davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1938-08-28

the Patapsco. when they and DR..
Beanes were transferred to their own
vessel, with q guard Of sailors and
marines to prevent them from landing.
On the morning Of September II the
enemy sailed up the Patapsco and
during the day and night brought is
vessels, S Of which were bomb vessels,
within about 2l2 miles Of the fort.
Keys vessel was anchored in q posi-
ton from which he could see distinctly
the Flag Of Fort McHenry. which was
erected on q high mast not far from
the bastion.
About sunrise on the 18th five bomb
vessels of the British took up 4 posi-
ton a little more than 2 miles oppo-
site the fort and kept up an incessant
and we'll directed bombardment, with
slight intermissions, until the follow
ing morning, September II, when at .
am. the fleet got under way and
stood down the river. repulsed. The
American casualties included four men
killed and twenty-four wounded
Among the killed were It. Clagett and
Sergt. Clemm. Richard CAdle was. OF
those who died later.
Briefly. such were the conditions un-
der which The Star Spangled Ban
ner" was written.
IN DESCRIBING the bombardment
to Judge Taney, the authors BROTH
er-in-law, Mr.. Key, said that he and
Mr. Skinner remained on deck during
the night, watching every shell and
listening with breathless interest to
hear II an explosion followed. But It
suddenly ceased before day, and -
they had no communication with any
Of the enemy's ships, they did not
know whether the fort had surrendered
or the attack had been abandoned.
They paced the deck for the re-
mainder Of the night in painful sus-
pense, watching with intense anxiety
for the return Of day and looking every
few minutes at their watches TO see
how long they must wait for it. At
dawn, and before 1t was light enough
to see objects at distance. their
glasses were turned to the fort. un-
certain whether they should see the
Stars and Stripes or the nag Of the
enemy. At kngth the light came and
they saw our nag was still there"
DR.. Beanes after being released re-
turned to his home and died In 1928.
when 70 years Of age. He is buried
in Upper Marlboro in an inclosed plot
Of efound close to the present high
school, which had been the gerden Of
his home.
Shortly after December 10. 1918,
according to Caleb Clarke Magruder,
= prominent Prince Georges County
historian. and for many years actively
interested In preserving District OF
Columbia history, The Star spaneled
Banner Society of Prince Georges
County" was formed. to restore the
Evening star., 1938-08-28

4 GREAT modern liner. a few
n hours out OF New York. steadi-
~ ly plows It's way through fog
4 4 shrouded sea. High up in the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-23
Truck Is Locomotive On
Homemade Railroad

ABERDEEN, S. D., Feb. GA
unique carrier conrraption and q
standard highway truck are the
locomotice power OF a railroad
line which operates on 18 miles of
track between Leola and Mound
City, S. D., near here.
Farmers and business men re-
vived the defunct Mound City and
Eastern railroad to fulfill their
own transportation needs. They
cut operating expenses 40 per
cent by using a simple pilot car
conceived by W. W. Rabey. man
ager of the line.
The pilot car was constructed
by Remembering an old flatcar. II
Is composed of two units which
are joined by hooks in the center
after a motor truck is backed in
to shafts similar to those of the
OutmOded buggy
The front wheels of the motor
vehicle are carried in a cradle
six inches above the rails by the
front section The rear wheels rest
on the rails and are held IN posi-
ton, without the use of flangeS,
by the rear section of the pilot
car.
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Airplane-Shaped School
Is Planned In England
CBy Associated Press)

METHLEY, Eng. Feb. pa
school shaped like an airplane is
to be built In this mining village.
GlaSS-walled claSsroOmS viii be
located in the wings" and COW
cred Fairgrounds In the wing
tips" An assembly hall with stage
and cinema will occupy the fuse
lage" while the tail" will be di-
vided between a gymnasium, the
art room and a library.
The pilots cockpit offering a
view over the main grounds and
the best position from which to
control the plane, will contain
the headmaSter'S room.
The school will cost about
S80,0O0-no more, it is said, than
a OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES one of
the same size-and will accommo-
date 240 pupils.
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BY The APP Feature Service

