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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-01-13
Tough All Around

By J. MILLAR WATT

Waiter, call the manager. Hon.
estly, I've never seen anything as
tough as this steak"
"Well, you will sir, if l call the
manager. "-Tit-Bits Magazine.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-01-13
MORE LATHER

Customer-That razor pulls some
thing awful.
Barber-That's all right, sir. T
can make out.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-01-13
ANOTHER CUT

"How's the young lady you were
addressing? Married her YETI"
"No; she eloped with tailor"
ooh! Guess he must have suited
her better than you"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-01-13
O0p!

Oop!
"Let me off at the next stop, con-
ductor, I thought this was lunch
wagon" Boys Life.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-01-13
OPEN WIDE!

1.-The more that fellow succeeds
the more he looks down in the
mouth"
'Who is he?"
"a dentist"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-11-01
while England Slept
Among New Books Now
At The Perry Library

"While England Slept, a survey OF
World Affairs, 1932-193S" is particu-
larlv interesting just now for the
LIGHT it throws on the recent war
crisis in Europe. It's author, Inc
Right Honorable Winston Churchill is
unouestionably at the moment Eng
lands greatest Notwithstanding
statesman and his speeches invariably
fill the House of Commons to over
flowing. Mr. Churchill has been con
stantly warning his countrymen
against the danger of German rearma-
ment, and advocating a policy Of co..
lective security along with strong
American cooperation, and he speaks
and writes with equal brilliance.
Another English best-seller has just
been received at the library. Profes-
sor Lancelot Hogben calls his latest
book Science for the Citizen" self
educator based on the social back
ground of scientific discovery. Writ
ing of it the Spectator says, This is
a marvellous book. 1t is nothing less
than an attempt to present the inter-
est laymen with the whole fundamen
tai structure of science. No sucn task
has ever been undertaken before
Professor Hogben has not only tried it
but carried it out with completeness
and success"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-11-01
High School Band Makes
Rapid Strides In Growth

Organized "a little over a wear AGO
with S5 pieces, the Henderson High
school band has gone steadily forward
under the able direction of w. T..
Hearne. 500
With just a few months of prac-
tice, Mr.. Hearn decided to enter the
land in the Music Festival held in
Greensboro in April of each year. The
need for uniforms to- do this was keen
ly felt, so a concert was given in the
high school to interest the public in
the band, and in eauipping it with
uniforms. After contracting various
firms for prices, the 35 uniforms and
drum majors uniform were 1852 80.
In order to receive the uniforms at
the time of the festival, down-pay-
ment of one-fourth the amount was
necessary, and through the generosity
of e. M. Rollins, who personally ad
'vanced that amount, the uniforms
were delivered in time to make the
trip.
From that time on the band has
progressed rapidly. Interest is very
high among the boys, and every eff
fort is being made by both them and
Mr.. Hearne to make this one of the
best bands in the State.
They have been the recipients Of
many courtesies from many parts of
the state during the time they have
been organized. Last spring they
were invited to be a party of the mann
moth spectacle, the Gallopade, held
in Rocky Mount in May of each year.
In August they participated in the
Tobacco Festival held in Wilson and
in September in the South Boston
Festival Since that tiTne they have
had part in the j. %. u. A. M. cele-
bration in Weldon, have given two
concerts at Burnside, and have re-
ceived invitations to the Peanut Festi-
val in Enfield and to Davidson COL
lege, which they were unable to ac-
cept. A few weeks ago they were
given their outstanding invitation.
when they were asked to play in the
parade and take part in the Duke
Homecoming Day, featuring the
Duke-Georgia Tech football game
Everyone who witnessed the spectacle
declared that the Henderson band de-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-11-01

served much credit and commenda-
tion
With this history. as background
and as proof of the progress it has
made, the band is starting out in a
campaign to ask the wholehearted
support of people in Henderson in
paying for the uniforms, which have
gone far toward giving the band the
enthusiasm it has showed. Not only
must the 35 uniforms be paid for, but
Is more members are waiting to take
their places in the parades, as soon
as uniforms can be had for them. Be
sides growing from 35 to SO pieces, the
band has also drum major, two flag
bearers, and yer yrecently has added
four attractive drum majorettes.
1t is getting to be quite a familiar
sight on the street now, when parad-
ing before all of the home football
games. They are part of the school
and the town, and everyone is proud
of this band which has done much to
advertise the town of Henderson
abroad.
This week a canvass of business
firms and individuals en1isting their
support will be made. On Thursday
the band will sponsor movie at the
Stevenson Theatre, Listen, Darling"
starring Judy Garland and Freddie
Bartholomew and a strong supporting
cast. In. the evening between shows
the. band will go on the stage in full
uniform for a short concert.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-11-01

