davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1936-04-23

shot it, and the Amoy-that's
the name Of the junk-went
heaving and pitching out into
the Pacific, on the way to Pier
mont on 9W. That was 1923.
It was a bad sailing year in
those parts, and the Annoy was
battered all over the North Pa
cific, clear UP to the Aleutian
Islands. But she never was lost.
The Chinese invented the CON-
pass about 1000 years ago. The
Amoy's compass was installed by
a craftsman who had never
heard of a gyroscope. It was not
until the twelfth century that
Europe picked up the Chinese
idea.
When the Annoy wallowed down
to Vancouver, with the weather
still bad, the Chinese crew had had
enough and went ashore. Capt.
Ward and his wife sailed her
The Washington times., 1936-04-23
Listen, World!
By Elsie Robinson

values Of Life-to hear those
Voices which can only come to us
in the quiet.
Once solitude was an accepted.
an unacceptable part Of all human
experience. People learned to live
alone because they had to. There
were no movies to flee to-no tele-
phones or radioS-no swift trans
portation by automobile. People
learned to "stay put" in both soul
and body, and were the stronger
and Saner for it. g
We are not smarter or stronger
for all our racket and racing, we
modernS. We do not know more
about Life, for we spend our days
running away from Life. We have
far less within ourselves than the
lonely pioneerS-and crack much
more quickly under strain. Nine
tenthS of our seeming cleverneSs
is simply the filters and Nothing
Else But.
There is q magnificent scene In
Bernard Shaw's Saint joan
noble words which drive straight
at the core Of our weakness. Joan
Of Arc is facing the InquiSition.
Her friends have deserted her.
Fortune has turned against her.
The stake looms before her.
HER STRENGTH
Terrified, heartbroken though
she is, she defieS them all and de-
tends her faith. They have told
her that she is friendleSs and
alone. Bravely her young voice
cries:
do not think you can brighten
me by telling me that
am alone. France Is alone;
and God is alone; and what is
my loneliness before the IOneli-
ness Of my country and my
God? / see now that the lOneli-
ness Of God is His strength;
what would He be IL He listened
to your jealous little COunsels?
Well, my loneliness shall be my
strength, too"
We are all alone. We cannot
really run away from our loneli-
ness. Stop trying! Face and &C.
cept your solitude. Take it CRATE
fully. Rest in it wisely.
Let your loneliness be your
strength
copyright. 1885. By King Features
Syndicate, In0.)
The Washington times., 1936-04-23
The Greatest Show On Earth
By John Snure, J.

migration policies and his habit of
permitting deportable persons to
remain in this country because Of
the contention that to deport them
would work a hardship on them.
The other day, citing cases in
which MacCormack allowed per-
sons to remain in the United
States, Reynolds referred to a
woman who, to say the least, had
committed some offenSes involving
moral terpitude. The Board Of
Review had recommended her de-
portation but according to Reyn.
oldS, the Department of Labor rec
ords reported:
Deportation will work a great
hardship on her.
Her education and social be-
haviOr have been acquired in the
United States"
Another case cited by Reynolds
in which the department said that
to .deport a certain man would
work great hardship on him, con
cerned an alien in New York.
Reynolds said:
Here is an alien who came
into this country, committed
theft, was convicted and sent to
Sing Sing Prison, and is still
there; and Mr.. Mccormick, Of
the immigration Service in the
Department of Labor, says we
should leave that criminal, that
jaiIbird, here in America, to as
sOciate with your constituents
and my conStituents-why? Be-
cause Mr.. Mccormack says to
depOrt the alien would work o
hardship on him!'
The Washington times., 1936-04-23
Apple Festival

Our neighbors in Winchester have just made an an
nouncement which is anxously awaited every year by
the residents of Washington and the vcntythe dates
of the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival.
This year. according to experts who have studied the
apple trees of the valley territory, the blossoms will be
at their peak April 80 and May and, accordingly
the festival will be held at Winchester those dates
Washington, uUItich has just undergone the disap-
DOintment of missing its cherry blossom festival be-
cause the trees bOssOnaed before committee could
get itself organized cOnn'ends the fOrethOught and
care NTH Uhich the Virginians prepare for their an
nuaI party.
There are no sp-ups in planning the Winchester fes
tival and those who from all parts OF the country
to see the trees in bloom and to watch the elaborate
papeantry of the festival can count having grand
time.
Those who have been to previous festivals will always
want to 60 back again and those who have not as yet
enjoyed the experience will want to be on hand this year
The Washington times., 1936-04-23

