davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-15

"s' juniors, was UNI
defeated during the season, elmi-
mating FOG other State schools
before the final clash with Grand
Rapids Union High.
Hill Auditorium, at the University
OF Michigan, Ann Arbor, was the
scene of the 25th annual finals, in
which each orator gave an 8-min-
ute constructive speech, followed
later by 4-minute rebuttal before
an audience of approximately 5000
persons. Professors from two uni
versities Michigan and Northwest
ENACTED as judges for the contest,
which was directed by the Extension
Service at Ann Arbor.
The two schools participating in
the championship debate were
awarded 19-inch trophy, and each
of the six orators received 17-jewel
gold watch.
Harold E. Hawley, coach of the
Flint group, has had two winning
debate teams in the past four years.
He has daily class in which his
students, numbering about Is, re-
celve instructions and practice de-
batting. BY Coach Hawley, James
was dubbed the money player" and
the young debater, now student
at Mckinley High School, accounts
for it in this way:
In minor or practice debates,
with no incentive, I was never very
good, but when money was down,
that meant important debates and
I did my best"
Because James had to work after
school, he could not devote much
time to athletics, so he took up de-
batting. Afterward, he wrote an
Grafton that won second place at. the
State college and received an Ameri-
can Legion medal for oratory, in adj
dition to letter and emerald key in
debate. Besides capturing awards
for public speaking, James won a
basket ball letter, was vice president
OF the student council and president
Of the Attic Players, a dramatic
club with about rs members. AS
Tor scholarship, he has a B average.
Michigan has not lost James for
long. Although only 16, he plans to
enter Michigan State to take a med
ical course after he graduates next
February. An older brother, who
was on the debating team which
was defeated in the semifnals is
q sophomore there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-15
Boy Aids War Effort
With Farm Work

II helped the war enort last sum-
mer on a farm" writes Harold Da-
vid Whieldon, jr., Is, of % First ave-
nue., Greenville, Pa. mot only was
the work interesting, but profitable
I invested the money in a War bond.
my duties consisted of feeding
stock and poultry, moving hay,
shocking wheat and oat sheaves,
loading the wagon and other chores
too numerous to mention.
Il found that boy OF my age can
be very helpful, in aiding a farmer
and tightening his work. AL in all,
I consider my summer we'll spent.
1t was not only helpful to the farm
er,, but to the Nation and to me-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-15

the Mississippi, as well as to estab-
lish fur trading posts. The venture
met with misfortune. The mouth
of the Mississippi was not found,
and mutiny broke out. La Sale
died in Texas as the result of a
shot fired by a member of his
own party.
In spite of failures in some of
their efforts, the French managed
to obtain mastery over much of
the territory in the Mississippi VAL
lay and around the Great Lakes.
Their treatment of the Indians was
in general fair, and the fur trade
was pursued with a good deal of
profit. In .170l Detroit was founded
and fort was built. BY 1870 there
was at least the beginning of a
village at the site of New Orleans,
and about 40 years later st. Louis
came into being as a fur-trading
post. French villages also grew up
at Kaskaskia and Cahokia, along
the Mississippi north of the mouth
of the Ohio River.
Wealth of Grapevines.
During their journey down the
Mississippi, the explorers in the
party of La Sale learned something
about the customs Of the Arkansas
Indians. Henry Tonty, one of the
men on the trip, has left descrip-
ton Of several villages which the
party visited.
The cabins of the Arkansas, says
Tonty, were made with cedar bark.
They were set in the midst of a
fair country, containing wealth
of grapevines as well as peach, plum
and apple trees. Their hunters slew
buffaloes, deer, bears and turkeys.
In winter they were little worried
by the snow, since it fell so seldom.
The party also visited the Taenca
Tribe, about Is miles distant from
the Arkansas. This tribe made their
huts from mud and woven rushes.
The cabin of the chief was about
40 feet square, and its me-shaped
roof rose to height of Is feet.
Inside the cabin sat the chief on
a bench, with three of his wives.
There also were so old men in the
cabin, and they were clothed in
white robes woven from strips of
bark. Each time the chief spoke,
the Indians cried, ooh, oh, OIL" as
a mark of agreement.
The white men learned that the
chief was treated with respect in
other ways. No one else was al
lowed to drink from the clay cup
which he used. When he walked
outdoors, the path was cleared be-
fore him.
Read "Uncle Rays Corner" every
day in The Evening Starr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-15
Pumpkin Basket Is Ideal
For Thanksgiving Table
BY ELMA WALTNER.

