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, f . >A »1 »? lFX» stSRKfc| {'Wi -* js* v •,*** ^'1?f Page Thm Thursday, JannaryH 1937 • '^- • '»&*'?: i-. Novels as Hobby Charles Bragin, a retired business man of Brooklyn, N. Y., collects ®we novels as a hobby. His collection, part of which he is shown examining, is one of the most valuable in Americfu Recently he refused $1)000 for a collection of 191 copies of the Prank Reade Library. One «t the copies in his collection recently brought $425 at an auction sale. USE THE CLASSIFIED COLUMNS TOR QUI0& SMVLTS Twice To 1 d Tales '-V Iteirt «f InfcrMt Taken Freia the HIm of th* • of Year* Age "Handsome la That Haiidsome Does" - By^MEREDITH SCHOLL C Associated Newspapers. WNU Service. \ATITHOUT realizing it Armine * ' had been watching the young ington Washington, January 13 -- After a week devoted to rounding out organpec ted, the White House can no longer dodge playing a major role in the drama. The political aspirations of John L. Lewis, the central figure in the labor unrest, are at stake. Failure to gain the objectives of recognition as the collective bargaining agency for the workers in motor plants means the eclipse of Lewis domination. It likely that the public, when it feels the pinch, more than the General Motors or labor union executives will do shfirir YEARS AGO W*. Fisher, of the East side market is filling his ice houses with the best of ice. The Harvard Independent has been sold to Gardner and Knox, the new proprietors taking possession last week. Hie warehouse of E. M. Owen had a narrow escape from ftre on Tuesday, The fire caught from the stove in the office and was discovered just in time. We learn that the child of Ben Hanlley met with a very severe accident on Monday last, falling upon the Stove and burning its face and hands in a horrid manner. MatlsMl Editorial man with the black hair and blue eyes. She admitted to herself that he was good looking. Also, he wore his evening clothes with just the ri^ht degree of casualness; his face was pleasant and guileless. Dangerous, she thought. The type of man who couldn't be trusted. Deceptive. LikeLoring Brookes. Mere thought of Loring gave her a funny little pang. It had been he who had taught her to beware of good looking young men, such as the one with the black hair and blue eyes. She had almost loved Loring, had, in fact, trusted him. 'h« ZTZSE ization details, the Congress is settling0" to, Jrc« ® settlement The down to routine business. Private con- S*? „°/J?e„8tnke^a t s alre*d? afI i versations with veterans and new- {"*** **** ,or sup/^' trade* and ! comers among the „ membership dis- ™ « J* °1 plantS; ! close a growing concern as to what ^" ?OU Consider tha\one out of President Roosevelt really has in mind related" bT^T9 "f eI?ploye? ,n *)?* l in the way of a program requiring llT ^ ^ the automobi,e ,Only the ww eilli-tseaa^so^nenda ladd vice that it Gover^nment I does not pay to look a gift horse in J the mouth keeps down the squalls on payers money is used to rapport strikers for an indefinite period it will delay peace and create untold problems. There are other aspects ef strikers-on-relief expected to flare «p in Congressional debate shortly. In. cidentaJly, the wage question is not a vital issue as the wage scale in the / automobile manufacturing industry fa.'-* higher by 40 per cent than those uetf in 25 other important trades. The trend of talk at official quite ters is: that nothing definite in legislation for Federal control of wages and hours will be seriously poshed until the Supreme Court passes the National Labor Relations Acl| sumably in»the spring; that the ing of departmental expenses by consolidations of various agencies will b« ; negligible in dollars and cents bat a sea c%J&- ! prS**^ if '4 D A N C I N G ! Every Saturday Night STARTING Satur January ' - a t - - ' - V . • - the American, Legion Hall WOODSTOCK, ILL. Dancing from 9:30 until 12:30^ ifr;"' MUSIC BY BUZZY VOSS AND HIS BAND > ^ Admission; Gentlemen, 40c -- •*-Ladies, 20c Note--Due to the President's Birthday Ball, Saturday, Jan. 30, we will not hold a dance on that date, but every Saturday night thereafter. FIFTY YEARS AGO r . The Indian medicine company «*e gone, but their medicines