The Old Man of the Mediter-
ranean laughed and laughed when
he heard that the French and the
British were sending warships
south to sink those darned pirates.
1t was an old story to the Old
Man - this piracy business AS
long as he can remember, pirates
have been lurking-of and on
in rocky lairs along highly i'm
portant Mediterranean sea trade
routes.
And most of that time the DOW
ers OF the world, including the
United States of America. have
been sending expeditions to put
the raScalS to rout.
Skipping Phoenician and Ro-
man and all such ancient history,
the Old Man flipS a page to the
years 1892. That stood for the dis
covery of America in your school
book, but 1t stands also for the
beginning of modern piracy as
big-time business in the Mediter-
ranean.
Moors Get Their Chance
In 1892 Ferdinand and Isabella.
who backed Christopher Column
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Christian nations tried Their hand
al wiping him out
The greatest ruler Of then al.
Charles Y Of the Holy Roman I'm
pire. spent the early part q the
10th century sending one exDedi-
ton after another % eaten Bzrhs-
rosa.
Malta a Police Base
Malta was the stronghold fur
the Knights of Malta who did
their best to scourge the Mosier
pirates, along with the resi- CT the
heather Funny thing, buf the
English who are now leading fhe
charge against submarine @ui-
rates" have one Of Their most in
portant bases al Malta)
Getting down 70 the 16Eh cen-
fury, the pirates Of northern
Africa were still at il when the
United States OF America aD-
peared. The United States. Ike
some respectable European pow
ers, was paying tribute 70 TripoE
just TO keep her tradeSmen on o.
trouble.
In 1910 the pasta wanted 70
hike the $4,000 ante and the
United States objected ('.EIliuns
for defense, but not one cent for
tribute-0 Objections led 70 an
expeditionary force and-the loss
of the U. s. frigafe 'Phiiadel-
phia."
a New Problem New
Stephen Decatur (--Our Coin
try May she always be right. buf
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-23
NOTICE OF SALE OF TAX
CERTIFICATES

Notice is hereby given that
Geo. D. Warren Est paul
z ROselle) has filed with
me written request that the
tax certificates together with all
subsequent omitted or levied taxes
held by the State OF Florida be
advertised and sold to the highest
bidder for cash as provided by
House Bill $50 of the 1887 acts Of
the Legislature, upon the following
described real estate in the County
of Monroe. State Of Florida. tO-wit:
PIT. Lot 2, Blk 6. as recorded in
Monroe County Records. Deed Book
90. Page 13S.
The taxes to be sold are evidenced
by certificate No Of 1926. and
represent taxes for the years 1925
to 1897, both inclusive
Said tax certificate together with
all subsequent omitted or levied
taxes will be sold TO the highest
bidder al the Court House Door in
Key West, on the 25th day Of Feb
ruary 1888, at 500 O'Clock r. NJ.
Dated this the 9Th day of Febru-
airy. 1883.
tSEAL1 Ross c Sawyer
Clerk Circuit Court, Monroe County.
feb s-Is-2s. 1s3S-M541
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NOTICE OF SALE OF TAX
CERTIFICATE

Notice is hereby given that
Ingurtha Olsen Pinder has filed with
me written request that the
tax certificates together with all
subsequent omitted or levied taxes
held by the State Of Florida be
advertised and sold to the highest
bidder for cash as provided by
House Bill 396 of the 1887 acts of
the Legislature. upon the following
described real estate in the County
OF Monroe. State of Florida, tO-wit:
Lot 4. Biz. ), TT. 20. as record
ed In Monroe County Records, Deed
Book b. Page 120.
The taxes TO be sold are evidenced
by certificate No. 3l6 of 1881, and
represent taxes for the years 1880
to 1887. Doth inclusive.
Said tax certificate together with
all subsequent omitted or levied
taxes will be sold TO the highest
bidder at the Court House Door in
Key West. on the 25th day of Feb
ruary 1888. at 500 o'clock =. NJ
Dated this the 9Th day of Febru-
airy, 1888.
(SEAL) Ross G. Sawyer
Clerk Circuit Court. Monroe County.
FLORIDA.
feb. s-16-25. 193s-M542
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NOTICE OF SALE OF TAX
CERTIFICATES

Notice is hereby given that
John r. Olsen has filed with
me written request that the
tax certificates together with all
subsequent omitted or levied taxes
held by the State of Florida be
advertised and sold TO the highest
bidder for cash as provided by
House Bill 39e of the 1887 acts OF
the Legislature, upon the following
described real estate in the County
of Monroe. State Of Florida, tO-wit:
Lot s. Blk. 1. TT. 20, as record
ed in Monroe County Records, Deed
Book 1Y. Page IL.
The taxes to be sold are evidenced
by certificate No. 537 of 1882, and
represent taxes for the years 1881
to 1897. both inclusive.
Said tax certificate together with
all subsequent omitted or levied
taxes will be sold To the highest
bidder at the Court House Door in
Key West. on the 25th day Of Feb
ruary 1883. at 500 o'clock +. VI.
Dated this the 9Th day Of FebTu-
AIRY, 1888.
(SEALl Ross G Sawyer
Clerk Circuit Court. Monroe County,
feb. s-Is-2s. Is3S-M54s
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BY MORGAN NJ. BEATTY
APP Feature Service Writer

