davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Milford chronicle., 1938-01-07

lice by RayfieId Groce. who with
Howard Groce and Edward Berry, all
OF Goldsboro, Md, came upon the
wrecked car shortly after 1t sweryed
on the road.
Nations New Years Accident Toll
Is Three Hundred Fifty-Nine
The nations celebration over the
New Years weekend resulted in at
least 1853 violent deaths, press sur
yey showed Monday.
However, the number Of fatalities
was so per cent lower than the total
of SIS deaths recorded during the
Christmas weekend. Complete re-
ports are expected to raise the total
for both holiday observances to over
1000.
Illinois, with Sc dead, led all
states. Twenty-three we're caused by
traffic accidents. Cook county (Chi-
cago) alone reported 80 deaths, more
than the next highest state.
Twenty-Five died in the New York
City metropolitan area. There were
81 deaths in New York State and
80 in Pennsylvania. New Jersey had
eight deaths.
Five boys and two girls, all high
school students, were killed when
their automobile crashed through a
guard rail at a downtown Butler,
Ind, crossing and was struck by a
New York Central passenger train.
Alcohol poisonings caused seven
deaths in Ohio, and two at an in
digent's home in Des Moines
Twenty persons died in New Eng
land. Ten Of the deaths were at
tributed to one OF the most severe
in the section in two years.
Milford chronicle., 1938-01-07
DELAWARE SERVICES
HELD AT VALLEY FORGE
Many DeIawareaRs Heard Tribute
Paid State At Observance Sunday

Paid state AZ observance SUNDAY
Forty Delawareans heard tribute
paid this State last Sunday in the
fifteenth Delaware Day memorial
Observance at Washington Memorial
Chapel, Valley Forge, Pa.
First state to ratify the Consti-
tuition, Delaware Is given recogni-
ton at Valley Forge by having the
first Sunday Of the year for tbe
memorial exercise. The pilgrimage
was sponsored by the Delaware
Society, Sons OF the American Rev
olution
Maintenance of ideals and char
acteristics OF colonial ancestors was
urged BY Col. Thomas Clayton
ET1vn 10 PAGE Pleasel
Milford chronicle., 1938-01-07
Temperature
Total Rainfall

Total rain for December !. l.26 ia.
The Following winds and ccndi-
tons prevailed during the same per-
fod
Milford chronicle., 1938-01-07
Prevailing
Wind

Wind
Dec. %, North-~Cleer
Dec. 80, South Clesr
Dec. 81. East Partly Cloudy
Jan. |. Southwest Partly Cloudy
Jan. 2, Southwest lear
Jan. 8. Southwest Clear
Jan. I. Southwest lear
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-03-25
Romanek, hrbitov a Gtyficet
tislc.

Petatricetilety Oldrich Ca
patty z Valasske Bystrice 81 "a
jel pred lety do Argentiny, kde
81 jake naden1k nasetril 100000
Kc a pfijel domu. Penlze 81
cd neho vyp1jcil svagr Roma
mex, nejzamoznejs1 sedlak v
obci, re pry je Dude NIT u ne
no bezpecne ulozeny. Roma
mex vsak zemrel a Capaty do
stall z 1spor zpet jen tfi tislce.
Loni Is. srpna byla v obci
pout. Vsechno Sc veselilo, ne
vsak Capaty, ktery mival ner-
vove zachvaty. Bee neJakeho
1myslu sci ma hrbitov, kde V
nejdrazsf hrobce odpoc1va Ro-
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-03-25
Kdvz vid31. ze / on sc

manek. Kdyz videl, re i on Sc
usm1va ma podobence, pTipev-
meme k mramoru, rozbil kane
mem fotografii Romankovu i
jeho dcery a re zlosti vytrhal
vsechny kvetiny ma hrobe. Sc
nat krajskeho soudu odsoudil
Capateho do tuheho vezen1 ma
pet dn1 %podm1nene ma jeden
rok.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-03-25
Propagace pleteni mezi muzi
PraZe.

