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Milford chronicle., 1936-10-02
THE FOOTBALL RATTLE

There is a primitive instinct in
man that loves a fight. If two men
begin to hammer each other, they
draw a crowd. Football has some
elements of a fight. That is one rea-
son why the crowds jam the sta
diums, and are thrilled by the dogged
combat. They are subject to strict
rules supposed to prevent undue
rOughness. But to the untutored
spectator, it often looks like a plain
ordinary fight.
1t is a wonderful game, which
tests the physical ability, the cour-
age, the endurance of young men to
the limit. II also tests their mental
power, their ability to remember ex-
tremely complicated directions, and
their power Of quick thinking. ANY
fellow who can play a good game of
football has qualities that can help
him greatly in the battles of life to
follow later.
Some families see their boys so
passiOnately excited over this game,
that it is hard for them to think
about their studies. They see many
boys getting some injury that is
permanent. They ask
whether it pays for boys to take such
chances, and throw themselves into
an activity so fascinating that it Of
ten makes study seem unimportant.
The chances of death or serious in
jury are not probably as serious as
other kinds of chances that all boys
run. The danger of moral injury is
that every student has to
face. While running a slight risk |
Of a broken leg or arm. on the foot
ball field. or something still worse,
he is not perhaps exposed to so much
ianger as the boy in the spectators
ieats. whose mind is running in di-
'ections that bade him no good.
Our best wishes to the football
players. and hopes that they play
ike gentlemen. They should re-
that they go to school and
college not primarily to play games,
,ut to acquire some share of the
worlds wisdom.
Milford chronicle., 1936-10-02

Roosevelt and has consistently ad-
vocated a larger navy there is moth
ing to show that he, any more than
his immediate Republican predeces-
sors, has learned to think in terms
of naval and political realism.
History teaches that a direct re-
lation exists between naval strength
and foreign policy. The navy is part
Of the machinery of diplomacy. In
peace as in war the mere existence
of a strong, efficient navy helps sup
port legitimate national aspirations.
Who can doubt, for example, that if
the United States had possessed in
January, 1917, as strong a navy as
she now has the German government
would never have risked involving
the United States in the World War
as an enemy? One Of the essential
functions of a navy is TO support
policies so effectively and to safe
guard interests so surely that any
government tempted TO thwart them
will not dare do so.
The passionate desire of all Amer
leans is to be kept out of another
world war But the mere desire to
keep out is not enough. We must
be sure that in the event of such a
war, no nation will be able to force
us into it. This means not only that
we must abstain from provocative |
actiOn-and do not forget that many /
innocent and proper acts of neutrals |
are regarded by one or other bellig- |
erent as highly prOVOcatiVe-but also |
that we must not hesitate to defend /
our own best interests.
When we imply that nothing, in
our opinion, is worth fighting for we
invite the contempt of foreign
nations. Their contempt can easily
lead them to ignore or defy our
rights in the event of a new war.
Well-meaning persons have recent
ly insisted that if we abandoned our
neutral rights, foremost amongst
which is the right to trade, we shall
avoid being forced into a war. But
such a course is as weak as il is un-
sound. 1t invites the belligerents to
AXE liberties with our commerce.
It is based on the mistaken assump-
ion that it was our insistence on
Milford chronicle., 1936-10-02

THE REVOLUTIONARY attempts
Of the present administration to i'm
prove the present condition Of the
farmer have not solved the problem,
because the system Of paternal con-
troll it has been endeavOring to estab-
lish involves vast expenditures that
obviously cannot be continued in
definitely, because it works at cross
purposes with nature and the laws
Of supply and demand.
Gov. Landon says that If elected he
would fulfill" all outstanding obli-
cations made by the present admins
tration with the American farmer"
by which we assume he means the
financial obligations expressed in
contracts and other forms Of agree
ment. He says further that those
of our farmers hard hit by the drouth
will be generously provided for un-
til they can raise a crop. This means
a continuation of relief checks" It
is clear that simple justice and gov
ernment good faith demand the first,
and sentiments of humanity justify
the second.
In one vital particular, the Lam
don plan appeals to us as vast and !
needed improvement, in the interests
of the farmers and the nation. It
would take the control of the farms
out Of the hands of Washington bu-
reaucrats and restore it to the farm
ers. 1t would put an end to their
and give them back
their independence, their freedom to
produce as they will. That is of
greater importance to their welfare
than any purely economic considera-
lions, for the present course per-
sisted in would reduce the farmers
10 a permanent state Of serVitude,
IN the level of European peasantry,
md take away from the country the
,hief stone in its foundation as a
and Of free men.
Milford chronicle., 1936-10-02

