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McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 27 Aug 1936, p. 3

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t1'-»*£•: -- V -• + it > -*• - " - '-v ,v ?«:::*,; i p:«s?» * . / » ^ i , * ' •• '%Vf.jrj*-sasi ?•• . (., h; Thursday, Augsnt 27,1936 A . ' >Y* 4 <* •' - . -- Our Washington Letter Nmthml KdHorial W»«% " Washington, Aug. 26' - If signify v «jance may rightly be attached to cu*- -l?ent talk in the political camps, the .final appeal to the public will be based <on the belief that the real nerve-cen- •$er of sentiment is the voter's pocket- . book. Economic policies which have m bejiriqg on the interminable struggle for the necessities of life now • • -threaten to transcend the prevailing . ' discussion and whooping as to the ; personalities of candidates for high -Office/ The Republicans are planning yto emphasize the importance in the . «very day life of the .average citizen ,"a *>f the rising costs of foods and other * Essentials.' Because the criticism " -touches the, "economics of scarcity," *(. as the Democratic experiments have ; !|been called, the New Dealers have • under consideration a counter-move-1 •;%&4<inept'to refresh the public's thinking their opponent's policies during the '\»*arly days of the depression. While I ringing praises of their particular 'systems neither party is completely - ,if>lind to the scepticism of great masses of voters who are not hide-bound partisans. • ; Women voters will be singled out •foi attention because advances in food «osts affect family budgets and some, times influence domestic relations. „ The prediction of commissary experts for CCC camps that their rations will cost at least 10 cents more per day causes apprehensioiK If this average is extended to tnbse who do not * possess the advantage of buying in enormous quantities, it is easy to r' imagine tfce fears of the smaller purchasers. 'Official compilations of the Bureau of Labor Statistics show the general index of retail foodstuffs for mid-July exceeds that of the same period last year by nearly five per cent. And, to add to the worries of the politicians, this data does not include the "effect of the drought. Increased living costs meah new demands for higher wages and the en- Couragement of labor troubles. \ During the last few days, the farm problem has overshadowed other issues in the political sphere. Both '.Sides are endeavoring to work out an arrangement under which they may . -capitalize on the suggestion from tht» T National Grange for a system of cro;) • insurance to replace contemporary 'Agrarian policies. The agricultural • .\,#spect is set out in bold relief with the pending conference of Mid-western governors with President Roosevelt as t to drought remedies. The conference "is supposed to be non-partisan and fundamentally humanitarian. The clash of theories with sturdy facts 13 anticipated by all parties to the meeting. Seme advance comments indu- '-Cate a resistance to any scheme which increases the arbitrary power of the , Federal government in state relief . matters. On the other hand, others , tecognize the folly of attempting to play ducks and drakes with human .•misery when it is due to climatic condition.--. The foreign situation has not greatly agitated the citizenry. A few fac n , tions have been keeping tabs of the munitions export policies and our investments -in Spain. The meeting of the American Bar Association in Boston this week has warranted close attention from the political chieftains ' largely as a consequence of critical . blasts. The political barometers give liotice of nation-wide comments from the release of the Literary Digest poll on the trend of voter's opinions which is expected next month. The Old Guard among the G.O.P. are putting on heavy pressure, through campaign Contributions, for more aggressive warfare against the New Deal. They 1 Complain that the attack has been soft-pedaled too long. The liberal element, ^however, feels that the conseivatives bungled the campaign four years ago and should be placed on the side-lines at this season. The stat^- side-lines at this season. The statement from the Department of Agriculture that thirty million bushels of corn must "be imported is watched with mixed emotions to "determine the reaction of the domestic corn-growers to this invasion of their normal markets. « The indifference of the reading public to the LaFollette committee's investigation of labor spies in industry is something the, Senators want to overcome. A series pf sensational attacks via the courts has been prescribed but not entirely accepted as the grounds are too flimsy. Internal strife in labor circles will probably flare again when John Lewis, the militant leader of one group, returns from Europe next week. The speeches on Labor'Day will indicate which way the wind is blowing in the factional disputes. Strike talk will be taboo until fhe elections but it will crop out despite all gags. Federal statistics show enormous losses to workers and employers in scattered trikes during the last six months. Millions of days productivity hias been dissipated while organizers and employers harangued and threatened. The current Senatorial probe is one of many which" cost the taxpayers millions each year. The Federal Communications