davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1936-05-23
Protection for Skin.

Prehistoric man in America almost
universally used pigments OF different
colors to decorate his face and body.
This custom is ordinarily interpreted
as due to desire for adOrnmenT, but
the paint may have been Used for
protecting the skin against the suns
rays.
Evening star., 1936-05-23

THE girl walked
slowly down
the path that led
from the little
Irish cottage, down
the path that went
through the woods
and TO the mys-
terious hills over
looking the pictur-
esque valleys be-
low.
Hum m i n g a
whimsical air, she
kept her head
down. h er eyes
catching the ac-
tions of tiny mov-
ing things at her
feet as she walked.
Halfway up the
lane she saw a fig
ure standing in
wait for her. 1t
was a sturdier,
m ore handsome
form than she re-
Evening star., 1936-05-23
DAILY SHORT STORY
JEALOUS HILLS

Michael" a
little sob from the
girl.
Never, Michael
Shannonl Never
can Sheila leave
these hills. My sis
ter Kathleen left
them once. Shei-
las father broke
her heart. Do you
want to break my
little ones heart,
Michael?"
Indeed, and it Is
the opposite I want.
If she comes with
me her heart viii
be happy. I pro-
mise you that"
"All your promis-
in can do no good,
lad. It's the curse
Of the hills I'm
thinkin' Of"
"Nonsense!"
Evening star., 1936-05-23

the statement showed, but the In
crease was more widespread the past
year.
Other Virginia figures were: 1920.
1S9; 1925, 154; 1880, 1874; 1881, III:
1882, SO.
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1936-06-27
a JOB FOR
The VOTER

The "most important issue the
nation has ever faced,' in the
judgment of Merle Thorpe, edi-
tor of Nations Business, is
show to make ~, 100000 people
tax conscious"
In 1850, approximately l cent
on each dollar of public income
went to governmental expense.
That left SO cents for productive
effort. By 1900, the government
was taking 6 cents. Twenty
nine years later, the various gov
ornamental units were collecting
IL cents of every dollar earned,
and spending 10. And in 1884,
the last year for which complete
records are available, the exaction
had increased to 10 cents, with
10 cents more being spent on
credit!
In other words, where once all
of the obligations of government
in this country cost the people
one penny of every dollar earned
by them, today public administra-
ton taxes IS cents of every dol
lar.
How much farther must this
thing go before enough people
realize what is happening to rise
up and demand a halt?
If the American people aren't
''tax conscious" after what has
happened during the past four
years, what on earth can impress
the facts upon them?
This Administration has spent
far more than any other, has in
creased the rate of governmental
exaction more rapidly than has
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1936-06-27

H.
there is in the country at present
a revolution to lay on heavier
taxes. -.
1t is to he hoped that a third
party will prove a boomerang to
the radical element in this coun-
try, bring about the defeat of the
Democratic party, and give the
Republicans a chance to once
more demonstrate its undoubted
ability. With the insertion into
its veins of younger blood, the
COP. is fretting at the bit and
anxious to show the country what
it can do.
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1936-06-27

a party to this atrocious system,
little suspecting that they are be-
ing used as puppets to extend this
nefarious invasion of public well
fare.
By coincidence, our country
has not only this great army of
undesirables but also has vast
areas of useless terrain such as
Death Valley, the Bad Lands and
the Mohave Desert, offering a
solution to our unfortunate
dilemma which your uncle Dud-
ley modestly submits herewith.
In order that this menace be
curbed before all personal leisure
becomes destroyed, let all work
ers unite, first salvaging hoe
for each family in order that
there be no necessary delay suf-
fered in beginning the enjoyment
of the glories Of nature, then by
concerted action take one last dig
at all industries by taxing them
for enough to build high fences
around the aforementioned hot
spots, compel them to gather up
their factories, stores, mills, mines,
railroads and utilities, then drive
them all into these corrals and
lock 'em in, and if there is any
overflow, chase the rest into
Mexico with a guard to see that
they don't come back, leaving
our glorious country free of all
alarm clock annoyance and land
scape musseruppers, with no one
to hate but ourselves.
If you don't believe that this is
a great idea. ask the. Commu-
nists; they are the boys who
know.
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1936-06-27
TRUTH BACKS UP
BENSON PAMPHLET
By NcMann