All of us have heard of horns of
plenty" in connection with Thanks
giving and the harvest season. Here
is basket of plenty" which adds a
gala note to the holiday table. Sim
pie to make, it is a perfect center
piece, in keeping with the harvest
season.
A medium sized pumpkin and a
knife constitute all the necessary
equipment. Then, of course, you
will need a variety of fruits to I'LL
the basket.
Cut the pumpkin carefully, in the
form Of basket with a handle. The
illustration will give you . definite
picture of how this Is done. Now
scoop out the seeds and all Of the
loose pulp.
! Carefully line the basket with
waxed paper and you will be ready
to fill 1t. Since a large variety of
fruits are obtainable at this season,
very pleasing array can be placed
on the table.
Your centerpiece. all will agree.
Will look good enough TO eat, and
no doubt 1t will be eaten before the
day is over.
Gay little place cards, too, add
much to the dinner. These are little
boats, reminiscent of the Mayfiower.
Hulls OF the ships are walnut
shells, To prepare these, carefully
pry apart the shells, keeping them
unbroken. Turn half shell, open
eide down. on piece Of lightweight
cardboard. Trace around 1t. This
is the deck, which is glued in place
over the open shell.
Cut one large sail and six small
ones, shaped - illustrated. Then
curl the lower edges over the blade
Of the scissors. This gives the effect
Of , ship Ia full sxil,t when the sails
are glued To the yaastk Tie masts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-15
Riddles

The girls get slight edge this
week over the boys with three sub
missions published, to two for the
fellows. Wen bet the boys get even
for that!
1, What is the cheapest feature on
the face?-Alice Goss. ,t
2. When are people like auto
wheels?-Evelyn Smith.
3. What noise annoys an oyster?
&c. H. Shultz.
4. What letter in the alphabet is
necessary to make a shoe?-Charles
A. Boyle.
S. How many weeks belong to a
year?-Helen Boos.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-15

State Champion
S h ip debating
team. Uphold
ing the negative
of the proposal
that every able
b o d i e d oy
should h a v e a
year of full-time
military ira in
/ n g before a t.
tanning dra f t
age, t n e team,
C o m p o S e d of
j a m e S, j e a n
Harris and Betty
L e a v / t t, all
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-15

Detroit River to
Lake Hur 0 n,
thence to Lake
Michigan, a n d
by way of the
Chicago portage
reached the ILL
nois River before
turning back.
AS a result of
his travels he
had learned the
course of t h e
Ohio River and
believed t h a t,
through the Mis-
sissippi. it flowed
southwark into
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-15
Anacosa High School Naz Air Raid
lust Between Ourselves
BY PHILIP H. LOVE,
Junior Star Editor.

1919 thought given books
these usually selected by adults without knowledge either
quality the reading
girl whose Christmas gifts included really worthwhile book
just plain lucky.
But the situation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-15

Montgom e r y
Blair activities
are always an
nounced before
h a n d through
posters designed
by the art stu
dents. Requests
from clubs and
other organiza-
tons of tn e
school pour into
the art depart
m E n t d ally.
Among r e c e n t
requests was one
for a. poster to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-15

VI y >, SllC lOAu
me, and she and
her parents sat
it ut in an
Athens shelter.
1--WE sat in ST.
lence while the
bombs FELL" she
said. "I'u never
forg e t t h a t
night. We were
all frightened.
A + t er 1t W a S
over, my family
and I returned
home.
Mache, now a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-15
OtCoayse

OF Course
A man dashed into the station
with only q minute to catch the
train.
"Quickl Give me . round-trip
6cketl"
Where tor"
Back here, you mutt"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-15
The Bay at Sunset
Prize Contribution
ANNE M. VALENTINE, IA,

ANNE M. VALENTINE, IA,
Gordon Junior High School.
The bay Is filled with sunset
It's waters, calm and wide;
The clouds are fluffed and glowing;
And sea gulls dip and glide.i
The air is full of music
OF birds and fluttering things:
The scent of trees and flowers
To a jeweled droplet clings.
The day is softly gliding
Into night that's dewy wet,
AS I behold the Evening Star
Emerge-where they have met.
My heart is lifted upward,
And all its cares forget
When God with rainbows paints
the sky
And fills the bay with sunset.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-15
Would Soon Kno,,

Freshman: "Eow long could I
live without brains?"
Sophomore: THAT remains to be
SEEN"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-15
Greek Girl Sat
Out Bombing
In Shelter
She and Family Fled
To Egypt Before
Greece Fell
Prize Contribution
BY RUTH BEAN. is,
Anacostia High 9choo1.

