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Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-21
Bruce Cation Says
- What a Steel Rate Reduction May Mean

4 million men plungeS into the
experiment of reducing prices With
out reducing wages in the present
recession. Other industries and
other employers may feel that if
steel can do it, SO can they. 1t is
the first break in the deadlock be-
tween business and the government
which is blamed in many quarters
for the slump in business. 1t may
be the factor which starts a tre-
mendous ball rolling.
A reduction in the price of sheet
steel is important mostly TO auto
mobile manufacturers, represent
ing to them a saving Of approx
mately 50 a car. But the particular
sheet steel in which the price was
reduced is now placed in direct
competition with other and cheap
er steel products, and never in
steelS history has one steel pro-
duct been reduced in price without
accompanying price slashes in most
other steel products very shortly.
Many believe that only high
steel prices have held up the build
ing trade and that with a reduc-
ton in steel building materials
there will be a sufficient boom in
that industry to make steel price
reduction profitable on a volume
basis.
These are the things the New
Deal hopes to sea break in the
blockade which will start an ava
lanche of returned business conf
dence. plus q building boom that
will unlock industry as whole and
pull the country out of the dol
drums.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-21

note from Ruth
Brig G S. Clare's
widow. down in
Virginia and talk
ing over the
phone to Harry
Burton about all
the anodynes fol
a sick world.
So came news
of the Bugs BaerS
who have beer
kihooting through
the m id w e 5
where The Bug.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-21
One-Minute Test Answers

l. REPRESENTATIVE Carl Vinson,
Democrat, of Georgia. He is chair
man of the house naval affairs
committee.
2. CzechoSloVakia, jug o slavia
ahd Rumania.
3. Dublin.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-21

Most persons whose birthday oc-
ours today are devoted to duty
They are known for their unself-
ishness and extreme fidelity.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-21
New York Day by Day

NEW YORK, Feb. 2l-Diary: A
grand letter from Elsie Robinson,
the lady journalist, as thoughtful a
frien-i as q fellow can have. And a
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-21
thoughts for the Day -

Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the
morrow shall take thought for the things of itself
Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof Matthew
634
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-21

A scientific writer notes that
every time women's styles change
drastically sun spots appear. Sun
spots? Nope, it's just Old Sol
blinking in amazement.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-21
Hints on Etiquette,

Courtesies extended to a child in
public should be accepted gracious
ly by both the child and its mother
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-21

Grizzly bears are disappearing
there are cnly 670 left in the
United States, according to a gov
ernment report. This does not,
however, include recent Wall Street
statistics.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-21
Words of Wisdom
TOday's HOrOScOpe

To see the world is to judge the
Judges. .-Joubert.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-21

Beauty expert says women lose
their figures through laziness.
azy? We'd like to see the man
who could make a visit to the
beauty parlor, take in a movie. at
tend a tea, lose $2.15 at bridge and
shop in all the towns department
stores-in five hours flat!
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-21
You re Telling Ne --
BY WILLIAM RITT

EACH MEMBER Of EngIand'S
parliament will be issued a gas
mask for use in case of war. For
protection in time of peace, we
gather. they will continue to de-
pend ON the old-fashioned ear
muff.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-21
Barbs --

Roosevelt fayors spending mil
lions for super highways to help
end the recession, but many fear
there is no royal road to prosperi-
ty.
British censor board fOrbids chill
dro1 under l6 to see "Snow White"
on the theory they might be
frightened Are these the same
children who are taught the use of
gas masks?
Dallas relief families spend more
for prunes than any other food.
Cynics observe that relief prunes
may once have been political
plums.
Dixie Davis exchanges his S1G5
tailored suit for one of gray pris-
Cn denim. And one set of numbers
for another.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-21

Members of that newly organized
opera singers union might adopt
as a strike slogan: I'VE demand
more G's for overtime High C's".
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-21

YaWn Yawnson says Russia is
che country where if you. in an
admiration, call an executive a
big shot" he automatically shud-
derS.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-21

One of our secret ambitions is
to some day ask a California
press agent how his state can have
such lovely and lush vegetation
without benefit of rainfall.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-21

3. Dubli.
Evening star., 1938-11-20

the Saxons about the 9th century
in the time of Egbert. When the
last of the harvest had been cut
and tied into bundles, the festival
began. It was a merry, festive time,
and it always ended with feast OF
thanksgiving.
In Northumberland and in many
places in England it was customary
to escort the last load Of grain from
the fields. This grain was loaded
in a wagon known as the hock-cart.
Players with pipe and tabor went
merrily along in front, providing
music, while the reapers joined
hands and followed after, dancing
and singing: Cont forth, my Lord,
and see the cart dressed up with all
the country's art
In Cambridge clown was dressed
in womens clothes, and his head
was decorated with ears of corn.
With great pomp and shouting he
was drawn in a wagon through the
streets. This was called drawing
the harvest queen" 1t was also
the occasion for singing songs. play
ing the games of merry old England
and folk dancing.
The American Indians, too, ex-
pressed thanks to the Great Spirit
for their harvest Of corn with cere-
monials and dances Of rejoicing.
Evening star., 1938-11-20
Teteran.