Commission will spend $750,000 for an inquiry into the telephone systems while the Interstate Commerce Commision has spent many more millions studying railroad valuation systems alone. Snooping comes high and seldom evolves any important corrective measures. . DISCONTINUE"W ORK AT PASSAMAQUODDY The Passamaquoddv project, which §_ year ago was one of the promising bigmoney projects of the administration, has been abandoned and work will sodn be discontinued. Because of these changes an energetic young engineer, Merritt Matthews, son of Mrs. J. Scott Matthews, of Chicago, who was employed as government engineer at the project, will probably be transferred to other fields of work in his line. Before going to Maine with his bride of a few months, Mr. Matthews was employed on the Illinois river project at LaSalle. He spent several of his earlier years in this vicinity where: his father was actively interested in the Pistaqua Heights golf course. The Passamaquoddy Bay project in Maine was a $36,000,000 project for harnessing the tides of the Bay approved by President Roosevelt. about a year ago. But funds have already been exhausted and as there are no more available, the huge undertaking will probably never be finished. It seemed that the age-old dream of obtaining electricity from the ocean tides was about to become a reality as generators with a capacity of 200,000 horsepower were installed to spin in the world's highest tide to furnish electricity for homes, farms and factories, tapping the vast power, of the sea. According to records of experts the height of the tide varies at. different points. At Boston Harbor the tide reaches ten feet and less, than 100 miles to the south it is only about one foot, while 200Tniles north, at the Bay of Fundy. it is fifty feet, the greatest height known. The man responsible for the plan to harness the tide is Dexter P. Cooper, a civilian hydroelectric engineer. Though Cooper's plan was the first to be tried on a large scale, other plans similar to this have been tested With experimental plants. Benedictine Monastery About half way between Roma and Naples is Monte Cassio. Fourteen centuries have passed since St. Benedict,, the monk, established a monastery there--the beginning of the widespread and influential Benedictine order. New 1937 PHILCO with the Philc* FOREIGN TUNING SYSTEM Amazing new invention! Foreign stations are spread farther apart... are named and located, Jo color, on the dial. You too* I by name . . . easily, quickly, ac- | curately. And the built-in Philco F Foreign Turning System more 4ban doubles foreign reception . by automatically tuning the r Philco High-Efficiency AeasL Finer American reception, loo, . . . and again "Only Pfyilco has itff* Jl Few Little YOLO HIS FIRST TASK A farmer talked Into a grocer's stuff) with Arm tread. "I want," he said, "that tub of butter, all those hams, that bo* of sugar--". And he continued to reel off a strlhg of other articles. "Qood gracious!" said the puzzled widow who kept the shop. "Whatever do you' want with all these goods, Mr. Jones?" "I dunno, I'm sure," said the farifter, scratching his head, "but, you see, it Is like this, rm the executor of your father's will, and the lawyer'® just told me that I must carry out all the provisions."'-- Answers Magazine, Mother .Nature'* Patch ' • The elderly, somewhat .near-sighted lady caller was trying to make friends with six-year-old Tommy, while his mother was busy in the kitchen. "My, my," she said, "couldn't your mother find a patch more like your trousers?" Indicating the spot in <jnes; tion with a finger. "That ain't no patch," said Tommy, wiggling, "that's the." -- Cappers Weekly. Lamit«<i Stock A customer entered the gfiop of a cockney bookseller and requested a copy of "Omar Khayyam." "Sorry, sir," replied the shopkeeper. "We 'ave 'Is Hllllad and 'Is Hodysse.v, but we 'aven't 'is Khayyam."--Wall Street Journal. KNOWS HIS LINES Mrs. Knowsall--Who was this Joan of Arc that saved France? Mr. Knowsall--You "got them characters mixed up. It was Noah of Ark. Jonah's the guy that swallowed- the whale. •: . • Spectacular "t pappose you regard all your display of eloquence as beneficial to the cause." t "Well," replied Senator Sorghum, "to be candid, that eloquence isn't so much for. the cause as for the effect.", ' , • ' A • Way . of Fame Aotnor--Well, sir, the upshot of tt was that It took me ten yetirs to discover that I had absolutely no talent for writing literature. Friend--You gave up? . ' . ; Author--Oh, no; by that ti£be'I, was -Vaidosra Ttm®S~ Euphonious, To« - "Yassah," said the little colored boy, "Ise named for my parents. Daddy's name was Ferdinand, and.; mammy's name was Liza." "What's your name, then?" . ^ ' "Ferdillsa."--The Log (D. S. Naval Academy). . Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kaiser spent Friday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gould in Libertyville. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Fisher and family called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Lohmann in Libertyville Wednesday. Mrs. George Vas«y of -Waukegan isited her sister, Mrs. Arthur Kaiser, Wednesday. Mrs. Clinton Ravin and" family of Slocum^L Lake spent Tuesday afternoon anthe Dowell Brother's home. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wagner and Mrs. Catherine Wagner and Mrs. Mary Sable of Slocum's Lake spent Wednesday evening here with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kaiser. Community Night was held at'the Vol© Recreational Hall Friday evening. Five reels of motion pictures were shown which were enjoyed by all. Arthur Dillicn gave a short talk of interest to all. The rest of "the evensister, Mrs. F. Moberg. Mrs. Joseph Passfield, Mrs. Charles Dalvin and Miss Roberta Dowell were ^"aukegan shoppers Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Martini and family are spending a number of days in Chicago at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Pausch. • „ Mrs. Cora Walmseley' of Rotund Lake visited Mfs. Louise Rossdeutcher Wednesday. Mrs. William Waldmann returned to her home here Thursda^ evening aftel spending the past few weeks at Detroit, Mich., with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. L. Littlefield wer»».Mc- Henry callers Saturday. Mrs. Paul O'Leary and Mrs. Joseph Lenzen visited Mrs. Herman Rossdeutcher at the St. T^herese's hospital in Waukegan Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. E. Rossdeutcher and sons were Friday dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Martini in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rushing of Chicago visited^the-latter's father, G; A. Vasey, last Sunday.' Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Wright and 4*tighter were Woodstock callers SatV World's Biggest Apple The world's biggest "apple" is at Cornelia, .Ga. It is made of metal and measures more than six feet in diameter. > Foreigners Restricted --, Haiti has a law prohibiting foreigners and naturalized Haitiens from engaglng in certain retail trades. A Kind Act If you would lift yougtif above yourself, defr It by some kinoTact You can do It not other way. \ Fish Imitates Bass Oram . No sourfd that arises from a body of water is more uncanny than that produced by the Doradidae, a; six-foot species of catfish which inhabits the rivers of South America. His powerful air bladder throbs with such force that its vibration sounds like the rhythmical beating of a bass drum under water, writes James Aswell, Nashville, Tenn", in Collier's Weekly. The natives, appropriately, call this fish the Boom Boom." I • ' i , ft ' l ' ' t •/: V*. J SPECIAL Wr WEEK ! ct. Dennis Cu V'-' ing was spent in playing cards arid iWU!Slll bunco.. Prizes were won by Mrs. Jay ur(jay. Vasey, Mrs Lloyd Fishef in auction j Mr • an(! Percy Davis of Carfive hundred; Thomas Vasey and Mrs.:TroH, Iowa and Mr. and Mrs. A. Joftri- Bernaid Geary in five hundred; Mrs. SOn of Wall Lake, Iowa, spent; a few Richard Dowell and Raymond Dowell da-yS here at the Bacon home. - in euchre; Donald Molidor and Harry Mr, and Mrs. A. Matthews of Mc- Snell in airplane^ bunco. Mrs. ..Lloyd ; Henr>' spent Fridav evening here with Fisher and Mrs. Alvm Case will serve Mr. and Mrs. William Waldmann. on the lunch committee for the coming month. The next meeting will be at the Volo Recreational Hall Friday evening, Sept. 18. The Lake County Farm Bureau baseball team played the DeKalb County team at Volo Saturday afternoon. I<ake County won with a score of 11 to SS / i Mrs. Ted Wagner'^kefienry caller Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Titus of Grayslake spent Wednesday evening here with Mr. and Mrs. Frank'Henkel, Jr. Earl Sutter of Lisle, 111., visited Mr. and Mrt. Joseph Wagner Monday. Mrs. Jacob Wagner is spending a number of days in Chicago with her Mr. knd Mrs. Llovd Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller, Mr. and Mrs. John Wagner, Jr.. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Passfield, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Passfield and John Wagner, Sr., attended the ball game at McHenry Sunday . Lloyd Eddy left Saturday on , business trip to Bloomington, 111. • Melting Pot of Europe * Seeing the variety of race is part of the fascination of traveling in Europe. There are recognizable descendants of ..Spaniards in Holland, of Hollanders, in Denmark, of Scots in. Norway, of Germans in Russia, while the British Isles are a melting pot in which every nation of Europ* has mingled. J HAT CAN TAKE IT7 UMIJ 12 ••TO A CUjTO^Efi • trhile they last!! £ FOR White, *• mi-porcelain, heavily __ m glazed. Cut breakage expense Tr KG with this BARGAIN. dmjf .vjSStvXfj; W • THIS TRUCK IS AN "OIL EATER* "BUT DIAMOND 760 GIVES ME NEARLY DOUBLE THE MILEAGE I WAS GETTING ON OTHER OILS THIS OFFER GOOD UNTIL SEPTEMBER 3 WM, He ALTHOFF HARDWARE Main Street : We§t McHenr) YES SIR, DIAMOND 7.60 JSTHMMGNL^SAVING OIL •"IN EITHER TRUCKS. OR CARS " OLD OR NEW/! v IT LASTS LONGER, GIVES GREATER MILEAGE, BECAUSE IT IS PRACTICALLY FREE FROM VAPORIZATION LOSSES. YOU KNOW DIAMOND 760 MUST BE AN OUTSTANDING OIL TO BE SOLD ON THE MONEY-BACK TERMS OF THE DIAMOND TRIAL BOND. * SC-4G i Then it Wat Good-By Henry--What became of that portable garage you had? Adolf--I tied the dog to It the other day and a cat came by.--Boston Transcript. ,, Vojrat(<or visitor--How far is it to Washing ton? Native--Wa'al, I don't rightly know, hilt I'll call Eph. Eph'll know. He's traveled all over. He's got $hoes. Just a Cut-Up "TT'Harry--So you're w orking your way through school? What do yon do? 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