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The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-29
4 Year Passes

Old people sigh over the rapid
flight Of time, and they feel sor-
row for every year that has in
creased the crop of gray on the
head. Young folk lament the slow
flight of time, and ask if the day
will ever come when they shall be
their own masters.
The PSalmiSt said: "a thousand
years in thy sight are but as yes
terday and as watch in the
night" Few people can get that
point OF view. The span of life
is said to be but three score and
ten and the close of one year
clipped off that pitifully brief per-
iod is like the toll of the bell that
signifies the departure of some
good friend.
Few people wish they could live
their lives over again. Not many
would care to go back today to
January l, 1888, and live the past
year over. There is something
in the human mind that impels
man to keep going on, with the
hope that there will be fairer
scenes, wider opportunities and
greater joys.
The desire to go on is ample
proof that on the whole life is good
1t gives more than It takes, or
majority would want to quit and
have it over with. If man could
only learn to appreciate his bless
ings as much as he does when he
loses them. he would feel that hui
man lie is a grand and wonderful
experience.
Let us start the new year then
with a cheerful heart, feeling that
if we estimate it's benefits Alright
it would be a happy year. Most of
us have misfOrtunes, i'll health,
disappOintments and money trOu-
bles. If we have had such diff
culties, let us ask ourselves
whether our own mistakes have
not contributed to that which has
befallen us. If we resolve not to
repeat our faults and failures, to
exercise more self-contr0l and dis
play more energy in meeting life's
problems, 1910 should be a good
year.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-29

time before similar values are OBJ
tainable. 1t is the course of pru-
Gence and frugality to scan these
announcements closely. The old
stock market maxim that the
time to buy is when they're cheap
applies to everything man needs.
1t will be a brighter winter for
all if the present buying squirt de-
velops into wave, but those who
merely watch it develop without
getting some of the genuine bar
gains now offered will rue their
procrastination.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-29

states, with Georgia, have turned
out more than fifty million dollars
worth of metal, and this, while it
is less than California has produc-
ed in a single one of it's great
years, was enough to make the
section the nations chief provider
of gold until the strike near SUIT
ter's Fort in 40 turned all eyes
westward.
The Dahlonega mines were aban-
doned as soon as water appeared,
the operators being men of little
capital and ignorant Of the mode
Of working below water level where
their operations stopped. Actually
the veins became poorer as they
descended, and below the water
were too poor to be profitably
worked by any method then prac-
ticable. So Georgia's first gold age
ended. but not before it had put
DahlOnega - which is Cherokee
for yellow money - on the map.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-29

A postman seeking to deliver a
registered letter in a Columbus,
Ohio, church opened a door at the
end Of dark corridor-and step
ped into a baptismal pool He
climbed out and delivered the let
ter.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-29

Armand Nolette of Alfred, Me-,
suing for divorce, told the Judge
his wife never even smiled at his
jokes although "she would laugh
her head off if any other man
told one"
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-29

Golfers reports survey show
ing that after the age Of forty,
only so per cent of people continue
ID attend the movies; after SO,
only % per cent and after so only
2 per cent. Just how these
figures were arrived at is not
stated
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-29

A japanese statesman says war
between his country and the U. S.,
is "unthinkable." Then how did
he happen to think about it?
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-29
Longer Days

Days will soon be getting longer,
and 1t will be good thing. or
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-29

and refund their cash. The cost
of doing business is increased by
such unreasonable demands.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-16