4IIlO 4SC4VCO 0SA@S~SS'
Indeed the very thought Of be-
ing alone gives most Of US the
Screaming MeamieS. We may Tor
one night endure the Extreme
Agony Of staying at home with
Nothing To Do. But human tortl'
tude can go no further. With the
next evening star, off we dash to
the movies, the night club or the
bridge game.
Even while we race about in our
cars, the horror Of solitude still
grips us. Give us a radio, or give
us death!
Now, I've nothing against ra-
dos. Indeed, I am very much for
them, and have installed them my
self in various parts Of my home,
including my car.
Properly used, a radio is prob.
ably the most broadening inStru-
ment the Machine Age has in
vented, and there should be one in
every home. But I am very much
against our historical need Of
constant noise and diversion as q
means Of escape from solitude.
NEED OF SOLITUDE
Solitude Is not q blight nor q
nightmare. It is q normal and
necessary part Of our human ex-
perience, and no character can be-
come lusty or poised without large
amounts Of it. We need solitude
as much as we need sleep or
food or fresh air. We need it to
discover and develop the truth
about ourSelves-to sift out the
The Washington times., 1936-04-23

"And uOhen he sOuUed, seeds fell by the uUay
side and the fouls came and deUoured them up:
"SOnne fell upon stony places, uUhere they had not
much earth: and forthwith they sprung up because
they had no dcepness of earth:
"And when the up, they scOrched;
and because they had root, they withered auO0y.
The really important crop of the United States not wheat
anything that grows from the ground The most
important products of the country are HUMAN NTELL
GENCE COURAGE ENTERPRISE AND AMBITION which
before everything else worth while
When you discourage them you discourage everything that
would bring back prosperity.
The Washington times., 1936-04-23

yet catching the
:24 ev ry
morning an d
holding down
his job in New
York. Further.
more, he mar
ried a Brooklyn
girl and took
her with him to
dwell in a lost
C e n t ur y en-
cySted in today.
And they have
three fine chill
dren living with
them at Times
The Washington times., 1936-04-23
AT ROLL CALL

James P. Griffin, Minority
Clerk in the House, usually has
the task of standing in the speak.
er's lobby and advising the Re
publican members how they should
answer roll calls.
AS they enter the lobby he tells
them whether to vote AYE" mo"
or present"
The other day Griffin strolled
into the lobby as members were
being summoned on a quorum
call.
Representative George Holden
Tinkham, Republican Of MaSsa-
chusetts, was seated in the lobby
smoking one Of his villainouS
cigars.
Tinkham shouted to Griffin:
"VOte present."
The Washington times., 1936-04-23

can Nationa.
Con vention at
Cleveland, may
have some ef-
feet on the ef-
for t S Of tn e
Democratic Ma
tional Commit
tee to capture
t h e veterans
vote.
T hr oughout
the entire bonus
fl 6 h t, Steiwer
ranked high in
tn e estimation
of the ex-service
The Washington times., 1936-04-23
Words of Wise Men

The lust Of gold succeeds the
rage Of conquest;
The lust of gold, unfeeling and
remorSeleSS!
The last corruption Of degenerate
man.
Samuel johnson.
Why should there not be a
patient confidence in the ulti-
mate justice of the people? Is
there any better or equal hope in
the world?-Abraham Lincoln.
Criticism is easy, and art Is
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Do not care how many, but
whom, you pleaSe.-SyruS.
The Washington times., 1936-04-23

From the mo-
nent Of birth
we're surround
ed with clutter
and clash and
clang. There's
always someone
to talk to, some
t hi IN g to see,
some place to
go. We're never
still n e v e r
really cast upon
our o W n re
sources. We new
er "repose with
in ourselves"
Nor face and
The Washington times., 1936-04-23

We learn wisdom from failure
much more than from success.
We often discover what will do
by finding out what will not do;
and probably he who never made
a mistake never made a diScov-
ery.-Samuel Smiles.
Men fear death, as children
fear to do in the dark; and as
that natural fear in children is
increased with tales, so is the
other.-Bacon.
Poor indeed must thou be, If
around thee no ray Of light and
Joy canSt throw.-Harriet Wins
low Sewall.
The Washington times., 1936-04-23
HARDSHIPS

