davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-07-25

Incensed by Charles A. Lind
bergh's recent attitude on national
affairs, the city council of Charlotte
N. c., has changed the name of
Lindbergh Drive to Avon Terrace.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-07-25

July &C. 1854, schoolmaster and
10 of his pupils were massacred
by Indians in Antrim Township,
Franklin County, Pa, three miles
north of Greencastle,
We can visualize the teacher and
pupils, in the little log school
house, then in the forest, busy at
their tasks of getting an education
as best they could in those early
days. The school was a parochial
one, before the days of free schools.
The teacher was En0ch Brown
and the remains of the murdered
teacher and pupils were buried
nearby.
This occurred during Pontiac's
War part of the French and In
dian conflict. The site has been
made into a park, which was dedi-
Gated on August 4, 1885. Address
es on the occasion were made by
George w. Ziegler, Rev. Cyrus
Cort, Peter A. Wilmer, Rev. F. A.
Wood and Dr.. William II. Engle.
The poet of the occasion was John
W. Cooper
A history of the massacre is
handed down to us in book in the
archives of the Historical Society
at Harrisburg, the book being kept
there because the event happened
in Pennsylvania; however, the
book has been kindly loaned to the
Washington County Library and
it is from this book that we have
the information given in this ar.
:icle
inc story:
The great chieftain of the Otta.
wa Indians, Pontiac, marshalled
tr.Oes together between the Great
Lakes and the Alleghanies, his
avowed purpose being to drive the
Red Coats" and pale faces into
the sea. Providing bands of saw
ages made frequent raids into set
Elements, killing and scalping the
pioneer settlers in Pennsylvania,
Maryland and Virginia, regardless
Of age, sex or condition.
In one of these forays into the
Cumberland Valley, says the ac-
count ON the 26th day of July 1864,
there was perpetrated what Park
way, the historian of Colonial times
pronounced IAN outrage, unmatch.
ed in fiendish atrocity through all
the annals of war;
In his narrative as published in
Border Life, ETC." it is stated that
the massacre of the schoolmaster
and pupils was done by three young
warriors from that locality, who
brought the scalps back as bloody
trophies of their trip into the set
Elements. Neep-paugh-weese might
walker), an old chief or half king
and other old Indians, denounced
them for killing so many children
and called them ''cowards.'
Others have claimed that the
massacre was perpetrated by a
squad of Seneca Indians, from the
western part of New York.
One boy, Archibald Mccullough
was left as dead, but recovered
According to the story of this boy
two old Indians and young Indian
rushed up to the door soon after
the opening of the morning session
of the school. The schoolmaster
Enoch Brown, prayed to them tt
take his life but spare the lives O.
the children, but all were brutally
Evening star., 1941-01-12
The War;: First Year
By Edgar McInnis. London
Oxford University Press.

0y EuguT MC1ftIttS. LOft0Oh'
Oxford University Press.
Living with the news of the great
struggle abroad as it breaks from
day to day in the press with the
columns Of interpretations from
commentators makes for the average
man a confusion which frequently
is ironed out in retrospect. And the
average man would probably just
as soon have some apparently quail
fed person separate for him the
wheat from the chaff. Mr.. McInnis'
book does this.
Opening with background sketch
of post World War diplomacy from
the stupidity of Versailles through
the Munich fiasco, the author
creates a definite sympathy for a
brutally carved-up Germany and an
admiration for the directness of
purpose which she showed in re-
organizing in the face of blundering
allied interests.
But with the crushing of Czecho-
Slovakia and the invasion OF Po-
land, this feeling turns rapidly to
disgust at the revelation Of the lies Of
the head Of the German state shown
by his promises and actions. Mr..
McInnis feels that the woes Of the
British are due to their willingness
to believe Hitler's speeches rather
than "Mein Kampf"
If the pro-British policy of the
Roosevelt administration reflects
the feeling of the Nation-and it
unquestionably does - the slight
British bias of the author is likely
to make his work popular. One can
not read it without the feeling that,
despite the diplomatic ounces who
have from time to time handled the
affairs of the Empire, the Union
Jack will still be nailed to the mast
when it is all over-a natural feeling
on the part of the author, who is
history professor at the University
of Toronto. The finest thing about
the book Is its orderly analysis of
what it describes-"The War: First
Year"
JOHN w. THOMPSON, Jr.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
By Beatrice Workman,
Librarian, Chevy Chase Branch.

