davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1938-07-17

The like father, like son" adage breeds
needless bugaboos. IF my son goes into the
newspaper business, III shoot him. I've
proved that it isn't in our blood to succeed
in it." reporter once told me. But the boy
defed him and revealed traits, lacking in his
father, that won him success.
A drunkard's widow remarked to my
mother, ''I'll never let my son marry if can
help it. At least won't be the grandmother
of drunkards. But her son never drank and
now he has two sons that their grandmother
would have been proud of had she lived.
There is the dread of inherited disease, of
criminal and other defective tendencies
Scientists generally believe that many of these
conditions are due to environment and, like
acquired traits, are not inheritable Of course
certain heritages are definitely known to
menace posterity. But even if there is some
bad hereditary faint in an individuals line,
he or she, nevertheless, inevitably has big
chance to escape it.
Remember, too, that you don't have to
take a serious hereditary handicap lying
down. Abraham Lincoln inherited from his
mother a tendency to acute melancholy.
Herndon says Lincoln often thought of suicide
and commonly looked woe-struck." Such
blight has ended the lives of many men in
self-destruction or an asylum Lincoln made it
the punching bag with which he trained him
self for greatness A powerful will, which
Lincoln also inherited, gave him that final
victory.
Two other American presidents overcame
heavy handicaps through that same heritage.
Will power, dominant trait of the Roosevelt
line for many generations, turned Theodore
Roosevelt from a weak, asthmatic boy with
defective vision into a man of amazing vlgor.
1t enabled Franklin Roosevelt to win
heroic triumph over a crippling illness in
middle life And will power is something that
you can develop as you build up your muscles,
even though your heritage of that quality
is slight.
Science is breaking away from the nine
teenth-century fatalism which would have
you believe yourself merely fixed and heredi-
tary physical machine, made up of glands.
tropisms and what-nots. which determine
YOUR OehaVlOr - ana tndt tHeleS HOllllHS
much you can do about it. Many scientists
believe today that environment - food,
climate your associates. your education and
so on have more to do with your personal
ity than has heredity, and that you and your
parents have the power largely to control
those conditions.
Science is beginning to show there is some
thing more than physics and chemistry at the
basis of life, that the universe is governed by
an Infinite Will - and that you are part of
that Will.
Within certain limits, then. your own will
is free You have the right and the power to
say. Il am the master Of my fate. | am the
captain of my SOUL
A man named William Shakespeare said.
ITO thine own self be true"
Modern slang has paraphrased Shakespeare
into BE yourself"
Modern science backs up modern slang.
Evening star., 1938-07-17
"Do You Observer" Answers

l-Yes: 2-Six, sometimes five; 3-Thirty
inches; 4-Neither 5-The sign; 6-The
king of hearts; ne-sixteenth; 8-About
1sh inches; 9-Seven.
Evening star., 1938-07-17

~vER since family life began, that maxim,
p Like father, like son" has held above
- the heads of youth the ak of fate. 1t has
caused groundless fears, wrecked hopes of
parents or made them hapless tyrants Mod
ern science proves that the old maxim is little
more than superstition. Yet it holds just
enough truth to be dangerous even today.
Only last month college senior said to me,
my minds made up to be banker; in fact
it was made up before was born. suppose
III like it after I'm broken in. Dad does and
I'm chip off the old block"
Bill did look like the Bill, Sr., had roomed
with at college. But the chip was only skin
deep. Bill, Sr., would have snorted at the
volumes on art subjects, chiefly architecture.
on his sons shelves; at the etching of Rheims
Cathedral over the bookcase, at the sketch of
skyscraper on the desk.
A dingy oil painting of graceful old farm
house caught my eye. "Great-granddad on
my mothers side did that" Bill explained.
Poor Andy dabbled with paint instead of
developing the farm his dad left him. When
they wouldn't send him to art school, he took
it out in hard cider.
l left Bill, thinking unhappily of thwarted
Andy. who had bequeathed so much of the
chip that was Bill and about the skysuapers
that Bill dreamed but would never create.
Bill was tricked by 'heredity" he didn't
possess. No son is ever, by inheritance,
entirely like his father - and none ever can
be- Our laboratories show that.
The single cell that grew up to be you held
series of microscopic sacs, called chromosomes.
filled with infnitesirnal genes whose jobs were
to make up your complexion, mold your
features, fix your constitution, disposition,
mental aptitudes and other inherited traits.
But those chromosomes are combinations of
the chromosomes from each parent. In the
combination some of the trait-making genes
of each parent are lost or become dormant.
So at birth perhaps half your possible parental
traits were lost to you. But of those genes
you received, some may not have done their
job in either parent. Some genes lie dormant
for generations; then they get busy again.
So, if you are "a freak in the family" don't
call your trait passing vagary as Bill did.
Search your family tree You may find fruit
worth cultivating; or, if the trait is a bad
one you may learn how to cure it.
You are no abject slave, even to real hered-
ity Don't think that you must follow literally
the footsteps of the ancestor who shared a
dominant trait with you. Bill couldn't in
herit painting from Andy, any more than he
could inherit his great grandfather fondness
for hard cider. Bill was heir merely of Andy's
reatively artistic temperament that made
Andy's descendant want to be an architect.
You inherit general mental trends. Mold
them to your will.
The elder ]. P. Morgan's grandfather, John
Pierpont, was poet. And Morgan himself, as
a boy, is said to have written verse, and to
have shown little interest in finance. But when
the Morgan bank lay on his shoulders, the
creative imagination of his poet grandfather
made him a leader of empire builders and
great art patron.
YOU SEE - BUT /
Evening star., 1938-07-17
MANY DAYS?

