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The Coolidge examiner., 1939-08-17
Flash

Do you know that one of our
leading citizens might be in the
cemetery or at least In the hospl-
tai II his car had not been equipped
with life-guard inner tubes. This is
proof that it is better to buy life
guard inner tubes than insurance.
Moral-Buy life-guard inner tubes
to avoid an accident. Liberal allow
ance on your old tires.
COOLIDGE AUTO SUPPLY
Everything for your auto and
everything guaranteed"
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-08-17

D. 8. Davis and Dan Doolin are
having considerable difficulty over
the matter of the boarding Of
oklahoma. For those who do
not know oklahoma" is the pet
dog belonging to r. ]. Jones and
now that his master is away on
vacation he has picked out D.
S. Davis as a substitute for his
master and trails him wherever
he goes Dams Cafe has been
furnishing Oklahoma with steady
board which is the dogs favorite
hangout. When the real owner re-
turns it looks as though it w
take the services of a judge to
say who is really responsible for
the keeping of Oklahoma.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-08-17

Mr. and Mrs. Dow and daughter
Esparnze returned Sunday from
Ell Paso where they attended the
wedding of Miss Esther Barbery
and Albert Dow. Esparnze was
one of the brides attendants.
About fifty people attended the
wedding of the young couple who
will make their home at Eloy
where Mr.. Dow Is manager of the
q & A Grocery. Mr.. Dow reports
that there was heavy rains most
of the way back which made driv-
ing difficult.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-08-17

Saturday our streets were lined
with cars and business places
were enjoying good patronage, is
it possible that the times are
changing for the better? II the
rain is the cause, may it rain every
day. till we regain our confidence
at least, in this little town of Coo
lidge.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-08-17

Mr.. and Mrs. r. T. Prather re-
turned from a trip to FL Paso
Texas, where Mr.. Prather was
looking over home business deal
with intentions of locating there in
the future; Mrs. Prather remain
ing here for the time being, it is
reported.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-08-17

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Smith and
their two sons Walter, jr., and
Theodore left Monday for a 8
weeks vacation in Massachusetts.
During their absence the Vah-h
Inn will be managed by Mr.. and
Mrs. Glen Overturf.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-08-17

The Fight Orchestra, Radio
entertainers, have leased the Am
erican Legion Hall and will give a
dance on Thursday, Aug oath and
every two weeks thereafter.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-08-17
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST
CHURCH
At Methodist Church
.,I. Da&%io 01etor

]. Lyle Pettis, Pastor
Sabbath School at 9:45 q. m.
Church Service at IL each Satur.
day.
Mid-week prayer service every
Wednesday Rght.
You are always welcome to wor-
ship with US.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-08-17

Aaron Miller has resigned his
position with the Valley National
Bank and has started farming in
the vicinity of Eloy.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-08-17
METHODIST CHURCH

Church School 10 a. N. each Sun
day.
Preaching IL a. N. and s p. M
each End and 4th Sunday.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-08-17
CHURCH NOTICES
CHURCH OF CHRIS

CHURCH OF CHRIST
The church OF Christ meets every
Sunday at 10:45 a. IN at Legion
Hall. You are cordially invited.
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
w. l.. Dicus. Pastor
Sunday School .......-.-.9:45 Am.
Morning Worship -------------11 Am.
Evangelist Services ..----7:45 Pm.
Midweek Prayer Meeting
Wednesday eve at -.----------7: 45
BAPTIST CHURCH
c. F. Frazier, Pastor
Sunday School, 1000 A. NJ.
Sermon, 11:00 A. M.
Training Union. $50 p. M.
Sermon, 1880 P. M.
Y. w. A. Tuesday, $3.50 P. M.
Junior G. A. Tuesday. AIS Pm.
Teachers Meeting, and Prayer
Meeting Wednesday, 1880 P. M.
w. NJ. S. Thursday. 2:30 P. M.
Sunbeams. Thursday, 400 P. NJ
Junior K. A. Thursday, $40
p. NJ.
intermediate G. A. Friday. 4:0C
p. NJ.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-08-17
THE COOLIDGE EXAMINER