Adventurous careers of men and
women who made their own luck
are well represented among recent
biographies and autobiographies
added to the Public Library, Eighth
and K streets NV, and its branch
eS. These authors, as young people,
all had a dream of what they want
ed to do. They kept this as their
goal, and with the will to work hard
and win, they did succeed. Adven-
ture followed as matter OF course.
A good example from the field of
medicine is Mrs. Anne Walter
Fearn's MY Days Of Strength" ;"
Graduating from medicine school in
1898. Mrs. Fearn was almost ostra-
cized by her family and friends for
wanting to be something as unfemi-
nine as a doctor. She went to China
to open the Women'S Hospital in
Soochow, and dramatic episodes fol-
lowed each other in rapid success
sion. Eugene de SavitSch'S In
Search of Complications" witty,
humorous biography OF a very un-
usual Washington doctor, presents
vivid pictures of "other ways of life,
of strang places and even stranger
adventures
World Travellers.
"Diplomatically Speaking" by
Lloyd Griscom portrays realistically
and humorously the career of a
Philadelphian whose various assign
ments took him to London, Con-
stantinople, Toxic, Rome and Rio
de Janeiro. Seen through the eyes
of a secretary, the first Englishwom-
an to be employed by the United
States Embassy in London, diplo-
matte life takes on an engaging
reality in Emily BaX's Miss Bax of
the Embassy"
Secretariai work proved to be the
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Proqress in Medicine
BIZ Idgo GdldSton.

By Iago Galdston. Neuo York: Alfred A. Knopt
ultimate
verdict history the significant episode the annals the earth
human beings first appeared the medicine during the
century.
story which hardly written often Thousands of
books have been written the Napoleon The Napoleon
than old maids gossip compared to this major war which
and DEATH Because of it, live
average long they did century Without this
statement might well be usfedthe present
with the epdemcs which already appearing Europe
could the of
extremely able medical journalist
brings light here curious and details Of medical
the living and
citations the end Of medical
Especially chapters the Of PSYCHE
the rise Of Freudanism
THOMAS HENRY.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Best Sellers

The following list of best
sellers is compiled weekly from
information obtained in Wash
ington by The Star and in New
York, Boston, Chicago and San
Francisco by the North Amer
lean Newspaper Alliance:
FICTION.
"FOr Whom the Bell TOlIs," !"
by Ernest Hemingway (Scrib-
ner).
"Sapphira and the Slave
Girl" by Villa Gather CKnopD .
"Oliver Wiswell," by Kenneth
Roberts doubleday, Doran).
Raleigh's Eden," by Inglis
Fletcher (Bobbs-MerrilD.
"Mrs. Miniver," by Jan
Struther (Harcourt, Brace.
NON-FICTION.
"White Cliffs" by Alice Duer
Miller (Coward-McCann).
Treasury of the Worlds
Great Letters" edited by M.
Lincoln Schuster (Simon &
Schuster).
II Rode With StOnewall," by
H. K. Douglas university of
North Carolina).
"Pilgrim's Way" by John
Buchan CHoughton, Mifflin).
From Many Lands" by
Louis Adamic (Harper).
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Lives of Adventure Related
In Library Biographies

