Show WE E E 1 MISS I S S YOU LOU DADDY The following editorial J paned in the Rockville Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut cut Journal about a n year n ago ago ago- o thereafter to the editors editor's sur- sur sur surprise prise rise it was reprinted by most or of c other paper papery papers of ot the state and as officials as used by highway safety cUlls cals companies acci acci- accident fled fled- accident dent prevention organizations mo- mo motorists motorists mo publications and by others who are fi fighting tho the great t Ct war against the toll of ot automobile deaths th Here it is and is and any motor motor- motorist motorist motorist will surely think twice about taking chances after reading it Tuesday morning there was a fatal accident on the l lull Hill and when the medical examiner er wa was going through the pockets of the dead man a t telegram legram was found It was not very long just the ordinary word ten-word length but it was a message that would make any father happ happy It read WE MISS YOU DADDY WHEN ARE YOU COMING HOME That was all It was a message sent nt by one of the children of ot the theman theman theman man who was killed He had received ed cd d the message and was homeward bound The clothes were minus money but in his pocket ho he carried that Th Those mote who have navo little nine children and those who ho were once little chil- chil children chil children dren cnn can think of ot the great reat blo blow to the child when the father ather dId return home DEAD home DEAD Dadd Daddy will be bo missed by those chIldren in the long years ahead No longer will they have his sup sup- support sup support port his earnings and more im- im important im important important his companionship If ever there was a reason for or people driving more carefully on the road it is that they might get in an accident and deprive their own child or some other child chUd of their Daddy More might be written but just let us repeat those words Wc We We miss you ou Daddy When are you coming home It is difficult to believe that while billions are arc being ing spent to furnish the necessities of or life liCe to many other workers with jobs will go o on a strike year ear old Chicago girl irl confessed recently that she had stol stolen n fourteen automobiles within six months Probably just a beginner beginner begin begin- ner I Chemists are arc endeavoring to dis discover discover discover cover a motor alcohol fuel to re- re replace replace re replace place gasoline If such a secret is ever discovered motor fuel could he be manufactured on any farm out of the tho refuse and wouldn't the big oil companies pay handsomely to keep such a secret under cover I During the past four years ye in- in insurance insurance in insurance I companies have paid out thirteen n billion dollars to policy policyholders holders and beneficiaries This has served to soften the blow of the depression depre to many and illustrates the values of a savings saving's account when a r rainy iny da day comes r The experience experience of the law enforce enforcement enforcement enforcement ment officers of this government in the inthe he Weyerhaeuser kidnapping case reveals two things First that it is isI to have law enforcement I officers as smart or smarter than the crooks and second that the first place to look for the kidnappers is among paroled those who have b been n parol parol- ed prison from prison or who have a son Eon record Some employees as they near the age of fifty become worthless and less each year year They get into an anever anever anever ever grut Their an de and initiative di- di c until they arc aro of ot little value to their employer Others as they grow older in the service be- be become become be become come more efficient more alert and more valuable It is a wise thing these days for every employee to check up on himself and discover it if itI ithe he ha is of or more morn or of less value than I he was last year If It ho bo isn't of more value something is wrong Even chickens learn When ono one much comes upon a chicken in a traveled highway the chicken if It it itis itis itis is paying any attention at all aU us- us usually us usually escapes the speeding car but where the turn off on a side road travel is less and the chickens are not automobile speed conscious One has to almost stop to avoid running them down According to the National Safe Safe- Safety Safety Safety ty Council sixty four percent of i the occure during the of May June July August During these months five thousand persons eL down annual annually In the years of or its existence the United States Military Acad Acad- Academy Acad- Acad Academy Academy emy at West Point has had a to to- total to-total total of ot bu The first daily newspaper print print- printed printed printed ed in in the United States was the Philadelphia Advertiser in 1784 I I I I A friend of our who has lias had bad an I opportunity to get next to politics as it is played in the big cities tells us this thia thi one When the machine in a certain I town desires to carry an election it has ballots printed print d with wilh the regular election ballots These are all marked as the machine de- de desires de desires desires sires them voted and then turned over