davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1938-07-03

for good. On the third day looked
a* the trap and, much to my dismay,
there were both rats in the same trap.
L fed them milk and sunfiower
seed and an occasional tidbit of cheese
which did not cost but so cents q
month altogether.
L trained them to pull cart
while the other one sat in it and
they would come when whistled.
Il had them for a month when
they had l3 little rats all at once.
When they were old enough to be
taken away from their mother sold
every one Of them.
"A short while later one of them
died and I gave the other one away
Evening star., 1938-07-03
Hobbies and Activities of Young Residents Washington
Puzzles

- q YOU Like hot weather?
If you DO, this picture puzzle
should be easy for you.
Evening star., 1938-07-03

See if you can complete this four
word square. 1t reads the same down
As 1t does across. The third word
means to wander and the fourth Is
the plural of q kind OF tree. II YOU
take these hints, the puzzle VIII be
easy and the second word h what
you wish you were today.
4 G r y
r
Z
Remember how 70 work these
chains? You n1sasf cfAnee only one
letter at time. making . real word.
Change H1AT to TEAM IN three
moves
Change GOLF to PULL IN three
moves.
CROSSWORD PUZZLE.
Evening star., 1938-07-03
With Mustard Leaves?

WHF W N5f0fd ,Le0VeSf
ZANE, years old, was out for q ride
in the country. She saw q swamp
where cattails were growing.
'Oh, daddy!' she exclaimed, Look
at the hot dog garden"
Evening star., 1938-07-03
The ObIifinf Boss.

CLERK-Sir, I'd like my salary
raised.
Boss - Well, don't worry. I've
raised 1t somehow every week 30 far,
haven't I?
Evening star., 1938-07-03
Junior Page Letter Box
Star.Lesion Soap Box Derby
Discussed by Readers.

do not have many specimens In my
collection. but the few I have are
very beautiful and I enjoy studying
them very much"
Evening star., 1938-07-03

CROSSWORD PUZZLE.
Evening star., 1938-07-03
By FRANCES LIDE,

III okuSI W CAEc lOT tneSe EXHIBITS
and place them properly it was neces-
sary to have q museum organisation.
Miss Portia Oberly, who was promot-
ing the project. decided to have the
organization entirely of children.
1t is . distinct honor to belong
to this stan, but it's work, too. Mem
bers must plan each exhibit and
arrange and rearrange shelves as ad-
ditions make 1t necessary. Often Spec
linens must be taken to the National
Museum for proper Identification, and
then must be labeled, for every Gift
carries . note giving its background.
The museum also provides a lend
ing service and Hillcrest children are
allowed to take exhibits to their
various schools.
Financial needs are met largely
through proceeds from a bazaar the
museum holds every fall One of
the purchases. by the way, was a
microscope. which has been valuable
in the scientific study Of certain
items.
Though the museum can be opened
ut any time during the school year.
its doors remain open most of the
summer. and the girls at Hillcrest
make most Of their articles for the
bazaar in their own headquarters.
In addition to its bazaar, the mu-
scum gives one other function during
the year, spring al fresco party
for members of the school board and
trustees.
Then the housekeepers are very
busy. The tiny kichenette is cleaned
from top to bottom. Cups are washed
and shined and = menu is made out
and prepared.
Usually the museum is for children,
but on this day the srown-ups have
their fun. They seem to like that
sort Of q museum, too,
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-11
AIRLINERs SHOULD REFUEL
IN BAD WEATHER
lIulare Advance-Registerl

l1ulafe AdNance-RegiSter)
While the recent forced landing of an
airliner in the surf near Point Reyes in
which five persons lost their lives is still
under investigation and has not yet been
completely explained, Indications are
that further safety precautions will re-
suit from the experience to prevent a
repetition of the disaster.
Preliminary reports tend to show
that stormy weather which forced the
ship off its course, and faulty radio re-
ception, were primarily responsible.
However, lack of sufficient fuel to re-
main aloft longer was the direct cause
Of the tragic forced landing.
Had the ship taken on additional gas
olne at its last stop at Medford, Ore
gon, it would have been enabled to re-
main in the air several hours longer and
would in all probability, with the COM
ing of daylight. haze obtained its bear
ings and made safe landing.
All of which shows that when there is
danger of thick or stormy weather
ahead on the route, any ship permitted
to continue its flight should be COM
PEELED by strict regulation as a safety
precaution to carry maximum load
of gasoline by refueling at midway stop
ping points.
With the present mechanical perfec-
tion of airlines, the danger of forced
landings in unfayorable weather would
be practically eliminated if sufficient
supply of gasoline was carried at all
times to fly completely over and be-
yond storm or fog areas when necessary.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-11
HITLER LEADS THE
1898 NEWS PARADE