V Praze byl zalozen klub
muzG, kter1 Sc ucf a propaguji
pleten1 a hackovan1. Je to
prvni muzsky klub tohoto dru-
hu. Organisace ma jiz so Gle
nj.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-03-25
"~@

10 Sc SJaValO u memo VZQycky,
kdyz Sc zabyval vaznymi my
slenkami. Jen Ema vs1mla 81
tech vrasek a sesmutnela. We
della, re Dolanovi nenf do "a
bavy. Dfvka, ktera mladeho
muze milovala, Znala uz vSec-
ky jeho zvlastnosti.
Nez i Blanka vslmla 81 zme-
neneho chovan1 Dolanova a u
smala Sc trpce, kdyz Sc brzy
pc veceri poroucel, odchazeje
do sveho pokoje, ale nezdrzo-
vala no.
Nekolik dni tedy panovaly
u spravcn Ease takove pome-
ry, jake kdyz sem ma jare pri-
Sla Blanka. Potion dostali Do
Ian a Blanka zasilky z Prahy.
V poledne priv1tala sprav-
cova Dolana skoro S nadse-
MIN: "Pod1vejte Sc, pane ad-
junkte, co dostane to devce
Lopatovo do v1nku!"
UkaZovala DOlanovi pouz-
derko Sc zlatymi nausnicemi.
Dolan Sc usmal.
"Ridila jsem Sc vas1 radou,"
Blanka.
"Pro takove zabe je to dar
primo kralovsky", pripomenul
Zilan, ably take neco Tekl.
Dude m1ti Lopatovo d6vce
kus majetku usfch," rekl Do
Ian a podival Sc ma Blanku. u
Sc Ease. Myslila, re Sc
ted take Dolan pochlub1 Sc
krestn1m darkem, ale
Dolan sc nechlubil. Rano dial
spravce zaprahnouti do koca-
ru, Dolan dosel pro Blanku a
dovedl il ma sedadlo kocaru;
R1hankova S d1tetem usadila
Sc prot MIN a kocar vyjel re
vrat.
Valasi zapTazeni v kocaTe,
rozbehli sc hned pred vraty a
Dolan p~ovstav jail Sc napom1-
natl kocfho, mlad1ka asi osm-
nactileteho: "Vaclave, del po-
zor! Narucn1 Sc rad rozbiha a
potion obycejne klopytne a
padne. Pamatuj, re vezeme
dfte!"
"Jsou bez starosti, pane ad-
junkt," usmal Sc celed1n. CDR
Tim no ma kratko a zazenu mu
bujnost, kdyby Sc chtel rozbe-
hnouti."
Blanka pohledla ustrasene
ma Dolana.
"Neobavejte Sc niceho, slec-
no." usmal Sc Dolan porozu-
mev tomu pohledu. "Vaclav
rozumi sve veci a dovede kone
jake kterykoliv mestsky
Ostatne valasi mnoho
81 mcdowell, vzdyt vo-
zili cely tyden vozy pine sena"
"A jak sc vlastne Dude hol-
jmenovati?" otazala Sc
pojednou babicka R1hankova.
"Prece devce dostane vzdy-
cky jmeno pc kmotre," Tekl
Dolan.
GA jak Sc mole jm6no rekne
cesky?" obratila Sc Blanka o.
tazkou ma Dolana.
"Po vas sc Dude devce cesky
jmenovati Bela," fekl Dolan.
"A niue mfti take jmeno pc
otazala sc Ease Blanka.
"Ovsem, m1ze m1ti ODE jme-
ma" odvetil Dolan.
"Tak babicko," rekla Blan-
ka vesele, "dfte Sc Dude jme-
novati Bella Bohumila."
"To Dude hezke," prisvedci-
la 1--WE R1hankova.
Krest odbyl Sc tax, jak to
Dolan predpov1dal. R1hanko-
va odrikala vsecko "a oba
kmotry, sedlo Sc do kocaru a
jelo sc do dvora.
KdyZ Blanka VyStupOVala 2
kocaru, vstrcila Dolanovi do
ruky petizlatovou bankovku a
fekla: "Dejte babicce zpropit-
ne "a sebe i "a mne!"
Ia chvfli potion priSel Lopa-
ia k spravcov1m poprosit obou
kmotf1ck1, ably sli ma kftiny.
Blanka pohledla S 1smevem
ma Dolana.
"P1jdeme?" otazala Sc, ia
ko by cekala ma jeho rozhod-
mutt.
"Jak 81 prejete, slecno," re-
XII.
"Tak tedy pGjdeme," odve-
tia skoro rozpustile.
Spravcovic sli take vsichni.
Ratejna, kde vsechny rodiny
dvorske celedi spolecne bydli-
ly, nebyla dnes k poznan1. Cd
rama tn safar delal pofadek.
Podlaha byla este vydrhnuta,
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-18
HOME RULE FOR
RELIEF FUNDS

