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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-05

and put some in bonds and some
in notes, according to which vas
the cheapest for the government,
So, in 1885, with the depression
driving them, the congressman made
t debt a revolving affair. They
said the outstanding debt at any
one time could be s45, 900, . 10000
That gave the Treasury a constant
ceiling, and plenty of room to maka
its debts the cheapest way.
The Secretary of the Treasury
told congress he thought a 45,bilio1'
dollar ceiling would give him
enough room to save money. There
was very little discussion Of how
much the limit ought to be. It was
all a matter of convenience and
necessity, of how much leeway the
government needed.
At What Point?
The nub of the whole business IS
this:
Governments, like people, can,
and have, become bankrupt and re-
pudiated their debts. At what point
will the banks, insurance companIes
and citizens begin to shy away
from government bonds and refuse
to buy them, fearing they won't s'
either their money or their interest
Nobody knows. Meanwhile, you
are paying $1,000, 900, 900 a year III
t rest on the public debt. And you
own a chunk of it, too.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-05
TOP o. THE MORNING

20 God, whose name is Saviour, deliver us
this day, ON the fair threshold Of aohich We
stand, from the enemies ue fear and the sins
1oe hate. Touch our hearts Nth the peace
that passeth understanding and inspire our
qoils aoith q quiet courage that is mever dis
mayed nor daunted. In Christ's mdme Amen"
BISHOP BRENT in Today
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-05
Services Held
For Mrs. Y. P. Squares

COUNCIL, Feb. 4.-Funeral NV,
for Mrs. V. P. Squires, former 10, -.
dent of Bladen county who dIS" -
her home in Raleigh Friday WI,
held from the Carvers Creek elD''
this afternoon at 2 o'clock. =,
Mrs. Squires was the daushtel
the late Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. " ~,
Of Council. She is survived py -,
husband and one son, Richalu, w.,
sister, Mrs. Sheridan Bosher; Div
brothers, Jim, Ernest, ana
Green.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-05
BY MORGAN M. BEATTY
AP Feature Service Writer

WASHINGTON, Feb. A. Behind
the economy headlines pouring out
of congress these days lies the ma
tional debt limit-a bugaboo Of fl.
nance that always turns into a
bugaboo Of politics in election years.
The minute the federal govern
ment reaches it's debt limit Gf it
does) the headlines will proclaim
the news to $780, 900, 900 American
citizens and to the world.
AS far IS anybody can tell now,
the net result will be to give the
republican party a handy peg for
their plea against federal spending
nothing more, nothing less.
The limit Of direct federal debt
is fixed by law at s45, 900, 900, 900,
although the actual total obligations
Of the federal government are much
higher, counting social security
bonds and the obligations of govern
ment corporations guaranteed by
the treasury. At the moment, the
direct debt is crowding close to the
$4,000 ,00O, 900 mark.
Every man-jack of US who holds .
social security card or an Insurance.
policy really has a chunk Of the ma
tional debt in his safety deposit
box, just as if we had bought a
government bond.
Why The Limit?
Why a limit fixed by law, and
how did it get where it is?
Search in vain. You'll find no
fundamental financial philosophy to
back up any specific debt limit law.
When the 4~5.billion.limit was set in
1885, it simply seemed a sensible
thing to congress to give the treas.
ury some leeway for issuing bonds
and notes against the federal gov.
eminent.
In itself, the specific debt limit
Of S45, 900. 900, 900 means nothing.
Nobody can prove it's too high
or too low. Nobody al say it ought
to be this or that figure. and be
sure he's right.
Anybody can argue about the
debt limit. Anybody can claim we're
spending more than we take in and
we're going bankrupt. Or anybody
can say that's a lot Of poppycock,
we're the richest nation in the
world, and that we can stand a lot
If debt for the sake of saving
American citizens from misery.
But nobody can prove what he's
about.
In Old Trouble. Causer
Debt, like religion, has chung to
civilization through all it's ups ana
Ancient Greece and Rome
heard the same arguments we're
rearing today. ,,
But debt was never really astro-
lomical until the :n~odern-day bank.
r learned how to pile one chunk
# it on top of another. The bank
r learned how to do that under the
'timulus of colonization in the 10Th
century. In 1872, the total private
public debt OF the world was
round the $500, 000, oo0.mark. In
he hundred years Of war and col.
that followed, the total
World debt scared to s450,o 900 900, 900.
Vow it's over $500, 600, 0O0, 900, and
,oing up.
by and large, debt piles up after
vars. Take u own case. At the
no OF the Revolutionary war, our
'ational debt was about SIS per per. 8
1t dropped almost to zero by
$40, but the Civil war boosted it I
gain to ST per person. Il
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-05
FAST ABOLISHED

