speed.
Never In his life had Harold known
a gift 80 wonderful. The rest OF the
family abandoned all their presents to
help set 1t up. to watch 1t. to exclalm
over It's miniature perfection. Harold
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control plans for wheat, cotton. hogs,
tobacco and other commodities placed
In operation, and said.
1.-THE record of the past six months
would have been impossible without
the continued cooperation of Mr..
Peek. 1t is absolutely untrue that he
INSTRUCTED progress"
With Mr.. Peek moved to q new
post, officials associated with him
We're considering plans for extensive
revision of the methods OF handling
marketing agreements In the AAA.
1t has been virtually decided to scrap
the two main divisions, crop control
and processing aud marketing.
a GRlCULTURAL leaders from all
- over the land gathered In Chicago
for the annual convention OF the Amer
lean Farm Bureau federation, and gave
their full support and approval to the
farm relief policies of the President.
Edward A. O'Neal, president of the
federation, called the federal farm adj
1ustment act the Magma Charta OF
agriculture" saying that "at last farm
ers have the machinery and the power
to obtain a fair share OF the consum-
er's dollar" For forty years. he said.
the farmer has been getting less and
less Of this dollar, but by use Of the
full powers OF the agricultural adj
1ustment administration, he declared.
this trend car be turned the other way.
From Mr.. Roosevelt came a letter
full OF optimism which was read to the
delegates. The President, who Ia a
member OF the New York state farm
bureau. expressed appreciation for the
federation's support and outlined the
nrst effects OF federal none getting
Into the hands OF people who need it,
yet be cautioned farmers and others
to guard against letting a rise In farm
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News Review of Current
Events the World Over
Controversy With Secretary Wallace Forces Peek Into a
New Job-Education Begun In CCC Camps
Summer Welles Comes Home From Cuba.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD

GEORGE PERKS controversy with
- Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
and his assistant, Professor Tugwell.
was put up to President Roosevelt
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VI supply dlu UelJAHu-
MOST of his duties having been
1sI transferred TO Acting Secretary
OF State Morgenthau. Thomas Hewes
resigned his position as assistant sec
rotary and followed Dean Acheson and
Professor Sprague out OF the admins
tration. All three OF those men had
been selected By Secretary Woodin.
who Is never expected TO resume his
duties, and Mr.. Hewes Is 4 close ally
Of Attorney General Cummings.
II was understood In Washington
that Walter ]. Cummings. executive
treasury assistant. would retire very
soon TO become head of the Continen-
tai Illinois Bank and Trust company
Of Chicago.
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"TLLIAM C BCLLITT. xrnhasSs
" dor to Russia. was received Il
Moscow In q n entirely unfrs
cedented since the establishment o.
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GHEERED and honored by hundreds
~ or Americans and Cubans, but
snuhhed by the Grau government,
sumner Melles departed from Havana
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stalled In q surnIfuoux private g-
provided by the government and n
this he Travelled TO Moscow. On Is
arrival at Alexandrovskr station e
was met By cheering crowds and SIS
formally presented TO Alexander l.
Troyanovsky. who Is coming to VAS
ington as Russian ambassador. an -
Alexis Neufnan. vice director OF sha
Sovief press department
He was installed In the Natian4l
hotel. which thus became 4 temro-4rF
American embassy. and atop the bud
ing the Star-Spangled Banner -
raised. flying thus for the first the
In Soviet Russia
Mr.. BullItt himself and his nsne
year-old daughter occupy m elaborate
three-room apartment which last s-Ea-
mer was tenanted by Col and Mrs
Charles A Lindbergh- The suite =
Gently was r~efurnished with valGzale
antique furniture and priceless 10
iects OF art
NOW a wife may testify In q ted
eral court tn behalf of her h1s
band In criminal cases. for the CT
legal rule forbidding this has beer Re
yersed By the Supreme Court 81 Inc
United States The case. which cane
on appeal from the United States Cir
cult Court OF Appeals. was thar Il the
United States versus John s. Fuzz OF
Rockingham, ~ G.