You can't get it from the daily
papers, and it's wrong in the
Minnesota Farmer-Labor (mis)
Leader. We refer to the social
ed "scurrilous pamphlet" anent
Brother Elmer Benson's speech
in Alexandria, Mimi, on August
p, 1885, when Benson attacked
Father Coughlin.
Farmer-LabOrites have labeled
this pamphlet "scurrilous,' and
vicious attack" on Governor
Olson's stooge, Mr.. Benson. FL
ties claim further that the pam
phlet represents its authors as be-
ing sponsored by the National
Union for Social Justice, whose
titular head is Father Coughlin.
Yet a careful reading of the pam
phlet fails to disclose any basis
for Farmer-Labor charges.
The pamphlet is headed Mem
bers of the National Union for
Social Justice Attention p The
pamphlet, which consists of one
sheet of paper, is diagonally di-
vided, one half being a facsimile
of part of the front page of the
Park Region Echo, Official
Newspaper of Douglas County,
in which the feature story is
headed: ELMER Benson Attacks
Huey Long, DR.. Townsend, and
Father Coughlin," and the other
half dealing in explanation as
follows:
Elmer Benson, former bank
er, and now an appointed United
States senator, and Farmer-La-
Dor machine candidate for gov
ernor, not only has proven by his
votes in the senate to be a typical
ex-banker but has conclusively
shown by his attack, as publish
ed in the Park Region Echo, his
determined stand against the one
man who has pleaded the cause
for the correction of the none
tary system, and who has sought
to make the much needed changes
that will erase the present social
and economic ills that plague us.
"Mr. Benson covered a very
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1936-06-27
PUBLIC ENEMY NO. l
Continued from page l

y
happy. Or if they had just stop
ped at a blacksmith shop with
one helper it wouldn't have been
so bad; but no, they had to start
lot of industries and mistreat
great numbers of contented folks
by giving them employment,
which influenced them to estab-
lish homes and raise families, who
felt the urge for better things,
which fact was taken advantage
of by conniving industrialists
who, under the pretense of sup
plying those wants, built other
industries to ruin the lives of
many more of the ever increasing
population.
In order that their machina-
tons might not become too OBJ
vious in the original commune
ties they inveigled many content
ed citizens away from their
homes to build railroads into dis
tant parts and when these were
completed they induced many
unsuspecting victims to travel,
getting them stranded in strange
territory where these business
men built still more industries
and enslaved countless numbers,
spreading their nefarious net un-
til it has become national
plague. Exhausting the more
common place excuses for build
ing more industries, they develop
new devices, inducing the folk to
buy them so that it becomes
necessary to build more indus
tries, each of which adds its toll
to the long list of suffering en-
ployes.
Like many vices so widely dis
played, it causes many workers
to loose their moral perspective
so completely that they become
traitors to their fellow workers
and establish small industries,
enslaving often as few as one or
two, which illustrates to what ex-
tent such an evil may spread if
not curbed in time.
By subtle ruse, these enemies
of public welfare have induced
even the workers themselves to
invest their savings in the indus
tries, earning them profits which
compel them to buy products of
other industries, making neces-
sary charging of existing plants
or building new ones, which in
turn ens1ave more workers,
causing the investors to become
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1936-06-27

We can't remember where we
heard this one, or read it, but
anyway the Communist, with all
his spiel about how to run the
businesses of this country-can't
run even comb through his
hair.
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1936-06-27

Stand up and cheer-a famous
doctor says, "The depression gave
the people the greatest blessing
of life-health. Unemployment
has taken away excess funds.
This has produced a simpler
standard of living
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1936-06-27

attack progressive minded people
such as our much respected
Father Coughlin, and the late
lamented Senator Huey P. Long
"Mr. Benson in his scathing
attack on Father Coughlin poll
cies and his program, charged in
the news story carried in the
Park Region Echo, a Farmer
Labor paper, that the liberal
minded Father Coughlin was
vague and shallow and did not
go far enough Mr.. Benson,
can you give us a program that
can be substituted for Father
Coughlin's sixteen points for So
cial justice? One that is as lib
eral and progressive?
Members of the National
Union for Social Justice, are you
prepared to answer the challenge
of Mr.. Benson and declare your
self for the program of Father
Coughlin or for that doubtful re-
lief that Mr.. Benson says will
effect social changes.
At the bottom of the pamphlet
is the name of the man who pre-
pared and issued it, Mr.. Frank
LeDuc, 1872 St. Anthony Ave,
St. Paul.
Unlike the Farmer-Laborites,
we fail to discern anything
vicious and "scurrilous' in the
anti Benson pamphlet, especially
since it has the truth behind it.
Though he emphatically denied
having made such a speech, proof
remains that Benson spoke slight
ingly of Father Coughlin and
thereby laid himself open to at
tack.
The manner in which the
Farmer-Labor (mis) L ca der
dealt with the pamphlet, tabbing
it vicious and scurrileus, raised
high hopes in our breast that
some other source in Minnesota
besides the Saturday Press had
the courage to come out with the
truth about the Farmer-Labor
party and its machine candidates
and no truth about the FL
party or its Endorsed candidates
can be vicious or scurrilous; it
can merely be the truth. There
fore, we were little disappoint-
ed to discover, after we had Sc
cured the pamphlet, that it wasn't
a scorching, burning condemna
ton of Benson and the Farmer
Labor party, but practically a
scholarly work, which dealt with
Mr.. Benson and his speech at
Alexandria in cool, calm, and
very gentle manner. One could
tell the person who wrote the
pamphlet must have been of a
shy, retiring, and gentle nature,
and really not so very conversant
with the racketeering political par
ty and its minion, Mr.. Benson, of
whom he wrote. The fact that
the F-L-ites made SO much fuss
about it inclines us to believe
their nerve has grown ragged;
election neuroses like that are
always apt to pop up at awk-
ward moments in the worst of
parties.
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1936-06-27

