davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1939-10-26

world collectivism, face its changes
in the light, in an atmosphere Of ex-
treme candor and mutual tolera-
ton? The thing am most terrified
by today Is the manifest threat of
new weak putoff of our aspirations
for new world, by some repetition
Of the Geneva simulacrum. Last
time it was the League of Nations;
this time the magic word to do the
trick Is federation. A real League
Of Nations might have turned the
world into new course in 1883; a
real federation of mankind might do
as much tomorrow. But If it is to
be real, effective federation of
mankind, q genuine attempt to real.
Evening star., 1939-10-26
Spain Guarantees Profits
For New Industries
BY the Associated Press,

MADRID. Oct. 26.-The Spanish
government, seeking to achieve eco
nomic self-suff1ciency for Spain, yes
terday offered reduced taxes and
guaranteed profits to new basic in
dustries established in the country.
A decree provided that war in
dustries and others lin the national
interest" would enjoy a so per cent
reduction in taxes during the first
Is years. The government will ex-
propriate land needed for plants and
guarantee a minimum annual return
Of 4 per cent on investments. A re-
duction of duties on needed ma
chinery also was promised.
If profits exceed per cent, the
government will take half the ex-
cess.
Evening star., 1939-10-26

crecy. to unventilated dogmatism.
The revolution, when at last it ar
rived In Russia, was in the hands
OF men trained In underground
methods, and the Soviet regime, in
expert practically, with everything
to learn, shut down on free discus
sion and free mutual criticism with
the West, and degenerated into the
masked incalculable personal rule of
today.
Federation May Be Successful.
That was revolution in the dark.
Cannot our western world, in its
quite inevitable march toward a
Evening star., 1939-10-26
World CoIIectivism Inevitable,
Wells Holds, Urging Federation
Pooling and SocioIizotion Of Natural
Resources Declared Necessary

This article on ,oar aims Das
1rritten by H. G. Wells as a letter
to the London Times and pub
hshed in that newspaper. 1t has
Just been received in this country
by dirmail.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-08
Literature For It's Sake

From the clustered halls of
Cambridge comes a voice crying in
the wilderness. 1t belongs to How
ard Mumford Jones, professor Of
English at Harvard, who goes
forth to battle against the modern
concept of teaching literature for
nOn-literary ends"
How "reactionary" such a cru
SADIE is can be realized only by
those who know how far the edu-
catiOnal process has gone toward
"integrating" subjects studied in
high school and college. In the
teaching of English, by it's nature
peculiarly adaptable to being cor
related with social, political and
historical matter, indignation has
been made a fetish. Instead Of
teaching literature for its own
sake, they have gone to the other
extreme and count that day as lost
that doesn't find chemistry In
poems, labor doctrines in Shakes
pearean plays, democratic philos-
ophy in boy-meets-gir short stor-
les.
In trying to integrate literature
with every other subject under the
sun there is the risk Of losing
literature itself which, unless
everybody has been wrong until
now, has a basis in emotion as
we'll as in knowledge. 1t is pos
sible, however, to relate a poem
or play or piece of fiction to its
historical and cultural background
with profit and understanding for
the student.
A happy medium between the
art-for-art's sake concept and the
utilitarian creed of enthusiasts OF
the 4contemporary-lif
school would solve the problem
The trouble is that when Ameri
cans move they move in a big
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-08

With Christmas just around the
corner, the shopping season in
HGgerstOWn is at its height, which
means, OF course, that the prevail
ing spirit of the colorful and
abundant crowds on the streets
and in the stores is one of good
cheer and fellowship.
FOR all who are animated by the
holiday atmosphere i'll unadulter-
ated form, shopping is just as
much a part Of the festivals OBJ
servance as the performance Of
the customary rites on the day it.
sef. In fact, they borrowed mer-
Timent by anticipating the good
times to come.
For this reason, it is possible to
be thankful that there are some
who fail to heed the annual en-
phasis upon the Importance of
early shopping. After all, it
would seem strange if the week
before Christmas came around and
all hands had done their shopping
and the stores were empty and
there was nothing to do but idle
away the time until the holidays
arrival
1t is doubtful, under the circum-
stances, if many persons really
wish to see the rush that lends
excitement and color to Christmas
shopping averted, for it is an in
spiriting feature of the pre-holiday
season. In fact, it is in order to
wish the shoppers a Merry Xmas
and to hope that their numbers
may increase. They are the crea-
tors of prosperity, of happiness
and of the general joyousness of
spirit that makes the season what
it is.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-08
Christmas Seals

