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PORT ORFORD. OREGON POST Onlv R.O.T.C. Ski Unit Practices Winter Maneuvers Jlsk Me Jlnother Last Writer to See Borali Patent Office A General Quit Kept Busy by Recalls How Idaho’s ’Lion Kept Mum in ’36 Campaign Gadgeteers The Question* 1 . What is the expansive force exerted at the moment of freezing of water? 2 Why is the Latin language used in the medical field? 3 What is the origin of the bugle i call. "Retreat"? 4 . Who invented the zipper. 5 . Which country is the largest in the world, and which has the । largest population? 8 How many popes has Lng- i land provided’ 1I7ASHINGTON. — Seven VV hundred human prob lems. most of them inconse- quential, are solved every week at the United States patent office. Inventions ranging from thumbless boxing gloves to fluorescent theater aisles con Didn't Favor Ijindon. So He Played Ball With Home State Dems. By ROBERT S. ALCEN FlUUXfa* Uerrs 4^o-Raiund “i tinue pouring in tc prove how wrong was the patent director who resigned IOC year* ago because there wasn’t anything left to invent. If nothing else, it prove* there’s so slump in enterprise these days The pas’, year, for example, brought forth this collection: At the University of California botanists discovered in the juice of milkweed an active substance that dent I UKmk I am the last news- can tenderize meat «fcOfiTHè Talked to HE WATCHED LANDON— A Philadelph.ar. solved the prob I It was late in the afternoon Senator Borah waited for Alf lem of that first cigarette ta the knew that the President’s message on the Finnish loan was due toe Landons campaign before “pre- package with a strip of transpar Only R O. T. C. ski unit in the t nited States is maintained st Manlius school. Manlius. N. T. Each next day. and I dropped into Boran s fudging“ him. but he later con- ent film that tears off the seal, de voting member of the ski platoon is an expert skier, rifleman and machine gunner. Left: Michael Senzimir. stroys the revenue stamps, opens office to get hi* view*. Wrapped in IS halts while Beadmaster Cat Guido Verbeek straps a machine gun ta hi* back. Right. The platoon, having an army blanket, be wa* lying on his speech—which he secretly hoped the flaps and pulls out two ciga sighted the “enaany.” hasUly takes up prone positions In the snow. The white uniforms blend into the back- a couch, reading an article on trade would stampede the delegates—I rettes. N« Double Exposure*. treaties He motioned me to a chair, countered Borah leaving his hotel An amateur photography fan per which I pulled up near him. On the It was past midnight, hot and sticky. fected a device making it impossi- marble mantle directly over him "Come along. Robert, and walk bie far the camera enthusiast to was a striking new photograph of himself which he liked very much. with me." he said. “It’s cooler out here.” So we walked about the deserted Borah looked well, but frail and streets and he talked about Hoover, recalling that during the Christmas the convention, and AH Landen. boliday he had told me he was think Doubted Landon's Ability. ing of taking Mrs. Borah south. I ’They'll nominate Landon tomor said. What about your trip?” row," he said. 'The stage is all “I guess that’s off. Robert.” he set Hoover tried to run away replied “Mrs. Buran won t stay if with the convention tonight but they I don’t, afid I can’t” don't want any of him. It will be "Why not’ Things aren’t so active Landon and Knox, you mark my now A few weeks of warm weath word ” er and sunshine would do you a lot "And then what are you going to of good.” do. Senator?" “I don't know. Til wait and see "Yes. but I can’t leave. Those trade treaties are up and I’ve got what Landon says. But what I’m ZIPPER HOT DOG — Thu wondering is what can he say. He developments. It’s a close fight and knows nothing about national or for wienie has a perforated easing we can’t take any chances. I would eign affairs. I am told he is a nice which operates on the zipper like a little rest, but I feel it’s my gentleman, but the country need* princi pie. duty to stay on the job and oppose more than that in the White House in these times. I don't want to pre- take a second picture without wind “What about the Finnish loan’" I * judge Landon. I shall hear him out. ing the film—thus preventing a dou but I have a strong hunch I will not ble exposure. asked. Peter J Gaylor of Elizabeth. N ’That’s a very distressing dilem support him." J., developed a synthetic rubber in ma for me. Robert." he said. “My He Didn't. Either! valuable for elastic threads in cloth Borah's premonition was right. pie. but at the same time I have Three months later I spent a day ing because it does not deteriorate grave misgivings about lending with him in Boise as he campaigned rapidly. Many inventions, here and abroad, money to anyone m Europe. Once I for his sixth senatorial term. We we let down the bar* we can’t fore- | had a long talk that night in his have made it easier and cheaper nee what it may lead to. We must room before he retired. 1 remarked to wage war. Germany, tor exam Each sitting bdhind a cake adorned with oor candle, the Badgett quadruplet* of Galveston. Tex», cele keep out of that mess regardless of that I hade ’ aeard him say a word ple, is treating mineral, vegetable and animal oil* with an -electrical brate their first birthday. When born, the quads, daughters of M* und Mrs. W. E. Badgett, weighed a total during the day about Landon. discharge process that ~ of I? pound*. Thtar combined weight is now 7» pounds. They are already be« oming talkative, though the tra- “And I don't intend to say «T their viscosi^r —,-----------_------------- I remember another time when thing about him.” Borah repbed have discovered a less expensive— ditMal “Dada* quietly. "I am not for him.” but just a* deadly—w*y to make That spring, at the age at 71 and “Are you for Roosevelt”' more poison gas. "Well. Robert," he said. 