Capt. Simonson resigned and sick
ness caused other changeso
The Regimental Band included
Charles Hazenmeyer, drum alor;
William r. Phillips. chief musician;
George H. Phillips. Benjamin j.
Madert, Emil Brown. Loudon N.
Campbell, William C. Cunningham,
Floyd B. Daugherty. David B. Gott-
walls, Clarence D. Heider, Benjamin
L. Watson, Augustine A. Hoffman,
Lawrence M. Hurdle, William H.
Lockwood, Henry NJ Madert, Neil c..
MDonald, Frank c. Schutt, jr.:
John A. Swedberg, Eugene F. Smith
and Noble E. Dawson, jr.
On May 81. 1898, the regiment
took train to Washington and
marched in review before President
Mckinley. After the review the
regiment left via B. & o. Railroad
at 8 pm. for Chickamauga Park. Ga.
Preceding the review the regiment
stood at rest in the Monument
Grounds giving the boys an oppor-
tunity to take leave of their friends
and beloved ones. And many were
the affectionate farewells. some, alas,
for the last time.
On May %, 1898, the regiment
arrived at Chattanooga, Tenn, and
from there it was sent to Ross
vile. Ga. and then to Chickamauga
Park, distance of miles. On
June 4, it arrived at Tampa. Fla,
and after several other moves, it
finally. arrived at Siboney, Cuba.
JULY 10, 1898, aboard the steamer
Catania, a vessel which had once
been sunk and after being raised
Evening star., 1938-11-20

In a report of the Smithsonian In
stitution it is said that for centuries
before the Pilgrims landed in Amer
lea, the 1roquois Indians had prac-
ticed an elaborate Thanksgiving
ritual. 1t was known as "the great
feather dance" This ceremony was
conducted every year by the Indians
at harvest time, and was always
accompanied by a Thanksgiving
prayer to the Master of Life" In
this prayer the Indians gave thanks
for just being alive, for the sun
and moon, for springs of water, for
rain, corn, herbs, fruits, game in the
forest, maple sugar and flowers.
The prayer was translated by DR..
j. B. Hewitt and ends: HE willed
that just and righteous acts shall
be the means of making us true men
and women. So let us be thankful
that his words are being carried out
on the EARTH
The harvest festival at Plymouth
in 1921 was an inspiration. The
Pilgrims had experienced a terrible
winter, and many of the company
died OF the cold and privation. In
the spring those who were left took
courage and decided to plan for the
coming winter. They planted corn
after the manner Of the Redskins,
and there was bountiful crop.
Evening star., 1938-11-20

was used for transporting passen-
gers to the Klondike. The Catania-
unfit for the service, though used
in an emergencv-arrlved at ST.
honey the same day it set sail, and
the following day the troops were
marched to the trenches, or just
in time to get in on the fighting,
for it was this same day that ne
gotiations for the armistice were
completed. the final surrender TAX
ing place on July II. when, accord
ing to the diary Of Capt. William
S. Hodges:
The regiment was found at $50
am. and marched to the trenches
and at IL O'Clock noon the Amer
ican Flag was hoisted over the
Governor Palace at Santiago. At
the same time Capron's battery fired
the national salute Of 81 guns. the
troops presented arms and the band
played the national anthem.
After this ceremony was COM
pleteG. the troops were allowed to
cheer themselves hoarse. Just be-
fore the cheering, Col. Harries faced
the regiment and as he beat time
with his sword the entire regl-
ment joined in the singing of MY
Country 'Tis of Thee Thus, the
fall of Santiago was consummated.
The Spanish troops were seen
marching out of town. Orders from
the President congratulating the
troops were read at retreat and
companies were dismissed immedi-
ately after
Fortunately for the District con-
tingent In Cuba. the 1st Regiment
was not called upon for much fight
Evening star., 1938-11-20
Health Soldiers Suffered From Horrible Conditions Cuba but
Experience Important Advances in Medical Scence
Local Personnel and Deeds of Rough Riders