n0WN tn MonteFideo the Pan
= American conference was talking
about ways of ending the Chaco VIII
between Bolivia and Paraguay. with
out getting anywhere. MEANWHILE
the forces of those countries were IL
ceedingly busy In the jungle. with the
result that the Paraguayans captured
more than 1900 Bolivian troops. with
most OF their officers. In one engage
ment more than 900 Boliyians we're
killed, according TO the official nnE
nouncement There was great reJoic-
ing In Asuncion. where the Paraguay
ans marched through decorated
streets. and corresponding despair In
La Paz, the Bolivian CAPITAL
A few days later the ParaguayaBz
captured Fort Saaredra. the mosS im
portant Bolivian stronghold In the Chs
co, and 1t was generally believed that
these victories meant the final defeat
of Bolivia In the war.
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Whether he will be able to do more
than Mr.. Nelles In the way of restor-
ing peace and prosperity In Cuba Is
a question.
Col Carlos Mendieta. leading oppo-
sitionist. said that the strife, with no
end In sight. is keeping the island sunk
In economic bankruptcy and threat
ened by strikes He said the nation
resents control by a government
backed BY army dictatorship and the
student directorate. composed of II
youths with decidedly Communistie
leanings.
Augusta Saladrigas, a director OF the
ABC opposition. declared that % per
cent OF the natives are opposed TO
President Grau's revolutionary socf-
alistic regime. Saladrigas expressed
the opinion that the only solution is
either a native revolution or United
States Intervention. AZ revolution
Gems impossible as long as the army
remains loyal to Grau. but failure to
meet a pay day might prove the start
of a revolt.
Al the Pan-American conference In
M~onteride0 Angel Giraudy, Cuban min
lister of labor. attacked the Cuban pol
Icy of the United States Failure to
recognize the Grau regime. he assert
ed, was actually Intervention, since II
was uph0lding a minority group
against the wishes of the people and
propagafing revolution.
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president ROOSEVELT let 1t BE-
! known that the inferdeparfraentai
committee ON Communications headed
BY Secretary Of Commerce Roper had
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The committee favors a trend toward
monopoly subjected to strict federal
supervision Outright government
ownership ls an alternative
The consensus OF studies within and
without the government has been that
present conditions are unsatisfactory
both from the standpoint OF national
defense and regulation OF such INST
ters AS rates. and that present restric-
tons give foreign governments m nm
due advantage over the American com-
munIcation agencies
NPANISH anarchists started \ bloody
- revolt against the republic La the
northeastern part of the country and
1t soon spread to Madrid and further
south There we're sanxuinary con-
fIcts between the rebels and tn
troops and police and bombinss In tAe
capital and elsewhere we're frequent
Scores were killed In street fighting.
and hundreds OF agitators were placed
under arrest After several days d
Intellectual efforts to orercome tn
civil guards the anarchists resorted
to their strongest weapon and pro
claimed a nationwide revolutionary
strike The order was issued thrOuEA
the National Confederation Of Labor.
which Ia controlled by the E~yndI<nlIstx
Fer four days the fighting confin-
ned, and then the government m
nounced that both the revolt and tn
general strike had failed.
@ ftas. wssssra -A*sxz4r<w IsnaS&
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CHESTER DAVIS, who was slated to
- succeed Mr.. Peek as administra-
tor of the AAA, has been In charge OF
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I'D OBERT FECHNER, director of
~ emergency conservation work. an
nonnced that a great program for edu-
cation of the 100000 men In the civil
Ian conservation corps had been ap-
proved BY the President and was be-
ing put Into effect Immediately. Edu-
cafional advisers to the number of
1.465 are being placed In the forest
work camps and an Individual pro
gram of instruction for each camp Is
being developed To a considerable
extent the advisers are drawn from
lists OF unemployed teachers that have
been submitted to DIR. George II. Zook,
federal commissioner OF education. by
state directors of education.
1T Is the hope OF the President
Mr.. Fechner said. that the education
al program. by emphasizing forestry,
agriculture and like subjects, will as
sist the men In readjusting themselves
to a new mode OF lfying-to country
life Instead of city life-and to assist
them In improving themselves educa-
t~ionally and vocationally.