magic carpet of Neill James. She
had an unconquerable desire to see
the world and refused to be caught
in the rut of government stenog-
rapher and typist. When the offer
of a transfer from Washington to
Government department on the
West Coast came, Miss James &C
cepted with alacrity. From then on,
the world was hers, and life her
own making. She describes her life
around the world most fascinatingly
in "Petticoat Vagabond."
Stories of Exploration.
Two exceptionally beautiful books
have been written about aviation:
Antoine de St. Exupery's Wind,
Sand and Stars" and Anne Lind
berg's North to the Orient"
Exploration now attracts both men
and women. Mrs. Akeley's biogra-
ply of her husband. Carl Akeley,
wilderness Lives Again" and Mrs.
Johnson's story of her life with her
husband, Martin Johnson, Il Mar
ried Adventure are both books Of
outstanding merit.
Acting and dancing for both men
and women are delightfully."- de-
scribed in Margaret Armstrong;
Fanny Kemble," John Gielgud' S
Early Stages" Tamara Karsavina' s
'Theater Street" and Romola Min
sky's "Nijinsky." The return to
popularity of the Russian ballet
makes these last two of particular
interest.
Passionate love of and devotion
to ones country emerges from the
extraordinary book of Constancia
de la Mora, In Place of Splendor." ."
Here is a fascinating, well-written
and heart-breaking account of an
ardent Loyalist in Spain and the
emergence of a rich personality
who transformed her life from one
of utter uselessness to one of out
standing worth.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
GOSSIP: The Life and Times of Walter WincheII
Viking Press.


there to be neutral
Wnch people admire him
others regard him with
journalistic form that he ahered is
gossip folks like
bit others dislike it,
number of people like the Winche type of gossip how
fact that the exvaudeve hooters col
said to about 100000 readers daily
them
dsiuonment-Mr McKelway
Wnches And his
that highly
nearly everybody-except, perhaps, Mr. Winchel.
H.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Brief Reviews


PICASSO. By Jan CasSou. Trans
lated from the French BY Mary
Chamot. Ne1O York: Hyperion
Press.
Critical study of PicaSso, illustrated
by more than 100 reproductions of
his work. Well worth having.
ROMAN PORTRAITS. Phaidon
Edition. oxford University Press.
Brief outline Of the development
Of the sculptured portrait from $50
BIC. to the 4th century, by L. Gold
scheider, with $50 plates showing
famous examples Of the art. Very
interesting to students.
AARON SOPHER. By Forbes Wat
SON. Baltimore: Ember.
A critical study of the caricaturist,
with reproductions of his drawings.
Amusing.
POPULAR HOME DECORATION.
By Mary Dauis Gillies. NeU
York: Wise.
Associate editor of McCall's offers
large volume on making the home
beautiful. Some practical, some
la-di-da. Illustrations useful.
Places.
CALIFORNIA AND THE WEST. BIZ
Charts and Edward Weston. New
York: DueU, Sloan G. Pedrce.
Chatty guide book, large size, il
lustrated with So photographs by
Edward Weston. $3.50.
FRANCE WILL LIVE AGAIN. BIZ
Samuel Chamberlain. ForeUord
bu Donald Mofatt. NeU York,
Hastings House.
Etchings, Autographs, sketches and
photographs of French scenes, made
by the author between 1919 and 1889
Very charming.
ALONG CIVILIZATIONS TRAIL.
By Ralph M. LeuiS. San Jose:
Amorc.
A travel book about Egypt. Meso-
potamia and Palestine. Somewhat
elementary.
Pep by the Volume.
CHEERIO'S BOOK OF DAYS. NeU
York: Garden City.
Selections from the broadcasts of
the well-known Cheerio. Arranged
day by day for year.
Mysteries.
THE DEADLY SUNSHADE. By
Phoebe AtWood Taylor. NetU
York: Norton.
A new Asey Mayo mystery in
volving sudden death in a beach
resort. Pretty much the usual.
MURDER OUT OF TURN. By
Frances and Richard Lockridge
NeU York. Stokes.
A new Mr.. and Mrs. North mys-
terry in which holiday at Lone
Lake is suddenly transformed into
murder case. Amusing as well as
suspensful.
THE TRAIL OF THE SERPENT.
By Cedric Worth. NeD York
Dutton.
Murder in California, involving a
religious cult. $3.50.
MR.. SOUTH URNED HIS
MOUTH. By Gentry Nyldnd.
Ne,D York. Morro,D.
Detective gets caught in crime he
tries to. solve. Amusing.
MAIGRET TO THE RESCUE. By
Georges Simenon. NeW York:
Hdrcourt, Brace.
Two full-length Maigret stories in
one volume. For those who like the
stout French sleuth.
Locomotives.
LOCOMOTIVES ON PARADE. By
Edpard Hungertord. NeU York:
CroUeU.
History of the development Of
American railroad engines, simply
written and illustrated. Interesting.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
New Josephine Lawrence
Novel Follows Tradition
Of Her Earlier Works
Frederick Niven Writes Tale
Of Sel<irk Settlers; Tragedy
Marks Hutchinson Story
By Mary-Carter Roberts.
No Stone Unturned
Bu JOSephine Lal