If the farmer can't go to the library, the library will come to the farmer. Loaded with 300 books ranging from "Ferdinand" to "Mein Kompf", the WPA bookmobile start ed yesterday in Andover, its first step in the program for free library service to rural sections where libraries are inaccessible. This is 8 further extension of the statewide 1 library project of the professional and service division of WPA. Spon- soring the experiment is the Con- necticut public library committee.
 The olive-brown truck bearing it's legend, Free Regional Library Service" will stop from door to door, offering its novels, biographies, children's books, special technical books to farm dwellers. The first town to be visited are Andover, He- bron, Marlborough, Ellington and Bolton.
 Headquarters
 Heaquarters as arranged by Arthur H. filings, superintendent f schools, will be the Lincoln school, Manches- ter. George H. Waddell, town treas urer, has arranged for space in the town garage to house the bookmo- bile.
 Greenwich already boasts travel ing library of its own, under the supervision of the Greenwich Public Library. It goes into rural districts and provides 8 similar service to the one planned by WPA. The town of Bolton ran small, travel'ng library last year under the direction of Katharine H. Weed, secretary of the state public library committee, who represents the sponsor for the WPA bookmobile.
 Contributions of books have al- ready begun to flow in, augmenting the original supply of 300 books, and arrangements are being made with libraries in nearby towns to borrow special, technical books that may be required by farm-dwellers. Future Abraham Lincolns may be able to borrow books on law, or fu- ture Lindberghs on aviation by ap- pealing to the trained librarian in charge of the bookmobile who will try in turn to borrow 1t from one of the local libraries. Magazines will be added later as contributed.
 During the last four years, the WPA library project has been active in towns and cities throughout the state. Bridgeport, Hartford, Man. chester, Windsor, Rockville, Daniel son, Putnam, Willimantic, for exam pie have benefited by 1t as has Teachers college at New Britain and the library at the University of Connecticut.
 Books Repaired
 Project workers repaired books in school and public libraries, indexed and catalogued books, kept branch libraries open and did extension work through the public schools.
 Librarians with imagination told stories to children, connecting the books they read with travel informa- ton. The librarian in Putnam cut out a series of symbols of different countries, and as @ child read &
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-16
SALVATORE BOIANO
 CAPTURES PRIZE

A contest in identifying the Per- secusion instruments of the Sym- phony Orchestra and the names of musical selections heard at earlier Childrens Concerts, was held this morning at the Childrer's Concert Series, given by the Bronson Li- brary, each Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10:00 a. m.
 Salvatore Boiano, Jr., 10, and a 9th grade pupil of St. Peter and Paul School, was the winner of Johann Strauss recording, entitled sweetheart Waltz" Those parti- cipating in the contest were:
 Salvatore Boiano, Jr.; Lena Guas- tefano; Elizabeth Lenkawski; Fran ces Spagnuolo; Pauline Bedard; Charlotte Musnitzky; Olga Sopen- sky.
 Today,s program included Serge Koussevitzkys recording of Peter and the Wolf" by Prokofieff. Peter and the Wolf" is an orchestral fairy tale, in which the various instru- ments of the orchestra represent the characters in the story.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-16
LIEUT.. GEN. DRUM
 SPEAKS OF TESTS
He Is in Command of 52,= 900 Men Engaged in
 War ManeuYers

Plattsburg, N. Y, August 16. - (UP) Lieutenant General Hugh A. Drum, commanding 52,000 men in war maneuvers in northern New York and at Manassas, Va, said to- day that the first field army was mot in fact a.. army partially equipped and woefully short"
 Drum, addressing 1000 officers in charge of enlisted men and National Guardsmen participating in the maneuvers resigned to test the efficiency of mechanized combat units, asserted that a well-trained adequately equipped and well or- ganized fighting force is essential ito the security of a nation"
 In contrast to these essentials, he said the first field army totaled about 75,000 men, instead of the 321 ,475 men in wartime unit. It has 300 instead of 480 French 75 mlllimetre guns; 1863 instead of 4,926 machine guns, 84 instead of 432 155-millimetre Howitzers.
 Are Not Sufficient
 Drum warned that maneuvers, now conducted once every four years, were not sufficient to train an army for field service. He ex- plained that with time out for mobilization, demobilization, recre- ation and rest, he had less than seven days available for teaching warfare to "unhardened" men.
 He said that emphasis was being placed on naval and air prepared ness, and added:
 What value in war is a fleet or an air force without protected bases, or whose offensive action cannot be supplemented by a well organized and trained army?"
 In event of war, he said, there was little provision for effective mobilization. He contended "all of these preliminary arrangements would have to be made after the emergency arose, and time would not be available to meet many short comings"
 Drum said he was pleased with the results of the first days maneu- yer in which 500 pieces of equip ment were sent over rough noun tain roads from Black Brook to Saranac, r miles away.
 Drum listed various deficiencies of the army and gave the following shortages in minimum equipment necessary for adequate defense:
 Manpower v per cent short of requirements: three inches anti-air- craft guns, 57 per cent; automatic rifles, 57 per cent; and trucks, 83 per cent.
 Other weaknesses he said were "inexperience of officers and en- listed men in field exercises of large forces, especially National Guard and reserve.
 Drums statement climaxed 6 day of preliminary test. of the nations fighting machine. The entire Sev- enth Cavalry Brigade, only com- pletely mechanized army unit, made the 17-mile trip to Saranac, where the brigade formed for in- spection in rolling pasture land.
 The first division conducted tac- tical exercises to test the effective ness of combat cars, armored cars, half-track movers and tanks. Offi- cers were pleased chiefly by the demonstrated ability of tanks to climb through six-foot ditches at high speed.
 More regimental maneuvers are scheduled for today, with tactical tests of men and machines contin- uins under supervision Of military expeTis..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-16

