davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-06-27
-KIMBALL NEWS
n<+++t++<<x%++<+<<<<+<&%.

-KIMBALL NEWS
k<+++++t<t<<++<+<<<<+<<++%
Little NorelIe billiard, not
yet five year old daughter, Of
Mr.. and Mrs. James billiard
underwent an appendectomy last
week. She continues to improve
Mrs. Geneva Fitch, librarian
and dramatics instructor Of
kimball high school, is enjoying
the summer with her husband
in Winston-Salem, N. G..
Mr.. Henry Smith Jones was in
Bellcfountainc Ohio, this week
to bring his daughter, Jan Eft
ticc back to their home in Kim
ball at the close of her school
term there. y 4 =
Miss Ellsworth Calfcc, Pulas-
H ,tterd,a tho n,I o,ohn ".
ch, .,.;. ':' co.,
NJ. ,,a M., A,o,
this weekend in Pulaski, where
| Ia Il l..
oro,, for tho ,.oi,I;.
Mr., C,.., c
c.rv ot,r..,;, :; , w. "
w,. y;.;t;,~ h ''N" .,"''
NJ. .,, u
,,.. h,n,o ru.., r,,,'c
ct.+o ..1 Dr. r " Wv. 49,. '''S'
Mr.. p,4,,,.r, ..:., "''
rothou
''''' a.'e''o'IH SUM
n. :" noro'hS
I o'''"''.'"' 'o'Sio Sauh-
! r1,. - '' ii'uH"' MISS
C..;7.n., ""' wy r'' W.
" "'' 'o'"'''
NJ. p.;;
v;..;,,;a c.. " az "1''
w r,;so, 1 VS. '"
Thur.d. s.:- ''''
NJ, r,,oa. n.,. ,r IN.
Shn,ral,ar =, - - c.
v.o.,;o.;,,,. :. I.,r ~.
;+uo Mr.. pa c.:,,.
'''
Mrs I & Valentino v;.itod
hor mother in Tavowou V,
last weck-ond and found her
much inonrovod
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-06-27
IMPROVED
UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
CUNDAy
OCHOOL Lesson
BY HAROLD L. LpND0uIsr, d. d.
Dean Of The Moody Bible Institute
Of Chicago
tReleased by Western Newspaper Union)
Lesson for June 20

Lesson subjects and Scripture texts &C.
lected and copyrighted bv In,ern,,ionol
Cou4eil of Religious Educ";ion used by
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-06-27

Mr.. and Mrs. X. D. Cridcr at
tended the wedding Of lovely
Miss Vivian Robinson to Mr..
David Smith in the Metropolitan
Methodist church in Gary last
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-06-27

Miss Ellsworth Calfcc, Pulas-
hi. attended the DcLoachc-Za-
chary wedding ceremonies Sat.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-06-27

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew King are
this weekend in Pulaski, where
Mrs. King will preside at the
organ for the wedding of Miss
Lucy Martin.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-06-27

Mr.. Henry Smith Jones was in
Bellcfountainc Ohio, this week
to bring his daughter, Jan Eft
ticc back to their home in Kim
ball at the close of her school
term there. y 4 h
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-06-27

Mrs. Gertrude Gatcwood. of
Gary, attractive in red slack suit
was visiting her sister, Mrs.
Melvin Harris.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-06-27

Capt. and Mrs. Marccllus
Golf (ncc Phoebe TIarrison) will
leave Carlisle Pa, this weekend
after a months military train
ing, for TT. Blevins, Mass. where
Capt. Golf is a directing surgeon
in the medical corps.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-06-27

MIR. and Mrs. John Franklin
are home from Bluciicld where
Mr., Franklin attended the Boys
State and Boy Scout sitting and
Mrs. Franklin visited her
mother.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-06-27

Mrs. Geneva Fitch, librarian
and dramatics instructor Of
Kimball high school, is enjoying
the summer with her husband
in Winston-Salem, N. G.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-03
A Thought for Today
They Saw It Through