can be found at the drug store of Henry Colby, who will keep a full supply on hand at all times. J We learn that Theo. Smith, son of John W. Smith, was seriously injured ! last week. j The holidays have ended and the year's battle begins. The outlook is; most promising. McHenry's Toboggan slide is in a flourishing condition and was opened ! last evening with a big crowd, the! military band furnishing music for the occasion. Dining Room Interiors * ^ Her* In one nnalll community are situated some of U»» tation mp*1 lost plan century. •ee one 1 more homes i® *!:, U1 L€A FORTY YEARS AGQ "This section was visited on January 1, 2d and 3rd with one of the heaviest rains known in some time. On Sunday night it grew colder, with light flurries of snow, and we are now experiencing some snug winter weather. Jas. B. Perry was appointed by the county convention as delegate to represent this village at Elgin, Feb. 8. McHenry county was instructed for Judge, C. H. Donnelly. The children of the German Catholic school, of this village, will give an entertainment at Riverside Halll, Wednesday evening next. The New Year's parties, both at the Riverside House and McHenry House were rather slimly attended, owing to the unfavorable weather. a bolt from the blue, he had shown his true colors. For awhile she had been miserable and unhappy? It hadn't been easy surviving the experience. But she had benefited by *• \ Too bad, she though^nhat younp men as nice looking as the one with the black hair and blue eyes couldn't be as nice as they -Jappeared-- And then the young man with the blue eyes and black hair started toward her. He wetved his 'way in among the dancers and tapped Seaver Clark on the shoulder. "Mind if I cut in?" he asked. And Armine's heart began to throb, though outwardly she maintgjQ?d a creditable calmt l f<0. K," Seayer lVleased her, and the young man with the black hair slid his arm around her waist and grinned. "Hope you don't mind? Believe me it took courage." "Did it?" said Armine <ooi||ly. "Am I to feel flattered?" He grinned broadly, "Sorry. I'll quit if you say so?"' "And leave me stranded in the middle of the floor?" "Well, then, ; when the agencies hold varying magnificent gesture toward economy; opinions as to the economic influence that Presidential claims "the 1988 of the strike. The Federal Reserve budget is in baianoe" is misleading be* j cause emphasis is not given to exand^ how*" J ^whlth*r of production as a blessing in disguise ceptions which are written in red ink oH uhm •«!* /f6 -^T J1 without passing on the merits of the and not enough attention alotted to. J f issue. They feel that the stoppage of the laconic expectations in the bod** „ . Administrations this major industry will place a brale message to "expect a completely bal- . . f8 8 n® improve their. on an incipient boom which would anced budget in 1939"; realizatiea that omT e^C8, P*"48*11 j otherwise force government action on Congress could display mote thrift The plight of Congression- (credit The Federal financial agency when the report of the Public Printer is embarassing as the (wju not be forced to go into the open shows staggering costs for 140 -ilKm market and run, the risk of driving copies of documents, etc., and that a many banks out of the reserve system definite check rein £rom the White into state control again. The relief House on the Senatorial mania for problem is uppermost in the minds of persecuting business by a series of the Administration for it may mean a, investigations would great!) stimulate drastic change in policies. If the t*x-. industrial recovery. followers. al spokesmen torchbearer who has to seek the way' himself. Democratic wheel-horses are praying that the Inaugural address next week will provide definite guides as to White House thinking--concrete recommendations. The grumbling heard in the privacy of Senate and House cloakrooms has some foundation. Mr. Roosevelt left Senator Robinson, the Democratic Reader, and Speaker dankkead, of the j House, barking up the wrong tree i when he told the Congress that no j constitutional amendments would be required. Robinson and Bankhead, J who have ^lever taken kindly to such | drastic steps, had previously been ! forced into a position