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Vic' -ft 444-e '''14 A f) '174--- p--e- 1 'i 4 t-'-5A2 14' 7z I I I i I i Tennessee Walking Horse Oi-2N'f) Will Be Honored It'A4k1- '-'4 ''12 -4 1 214 111 re rd 4t I )4 -1'2 4h 3'1 4 f-'1 1-q17' -'''illi' i i'f'- tli'ilt 412 4- ti 0 Ak1 i 41 43--4'------ i 40 4 t7i-3: 111 4' 174ika1017t' )1'9-- 9t i1-4s to tt40t-11 i'-d4 -tist- r'f'T 3 Elty-414 1 SiA Li'' 1 1 1 1 tili' 14 (0 4'4'1 A lirj i I 4 )- 11 -4 1 11-'44-'-'1 -1'''-t 'i v- -t 0' 0-4 rit: I 1r 1 i -t al- i --t c4 W0-14t 5--4 1 -'1 At A0w "t- 24-e 'AtJ c'Y A dei 4010r-00 Th Friday August 11 Read St Matthew xiii4750: Again the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net that-was cast into the sea and gathered of every kind: Which when it was full they drew to shore and sat down and gathered the good into vessels but cast the bad away So shall it be at the end of The world: the angels shall come forth and sever the wicked from among the just And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth Jesus was talking to people who knew the scene well Not far from the shore the fishermen would "case the net with its lower edge weighted so as to sweep the lake bed At last it is hauled to the shore with a squint- ing mass of fish These are sorted and the worthless thrown away The Kingdom of Heaven Is such a net Without regard for nation or race It is to be flung on the wide sea No one can escape- for God's mercy die tates that the Kingdom shall be fered to one and all Jesus did not says "Go ye into desirable parts of the earth" but "Go ye into all the Once to every man and nation Comes the moment to decide In the strife of truth with falsehood For the good or evil side: Some great cause Gods new Messiah Offering each the bloom or blight And the choice goes by for ever 'Twizt that darkness and that light St Mat kingdom tet that gathered it was and sat )oct into way So world: th and ong the into the be tvailpie 'who ar from "cast weighted At last squint- sorted ty such a or race sea No Top diN 1 he of not say of the world le 'sehood fessinh blight ght Friday August II Read St Nat they" rut Aga in the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net that was cast into the sea and gathered of every kind: Which when it was ull tott hKingdom uh aole tny et 0 hadleirdte i va 1 1 ess she de I (1 and gas yi down and gathered the good into vessels but cast the bad away shall it be at the end of the worid: the angels shall come forth oral sever the wirke cast them antentionntga the ce just And shall i furnace of fire: there shall be wail- ing and gnashing of teeth Jesua was talking to pople 'who cene knew the well Not far from the shore the fishermen would the net with its lower edge weighted so as swee the lake bed At last phIecollnshgliodroeemw ing mass of fish These are sorted and the worthless thrown awayopruerhacea int eTitshWehaithout regard foranyeantiola8 it is to be flung on the wide flea No ottaenrteeesdcan escape for God's mercy die tlt'h hala I fieu iron: "Co ye into desirable part! of Once Dto every In'en and Comes the moment to decide In the strife of truth vith falsehood For the good or evil side Some great cause God's new Messiah Offering each the bloom or blight And the choice poet by for ever 'Twizt that darkness and that light self Hungary now Well under the Nazi heel has 300000 men under arms chiefly on the Rumanian Iron) tier Bulgaria which has a yearn) jug to seize territory of other Batkan countries has 290000 under arms and is uttering threats' direct ed against Rumania Jugoslavia and Greece All in all the Balkans themselves by the end of this week should have 2000000 men under arms The Western democracies are like wise putting themselves in positions of effective defense France which keeps a full defense force in her famous Maginot Line now has likewise mobilized and concentrated a massof maneuver which In a relatively short time can move either to the northeast whence the Nazi thrust would come to the Nice and Savoy region to fend off a Fascist thrust or to the Pyrennes Passes to check an assault from a still angry Franco The British fleet is mobilized and Britain's regular army together with a much-expanded Territorial strength is in Summer camps going through all types of maneuver for defense and likewise working out details for a new British expeditionary force' Poland seems the chosen target for the present German concentrations The center of gravity of Nazi mobilization is in Slovakia where it threatens the Polish industrial triangle' German military ments will doubtless come from this direction rather than bluntly at Danzig or the northern part of the Polish Corridor If Hitler is really planning a Blitzkrieg or lightning war as seems to be expected bY