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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-01-26

future of America. / am convinc-
ed that we can solve this prob
lem as the New Dealers are con
WINGED they cannot. We must
solve it. -. 5000
For there has never been any
government anywhere which con
tinued indefinitely spending NOR
t h n it could collect in taxes
without a final tragic reckoning.
Such spendthrift governments
have always in the end been
brought up sharply by one OF z
alternatives. They slashed eX-
penses and imposed crushing
taxes, bringing hard times and
suffering for all of the people
Or they accepted initiation OF the
currency and Reputation of the
government debt, thus also bring
ING hard timse and suffering Tor
their people. There are only two
roads and they both come out at
the same place. We in this
cuntry do not need to go down
either of those roads if we can
recover control of our financial
destiny in time.
Now, there are o m e people
who say. Lets just run lltf'c
deficit" They want to go just
a little bankrupt. Even if we dar-
ed go just LITTLE bankrupt
let's see tn effect of our pres
ent course.
Take New England, for exam
pie. 1t is great Industrial
region. If all the industrial
workers of New England gave
up their earnings to the United
States government, it would take
them eight years to supply as
much money as the government
spends in one year.
Take the 100000 workers in
the steel industry-the largest
manufacturing industry i'll the
country. If they gave up all OF
their wages to the government
it would take them twelve years
to provide the nine billion dol
lars that this administration
spends in one year.
Where d O the administra-
ton get this enormous amount
of money? Well, it borrows part
of it. But how the rest? Some
people think the rich pay all the
taxes. 1t has been proclaimed
from the White House and from
every roStrum in America that
the New Deal, by soaking the
rich, would make the poor better
off. There are two kind sof poll
ticans-one comes to power by
pretending to soak the rich and
be the friend of the poor; the
other tries to tell the truth.
Now the plain truth is that the
rich don't pay this staggering
tax bill. Let's Sc why.
Take 1937-the best year we
have had under the New Deal.
The personal income tax rates
ranged from a per cert to 70
per cent. Yet the total amount
collected was only one and one
quarter of a billion dollars. Even
CONTINUED on Page Four)
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-01-26
White Carolina Group Backs
Anti-Lynch Bill Urges Wire.
By Crusader News Agency

By Crusader News Agency
The fight for the passage of
he anti-lynching bill gained
momentum this week with the
holding of numerous mass meet
ings in various parts OF the land
endorsements of the measure by
many labor and civic orgaiza-
tions and the INTRODUCING in the
New York State Legislature Of
several resolutions approving
the bill and memorializing Con-
gress to pass it. The bill was
passed by the House by q vote OF
PSI to 1873 on January 10. 1t is
now pending in the Senate where
| lit faces threatened filibuStcr
by tory Democratic seatorS.
Rejecting the widespread
support for federal anti-lynch-
ing legislation, the North Caro-
lima League of Progressive Demo
cracy has adopted strongly
worded resolution favormg pass
age of the measure.
"a majority of the North
Carolina newspapers and a big
majority of North Carolina
citizens are in support of the
BILL" Judge Ira r. Humphreys,
white, chairman of the Leagues
committee on legislation, said
in releasing the resolutions. The
resolution reads
"The ghasty crime of lynch
ing has cost we'll over 5000 in-
nocent lives in this country since
1882; lynching is an instrument
of terror used in the EXPEDITION of
both Negro and white workers
and farmers the states have de
monstrated their inability or UNI
willingness to cope with the
problem alone, and have thereby
shown the necessity for federal
aid in stamping out these bloody
outrages. therefore be it resolv-
led that the NLPD urge that the
II Congressman and 2 Senators
from this state vote in favor OF
1.-THE federal anti-lynching bill. "
/ In the national capital, the
I Washington bureau of the Inter
| national Labor Defense warned
lof tory conspiracy to defeat the
| bill in the senate and urged that
bquick and energetic action be tax
Zen by Supporters of the bill to
lAood the Senate Judiciary COM
| mittee with demands for prompt
land favorable action on the bill.
[Senator Henry f. Ashhurst is
lchairman of the committee.
, "The first job of the enemies
of lynching is to persuade the
members of the Senate Judiciary
lcommittee to take quick and
Iprompt action on the BILL" the
lid pointed out.
/ A similar warning was issued
bby Walter White, executive
bsecretary Of the NAACP. We
fare going to have a tough fight
o pass the anti-lynching bill il
1.-The senate, White said. "Wheth
Der or not we will win this fight dc
fpends almost entirely on the
{pressure that can be eXerted
and exerted at once, by the PEG
Iple back home.
Both organizations urged thai
supporters Of themeasure wire
or write to their Senators as wei
as to chairman Ashurst Of the
Senate Judiciary Committee, url
ling passage of the bill.
O--
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-01-26
Rivel Turns Many Wheels

