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The times-news., 1938-11-25
BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON
nv RODNEY BUTCHER

the primary and IL was an eSpe-
cially sad lesson because his OPP
ponent's margin was only 495
votes. With margin as small as
that against him, it seemed OBJ
vious that a little more attention
to the constituents would have
saved his skin.
Maverick wasn't the only candi-
date to learn such lesson.
But he is now going out to build
up his own fences, hoping to
knock down those of his political
foes by running for Mayor of
San Antonio next May. The city
is practically equivalent to
Mavericks congressional district.
Customarily the mayor decides
who the congressman will be. AL
though Maverick beat the city
machine in 1884 and 1886, it Or
ganized against him this year and
licked him. Maverick hasn't any
thing to do except be in San An
,anio between now and May, when
the voters will tell him whether
he has been able to wheedle them
back by running as a home town
boy for home town job. If
elected he probably will decide
Maverick should be San Antonio's
next congressman.
DR. FELIX FRANKFURTER OF
- Harvard Law School continues
to be the leading candidate for
the Supreme Court AID odds are
FIVE to one or so that President
Roosevelt will appoint hiru to the
vacancy left by Justice Cardozo's
death. Although some prominent
Jews have sent word that the ap-
pointment might stir up smolder-
| ing anti-Semitism il the country.
the Nazi prosecutions have hard
eried Roosevelt's intention.
It's also felt at the White House
that Roosevelt will have one or
two other Supreme Court appoint
ments to make during his present
term and that the next new JUS
tice after Frankfurter is likely to
j be Governor Frank Murphy of
Michigan, who meanwhile is ex-
pected to be placed in cabinet
| job or equally important post.
| .. In his prospective appointments
Roosevelt thus far shows no sign
of leaning toward conservatism.
j Copyright, 1898. NEA Service. Inc.I
The times-news., 1938-11-25
THAT WOULD BE
EMRARR SSINC

The United States government
is demanding that the Mexican
government pay for properties it
has lately seized in Mexico be-
longing to Americans.
The Mexican government might
reply, eve will give you credit
for them on those lands-includ-
ing Texas and California-which
you took away from u.s."
The United States can afford to
be liberal with Mexico.
The times-news., 1938-11-25
"THIRTY DAYS, NEXT"

IHlKl I DA1S, NENl
The other day a man appeared
before our police judge charged
for the seventy-eighth time with
drunkenness. AS soon as the
charge was read, and the arrest
ing officer had testified, the ac-
cused man walked to the bull pen
without even waiting to hear the
customary Sentence of 80 days in
Jail. And the folks around the
police court were willing to lay
anyone a dollar to a doughnut
that the chap would be back i'll
court within two days after serv-
ing his time.
Now wouldn't it seem that any
downy-lipped, moron could devise
a better means than that of deal
ing with Confirmed drunks? The
Judge is not to blame. He can but
FOLLOW the law and pronounce
Sentence over and over, again
useless as it may be! The people
are to blame for not interesting
themselves sufficiently to provide
Intelligent handling of such cases.
- The habitual inebriate could be
protected from himself. society
could be protected from him, and
he could be made useful to him
self and to society if society
would apply a spoonful of brains
The times-news., 1938-11-25

to enrich the show p,
msstsr;. Mussum of of Paris 5* viii TIhf i? I?s
shd disfu1ssd 4ns v work. 'I5eo: the ,1onaa and q
Paintings init, 4ccrcditoS e, teS R Rocks *.
be displayed agai"s. ,Ia to him
s. background !! and WITH with , a spt
TEN :; Of lighting plsrrsa, an a new
up all their details .''''ea % ,
The times-news., 1938-11-25
FOUR YEAR TERMS FOR ALL
COUNTY OFFICIALS

