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The Coolidge examiner., 1940-08-29
A Gavel Sent To
President Roosevelt

Geo. Nowlin of Coolidge made a
unique small gavel of Arizona
desert wood and sent it unwrapp
ed and addressed with a tamarix
tag TO President Roosevelt from
Geo Nowlin Coolidge. Arizona. A
letter acknowledging its safe ar
rival. and a request for the history
OF the gavel. was received by Mr..
Nowlin. We print the letter with
the history of the gavel sent to
the resident, which should be of
interest to many people:
Mr.. Franklin d. Roosevelt
Washington d. c.
Dear Sir:
Here is the history of the gavel:
The gavel proper is made of Ari-
zona Ironwood one of the hardest
OF the hardwoods known.
This piece came from near
Picacho Peaks where the only
battle of the civil war was fought
in Arizona
The handle is Arizona Walnut
common to America. This piece
was found in Pepper Sauce Canyon
in the Santa Catalina Mountains,
where a band of Apache Indians
led by Geronimo held a hand of
white men at bay and escaped
across the Pedro River near Nam
moth. into Pinal and Graham
Mountains.
have a small shop and made
the gavel myself, am a retired
carpenter sixty nine years young.
The wooden tag is Tamerix. 1t
was introduced into Arizona about
twenty seven years ago, coming
from Africa. 1t is one of the
fastest and easiest trees grown in
America. The wood is hard and
has a beautiful grain and makes
fine furniture. One small limb, no
larger than your pencil, planted
and watered, in ten years will
yield 1000 feet of lumber.
Very sincerely yours,
GEORGE A. NOWLIN.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-08-29
Western Safety Con-
ference At Phoenix

Home and school instruction, in
order to prevent accidents, will
play a large part in the program
of the sixth annual convention of
the Western Safety Conference, to
be held in Phoenix. October IA to
is inclusive. Preparation of the
home and school section of the
conference program is under the
direction of Mr.. Nolan D. Pulliam,
executive secretary of the Arizona
Education Association.
Among the outstanding speak.
ers whom Mr.. Pulliam has ar
ranged to make addresses at the
conference are Miss Marian Tel
ford, Director of the Educational
Division of the National Safety
Council. Chicago, and Chairman
of the National Congress of Par
ents and Teachers; DR.. Frank K
Foster of the University Of Cali.
fornia and Mr. Harold Terwillin.
ger, Assistant Director Of the Pa.
cific Branch of the American Red
Cross.
In his letter to representatives
of the eleven western states, pro-
vinces and territories, inviting
them to the Phoenix conference
Mr.. Pulliam stated his belief that
the public must look to school and
home instruction for a permanent
solution of the traffic accident
problem.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-08-29

Fifteen days after the measure
becomes law is to be registration
day and 40 days later the first
conscript are to be in training
camps.
In calling up the conscrips, army
Officials say, plans are to exempt
men with dependents, and the bill
itself provides an out for conscien-
tious objectors, although they may
be required to devote a year to
devote a year to non-combatant
work or to work of national i'm
portance under civil direction.
Arizona Senator Henry F. AS
hurst, voted against the military
conscription bill and Carl Hayden,
Jr. Arizona Senator, voted aye.
The supporters of immediate
conscription had an uncomfortably
close call on an amendment by
Senator Hayden, Demdcrat, Ari-
zona, to postpone the actual draft
ing of men for 60 days and give
the voluntary enlistment system a
further trial meanwhile The final
vote on this amendment was Al
votes for it to 43 against.
Soon afterward, the senate turn
ed down, 26 to 5S, an amendment
by Senator Neely, Democrat, West
Virginia, calling for a 30-day post
ponement.
A schedule has been drawn up
envisioning the conscription of
about 100000 men by the end of
the year, 100000 more April 1,
.1941, and similar half-yearly in
crements until October /, 1914.
BY this process, the military Of
ficials plans to have available at
the end of five years 100000
trained men in the active service
or in the reserves (into which the
conscripts pass after their period
of service).
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-08-29
Future Farmers
Hold Meeting

The Coolidge Future Farmers of
America held a meeting of the
Executive Committee Monday.
August 26, in the agriculture room
Of the Coolidge Union High School.
John Sellers, president, made a
brief talk in which he summarized
the work the chapter did during
the past year. He also emphasized
the points that contributed to the
success of the chapter and brought
cut those that the chapter failed to
do. A group discussion followed
the presidents talk and detectives
for this year were set up, namely
1. To carry out definite pro-
gram of supervised farming.
2. To render community serv.
ice.
8. To participate in more lead.
ership activities.
4. To establish a thrift bank.
5. To have a definite program
Of recreation.
6. To carry out a project co.
operatively.
7. To have 95 percent of the
agriculture students join the Flu
ture Farmers of America.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-08-29