at Tripoli. Marines helped David Por-
ter capture British ships in the Pa
cific in the War of 1912, and they
shared in Perry's victory on the Great
lakes.
They were with Dewey's victorious
fleet at Manila Bay, and likewise
aided in the destruction of the Span
ish Fleet at Santiago in the Spanish
American war. At times they have
carried Old Glory to Korea, Sumatra,
Samoa, China, the Philippines, France
or to the far-off Fiji Islands.
Born amid the first flames of Amer
ica's fight for. freedom on Novem-
Der day in IT'S, succeeding genera
tons of Marines have kept alive a
tradition of loyalty to flag and coun-
try. 1t was revived when the Corps
was permanently organized in 1913,
and has continued to guide them like
lodestar ever since.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-11-01

-s.ff. 1.
writer, established her reputation with
The Time of Man. and 1.-THE Great
Meaoow. Her new novel BLACK is
wy Iruelove's Hair" unfolds against
me fellow background of her native
Kentucky.
Inc Buccaneers by Elizabeth.
wharton is the last novel by the IA
nous American author, who was work
ing on II at the time of her DEATH
The greater part of the action os
The Fathers" and Allen Tate cakes
place in Fairfax County, Virginia dur
ing the 1905, with scenes in Wasn-
lngton, Georgetown and Alexandria.
MI. late at the present time is Pro-
Iesscr of English at the Wonlar,s
Conege OF the Universityp of North
Carolina. His wife, Caroline Gordon,
is also novelist and story writer.
In the Code of the Woosters'' bv
T. G. Wodehouse, as usual the mimi
table BERTHE and the irreplaceable
find themselves in the vertex of fran,
tic adventures.
Readers who have enioved the nov.
els Of Marion Sims, southern writer.
now living in Charlotte, N. c., will he,
interested in her latest book, Memo
to Timothy Sheldon" just received a.
the library.
Temple Bailey,s. most recent ro-
nance 'Tomorrow's Promise" is writ
ten against the background of old
maryland, It's heroine is young
girl of nineteen.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-11-01

of that time, and that in these verbal
encounters the hOnors were always
fairly even.
Sometimes more than Segcnd is the
Marines Hymn, From the Halls of
Montezuma to the Shores of Tripoli,"
sung with more or less gusto by the
sea soldiers since 1847, when they
marched with the army into the
Mexican Capital.
Long associated with the Corps is
the phrase, "The Marines have land
ed and have the situation well in
hand" which some persons think was
coined by, the late war correspondent
Richard Harding Davis( although the
first occasion it was used has been
lost somewhere among the nearly 200
landings they have made on foreign
shores.
But these lighter traditions, based
either upon fact or legend, merely
parallel those. of devotion to duty,
won on many far-flung battlefield
or on ships of the Navy.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-11-01

Listen! the Wind" by Anne Nor
row Lindbergh is the. story Of, the
flight made by the Lindberghs across
the Atlantic Ocean from Africa to
Brazil. As one would expect Of the
author of North to the ORIENT the
new book is dramatic and beautifully
written. Colonel Lindbergh has sun-
piled the jacket design, the full napa
map drawings and an appendix g.ivine.
an itemized list of the equipment car ar
ried on the flight.
The Best Plays of 1898" the
year book of the drama in America
has just been received at the library.
Plays included this year are "Of Mice
and Men, Our Town, Shadow and
sur SuDstanceS "On Borrowed Time"
"The Star-wagon," Susan and Cod,
Prologue to Glory" "Amphitryon go"
Golden Boy, and What Life"
Elizabeth MADDOX Roberts, Kentucky
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-11-01