If Senator Robert F. Reynolds,
Democrat of North Carolina,
doesn't secure widespread criti-
cism of Daniel w. Mccormack,
Commissioner of immigration and
Naturalization, it won't be because
he hasn't tried.
Time after time Reynolds has
attacked Mccormack for his i'm
The Washington times., 1936-04-23
The Human Side of the News =

Once upon a time, there was
q commuter who lived somewhere
East Of Suez, breathing the frag-
rance of Annoy camphor wood,
lulled to sleep by the tides and
The Washington times., 1936-04-23
FORECAST

Since the ENHANCEMENT of Rep
resentative Marion A. Zioncheck,
Democrat of washington. with
Police Court authorities over q
speeding charge, certain Of his
colleagues in the House have re-
called tEct there was a rule by
which that branch Of Congress
could remove a member.
No action of that type was
taken against the much-diScussed
Mr.. Zioncheck, however. regard
less of the difficulties he en-
counters.
The reason for non-action is
that Mr.. Zioncheck has advocated
removal of the National Capital
to another city. He prefers Seat.
tie, Wash.
His colleagues are convinced
that he will have splendid OPP
portunity to look over the site he
proposes following the next cleo
tons.
The Washington times., 1936-04-23
LEARN HOW TO BE ALONE

The trouble with most Of US
moderns is that we never learn
hoIU tn he alone
The Washington times., 1936-04-23
VETERANS VOTES

Selection Of Senator Frederick
Steiwer (R" Of Oregon as the
keynote speaker for the Republi-
The Washington times., 1936-04-23
OLD FAVORITES
The Shamrock
Maurice Francis EgGn

xUE OTLUUETUCN --INWWTECE r TUEECES NYUU
When April rains make flowers bloom
And Johnny jump-ups to light
And clouds Of color and perfume
Float from the orchards pink and white,
I see my shamrock in the rain,
An emerald spray with raindrops set,
Like jewels Springs coronet,
So fair, and yet it breathes of pain
The shamrock on older shore
Sprang from rich and sacred soil
Where saint and hero lived of yore,
And where their in sorrow toll;
And here, transplanted it to
Seems weeping for the soil it left:
The diamonds that all others
Are tears drawn from its heart bereft
eaders are inved to send to the editor their sugges-
tioms of the Cvores among the poems for Teprntig in
this epGee.)
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-09-18

He Realized That Standing Him.
gathered together
under window Then
rifle beside him.
comfortable 1t time before to to
sleep and when he did he ftfuly
later with the strange feeling that something wrong.
The had behind
that
wider awake he realized with sichnng feeling
ach that some sort of animal standing him.
Dog Whnes With Terror Over Strange Visitation.
Arland He he'd wanted
hear his dog growing wmpering
far he coud-was the far the
terror that great Arand's
81 have idea how long there"
seemed like hours, but might
The beashe thing-whatever wasseemed be standing
right my hear
Every and then splotch of Shiny would had
wild
Then remembered that couldn't that moved
have to slowly picking the bare didn't
have floor under me-
Intruder Turns Out to Be Broken Down Nag
Thought of the uncovered Arand
could roll from the boards which he he could
between the jos land safely the ground
below He
remembered something else His % rifle! He
cautiously toward his hand
the hammer. resoundng click
the beast In the dim light he could its
raise-stay poised -mOtionless it listening
he had its muzZIe
pointed at the beasts His finger frightened
And them suddenly clouds
Bright yellow light streamed into the house and Aand
thrust through the above him the
horse
neve fired. moon had come just in
mef / spent the Of the
night in the middle of the far from
sleepy chasened little boy who traied
home the next morning it light"
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-09-18

