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GOOD CITIZEN
Democratic Government Based
On Individual Freedom, Dignity
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This lb the first sf s series
of 10 articles from the booklet
“Good Citisen” published by The
American Heritage Foundation eon-
eerning the rights and duties of an
American.
Composed of leaders in the fields
of religion, education, industry,
labor and eommeree, the foundation
was organised early In 1047 to fight
the rising tide of Indiffereneo and
eynleism toward the privileges and
responsibilities of Amerlean citizen
ship.
It is strictly a nonpolitical, edu
cational organisation. It is not an
tagonistic to any group or prln-
eiples unless those groups or prin
ciples are hostile to the dignity and
freedom ef
W
HE THE R YOU call it democ
racy or a Republic, whether
^ou judge its benefits by the car in
your garage or by freedom to wor
ship at the church
of your choice,
by the food on
your table or by
your freedom to
speak out in pub
lic without fear,
you are living
under a system
of government
based on the dig
nity and freedom
of the individual,
that derives its powers from the
bottom up rather than from the top
down.
Clearly we must work at democ-
xacy to make democracy work—
we must work for the freedom that
works for us.
By INEZ GERHARD
J EFF CLARK, who earned his way
through Westminster College, in
Sharon, Pa., as a radio-engineer
disc jockey, landed high on the star
dust trail when he was picked as
top vocalist on “Your Hit Parade”,
as substitute for Sinatra. He
switched from his platter-playing
role with instant success in his first
radio singing job, won the Arthur
Godfrey Talent Scout award, and
starred in his own New York radio
and television shows before being
tapped for starring honors. The
handsome young baritone—he’s 25—
is unmarried, plays the violin and
the guitar and is the inspiration of
a large and active group of teen
agers, who call themselves "Clark’s
Larks”.
Elizabeth Taylor’s wedding gown
may have been gorgeous, but a lot
of girls are going to decide to copy
the one Claudette Colbert wears in
RKO’S ‘The Secret Fury.” A Hat
tie Carnegie original, it is white, em
broidered in seed pearls.
Stan Freeman, one of the per
manent stars of the popular
"Piano Playhouse”, can give a
Carnegie Hall concert one night
and arrange a singing commer
cial the next day. He’s heard
all over the air; "Rate Yonr
Mate”, the new Joey Adams
show. Is his latest assignment.
In 1941 he won the McDowell
Award as the outstanding young
American pianist in the country.
Some of the most dramatically
beautiful scenes ever filmed with
mountain backgrounds were brought
back from the French Alps for "The
White Tower” by Director Ted Tetz-
laff. An avalanche provided a real
ly sensational sequence.
What are your rights as an Amer
ican citizen?
• • •
1. FREEDOM of worship accord
ing to your conscience.
2. FREEDOM of speech and free
dom of the press, including right
to criticize the government and
public officials.
S. RIGHT of the people to as
semble peaceably and to petition
the government for a redress of
grievances—fancied or real.
4. THE RIGHT to keep and bear
arms. (This means that the people
as a whole shall have the right to
keep and bear arms for the defense
of their country. Their right to
carry certain types of weapons
for personal use, or to have them in
their homes, is frequently limited
by various federal, state, and local
regulations, such as the Sullivan
act in New York state.)
5. PROTECTION of the people
against unreasonable search and
seizure of person and property by
the government without proper au
thority and good cause.
6. NO PERSON shall be held to
answer for any major crime with
out review and indictment by a
grand jury.
7. NO PERSON shall be placed
in jeopardy (indicted, prosecuted
or imprisoned) twice for the same
crime.
8. NO PERSON shall be com
pelled to act as a witness against
himself in any criminal case.
9. IF A PERSON is accused of
a crime, he has: the right to a
speedy trial; the right to the help
of a lawyer; the right to trial by
a jury, impartially selected; the
right to call witnesses in his favor.
10. NO WIFE may be required
to testify against her husband (or
vice versa) in any criminal pro
ceeding.
11. NO PRIVATE property may
be taken for public use without
just compensation and due process
of law.
12. EXCESSIVE bail shall not be
required, nor excessive fines im
posed, nor cruel and unusual pun
ishments inflicted. >
13. A PERSON is presumed to be
innocent until proven guilty.
14. THE RIGHT to vote, secret
ly, for anyone you want. (The con
stitution protects you against
abridgement of this right. The
specific right, however, is granted
by the various states.)
