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Evening star., 1940-03-31
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE

"Oh, | don't know i hadn't
thought about it, said Christine.
She turned over one of the records
and gave little start of recognition.
why -" she said. That's Skippy
Naylor and the Boys! I've heard that
orchestra in Chicago!
We'll, what about it," Bingo said.
What about it?'
well, nothing about it." Christine
smiled in amusement. Only it's funny
to find good old Skippy Naylor on
phonograph record about million
miles from nowhere"
Look" Audrey interrupted, Wild
ly Aren't you going to play that rec
ord? Isn't anybody going to dance?"
well" Bingo said, IF we've got to,
we've got to - in our crude Melville
way. But not the way they do in
Chicago, of course Because in Chicago
they probably all dance on their ear"
Christine's color was very high.
well, don't bother about dancing
with me-" she said. LAS matter OF
fact, l think I'll have cigarette"
There was dead silence. Christine
took cigarette out of a leather box on
the table, found a match and struck it,
and then she lit the cigarette and
smoked with an ostentatious pleasure
that might have brought reminiscent
smiles to Audrey's parents.
But the young girls in Melville did
not smoke. 1t was not, in this par
ticular era, the accepted thing. They
stared at Christine, and all the boys
stared at her too.
well, hope I'm not shocking you
or anything" Christine said brightly.
1t was her hostess who finally man.
aged feeble smile "Oh, no. That's
pert'ly all right" said Audrey.
Christine coughed - suddenly and
explosively. She had swallowed some
of the smoke. Water filled her eyes and
blinded them.
(Continvsd on pooe ~
Evening star., 1940-03-31
BAD INFLUENCE
Continued from poge twelve

clearer vision. From the half-open
door of the dining room she couldSee,
all too clearly, just what was happen
ing to Audrcy's party. The Deacons'
daughter, who had seemed such nice
little thing. was spelling the party.
1t was the poor girls manner, Mrs.
REYNOLDS told herself miserably. 1t
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-04
No Bombs, No Casualties in London
For First Nightin ~; Daylight
Raiders Resume Scattered Attacks

LONDON, Oct 4. CUP)-Ger-
man bombers, including big four
motored warcraft without fighter
escort, 'dived through thick cloud
formations today in scattered but
persistent attacks on London. Wales
and other obiectives in Britain.
The attacks. taking full advan-
tase of the cloudy sky, followed a
night Of which. for the first time
in 27 nights, not bomb fell in the
central London area and not a cas-
ualty was reported
Renewing daylight attacks, the
Nazi planes dumped explosives
along the Thames estuary, machine
gunned and bombed a passenger
train in Wales and caused damage
in the north London area.
Two bombers attacked a passen-
ger train in a Welsh district, drop
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-04
- OUR COUNTRY

serving democracy" and redesigning
the pattern for life simply because
originally our republic was la'd
down pretty much in accord with
those two principles Originally.
We have backslid somewhat, espe-
cially lately. We have been eXalting
the thing-created at the expense
of the creator
It has not taken us many years
to build that golden calf, but the
things we are beginning to sacrifice
to it are the slow growth of age
long struggle. Such simple things
as sacredness of promise: sense of
moral obligation: ordinary veracity
personal integrity; individual lib
erty; elementary justice-what We
call the homely virtues, spiritual
values. And by just that much we
are turning totalitarian, no matter
what we call ourselves. Democracy
is not a form of government: it IS
a pattern for government. Lately
we have been forgetting that. Ne
Vertheless most of the old Staunch-
ness is still intact.
We can do the job. But not Oh
the old material basis that has col
lapsed-each day for itself ar.l de
vii take tomorrow-man is made
for the thing he fashions, including
government. Rather on the rock
bottom principle repeat-that de-
macracy is the union of all parts in
the common good of all, with COM
plete opprtunity for each individual
to do unhampered what he can
do, but only to his capacity
though to his full capacity-with
no obligation to do more-or less.
Shall we nave that much common
sense?
All of which is the practical W.
Of saying that we must get back
to building on spiritual rather than
material values.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-04
by Willis Thornton
Farm Prosperity to Order