In THE land of Nowhere on beautiful little
hill, there once stood small tree whose leaves
were as sweet as nectar. To this tree there
flew one day Whiff1ebird. Tired from long
Journey to the setting sun. he lighted in its
branches and ate one of its leaves to refresh
himself. The leaf was delicious beyond COM
pare, and he decided to remain there.
The next day he ate double the number of
caves he had eaten the first day; and on the
Evening star., 1938-07-17
Drowins by G. Dc Zoyos


Poss
Who AREN'T You? ?......................
BY GARReT SMITH
PROUD 0iRl
Short ssery BY ELISABETH SAhxAY HOLDING
Nlystrofsd by ssosisy Psrkkssss
IMPRACTICAL JOKE. .......................
sko,t Story BY EVERETT RHODES CASTLE
His5sstsd BY mes Mentsoseesy Floss
OCEAN Col :. Poh III il.....................
:. sesiai BY AUGUSTUS MUIR
Hlvstrofs5 b. Waller N. BovMkoEss
A GARDEN OF .cTUREs Es...................
by WILLIAM FULTON
AMERICA TAXES 10 THE WATER. ......... .
Svs.msrfims Scenes Oeson. Loks ond River
OLYMPe -FIRsI A STAR. Then A
SCHOOLGIRL. ......................... 10
by LUPTOh A. WILKINSON
MOs1 SHARKS ARE HARMLESS. 10
BY Roy CHAPMAN ANDREWS
SAY IT IN AMERICAN Observation-Disclosures. 10
BY MAY MAHONEY
A SpecrER MEETS THE UNEXPECTED ........ -
BY HAROLD HART
Evening star., 1938-07-17

Poss
WITHOUT RAkCOR R....................... II
BY R. w. DAWSON
DINNERS THAT STUART ERWIN LIKES. s....... -
BY GRACE TURNER
LILIES OF THE HASH ..................... -
BY PEGGY Won DER GOLF
PlxILA LArED PROVERBS ...................... -
BY DAVID SULLIVAN
KEEP YoUR LEGS LOVELY. ................. -
BY The GRAND DUCHESS MARIE
Cover Design BY J. +. ksrnon
Tie MONIES ond desespfens Of oil characters that
short sfosss sssois ond ssmeon osfieiss In THIS WEEK
MAGAZINE ore wholly GefhioVs Any Of nome which
hopesns 10 b fhs ibof Of living
dsod, Is entirely eoineidenfoi.
Evening star., 1938-07-17
YOU SEE BUT DO YOU OBSERVE?

HERE is list of questions about objects that
we see and use every day. But how many
questions can you answer? To check yourself,
see bottom of fourth column on this page.
l. Is the u. S. Coat of Arms shown on the
dollar bill?
2. How many buttons are there on mans
vest?
3. How high is the usual Office desk?
4. Is Post Card" or Postal Card" printed
on the back of the penny post card?
Evening star., 1938-07-17

third day double the number of leaves he had
eatenthe second day. And this continued for
ten days.
On the tenth day he ate double the number
of leaves he had eaten on the previous day -
and, when he had finished. every leaf was
gone.
Can you tell on what day exactly half the
foliage was gone? ANSWER on Page l5.)
-HAROlD HART
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-05
wPA Improves 1b9
Airline Landings

