davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1936-04-06
WITH BUTTONS

Here's how trousers look with
the button closing. Presentable.
perhaps, the hour they're new
and freshly pressed-then gaps
%. wrinkles. . cxcases. =. signs
Of shabbiness growing
steadily worse. Others see it
-. even though you're unoon-
scious Of il.
Evening star., 1936-04-06

The made especially
slider locks that slip down. Talon precision.
always dependable always works easily Can't catch in
because Of protective undsAap Makes dsansy
impossible renes drape and nsh Ruste unharmed by dry
cleaning and pressing Gives perfect service beyond life Of suit
Evening star., 1936-04-06

ence docs not now have" the prom
ised "$60,o00 in cash prizes" was hotly
argued by lawyers Saturday.
Montana labor news., 1936-04-09

Average salaries of 1872 top executives
in one OF the Hollywood movie COM
panies amounted to about $4,000 a
year apiece.
Paraphrasing Lewis, 1t Could Only
Happen Therel
Montana labor news., 1936-04-09
One Million Farmers
On Relief Rolls
By S E L. DALEY
Assistant Administrator
Resettlement Administration

The economic depression upset and
disproved many Of the traditional be
liefs OF the American people. One OF
the strongest of these was the notion
that farming could always be depended
upon to furnish food and shelter.
This comfortable theory was ex-
ploded when over a million farm fami-
lies applied for relief in 1854. We
could no longer moralize and say that
the families were on relief because the
bread-winner was lazy and good-for-
nothing. We all had to recognize the
fact that many families were on relief
through no fault Of their own,
We cannot place the blame for the
plight of these million farm families on
relief and Of hundreds OF thousands OF
others on the border line Of subsis-
tence on any single cause. 1t was the
result OF generations of farming on
land not capable OF furnishing a liveli-
hood, OF low prices for farm products.
Of heavy debt incurred when farming
was more profitable, Of farming on
the one cash crop plan, and OF natural
catastrophes which had destroyed
homes and farms.
For two years a million farm fami-
lies were kept from starvation by gov
eminent relief. Relief could not offer
the farmer any opportunity to plan the
working out Of a means OF existence
for himself. OF necessity the amount
Of relief money given to a family was
the minimum with which they could
manage to exist.
No one could seriously consider the
continuance OF a system under which
hundreds CT thousands Of families
would be forced to maintain their
standard Of living on this low subsis-
tence level
Those farmers whom the emergency
relief measures had tided over in the
darkest days of depression needed and
wanted an opportunity to stand on
their W feet.
Remembering the causes that had
driven farmers to ask for relief, the
Resettlement Administration undertook
a rehabilitation program to furnish
farmers with aid and guidance in order
that they might be permanently sell
supporting.
Montana labor news., 1936-04-09

oHot Cross Runsl One a Penny,
TWO a PENNY Hot Cross Runsl"
inal Chelsea Bun House. Popular
taste seemed to shift, at intervals,
from n to the other.
Both occupied large, frame build.
ings with covered counters, stretch
ing along their fronts. People used
to travel miles on foot and horse
back, getting up at the first flush
of dawn on Good Friday morning,
to eat fresh hot cross buns there,
or to buy them in square, black
boxes to take back home.
Although the Christian sign Of
the cross has been imprinted upon
these hot cross buns for many CEN
turtles now, they were really prod
ucts of pre-Christian times Egyp-
tian priests used to sell buns in
front of their temples, compiling
small fortunes from these strange
admission tickets"
In primitive England, pagan tribes
rudely mixed ceremonial buns of
coarse grain and water as an offer
ing to the coming of the spring
sun, an event which they celebrated
let wild festivals. With the coming
Of Christianity, the clergy waged
warfare against this pagan prac-
tice, but met with such scant sue
cess that they evidently decided to
make the best Of a bad bargain by
converting the buns into Christian
symbols through the holy mark Of
the cross.
Another strange kind Of bread,
baked by old English cooks on
Good Friday, was a loaf of very
hard biscuit dough, having the sign
Of the cross perforated in It. The
peasants carefully hung these loaves
from their cottage roofs, leaving
them there until Good Friday morn
ing Of the following year as special
talismans to protect their homes
from fire. In the dark, supersti-
tious Jays prior to modern medl-
cine, to these curious loaves we're
attributed the healing powers Of the
family doctor of modern times.
Whenever an illness fell upon
them, these devout peasants Of long
ago would dissolve small bits of the
bread in water, and drink It with
as much faith in its curative quail
ties as we would have in the SCI
entihcally prescribed medicine or
tonic Of today
Montana labor news., 1936-04-09
Corporate Surplus Tax
Merely To Get What
Treasury Has Coming