Officials Of The United Press, largest
news gathering agency in the world, list
ed three of Fuehrer Adolf Hitler's do
ings among the ten biggest news stories
of 1888, and called 1898 the biggest
news year since the World War. Stu
dents of international diplomacy can be
declaration an ominous note for the be-
ginning Of 1899
1t was world unrest, as exemplified by
Hitler, that made 1898 a big news year
If we had one wish, it would be this:
That the biggest headline feature in
1899 shall be some man who can bring
peace not war, to the world. 1t would
not be Hitler, nor any other dictator.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-11

for you beyond teaching you how
to read. How to read. mind you,
not merely how to call off words,
How to understand what you read
how to get the most meaning from
the sentences before you. After
commencement day. you must hew
your OWN path and if you neglect
the opportunity afforded you by il
braries, YOU will live but half a
life.
I am in receipt today of photo
static copy of letter which illus
trates what one famous. self-made
man thought of reading. This let
ter was written to Houghton. Mlf-
Slin & Company. publishers, by
the famous author Jack London,
whose life story, by Irving Stone,
has been running in the SATURDAY.
Evening Post. London wrote this
letter at the age of "a In it he
said: The aim of the university
is simply to prepare on fer a whole
future life OF study This was his
wise conclusion after having at
tended school only through the
grammar grades. But he didn't let
his reading stop there. He lived on
California ranch which he
claimed was not very nourishinG
to the imagination. But he bor-
rowed "all the novels I could get
from the womenfolk and all the
Gime novels I could get from the
farm hands
At the age of eight, Jack London
was reading Washington Irving and
American history for the love of it,
though until the age of fifteen he
had to sandwich his reading in be-
tween long sordid hours of heavy
manual labor, most distasteful to
him. Then he took to the sea. But
he kept at his reading. Eventually
he prepared himself for entrance
into the University of California
for a formal education which he
knew would hasten his success.
However. before the end of his
freshman year. his father died and
again he had to become a bread
winner.
Boys, I can't feel it in my heart
TO sympathize very greatly with
you who nave had a good start at
an education and yet complain of
your handicaps. I have studied tie
lives of teo many successful men
who had nowhere near the advan-
tages you have had, and. with an
occasional exception, have had to
overcome nandicaps far greater
than yours. Go to your public Ii
brary and read for yourself the
biographies of the men who have
made this country. Compare their
lot to yours. then thank God that
your life has been as well ordered
as it has been, and that you were
able to accomplish the one thing
that can carry you into new and
fascinating worlds: the art of read
ing.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-11
SOCIAL SECURITY
FOR POSTERITY's SAKE

If the Social Security Advisory Coun-
Gil recommends and brings about one
particular change in the national social
security act. the work of that body will
be we'll and thoroughly done
Il is the job Of the council to study
administration Of the act and recon-
mend to congress what changes it deems
advisable The council is made up of
industrialists. educators. and sociology
experts. Their recommendations are
about ready for congress.
Undoubtedly the recommendations
will deal in part with means for finan-
cling the social security administration,
and therein lies the groups big oppor-
tunity 10 perform an outstanding SER
vice for Americas posterity.
At present the theory is that taxes
are accumulated in the treasury and in
vested in special government bonds
bearing three Per cent interest. It has
been estimated that a reserve of $780,
000,000.000 will be accumulated by this
system by 1880.
Actually, look what happens. The
government collects this money for So
cial security. Then it buys its own bonds
with the money, paying itself three per
cent interest. and uses the money it has
borrowed from itself to finance current
government expenses. The money is
spent as fast as it is taken in
Thus, in 1880, the government will
owe itself 100000, 100000 This gigantic
sum, bear in mind, is supposed to be
used in 1880 for payments to aged and
unemployed under the social security
act. Yet the government will have spent
the actual cash it has accumulated, sup
posedly for this purpose.
And, in 1880 it will have To levy taxes
against the people to pay social security
benefits
Actually there is no social security
reserve. The money to pay security ben
efits in 1880 is being spent now, and in
1880 we, the people, will have to pay it
again, in spite of the fact that every
person coming under the act right now
is paying weekly tax erroneously call
ed social security tax.
The social security taxes we pay now
are being used for current government
expenses. If, by 1880, current govern
ment expenses have not been reduced
considerably-andi if the social security
act is not Immediately revised to do
away with this false economic practice
it will be just as though the taXpay-
ers had not been laying up a gigantic
reserve, but We're suddenly confronted
with new tax burden, the greatest in
the history of their nation.
For the sake Of those who pay taxes
in 1880, and for the sake also of those
who expect social security payments
then and thereafter, the social security
act must be revised to provide sane,
adequate financing provisions.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-11
Barbs-..- -..-