military observers thil would probably be the initial thrust What the Immediate futurd has in it only time will tell But one for tunate thing Is that the time is a relatively short one The crisis should be reached in the next fortnight and after the next six weeks there would be little chance for any thing to break out Of course' only year ago a similar' German massing made Chamberlain and Daladier grovel in the dirt at Munich Since then however the comparative situation has changed markedly There 1 no need for them to grovel any more self Hungary now Well under the Nazi heel has 300000 men under arms chiefly on the Rumanian Iron- tier Bulgaria which has a yearn- ing to seize territory of other Bai- kan countries has 290000 under ed against Rumania Jugoslavia and arms and is uttering threats' direct- Greece All In all the Balkans by the end of this week should have 000000 men under 2 ar The Western democracies are like' wise putting themselves in positions effect ive defense France which keeps a full defense force in her famous Maginot Line now has like wise mobilized and concentrated a mass of maneuver which In a rela Na tively short time can move either to the northeast whence the zi thrust would come to the Nice and Savoy region to fend off a Fascist thrust or to the Pyrennes Passes to check an assault from a still angry Franco The British fleet is obi lized and Britain's regular army together with a much-expanded Ter- ritorial strength is in Summ er going th camp ough all ty pea of maneuver for defense and likewise working out the: final details new British expeditionary force 'Poland seems the chosen target for the present German concentra Nazi tiona The center of gravity of mobilization is in Slovakia where it threatens the Polish industrial triangle German military 111 0 ments will doubtless come from this direction rather than bluntly at Danzig or the northern part of the Polish Corridor If Hitler Is really war planning a Blitzkrieg or lightning as seems to be expected bY military observers this' would prob ably be the initial thrust What the immediate futurd has in it only time ill tell But one for tunate thing Is that the time is a elatively oh or one The crisis should be reached in the next fort- night and after the next six weeks there would be little chance for any thing to break out Of course' only year ago a similar' German mass- nel riintiior 1 1 a new tsrlusn expeanionary torce 1 Poland seems the chosen target for the present German concentra- tiona- The center of gravity of Nazi mobilization is in Slovakia where it threatens the Polish industrial triangle' German military move e- ments will doubtless come from this direction rather than bluntly at Danzig or the northern part of the Polish Corridor If Hitler is really planning a Blitzkrieg or lightning war as seems to be expected by military observers thil would prob- ably be the initial thrust What the Immediate tuturd has in it only time will tell But one for tunate thing Is that the time is a relatively oh one The crisis should be reached in the next fort- night and after the next six weeks there would be little chance for any thing to break out Of course only year ago a similar' German mass- ing made Chamberlain and Daladier grovel in the dirt at Munich Since la Pet nowever ults uulliinuctLivc ation has changed markedly There no need for them to grovel any more A NEW stage of "cold" war or 1-1 'Jot' peace is under way in Europe today Between now and September's end it will become more and more conspicuous not to say nerve-racking upon the nations of Europe The polite names for what is going on are "Autumn maneuvers" ot "military games" But actually what is occurring in nearly every country is an almost total mobilization of immediately effective military manpower Within a fortnight nine million men will be under arms In Europe a figure quite comparable to the actual massing of bayonets and guns In the first week of the World War a quarter of a century ago And this does not include whatever Russians are under arms an unknown but quite formidable number The chief cause for all this emotionally upsetting and fear-provoking spectacle is Germany's threatening moves along this line Ilitler's Reich is supposed already to have about two million men under arms her axis partner Mussolini's Italy has at least a million Thus the two dictatorships together have some three million men not only under arms but likewise concentrated at strategic points for attack or defense for attack These threats of the axis powers could not start without countermeasures being taken by the nations which fear totalitarian aggression Poland and Rumania have been prompt to act The Poles have summoned many of the reserves and are believed to have a million men