In making formal announcement
of my candidacy for Supervisor of
District No. 3, stated that you
would always find me willing and
anxious to cooperate in the
interest of good business and good
government.
Of course it is exciting to have
things hum" and to see "lots of
activity" especially around cleo
ton time but good government is
like good health, functioning best
when it is not noticeable. | am
sure that you like best to have
steady day-by-day achievement
throughout the year and less
bombast. And what applies to our
roads applies as well to the other
county institutions. l shall en-
deavor always to see that you get
the most for your money.
l shall continue to work in the
interest of the taxpayer, impartial
ly and to the best of my ability.
| recognize no inherent right of
any particular group or individual
to any special privileges which
might in any manner react to the
detriment of the taxpayer.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-08-29
A Lucky Guy

Confronted by his record of
constructive achievement, some of
Governor Jones opponents are
waxing hysterical AS the campaign
draws toward a close. They go
down the list of valuable things
which have been accomplished
during the Jones administration.
and one by one, they cry, 'He
didn't do it, Someone else did it!
He is just claiming the credit"
Governor Jones must be a lucky
guy to have all those good breaks
happen during his first term Of
office
Even if what his opponents say
were true, one upon whom the
Goddess of Luck smiles so fire.
quently is a pretty good man for
the people of Arizona to tie to.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-08-29
How Fast Do You
Drive?

Many people drive 60 miles an
hour at every opportunity. Did you
ever stop and consider how much
time is saved, or how fast you
could stop in an emergency?
A recent Bulletin from the Safe
ty Division of the Farmers Auto
mobile Inter-Insurance Exchange,
to Mr.. Paul W. Loucks, their local
representative, brings out some
interesting facts on this subject.
Driving your car 80 miles an
hour, instead of 20, is definitely
advantageous because you save a
minute every mile. and you can
safely stop your car in space OF
80 feet. The jump from 80 to Az
miles an hour is also worthwhile,
since you save one-half minute per
mile, but you need 12S feet to stop.
From so to so miles an hour is
not only dangerous, but foolish,
as only II seconds mile are gain
ed and with good brakes you must
have 251 feet to bring your car to
stop.
Hitting a stationary object at
60 miles an hour creates the same
destructive power as dropping off
12-story building.
Think of these facts the next
time you see the spedometer on
your car registering over so.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-08-29
Soft Ball Game

The Coolidge Boosters will meet
Joe Hunts All Stars team SOFT
ball Friday night on the high
school grounds, the proceeds go
to the Coolidge team for their
trip to the coast.
Joe Hunt an outstanding athlete,
we'll known to Arizona sports,
fans, civic leaders. and for the
past four years Deputy County
Treasurer of Maricopa County, is
a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for State Treasurer.
Watch Joe play first base from a
high chair Buy a ticket and sup
port your team.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-08-29
First Cotton Ginned

The J. G. Boswell Co. ginned
their first cotton today, Thursday,
August 29th brought in by R B..
Sims, southwest of Coolidge; other
cotton farmers, E. F. Fraley, J. B.
Strickland and John Mutt have
started their cotton pickers Mon
day and will soon be in full swing
with the cotton season.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-08-29
Married

Orval O'Donnell and Miss Gladys
Eddings were quietly married
Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock at
the Trinity Tabernacle, in the
presence of a few friends. Miss
Eddings is popular young lady
of La Palma and Orval is the
son Of Mrs. Lima O'Donnell and is
well and favorably known in Coo
lidge. The young couple will re-
side in Coolidge.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-08-29
Car Accident

A collision of two cars on the
corner one block west of Main
street on Northern avenue caused
some excitement Sunday evening
about Z o'clock, when Leroy Gar
ratt driving east in his car colided
with the car driving south by Mr..
Ingram who was accompanied by
his wife and little son. The Gar
raft car was turned over on it's
side but fortunately no one was
seriously injured.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-08-29

Mrs. Viola Loucks, teacher of
Home Economics, in Coolidge High
School, returned home last Friday
from New York, where she attend
ed the summer session at Column
bia University.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-08-29