ARMAGH, Northern lreIahu' rr,
4.-R-Joseph Cardinal M@ .;s,
primate of all Ireland and arci ,hs
op of Armagh, today apsolHeu +ioa
Catholic archdiocese from oni7 il
to fast during the coming a,;on,
view of the many pr4
brought on by wan"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-05

The days Of pussyfooting by Republicans
against the New Deal are over.-senator H.
styles Bridges (Rep, N. H.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-05

kerosene lamp without a chimney
standing on a sewing machine UT
gin Of the blaze was not deter
mined.
Glacier County chief., 1940-04-12

door up there unlocked. Then Miss
Lundgren finds 1t out and locks the
door. and fires the girl-with no refer
ence."
Gee" says, she sounds good,
Lundgren does"
She's the coolest hearted, most ego
tistical devil in the state of Massa-
chusettS," says he "She hasn't a friend
in the place outside of the old man.
She's a prize meglo-maniac, that's
what she is, and I wouldn't wonder if
she ended her days as patient. But
she's able as hell"
Where does Miss Lonergan come
oh. her" he says. She got word
and had it out with Lundgren and
when that didn't do any good, she
phones her uncle in Boston and he's
going to put the girl right into one
of the institutions he's on the board
Miss Lonergan. now, and the sooner
she leaves the better
Next day when Miss Lonergan came
in l got ready for squalls. but not
at all. She was bright as a button.
You know. I saw myself up to my
shoulders yesterday" she says
mol" says 1. feeling really sorry
for her. And yet I got kind of a
kick out of it. You know, when things
work out to match your diagnosis
like an X-ray will often do, you feel
good felt I had it all over Criley
and that big boob Miner up there.
Il certainly shan't leave till I've
seen myself completely, DR.. Frosch,
she goes on. I've got it into my head
now. I suppose" she says, sort of en-
barrassed, but smiling at me, and you
know how those things are. You just
have to go through with them Don't
you think SOP"
Sure 1 do I says. You'll be all
right, Miss Lonergan"
The teeth were doing fine, she told
me, and I only had the least little bit
of filing on the CANNES. 1t was swell
job.
And I've another patient for you"
she says.
Really" says I, that's very kind,
Miss Lonergan."
Il thought it was the least I could
do, you've worked so hard" she says.
though I don't mind telling you I
didn't want to. doctor-that woman
always makes me nervous. Shes al
ways talking about her symptoms and
we're on honor not to do that, you
know. But after all, I'm leaving and
I thought I could stand it, so I let
her go on about her teeth for half
an hour and then urged her to give
you trial. First she said she couldn't
DuI at laSt Sne SAID Sne would. tOld
her I'd bring her down.
And hope to God you see the rest
OF yourself, you poor crazy kid. thinks
to myself, because you won't get
many more chances, if this hell-cat
of a housekeeper is like what they
say.
certainly got a jolt the next day
A new angle to the case, as we say.
She was bringing the new patient in,
and very decent it was of her too,
because If ever I saw sourpuSs in
the chair it was that old girl. I could
see Miss Lonergan had had to rope,
gag and throw her to get her there.
A complete upper denture and it would
pay well.
Glacier County chief., 1940-04-12