major and surgeon, r. A. Pyles;
chaplain, George F. Dudley: first
lieutenant and battalion adjutant,
James l.. Mock; first lieutenant and
battalion adjutant, Charles B. Hud-
son; first lieutenant and battalion
adjutant. G. Fred Cook; first lieuten-
ant and quartermaster. John M.
Field; first lieutenant and assistant
surgeon, C. A. Weaver; first lieuten-
ant and assistant surgeon, S. Clifford
Cox.
Company A-Captain. Harry
Walsh: first lieutenant. Richard j..
Harden: second lieutenant, Charles
H., Harlow.
Company B-Captain, William T.
H. King; first lieutenant, Thomas
S. King; second lieutenant, Horace
M. Bell.
Company C-Captain. Charles S,
Domer; first lieutenant. w. E. Crist;
second lieutenant, C. S. Redman.
Company D-Captain. w. S.
Hodges: first lieutenant. R. j. Don
nelly; second lieutenant, Louis F.
Boiseau.
Company E-Captain, F. L. Gra-
ham; first lieutenant. J. H. Griffith;
second lieutenant, F. E. Skinner.
Company F-Captain, Otto S,
Simonson; first lieutenant, c. "
Sayer; second lieutenant, w. H
Harrison.
Company G-Captain, F. S. Hodg-
son: first lieutenant, D. N. CHS
holm; second lieutenant. lie Roy w.
Heron.
Company H-Captain. H. B.
Lookes first lieutenant, C. S. Lam
ham; second lieutenant, A. A, Smith.
/ Company captain. R, D. Sims;
/ first lieutenant, T. B. Walker; Sec
ond lieutenant. r. B. Hayes.
/ Company K-Captain, G. B.
Young; first lieutenant, c. B. Hud-
son; second lieutenant, w. E. Sor-
rels.
Company L-Captain, G. w. Eng
land; first lieutenant c. A. Meyer;
second lieutenant, F. B. Wheaton.
| Company M-Captain, r. S.
| Jacobs, first lieutenant. F. G.
Stutz; second lieutenant, E. N.
Meekins.
(While in the service, some
changes were made. including the
placing of the regimental adjutant,
1t. Horton. on Gen. Hawkins staff,
and First 1t. r. D. Mayer was de-
tailed to the position thus vacated.
Evening star., 1938-11-20

After the crop was gathered Gov.
Bradford set aside day for general
thanksgiving. 1t has been claimed
that the day was in october, some
say it was in December.
A quaint old account described
the occasion: "Our harvest being
gotten in. our Gouvenour sent foure
men on fowling, so that we might
after a more special manner re-
Joyce together after we had gath
cred the fruit of our labours. They
foure in one day killed as much
fowle as, with a little helpe beside,
served the company almost weeke." ;"
Great preparations for the feast
day had been made. The celebra-
ton opened at dawn with the firing
of a cannon and then a procession
marched three abreast to the meet
ing house for prayer and psalm
singing. After the religious service
came the dinner. The women had
spent days in boiling, baking and
roasting. Men and children busted
themselves turning the roasts on
spits before open fires. Chief Mas
sasoit and many of his men were
there as guests and they brought
their share for the feast, venison
and wild turkeys shot IN the forest
History tells: 1.-THE tables were set
out of doors. There were prayers
Evening star., 1938-11-20

and services and the singing OF
hymns Of praise and general thanks
giving.
During the course Of the Revo-
lutionary War the Continental Con-
gress appointed December l8,l777,
as q day of thanksgiving in conse-
quence of the surrender of Gen.
Burgoyne, and May 7, ITS, for the
victory at Valley Forge. In 1889
President George Washington is
sued q proclamation recommending
that November 26 be named
Thanksgiving Day for "the estab-
nshment Of a form Of government
that made for safety and happi-
ness" It was thus that our first
president set the precedent for the
observance of Thanksgiving Day on
the last Thursday of November.
For so years the festival was
almost exclusively a New England
observance, celebrated by religious
services in the churches, the sermon
being often a political address, and
by the gathering at the old home of
the scattered members of the family.
Then, gradually, the day became
custom throughout the Southern
and the Western States, each Sec
ton appointing its own day.
Philadelphia lack of interest in
the observance Of Thanksgiving Day
greatly distressed the stanch New
Evening star., 1938-11-20

