davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1940-03-10

ed. Mr.. Gusts wrote bitterly Of
this. complaining they had been
packed together tightly, given no
chance to breathe. Those ambitious
garden plans had to be abandoned
for q time.
These evidences Of gardening
tribulations in the Old Dominion
during the 18th century were dis
covered during searches for clues
to garden and cut flower arrange
ments Of Colonial times, Mrs. Louise
r. Fisher, in charge Of flower ar
rangements at the williamsburg
Restoration, told an audience OF
more than 200 in the Sulgrave
Club yesterday.
Mrs. Fisher said no definite in.
structions as to flower arranging o1
the period could be found ever
when the assistance Of a British
museum specialist was enlisted. Shit
explained old prints have supplied
the most nearly authentic ideas ir
treatment, but pointed out they
sometimes have proven unreliable
the artists having placed blossom.
Of different seasons in the sam,
vase.
The visitor to the restored build.
Evening star., 1940-03-10
St. Johns Bell C|opper Stolen;
Thief Wants Quart Of Whisky

sylloeisms. 1t is illegal to barter
whisky for the clapper."
The faculty, always the classicists,
signed their reply "FIic, Haec, Hoz. u
'Hic Hic" retorted that allied
propaganda, during the World War,
reported the Huns had hung cap
tured priests in place Of clappers
in cathedral bells. The inference
was strong that If the faculty didn' t
want to pay the whisky ransom,
they could climb up in the old bell
and play clapper themselves.
After another exchange of bulle-
tin board notes, the clappernapper
made his final" offer. The clap
per would be returned, he wrote,
if Dean Buchanan would hurl q
brick through his own office win
dow in the presence of the whole
student body.
He added, hopefully, that the
window repairs would cost more
than a bottle of whisky.
The bell and the faculty are still
silent,
Evening star., 1940-03-10
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, March 9.-Sjlence
marks the hours at st. Johns Col
lege because the clapper of historic
Mcdowell Hall bell has been stolen,
and the clappernapper demands a
quart of whisky as ransom.
When the clapper was taken,
Dean Scott Buchanan urged the
culprit to return it, as new one
would cost the college $18. A note,
signed "Hic Hic,' appeared on the
bulletin board, offering to restore
the clapper for a quart of whisky.
In the classic tradition, the cru
dite faculty answered the ransom
demand with Aristotlean logic: 1.-THE
one who done it is obviously a
minor. It is illegal to sell whisky
to minors. Therefore, it is illegal
to sell whisky to the one who done
it. To exchange whisky for a bell
clapper is barter. Barter is a form
of sale. Therefore, by means OF
Evening star., 1940-03-10
Justice UphoIds Harp
Divorce in Arkansas
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, March GA Su-
preme Court justice upheld today
the Arkansas divorce obtained in
1898 by Terence Reginald Harp,
former naval offlcer, from Georgiana
Porter Cusachs Harp, socially prom
inent model.
The decision was made on q mo-
ton directed to the validity Of the
Arkansas decree by Mrs. Harp, who
Is a defendant here in a divorce
action. Mr.. Harp's attorney said the
action was brought here after doubt
was raised on the validity of the
Arkansas decree.
The Harps were married here
June 8. 1885. nine years after his re-
tirement from the Navy.
Evening star., 1940-03-10
Mine BIust Probers Fail
To Find IGNITION Source
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
BARTLEY, w. Va, March 9.-An
explosion of methane gas by igni-
ton from some source or sources
unknown" killed 81 men in the
BARLEY No. mine of the Pond
Creek Pocahontas Coal Co. January
10, corners jury decided today.
The five-man jury found the seat
of the blast was in No. 6 heading of
the mine, and the force carried to
two other sections where men were
working.
Jurymen, celebrating the cause
of the Nations worst mine disaster
in 10 years had before them a copy
of the U. S. Bureau of Mines report
which said the blast probably" was
set off by a spark from faulty
electric equipment.
Evening star., 1940-03-10
Hospital Unit Prepares
To Sail for Finland
BY the Associated Press.