under arms today Rumania is preparing actively for her "war games" and has about 550000 already organized for maneuvers Other Balkan countries are doing the same Greece which is ranged with the democracies has mobilized 260000 i Turkey similarly Inclined has 380- 000under arms Jugoslavia now In a very dither of apprehension that the Croats have been suborned by the Germans to employ the same tactics of dis- integration against Serbia that the a Sudeten Germans used successfully i against the late Cezchosslovakian re- a public a year ago has called 340000 troops to her colors and is feverish- a ly erecting a defense line on the border between Germany and her- I I 1 a Is A NEW stage of "cold" war or fl "110I! peace is under way In Europe today Between now and September's end it will become more and more conspicuousot to say nerve-racking upon the nations of Europe The polite names for what is going on are ''Autumn ma- neuvers" ot "military games" But actually what is occurring In nearly every country is an almost total mobilization of immediately effec tive military an-power Within a fortnight nine million men will be under arms In Europe a figure quite CO mparale to the actual massing guns bayonets and in the first week of the World War a quarter of a century ago And this does not in- dude whatever Russians are under arms an unknown but quite form'- ber able nm The chief cause for all this emo settin tionally up rig an learprovok ing spectacle Is Germany's threaten ing moves along this line Ilitler's Reich is supposed already to have about two million men under arms her axk partner Mussolini's Italy has at least a million Thus the two dictatorships together have some three million men not only under arms but likewise concentrated at strategic points for attack or defense for attack These threats of the axis power's could not start without counter measures being taken by the nations which fear totalitarian aggression Poland and Rumania have been prompt to act The Poles have sum moned many of the reserves and are believed to have a million men under arms today Rumania is pre paring actively for her "war games" and has about 550000 already or- ganized for maneuvers Other Bal kan countries are doing the same range Greece which id with the democracies has mobilized '280000 Turkey similarly inclined has 380- 000under arms Jugoslavia now in a very dither of apprehension that the Croats have been suborned by the Germans to employ the- same tactics of dis integration against Serbia that the a If i I CI strategic points tor attack or aelense for attack These threats of the axis powers could not start without counter measures being taken by the nations aggress on which fear totalitarian I Poland and Rumania have been prompt to act The Poles have sum- moned many of the reserves and are believed to have a million men under arms today Rumania is pre paring actively for her "war games" and has about 55'0000 already or- ganized for maneuvers Other Bal kan countries are doing the same Greece which is ranged with the democracies has mobilized '280000 Turkey similarly inclined has 380- under arms Jugoslavia now in a very dither Of apprehension that the Croats have been suborned by the Germans to employ the same tactics of dis integration against Serbia that the a Sudeten Germans used successfully against the late Cezchoslovakian re- ova osssit I mum a year ago nas cauea aquuts troops to her colors and Is feverish- ly erecting a defense line on the is border between Germany and her I 4 7 )'I 1" fp 1'44 1 ir frve i s' I -1 --'t i -v lit 1 ti N--i 4- --e 4 i ii- 1'4 e-'1 a 'i r(q! 14'-e ps44 4 $'- I 11 1 1 a LZ Pale Carnegie ib '-'s: 4': -4 -I'y 47- 1: 1:1 :1 5 lic! 1 0 0 7 4 14 1 tt er- 4 '0 I '4 4 get 1 I i 'i Ik'ct 44 4 -(f-il- i'' i k(-1--stit A 1 4'6--- ---4 4--I 'y 141 lf 1111 c-4 A i c--- i' A A ty 0-) 1 tA-4 1-el -''11' '4 A-94-4 7ek--1 Jir '1 46: 'At l'f-'t -41)4 cs 41qr Ot 1 Tit ti: c--- -14 13 4 '''--P'-tk fli- 1- ''''''I'L'4' -IN-i7110--- 1 N-)sNs411! 34 -y-tt'' 4 k) ''yttL I i' 1 s'-- '1 te't )4' 1 i') 'i i 31 4- 1 1 -e 1 -t -ik' if tc i -i A' -3 -44- 4 -Vz-11r11- aie Carnegie ti4- ''1 i 14-7-a' 4 ---t 0- i 'k t4-4 1 '4 1 I -t-' a i -14414 4 I 1 4 fit rs' A 1 l''''''1P- AI' Ey 4 4 ir tece'' I- 4'-' 4An 1 4 7a: i -1 I --i 4-IJ '4'1: 4 1I ''t I -t I 1-1 7- 11 ik iW4' i 1 -1 A 4- -t fe (7k 4 -) 4 i 3 '4- 4LiNa overnOr ecrees I I I Pennsylvania Witk- Work or Get Off Relle' Systoim Not Only Is It Approved by the Voters of Pennsylvania But It Is Also Indorsed by People in Other Parts of the Country a Gallup Poll Discloses i I t' a I A 101 I ennsvivania ins- Doroval it I I or or eller System 1 Not Only Is It Approved by the Voters of Pennsylvania But 'It Is Also Indorsed by People in Other Parts of the Country