the time and the day before the
camps of 80 regiments had been
appealed to for one can of con-
densed milk, for which $40 was Of
fered for these two men, but the
milk was not found. Pvt. Poore
succumbed. but Col. Cook, we are
glad to say. lived to render his
country distinguished service in the
World War. He still resides here in
his native city.
Other members of the District
regiment who died in the Spanish
American War, according to The
Star of that period, were:
John Riley, Company M, at
Chickamauga; Corpl Ausburn F..
ToWner. Company D. Key West;
Howard G. Owens. Company D. Key
West; William A. Macdonald Com
pany K on the steamship Hudson:
Alphonsus J. Bahlman, Company B.
transport Minnewaska: Charles
: Waldman. Company c. steamer
Olivette; Sergt. Newton Feree, Com
pany K: George Gaskill, Company
I; Thomas P. G. Maddox. Company
B; George Schultz, Company M, and
Frank B. Griffith, Company I, at
Montauk
September 9, 1898, saw a different
set of men marching up the Avenue
from those who passed in review on
May 81 What they suffered and
endured during their few months in
the Army. only one who saw them
on their return to Washington can
possibly have an idea. That they
could even be the same robust men
again is doubtful and, if nearly all
were even drawing pensions up
Evening star., 1938-11-20

ing, because OF the agreement to
an armistice, but they had much
deadlier enemy there in yellow fever
and typhoid fever and in other
diseases, and had they remained
there much longer. the insanitary
conditions would have killed more
men than the Spanish could pos
sibly have done.
But. somehow. out OF every war
some great benefit is derived. and
it was during this time that Wal
ter Reed the Army surgeon. for
whom Walter Reed General Hos
pital is named. was studying the
causes of typhus and other tropical
fevers. and it was he who proved
that the yellow fever parasite was
carried only by mosquitoes, and that
its bite caused the disease only un-
der certain conditions. Possessed OF
this knowledge, American sanitary
engineers have eradicated the yell
low fever from Cuba, ard it has
since been largely eliminated from
civilized portions of the world
Prior to DR.. Reeds discoveries. and
while our District troops were still
in Cuba, the number of cases OF
fever was considerable, some OF
which proved fatal at the time,
while other patients seemed to re-
cover. but died later.
At Santiago. First 1t. R. I. Har-
den, Socrates Maupin of Company
G, and William F. Poore of Com
pany K, died Of fever. 1t was on
July 81 that Pvt. Poore and 1t.
Cook were sent to the hospital suf-
fering with typhoid fever. Proper
nourishing food was very scarce at
Evening star., 1938-11-20
Early Jewish Feast
Had Influence in
Its Creation
Bv Ethel NJ. Walsh.

There have been many times IN
the history of the United States
when there we're special reasons for
thanksgiving and certainly this year
is one of them. On this Thanks
giving Day Americans everywhere
should stop long enough in their
mad search for money and the tin
sci of success to be thankful that
this country has not been imperiled
by the disasters which follow in the
wake of war.
Although many believe that
Thanksgiving Day is primarily an
American institution. harvest fes-
tivals have been known since time
immemorial. wherever throughout
the world there was such thing
as formal harvest there also ap-
peared festival celebration to mark
it,"
From the folk of the world down
through the ages have come rites.
ceremonials and thanksgivings for
the harvest. Sometimes this har-
vest was a vintage of grapes, as it
was in the land of Canaan, when
"they went forth into the fields and
gathered their vineyards and trod
the grapes and held festivals; and
went into the house of their God
and did eat and drink"
At summer end" the ancient
Celts burned fires from every hill
top. In Rome and Greece, in Scot
land, Holland and France, and in
many other countries, days were set
aside for rejoicing after the har-
vest of fruits and grains that were
gathered for the winter supply of
food.
In times of peril it was customary
in England to hold days of prayer
and fasting" and equally to cele-
brate with feasting and with thanks
giving natures annual bounty and
other signal marks of Gods IA
vor. 1t has been said that the
thanksgiving festival was suggested
to the Pilgrims by the early Jew
ish Feast of Ingathering," and
others have found in that cere-
mony the motive for the develop
ment of their New England Thanks
giving.
Many claim that if it has kinship
to anything of the past, it is to the
Harvest Home of England. This
celebration can be traced back to
Evening star., 1938-11-20

