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DENTON, TEXAS, RECORD-CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1936
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The Celina Record is still ham-
mering- away at its citizenship in
the matter of civic attractiveness.
Throughout this year, the Celina
contemporary has urged the resi-
dents of its community to
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FROM 32 STATES
The fact that autoists from 32 different states have
visited the road information booth maintained here
by the state highway department attests the cosmo-
politan quality of tourist travel today. The booth has
been open only a few weeks and tourist travel is not
yet at the full summer tide. It is not unlikely that
every state in the union will have been represented
among the visitors before the summer ends.
It is easy for a community to overlook the im-
portance of the traffic that flows in and out of its
gates from day to day. Some business men, whlo do
not come in frequent contact with visitors, fail to
realize what automobile travel ’ means to their city.
The tourist bureau here should help Wichitans to
understand how important a place it occupies as a
highway center and. how very necessary it is that this
importance be maintained and increased.—Wichita
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and frames are needed. It was also
reported that the First Baptist
Church is planning to hold a va-
cation Bible school for negro chil-
dren beginning Aug. 3..
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FORTUNATE FOR EMPLOYES
Approximately 400,000 Wisconsin employes no longer
are worried over the possibility of losing their jobs.
On July 1, thte new State law providing job insurance
went into effect with a $12,000,000 fund to guarantee
initial payments, which came from a 2 percent pay-
roll tax on all persons or firms that had 10 or more
employes. The State began collecting the tax in 1934
and in 1935 the Wisconsin legislature amended the
law to conform to the new social security act passed
by Congress last year.
Wisconsin employes who earn an average of $1,500
annually or less will receive a minimum of $5 a week
under this plan, with a maximum of $15 a week. The
graduated payments are approximately half of their
weekly salaries, and the duration of payments are
dependent upon the length of time they have been
employed.
This job insurance plan, like the federal social se-
curity act, can be considered only as enforced saving
by employes witfj. the further restriction that ‘they
cannot receive their money unless they lose their jobs.
While the money ostensibly comes from both the
employe and the employer, it is fairly safe to guess
that in the long run, the total amount comes out of
the employes’ pay checks through the elimination
of normal pay increases.
It is easy to visualize the benefits that will come
from job insurance to those who are out of jobs fre-
quently, but not so easy to figure how the steady
workers will be helped. Apparently those employes
who work on a seasonal basis will be kept up during
the rest of the year by those who work steadily. Fur-
' ttermore, it is difficult to imagine how any unem-
ployment fund can be adequate to cushion for very
long the effects of a widespread business depression
such as that from which the Nation is still recovering.
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Behind the Scenes at the
Democratic Convention
By RODNEY DUTCHER
NEA Service Staff Correspondent
made against great odds by official consumer agen-
cies in the AAA, NRA, and elsewhere against exploi-
tation of the householders and housewives who pay
the bills.
The housing plank, undoubtedly forced through by
Senator Bob Wagner, is remarkable for its commit-
ment to provide decent homes for those unable to
afford decent quarters as priced by private industry.
This means a genuine low cost housing program
if Roosevelt is re-elected and can sell it to Congress,
although it would sound better if Roosevelt had got
on the job early enough to force Wagner’s housing
bill through Congress in the last session, instead of
coming to its support only in the final hours, when
it was lost, despite the delayed administration effort.
Man About Manhattan
By GEORGE TUCKER
NEW YORK July 1—Until the WPA came along,
most New Yorkers had not heard of the Lafayette
theater, although they had heard of Harlem, to be
sure.
But any nighlt of late one might think all New York
had come to crowd itself—7,000,000 strong—into the
Lafayette theater.
Was it hot swing music or hot swing dances that
lured them?
Was it dusky belles in a rhythmical review?
Not at all.
It was a play.
By William Shakespeare.
A little thing he tossed off, called “Macbeth.” . . .
With a colored cast.
CAPITAL JIGSAW
By HOWARD C. MARSHALL
AUSTIN, July 1.—(ZP)—Fame, it
has been said, is fleeting, but not
the reputation of S. L. Staples, sec-
retary of state in 1921-24 when
Pat Neff was governor.