broad submerged rocky ledge in the
shoal area around Helgolano is a
clue to the islands former extent,
estimated to have been five times
its present size. The wave-worn
western side was ringed around
with a girdle of granite brought
from the Danish island of Bornholm.
But even thus protected Helgoland
is doomed to melt slowly into the
North sea.
eye Of the Empire"
Because of its position in the
North sea, the island bears the rep
utation Of a Gibraltar. AS Ger
many's Eye of the Empire it COM
mands the mouths of the Weser,
Jade. Elbe, and Elder Rivers, and
the harbors of Hamburg, Bremen
and Cuxhaven from a vantage point
28 miles from the nearest mainland.
Shaped somewhat like a lean
pork chop, it has dimensions not
able for their smallness, except the
height; its sides rise sheer and drip
ping from the North sea to fiat top
200 feet above sea level. It's three
tips can be visited in an hours
stroll. Upon the triangular rock
would fit the Federal Triangle build
ings along Pennsylvania avenue in
Washington with little margin.
Within it's diminishing bounda-
ries, the island has three parts:
the rock table of Overland with its
tuft of town, the shoreline shelf pro-
jecting like a caps visor below with
a second edition of town called I'm
terland, and the wisp of sandy Dune
IN tow a mile to the east. A thin
green felt Of pasturage across the
islands top completes the color
triad which inspired the flag:
Green the land, red the rock. white
the sand:
These colors make the flag of
Helgoland.'
THE money crop of Helgoland is
sun tan. This is raised chiefly at
the expense of visitors baskine ON
the frail half-moon of barren beach
OF the Dune, or Sand island. Among
the thousands of summer resorters
who steam out from Hamburg was
once the American actor, Richard
Mansfield, then an infant comfort
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-09-18
Old Auto His Weapon
in Fight on Drouth

Independence, Mo. &C. S. Ris-
niger, truck farmer, whipped this
years drouth with an $50 second
hand motor car.
Learning his lesson from the 1894
drouth, Risinger decided to irri-
gate. He bought a 1923 model car,
drove it to q creek on the edge Of
his 37-acre farm near here, and
used its motor to power a water
pump.
The water was pumped directly
from the creek bed to feeder canals
which conveyed it to smaller canals
between the rows of plants. Now
Risinger has four men working for
him and is pumping water 10 hours
a day.
Sturdy, fast-growing corn stalks
sway in the hot dry wind on the
Is acres of his farm which slope
suitable for irrigation. Cucumbers,
squashes, peppers and tomatoes also
flourish, while only few feet away
unirrigated patches of the same
vegetables are parched and stunted.
Pumping water produces
crop far above normal during
drouth," said Risinger, "but it
isn't really question of how much
it increases production. Without ir-
rigation there would have been no
CROP"
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-09-18
FAMOUS
HEADLINE HUNTER
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"T'he Thing in the Dark"
BIZ FLOYD GIBBONS

RE you all houscwarming party?
in advance that this be about the onesomest
house warming party YOU
AS matter of fact it's house
should say oneboy The boy Arland L. Gray
OF Trenton, N was
meantime This oneboy I'm tell about
the night January
As house warming it was terrible flop 1t not only didn't
the 1t cooled
the chiupa md down the-spine system AS adventure
though whOOpng
ten bucks that I'm sending Arland right
the 1910 Arlands
~ y to Orlando Fla
ooon and Orlando was just sleepy little
Arland Decides to Do Solo House Warming
Arands dad bought partly ground
out of
housewarming came in.
kids sometimes other got it
his head that he to in the
home The house wasn't finished
and the roof but there
of the floors had laid
land began Fostering his folks let
the night.
His didn't like
business sleeping away the
neighbor
alone and finally his mother
blanket his % rifle
the outskirts of the town
Strange Animal Terrfes Lonesome Boy.
Darkness had fallen before he
night the late
ing walking carefully the beams
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-09-18
Germany's "Gibraltar" Lit
orally Crumbling Away.

Washington, D. c. - Germany's
alleged identification of Helgoland
has attracted international atten-
ton. Again the island is accused of
having as much strategic impor-
lance per cubic foot as any other
comparable chunk of Europe.
From passing steamer, Hell
goland appears as a single TRAN
gular block Of red sandstone" says
the National Geographic society.
Now only a fraction of a mile
square, the island is literally crum-
bling away beneath it's $500 inhab-
itants.
This sea-bitten morsel is the re-
hottest of the Tristan islands, which
the North sea has gouged out of the
northern coastline of Europe. A
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-09-18
Cruelty to Animals

Lawmakers all 90 to bat to sup
press cruelty in any form to man
or beast. All the states seen. TO
retain the criminal offense of dock
ing horses tail, although evil con-
sequences may be avoided in Mich
igan by obtaining from a ve.eri-
nary surgeon a certificate stating
that 1t was nece .sary for the
health and safety of such horse {"
many OF these statutes are longer
ana more detailed than the muir
oer statutes in the same books.
Otten' OF course, a companion law
Is found making it a similar Of
Iense to crop a dogs ears "ex-
cept where performed by ? regis
tered veterinary surgeon while the
oog Is under an anesthetic."
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-09-18
Popcorn Orchard Foils
Field Mice in MICHIGAN