Now it is the Fourth of July again, and we turn naturally to the memory of the day when the American colonies declared their independence of Great Britain and became an independent nation. Let us not look back at that day in 1776 through rosy haze of historical fuddlement. When the bell rang in Philadelphia on that hot July day it was no signal for one great unanimous upsWelling of joy. More than year of war already lay behind the struggling colonies when Han cock wrote his bold signature; nearly seven more years of bitter struggle lay ahead. It was no exercise in literary composition, that declaration, it was decision. It was decision of value only as it was made to stick with cement of grit and blood
 The country was by no means unanim- ous in the decision, any more than it is unanimous in decisions that are being made today. Many Wagged their heads and said, we Americans can't win," in words not unfamiliar Others gloomily geared that the radicals were in the sad dle and that even successful separation from England would leave country scarcely it to live in. Some feared for their lives, some for their money and property. Some found it better business to sell their provisions and supplies to the British for gold than to the Conti- mental Congress for depreciating paper. Some snorted at the possibility of a French alliance was not Louis XVI dictator and no fit company for good democrats? Some felt it would be better, cheaper in the long run, to pay unjust taxes than to fight costly war. Some feared change itself as they felt their world slipping out from under them.
 Oh, they were not all heroes then, those founding fathers who plunked for inde- pendence on July 4, 1776. They were about like us, good and bad, strong and weak, far-visioned and near-sighted = and just middling. They weren't giants, they were just people like us, with their personal problems, likes, and dislikes. But on the end they faced their crisis and they saw it through. When the 'time came, they decided, and having decided, they allowed neither domestic dissidents nor foreign enemies to stop them. That is the one thing to remember about the forebears whose Declaration of Independ- ence we celebrate today. They wanted a world in which they could breathe the air freely. They went out and got it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-03

resources which is astounding to read and an education for the uninformed
 A closing remark by the writer, too, makes for lot of thinking, He said: Deprived of the Ukraine Russia would become virtually an Asiatic country. And that is what Stalin'S forces are fight ing desperately to avoid. Every action of the country and its leaders of recent years; its desperate attempts to WOO American friendship, culture, and advice proves this quite concluSively. If its philosophy of life were to change along with all this Russia undoubtedly could become the most powerful country in all Europe, perhaps the world.
 Oddly enough it's mushroom expansion induStrially of late years is not due to the form and style of government imposed on the multitudes, but mainly to an inn portation of ideas and brains, chiefly from the United States. Whether or not we want to Sympathize with or ostracize Russia, Americans will have to take a lot of credit for her modernization in many respects. And with scarcely an impreS- sion made on the surface of vast coun- try of rich natural resources much will happen in the next few months. If Hit Ter conquerS Russia he will indeed be master of all he surveys in every direc- tion. But the way is a long one for the Sorely- -beset NaZi forces.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-03
The Auto In Defense

Down at Washington these days much Is being said and written about the auto mobile industry. There are efforts being made to force manufacturers who raised prices on new cars to drop back to previ- ous levels. Resistance is reported to such efforts in most coseS and official Washington has it that there may be some startling repercussions as result. But no one can deny the fact that the automobile today is an integral part of our American way of living. No matter how much one may argue about it the fact remains that, everyone of us is auto- mobile conscious and as result we main tain a far-flung industry.
 It's not too generally known, though, that the courts two years ago actually recognized the part the automobile plays In our lives by defining it as necessity" and not a luxury. This was the Supreme Court of Nebraska which ruled that lit cannot be seriously disputed that the motor vehicle industry has grown to huge proportions in both the State and nation. Motor vehicles, once luXuries, are now necessities :"
 The National Automobile Dealers Asso- citation points out what happened in England at the outbreak of the war with Its first terrifying and devastating air raids on London and other centerS of population. People began to put their cars in storage in an effort to conserve fuel, tires, and to aid in governmental control Air raids soon disrupted all systematized forms of transportation; industrial upsets followed because of workers absence or tardiness. Private cars had to be put back onto the streets and roads.
 Here in the U. S. A. where ownership of motor vehicles is one to every five persons utter dependence on the auto certainly calls for the most strenuous efforts on the part of all government to keep their wheels moving.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-03

