The Redwood gazette., 1939-11-30

THANKSGIVING HAS BECOME A
day for lusty appetites-and bellyaches.
This year it should be something more.
We should give thanks that we are
Americans, and enjoy more privileges than
any other people on earth.
That our nation is at peace-one of the
few nations not at war, or fearful that it's
borders will soon be crossed by powerful
military machines.
That we are democracy-free to elect
our own leaders, to elevate men of character
and ability to determine our policies. That
through the ballot box we can eliminate
drones and crackpots in favor of men OF
sound ideas and honest intentions.
That our courts are the fairest in the
world, freest from subversive influence, be-
lieving in progress, anxious to serve the IN
terests of the greatest number.
That we enjoy the privileges of free
thought, free speech, free assembly, free
press-we stand firm in our willingness that
all elements, right or wrong, shall be allowed
to expound their theories.
That we are each free to work out our
own destinies, limited in how high we can
rise only by our own ambitions and abilities.
That we enjoy the highest standard OF
living ever attained by any people y. the
greatest educational opportunities, accorded
Tlcn anu pour dllhe
Ours is the greatest nation, the nearest
to a perfect system-growing, developing,
offering wider opportunity for service. That
privilege of being part of something truly
great is the thing for which we should be
most thankful.
THE SHORTEST DISTANCE BE-
tween opposite corners is the diagonal and
since most of us are either lazy or in hur-
ry, we jaywalk. Crossing midway between
intersections, often lodging traffic, like
wise has become a very common practice.
1t should be remembered that the ped
estrian as well as the motorist has some re-
sponsibility in regard to safety and that
those of us who jaywalk habitualy not only
tempt fate in regard to our own lives butts
a. very dangerous example for children of
the community.
Those painted stripes at intersections
should mean as much to the person on foot
as the center signs mean to the motorist. If
it is too much to expect pedestrian-shop-
per to walk to the corner and back to get to
the opposite side of the street, safety lanes
might be established at the alleys.
HERMAN C. WENZEL AND COVER
nor Harold E. Stassen have been in the news
quite consistently through the summer with
claims and counter-claims regarding the
custer of Mr.. Wenzel from the position of
commissioner of conservation.
Except for the headlines, little seems to
have been accomplished. Mr.. Wenzel's
friends are sold on the idea that he is right
and the governor doesn't appreciate public
service. The governors friends are equally
satisfied that Wenzel was in the wrong from
start to finish.
Without joining in the name-calling, it
is obvious that the practice of having any
governor sit as judge and jury regarding an
custer which his administration has ordered
is not the best example of American justice.
A MAN 80 YEARS OLD CAME IN
this week to pay bill. The bill was several
years DID, so old in fact that it had been
marked off the books. He had not forgotten
he owed it and he insisted on paying it. A
member of the office force asked, 'Are there
still people like that?" Yes, fortunately,
there are still people like that. Nearly every
one is honest, especially among the older
people who have lived long enough to know
the value of character and reputation
Wheaton Gazette.
FROM THE AMOUNT OF PUBLICITY
that is being given Al Capone, cheap CRATER
and government defrauder, by the daily
rress and radio, one might be lead to the be-
lief that Capone is hero. For the past sew
en- years Capone has been in his right place
and he should have been left there.-Jack-
sson Pilot.
THE WORST THING WE HAVE DONE
to American youth is making them believe
that in the yesterdays similar generations
had every opportunity, that today there are
none.-F Fairmont Sentinel.
HAVING TRIED NEARLY EVERY
thing else, New Dealers think of electing
Paul McNutt president, thus giving the de-
preston beauty treatments.-Ch Chicago Daily
News.
AN EASTERN SOCIETY GIRL HAS
been arrested 16 times for reckless driving
The little girl should be given big hand.
right where it will smart the most.-Bau-
dette Region.
IT'S GETTING so EVERYTHING A
a InyIyy %er - y J. L