One more word should be said
about the purchase of Christmas
Seals. The campaign against tu-
berculosis which has been carried
on through funds obtained by the
sale of these seals is one of HUI
manity's triumphs.
The Bible says: "The last en-
envy that shall be destroyed is
DEATH Scientists and physicians
have gone far toward fulfilling
that hope as respects T. B., since
the death rate from this cause has
been reduced almost two-thirds.
Yet somewhere around $4,000
people are still dying annually
from this disease in the United
States. Millions of people do not
know how to avoid this plague.
Christmas seals provide the funds
to enable them to do so.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-08
Working off Big Stocks

Perhaps never before have mer-
chants put in such big stocks as
they have this year in anticipation
Of Christmas. Possibly they in
vested more money in the boom
days of 1929 but the indications of
a big turnover this year, and the
many novelties and styles design
ed to tempt money out of it's hid
ing places, were never more fas-
cinating.
1t will take much advertising to
move these stocks. Dollars "sav-
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-08

Some people cannot see much
use in the millions of post cards
that are sent out to convey the
greetings of the holiday season
They think that people receive
such a mass of these printed mes
sages and pretty pictures that
they pay little attention to any of
them, so that the whole thing rep
resents a waste of money and eff
fort.
But friendship is precious
ching and it is something that has
to be renewed from time to time
You can not go off and leave it
and never exercise any of it's ac-
tivities and expect it to survive.
The years pass by silently and
swiftly, and people can see that
much has dropped out of their
lives. Friends with whom they
once felt a close tie have become
mere acquaintances.
The little greeting card is one
means of bridging this chasm.
When you receive one from some
friend who lives far away, it is a
reminder that that person has not
forgotten you. You know in that
mind there is a little corner where
memories of you still live.
1t is a heart-warming experience
to look over these souvenirs and
to think of days gone by, and to
feel that these relations left their
Impressions behind them, and that
these impressions still live.
Good old Santa CLAUS
Some literal-minded folk think
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-08

that parents make a mistake when
they tell the children the pretty
old fable about Santa Claus. When
the little ones find out that it is
all just myth, it is claimed they
lose faith in the veracity of their
parents.
Children, however, are not liter
al. They live in world of imagi-
nation. They constantly read
about magic carpets, elves and
gnomes, but that does not lead
them to distrust all literature.
They have to learn when the
world is telling fables and when it
is talking seriously.
The Santa Claus story has it
that the genial old citizen of the
North Pole brings his gifts to the
good children" 1t is literally
false, but essentially true If peo-
pie are good and kind and helpful
gifts come to them far more won
derful than any that Old Santa
brings with his reindeer.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-08

The camera is more accurate
than the eye. Who has ever no.
ticed a great mans pants bagging
like that?
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-08

way, and what was once gospel in
every detail is repudiated in its
entirety.
Evening star., 1939-01-13

divisions in reserve In Flanders
ready to be clapped into trains
and rushed here by the end Of next
week. That I know. Munitions not
arrived for them. He's a bad Or
ganizer. Roots has held that up.
We've got all that taped. They're
stirring now, but they can't get
moving-at least only a few COM
panies might be rushed. With
no guns. I'll have the trains
held up. think can do that. NV
men will be here in three hours
at least. Nothing much can hap
pen until then"
His confidence had a slightly
forced quality.
"Of course" said Thirp, "in q
place like Amsterdam Zone
can't answer for everything. There's
always been a strong reactionary
movement ="
Rud stood brooding over the map
In Open Mutiny.
This place might be quite a
lively spot in no time" he said.
Olders burst in with a paper in
his hand and handed it to Rud
Rud read it silently and then aloud :
Enemy army in open mutiny.
Discipline gone. Higher command
and officers ask to surrender to US
They are in great danger. Have
ordered cease fire and am ar
ranging surrender and armistice
Propose to proclaim world peace
forthwith based on self-determina-
tion."
; "D'you hear that?"-, said Rud.
Based on self-determination."
"Only conditions generally accept
Evening star., 1939-01-13
able. Trust you and Bellacourt will