Traditions, handed down to them by
their forebears of earlier generations,
will be remembered by the U. S. Ma
rines when they observe their birth
day on November 10.
Like the campaign ribbons worn on
the uniforms of Marine Corps vet
Grams, time, custom and circumstance
have bedecked the sea soldiers with
a mantle of romance and a wealth of
either historic or legendary lore.
Their inspiring hymn, their nick
name, their seagoing habits and Gus
toms have become part of the sea
soldiers traditions, along with the
deeds of valor which have won them
fame all over the globe.
Only. p few months after the Con-
tinental Congress had authorized the
raising of Marines in 1775, they set
forth on successful expedition to
the Bahamas. Later they fought I'M
der Washington at Trenton and
Princeton, establishing a tradition for
service on both land and sea-
One of their earliest symbols was
a rattlesnake, painted on their drums
and on the flag which they carried
ashore in the Bahamas. Rattlesnake
flags now belong in the treasure
chest of American memories, but the
Marines recall them as among their
first standards.
-Gaudy Feathers and ornamental
cockades were once the distinctive in
sigma of the u. S. Marines, but they
were gradually replaced by the globe
eagle and anchor device, which has
identified n1embefs Of one of Bncle
Sans oldest fighting forces for more
than seventy years.
One by one, the Marines have ac-
quired a number Of traditions dealing
with customs or practices, many of
which are now obsolete, but which
have become a part Of the warp and
wool in the fabric of their Corps.
There is the tradition of powdered
hair, for example, when the locks of
the sea soldiers were sprinkled over
by liberal flecks from the flour barrel.
and no marine would think of APP
pearing on the quarterback without
having his hair properly powdered
and queued.
Often officers complained that
there was a. lack of flour to powder
the sentries," and back in 1907 it, was
estimated that it would take one hur-
dred and fifty dollars to keep the
hair of approximately 1000 enlisted
men properly whitened.
Even before that time the marines
won their soubriquet, "Leathernecks,"
due to their custom of wearing col
lar of very heavy leather. 1t was
about three inches in height and it
went around the neck to be fastened
by strap and buckle at the back.
It was never popular with the rank
and file, although strangely enough
this odd neckwear prevailed for more
than eighty years, much to the dis
comfort sof the sea soldiers, regardless
of whatever it may have added to
their military snaartness.
Pjizzling, indeed, is the phrase,
"Tell it to the Marines" for after
delving into musty tones for years,
the sea soldiers have never been able
to- trace it to its origin.
More than a hundred years ago a
bluejacket on the Constellation, sister
ship of Old Ironside, wrote that the
quip was a part of the banter ex-
changed between sailors and marines
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-11-01
RED CROSS GROUPS
TO MEET ON FRIDAY

A meeting of committees to map
out the Red Cross Drive has been
called for Friday evening at 1880
o'clock at the American Legion Hut,
and all committee members were urg-
ed to be present.
A parade will be staged, launching
the Red Cross Drive, it was stated,
and those interested in entering floats
have been asked to contact DR..
Thomas M. Hunter, drive chairman.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-11-01

John Paul Jones knew the Marines
in the days Of the u Revolution.
Stephen Decatur Witnessed their valor
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-11-01

Italy bars the comedies of Chaplin
the Ritz Brothers and Marx Broth
ers. If Italians are going to laugh,
they'll have to find something funny
closer to home.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-11-01
REALTY TRANSFERS
UNDER OCTOBER '37

Real estate transfers were fewer
in Vance county last month than "a
October a year ago, the figure being
q as against 35. For ten months Is
this year the total has been I'll a.
es,nst 4O3 for the like period Of 1897.
or decline of 3d. Transfers were 25
in September of this year. The fig
ures were taken from the records in
the office of the register Of deeds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-22
DELAY RESULTS IN
 NEEDLESS DEATHS