Sparta, Mich.-When Walter UNI
lor, peach grower near here, plant
ed Is acres to popcorn last spring,
Is acres of it between rows of his
young fruit trees, his neighbors
thought he was crazy. But when
he sold his crop last fall for
$l,988 they began to change their
mind.
Whole-hearted endorsement of
Umlor's sanity was given this
spring, when it was found that
while hundreds of fruit trees on
other farms had been girdled by
field mice, Umlor's were un-
touched.
After his corn was harvested last
fall, Umlor left the stalks on the
ground, every pile containing sew
eral ears of corn. The mice built
their nests in the stalks and win
tered on the corn, so felt no need
of bark to dine upon.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-09-18
Schubert's Serenade

Whatever his inspiration, Schu-
bert wrote the "Serenade" to suit
the words of a poem by Ludwig
Rellstab. A number of Rellstab's
poems were originally sent by their
author to Beethoven, who declined
to do anything with them because
of the state of his health, but who
recommended that they be turned
over to Schubert. This was done
after Beethoven's death. In 1929
Schubert wrote a number of fine
songs, which were brought out after
his death under the title of "Swan
Songs" "Serenade" is No. 4 of
the Swan Songs, which include six
others written to Rellstab's words.
Schubert was born January 81, 1877,
and died November 10, 1923.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-09-18
Thought Is Urged Upon
Those Who Want STRENGTH

Boston.-Think and grow strong
er, advises DR.. Frederick Rand
Rogers, physical education direc-
tor at Boston university.
To quote Doctor Rogers:
"The ordinary business executive
is stronger than the average day
laborer, just as the professors at
the School of Education show a
greater physical fitness index than
their students"
The reason? Because thinking
puts into action that fundamental
function of the brain, the co-ordi-
mating of muscle cells of the body"
Doctor Rogers bases his asser-
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-09-18
Stolen Bonds Are Found;
Owner Trebly Enriched

st: Louis, Mo.-John H. Bruninea
local attorney, tripled his money as
the result of being robbed.
Bonds valued at S6,842 we're sto-
len from the attorneys office four
years ago. They were recovered re-
Gently and during the four-year
period had become worth $21 ,s9s.
"a tourist found the bonds in
Estes park, Colorado. He saw them
lying along the roadway in a re-
mote section of the park. The tour
lst, Roy Bergman of Chicago.
turned them over to a broker for
tracing. Through serial numbers il
was learned they were bonds stolen
from Bruninga four years ago.
Apparently the thief threw the
bonds away after unsuccessful Of
forts to cash them.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-09-18
Helgoland Said to Be Slowly
Melting Into the North Sea

able in an improvised cradle of a
dresser drawer. His mother, excited
at leaving the island in E terrific
storm. embarked without him, so
that the forgotten baby was deliv-
cred to ner on the high seas wrapped
in an oilskin coat.
Pilots and Fisherfolk.
"Helgolanders are mainly pilots,
hsherfolk, or clearinghouse keep
ers. A rugged race of Frisians, they
acquired the habit of considering
themselves fishermen at the begin
ming OF the fifteenth century, when
strange migration of herring
brought them great harvests of fish
for 200 years. An equally strange
emigration of their source of income
left them catching only a few lob
sters.
"Helgoland was traded by Eng
land in 1890 to Germany for Zanzi-
bar, 5000 times as large. The ex-
change was ridiculed as an entire
suit OF clothes snapped for trouser
button. But the trouser button DEM
onstrated that it could serve a DUR
pose of vital Importance when it
became one Of the worlds strong
est fortresses during the World war.
Not far away, on misty morning
in August, 1914, occurred the first
serious naval clash of the war.
when British victory Uttered the
North sea with .wreckage."
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-09-18
Blazing Ice Box IL
Task for Firemen

San Antonio, Tex, "Send
some fireman over here-my ice
box Is on fire." cried an excited
voice over the fire department
telephone here.
The firemen, accustomed to res
cuing cats from trees, and all
sorts Of ether odd tricks were
bit dubious but made the call
anyway.
They arrived at the home of
Louis Martin-and sure enough
found his ice box on fire.
A plumber repairing a drain
pipe had placed blow torch too
close to the box setting it afire.