II appears the Illinois athletic
beard was trying To schedule a
game for Bob zuppke in the Soup
bowl
The -Four Horsemen of the
Apocalypse are riding again to add
to the troubles of the bookmaker.
Munitions smuggled out of Pill
sen, CzechosloVakia, are sometimes
labeled as food and beverages.
Skoda pop?
Only society women can make q
tree an international Issue.
For the benefit of foreign spies
1t is here recorded that the CCC
groups in California are busy fight
ing blister rust on gooseberry
bushes.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-11
Bruce Cation Says
-OId-Fashioned Patriotism One Need of Nation

A Small-toWn business man sat
him down the other Gay and tried
to figure out why America is dis
tracted and beset by its current
plague of isms. Instead of blaming
paid agitdtors from overseas, he
concluded finally that the fault is
our own. And he summed up his
mediations in letter which Is well
worth some space here.
when I was a kid Go, these
many years ago." he wrote, go
ing to school We daily saluted the
flag and every monling before
studies We sang My Country 'Tis
of Thee We also were taught
and impressed with our national
heroes, their deeds. their homes
their backgrounds, etc.
we committed to memory the
Americans Greed, the Preamble to
the Constitution, the Gettysburg
Address, and other historic pas
sages. In fact, all through my
school years we were taught to
respect and love America and ev-
erything American. We were i'm
bued with patriotism.
Then there developed a laXness
in these patriotic teachings.
Perhaps the broadening of the cur
riculum over the past 20 years to
better equip the children to earn
a living on leaving school crowded
out some of our teaching of pa
triotism. But five or 10 minutes
of every school day devoted to
teaching love Of country would, I
think, be the greatest way to fight
the growth of things un-Ameri-
can"
The fashioned schoolhouse
has come in for a lot of criticism
lately. 1t was unscientific and
slipshod, it stuffed its pupils minds
with facts instead of teaching them
how to think, it didn't relate it's
teachings TO the problems of pres
ent-day life and SO on.
and SO on. But it did do one
thing, rs this business man points
out; it did inbue its pupils with
solid, unquestioning, instructive
love of country.
And that Is a virtue we should
have trouble getting along without.
We need the critical spirit which
is willing TO recognize past mis-
takes and solve problems by cold
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-11

hlWanlanS FL / d ~ by HORACE
SimmS.
Simms, recently returned from
round the world trip, touched on
his personal experiences in VISIT
ing Kobe, Japan shortly after the
city had been raVaged by a ty-
phoon, then referred to his journey
through Korea. where he saw gun
placements with troops in constant
attendance, waiting for war With
Russia.
IN Harbin Japan has kept 10000
White Russians in constant fear of
their lives" Sinl.us declared. "Tales
of atrocities go beyond even the
persecution of Jews in Germany.
Being anti-communistic, the Whites
are hated by Russia. They are
feared by japanese as potential
Russian spies. In case of war they
would be eXterminated within a
short time"
SimmS described UNDERGOING a
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-11
An Economist S
Viewpoint
By john 7. Flynn