Ben Arnold left today for two
weeks visit with his family on the
coast.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-08-17

Jane Mckinney has accepted a
position with the Natural Gas Ser
vice Co.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-08-17
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available Immediately. - Kings
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The Coolidge examiner., 1939-08-17

FRYERS for sale. R. r. Rawls,
North Coolidge 2tp
Evening star., 1939-09-23
Says Neutrality Is Wars
Greatest Ally.
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
The greatest ally of war In this world
is neutrality. The most sinister enemy
of peace is neutrality. Many OF us can
only too well remember the days in 1917
when we thought that neutrality would
never again be possible for any nation of
Importance, and the dawn Of peace was
at hand! Henry Cabot Lodge and his ilk
spoiled that dream. So Woodrow Wilson
was buried, the League was emasculated,
wars sprang up everywhere and confusion
was worse confounded. So Adolf Hitler!
Now, therefore, men say there is no
hope. And there is none. We may de-
stroy Hitler. England may possibly be
saved even though the British Museum
and Houses of Parliament be in ruins A
remnant of western civilization may per-
sist in some English-speaking isolation
in the remote seas. But what of it?
Other Hitlers will arise to divide and
rule, always aided and abetted by neu-
trality. And when Japan wangles Mexico
and Hitler tells an American President
who he may and may not have on his
cabinet suppose Idaho and Hi johnson
will still remain benevolently neutral!
RALPH ALBERTSON.
Evening star., 1939-09-23
Submarine Mystery

President Roosevelt has put the
stamp of authenticity on sporadic
reports that foreign submarines are
operating on mysterious missions off
the American Continent. The Mari
time Commission, he told his press
conference yesterday, has been ad-
vised of the sighting of unidentified
undersea craft in the Pacific near
Southern Alaska and in the Atlantic
between Nantucket Shoals and Nova
Scotia. Mr.. Roosevelt parried ques-
tions as to the possible nationality
of the submersibles, but gave report
ers the impression that the identity
of the ships is known by Govern
ment officials. Fishermen recently
have reported seeing submarines off
Ketchikan, Alaska, and Cape Cod,
Massachusetts,, according to Associ-
ated Press dispatches.
What business foreign submarines
could have so close to America-and
presumably so far from their bases
can only be conjectured. A sugges-
ton that the ships might have been
Canadian caused the President to
laugh. That may have been because
latest published statements on the
Evening star., 1939-09-23
power that rests for its right upon
might,

a power that rests for its right upon
might.
THAT is why we are in. = = ="
The above record speaks for itself. It
completely refutes the statements of
those who talk about our entry into
the war because Of munition makers, or
Wall street, etc. It shows not only that
we kept out of the hostilities for nearly
three years, but went in, when we did,
reluctantly, but to defend our rights
which had been ruthlessly trampled
upon by Germany. And I can say for
myself, and believe for thousands of
others who also volunteered their serv-
ices, that we did not do so with the
purpose Of aiding munition makers, Wall
street bankers, etc. We felt incensed at
the actions of Germany in utterly dis
regarding our rights and killing our
fellow countrymen. We were outraged
when Germany, figuratively speaking,
slapped us in the face, and We were not
going to stand for it.
think the young people Of today, Is
well as many others, ought to UNDER
stand this. CHARLES L. FRAILEY.
Chevy Chase, Nd.
6eptembee 20.
Evening star., 1939-09-23
THIS AND THAT
By Charles z. Trace1peH.