Several more new houses are
going up in block Is. Harry Cul-
bert, ]. N. Campbell, pastor OF
First Baptist Church, and Mark
Lane are each building new homes
foundations are under construction
and are making rapid headway
Ivan Jones is building a house in
West Coolidge and Dave Early is
building near the South Grammar
School.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-08-29
Post Office Building
Under Discussion

Paul w. Luocks, secretary of
the Coolidge Chamber of Com
merce, presented the Examiner
with the letter from Congressman
Murdock relative to the local post
office situation which was dis
cussed in the August 18th issue Of
the Examiner, which is here
published:
My dear Mr.. Loucks:
81 have yours of the 18th, also
copy of the Coolidge Examiner
for the same date containing a
lengthy story of "What Some Con-
gress can do, When and If They
Try" This headline and story
rather plainly indicates that some
Congressman do not do anything,
perhaps because they do not try
think in fairness to myself that
you and the Editor of the Examin-
er need an explanation and think
also that the Editor should pass
this explanation on to his reading
public, so as to correct false or
misleading impression, created by
the article iself
1t might have been more to the
point if the Coolidge Examiner had
clipped an item from the Tempe
News or the Southside Progress,
Tempe paper, concerning a new
Federal building for Tempe, Ari-
zona, or clipped an item from
the Graham County Guardian con-
cerning a new Federal building TO
Stafford, Arizona, and drawn a con-
trast between the needs either of
Tempe or Stafford and the grow
ing town Of Coolidge. In such a
case you might have had better
cause to criticise me than in the
| two cases-a town in Oklahoma
VS.. Coolidge-which were used
On checking with the Department
find that the money for the
Lindsay, Oklahoma, Post Office
was appropriated at the same time
that the money was appropriated
for the Tempe Post Office-and
each member of the House ex-
pected to get one building for his
District. The allotment for Lind
say, Oklahoma was slower in
materializing than that of Tempe
but If you ask at Tempe they
will tell you that it was slow in
coming.
The first Post Office Or Federal
building which | asked for was for
Stafford because of lack of proper
housing. The second town for
which I asked a Post Office or
Federal building was Tempe, not
only my home town but a growing
college town also having Federal
agencies occupying rented quart
| ers at the time. Both Stafford and
Tempe needed what they got. OF
course, l knew of the growing
needs Of Coolidge, but at the time
thought that the moving of the
Post Office of Coolidge from the
cramped space in the south por-
ton of the town to larger quarters
few blocks north would relieve
the situation for a considerable
time. You see it's a matter of
choosing the place with the great
est total need from about a dozen
Arizona towns eligible.
AS l see it now, Coolidge is
toward the head of the list of
eligible Arizona towns, but of
course you understand that there
are at least ten Or dozen towns
eligible according to the depart
mental rating. Perhaps they are
not all as needy in this respect
as is Coolidge. Apparently a false
impression got abroad in Arizona
few years ago when a published
list of about twenty Arizona
factors which are considered
That had nothing to do with ap-
Continued on page four)
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-08-29
SENATE APPROVES DRAFT
BILL BY VOTE OF 1881

All male citizens between 21 and 80 inclusive
qured to register for the draft for year training
in any point in the Western Hemisphere. An existing
emergency could hold them service for longer period
This Conscrption Bill will register H. 900 900 years
training.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-08-29
Boy Scouts Will
Camp

There will be a 3 day camping
trip to Blue Point near Stewart
Mountain Dam, Saturday, August
81 to Tuesday September 3. Meet
at Woman's Cub Saturday at
p. m. Bring your tents, bedding
and food.
A K. OSBORN,
Scoutmaster.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-08-29

Co. Supt. of School ]. ]. Bugg
was called to the bed side of his
sister Mrs. w. r. Davis in San
Angelo, Texas, who Is very ill and
not expected to live. Mr.. Bugg
will probably be gone about a
week.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-08-29

Neal MCGOWAN, formerly of
Coolidge Is now in charge of the
Western Cotton Products Company
gin in Chandler. Mrs. MCGOWAN
will join her husband at Chandler
In the near future.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-08-29

M. M. Cooper is moving into his
new residence on Pima ave be-
tween Third and Fourth streets
this week.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-08-29

The young people of Coolidge
and vicinity can enjoy free swim
at the Waikiki Inn swimming pool
Thursday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-11
MILITARY HONORS
 FOR WAR VETERAN
Funeral of Ernest EmOnz = = Held Today - Burial N. In Calvary

