davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1938-12-25

ice piles. Panic seized me. was alone
here on the frozen sea with this un-
predictable creature. Suppose he low
cred those pointed antlers, rushed at
me. | jumped to my feet and shooed
violently. "Mush! shouted, revert
ing to dog-driver's lingo. l ran at him.
wildly Tapping the line. He whirled
and set off at a trot. ran alongside,
then flung myself at the sled. infinitely
small, close to the ground. as it slid by.
Miraculously | made it, landing flat
on my stomach. We rounded an ice
berg. There was Ahnaktoo, coming in
search of me. his usually round, CHEEKY
face long with anxiety.
told him of Kite-mik's S rebellion.
Without word, he fastened him be-
hind his sled. set off at brisk pace.
lay on my stomach. eyes closed. No
use watching the trail; wasn't even a
back-seat driver.
Hours more to travel. Then we
came in sight of Ice Cape the tenant
less government schoolhouse looming
large among the low mounds that were
igloos. shouted at Ahnaktoo. insisted
that he unite kite-mlk. let me 60 in
under my own steam. not lgnomini-
ously on leash And felt a little
thrust of shame for this deception
when the villagers rushed across the
snowy tundra to greet us. You drive
sled deer yourself" they cried amazed
"Ah-dre gah Fine. All same Eskimo"
Men, women and children sur
rounded us. Brown faces shone with
delight. for we had come down from
Wainwright to bring them MERRY
Christmas Half dozen men and
boys seized my sled and raced It to
the very door OF the schoolhousc.
They started coal fires roaring: brought
reindeer steaks for our supper; offered
polar bear and walrus and seal Every
one crowded INTO the building -
laughing. chattering
On the morrow We would examine
the sick. prescribe for them, give
medicine. We would hold village meet
ings. settle disputes. Then We would
give out the Christmas treat that We
had brought -- for each one in the VII
lage stocking filled with popcorn.
candy. nuts. dried fruits - materials
brought IN the previous summer by
the one freight boat OF the year. That
over. We would return to Wainwright
to celebrate our own Christmas. hav
ing driven reindeer in the true Yuletldc
tradition to Ice Cape to carry Christ
mas cheer
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-07
Getting Back to
The Cave Man Idea

Newest shipping tieup in Seattle, Paci-
f1c coasts labor cancer spot, might be
interesting to the philosophers whose
greatest interest in mankind is detach-
ed interest in the human Development
or lack of it.
Wnen the first man shed his tail and
came down out of the trees, he did SO
because he had learned that person
can get along lot better if he uses his
brains as well as his strength. That was
the beginning of what we call society"
Not the society of the Blue Book or Emf
ly Post, but the society of mankind. The
banding together of groups and races
for their own best good.
In the dawn of civilization there were,
first, families. Then there were tribes.
These were groups formed for mutual
protection from other groups. 1t wasn't
long before the groups learned that they
needed certain measure of protection
also from the trouble makers within
their own ranks. That was the begin
ming of what we call ''civilization."
Civilization is founded upon human
knowledge that there are within the
structure of society, persons and groups
who are dangerous to society itself. II
there were no rules to check and control
these persons and groups, there would
be no civilization. There would be only
the rule of strength, or, as one popular
author phrased it, 'the law of fang and
claw"
There is a civilization because a huge
mai ority of the people stand together
against the strong minorities which at
tempt to ruin themselves and everyone
else because they wish to take by force
those things to which they are not en-
titled, and which they cannot gain by
any other means. The basic idea of civil
ization is democratic; it is founded on
the belief that society-all of the peo-
ple-must be protected against anti-so-
cial minorities.
How does this affect the Seattle tieup?
All of the people of Seattle and the
surrounding territory are suffering loss
of property, loss of earnings and loss
of prestige because a strong minority
has tied up shipping in that port. The
minority has forced its desires on the
majority, and in doing SO has caused
incalculable harm to itself and to others.
Our philosopher might have cause to
wonder if we have really advanced so
far from the days of the cave man.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-07
Other Editors Say
PEACE BY FORCE
(Oroville Mercury-R -Register)