who has a bear by the tail.
 Consider, for instance, the fig ures from Rochester, N. Y, where the plan got it's first tryout. They apparently prove that somehow this plan creates an extra dollars worth of food-buying power-out of thin air, maybe-for every gov- ernment dollar that is put into it. UP GOES
 SALES RECORD
 Total grocery sales in the Roces- ter stores patronized by the stamp users rose 12 per cent during the period under study-yet the blue stamps. in themselves, only ac- counted for half of that increase.
 Evidently, the mere fact that the plan was in operation somehow cre- ated an increased demand for foodstuffs.
 Now go on from there. The SO00- odd Rochester relief families which have been using the stamps like the idea-as why wouldn't they, when it adds 50 per cent to their buying power? The grocers like it, as they would naturally like anything that hikes business by 12 per cent.
 The farmers like it, because apparently, on the basis of these early figures - it does twice as much to stimulate the buying of food as did the old idrect-sales-and- distribution system of disposing of farm surpluses. And the Rochester merchants who have been getting this business have been spending more money on advertising, on store fixtures, and the like.
 The FSCC is beginning to get a rise out of the bankers. The banks handle the food stamps, and draw cards in the plan that way; furthermore, they are likely to react favorably to anything which stimulates business among their commercial depositors. And the FSCC is beginning to get inquireis
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-16
JUDGE ADVOCATES
 ALTERNATE JUROR
N Repetition of Outcome in Newark Case De-
 sired Here

Judge Ernest A. Inglis may ask counsel in the conspiracy trial to stipulate to the allowance of an al- ternate juror in the deliberations, in the event any one of the regular jurors becomes ill between now and the filing of verdict.
 It is believed that for this reason, Judge Inglis ordered the two alter nate jurors to remain in the custody of deputy sheriff, although they were officially discharged from the jury today
 In a recent case at Newark, New Jersey, mistrial resulted, when Q member of the regular panel devel- oped appendicitis, after the case had been committed to the jury, AL ternate jurors in that case were dis charged before the case went to tic jury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-16

About the first of September, FSCC is starting a new experi- ment. It is going to make the blue stamps available to people in the low-income brackets who are not on relief at all. This is due to happen in Shawnee, Okla, and that experiment will be about as much worth watching as anything that will happen in the United States this summer.
 Officials of the FSCC are frank to say that they don't know where the whole business is going. Will 1t eventually take in all the re- liefers, plus all the ow-income wage earners? If so, how many hundreds of millions will 1t cost, and where will the money come from? They don't know and they won't even try to guess.
 The one obvious fact is that they have hold of something big, which might easily turn out to be many, many times bigger than anyone dreamed when the experi- ment was first started.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-16
BRUCE CATIONS WASHINGTON COLUMN
Food Stamp Plan Creates Extra Dollar In Purchase Power, First Trial Shows

from bankers asking how about all of this, anyway, and is it as good as it looks?
 Now a scheme which does all of those things is easy to start - and, once started, is likely to be mor- tally hard to stop.
 NO EXPERIMENT
 NOW
 The food stamp plan was an ex- pertinent three months ago. Now it is getting out of the experimental stage and being readied for 50 or 100 cities. You are hardly being overly y-imaginative if you begin fig uring that sooner or later it might be expanded ito apply to all of the reliefers in the United States.
 But that is only the half of 1t.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-16