Constitutional amendments submitted to
the voters of North Carolina in the Nevem-
ber election were adopted. ThusSthe terms
of office of sheriffs and coronersl are made
four instead of two years. This change Will
reduce the number of two YEAR county or
fcials in Henderson to two offices-county
commissioners and tax collector. racing
this situation discussion has arisen propos-
ing that action be taken to make eomrlIs-
Sioners and tax collector elective each four
years This would be done by legislative
enactment and not by constitutional amends
ment, and the law would be local law,
applying to Henderson county. Legislative
Senator Prince and Representative Bur-
gin probably will be requested to Introduce
an act providing for this change at the
next session of the Legislature; and the
proposed act, coming under the classifca-
ION of local legislation, would certainly be
passed without opposition. 'rf and ~
The Times-NeWs has made no special eff
fort to ascertain the views of Henderson
county citizens in regard to the proposal,
but 50 far has heard no citizen voice oppo-
>ition A. considerable volume of approval
has been volunteered. Henderson ceunty's
representative certainly would not be dis
posed to introduce this bill and secure its
passage if there was widespread opposi-
tion among the citizens of the county, but
if there is little or no opposition they will
no doubt consider it their duty to do so.
AT this time it seems to The Times-News
that any and all sound reasons applying to
four year terms for other county officials
hold good in the case of commissioners and
tax collector. In fact the two offices chief
" concerned with the business and fnanc-
ing o. the county no doubt should have
been first considered in making official
terms four years. .ts-.. -rsr.
.Assuredly, Senator Prince and Represen-
tative Burgin will be pleased to hear from
their constituents in regard 10 this propos-
al; and this newspaper urges that they let
their views be known before the next ses-
sion of the Legislature convenes. There is
no intention ON the part of friends of this
proposal to have it enacted into law with
out first ascertaining the sentiment of the
people, as is evidenced by this effort to af-
ford them as much time as possible for con-
sideration of the matter. , ..... g..
The Times-News, therefore, urges the
voters to give some thought to the proposal
to have, uniform four year terms for all
county officials and to speak their senti-
n1ents to their representatives in the Legis-
lature, so that these gentlemen may be
prepared to- act in accordance with the
wishes of their constituents.
The times-news., 1938-11-25

W SAAN
that statement
by reviewing the
history of dicta-
torial G ov e L n
ments. Fhe rea-
son is apparent.
When everything
heads up in one
man and that
man is suddenly
removed, nevery-
thing is without
q head. If Hitler,
Mussolini, an d
Stain should die
tomorrow, Ger
many, Italy and
ol..41l- hn
The times-news., 1938-11-25
LIFE DAY BY DAY
Rv WICKES WAMBOLDT

torial government, for either good
or bad, it moves more safely
There is not a person in the PM
ted States, Great Britain OF
France whose sudden death would
throw any one Of those nations IN
to serious confusion.
The times-news., 1938-11-25
EATING POTATOES HER JOB

LONDON. (UP).-Eating pota-
toes is the profession" of Miss
Alison Gifford-Harvey, 20-year-
old university graduate. She and
Mrs. j. Hunt are employed by the
potato marketing board and go
around to restaurants and sample
their chips and mash.
The times-news., 1938-11-25

NEXT STOP: Christmas will be
the next stop. 1t takes fully a
month to promote it commercial
ly, so from now on many helpful
suggestions will be made for
Christmas shoppers.
The times-news., 1938-11-25
A VITAL DISTINCTION

When a dictator dies, the ma
tion under his rule, no matter how
we'll governed, is likely to go to
not. You can satisfy yourself as
PN0' IL 4,,,+L. Of
The times-news., 1938-11-25

WINTER HERE: Old Man Win
ter waited for Thanksgiving to
usher him in with a seasons low
of 20 degrees, rain, wind and the
first snow of the season. We just
as well brace up and face the
music now for about four months.
The times-news., 1938-11-25

The Gun-Barc. road Of q
RADIO is level and withou, a M, y.
for 81 miles y"
The times-news., 1938-11-25

Prime Minister Chamberlain who wants
to be known as go-getter for peace, may
be remembered in some quarters as 60
siyer.
The times-news., 1938-11-25

The South can no longer lean on cotton
For that matter the staple isn't even safe
to fall on.
The times-news., 1938-11-25

So the cross that civilization is now
called upon to bear takes the form of a
swastika.
The times-news., 1938-11-25

to the solution of his case, botIi
in the matter of his protection
and his regeneration.
The times-news., 1938-11-25

Now all the new trade agreement needs
for glorious success is trade. J
The times-news., 1938-11-25

