davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-03
cut. It was not Robert. Some new

cut. It was not Robert. Some new
tenant went up the stairs.
When the group had assembled
Sue Alderman tossed the butt OF
her cigaret into a blue ash tray
and addressed the young assistant
to the prosecutor.
"You are thinking It is most I'M
usual for me to be asking you TO
come here tonight, aren't you? l
think it i. rather queer, too. But
it's a long trek to the Bronx and
anyway, I haven't been staying IN
that apartment these last nights.
I don't think it's quite safe"
Her eyes met the officials
squarely.
MOT safe? Who would W n t
your" he asked.
1.-THE same person who got Clar-
abell."
Everyone in the O. came tc
sudden attention. Then you know
who killed your sister," the dis
trict attorneys man ask
II don't know a thing, but
have an idea. It's purelv theoretl-
cal, but I'm giving it to you for
what it is worth"
Linda and Ronald looked at eac'1
other. Their eyes were acknoWledg'
ing the same thing that whoever
fired the shots had wanted Linda,
not Clarabell.
Sarah spoke into the amazed pool
O fsilence that followed Sue Acker-
mans words. Then that lets me
and my gun out, doesn't it?"
1T lets you. out think ii
does. Maybe not entirely" the wo'
man answered. But the gun, no.
Most decidedly mott"
We've found the gum" the pros
ecutor said simply then.
Found it?' a chorus of voices
echoed. "Where?"
In a refuse can on the corner.
We had all refuse checked and il
came in on a consignment from
that district-from that Immediate
neighborhood.
Were there fingerprints on it?'
Sarah asked, her voice SO low ano
throaty it scarcely carried.
yours, we think, Miss Marley.
We want the Bertillon department
to take yours tonight. But ha
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-01-13

Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Mack of 101
Shirley Street, Winthrop, Mass, were
very pleasantly at home at holiday
party on Dec. 29, 1899, entertaining
Boston and Winthrop friends. The
evening was spent in games, music and
dancing topped by an appropriate sea-
side supper of fried CLAIMS, potato
chips, cold slaw, rolls, coffee, cake and
punch. Among the Boston guests were
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Arts, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Coles, and Mrs. E. Alice Tay-
lor. There were about thirty guests in
all to enjoy an evening by the sea.
The Livingstone Group, assembled
by Rev. W. D. Battle, pastor of Col
umbus Avenue AME. Zion Church.
for the annual drive for Livingstone
College, Salisbury, N. c., met at the
parsonage, 142 Walnut Avenue, for a
"get together" Ways and Means
were discussed and social hour spent.
A delectable collation. was served by
the pastors wife, Mrs. Ada Battle.
The following lieutenants were select
ed for the drive: Miss Margaret Will
liams, leader; Mrs. Marie Grant,
treasurer; Rev. Enoch Woodhouse,
Benjamin Waters, Mansfield Hellum,
Mrs. Alberta, Gladys Reddick, Jones.
Mr.. Robinson, Mesdames H. E. Perry,
Carrie Christy, Sarie Thornhill, Laura
Downes, Edith Hopkins, Nellie James,
Mansfield Hellum and Mrs. Peyton,
acting secretaries.
Mr.. and Mrs. William N. Goodman's
home on Mayfair Street was the scene
of many small parties during the meet
of the women sororities and Christmas
octave.
The regular meeting of the Itinerary
Club was held at the home of Mrs.
Anna Mallory, IS Holworthy St., Rox-
bury, on Jan. 8, 1910. A delicious
dinner was served by the hostess Just
before the meeting. The club gave
four Christmas baskets to people less
fortunate and are giving bed linen to
st. Monica's Home. The club well
coined Mrs. Lena Roberts, a member
| who had been confined to her bed. The
next meeting will be held on Feb 7,
1910, at the home of Mrs. William
Reed, Bower St., Roxbury.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Durham en-
tertained friends on New Years Eve
at their palatial home on Mayfair St,
Roxbury. Among those present were:
Mesdames and Messieurs Garland
Murphy, Oliver W. Moody, J. B. Hol-
land, R. Franklin of Springfield, David
Jones, Martin Hawkins, VIM. H. Pax
ton, Ernest Henderson, Addison Cen
try, and May Greinidge of N. Y. and
Boston. The ladies looked most
beautiful in their evening gowns and
the collation. was one long to be re-
membered.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-01-13
CITY NEWS