Failure of women to consult their physician at the first indication of a painless lump in the breast re- suits in many needless deaths be- cause unless treated the disease spreads quickly to involve glands under the arm and distant vital organs at which point 1t becomes incurable. according to Herbert F. Hirsche, cancer research statistician of the state department of health in the departments weekly broad cast.
 Although it is known today that the cure of breast cancer IS almost entirely dependent upon how far the disease has progressed at the time of treatment, many women delay securing medical advice because they does not necessarily mean cancer and they are willing to gamble on the off-chance that 1t is not. This policy is extremely dangerous and especially SO because TO out of every 100 women can be cured when treat ment is given in the course of the disease.
 MT. Hirsche declared that it was difficult to understand why women who are fully aware of these facts will jeopardize their lives to the ex- tent of not submitting to treatment at the very earliest possible mo- ment. He emphasized the need for every woman to abide by the hard and fast rule that lump in the breast must be considered cancer until definitely proven otherwise. If this suggestion were followed. hun dreds of lives could be saved an- nuallY.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-22

and . substituted complaint, they argued, did not allege any criminal bargain on the part of the legis- iatoTs.
 Counsel for Rep. Thons declared that he desired a trial as soon as possible.
 Second Complaint Attacked
 The first complaint, said Attorney Carpenter. had some sense". but the second one placed the occused in a worse predicament" insofar as the charge of bribery is con- ceTned.
 If the state had to present wit nesses who were present when a corrupt bargain is made. said MT. Alcorn, then corruption could easily run riot He declared that MT. Thoms and MT Hickey. minority and majority leader at the time, respectively, had illegally used their influence on behalf of legislation. This, he asserted, "ts as heinous a crime as can exist in public life"
 Influence Legal
 Any influence used by Mir. Thoms said Attorney Carpenter, was "aboyeboard and legal" There was no agreement before hand. he said, that any stock was to change hands.
 Judge Munger. in overruling the motions, said that he had no choice under the new rules adopt cd by the judges. Under the old rules. he said, he might possibly uphold the demurrers.
 Atty James w. Carpenter of Hart ford, during early proceedings today. declared that the information filed against his client fails to charge that any corrupt bargain" was made. In addition to the demurrer, he also submitted motion to strike out the state complaint filed by Special Prosecutor Hugh M. Alcorn.
 Special Prosecutor Acorn, ad-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-22
KIDNAP RUMOR LINKED TO BOY
(continued Prom Page O

lVOnLkuugQ EIOIu 1dS6 U is one of the most sumptucus resi- dences in London.
 Lanceis suite consists of three rooms and two baths. The windows of the day nursery overlook the lake.
 According to one version of the kidnap reports, the first intilnation of the plot was the receipt by the countess of . letter containing the threat. She reportedly remained awake until 2 a. m. today. She spent most of today sesting.
 At Regents Park Home
 The countess the former Barbara Hutton who is the granddaughter of the late Prank W. Woolwortll- founder of the 5-and-lO-Cent store millions-her son Lance, and her husband, were at their home in Regents Park. It was there, ac- cording to the Daily Mail, that the parents received the kidnap threat.
 Scotland Yard. Britain,s corps of G-men, went into action infmedi- ately. According to the Daily Man, urgent instructions were flashed to Detectives and secret agents on spe- cial branch duty at seaports and atrdronaes to watch for the person suspected of having made the threat.
 Simultaneously a strong guard of picked Scotland Yard operatives went to the Haugw1tz-Reventlow home. the newspaper said. and set up a 24-hour watch.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-22
WPA JOBS FOR
 87O MEN SAVED
(Continued From Page D

Vincent J. Sullivan, director of state WPA at New Haven, informed the mayor that the Waterbury proj- ects had not been returned to his headquarters with the necessary ap- proval among the numerous other state projects for which application was made and approved.
 The Waterbury project, recently devised as E 88 to include city-wide sanitary sewer, storm sewer and water main construction, was sub mitted by City Engineer Charles A. Root, approved by the board of pub lie works and then the board of finance, for submission to New Ha- ven, thence to Washington, early last month. It had been in process of development since the first of the year.
 Delay has resulted from action of the various boards over considera- ton of how much money would be available in the WPA or bond funds for the city's participation. The state WPA officials have urged Wa terbury officials to get the project before Washington authorities dur ing the last three to four months, due to the increase in fund allot- ments under national recovery measures.
 Time Limit Past
 Finally, yesterday, Mayor Hayes was informed that the time limit was past and that the matter was out of the hands of the state au- thorities. The mayor, whose chief contention at meetings of city boards has been that the WPA pro- gram must be maintained here in order to take up the strain on the welfare department occasioned by the present economic conditions, immediately sought aid from the Connecticut legislators at Washing ton.
 Senator Lonergan telephoned Mayor Hayes late yesterday that the Waterbury application had been ap- proved and Representative Smith sent wire on the same matter last night. informing the mayor that the matter now is before President Roosevelt for his signature.
 MT. Kennedy reported today that some of the school projects have had to close down because of ex- hausting of the city's funds for the share of materials required as Wa terbury's part of the projects. At the same time, City Engineer Root remarked that the sewer projects in the Fairlawn, Mill Plain and Robin- wood districts were on the verge of closing down because there would be no more federal funds available under the old program, Project 7l, which now has been combined with the other city projects under E S8. by governmental requirement..
 Britain now has 100000 tele- phone subscribers, with the number increasing rDidlv this var
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-22
BENSON LOOMS AS
 WINNER IN MINN.
Continued From Page D

