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i>. v. J J I S!R5?-^sa«e« ^ PAGE EIGHT THE MASSENA OBSERVER, MASSENA, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1939. DAWN DAYS OF THE STATE POLICE By DK. GEORGE F. CHANDLER Noted Surgeon and Soldier, and Founder of the New York State Troopers « It took some nerve to go ahead j fore I conceived the idea of hav- and make arrests, even when j ing some community build barracks even fcecessary, and we Misspent many wakeful nights. But, like-every- thing else, in time these worries lessened. Still I had to continually change the personnel in the de- partment, as many proved to be unfit as officers, as well as men. I said that he was in a very upset state of mind that day, over some political matters, and was at the moment laying down the Jaw to some politicians who were in the executive office. This was fine, and I told Graves to take the three copies of the lease in and tell the governor that I did not want to bother him, but only wanted his signature about a routine matter in the department. Governor Whit- inan signed the agreements, and the leases, without looking them The State to pay ten.Jj ove £ and a11 *»a well! |or a troop: per cent of the building cost as rental, with the State to\have the The barracks proved a success. I Others were built in the same way. Federal spending and budget' *v„v.«, «.*.. ..„. W v-~~ .~ —>. —,, policies appear to be utterly out of privilege at any time to buy the! a *f *»? Governor laughed when I | hamJ 1*,^,^ every item in the National Affairs Muddled, Says Ex-Congressman Snell \l have never seen national affairs in a more muddled and danger- oup posture than at the opening of the 76th Congress,\ declared ex- Congressman Bertrand H. Snell in a speech yesterday to the National Women's Republican Club's School of Politics. Congressman Snell has represented this district since 1914, has served under Republican and Democratic presidents, in war and in peace. His address in part follows;. The Princess By JULIA TIMMONS Talking so earnestly all to your- self, i ; beguiling? »Chatter away, with your *ace like . j a rose, mof „ M „„„ on , rfM „ \f at KOK« Though you »se langauge that no. Counting your fingers? Scolding your toes Srnce they won't reach to the tip of your nose? barracks at the J original cost, plus ten per cent. I became a real es- tate man, campaigned the State, had to say \No!\ so often, and had traveled about and held meetings, jo use surgical methods so much,' until finally a group of men in that soon I became discouraged, i Oneida—the geographical center of j me « «f we \ as J** 11 ? oznenn Happilv, however, some men began i the state—organised a barracks! department, and many of the :• J1__:,' _;JI_ »•„. _« ii „ i *»™, wi~A „~ n «kit M t „„.*:left for service with troops. told him how he had signed the {leases without knowing that he was sanctioning a brand new un- dertaking in the state. j Before long the war fever got tne, as well as many others in the men io develop so rapidly that ail of a Kndden cooperation amd sureness in ibur work came as a relief. As the men developed, they were advanc- ed — otherwise dropped — until, wjth one exception, all of the of- ficers came from the ranks. i'The men were restless owing to corporation hired an architect, and ! raised the money. After the plans were decided upon all went well, until a committee from the coV- poration went with me to Albany and we come before the comp- troller. new budget shows some increase lover the previous year; and there is no promise or prospect, so far as jthe President's public declaration j reveal, that he ever will take the .lead toward order and sanity in I federal finances, troops. Few I Whatever excuses may be made, people knew it, but through the [ whatever justifications may be of- efforts of Governor Whitman I sawjf er ed, the fact remains that this the secretary of war, Newton D. I reckless and* fabulous spending Baker, and General Crowder ... I program is the certain road to the and they both believed that the Troopers' work was so necessary smashing disaster of national bankruptcy. And I am certain from the results of the November ., * w „«. — ™v~ —.