Miss Lonergan said she had to go to
Boston on business. They couldn t
have thought there was much the
matter with her. to let her do that, l
figured. A lot they knew about it! But
l didn't care 1t was up to them.
Sunday evening l dropped in to see
if Luella was doing all right, and
she and her aunt were up in the air.
I'd told Miss Lonergan about poor
Luella wanting to take nursing train
ing. but the training school was nearly
full, up state, where she had chance,
and they soak them for uniforms, too.
Well, just as she got the, money to-
gether for that. she broke her leg
and the place got filled up. and she
had to spend the money for the doctor.
Well, Miss Lonergan saw her uncle
/ in Boston and he got a scholarship
for Luella in crack training school
there. and Miss Lonergan was going
to get her the uniforms, as soon as her
leg knit No wonder the kid was ex-
When my lady turns up Monday she
was really almost good natured, for
her.
do you know, can see myself up
to my waist" she says. wouldn't you
say my eyes were getting better steadi-
ly, doctor?"
ct looks that way, surely" says I.
ashamed to look at her, really.
Why she admitted she could see her
self all right in any other glass. What
could be wrong with her eyes; Why
would they 60 back on her with JUS.
see it? Unless, of course. the glass was
really bum, which I'd thought all along
it was. All right. then it would stay
bum, wouldn't it? How could she see
higher up in it every day or so? But
not having any scientific education
she couldn't see that, smart as she was.
Because you can be smart, and looney.
too-Criley admitted that.
Criley came In to tell me his partial
was all right, a day or two after that,
and then he says:
Look here, Frosch, you're not not
stretching this inlay JOB OF yours ,G out
Lonergan ought to be getting ready to
leave us soon and she's all full of eX-
cuses about her teeth"
II certainly am not" I says. Il CO.
ment the whole works in tomorrow,
and then I ought to have her around
likely therel be a little filing to do,
as the gum settles, but I don't an
ticipate any trouble"
I wanted to tell the poor COOP that
wild horses wouldn't get her out of
that place till she'd seen herself in
lnaJ uarned mirror Dut now coulu I!
Maybe they wouldn't let her out at all
then!
shes better them" says I.
"Oh, immensely Miners delighted.
She had no more of those brooding
spells and she's begun to talk to the
other patients. If they'll keep to the
system and cooperate there's precious
few he can't cure" says Criley. THE
only trouble though is that many Of
'em want to stay when we get through
with them. Now, that won't do; they
must get out and make normal con-
facts. And he's afraid she's going to
be difficult"
"Oh, I don't believe So" I says,
hoping to God she'd get this fixed idea
Glacier County chief., 1940-04-12
. MIRROR

Of hers cleared up and get away before
they found it out.
Its unfortunate, Just at this point"
he says, because to tell you the truth,
she's had a little run in with our
housekeeper, Miss Lundgren. Miss
Lundgren is feeling rather bitter about
1t and though I can't really blame
Miss Lonergan, still Lundgren is alb
solutely Indispensable to the old man
and he'd hit the ceiling if he lost her."
How Gomez" I asked.
We'll" he says. ''it seems Miss Lon
ergan found her way up to the attic
and fixed up little hideout for her
self there. 1 don't know that it makes
any difference to us-we don't police
our people. She did no harm what
ever. But for once Lundgren didn't
know about it-that's what's eating
her, if you ask me. She has to be God
Almighty up there or bust 1t seems
the chambermaid on Miss Lonergan's
floor knew all about this" Criley tells
me, but she likes Miss Lonergan so
she didn't say anything and left the
Glacier County chief., 1940-04-12

Well, when she came in, showing the
old sourpuSS ahead of her, one look
at her face was enough for me. He
was elected, all right. Honestly, you'd
never know it was the same girl She
looked handsomer, anyway, all worked
up and alive. And a mighty snappy
getup, red coat and a red hat with
a black. shiny crows feather
Brad" she says.
Exactly" says he.
But I told you" she begins.
I hustled the old girl into the office
right there.
And I told you" he says. 80 that
makes us even. Now. Elizabeth, I've
had enough of this. You know where
stand. Are you coming with me, or
not? Because I shant ask you again
Well. could have socked him for
that. 1t was no way to talk to that
one
I took a look at the old girl and
she was grinning from ear to ear
just eating it up. So I figured. any
thing to keep her quiet, and what the
heck did they care?
Listen, Brad" says Miss Lonergan.
If you'll give me half an hour. Ill
tell you. I've got to get back there
tell you"
Tell me what?" he asks her.
Tell you it's all right" she says
OF course I knew where she was go
ing. but 1 thought it was kind of hard
on Criley. considering that snake of a
housekeeper. Shed ought to have
thought of that, really
But I needn't have worried. She was
back inside the half hour, and she
knocked on my office door
Il wanted to tell you, doctor" she
says. its all right. Every bit of me.
Right up to the top of this quilll''
Fine" I says, did Criley help you
oh, I couldn't ask him." she says.
1T wouldn't be fair. There's a little
difficulty there. I just slipped into
his office at lunchtime, and took the
key off the board and had a dupli-
cate made in the village Give it to
him, will you? 1t was much simpler,
and I had to know"
kind.
For Gods sake. they haven't been
locking you up. Elizabeth?" he asks.
Heavens no." she says, don't be
silly. Brad. What would they lock me
up for? DR.. Frosch knows what mean
1t was something I had to see, before
before
Before what?" he says.
Before drove back with you" says
she. DIR: Frosch. this is my fiance
Bradley Lippincott."
PLEASED to meet you" says I. land
I'd like to offer my congratulations -
AS I expected. Criley dropped in
next morning, and I gave him back
the key and spilled the whole thing
to him. I just had to. After all, he
brought her in. He didn't seem as
upset as I'd thought he would, though
Say he says. what did you get a
diploma for, anyway, you old son of
a gun? Maybe you've got something
there, I wouldn't wonder. The girls
fine as silk, now, anyhow. You never
can tell what fantastic ideas that type
will come across with" he says, she's
high strung and imaginative. Anything,
Glacier County chief., 1940-04-12