The Merrimac river in New Eng
land is said 20 turn more factory
wheels than any other stream in
the world.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-01-26
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Il easy to make

Here's where you "skyrocket" your
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tons at the right, but be sure to use
the new triple-creamed shorten
ing, Spry, because you do want
to have that luscious flavor, that
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y Surprise the family-servc
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day. Don't forget, these tender
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-02-15

Thomas gave a dinner at Tangle-
wood, on Friday evening. Those
asked to meet DR.. and Mrs. Janney
were Mr.. and Mrs. Richard M
Janney, Mr.. and Mrs. Mahlon Kirk,
~, and Mr.. and Mrs. William John
Thomas.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. K. Metzger en-
tertained the Neighbors Society at
the Francis LATHE Inn on Thurs
day. Very interesting movies of
Boulder Dam were shown to the
members. Miss Estelle T. Moore
presided. They adjourned to Capt
and Mrs. H. B. Beavers.
Josiah w. Jones has returned
from Roanoke, Va, where he went
to attend agricultural meetings.
H. Janney Nichols, of Westfeld
N. j., is with his brother-in-law
and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert H
Miller.
Mrs. Francis Miller had eight
friends to lunch, members of the
Friday Bridge Club. Mrs. Mahlon
Bancroft was the guest for the day.
DR.. and Mrs. John H. Janney will
locate in New York for several
months; leaving on Tuesday for
that city, with their daughter,
Miss Mary Janney.
Osborn and Stanley Stabler were
hosts to the Enterprise Farmers
Club on Saturday evening at
Sunnyside.
Richard M. Hallowell, who is a
student at the University of Penn
sylvania, spent Saturday night at
Invercauld.
Miss Virginia Conway of Vent
nor, N. j., was guest at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Clark w. Slade.
DIR. Martha Stentzel is now resi-
dent physician at the Montgomery
County General Hospital.
Mrs. William Hurd Hill and Miss
Emnleline Hill have gone to Or
lando, Fla, where they will join
Mr.. Hill for a stay of several
months.
DIR. and Mrs. Jack A. Ladson will
leave on Saturday for Cape Cod,
where they will stay for a week.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Dallas Grady,
of Drayton, on Tuesday evening
had six guests to dinner.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-02-15
Speaking of Sports
Big Ten Sets
Good Example
In Athletic Aid
By ROBERT McSHANE

ny 1OODGAOA MCkoAAlA4NG
Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
lust how far can colleges and uni
- versities go in extending finan-
cial assistance to individual ath-
letes?
That is unquestionably the most
widely discussed problem in inter-
collegiate athletics today. The de-
mand for winning teams-a demand
emanating from alumni groups, stu
dent bodies and synthetic alumni
has resulted in many schools going
far afield in their search for ath-
letic talent-particularly gridiron lu-
minaries. 1t is obvious that many
schools have not relied solely upon
the fame Of their professors or the
glory Of their traditions to induce
athletes to die for dear old Clap
trap College. To these factors, in
many cases, must be added more
tangible persuader-financial aid.
The length to which a school may
60 in subsidizing athletes usually de-
ponds, or should depend, on confer
ence rulings. 1t is generally con-
ceded that a majority of schools
live up to the letter of their various
conference laws, a very few obey
the spirit of the laws, and that too
many of them wilfuIly evade restric-
tons.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-02-15
tNANA-wNU service)

GAN FRANCISCO.-You can't run
~ into Ty Cobb without thinking Of
baseball. When / run into Ty. the
Georgia Ghost, I turn the pages
back So years to 1904 around At
lanta and Royston, Ga, where I
first ran across the phenomenal
stripping who later on was to set
his game on fire.
The thought then was, If winter
comes, can Cobb be far behind?"
For Cobb was the bluebird harbinger
Of spring. II was at that time that
Cobb kept writing me letters, sign
ing Smith, Jones, Brown and Robin
son-all telling me what great play
er young Tyrus Raymond Cobb was.
l fell for the gag, not knowing that
Cobb was writing them and mailing
them to me from every tank town
stop. Anyway, Ty helped to make
me quite a prophet when advised
keeping an eye on him.
The Ty Cobb of 1910 lives just
outside San Francisco, and his two
favorite sports are hunting and golf.
At the age of 81 his hair is thinner
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-02-15

