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Milford chronicle., 1936-03-13
Be Captains of the Road

There is an unwritten law of the
sea that is followed religiously-
namely, the desire to save life. Why
can't we have the same high pur-
pose on land?
Such voluntary action is always
based on necessity. Life-saVing in
automobile traffic is now as impor-
tant as life-saving in sea traffic.
Such rules as the following, adher-
ed to with sincerity, would save life
a hundred-fOid
l. Before making a turn, get in
traffic lane nearest desired direc-
tion.
2. The rear vision mirror is for
something beside looking for traffic
officers watcn cars behind you.
3. Never take chances in passing
and do not crowd the right-Of- way
Saving seconds is no excuse for
causing one unnecessary risk of life.
4. Learn the feel of the car on the
road, like the captain does his ship.
Study the action of the car on the
dry pavement, wet pavement, gravel
road and icy road Even the highest
ability is not one hundred per cent
perfect in driving.
5, Take driving seriously; you are
probably no smarter than the last
person whose neck was broken on
a windshield. The smartest men
(supposedly) meet with unfortunate
through gross carelessness.
Courtesy is not sign of weak
ness; it is a sign of character and
wisdom, and the ability to be fore
sighted and obliging.
The sea captain doesn't unneces-
sarily take chances when they can
be avoided, but he willingly risks
his life and his ship to prevent an
accident or aid another vessel in
But automobile drivers
Rillfully risk their own lives as well
rs the lives OF others. for no good
reason at all; it doesn't make sense.
II ordinary rules Of common sense
md courtesy were followed in driV-
ng (unwritten laws), accidents
would be eaOsely only by freak cir
Milford chronicle., 1936-03-13
eWITH0UT COST no THE
TAXPAKERv


Would It be worth while for ths
nation % establish a public utiliiJ
( policy, which. in effect. said. sGc
ahead, utllitiesl You will be regu-
lated, but fairly. Wfd-catters n
your midst will be ferreted out and
given a dose Of strong medicine
Any crooks win be punished 60 the
fun extent Of the law. Adequate
laws will be set up 10 protect con-
aOmers and investors from exploit
alton. Well-man2ged utilities and
their investors VIII be protected and
allowed to make q reasonable pro-
fl"
Well, II countless experts are to
he believed, such a policy would do
more than anything else to create
confidence and spur as along the
road to recovery. Only the fear OF
governmental competition and leg
ialative starangulation prevents the
utilities from spending something
like a billion dollars a year on new
construction. That money would 60
largely into the durable goods in
and provide employment
all along the line. It would create
new taxable wealth and help prevent
threatened tax Increases. Il would
open up investment and develop
ment opportunities in a dozen great
Going farther, Il is an important
TACT that the more power the utili-
lies sell, the higher their standards
lf efficiency become-and the SOON
n justified rate reductions are ef-
'eeted. It's a continuous circle that
leYer ends. Greater power demand
alls for more faeilities-more IA
Milford chronicle., 1936-03-13
WHAT PRESSURE!
Lynchhurg. Va. News


"The pressure of public opinion
may force the Government to enter
this field ON very wide SCALE" de-
clares RexfOrd G. Tugwell, the field
mentioned nein2 that of cOnstruc-
tiOn of lOw-cost houses for farmers
and workers. The alternative, he
says, is in activity by private indus
try.
Our guess il that there isn't any
public pressure" to speak Of now
for entrance by the Government in
to this field on wide scale and that
it will be a long, long time before
Mr. Tugwell can substantiate any
claim of the existence of any such
pressure. The pressure is all from
the inside and is supplied mostly by
Mr.. Tugwell and those connected
with his resettlement administra-
tiOn.
Milford chronicle., 1936-03-13
SAFE ROAD TOWARD
PROSPERITY