Recently a letter addressed to
him from an East Texas commun-
ity was received at the secretary’s
office. The letter asked advice on
certain water rights.
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EASY TO CRITICIZE
Italy has received the criticism of the civilized
world for its invasion of Ethiopia and the subjuga-
tion of the natives as a part of the plan to impose
“modern civilization” on an admittedly backward
country. But while it is easy to point out t»he errors of
Italy’s way and the fallacy in the civilization pro-
cess, citizens of the United States might study up a
bit on the treatment accorded thfc American Indians.
Less than a century has elapsed since the federal
government plus State troops humbled the last of
the Indian tribes that roamed over the Southwest.
The Indians were being civilized too, and taught that
they had no right to defend their lands against the
encroachments of the white man. Yet the Indians
were further advanced and of a higher mental sta-
tion than many natives of Ethiopia are today.
The present generation of American citizens doesn’t
often think of the way this government dealt with
the Indian problem, but occasionally some incident
occurs which brings past history into focus. This
happened the other day whhn a group of Washaki
Indians from a Utah reservation sought to get a
member of their tribe released from prison. The
spokesman for the Indians reminded the governor
of Utah that 73 years ago they made a treaty with
the government and gave up their rich hunting
lands in return for governmental protection and care.
All they got was a small, barren reservation and have
almost starved in their restricted area without a cent
of government money. The Attorney General of Utah
has filed a suit against the government for $17,000,000
which he believes is due the Indians. The chances
are that the land they relinqished is worth far more
than that today.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
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tation or standing of any firm, individual or corpora-
tion will be gladly corrected upon being called to the
publishers’ attention.
The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the
use for re-publication of all news dispatches credited to
it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the
local news published herein.
DENTON, TEXAS, JULY 1, 1936
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September.
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PATIENCE SEES US THROUGH:
Let patience have her perfect work,
that ye may be perfect and entire,
wanting nothing.—James 1:4.
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FUNERAL DIRECTORS - AMBULANCE SERVICE
320 W. Oak Street. Phone 211
Comptroller George H. Sheppard
says Centennial visitors to Austin
are showing much interest in old
records of his department.
They frequently inquire about
ancestors of generations ago, of
whom the only record is the his-
tory of their tax payments stored
away in the comptroller’s archives.
Willy Nilly would have to be abso-
lutely quiet for a little while dur-
ing the time he was attending to
them—and that it would take a
few weeks and perhaps more to do
the . whole job as it should be done.
“Then Grandpa Galump said he
knew of that ear-fixing man, too,
and had been thinking of him for
some time as he would like to help
Willy Nilly—and he added that he
really liked him.
“But Grandpa said:
“ ‘Those animal friends of his are
so selfish and need so much atten-
tion or help out of scrapes that Wil-
ly Nilly will never get the chance
to do anything about his ears.’ ”
“We’ll give him the chance!”
growled and barked and quacked
and bleated every one of the Pud-
j die Muddlers.
“I’ll be the leader!” decided Top
Notch. “I’ll tell all of you what to
do.”
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STATE CAMPAIGN IS WARMING UP
Although Governor Allred has announced he will
not open his campaign for re-election until June
30th, the avowed candidates are beating the brush
with charges and counter charges so that apace with!
the summer weather of the past week the state cam-
paign has really warmed up.
Messrs. Fischer, Hunter, Sanderford and Brooks
are all doing the usual campaign stunt of jumping
on the governor, whose office they covet while Jimmy
Allred goes steadily ahead attending to the business
of the state and taking part in the national campaign
to re-nominate Roosevelt at the Philadelphia con-
vention next wek.
* The aspirants all seem to overlook the fact that
Governor Allred was one of the original promoters of
aid for the aged needy of the state and that he has
given every official help to make such aid a legal
reality in Texas. Their criticism in this regard is cer-
tain to rebound on them with costly toll, when the
checks go out to the certified pensioners in July.
Fiscller has already jumped ahead of Hunter’s lag-
ging cause, but both will be searching for new issues
the last two weeks of the campaign. Sanderford and
Brooks are negligible factors in the face.