any previous Administration,
and has undertaken more gov
ornamental activities than any
other. /
If the people are alive to their
own interests, they will retire Mr..
Roosevelt and his entire organiza-
consolidating, w. Ta., Intel
Hgencer.
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1936-06-27
THIRD PARTY B00MS
COP. CHANCES

In no manner, shape or form
do we approve of third party,
but in this gracious wear of 1886
we aren t as unalterably opposed
to it as we might have been. A
third party projecting a presi-
dental candidate into the nation
al elections is all that is needed
to assure defeat of the Demo-
Gratis.
Father Coughlin of the Ma
tional Union for Social Justice
indorsed the third party and its
candidates, William Lemke of
North Dakota, for president, and
Thomas Charles O'Brien of Bos-
ton for vice-president. With
this Endorsement goes a large
number of votes which otherwise
would have been had by the
Democratic party. 1t is expected
that the Townsendites will also
ally themselves with the Lemke
forces, thus ensuring another
large number of otherwise Dem
ocratic votes. And then, too,
there is the expected Endorsement
of the Huey Long Share-the-;
Wealth Clubs, which is another
large number of votes swung
away from the Democrats.
The great danger now lies in
what sort of an appeal this third
party combination of Utopians
will have for the general mass.
That the party will poll several
million votes seems a certainty,
but calamity in the form of an
other wave of hysteria such as
brought about a landslide for
Roosevelt in '32 is much to be
feared.
To throttle the third party
presidential threat now seems al
most impossible, unless opposi-
ton comes from the Farmer-La-
borities, who have agreed they
will not enter a third party can
didate on the presidential ticket.
The Farmer-Laborites feel that
if there is to be any third party,
they should be it, and it may well
be that they will create enough
dissension to nullify, if not sti1e,
any serious threat of the Tito
pianites. If they do this, it will
be the first time the Farmer-La-
borites have been of any actual
service to their country.
Fortunately for the country,
but unfortunately for the third
party, the well known LaFollette
boys of Wisconsin, Brother Bob
and Brother Phil have decided
to stick to Roosevelt. Were
Brothers Bob and Phil to swing
their support behind a third par
ty presidential candidate, there is
no telling what would happen-in
fact, the best thing that could
happen to the country then would
be for England to reopen her
claim on the u. S. as British
dominion and reannex us-then
everybody would get mad at Eng
land and we could start all over
again as we did one hundred and
fifty years ago.
It does seem ridiculous that
aftor STARING a REVOLUTION reo nv,
The Washington times., 1936-09-15
WHITE.
D F F A 7 )
BRANN BY
1000
BarroWs Is Governor;
House Seats Go to
COP. Nominees