Noted musicians laud conductor and
members of the Victorian Concert Or
chestra for their excellent playing
during the Musicians Convention.
They were congratulated by cOnduc-
tors and many others for their fine
Interpretation and Mr.. Hinton for his
most refined style of conducting.
Advanced players in violin, viola, cello,
flute, clarinet, trumpet, French horn
and trombone, DESTROYS of joining the
orchestra, may come to the rehearsals
on Thursday evenings from $3.50 to
1880 at 1870 w. Springfield ST., Bos-
ton. The orchestra is available for
concerts, plays and operas. For in
formation phone Ken. 4641.
Miss Helen Mann of % Greenwich
Park has returned from Camden. S. c.,
where she spent the holidays with her
mother and family. While there she
was the recipient of many old acquain-
tances. She was royalty entertained
by Miss Louise Fleming.
The second annual paper shower
given by the Co-Workers for the Blind
IN Boston Club resulted in the accumu-
lation of many paper articles for the
use of the blind.
Mrs. Mary E. Schuyler of SO Will
liams Street is visiting relatives and
friends in New York for an indefinite
time. At Christmas she was the guest
of her cousin, Mrs. Robinson.
Robert Parlin of 10 Willard Place
was taken to City Hospital Wednesday
OF last week suffering from complica-
tons. His name is on the danger list.
Mr.. Parlin is the brother-in-law of
Mrs. Ebba Stevens Perry, prominent
member of the Women's Service Club.
Miss Viola Fisher, member of Gov.
Saltonstall's secretarial staff, adj
dressed the Republican Civic and Poll
tlcal League of the South End at a
meeting held on Jan. 5 at the English
High School. Miss Fishers address
was instructive and charmingly pre-
scented.
Mr.. and Mrs. Percival Smith of
Harrishof st., had as their guest on
Christmas Mr.. and Mrs. Hilton Brad
ford of New York City, brother-in-
law and sister of Mrs. Smith.
The Pathfinders, holding their first
bi-monthly meeting of the year at the
home of Mrs. Geraldine Tripp. 90 Har-
rishof Street, made plans for a guest
night on Jan. 81 at 65 Munroe Street,
Roxbury. After business the hostess
served a most delicious collation..
The Mayf1ower Social Club met at
the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Jackson.
30 Catawba ST., Roxbury. Guests of
the afternoon were Mrs. Susan War
renton and Miss Izeyl Rowling of
Bermuda.
John W. Underwood of Everett who
has been i'll at his home, 81 Baldwin
Avenue, for the past three weeks is
now at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
and is improving.
ShelOh Khall's Electric Choir will
appear during January as follows:
Fourth ME. Church, Shawmut Ave,
Boston, Sunday, Jan. IA at 1880 pm:
New Concord Baptist Church. Ire
mont Street, Boston, Sunday, Jan. q.
at 1880 pm; Western Avenue Baptist
Church, Cambridge, Sunday, Jan. 2S.
1880 pm.
Members of the 18th Baptist BY
P.U. spent Sunday in Winchester at
a B.Y.P.U. reunion. They travelled
by bus, with Aubrey Gibson, manager.
Mrs. Minnie Walker of Wiggles-
worth has recovered from her recent
indisposition.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-01-13

w. n. S. DABNEY
Recent member Of Parole Board,
Head of Dabney Milk Co., who is an
area supervisor Of the Census and not
an enumeration as was erroneously re-
ported in last weeks issue. - The
enumerators are already at their task
Of taking the census.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-01-13

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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-03

tightly. The braided strips are
sewn together with double carpet
thread and she keeps the work
fiat on the table all the time she
is sewing. For this rug, the GEN.
ter row is Is inches long. Sew
around and around this, using the
colors indicated. When the oval
is 81 inches long and 16 inches
wide, divide it evenly around the
edge with pins about five inches
apart. Now, sew row around
with a Pinch loop at each pin. Sew
the next three rows around these
loops easing the braiding in just
enough to keep the work fiat.
NOTE: ''The Rug That Grew
Up With the Family is another
interesting rug-making idea. De
rections are in Mrs. Spears Book
8, which also tells how to make
spool shelves; streamlining an old
style bed; and many other useful
ideas. Write Mrs. Spears today,
enclosing 10 cents in coin and book
No. 8 will be sent to you by re-
turn mail,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-03
rNa1iaa1oa7
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FARM MORTGAGES.