vs.. Mae W. Collins; James Henry
Hudson vs.. Romey NJ. Hudson; Doro-
thy May Wyatt vs.. George Wyatt, Jr.;
Frank H. Pritchett vs.. Lydia w.
Pritchett; Myrtle Wills Kreer vs..
Ralph Paul Kreer.
The cases listed for final DEGREES
are as follows: Andrew J. Brothers
vs., Margaret H. Brothers; Beatrice
A. Foraker VS.. William Foreaker;
Howard B. Nelson vs.. Mabel C. Nell
son; Mildred Gorsuch vs.. Karl s.
GOrsuch: Nan Richardson vs.. Sam
uel r. Richardson.
Beatrice ID. Steinmetz VS.. Milton
d. Steinmetz; James Ilardi vs.. Lucy
P. Ilardi; Effie NJ. YOnker VS.. Frank
lin d. Yonkers; Clayton M. Rowell
VS.. Grace E. Rowell; Elizabeth T.
VS.. Finley Mixner; May Cor
Milford chronicle., 1936-10-02

THE REPUBLICAN SWEEP in
Maine had its strong cross-currents,
and the widely varying pluralities-
for governor, for senator, for the
three representatives es-refected these
issues of personal appeal in striking
fashion. Where such varying issues
Of personality are involved, it is folly
to attempt to draw accurate infer
ences from the result. What the
Maine figures show, beyond question,
is a swift and sharp drop in Demo-
cratic strength and a corresponding
rise in Republican votes and will to
win. Republicans, therefore, have
every right to cheer the result and
to face the remaining weeks of the
campaign with the knowledge that
the tide is running strongly with
them.
Milford chronicle., 1936-10-02

THIS COUNTRY, EVEN when it
was waging the most costly war in
our history, never was fioundering in
debt so much as now. Its citizens
never faced the taxes that are nov
in prospect. Mr.. Roosevelt himself
says the budget will not be balanced
in 1887. He offers not the slightest
information as to when it will be
balanced for the obvious reason that
he does not know. And. of course,
citizens at large cannot know or
even guess because they do not know
what new projects entailing prodigal
Outlays may be in the Presidents
mind.
But they do know that in four
years as Governor of New York he
increased the gross debt of that state
by more than 25 per cent. They
know that in four years at Washing
ton, by his own confession, we will
have increased the gross Federal
debt by so per cent.
Milford chronicle., 1936-10-02
FAULTY LOGIC

(Pottsville, Pa, JournaD
Franklin DelanO Roosevelt will 60
down in history not as a great man
but as an obstinate and defiant man
a man intent upon gaining, first OF
all, the plaudits of the people and by
any method he might choose. He is
opposed to American individualism
and he would substitute instead the
Tugwell-Frankfurter brand of phil
osophy which is to look after today
and drape it with posies and give no
thought to tomorrow. The teachings
of the past are that all this is faulty
philosophy.
Milford chronicle., 1936-10-02
WOLFE LIKE LANDON EcONOMY