BIZ Josephine Boston: Little, BroUn Co.
several now writing gently sadist
middle class She genuine talent 1o
hon 70
particularly individual woman doomed ines
folly while procalng w
society," tear MIN or ner slo"
this pretty WELL Reading one OF
belongs attendance
q polite but absolutely mercless gossip.
amiabe radltlon She gives
realtor his business career IN
the up even 10
the memories of the good times In place OF ms
labor of family he substitutes an unheatny
He absobs hlse1 IN
pathetic and Intellectual efforts
arosng their angon
and he is finally sunk
American which MISS
that portrait pretty well DONE But her menod
as a wanting several serious counts.
material novel hereher
without the least
repetition that fills by repetlon
that literary monotone
thing and with persistence distressing as a
Weman in his pOs that be possible
thing book has development whatsoever She
nemnably futile her nero
until apparently deciding dags out
period her. Even the pleasure
which placid
usually is lost by these faults.
mind whether Maty
really type after all True there must be businessmen
losses and found themselves
conditions Miss LaWrencs picture
believe whole
her book not stand Nothing happens it too many times
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Letter of Credit
By Jerome Weidman. Ne,
York: Simon & SchuSter.

BIZ Jerome Weidman. NeW
York: Simon & SchuSter.
To 60 around the world is not an
especially unusual thing, but to
write story about the personalities
met, rather than the sights seen, is
something of a novelty. And that is
what Mr.. Weidman has done in his
first non-fiction attempt. With the
dictators trying to change the map
Of the world, the author had the
same desire as so many others-to
take last glimpse at passing era.
His journey started in the last days
Of the democracies Of Europe, and
his notes on the attitudes and opin-
ions of the affected peoples have
produced very interesting story.
Mr.. Weidman has taken the
trouble to write down the common
place but interesting little things
that so often escape US at the mo-
ment they occur, but are remem-
bered long afterward. One thinks
of the places described in the book
not in terms of museums and stat
ues, but of a certain people; the
little man who tried to sour Weld
mans outlook on life; Of Rita, the
London stenographer, who, on vaca-
ton at the Riviera, kept the author
from making a fool of himself; of
the young British officer on a secret
mission in Singapore; of the rattle
Drained girl camera fiend in Ceylon;
of the students from New York
bluffing their way through an Edin-
burgh medical school.
Letter of Credit" is devoted en-
tirely to people-and always with a
dash of humor-from the leader of
the Professional Adorers of France
Club to the Australian Fishing
Fleet which doesn't catch the kind
of fish you would suppose; from the
old duffer who tried to 90 home to
England, but couldn't stay away
from India, to the Australian couple
who lived 40 years in Malaga and
never bought a stick of furniture
because it isn't really our home, you
know"
DONN p. sTRAUsBAUGH.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Schoo!moster of Yesterday