15. FREEDOM of person, under
the protection of habeas corpus,
which gives any person who claims
to be unlawfully held by an officer
or private person the right to have
a hearing at once so that he may
know the reason why he is being
held. (This means that the govern
ment of the United States cannot
secretly, or openly for that matter,
arrest persons as individuals or
groups, throw them into prison or
concentration camps, hold them
there indefinitely and do what it
pleases to them.)
16. NO "EX POST FACTO” law
can be passed. (This means that
in our daily living and thinking we
can enjoy the liberty of doing and
saying all that the existing law per
mits. Even if, at a later date, our
government makes these things il
legal, it cannot "date back” the
law to make illegal anything that
was done before the law was
passed.)
This article le the introduction of
the booklet “Good Citisen,” pro
duced by The American Heritage
Foundation, sponsors of the free
dom train. A complete book may
be obtained by sending 25 cents
to The American Heritage Founda
tion, 17 East 45th Street, New
York, N. Y.
ACROSS
1. Millponds
5. Branches of
learning
9. Legitimate
10. Begot
12. Beetle
13. Smoothing
tool
14. To get back
16. Speak
imperfectly
17. Least whole
number
(Math.)
19. Sesame
20. Run before
a wind
(Naut.)
«3. Small explo
sive sound
25. Board of
Ordnance
(abbr.)
26. Anxieties
28. Girl’s
nickname
30. Siberian gulf
31. Free
33. Pastry
desserts
34. Conjunction
36. District in
London
38. A girl at &
coeduca
tional school
40. Gorge
44. Prevent by
estoppel
(Law)
46. Fine line of
a letter
47. River (Fr.)
48. Region
49. Observes
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2. An Amale-
kite king
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3. One who
plunders
4. Killed
5. Viper
6. Little brook
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istic
8. Reasonable
9. Roman
house god
11. Spreads out
in line of
battle
15. Pinch
18. Apex
20. Ornamental,
candle
holding
brackets
21. Parts of
freight
trains
22. BibUcal
city
24. Light
muffins
27. Little girl
29. Measure
(Chin.)
32. June-bug
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SEE WHAT I MEAN?
By Richard H. Wilkinson
E XCEPT FOR the fact that Allen
Bursley was a coward. May-
belle’s happiness was complete. Be
ing a Weslyan, even though the
once vast properties of her fore
fathers had shriveled to a mere 20-
acre farm on
the outskirts of
Stockbridge, she
could not abide
cowards.
Worst of all,
Allen Bursley didn’t seem to think
that being branded a coward was
at all important.
"Why,” he asked, "should I want
to fight Steve Legge? I’ve nothing
against him. He’s done nothing to
offend me.”
“Why?” she stormed. "You ask
me why? Isn’t it enough to be told
he’s saying such dreadful things
about you?”
“But suppose the stories aren’t
true? And what if they are?”
"Allen Bursley,” Maybelle said
tensely, "you listen to me. When
you came up here and bought the
Thompson place and tried to make
a go of farming, everyone laughed.
But you fooled ’em. You made the
place pay by dint of hard work,
and then you made me fall in love
with you — and — and I was tre
mendously happy and wanted to
get married only—”
"Only,” said Allen, "every
one figured you were Steve
Legge’s girl, and when we be
came engaged Steve began to
threaten. And now you won’t
marry me, till I’ve licked him.”
"I wouldn’t marry a coward,”
said Maybelle scornfully.
The word spread like wildfire.
Maybelle Weslyan had broken off
her engagement with Allen Burs
ley, because Allen had admitted
BROADWAY AND MAIN STREET
A Little Secret of Murder-Revealed After 40 Years
By BILLY ROSE
On an October morning in 1903, in a village not far from La
Rochelle in eastern France, a young priest paled as he listened to
his first confession.
"Yesterday afternoon,” he heard the penitent on the other side of
the curtain say, "I met a strange girl on the dirt road that runs by the
pond. When I tried to make friends with her, she laughed at me, and
I got so mad I picked up a stone and hit her to make her stop laughing.
She fell down, and when I yelled and she didn’t move I got scared and
buried her beside some bushes.”
Father Antoine recognized the
voice as that of a 15-year-old who
was known in the
village as "the
story teller”—a boy
who was always
talking about his
daydreams as if
they had actually
happened.
Even though he
didn’t know wheth
er the confession
was fact or fiction,
the priest imposed
the most severe
penance, and in addition ordered
the boy to visit him every day after
school for a friendly talk.