a Gallup Poll Discloses 1 I have received a three-page story from the State publicity office describing the festival Shelby' 'vine will hold September 7 8 and 9 in honor of the Tennessee Walking Horse and not once in the story are we told what a Tennessee WalkAng Horse is We believe however that a walking horse is one which can walk if he has to but can run also We imagine for instance that race horses are harder to ride while walking in that funny little side1 ways prance of theirs than while doing a mile in nothing flat But one can get on a Tennessee walking horse without dashing away madly in all directions r' let we are informed while the 1 Tennessee walking horse is taught to walk in a smooth rapid stride (known as the plantation walk) it is also a five-gaited horse and can do some fancy trucking on down i We always did say that there is nothing like a good walking horse And Tennessee breeds the best The Rockefeller Farm at Lakewood recently bought five of the Tennessee breed and several were sold 1914iatnt Beach for use by the mtinted police The Cuban govern! 11ient has bought some and so has the State of Louisiana Ilklusie for the Shelbyville festival will he furnished 11y Paul Whiteman lid his orchestra Whiteman is a 17alking horse enthusiast and has iSnught three 7Tennessee walking horses are in demand as luxuries now and where gie they formerly sold for from $175 1 to g25() the same type now may bring $2000 and some have recently sold for as high as $5000 each 0 Tennessee walking hnir' ari he cpining as popular as Tennessee country hams They can rim and eiley can walk We would like to dwn a handsome horse that could We do mean walk tt Plain Lanr- gru(r ae From have received a three -page story from the State pu Stblicity -4 office describing the festival Shelby- Ville will hold September 7 8 and 9 In honor of the Tennes see alking Horse and not once in the story are we told what a Tennessee Walk Ing Horse is We believe however that a walking horse is one which can walk if he has to but can run also We imagine for instance that race horses are harder to ride while walking in that funny little side- 1 ways prance of theirs than while doing a mile In nothing flat But one can get on a Tennessee walking horse without dashing away madly in all directions et we are informed while the nnelsue rt alkin horsp Is taught Tzere have received a three-page story from the State publicity -4 office describing the festival Shelby- ville will hold September 7 8 and 9 In honor of the Tennessee Walking Horse and not once In the story are we told what a Tennessee Walk ing Horse Le We believe however that a walking horse is one which can walk if he has to but can run also We imagine for instance that race horses are harder to ride while walking in that funny little side- 1 ways prance of theirs than while doing a mile in nothing flat But one can get on a Tennessee walking horse without dashing away madly in all directions Yet we are informed while the Tennessee walking horse is taught to walk in a smooth rapid stride ninntatirin WAIIC1 it Is also a five gaited horse and can do some fancy trucking on down i We always did say that there is nothing like a good walking horse And Tennessee breeds the best The Rockefeller 1'arm at Lakewood recently bought five of the Ten- 0 I i 4 A i'- I '-i i i i- 1 kr i 1 amtamno-t tedli 1 Ildklf milk hot for the tacrbaka'roeatf three 1 hiduud'a shmybolaf wsniandhohgaf ur iSgst: sits Sometimee instead of crackers she has a dish of Wing beanie or Cauliflower For lunch she has usually a vegetable or fruit salad with cream cheese and a boiled egg or two dices of cold meat Occasionally she has some canned fruit For dinner she has approximately a Dale Carnegie same kind and amount of food that she has for breakfast or lunch This woman came to New York years ago to make her living as an' artist In those days she had to watch every penny Yet now that she has millions she eats no More food and no better fOod than she did when she was poor Stingy? Oh no not that She wants to keep her trim figure "And she 'doesn't have much of an 1 petite "It 1 When she- first came' to New York she could affitird terent but one room But her husband left her a six-story house on Fifth house that cost $185000 a house decorated with Gobelin tapestries rugs and antiques worth a fortune 1 Yet she wants to sell the house dismiss her help and go back to living In an apartment with one room and a kitchenette She could travel everywhere and live in the most luxurious hotels but she doesn't She spends every Summer painting flowers on a Massachusetts farm With all of her millions Is she any better off than you or She can sleep In only one bed at a time She efill wear Only one dress at a time She can't listen to