By Miard Fillmore Kennedy and AIvin F. Harlo
WhitleSey House.
brings of nostalgia
long BALI with the
while
a feet
started teaching
which easily spn
Lived usually
the family
had his physical running
etc, in order to win their respect and obedience
school buildings
by the time Mad old
being
taught buildings
the old Mark Hopkins system the rural schools
neghbo spirit
daily intimate contact with every of his pupils frequent
frockd
their love affairs and their
carry grave they died and
wrote their obituaries afterwards"
The author his father and grandfather all human
both
makes one Of the most amusing and hearwarmg books
reviewer IN some time RUTH 8. ERWIN
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Golden Gate
By FeHr Rosenberg, jr. Ne1C
York.. Alfred A. Knopf.

York: Alfred A. Knopf.
Golden Gate" tells the story of
Americas most romantic city. 1t
also tells the story of America, in
part. For San Francisco is micro
coSmic America, recapitulating from
the forlorn days of settlement by
religious men, through the greedy
tumult of exploitation, to a final
stage of reasonably dignified govern
ment and comparatively settled busi-
ness and commerce.
San Francisco's history really be-
gins with the gold rush. In its
earliest days it was a settlement Of
Spanish priests. AS late as 1912 it
seemed certain that England would
obtain California and it was not
until 1886 that the United States
settled the issue with the Mexican
War. Two years later, when San
Francisco was an orderly city of
1000 people, some glittering particles
were found in a saWmiQ tailrace
by one John w. Marshall. Dentists,
lawyers and short order cooks
slammed their Office doors and
streaked for the diggins Thousands
of pallid clerks from the East, as
well as bona fide miners, rushed to
Frisco" in quest of easy money.
With them came the lunatic-and-
criminal fringe to set up its own
community in the money-mad town.
When the gold fever slackened,
came the Vigilantes, Barbary Coast
and the great fire of 1906, when
hysterical Italians spread gallons Of
good red wine to check the flames.
Previously San Francisco had had a
half-dozen other fires, each razing
whole sections of the city. Again,
typically American, the city rebuilt
itself, each time bigger and better.
Mr.. Rosenberg writes his first
book out of enthusiasms picked up
during two years reporting on the
San Francisco News. 1t is poorly
organized, failing to present clear,
ordered picture of the city's history.
1t is written with more vigor than
skill. It is worth reading, however,
because the young authors eagerness
to tell the world about his city is
contagious. A A. HOEHLING.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Cites Figures to Show
Success of Movement.
Father Huntngon Founder of the Order Of the Holy Cross

By Vida Dutton Scudder. New York. E. P. Dutton Co.
Vida Boswell a strachey a
life she has written And this
of
ploddng stuff.
Episcopal
revolutionary respects epoused
diSmay
thought activities out the clerical realm paved the
Church
withdrew public activity
giving
of
his activities the Of
the New Yos lower East Side Later the Mother
Westminster, finally N.
the lived his faith justified
of
definite the Protestant Episcopal Church
holds the
scudder too herself soioqing and hues
produce
J.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Success of R. E. A. Despite
Hostility Is Recounted by
Head of Newt Unit
Harry Slattery Tells Story of
One of Strangest Anomalies
In i. S. Business History
By Charles G. Ross.
Rural America Lights Up
By Harry Sattery Washington: National Library
Rural America Lights Up