A few weeks later. Father Antoine
was almost certain the "crime”
was an hallucination. For one thing,
there had been no report of a miss
ing person in the district and, for
another, the boy’s descriptions of
the murder grew more and more
confused.
Billy Rose
ONE AFTERNOON he finally ad
mitted to the priest that his story
was a fabrication. "I did meet a
girl,” he said, "and she got me so
angry that I wanted to kill her. But
I never touched her, and after
wards I got all mixed up about
what I wanted to do and what I
really did.”
”1 suspected as much all
along" said Father Antoine, "but
l must admit l was shocked at
first. You see, you were the first
person who bad ever confessed
to me."
Two years later, the boy’s family
moved to Paris and the priest all
but forgot the incident—until a new
paved road was laid alongside the
old dirt one. Under a bush near the
pond was found the decomposed
body of a girl, and the coroner testi
fied it had been there about two
years and the skull had been
crushed by some heavy object.
Bound by his vows. Father An
toine could say nothing, and for
the next 40 years the secret re
mained with him.
• • •
THE YEARS of the German oc
cupation were difficult ones for
those who lived in the La Rochelle
district, but many of the villagers
did what they could for the resis
tance movement—and not the least
among them was the priest, now in
his late 60’s. And when liberation
finally came, a great celebration
was arranged with Father Antoine
as the guest of honor.
After the dinner there was a
good deal of reminiscing among
the veterans of the underground,
but when someone asked the
priest to tell of his own adven- >
tures, he smiled and declined.
'The occupation was eventful for
all of us," he explained, "but in
my calling the eventful is almost
an everyday occurrence. As a
matter of fact, the first confes
sion I ever heard was that of a
murderer."
Then, remembering his vows,
Father Antoine apologized for his
off-guard remark, and despite the
urging of the guests would say no
more.
Later that evening a delegation
of underground workers from other
districts joined the celebration and
one of them, a colonel in the
Maquis, was asked to say a few
words.
“Meeting Father Antoine tonight
is a great pleasure,” he said to the
gathering, "and not only because
of his war record. Although he
doesn’t remember my name or
face, I knew him when I was a boy
—as a matter of fact, I was the first
person who ever confessed to him.”
Allen withheld the apology
that rose to his lips.
being afraid of Steve Legge. Steve
became more swaggering. He
yearned for some excuse to bully
the city man.
T HE OPPORTUNITY came a
fortnight later in front of the
village postoffice. It was evening
and more than half of the town’s
population was gathered there. Al
len Bursley came out onto the
porch, his attention concentrated
on a letter in his hand. He did not
see the outthrust foot of Steve
Legge, and fell over it, saving him
self by grasping a post.
Look where you’re going, you
clumsy idiot! Kicking a man in
the leg.”
Allen withheld the apology that
rose to his lips, and said instead:
"Keep your legs under you if you
don’t want them kicked.”
“Say! Who do you think you’re
talking to, you shriveled-up city
sissy?”
Allen hesitated, carefully folded
his letter and tucked it into his
pocket. "Legge,” he said, "I don’t
want to quarrel with you—”
Steve let out a roar of contemp
tuous laughter. "Afraid, eh? Well,
we don’t abide cowards—”
"But,” finished Allen quietly,
"Since you insist, let me advise
you, you brought it on yourself.”
Steve lunged and something
struck him like a sledge-hammer
and set him back on his heels.
He struck out blindly, accompa
nying his blows with foul curses,
only to have the curses jammed
between his teeth with the same
sledge hammer.
Above him Allen Bursley
heard a feminine cry from be
hind and turned to see May
belle running toward him. He
held out his arms, but she
stopped, hand over mouth, try
ing to get out the cry of warn
ing, and failing. The club, held
In the hand at Steve Legge,
descended crushingly on the
back of Allen’s head . .
When Allen opened his eyes his
head was pillowed in the lap of
MaybeUe. She was looking up at
someone and talking. "Allen licked
him,” she was saying. "He’s much
stronger than he looks—”
Allen’s eyes twinkled. “No, Fm
not,” he said unexpectedly. “It
wasn’t because I’m strong. It was
knowledge—knowing how to han
dle myself, like knowing how to
farm. That’s the trouble with you
folks up here. You don’t know
how to do things. See what I
mean?”
"All I ask is that you teach m«
how to—make you a good wife foe
ever and aver.”
