C E N T R A L P O IN T A M E R IC A N
RAGE TWO
THE
CENTi.AL
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A M E R IC A N
Student Reactions
To Great News Story
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Devoted to t h e best in t e r e s t s of
C e n tr a l P o in t a n d vicinity.
E n te r e d aa seco n d class m u t t e r at
M em b ers of t h e J o u r n a l i s m c l a s s , p re s e rv e good feeling, E d w a r d s a id
th e post office, C e n tr a l P o in t, Ore- j
gon, u n d e r th e Act of March 8, 1879. j of C e n tr a l P o in t H igh school w ere he v o lu n t a r i ly a b d ic a te d b e c a u s e he
a s k e d to w rite t h e i r re a c tio n t o w h u t , w ould n o t s e r v e a s k in g effic ie n tly
S U B S C R IP T IO N R A T E S
h a s b een called th e " b i g g e s t new s w ith o u t t h e w o m a n he loved. T h e
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$1.50 K ing E d w a r d V III o f E n g la n d , who h a d to accept his s t a t e m e n t .
P a y a b le In a d v a n c e
G eo rg e VI h a s a c e u d e d t h e t h r o n e
1 g av e up his t h r o n e fo r t h e love of an
a n d will p ro b ab ly be a n ex c e lle n t r u ­
A d v e rtisin g ra t e s o n a p p lic a tio n
'A m e r i c a n girl.
O ffi c e - - S e c o n d S tr e e t, off Main
F o llo w in g a r e t h r e e of t h e
best ler b u t w h a t w o u ld t h e peo ple of
j s to rie s h a n d e d in. M em b ers of th e t h e U nited S ta t e s do if a fr e e dis­
A RTH U R EDWARD PO W ELL
! fac u lty w ere u n a b le to choose w hich cussion o f a s i t u a t i o n su ch a s t h i s
E ditor and P ro p rieto r
was th e bent so wc a r e p r i n t i n g th e m w e re k e p t from th e m a n d w h a t will
th e peop le of E n g l a n d do w hen th e y
all. W h a t Is y o u r v e rd ic t?
realize w h a t Is a n d h a s h a p p e n e d ?
w K H E A R NO E V I L
— P E O P L E O F ENG L A N D
By R o b e r t a W e r t z
By J a n i c e N ealo n
E d w a r d V III h a s r e n o u n c e d
th e
T H E N E W CAR S A R E O U T
T h e k in g of E n g la n d has abd ica- k in g s h ip of t h e g r e a t e s t e m p i r e in
L ast m o n t h th e a u to m o b il e »bows j t e d " fo r the~ love o f ~a w o m a n . H e did th e w o rld a t t h e p r e s e n t t i m e a n d
w ere held t h r o u g h o u t th e co u n tr y .
it of his ow n free w ill we a r e told. h a s follow ed t h e im p u ls e of n a t u r e
T h e new ca rs a r e m o re b eau .ful
F o r a p< rlod of m o n t h s E d w a r d — love of a w o m an .
in desig n a n d fin ish t h a n e v e r be­ h a s been seen in p ic t u r e s in th e
W h y did h e a b d i c a t e
w ith i n so
fore. T h ey o f f e r m u ch in th e w ay of n e w sp a p e rs a n d on t h e sc re e n ac­
s h o r t a tim e ? H ow w as e v e r y t h i n g
im p r o v e m e n ts a n d g ad g ets. T h e ir co m p a n ie d by W ally S im pson a n d
a c c o m p lis h e d w i t h o u t th e
E n g li s h
p o w er p la n t s d eliv er s t a g g e r in g per- v a rio u s s t a t e m e n t s h a v e been m a d e
peop le ___
k n o ___
w in „ g a n y t ___
h in m
g „ a „ b „ o „ u „ t th e
f o i m a n i e you can p u sh th e t h r o t t l e j c o n c e r n jng t h e co up le b u t, u p until m a t t e r u n ti l It w a s too la t e ? W a s
dow n a n d r u n up to e ig h ty o r n in e ty
kin(f.g a b d l c a t lon. th e people of | Mrs. S im p so n t h e r e a l cau- c of un-
m.
p - h. w ith o u t tr o u b l e — so f a r a s E n g U n d ag a w hole k n ew v e ry m t l a
-
t r o u b l e o r w as sh e u se d j u s t a s a n
th e m ech a n ics of y o u r c a r a r e co n ­ a b o u t t h e s itu a tio n . T h e y w ere, as
excuse. Such q u e s t io n s as t h e s e a r e
cerned.
th e Jury, not p re s e n te d w ith t h e a r ­ o n ly a few p o in ts of t h e g r e a t e s t
H ow ever, th e e m p h a s is p laced on g u m e n t s on bo th sid es of t h e case.
n e w s p a p e r s to ry o f th e c e n tu r y .
speed h as b een p ro d u c tiv e o f o n e of T h e n e w s p a p e rs w ere stilled a n d th e
E d w a r d said t h a t no p r e s s u r e w as
th e g ra v e s t
n a ti o n a l
"troubles"
ra d io s m uffled.
b r o u g h t to b e a r u p o n h im b u t w as
A m erica ha* k n o w n — t h e g ro w in g
It Is said t h a t th e c a r d s w e re s t a c k ­ t h a t th e t r u t h , or did h e j u s t say
accid en t toll. And th e d r i v e r th i n k s ed by B aldw in a n d his follow ers. Ed
t h a t to calm th e
people.