(Christian Science Monitor)
Authorities generally agree that the
Federal Governments participation in
unemployment relief has saved many
American municipalities from bankrupt
cy. In 1888 the tax base of cities and
towns - real estate = failed to provide
funds for the needy. In 1888 it is still
insufficient. Likewise. States have failed
to raise sufficient revenue to care for
the "ill-fed, ill-clad and ill-hOused." On
ly the federal government, with its broad
taxing powers. has been able to meet this
National need.
AS WPA enters its fourth year it ap
pears to have introduced new trends IN
local government. A series of articles
now running in the Monitor diScloses
how mayors have discovered that WPA
work-projectS can be used to provide
municipal services once considered of
strictly local propriety; how WPA pro-
grams can be designed to reduce depart
mental budgets; how cities have come to
rely so completely on WPA as to sacrl-
flee local autonomy.
Behind these trends toward increasing
municipal reliance upon the largesse of
Washington stands the kingpin of taxa
ton. 1t has been the shift in tax base
from real estate to excise and income
from local to federal taX-that largely
explains these trends.
One of two courses seems open to re-
vive home-rule in relief. State constitu-
tions and city charters can be amended
to enable local government to raise SUI
ficient funds to meet the entire welfare
need. Or, if federal taxing powers are
considered more productive, an entirely
different type of relief program should
be adopted.
This newspaper has several times sup
ported a program for home-rule in re-
lief comprising these points: Federal
appropriations apportioned to states by
a stipulated formula and matched in fix
ed proportions; local and state admins
trations by nonpolitical boards; deter
mination of the proportions of work re-
lief and selection of those eligible to re-
ceive relief to be local responsibility;
special federal grants to be made for
care of transients.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-18
A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
IS WHAT YOU MAKE II

The Ell Centre Chamber of Commerce
recently reprinted an article from Inc
Rotarian magazine in which the author
PAINTED a picture of the critics OF cham
bers of commerce. The critics include
persons who are always too busy to
help in civic moves; the fault-tnders
who do nothing to correct the faults;
the Indifferent ones who are interested
only in making a living from commu-
nitv and content to allow someone else
to build It. They include the wrench
thrower" who tries to block moves be-
cause he either was not consulted or be-
cause he will not personally benefit;
the "lip-serverS". who talk greatly but
never do ANYTHING. Every active chamber
of commerce member knows TINS picture
is fairly true to life.
The moral, however, is that chambers
of commerce serve good purposes, and
could serve to better purpose if the
"kickers' and "wrench-throwers" would
ion in and help make the association
what its members make it. An organiza-
ton such as the chamber of commerce
can do big things, or it can do only
smaller things because of energy kept
out of the organization by perpetual
obiectors There is hardly a person who
could not find fault with the Ell Centro
chamber. Anybody can find fault in
ANYTHING. as has often been noted in this
column. But if the fault finders would
bring their complaints direct to the coun-
ell table and make an honest effort to
help correct the Objectionable features
they would find plenty of chance to help
eliminate them.
There was never time in Ell Centro's
history when an active, interested cham
Der of commerce could be more helpful
to serving the interests of the commu-
nity. In order to serve, however, it needs
your ideas and your energy.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-18
WE'LL I'll
Tell
says
Bob Burns