In a recent address, Wendell l.
Willkie, President of the Common
wealth and Southern Corporation
observed that this country has had
utility problem" for many years.
He then stated tine problem in these
words: How can this great indus
try, perhaps, the second largest in
the nation, be relieved of its lethaF-
gy and be put to immediate work,
representing as it does an invest
ment of twelve billion dollars and
capable of doing more than almost
any other industry toward liberat-
ing the forces of business recovery,
restoring employment, creating a
wholesome and stimulating demand
for durable goods and finally ending
this depression?
There, stripped of complications
and Misrepresentation is the real
utility problem. It is a problem of
vital significance to all business, all
workers, all industry. all the peo-
pie. Why is the utility industry leth-
argic today? Because it has been
with selfish politics and
destructive legislation; because it
has been taxed more excessively
than any comparable industry; be-
cause it is faced with an artificially |
municipal ownership
spurred on by federal
gifts and loans: and, finally, be-
cause it is faced with vast, econOm-
Ically unnecessary, tax-free federal
lydroelectric developments on ma
.ion-wide scale.
There is way out that will en- +
courage the industry, release its
'ast spending power, protect con-
iumers and investors and adequate
y control any utility company that
lttempts to pursue unethical prac-
ices. That way out is Congress to
lass utility bill that will provide
trong, yet fair regulation mot
Wholesale destruction. In brief, the
ray out is for the nation to pursue
constructive utility policy that
ays: bad companies must be cor
ected But good companies, which
lake up the great bulk Of the indus
y. will be protected and encour-
ged."
Milford chronicle., 1936-03-13
RICH ARE NOT
RICH ENOUGH
corlland. N. y. standard


One of the most potent political
VOe-getters is the soak the rich
slogan. Il seems that a substantial
part of the public has an idea that
If we levy still higher taxes against
persons in the medium and high-in-
come brackets, persons in the lower
! brackets will receive all the bounty
of government for nothing.
Unfortunately, appealing as this
is, the figures show that it simply
won't work. The current federal
deficit, for example, amounts to 49,
282 2,000,0 0,000-that is the amount of
money spent during the last fiscal
year in excess of revenue, If last
years budget had been balanced. it
is obvious that some three billion
dollars more in taxes would have
had to be received by the govern
ment. Could the money have been
raised by soaking the rich? Il
Here is the answer: If the feder-
al government had taken one-half of
the income of persons earning 5000
a year or more, the resulting in
crease in revenue would have
to barely $2,5OO, ,0OO, ,OOC--
half a billion short of the goal. If
all the income of persons with net
incomes of $4,000 a year or more,
had been taken, the increase in fed
erSl revenue would have been 49,
Ola, 200, ,OOO-S2OO, 100000 short Of the \
goal.
And so it goes. Close to go per
cent of the net income of the Ameri-
can people is received by persons
With annual earnings of less than
5000. They must pay. directly or
the great bulk of the cost
If government they must, now or
eventually, make up deficits and
nance the national debt. The
wealthy Individual, already strin-
sently taxed, just hasn't enough
money to make a. dent in today's
.ost Of government.
Mr.. Wilkie observed that no act
# Congress could do more to re-
tore general business confidence
nd employment than a reasonable I
Iublic utility law.
Milford chronicle., 1936-03-13
ROOSEVELT A DEMOCRATl
HA! HA!
Jacksonville. Fla. Herald

Jacksonville. Fla. Herald
Twenty-three million people voted
for Roosevelt with the idea that he
would carry out the Democratic
platform. Nonetheless. President
Roosevelt sold these 23OOO.OOO peO-
pie who voted for the Democratic
platform down the river and follow
ed the 100000 who voted for the So
cialist platform. Having turned a
flip-fOp from the Democratic plat
form to the Socialist platform. he
has lost all -t;latm to support from
the Democratic voters. It is rather
an insult to the intelligence of Dem
Ocrats to ask them to vote for ROos-
evelt because he is a Democrat.
There may be other good reasons for
voting for Roosevelt. hut to call him
a Democrat Is to Taught
Milford chronicle., 1936-03-13
WHERE LIGHT IS NEEDED
o,.. .

Charlotte, n. c.. Observer
Why is it that the Federal Govern
ment can take a census of pretty
much everything under the sun,
from the number of pennies that
now repOse in savings banks to the
number of termites that are said to
be eating up the houses of the land,
and yet leave this most vital of all
problems, that Of unemployment, on
a hit-Or-miss guess basis?
Why doesn't somebody know how
many able-bOdied men and women
there are in this country who are
actually seeking work?
The Federal Government, which is
trying to handle the mess, ought to
know.
Why continue to handle this giant
of a problem on such a willy-nilly
basis of indefinite information?
Milford chronicle., 1936-03-13
PASSAMAQUODDY
Cincinnati Enquirer

