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K BRAILLE STORY BY BLIND CHILDREN Charlotte, N. C.j(U.R) Chil dren's stories that have long been favorites of the average youngster are now. being read by North Carolina blind chil dren who receive them through a mailing library of 20' chil dren's books which ' have been transcribed into Braille by a Charlotte housewife. Mrs. Bass Brown, Jr., began the children's collection over a year ago. when she received a certificate from the Library of Congress for transcribing into Braille. . - - She spent an average of 35 hours of tedious work in tran scribing each story. In the col . lection are many books that have never before been tran scribed Into Braille. Selections of stories Is left to Mrs. Brown's two little girls who have chosen such tales as Bambi, Raggedy Ann and Cow boy Ken. Mrs. Brown says that she Is interested primarily in helping the blind to be as much like their seeing friends as pos sible. In addition to transcribing the books Mrs! Brown illustrates them with cut-out figures. She has . also bound and hand-embossed each of the volumes. She handles circulation, mailing and correspondence for the library and: sends with each Braille book a copy of the original so that parents may see what their children -are reading. 1 Mrs. Brown says that she started the children's libsary be cause while some states have circulating libraries for the blind, none has books for young sters. The Library of Congress cir culates books and magazines for adults, she said. The few chil dren's classics cost from several dollars up to $25. .Gulliver's Travels cost $6 and the Adven tures of Tom Sawyer $10. Walt Disney and other authors have been rrnst co-operative in Panting copyrights, Mrs. Brown? says. i The next book to be added to' the collection. "Tlmnihi1.1 Hquse" by Disney, will carry the idea of fingertip visualiza tion one step further, according to the amateur librarian. She explained that the book will be illustrated with miniatures of the objects "Timothy" used to build his house, including a thimble, pipe, feather, cork and bottletop. RED ClSSTPENS SAFETY INSTITUTE E The Red Cross-sponsored Ac cident Institute for Jackson county will open Monday at 7:15 p. m. at Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. The program Is intended to cut down fatalities due to home accidents, prepare teachers and laymen to become accident prevention in structors. ; , Experts in this field will speak and demonstrate tech niques on November 6, 13, and 20. Red Cross officials here point out that this is the first time that a program of this kind has been offered locally and that it offers opportunity for people to educate themselves and their families in ways to maintain a safe home. . All are invited to participate.' ' The first meeting will include the following speakers and top ics, as arranged by Field Repre sentative Sidney Llambias of San Francisco in charge of the institute:- Claude C. Haggard, safety en gineer, Copco, "The Safe Home." "House hold Equipment and Appliances." Robert Mentzer, director man ual arts, high school, "Accident Prevention, a Personal Respon sibility." "The Saft) Home." Miss Marian Farrell, home demonstration agent, "Daily Home Hazards." . . Maj. John Andre, English spy, dled,in 1780. '. COMMUNICATIONS Utttn to tos editor must uu ths asms and sddrsss o! th srrlw titbougb Utt um of po Qimi n Iniuaxs fox publication ts psr cnlssinls rh Msll TMbuo r rot lb right to Mlt HI letun irttb a Tltw to elsxttj and coo-leosatton. Which Do You Want? To the editor: For our next president shall we choose a man with a notorious record of brok en promises, or a man not guilty of faithlessness? A man with many mediocre and incompetent assistants of his own choostWg in high places, or a man who surrounds himself with able men? A man who abuses his own power and attempts to subject the judicial, and legislative branches of government to . his will, or a man who. respects con stitutional division of powers and responsibilities? A man who believes in gov ernment by his personal decrees and the authority he delegates to a multitude of persons- not elected by nor responsible to the people, or a man who has faith in government by law? A man, who, sometimes fail ing in his puropse to dominate, then seeks to rule by devious and questionable methods, or a man who recognizes the intel ligence and fairness of other men and merits their coopera tion within the law? A man who, by favoritism, engenders bitterness between various classes, or . one who champions equal rights for all and seeks to lead a united peo ple? A man who makes criticisms inaccurately and with veiled suggestions, or a man who makes them with direct accur acy and avoids subterfuge? - A man who answers criticism with ridicule, wise cracks and inuendo, or a man who strikes back openly with authoritative facts In plain language? A man with a devastating public financial record, or a man who has proven himself competent and trustworthy in public financing? A man whose prospective conduct for peace in world af fairs cannot be expected to ex cel his highly questionable be haviour in fomenting discord fat national activities, er t man whose' ideals - and successful achievements in home govern ment point to his excellent qualifications in working for world peace? H. C. GALEY, Ashland, Ore., Nov. 4. John Meant No Offense To the editor: In regard to a recent communication of ours, which seems to' create a slight tempest in a teapot, and in which some of the ladies availed themselves of the opportunity of knocking my ears down, (was my face red). We wish to state that there was no intention of personal offense to anyone, but that it was written more with the idea of urging the hunters to use a little common sense be fore somebody got shot. And from the