read an article the other day
tellin' about what hard life the
city newspaper reporter hasta lead.
The article said that the reason a
city reporter is so unwelcOme is be-
cause the reporter don't call on peO-
pie unless they've done sOmethin'
they don't like to get i'm print. l guess
it's pretty much the same all over.
One time q cyclone hit Aunt
Sophie Ledbetter's house and set
it up on end and jest scrambled
the furniture. When the reporter
from the ess-Argus showed up
with a camera and said he'd liketa
take some pictures of the place,
Aunt Sophie says, OTIS jest like
pictures of my house when it's so
you reporters to want to take
untidy.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-18

All of this talk about the pre-
sidential party purge may be
turning into something of bore,
but it ought to have one useful
by-product; it is emphasizing "a
new the importance of the various
state elections.
Although We do about as much
talking about politics as any
people alive, we Americans really
don't pay a great deal of atten-
ton to it. Our four-year presiden-
tial contests are gaudy three ring
circuses, and so We give them a
lot of our time. But between these
elections we have a way of set
ting back and forgetting about po-
litics, elections, candidates, and all
the rest.
This works out beautifully for the
politicians and the pressure groups
and badly for everyone else.
One of the most obvious but
little understood facts of American
politics is that all of these elec-
tions are fundamentally more I'M
portant than the presidential elec-
tions.
Presidents, after all, must work
through their Congresses; govern
ors must work through their legls-
latures. And although a candidate
for the presidency or for a COVER
norship may expound a platform
and stir up sentiment on an issue,
in the end the fate of his platform
and his issue will be settled by Con-
gress and legislature. Men who
were elected in contests that drew
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-18
A LETTER ADDRESSED
TO THE FUTURE

A letter addressed to the people llv-
ing five thousand years from today is
being buried beneath the soil Of New
York City this month.
The envelope is a metal tube weigh
ing 500 pounds and is Z feet high. Pre-
served in it are products from labora
tories and factories, and a record of
twentieth century achievements in art
and science recorded in microfilm, for
the benefit of our descendants five mil
lenius and 100 generations hence. The
envelope itself is the consummation of
five years research to find a way OF
making copper as hard as steel. Cupaloy
is the result, and it is of this material
that the metal tube has been constructed.
And when, some fine spring morning
in 6939 A. D., the mayor Of New York
if our infinitely great-great grand
children still elect mayors to govern
them-directs the letter to be eXcavated
and its contents displayed to the public,
our infinitely great-great grandchildren
should see America, 1898 A. d. in an
extremely favorable light.
All our finest, most worthy achieve
ments will be on display before their
eyes. As a result, they may give this age
credit for more sanity than it actually
possesses. To give a complete, three
dimensional picture of the contemporary
world, the time capsule should surely
include vial of poison gas, an infants
gas mask, copy of "Mein Kampf," and
a peck of the 1888 wheat crop for which,
strangely enough, partially undernour-
ished world has no use. This would be
a more honest accounting.
We shouldn't renege on our letter to
the futurei
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-18
Bruce Cation Says
- Local Contests Determine National Issues

very little public attention are US
ually the final arbiters of state and
national programs.
So a people that really wants
its government bodies to be fully
responsive to public sentiment can
never afford to let these Off
year, local contests go to default.
Unless it stays interested in them
and searches out their hidden is
sues and sub-surface meanings with
all the care it devoteS to presiden-
tial elections it is apt to find itself
saddled with a great number Of
elected representatives who repre-
sent someone's selfish interest rath-
er than the general good.
That is precisely what has been
happenng in this country for many
a weary decade. 1t explains why
lobbyists have such power at Wash
ington and in the state capitals.
1t explains why political machines
are able to keep their grip on cer-
tain regions despite perennial re-
velations of their corruption. II
explains why Congress contains
so many men who represent vested
interests rather than the plain
people.
In other words, We pay a very
high price for our lazy habit of let
ting ordinary elections take care OF
themselves. And it. is hereto re-
peat-that all of this talk about
the purge" may do us some good
This talk helps to focus attention
on the importance of these elec-
tions. 1t is a reminder that the
citizens responsibility is not simply
a matter of going to the polls once
thing in four years, but is a con-
tinung thing which calls for an
alert, unflagging interest and
energy.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-18
SOUTHWARK BOUND
(Tulare Advance-Register)