to the jud judges es and clerk on the tho election board As fast as votes are cast the marked ballots arc are drop drop- drop I I pad ped into the ballot box and the leg leg- legal legal leg legal al ballot is destro destroyed cd In a few cas cases s voters are arc next to this fraud and stand and wait o 0 see sec that their ballot is dropped in the box Even then they are not sure for the EvenI rca rea reason I son two boxes are arc used The legal ballots are dropped in one box and carried off The illegal ballots are dropped into another and these are the ballots that are arc counted Of course it is necessary to bribe the clerk but this ia is done by prom prom- ising promising the clerk a job under the new administration The fellow who who trusts to luck i the most usually has the least of it I When normal times return the tho paint business is going to be one of the best businesses in this country I coun-I coun- coun country try tIT A ride about town to or through I teh country in any direction will show many buildings in need willi of paint that have been let go until conditions improve There are few I II thi things gs that can be done to a hause or other building that will effect a greater improvement than a coatI coat I of p paint int and for the money spent few Improvements improvements are arc a better in- in investment investment in investment vestment J I It has been suggested as an aid to this country in keeping out of war that who want our stuff come and get it and assume the responsibility for it after it leaves lea ves the three mile limit Or if our OUI commercial traders want to take the risk let it be their own toI I In this way the entire country would be exposed to the risk of war to protect some trader If on the other hand this country is go- go go ing going to onI I assume responsibility of pro pro- pro protection prot t into of a cargo being shipped in to the war zone it is reasonably that we are going to be drawn into war since warring na- na na nations are going to use ever every means to prevent the shipment of supplies to their enemies It is believed by many that our policy in such mat mat- matters as ns these should be definitely laid aid down before war comes that their consideration may be more deliberate than would be possible in the excitement and feeling that prevails after aCter war has once begun I Three years ago gambling on race horse permitted in only five states Today it is lawful la in about thirty states The Tho practice of oft betting etting on race horses was legal legal- legalized by bills bearing unique cap cap- captions In California Cal ornia the purpose stated in the enacting clause was to encourage agriculture New Jersey got by under the pretense of improving the breed of horses Texas came a little closer to the mark and asked for the privilege to predicted encourage fairs It is predict predict- ed that see the next few years will aU all states permitting the practice To most people who enjoy a good horse race a stake on the winner 1 i seems ems to be nn an part of the sport aport Governor Marland of Oklahoma by executive order removed one thousand rocking chair employees from the state pay If this thing should sweep the country ina in ina ina a state and national way the tho new Works bill appropriation is going to have havo to be doubled to take care of tho the unemployed I We are always uncomfortable around he terribly efficient per per- person per per- perIson person son We Ve know when we start out in inthe inthe inthe Ison the mornin morning that in spite of all inI I do to make a we can enn we wo are going 1 certain amount of or mistakes but i having some one mi mistake take proof near at hand to check us up always makes us nervous We note that a great eat deal of publicity is being given the colonists colon colon- colonists colonists who are being sent by the gov- gov government gov government to Alaska T They ey arc are refer refer- referred referred referred gOV 11 article red to as pioneers The further states that each one is given forty acres s of land and 3 3 The government is also building build build- building ing homes and seeing that they are set up in their new I location How the old timers the thereal thereal thereal real pioneers of this nation will snort at such tales They came in- in into into in into to a country with little or no aid aidor aidor i or protection from ro the th government v and as far as for financial aiu aid there and be found in wasn't to a whole caravan of or them I Electrical engineers have devis devis- devised devised I ed cd what is called a three way lighting light lighting lighting ing system by means of or which one i can turn on more or less lesa electric I i InI li light ht as the conditions warrant In I store lighting systems one pull of the switch turns on a watt fila- fila filament fila filament ment A second pull turns out I fila-I the watt filament and turns on a 1300 watt filament A third pull of I the switch turns out the watt I filament and turns on a watt filament The purpose is is economy by adjusting the light to the needs I In times of depression and quiet quiet- quietness quietness quietness ness of trade I used t to tb prepare for better times which never failed to toI I come Andrew Andrew Carnegie |