Mache Haniotis will never forget
the Nazis' first air raid on the capt.
tai Of her native Greece. It was her
first air raid, as well as her coun-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-15

Pretty Far Gone
Pedestrian: What ails your dog?"
Owner: "Oh, he's just lazy"
P: But laziness won't make a
dog howl like that"
O.: Eyes, but that dog is sitting
on a sand burr"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-15
Mckinley Boy
Is Debating
Champion
Student From Flint
Was Member of
Winning Team
Prize Contribution
BY JEANNE BARINOTT, Is,
Mckinley High School.

When James Wright came to
Washington, Central High School Of
Flint, Mich, lost one Of its three
students who last year were on the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-15
By UNCLE RAY.

UNCLE RAY.
Robert
in 1866 Reaching
the Indians he learned Ohio which
flowed into the 1869 he
ST. River Little
but he reached
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-15

Know any good riddles? Send
them to the Riddle Man, in care of
The Junior Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-15
Prize Contribution
BY RACHEL McREYNOLDS, l6.
Montgomery Blair High School.
Silver Spring, Nd,

The Of school
They to think of
all that accomphe
in your school, community
This at Montgomery Blair High School, Silver
art department Is turning posters
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-15
A Secret

A Secret
Prise Contribution
BY MARY ANNE SMITH, 8,
Henry Clay School. Arlington. Va.
A secret I shall tell YOU
An artist came last night;
He painted all the leaves on trees
Before there came the light.
All colors he did paint them,
And all without sound.
When he was done away he went
Over a grassy mound.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-15
Riddle Answers

l. The nostrils-two for scent
(cent). 2. When they are tired. ).
A noisy noise annoys an oyster. 1.
Tits the last. 5. 46-the others
are Lent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-15

Manager (pointing to- cigarette
on noor): Smith, Is this yours?s
Smith pleasantly: mot at al,
.sir. You saw II nrst.s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-15

DTanC1 OF Cne OnIO, and IL IS De-
believed that he went as far as the
site of Louisville, KY.
Two years later he passed up the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-15

each new problem with enthusiasm
and finish with supreme satisfaction.
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1942-10-09

The Infanti1e Paralysis Chapter Will
meet Vedne sdoy, October IA at pm. in the
Lounge. An election of officers will be
held and plans made for the annual "Presi-
dent 8 Ball."
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1942-10-09

EXTENSION SERVICE NOTES
The annual All Achievement Day will be
held ct Eklutna Wedne sdey evening, October
IA, at o'clock and at Palmer, Friday eve
ming, Oct ober 10, from until 1880 o'clock
in the Lounge. All pins Will be awarded
to members and leaders, Besides the usual
program, there vii be movi es and games. A
buffet supper wi IL be served at $500 pm.
The Homennkers Achievement Day banquet
will be held tober % at l o'clock in the
afternoon in the Lounge.
The Hi1lt op-Ri verbend Nomennkers club
will meet at the Harold Stephan home
Wedne sdoy, October IA. lir. Lau will give
selection, and use.
The Sourd ough Homenrkers will meet with
Ers. Wallace Ebert, Tueaday next. Mrs. Don'
Irwin will leed the di scussion on Christmas
gift suggestions.
The loom in the Horaemakers work room is
rewrped in black and white. If you want
to weave, arrange for the date at the Ext
sion office.
Civic Center Hoaomnkers club met with
Mrs. Ralph Goodrich Wednesday evening.
In attendance a-rs. L. c. Stock, Lrs.
Carl Wilson, Miss Walter Cooper, lirs Harry
Winner, Mrs. Margaret Cope, Mrs. Lawrence B.
Rorri son, Ers. Harry Cheek, Kiss Skuster,
Mss Stephenson and tho hostess. Election
of officers was held with Hrs. Stock re-ol-
dent and Mrs. Walter Cooper, secretary
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1942-10-09

NOTICE
Sealed bids will be accepted until
10 @. N. ON October 20, 1912, by the on1-
ted Protestant Church ON one used piano.
It Will be sold to the highest bidder ana
may be seen at the church by contracting
the Row. lIr. Kendall, to whom the bids
may be handed, or they may be- no11ed'
lack Dietx and Cecil E. Hslsel of
Homer were in Palmer this week buying ma
chinery, horses and COWS.
Evening star., 1942-10-16
Georgetown 10 Confer
Military Science
Degree on Leahy
Convocotion Event
To Be Held in
Guston Hall Tomorrow
Guston HoII Tomorrow