able. Trust you and Bellacourt will
cooperate : ="
I'VE were prophetic" said Rud.
"And now?"
EITHER shoot Reedly or he shoots
me within the next "a hours"
MY lads from London will be
here" said Thirp: "it can't take
them three hours. don't see how
I can possibly accelerate them.
- Frankly I would II could.
Tell me about Bellacourt. How does
he stand? Can these planes from
America be brought here? In
time? =" ."
Rud answered none Of 'Thirp's
questions. Instead he went on ex-
tracing particulars of the situation
in Amsterdam.
(Copyright 1899, by the North American
Newspa per Alliance, Inc)
Tomorrow: Reedly's bombs ex-
plode.
Evening star., 1939-01-13

SYNOPSIS or PRECEDING INSTALL
MENTS.
The decision Of the world into two
FaH1ng armies-"Right" and Left
vas speeding Rudolf Whitlow toward his
dream Of world domination With .
doctrine Of union Of the common man
and an efficient and vast organization
waiting for the word from him, he de-
cided he had only to wait until one
army whipped the other then take over
that side and be master Of the world
The LEFT was on the verge Of victory
and. on that side, Ruds group had
Bellacourt as supreme commander of the
air and Reedly as commander on land
Rud did not trust Reedly and. at a con-
ference at which the general admitted
the end of the war was very near. dis
coveted the man was the focus OF a
scheme by the exhausted and fright
ened governments to reorganize the
world into 4 federation OF loosely knit
states and not along the lines Rud had
planned.
Evening star., 1939-01-13

var, Hungary. The bishop has Is
sued an order banning operatic
music from his churches. Only
that specially written for church
services will be permitted.
Evening star., 1939-01-13
Wedding Marches Go

Mendelssohn' wedding March"
and Wagner's bridal march from
"Lohengrin" may no longer be
played in the diocese of Szekesfeher-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-10-20
Crumbling Walls Mark
Site of Kit Carson Camp

DALHART, TEXAS.-Only a few
crumbling stone walls mark the site
of Camp Nichols earliest fortifica-
ton constructed in the Panhandle
country by the federal government
as a post for the army during set
Element days.
Located in northeastern New
Mexico, about 20 miles west of Boise
City, Okla, the old fort was built
on a site selected by Kit Carson, the
Indian scout and buffalo hunter.
The fort stood only a short distance
north Of the old Santa F'e trail-the
route of early western commerce
from independence, Mo-, to Santa
Fe, N. M. Ruts worn by thousands
Of wagon wheels still are visible,
despite the beatings of rain and
wind. The camp, established in the
spring of 1865, was used only few
months, however.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-10-20
Early Colonial Flag Had
Rapid. Constant Growth

The United States flag had grown
in 1895, to IS stars and IS stripes,
to represent by each the total of
states then in the Union.
It was soon outgrown, however,
because of the continued settlement
of new territory in our present Dor
ders and the admission to the Union
of regions as they met the require
ments for statehood. Thus Tennes-
see became the sixteenth state in
1895; Ohio was added in 1908, Lou
isiana in 1872, Indiana in 1915 and
Mississippi in 1877.
These states, therefore, came to
the Union without representation on
the official banner. This was hardly
satisfactory to them, though some
of the more energetic souls among
their populations took the initiative
themselves to have unofficial flags
made containing more than the IS
stars and stripes.
The natural demand for official
representation, coupled with the
confusion from unofficial banners,
brought forth a champion in Con-
gresham Peter H. Wendover Of
New York, who obtained passage
Of resolution that committee be
appointed to consider the matter in
1916, when the number of states was
10.
He was named chairman Of the
committee, which tentatively agreed
to recommend that the number of
stars and stripes be increased to 10.
Before rendering such a report,
however, the advice of Capt. Samuel
Chester Reid, hero Of the War of
1872, was taken.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-10-20