A simple sentence in a newspaper
dispatch from Italy. mobserved by
anyone to whom I have spoken,
carried one of the most sinister
scraps of news that has come over
the cable in some time.
It appeared in the accounts OF
the wild demonstration in Rome,
where members in the Chamber of
Deputies staged a frantic demand
for the return" of TuniSia and
certain parts of the French Riviera
to Italy. After an account of the
demonstration the dispatch closed
with these words: The Chamber of
Deputies. which is to be supplanted
by a new house, met today TO vote
itself out of existence
The significance of this event
cannot be undereStimated Fascism
is a new form of social organiza-
ton in which the state makes an
attempt to regulate and control
the economic system.
Mussolini, IN his early days as
premier. began to tinker with tins
idea He had been a socialist, but
he had also been a syndicallSt.
When he abandoned socialism and
became the great champion oil
saving capitalism in Italy, it was
natural that he should turn to the
svndicalist pattern. And this is
what he did.
He. as a dictator of course, was
to be supreme. But there must
be bodies Whicn could make the
rules and regulations for business,
rules to govern production, to
regulate prices, to regulate what
lie called fair trade practices .
rules governing competition in all
its forms.
lie therefore decided that the
proper way TO do this Was TO turn
it over to the trades organized as
such-to trade associations ana te
organizations OF workers. He set
up something like the structure We
established under the NRA. He
called them corporatives. We
called them codes Of practice. The
code authorities or CorporatieS
made the rules in the first place.
They had to be approved by the
representatives of the government
finally.
So Immediately Italy had two
governing groups functioning under
the dictator. One was the Cham
Der OF Deputies elected by geographic
cal districts which made the laws
governing the political state. The
other was the corporatiYes which
made the rules and regulations for
the economic state.
But the inevitable happened. The
political Chamber of Deputies and
the corporatiVes soon clashed. Tile
chamber still retained a semblance
of the democratic technique. 1t was
elected by the people. But the cor
poratiVeS We're far from democratic.
They were elected by the employers,
a small group of people. Little by
little the chamber grew weaker and
corporatiyes became stronger. Un-
til finally the Fascist leaders be-
gan to demand the extinction of
the last Vestige of the democratic
society in Italy-the Chamber of
Deputies.
In Italy the dictator decided to
abolish the chamber and to make
the corporatiVes supreme. Later
new constitution was adopted abol-
ishing the national congress of It
ally and providing a new chamber
which would represent The trade
associaLions-the corporatiyes. This
week the Chamber of Deputies met
foi the last time to pronounce its
death. 1t was to that melancholy
event the dispatch quoted referred.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-11
READY CASH

The way to opportunity is open tc
the one who has cash to meet the
situation.
The way to ready cash is through
our Industrial Loans service, avail
able to individuals of integrity.
Quietly, quickly and safely for
our service is conducted under the
supervision of the State Banking
Department. person of good
character may borrow money here.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-11
Photographs

On Nov. Il, 1920, the MayfloWer
entered Cape Cod harbor, the Pill
grim colonists signed the MayfloW-
cr compact Fifteen or 16 men
then landed to explore the coast.
Julius Caesar once was kidnapped
and held for only $4,000 ransom
an insult. he called it, The kid
napers obligingly raised the ante
to $4,000 which was paid. Being
released Caesar captured and eX-
ecuted the entire band.
What you do not want done to
yourself, do not to others" sald
CONTIGUOUS, who lived five centur-
les before Christ,
In New Zealand, 80 per cent of
the total cultivated area is pasture
land.
Paris DEGREES le-shaped sill
houettes for milady. Which leads
lis to suppose the new hats are a
corking IDEA.
st. Mary's College in California
offers an example of the wonders
accomplished by modern education
With an enrolment of 500 students
the school has a stadium that seats
IS GOO
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-11

by a member of the Japanese police
in Harbin, who advised that HarEin
might not be a healthy place for
him; and said that even United
States diplomatic mail sent out of
Harbin is tampered with by the
authorities. He spoke bitterly re-
garding travelling conditions in tie
Far East and referred acidly to the
red tape imposed upon American
tourists.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-11
MINISTERS. STARS IN
ATTACK ON FASClSM

SAN DIEGO. Dec. 10. up
Ministers and educators joineo
hands with Hollywood actors and
writer's at a public mass meeting
here last night and unanimously
branded Fascism as the one i'm
mediate danger to the democratic
form of government N the United
Ct9taco -
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-11

was prompted =Dy
instinct.
No. the most
i m p o t a II I
achievement o +
your life was one
that. fortunately
o ur government
conlpels us all to
accomplish: h e
art of reading
In the long run
the schools. col
leges and uniVer-
SitiaS n n little
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-11
Horoscope for Sunday