Women who are watching the
Government spend beyond It's means
"are wondering what they will do ii
Il should cost them twice as much
as their husbands make to run their
households" declared Miss Natalie
Couch who Is to head the women's
division in the eastern campaign
headquarters Of the Republican Ma
tlonal Committee. Women have eco
nomical minds. That is why they adj
mire Governor Landon. They have
learned that government, after all,
is only housekeeping on big scale"
Milford chronicle., 1936-10-02
POLITICS ENTER THE CCC
lHaFrisbuFg. "a. TelegTaphl

lHarFIsbuFgl Pa, IelegraphJ
Washington admits that spotted
through 1000 CCC camps are about
$4,000 non-techincal foremen select
ed from lists furnished by members
of Congress.
Eighteen thousand foremen bosses
scattered among the $4,000 young
men enrolled in the camps should
each be able to drag in more than
ten votes thus making the CCC costs
extremely profitable to the party in
power.
Milford chronicle., 1936-10-02

record in itself, to-
gether with the
scant attention paid
to the subject by
candidates a n d
platform m ak ers
alike in 1886, sug-
gests that the true
function of a navy
is but little under
stood in America.
Even though Presi-
dent Franklin d.
Roosevelt has TAX
en- a leaf from the
late heO Odore
Milford chronicle., 1936-10-02
CAN REDUCE COSTS
(Denver Post)

After three long years" Of fren-
zied spending we still have about as
many unemployed as when the new
deal started. Governor I.andon in
sists the unemployed are entitled to
a better future than the prospect Of
existing and raising their families
on a dole. He also declares the cost
of relief can be reduced.
Milford chronicle., 1936-10-02

maintaining our trade which got us
into the wars Of 1912 and 1917.
The truth is, as William Howard
Gardiner pointed out In a letter 70
the New York Herald Tribune, in
January, 1916, that in neither in
stance did we support our neutral
trade with sufficient manifest force
to deter belligerents from acts
against it that resulted in our going
to war" Put more plainly, neither
set Of belligerents in either war
would have interfered with our trade
if we had been powerfully armed
and determined to protect our trade
against interference by the belliger-
ents. II was not our policy Of neu-
trality that got us into war, but
rather our failure to defend this
policy with a powerful navy and
courageous leadership. No belliger-
ent will risk forcing a strongly arm
ed neutral into the ranks OF the enc
my.
In the event of another European
war, it is likely that the relative
strength of the two belligerent
groups will be sufficiently balanced
to leave the outcome in doubt. "In
such a balance of power" Mr.. Gar
diner observes, "a neutral manifestIy
so armed as to bring defeat to either
side by joining the other could be as
sured that both sets of belligerents
would respect that neutFal's trade"
In other words, to protect our
trade In time of war as well as to
defend our territories, we need a
navy large enough so that no nation
will dare quarrel with us. Contrary
to the assertions of pacifists and SEN
we can obtain this with
out in any way being provocated. We |
cherish no thoughts of attacking any
nation. We cOYet no nations terri |
tory.
Fortunately Mr.. RoOseVelt's policy
Of building up our navy makes il
easier for the Republicans to main
-ain it properly. But it is to be
hoped that Mr.. LandOn understands
better than his predecessors that
peace by self-sacTifice is as futile a
policy as peace by legislation or
leace by incarnation. The nation
wants peace. But we can only be
iure of peace in these days of world
'haOs by maintaining our national
lefense forces on such a high level
hat no other nation will dare pro-
-oke us. There is truth in the old
biblical saying. that when a strong
nan armed keepeth his palace his
,oOds are in peace"
Milford chronicle., 1936-10-02
Milford, Friday, October 9, 1885