This is a major reform. Previ- ously the responsibility was scat tered among the brass hats, re- sulting in long delays and other hitches in getting new planes into- production. Under the reorgan- ization, Lovett will be boss and able to deal firmly with red tape and the bureaucrats.
 Because he shuns the lime- light and works without hOOpIa,. only insiders know that LOvett has been miIitantly battling the red-tape brigade since he entered the War Department last De-
 cember. The reorganization plan, which sets up a unified, autonomous Air Corps command,
 was largely Lovetts work.
 NOTE = Major General Hap Arnold, commander of the newly created Army Air Forces, is out ranked by Lieutenant General Delos G. Enmons, chief of the Air Force Command, which is under Arnold. To remedy this incon- gruous situation, either Arnold will have to be promoted a notch or Emmcns' temporary rank, giv- en him last October, will have to be reduced to Arnold,S.
 NAVY AIR PLANS
 The Navy hasn't announced it yet, but it is formulating a new program to boost it's air force to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-03
In Today's Mail
SOVIET CONSTITUTION COM
 PARED TO OUR OWN BILL OF RIGHTS
June 2s, ls4l.

June 28, 194l. = Editor, Waterbury Democrat: . Atthe time of the Soviet Unions n-aggression pact with Germany. I believed, and still believe, the pact was due solely to their recognition that war was spreading in Europe and to their deep desire to remain at peace. Many, on the contrary, claimed the pact was evidence of identity or similarity of beliefs. Both governments were called dic- tatorships by people ignorant of the facts and by other unscru- pulCus demagogues who really know better.
 A comparison of the tenets of fascism and na1-ism, as expound- ed in ..Mein Kampf'' with the So- viet Constitution reveals the truth. The latter, especially Chapter x, Articles 124 and 125, reads like our own Bill of Rights, guaranteeing freedom of religion, of conscience, of speech, of the press, of assem- ply, Of trade unions, iiiviolahility of person, of the home, and privacy of correspondence. There are also
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-03

5000 planes and 7,00O pilots.
 Its present plan calls for 10,- 400 planes by July, 1942, and the 10,40O peak by the following year. The proposed increase will be re- quested to keep the air arm abreast of the rapidly materializing two ocean Navy.
 NEWEST CONGRESSWOMAN
 Eleven-year old Goodloe Byron, son of Maryland's new congress woman, has had his first brush with Capitol Hill politics and doesn't quite understand all of its bitterness, especially when it affects the father of one of his chumS.
 One of Goodloe's schoolmates is young David Laser, son of WPA's David LasSer. Lasser, Sr., was earnestly trying to combat left-- wing radicals inside WPA, but Congress, too dense, to understand that fact, threw him out of a job.
 It happened that the second bill on which Mrs. Byron voted after being, inducted into office was the WPA appropriation measure spe- officially excluding Lasser from drawing his WPA scalary. She voted with the mob and Lasser was automatically discharged.
 But young David Lasser had not been told of the action of Con-. gress. He knew only that Good loe's mother was one of those who held his fathers job in her hands. So, at school recess, David ap- preached Goodloe Byron,
 Please" he appealed, ,y 'sask your mom not to vote against
 Daddy!"
 Qoodloe said he sure would, but by the time he reached his mother 1t was too late. a
 NOTE = Goodloe,s father, Con- gressman Byron, was killed in an Atlanta plane crash last Febru- ary. Mrs. Byron succeeded to her husbands. congressional seat. ALUMINIUM REPORT
 Aluminium Company of America can thank two anti-New Deal Democrats for those pulls 1t got in the House Military Affairs Committees report on deficiencies in the national defense program.
 One of the congressman was Rep. Charles I. Faddis, Pennsyl- vania New Deal-hater, who head ed the subcommittee that wrote the report. Theo ther was Rep. Andrew J. May of Kentucky, who was chiefly responsible for the full committees indorsement of it.
 This extraordinary report scathingIys blasted the admins tration for the shortage in aluminium while warmly eulogix- ] ing the giant Aluminium com pany, which is under indictment for monopoly and which had just been denounced by Sem ate committee for obstructing aluminium expansion plans.
 After the document had been read, Faddis turned to whiet- haired Rep. Ewing Thomson, Texas New Dealer. and bluntly de- clared, Let's be practical. Each of us knows how the other stands. I know you're opposed to this re- port"
 T certainly am snapped Thomson. Your contradictory conclusions baffle me. I think the committee should delay con- slderstion for three days so we can study the testimony on which you base your changes: 2
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-03