WASHINGTON.-(FP)-Th chorus
OF Don't soak the thrifty" that greeted
the Presidents tax message is more
truthfully sung as an older slogan,
Don't touch the taxdodger."
Admitting the presence of a long
standing leak through which $620,000,-
600 will dribble away this year, ac-
cording to Treasury estimates, the plan
calls for taxation Of undistributed or
porate earnings. But the big boys who
evade taxes and their friends in the
Capitol are not at all friendly to the
proposal.
Under the present tax law, corpora
tions pay a small tax on their whole
income, but s~tock-owners pay no taxes
on their dividends, except a small sur
tax on very high incomes. Large in
comes can be made smaller in years
when stock prices are falling, by the
sale Of stock to wives or friends-re-
member Charlie Mitchell-for the
losses" on these stock sales can be
deducted from current income.
The system gives the wealthy an
easy tax dodge. In good years, the
corporations they control pay out
small dividends. The corporation pays
a small tax on its income, but the
stock-owner is saved a very much
larger tax. In bad years, when the
wealthy stock-owner can claim large
losses from stock sales, his corpora
ton pays him the large dividends it
saved from the good years, and he does
not have to pay any taxes on them.
Such a simple and profitable scheme
has led to the incorporation of every
thing. Every wealthy man has n or
two or a dozen private corporations
which receive the income from the
stocks he owns and pay dividends to
him personally only when he will not
have to pay any taxes on them. The
law forbids that kind Of tax evasion,
but no one has ever done much about
enforcing the law.
Under the proposed plan, corpora
tons would be taxed heavily on that
part Of their income that they did not
pay out in dividends and the stock
owners would be taxed on the divi-
bends they got, large stock-owners
heavily, small stock-owners not much
The cry that the plan would keeT
corporations from accommodating re-
serves for a bad year is just camou-
flage. The new tax will be about twice
as great as the tax that corporations
pay on their whole income now. It vii
still be possible for a corporation tc
keep half its current income for re-
serves without paying much more II
taxes. But the wealthy-stock own
ers will pay substantial taxes IN The
hall which is paid out in dividends. L
they insist on keeping larger reserves
the corporations they control will have
to pay out larger sums in taxes.
Stock market experts think that th'
lplan may also reduce stock-rigging. A
present stock owners who control cor
operations can pass dividends year aftei
year, and buy in the stock as its pric'
drops. When they are ready to casl
in, they can have their companies pal
dividends and sell out their holdings a
substantial profits.
The opposition OF the wealthy AM
their congressional friends to an at
tempt to stop up an old leak is, o
course, understandable.
Montana labor news., 1936-04-09
And Law Discuss.
ed AT Forum
By Lillian Sanborn

By Lillian Sanborn
From Commonwealth College Fort
nightly.
Last Sunday nights forum titled
WHAT TO do under arrest" proved to
be one Of the most interesting and
timely, OF any we have had for sew
eral weeks.
Because they realize that under pre-
sent conditions, the police and courts
will be used against labor, two OF our
student body were more than willing to
give us the benefit Of their experience
while in the hands OF the law.
Some Of the important points brou-
ght out were:
/. Remember that police, judges, and
prosecutors are un%friendly or you
would not have been arrested. Do not
listen to promises or agreements. Say
nothing which can be used against you
in court.
?. Demand to be allowed communi-
cation with a friend and your lawyer.
Phone 1. l.. d. or someone connected
Win Ol"Bdl4Idllou. ANll aOliS lliSHu "
get names and addresses Of witnesses.
3. When brought before the Off
cial who books you, tell him nothing
except your name.
a. While in jail, say nothing that can
be used against you, because officials
often plant stool pigeons in the cell to
draw you into conversation.
5. When speaking over the tele-
phone, tell where you are, and the
charges against you. Nothing else.
Instructions while in court.
/. Have entire complaint read OF
shown to you.
2. Appoint your wi attorney.
3. If complaint is written, ask cour'
to adjourn and communicate with YOU
attorney.
a. If court is adjourned immedia.
tely, ask court to release you withou.
bail on your W promise. If refused
demand that bail be set low on ground.
that your wages are low.
S. If all the above are denied, lister
to charges, plead NOT GUILTY anc
demand a trial by JURY.
9. Sign no papers.
Montana labor news., 1936-04-09
Mtrrg0ls
Gnglau1 at
Gastertioe