THE NOISIEST AND most warmly
welcoming crowd of his campaign
greeted Governor ALI LandOn in
Des Moines, Iowa, for his great,
policy-setting, agricultural address.
The occasion was memorable, his
tory-making. Governor LandOn pre-
sented his carefully studied program
for agriculture. It was Settled and
workable" as he said. Its many
policies were designed to eliminate
in protection of the family type
farm" and the preservation of "a
free and Independent agriculture;
a philosophy which runs through the
Republican platforms and dominates
American idealism, but is not even
mentioned in the Democratic plat
form.
The candidate announced the fol-
lowing important policies which he
believes fundamental to that achieve
ment:
~ To provide, in the case of
farm products, of which there are
exportable surpluses, the payment of
reasonable benefits upon the domes-
tically consumed portion d. . as the
equivalent of tariff protection;
thus assuring American prices mot
world market prices) to our farmers. |
This is the first time such a policy |
has been advocated by any major
political party.
~ To start a policy of COOP !
eratiVe conservation, along broad, |
faT-reaching lines, by which state
and federal governments will help |
farmers to conserve their soils |
wealth, water supplies, and surpluses
in storage. He advocated the issu-
ance of government warehouse re-
ceipts (bankable as security for cash
loans) for surpluses properly stored
OH farms. Also he advocated develop
ment of crop insurance policies =
a plan much favored in Kansas, but
never before advocated by a Presi-
dental candidate.
90 Plans that will free the farm
and the rest of the country from
ruinOus debt and taxation" He
showed how taxes raise the cost of
everything, and that farmers cannot
possibly avoid its severe penalties.
"The Republican party proposes an
end to the present waste and ex-
he said amid tumultu-
BUS applause.
Sidelight policies, closely attached
o the main program which Gov.
4andon advocated, were the follow I
ng:
A pledge to carry out all obliga-
ions incurred by the New Deal, so
lone should suffer by a change of {
administration.
A pledge to continue "relief"
hecks to drouth-sufferers and seed G
Oans, until stricken families could
esume self-supporting status. '
A pledge to resume the Depart G
1ent of Agriculture's old work of S
eveloping new crops and better va Z
ieties to increase land usage e
work much neglected of late for h
lphabetical phenagling. II
Plans to make it possible for the ii
arm wife and farm children to en- ts
Oy modern advantages. II
This speech leaves no doubt that ju
ov. Landon will carry the farm ol
tates.
fe
Milford chronicle., 1936-10-02
ALWAYS AT SEA

Lawrence. Kans.. Joumal-wOrld)
Headlines announce that Presi-
dent Roosevelt is at sea. Some read
erS may be inclined to ask just
what there is about the item that
constitutes news.
Milford chronicle., 1936-10-02

A CHAIN is SAID to be only as
strong as its weakest link. One weak
link breaks the chain. So few per-
sons who refuse cooperation with
public causes in their home town
may break the whole movement for
progress.
Milford chronicle., 1936-10-02

IF YOU DON'T like your home
town better, than any place on earth
perhaps you have done so little for
that community that you have not
aroused much affection for yourself.
Milford chronicle., 1936-10-02
TRICKY JIM
Toledo Biadel

Mr.. Roosevelt has seen the wis
dom of waiting until the postmas-
ters are inside before locking the
stable door.
Milford chronicle., 1936-10-02
QUO YADIs9

Cumberland. Nd. NeWs)
The President says, I'VE are on
our way" Everybody is asking him
self, where are we goingY'
Milford chronicle., 1936-10-02
FOR A THIRSTY PARTY

Worcester, Mass Telegram)
And the campaign got so hot that
President Roosevelt called for
glass of Lehman-aid.
Milford chronicle., 1936-10-02

ley Hutchins vs. James Hutchins;
Priscilla J. Elterich VS.. Wallace D.
Elterich.
Milford chronicle., 1936-10-02

WHEN MONEY FLOWS out of a
town, the economic springs that
produce jobs in that community dry
up.
Milford chronicle., 1936-10-02
A LARGE NAVY INDISPENSABLE
IF AMERICA is TO KEEP OUT
OF A NEW WORLD WAR
By NICHOLAs ROOsEvELT


hepuDcan platform calls
Governor andon his speech made direct
ene national
understandings for the reduction
BY implication this But this
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Just Received
ATT HE
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We have new Organdie, Nainsook,
white & colored, Marquiset, Pongee, Chit
fon Wolfe.
We open new goods every week.
EVERYBODY'S STORE
No SOB Company Street,
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do for the par icul n child for VIII I'm it is
intended. This of curse re1uirAS some
knowl~dge of the chIld Inns l.. We
should remember hat tovs really a
a chlId's tool for st Ii d veloDmont II will
naturally givehim ha immediate impu Sc
toward action an il il is good TOW. it
will stimulate his Magma ion and ere
tiveness, leading MIN on repeatedly TO
new and variable pnrposeful eff)rts.
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BnXing!
Boxing!