person so engaged. It simply means that
the interest In the subject Of birds is
acute enough to result in listening and
watching all the time, whether one
thinks about it or not.
This good result has been exemplifed
in many Boy Scouts, who, after studying
and identifying so local birds for one Of
their degrees, find that wherever they 60
they are looking into the trees, and along
lakes, and over the sea for the sight and
sound Of birds everywhere.
This is a good habit which will stick
to them for life.
They will never be lonesome again, for
there is scarcely any situation in which
they will not be able to find one or more
birds, or listen to the songs and calls,
and these are always sources of real in
terest to the person who once acquires
the habit
You can't be really lonesome when .
lovely little lady In feathers is singing
to you!
Our Virginia friend with one lonesome
cardinal in his garden, who wondered
over the plethora of them in our own,
should have been in this one Maryland
garden this morning.
A bright, dewy morning, so much dew
dripping from the trees that it almost
looked as If it had rained during the
night.
And there at the feeding station, be-
meath the maple, f1ve-count them-five
cardinals, two blazing males, and three
smaller birds, whether immature males
or females 1t was difficult to determine.
There is stage in the growth of
young birds when the observer must be
pretty close to be able to decide which
sex they are.
This observer is eagerly awaiting the
return to the yard for a few weeks OF
the wood thrushes.
These finest Of birds, arriving in nearby
Maryland on April % each year, almost
to the day (but a week earlier last ApriD
stay until some time in early August,
when they gradually disappear.
They do not go south, however, but to
nearby woods, for what purpose we have
never determined
Then. along in late September or early
October they return.
1t may be. of course, that these which
seem to return" to us are really migra-
tors, which have come down from the
Northern States, but we prefer to believe
they are thu. same birds which were in
the yard all summer.
The fact that they linger for a week
or more in the old gardens seems to
point to return to favored place.
Wood thrushes never look better than
at this time, and are never tanner They
will permit approach to within a few
feet Of them In the autumn.
Evening star., 1939-09-23
The SquuIus Returns

Reclaimed from the ocean floor off
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, the ill
starred Squalus has surrendered her
dead and gone into drydock for care
full examination by naval experts
appointed to seek the cause of the
American Navy's tragic peacetime
submarine disaster Of May %. Last
honors have been paid the more
than two-score victims Of the fatal
"test dive" and special recognition
has been given the courageous rescue
and salvage crews which, working
against tremendous odds of wind
current and pressure, succeeded in
rescuing thirty-three members of
the stricken craft and in bringing
the great steel hulk back to her
home port.
The lifting of the Squalus from
such a depth-24O feet-and the
eventual delivery of the battered
ship back to the Portsmouth base
is an engineering feat that will go
down in naval annals as a notable
chapter in the epic story of men
against the sea. Men continued to
risk their lives in the desperate effort
to release the oceans grip on the
sunken submarine, even after they
knew there was no hope Of saving
other lives. The salvage crew did not
despair although time and again
they had reason enough to become
discouraged. Well merited was the
Presidents heartfelt, "Well DONE"
But it was not sentiment alone
that kept the Navy doggedly at the
task of Surfacing the Squalus. 1t was
most essential that submarine ex-
perts should know exactly what
caused the submersible to ship water
and plunge to the muddy bottom of
the sea last spring. They feared that
sister ships of the Squalus might
suffer a similar fate If the tragedy
were due to some common mechan-
ical defect. Lives of other men con-
ceivably hinged on diagnosis of the
Squalus' trouble and adoption forth
with of remedial measures for other
craft. A competent Board of Inquiry
has been using the drydocked Squalus
as a laboratory in the quest for a
solution of the mystery. If the solu-
ton is found and additional safe
guards against submarine accidents
are developed by reason thereof, the
fatal test dive of the Squalus will not
have been entirely in vain.
Evening star., 1939-09-23
Says Word Neutrality Has
No Significance.


To the Editor OF The Star:
The word neutrality might just as well
be thrown out of the English language
for all the significance it has in the ex-
preston of our national policy toward
the current European war. History has
proved the impossibility of remaining un-
biased and Indifferent when humanity
and Christianity are at stake. Mr.. Roose-
velt expressed this when he said that he
could not declare the minds of the Amer
lean public to be neutral also.
We are admittedly partial and hypo-
critical front is no more assurance against
involvement in the present conflict than
q fearless expression of our sympathies.
Nor can We truthfully say that we are
not concerned for we can not guarantee
our own safety by playing ostrich and
hoping that the storm will leave us un-
harmed because we have our heads stuck
in the sand.
II the men in whose hands we Ameri-
cans have placed our national affairs
waste this special session of Congress in
senseless pickering over the interpreta-
tion Of meaningless term instead of
making every sincere effort to meet this
world crisis sanely and honestly, the COM
ing months may find them responsible
for more serious offense.
WINIFRED MARSHALL.
September 20.
Evening star., 1939-09-23