„ «, The Attorney General had ruled i^P r ^Protection of the citizens of tU fact that the war was going that under the bill this method of *he state that the depatrment was elections, that as soon as the ma- $i at* the time, and because of the i building barracks was legal, but— I declared exmept from draft —be- jonty of our people understand ifake-shift barracks. They were;as it was, something ne W _tl^ «^se it was considered by the war ----'—'-- -— -\ <* * - £l from the Regular Army: or | comptroller was afraid to issue dfepartment (after Governor Whrt- Navy, or were Guardsmen who had money for rental unless the leas* \J 8 \ ha< * offered *• us « *> r *\* been in regular service on the bor-1 was first signed by the govern©*,!Iff eposes) as a part of the war der, and it did not Seem to them! I was in a pretty pickle, but fo^!**\*\: and ^as subject to call at that the State of New\ York was Itunately the governor was in Al* anv t,mG \ iust M other troODS at all interested in their welfare. Therefore I felt that something must be done, or the department .•would disintegrate, and quickly at tfhat. ' There was nothing in the bill about building barracks, it only stated that the superintendent bany. I had not gone to him about the matter of barracks, because 't did not want to embarrass him, aa there had been great pressure brought to bear upon him to have the main barracks, or headquar- ters, in the State Fair Grounds in Syracuse. I went around to George Graves, his secretary, and asked. could, at such places as he saw fit, rfent quarters for the police. There- J how the governor was feeling. He any time, just as other troops TVere in camp. Capt. Percy E. Barbour, my dep- uty superintendent wanted to go back in service in the engineer corps but I hated to lose him be- cause he was invaluable, and had done marvelous work during the organization of the department. I have never seen a more loyal offi Gurgling with laughter, temper so sunny, What do you find in this world Since you're the treasure that brightens oftr day, Smile; we won't worry .about what you say. An Uncle Eben Saying \A »«» is liable hot to get much credit in this world.\ said Uncle Eben. \If you's prosperous deyll rnos* likely say you has mo' i UC k dan sense, an* if ypu's unprosperous dey*H say' ydu didn* hab much of either.\ New Rule , labels on cotton \goods that mention shrinkage must now spec- Arch Bttie glances and heavenly^ what * meant h *^Tjl B. H. Snell ideals,' to molest Friedman & Rosenbaum £9^?JU|l ft*,£m J(Lftftft ftl dm drilling a ml Shoe this • clearly, they will demand a sweeping return to the time-tested Republican policies of thrift, prudence, and elementary common sense in the management of na- tional affairs. Moreover, I predict that this demand will be made in! 1 ' .... , . .,, ringing tones from coast to coast fy\ 0 \ 81 Jdeals, to molest the in the presidential elections of j «*>** «J wder«l governnrent, to 19 40 I aissaolt the basic traditions of n» Liw A «»„{«•-.-»- ! American life. The Corcorans and On Hopkins Appomtmem the Cohns and the Hopkins and the It ,8 already dear that Presi- U^^ ^ ^ n t d dent Roose^-elt pays no attention to ,^ pgdm of r ^i mented ca Hcctiv- the mandate of the November | ^ Bufc Dn a | of ^^ m .... .. elections. There 1M» been no, ^ Alftericiin Je ^^^ h cer or a harder working one, than earnest thought given to proposals i g^j^^^ Q n \ y the President has Barbour, and I owe him a great to encourage business confidence' ^^ heird .... . .. ,.^ ., ...... and , economic programs j ^ m i oritv of the p^^ hav€ in private industry. The appoint- lp!acedtheir ^ ^^ once ment of Harry L. Hopkins, the mo „ in the Republican Party—the greatest money spender in all his- art which heId f t ^ t tory, to the Commerce Department Americanism durin L ,he six is obviously a gesture of bitter hysterica , years of c unrest rained deal. However, he left, and later on Governor Whitman granted me a leave of absence. I was put on the active list, and transferred to the Medical Service. I entered the Medical Corps of the „ Army as a Major, and was ordered presidential defiance to the popular { Ne^Dealism. We did not forsake sentient f **<country. Under (the - Constitution. We did not Hopkins' administration corruption,^ntenance the government's re- andmjsmanagement ,n federal re-] p^ted cracMownis on business lief become a national scandal and disgrace. And for all this Mr. Hopkins is duly rewarded by pro motion to the President's Cabinet, where he is to act as the principal economic minister of the govern- ment — despite the fact that he to; Camp Oglethorpe, in Tennessee. Before going I appointed Capt. j George F. Dtttton, the commander j of | Troop G, as deputy superintend- 1 ent and he looked after the depart- } ment while I was away. He is still deputy. j ! (Continued Next Issue) Hundreds of Nationally Advertised AT A LOT IMBB THAN $HEIB NATIONALLY ADVERTISED PRICES We cannot give names of the makes because of the reduction from the regular price Our Shoe Sale Includes DRESS AND WORKSHOES Herman's Police Shoes Widths from A to EE W& take particular pains with Hard-to-Fit-Feet Ask to See Our \Bass\ Shoes-Low Priced Special Low Prices on Underwear Shirts Sweaters Wool Jackets Ski Pants for Men and Women Grace in Thine Eyes Continued from Page 4 . j CHAPTER S3 ! Ruth had arranged to go to the ' office of the Ithaca Journal to write her story of the departure of the drafted boys so that she could leave it at Aristotle on her way jbaCk to Norton. I 'jSure, I'll ( get the story set, 'sortie way,\ Jones had promised. ', \Aj(id you can get The Heralds, Friday, same as usual.