commissioner of Big Ten athletics,
in defining conference regulations,
states:
"Big Ten regulations ON the mat
ter of financial aid to athletes are
clear and definite. They state that
athletics within the conference are
to be conducted on . non-paid-play-
er basis. ALI unearned financial aid,
except from relatives or others in a
similar position, Is deemed mot per-
MISSILE unless Il be In the form Of
scholarships, loans or tuition remis-
sions administered by properly con-
stituted university authorities"
Members Of the conference submit
to Grifith's Office a complete record
Of all benefits accorded athletes out
Of university or athletic funds.
Few people can find fault with
those restrictions. They are log
ical solution to an onerous problem.
Big Ten schools do not attempt to fill
all available positions with football
players. Nor do they refuse to Of
fer a job to a prospective student
because he is an athlete.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-02-15
WOODFIELD

Miss Ruth Green had as guests
Saturday night Miss Mary King,
Mr.. Donald Warfield, Miss jamie
Grimes, Mr.. James Hawkins OF
Woodfield, and Mr.. Elmer Hines
Of Gaithersburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Green en-
tertained at dinner on Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles King, Mr..
and Mrs. Harrison King and
daughter, Augusta Mae. Other
callers in the afternoon were Mr..
and Mrs. Wesley Ward, Dorcas
and Eileen Ward of Baltimore;
! Mrs. Cedila Ward, Miss Mary
King, and Mr.. Donald Warfeld.
The Woodfield Grange met at
the Hall, Woodfield, Monday eve
ming. After the regular order of
business there was a taffy pull.
The Ladies Aid of Woodfeld
met Wednesday, February II and
elected new officers for the year.
Mrs. Merle Staly was elected
president; Mrs. Woodrow Ward,
vice-president; Miss Matte Pars-
ley, treasurer, and Miss jamie
Grimes, secretary.
The Young Women's Bible
Class met at the home of Mrs.
Pearle Pope Wednesday night.
Mrs. Lewis Duvall entertained
at luncheon and card party Mrs.
Elmer Green, Mrs. Woodrow
Ward, Mrs. George Pope, Mrs.
E. d. Hawkins, Mrs. Leroy
Wachter, Mrs. Alfred Burns and
Miss Peggy Pope.
Mr.. and Mrs. James R. King
had as dinner guests on Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. William II. Rad
cliffe and son Billy of Silver
Spring and Mrs. Wilfred Watkins
of Damascus.
Mrs. Vera Baldwin, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Wilson ar
rived here Monday night from
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for a months
stay with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Ward had
as supper guests Friday night,
Miss Hazel Jacobs and James
Riley Jacobs.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-02-15

By Crantland Rice

Present Ball Players Lack
Stamina, According to Ty
Cobb, Who Insists That the
Old Timers Played Better
Baseball.
(NANA-WNU Service.)
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-02-15
Unequal Restrictions

Many advocates Of simon-pure ath-
letics would swing the pendulum too
far. They shout "subsidization" too
quickly. No thinking person would
ban an athlete from q school job
merely because he is an athlete. His
chances for financial assistance
should be just as good-no better
than any other student.
Athletes a. listed In the Big Ten
reports include al varsity squad
members and winners Of freshmen
numeral awards. The $3.50 men who
are 50 listed represent 7.6 per cent
Of the total undergraduate male en-
rolIment In the conference, which
totals 67,S2S.
Scholarships are made available
to 4,475 students in the Big Ten,
and Of that number 315 are held by
athletes. The percentage Of ath-
letes holding scholarships CORE
spends almost identically to the pro-
portion Of the number of scholar
ships available to the total male en-
rollment.
What could be fairer?
II is difficult 10 find any grievOus
fault with an arrangement which
would allow a more or less wealthy
aIumnus to pay the way for . boys
education. Many athletes would new
er have had the benefits and adj
vantages of college education were
II not for the financial backing Of a
spOrts-minded sponsor. II would be
unfair discrimination to single out
the sponsored athlete and deny him
the right Of athletic participation.
BY the same token no one would
deny the athlete his rightful and
earned share Of scholarships. cam
pus jobs and student loans.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-02-15
Sandy Spring News