Years ago when use of fireworks was unrestricted Waterbury used to boom from dawn until late at night. There were some tremendous cannon-crackers in those days and what a roar they would make in a quiet neighborhood when some youngster started on his annual noise 'binge''. Of course there was danger all the time in such antics as most of the kids went through and today staid old they once did. Use of trolley cars to pro duce deafening explosions right in Ex- change Place finally caused the police to stop the practice of placing caps on the tracks. It was too dangerous just as all the whole shooting match was.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-03

T won't agree to that" shout ed Faddis. T demand that the full committee approve my report today, so that it can be pub icized in the Sunday newspapers and offset those false charges against the Aluminium company made in the report of Senator Truman's Investigating commit tee"
 You can't ram this down our throats on such sudden notice" broke in Rep. John Sparkman, young Alabama New Dealer.
 But Faddis did, with the help of May, who used every par liamentary trick to block move by Sparkman to "open up" the report for revision and debate. Faddis won immediate consider atiOn 11-1O, with himself the only Democrat voting "aye". May refused to vote.
 CHEMICALS NEXT
 The next major industry slated for priority controls is the chem tcal industry.
 With the demand for plastics soaring because of the shortage in aluminium, steel, nickel and other metals, serious deficiencies are showing up in the chemicals used to produce plastics. At the same time, the heavy demand for ex- plosives is creating tight situ- ation in chemicals normally used in fertilizer and other non-de- fense products.
 Newspapers and magazines may be hit unless ways are found to overcome a threatened shortage in acids used for phOtO-engravfng.
 Even undertakers are begin ming to feel the pinch. One complained to the OPM last week that he was in danger of being forced out of business because of inability to get formaldehyde for use in embalming.
 Copyright, 1941, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-03

recognition and receives it from every sensible builder.
 The invisible vertical runs through our lives also. Frequently we are not so wise in the building of our lives as are the men who build with brick mad stone. But Gods plumb line runs from heaven to earth. It goes from the top of every mans life to the bottom. It runs the whole length of every circumstance. This invisible vertical is the divine pur- pose. It is Gods tlnwavering deter imitation that come what will, men must in the end abide by the divine laws and accommodate them selves to divine plan.
 Sin is an attempt to build in fla grant disregard of the invisible mor- al vertical. War is mans delusion that he can force circumstances to assume the shape his hand gives them, regardless of whether God would have it that way or not.
 We build wisely only when we recognize that the demands of the invisible vertical are imperative. All Rights Reserved Babson News
 paper Syndicate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-03

All sorts of advice is being given to motorists to cut down on the accident toll over the Fourth of July and the fol- lowing weekend. One of the forms of advice is to make this holiday safe and sane by staying at home. We appreciate the sense in such a. suggestion as this. It's probably what great many people should do. But when you come right down to it this great holiday is awaited by millions every year just for the satis- faction they will get out of an outing. It may be planned months ahead of time. It may contemplate hundred mile trip or just short jaunt. But it's something to which they have been looking forward and we don't really see how they can be asked to stay home. It's true their driv- ing may contribute to accidents, but what we should do is urge stricter adherence to regulations of the road not to mention use of good commOn-sense at all times when driving along our highways.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-03
Press Comment
WISE SENTENCE

(Boston Post)
 The Maine judge who ordered two boys to work 10 days in the park system, under direction of the Port land forester, because they wan- tonly damaged 8 large public flower garden. meted out a punishment that will impress upon these boys the folly of vandalism As they work at wedding around bushes and trees, under the terms of the unique sem tence, they will have plenty of time to think that they are too young to be starting out on the wrong foot. A lot more young boys, and girls, too, in many cases, would be far better oil if they would have brought home to them in graphic manner the need to abide by the rules and grow up to be helpful cit- izens.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-03
Little Realization