Vertical flights of heavier-than-
air machine, propelled solely by hui
man power, are being made. The
machine is known as giro-cycle,
which is helicopter of the simplest
form, says Popular Mechanics. It's
lifting element is a two-bladed vari-
able pitch airscfew of IA feet dame
ter, mounted on a vertical drive
shaft driven through a pinion gear
Of two-to-one ratio by bicycle foot
pedals. AS set up in the laboratory,
the giro-cycle is not yet completely
free flying machine, but is controlled
laterally by stationary tripod. The
operator mounts the saddle, revolves
the propeller to the maximum We
locity obtainable with his power
while the blades remain flat or at
zero pitch. At the moment the. high
est speed is attained, the operator
pulls the pitch control handle, thus
increasing the pitch Of the blades
to the position Of maximum Lift.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-10-20
Volcanic Island

A pear-shaped dab of land in the
curving island chain that dots and
dashes the seas between the Amer
icas, St. Lucia was created by vol
canic action, says the National Geo
graphic society. Scenically, it is
among the handsomest Of the West
Indies, with its great mass of noun
tains, about whose submits drifts
a gentle mantle of mist that bellies
st. Lucia's often violent history. Be-
ieved to have been discovered by
Columbus in 1902, and named for
the martyred st. Lucy, burned at
the stake, st. Lucia was for GEN.
turtles drenched in blood. The first
two English settlements of 1905
and 1888 were wiped out by Carib
natives. French colonists were able
to make peace with the natives, but
not with the English, who returned
in 1868 and again took the island.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-10-20
London Museum Obtains :
Old Romanesque Window

Recent acquisitions of the Victoria
and Albert museum In London In
clude several notable pieces of
sculpture and stained glass. Most
important single item is the French
Romanesque triple window of stone,
which was purchased with the help
of a generous contribution from the
National Art Collections fund and
erected in the east hall Of the mu-
scum near the main entrance, says
the Times, Of London. This window
was discovered not long ago during
the demolition of an old house close
to the Cathedral of Trie Chateau,
near Gisors, about 80 kilometers
from Beauvais. It consists of three
rounded arches, supported on col
umns with capitals of late Roman
esque character.
Inside each arch is tympanum
with two small pointed arches con-
tanning carvings of strange beasts
(such as birds with human heads),
sirens, and a centaur drawing his
bow against a basilisk. The great
delicacy of its decoration, especially
on the capitals, suggests that the
work dates from the end of the Ro-
manesque period, probably from the
last part of the Twelfth century.
Among other pieces of sculpture
are a Sixteenth century Florentine
terra-cotta figure of a reclining
woman, thought to be an allegorical
representation of history, and
ascribed to Giovanni Bologna and
the terra-cotta sketch model by ].
M. Rysbrack (1693-1770), for the re-
clining figure of Sir Isaac Newton
on his monument in Westminster
abbey. The monument itself, erect
ed in 1881, was designed by William
Kent, but the figures on it were the
work of Rysbrack.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-10-20
:, 20O-Mile Trip to Arctic
Is Goal of Two Canoeists

MINNEAPOLIS.-Two Minnesota
outdoor enthusiasts are padding
their way through the Canadian
wilds on 3,2O0-mile canoe trip to
the Arctic regions land Of the mid
night sun.
The pair, travelling through coun-
try rarely seen by white men, are
DR.. B. F. Ederer, Morris, Mimi,
former secretary of the Minnesota
conservation commission, and Rob-
ert c. Bradley, Minneapolis high
school student.
The two planned to travel through
the Arctic regions, expecting to
reach Juneau, Alaska, about Sep
tember IS. They set off from Ed
monitor, Alta, with their trip
mapped through the Great Slave
lake, and up the Mackenzie river
to Fort Mcpherson on the Arctic
ocean.
The trip will take Ederer and
Bradley through territories occupied
by six distinct tribes of Indians and
Eskimos. Indian guides will lead
the canoeists most of the journey.
The men are unarmed and depend
on slingshots to augment their 3D.
pound food supply.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-10-20
Tungsten Mine in Idaho
Called Nations Largest

SPOKANE Stockholders Of the
Ina Mines corporation claim to own
the largest tungsten mine in the ma
ton.
It is situated near May, Idaho, a
remote post Office 40 miles north Of
Salmon.
The president Of the company,
Ben r. Tillery, said in a recent
letter to George Gottlieb, Spokane,
that another vein Of high grade ore
has been struck in lower tunnel
and that it is Is feet wide.
"That must be wonderful ore
body with nothing like it in the Unit
Cd States" Gottlieb commented. "a
tungsten body three or four feet
wide Il big"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-10-20
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES
sAn old cat laps as much milk as young