any better radio programs than you or I can She probabiy doesn't eat as much as you or I do And you and I could spend Our spare time painting flowers if we wanted to' Why don't you and I appreciate what we have instead of longing for something we can't get? Do you have youth? Thank God for it I know a woman who would give $1000c1000 if she could only be young again Do you have healthy children? Thank God for that for I know one of the weal' thiest men in America who would gladly pay all of his millions to anyone who could give a normal brain to his feeble-minded child Do you think you would be happy if you lived in a palace and ruled over one-fifth of all the people on this earth? A king who did Just that recently gave it all op because he insisted on having what you and I already right to marry the person we love Let me beg you to stop envying people and be grateful for the many things you have to be thankful Ihr Why not reach for ab pencil now and write on the margin of thl paper a list of those things? If you will you will probably be a bit happier for the balance of today and that is what ail of us are 1 know a woman who inherited millions from her She Id the other day what she 0 ate for third of a glass of ilk hot water three lumps of sugar and four crackers Sometimes instead of crackers she has a is of airing beant or eault- For lunch she has usually a vegetable or fruit salad with cream cheese and' a boiled egg or two dices of cold meat Arafnaitsv-nli I dOLCOAS1101y 1011V ALINO 1 asopmpreoxelmananteedly fruit carnegie 'of food that 8Faomeed ikninnedr and amount haarnit shehrwloomr abnrenfmlt loNnecwh York Villimionime2b years ago to make her living as an' artist ta to wch In hose days she hd at -every penny Yet now that Rh a 4 Ing all able-bodied people on relief (including IrPA) to accept any job offered by a local government no matter what kind of job it If they refuse to take theJoh their relief Is cut Off Do you favor this law?" 'VOTE IN PENNSYLVANIA Yes Al No 16 VOTE IN NATION Yes 111 No 19 As passed by the Pennsylvania legislature with the blessing of Gov Arthur James the law requires the Boards of Public Assistance in the sixty-seven counties of the State to draw up lists of "employables" on relief The services of these "employables" are then offered by the county boards to any governmental agencies Ruch as cities counties bor ott gh townships and school boards or charitable institutions such as hospitals that can use them The "etnployable" must accept the work or go off relief The principle eontained in this legislation is favored by voters the survey' finds for two chief reasons The first is that since taxpayers must foot the bill for relief they "should get some PRINCETON new "work-or-starve" relief act-I which requires persons receiving relief to work for what they get Is overwhelmingly approved by the voters of Pennsylvania and indorsed by public Opinion throughout the rest of the country as indicated in a survey by the American Institute of Public Opinion The Pennsylvania law under which a clerk may he ordered to dig ditches or a bookkeeper to repair a sewer has stirred up so much controversy through out the State that pi last week a small 1 group of unemploy- ed men picketedThe Alimstall CA: governor'm mansion 1 demanding repeal of PUBLKToP11110111 the art With the law having gone into effect August 1 the American Institute tested public sentiment in Pennsylvania and the rest of the nation on The following issue: "Pensylvanla has a law requir thing in return" from rellefers In the shape of work The second Is that persons on relief should not expect to get something for nothing and should not he "fuss about about the work they do Those voters who on the othei liand oppose the work requirements of the Pennsylvania law argue that It is "fool ish" and "inefficient" to make people work at a job for which they are not suited BOTH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS APPROVE The required-work principle for relief is indorsed by Democratic voters as well as Republicans throughout the nation the survey finds Nearly eight out of every ten Democrats favor it and nearly nine of every ten Republicans While there is more sentiment for the Pennsylvania law among the upper Income groups in the nation than among the lower income groups nevertheless even a majority of persons on WPA and home relief favor the idea The vote of reliefers as distinguished from all others in the survey follows: Favor the Law Opposed Reliefers 84 3t1 All Others 83 17 Merely Being a Liberal Is Not Enougk ticable of fulfillment in the inimedi- ate future" What is Mr Roosevelt in his own opinion? He said: "Liberals-on the other hand are those who unlike the radicals who want to tear up everything by