R e liab le
t h a t sev en ty Is safe b ecau se it seem s
w a rd w as given no c h o ice b u t w as s o u r c e s say th a t t h e p r i m e m i n i s t e r
as slow as t h i r t y used to, sh o u ld
[com p elled to ab d ic a te .
In o r d e r to d id use force.
th i n k a
g
a
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n
.
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C o u ld he h a v e been forced to g iv e
Silent e n g in e p e r f o r m a n c e
w o n ’t
u p his t h r o n e if t h e
peo ple h a d
help If we e n c o u n te r a c e m e n t g u a r d willing to w o rk , a n d
realize
that
k n o w n it. T h e B rit is h
governm ent
rail at high speed. E f f o r tle s s s t e e r - '•■«'hes c a n 't be e a r n e d o v e r n i g h t,
h a s c h a r g e of t h e p re s s a n d s t r i c t l y
ing won't m a k e a h ead -o n c r a s h less ! ®V8n a8 c h a n g in g ti m e s m a d e neces-
c e n s o r e d every ite m t h a t w as p u b ­
dest m otive, iaick of v ib r a tio n w o n 't s a r y Big bu sin ess c o m b i n a ti o n s
to
lish ed c o n c e rn i n g th e a f f a i r b e tw e e n
help th e u n d e r t a k e r p a tc h us t o g e t h - 1 serv e th e public, so t h e e v o lu t io n a r y
th e k i n g an d Mrs. S im p son. R u m o r
er a f t e r th e w re c k in g crew g ets th e process h a s c re a t e d a h u n d r e d op-
p o r t u n lt le s fo r s m a ll
r e t a il b u si­ h a s It t h a t had th e peo ple k n o w n
body o u t w ith blow to rches.
nesses
w
herp
o
n
e
ex
isted
a g e n e ra -
But th e s e m o d e m curs a r e inagni-
EDITORIALS
licleiit ex am p les of s a f e ty - e n g i n e e r ­
ing b lu e - p rin t safety. B r a k e s sto p
u h u r t l i n g m a c h in e
in a m a z in g ly
s h o r t d is tan ce,
w ith o u t
sw a y
or
shock. All s te e l bodies will t a k e a lot
of p u n is h m e n t w i t h o u t s e r i o u s d a ­
mage. S te e r in g m e c h a n is m s a r e n ex t
to fool proof. A n d t h e t i r e m a n u f a c ­
t u r e r s h av e d o n e t h e i r b it by r e d u c ­
ing th e b lo w -o ut h a z a r d to a m in i­
m um .
Yet each y e a r ’s s a f e ty Im p ro v e ­
m e n ts h av e bt»«n followed by m o re
acc.ilenta, n o t few er a c cid en ts— a n d
by m o re s e r io u s accid ents, n o t less
severe acc.d enis. W hy ? B ecau se we,
th e m o io rln g public, h a v e o v e r e s t i ­
m ated th e sa f e ty fa c to r o f t h e new
Ccti'h,
J u S l
tio
W C
l l u u i
THURSDAY, D EC E M B ER
C E N T R A L P O IN T . O R E C O N
s o o n e r,
prim e
m inister
B ald w in
w ould h a r e been fo rced
to re s ig n
a n d Mrs. S im p so n w ould h av e r e i g n ­
ed s u p r e m e d .
Many people w o n d e r if Mrs. S im p ­
son m ss th e re a l c au se of th e tr o u b l e
o r w h e t h e r s h e w as used only to
sh ield th e m o r e d if fic u lt one.
The
D u k e of W in d s o r was sa id to fa v o r
m a n y p la n s w hich w ould b en e fit th e
com m oner, and
bis o p in io n s w ere
h a r d t o c h a n g e , o n c e he h a d decided
a q u e s tio n . Such a m an m ig h t h av e
e m b a r r a s s e d t h e s t e r n old officials.
T h e y p r e f e r r e d to h a v e a k in g woo
w ould a g r e e t o e v e ry th in g .
T h e fact r e m a in s , h o w e v e r, t h a t
E d w a r d has a b d ic a te d a n d m e a n s to
follow his h e a r t ' s d e sire . H e left a
goo d w o rd f o r t h e E n g li s h
people
a n d left no
hard
fpeltngs.
Why
s h o u l d n ’t be e n t i t l e d to a lo ng a n d
h a p p y life n o w ?
in et d o m i n a t e t h e k in g o r d o e s t h e w a s P r e m i e r 'B aldw in ,
k in g h a v e s o m e r i g h t s ?
D avid W i n s o r loses l i tt le by
It w a s n 't t h e p eo p le w ho o b je c t e d | ing th e t h r o n e b u t t h e E u g lish
to Mrs. S im p s o n as t h e K i n g 's wife.! pie h a v e lost o n e of t h e m o st
b ec a u se th e people
knew
n o th i n g I a n d u n d e r s t a n d i n g k i n g s t h e y
a b o u t t h e s i tu a t io n ,
but r a t h e r It | e v e r had .
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