1t is possible to breed canaries
copper, fawn, pink, or slate-blue
in color, experts say.
The times-news., 1938-11-25

Mr.. Ghamberlain's plan for Jewish aid
must be good. 1t is reported to have an
gered Hitler
The times-news., 1938-11-25

Apparently the only solution for Tar
heelia'S election scandals is to see that the
absentee ballot is absent.
The times-news., 1938-11-25

Strong emotions, such as remorse, worry, and
hate can lead to attacks of temporary blindness
The times-news., 1938-11-25

Denmark HAS marketed its afst banana crop at
record prices.
The times-news., 1938-11-25

Jesus IhrIst n 3OOI' 1V'OFI'T
If the Lord Jesus lives within me His VICTORY
becomes mine The victory which you and I so
sorely need over sin and over self, and all the ugly
outworkngs of that sinful nature that is within US,
is A VICTORY WHICH is ALREADY WON, He
is today mighty living Victor, having won for
you and me an eternal triumph.-Capt Reginald
Wallis. ...- ,...,.- tr
The times-news., 1938-11-25
SHOP NOTES: The Henderson

SHOP NOTES: The Henderson
vile Supply & Coal company
manifested its faith sufficiently in
the use of paints locally to pur-
chase car load The Rigby-
Morrow company tomorrow re-
flutes the red-tape talk about FHA
loans by telling of one it got
through in an hours time &.
L. Y. Biggerstaff, manager of the
local Coco-Cola bottling plant,
saw a nifty machine bottling 70
per minute at the international
convention of soft drink bottlers
in New. York a few days ago,
showing the delegates what the
1899 model would do. This same
machine is now in operation in the
local Coca-Cola plant, having the
very latest devices known to the
bottling industry Fred Thom-
as has gone streamlined at his
Pure Oil service station on South
Main by installing the latest
model tanks with their self calcu-
lating and computing devices.
The times-news., 1938-11-25

ABUNDANT LIFE: Much is
said by many means of publicity
about the vitamin alphabetical
family and the great work of
vitamins. DR.. Moose of the Freeze
Drug company, commenting on
the growing demand for vitamin
products, says they are a substi-
tute in large way for old-timey
pot "likker," which the world has
become too fashionable to use on
the table, OF is eating too much
from tin cans. He thinks we waste
or destroy some of the most valu-
able food properties. Vitamins not
supplied through food are requir-
ed in other forms, else the body
will soon show up the DEFICIENCIES.
Vitamins are recommended for
the more abundant life. Don't
grow old at 40; look to the vita
Minis.
The times-news., 1938-11-25
BIBLE THOUGHT
THANKS BE TO GOD,

who giveth US the VICTORY through our 10
Jesus Christ Il Cor, 15:57l.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-05-19
"Riuer Of Triple DOOM
By FLOYD GIBBONS
Famous Headline Hunter

IT ELLO EVERYBODY:
Here real adventurer, boys and girls ohe Is
Mrs Eleanor de Vareal of Harbor View Fort WadsWor D
" and she bringing tale Of adventure that Will blow
your hat off.
In Eleanor the adventures who nave hao
thrlsnaS
three of 'em, right of another.
brand new Of he adventure gameand.
boy, oh boy, what it to heart action.
home at
months
swimming fishing the broad tide
that Pine Beach it's to the ocean
the had been shark all up ana
sharks had at the beaches
along the and there that OF them mad come
them Eleanor
and the other kids the nebohood just nc1 tale that
much in. s. !:
Good for the Shark Scare.
But Eleanor found out that the shark wasn't SO tan
rowboat
herself
fishing
between Pine
suddenly
yelling at them the boat the bank.
the what the yelling all
cutting the water in
Sharks! Those deadly
tigers Of the deep had into the after ALL
The kids followed another mad scramble get out OF the
boat They AS Eleanor little
Marguerite climbed the side of the bank toward the bridge
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-05-19