\ EUCH has been related Of
Nj the spiritual observances
d of merry old England at
the Eastertlde, and too little told
of the culinary achievements that
tlckled the palates of peasants and
courtiers alike on that great feast
day, writes Marion Butler in the
Chicago Tribune.
Not only were these Easter dishes
intriguing in appearance and taste,
but they were made doubly fas-
cinating by folk ceremonies that
attended them.
Nearly every day Of the old Eng-
lish Easter week had its own spe-
cial dish and unusual practices to
20 along with 1t. Tuesday was,
and still is in some sections, known
as "Pancake day" Although the
term "Shrove" was originally de-
rived from the Anglo-Saxon "scri-
fan" meaning to levy a penance, the
English epicures evidently invent
ed a most delightful way Of paying
up, for on this day 1t became ira
ditional for every family to bake
thick, mealy pancakes, favored with
sherry, and serve them sizzling hot
for breakfast.
Maundy Thursday was the day
on which the kings Of England used
to distribute baskets Of food, known
as 'maunds," to the poor. These
were especially coveted for the fine,
white bread that they contained,
loaves such as those being rare deli
cacies Of that time. James II was
the last sovereign to perform this
ancient ceremony with all the elab-
crate church rites that attended it.
Good Friday fairly abounds in
curious legends and customs con-
nected with hot cross buns. In
the early hours Of Good Friday
morning, Englishmen used to be
abruptly torn from their pleasant
slumbers by the great hue and cry
Of the bun vendors, who paraded
the twisting, narrow streets of the
towns, pushing their unwleldy bun
carts before them, and chanting
from dawn to dusk the familiar,
Montana labor news., 1936-04-09
Prominent Author Lauds New
Book By Hoan

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Charles Ed
ward Russell, author OF several books
modern society, sent the following
letter to Socialist Mayor Daniel w.
Hoan of Milwaukee, commenting on
Hoan's book City Government pub
lished last week by Harcourt, Brace
& Co.:
we a hardly admire it enough,
the plain, straight forward, sincere
style, the manifest, whole-hearted ad-
diction to the common good. the clear
exposition OF the way by which honest
and capable government may be at
tanned, the lucidity OF everything
amounts to a memorable achievement.
Il think it will turn the tide and
help nightly to salvage democracy.
AT a time when the world must be
fairly sick of the I-done-it' style OF
autobiography, it is unspcakably re
freshing to come upon one that tells
Of things done and does o exhibit
the naked soul to the gaze Of the un-
reflective. l beg leave to congratu-
late and thank you. You have here
added another to a long list OF unset
fish services to the common good"
City Government" which is met
everywhere with great acclaim can be
purchased directly from the national
headquarters of the Socialist party, SAG
Randolph ST. Chicago, ILL.,, for $3.50.
Montana labor news., 1936-04-09

PArRoNlzE OUR ADVERTISERS
Montana labor news., 1936-04-09

Canned beer, like canned music,
its kick
Montana labor news., 1936-04-09

old refrain: "Hot cross buns One
a penny, two a pennyl Hot cross
buns !"
Sincemodernw warming contrivances
were unknown in those days, these
vendors had a difficult time keep
ing their wares hot. They carried
them in large wicker baskets, such
as we still use on wash days here.
The buns were placed In layers Of
fannels to keep them warm, ana
then covered over with an outer
cloth Of white or green. 1t is re-
lated that the bun vendors Of old
were also extremely cautious in the
manner in which they handed out
the buns to customers, permitting
only one hand to slide gingerly be-
meath the covers In drawing out
their wares, thus allowing only the
smallest possible breath Of air to
penetrate inside.
The hot cross buns Of yester-
years were much more crisp and
crunchy than our softer modern
ones. They also were more highly
favored with spices, and had a
sticky coating of brown sugar. So
favorite a dainty did these pastries
become with the English, that more
than two hundred years ago in
Chelsea two royal bun houses
sprang up, waging the b%itterest Of
"bun feuds'' over the all-important
question of which baked the best
buns.
Each ~contended that the Eng
fish kings and queens, themselves,
patronized its house. One took the
name of Chelsea Bun House, and
the other that of the Real Old Orig
Montana labor news., 1936-04-09