Frank B Kellogg, a great statesman, dies
at the age of 81 years after seeing his world
peace program become nothing more than
scrap Of paper
Kellogg worked hard for peace hut he didn't
reckon on the human equation when he fornu-
lated his Kellogg BRAND pact under which "a
nations pledged not to settle disputes by war
For this plan he received the Nobel peace prize
1929.
Working for peace Is a worthy cause, however
the words written on paper and signed by ma
tions must be backed up by something more
forceful than words. When nations sign peace
treaty they must realize that their intentions
must be backed up by arms-otherwse they
will have accomplished nothing
This fact has been proven several times since
the World War Peace treaties have been scrap
ped ruthlessly by heads of the dictator nations.
When signatories to a peace treaty find there
is a penalty attached to ignoring the terms to
which they have agreed, only then will peace
treaties be worth more than the paper upon
which they are written-and not before.
Let US still work for peace, but let Us do it
from a practical standpoint-not theoretical
II nations will not agree to back up their peace
pledges, why waste time signing them to such
contracts?
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-07
News Behind the News
- Foretastinq 1893

WASHINGTON Gnerc are two reasons ior
playing cagey in any attempt to forecast the
year 1888 One is that the outlook IS uncom-
monty foggy.
The other reason is that anyone who was
making predictions to 1887 a year ago Is
compelled now to admit he was at least 80 per
cent all wet The departing year began with
business hopping right aIong, with President
lust overwhelmingly elected and prevalent be-
lief that Congress would give him everything
he wanted. There was no end OF talk ABOUT
new ERA Of good feeling" between government
and business.
No one expected President Roosevelts bold,
Inflated Supreme Court plan. No one anticipate
ed a Congress which would spend nine months
of the year in baking F.DR. and getting
nothing done. prediction that John Lewis
and CIO would win the General Motors and
ChrySfer strikes. and wangle agreements and
union recognition from u S. Steel would have
seemed pipe-dream.
Neutrality laws were expected to preserve us
from threat OF war And no one supposed 1887
would wind up with Roosevelt taking his worst
drubbing to date the wage-hour bill, and
with new depression which already has thrown
100000 more persons out of work.
But you can't duck 1888, so here goes.
BUSINESS: Nobody knows, but the prevalent
notion in Washington-which IS shared by RooSe-
velt-iS that there will be an upturn some time
this spring.
But more than one ace government economist
questions whether theren be real upturn, and
suggests that possibly industry will reach a
hover there indefinitely.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: The government is
we'll pleased with its triple effort to:
Scare the japanese by being stern and hard
boiled;
Encourage England and France to stiffen
resistance to German, Italian and japanese
aggression;
Awaken the American people to the idea that
the United States cannot keep out of war by
mere wishful thinking.
There will be more of the
CONGRESS: The Capitol Hill situation is in
a mess and SO is the familiar Roosevelt program.
It got nowhere in the last regular session, re-
ceived the cold shoulder in the recent special
session, and may or may not do any better IN
the next regular session.
Roosevelt will continue to fight for his de-
feated wage-hour bill and may win, or may lose.
There will be hot fight on modification
of the corporation surplus profits tax.
Roosevelt will seek to master Congress again,
but whether he will try to do SO with slap on
er either blow will be effectve-is just another
of those fascinating questions 1898 offers.
POLITICS: Congressional elections are COM
ing in November.
Normally, in such a year. the out-of power
party makes congressional gains. The Repub-
lcanS are practically certain TO improve their
poor position in both Senate and House, espe-
cially the latter
LABOR: No good news is in prospect for
labor as long as the CIO and AT of L fail to
reach some peace agreement. Their failure to
do so seriously handicaps the administration
Depression is depicting the ranks-and dues
collections of both groups There isn't the
slightest sign Of peace.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-07

iugglerS with their snowy WhiIe UNI
forms to the sidewalk windows.
They and the avenue Victorias halo
ed New York for many of Us from
the puddle-jump towns.
HOLLYWOOD claims another dyed
in-the-wool New Yorker in Francis
Albertanti, who packed his type
writer and Joined the hordes over
the Santa Fe trail a few months
aeo-and now writes friends he IS
not coming back. Francis spent his
boyhood in the environs of China
town. where his patron saint was
the picturesque Chuck ConnerS,
self-styled Mayor and lobbygow.
Later Francis became a copy boy
on Park Row. a typical desc" and
dem" moppet of the lower tip OF
the island. And printers ink got
into his blood He blasted his way
into the Evening Mail sports de-
partment by covering self-appoint-
ed assignments for Grantland Rice
and Rube Goldberg and eventually
became a by-line writer Later he
became a press agent for Madison
Square Garden and was always
down front at the big bouts, a
chunky, puckish fellow with fat
cigar. still talking just little out
of the side of his mouth and in
clined to snap his suspenderS bit.
There has been lot of ink
splashing recently about the pre-
eminence of cafe society" in Man
haitian. So much SO one might
easily believe the staid old order of
aristocracy has vanished. That the
| entire social fabric was composed
of youngish wine bibbers whose
mentors were the Messrs. Billing5ley,
Kreindler and Perona of the night
| clubs. Yet the staid. sedate and
ultra -aristocratic Thursday night
| dinners still take place in season
at Mrs. H. Mex. Twombleys with
restrictions more rigid than ever.
Then the formal dinners of Mrs.
| Christian r. Holmes whose guests
| probably never saw the dawn didoeS
at FL Morocco or waited at the
entrance ropes of mo. 81" Among
the younger society crowd Mrs
| Vincent Astor IS still the dominant
personality and at her formal din
ners the bars are never let down
Many of the people who matter
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-07
Add This to List
Of Recovery Plans