the roots and plank new and untried seeds desire to use the existing plants of civilization to select the best of them to water them and make them only for the Present use of mankind but also for the use of generations to come That 1s why I call myself a liberal and that is why even if we go by the modern contraption of polls of pub- He opinion an overwhelming ma- jority of younger men and women throughout the United States are On the liberal side of things" The President is righLThe coonmv try wants a 11heral but a sound Liberal Not merely a Liberal who is ready to work within the frameot work of our existing form of govS ernment but a Liberal who corren sponds to another definition by Woodrow Wilson who declared near the end of his great career in'1919: "By a progressive I do not mean merely a man who is ready to move but a man who knows where he is going when be moves" Mr Garner is not a Liberal in any true sense and we may take it that the President's thoughts were not far from Cactus Jack when he carephnition fully framed his message to the young Democrats The shoe fits others in Congress and on Capitol Hill There are few men in public life of whom the public can think that they are not only Liberal at heart end are willing to move' but that they know where' they are going when they do move It is precisely because the people believe Cordell Hull is a Procheme gressive who knows wherehe is go ing when he starts that the respect and admiration for the distinguished Tennessean throughout the country and in all political parleir ties Liberal Merely 106r-icing a Is Not Enouqk I PRESIDENT Roosevelt's message to the Young Democrats' National Convention in Pittsburgh last evening gave an indication of the sort of Democratic Presidential cam didate he will not support in 1910 "Republican and Democratic reactionaries want to undo what we have accomplished in these last few' years and return to the unrestricted individualism of the previous cen Wry" he declared And if such a Democratic reactionary is nominated Mr Roosevelt says he will take 110 part in the campaign lie does not indirale hat he will head a third party hut such a thing is pos Thin is a close parallel between the wonis Of Mr Roosevelt and a Fri licit historic utterance by Woodrow Wilson Each gave his own pulitii al religion by a process of elinnnaling 1)0 I iti ca 1 dogmas he not arcept W00(110W Wilson a speech in MI I before he had become Presidem: -Fly 'radical' I understand one ho () Ion far by 'conservative' II who does not go far enough by earl ionary' one who won't go at all I suppose I must be a 'progressive' which I take to be one who insists on recognizing new facts adjusting policies to facts and circum stances as they arise Mr Roosevelt has Inch the same (tprinitim for reactionaries as son had for the President said in his message of last night that the 1 reaciitinariPS have "their eyes on the present they give no thought for the future and thus without meaning to are failing to solve even current social and economic probIons by declining to consider the needs of tomorrow" lie has a better opinion of radi calm though they do not fit into his scheme for he says "radicals of all kinds have some use to humanity i they have at least the imagination to think Up new kinds of 'I answers to problems even though their answers are wholly Immo RESIDENT Roosevelt's message to the Young Democrats' Na- tional Convention in Pittsburgh last evening gave an indication of the sort of Democratic Presidential can- didate he will not support in 1910 "Republican and Democratic reac tionaries want to undo what we have accomplished in these last few years anti return to the unrestricted individualism of the previous cen tory" he declared And if such a Democratic reactionary is nominat- t-1 Mr Roosevelt says he will take part in the campaign lie does not indicate hat he will head a third party hut such a thing is po itile i Tlicre is a close parallel between be welds Of Mr Roosevelt and a ct iaut historic utterance by Wood- ikon Each gave his own mlitital religion by a process of politi cal dogmas he ild not arcept 01 Woodrow Wilson a speech MU before he had become tem: -Ry 'radical' I understand one A ho goes too far by 'conservative' win does ot go far enough by earl Iona ry' one who won't go at di I suppose I must be a 'progrestive' which I take to be 'one who nsists on recognizing new facts ad- usting policies to facts and circum- tances as they arise" Mr Roosevelt has much the same for reactionaries as on had for the President said in is message of last night that the eactionaries have "their eyes on he present they give no thought DI' the future and thus without waning to are failing to solve even urrent social and economic prob- by declining