The Laclede Gas Light Company OF
|St. Louis, Mo, earned only $73,O03 net
income in 1885, and spent $334,434 dur
ing the year to fight a strike in one OF
their departments, the expenditures
having been made for guarding
plants, payments to service agencies,
atrn
Montana labor news., 1936-04-09

VENTURA, Cal-(FP) = Laborers
on PWA projects in Ventura are on
strike for union wages and employ
ment Of men through the Building
Trades Council. The strikers are
picketing the new postoffice building
here.
Montana labor news., 1936-04-09

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. at last TO
strong labor sentiment, Gov. Johnson
Of Colorado has called a special ses-
sion Of the legislature to amend state
laws to permit Colorado TO share in the
benefits OF the federal social security
art
Montana labor news., 1936-04-09

Wages will be as thin as the soup
boiled down from the shadow Of a
that starved to death if Amer
leans continue to buy foreign-made
goods.
Montana labor news., 1936-04-09
ORIGIN o. Easter Ronnet

The Easter bonnet originated in
the popular superstition that to
wear a new bonnet for the first
time on Easter Sunday was to be
assured happiness in love during
the wear.
Montana labor news., 1936-04-09

The number of bankruptcies Of mid
die and small business men in Rome in
December, 1885, was l20 per cent
higher than the average of the previous
three months.
Evening star., 1936-07-26

the July 16 issue deals with this ques-
ton editorially under the caption THE
Patman Monstrosity." 1t points out
that ut is full of loopholes. Prac-
tically every sentence Is subject to
q half dozen different interpretations.
There is serious doubt II numerous
Of its provisions are constitutional"
May Serve Useful Purpose.
mo manufacturer should attempt
to work under the new law without
the advice of the most eminent legal
counsel that he can find. Every bus
iness man will be doing himself the
greatest service If he will use all the
power at his disposal to show Con-
gress that monstrosities like the Rob-
inson- -Patman act are ridiculous and
Evening star., 1936-07-26

purchaser over and above any dis
count, etc. available ut the time Of
such transaction to said competitors
in respect Of q sale Of goods Of like
grade, quality and quantity"
That criminal section contains none
Of the exceptions to section l--such
as the provision which permits Diff
ferentials making due allowances for
differences in the cost of manufac-
turing, sale or delivery. This GRIM
inal statute Is an out-and-out prohi-
bition against price discrimination.
The civil section administered by the
Federal Trade Commission does rec
ognize the necessity for exceptional
circumstances justifying discrimina-
ton in particular instances. So the
Evening star., 1936-07-26

inexcusable-even shameful. Perhaps,
In the long run, this act will have
served Q useful purpose. II 1t brings
to the minds Of Senators and Repre-
sentatives even o dim realization Of
the mischief and confusion they can
cause by succumbing without protest
to pressure groups, perhaps they will
hesitate before passing in the rush of
last-minute legislation such badly
conceived and badly written measures
as the Robinson -Patman act"
Section 3-the criminal section
provides a fine of $1,000 and a year
in jail as penalty for any one who
Is a party to q sale, either as buyer
or seller, which discriminates to his
knowledge against competitors of the
Evening star., 1936-07-26

Federal Trade Commlssion might al
low discrimination and then the
Department Of Justice sue. The two
parts Of the act were put together
without attempt 70 harmonize them
or make them consistent.
Under section .. as II now stands.
II the Federal Trade Commission be-
lieves q seller has dlscriminated in q
particular case a. between his Gus
toners the burden In on the seller
himself to Justify his actlon--such as
having to meet competition. or that
the products were perishable. or
something like that. In other words
this Is one OF the rare instances
where q man Is presumed to be guilty
until he proves his innocence.
Evening star., 1936-07-26
Masons Entertained.