reports of di rect hits and near misses scored on' people, livestock and build ings, coming from all over the country we don't believe we were entirely out of order. JOHN L. NEALON, Central Point, Nov. 2. War Veteran Wants Dtwey To the Editor: The present ad ministrations support, in build ing up and giving a strangle hold to the C. I. O., on industry, both big and little, during the past several years has boomeranged 1 and given the C. I. O. a strangle hold on the present administra tion. A very dangerous condi tion for any government. It has given us strike after! strike, delay upon delay for needed equipment for our armed forces and our boys were dying on the battlefields for lack of equipment this will ever we a blot on American history. How can the present adminis tration appease those returning defenders of our country when they meet the C. I. O., the Brow ders and fellow travelers of the New Deal. We shall expect the prompt return of our boys and girls after Germany and Japan are defeated. The present ad ministration will hardly dare to return those defenders to meet their striking enemies, but will have an excuse to delay their re turn. All of us will have won the peace over the world, but will not have won it at home. Let us on Nov. 7th put "In an admin istration that will not only win the peace abroad, but at home as wen and put an end to this mess. Thru" propoganda, the new deal has purged the Congress, and to shame the people for be ing American the, Veterans of past wars have adopted a defin ition for AMERICANISM, as fol lows: "Americanism is an un failing love of country; loyalty to its institutions and ideals; eagerness to defend it against all enemies; undivided alleg iance to the flag; and a desire to secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and posterity." When I was an Infantry Cap tain in -1899, fighting with the great General Arthur M a c- Arthur in the Philippines lov ing America, that flag, the stars and stripes and that priceless document, subscribed to by every soldier, the constitution of the U. S. these were the very essence of our patriotism, that carried us on thru swamp and jungles and rivers and everted us to heroic deeds on the battle field for the country we loved, When our heroes and country defenders come home to us call him an Isolationist if you 'dare, for isolationism as used and Americanism are en and the same thing it is what the soldiers of the past wars as well as the present have been fight ing for. In your household your first duty is to your family, your next is the welfare of your neighbor. In your country, your first duty is to your own country, your next is to make the world a better place to live in. Make your own country a land of op portunity and peace, - so the world will be glad to follow. "A PAST DEFENDER . OF HIS COUNTRY" P. O. B. 211 Ashland, Oregon (Name on file) The Michigan conservation de partment has 35 films on all phases of conservation and wild life which are loaned to schools, Boy Scout . groups and other C. L. PERKINS Doctor of OPTOMETRY" Successor to Dr. E. D. Elwood Betterment oi Human Vision LENSES PRESCRIBED Ph. 3881 214 Fluhrer Bldg. Cor. Main St Central. Medford Bunder- Wot. 8, 1S44 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE ELETBtl meetings. During March the educational movies were shown In 251 localities. CARD or THANKS We wish to thank our friends rot their kindnesses and flowers sent' US during our recent breavement. - The Imhausen Family. RALPH G. JENNINGS TALENT FARMER Democratic Candidate For , COUNTY COMMISSIONER QUALIFIED EXPERIENCED (Paid Adv.) I A)-rA-:-,-.',.''i Mil Low (Sostf Lmimmlberp Shiplap - Boards - Dimension - Fencing - Timbers DIRECT FROM MILL TO YOU Kf IPr?ni?ntfy IKte$iTjnni?e$l Any Amount You Want South Pacific Highway Across From the Fairgrounds Turn in at Richfield Oil Co. plant Wallboards - Roofing - Paints - Sash - Doors YAEDD Kf(5). 2 Bacemmeimtl ttoi?e Purees BRUCE BAUER LUMBER CO. TELEPHONE 221 1 WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO VICTORY Let's Keep the Skipper "Politicians who embraced the policy of isolationism or who never raised their voices against it in our days of peril are not reliable custodians of the future of America." , Roosevelt. "The people of the nation want their government to act and not merely to talk, whenever and wherever there it a threat to world peace." Roosevelt. "Never again, after cooperating with -other nations in a world war to lave our way of life, can we wash our hands of maintaining the peace for: which we fought!" Roosevelt. "We either work with the other great nations or we might some day have to fight them." Roosevelt ' "We shall not leave them (the NaiisV a (ingle element of military power or potential military power." Roosevelt . f r, v (ATI ; n vSfr.v 1 ' Si I AT THE HELM! Help President Roosevelt Win a Strong Peace by Giving Him Loyal Support in Congress Y EDGAR SMITH WILLIS MAHOIIEY ELECT TO THE UX.S. SEN ARB and Both Have Pledged Them selves to Uphold President Roosevelt In Writing a Perma nent Peace. ' Floyd K. Dover CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS from the 4th District I Pledged to Support our - President in the passage of strong post war legislation. Floyd K. Dover dote AGAINST Future War Vote FOR Permanent Peace Support In Congress O MAHOIIEY O DOVER V 'J ' U VOTE FOR DISTRICT For Representative, Nineteenth District O. H BENGTSON, For District Attorney GEORGE W. NEILSON, of Jackson County COUNTY For County Commissioner RALPH G. JENNINGS For County Clerk G. R. CARTER For County Assessor C. A, MYERS For County Treasurer RALPH E. SWEENEY For County Coroner H. W. CONGER PRECINCT For Justice of the Peace, Medford Justice District FRED KELLY Paid Adr Jackson County Democratic Central Commlttte. V. O. Miller. Aih land. Chairman. i t.