All in all, prospects are very favorable for Governor
Allred to win a clear majority over the field in the
first primary. When his campaign gets under way
there will be a rapid crystallization of the sentiment
that will sweep him to an easy victory.
Governor Allred deserves to win without opposition
for he has made Texas a great governor in a period
fraught with great difficulties.—Paducah Post.
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treated.
Seventy per cent of arthritis is
of the two major types—rheuma-
toid arthritis and osteoarthritis.
The first is due to chronic infection;
the source of infection must be fer-
reted out and removed. The second
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The hot weather which prevailed
during the recent hunt for two
escaped convicts near Mexia was
hard on the bloodhounds as on the
officers, department of public safe-
ty attaches reported.
After trailing the convicts for
about 12 hours the dogs were worn
out and quit. Some of the officers
didn’t feel much better and new
ones replaced those long on duty.
A fall of ceiling- plaster at the
capital was attributed to the heat.
In the Board Of Control’s main
office, about 15 square feet of
plaster fell at night, where a
number of employes worked by day.
It was believed expansion of steel
girders caused it to crack.
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If you haven’t seen the Lafayette “Macbeth” you
don’t know your Shakespeare. It is possible that after
seeing it you still won’t know your Shakespeare.
You remember the witches on the heath? Under
the ministrations of New York’s colored brethren,
this becomes’ a jungle voodoo number, with Hecate
as a witch doctor. And is it wild, hot and weird!
As for Macbeth, he wears a uniform thftt is a negro’s
dream of a uniform—all color and sashes and shin-
ing boots a,nd glittering pieces of brass here and there.
The whole cast, in fact, is attired in a variety of uni-
forms that range from the national guard of Liberia
to the dazzling holiday attire of officers who are dukes
and barons. The whble stage seethes with color.
An innovation is blunder-buss-pistols (they look
like automobile horns, and probably are) with which
about half a dozen of the characters are bumped off
on the stage, instead of in the traditional manner,
with sword and dagger.
The banquet at which Banquo’s ghost appears to
trouble Macbeth becomes a scene such as might have
been seen in pre-war days at a Viennese rout, with
dazzlingly attired officers and their ladies dancing.
To give this scene an original air, a dusky little maid
moves about with a tray, dispensing highballs. This
panicked the house.
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It was remarked by several members of the town’s
intelligentsia that Shakespeare is so wonderful that
he breaks through with his great lines, the force and
drama and poetry of his genius, no matter what
treatment he is given on the stage. Aside from this,
on purely technical grounds, much praise was lavished
—deservedly—on the costuming, stage direction and
lighting which made this production of “Macbeth” a
treat that lured downtowners and midtowners to the
heart of Harlem.
(It was reported that a London producer had wired
an offer to the entire cast to bring the production,
lock, stock and’ barrel, to England.)
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Incidentally, WPA plays in this city have been
breaking records all along. “Triple A Plowed Under”
played to standing room and extended its run be-
cause of the demand. “Murder in the Cathedral,” by
T. S. Eliot, was a literary and theatrical event of the
young season. If this be boondoggling, so be it.
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Mai Hallett, the orchestra leader, probably holds all
the travel records in this country. ... In the last 10
years he has led his band over 50,000 miles of rail,
playing from coast to coast and back again a dozen
times. . . . He has appeared in every city, town, middle-
sex and village in New England.
(Copyright, 1936, NEA Service, Inc.)
A Louisiana Share-the-Wealth executive struck
oil. His successor will soon be chosen.
Ask a delegate his impression of a keynote
speech! and he’ll probably tell you, “Three long
years.”
A program by children of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Orphan
Home featured the quarterly meet-
ing of the Association of Chris-
tian Women Tuesday when women
of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church were- hostesses, to the asso-
ciation in the church. Mrs. L. J.
Springer, matron of the home, di-
rected the children in songs and a
presentation Of the story of cre-
ation, from the Bible, illustrated
with pictures showing the seven
days of creation. The program was
closed with singing “This is My
Father’s World.” Rev. Eldon Vin-
cent and sister, Miss Vincenti,
here conducting a revival, sang and
gave an accordion solo.