advantage of more than 10000 votes over his nearest opponent, Martin A. Nelson of Austin.
 The vote, from 3,035 precincts:
 Stasse1, 106,eS2.
 Nelson, 64,163.
 George E. Leach. Minneapolis mayor, 49,508.
 The Democratic gubernatorial race still left some room for doubt, but it was believed that Thomas Gal lagher, of Minneapolis, was the win- ncr in the six-man field.
 With 3,035 precincts tabulated. the vote was:
 Gallagher. 19.32l.
 Fred Schildplin, St. Cloud, 16,548.
 Michael E. Murray. St. Cloud. 1860.
 The Benson-Petersen race was one of the closest in state history. Unit ed Press tabulations showed the lead changing hands no less than six times.
 Petersen owed his tremendous showing against the organized Ben- son steamroller to heavy vote from Republicans and Democrats who jumped party lines to vote for him and against Benson.
 The extent of such independent voting is indicated in the party to- tals. In the 1936 primary. Republi- cans boiled more votes than farmer laborites. In this election, on the basis of votes already counted, Farmer-Laborites apparently boiled well over 100000 more votes than Republicans.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-22
Court Trial Elected
 By Three Legislators
tContinued from Page l)

1 dressing the court, said he had mo- tifled the accused and their counsel to be present in court today. When a demurrer to the original complaint was filed last week on behalf of MT. Thoms, he said. .;le complaint was amended.
 Procedure Held Up
 The new demurrer has been filed, he said, although I understood that his counsel, MT. carpenter, was satisfied with the complaint as l amended 1t last week. MT. Carpen- ter has also submitted motion to strike out the substituted com- plaint. Until these are disposed of, we cannot very well proceed"
 The question of proceeding with the cases of Senators Lawlor and Daly was then brought up. Judge John F. McDonough, of Naugatuck. counsel for Senator Lawlor. arose and asked the court to allow the two to be excused from entering pleas until all preliminary motions have been ruled on. All the cases will be affected by whatever rulings are made, he said
 Judge Munger then ordered the pleas to be delayed indefinitely, and said the clerk of the court would notify the four legislators when they should appear again.
 AIIegedly Accepted Stock
 Rep. Thoms, ex-Rep. Hickey and Senators Lawlor and Daly are charged with having accepted stock from former Controller Daniel j.. Leary for their influence in the passage of legislation. They all legedly accepted stock in the Elec- trio Steam Sterilizer Co.,, in which Leary was a major stockholder.
 A "sterilized toilet seat bill was passed by the general assembly in 1885, but it did not provide for any special kind of equipment.
 Rep. Thoms allegedly received 200 shares, ex-Rep. Hickey, 200 shares, Senator Daly 200 shares, and Senator Lawlor 1,200 shares. The Waterbury grand jury charged that Senator Lawlor later gave 800 of his shares to Mayor Frank Hayes.
 Bench Warrants
 The four legislators were arrested on bench warrants secured by MT Alcorn in Hartford county. A fifth. ex-Senator Nathan Spiro of Dan- bury, pleaded guilty to bribery charge two weeks ago. He was fined $500
 Attorney Thomas F. McDonough, of New Britain, counsel for Alder man Thomas P. Kelly, executive secretary to Mayor Hayes of Water bury, conferred today with MT. AL corn. He has filed a quo warranto writ in Waterbury on MT. kelly's behalf MT. Kelly is one of 28 under arrest in Waterbury for conspiracy to defraud the city.