Baldish Ed O'Neal, president of
the American Farm Bureau fedora
ton, has let the cat out of the bag
on the real reason for his opposition
to the holly debated reorganization
of the farm credit administration.
1t came out during man-to-man
talk with Secretary Henry Wallace.
O'Neal is one of the loudest crit
les of Wallace's sweeping reforms,
which are aimed at stopping the
alarming increase of FCA foreclo-
sures. O'Neal fought the appoint
ment of A. C. Black, strong New
Dealer, as new head of the agency,
and explains that Wallace's policies
will result in ''loose and unsound"
credit. But in his private talk with
Wallace, O'Neal gave an entirely
different reason.
ed" said Wallace, "you can't
get me to believe that you are sin
cerely opposed to liberalization of
the FCA. You know as well as I
do that it was absolutely necessary.
We simply had to do something to
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-03
YE WAR TALK:

Norway continued to hold the CEN
ter of the stage, in what has been
called the Second German war. In
the south of that unhappy land, the
German invaders extended their al
ready extensive gains, based pri-
marily on Oslo, the Morse capital.
There was seemingly savage fight
ing around Trondheim and Narvik,
ports on the Morse coast, but I'M
certainty and mystery continued to
screen the accuracy Of Morse Front
news.
French troops swung into action,
along with English and Canadians,
in the various isolated landings from
allied transports and warships, up
and down the endless, inlet-studded
coastline. The Germans flew in
more troops and equipment. Esti-
mates of the total German strength
in Norway ranged from $4,000
Washington to $4,000 (Paris). This
force would be merely corporal
guard, in terms of modern totalitari-
an warfare.
AS to warships, on both sides they
continued sinking, or grounding, or
puncturing, at truly alarming rate,
according to the propaganda stories
waited to America. One German
garrison of marines, said the re-
ports, consisted of 1900 men-but
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-03
N A M E S..
in the news

Police Commissioner Valentine of
gang-plagued New York city urged
his bluecoat patrolmen to be rough,
tough, and obnoxious" to hoodlums;
while Charles Laughton, of Anglo
movie fame, compared the great DR..
Sam Johnson to roast beef, York
shire pudding, English bluebells, or
the Britannia woods and moors. One
bookworm added that Laughton, in
his way, was the greatest English ra-
tionalist since the dear, departed
Eighteenth-century Sam.
A London truck-driver, knowing
not what he did, hit and MORALLY
injured 75-year-oldster. His name
was Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher.
He was a former M. P. But more
than that, he was one of the worlds
outstanding historians, and an in
ternational cultural figure.
There, too, died the equally ia
NOUS Kid Mccoy, whom the worlds
madness" apparently drove to self
destruction. The Kids real name
was Norman Selby: champ mid
dleweight who either was on the up
and up, or else on the down and
down
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-03
G < N Z RAJ
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AIR POLITICS

Up to IS months ago, the chief
beef of this column was the appall-
ing series Of commercial airplane
accidents and the sloppy work and
unsatisfactory reports Of the bureau
of the department of commerce in
charge. Under the former secretary
it was political pot house and the
influence Of big aviation interests
was not conspicuous by its absence.
Then, after four years effort, Sem
ator McCarran got his bill through
setting up the Civil Aeronautics au-
thority as sn independent non-parti-
san agency. It separated executive
function from judicial and legisla-
tive ones, put the former in the
hands of an administrator, set up
an independent safety board to plug
up the CHASTITY gap in the department
tai administration. The authority
was promptly manned with compe-
tent experts.
This column hasn't seen anything
to kick about for more than year
in which &bout 815, O00,0 900 passen-
ger miles were flown without a
death-an unprecedented safety rec
ord. CAA is not entitled to all the
credit, but it rates it's share. It is
now proposed, under the reorgani-
cation act, to abolish the safety
board arr reduce the authority to
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-03
Strange Facts
Cathedral for Men ]
] Sis Honor States !
y Sinners Fixed Up y

q Since 1892, the chapel of John
the Baptist in the Cathedral of st.
Lorenzo in Genoa, Italy, has been
closed to women, including nuns,
because a woman, Salome, was
the cause of his death.
q The only states that have never
had a recorded lynching are Con-
necticut, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, Rhode Island, Maine
and Vermont.
q Only Is of the 70-odd countries
that border on the sea have either
a government or a voluntary life
saving service.
q Black eyes and other bruises
are now being removed within "a
hours through an electrical injec-
ton of histamine, which dilates
the capillaries, stimulates the cir
culation and hastens absorption OF
the effused blood.-Collier's.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-03