Mrs. A. L. Faw presided over the
program, which was opened with
a devotional from Galations 6:1-10,
offered by Mrs. W. H. Hollowa. The
pastor, Rev. J. L. Elliott, offered
prayer and in closing- Rev. J. Mill-
er Cook of Nashville, Tenn., of-
fered prayer.
of sorts, or at any rate there is a.
story. But the story is quite unim-
portant; like Victoria Lincoln’s ((Feb-
ruary Hill,” the newer novel is to b-s
read for its characterization and for
its sense of the interrelation of lives
as they are lived in the villages of the
land.
The town in this case is called
Churchill and is supposed to be the
seat of the University of North Caro-
lina. Because “Churchill” is smaller
than the average college town, its
frictions begin to throw off sparks
sooner. A dictum from the sacred
presidential office at the university
reaches the lowliest laundress within
an hour or so, and when Dean Bur-
ton’s wild son smashes into the car
of kindly George Adams the editor,
one can imagine the reverberations.
Mr. McConnaughey has kept his
novel short. But he also has made it
seem leisurely, which is a blessing.
Thumbnail Reviews
“My First Ten Years With the
Leica,” by Dr. Paul Wolff (Wester-
mann): the experience of one of the
earliest “candid camera” fans in
practical and helpful terms, plus a
magnificent collection of photographs
beautifully reproduced.
“So Fair a House,” by Welbourn
Kelley (Morrow): southern novel in
which a man who writes serials for
the slicks at $30,000 a shot is involv-
ed with his family in the class strug-
gle centering about the cotton mills;
rather overburdened with emotional
and other complications.
“Gentleman’s Agreement,” by the
Baroness von Hutton (Dutton): the
good baroness’ stock novel, repeated
in the good baroness’ standard man-
“Lis Sails the Atlantic,” by Lis
I Andersen (Dutton): young Danish
During the business session it was ft
shown that more than 50- maga- I
zines were taken to the County
Farm and that the Baptist Church
was responsible for three visits
and services held thene. Mrs. Hol-
lowa, chairman of work among the
negroes, reported that ropes have
been donated for swings for chil-
dren in the negro park but that
no trees are available for swings
An extensive publicity campaign
for .Denton is being carried out
as a result of the work of the
publicity bureau of the Chamber
Of Commerce. This is the most ex-
tensive program ever undertaken
for the city, in which Denton is
featured as a home and educa-
tional center. Denton has much to
be proud of in these respects, and
there is no good reason why this
city should not continue to grow
and prosper because of what it has
to offer in the way of advantages
to those who desire a good place in
which to live and to educate their
children. ,
girl does a huge figure eight on the
Atlantic in her father’s ship: she
writes the story neatly, amusingly.
Music Hath Charm—
“Predicaments, or Music and the
Future,” by Cecil Grey (Oxford): a
just too, too destructive Englishman
tears down most of our revered con-
ceptions, and puts nothing but his
own egotism in their place.
“Men Are So Ardent,” by Gerald
Kersh (Morrow): like title, like text;
novel for hot days.
“The Mouthpiece,” by Edgar Wal-
lace and Robert Curtis (Dodge): this
piece of Wallaceana was left unfin-
ished at the death of its author, and
finished by Mr. Curtis; love’s labor
lost.
“A Long- Retrospect,” by F. Anstey
(Oxford): more than half a century
reviewed by an Englishman nobody
remembers much about; grade “A”
example of English memoir writing.
SPEEDING SNAILS
Travel can and should be a
broadening experience, and the av-
erage household makes far too lit-
tle use of the opportunities for
cheap and easy travel which the
advent of the automobile has
brought.
Most people travel like snails
with their houses on their backs.
The roads might be said to be cov-
ered with an improved and rapid-
moving form of snail—cars full of
people going places and seeing noth-
ing! as they go, and so coming home
froi/i the ride with their experience
still bounded by four walls. They
could have seen and experienced
quite as much in their houses.
This is especially true of the
young people. From babyhood up,
they have never been taught to look
out at what is about them, and the
egotism of adolescence increases
their tendency to be self-centered.