Cincinnati Enquirer
One must conclude that either the
President has read the history of
New England's tide mills and is in
curably romantic. or else he has
found that some largess to Maine is
a political necessity. In either case,
the project must be accounted a
foolish one This great country can
afford to nay all that is necessary to
insure recovery. and for prOner care
of its dependent inhabitants. But it
cannot afford to invest public money
in plants to produce at high cost a
commodity for which there is no
market -
Milford chronicle., 1936-03-13
GETTING NOWHERE
FlorIda rimes-IInlon

Despite the statement of President
Roosevelt that several million men
have been assigned" to jobs. the
indisputable fact remains that un-
employment stands just about where
it did when the present administra-
tiOn came into power
Milford chronicle., 1936-03-13
A TIMELY CRY

Charlotte. N. C.. Observer
The cry coming up from the Am
erican public to Washington in be-
half of a more iudiciOus concern for
the integrity of the credit of the
Federal Government is amounting
almost now to a srescendo.
Milford chronicle., 1936-03-13
ave Old GR0UCH KNOWS

Iynchharg, Va. News
Harry Hopkins says the relief
program is being carried out better
than ever, to which the old crouch
remarks that II there has been any
change at all, 1t is.
Milford chronicle., 1936-03-13
SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN
PASSED
Lynchburg. Va. News

Lynchbnrei Va news
Several reasons for repeal of the
cotton, tobacco and potato control
acts are being given, but the chief
one is omitted. II is that these acts
never should have been passed in
the first place.
Milford chronicle., 1936-03-13

Unnecessary noise is wasted en-
srgy-Dlease be patient.
Milford chronicle., 1936-03-13

ciiities permit lower rates-and ev-
erybody reaps the benefits
We all want the best and cheap
est electric service we All want to-
use more appliances and electric
gadgets We an want a greater share
in the blessings Of electric power.
The private utility industry Is ready
20 30 ahead and give ls all this
without new burdens On the tax
payers II It Is freed from the dread
hand of government strangulation.
srt,,.a.,, sf, ,.t,.
Milford chronicle., 1936-03-13

Thursday. March nth was the
4Sth anniversary Of the famous biz
zard Of 1883
Milford chronicle., 1936-03-13

Mr. Wilkie observed that no act
Of Congress coull do more to re-
store general business confidence
and employment than a reasonable
public utility law.
Evening star., 1936-06-16
Natures Children
Showt'l or Mountain Beaver
(Aplodontia rufa).

family will be governed by the abun-
dance Of food and water-or the lack
of it. The Showt1 is not hiber-
nator. He travels under the snow
with ease. Besides, he wisely lays up
food when it Is plentiful.
Like the beaver, he Is a conserva-
zionist Of water. He even may change
the course of q stream or brook.
Drainage is also managed expertly.
Though he can get along on the
grass found on his range, he soon
learns to love the cultivated vege-
tables Of his neighbor or keeper, such
as celery, carrots, turnips and the like.
You should see the squat little
gnome sitting upon his abbreviated
tail. back curved, hind feet spread
wide with soles to the front, using
his front feet daintily as hands AS
a haymaker, he has few equals He
cuts little bundles of vegetation of
many kinds and lays them in neat
piles to dry, then carries them to
storerooms below, using an earthen
door to seal these.
Slow, with waddling gait, the little
brownie may easily be overtaken. He
fights bravely against being made a
prisoner, but inside two hours all re-
sentiment toward you Is spent and he
becomes q tame and interesting pet.
When camping in his range, you
may sometimes be puzzled by hearing
a rushing Of water under the earth
over which you have set your bunk.
That means that in the underground
village over which you have been
sleeping the mountain beaver has
opened another hallway to q water
fall
Evening star., 1936-06-16

ear Is o dot Of white. The eyes are
small, ut times alert, and filmed over
with q tear-fluid that Is sticky and
whitish. The wiskers are remarkable.
Their function is rather uncertain.
Any light you can throw upon their
use will win praise for you among the
naturahsts. The father and mother
are the same size. The babies re-
semble their parents from birth.
Their baby garments are of silky fur.
The Mountain Beaver is slightly
over Is inches long, with one-half inch
additional for the tail. The weight
Is about four pounds. At the mo-
ment Of death there is very decided
odor Of musk which clings to their
skins for several months.
After the ShowtI selects his home
site he guards 1t jealousy, and once
established, generation after genera
ton occupies and enlarges the vast
tunneling system. The network of
Railways, from a few inches to two
feet long below the surface Of the
ground, vary according to the num-
Der Of the occupants. All tunnels con-
meet with family hallway. The sides
and floor become packed almost to
the texture Of asphalt by the feet Of
many generations. The burrows have
several exits to the surface. There
are well located ventiiators and open.
ings for dumping discarded matter,
since these creatures are scrupulously
clean.
The communal streets always lead.
to water. The subterranean village
may be mile or more in length with
over hundred exits. The size Of the
Evening star., 1936-06-16
STAR WASHINGTON, TUESDAY. 1s 1896.
Bedtime Stories
A Foxy Plan.

