davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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years ago. Since March alone, he
said, the cost of living is up 5 per-
cent.
Priorities
The Supply Priorities and Allo-
cation Board ruled that no new
public or private construction can
be started unless it is essential for
defense or the health and safety of
the people or does not involve use of
strategic materials. The ruling ap-
plies to Federal, State and local
government buildings, roads and
highways, river and harbor inn
provements, residential building
and all commercial building. Eff
forts will be made, however, to aid
completion of construction already
substantially finished.
The SPAB also voted to permit
building of 22S commercial aircraft
with the reservation that Army
can take them if they are needed
Physical Rehabilitation for
Selectees
The President announced plans
to salvage" 100000 of the 1,000,.
900 selective service registrants
who have been rejected for health
reasons. He also announced he
would initiate a long-range pro.
gram of Federal, State and loca
cooperation to remedy condition:
which have resulted in so percent
of men of army age being physic.
ally unfit for military service. The
Federal Government would pay fol
medical and dental treatment Of
those men certified by local board;
as subject to health improvement
Selective Service announced that
starting January 1 all registrants
will be given only one physical ex.
am-by the Army. At present
registrants are examined by loca
board doctors and then by Army
physicians and cannot tell until the
final exam if they will be accepted
Air
OPM announced 1914 military
aircraft were delivered during Sep
tember-a new monthly record
The War Department announced i
will allow Army aviation cadets 81
hours credit for flight training
prior to enlistment-thereby cut
ting in half the flying time neces
sary in the Army to win wings
Mimic air raids began along th
East coast from Boston to Savan
nah to test ability of civilian spot
ters and their communication sys
tenn.
Smyrna times., 1941-10-16

Mr.. and Mrs. James Hammond,
of Wilmington, were Sunday guests
of Mrs. Daisy N. Bareus.
Smyrna times., 1941-10-16

In the list of sobriquets sure to fall to the newest
Dodge models, Most Beautiful is certain to
suggest itself with spontaneous frequency. 1t
is obvious that in the creation of this car the
Companys manufacturing experts, engineers
and stvliets have co-ordinated their efforts with
Smyrna times., 1941-10-16
Nursing

The Red Cross announced a pro-
gram to instruct 100000 American
housewives in home nursing in the
Evening star., 1941-02-16

age by giving the children the
downstairs bedroom just off the
living room and the big coal stove
and take the upstairs bedroom
themselves.
The Suffers one other inconveni-
ence is the absence Of a telephone.
That's by choice, of course, and is
not average.
The Suffers have radio, electric
lights and gas. Erma Suter has a
vacuum cleaner, an electric washer,
an electric iron and a latest model
cooking range.
These things make it possible for
one woman to bring up two chill
dren, keep house and still have time
on her hands for the things she
really likes In her case it is
church work and neighborhood
gatherings of women.
Personal Traits.
Not even the average American
family can attain more than sta
tistical average. Neither it, nor any
other family, is average in the per-
sonal lives of its members.
For instance, while Ralph and
Erma Suter are living symbols of the
United States census charts, they
can't be average in religion or poll
ticS-although it's interesting that
one leans Republican and the other
Democratic.
But the Suffers background is
surprisingly typical. Their racial
stock-English, German, Irish and
Dutch-leaves out only two big con-
tingents of our national average,
Scotch and Swedish.
Left the Farm.
Ralph'S father moved into Plym-
outh from the nearby family farm
after America had made the jump
from an agricultural to an indus
trial Nation. Ermas people left
even later in an evolution that is
still going on.
But Erma's father and mother
took part in the great westward mi
grafton of World War days, when
wheat was high, when food would.
own way:
Father and mother went out to
the Dakotas when I was little girl.
Father liked it, mother got home
sick and we moved back soon after
I started to school"
Blushingly, she owned up to liking
Ralph that early in life.
"She always said she knew I was
the guy, from the first time she saw
me-" quipped Ralph from the other
end of the divan.
Erma blushed again.
Don't say that, Ralphi You must
Evening star., 1941-02-16

tional Resources Committee experts
tell us the birth rate was four
times higher in 1880 than it is
today.
1T is apparent" they say, that
birth rates are subject to human
control to greater extent than
death rates"
This means our crowded school
systems soon will not be crowded
at all.
This also means the huge excess
baby crop of 100000 between 1921
and 1929 is now moving through the
school system and soon will be
demanding homes-a huge poten-
tial market for builders few years
hence.
1t means business catering to older
people will be expanding 1t may
affect such industries as the milk
business-in which Ralph Suter is
directly interested recreational
supplies, clothing, food, etc.
1t means our taxes will change,
Evening star., 1941-02-16