Miss Doris Lea who has been in
Florida, at Miami Beach, visited
Mrs. Edward Taylor, at Orlando,
before motoring home.
On Monday evening Mr.. and Mrs.
Harlan H. Crowell had Valentine
party asking six tables of bridge
to their home, Merivale.
Mrs. Maurice Janney Stabler
went last Wednesday to Newark,
N. j., where she will visit Mrs. B.
Rush Rhees.
DIR. and Mrs. John H, Janney,
who have recently come from
Europe, were the honor guests
when Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick L..
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-02-15

games-maybe so, il
he 10 really needed.
I mean men like
Walsh, C Young,
Alexander, Matty,
Chesbro, Joe Wood
the top guys. They
could take it-and
they loved it. Not
this modern crowd.
At least, most OF
them. They haven't
the stamina needed
to 60 on when there
IL no one to take
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-02-15
Regulations Defined

The Big Ten conference, one Of the
nations greatest, operates under
the basic principle that the athlete
is entitled to every consideration
which might be accorded a nom
athlete by the university, but moth
ing further. Maj. John L. Griffith,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-02-15

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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-02-15
Not Enough Leg Work

1.-THE kids today rarely use their
legs. They ride in place Of walking.
/ always had to walk. Maybe five
miles-maybe 20 miles. The old
time pitchers had to work in so or
90 games. Maybe more. I've seen
them come out long before the ball
game was scheduled to start in or
der to get the kinks out Of tired
arms, working out slowly for over
30 minutes. But not today Most Of
these kids today can't take II. They
have come up the easy way. They
have to be pampered.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-02-15

FOUR TIMES AS MANY MOTORISTS are using BethoIine
noas compared FIVE years agoas and thous
ands of motorists have discovered that gasoline can match
Bethones performance That's because Behone contains
high percentage of Benzol which outweghs gasoline by IA
pounds per gallon and which makes Behone heavier than
any gasoline
TIE EXTRA WEIGHT of BenzolBended Betholine made
up OF thousands of power units (B T. Us per gallon
and since it's that your car Betone obviously
gives more power and mileage gallon any gasoline
AND HATS NOT ALL! You also get the smooth knockree
performance that comes from the highest annock rating in
bethoine hstory-pus alaround satisfaction from your
Car than from any gasoline. Get Behoneand get
back the slight power pep extra mile
age and extra enjoyment of motoring.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-02-15
An Amazing Record

In my opinion, Ty Cobb ran up
one Of the great records of sport
something close to an an-time rec
ord-maybe the all-time top. For a
period of Is consecutive years he
led the American league in batting
exactly IL times.
And all the hitters he had to
beat out were Napoleon Lajoie,
Shoeless Joe Jackson, Iris Speaker,
Eddie Collins, Mig Clarke, Sam
Crawford, Bobby Veach and a flock
Of others who were shooting from
$50 to 400. One year Joe Jackson
hit .410 and Cobb still beat him out,
with a far deader ball than they
have had for the last IL or Is years.
Here is record-12 batting cham
pionships out Of 10 consecutive ma
jor league play. That will never
be approached again.
Who was Cobb batting against?
Only Walter Johnson, Big Ed Walsh,
Nick Aitrock, Addie Joss. Chief Ben
der, Colby Jack Coombs. Smoky Joe
Wood, Doc White, Cy Young, Eddie
Plank, Rube Waddell-most Of the
great pitchers Of all time.
The Soft Spot
l asked Ty what he thought the
difference was between the old-tim-
ers and the present crop.
Stamina" Ty said. II mean legs
and arms. I've lived ON my legs
most Of my life. As you may re-
member in "A big league years I
never spared my legs. I've played
many q game with almost no skin
on either thigh.
II believed then and l believe
now in toughening up your system
not sparing 1t. Between. seasons ]
hunted all winter, eight or ten hours
a day. That's what Bill Dickey has
done-and you know where Bill
Dickey stands in baseball.
''In my opinion, real pitcher
should be good for at least As ball
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-02-15

II thought Dizzy Dean was going
to be . thrOwback TO the old days
until Dir hurt his arm. He always
wanted TO pitch. To be In there.
But there are not many left like
that. They'd rather be resting up.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-02-15