GLEN RIDGE, N. j., March o.
Thirty-one young unmarried men
and women, headed by a former
Yale football star, are preparing to
embark in two weeks to establish
and maintain a field hospital in en-
battled Finland.
The unit of surgeons, Is nurses
an X-ray technician, 6 ambulance
drivers. mechanic, a liaison officer
and 2 Kitchen officers" has volun-
teered to serve without remunera-
ton.
They will sail March % on the
steamship Drottningholm for Stock
holm, after dispatching equipment
for l00-bed hospital in lots on sev.
eral freighters to guard against gen.
eral loss in event of attack at sea.
Evening star., 1940-03-10
Buckwoods Nero

STEVENS POINT, Wis, March
R.-Deputy sheriffs, passing Adolph
Berent's farm late at night. rushed
into the house to tell Berent that
his barn and woodshed were burn
ing. II know 1t" Berent said glum-
ly when they discovered him sitting
In . chair. TITS been burning an
hour and a half and there isn't much
can do about it."
Evening star., 1940-03-10
Father Quinn Dies al Is;
Ex-Head Of Fordham

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. March 9.-The Rev
Daniel J. Quinn, 76, former presi-
dent Of Fordham University, a noted
Jesuit scholar and orator. died to-
night after a protracted illness OF
heart disease.
Father Quinn was president of
Fordham from 1905 to 1909, and until
his death he was associated with st.
Ignatius Loyola Church. He was
born in New York.
Evening star., 1940-05-30
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Sizes z to 8 in the group.
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-09-04
LIBBY HOLDS
LABOR DAY
Celebration

The Lumber and Sawmill Workers
Unions of northwestern Montana
staged a very successful Labor Day
celebration at Libby The speaker of
the day was Mike Mansfield, professor
of history and political science at
Montana State University and char
ter member of the Teachers Union
there.
In his talk Mr. Mansfield stressed
the need of organization to protect
the workers welfare and to give to
them the security to which they are
entitled He pointed out that the flu
ture would bring many difficulties for
all of us, and he urged labor to guard
the benefits achieved during the past
eight years.
In discussing the situation today he
stated that organized labor could be
depended on to do it's full share in
the national defense program How
ever, he warned his listeners to re-
main calm in these trying times and
not to be swayed by propaganda,
either foreign or domestic Labor's
real fight is to see to it that democ-
racy is kept alive in this country for,
as he stated, "only as long as we have
democracy will labor advance, and
only so long as labor is vital, driv-
ing force will democracy remain"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-09-04
GUN MANUFACTURER
SAYS 80 PROFIT
is NOT ENOUGH

IA-(FP)-Eight per-
cent profit guaranteed in its present
government contract is not enough,
Messenger Bearings Inc, has an
nounced, and the company will ac-
cept no more defense work at that
figure.
Vice Pres. Garrett F. HON said his
firm was one of the two Philadelphia
concerns named in secret testimony
before the U. S. senate appropriations
committee August IA as refusing to
accept navy contracts under the emer-
gency defense act because of the limit
on profits.
The company is now working on "a
anti-aircraft guns for the navy. HON
said that "the hazards of manufactur
ing, so far as our business is con-
cerned, are such that slight spoilage
will cut into an so profit" He COM
planned that the Vinson act requires
the company to return to the govern
ment all profit above so but the gov
eminent will not make up the differ
ence if the profit chances to be SO
or even nothing.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-09-04
RAILWAY LABOR
CONDEMNS
CONSUMPTION

WASHINGTON (FP) = Adoption
of peacetime CONSUMPTION will fasten
an odious military system upon the
American people for generations the
Railway Labor Executives Assn,
which represents 100000 union rail
road workers, warned in letter TO
Sen. Edwin C. Johnson 3D.. Colo.).
at will be serious menace to
civil and economic liberty and tend
to completely destroy real American
democracy" the letter said.
In another letter to Sen. Robert M.
LaFollette prog. Wis.,, the RLEA
denounced the sitdown strike of big
business and said that plans for APP
pointment of a labor committee to de-
wise means of ending it had been
adopted at recent meeting.
ut is unbelievable that congress
should conscript man power and neg
lect entirely to conscript big industry
now on sitdown strike" the letter to
LaFollette said.
"All information is replete with re-
petition that big industry is again en-
deavoring to repeat the World War
exaction of exorbitant profits but to
out distance that practice by now ex-
ceeding the unconscionable profit
racketeering.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-09-04
PROFITS ARE
RISING TO
BOOM LEVELS