record of 1854, an almost, phenom-
email feat considering the way age
has slowed up his running. He
received only two fewer votes than
Joe Medwick in the leagues most
valuable player poll; he made the
majors all-star team and his hitting
streak through 26 straight games
was the longest compiled by Ma
tional Lacquer. In ITO games he in
creased his lifetime batting aver
age to an even 300.
Lots of fellows would be satisfied
with that record, but Hartnett has
set an even greater goal in base
ball. He wants to have the honor of
having caught more games than any
other receiver in the history of
the national game. Ray .Schalk,
formerly Of the Chicago White Sox,
caught 1,721 games in the American
league, which is only 154 more
than Hartnett has managed in the
National.
Gabby should at least cut that
remaining 154 figure in half this
year and be in a position to pass
it by 1889. He is also shooting for
another record. At present he is
tied with Schalk for having caught
100 or more games in IL cam
paigns. He wants to beat Rays
rooOr6
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-05-19
Two Gray Fins We're Cutting the Water

flip
in the :z..r
bank the turned right the
Eleanor little Marguerite had had boats They
bridge walking back
the ties, to the other side of the
hard the which
walk seemed awy few and far between through the they
could the running far below it better
thought than rkng the nsy boat with sharks swimming
all around them.
Next a Train Came at Them.
But it better? They had scarcely hundred feet
before they that behind
sudden hri blast Of whistle turned
rounding and starting the treste
the safety
Eleanor grabbed little Marguerite hustled
helped her climb the barrel with
turned
ties, faster
missed footing stumbled
with the rubng behind
hopeless for the other end of the bridge.
The close that could
from the exhaust valves shaking,
with side
of the treste into the shark-ridden water below.
Eleanor's Desperate Swim for Life.
breath of
the quickly brought
sudden realization
swimming and she the without
boat between her and those monsters
She began swimming frantcaly shore. was two
hundred feet and at least
Eeanor's mind picture Of those
that must surely be following her.
Cold grippd her
faster hundred feet and still the
wonder it, after ALL get the side
all the home before she discovered
uncathed from her ripped her leg
the knee down. her fall
of the sharks she hadn't noticed it.
copyrght-WNU Service
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-05-19
Some Exceptions

There are, of course, few bril-
liant exceptions past and present to
the credit of the big cities, but they
are relatively small in number.
Babe Ruth, for instance, grew up
in Baltimore, Md; Hank Greenberg
of the Tigers is a product of New
York city; Freddie Lindstrom of the
Giants, Pirates and Cubs hailed
from Chicago; Bill urges, Cubs
shortstop, is Brooklyn boy; Lou
Gehrig spent his boyhood in New
York City.
But generally when you hear
some one say that a local boy has
made good in the big leagues, you'll
find that he's from Pageland, N. c.,
where Van Lingle Mungo of the
Brooklyn Dodgers was born; or Nor
way, Iowa, where Hal TrOsky of the
Indians first saw the light of day;
or Celeste, Texas, where Monte
Stratton, White Sox pitching ace,
was ushered into the world.
Think of few other stars. Well,
Carl Hubbell comes from Carthage,
Mo-; Joe Di Maggie, from Martinez,
Calf; Dizzy Dean from Holdenville,
Okla; Mel OFT from Gretna, La;
Arky Vaughan of the Pirates from
Clifty, Ark; Buck Newsom of the
St. Louis Browns, from Huntsville,
N. c.; Billy Herman of the Cubs
from New Albany, Ind; Luke APP
ping of the White Sox from High
Point, N. c.; Lefty Gomez of the
Yankees from Rodeo, Calf; Eldon
Auker of the Tigers from Noractur,
Kan; Tommy Bridges from Cor
donville, Tenn; Rudy York from
Aragon, Ga; Red Ruffing from
Granville, ILL.,; Tex Carleton of the
Cubs from Comanche, Texas; Pep
per Martin from Temple, Okla;
Charley Gehringer of the Tigers,
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-05-19
Here and There