\ 1 it was nearing 1 o'clock when shei finished her writing and was leaving the Journal building. As shej stepped into the street she nearly ran into the Time Recorder 'superintendent. i \Well well,\ he chuckled. \Must be Jyou're on the crab relay. No, thaf isn't it—I've got it. The lob- ster shift.\ • \I'our grasp of newspaper lingo is amazing—not to say appalling*\ laughed Ruth. \As a matter of factf I've been taking Time for the forejlock. Wrote a story for The Herald on tonight's doings and am aboiit to take off for our fair vil- lage) with a detour to Aristotle to puslji the copy under the door of ( the | Republican office,\ What luck,\ said Cleveland. and enterprise. We did the sanction the purge, which would have destroyed the last rights of the states. The Republican Party was called into being to preserve the Union and. defend the Constitu- tion — and this remains our first never has been engaged m busi- cnaHenKe and our first responsibil ness of any sort. j itv to America todav# On the Wagner Act , Jf we are to avert disaster> im Prompt modification of the Wag- ner Labor Act would give some en- couragement to recovery. The law was designed to improve relations in industry, and to reduce the num- ber of strikes. But since its en- sponsible New Dealism must foe | checked and curbed in Congress. \ Send for Bulletin How the motor truck has _ . . ., ..-, brought about changes in market- actment we have had more strikes, j j^ Western .New York potatoes E m^fviwIlSr ISlF* 5 ***\*/** the new Cometi lense, mpre civil commotion, andfeL-w-L t>- nft o;„„t-. „»««„„ _„„; mm-* mJn «.*#.» w«.* D « «.. MUeltin P-iOO. Single copies are free and may be had from the New York State College of Agri- j culture at Ithaca. more open warfare between thai different factions of labor itself than ever before in an equal period of time. In the light of this ex- perience it is impossible to escape, the conclusion that the National; 'Holy Mountains' in China Labor Relations Board, whatever i Four mountains in China are des- its original purposes or intended ignated by the Buddhists as \holy , aims, has functioned very badly • mountains\: Wu Tai Shan in Shansi j and should be reorganized prompt- i province. Omei Shan in Swehawan, Jy along the lines of honest' Chui-hau Shan in Anhwei and Pu-To j American dealing toward all par- ties. On National Defense National defense al. rt ys hasi been a cardinal point of Republi- • can policy. In the present critical j situation of the world, we need to ; make certain that what we do |n, the name of national defense is ac- J tually for national defense, and not' for pump-priming, not disguised I relief spending, not a deliberate' policy of war-making. | This nation is strong enough and in the Chusan islands. Some of the temples on Wu Tai Shan date from lh« First century, A. D. First Loganberries The loganberry, regarded as a hy bffd of the wild raspberry and red raspberry, first appeared in a pri« vate yard in Santa Cruz, Calif. /> : \Would your sense of the proprie- j has enough friends in the world to tiesiallow you to invite me to ride ^ w .•^tijm to move with ap- Imck with vou in The Herald's P r °P\«t« deliberation m these trusty Ford\? Our family Buick S* v ? matters of war and peace. wen* haywire just as the Missis,! We *» ™J be « ,n rcal national de- ?*»^r and I were leaving. No i^A^JL *\r™»<* *x»l\T of chartce to get it fixed tonight, so! ££? \* • ..„Li i^ »-...._ JJ. J _» _t *i f:_- nance. On Republican Policy Paper Lwns Made by Hand Paper was made by hand until 1804. when machines begat* to b' used international de- i nad to leave it down at the Fin ger Lakes garage.\ \I'm willing to risk the propric- t'es if vou'H risk my driving,\ smiled Ruth. \I'm afraid I've so thoroughly outraged Norton's .sense of what's proper that one more jolt won't do cither inc or Norton any harm. But where are Mrs. Cleveland and Mary.