PORTLAND, Me-, Sept. IS
Q.N.SJ .-Hailing a clean sweep
in Maine as the barometer" to
the presidential election in No
vember, Republicans today re.
elected a United States Senator
and elected their candidate for
Governor and all three G. o. P.
Congressman.
In almost complete returns
heavy majorities were piled up
by the Republicans in all but the
senatorial battle where United
States Senator wallace H. White,
jr., finally defeated Democratic
Governor Louis J. Brann by ap-
proximately 1000.
With only four of the 633 cleo
ton precincts missing, and those
in scattered Republican rural
districts, the vote was: White.
157, 485; Brann, 153,465. Whites
margin, 1920.
BarrOwS Wins
The personal popularity Of
Governor Brann was so strong
that in Lewiston, the home city
of both men, Brann won a 7,187
majority. The Lewiston figures
were: Brann 1923; White, 2,936.
In the gubernatorial battle, Sec
rotary of State Lewis o. BarrowS
(R), had 168,964 against 133,451
for F. Harold Dubord CD. Bar
rows majority was 35,513.
The country towns and the
cities of Bangor, Rockland and
Saco enabled Senator White to
win reelection despite a big vote
given Governor Brann by the
cities.
Record BalIOting
Although Democratic leaders
said that the slogan LAS goes
Maine, so goes the Nation" was
hardly a slogan applicable for
Republicans in view of the sena-
torial fight, Republican leaders
pointed to final victory in this
race, and to heavy leads piled up
by Barrows and the Congressional
candidates. They also pointed to
the record vote of approximately
$4,000 throughout the State, a.
900 more than polled in 1884.
An all-time record-breaking vote
and the size of the Republican
pluralitieS was hailed by G. o. P.
leaders as the answer today Of
Continued on Page II, Col. u
-NoTE AMERIcAN-
The Washington times., 1936-09-15
DIES
IN HOSPITAL

Frank L. Bowman, an associate
member of the United States
Board of Veterans Appeals, and
a former member of Congress from
West Virginia, died in George
Washington University Hospital
today at the age of 81. He made
his home here at 1900 I st. N. w.
During his 10-year service in the
House as a representative of the
Second district of West Virginia,
Mr.. Bowman was extremely active
as a member of the District Com
mittee and at one time sponsored
a sweeping investigation Of the
local Board of Public Welfare.
Led Alley Cleanup
It was Mr.. Bowman who took
the first steps toward the elimina-
ton of alley dwellings in the Cap
ital and, among his other District
activities, he proposed a plan to
substitute the three-man Board of
District Commissioners with one
man head. The West Virginian also
was an early advocate of altering
the small loans bill in the District,
a fight which has not yet been
settled, and proposed legislation
providing for the regulation of the
sale of securities in the National
Capital.
Was Postmaster
Born in MaSontown, Pa, Mr..
Bowman moved to Morgantown,
w. Va, while boy. He served as
postmaster of that city from 1911
to 1915 and mayor from 1916 to
1917.
He won his first congressional
seat in 1924, and remained there
until the Roosevelt landslide in
1882. Since that time he has
served on the Veterans Admins
tration board and has practiced
law in washington.
Surviving, beside his widow, are
a son, Lewellyn, of Baltimore, and
a daughter, Mrs. Lyman Lynn, OF
Washington.
Funeral services have not yet
been arranged.
The Washington times., 1936-09-15
HINT SABOTAGE
AT ANNAPOLIS

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Sept. IS.
Naval Academy authorities and
Department of Justice agents to-
day were investigating what ap-
peared to be sabotage on construO-
ton work under way at Bancroft
Hall at the Academy.
It was explained by authorities
that Murray L. Ricketts,, Washing
ton contractor, has been install.
ing new wiring in Bancroft Hall.
Yesterday reports reached Rear
Admiral David Foote Sellers,
superintendent of the Academy,
that about so of the new circuits
had been cut. This, it was ex-
planned, might result in fire.
Admiral Sellers Immediately
called in Department of Justice
agents, and they are at the acad.
envy today investigating the wir-
ing which was Immediately re-
paired.
The approximately 80 workmen
who have been on the job have
been questioned, as have the
watchmen at the buildings.
The Washington times., 1936-09-15
BY DAVIS ]. WALSH

GARDEN CITY, N. Y, Sept. IS
O.NSO.-Two of the old guard
died, but another refused to sur
render today when Jesse Guilford
and Jesse Sweetser, exchampions,
were carried off, feet first, from
the second round of the national
amateur golf champion, while
Francis Ouimet went on, head and
eyes front, to face the immediate
future.
Guilford succumbed to the cold,
exact play of Johnny Goodman,
former Open champion, who was
one under par for seven holes and
finally won by 4 up and 3 to play.
Sweetser fell before Walter Bile
wins, Kansas City, by 2 and /, who
took the lead with a birdie 2 at
the twelfth and finally went in
front to stay there with wins at
the fifteenth and sixt zenith
Sweetser took AZ to the turn, Bile
wins 40.
Ouimet Faultless
Ouimet played nearly faultless
golf against John M. BiggS
Raleigh, N. c., to win by and 8
CONTINUED on Page AZ, Col. y
The Washington times., 1936-09-15
By ]. EARLE MOSER