*y JIM RHODYI
Summer Techniques
r IS characteristic of fishermen
that habits and techniques to
which they have been accutpmed in
taking fish are most difficult to.
abandon. This fact often keeps many
an otherwise good angler out of
the “full creel” classification and
gives to his efforts a mediocrity
that is discouraging.
As a case in point, take the prob
lems of summer fishing. During this
period of the year, the good fish—
that is those which are of a size
sufficient to thrill the angler and
create envy among his friends—lie
in the deeper pools during most
of tho daylight hours. It is true that
they will come into the shallows to
feed during the very early morning
and late twilight hours, but it is of
the other hours that this is written.
During the hot hours of the day.
When fishing in mid-summer,
take some live bait along.
the angler must go deep when seek
ing game fish. Trolling is effective,
as is live-bait fishing when the bait
is sunk to the proper level. The plug-
caster, most of an, must show pa
tience, for he must let his plug sink
deep and work it with as tantalizing
effect as possible. This means a
slow and erratic retrieve which is
most likely to bring a strike.
The best spots for summer fishing
in both lakes and streams are off
weed beds and near cliffsides where
there are steep drop-offs of rocks.
There is no argument about
mid-summer fishing not being
eomparable to that of spring and
fall, bnt the patient, skilled ang
ler, who uses his head as well
as his equipment, can still take
fish consistently.
To do so, however, may mean that
the fisherman who sneers at any
thing but the most tricky in arti
ficial lures, may have to abandon
that idea and get down-to-earth
with his angling friends who resort
to worms, minnows and soft craws.
So, when fishing for game fish
during the mid-summer, take some
live bait along.
Bi-Visible Tops
M ANY DRY-FLY fishermen have
discovered that the bi-visible
fly rates high when it comes to
selecting a fly that will float ex
tremely high and ride the ripples
where it can be seen plainly. A fly
of this type spells doom to brook
and rainbow trout during dry-fly
time, as they seem unable to resist
tile dainty hackle as it floats lightly
upon the surface. The trend of
American dry-fly fishing calls for
the use of a fly that rides the waters
high. That such a fly appears beauti
ful upon the surface goes without
question, and the trout seem very
fond of it, too. The heavily dressed
Bi-visible dry fly is the ideal fly
for late afternoon and evening fish
ing as it can be detected upon the
waters without squinting the eyes.
Being about nine-tenths out of wa
ter and riding high, the fly seems
to take on the appearance of flit
ting an inch or so above the surface.
How it actually appears to the trout
is a matter of conjecture, but the
way they leap when they take the
fly it seems reasonable to believe
that the fish thinks the insect is
about to take off and they are in a
hurry to snap it up before too late.
AAA
Protect Rod Tip
T HE FLY-ROD man who is care
ful of his equipment, will take
special care to protect his rod tip.
When traveling through brush or
woods, he will never be caught push
ing his rod tip ahead of him. In
stead, he will carry the rod butt
first, holding the line and lure in
his hand, or with the hook in the
hook ring or securely embedded in
the cork handle of the rod. Time
generally can be saved by taking
down the equipment, especially in
the event the trail is fairly long be
tween fishing spots. This precaution
may save many a fishing trip from
failure and much valuable equip*
ment
AAA
Spinner Combination
T HE FLY-AND-SPINNER combi
nation is a deadly fish-taker,
but many anglers fish it too rapidly
for best results. The spinner should
be startec moving immediately aft
er the cast, but only for a couple of
feet. It should be permitted to set
tle in the water, then retrieved
again. By working the spinner in a
series of stop-and-go jumps, better
success is likely to result than from
retrieving the spinner at a steady
gait
III I II. II I !■ —
MIRROR
Of Your
MIND
^ ^ V/ife-Dependency
Shows Immaturity
By Lawrence Gould
Can a man stand being
Answer: Yes, if he is very im
mature— or exceptionally mature.
A man who is so childish emo
tionally that he prefers putting the
responsibility for his life on his
wife’s shoulders, even at the cost
of having nothing much to say
about it may be content to be
known only as a famous or suc
cessful woman’s husband; and so
may a man so sure of the im
portance of his own work that he
does not care if nobody else rec
ognizes it But the average male’s
insecure self-esteem demands that
everyone shall realize that he
"wears the trousers.” ’
Do you “own” your children?
Answer: Not in the absolute
sense In which parents once did.