New bird songs come filtering down
through the trees.
They are brief vocal efforts from mi
grating song birds on their way south.
Just snatches Of songs, but brand-new
in the local garden, at least to the
trained ear.
This trained ear, let it be known. is
not necessarily an expert ear, in any
sense, but simply the ear which has
accustomed Itself to listen for bird songs
and calls.
It takes several years for any one to
put himself into this category Of the
trained ear for bird sounds, but once he
has done so he has source Of interest
and amusement which is never failing.
Just as one can see birds anywhere,
even in the downtown, 80 they can be
heard in many unexpected places and
ways.
There are two times q year. in par
ticular, when the trained ear will hear
totally new notes in the air.
These are early spring, when the mi
orators are on their way north, and from
now on until late october, when they are
on the way south again.
The sounds are not bird songs in the
usual sense of the term, but mostly de-
tached notes and phrases Of songs, in
cluding scores of call notes, uttered as
warning and the like.
II X X
Once the ear Is trained to listen we'll,
such a new note in the garden can be
singled out from the normal sounds Of
the yard at any time Of day.
Every garden. Of course, has its normal
complex of sounds.
No two yards are exactly alike, in this
respect. One garden has four cardinals,
two catbirds, five robins and pair of
blue jays in 1t. at given time, while
another yard must be content with one
cardinal and dozen English sparrows.
The medley of one yard is entirely dif-
ferent from that of the other
In addition, there will be birds flying
in and out all day long, with migrant
whistles and notes at this season of the
year to stand out clearly.
4
1t is because each home garden has its
own total tone, as We call it, that the
fresh new notes stand out so vividly.
Really, to the trained ear, the new
notes are like flashing bugle sounds cut
ting suddenly through symphony.
They are as vivid as that, although
they may be soft and sweet in charac-
ter, and this is so because the listener
has consciously or unconsciously trained
himself to be on perpetual watch for
them. Perhaps one should say on per-
petual listen for them,
There is, happily. no strain about this
watching or listening.
1t becomes a veritable part of the
Evening star., 1939-09-23
What WrestIino?

The proposal of the chief of police
that a commission be established to
regulate wrestling matches in Wash
ington is deserving of attention. The
proper control of one of the most
ancient forms of athletic competition
should be of vital interest to every
sportsman.
But If Major Brown proposes to
include the regulation of rasslin' he
is the one who should give the matter
serious consideration. It is possible
conditions exist at the contests"
staged in Washington which under
other circumstances would warrant
looking into. But circumstances
alter cases. Where would an audi
ence be found which would be will
ing to waste an evening, regardless
of the price of admission, If it were
to be denied the spectacle of unre-
fined garroting, gouging, bull-roaring
and grimacing? Would it be salts
fled if the referee escaped scot-free,
if at least two stooges in the audi
ence went unthreatened, and if no
paunchy abdomen had not fulfilled
the function of a landing net?
The present audiences are well
conditioned to the high blood pres
sure induced by the antics of the
participants. They run little risk
as spectators. Presumably half of
them understand and, while there
may be some danger of cerebral
hemorrhage during a laughing fit,
the danger is kept at a minimum.
The other half, while it may take
the show seriously, is undoubtedly
benefited unconsciously by the
safety valve which permits of throw
ing off magnificent quantities of hate
and outraged justice in the confines
OF the arena on one night a week.
The boxing commission, of which
Major Brown is an ex officio member,
is doing all right. Let him regulate
wrestling, too, II he wants to and
can find any. But he should be
advised to let the rasslers and their
fans dSVe their fun.
Evening star., 1939-09-23
the ground and is estimated to be
400 years old.