Georgetown University will confer
an honorary degree on President
Roosevelt's personal chief of staff,
Admiral William D. Leahy. to-
morrow, as token Of its pledge
OF cooperation in the war effort.
The occasion will be a convoca-
ton at 1:10 pm. in CASTOR Hall,
previously arranged in honor of the
opening OF the new academic year.
The Very Rev. Arthur A. OLeary,
5. j., president of the university, will
confer the degree OF doctor of mill
tary science on the distinguished re-
tired naval officer and former AM
bassador to the Vichy government.
Admiral Leahy will be the lunch
con guest Of DR.. OLeary and the
Board of Governors of the George,
town Alumni Association, before the
convocation.
Georgetown University is dedicat-
Ing its annual home coming week
end to a series of events arranged
IN connection with the war effort.
The annual alumni meeting to-
morrow will discuss plans for pub
fishing the universitys war record.
Upwards Of 1000 Georgetown men
are now in the armed services. Plans
to increase the War bond purchase
program among the alumni also will
be taken up.
Sunday, at 1890 am the medical
faculty and local alumni will as
semble in Dahlgren Chapel for a
solemn celebration of a gold mass
to invoke divine guidance in behalf
OF physicians in the armed services.
The Apostolic Delegate, the Most
Rev. Amleto Giovanni Cicognani,
d. D., will pontificate. Medical men
OF the Army and Navy have been
invited to the mass.
Evening star., 1942-10-16
Court Clears Dr.. Caprio
In Medical Practice Case

DR.. Frank Caprio, 36, of 2480 Six
teenth street NV, was cleared In
Municipal Court yesterday OF q
charge of practising medicine with
out District license.
Judge Robert E. Mattingly dis
missed the case on a motion by De-
fense Attorneys Karl Kindelberger
and Samuel Beach, who argued that
their client had been illegally "en-
trapped" in order to make case
against him.
DR.. Caprio had examined a police
detective who went to his apart
ment and told q fictitious story OF
Evening star., 1942-10-16
wAsHINeToN D. c FRpAY OCTOBER is 1872

needing treatment. The oncer,
Detective Sergt. H. II. Carper, ar
rested him after he had accepted q
IS fee.
DR.. Caprio holds q New Jersey
license, but the Commission of Lii
censure here rejected his applica-
ton filed under = reciprocity agree
ment with New. Jersey. The Dis
trict commission held that DR..
Caprio had not previously practiced
for two years in New Jersey, as re-
quired by District law.
DR.. Caprio is a graduate OF George
Washington University and for
merly served as a captain in the
Army Medical Corps.
You, too, can 70 on = raid. Make
yours on that old pile Of junk metal.
Evening star., 1942-10-16
Rummuqe Sole PIunned

MANASSAS, Va, Oct. 16 (SpeciaD :.
The Westminster Group of the
Manassas Presbyterian Church will
hold rummage sale in the former
ESQ Station on center street to-
morrow.
Evening star., 1942-10-16

You, too, can 20 on = raid. Make
yours on that old pile Of junk metal.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-02

would not be given a second
thought?
The following is GOOD illustra-
ton: A few weeks ago at an east
ern race track $1,000 people spent
trifle over $1,000. 900 on eight
races In one short afternoon,
through the pari-mutuel machines.
The price of quite some few tanks
and guns. Can anyone. even with
the utmost stretch Of the imsgina-
ton, think those thousands OF PEG
pie gave the war or morale a sec
ond thought
Are American boys offering
their lives to perpetuate wholesale
gambling by those able bodied men.
when the country is literally beg
ging for the work OF their (the
gamblersD hands? We OF America
have become so accustomed 10 one
class doing the hard work and an
other class the playing, that even
in war we, with the country's life
at stake. cannot divorce our minds
from the obsession.
Are we to continue our folly
until we, like the much maligned
Russians, are forced 10 fight, like
trapped wolves, side by side with
our women! SAM DOUGLAS.
eo2i. So. Yakima ave.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-02
He Knows or Finds
The Answers