There's something a little nerve
Wrackina about this thing they
call the Farm Problem.
Primarily the objective Of the
farmer is pretty much the same as
that Of the man in the factory.
Both want a fair return. for their
labor Bit there is 9ne difference:
In addition TO being a working man,
the farmer is a business man in his
owr right. prOv.mng his own cap
itaI. sEou.icring his own overhead
seeking his CWn markets. and IL
that difference lies the Farm Prob
lem.
When the depression ,came, the
federal government decided that
stree both business, through the
Reconstruction Finance Corpora
tion. and the working man. thru
work-relief agencies. were being
given governmental assistance. the
farmer. as a combination of both.
vas entitled to some help. So Uncle
Sam stepped in TO see what could
BE- feohe.
Wei. here's what the situation
looks like to-day: OF all the major
srops in the United States. only
tvs soy beans and oats. are unsup-
ported BY federal loars. Soy beans
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-04
THE TREND
TOWARD WAR
Sacramento Union

(SacfamentO UnlOn)
The trend in this nation is toward war
if the attitude of the people and their
talk portend what may happen in the
future.
Adoption of conScription, the destroyer
deal with Great Britain, the speeding up
of armament production and the general
preparedness program are forcing the
American people toward the inevitable
conclusion that they cannot escape partic-
ipating actively in the European conflict.
Acceptance of the notion that America
is on her way into war is the wrong atti-
tude for the people to take. They should
never weaken for a moment in their op-
position toward America using her man
power and her military resources for any
other purpose than to resist an invasion
of the western hemisphere.
America is ready to help with war
ships, with planes and with the other
armaments that Great Britain and any
other nations opposed to Adolf Hitler
and the tOtalitarian powers may need.
America is giving all the assistance she
can, short of, and possibly more than
she should have done as a neutral. But
that doesn't mean America intends to 90
to war in England's behalf either now
or later.
The four horsemen of destruction are
on the eastern horizon ready to ride into
America whenever they see their chance.
But Americans can and must keep them
out.
We are nation of peace. not of war.
We are arming, not to fight but to pre-
vent other nations from forcing us into
fight. Public opinion can prevent Am
erica from going to war, but only if the
people use their influence and pressure
to resist those who would bring the con-
flict upon us.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-04

farmers, however. are clamOri9e
fer governmental loans. And it may
be only q question Of time before
oat-raisers decide that they better
see about this pot-Cf~Jold busine57
The purpose Of these loa0s? To
keep prices up Ordinarily, by the
time a farmer haryests his crop
he is pretty nearly broke. He
got TO unload and take what he CT
get to carry him through the win
ter and to pay off mortgages az
interest.
But if Uncle Sam steps in ard
lets him have some money on a.
count, based on the current mark
ct price of whatever he's raising
the farmer can store lis produce
until the market price rises
It looks good. but there's en-
other side of the picture. the de
fense commission recently reDOrtes
that Cne-third CT the ration is un-
er-nourished. And according t.
Bruce Cation. Washington column
ist, the farmers domestic market
would be worth about q billion dsl-
lars more than it is today if every
person were able to buy as much
food rs a family with n income
Of $l00 a month normally buys.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-04
FIeish|,acker Free
Acknowledgement

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. a. UP)-
Herbert Fleishhacker,, 67 year ole
San Francisco financier, stood ac-
quilted today of charges he mis-
applied $55,l00 in funds of the de-
funct Pacific Mail Steamship COM
pany and made false entries ON the
records of the Anglo California Ma
tional Bank. of which he formerly
was president.
A federal court jury cleared him
Of all II counts Of an indictment
after three hours and % minutes
deliberation last night, concluding
a week long trial of a highly tech
nical nature.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-04
WHATS $3.50, ,0O0, 900?
Oakland Tribune)