the ground and is estimated to be
400 years old.
Located between Centreville and
Easton, in Talbot County, on the his
toric Eastern Shore, the tree has
drawn visitors by the thousands
and undoubtedly will increase in
popularity as tourist attraction
now that it Is under the management
of the State. The grandeur Of its
one hundred and sixty-five foot
spread, the history that its life span
embraces and the interest it is bound
to awaken in conservation and road
side Identification make it we'll worth
the $6,150 that Maryland paid for
the oak and the house and lot beside
it. The area will be converted into a
public park.
Governor O'Conor aptly termed the
purchase of the oak distinct
achievement" for the State, as the
tree is something that cannot be
duplicated in America" He noted
that Eastern Shore societies and gar
den clubs and officials of the State
Roads Commission as we'll as the
Forestry Department are due credit
for preserving the historic landmark
and insuring its future care by hav-
ing it purchased by the State.
The tree that was a sapling when
the Eastern Shore was still happy
hunting ground for the Indians, had
grown to vigorous maturity and was
rounding out its first century when
Captain John Smith explored the
Chesapeake Bay. It's spreading shade
has cooled humanity during the
long years that saw the first Mary
land settlement at Blackstone Island,
the meeting of the Continental Con-
gress at Annapolis, the bombardment
of Fort McHenry, John Browns raid
on Harpers Ferry and all the other
stirring incidents in Maryland's
history.
It undoubtedly will become one of
the States most cherished shrines.
Evening star., 1939-09-23
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a psexdonym for publication Is
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be resigned to their imaginary fate. The
fact that we cannot escape is that all
participants in this crisis are men that
we. the people, elected to keep this coun-
try a democratic and peaceful Nation.
Regardless of their individual ideas, we
know that their ultimate aim is peace.
The law that is enacted will be passed by
majority and the majority of our
learned men cannot be swayed by the
propaganda which is in abundance today.
If the outcome conforms with your ideas,
you are right If it does not, you are
wrong. Let us stick to this thought.
We are an undivided Nation-now and
always. If we are wrong. let us fall in
with the majority, doing away with all
opposition. This will unfailingly guar
antee solid front and a solid front
means all in our quest for peace And,
peace is what all real Americans are de-
sirous Of maintaining.
September 20. FRANK T. LYMAN.
Evening star., 1939-09-23

strength Of Canada's navy fail to
mention submarines-although the
Dominion had two obsolete craft
of that type some years ago.
If the vessels were not Canadian
they might have come from home
ports thousands of miles away. But
submarines as rule have relatively
short cruising range. A few are capa-
BILE Of travelling long distances with
out refueling, but they cannot con-
tinue to operate far from base for any
considerable length Of time without
taking on more oil. That would sug-
gest the possible existence Of secret
supply base In or near American
waters-and such a station naturally
would be Of interest to the United
States, especially in view Of the
Presidents recent declaration that
American waters extend as far as
American interests 60. It would fol-
low that any activity of belligerent
submarines in American waters is a
matter about which this Government
properly should seek the fullest in
formation. It is precisely for obser-
vation work of this kind that a
neutrality patrol" has been strung
out over the Atlantic from Maine to
the Caribbean Sea. To torpedo bellig-
erent ShipS off American shores would
be to bring the European war too close
for comfort. Yet the presence of
predatory submersibles of Alaska
and Boston makes the possibility
seem not altogether fantastic. Such
development, incidentally, would
be distinct shock to the isolationists
and blow to their theory that our
oceanic barriers are adequate insula-
tion against the sparks of war else
where in the world.
Evening star., 1939-09-23
Living Monument

Through the purchase of the Wye
Oak, Maryland has acquired a living
monument that typifles the history
and beauty of the Free State. Studies
made by the State Department of
Forestry indicate the oak, which
stands near the headwaters of the
Wye River, is the biggest and oldest
tree in Maryland. It is ninety-f1ve
feet tall, has trunk twenty-seven
feet, eight inches, in circumference
at height Of flfty-<our inches from