While I was getting ready for them
a good looking guy drives up in a
whale of a convertible sedan and
slides into the office looking all around
as if he hoped nobody'd see him,
which wasn't the way you'd think he'd
act, from his clothes and his build.
What can I do for your" says I.
He gave a funny kind of grin and
I judged he didn't need my services
nor any other dentists
You can tell me if Miss Lonergan
is likely to look in here, if you will, I"
he says. got the idea. The patients
up there are on honor not to see
friends or family-especially family
during their stay. If they slip up on
that. out they go.
Well, figured I should worry. She
was about ready to leave, anyway, and
knew she couldn't get another
chance at that mirror. now. and maybe
if he had enough drag with her, he
could make her forget that stuff.
Stay right where you are and may
be she'll be along"
Glacier County chief., 1940-04-12
IS Nurses Granted
Permit to Practice
CaLLing in Montana

The state board Of examiners for
nurses has granted IS reciprocity GER
tificates permitting graduates in nurs-
Montana.
All have met the requirements of the
Montana board, Edith N. Brown. board
secretary, said
Applicants whose homes are in Mon
tana included: Helen NJ Arson. Bonita
L. Duaime and Marjorie Gatenby
Ryan. Butte: Margaret Scott Baker
Lewistown: Sarah Bernhard and Mary
Cathryn Lautz, Baker; Rosena H
Brunkow. Marcella E Hull and Eliza
beth A. Wright. Billings; Dorothy Lee
Kingsley and Viola Hejtmanek. Great
Falls: Emma Logan. Lydia Ann Price,
Mildred P Richie and Dorothy M.
Stallwood Missoula.
The Philippines government will OPP
crate shipping service.
Glacier County chief., 1940-04-12
News Briefs
From the Treasure State

BILLINGS-Billings has been award
ed the 1871 convention of the north
west aviation planning council.
HARLOWTON-Cou Assessor d
E. Perkins says indications are that
the livestock population will show an
increase over 1899.
DILLON-Dillon won sweepstakes
honorS in a Rocky mountain district
Future Farmers of America contest
here. Deer Lodge was second, White
hall, third, and Twin Bridges, fourth.
GREAT FALLS-Elk in the Rocky
mountain division of the Lewis and
Clark national forest have come
through the winter in good condition,
X. I. Ferguson, supervisor, announced.
The elk. the ranger reported, are well
scattered over the region
BUTTE-Richard A. Kunkel, rs. pio-
neer Butte banker and retired automo-
bile dealer, died here after a prolonged
illness. He was born in Fayetteville,
Pa, and came TO Anaconda in 1887.
He moved to Butte in 1891 and had
lived here since that time
HELENA-Out-of-St state residents
who hunted big game in Montana dur
ing the last season found the sport
good, according to a report by Jack
w. Carney chief deputy game warden.
Carney reported that ia out-of-state
residents killed l34 deer, elk or bear
MISSOULA-About1 100 members are
expected to attend the 1910 convention
of the Montana department, Reserve
Officers association. here May 25. Re-
serve Officers are expected from Kali
LSpell, Great Falls. Butte. Bozeman,
Helena. Billings and Fort Peck.
A native Of Kenya. in Africa, has
sent to the district commissioner an
Offering Of his three pigs to help pay
for the war
Glacier County chief., 1940-04-12