Mr.. Fixit: My husband IL a cor
porai In the army, stationed out
of the states. We have two chill
dren and expect another one at
any time. Now how much money
In he TO send and how much would
1 get from the government, start
ing Nov. L: Does IL all come from
Washington, ID. C., the first Of the
month? Does everyone get this
allotment regardless of the hus-
bands rate and whether they
work. What about those married
after Nov. 1: MRS. #. A. II
You will receive a total of S72
for the present family and $50
after the third child is born. That
should arrive on or before Nov.
l and date back TO June. 1t is
made up of SIS from the govern
ment, S22 deducted from the sol
dier's pay, regardless Of his rate;
s12 for the first child and SIC
for each additional one. After he
reaches the grade of staff SER
geant it will stop. Up to that
rating, every soldiers wife will
receive allotments on that basis,
II all comes in one lump from
Washington.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-02

, Ability 10 Paw

To keep the cost of living from spiral
ing upward, we must tax heavily That
was the first of President Roosevelt's
seven points. outlined to congress last
April in his anti-inflation message.
New taxes totaling at least so. 000.-
000. 900 must be raised next year IF in
flation is eventually TO be avoided" the
National Bureau of Economic Research
advises, after a 15-month study.
The total tax load which the bureau
believes we should assume next year,
for safety's sake, is sac. 900. 000. 900.
which still would leave S35 200, 000, 900 TO
be borrowed in order to finance contem-
plated war expenditures.
Such a program would take approx
mately one dollar out of every three
earned or otherwise acquired by the
American people as income.
Since taxes in the upper brackets al
ready have been made almost completely
confiscatory, most of the additional <22.-
000. 600, 900 would have to come from the
middle-income class.
The 1913 tax bill, however, already has
been pretty finally formulated so far as
the senate finance committee Is concerned,
and it provides only about nine billions Of
new revenue instead of % billions.
The rates fixed for income tax and
surtax, plus the Vivtory tax program, are
terrifying enough. Suppose then, that
another Is billions has to be superimposed
upon the presently proposed edifice?
Ii would seem to be time for congress
and the treasury to call in all the re-
sponsible tax experts they can find, and
start out from scratch to evolve a CON-
pletely modern, comprehensive. cohesively
coordinated philosophy of taxation, with
out fear or favor, without softness or
malice.
II is well enough to talk about taking
one dollar out of every three from the
taxpayers to finance the war. But it is
not done that way. 1t cannot be. No
government could take $500 a year from
the $30-a-week father of two-or six
children, and only $4,000 from the
$50, 000-a-year bachelor. Taxes must be
geared to ability to pay.
That means something more than mere
ability to eat after sharing with Uncle
Sam. 1t includes ability to pay this year
without collapsing financially next year.
Our present helter-skelter tax struc-
ture already offends badly against that
fundamental concept. Long before an
other Is billions q year can be added. it
will have become an insupportable old
man Of the sea.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-02
FEARFUL OF DEsPOTIsM
IN THE HOMELAND

Editor The Times: II seems TO
me- our rubber-stamp congress is
costing the taxpayers too much for
the amount OF work they do. espe-
eiaily when we are short on rubber.
The president recently gave his or
dersto congress 10 put a ceiling on
farm produce and wages with =
threat to take action personally II
II did not comply In a given
length OF time. Since that time
the legislative body has been work
ing frantically preparing a bill
that will meet with the approval OF
its boss.
I wonder II the Atlantic charter
has taken the place OF our consti-
tuition, II 20. the people should be
told about II before election.
According to the constitution Of
the United states OF America. we
have three separate branches of
government. executive. Legislative
and judicial. Borrowed from the
Massachusetts, constitution Of 1850.
this theory provided that none Of
three departments might exercise
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-02
, Douuhboys 10 Get Break

Our boys in khaki stationed IN Brazil
are likely to get breaks as far as dates
are concerned. IL they happen 10 be IN
Rio they viii meet blondes and brunettes
from all parts of the L. 5. A. Washington
is about to establish a large purchasing
commission in the Amazon country. While
the state and commerce departments are
represented by our embassy and consular
staffs, the new group with its personnel OF
feminine clerks viii manage the interests
of the Metal Reserve company, Rubber
Reserve company. Commodity Credit cor
poration and Defense Supply corporation.
The Vargas government Is in agreement
with the project and has promised fullest
cooperation.
Private reports from United States
statesmen in Buenos Aires that Rio de
Janeiro's declaration of war on Berlin and
Rome has made very deep impression in
Argentina where leading papers have bit
terly denounced the attacks on shipping
which caused the break. General Augustin
p. .Justo, a highly respected ex-president
of the Gaucho republic, has offered his
services to Brazil. His generous act is
regarded as more than a mere gesture.
Rather it is an unmistakable sign of popu-
lar sentiment and continental solidarity.