Probation After Death" will be
the Lesson-Sermon in all Churches
of Christ, Scientist, on Sunday
October %.
The Golden Text will be from
james 1:13, Blessed /. is the man
that endureth temptation; for when
he is tried, he shall receive the
crown of life which the Lord hath
promised to them that love him"
Among the citations comprising
the Lesson-Sermon will be the fol-
lowing from the Bible, Acts 1928:
"Thou hast made known to me the
way of life; thou shalt make me
full of joy with righteousness"
The Lesson-Sermon also will in
clude passages from the Christian
Science textbook, Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures,
by Mary Baker Eddy, among which
is the following, page As, Our
Master fully and finally demonstrate
ed divine Science in his victory over
death and the grave. Jesus deed
was for the enlightenment of men
and for the salvation of the whole
world from sin, sickness, and
death"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-10-20
Horses Said to Have s'ss
Excellent Imaginations

The actual intelligence Of a horse
is limited, says Arthur j. Sarl, not
ed British racing expert, in
Horses, Jockeys and Crooks: REM
iniscences Of Thirty Years Racing"
Thoroughbreds are endowed with
more brains than cart or farm
horses, light or heavy drafts, but
most big horses seem to have more
"savvy" than the little fellows.
All horses have good memories,
Mr.. Sarl says.
Perhaps you have wondered why
some horses prefer certain courses.
Nine times out Of ten you can take
1t that these horses gained some
pleasurable experience at that par
ticlilar venue," he explains. MAY
be they won their race and were
patted and fused over by their
trainer or jockey; given an apple,
q lump OF sugar =. They can
tell good treatment from bad, which
accounts for their like and dislike
Of certain people.
Horses have great imagination.
They magnify everything and be-
come bewildered. They are suscep-
tible to fear. That is why they
readily accept the idea Of mans
superiority. They have a wonder
full sense Of SMELL"
Mr.. Sarl has seen an animal fall
on two occasions at the same fence,
with several months between falls.
''The horse remembers the Incl
dent, and fear enters into his heart
as he approaches the obstacle at
the next time Of asking" he be-
lieves. "His memory Of persons,
objects and places causes him to
have misgivings."
"And doesn't it apply to US hui
mans as well?" Mr.. Sarl asks.
"What about the boxer who again
meets an opponent who has al
ready given him a hiding? It is
always odds on the fellow who has
done the trick" .ss..a
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-10-20
Keep to the Right Is
Early American Saying

Why do Americans drive to the
right instead of to the left, as Eng
lishmen and Frenchmen do, and as
even Canadians did until the left
hand steering wheel on American
cars reformed them?
The practice dates from the 1750s,
according to researchers of the
American Road Builders associa-
ton. The driver Of the great lurn-
bering Conestoga wagons which
came into general use about that
time sat on the left wheel horse,
the better to use his whip hand on
the others of the team when neces-
sary.
When two Of these wagons met,
therefore, they moved from the mid
die of the narrow road to the right,
so the drivers, sitting on the left
side, could be sure the left wheels
got safely by. Smaller, lighter We
hicles, naturally followed the deep
ruts marked by the big freight
vans.
These same drivers who so arbi-
trarily decreed that future genera
lions of American citizens should
drive to the right also fathered an
other familiar American institution.
They wanted a long smoke, and a
cheap one. Ingenious Pittsburgh to-
bacconists were quick to oblige.
They named their product "Cones-
togas" and the teamsters carried
stocks of them in their boats. That
is how stogies were born.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-10-20
Color of Pearls

According to an article in the Sci
entific American by A. e. Alex
ander of the Mellon institute, pearls
may be rose, cream, white, gray,
bronze, black, pastel shades of Law
ender, blue, yellow, mauve, orange,
brown or green, but the more de-
sirable colors are rose, cream,
white and black. The temperature
and composition Of the water and
the state of health Of the oyster are
thought to determine the color Of
any given pearl. The appealing iri-
descence for which these gems are
priced is due primarily to the re-
Election and refraction of light which
take place on the surface Of the
pearl.