Mrs suter sat Morgan Beatty down to this meal:
Pork on roast potatoes baked beans lettuce salad
coffee and apple pie.
Beatty liked the pie begged the recipe:
Crus-22 cups flour, teaspoon salt, "a cup shortening
tablespoons cold Sift flour together Cut
shortening to fine mixture Sprinkle
ball with fork Roll
Fill with thin apple slices and / cup
teaspoon cinnamon Y teaspoon nutmeg Is teaspoon
salt teaspoon lemon juice Dot with teaspoon Place
top dough, bake 3O-4O minutes at 425 degrees.
Evening star., 1941-02-16
Average American Citizen of Nations Median Town. Shows Wa
Total of 131,669,275, Found in Census
Statistics, Points to Genuine Type
Garage Helper and Family in
Plymouth, Ind, Selected
Through New Formula

job was an index to the fundamental
change that has come over America
in our 150-odd years of history
the transformation from a 95 per
cent rural people to Nation mostly
urban, industrial.
More than that, Ralphs job gave
life and meaning to the charts that
show how a huge wedge has crept
into Americas labor force-a wedge
called service occupations and in
dustries."
For Ralph is a semiskilled per-
former in a service industry. He
doesn't produce the milk, or butter,
or cheese his dairy sells. His job is
to help perform the service" of dis
tributing dairy products.
Americas largest working group
the railroad men, tradesmen, do
mestics, advertising men, profess
sional people, clerks-are in service
occupations. They are about so per
cent of our employed labor force OF
45,8OO,OOO.
Ralph's Dad Left Farm.
Next largest is the industrial group
the people who manufacture
things. They're about 80 per cent
of the total. The other 20 per cent,
roughly, are farm workers.
If it hadn't been for the indus
trialization of America, Ralph would
Evening star., 1941-02-16

have liked me or I wouldn't have
liked you. -
They both laughed.
The serious fact remains that
Ermas mother and her nostalgia
lured the Baker family back to In
diana long before cultivation had
stripped the prairie grass off the
great plains.
Otherwise Erma might have been
one of those people, driven from
dust-blown farms, who have such an
important place in the 1910 census
charts
Depression Blues.
AS we talked, little Ralph, for no
reason roared, "Ho, Ho, Ho," from
the floor beside us. Little did he
know that mother and dad had also
had their troubles in the depression.
Let Ralph tell it:
I'VE. were married in May, 1884.
1t wasn't long before we knew we
we're going to have baby, and my
job played out at the basket fac
tory.
Wen never forget the next win
ter. We rented half our house for
S6 a month. A friend let me repair
shoes two days a week. cut wood,
hauled coal, did odd jobs.
Things got awful. Our income
was often less than $25 month.
Sometimes we didn't know where
the next meal was coming from.
e 50 still don't see how fellows who
held their jobs during the depres-
sion can grippe and groan like they
do. = " Anyway, the break came in
May, 1895. Schlossess' needed a
cream professor to help make ice
cream pies. I got the job, then went
to the garage"
End of Growth.
The average American, Ralph G..
Suter of Plymouth, is %. He is
married and the father of two chill
dren.
Taken together, these facts indi-
cate a day when the United States
will no longer be growing. In 1900,
for instance, our average age was
about 20, and families were larger.
Now our average age is going up,
family size going down.
Ralph Suter may or may not
be seriously concerned with the size
of his family. I didn't ask him
about it. But Ralph's age and the
size of his household are all-im-
portant to future Americans-to
their business, their politics and
their way of life.
Why We're Older.
Why is the average American
growing older?
First, we shut OF immigration TO
Evening star., 1941-02-16