l am now predicting one of the best
fights that will be staged at the Open Air
Theatre in Frederiksted on March 7th
KID PETERSEN 1874 LBS.
VS.
KID JOHNSON = 1853 LBS;
There will also be lively round semi
final.
Tickets will be sold in Carstiansted by
Joseph Horsord.
Get your tickets in time before you
get disappointed Do not fail to see this
E site contest.
Music will be in attendance
The prices will be so & 25cts
JOSEPH PRINCE
Promoter
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win arms Ioaoed with all manner of
toys - good bad. and Indifferent Too
of en- we ar rlsh when It comes to
golrg to hose whowswaut to make chap
by, ev our own children. do not
~ A II sh in ne sens Of giving
9 u gv nui Sc fish in thai We give
things that appeal US without suffi-
clent thought regarding the enjoyment
of the final owner.
Too often We enter a toy shop with
merely the knowledge If the chid's age
and the amount we feel we can spend,
and when we ale confronted with the up
to date dazzling and glittering stock we
are apt 10 find ourselves fraOkly 1oew-
dered. With counters piled high with 80
many things TO choose from. it would
seem that we should have no trouble
whatever in making suitable selection
but 10 choose wiseysis a complex pre-
blem.
This is an age of cheap novelties of
all sorts. ard there is an endlers variety
of. play equipment that is worse than
useless because of its lack of dura biIitv.
TO buy such things is waste of good
money an harmful TO the child. Such
toys will no: standsIhe hard knocks they
mus receive. and thes are likely TO ere.
ate destructive disposition, For Nwhen
these shoddily made, snowy gpeces co..
lapse In the chid's hands after a few
hours of possession. he gets the impre.-
sion that all . aythings are only tempo
rary pleasures that cannot be kept for
long anyway. ard the sooner be pulls
them apart ara finds out what makes
the wheels go round" the sooner he can
turn his attention 10 some other amuse-
ment.
Objects or materials that children can
use again and again. ra her than those
that merely amUse for time, are the
ones from which il ls wise to choose. A
few adapl able, durable piaythlnQs are
worth mora than roomfu of the cheap,
destrucTiole type.
Paythings for outdoor use are espe-
ciaiy worthwhile. They have tendency
TO lead little children to enj " the r daily
sunbaths. Iricycles. swings, ladders
teeter boards. sand boxes and small sets
5f garden tools encourage boys and girls
TO play contentedly in tie health giving
fresh air
lac idea Of making som 4thing never
fails 70 entrance. No other thrill in life
is ever as great TO a child as the sight
of something he mas &C ualy construct d
with his own hands, ideal aids may be
found In such things as building blocks,
log lumber, the sIuctO sets and carpen
Ier's chests. rne initiative, resourceful
ness and ingenuity developed in their use
are of life lot g benefit. Besides, busy
cnllc is a contented chill, therefore less
of problem.
L
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American Fedora ION of Labor esti-
mates there are sill more than II, 400.
900 unemployed in tnis county.
United Mine Workers of America vote
TO double the sal 4ries Of their president.
,;oho L. Lewis, md other high officials.
bot the national off :-rs reflected the in
ereases. Lewis salary ays at Sl2. 00O
a wear and the wee presidents secre
tary's and treasurer. at SIS. 600 eaen;
Sal
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WASHIN7T \

President Roosevelt continued to SUI
dy the packGrou I'd for an administration
tax bill. orders bait in New D-al's sDend-
ingcals an inter- Amorlcan conference in
Washington to considsr the organiza ion
of peace machinery for the Western
Hemisphere .elfs PatroImsn's B~neeo.
lent Association of Me- York Guy that
the life Of the n4ion tests on the police
talks by radio toBoy Scou Silver jubilee
fete, urges mo ion Dctur that ae
sane and salutary. emil ghten and men
tally stimulating receives with Mrs.
Roosevelt at the third sta reception at
White House for cablnent and govern
ment officials, ha> Senator Borah, Re-
publican PRESIDE al candidate. for lunch
and commend Isaac Sans, u year old
Washington civic ieader. f0l his valuable
citizenship.