Here may be the biggest thing that the New Deal has turned
 loose yet. It is just beginning to pick up steam, and it has all the earmarks of being a self-ac- celerator. The Federal Surplus Go m m odi t ieS | Corpor a t ion, which invented 1t, may yet find itself in the po- sition of a man
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-16
DIES OF INJURIES

Chicopee, Mass, Aug. l6-UP)- Mrs. Eva s. Knapp, 60, died at a Springfield hospital today of injur- les suffered last night when she was struck by an automobile oper- ated by William Denault. 24, of Chi copee while walking near her home.
 Police saved Denault from an angry crowd that gathered at the scene. He was held pending investi- gation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-16
Families on Relief,
 GrOcers in Rochester Approve FSCC Scheme
BY BRUCE CAPTION Waterbury Democrat Washington
 Cnrrecnondeuf

Washington, Aug 16-If you like to dip into the future and look for portents and marvels, you ought to devote a little speculative attention to the Department of Agriculture's famous food stamp plan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-16
MARIJUANA ON U. S. LAND

Fl Paso, Tex. -(UP) - Somebody Deputy Sheriff Joe Nicely believes had a lot of nerve. Nicely destroyed 50 marjiuana plants he found growing on U. s. government prop erty near Anthony, N. M., just north of here. The mystery of who planted the drug is rlnsolved.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-16
94" Priscilla Curtains

94" Priscilla Curtains
 Wide enough to Kris-Kros, sheer marquisette. Will wear splendid ly. Peppered with fluffy dots either medium size or tiny ones. Perky Priscilla tops and five inch ruf1les. Reg. $l.39 pair, 00n pair. OOV
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-16

Oilsilk Shower Curtains
 Closeout patterns of our $l.9s and $2.98 qualities, not all col- ors in each pattern, 0A nA each. h.............. V4eVV
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-16
Cottage Sets

New fall style, voiles and mar quisettes-red, blue and green, special, QQn pair. r................... OON
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-16

Scranton Lace Curtains 4 patterns to choose from, ad- unstable tops. 70n Special, pair. ........... AOV
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-16

Holland Window Shades
 A real cloth window shade with a guaranteed Hartshorn roller. Linen or ivory, all per- NNn feet, each. ............ H3V
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-16

During 1882, seven new comets were sighted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-16

Homespun Spreads
 Heavy, rough weave, washable spreads; tan background with colored stripes of blue, green, gold or wine. Full or single sizes, OO ON each. OAeA3
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-16
Bookmobile On
 Tour Of Rural Areas
New Experiment Attempted to Provide Farmers With
 Reading Materials Headquarters in Manchester

book about another country, put the symbol next to his name. Then she discussed the books with the chil- dren. Librarians elsewhere worked up picture exhibits, typing in with the book information.
 The bookmobile is regarded SO far as an expriment. What books will be chosen and what routes made will depend on the demands of the read- CTS. Eventually, the routes may be extended to cover rural areas throughout the entire state.
 Denmark's new law provides an- nual vacations for all employees on the basis Of ne day for each month of work or servise.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-16
Tailored Curtains

Fine pin dots or large fluffy chenille dots, hemmed and head ed, ready to hang, ivory color only. 0Nn Special, pair. ir............ OTN
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-16
" E. ID O D e%~19'~ -'%''N
 HERE ARE WORTHWHILE SAVINGS Dollar Day

Chenille Bedspreads
 On fine colored sheetings, all colors, some as high CA NN as $7.98. ......., O8e48
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-16

Silk Spreads
 Full and single sizes, some slightly soiled, values as high as $5.95, all colors, WO GE each. ....... VAoVO
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-16
Delustered Ray0n MaruuiSette Curtains

Tailored with 8 3-inch hem, side and bottom. Hemmed and head.
 ed, ready to hang, impregnole finish, water repellant and stain sssls'an'' paiI. SPA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-16

EsmOnd Blankets
 Special pelage finish combining maximum warmth and long wear. Reversible or soiled col- ess. RTs; :s'ss' sst'n eson slad'ns' S4.25
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-16