Alger for the change of plans, claim
ing that he had received written
authority from the Secretary to use
his (Harries) own discretion in
ordering the Guard into camp. It
was the Secretary's original inten-
ton to have called out the Guard
on Sunday. April "a, but later, &C
cording to Gen. Harries' version,
changed this to Monday, the 25th,
his idea being to preserve the sane
tity of the Sabbath as much as pos
sible.
After this the War Department
officials selected the various Ma
tional Guard officers to serve with
the 1st District of Columbia 1nfan-
try, U. S. Volunteers, their desig-
nations being made on or about
May 10, 1898. From May II to May
II intensive recruiting was con-
Quoted, and companies were sworn
in as soon as they were recruited
to full strength and ordered into
camp.
On May 13, the 1st Battalion, Dis
trict of Columbia Volunteers. left
Washington by rail for Woodburn
Manor near Falls Church, in historic
Virginia, on tract of land selected
as an army site by the engineers of
the War Department, sufficient for
the concentration of 10000 to 10000
troops of the volunteer army. 1t
was situated about 2 miles south
west of Falls Church, consisted OF
about 1,50O acres and had an altitude
of about $50 feet. At the time it was
said there were 600 acres in the tract
under cultivation, that a consider
able part of the site was being used
as pasture land, and that there was
a stream of water flowing through
the center of the property, fed by
80 springs. giving an ample supply
of water for drinking and sanitary
purposes. and besides this, there was
much timber land. The property
was owned by Mrs. Emma F. Camp
bell.
BY May II the entire regiment was
in camp, and assembled for the first
time in what soon became known as
Camp Alger. Its officers at this
time were.
Colonel, George H. Harries; lieu
tenant colonel, Theodore Mosher
accepted appointment at a later
date; regimental adjutant, First
1t. William E. Horton; major, M.
Emmett Urell. major. Charles Del.
Hine; major, Richard A. O'Brien;
Evening star., 1938-11-20

PILGRIMS and Indians
Co.operated in
First Days

Englander. Mrs. Sarah Jesepha
Hale, who had come from Boston to
live In the "city of brotherly love"
a decade or so before the Civil War.
Mrs. Hale became the famous editor
of the womens journal known as
Godey's Lady's Book. For years
she wrote to the governor Of her
own and nearby States, urging them
to set aside the last Thursday in
November as Thanksgiving Day.
It was in 1859 that she succeed
ed in having all but two governors
proclaim a day of general thanks
giving on the last Thursday in No.
vember. Thereafter, the majority
Of the States continued the custom.
At the end of the Civil War, Mrs.
Hale wrote to President Lincoln,
enclosed copy of Gen. Washing
tons Thanksgiving edict, and sug-
gested that the President set aside
a day of national Thanksgiving.
Whether or not it was because of
her Jealous efforts, following Gen.
Washington's precedent, President
Lincoln announced "the observance
Of the fourth Thursday in Novem-
Der as a day of national thanksgiv-
ing. praise and prayer, for the
defence against unfriendly designs
without and signal victories over
the enemy who is of our own house.
hold" This day was on November
26, 1853.
Since Lincoln's time down a long
stretch Of years each President of
the United States has annually set
aside the last Thursday Of Novem-
ber for . like festival. The proc
lamation Of the President Is usually
followed by one issued by the Gov
ernor of each State of the Union.
Thanksgiving Day stands as q
symbol of our appreciation of life
today in America. In three CEN
turies customs have changed to keep
step with the march of time. Yet
there are many who will attend
church services and others who will
pass the day at football stadiums,
at golf links, at horse races or by
attending the theater or by play
ing bridge. America is joyful this
year. But joy is never SO rich a
theme as sorrow, and the giver of all
good things awaits our gratitude
and our thanks-not just the tur-
key-feasting, holiday making kind,
but heartfelt thanksgiving as the
day comes and goes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-17
BILL HART SUES
 FOR TRUST FUND
Falsity of Old Story Is Proved, Contends One-
 time Star of Movies

Hollywood, Dec. 17-(UP)-Wil- liam s. Hart demanded today the trust fund he set up 20 years ago for Q woman who claimed she had given birth to his son.
 The benefactor was Miss Eliza beth MacC cCaulley, a Boston school teacher, who fell in love with Hart when he was the hard-riding, two- gun hero of silent pictures.
 Hart, now 68 and retired, filed suit in superior court charging that her story had been proved false, that the son" never existed. and asking for the money which now amounts to $12,OOO.
 The scandal caused by Miss Mac Caulley's charges was blamed in part for the decline of Hart's film career. She fell in love with him because of his pictures, and came to Holly wood in an effort to see him. Later she produced a child of whom she claimed the actor was father.
 Hart,s complaint said that on March l3, 1919, he placed in trust $6,018 for the benefit of a child rep resented to him as Rupert Leigh, p reportedly born to Miss MacCaulley on September IS. 1917. The money,
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