Scarcely month of the last few years
has slipped by without leaving stranded
on the beach some sort of a plan for
recovery Some of them were pension
plans, some share-the-wealth plans and
some just plain, everyday business plans,
but every one of them was touted as
plan to bring sudden, glowing wealth to
the nation and the world-to everybody.
Our plan isn't quite as inclusive as
all that. and right here let us say that,
like most of the others, it probably will
die a-borning. In fact, it probably won't
even be considered seriously enough to
make anybody angry It's such ridicu-
lous plan!
1t is simply this:
We propose that every government
employe should give his services free. to
the government for one year, turning
his salary back into the governments
treasury. If there are too many com
plants, we even propose that the people
feed. house and clothe the employees
for the year, and see that they are enter
tanned. But then, it's all so ridiculous.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-07

have lost much of their wealth, but
not their sense OF social fitness.
There is a social artery that still
runs blue.
No section of New York has so
retained that aristocratic look as
Washington Square. David Graham
Phillips once referred to its residents
as the carriage trade" and that
describes them today, despite the
fact that a number of the old man
sions have become rather seedy
pensions. Somehow in the gather
ing dusk one would not be surprised
to see through the lace curtains
gentlemen with imperials indulging
pinches of snuff and ladies in Grim
olines singing softly at organs.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-07
Photographs

During the last nine years the
number of automobiles in the
United States has increased IL per
cent. Traffic accidents for the same
period has increased. approximate
IL 50 per cent.
Since 1923 the frequency of u. S.
railroad accidents has dropped 61
per cent. though trains now are 16
per cent longer and as per cent
faster.
A bridge at Carlsbad, Czechoslo-
vakia, is partially built of porce-
lain to advertise the crockery in
dustry of the district.
Although approximately 50,0000OO
passengers have been carried on
u. S. Pullman cars during the last
three years. not passenger or
Pullman employe has been killed.
A clipper plane recently flew a
cargo of 10000 newborn chicks
from Florida to South America.
The sun is losing Weigth at a
rate of 25O,0OO0OO tons every
minute, astronomers claim.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-07

iugglers with their snowy white uni
forms to the sidewalk windows
They and the avenue Victorias halo
ed New York for many OF us from
the puddle Jump towns.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-07
Hints on Etiuuette
One-Minute Test Answers

Somehow. the behavior OF great
nations makes you think OF TWO
little boys. You have seen them IN
some little squabble, inching up
toward each other, all brlStilhg'
and maybe one or both with a chlp
on their shoulders.
You did" cries one.
"I didn't!p shrieks the other.
And so on. Maybe the chips
finally get knocked Off Perhaps
there is even a bloody nose. But
first there is the endless pickering
the torrents Of hot words.
Something like that is going on
today among the nations of the
world. 1t is dignified by long name
propaganda, and it all done very
scientifically. But it amounts to
about the same thing.
The British Broadcasting Co.
has begun series of programs in
Arabic, Spanish. and Portuguese
Their purpose. while not admitted,
is clearly TO counteract the inceS-
SAINT anti-British propaganda with
which Italy has been crowding the
air-Waves.
Italy has now become the poi
son pen of Europe!" cried a
member of the British House Of
Commons. ".She poisons the whole
field of international relations!"
So Britain sets out TO circulate
a counter-poison as an antidote
The italian game is, of course, to
ALLEVIATE and inflame against the
British all the peoples Of the Near
East and Mediterranean areas, in
which Britain has vital interests
and mandates.
The Germans are playing the
same game, working continually on
neighboring countries to foment |
Nazi movements within them and
create atmosphere favorable to |
herself and her objectives. South
America falls within this orbit, and
even North America.
The Nazi broadcasts to North
America are especially interesting.
BY personal responses and COM
resulting from fan
mali, the Nazis could easily build
up a file which might be used in
an attempt to create spy ma
chine against the United States in
case Of war.
Russia has used the same tactics,
attempting tosspread her doctrines
into adjoining countries by air. Eff
forts have even been made to
erect barriers by electrical waves
which would prevent broadcasts
from crossing national borders.
Thus the nations play the game, |
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-07
Famous Sayings --
BY WILLIAM RIFT