BOB WLEFTY") GROVE, Boston
- Red Sox's thirty-eight-year-old
ace, became the sixth major league
pitcher in history to pass the 1000
strikeout mark recently when he
famed six Detroit Tigers while
gaining the two hundred sixtieth
victory of his 15-year American
league career. Walter johnson, in
his 81 years with Washington, had
3,497. The others to reach the 1000
mark were Cy Young, Christy Math-
ewson, Dazzy Vance and Grover
Alexander Only two states,
Pennsylvania and New York, col
lected in excess of a million dollars
for hunting and fishing licenses
in 1887. Pennsylvania received
81, 120, 220.60, New York, ST., 103, 20
Jack Dempsey's cut of the
purse for his title winning battle
with Jess Willard in Toledo July 4,
1919, was $27, 500.
G Western Newspaper Union.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-05-19

from Fowlerville, Mich; Mel Har-
der of the Cleveland Indians from
Beemer, Neb.; Sammy Hale from
Mosston, Iowa; Dixie Walker of the
Tigers from Villarica, Ga; Wesley
and Rick Terrell Of the Washington
Senators, from Greenville, N. C.
You could go on through until you
had exhausted the rosters of the six
teen clubs in the National and
American leagues and you'd find
that players born in the big cities
were relatively few and far between.
Why is this the case? Anybody's
guess is as good as anybody else's.
The smaller town can offer the ad-
vantages of greater opportunities
for outdoor sports, more places for
kids to play in the open, a chance
for a sturdier physical development.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-05-19
Star Dust
X Movie Whereabouts
X Hon. to Kiss a Girl
X Toys for Crosbys
by Virginia Vale

III AVEN'T you frequently
i i felt, when you were at the
movies, that you'd like to know
where some of the scenes were
taken? Harry Sherman, pro-
Queer of the s'Hopalong CASH
dy'' pictures, has solved that
long-standing need.
Beginning with Beneath Western
Skies,'' each of these films will
carry an announcement of the -loca-
ton where it was made.
It's grand idea. But probably it
won't be taken up to any extent,
for imagine the shock if you were
told, at the beginning of a picture
whose scenes were laid in France,
for instance, that it was filmed
right along the good old California
sea coast. Parts of that coast have
been used so often that old-timers
recognize them instantly.
It looks as if Metro had a
winner in "Three Comrades" the
sequel to Cali Quiet on the Western
Front" Robert Taylor really had
a chance to be dramatic in this one,
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-05-19
Speaking of Sports
Main Street
Produces Most
Diamond Stars
By GEORGE A. BARCLAY

BY GEORGE A. BARCLAY
IF YOU want to become a big
league baseball star, first see to
it that you are born and reared
in a country town. That's an al
most sure-fire recipe, provided you
have what it takes, for practically
all of the diamond aces of the pres
ent generation hail from hamlets
that were unknown until their base
ball fame put those towns on the
map.
Few people had heard of Van
Meter, Iowa, until a lad named Bob
Teller began pitching his way to
Immortality with the Cleveland In
dams. Now most any school boy
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-05-19

can tell you about it. Did you ever
hear of Mt. Ida, Ark? That's where
Lon Warneke of the st. Louis Cardi-
nails was born. Or Homecoming,
Md? That's where Lefty Grove Of
the Boston Red Sox made his bow.
Curiously enough, what is true of
the stars of today was true of those
of yesterday. AS witness, Ty Cobb,
who was born in Royston, Ga;
Christy Mathewson, who was born
in Factoryville, Pa; Grover Alex
ander, in York, Neb.; Sam Craw-
ford, WahOo, Neb.; Red Faber, Cas-
cade, Iowa; Hans Wagner, in Mans
field, Pa; Walter johnson in Hum
bOIdt. Kan.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-05-19
Early Use of Gunpowder

Although gunpowder was invented
by the Chinese as early as 600 A. D.,
they used it only for fireworks dis
plays and it was not put to military
use until centuries later when the
Moors introduced it into Spain. So
says "a Modern Book of Wonders"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-05-19
How Much Man Sweats

Inc average quantity of sweat in
"a hours may amount to two or
three plnts in a person clothed and
at an average temperature of 80
oegrees c. Persons engaged in I'M
usual muscular effort or under
other unusual conditions of temper
AZURE, humidity, or other factors,
may excrete considerably more
than this amount, or under GER
tain conditions, less.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-05-19
Castle in Cliff

Montezuma's Castle National
Monument, Is miles southeast of
Cottonwood, Ariz., was literally
sculptured from the face of a lime
stone cliff. The castle is a five
story combination apartment house
and fortress possibly more than
thousand years old. Scores of fam
lilies dwelt there, and held ceremon-
ials, and even buried their dead
within it's walls,