(By Labor Research Association
Profit rate at boom-year level: Az
erage rate of profit for all manufac-
turing corporations in the country for
the full year 1910, it is estimated, will
be higher than in prosperous years
1928 or 1887 and very closely approx
mate the pre-crisis level of 1929.
This estimate is made in recent
confidential memo prepared by gov
eminent agency Wall Street Journal
august 15) says the memo is mot
expected to be made public officially"
Half-year profits: Rise in net profits
of 334 manufacturing companies in
first half of 1910 over first of 1893
was 60.8%o, reports the National City
Bank in it's August bulletin. Included
are companies in "a different lines of
manufacturing. These profits were
recorded after companies had set
aside ample reserves to cover current
taxes.
Steel companies: IS leading COM
panies in the first half of this year
showed an aggregate net profit after
all charges of $91, 446, 100 compared
with $21,122,784 in the first half OF
last year, a rise of 1880.
Chemicals: This industry is mead
Continued on page Two)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-09-04
Consumption Is Not
Essential To Defense

The current demand for immediate CONSUMPTION of men
primarily the fact that the Farm Bureau
Federation put it, defense industries pointing pistol
at the government for guarantees and high profits be-
fore they will manufacture equipment ships munitions
l. An honest administration would conscript all
before it conscripts American boy, do with
out further legislation, and without passing the buck to
the Supreme Court.
g. Volunteering is currently exceeding requirements
and would greatly exceed them almost certainly the
about current rates of for the
skilled mechanics needed to operate mechanical defense
machine
3. From 1922 through 1885, the United States spent
900 defense, of which S. 100 900
for the Army, and $6950,OOO 900 for the Navy.
During the six fiscal of Roosevelt administration,
have spent for the Army 5000, and for the
Navy $3.50, 100000 total of SIS, SOC, 100000.
the fiscal year 1889 expenditures for defense
$1163 100000, and the next 81 $50 0O0 0O0yet
are told america is defenseless"!
f. IF America is defeneles court martals, least
investigation of where the money went, should be in
stuted before for the spending of S. 0O0,
1000 allotted for defense" for the year.
Bernard M. Baruch self acclaimed dictator during the
World War asserts $13 900 OOO 900 wasted them
1t estimated that 100000 100000 be spent
get defense and under CONTROL that
would least $50 600, 600, 900 wasted
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-09-04
TECHNOLOGY
INTRODUCES
new FORCES
By KAY ELLES

Do the people know what they want
such question are so various, so
vague, that the proponents of democ-
racy can not help but be confused;
even though they are absolutely sin
cere.
This babble seems so violently con-
Trajectory that to find common de-
nominator from which to start is abb
solutely impossible. OF course, your
politician worries very little about all
this-he knows what he wants and in
the conglomerate mass of opinion he
can always justify any action.
What is the matter with the peo-
pie that they can not or do not make
their wants and desires known? Is
it because they do not understand the
function of government. Let's take a
look at Montana itself and see if we
can find out how and why govern
ment came into being here.
There was no constituted govern
ment when the early prospectOrs
came to this state-each man was a
law unto himself. That is the def
milton of anarchy; and it led to just
that. So the populace called town
meetings to lay down rules of opera
ton arising out of the problems OF
that day. To enforce these rules the
vigilantes were selected. All had a
say so at the town meetings. But
later, the star chamber sessions of
the vigilantes resulted, in some cases,
in abuse of their authority and con-
stituted government became neces-
sary. One was formed-a constitu-
ton was drawn up limiting the au-
thority of the governmental officers
to be duly elected. This was in the
best traditions of democracy, which
assumes all power in the people. No
tice now that the people delegated
some of their authority to duly elected
and to carry out the enforce
ment of that authority the governing
body was given the right to tax the
people.
Notice carefully - that the people
were the source of authority and only
delegated to the government such
limited authority as they deemed nee
essary for the orderly conduct of the
affairs. If they had de-
cided to call town meetings and re-
Continued on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-09-04
CHATTANOOGA
SAVES ON power
after WILLkIE