/ confess. my dear, that ! am about
tired out and know that you are
Just as tired. We really must plan to
catch that big Chuck. He is big
enough to make q splendid meal for
all the children"
Mrs. Reddy nodded. tits a good
idea," she said. Have you any plan
In riinda"
EYES," said Reddy, II have. It might
not work with Johnny Chuck. In fact,
I am almost sure 1t wouldn't work
with him, but have feeling that it
will work with this fellow"
what gives you that feeling?" in
quired Mrs. Reddy.
"I've been studying that Chuck"
said Reddy. "I've watched him o lot
Do you know what's happened to
him?"
Mrs. Reddy looked surprised. NO."
said she, II didn't know anything had
happened to him. What has?"
Hes got a swelled head" chuckled
Reddy.
Meaning whatp" asked Mrs. Reddy.
Meaning that he thinks himself
very smart" replied Reddy. "He thinks
he Is smarter than we are, and that
is Just what I've been wanting him
to think Because he thinks him
self so smart he is growing careless.
I've noticed 1t often of late. He isn't
as watchful as he was. I think the
time has come to get a good Chuck
dinner. I have it all planned"
What is your plan?" asked Mrs.
Reddy.
Reddy proceeded TO explain. 1t was
going to require her help. She under
stood it perfectly because they had
worked that way together before.
"You know" said Reddy, "two work.
ing together very often can do what
one working alone has no chance to
do. Give me time enough ! might be
able to catch that Chuck alone. Then
again I might not. Anyway, 1t would
take a lot Of time and patience. But
you and I together, my dear, can
catch that fellow tomorrow morning.
I'm sure of It,"
Then Reddy told Mrs. Reddy Just
what his plan was. 1t was q simple
plan. Most good plans are simple
That Is one reason why so often they
are successful. The simpler a thing
is the easier 1t Is to do. Mrs. Reddy
nodded in agreement. Wen try it."
said she. 'It won't cost us anything
to try it, and II it works the children
will have a feast and we'll have a
chance to take things easier for a
little while"
(Copyright, 1936)
Evening star., 1936-06-16
ny THORNTON w. BURGESS.

IT'S true that those who best succeed
According to q plan proceed.
Evening star., 1936-06-16

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Evening star., 1936-06-16
BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY.

N VOW here Is an elusive traveller
M of the night to be on the look
" out for if you are in the noun
4 tains of the Far West. The
Showtl has been seen near the Co.
lumbia River in Oregon, in Marin
County, Calf, in Yosemite National
Park. in Yakima Pass, Wash, and on
the slopes of Mount Hood.
Though called the Mountain Beaver
because of some Of his habits, this
animal is not, in fact, related to the
beaver. nor is he closely related to
any other of our fauna but Is in q
family by himself. At first sight Of
the Showtl, especially from the rear,
one is reminded of the Pocket Gopher.
but if facing you, the animal bears .
striking resemblance to a Muskrat.
The color Of the Mountain Beavers
fur remains the same the year round.
1t is a light ochre-like buff, some
times lighter on the fore parts with q
mingling everywhere Of black hairs.
Underneath it is rather gray with q
tinge Of brown. At the base Of each
Evening star., 1936-06-16

them at one time before" declared
their mother.
NO" said Reddy, II never did. And
there are times now when wish !
didn't see quite so many Of them"
What a horrid thing to say" said
Mrs. Reddy. Then she sighed.
Reddy chuckled. Yes, sir, he
chuckled. you feel the same way I
do" said he. You know perfectly
well what I meant. If we didn't have
quite so many mouths to feed it
would be a little easier for us. must
Evening star., 1936-06-16

REDDY FOX.
~ EDDY FOX and Mrs. Reddy
- were resting. They were rest
N ing Just outside their home up
~ ' In the Old Pasture. As they
rested they watched their children
at play. There were eight Of them,
eight little woolly Foxes.
Aren't they the cutest little ras-
Gals you ever saw7" said Mrs. Reddy
as she looked at them fondly.
Reddy grinned. "It seems to me
that I've heard that BEFORE" said he.
"Just what do you mean'" asked
Mrs Reddy.
Reddy grinned so broadly that he
showed all his teeth. II heard 1t last
Summer" said he. "And I heard 1t
the Summer before. In fact, rye
heard it ever since we had our first
babies and quite agree with you, my
dear. The new ones are always the
cutest."
Anyway. you never saw so many Of
Evening star., 1936-06-16
Psychology
By DIR. JESSE w. SPROWLS.
Dream Portraits.