(1ulafe AQVance-ReglSIef)
For more than reasons of trade, Un-
Gle Sam heralds with a fanfare and
flourish, the opening of his luxury line
service to the east coast of South Ameri-
ca this week. With the formal Inaugural
ton of this line on September |, the
United States serves gentle, but no
less obvious, notice to certain European
powers that what President Monroe told
an American congress in 1923 is what
America firmly adheres to in 1888; that
the South American continent shall nev-
er be feeding-ground for land-hungry,
poWer-seeking European nations. But in
1888, as in 1923, few continental coun-
tries feel the tug of imperial ambitions
leading them to stake out claims in South
America with people and propaganda.
Even the coldly factual U. S. army heads
today believe American troops are more
apt to see foreign action, if at all, on
South Americas soil than on EurOpe's.
The governments S10,000000 luxury line
has its commercial values, but it's the
ones that make its Inaugural
tion significant.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-18
Barbs -..

A dietician states that large num-
bers of Europeans are not eating
enough fat Still, they're certainly
chewing plenty of it these days.
Consider the embarrassment OF
Londons weather man the other
day; he predicted rain, and that
was the day it didn't rain this year.
Three British explorers have set
out to visit q mountain in what
they term "the lost world" Late
news from Europe suggests that If
they'd waited a while the mountain
might have come to them.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-18

night after the lecture, man came
up to him and SAID:
"I am an editor. I want you
IN write twelve articles for my mag
azine on heredity."
"Why, am A years old. never
wrote a line for magazine IN my
life"
The editor urged him again.
"But." continued Mr.. Wiggam, !
put everything known about the
subject into my speech. You might
break nv speech in the middle and
put it in two issues"
"You must organize your IDEAS
under separate headings" said the
stubborn editor. "Then develop
each idea separately
"Well." said Mr.. Wiggan 81 sup
pose I have been trying to tell the
whole story of heredity at once.
I'll study each phase and see how to
develop that topic fully. Then take
UP another phase"
CLARITY become his WaIchWoro-
He visited laboratories. He talked
with the leading authorities on ev-
erv phase of heredity. He made the
largest private collection OF the
literature on the subject in the
world. He wrote eighteen articles
for the editor and found he had
scarcely started.
He performed experiments and
uncovered facts never before
known. He became intrigued and
enthralled by his discoveries.
why" he said to himself. !
believe I'll put this into a book
He called it THE Fruit of the
Family Tree" One hundred thou
sand copies were sold. He wrote
another book on the same subject
from a different angle, which he
called "The New Decalogue Of Sci
ence." 1t sold more than 100000
copies. Both books were best sell
ers at the same time.
Why don't you examine the
knowledge you have on the subject
and see if you can't make it pay
you a bigger reward. Grow enthus-
iastic about it, become an authority
Do this. You may reap a harves
that YOU would never have though
possible.
Paul Wing should know NOR
about spelling than anyone else il
the country. I back this upWith in
formation. Paul is the man VIII
has been conducting spelling match
for the National Broadcasting Com
pany. He is the man who conceiv
ed the idea and made it popular.
| asked him to give me a list o
ten everyday words that are FIRE
ouently misspelled. Here they are
Try 'em on your friends.
, Assassinate. Felicitate. Perilou'
). Birulent. Callus (toughened skin,
: Bouillon Jodhpars. Pyorrhea. Av
ocados. Ecstacy.
These words are used IL everyda
t speech and writing. He has tW
t short catch words which, he say!
e will send almost anybody dowr
f Here they are:
4 Wheyey. Wryly.
This gave me a start. I've bee
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-18
One-Minute Test Answers