CHATTANOOGA.-(FP) - Consum-
ers in this city saved $1,417367 in
electric rates during the 10-month pc
Rod following the elimination of Wen
dell L. Willkie and the Commonwealth
& Southern Corp. from the Tennessee
power business.
A special report of the Chattanooga
Electric Power Board for the period
ending June 30 shows that Chatta-
nooga is the largest customer of IVA.
consuming one-tenth of the current
produced by the government-operated
system.
The saving of s1,417,367 was esti-
mated by comparing municipal rates
with those that the Tennessee Elec-
trio Power Co., subsidiary of the com
pany that WilIkie headed until his re-
ceived the republican nomination,
maintained during its last 10 months
of existence. Willkie has claimed
credit for establishing low rates for
electricity.
The saving is equal TO an average
of s11.70 for every man, woman and
child in this city Of 10000 popula-
ton. An Illuminating sidelight is that
industrial customers were the great
est beneficiaries, paying sS05,661 less
than they would have been charged
under the Willkie schedules.
Willkie has complained that the
government has placed undue burdens
on industry In Chattanooga the gov
eminent has lifted from industry a
burden imposed by Willkie.
Residential consumers saved S4l3,-
1888, commercial customers paid $780,
932 less, and the street lighting bill
was cut s17,5S6.
The public-owned power system not
only cut rates but also accumulated
a cash surplus. After providing for
all expenses, including purchase OF
iva power, maintenance, deprecia-
ton, taxes, interest on bonded debt,
redemption of bonds, and appropria-
lions for additions and extensions, the
books show $751; 23 left in the till.
Answering the frequent criticism OF
foes of public power that they don't
pay the taxes the private companies
do" the report noted that $50 OF the
municipals plants total revenue is
paid directly in taxes with an addi-
tional SO paid to iva as applicable
for taxes-a total of 1870. This COM
pares with an average of 14.3go paid
in 1898 by all private utilities in the
U. S.
The Chattanooga operation shows
total assets of s15,633,999 and liabil-
tiles of 100000 in long term bonds.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-09-04
CAMPAIGN OF
Constitutional
EDUC'I LEAGUE

In an effort to enlist support for
it's anti-democratic activities, the "Con-
stitutional Educational League, Inc y
is circularizing certain Wall Street Of
fees with documents purporting to
show the Leagues patriotic accom-
plishments. ]. w. Hughes, who signs
the letter accompanying the League
material ominously remarks to the
recipient: $50 that you may have an
idea as to just how serious the FIFTH
COLUMN situation is in America,
may | call your attention to page 4
of the booklet enclosed" On the
specified page of the booklet, "The
Fifth Column in Washington" appears
List No. II 1t names eminent Wash
ington Fifth Columnists," among
them: Robert H. Jackson, O. John
Royce, Harry Hopkins, David Saposs,
Frances Perkins, and Harold L. Ickes.
The booklet includes hundreds of
other names, the majority Of which
are markedly Jewish.
1t is significant that in the material
which is being distributed by the
League, no mention is made of fascist
Fifth Column activity in this country.
AS far as the League is concerned
the Ku Klux Khan, the Christian
Continued on page Two)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-09-04
COOP BANK
IN INDIANA IS
SUCCESSFUL

Our first year of operation has def
initely established the feasibility of
cooperative banking" These were
the words of l. II. Hull, general man
ager of the Indiana Farm Bureau Co.
op Assn. and president of the bank
which this cooperative organization
took over about a year ago. The
bank in which the Indiana Co-ops pur-
chased controlling interest last year
is the Citizens State Bank at Beech
Grove, Ind
"Our experience has shown that
there are at least two angles which
would justify an expansion of this
program in the future. First, we have
increased, capital has been built up
and savings have been adequate.
There is practically no hazard in tax
ing our own funds and those of our
friends and loaning them to or
through our own organizations with
all the cooperative advantages Of a
known demand for the service, low
cost operation and the close relation
ship Of the organizations that per-
mits a positive check on credit limits.
"In the second place we have re-
discovered the exploitation that is
practiced in many credit transactions.
In fertilizer, for instance, the time
price in this territory is $40 above the
cash price and this allows for only
four months settlement period. This
means that the buyer pays 15% per
annum penalty plus $50 interest which
is regularly charged, or total of 21%o
for the use of this money. Some
what the same system prevails on
farm machinery and automobiles
where the earnings are sometimes
higher on their financing service than
on the original sales.
1--WE see another important function
of the bank in the future as a source
of additional funds or as depository
for excess funds of our credit unions
of which we now have 46 in the state
with assets close to one-half million
dollars. A start was made on this
during the year also.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-09-04