Oakland Tribune)
Appearing before the Congressional
committee dealing with excess profits tax,
Secretary Morgenthau offers some new
budget estimates. For relief work, he says,
there will be needed S1,400, 100000. as
against the S1,l22, 100000 which his ear
lier estimate considered sufficient
AS Congress has voted around S20,000,-
100000 for National defense there has
been a justified belief that demand for
manpoWer in this program would absorb
a great number of the unemployed and
tighten the relief program.
Why does the Administration seek an
additional S1S0,000, 600? Is it necessary or
is someone following the New Deal habit? !?
Recently Fulton Lewis jr., in the Whir-
ligig, and David Lawrence in the United
States News, have been reviewing figures
which may shed light They agree that
WPA opens up new employment oppor-
tunities before elections In 1886 eXpendi-
lures rose from S103, 100000 in January
to S193,000,000 in August and $207 ,000,-
900 in October and went down again when
the voting was over
Again, with an election approaching
and without recognizing the fact the de-
fense program will furnish new employ
ment, the New Deal, through a Cabinet
official, lets it be known it would like an
extra S180,000,000 for early spending.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-04

I'm the newspaper mechanic.
I make the wheels go round
print the paper.
My skilled fingers operate the
machines which turn typewriter
pages into metallic type; they make
up" that type into the pages Of
your newspaper. My well-trained
hands pour the molten metal that
transfers the impression of that
page into a cylindrical plate. Amid
the clatter of the pressroom I guide
the flying paper through the in
tricate cylinders of the presses. My
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-04
By STEWART EDWARD WHITE
Author of Long Rifle" "StOry of
California" "RancherO," etc.

1t is commonplace to say that it
is up to uS-the United StateS-to
preserve democracy for the world
now that it has practically col
lapsed out of Europe. But I think
cur Job is bigger than merely pre-
serving a form of government. There
is to be drastic readjustment. No
body-anywhere-is going to live
Just as he lived before. There is
going to be a new pattern, and we
have the chance to blueprint that
pattern. And it has got to be a
new pattern. Otherwise we shall
land-later-just where this one has
landed the rest of the world.
History has conducted itself on
the basis of self-preservation, with
the accompanying greed, indiffer-
ence to the other fellow hatred5.
cruelties and treacheries necessary
TO carry out that scheme of things.
We have fatuously returned to that
basis every time we have been jar
red away from it by catastrophe
though mere self-preservation is
no longer the vital issue. And our
devotion to it has obscured for us
the two underpinning truths on
which this democracy" We talk
about depends.
The creator is more important
than the thing created. no matter
what it is. When the thing created
is made more important, you have
totalitarianism.
Now we have this job of pre-
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-04

keen eye and long training produce
the zinc plates from which pictures
are printed.
My trade, be it printer or ster-
eotyper or engraver or pressman,
is a skilled and honest one with
venerable tradition behind it. went
through a long apprenticeship be-
fore 1 was admitted to full stand
ing in my craft. Not only skill, but
character, were considered before I
was admitted to fellowship with
men who for 400 years have been
printing the written word.
am solid, dependable. My neigh
bors know me as a good citizen and
a good neighbor. I bear response
bility, and I bear it steadily. I have
never forgotten the days when
printer and editor were one, the
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-04
Am Your Newspaper Mechanic

days of old Ben Franklin. Thougn
my work is now all mechanical. I
still have an eye for a good story.
I have pride in my work. A poor
bit of makeup, a smudged cut, a
misplaced line, or a blurred letter.
such things worry me. Sometimes
the editors think I am fuSsy. But I
know good work. and I get a kick
out of producing it.
The clatter OF linotypes, the
crunch of a mat roller. the whir Of
arc lights on the great engraving
cameras, the roar of the presses
these are kind of like music to me.
And finally, there is the paper,
clean and crisp I don't often say
much about it, but I'm proud of
that evidence of a job well done.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-04
Admiralty Tells
Of SEQ Victories