is any element suitable which fails
to seal rapidly at sub-zero tempera-
lures"
1t is admitted that no self sealing
tank can assure absolute protection
against all shots, especially from
the new airplane cannon and ex-
ploSive shells. Such tanks, however,
reduce the hazard and are effective
in accomplishing complete sealing
in a very high percentage of all
cases
"Self-Sealing tanks have been i'm
proved more in the past year than
in all the preceding 20 years COM
bined. but to offset that fact, greater
use of heavy guns in aircraft can
be consistently expected" it was re-
ported. specialized Air Corps
engineers and chemical engineers Of
the major rubber companies are,
therefore, continuing research and
development work on an intensive
schedule"
Wright Field Types.
At Wright Field, new types of
self-sealing materials are subjected
to series of five tests. Vibration
and Sloshing tests prove whether the
tank assembly is rugged enough to
withstand stresses of military serv-
ice. Concentration tests reveal
whether the sealing materials con-
taminate gasoline in any way.
Aging" tests reveal the length of
time required for lining materials
to become gasoline saturated and
in need of replacement. Most
spectacular is the gunf1re test.
Armament and ordnance engi-
neers, whose primary interest Is
destruction rather than protection,
perform the actual firing at point
blank range. If the tank survives
single shots and bursts of light
machine-gun fire, heavy guns are
used. The effect of each shot is
recorded and photographed. A
whitening burst from the heavy
caliber gun winds up this phase Of
the test. If no leaks appear, the
tank is ready for the fifth or low
temperature test.
1t is stored in a cold chamber
until chilled to a prescribed, far
below-zero temperature. 1t is then
hurried to the gun range and sub
jected to another barrage. II the
sealing element still functions, 1t is
approved.
Evening star., 1941-02-16

a trickle, and thereby shut out new
youth.
Second, medical science has
learned much about life saving.
The infant born today may expect
to live about so years-twice as
long as the American born on
George Washington's inaugural day.
While Ralph Suter and I were
mullirg over the significance of
medical progress the other day, in
walked the proof in the person of
his little daughter Carol, 6. Perky,
healthy Carol handed her mother
a paper.
This is from the teacher" she
said.
1t was a reminder of the date
for Carols next anti ti-diphtheria in
lection. Thus the public health
movement of the United States
guards the average family.
But there's another reason why,
on the average, we're older. Ma
Evening star., 1941-02-16

older people will hold more votes,
be in position to demand more
social security. Ralph Suter al
ready pays s35 a year in direct
taxes. probably twice as much in
indirect taxes. His personal prop
erty tax is 1880, fishing licenses,
81; chautfeurs' licenses. s15O; car
license, s625; old age benefits,
SLIGO; gross income tax (State) =,
S116
The Minnesota Planning Board
sees il this WaV:
Evening star., 1941-02-16

EhAA wi 20 az 4bS 4dIlIouO
Division. Wright Field, Dayton,
Ohio, but few of them have succeed
ed in passing the terrifcally de-
structive tests imposed by the new
requirements.
In modern combat the airplane
fuel tank is one Of its most vulner-
able parts and the problem of pro-
viding adequate protection has never
been completely solved" it is stated
in a report from Wright Field. For
over 20 years, and particularly dur
ing the past year, new and better
types of self-sealing tanks have been
developed, but the calibers and pene-
trating powers of aircraft guns
catch up with and pass the protec-
tive powers of the tanks, and the
see-saW race is on again"
The obvious solution of building
gasoline tanks of armor plate suf-
ficiently heavy to stop bullets is
automatically ruled out. The weight
would require sacrificing an equal
weight of gasoline or armament and
would shrink the range and striking
power of the airplane to the point
where it would have little or no mil
itary value, it was explained. The
solution is tank which, while not
bullet-proof, can stand the punish
ment of gunfire without losing fuel
through the bullet holes.
Requirements Observed.
Many kinds of materials in vari-
GUS combinations are used inside the
metal gas tank to make it self
sealing. The requirements are that
the material must be strong enough
to resist bulging through bullet
holes, must be insoluble in gaso-
line, must be incapable of being
shattered into debris which would
clog fuel lines and must swell with
sufficient rapidity upon being pierced
to form a positive sealing element,
closing holes and preventing loss of
gasoline. All of these things it must
do. even when subjected to single
and multiple hits by bursts of fire
from light and heavy machine guns.
"A machine gun slug usually
makes a clean entry hole" it was
explained by Wright Field experts.
AFTER the first impact, it often
goes further and rips a jagged hole,
3 inches or more in diameter, in
the far side of the tank If any gas
escapes, a highly undesirable fire
hazard Is created and the sealing
element is proved inadequate. Nor
Evening star., 1941-02-16

For the first time in history, a
real "dUerage American" has been
chosen on the basis OF United
States census figures. A neD
formula deriued bu the Census
Bureau from the 1910 returns 1UnS
used in selecting the man. Here
Is the story in Which Morgan
Beatty introduces him to you.
tells holD he tDls chosen and
Sho1Us ho1D he typifes the Na-
tion'S U1y OF life.
Evening star., 1941-02-16

today be rising at 4 am. milking,
doing farm chores.
But Ralphs dad broke out of that
routine a quarter Of century ago.
He moved to Plymouth, where he
went to work in a factory. From
the average point of view, he made
the move pretty late. In 1880 farm
workers ceased to be a majority of
our labor force.
Careful Budget.
The average American family can
live pretty we'll on s22 week!
I didn't believe it possible, but
that was before I lived for a day
with Mr. Average American-Ralph
c. Suter of Plymouth-and his fam
lily.
I discovered a 56-cent dress for
child can look smart. A practical
school dress can be made for IS
cents. if mother uses one of her old
skirts for a pleated jumper.
I saw family of four eating as
well as the President eats (and I've
eaten at his home, too) for 81 to S5
a week.
Ralph brought out the figures and
receipts. Together we figured out
the annual Suter budget. Here it is:
Food. clothing, doctors,
charity, gas, incidentals s512.19
Rent (S16 month"; and fuel
CS45 a year, 237.00
Car notes (s15 month";, plus
insurance - 1880
Personal insurance ---- 90,72
Utilities approx. 1923
month ------------ 1927
Direct taxes ------- 1881
MAGAZINES, newspapers 1900
1OGdI p4 ;AOo'So
The difference between the Su-
ters' spending and other average
American family spending is diff
ference in living habits. The Suffers
bear down on tithing and insurance.
Other people might accent drinks,
smokes. amusements.
They Have No Furnace.
The Suffers forego furnace heat.
They live in the winter with a single
coal stove, supplemented by a small
Wood-Stove water heater for baths.
They lay aside little cash (also an
average American habit but one of
Ralph's two insurance policies ma
lures in an endowment of S340 in
Evening star., 1941-02-16

"(The Nation) has come of age
and is reaching a period of matur-
ity. This is in no sense a
cause for gloom. The period Of
middle age for a nation, as for an
individual, may be the most pro-
ductive and happiest period in exist
ence. We are, however. face to face
with the sober and thought-pro-
voking necessity of developing a
way Of life for a maturing COM
m11r1itv
Evening star., 1941-02-16

three years. He considers that saw
ingS
The Suffers rent their six-room
house for SIS Small bedroom, living
room, dining room. kitchen and bath
downstairs. A bedroom and den
upstairs.
The upstairs is without heating
facilities. Mr.. and Mrs. Suter man.
Evening star., 1941-02-16

2. He's q natiUe American
10hoSe torebearS came from
Europe. Ralph Suter is four
generations remoUed from i'm
migrants of the CiUil War
era. The Suffers ancestors in
cluded people from England,
Holland, ireland and Ger
mann.
Evening star., 1941-02-16
Gasoline Tanks Are Tested
For Self>Sealing Range
By Joseph Edeerf0n.

Gasoline tanks which seal themselves instantly after being ddd by
heaviest of
bat acrobas the codest of Arctic
which will be
result of European experience.
Many types of self sealing gasoline being
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-08-15
NAMES THINKING

Maine is so remote that many Of
the affairs of vital interest to other
people in the country may mean lit
tie here. But the Battle Of the At
lantic is very close to these people.
They see the ships being built. They
have known men Of the navy and
they understand the life and the risks
of the sea which are simply aug
mented in times Of war. Airports
are being built in Maine, so the peo-
pie are alive to the possibilities Of
air attack, as those living farther
away from the sea cannot possibly be.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-08-15

accent on Love" and now in Met
ro's Down in San Diego" He's
won his success in 'toughie" roles,
but he still has to fight against
inconsistencies!
y
With "The Reluctant Dragon re-
leased at last, Walt Disney has his
next full-length feature production
practically completed. IT'S s'Dumbo
Of the Circus" and stars a baby
elephant who becomes the worlds
greatest circus performer because
he can fly. II set record--the en-
tire picture was wound up in
year and half, instead of the usual
two and one-haH to three years de-
voted to previous full-length Disney
pictures.
B
Have you been listening to Guy
Lombardo's new Saturday evening
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-08-15