- Military honorS were accorded Ernest J. EmonZ this morning when the funeral was held at 8.30 o'clock from the Bergln funeral home, 200 East Main street.
 .- A high mass of requiem was cele- ..brated at 9 o'clock ct St. Cecilia $ chufch by Rev. Peter Cuny. A musi- cal program was rendered and ct the conclusion of the mass "Star spangled Banner" was played. Y The military detail under the al. erection of Sergeant Wallace J IngliS Included: Sergeant Walter Teller, nfi,l PrivateS Paul Beaudry, Bernard Patl, Charles Bagley, Kenneth French. Cofrideo Piccolo and Joseph sXaxmola.
 e Church call and taps were sourd- cd by Private Paul BeaudTy. A flag was presented to the mother of tho deceased at the close of the con- 1hlttal services. Burial was in Cal- s@vafy cemetery with services by Father Cuny
 The pallbearerS, all employees of the Chase Metal Works, included: : Thomas Bowling, Ernest KalSer, Louis Lynch, Emil Raymend Edson Seymour and Joseph Veillette.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-11
FUNERALS

Funeral services for John Henry HaEelton, 60, of a Atwater street West Haven, former Waterbury resi-. dent, will be held tomorrow morn. Ing at II o'clock at the AlderSor funeral home, 70 Central avenue Rev. Matthew c. Madden, pastor oi the Mill Plain Union church, will ofiiciate. Burial will be in tho old Pine Grove cemetery. Friends may coll at tho funeral home today iron, to 5 ? m. and from 2 to 0 ?. Ea,
 The funeral of W. Henry McEvoy will be held tomorrow at e:S0 o'clock from the Berein funeral home, 200 East Main street, to St. MichaeiH church, Watorville, where Q requiem high mass will Do celebrated ct o'clock. Friends may call at the fu- neral home this afternoon and evening.
 The funeral of Sherman otis Davis will Do held Saturday morn- ing at Ii o'clock at tho Alderson fu. neral home, 70 Central avenue. Rev Alan M. V'airbank, pastor of the Bunker Hill Congregational church will ofiiciate. Friends may call at the funeral homo this evening from 2 to Q o'colck, tomorrow afternoon from 3 to 5 o'clock, and tomorrow evening from 2 to Q o'clock.
 The funeral of Ernest A. Totten former resident of this city, will bC held tomorrow afternoon ct 2 o'clock from the 0. E. Lewis funeral chapel Naugatuck, ct 3 o'clock. Burial will be at tho convenience of the family
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-11
FROG-PRODUCER
 HAD FROGSKINS,
Native SOrcerer Runs AfOuI of Wife, Law;
 Won't Transform Her

Mora, N. M, Jan. ll.--CUP)--Ave- llno Espinoza solemnly assured his wife today that he would not turn her nor himself into frog and they returned together to their home in the sangre De Christa Mountains where EspinOza is considered a sOr- cerer of unusual atlent.
 In the Murphy Canyon commit nity where they live, everyone is afraid of EspinoZa. The residents don't dare cross him lest he turn them into frogs or dOnkeys or birds.
 But Mrs. Espinoza crossed him. A few minutes later he disappeared and Q frog appeared. And the frog was SO very angry 1t bit her. So she had her husband arrested on Q charge of mayhem.
 Yesterday police brought the EspinozaS here, together with some of the residents of Murphy Canyon. In excited Spanish--Spanish Is the language of Murphy Canyotl--Mrs. EspiYaOZa said her husband had con- verse with the devil whenever he wished and that he, in the form of Q frog had bitten her.
 Espino1a smiled blandly through her recital and would not deny her alterations. He was told that he would have to provide $i,000 bail or go to jail and he produced it-in cash.
 This caused some surprise because EspiaoSa had been receiving relief for more than year. Relief au- thorities were Investigating that ail- gle of his case.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-11
DANIEL HORGAN
 GRANTED AWARD
Compensation Approved For Man Injured In
 School Yard Fall

Daniel Horean of "a Rogette street was awarded compensation of Sl4.A5 for 7.2S weeks for injuries sustained recently in . fell in Q school yard, according to an agreement filed and approved this morning in the ofiice of Compensation Commissioner James N. Lynch.
 MT. Morgan received fractures of the eighth, ninth and tenth ribs.
 Other agreements approved this morning follow: New Haven Road Construction company and Frank Radigan of West Hartland, injury to right leg, $lS.74 beginning De- cen1ber 27.
 scovill Manufacturing company and Bartholomew Shea, 30 South street, while working st inuiIles was caught between two pans, one of which was hot, causing third degree burns of the left anterior thigh, tl6.A6, beginning December go.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-11