LONDON, Oct. 4. CUP)-Seven
German and two Italian submarines
have been sunk by British warships
and airplanes during the last few
weeks, the admiralty said today
and others have been damaged.
The admiralty also reported that
the British submarine Isiris had
torpedoed and sunk an italian des-
troyer of the Curtatonc class
(there Gre four of the class, each
966 tons and carrying los mem in
the Adriatic on Sept. %.
The admiralty's communique was
intended to allay some of the fears
over the sharp rise in British mer-
chant ship losses due to German
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-04
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ceased.
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Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-04

side of the tracks and rafting ma
chine gun bullets on the coache
as the train roared along at fuI
speed.
Stopping at the next station, TIN
engineer found the train not ser
iously damaged and all passenger
uninjured.
German planes were heard, invis
ible above dense, low clouds, flyinI
up the Thames estuary toward Lon
don for 20 minutes, at one minut
intervals, at lunch time. Bombin.
and gun fire was heard in the dis
tance but there was 10 firing, ant
no bombs were dropped, in the cen
trail part of the city.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-04
GIN Subsidiary
Under LegaIF Fire

CHICAGO, Oct. 4. (UP)-The
government petitioned U. S. dis
trict court today for appointment
of receiver for the General Mo
tors Acceptance Corporation on a
charge that the company and its
parent, the General Motors Cor
poration, violated the Sherman
antitrust law.
The petition charged that GMAC
is a wholly-oWned subsidiary of
the General Motors Corporation
and that the two corporations had
coerced dealers to finance whole
sale and retail sales of General
Motors automobiles through GMAC.
--- .---
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-04

U-boat attacks. Pointing out tha
it was not the admiraltys practic'
to announce the destruction of enc
my U-boats, the commgnique said
'it should not be assumed we arr
not scoring successes when no an
nouncements are made
News of the submarine sinking
came as newspapers were pointini
out the intensified U-boat menace
The admiralty had announced Tues
day that British merchant Shil
losses for the week ending Sept. 2
totaled $4,000 tons, and coinci
dentally, that the evacuation o
British children overseas had beef
suspended.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-04

This is one of a series telling the
story of your newspaper. The
Post-Press is presenting these ar
ticles in connection with National
Newspaper Week, Oct. Is.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-04

Twenty-third of "a articles on
Our Country" written exclusive
" for NEA Service and the Post
Press by the nations most ia
nous authors.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-04

A new York radio station, looking for
something novel, interviewed a 2O-pound
lobster. In pinch, that'll do as we'll as
anything.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-04

With conscription coming on, lot of
streaks will be broken by men who up
until now have never been lucky enough
to have their names called in a lottery
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-04
Barbs

The German propaganda hireling
who gives forth with the number
of Nazi plane losses would hardly
be the one to keep his own golf
score.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-04

A western bandit, measuring less than
5 feet, has been sent away for good
stretch.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-04
Famous Sayings

We trust we love, and where love. If love
Christ much, surely shall trust him much.-T.
Brooks.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-04
thoughts for the Day

Lord my God. in thee do put my trust; save
from all them that perseeute me, and deliver me
Psalms I'll
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-04

Candidates for public office still
boast they came from poor but
honest parents. A shame the chill
dren of many OF them can't say as
much.
The president is expected to again
advance Thanksgiving one week,
which should lose him the solid
turkey vote
Florida landlord takes off roof of
house, hoping to oust Tenant, who
was getting mad enough to raise
it, anyway.
Reports come from London that
a housewife calls her wayWard hus
band "Stuka" because every time
he comes out of dive he is pretty
well shot
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-04

Consult Post Press clasSifieds for
better values.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-04
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-19