Fifty members Of the Masonic Vet
erans' Association Of the District were
entertained today at the home OF
Vernon G. Owen, vice president, al
1886 Twenty-seventh street. Games
including horseshoe pitching. were
followed by a buffet luncheon
Charles F. Roberts Is president of the
association and Charles w. PimpeI
first vice president.
Evening star., 1936-07-26

A man once built a steamboat on
a high rock at New Haven, Conn,
to be ready for the second food. He
finally sold his rock and moved away.
He left the boat behind.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-11-19
Clarence Gipin
Victim Of Heart
Attack Saturday
Former Head OF Fair Associa-
ton Dies AT His Home
In Olney

Clarence L. Gilpin, 67-year-old
member of one of Montgomery Coun.
TVS pioneer families, died suddenly
Saturday when seized with heart
attack at his home, Rose Hill, near
Olney.
Son of the late Edward C. and
Annie F. Gilpin, he had lived in this
section of the county his entire life
attending the public schools near
Olney and later engaging in farm
ing until his recent retirement be-
cause of i'll health.
Gilpin was president of the Mont
gomery County Agricultural Society
conducting the Rockville Fair for man7
years; served for several years as
president of the Maryland Fox Hunt
ers' Association, was life member
of the Enterprise Farmers Club and
took an active interest in civic
affairs, particularly, the Montgomery
County General Hospital.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs
Rose Stabler Gilpin; sister, Miss
Mary Gilpin of Ellicott City; -four
sons, Douglas Gilpin of Kennett
Square, Pa; Harold Gilpin of Salm.
on, Idaho; William H. Gilpin %
Olney, and Frederick S. Gilpin Of
Brookeville; two daughters, Mrs
Elizabeth Dorsey of Glen Arm, ant
Mrs. Anna Boyd of Olney, anc
eight grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Mon
day morning at the residence ant
burial was in Friends Cemetery al
Sandy Spring.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-11-19
Audit Shows Discrepancy In
County State Roads Account
Preliminary Report Raises Hope That Maryland Lateral
Road Debt Will Be Materially Reduced = 1897
Legislative Program To Be Discussed

Hope for a substantial slash in the
overdraft existing in Montgomery
County's lateral road account with the
State Roads Commission ran high in
the Board of County Commissioners
Tuesday following preliminary re-
port on the audit of the fund begun
month ago.
A discrepancy Of $4,000 represent
ed by unauthorized maintenance work
and unlisted credits has already been
found in the figures of the highway
department, board members were told
by representatives of Baltimore ac-
counting firm that has been employed
to conduct the audit.
Whether the alleged discrepancy
will stand up in the final analysis Of
the audit, the accountants were unable
to say, but members of the board de-
clared they are awaiting completion
of the work with the hope the road
groups claim against the county will
he reduced materially.
Coincident with the appearance Of
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-11-19

price, all of those producers contest
ing would have benefited.
Before the Judge gave decision
on the injunction, the Association ap-
piled to the A.A.A. for an amend
ment to the Order calling for an in
crease in pice of Ate per hundred
weight and certain other chagnes in
the base-rating scheme. The sharp
increases in feed prices and the pros.
poets of low crop yields in the milk
shed made it imperative that the
general level of milk prices be raised.
The A.A.A. held another hearing fol-
the purpose of receiving evidence on
the advisability of a price change
At this hearing the Association pre-
sented a brief covering the important
aspects of the economic conditions of
our dairymen, that indicated conclus-
lively that an immediate price increase
was justified.
Upon the basis of the information
Continued on page 81
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-11-19
DIR. H. L. HenriOd To
Address Mass-meeting
At Rockville Sunday

DIR. H. L. Henriod, of Geneva
Switzerland will address a Mass
Meeting of the Protestant Churches
Of Montgomery County at 8 O'Clock
in the Rockville M. E. Church South
on Sunday evening November 22nd.
under the sponsorship Of the Mont
gomery County Ministers Union in
connection with the National Preach
ing Mission to be held in Washing
ton, D. c., November 22-25, 1885.
DIR. Henriod is one Of the twenty
of the worlds outstanding religious
leaders chosen by the Federal Council
of the Churches Of Christ in America,
to conduct a series of Missions in
twenty-five centers throughout the
United States. He is at present the
General Secretary Of the World ALI
ance for International Friendship
through the Churches, and Of the
Universal Council for Life and Work
A most cordial invitation is being
issued to all the residents Of Mont
gomery County to share in this i'm
portant meeting.