Listening aS c Musical Activity" was the subject of an instructive and absorbing lecture given last night at Davenport hall by Madame olga SamaroH stokowski, on i'm. portant figure in the musical world today. Her lecture was the first of three unrelated talks to be present. cd during tho season sponsored by the Matsatuck Musical Art society. Madame stokowski Is A musician who has been associated In the field as c pianist, c writer and c teacher, and has worked during her entire lifetime to encourage e love of nu. sic and make 1t understandable to all, both prospective professional musicians and those who listen to music for the pleasure lt brings them, or as an emotional outlet.
 Illustrates Points
 In her talk last night Madame Stokowskl illustrated her points with camera slides and photograph rec- ords. she explained the difference between on active and an inactive listener, the former listening to mus Sic intelligently, the latter merely as Q matter of form. Ia Q brief but comprehensive way the speaker traced the development Of music from tho early music of the Chi- nese, the Hindu, the early Greek, down through tho Christian era when the music of the church was the only music and was in tho form of the single melody of tho Qres gofias chant still used ia the Cath. olic church today, the beginning Of the first written music on slaves, the start of vocal music through opera which developed from tho music Of the church, the development of in. StrumentS ct first crude, down to the present day when tho piano and all Instruments in 0 symphony or. chestra :iaYs reached their present state of perfection.
 Madame Stokowski presented this matter briefly but in 50 clear c way that her listeners could grasp soHne- thing of the development of music from early times to the present day. She Illustrated on the phonograph the sounds of the early Chinese and Hindu mtE!c which had no melody. This early music of the oriental sia- tions, she said, presents no musical literature aB later did the music of Bach, Beethoven and Wagner. Such music was devoid of boSh harmony or melody. Madame Stokowski en. courages active listeners, those who will understand something of the text and the musical structure. Such persons need not Do musicians, that b to say performers, but they can learn to analyze musical cornpo- Bttions by becoming active listeners. Another point brought out was that c person hears with his or her brains rather than with the car, for tho brain makes the car comprehend the music to which one listens. Tn explaining the fugue Madame sto. kowSkl showed on the screen ai architectural drawing which iilus- tfated the progression of c geries of single melodies, each distinct and taken up by the different voices. Other illustrrt!ors very sk!llsully suggested the development Of Tnu. S!cai form,
 | Wagner Opera
 To demonstrate how to Dc an ace tive listener the speaker concluded her leHtuse with the playing of Wag. ner's music from "0ottegda1.. i,aeTu1g" !n which giesfv!edv jour. .ey 6 described. Ws!tten on the screen was each progressing motive
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-11
BY FRANK McNAUGMToN

(United Press Staff C0ffesp0ndentD
 Washington, Jan. 1l.-(UP)-Sec. retary of State Cordell Hull vigor. ously defended his reciprocal trade agreements program today as the only policy of international relations that can prevent a complete rever- sion to economic chaos, dictatorship and recurrent wars.
 To "unscrupulous" critics of the program he replied that 1t was the way of advancing domestic prosper ity and promoting world peace. He cautioned that abandonment of 1t now would mean o repetition of our role after the World War when the United states lied the procession of destructive protectionism."
 Hull read a prepared statement tc the House ways and means commit- tee which began hearings today on Q bill that would extend the trade program act for three years. The present act expires June l2.
 ''The program is necessary while present hostilities abroad are in progress" he said, "to defend our export trade from the inroads of wartime controls and dislocations and our actions now will have an enormous influence upon the problems Of economic reconstruc- ton when hostillties have ceased"
 Hull who considers the trade. agreements program the major achievement of his long career as congressman, senator and, finally, as No. 1 member of President RooS- evelt's cabinet, opened the congress. slonal battle on tariffs which Will reverberate throughout the forth coming presidential election cam paign.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-11
Frdtern0L
 Neus
Liberty Lodge
(NEA Radiopl,oto)

A state communication was held at the Masonic temple last night by Liberty lodge, A. F. Q A. M. Worshipful Master Samuel M. Main presided at Che program, and also led Q discussion pePiod.
 A meeting os the Fell0wcraN association was also held, plans being made for the annual cabaret and dance Co be held at Temple hall Feb. %. Herbert Plnter ls general chairman. Other chair. men Of committees are, Catering, Clarence Millerj entertainment, Edward Erbe, decorations, Edward Wells; checking, 0. Nicholsi tickets, Herbert Plnter, E. Kirk Samson, 0. Knutson, Harold Ash. Icy and Samuel MalhoR.