Washington, Dec. 5. - up
Works Progress Administrator Har-
ry Hopkins announced today that
WPA has improved 169 of the l9l
regular airline stops in the United
States at a cost of S66 100000.
Hopkins said that WPA's i'm
provements to the nations net
work of airports benefited AZ
states. Airport projects recently ap-
proved by President Roosevelt in
volve an expenditure of more than
Sl6,000n00, Hopkins said.
Hopkins pointed out that ade-
quate airport facilities constitute a
vital factor in national defense.
He noted these recently approved
projects as illustrative of the scope
of WPAs activity: Wichita, Kans.
S54l,395; Great Falls, Mont. S868.
093: and Kansas City, Mo. Sl.0ll,-
52l.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-05

experiences of his paper during a
l3-week strike of the American
Newspapr Guild.
He termed the NLRB Fascist in
technique" and urged publishers to
unite against the board as it is
presently constituted.
The "three lessons" he learned
from the guild strike. Palmer said.
were that publishers should not
agree to a guild shop; that they
should aid IN passing an ordinance
against secondary picketing; and
that they should war against the
NLRB.
As the press associations conVen-
ton closed. members commented
on what they termed an apparent
lack of statewide interest in the
1899 Golden Gate International EX-
position. Some of the delegates sug-
3ested that chambers of commerce
of California cities should help in
selling the fair"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-05
Fisher Body Laborers Back on Jobs
As Strike Ends; Threat to Buick
Employees Ended by Peace Pact

DETROIT. Dec. 5. CUP)-Work-
ers in the Fisher Body corporation
in Flint went back to their jobs
today
They had been on strike since
Friday. Last night officials of Gen.
eral Motors settled their grievances
in conferences with officials OF the
United Automobile Workers union.
The strike. if il had continued,
would have forced the huge Buick
plant in Flint 10 shut down, throw
ing 10000 men out of work. Buick
has reached the peak OF produc-
ton. and the plant had enough
bodies to last only a few days.
Terms OF the settlement were
not made public Immediately. The
announcement was left up TO Homer
Martin. president OF the Automo-
bile Workers union, which is a
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-05
State Democrats
Advance Program

SACRAMENTO, CAL, Dec. 81
CUP)-Organization of the Dem
ocratic Volunteers of California was
announced today following a meet
ing here Of northern California
Democratic leaders.
A program designed to advance
the purposes, policies and political
philosophers of the present DEM
ocratic government was set forth
in incorporation papers to be filed
with the Secretary of State. Off
GERS were elected as follows:
President, NJ Mitchell Bourquin
San Francisco: Vice Presidents, Ray
Coughlin, Sacramento and Jesse
Carter, Redding and I. Nielsen
Fresno: Manager, Edward T. Muir
ply, San Francisco; Treasurer, Car
Youngberg, Sacramento; Secretary
David Lubin. San Francisco.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-05

sideration.
The most common criticism OF
the independents is that they are
unable to operate as efficiently as
the chains. I doubt this. Smart
progressive free lance merchants
can today match the chains on price
and service provided the chains are
selling their goods on a cOst-plus
basis and not on a lOss-leader basis.
AS a matter of fact, feel that the
chains have starved out only the
backward, marginal type of retailer
The latter just did not have the
ability to stay in business regard
less of the multiple-stores. More
over, the charge that the chains are
monopolising the retailing business
seems TO be refuted by the fact
that the number Of independents
mas swelled from $4,000 in 1929 TO
100000 at the last census.
Is Big Business Too Big?
This is a big and vital issue. AS
have briefly pointed out, there are
powerful arguments on both sides.
Fundamentally, think the whole
problem boils down to this: The
chain has done for retailing what
the machine has done for prOduc-
tion. To do away with the chain
completely would be like smashing
our machinery TO "make more
work.. Yet, the chains may now be
too big. Maybe all big Business
is now too big. Maybe it would b,
profitable for the country if some
gigantic corporations were "un-
scrambled" or "unmerged".
Why? Because II is very possible
that some big corporations are less
efficient than most people believe
when we consider the nations man.
hood. Maybe too large a proportion
Of their supposed efficiency is due
TO cutting down the legitimate prof
it's of the people from whom they
buy. Bigness cannot take the place
Of Righteousness. Equal opportuni-
ties must be assured for all We
must not let the time come When
ii is impossible for a new small
business to get underway and sue
ceed This would not be a healthy
condition.
Perhaps too much power is being
concentrated in the hands of a few
mammoth merchandising outfits
This is not in line with our Ameri-
can principles of free enterprise.
competition, and initiative. There
fore, what should be done? Perhaps
instead of killing the chains out
right, as some want, or letting them
run along unmolested as others do.
there Is a halfway ground Maybe
we should keep the chains within
state lines, just as the banks are
already limited.
These are all IDEAS put forward
10 stimulate thinking on this Vita
issue. know that readers are dis
cuSsing the pros and cons. 1t would
be helpful if you wrote me your
thoughts. While / cannot answer
your letters personally, l can give
summary Of the most important
points which have been brought out.
Moreover, twill also offer a five
dollar prize for each of the twenty
best 300 Worded letters that are
written 10 me- Remember, this next
Congress may decide whether we
will or will not continue TO have
chain stores. IL is vital that the
right decision be- made!
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-05
Sweetheart Killer
Tried at Fresno