Your average American has little real ization of the tremendous potentialities concealed within the territory of Soviet Russia. The wonder of it is that Hitler's Nazi hordeS were not poured into the country long before this to seize and annex to the German Reich the virtually untouched stores of vast resources that are within this great and strange courl- try. In a recent digest of news Steel pre- sented an analytical study of Russia'S
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-03

other important guarantees to the people. The Soviet Union is demo- cratic and peace-seeking. My sym. pathies have long been with theN struggle for collective security oa peace-loving nations against 'ag- greSsors. I believed with them that this might prevent or at least post pone indefinitely world war. For this reason I advocated support of Ethiopia, of Spain, of China, and of Czechoslovakia. Winston Chur- chill now admits collective action against aggression could have pre- vented the present war.
 The appeaserS, however, built up Hitler with their MunichS, are stiu building up Japan and are trying to split the forces of democracy with the bogey of communism. Noa all of these appeasers are vicious: some are merely shortsighted. Tho effect of both is disastrous. Many millions, however, regardless of otll- CT differences agree that Hitler must be, destroyed. These must unite against him and give all synn- pathy and aid to those actu. Ny fighting fascist aggression. This is the only remaining hope of keep ing. America out of the war.
 I have been encouraged by MT Churchips recognition of the rok of the Soviet Union in the defense both of England and of the Unit ed States; also by the statements of MT. Roosevelt and MT. Sumner Welles. This is no time, however, for mere words. Again it will be be ''too little and too late" unless immediate and decisive help is give en.
 Meanwhile we must preserve our civil liberties and stamp out fascisl manifestations wherever they ara found. It will help little to fight fascism in Germany if 'we fosteR and develop fascisn here.
 Sincerely yours.
 Dr) Emily M. pierson.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-03
Questions
 and Answers

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
 The Waterbury Democrats Ser vice Bureau will answer for yoH free, any question of fact or in- formation, not involving exten- sive research. Write your ques- tfOn clearly, sign name and ad- dress, enclose three cent postage stamp. Medical or legal advice cannot be given. Address Water bury Democrats Washington Ser vice Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. c.
 @. Did the ancient Romans in- vent the curved arch?
 A. No; it was previously used by Assyrians and old Egyptians. Sir J. e. Wilkinson considers that it ex- isted in brick in the reign of Amenc- phis I, about 1540 B. C., and in stone in the time of PSammetichus II, about 600 B. c.
 @. How many prisoners escaped last year?
 A. Tn 1889, the latest year for which statistics are available, 1,168 prisoners escaped from state and federal prisons.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-03

every area.
 Skip entirely the activities of f-the 46, ,000 post-offices with their 233,- 900 workers, comprising the worlds biggest business, handling $4 billion a year. Skip the WPA with its re- lief projects in nearly every com- m unity and its million-and-up wage-earners. Skip the draft boards and the census takers. Consider just the regular federal administrative agencies which have branch of fees outside of Washington and you get unbelievable totals. Consciously or not, your federal government is taking over so many functions which deal directly with the people, and not through the states or smaller units of local gov- ernment, that if the trend goes on, the entire pattern of admins tration will be changed.
 GRASS ROOTS GOVERNMENT Advent of the defense program has hastened this movement. As the Office of Production Manage ment expanded, several of its divi- sions have found that they must have more sub-headquarters to keep in touch with local conditions.
 The training with industry pro- gram of OPM was the first to branch out, establishing 22 field of ficer. Then the defense contract service, organized to assist in sub contracting, put 12 regional head quarters in each of the Federal Re- serve districts The purchasing divi- sion, to buy local product for Army training camps, put in 12 main ad- visory buyers with an additional A sub-officeS to help the quartermas- ter corps with the food problem. The information service then branched out with 12 regional of fices, again picking Federal Reserve cities for their sectional headquar- ters. Latest of the OPM agencies to open regional offices is the prior ities section.
 The tendency to pick for regional headquarters the 12 cities which are the Federal Reserve "capitals" is most pronounced. Department of Commerce, in the reorganization of its field service, follows this pat tern, and so general has it become that the Federal Reserve cities are gradually becoming the 12 most i'm portant little Washingtons" in the country. To show the extent to which this is true, 1t is only nec- essary to list the cities and give the number of agencies which have branch offices in each. Here is the score: