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Evening star., 1942-02-26
EnsIey Barbour Dies;
Owned Clown BuIITeom

By the Associated Press.
JOPLIN, Mo. Feb. 26.-Ensley
Barbour, 50, theater owner. died
here yesterday.
Approximately 90 years ago, Mr..
Barbour owned the Muskogee Reds,
Southwestern League baseball team.
AS the league deteriorated, Mr.
Barbour withdrew his team and
operated it independently, playing
throughout the country. The team,
more famous for clowning than for
playing. came to be known as Bar
bour's BratS."
Evening star., 1942-02-26
Allied Aviation Will Win
War, Rickenbacker Saws

Ey the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, Feb. 26.-Capt. Eddie
Rickenbacker. flying ace of the
lst World War, yesterday told flight
students at the Naval Reserve avia-
ton base here that "this will be a
long, hard war" but predicted an
Allied victory won by the men in
aviation"
Our operations are far, far
Evening star., 1942-02-26
Northern Cuisine Held Cruelty
To Georgia Husband by Court

THE husband was raised on
Southern cooking and Northern
cooking interfered with his diges-
tion," said an opinion by Justice
Roy Chapman. He liked hot bis
cult and cornbread at every meal,
and light bread and crackers were
not on the Georgia menu.
ut is indisputable that the parties
possessed distinct and conflicting
views and differences on religion,
Evening star., 1942-02-26
|. B. Chamberlain Dies;
Writer of Bible Lessons

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb 26.-Dr. Lewis
Birge Chamberlain. IT, general sec
retary of the John Milton Society
for the Blind. died yesterday.
He also was editor and author Of
Volume of the Progressive Bible
Lessons series, editor of the monthly
Bible Society Record from 1918 to
1885 and editor of the annual reports
of the American Bible Society from
1920 to 1885. Among his writings
was "Seshayya: Conversion of a
Brahman."
Evening star., 1942-02-26
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla, Feb. 26.-A
divorce based on the difference be-
tween Southern and Northern cook
ing. a mother-in- law and other con-
flicting views YVES upheld yesterday
by the Florida Supreme Court.
1t declined to reopen a suit in
which Warren S. Hyman. Georgia
born, obtained a divorce from Min
neSota reared Hermina Hallett Hy-
man on grounds of extreme cruelty
Evening star., 1942-02-26

Of active military service.
turies received In an airplane crash
here q year ago had kept him out
Evening star., 1942-02-26
Health Insurance

Five hundred thousand persons
became eligible to Britatn's national
health insurance project for the first
time last year.
Evening star., 1942-02-26

'sanctified hypocrite' were applied
to the mother r-in-law."
Evening star., 1942-02-26

NOIe-siiahtly hisher in Ma. and
Va. Stores due to Unfair Practices Acts
close Of business Saturday, FEB. 2S, 1912.
We reserve the right to limit Quantities.
No sales to dealers.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-11-27
SENIOR DITCH DAY

Friday, November 20, thirty sen
iors dtched' school and went to
Phoenix. about fifteen of the class
did not go.
They left for Phoenix at 10:00
A. NJ. On the way, they stopped
at Mesa and visited Miss Bran
don, their former English teach
er, who was glad to see them.
They ate lunch in Mesa. Then
they went into Phoenix where
some of the seniors went to the
picture show and others to En-
canto Park. Everyone had a
great time.
Most Of the class returned to
Coolidge BY 1900 p. NJ, but some
stayed in Phoenix for a football
game that night
The seniors have to do makeup
work, since it was not their Of
ficial skip day, but they think it
was worth it.-J. M.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-11-27
u. S. Jap War Year Nears End
With Enemy's Optimism Waning

Just how do the Japanese feel
about all this war business they
started2 At the beginning Of the
war they capitalized on treachery,
years Of preparation, and "hopes"
Of having at least one seemingly
invincible ally: The Nazis.
But now do they see the hand
writing on the wall? Or has the
Rising Sun war clique been afflict-
ed with myopia to the extent that
they can't see a thing until 1t hits
them, as has been the case so often
during the past few weeks when
Uncle Sans land, air and sea pow
er has been giving them thorough
going over.
On Guadalcanal they took con-
tinued drubbing. 1t was the licking
they were taking there that caused
them to try to reinforce that gar
rison, only to lose % ships in a
running battle with the U. S. navy
off the coast of Guadalcanal.
In New Guinea they have been
slowly pushed back by the COM
bined forces Of Americans and Aus
tralians.
For a while 1t seemed as though
India was going to be overrun. To-
day, instead, American bombers
are playing havoc with Jap forces,
installations, and equipment wher-
ever they might be in that nation.
In India, the Japs are on the alert.
They continually expect an Allied
attack to be launched from that
district to recover Burma from
them.
China. too. is thorn in the side
that hurts more and more after
Nve years. Japanese progress there
kN't. Allied bombers from
x bases are steadily stepping
stacks on Jap military
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-11-27
UNUSUAL THANKSGIVING
ASSEMBLY HELD

An unusual assembly was held
last Wednesday by the Florence
Internment Camp for the students
of the high school. The master
of ceremonies, 1t. Groves, opeheu
the act with an imitation Oh
circus and side show announcer.
After this the program went as
follows: A Trio Song, This IS
the Army" Mr.. Jones; an imper-
sonation of Mussolini and Hitler;
an imitation of Roosevelt; a tap
dance, and the trio sang, Home
on the Range" and wagon
Wheels" The director and pro-
ducer. Mr.. Layne, did an excei-
lent imitation of woman sing
ing. While her voice was thrown
from a phonograph record, ne
carried on all the facial contor-
tions he imagined she would be
doing. A solo, "Old Man River,
was next. The program was clos
ed by a number of swing pieces
played on the piano and a port
able organ.
The program was enjoyed i'm
mensely by all present. Everyone
pays highest regard to the great
exhibition of talen showed by
these boys. The students are
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-11-27
SHOP FOR CHRISTMAS NOW

The slo san do Your Christmas Shopping Early has
been used much in recent that don't pay much
attention to any But this 1T needs to be en-
phaszed than everor those of who don't do their
Christmas shopping early apt to be unable to 40 any
Christmas shopping al all.
There lot of Christmas merchandise available this
year but the supplies below normal and the stores
going to have difficulties getting stock when their
present stock is exhausted In addition because there are
many unusual types of gifts which not available there
will be heavier demand for those things which be
obtained And because the public has money spend
this than has had before the total demand for
Christmas gifts is apt to reach all-time record
For your personal nteresn order to be able to get
the things you therefore important to do
Christmas shopping Immediately And for the sake of the
sorekeepers who short of help and who face delivery
problems will be lIfesaver that astninute Christ
mas rush be avoided.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-11-27
ABOVE THE HULLABALOO
A Danger Zone
By LYTLE HULL

We are-at the moment Of this
writing approaching one OF those
danger zones Of the kind which has
robbed so many armies OF victory
in the long tragic history OF war
fare. II is the danger zone Of over
confidence, big talk and conceit
One Of those periods in which back
stage publicity warriors lull US into
dreams Of false security with loud
mouthed boastings about the speed
with which the craven enemy Is
running before our nvincible ar
mics.
Now the American soldier is the
best soldier In the world. Why this
is so Is a long story; but history
has proved it. However he Is not
invincible. He can be shot. and
killed, and outhanked, and forced
20 surrender, just as can any other
soldier. Given an even chance,
however, he win work his way out
on top; given only half chance,
he won't
The average American command
er is the equal and possibly the
superior OF the average foreign
commander. provided he is famil-
lar with the territory over which he
is fighting and with various condi-
tions therein which may affect his
plans of campaign.
To have an even chance against
an efficient enemy, an army must
be well manned, well fed, well
clothed. and well supplied with al
the essential armaments. To pro-
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-11-27
PLENTY TO BE THANKFUL FOR

Although there many people who objected to any
celebration of Arstce day this there IS who
would suggest elimination OF Thanksgiving day
During this year IL more families than
usual who have heavy burdens to bearwho heartsck
the and their boys unifo-but those fam
cs spite Of their worries and anxiety find plenty
TO be thankful for.
Our part in the is in itself. sort of expression
Of t1aHks-a in which showing deep appre
for the things have in America by fighting to
pl Cscrve those things.
Il during this to preserve freedom and democracy
and our high standard Of living that we think most about
those things and realize how lucky to have them
We in America probably have to be thankful for
and consequently that is worth fighting for than
other nation in the world. And indeed fortunate
that have the the manpower and the leader
ship that though many of may suffer
personal losses nation whole will come out of the
with freedom strengthened and way of life
insured for many years TO come.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-11-27

vide these necessities is the Job OF
the governments Of the nations at
war. But the managers Of these
governments can't run around pick
ing up scrap-iron and old rubber
tires; nor can they raise corn and
oats and the required foodstuffs:
nor can they lend the government
the necessary finances out Of their
own pockets: nor raise sheep to
provide wool for soldiers clothing;
nor can they be the men to carry
the guns. The People must do all
these chores, and the People will
only exert their full energies if they
are kept aware Of the constant dan-
ger which never ceases in war un-
til the Peace Treaties are signed.
At the moment of this writing
things are looking up for our
side. This is the danger period
during which we are very apt 10
relax. But il we want 10 continue
this favorable turn we must re-
double our efforts. We must pull in
our belts to the last notch; we must
dig deeper into our resources for
money to buy more War Bonds; we
must hunt more scrap; save
more fuel oil and gasoline. We must
not relax-or the tide will turn
again and months of effort, money,
blood and sweat viii have been
wasted. The enemy will redouble
his efforts If conditions are going
against him. We must redouble
ours. Wars are won and lost on
these very issues.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-11-27

positions. Instead of weakening,
China today is stronger than ever.
In Alaska the situation Is not one
that would make the japanese mill
tary any too happy. Within q
month they lost two-thirds Of what
they had occupied 1t isn't pleas
ant sea voyage back home to Tokyo
from the AleutianS.
Besides their losses on all fight
ing fronts, besides the rising resist
ance Of their enemies wherever
they meet them, the Japs are also
seeing, daily. that their Axis allies
are not the invincible warriors they
had told the world they were.
The Nazis promised (the world.
Of course) that Russia would soon
be polished off-according to sched-
ule. The Red army is still there
giving in equal amounts for all that
it gets"
Hitler's puppet, Mussolini, Is hav.
ing a hard time of it. His empire
is daily disintegrating. His soldiers
are having the time of their lives
as prisoners of war. The Jap never
imagined that North Africa would
be used as a race track, with ROM
mel leading the race back home.
The invasion Of Africa by u. S.
Expeditionary Forces put more
water on the Japanese war fire.
After the invasion the Tokyo ra-
dio shouted that the U. S. couldn't
do that-it wasn't legal. But while
they shouted they also watched and
were amazed at the speed and ef-
ficiency of Uncle Sans army and
navy as it worked according to
plan. Here was something better
than the vaunted best Of Hitler
What could be some Of the
cuses Hirohito is getting from
army and navy officers?
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-11-27

OWhen blue-eyed, youngish (52) Lieut..
Gen. Dwight David Eisenhower, as the
newly appointed commander of the Ameri-
can forces in the European Theater of OPP
erations, arrived in London last June "a
he found an AEF composed of willing but
inexperienced men unframed in combat
tactics.
OBut General Eisenhower, one of the
first to talk of second front, had been
preparing for it ever since he emerged
from the last war lieutenant colonel in
the tank corps. A student of military his
tory and tactics, he is specialist in mech
anized warfare.
General Eisenhower was born in Tex
as, grew up in Kansas, went to West Point.
He was aide to Gen. Douglas Macarthur
when the latter was chief of staff. Five
days after Pearl Harbor he was made
chief of the War Plans division Qater re-
named the Operations divisioa o. he gen.
ara stan.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-11-27

this state.
Offered as proof at can be
done is the tremendous upset ic
Arizona back la 1920 when N esi.
Dental electors pledged to Wav.
ren G. Harding. COP nominee.
carried cyc;y cc~rtr bit Graham
and Greenlee Carried aloag on
Ae COP flood tide We're p l.. $.
senator, governor. secretary Of
state. auditor, attorney general.
superintendent OF public instruc-
tion and state mine inspector.
Only Democratic nominees to
win election in Arizona jn 1920
were the late Loren Va.hl - he
corporation commission. AID the
late Frank Luke and the 'ate E
A. Hughes to the tax commission.
Laficopa county through tue
establishment OF huge war indus
tries employing many thousand
OF persons is looking forward 20
an increase in voting strength
from approximately 40 per cent OF
the states total to more than 50
per cent The county's represen-
tation In the lower house of the
state legislature would increase
proportionatelX
Reports reaching this column
indicate that legislation already
is in the making to enact a Law
giving policy holders in mutual
benefit insurance concerns more
protection.
Through some adroit maneuyer-
ing and an old Spanish custom a
bill. which only partially satisfied
those seeking corrective legis.a-
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-11-27
JUNIOR PLAY CAST

Mr.. Farr has picked the cast
for the Junior play, THE Million
aire from Memphis" which they
plan to give the eleventh of De
cember. The cast is as follows
Mercy Wild" Helen Darlington;
Linda Wild. Mary Brittian;
Ken Wild, Bo Brown; "Brant
Wallace, J. R. Armsted; Joyce
Powell, Rose Lee Cohen; Rudy
Slade", Mac Ware; "Dagmar
Holt, Lee Ella Odom; "Isobel
Pierce, Elfreda Mason; ALLEN
Stillman", Sidney Gordon; who
is Julian???" That remains
mystery. The hero has not yet
been chosen.-F. ].
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-11-27
Written and Edited
BY Students of
journalism
FRESHMAN CLASS PARTY

The Freshmen held rather un-
expected party Thursday night,
November 10, when the hayrack
ride they had planned was sudden
ly cancelled by breakdown. The
students had gathered at the high
school at about six o'clock ana
were ready to leave when the
wagon hitch broke and they could
go no further. Undaunted by this
unfortunate accident they hastily
changed their plans and hiked out
TO Helen Andersons home at tie
diesel plan north of Coolidge
There they had refreshments and
played games until about ten
O'Clock when at last they got the
wagon repaired in time to ride
home.
Everyone agrees that they had
a wonderful time.-F. J.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-11-27

D9@ --
PHOENIX. Nov 27.-Arizona's
State Highway Department and
State Highway Patrol are atop a
keg OF dynamite. which may ex-
plode any moment Some of the
widest stories since days OF the
reputed $4,000 shortage" in
highway funds are being bruited
about
The stories include intrigue.
outright theft of state property.
planting of evidence. third-degree
methods and several varieties Of
plain and fancy double-dealing. In
volved In the stories are nearly
dozen persons including at least
two top-ranking officials.
Reports of a contemplated Of
fensive by one faction grew SO
warm several days ago that at
least one high official retained
prominent Phoenix lawyer as a
protective measure.
The explosion may come any
day unless a peace pact is effect
ed by some of the potent politicos
who are seeking to intervene 10
prevent what could be one OF the
juciest statehouse scandals since
a former adjutant general was
sent TO the Arizona State Prison.
Reminiscent of the days when
Arizona's Democratic party was
sharply divided between Huntites
and those outside the Huntian
fold is current reference TO the
Osborn party" The designation
follows closely a national refer
ence to the Roosevelt party" az
a group apart from old-line Demo
Gratis.
The Osborn party" in the as
cendancy since the governor scor
ed smashing victories in botn
primary and general elections,
will increase its growing strangle-
hold on state departments through
the untimely death of Harry NJ.
Moore, secretary OF state. Inc
governor, a practical politician
isn't likely to appoint a successor
10 Mr.. Moore without extracting
certain definite pledges OF cooper
alton.
One story, which gained consld-
erable circulation early In the
week was to the effect the gov
ernor would name james ~
Brush. state treasurer-elect 10
succeed Mr.. Moore. In turn, the
governor would appoint treasur'
or committed to reappoinment o
Neri Osborn. Jr.. the governor
brother as state inheritence TAX
collector to another six-year term
The story was Immediately as
counted by well informed polltlcos
who say Mr.. Brush months ago
committed himself to the reap
nointment of "Nick" Osborn IN
return for substantial aid gwen
his candidacy in the primary IN
which the younger Osborn reput-
edly protected his appointment Dy
hacking two candidates regarded
as potential winners.
Governor Osborn is viewed as
being in a favorable political po'
: sition providing he recognizes the
constitutional independence OF the
legislature and assumes an ami
cable attitude toward members oi
the 10th.
The trend of events has taken
the governor off the spot In sew
eral instances. Typical examples
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-11-27
SIX WEEKS GRADES

Another six weeks period has
been completed and the grades
will be mailed to the parents next
week. 1t has been very difficult
to cover the work for the period
this time because not only has the
time been three days short, but
many pupils have been absent
rom school, most cases of which
are possibly justifiable in lieu of
the present emergency labor
shortage, so that they have had
difficulty in doing their work on
the days when they were present
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-11-27
FOOTBALL SQUAD HONoRED
AT BANQUET

A banquet was given in honor
of the football squad last Friday,
at the high school. About sixty
attended the gala turkey feast
served by the Home Economics
Club, under the supervision OF
Mrs. Addington.
The Reverend Leslie Ross was
toastmaster for the evening. The
guest speaker was 1t. A. u.
Groves, U. S. Army, who talked
on the men in the camp at Flor-
ence.
Tickets to the banquet were not
sold this year; the Lions Club
entertained the squad.-V. M. e.
and r. S.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-11-27

tion, was pocketed in the 18TH
senate after having passed the
house.
Those advocating the proposed
legislation say they will give CLOS
er watch to the fate of the new
measure.
AS reported here and elsewhere
it appears increasingly certain
that Paul c. Keefe, Yavapai, will
be president of the senate for the
fourth time and Rep. o. L. Nc
Daniel, Maricopa, will preside ov-
er the house in the 10th legisla-
ture.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-11-27
BEARS SPONSOR INTERMURAL
BASKET BALL TOURNAMENT

The Coolidge Bears arc spOn
soring an intermural basketball
tournament for the boys that are
not on the first team squad. There
are four teams competing in the
contest. The captains are: Leon
Smith, Joe Harmon, Howard
Wuertz and Sidney Gordon. The
winners of this tournament will
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-11-27
THANKSGIVING VACATION

The c. L. H S. closed Thurs
day and Friday to celebrate
Thanksgiving. We feel that we
have somet1ing to be thankful for
this month when we look at the
daily headlines.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-11-27
BEAR TRACKS '':; 6 .::;:;:: ;: 60: ::::'; story

play service teams as preliminary
games to the regular scheduled
games-V w
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-11-27

During his first term the chief
executive told residents OF com
munities seeking new highways or
improvements TO existing roads
Il haven't control OF the highway
department, but as soon as | gain
control you can depend upon ms
to give you what you wan,"
Now. with the war underway In
deadly earnest. gasoline revenues
greatly curtailed and the depart
ment unable TO obtain pr iorities
for non-military roads. iolks can I
expect the governor TO make good
on those promises.
Voluntary workers in several OF
the governors campaigns had 10
he satisfied with his statement
ne didn't have control os sufri-
cient departments TO put them on
the state payroll. Today. hundreds
OF them are working IN defense
industries and after Jan the
governor probably will be n po
siticn TO provide jobs FOR IL y,
naming deserving ones.
Il Is possible the governor may
find II difficult TO obtain suffi-
cient number of fairly competent
employees for state Jobs which re
quire a measure OF intelligence.
This is indicated by the recent ap-
pointment Of some former politi
cal hangers-on from outside coun
ties TO positions for which they
had no previous training or exper
ience.
II appears increasingly evident
that some of the staunchest sup
porters of a civil service setup for
the state government will oppose
enactment of such a measure by
the 18th legislature. They say II
would be "manifestly unfair to
thousands of AriZonans now in the
armed services or engaged in
other war activity to blanket in
present jobholders to the exclus-
ion of those who will be seeking
employment at the wars end.
Many of the most efficient state
employees patriotically volunteered
their services to Uncle Sam and
were accepted; not a few for line
duty.
II would be shameful act on
the part of any official or legi5la
tor to propose a civil service set
up at this time which would Sc
cure the jobs of those who stayed
| behind to the exclusion Of those
who are fighting our country
battles.
| Union organizers and business
agents are tightening their grip
on businesses in Phoenix. Sing
ling out one small restaurant
whose proprietor refused to sign
| a contract which he said called
| for wages 20 certain types oi
work considerably in excess oi
the scale paid in some union es
tablishments," pickets were put
| on the place.
The restaurant business TEN
porarily doomed. But not fol
long. Union butchers at a loca
packing plant refused to cut meat
| for the restaurant. Union bakers
refused to bake bread TO be solo
to il. and union truckers refused
to make deliveries. The fina
blow fell when union help at I
linen supply concern ordered theil
employer to discontinue service Il
the restaurant and call back al
linen supplies from the establish
ment.
Flushed with this victory. it i:
reported organizers are abou. Il
take the field to unionize th'
capital city's retail clerks.
Arizona's COP mahouts hav'
sold themselves on the idea tina
1914 is to be a Republican year
They say the recent general cleo
ton in which Republicans mad
substantial gains in many state
and the "obvious trend of event
in Arizona" point to almost cer
tain Republican successes il
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-11-27
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