FRESNO, Cal, Dec. 5. (UP>-
Accused of Staying his sweetheart
because she refused to elope with
him. Olen E. Jones, 23-year-old
fresno cafe worker, goes Oh trial
on a murder charge in superior
court here today.
District Attorney Dan F. Conway
said he oould ask the death pen
atty for the youth. Jones has en-
tered a dual plea of not guilty and
not guilty by reason of insanity
20 the charge.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-05

tiyes: ID To break up; or 90 To
90 into bankruptcy. II is a momen-
tous national issue. The pocket
book of every American "bread-
winner" is involved. In fairness TO
all concerned we should study the
pros and cons OF the question very
carefully and give our Congress
men and Senators our opinions.
What are the chains chief ad-
vantages 10 the householder? Most
important is the fact that they have
reduced the prices Of goods ten per
cent on the average. Their leader
ship in cleanliness, moderniZa ton.
and other good merchandising prac-
tees has been a real boon to those
retailers who have survived the null
tiple-store competition. By reducing
prices of necessities, the chains have
increased the workers standard OF
living nearly five per cent. Lower
prices and attractive displays have
also benefited farmers, professors,
and manufacturers through greater
consumption.
Their advertising has been effec-
tive in stimulating the sale of more
goods and it has provided local
newspapers with more revenue TO
give communities better newspapers.
The chains have paid their share
of the local tax burden on their
store properties either directly or
through rent. They have paid then
managers and clerks as much or
more than the average for all retail
stores. Moreover, under the prodding
of their critics, their managers are
gradually becoming a bigger factor
in the civic life of their commune
~.
The chains have their faults, too.
They have chiseled manufacturers
for years BY buying in mass guam
titles, they have been able 10 un-
dersell the same quality of mer-
chandise when retailed through in
dependents. National brands have
been used as loss leaders" al
though this has now been corrected
10 some extent. Their opponents
charge that they have drained prof.
its out of local communities for
years This is not wholly true, how
ever, for their margin of profit
Cabout per cent? is mucn smaller
than the reduction III prices which
they have effected Cabout 10 per
cent?. Furthermore, there are more
stockholders of chain stores in the
average community now than there
were independent stOre-oWners a
few years ago.
Independents Best Talking Point
Now, what can be said for the
independents? First and foremost
is the fact that they have always
jeen the backbone Of every COM
nunity. A group of locally
progressive shops and stores is a
great asset TO any town or city. They
give more service, such as deliver
les, credit. and greater individual
attention. They know their own
community's problems. They are a
part of its life. They feel a great
responsibility toward their employ
ees and customers. 1t is largely on
The above intangible reasons that
the Independents are basing their
appeal for throttling the chains
These are very powerful arguments
and are worthy OF the utmost con-
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-05
Engineers Inspect
Western Projects

PHOENIX. Dec. S. oUP)-TWo IT,
cigation engineers, representing the
Australian government. were CT
route from here today to visit
Parker and Boulder dams. after
spending three days in the Salt
River valley, viewing irrigation
projects.
The engineers. F. H Brewster
and S. w. Jones, have been on a
world tour and are scheduled to
leave this week from San Francisco
ior their homes in sydney.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-05
z Auto Accidents
Reported Here

Two minor automobile accidents
were reported in El Ctntro over The
weekend. Cars driven by Bill Kiser
and G. Sobremonte collided in the
400 block on Broadway. No one
was hurt.
Janet Miller, 4. was hurt when
car driven by her mother. Mrs.
Hugo Miller, struck a parked ma
chine on He'll street. officers de
clared The child suffered a cut
lip. The parked car belong to Mrs
Glenn Forester of BraWley.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-05
Bombers Take Up
Seattle Duties

SEATTLE. Dec. 5. CUP)-Navy
airplane squadron VP-i6 TO-DAY as
suIned duties at San Point naval
air station alter arriving late Sa,-
urday on a routine transfer flight
from the naval air base near Sitka
Alaska
The squadrons OF six planes was
replaced in the north by squadron
VP-l7. The planes arrived here
after being forced by strong head
winds 10 stay over Friday night a;
Prince Rupert. B. c.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-05