/. Andrew Fletcher, Scotch pol
itician and political writer, in 170i
q The word meander, meaning
winding or crooked, is derived from
the ancient name of a river in
Phrygia, which is noted for its tor
tuous channel. 1t is now known as
the Menderez.
3. This custom may be a relic of
the ancient custom OF giving a shoe
TO another to symbolic transfer OF
possession.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-18

haven't e v e +
plumbed. Let me
tell you a little
story:
A few years ago
Albert f d W a r q
Wiggam was Civ
ing illust + a t e d
lectures on here
dity and its in
fluence in shap-
Inc lives. Q n e
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-18
Today's Horoscope

If your birthday is today you are
witty, anxious to please those dear
to you, fond of sports. You would
make a good salesman and have
good business Judgment.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-18
Horoscope for Sunday

Persons born ON this day are
truthful, conscientious, fond Of poe
try and music. They vii succeed in
business if they cultivate self-con-
iidence.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-18
GRAB BAG
One-Minute Test

l. Who said, II care little who
makes a nations laws if have the
making of its ballads?
2. How did the word meander
originate?
3. Why are shoes thrown at new
ly married couples?
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-18

The British are making army life
more comfortable. It could be made
well nigh perfect by guaranteeing
positive peace.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-18

1t may take workers nearly year to
create the San Francisco exposition's
million-dollar relief map. Lots of people
have worked on relief longer than that.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-18

All law students know that marriage
is civil contract but they don't find out
till later that often the contracts the
only thing that's civil about it.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-18

A neat engraved card sent to an
nounce an engagement is good
form.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-18
thoughts for the Day

The Lord executeth Righteousness and judgment fol
all that are oppreSsed.-Psalms 1896.
Gods mill grinds slow but sure-Herbert.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-18
Words of Wisdom
Hints on Etiquette

He is truly great who hath a
great charity-Thomas a Kempis.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-18
Famous Sayings
DALE
CARNEGIE
Author of How to Win
Friends and Influence
People

Are your ideas organized?
Do you get all possible out of
your knowledge of some special sub
iect? Maybe it has possibilities you
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-18

spelling that last one "wrily" for
yeorS.
Evening star., 1938-10-02
Social News Notes
OF StauntOn
And Vicinity.

GTAUNTON, Va, Oct. Mrs. Harry
Fitzhugh White and her sons,
Michael and Harold White, who spent
the summer at Grenoble, France, with
Mrs. Whites parents, returned to
their home in Fishersville this week
The Whites sailed from Antwerp and
on landing in New York were met by
DR.. White. They made short visit
in Washington. en- route home.
Mrs. w. H. Phillips of Staunton has
announced the marriage Of her daugh-
ter, Edith May, to Mr.. William Harold
Justice of Washington, which took
place September in Washington,
where Mr. and Mrs Justice will make
their home.
Mrs. John A. Glen, Sd, and Mrs.
Ronald Woodrum were hostesses
Thursday evening at Mrs. Clems home
with a miscellaneous shower honoring
Miss Ruth Morrison, whose engage
ment to Mr.. Aldon G. Stogdale has
been announced.
Word has been received here that
DR.. and Mrs. S. H. Garst. who are vis-
iting Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie I. Madden
at their home in Wellesley, Mass, were
not injured in the recent hurricane.
Mrs. Reuben W. Morse was hostess,
entertaining a group of friends at two
delightful bridge parties Wednesday
and Thursday.
Evening star., 1938-10-02

Mr.. and Mrs Charles E. Dustin are
spending month visiting Quebec and
Dexter and Moose. River, Me.
Mrs. Boyner and Mrs. Lephfew
Give Supper Party.
Mrs. Elmer E. Boyner and Mrs. WAL
ter S. Lephfew entertained at a supper
Evening star., 1938-10-02

guests by Mrs. Disney's parents, Mr.
and Mrs Warren F. Perry, also of this
place. During the evening Hawaiian
music was played by Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Calnan.
Dr. and Mrs r. B. Thibadeau have
moved from their home in Washington
and are now at e3O6 Colesville road
In Silver Spring.