For instance, the law, which once
allowed a father to kill his child
if be wished to. now forbids your
treating a child with excessive
cruelty, working him beyond his
strength, or letting him grow up
without an education. It may even
“his wife’s husband”?
take your children from you if you
are declared unfit to rear them.
And you cannot own them psy
chologically, either. You can give
them a chance to develop or large
ly deprive them of it, but you can’t
prevent their being themselves and
not copies of you.
Are only children likelier to be
delinquent?
Answer: No, reports Dr. William
W. Wattenberg, Wayne University
(Detroit) psychologist. Study of
tiie records of 2000 juvenile offend
ers shows that only children are
but half as likely to become de
linquent as children with brothers
or sisters. But—also contrary to
the general impression—tho only
child is as apt as any other to be
come a member of a neighborhood
"gang.” While the causes of de
linquency are complex, only chil
dren are less often victims of the
most important of them—the feel
ing of being unloved and ne
LOOKING AT
Old Half Dollar
Commemorates
The Old Spanish Trail half
lar of 1935 commemorated
400th anniversary of the first over
land trek on land that now is part
of the U. S.
The expedition, heading -—-
ward through the gulf states and
ending in what is now El Paso,
was organized by Cabez de Vaca,
a Spaniard, in 1535 in St. Augua-
tine, Fla.
The 10,008 halves of this spec!
Series were struck at the Phils ’
phia mint in September, 1935,
they were distributed at $2 eacl
the El Paso Museum commit
with the profit furthering the l
seum.
L. W. Hoffecker, El Paso
collector and later president of i
American Numismatic as
tion designed the coin. Edmi
Senn prepared, the models. I”
trsdt of de Vaca is known
the explorer's name means
of a cow,” this device .was <
for the obverse (heads) of thej
The words include Liberty//
Nunex Cabeza de Va( **“
States of America/E Pli
um/Half Dollar.
On the other side is a
in full bloom supei
a map showing the
route through Florida, A
Mississippi, Louisiana and
the dates 1535-1935 and
El Paso/Old Spanish
We Trust.
Novelty of the design
wide comment at the
ers charge up to $12 for
today. ' /
other
ROBABLY THE FIRST CENSUS EVER TAKEN WAS
THE DIVINEL/ DIRECTED NUMBERING OF THE PEOPLE
OF ISRAEL AFTER THEY HAD REACHED SI IMA I (ex:38:2iX
AT THAT TIME THE NUMBER OF MEN 603,550.
KEEPING HEALTHY |
Infected Teeth Cause Many Diseases
By Dr. James W. Barton
While it is true that many special
ists in rheumatism and arthritis
do not blame all such cases on in
fection-teeth, tonsils, gums, sin
uses—most physicians in treating
rheumatic patients look first at
infection, becaue it is the common
est cause.
A patient consulted bis physician
for pain in his knee which grew
worse at night. The physician said
that joint pain, worse at rest, was
usually a sign of infection, and so
suggested X-ray of teeth.
The patient had two molar teeth
removed and stormed back to the
physician stating that his rheuma
tism was more painful than before.
The physician assured him that this
was a good sign and that the in
creased pain might be present for
several days at least.
When infected teeth are removed
there Is bound to be some tearing of
tiny blood vessels and through these
torn vessels poisons from the in
fected teeth get into the blood ves
sels. This actually increases the
infection of the entire blood.
The general infection not wily in
creases the already infected Joint
but may start infection in one ot
more of the other joints, which la
why this patient found himself in
worse shape immediately after tha
infected teeth were removed.
A short time ago I wrote that the
fact that infected teeth caused rheu
matism was thought to have been
discovered about 30 years ago, but
about 100 years ago. Dr. Benjamin
Rush, after whom Rush medical
coUege is named, reported a case
of rheumatism of the hip joint fol
lowing the extraction of infected
teeth.
Remember, rheumatism Is only
one of the conditions or diseases
caused by infected teeth and ton
sils. Some years ago it was found
that inflammation of the nerves,
the lining of the heart and kid
neys, the eyes, were often caused
by infected teeth. Anemia, thin
blood, tiredness are other ailments
often caused by infected teeth.
Don’t wait to have any of the
above conditions occur. The X-ray
tells the story. Get rid of your in
fected teeth before trouble starts.
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A lot of time of suffering can be
avoided by having the physician
examine the child and have B talk
with the parents as to their own
and the family’s history of allergy.
Patients fearful of their high
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tient’s condition and belittling tha
possibility of non-improvement.
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