They tear through the country, in-
different to beauty or squalor, their
attention centered on what is in
their moving home. Their only com-
ments on what they see are apt to
be criticisms of what is different
from the life and environment to
which they are accustomed.
Parents can do a great deal to
change this attitude in the young
people. When they take the children
on a trip, they can without undue
insistence draw their attention to
the world outside their own orbit.
They can make them see that what
is different is not necessarily infer -
ior to what one knows.
A couple of vacation weeks spent
in touring a section of the country
just to see what it is like, how the
people live and where they get their
livelihood; tasting new foods, sleep-
ing in unaccustomed surroundings,
looking at beautiful scenery, is an
excellent cure for the provincialism
of snails. The trip must be made
to see and learn, not to find fault.
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It is a time when old-line politicians are learn-
ing they’ll never get anywhere with that old line.
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Taking of fingerprints from cloth is called the
latest advance in scientific crime detection. A
pioneer in the field, then, is a local mother of a
five-year-old.
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Before any actress is chosen for a part in a
Dracula or Frankenstein film, we assume she must
undergo a scream test.
“We regret to say it, but
Celina has a more unkempt
appearance this (centennial)
year than for years past. May-
be when the rush of harvest
and getting the cotton out of
the weeds is over citizens shall
be able to secure help to tidy
up their premises. The arbor-
vitae trees back of the west
side are hidden by a wilder-
ness of weeds.”
Denton Record-Chronicle
RECORD-CHRONICLE COMPANY, INC.
R. J. EDWARDS General Manager
L. A. MCDONALD Managing Editor
LEE R. MCDONALD Business Manager
J. S. FOWLER Advertising Manager
Entered as second-class mail matter at
Texas.
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HEALTH
edited the New } ork Academy ol MeJicnu
DR. IAGO GALDSTON
DIET AND ARTHRITIS
Because* gout, an acute inflamma-
tion of the joints of the big toe, and
sometimes, too, of the smaller bones
of the extremities, has its origin in
excess food and the consumption of
too much sweet wine, the impres-
sion is widespread that many forms
of arthristis are due to dietary in-
discretions. People are particularly
likely to suspect red meats, certain
vegetables, and the acid fruits.
Believing something is wrong with
their diet, many arthritics put
themselves through a number of
dietary experiments. They seldom
help their arthritis, more frequent-
ly putting themselves in a state of
serious malnutrition.
The overweight arthritis sufferer
will usually benefit by weight reduc-
tion. A reduction in the caloric in-
take achieved by eliminating from
the diet all rich foods such as sugar,
candy, pies, pastry, preserves and
fat meats, usually will accomplish
the desired effect at a rate of loss
not greater than pound to a pound
and a half a week.
The underweight arthritic fares
better when taking an abundance
of good, wholesome food with a suf-
ficiency of vitamins. Five meals a
day will serve this patient better
than three large meals, and by
wholesome food we mean milk, eggs,
butter, cheese, meat, fish, vegetables
and fruit. Plain, unconcentrated
cod-liver oil is excellent if the pa-
tient can tolerate it.
Arthritis literally means an in-
flammation of the joints.
per cent of the cases seen in clini-
practice are caused by such un-
venereal diseases, rheumatic fever,
dysentery, gout, or scurvy. Then, of
xi, • i s course, the disease itself, as well as
What were they saying?” asked th joint involvement, needs to be
“Grandma Grouchy Galump was
saying that she knew of a man who
community to do what everyone j Wifly Nilly’s ears, but that
should know ought to be done "T'"“
for the betterment of health and
appearance, but it is only throuhg
the continued efforts of a few en-
thusiasts taht a community is made
and kept attractive.
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The publicity projects include
large signs on Federal Highway 77,
with one lighted by neon; signs
in the city directing visitors to the
two great colleges; the distribution
of folders of facts and pictures of
Denton’s advantages; providing a
panel and moving pictures for the
Frontier Centennial in Fort Worth.