to consider the eeds of tomorrow" Ile has a better opinion of radi al though they do not fit into his for he says "radicals of all have some use to humanity they have at least the 'magi- ation to think Up new- kinds of nswers to problems even though answers are wholly imprac- Odds and Ends 4 terpleces The dams that are being built will be here for years to come They make the Tennessee River navigable and also makes it possible for a greater Chattanooga River navigation will bring more industries to our fair city The TVA does not restrict the employes on these dams to any political party Men with any part belief can work for the TVA provided be is I skilled workman in the different crafts and a citizen of the A Thanks to the United States Government and TVA for making it possible for so many men to make an honest living by the sweat of their brow A CONSTANT READER Chattanooga August 10 BAD RISK The man went Into the insurance office to have his life insured "Do you drive?" asked the agent "No' informed the applicant "Do you ride a "No" "Do you fly?" "No" It iSorry sir" snapped the agent curtly "we don't Insure pedestrians" Beau Brummel one of the dandies of the English court at the time of George IV was noted for the liberties he took with the ruling head One time they were drinking together with some other friends and Brummel offered to wager that he could make the king ring a bell used to summon servants The king overheard and when Brummet asked him to ring he did so saying to the servant who entered "Show thiii gentleman the door" and bowed to Brummel--Wall Street Journal i Letters SUCCESS OF THE GUN- TERSVILLE CELEBRATION Editor The News: 1 We appreciate your articles with reference to the dedication of the Guntersville Lake and the boat races here last Sunday Your paper was exceedingly cooperative in placing before the public the matter prior to the races as well as the results of the races It was through the press that such an enormous crowd came ta this place on last Sunday For your information we counted all motor vehicles entering Guntersville on all roads from 8 o'clock Sunday morn ing until 4:30 in the evening There were 865 trucks and bus loads of peo pie and 8500 automobiles by actual count during that period of time The trucks and busses averaged twenty passengers each The automobiles averaged five passengers each which made a total of 59800 by actual count Several hundred trucks and busses and automobiles were not able to get into town but parked just outside the limits where' the count was being made People began to enter this town by daylight Sunday morning and when the count started we estimated then that there were 10000 people already on the dyke with their seats picked out for the day: so you can see that we had from 75000 to 80000 people by conservative estimates since several hundred spent Saturday night in Guntersville We just give you this information to show you that we are convinced of the power of the press to give publicity to such occasions and to again thank you for those articles that you have been writing CLAUD SCRUGGS -Chairman Publicity Committee Guntersville Ala August 9 COOPERATING WITH 'THE WII Editor The News: Just to let you know that the A thoroughly appreciates the splendid cooperation The News gave us with our Home Town Vacation It meant a great deal to Its success Thanks a lot ALICE HILL Chattan0oga August 10 Truthful Alvin TT is no secret that Alvin York I "stole the show" on Tennessee d'ay at the New York World's Vail Likewise he was "mayor for a day'' at the San Francisco Fair We printed a story recent ly shout Alvin York at home Theie are seven children and York's patrio tism runs to names for four of his children are named Woodrow NViiion Thomas Jefferson Andrew Jackson and Betsy Ross The name of a fifth connotes patriotism too Or It is Alvin York Jr I 'York is now a heavy-set typical East Tennessee mountain farmer The nation knows him as the "out-Standing hero" because he captured single-handed 132 Germans and 35 Machine guns after killing 18 German troopers llis home folks know him as a peace-time hero because he shares his corn crop with them establishes a Bible school for them lives with them and is as plain and unassuming as an old shoe i' York is wiser than most of us-City folks are likely to deride his religious tendencies "We've got to get back to the old-time religion if we're going to save the world from those mad men that are getting the upper hand" says Alvin York "And the best way to do it is to teach the Bible right" After a tittle sophisticated snorting at this fundamentalist backwoodsman's doctrine it might be well if we admitted that what he says is exactly right 2 War Is no longer desired by masses of people for reasons of glory