A French proverb comes pretty
close to explaining the French
cabinet upSets that keep popping
into headlines:
The Frenchman wears his
heart on the left and his pocket
book on the right.
That means, first, the average
Frenchman likes to boast he's "a
dical because it implies the hber-
ty TO think and talk as he pleaSeS.
Second, the Frenchman seldom
-confuses his politics with his
pocketbOOk in a crisis. If his radi-
cal philosophy interferes with his
economic security, he flies to the
comforting arms of conservatism.
So it was that he approved the
conservative Poincare's saving of
the franc in 1926. So it is now
that he allows the political leaders
to break up his beloved Peoples
Front.
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Now You Can Leave
Potted Plant AT Home

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. Feb. %
There's a new gadget. devised
by S. Herbert Smith, to water the
potted geraniufn while you're on
vacation.
Operated by the heat of the
sun, it will squirt ten ounces of
water into a flowerpot on sunny
days. Smith says the plant won't
need water when there's no sun
to dry it out
Smiths gadget consists of a
metal tank, a length of rubber
tubing. and a tiny needle valve.
The heat of the sun expands
the air in the top of the tank and
forces couple of drops of water
through the tube to the plant.
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CHASING MEDITERk ANEAN PIRATES:
BEENDOING 1T SINCE YEAR 1892

bus well publicized expedition,
also kicked the Moors out of
Spain.
The Moors had lived a long
time in Spain and didn't want 10
leave. So they did the next best
thing; they hung around Spanish
shores as pirates. knocking of the
peaceful traders and playing the
very devil with freight rates.
Perfectly respectable African
ports like Algiers. Tunis, and Tri-
poll became sinister strongholds
where the trade in bloody gold
and white women was brisk and
profitable.
Barbarossa Top Man
Among the first and greatest
neebOoters that this pirate trade
developed were the brother Bar
barosSa. Before long bad-acting
elder brother Uruj fought himself
into an unmarked grave. The
younger, tougher-and smarter
brother went right on up.
As he captured more and more
women, ships and treasure and
became king of Algiers, ruler of
Tunis and high admiral of the
Grand Turk himself, most of the
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LEGALS

represent taxes for the years 1882
to 1897, both inclusive
Said tax certificate together with
all subsequent omitted or levied
taxes will be sold to the highest
bidder at the Court House Door in
Key West, on the 18th day of Feb
ruary 1888. at 500 O'Clock p. N.
Dated this the 9Th day of Febru-
airy, 1888.
(SEAL) Ross G Sawyer
Clerk Circuit Court, Monroe County,
feb. 9-16-23. 1s3s-M54O
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NOT WORTH STEALING

PHILADELPHIA. - The thiei
who stole George Fiddler's car in
this city returned it shortly after
ward with this note pinned to the
seat: This machine amt worth
stealing
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Mrs. Gait says peace demands
that nations of world surrender
loot" gained in all wars.
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The Left Front