Foundation
nn1 The story of lone 3ss Of the M american utility
the movement aide Clifford Pnhot head
Rural stt 1f use ID @ % book s @ b @
anov % @ h ] amn he & Gnaces &c has naa Ihs
power corporations to the the
The opposition the power eompnis Mr. saery writes has
there have been moments hosy believed
it well docuented by Mr. slattery
the are not only going against strong sentiment in
previous line
tion the principle back OF R. E.A
absns asnds OPPOSITION. Gf a h A. "Sh''d kn'" Truth
the cooperating Mr. ey declares mot only delayed
from getting promptly into action 1885 but has
have been killed outright and the records show that 200 others have
reoo This Vs. anphy s unpleasant con much less to
ehd @ O @ % in 0Gia @ @ ana m pVae e nou @ h know tn
s3oooOoOoo Government investment"
An enlightened attitude the part the power INDUSTRY Mr.
ps o s nave ssoe of d m n %
] ah more for wsoae oe sa and % S en- DEM ee m n
public short Of appeal to the
hundreds in which farmers have for as long
20 years mpored utilities to build lines and serve their community only
oganzed the utilities M often overnight rush construction crews and
intend give service the cooperative plans but only to
farmers in most populous area
S Seizure
OF Richest Territory
possible entire
entirely there
cooperative from proceeding with organization
the territory for
utilities willing
to where feasible.
Successful E
fat with the lean The
entirely attempted
territory makes certain 1t take several
feet securely Meantime power
struggles that R. E.
failing"
Mr. satery also tells of violent many places
sgraeu illegal proceed
national opposition
to the R. E. A.
|
achieved directly through Govern
indirectly stimulation of enterprise
744 900 the nearly
100000 In other words Mr. Slatte
electrified five
ncude served
private well as public current.
of utility
constituted
anomaly Slattery the sudden expansion OF their
eifaon during the five presents still
doing what 1884, claimed
engineering mposbity either themselves the
Federal Government.
To-day present statistics showing 1885 they
A.
Competition
life of trade, if under new conditions"
Evening star., 1941-01-12
The Strongest Cases on Record

John Allison Duncan Chicago: Reilly & Lee.
This collection of legal queerotes the authors
term 1t consists OF brief descriptions court which there has
instances quoted
padding
pieces legal folly animals (Which
regularly ancient times present.
ehe willing deiAs the trying the conviction Of
which committed
testimony ghosts evidence the sentencing OF nanmate objects
discussed authenticated
jues wills ockeyed laws duly
likewise the honored study making the punish
field which Is
worked somewhat uneven STILL there
enough genuine interest in the volume give 1t
Its Justification
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Report on England
NeU York: Simon & Schuster.
Bu Ralph InqerSoH.

By Ralph IngerSoH NeD York: Simon d SchuSter.
the newspaper articles which
daily wrote after recent visit
the present This
Is
defeated September Hitler
only longer That
A F. technique that England
superiority the morale of the English
air warfare and that
That the Spires
Hurricanes ships developed That the present
bombing raids little That air raid shelters in London
varying goodness need improvement That will win the
established sufficient
bombing the country And that she in
hindered winning civilization will
Mr. Ingerso whose articles published in The Star writes with
passionate conviction and deep poBth feeling His description OF
British eooe under Dombngs may well be put the given
John MCutcheon Of conduct
Biners during raids from the sky Mr. McCutchon in his recent
Behind Front that
does not to his appointed shelter during air attack reported to
that Shelters
there yerable hysea of fear with men and women wepng
uneSanedy The English
other hand Mr. 1ngerso under compon to go the
shelters generally daylight
ngs And in the shelters which visited he adds he nothing
but good nature, camneSs selfconro.
His account OF Bsn food situation also compares well with that
Mr. McCutcheon who relates that though
still
weight steadily Not
ration Scany he says 1t is almost unbeGevaby bad
hoped that the old wsh thinking
influenced Mr.. Ingersou in his optimism.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
He Looked for a City
IN NeU York: DueH. Sloan & Pedrce

A. S. NJ Hutchinson NeU York: DueH Sloan & Pedrce.
successful "1f
tells little story little life in
1t
English perfectly conventional intelligent
children
daughter Mnna The first World War comes and his John
slacker
life.
until suicide daugh
generation killed driving accident The
cruelty of his sons conscientious obc-
ton the because he refuses to drive Mnna from his home
left alone with his old wife he
Hutchinson lays the py-of-al
OF stone
the a DEAL