\ \f was lucky enough to catch a ride for them in the Benson's vitr. ! thought I'd stay here and £n hack in the morning, no I dnmped hi at the Elks CJub for a Utile chin with some of the boys front the airplane works. Hut just a few moments ago I remembered something I must take care of first thing tomorrow morning— HO, later this morning, 1 mean,\ glancing at his watch. \So I start- ed out to see if I could hire a car to drive back to Norton.\ Obviously the November elec- tions mark the beginning of a long period of Republican ascendency in national government. Our gains signalize more than the ordinary swing of the political pendulum; they indicate, rather ,a resurgence of fundamental Americanism, a rc : dedication of the national thought and sentiment to those abiding I fundamentals of our t-onstitution- 1 at system which long have been the anchors of balanced representative government. In Washington the so-called In- ner Circle of White House advisers will continue, through the presi- dential pen, to snipe at our living different, at heart, from the rest of UB.\ \Of course, I feel the same way. And you know how hard it was \Well I'm glad you met me and i for John to make up his mind that my flivver,\ said Ruth, as they climbed into the car. \I don't mind admitting that I was just a little bit scared of that ride home, alone. Not that there is anything to be afraid of, but that Aristotle road must be spooky at oae o'clock in the morning, he ought to have any part in it at all. How deadly serious John is, Mr. Cleveland. Sometimes it almost scares me, his devotion to duty.\ Cleveland did not answer for a moment. Then: \I know what you mean. But so many of us are the other way iR CAN BE TRANSFORMED rfO A GLOSSY MASS OF UNDR64MED BEAUTY IPMANBNT WAVES urn Jist for Less\ Cleveland, usually friendly and that it's lucky we have a few talkative, had little to say during'Johns ( and Clarences. Seems to me the first part of the ride, but as I've never known anything more the car approached the huddle of heroic than the way that boy buildings of the Skunk's Misery showed up tonight. I can just settlement he broke oae: i imagine the hell he went through \When you see things such as as he wandered about the streets we have, tonight, Ruth, it's pretty j and the lake shore trying to crowd hard, isn't it, to understand how .down the terrible fear in Ms heart. j any war can be Justified? In • few And I know it was not so much } weeks, or months, those boys will [the fear of going to war, or per- mmmmm^ ^'4*gk£ j J be in France, shooting or jabbing | bayonets into boys who are of just the same tort of stock u Gas [SchuRs. You can't make me be- lieve that the Germans are any \u»\n*t<0M*mtmiBtm baps meeting death, as it was thfcf ,i fear of being afraid—of breakisjg[ down tad being thought « oo* i {Continued Next Issue) o differ*** HAIt CM *••. f—t and mtpmrimmM. Mate yowr aepoiiiSMiM new fsr tk«. I*v«ll«st, Iswgait l—thio per- (•*•*-• rVMterk* HAIt VITAMIN '5 January Special Time $j Permanent* Npw > • Otb*r peraumenle tttSO Hopexm Beauty Shop 3»J«W!.S4. rbcuetdl that's so funny? rch Bttl smiling; Dear Mutes' Shorthand Deaf mutes \do not have to spell out words letter by letter in the.r Sign language—they have a well de- veloped, system of shorthand. Now , r \preshrunk says a new rule, for there ever a minx so'the industry; Owes Nkote to Monastery j Munich, Germany, owes its foun- j datfon and even its name to a mon- 1 astery. W£ BRING YIN FOOD Confectioner's xxtx Fish PEA BEANS 3 ™™ 17c eO's Beans »6c •\ lie Grand Union New York State IM 5c Spaghetti Tissue PL^, RIALTO 3 Big 15-x Jar* ROLL 3c GRAND UNION GRAPEFRUIT JUICE «5 WJ?S 60C CAMPBELL'S TOMATO JUiCE TT CANS s^ufOC il*l5»V^« 8i*«uits 3 J* E6S Crackers Oj«U; r«t*r J-LB BOX Spy Apples S LBS 25c iceberg Lfg. Heads 2 F0B 15c Fancy California Carrots BCH Q0 Large Size Grapefruit 5»«2Sc GoMen Yellow Bananas 4 : Bs 25c I^argc ^uukist Oranges 1K)Z 39c Best Buys in Better Meats Fresh Shoulder Pork Roast Round Steak Si Pork Chops est Steer Little Pit LB LB LB, 15c 25c 17c Freeh KsltFttlete 3 ^ 25 Hamburg Pork Liver Knuckles LcemPUteBeefibllc ~*>; j*r M ^? f i f O Application huilt in Mas: t\WA funds h for approval, Siil reports. Mr. Sill ma at Tuesday's Massena Chaj the American Town offici sena will recc last appropri; by Congress tionsvwere dm there is some some municir their grants, for PWA to communities. Massena Ck is in favor of construction o aid-of PWA Frairie heads tai conirotttei working for % ing to plan a have a goot rausing too gr taxpayers. I that there is » nut to build a because of : would pay 45 tire cost of th Six hundre< through petit their approval soring the pro,