of endorsing such a policy on the intimation that ;Mr. Roosevelt would want action of this sort. The message to Congress music , cut the props from under these chiefstops." But when the music stopped -j tains with the resulting loss of face nve i««* it* .s uf ft** colon i to the i 1^^^^ rfOTrtas j late Ow 1^^ iad own the foraHort M sbowta* A «s|w»--and .u» and was wdpltUon at the oatm (he civil war. Many of the konm had twenty or mora rooa tech with ceilings fifteen feet hign. Tht average iIm Interior waa thirty or forty feet square at that time. THIRTY YEARS AGO Okita Hapke and family have moved to town and are occupying the T. J. Walsh house on Elm street. The marriage of Matthew T. Riley of Woodstock to Miss Lena Rossman of this village took place at the county seat on Wednesday, Jan. 2. A team belonging to T. Bacon, who resides east of town, took a lively run Up Main street on the West Side last Saturday afternoon. The horses were stopped before much damage was done. Mr. Bacon, who was in the rear of the wagon when the horses started, thanks his lucky stars that he was not thrown out. TWENTY YEARS AGO Butter on the Elgin board of trade Sold at 39 cents per pound last Saturday. The annual January thaw was with us all last week and from present in dicatiohs there will be no farther ^reak ip the weather until spring. George Justen is in Chicago, where he is employed by a large undertaking concern. The experience thus gained is most vialuable to the young man, who some day hopes to succeed his father in business here. (iiri orr of tiii: ai.i tiikfi: cuss THIS GREAT BIG CAR NOW ONLY A FEW DOLLARS MORE ! Actual pkoto&aph Ca«pars MhfMwl prices • • • be astonished wmm •w ww rUtmuvIa riwv m p| mM unui • The new Nash LaFayette-"400" is a big 117-inch wheelbase car--much bigger, much more luxurious than any of "all three" small cars. Yet the 4-door Sedan delivered to your door is only a few dollars more. The Nash Ambassador Six is a big 121-inch wheelbase car. The Nash Ambassador Eight is a luxurious 125-inch wheelbase car. (Automatic Cruising Gear available on all Nash cars at slight extra cost.) You'll be amazed at the low prices. * K| A C LI GIVES YOU MORE IV/*? n FOR YOUR MONEY ftmSt aanUEUNDHOTOKSALKS 1U.333 they weren't on the floor at all. They were out on the terrace, looking up al the moon, and Armine was saying. "I do wish you'd take me back, I'm cold." "Not until I say what I havp to say." r<Indeed! And what makes you think I'm interested in what you have to say?" Suddenly he sobered. "That's the trouble with yoiW-you're never willing to give a fellow a chance. You take him at his face value and let it go at that. It's not fair." Armine stared at him wide-eyed, her mouth open. "Not fair? Me? Why--why--" "Don't say it," he interrupted. "I feel that you believed yourself perfectly justified, I'd be inclined to condemn you for it. I suppose I should anyway." "You--what! Certainly you can't be serious. If this is some sort of joke, it's a poor one. Please take me back!" "Wait!" he gripped her arm. His face was tense. "You've got to hear me. I know it all sounds crazy. But it isn't. Last year, when I went away in such a hurry it was because my brother had been hurt in a football game. They thought he was going to die, and as I was his only living relative they sent for me. I wrote you the day after I arrived in California. Air mail. It wasn't till a month later that I learned the plane crashed and burned. Then I knew it was too late, I came on east, bringing my brother along with me. He got well--" He broke off. She was staring at him in amazement. He gestured helplessly. "Oh, I kn&W it's a wild story. The sort of thing you read about. But it's true. Evtry word of it. I tried to look you up, but you'd gone south for the winter. And then in the spring the university sent me up to Canada to do some research work. I got back a week ago, learned you were in town and came here tonight, hoping to see you. I . . . " He leaned forward and grasped her shoulders, said fiercely, "I love you, have always loved you. You haven't been out Of my thoughts for a minute. You've got to believe that. I thought at first you did . . . when you didn't object t o c o m i n g o u t h e r e w i t h m e . . . Well, I've spoken my piece. I feel better now that it's said." He turned away, got half-way to the door when she called. "Loring!" He swung back, and she came up to h^n. "Was . . . Robert Brookes .... your brother?" "Yes. How did you know?" "I didn't know.1- But I read about him in the papers. He was famous, and we were all afraid he was going to die. And I read about the crash of the plane,, too . . . Oh, Loring, what a stupid little fool I've been!" She was in his arms, sobbing hysterically. Loring held her tight; presently tilted her chin and kissed her mouth. "Darling! I ... I hate J to think of what might have happened if you had objected to coming out on the terrace." | "Objected? Why, my precious, ! . . . if . . .if you hadn't brought ihe out I would have died!" with their henchmen. Other lesser lights on the majority side, assuming that such authorities were acting for i the Chief Executive, flooded the hamper with proposals to amend the Coni stitution. Somehow and somewhere the signals were crossed with bad feeling at the start of what was designed | as a love-fest between the executive {and legislative branches of the Federal government. t The current strike in the automobile industry has numerous angles which interest the politicians. If the controversy is prolonged, as now ex- ElcCtHc and Acetylene Welding I have just installed a new electric welder and now equipped to do either electric or acetylene welding. All work guaranteed. This garage is fully equipped now to take care of any kind of a repair job. Is your car or truck prepared for winter use. If not, let us put in new winter oil and grease. Full line of antifreeze solutions. ^ Central Garage 24-Hour Towing Service STANDARD SERVICE STATION Johnsburg Phone 200-J Fred J. Smith. Prop. JANUARY CLEARANCE SALE FRIDAY, JAN. IS to SATURDAY, JAN. 23 During this sale we are offering some exceptional opportunities for a real saving. We urge you to buy. SHOES -- Children's Shoos, Oxfords and straps, Sites up to 8, per pair 89^ Sixes, 8% to 11%, per pair $119 Ladies' Oxfords, per pair $1.95 TENNIS SHOESYouths'sixes, per pair Boys' sixes, per pair ..... Men's sixes, per pair ... V 09* 74* 79* MEN'S WORK SHOE8 -- Army Last W'rk Oxfords, pr. $1.69 Outing Bal Work Shoes, Composition Sole, Not all sixes, pair . $1-00 : ah WArk Pair.: ! $1.89 Brooms-- 4SEWKD B&OOMS, Each „ 19^ 5-SEWED PARLOR BROOMS, Each 39* & 29* V ARCTICS-- ^ Boys' 4-Buckle All Rubber Arctics, Sixes 11 to 1, per pair.......... 1..... 97* Ladies' 3-Snap All Rubber Gaiters, &izes 4, 5 and 6, per pair 79* Whaling Fleet Vanishes The ships of the American whaling -fleet have gradually vanished, until now there are but 14 whalers under the American flag with a gross tonnage of less than 10,000. At the peak of the whaling trade, in 1858, the gross tonnage was just under 200,000. Compelled Distinctive Dress In the Middle Ages the Moslems of Palestine made both the Jews land Christians residing in the land Wear distinctive dress; the Jew had to wear a yellow turban, the Christian a blue one. CHINA and GLASSWARE -- Fancy studio painted China Dishes, Cat Glass Tumblers, Bowls aad • Goblets at l/t Price. TOYS -- All Toys at % Prioe. JARS and jfroS -- Heavy Stoneware, per gallon 15* SMOKED SALT -- Old Hickory, 2-pound Sin 2 packages for - -25* HICKORY NUTS -- New Crop, 6 lbs. for 25* Buttons LARGE COAT BUTTONS--COAT AND SWEATER BUTTONS--SHIRT BUTTONS-- LARGE AND SMALL PEARL BUTTONS AND FANCY TRIMMING BUTTONS. (Very Low Prices.) DRESS GOODS -- ^ Black Wool Serge, 44 inches wide, Per yard 69* White Wool Serg«, per yard 97c Dress Silk and Rayon, pr. yd. 49c ROASTERS -- PATTERNS -- , Blue enameled turkey Roasters, Regular $2.75 value, Now* $1.59 McCall Patterns Our entire stocK, each 10* Steel Frying JPans, Medium sixe, each 9* Aluminum Pans, Small siie, each 5* AUNDERWEAR -- Ladies' Wool Union Suits, Si 38 - 40, eack ^-.] ixes '< 97c> ^ Tin Quart Measure, each 5* SOLES -- Tin Pot Covers, each 5* Stick-On Rubber Soles, pair 9c Well Avttrag* Lear The average daily production of American oil wells is only about tight barrels. There are 250,000 veils which produce leas on* barrel per day. .s - * Hundreds of Other Clearance Sale Prices at ERICKSOtTS DEPT. STORE • V v < '->~r I . « 'v.