spected the new library-museum
building on the hilltop campus of
the Montana School of Mines at
Butte recently on the occasion oil
ture. The building, which cost
5000 900, is the latest addition to
the world famous institution which
dominates Butte's western skyline.
Construction on the building was
started in December Of 1898. and 1t
was completed last fall. Bit by bit
the Main hall was emptied OF its ad-
ministrative offices, library and mu-
scum, and the vacated space is now
being used as classrooms and labor
atories.
Located on the southeast corner of
the campus, the library-museum com
pletes the front skyline of the schools
buildings. It is constructed of rein
forced cement and steel, finished with
tapestry brick and cream terra Gotta.
Huge Bronze Doors
Three pairs of bronze doors, en-
bossed with relief panels, depicting the
advance of the mining industry, front
the structure. The doors are located in
three arches of terra Gotta and are
approached by granite steps. In each
arch is fixed a seal. The first of these
is that of the state of Montana. the
second of the school. and the third is
the seal of the American Institute OF
VI =
Polished Montana travertine adorns
the walls of the interior of the build
ing.
The library reading room is located
on the first floor of the building.
map room. library staff workroom and
the librarians office adjoin the main
reading room. The library stacks,
which occupy two floors and can house
$4,000 volumes. can be entered from
the reading room. Study tables are To-
Gated in the stackroom providing IA
cilities for special research work.
Vast Map of Montana
On the first landing is the topo-
graphical map of Montana completely
encaSed in glass. The mezzanine floor
contains the offices of the president
and the registrar, as well as faculty
meeting room.
The upper floor is devoted to the
museum exhibits. Both a main room,
which can be converted into an audi
torium. and the galleries adjoining will
be used for display of the schools
mineral collection. All exhibits have
been carefully catalogued and can be
easily found and understood by the
most casual onlooker In the southeast
display room are located geological
and mine model exhibits. A stage that
can be used during drama preSenta-
tons Is located at the northwest end
Of the main exhibition room.
Over 40 years ago the first building
at the school was dedicated. and since
that time a steady progress in the
construction of needed buildings has
been continued.
Glacier County chief., 1940-04-12
iii for
rs Years

For Is years I had been troubled
with might rising 1t became so bad
that l had to get up every Is minutes
and then would pass only a few drops
each time 1t bothered me all the time,
with no relief I lost sleep weight and
energy. The trouble made me SO ir-
rltable and nervous that my family
worried about me constantly. I could
not do my work properly and felt that
was failing in my duties. tried all
kinds of treatments and all kinds Of
medicines. but never got any relief
Some saidd had bladder trouble, some
female trouble, and others high blood
pressure. I told the Wong Sun Com
pany of my trouble, and was convinced
that their herbs could help me, so I
bought two weeks supply from them
Now I never get up in the night, and
sleep perfectly well all night long. I
eta better. sleep better, and my family
is again happy in my new health. I
would certainly recommend Wong Suns
Chinese Herbs to anyone"
MRS. MARIE ADAMS,
Sheridan, wyoming.
Glacier County chief., 1940-04-12
BY JOSEPHINE DASKAM BACON
Copyright 1910: By News Syndicate Co., Inc
IN TWO PARTS-PART TWO

Well, then, where'd she get that
idea? What was different, for Pete's
sake? Why, says to myself, she's diff
ferent! Then got the idea. For once
sides herself-that poor lame kid out
in the sticks, there, Luella I don't
mind telling you was kind of sur
prised when I asked her if she'd OBJ
ject, if I took a little time off for
Luella, and she said, Not at ALL
Those rich ones are apt to be fuSsy
And then she ran her home-remem-
Der?
And that day. she thinks she sees
her feet! OF course. she didn't: mean
you and I would have seen them all
the time, but she thought she did
And then she went out and got Luella
the next day, and then what happens?
Why, she sees her knees!
We laid off that Saturday, account
Glacier County chief., 1940-04-12

twenty-five thousand people diSap-
peared from their homes in England
in the last year.
Glacier County chief., 1940-04-12

A native Of Kenya. in Africa. has
sent to the district commissioner an
offering Of his three pigs to help pay
for the war
Glacier County chief., 1940-04-12

The Philippines government will op-
crate shipping service.
Glacier County chief., 1940-04-12
SCHOOL OF MINES
HAS NEW LIBRARY
THOUSANDS AT DEDICATION OF
NEW STRUCTURE ON HILL
TOP CAMPUS
Building Houses Museum of Mineral
Exhibits in Addition to Reading
Room, Map Room, Offices Of Presi-
dent and Registrar of School

Thousands of Montanans in
spected the new library-museum
building on the hilltop campus of
the Montana School of Mines at
Butte recently on the occasion OF
the formal dedication of the struc-
ture. The building, which cost
5000 900, is the latest addition to
the world-famOus institution which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-13

Of the Balkans and the Near
East. Some commentators spec
ulated that Germany might be
seeking Russian approval before
violating Bulgaria or Yugoslavia
in order to crush Greece
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