Neglected Headlights
Neglected headlamps will lose as
much as one-third of their lighting
efficiency during the first year.
Evening star., 1940-03-01

sister. Miss Meigs has followed
with special pride the career OF her
nephew.
The association Of the Meigs fam
Ny with the District Court Building
has extended over three-quarters
Of . century. Miss Meigs' grand
father, . personal friend OF Presi-
dent Lincoln, was brought here to
aid In reorgani1ng the court about
1868. His friends today recalled
that he lived to be some % years
Of age and had previously aided in
codifying the Laws of Tennessee
which became standard work.
Grandfather Meigs' son, who was
also Return Jonathan Meigs, was
deputy clerk Of the court here under
his father. The unusual name Of
Return" is attributed to Revolu-
tionary War days, when Return
Evening star., 1940-03-01

court work in 1891. The Lmacy
Division has since grown to embrace
II dockets and through q, 900 cases
Miss Meigs' handwriting, which OBJ
tained for her many compliments, Il
spread.
Miss Meiss was born on March 2,
1868, 1T Staten Island, N. r, where
her family had moved from NAsh-
lille, Tenn. Old friends recalled to-
day that the family nved here for
many years 1T New Jersey avenue
and @ streets Sc. Miss ,Meigs'
brother, George G. Meigs, was q
lawyer here for q number Of years.
Her father, friends said, was the
fourth of his line to bear the name
Of Return Jonathan and q cousin
Of hers in New Jersey carries on the
family tradition in his name, In the
collateral line.
Evening star., 1940-03-01

Jonathan Meigs, in love with .
Quaker lassie, whose religion OPP
posed war, heard her say, when he
was marching OF to the wars: RE
turn, Jonathan, and I will wed thee.
And later he did. subsequently,
this Revolutionary War hero went
to Tennessee to negotiate with the
Cherokees.
Came Here a. Infant.
Miss Lizzie says that she "just
escaped being . Washingtonian" by
birth, having been born in New
York but coming here shortly after
ward. For the last 13 years, In the
Lunacy Division, her associate ha.
been Virginia X. Patterson. Miss
Meigs came into the Lunacy DiH-
sion, when 1t was started as a sepa-
rate branch Of the court, in March
1899, but she had been appointed tc
Evening star., 1940-03-01

National Air Races, Inc, was con-
sidering the transfer to Newark Air.
port because attendance had been
gradually falling" at Cleveland, site
Of the races IN recent years. +.
The announcement said the races
would be held "five or six days ey.
tending over the Labor Day weet
end"
Kenworthy said a survey made by
him last month indicated the tour
nament would draw 100000 per.
sons. He said he believed Newark
ideally suited" for the races which
could be run without interfering
with passenger airlines using thu
terminal.
The races each year have seer
new speed records made and beer
the testing grounds Of new develop
ments in aviation.
Evening star., 1940-03-01
National Air Races
10 Be Held Al Newark
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
NEWARK, N. J., March 1.-The
National Air Races, the country's
leading aviation contest. will be held
here this yer instead Of at Cleve-
land, Mayor Meyer G. Ellenstein
and Robert w. Kenworthy, repre-
sentative Of the race corporation,
announced last night.
Mr.. Kenworthy said he had been
afnliated with the air races since
1929 and represented the firm Of
Humphrey & Prestke Of Cleveland,
advertising agency handling the air
race promotion.
Earlier, Mayor Ellenstein had said
Evening star., 1940-03-01
Miss Elizabeth M. Meigs Ends
Half a Century at District Court
Credited With Being First Woman Assistont
Clerk in Any Federal TribunuI

Miss Elizabeth M. Meigs, known
TO hundreds Of older lawyers, court
attaches and judges as Miss Lizzie"
today rounds out nearly half
century Of service at District Court,
where she was in charge of the
Lunacy Division, and goes on the
retired list.
The granddaughter of Return
Jonathan Meigs, first clerk OF the
Evening star., 1940-03-01

reorganized Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia, as 1t was then
called, Miss Meigs Is not only the
first veteran member Of the court to
60 on retirement under recently
enacted legislation, but was the first
woman assistant clerk in any Fed
eral court in the Nation, her friends
say. When she was first appointed,
so radical was this deemed that on
Evening star., 1940-03-01
THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON c. FRIDAY MARCH l. 1e4o

cials advised her to sign her name
only E. M. Meigs, and as a result
she received from all over the
country mail addressed Dear Sir." !"
Confined by illness to her home in
the Portner Apartments, Fifteenth
and U streets NV, Miss Meigs will
celebrate her birthday tomorrow
and her many friends are preparing
to horror her suitably with cards.
Miss Meigs is proud that sne started
the older lawyers In practice in the
Lunacy Division and calls them by
their first names and they call her
Miss Lizzie"
Ii Aunt Of Army Flyer.
Mrs. Olds, mother OF 1t. Col. Rob-
ert Olds. Army flyer stationed at
Langley Field, Va, who commanded
the recent goodwill flight OF bomb
ers to South America, is Miss Meigs'