Like the person born on the day
previous to this date, those whose
birthday comes today are able to
prophesy calamities. If they cult
yate this gift with view to taking
advantage of their suspicion of evil
to come, to meet it with courage
and ingenuity, 1t Is a most helpful
quality. II can also be used to help
others avoid pitfalls. Those whose
birthday is today are apt to achieve
success in professional lines, such
as the church. or as historians
They also are good business man
agerS.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-11
Hints ON Etiquette

Did you ever stop to think that
what we call "a good mixer is
really a Well-mannered person? 1t
takes a generous person, with
goodwill toward others, to be a
good mixer. and one who is self
centered and self-eonscious seldom
is that. An interest in others
makes one anxious to please them
and encourages courteous treat
ment of them at all times
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-11
Famous Sayings
GRAB BAG
One-Minute Test

l. Who was the first great Eng,
lish printer?
> Is an English horn a brass
CT wood musical instrument?
3 or what country is Sofia the
capital?
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-11

reason instead of emotion, of
course; but we also need-and need
yitally-that ole loyalty and love
which put the nation as a whole
above any individual ana above
any cause.
Fer there is more TO patriotism
than blind loyalty. 1t is based oil
the understanding that there is
something unSpeakably precious
wrapped up in the American
dream; something that men have
struggled hard for and died for un-
hesitatingly, something that has
been worth all of the blood and the
tears and toll that went into the
building Of this nation.
And a person who has that un-
derstanding will insist that today's
problems be solved in such a way
that those priceless elements in the
American heritage are not destroy
ed or weakened. He will also have
confidence in the faith and cour-
age of the people as whole, and he
will know that the darkest present
can be no blacker than some of
the moments which that faith and
courage have triumphantly passed
through before.
A good deal has been said about
our need for getting down to fund
amentalS.' Is one hopeleSSly old
fashioned to suggest that one of
those fundamentals is simple,
Straiphtfnrmar 1,atrintiennn
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-11

Persons born on this day are in
clined to be pessimistic They often
have prophetic instincts for calam-
tiles. If they study and practice
psychology they prophesy evil. They
can, however, use this gift-for it
is a gift-to help themselves and
their friends avoid evils. In this
way they can escape many of the
pitfalls of the profession they
choose for themselves.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-11
DALE
CARNEGIE
Author of How to Win
Friends and Influence
People

What is the most important
thing you ever learned to do?
It was not learning to eat. for
YOU didn't have to learn that It
wasn't learning to walk. That. too
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-11
You re Telling Ne ----

Bob Feller, youthful speedball
pitcher of the Cleveland Indians,
was fined 500 for driving 81 miles
an hour in Des Moines. We recon-
mend that the Indian coaches teach
the young man a change of pace.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-11
Horace Sinlnls Tells Terrors of Far
Eastern Travel Describes Guns
AIonq Border in Kiwanis Speech

Tales of Japanese terrorism and police espionage o
40 900 Russians in Harbn who live in constant fear Of
violent death the hands of Japanese Red Russians o
frontier brisng with anti-arcraft guns waiting for
new apanese war; brought before Ell Centre
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-11

TODAY'S QUAINT QUIZ: We
are going in for exercise and want
to ask which game is hardest on
the Shins-soccer or bridge?
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-11

Anxious reader wants to know
which is better-NeW Years Day
or New Year Day Neither, my
friend. It's New Year Daze.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-11

Mandates from the people, if extended
to one elected officer, includes them all
The fact is none of them has "man-
date" Each has been given the conf
dence of a majority of voters in common
sense and business judgment Let's for
get about this mandate business-Ala-
media TimeS-Star
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-11
Words of Wisdom
Today'S Horoscope

Money is a good servant, but a
poor maSter.-D. Bouhours.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-11

When a man is convicted of
driving while intoxicated in On
tario, the government impomds
his car for three months. About
the only thing he can do IS get
on the wagon.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-11

A man of foreign accent and appear
ance stood on the corner recently and,
waving his hand, declared: Il have a
right to go anywhere; have right to
organize anyone | please" Foreigners
sometimes get quite cocky over their
rights after they have lived here for
aWhile-Lindsay Gazette.