EvERY dream contains a sef-por-
trait. In how many of your
dreams have you found yourself ab-
sent? I suspect that your own statis-
tics will show that you were always
there. In how many of your dreams
have you met ultimate defeat of pur-
pose? None. No matter how frightful
the dream situation, you finally come
out the winner.
Your day-dreams are made of sub
stantially the same stuff as your night
dreams. They have the added ad-
vantage Of being q little more vivid.
They should serve to illustrate our
contention.
Next time you find yourself day
dreaming, look for the leading dra-
mats personae. It Is altogether likely
that you will discover yourself in
the very midst Of these fancieS. You
will md that you have been creating
an imaginary world of situations in
which you are enjoying the things
that the real world has denied you.
The most heroic Of all your dream
activities have to do with some sort
Of escape. But every dream is in
some degree q flight from reality as
well a. O wish -fulfillment.
II by any chance your dream-pic-
ture Of yourself persists throughout
your waking moments, it is time to
do something about 1t. A great many
people suffer temporary If not per-
manent mental disorders from that
one cause. Unless reality puts in its
appearance, q lot Of maladjustments
are Just around the corner.
tCopyright. le36)
Evening star., 1936-06-16

On her 80th birthday anniversary
Mrs. Anne Blake became the bride
of George Popplestone, aged "a. at
Plymouth, England.
The Washington times., 1936-12-18
Radio War

SHANGHAI U.NSD.-A large
scale war for control of the ether
in the Far East is imminent. Fol
lowing reports that both the jap
anese and Soviet governments
have decided to expand their radio
broadcaSting systems. the Nanking
government is being urged, by the
press and the public, to do the
same. At present, Japan is re-
ported to be planning to erect a
15okilowatt broadcaSting station
at NagaSaki to overpower the
Soviet station of 100-kilowatts at
Habarovsk, in Siberia.
The Washington times., 1936-12-18
Music in Court

BOMBAY, India Q.N.SO.-Soft
strains of music floated through
the gloom Of the Chief Presidency
Magistrates Court in Bombay dur
ing the hearing of a case of alleged
defamation. Leo D'SouZa, the COM
plainant, alleged that certain songs
composed by the defendant, C. P.
Gonsalves, which had been record.
ed were defamatory of D'Souza's
wife and himself. 1T is a good
thing to have little music in
court once in a while" remarked
the magistrate, and he ordered the
offending records brought in and
played.
The Washington times., 1936-12-18

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La opinión., 1936-01-24

agonizantes, cirios amarillos, fune-
bres corolas, humildes restos en-
fin de las ofrendas que los vivos
consagran a los muertos Ell dia
2 de noviembre.
Andres, que habia llegado a la
cancela, Sc deslizo 4 traves de la
misma y penetro en- Ell cemente-
rio.
Ell guarda le salio al e%ncuentro.
-iQue busca listed, caballero?
lie pregunto.
Andres saco su cartera y lie pre-
sent6 una nota en- que se LEILA ell
numero del nicho ocupado por Ju-
liam.
Ell guarda lie dej6 pasar, sena-
landole las galerias de la derecha.
iCuantas ideas a~saltaron ell pen
samiento do Andres al atravesar
por aquellos paseos cubiertos de
hojas secas y flanqueados de ar
boles desnudos!
BESIDE los primeros momentos,
Andres busc6 con el pensamiento
Y con la vista Ell nicho de Julian.
AL pie del mismo. arrodillada,
meditabunda, silenciosa, en- esa ac-
titud que adopta Ell sentimiento,
Sc vefs una hermana dc Ia Carl
dad colocada de espaldas al jar
din.
Andres lego hasta ella y con-
temple con religiosa atenci6n Ell
nicho del hiio de Marta, sObrs a