Belgrade of a German invasion by
the Trojan Horse method; for there
are, in Jugoslavia, half a million
Germans, many of whom are Nazi-
minded. Late reports from Belgrade
indicated that Premier Dragisha
Tsvetkovitch (see cut) had succeed
ed in stamping out the uprising
when he informed Stoyadinovitch. Ju-
goslavia, ever anti-Soviet and pro-
Czarist in policy, nevertheless has
tened to come to terms with Unholy
Russia, agreed to a Russian trade
treaty, and bargained for Russian
owned weapons, manufactured by
the famous Skoda arms works in
what used to be Czechoslovakia. It
seemed, all round, that national gov
ernments were just as effective mer-
chants-of-death as the so-condemned
private profiteers ever thought of
being.
There were echoes of the Jugoslav
worriment, elsewhere. Holland went
under martial law, to prevent Nazi
boring from within, while Belgium
counted foreign noses. Sweden
stretched her blackout even to light
houses, closed her important port of
Gothenburg; while the sturdy Swiss
planned mobilization of the entire
little country, and called up 10000
more homespun militia. AS for the
Turks, they began to throw out for
eigners, especially tourists and Wis
itors, who might be carrying auto
matte rifles in their golf bags, and
wearing uniform Field Gray under
wear. No Trojan steeds for the Of
tomans and Osmanli!
But Trojan horsemanship aside,
England threatened dire things to
loud-speaking Mussolini, the tough
Nazi Gestapo in Poland, and the In
dian nationalist who want their in
dependence. None of these gentry
seemed overly perturbed by the low
ering Lion of London. Mussolini, in
particular, was urged by an English
cabinet minister-to put up, or shut
up. Some critics ventured to sug-
gest that His Majesty's minister
might better have so addressed the
''kibitzing" Yankees, safely over
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-03

old status as a bureau of the de-
partment of commerce-right back
where we started from.
; Many in congress, the CONNER
cial air pilots and informed air trav-
elers are up in arms against this
shocking proposal, but the big avia-
ton interests are not saying word.
They prefer King Log to King Stork
and King Sugar Papa most of all.
The dope is that the change will go
through if they do not oppose it. 1t
is doubtful if they will, but the air.
travelling public ought to join the
air pilots in forceful opposition.
These are the people whose hides
are endangered.
There are only two apparent rea-
sons for wrecking a unit that was
working so well to go back to sys-
tenn that wasn't. One is politics
and the other is amateur professori-
al piddling with an organization
chart in the rarefied academic at
mosphere of the Brownlow commit
tee. Neither is good enough. Poll
tics is what we don't want here. The
best reorganization chart in the
world is no good without the right
men in the proper places with un-
hampered opportunity to do their
stuff.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-03
MEDICAL ADVANCEMENT.

If the astonishing developments in
medicine continue at their recent
rate, many will have to be shot on
Judgment day.
There is a professional prejudice
against laymen discussing these de-
velopments. The most cruel decep-
tons have resulted from ignorant
ballyhoo of quack cures. The medi-
cal profession has suffered so much
on the rebound that any popular
publicity touches its most sensitive
spots.
Recent developments are marvel
ous-the control of many types Of
pneumonia and one of the most stub
born social diseases by sulfapyri-
dine-the still experimental five-day
cure for syphillis-the checking Of
the anaemia of old age-these are
but an acceleration of the improve
ment in four decades which saw the
conquest of typhoid, typhus, yellow
fever and several tropical diseases.
Surgery does not lag. In re-
cent minor siege with it myself, !
ran across a professional paper Of
which co-author with a navy sur
geon is one of our most distinguished
army medicos. The service group
has Jagged behind none in its con-
tribution to this revolution which is
revising the mortality tables by
amazingly extending the years Of
our lives. Reed, Gorgas, Keller,
Grayson, Metcalf, Magee, Mcintyre
they are the peers of any.
The thing in this paper that would
astonish anybody and which I my
self have seen and felt is the tre-
mendous advance in anaesthesia
(another mystic word) and battle
field surgery since soldiers in battle
have had to have their shattered
legs cut off with no more surcease
than horn of hootch. Anaesthesia
means eliminating or dulling pain
under the knife. This art has so far
advanced that, under a competent
surgeon, / would have little appre-
hension of either danger or pain I'M
der any ordinary operation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-03

stop those farm foreclosures. AS
the representative of many desti-
tute farmers in the South and West,
how can you consistently protest
against this relief for them?"
"Well, Mr.. Secretary" replied
O'Neal with grin, 81 was forced
to oppose you. You see, several
hundred of my members have good
jobs in the FCA, and they were
afraid they would be fired in the re-
organization. This man Black has
them scared. He's tough guy"
NOte-The New York Farm bu-
reau, strongest state unit in O'NeaPs
organization, threatened to with
draw if he didn't support the Gil
lette bill to take the FCA out of
Wallace's control and restore the
old pound of flesh" mortgage poll
cies which previously prevailed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-03