Several times since the World
war French voters have demon
strated the accuracy of the poll
tics VS.. pocketbook proverb. The
national elections in 1924, 1928
and 1892 gave increasing powers
to the Socialists and Communists
in the Chamber of Deputies,
which correspond to our House
of Representatives.
Yet, soon after these elections,
the French voters stood by and
saw cabinets embrace conserva-
tive, middle-of-the-road policies,
similar to the party principles
avowed by the Democratic and
Republican parties before the
New Deal invaded Washington.
So, in 1886, the parties of the
Left-the Communists, the Social
lists and the Radical Socialists
decided to take out insurance
against this essential contradic-
ton. They formed the Peoples
Front-a sort of coalition intend
ed to assure gibraltar-iike Left
majority in the Chamber of De-
putieS.
The Peoples Front promised
radical reforms to French work
erS, a sort of a French New Deal,
with the 40-hour week, compul-
sorry arbitration of labor disputes
and other attractive bait.
-
The Crisis
! AS bait, the social reform pro-
gram was highly successful. It
caught the Leftist parties $50
seats in the chamber to 1876 for
the Center and 90 for the Right.
(The French have nearly 20 par
ties in a national election. but for
the sake of simplicity they are
grouped in three convenient slots
Left, Center, Right.) i
Carrying out the Peoples Front
program was quite another job.
The 40-hour week law was pas
! Sed, but industrialistS, hotel own
ers and other employers rebelled.
Strikes followed. Compulsory ar
bitration was put into law, but
no teeth were provided. no penal
/ ties imposed for breaking that
law. Still more strikes, mostly sit
downs.
Couple the defective social laws
with a budget deficit of about .
billion and a half dollars. and
mounting defense costs in the face
Of war threats. and you have the
reasons why:
TRADE fell of.
Frightened capitalists shipped
their gold to New York
3-The franc. robbed of some of
its gold backing, dropped to
extremely-and dangerously
low levels on international
exchanges.
THE Sit-down epidemic spread,
and sit-downers were rejected
by the very government they
had helped to put in power.
stalking advantage of the con-
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tators and plotters primed
their guns and had to be ar
rested.
Cabinet Falls
Premier Camille ChautempS
snarled publicly at his Communist
allies in the Peoples Front The
Socialists decided they could not
afford to see their friends, the
Communists, treated that way;
they withdrew their members
from the Chautemps cabinet. It
fell.
Chautemps had made up his
mind that he couldn't carry out a
moderate, conservative policy so
long as Communists formed part
of the Peoples Front, and he
wanted a moderate program to
encourage business and trade.
President Albert Lebrun, the
man who canvasses the ruins
when a cabinet falls to seek a
new premier, soon found no other
leader could form new cabinet.
Ultimately the president asked
Chautemps to try the job himself
once more, and finally Chautemps
persuaded the Socialists to desert
their Communist friends tempo
rarily and give him support in
forming a cabinet of Chautemps'
own party, the Radical-SocialistS
"a political party that is neither
radical nor socialist in anything
except name. 1t is a perfect illus
tration of the truth of the proverb
that says a Frenchman's heart is
on his left and his pocketbook on
his right. The Radical-Socialist is
more like a Republican or conser-
vative Democrat in this country.
Growing Pains
But the new CABINET has about
as much chance of solving the
tangled French crisis as a snow
ball in fiery furnace Chautemps
himself has indicated it probably
is a transition" until a perma-
nent solution can be found.
To follow this CROPPING toward
q solution remember this:
France was slow 10 accept the
machine age.
The basic voting power in
France long was held by small
shop keepers, independent farm
ers, artisans and craftsmen Then
mass production, concentration of
people in the big cities, unioniza-
ton and other problems of the
machine age grew to serious pro-
portions almost overnight. And
the machine age and old-line
French individualism don't mix.
France-beSet besides by bud
get and armament problems-is
coming to age industriaIly. and
what she does to ease the grow
ing pains will be one Of Europe's
most interesting developments.
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CONTINUING CRISIS In FRANCE
Is DESCRIBED BY OBSERVER

fusion, RightiSt and Leftist agi-
tators and plotters primed
their guns and had to be ar
rested.
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Stephen Decatur (--Our Coun-
try May she always be night. buf
The Washington times., 1938-06-09
YACHT IS SAFE
AT ANNAPOLIS

Sought for hours in Chesapeake
Bay by the Coast Guard, the dis.
abled yacht Memory was safe at
Annapolis tSAay undergoing re.
pairs.
The yacht, owned by Clark Hol.
brook, Of Red Bank, N. j., was
first sighted late Tuesday flying
a distress signal. The freighter,
Steel Scientist, which saw the sig.
nal, stopped and found that the
85-foot craft had snapped a rud-
der cable.
The freighter sent radio to
Coast Guard headquarters and the
cutter Calypso was sent from
Baltimore to assist. The cutter
searched the vicinity at the mouth
Of the Potomac for hours, but was
unable to find the disabled craft.
Holbrook said temporary re-
pairs were made and the yacht
was able to reach Annapolis
On board the craft, which was
returning from a cruise to Florida,
were Mr.. and Mrs. Holbrook, Mr..
and Mrs. Roger L. Farnham and
A. C. Vaudeville, all Of Red Bank.
The party planned to continue
their voyage home today.
The Washington times., 1938-06-09
No Baths!
Water Pipe Break
Drys Up Section