War Is not now so much an "attack on modern civilization" as a part of modern civilization for war has become almost an economic necessity There are excess populaCons armies of unemployed stag- nant businesse-s and only decima tiny of populvions and artificial stimulation' of easiness through re LITTLE MOMENTS IN HISTORY Joseph LI when kaiser of Austria was making a tour of a very famous prison As was the kingly custom he asked many why they svere there To the man they all said they were except one fellow who threw himself at Joseph's feet admitted his guilt and begged forgiveness The ruler looked at the warden raised the fellow up and said: "This bad fellow is spoiling all the innocent ones send him home to his people" HEARD IN A BOARD ROOM A Louisville correspondent tells um of a man there whose friends were making money in the stock market and who thought there was a good opportunity for a profit He walked Into a well known board room bought some stock and sat down to watch Soon there was a flurry of weakness and he rushed up to his broker and asked "Vot's dis?" He was Informed that Roosevelt had frowned upon tax revision and the news had unsettled the market Several days later out of the quiet came another little shake-out which lifted him from his seat This time Hitler was going to eize Danzig The customer and the market then settled back -moodily into a state of uninteresting calm On the break which followed the blockade of Tientsin he threw up his hands in despair -Mein Gott" he cried "let me out I didn't know I had to fight the whole -world" armament seems to offer a way Out War has indeed become a part of what we call civilization The' Bible teaches us our duty to our neighbor our obligation for sharing what we have our need for banishing greed from our hearts Religion is not any longer merely a matter of the soul it is an economic necessity And Alvin York is right In saying that only in accepting at long last the Bible as truth can we find the path for avoiding war When a college student says "Pm taking my fever frau to a cement mixer in a tintype" he means "I'm taking my girl to a dance in an automobile" Dean Edward Lauer of the University of Washington explained this in a dictionary of college slang he published recently "so every One else will know what students are talking about" Other items explained in the book included "muddy plow" for homely girl student "gold mine" for campus Romeo "honey-cooler" for of Sunshine' FULL OF SIMILES Church service was over iind three members walked home together discussing the message they had heard "I tell you" said the first enthusiastically "Doctor plank can certainly dive deeper into the truth than any minister I ever heard" "Yes" said the secod man "and be can stay under longer" "Yes" echoed the third "and come 1 up drier" Prospective you keep fountain pens here? Clerk we sell them Prosp tc tive but 0 keep one you might bate sold me if you i lidn't been so smart JOKE ON KM In a badly-lit cafe seafaring men smoked and drank their rum Suddenly a huge man burst through the doors "Is there anyone here called Pederson?" he roared No one spoke A feiv customers be gan to edge their way uneasily towards the door "Is there anyone here called Peder son?" he demanded again A very small timid man rose from a table in one corner and said: "Yes my name is Pederson Who wants me?" "Oh so you're Pederson are you?" growled the man-mountain "I've a debt to settle with you" He strode across the room picked up the little man with one hand and bat tered him senseless with the other He then dropped him on the floor and left the cafe Twenty minutes later the little man recovered consciousness got up painfully smiled and feehly said aloud: "I thought I could fool him name's not Pederson" World War the officer in charge of British post deep in the heart of Africa received a wireless message from his chlet "War declared Arrest all enemy aliens in your district" A few days later the chief receiv ed this communication: "Have arrested seven Germans three Belgians four Spaniards five Frenchmen a couple of Swedes an Argentinian and an America Please inform me whom we are at war with" And they firet took their journey according to the commandment ok of the Lord by the hand of Numbers r13 THANKFUL FOR THE TVA Editor The News: In reading the Open Forum column a Republican was giving the Democrats and the TVA the devil Throwing off on the TVA is getting too close to home There's where we get our bread and butter The wdrk the TVA is doing are mas Whose War? A amusing sidelight on war Is a little story which we read in Labor the publication devoted chiefly to the railroad brotherhoods It seems that in the early days of the 1.

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