The greatest ,,.. 10y in all the world is work.
Who will not Dc his honest shares shirk.
Plain shirk.
That is fact. It may seem
queer to you, but it is fact that
the greatest joy in the world is
found in good honest work, and
some day you'll find it out. The
busiest people in the world usually
are the happiest.
Now, digging a tunnel isn't the
easiest work ever was. 1t isn't easy
even for Jerry Muskrat, who, as
you know, is a very good digger.
Jerry could think of lots of things
easier to do than digging. But he
wouldn't think of them. Instead he
kept in his mind all the time the
thought of carrots and the Joy of
eating all he wanted of them.
And so, as he dug, Jerry was
happy. He was too busy to be any
thing else. He started his tunnel at
point where the overhanging grass
was longest and thickest. You see
he didn't want anybody to discover
the entrance. The earth he dug
out he scattered about on the bot
tom of the ditch. 1t didn't take
him very long to dig himself in out
of sight. AS soon as he had done
this he felt easier in his mind. He
felt quite safe.
All that day Jerry dug and dug,
with short rests in between. When
the Black Shadows crept out from
the Purple Hills across the Green
Meadows to where the carrots grew
in rows and rows, Jerry crept out Of
that little ditch, ran over and dug
up a couple of carrots and took
them back to his tunnel. They he
ate them. Then he curled up for
nap, for he had worked so hard he
was very tired.
While he slept Reddy Fox trotted
along right over his head. Jerry
didn't know it. Neither did Reddy.
Reddy had first visited the Smiling
Pool. OF course, he had seen Moth
ing Of Jerry there. Then he had
hurried StrdlRnC TO FARMER BROWN S
field, where the carrots grew in rows
and rows. All the way there he had
watched for Jerry Muskrat. When
he got there he had tip-toed up
and down the rows. hoping to sur
prise Jerry feasting there. At length
he found where Jerry had dug the
two carrots early that evening. He
had followed Jerry's tracks to the
little drainage ditch. and on the
bank of that he had stopped. There
was a little water in the bottom
of that ditch and Reddy does not
like to wet his feet if he can avoid
it. Besides he knew that he could
no longer follow Jerry's tracks down
there. There were on tracks in the
water and no scent.
So Reddy ground his teeth and
snarled in disappointment and then
he set out to follow along the little
ditch in the hope that somewhere
along it he would find Jerry on his
way home. Knowing nothing of this,
Jerry awoke by and by and at once
went to work again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-19
Bedtime Stories
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS

The greatest Joy in all the world is work.
Just work.
Who will not do his honest shares q shirk
Plain Shirk
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-19
POINTS FOR PARENTS

By EDYTH THOMAS0WALLACE.
Doing things 1Uith ones chill
dren is of ualue in building a
happy companionship only yhen
such activities are enjoyed by
both parent and child.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-19
EVENING STAR FEATURES TODAY

Star Fqashes-1ae news with Bill Coyle WNdAI. pm
sports-Late sports Michael, WNdAI. 500
WeeSecre adaptation of Frederick Haztt
Brennan story appearing in tomorows This Week Maya
zine section of The Star
THE EVENINGS HIGH LIGHTS
s5 Air Raid Shelter broadcast from the heart OF
London probably in midst of one of nightly German
raids
7:Npm-WJsv Peoples Platform Lewis w Douglas, former
United director budget and Maj. George Field
ing negative stand Shall America Use
Food SURPRISES to Feed Europe?"
pm-WJsV. Hit Parade Favorite tunes of the week
scented by Bea Vain, Barry Wood, Guest Star Marie
and Mark Warnows Band
celebrated football coach and
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given testimonial dinner.
s:35 pm.-WMAL, ALI M. Landon speaks from Quincy, ILL.,
1000 pmWNdA B. Symphony: Hans Steinberg conducts
Mendelssohn's midsummer Nights Dream in entirety
symphony Flat" and Stravnskys Fire
Bird" Margaret Daum and Beatrice Goroe sopranos,
are guest solosts.
Public Affairs Charles Boyer French movie
importance of alien registration
HOO pm-woI recently chosen national COM
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-12-12

There's nothin' will make man look quite so
foolish as hat store mirror.