Congress for Industrial Organiza-
ton affiliate
Negotiations for a settlement had
been in progress all weekend.
The union local at Flint had
charged that George c. Patterson.
manager OF the plants stamping
unit, refused to discuss wages. They
said he walked out" on them and
64G0 employees struck.
Henry Wilson. president OF the
local, said the union was seeking
TO replace piece work wage scale
with an hourly rate. DLsliking piece
work. he said. the emplo,eS voted
) 10 10 strike
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-05
Sec. Ickes Awards
Aqueducf Contract

WASHINGTON. Dec. 5. up
Secretary of the Interior IckeS to-
day awarded TO George A. Thomp-
son and Company of Los Angeles,
Calf. a contract covering con-
struction Of the Olmstead and Al
pine-Rapier tunnels in conjunction
with the Salt Lake aqueduct. aque-
duct division, Provo river project,
Utah.
The Los Angeles contractors sub
mitted a low bid of S746,535 so for
building this section OF the S5500,-
900 aqueduct division project. Ickes
said work would begin at once on
the project.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-05
Crew of Fifteen
Listed Missinq

LONDON, C-c >. CUP)-Fifteen
members of the crew q the Greek
freighter Akti were listed as miss
ing today after the ship sank in a
collision with the German steamer
La Plata.
The owners reported 10 Lloyd's
that the collision occurred at l:50
p. m. yesterday near the entrance
te the English channel.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-05
Salesman Held on
woman's S Complaint

Because a Holtville woman pro-
tested that Walter J. Ansaldo
salesman, refused to leave her all
tomobile, police arrested him in Fl
Centre and Monday he appeared
IN police court to plead not guilty.
His trial was set for Friday after
noon. Before being released on
his own recogni2ance. Ansaldo in
quiTed concerning procedure for til
ns charges against arrestina uIu-
GERS.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-05
Sheriff Heads
Peace Officers

VISALIA. Cal. Dec. 5.oUP)-Ihe
SAN Joaquin Valley Peace Officers
Association today vas headed by
Deputy Sheriff Henry Boekenoogen
Of MADEIRA, the organizations new
" elected president.
Boekenoogan succeeds E F. Ar
ring,on, Modesto police chief. Other
officers installed at a meeting Of
the peace Officers here last night
we're Stanley Fullar. Dinuba, vice
president ana Robert Gordon,
agent of the National Fire Under
writer's board, as secretary.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-05
Chicago Stockyords Truce
Ends with New Agreement

CHICAGO, Dec. 5. up - The
Chicago Livestock Exchange resum-
ed normal operations today under
terms OF a temporary agreement
reached yesterday by yard officials
and striking handlers affiliated with
the Congress for Industriai Organ
izations. The strike had paralyzed
the exchange since Nov. q.
Cattle, sheep and hogs from farms
within a 100 mile radius Of Chicago
began moving into yards last night
after the strikers, numbering about
$50, voted almost unanimously to
return 10 work Leaders of the un-
ion, the livestock handlers local
o07. Immediately sent skeleton
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-05
{ Die in Joaquin
Traffic Accidents

FRESNO. Cal, Dec. 5. tUP)-San
Joaquin valley authorities today re-
ported the death of six persons in
weekend traffic mishaps.
The dead:
A. P. Steadman. 25. Mare Island
naval base.
Joseph Melee White %. Mare Is
land naval base.
Theodore Martin Unruh 81
Shafter.
Arnold Aguilar. "a. Shaftar.
a Hinohora. % Shafter.
Galen Smith. 26, Fresno.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-05
FINED, FL0ATED

Jesus Velarde was sentenced 20
serve 20 days in Jail for vagrancy
Monday in Fl Centro police court,
and Edwin Fullagar was sentenced
to ten days in jail on a drunken
ness charge. Fullagar's sentence
was suspended on condition he
leave town.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-05

force of men 10 the pens 10 feed
and water the stock. The remainder
returned TO work early today.
The agreement. put in writing by
the union stock yards ana tran
sit company after meeting with
union leaders under supervision of
federal and city conciliators. con-
tained three provisions:
The company agreed to recognize
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-05

the union as exclusive bargaining
agents for the 600 workers in the
yards: the company will continue
negotiations on hours. wages and
working conditions. anG the COM
pany VII put the agreements made
in negotiations in writing.
The strikers voted 10 reserve the
right 10 strike again unless 4 con-
tract is signed within 10 days.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-05
TO FACE TRIAL

Triad was set for Thursday for
lille Boone. Negro accused Of
striking Jose de Barros, FL Centro
cafe proprietor Barros said she
threw a bottle at him. The woman
was arraianed in police court Mon
DAY morning.