DETROIT, Sept. 15.-TeStimony
of a nature calculated to shake
the organization to its foundation
loomed here today as the Ameri-
can Federation Of Government
Employees began the second day OF
it's fourth annual convention.
For the first time since he went
on leave after recall proceedings
had been instituted against him
in June, President E. Claude Bah
cock was to take the stand in his
own defense. And he has prom
Used to blast the heads off" his
opponents.
Babcock was expected to take
the stand during a report of the
executive council on its activities
for the past year and indicated ne
would take the floor Immediately
after the council has reported
what it chooses of details Of the
June meeting at which he was
forced to go on leave.
Has Kept Quiet
Forced out of the active presi-
dency last June on official charges
that he had helped the Republican
party with an attack on Demo
cratic personnel administration in
the Government, Babcock has re-
manned quiet because of a gentle
mans agreement" between himself
and the executive council in which
it was decided that details OF the
custer would be kept quiet.
It has been revealed here, how
ever, that the partisan politics"
charge was merely convenient
reason for the federation leaders
arraignment, and that personal
differences between him and Wash
ington members of the executive
council were the real base OF the
dispute.
Declaring that the "gentleman's
agreement" has been violated by
the council, particularly by Cecil
Custer, Ira Balm, Michael Schaefer
and G. Carroll Diamond, the same
quartet Of officials facing recall
Continued on Page 2, Col. p
VOTE AMERICAN
The Washington times., 1936-09-15
Ocean FIiers Hope to Repair
Plane and Complete Trip

HARBOR GRACE, New Found
land, Sept. Is Q.N.S0.-When
Dick Merrill and Harry Richman
learned that Capt. Eddie Ricken-
hacker is flying here with gasoline
and repairs for the Lady Peace
they proceeded today with arrange
ments to get the plane from the
bog near Musgrave where their
westward ocean flight ended late
yesterday.
The pair, rested after a night OF
deep sleep in the home of T. w.
Abbott of Musgrave were hopeful
of being able to repair their ship
and complete their flight to Floyd
Bennett Field, New York, as
scheduled.
While the weather is cloudy here
today the visibility is not bad. 1t
was not expected that Captain
Rickenbacker would have much
difficulty in landing his plane on
arrival.
The veteran transport pilot and
the Broadway songSter landed
CONTINUED on Page 3, Col. A.
The Washington times., 1936-09-15
ATTACK
SLATED BY
BABC0CK
A.F.G.E. President Set
For Blast at Foes;
Red Lodges Ousted

DETROIT, Sept. 15.-CaSting
aside its presidential election un-
til later in the session the Amer
lean Federation of Government
Employees today voted by q heavy
margin to eliminate lodges and
members suspected of having
internal Communist influence.
The action, taken by rOll-call
vote, took temporary charters
from IS lodges throughout the
country, five of them the al.
legged "red bloc" within the d. C.
The ballot count to eliminate
the suspected lodges was over.
wheIming, the convention NOV
ing to support q recommends
ton of the A. r. G. E. executive
council. .
The unofficial count against
the liberal faction was estimated
at 158 to Al,
The Washington times., 1936-09-15
MUST LAND
H|SPLANE
IN SEA
Marooned Filler Wires
OF Conditions at
Muserave Bay

HARBOR GRACE, NewfOund-
land, Sept. Is u.N.S@.-With
Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker's res
cue ship expected mOmentarily,
Harry Richman and Dick Mer-
rill forwarded word here today
that Rickenbacker win have to
make a water landing at Mus
grave HarbOr. It was expected
Rickenbacker would switch to .
Seaplane after reaching here.
NEWARK, N. j., Sept. Is
(INSO. Capt. Eddie Ricken.
hacker, general manager of East,
ern Air Lines, today disclosed he
is encountering bad weather on
his flight to the aid of Dick Mer'
rill and Harry Richn1an in New
foundland.
The Eastern Air Lines office
here received the following tele'
gram from Rickenbacker upon
the 1atter's arrival in Sydney
Nova Scotia:
"Arrived here 1910 E. S. T..
Everything Okay. Taking on
gas. Hope arrive HarbOr Grace
about 1880. This is no place
for q straw hat"
The Washington times., 1936-09-15
Employees
Discuss Conditions

PITTSBURGH, Sept. IS I.N,SO.
Resolutions on wage increases,
pensions, insurance and seniority
rights were discussed today as 80
employe representatives from II
sheet and tin mills of the Car
negie- Illinois Steel Corporation
continued deliberations here.
Despite refusal of Benjamin F.
FairlesS, corporation president, to
consider a wage increase at this
time, as set forth in letter to all
employe representatives Satur-
day, the confereeS launched i'm
mediately into general wages dis
cussions upon converting for the
three-day meeting Yesterday.