"A great number OF the young men
In these camps arrived Mt working age
at a time when there were no Jobs.
Many OF them had meager educational
advantages We propose TO give these
men a chance at In education and to
furnish them vocational guidance
which will aid them to earn d living
The opportunity for education win
be offered to all members of the corps.
but participation In the courses OF In
~struction will not be mandatory.
The available working hours on for
estry pr0jects-40 hours per week
will not be disturbed The plan is to
utilize hours other than normal work
Ing periods and periods of inciement
weather for purposes OF instruction
a GE cannot wither James A. Reed.
- who for SO many years enlIvened
the sessions OF the senate with his
dynamic personality. The Missouri
statesman, who LIS seventy-two years
old. assembled 20 guests for d game
dinner In Kansas City and surprised
them by marrying. there and then, Mrs.
Nell @. DonnelIy. wealthy garment
manufacturer who has long been his
political supporter and friend Two
years q Mrs. DonneIly was kidnapped
and held for ransom. and MIR. Reed
helped to run down the ~kidnapers and
prosecute them Later Mrs. Donnelly
divorced her husband. Mr.. Reeds
nrst wife died In October, 1852.
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income tempt us TO forget the realities
Of supply and demand"
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-10-04

John d. Rockefeller has just ceie-
brated the seventy-eighth annIver-
sary of This first job"
He started work at fifteen. and
has been working ever since, ae-
cording to the American plan.
Young gentlemen will observe that
he has not KILLED himself working
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everything. Don't you understand
Please, Rocky. get me a paper"
He looked down a her with a
conviction that was beyond stub
bornness. Its no use for you to
keep repeating that request" he
said. Its utterly impossible" He
took out his watch. "You have five
minutes In which to dress for the
street. And oh yes. | nearly for
got" he held out a pair of dark
horn-rimmed spectacles II found
these for you"
Doris stared at them. What for?"
she asked.
For you to wear-if you like"
he said.
But | don't like" Doris was
defiant.
Rocky smiled pleasantly. Take
them anyway. We might be doing
some fast driving-theym protect
you from the wind"
Doris tossed them onto a chair.
She was perfectly sure that Rocky
would pick them up again. and force
her to take them, even wear them, If
he chose. He was getting his way
about a LOT of things.
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can find of Doris things Take
nothing Of your own"
Rocky"
What. Nulsance?"
IL can't help feeling you're be-
Ing rather sweet"
He opened her bags and began
smearing paint over the dainty
brushes and mirrors inside. "Con-
troll your feelings then. darling. and
get to work"
but Rocky, why must you--if
you're going to leave 1t here any
way?"
Doris might come back. There'd
be hi to pay If anyone found this
luggage. You go pack. I've sent
for a basket of food and the min
ute 1t comes-we beat It."
She vas bewildered. Either she
must trust him completely Grand
he was being so nice, doing 1t all
for her, She turned finally and
went to look over Doris things.
She sat on the bed for a minute,
her elbows on knees, fists jabbed
into her cheeks. What could this
mean? There must have been
something more in the papers.
Rocky didn't want her to know. 1t
was sweet of him. He thought she
was too Ill. She got up suddenly
and began to pack, wondering In a
mist of romantic thoughts If she'd
ever be able to stop thinking about
him, now that she had begun to see
what he vas really like.
There was a rap on the door. It
was a boy with the lunch basket.
Rocky came In, ready to start.
Rocky" she started, but there
was ~earnestness and gravity In his
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CHAPTER VII

As THEY got into the street
"A Doris noticed that Rocky's
manner was very strange. He
pushed her into the doorway. and
looked cautiously up and down the
dark street.
Come on" be whispered.
what is this?" said Doris pet
tishly.
Hurry up"
Rocky had adjusted the top on his
roadster. Doris climbed into what
was now a glass-enclosed coupe.
The engine was purring. Once
more Doris fancied that Rocky
looked about fearfully. You're act
Ing like the girl In Tange's. What
Is all the excitement"
What did you say about a girl
In Tange's?"
Doris told the story of the odd,
frightened girl who pushed her Into
q closet
"She recognized you.'
do you think she did"
"Oh, yes. Yes, of course. And she