Now, if it had only been satur,
day night instead of Thursday
morning, the kids in the neighbor-
hood of Eighteenth Street and
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest,
would have had cause for rejoic-
ing today.
For nary a bath was taken in
that section after a water pipe
burst and caused spigots in the
dwellings from the Avenue to K
Street to run dry.
The break occurred sometime
early this morning, Water Depart
ment officials said. A crew was
rushed to the scene and a new
pipe was laid today,
Service should resume by
supper time. Most of the large
office buildings in the neighbor-
hood we're unaffected by the tenn
porary drought, since they have
their own water systems.
The Washington times., 1938-06-09
ARMY HOUSING
VICTORY seen

Ten million dollars will be
spent by the Army on new con-
struction in the Washington area
if the House approves the Army
housing bill as passed by the Sen
ate. House leaders said today it
is on the list Of measures sched-
Uled for passage before adjourn
ment.
Building to be done in Wash
ington and at Army posts in
Maryland and Virginia is part of
a 500, 000,0 900 program for the
whole country, including Panama
and Alaska. TIE Army for years
has been trying to get authorize
ton and appropriations for badly
needed barracks and other Struc-
lures, some of which will replace
dila pi d. tie i buildings hastily
thrown together during the World
War.
All of the new buildings are
to be of so-called permanent char
acter. and will carry forward the
Arny's long-range building plan
designed to mooernize its princi-
pal military posts and hospital
centerS.
Walter Reed Hospital will get
a new auditorium as an annex to
the medical center museum to-
gether with new barracks to re-
place wooden structures built dur
ing the war to house an overflow
Of patients and personnel. The
bill carries an authorization of
100000 for this purpose.
This construction will be in ad-
dition to the new Army Medical
Library and Museum, previously
approved, and which also is to he
built in the Walter Reed reserva-
tiOn
The Washington times., 1938-06-09

"CrGck-pot" EcOnOn1ists
tho quiet their consciences. the more thought.
full ones give ear to few crack-pot econo-
miSts who tell them that saving is bad!
The less thoughtful ones merely take the word
of some alleged statistician who asserts that
$50 week can be paid to everyone over so or
so years old, and that this can be done with
out any initiation or increased taxes!
am just so unimaginative and oldfashioned
that can't understand all this hocus-pocus
First, don't bellows that saving is bad; because
I know that our civilization is built upon hard
work and saving. Second, I am mighty sure
that if we are to give everybody over so the
sum Of $50 a week the money will either Cd
have to be raised by taxes. or 90 be printed
and handed out as inflated currency.
The Washington times., 1938-06-09
]. J. Cash Is Given
Pistol Club Medal

John J. Cash, White House po-
liceman, was given the champion
ship award at the annual dinner
of the Washington Pistol Club
last night at the National Press
Club.
C. B. Lister, secretary of the
National Rifle Association. was
the guest speaker. Medals were
given Walter r. Walsh, of the
FBI, John J. duffy, Ralph
Glaize, and Jerome H. Feasted, as
we'll as Cash.
High score medals for indi-
vidual matches went to Wilson
Collier. executive officer Of the
club; H. D. Locking, Philip Cole,
Edward Brown, D. l.. Keblinger
and Joseph Hopping.
The Washington times., 1938-06-09
Listen! Your Dog
Is Now Speaking

Listen, boss! I always give
you the best I've got! 1 bark
hopefully for a smile from
you'll wag what tail l have
left just to show you how
much / like you. Now / want
you to do something for me.
Summers here. It's tough
ON us dogs. And / want you
to get me q membership in
the Tail WaggerS' Club.
They are opening a clinic at
u o St., in the Animal
Rescue League Headquar-
tiers, and they want help to
help us. What do you say,
Boss? Will you do this for
me? All the other dogs will
join me in thanking you!
The Washington times., 1938-06-09
Drinks KerOSene;
Baby Recovering

Eighteen-monLh-old James D.
Norman is recovering in Casualty
Hospital today from effects of
kerosene which he drank yester-
day in his home at 476 H st.
S. w. David Norman, father of
the child, said he found the baby
drinking the kerosene out Of a
can in the kitchen Of their home.
The Washington times., 1938-06-09

ment agencies. So many people
have asked me why this money
could not be turned over di-
rectly to each State and let
that State handle its own prob
lens. They argue that the
State knows it's condition and
its trouble better than any
outsider can.
I have always understood
that these Government agen-
cieS had picked the people
from each State to put in
control of their own particu-