know what he has in the back of his
head once the election is over and
the defense program is rolling along
They do not want to give him the
power for day of reckoning.
To some extent, this may be cor
rect appraisal of the present situation
For example, last week, this column
is reliably informed, a representative
of large manufacturing concern
came to Washington to sound out the
Administration. In an off-the-record
interview with an Administration
spokesman, this gentleman was told
1.-THE American people cannot be ex
pected to swallow the things that bus
mess is doing these days-and they
will not swallow it," So maybe the
Wall Street boys know the President
better than some of the liberals do.
The fight, of course, is centered In
the House, where the reactionary
forces are more solidly entrenched
than they are in the Senate, and
where the rules permit votes to be
taken on important matters that are
not of record. This enables members
to vote against the best interests OF
their constituents without being an
swerable to them. 1t is of distinct
aid in the kind of a campaign such
as is now going on.
WILKES emergence as leader III
this fight is resented in some quart
ers. A republican congressman, call
ing Minority Leader Joe Martins Of
flee to find out what the plans were
Martin was not I'M was told: ave
wish that our candidate (meanne
WiIIkie) wouldn't pop out every day
on matters of this kind" That per
son might have spoken out of turn
but hardly without some knowledge
of what it was about.
Whether the amendment will be de
feated in the House or not nobody
knows. Last week it would have
passed overwhelmingly. But the boys
Continued on page Two)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-09-04
FISH and
GAME DEPT.
SETS Time

The following days have been set
by the Fish and Game Commission in
the various counties for the sports
men of the state to try out their
craftsmanship on birds:
Native Upland Game Birds:
September 1, 2, and Blaine, Phil
| lips, Valley, Roosevelt, Sheridan, Dan
iels, Garfield, McCone, Richland, Daw-
son, Prairie, Custer, Fallon, Powder
River, Carter, Rosebud, Wibaux. Bag
limit three 90 birds per day. Pos
session limit three (3) birds.
September %, 23, and 24-Lincoln
county. Bag limit three 90 birds per
day. Possession limit six (6) birds
after the first day.
September 22- Flathead, Glacier,
Pondera, Teton, Sanders, Lake, Min
eral, Missoula, Powell, Lewis & Clark.
Cascade, Meagher, Broadwater JEFF
ferson, Granite, Ravalli, Deer Lodge,
Silver Bow, Beaverhead, Madison, Gal
latin, Park, Sweetgrass, Saltwater,
Carbon, Big Horn, Yellowstone, Treas
ure, Wheatland, Golden Valley, Mus
selshell, Petroleum, Fergus, Judith Ba-
sin, Chouteau, Hill, Liberty, Toole.
Bag limit three 49, birds. Possession
limit three CD birds.
Chinese Pheasants:
November 10 to December l. ~
days, state wide, all day Sundays and
Holidays, one-half days week days be-
ginning at 12 o'clock noon. Bag limit
three (3) cocks per day. Possession
limit six CO. cocks after the first day.
Trapping Season:
Mink, Muskrat and Fox-December
to April Is.
Marten-December / to February l.
Duck:
october / to November 29-Limit
10 ducks per day, 20 possession limit.
Shooting hours sunrise to o'clock,
p. m.
Geese:
October l to November 29-Limit
three 80 geese per day, six go pos
session limit. Shooting hours sunrise
to A o'clock, p. m.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-09-04
C0R0NETS
Preferable TO
ANTI-FASCISTS

There's an ocean between refugee
Norwegian princess and refugee
German who actually fought against
the nazis.
The princess is on this side of the
ocean, and is photographed riding
with President Roosevelt to visit the
county fair. Her life and freedom
are secure; she has her children with
her. and apparently she does not
worry about what to scrape up Tor
breakfast.
But the German refugee and 1900
others like him are on the wrong side
of the ocean. in French concentration
camps. They don't visit county fairs,
and they are lucky If they get any
thing for breakfast.
One kind of visitor has ready ac-
cess to the concentration camps. rms
favored person is representative OF
Heinrich Himmler's Gestapo, an or
ganization that is exceedingly inter-
ested in the men who fought in Spain
against Mussolini and Hitler.
Already, reports the United Ameri-
can Spanish Aid Committee, scores
of these veterans of the Spanish war
have been claimed by the Gestapo, I'M
der an arrangement sanctioned by the
Petain government. The least they
face upon return to Germany is I'M
prisonment and torture. Many Will
be executed.
In addition to the 1900 anti-fascists
CONTINUED on Page Four)