NOW THAT Northwestern uni
versity has been bequeathed a
stable of race horses. zadok Dumb
kopf expects any day now that
track dope sheets will form part OF
mathematics study.
We find, after investigation,
there is no truth in the rumor that
N. U. is to change its school song
to Boots and Saddles"
1t now seems to be Japan's turn
to make history of which its fu-
ture generations will be heartily
ashamed
The state of Prussia, Germany
has just given Dictator Hitler a
mountain as a gift. Surely not
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-07

who knows all the q. d. Mcintyre
answers. And her - husband, Peter
Arno. is the hedCefoe's idea of the
CITY slicker. WHAT became of
Frances Williams2 That Partisan
dandy. Lucien Lelong -dove-toned
spats. salmon pink four-in-hand and
everything
Lily Pons sounds like the peg
legged man in our town passing
by on the board walk. Be fun to
get Prof Quiz into an anagram
game. The boyish looking Jack
Whiting, step-papa of young Doug.
Add them all up and I'll still take
Jerome KernS musical score of
"Showboat.'
Rhyme: Cobina Wright, the So
cialite, puffs big cigars with much
delight. Add good-looking red-heads
in the business world: Ann Gros-
venor Ayers and Irene Hayes. To
Joan Crawford: Please plump up a
little, it's far more becoming. O.
SogloW. the artist. looks more like
/ his Little King every day.
Iney ldugleQ, ma, ld, Wlleil Henry
Luce bought Life. Ed Wynn skins
along the street as though just about
to take off And for leisurely saun-
tering. not many can top Charles
Hanson Towne. Low ambition: TIC
start a prairie fire in John L. Lewis's
eyebrows.
The last of the white tiled and
sanitized looking Childs was on the
Bowery until a few weeks ago il
went the way of all the rest-duded
up in the flossier Spanish style
One thing, however, has not chang
ed at the Child's places and that
is the batter cakes. But there are
many of us tattered sentimentalists
who wish they would restore the
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-07
Bruce Carton Says:
So Poisoned Propaganda is Threatening Peace

and conduct a verbal "war in the
air., recklessly interfering in af-
fairs not their own, sowing hatred
and distrust on the wind
It is so like the two little boys
and their squabble, except that
these are grown men, and instead
Of producing bloody nose, they
are preparing a bloody world.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-07

/ with the subtle hint that he so
ahead and jump off 1t?
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-07

Bel Geddes anc
Ben Ali Haggin tC
be wearing tur-
bans. If dogs dc
not sense friends
how is it they'll.
begin yippin s
happily when Al
bert PaySon Ter
hume enters 6
strange poodle
shop?
Lois Long is m,
idea of a city gir
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-07
The Grab BAG
One-Winute Test

oft- NJiitutf ttSt
/. Who is chairman of the Sc
curities and Exchange commits
sion?
2. Is lead a basic metal or an
alloy?
3. What name is given to pup
pets worked with strings?
Words of Wisdom
A wise man will make more op-
portunities than he finds.-Bacon
Today's Horoscope
Most persons whose birthday oc-
ours today are of domestic nature.
While others seek happiness afar,
they are able to find it in their
"own back yard.
Hints on Etiquette
Letters of coincidence should be
brief, avoiding any reference which
might bring pain to the recipient.
ne-Minute Test Answers
|. william o. Douglas.
2. Lead is basic metal.
3. Marionettes..
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-07
You re Telling Me --

with the subtle hint that he go
ahead and jump off 1t?
The recent Christmas was one Oh
the incest we've ever experienced
For one thing-no one pulled thaI
old gag about what the scotch
man didn't give his kids Tor CllflSC-
mas.
How in the world can the Jap
anese expect us to recognize Man
ehukuo and their newer state >
Mongokuo, when we don't even
know how to pronounce them?
An old house near SeVeiloaho,
England, is said to contain 500
rooms. House cleaning in that
place must be in the nature oil d
WPA project.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-07
New York Day by Day BY o. O. MeInwe
(, Jan. 7.--ThoughtS !
NEW YORK,