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Many people in Denton do not
really realize what this city has
to offer in the way of advantages
to the family, and not a large
percentage of residents over Texas
and the surrounding states have
any knowledge of the claims of
this city. The message must be
taken to others if it is hoped to
to keep ;pace with other growing
and prospering cities, including
other college centers. This the
Chamber of Commerce is under-
taking to do, and an excellent start
has been made this year. Much
of the present program will be per-
manent, and if added to from year
to year, this city soon will become
more far-famed than it is at
present, although Denton is al-
ready widely known because of
its peculiar advantages for the
family.
a shawl around her shoulders.”
“Of course,” snapped Top Notch.
more desirable place in which to'“Don’t waste time in idle talk. We | derlying^condltiomTas tuberculosis,
live. Undoubtedly some good has know who the Galumps are, al-‘ - -• -
been accomplished, although the though we* have not bothered them
Record still is far from pleased tor a long time.”
iwith the results, one is forced to I
believe from reading the above ' the dog.
quotation. It is strange that it is
so hard to get the people Of a
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PHILADELPHIA, July 1.—The Democratic plat-
form of 1936 has the imprint of Roosevelt all over it.
It leaves out much and it pussyfoots painfully here
and there. It omits all mention, as it proceeds with
its proud boasts, of many mistakes, wastes, and
abortive experiments.
It tends to make more definite thfe cleavage between
the New Deal Democratic party as a liberal party
and the Republican party as a conservative party—
or, as its own George Moses insists, a “Tory’’ party.
Roosevelt had a large advantage in dictating its
terms, since he was able to study the Republican plat-
form and the personal amendments of Governor
Landon, which between them compromised with much
of the New Deal.
Outstanding as it is, declaring war as it does against
special privilege, and seeking as it does to promote
the idea/that the seat of government has been re-
moved from Wall Street to the habitation of the
people’s representatives in Washington—witH the re-
sult that government benefits are now spread over
the masses instead of handed out to just a few—the
platform’s brilliant verbiage should not make you
forget that parties seldom live up to their platforms.
* * *
Three planks stand out:
Those on the Constitution, on the consumer, and
of housing.
The constitutional plank is worded as adroitly as
any three paragraphs you ever read in your life.
Whereas Landon suggested that regulation of
wages, hours, and child labor migHt possibly be
handled only by state legislation and a constitutional
amendment, this platform declares definitely that
federal as well as state legislation is necessary. It
promises, if necessary, to seek an amendment allow-
ing both Congress and the states to legislate within
their respective jurisdictions.
The plank labeled “Consumer” is perhaps more
astonishing than any other. It says: “We will act
to secure the consumer fair value, honest sales, and
a decreased spread between the price he pays and
the price the producer receives.”
If it meant wliat it said, this would be a grim threat
against a wasteful distribution system, against the
profiteering “middlemen,” against meat packers, mil-
lers, steel manufacturers, the aluminum “trust,” and
other monopolistic or alleged monopolistic or price-
fixing corporations.
By JOHN SELBY
You either will like James McCon-
naghey’s “Village Chronicle” (Farrar
&Rinehart) very much, or you will
be bored to tears. It seems to us that
as a novel of small-town life it ranks
pretty high. But perhaps you don’t
like novels of small-town life.
Mr. McConnaughey’s book Is the
second first novel issued for “The
Discoverers.” which is a one-publish-
er book club designed to serve 1,500
to 2,500 persons willing to take a
chance on eight or ten first novels
a year. The first book so issued was
Felipe Alfau’s “Locos: An Author at
the Mercy of His Characters,” which
. was a little mad but amusing if you
is the arthritis of advancing age» ai-e amused by that sort of thing,
and of tear and wear! it requires I “Village Chronicle” is a horse of
conserving treatment, stressing rest quite another color. There is a plot
and proper nutrition.
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TOP NOTCH NEWS
“I was walking over by the Ga-
lumps’ house,” began Top Notch,
the rooster, “and I heard Grandma
Grouchy Galump talking to Grand-
pa Grouchy Galump.”
“Oh, that funny old pair who live
in the house just on the outskirts
of Puddle. Muddle?” asked Sweet
clean , Face, the lamb. “He has a great
up, paint up and otherwise make long beard and she always wears
the town an attractive one for
centennial visitors, as well as a ■
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