(See Trojan Steeds.)
then lost 1000 men in action. An
other report rumored that the Eng
fish mines laid in Morse territorial
waters (Which precipitated the Ger
man invasion) were purely fictitious,
and that Winston Churchill had
bluffed the Germans with these
verbal deathtraps. Other "good"
rumors NORWAY aside) included the
fact that Prime Minister Chamber
lain and Heinrich Himmler, of the
Nazi Gestapo, were blood brothers
in an esoteric cult, and that Secre-
tary Summer Welles was Welsh
man.
AS to the English-ultra Lord Haw-
Haw, German broadcasting ace, he
was variously reported to be rene
gade English fascist, and the South
African grandson of a rabbi. Daily
he "sank" the British navy in Morse
waters, by word of mouth, and the
English public fairly ate up his
words, while his Canadian audience
was extraordinary. Most people
laughed at Lord Haw-Haw, but a
portion of the British proletariat
were inclined to take him seriously,
which led to hectic English counter
blasts,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-03

-. On the National Labor Rela.
tions board is a. nan-sized task
Judging from all the hue and cry
raised currently throughout the
country over the activities of that
agency and Howard W. Smith
(above), Democratic representative
from Virginia appears to be in line
for that job. He instituted a reso.
luton calling for special report
on the board and will head an in
pestigation committee of the house
which will report to the next ses-
sion of congress.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-03
Braided Rug With
Scalloped Border
By RUTH WYETH SPEARS

ONE day a snapshot came from
~ reader showing a half dozen
braided rag rugs spread out on the
grass. No two were alike. I
thought this one with scalloped
border was particularly interest
ing and the maker wrote me that
the scallops do stay fiat on the
floor.
She uses wool rags and FREE
quently dyes them the colors she
wants. She cuts or tears them
into strips an inch or more wide,
according to the weight of the
material and then braids them
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-03
MISCELLANY:

transforming TOm-Republican-
nomination-candidate Dewey barn
stormed Indiana and the Southwest,
raising hades about the New Deal
ers, and their new dispensation. He
sizzled with a special vigor in Indi-
annapolis, and in Oklahoma City. The
Roosevelt Third Term motif doomed
up clearer and clearer; but Secre-
tary Hull was called, by the COVER
nor of North Carolina, the one DEM
ocrat who could unite the party.
Birthday - Hitler celebrated his
ffty-frst birthday, the controlled
Germanic press turned on the eulo-'
gy-faucet, and the topmost press
agent declared the Fuehrer was a
genius living a century ahead of his
Greatest--A New York Town Hall
ballot for the Greatest American
rated George Washington a mere
third. Franklin D. Roosevelt, who
emancipated the trade-unionists, and
Abraham Lincoln, who freed the
slaves of another sort, were tied,
even-steven, for first.
War Planes-England and France
put in contract bid for $500 Amer
lean warplanes, at cost of cool
$12O, 100000, amid the joyful antics
of our domestic aerial stockholders.
Smears-The SEC was charged,
by the president of the Georgia Pow
er company, man named Preston
Arkwright, with a hideous charge
that of employing the fell methods
of the Russian Ogpu and the Ger
man Gestapo. AS for the New Deal
as whole, continued the irate Geor-
gian, it was out to "smear" public
utilities in general, and ]. Edgar
Hoover told the sympathetic D. A..
r. that communists were out to
smear" the Omen.
Train Smash Up.-Some 125 peo-
pie were killed and injured, when
a New York Chicago express train
was derailed in central New York
state. There were approximately
300 passengers aboard. The cars
piled up for half a mile, and the
engine exploded. Identification of
many corpses, due to hideous man.
Cling, was impossible.
The Missus-The basically good
hearted Mrs. F., D. r. put herself on
the growing side of America-stay-
out, by declaring at Battle Creek,
Mich, that a neutral U. S. means
"the one torch of hope in the world. I"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-03
POTOMAC PEPPERPOTS:

Germany occupied Denmark, and
there was much talk of Uncle Sam
taking over Danish Greenland, in
the New world. Should Germany
occupy Holland, there was much talk
of Uncle Mikado taking over the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-03
TROJAN STEEDS:

The Germans penetrated Norway
by deceit, trickery, and subversion.
They used Trojan Horse tactics:
tourists" peaceful freighters,
business" men, bribery, spying and
a general boring from within.
Other European nations took
alarm at this novel method of Nazi
invasion. Jugoslavia isolated" her
last years premier, Stoyadinovitch,
who had pro-German and pro-Ital-
ian reputation. There was talk at