NEW YORK, Jan. I.--IhOughJss
while strolling: Memory-minding
the colt while the mare was being
shod. You somehow expect Norman
The Washington times., 1938-09-01
STANDARD OIL
STARTS FIGHT
ON INCOME TAX
Protests Levy Based on
Merger Profit

UNS) The Standard Oil
Company Of California today filed
a petition with the United States
Board of Tax Appeals protesting
a Government income tax def
cheney assessment of $6.854,287
for 1928 to 1926. The company
also claimed it should be refunded
taxes amounting to $7,334,479.
The Internal Revenue Bureau
contended that the company real
lied profit of $32, ,846,671 in 1926
out of the merger with the Pacific
Oil Company.
In it's petition the company
claimed numerous reductions for
depletion of properties, deprecia-
ton and development costs.
The Washington times., 1938-09-01
Farm Calls Retired Roll Veterdn

'of passing trains, which has been
music to his ears for so long, he
will listen to the cackle Of chick
ems and possibly the moo Of COW
For now that railroading is over
Pop" Mobley intends to leave his
home at 331 Maryland Avenue N
E., and with his wife move to a
small farm they own at Boyds
Md, where, as he says, "I car
have me garden and few chick
ems. may even go so far as to get
q COW. I will have to keep Dusy at
something for I don't guess ]
would be satisfied unless I did"
The Washington times., 1938-09-01
Fuller Resigns
From CIO Post

CIo Chairman John L. Lewis
yesterday announced Paul W.
Fuller had submitted his resigna-
ton IS acting president Of the
Federation Of Flat Glass Workers
Of America, having completed
the task Of restoring harmony in
that organization, for which he
was appointed Fuller served out
the balance Of the term Of former
President Glen w. McCabe, end.
ing July 81.
The Washington times., 1938-09-01
Hitler Buddies Show
French Vets Trenches

PARIS, Sept. / UN.S0-Two
hundred Of Adolf Hitler's wartime
buddies are visiting their former
backgrounds and fraternizing
with French veterans.
Apparently upon the friendliest
terms the German soldiers showed
their former enemies various
trenches and dugoutS in which
they had been stationed and re-
lated amusing incidents Of their
life at the front.
The Washington times., 1938-09-01

'and all was spent safeguarding
the lives of the train riders.
But Pops" railroad career did
not begin in 1912 when he came to
the Washington Terminal Com
pany as track foreman. No in.
deed, it started long before that.
He first began work as a machinist
helper with the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company in Balti-
more, Md, october Is, 1886, at the
early age Of 20.
Today will see the opening of q
new and much quieter life for
Pop" for instead Of the rumble
The Washington times., 1938-09-01
CROCODILE
"Why Should I Cry OOer
You?"

found out they probably wouldn't
live to tell anyone about it.
All crocodiles are man-eaters.
They usually catch their prey in
the water and either drown or
eat him. Crawling along muddy
banks or in marshy land, they
live only to kill. Their savage life
span is about 80 years.
|. Their only use to civilization,
commercially or otherwise, is the
manufacturing of their skins into
shoe leather, pocket books, tele-
phone covers and ornamental
leather gadgetS,
The Washington times., 1938-09-01

Unbeknown to them, the lives
of millions Of people have rested
in the able hands Of Ernest Dorsey
Mobley during the last 81 years as
he carefully guarded the hundreds
Of steel rails that lead trains
safely in and out of Union Station,
in his capacity Of track foreman.
But "Pop," as he is affection
ately known to his hundreds Of
boys" rs through now-he has
retired. and when the quitting
whistle sounded last night. Pop"
had rounded out 49 years and 8
months of active railroad service
The Washington times., 1938-09-01
Msgr. PesChges
Named Bishop

Appointment by Pope Plus XI
of the Rt. Rev. Monsignor John
Hubert Peschges, of st. Angus
tines Church, Austin, Mimi, as
bishop of the Diocese of Crooks
ton, Mimi, was announced here
last night by the Apostolic delega-
ton
The Washington times., 1938-09-01
They Live Only to Kill
Crocodiles Don't Cry
&444444& @&4&&4K%4
MAN-EATERS NEVER SHED
TEARS, zoo EXPERT SAYS

Ernest Walker assistant director of the National Zoo
LOGICAL Park can't tell you the origin of the expression shed
ding crocodile tears but he tell you all you want to
know about crocodles-whch according to him, don't shed