Drapes to Match
 36 inches wide by 2 Ia yards long. Pinch pleated CO 0N tops, pair. QAeA3 Heavy Mesh Lace Curtains New patterns, adjustable tops. Reg. $2.19 pair. Six patterns to choose from, OA 70 pair. Q1eAO
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-16
Dundee Knit Furniture
 Slip Covers

Furnished in six chair and divan styles to it almost all furniture. Rust, green, blue plum, and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-16

Plain and Printed Seer
 suckers Stripes, floral and nautical de- signs, guaranteed washable. Mss; yssa. 4'e 4 yards $1.OO
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-16

All White Chenille Spreads Very closely tufted on fine quail ity, heavy sheeting, full size, special, CD S| each. ................ @Oe . O
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-16

Blanket and Quilt Covers Made of fast color OA nn percale, new patterns. @1eVV
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-16
Printed Organdies

Printed Organdies ABC dirnity, Lady Lovelace, Normandy voiles, 36 inches and 39 inches wide, all this sum- mer's prints.
 4 yards $1.OO
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-16

Powered Powder.Puff
 Muslin
 The glorified cotton with per- manent finish. No starching need- ed when washing. Guaranteed fast color. 0 yards nnA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-16
Washable Prints

Washable Prints
 Grown tested rayon is your as- surance of the washability of this fabric. You also know that it will not slip at the seams, new patterns. Unusual color schemes 3 yards SIPS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-16
Spun RayOn Prints

Powered "Rinkono' Spun
 Ray0n
 This is one of the most popu- lar wash fabrics of the season, preshrunk and crushless, 39 inches 9 yards O1 nA wide. ... Q Q1sVV
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-16

Printed Pique
 Printed stub broadcloth. printed basket weaves. Made by Peter Pan and A. B. c. All guaranteed materials 4 yards $1.OO.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-16

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The Omaha guide., 1939-01-28

three or four different subject
every day. For such schools the
evening shade of doom has already
appeared upon the nearby horizon,
and their grave diggers, spades in
hand, are standing at attention
awaiting the nod of time.
One must not only peep at these
Immigrant colleges, but he must
visit them in fact and inspect them
in full to know they are doing for
the elevation of the Negro race in
America at large and in the South
in particular. The old prejudice a
gainst attending schools that teach
students to work with their hands
has died from its own weight. Of
course, these schools teach the stu
dent how to use the "knife and
fork" but they realize that some
one must use the pillow and the
reaper before the knife and fork
can be used, so they teach both.
These schools know that draw
ing room etiquette will come as
a matter of course when one learns
how to build the house and decorate
the drawing room. The world is
entirely too full Of women who
spend hours painting their faces,
lips and finger rails, and minutes
or less with problems Of domestic
%sciencel The world and the Negro
race in particular IS too full Of men
who focus their whole attention to
outside appearance while raising
tho funds for such appearance by
questionable means. Education,
home environment and spiritualiza-
tion-the old Booker Washington
idea-education of the head, heart
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-28

cas- having begun with the Baer
7 ouis fight IN 1885. Both Joe and
JOAN Henry have been in training
Ter some tima, the former at Ma
dame Bey's in Summit, n. j.. and
sha latter at Dr. Bier's in Pompeon
Lakes, n. ]. The boys are friends,
i viii be probably be Joe's
araesf figst. beside The fact taat
Iishs heavyweight champion
fas never been knocked out.
MICS announcement did not in
eludo information as TO who would
DO the announcement. If it's going
b be Glenn Mccarthy, I'm afraid
he's going to have a bit of diff
Guilty deciding which one he's for,
since both are colored. Or maybe
he'll depart from his usual practice
and describe the fight as it is.
Better yet-maybe he won't do the
describing at all | wonder.
Earl Father" Hines who vacated
Chicago's Grand Terrace last week
will be in Camden, N. j., on Feb.
10 to play for a dance. Friend
Frank Marshall Davis reports he
heard a white orchestra play Duke
Eillngton's Echoes of Harlem"
originally entitled "Cootie's Con-
certo;" the orchestra was Charlie
Barnett and he did a very good job.
Thanks, Marsh. See you later,
folks.