Have you been listening to Guy
Lombardo's new Saturday evening
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-08-15
BY VIRGINIA VALE

by VHMGANxA VALE
Reieased by Western Newspaper Union.)
THE Bahama Passage"
i troupe won'tsoon forget that
picture. They journeyed to Mas
sau and began work in the mid
die of May at Salt Cay, desc
late island nearby. After that
they worked on other islands, in
caves and finally some of them
worked under water. Edward
Griffith, producer and director,
HE'D himself to submerged wreck
and went down in diving bell to
officiate while scenes were made Of
Madeleine Carroll and Stirling Hay
den (we're assured that they didn't
use doublesi) diving down 10 feet
to the ocean floor.
Shooting the underwater scenes
was no small task; it took more than
a day to set up the heavy Techni-
color camera inside the diving bell.
&
Fourteen-year-old Stanley Glenn
ents has already retired twice. A
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-08-15

MAJOR OOWSS ulS.
covery, he landed
an engagement with
a theater manager
in Chicago; home
sickness ended it,
and he went home
to New York. A few
days later he re-
turned to Chicago
and a strep infec-
ton sent him home
once more. Then he
landed in the NOV
ies-in "Tall, Dark
and Houdcouoa -
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-08-15

Fourteen-year-old Stanley Glenn
ents has already retired twice. A
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-08-15

program? He and
his Royal y Canadi-
ans have won no
end Of popularity
contests, so prob
ably you've had
them on your list of
broadcasts that you
want to hear since
they began this Sc
ries on August 2.
Guy plans to intro
duce. at least one
new number week
ly which he expects
to be "the hit of
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-08-15
.MERRY-GO-ROUND

throwing their weight behind the
candidacy Of Francis Miller, mill
tant New Dealer. for the Virginia
Legislature. Miller is being opposed
by the Old Guard machine led by
Sen. Harry Byrd.
To out-of-town friends who call on
him. President Roosevelt is present
ing copies Of America" absorbing
booklet written by David Cnshman
Doyle. The President says he con-
siders the booklet the best surnma-
ton Of the American creed he has
ever read. A 81 &
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-08-15
"a Triae pense

First Bore What. are shoes made
Of? el go IA ~ va
Second Bore-Hide. re
r. Bore What? AA ~
S. Bore Hide, hide. hide.
r. B.-oh, I'm in no mood to play
games. - =
S. sB.--No, shoes are made out Of
hide, hide, hide, hide. > cows out.
side.
y. B.--If ! COWS outside. then
let's 50 out and milk her.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-08-15

While Paramount's testing to find
the right actress for the role Of
''Maria" in "For Whom the Bell
Tolls" Ernest Hemingway, the au-
thor, cabled from Cuba that he's
found the perfect solution. She's q
Russian-Spanish girl who looks ex-
actly like the heroine.
*
If Raymond Massey didn't look SO
much like Abraham Lincoln he
wouldn't have to wear false nose.
He wears it in the new DeMillo
picture, ''Reap the Wild Wind" He
plays q deep-dyed villain, but he
wears the same kind Of clothes he's
worn when he played Lincoln, and
all of ms have grown accustomed to
thinking of Lincoln when we see
him In clothes like that. So-he's
wearing q pointed extension ON his
nose, to make him look properly sim
lister.
The announcement that Frank
Capra and Robert Riskin, his writ
ing partner, would handle the screen
version Of Arsenic and Old Lace"
for Warner Bros. assured the pub
lie that the picture win be a good
one. The sum of $175, 200 was paid
for the motion picture rights to this
very successful and hilarious stage
success, in which Boris Karloff re-
turned to the stage.
M
Remember Singin' Sam? You
should, though he's one Of radios
most unpublished stars. He's been
on the air for IA years, and his re-
corded programs are heard on more
stations than any other program in
America. In fact, it's estimated
that he has more listeners than Jack
Benny--about 100000 a day, the
year round; his "Refreshment
Time" is heard over 227 stations
daily. $3.50
ODDS AND ENDS-Cene Anfrey's
signed to appear in the autumn at ths
tsC0 biggest rodeos-iB NesO York and in
Boston Al Pearcs and his gang, sch0
return to the air soaues in October, iUiu
be starred in feature film BY Republic
Studios. John Garfield piolen1y objected
to appearing in "Neso Orleans Blues" bus
made up 10Th the studio s0hen he sOas as
signed to Bridges Are Built at Night"
Richard ArIen's starring in q series Of
three aviation picnres for Paramount rs-
| lease And Chester Morris in three
i mysteries Maureen O'Suilivas aad
| Joknny Weisnsuller are housekeeping IN q
| sree again, for their nesO @Tarzan~ pic
ars. sa..a S.. VA
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-08-15

EDO goa beliege IN equal rights
for both sexes7'' SD. <
II certainly do. I've stood being
under my wife's thumb long
enough"