'Tve got he decided to make a serious try for a lot of Democratic friend* in Idaho Some inventions are designed to the presidency. There was consid and I think they know where 1 soothe ruffled nerves There’s a new erable popular response, but the ma stand." And then with a gentle smile spring cap for tooth paste tubes, chine politicians were against him be added. "That's a pretty good but nothing to make father squeeze He went to the Cleveland conven- news story, isn't it?” it out from the bottom instead of It certainly was. It was the big the top. A drip-catching device has scoop at the campaign. The n.ght Herbert Hoover made been invented for umbrellas, and somebody perfected a helical coil of wire which, as part of a cigarette holder, keeps ashes from falling on the rug. There are two important develop ments in photography. One camera can expose standard film at a speed of 2.500 frames per second, enabling you to study the wing structure of “One woman speaker asked me houseflies or the action of a golf XJEW YORK — Al Smith for a handkerchief just before she stick aga-nst a ball On the more jingles coins in his left went on.” Miss Wells remembers. massive side. Prof. E Newton Har pocket and the duke of Wind “AH through her lecture she stood vey of Princeton university has a Xï Y -\SHIN G TON —The Sen- »» ate just doesi^t seem the same without Senia tor Borah. He was the ntrst leader I came to know ultimately as a cub Washington reporter 15 years ago. t^nd I saw him last ’ore his fatal acci- the day 1. Probably not less than 30.000 ! pounds per square meh. 2. Because of its unchangeable ness. it is an old language and the i most universal, Latin is used in i the medical field. 3. It is of very ancient origin and is one of the few known to have been used by the Crusader*. 4 The hookless fastener was in vented by Whitcomb L. Judson in 1893. 5. Russia (8.144.228 square miles) is the largest country. China (over 400.000.000 people) has the greatest population in the ’ world. 6. England ha* provided only on* pope. Nicholas Breakspear. A* Adnan IV, he held office from 1154 to 1159. SPEED'S ' > RNE IN HOCKEY BUT NOT IN CIGARETTES. I LIKE S SLOW-BURNING CAMELS... > > THEY'RE MILDER i AND I COOLER! < T Now Hans Has a Reason to Be Sick Mannerisms Mark the Man— They All ’Perform* Off Guard sor straightens his necktie. Franklin D. Roosevelt jerks his head sideways. Call them habits, manner isms or just plain nervous ness, but they’re among the <listinguishin< features you’ve no- ticed when famous men make apeeche* or appear before the news reel camera. Mort of u*. great or little, are thumb twiddlers, button twister*, arm »winger* or fist clench- er* to our forgetful momenta. Thia I* the P«tat.’ A widely known Boston professor used to enter hi* classroom holding a abort, well-sharpened pencil which he twirled as he talked “Now this." he would say at in tervals. "is the point.” Each time he would jab the pencil at the das*, until hi* amused srident* finally made up sweepstakes on how many tome* he'd do it each hour. The late William Jennings Bryan eorr.bmed his mannerism with prac ticality Before hi* platform ap pearance* he would have someone bring an old-fashioned dishpar. with a piece of ice to the rostrum As hi* fiery speech-making warmed him. Bryan would run the palm at hi* hand over the ice, then over hi* forehead To break thi* routine be would occasionally step to the front of the platform, weaving back and forth while the audience gasped for tear he would topple into the front A Mewwlr Swiager Bertha Wells of Boston, who was formerly in Chautauqua work with Bryan, recalls the platform gestures of many other speaker*. Dudley Crafts Watson, director of music at the Chicago art museum, went through a repeated routine at tak ing off his monacle. swinging it ground in his hand and replacing it twisting it in her hands. When she returned it. the Handkerchief looked like a cruller ” Sen. James Reed of Missouri used to have a habit cd chewing tobacco in the courtroom, while Sen. David I. Waisn ot Massachusetts can never speak without thrusting his left thumb into the ecner of his trou- pocket Ex-Gov John G Wi- nant of New Hampshire used to hang his arms straight down his sides and walk sideways across the stage like a small boy reciting his Such mannerism* are not exclu sively a modern device. Many years ago the highly intellectual Ralph Waldo Emerson had a habit at plac ing the thumb and f ireCi.ger of one hand between the thumb and fore finger of the other, moving them gently while speaking Henry Ward Beecher would emphasize the cli max of his speech by rising to his toes and throwing his arms over his head, virtually pulling the audi ence up with him. Psychologist* who have watched such carryings-on from the specta tor's seat don’t believe it's neces sarily a matter of nervousness Sometimes the speakers are merely throwing off excess energy. Or. a* one psychologist suggested, it may not be so much the energy or the audience as what the speaker had for dinner Han* von Appen. left. German sailor who tricked the British by feigning iltaess when the S. 8. Dusseldorf! wu captnred by an English warship talk* to a reperte at Balboa, to the Canal Zone. Von Appen was put »bore at Panama, where authorities found his lllnrs* an "act.” REMOTE CONTROL SMOK coorv. will be turned over to the British at a prisoner of ING—It keeps smeke out of your exes. but you'll break your a. m lighting a cigarette! camera which snaps picture* two miles under the ocean This gadget is a steel ball which resist* terrif ic water pressure. Antl-alrcraft gunners aboard a Swedish man o’ war in the gulf of Bothnia practice with their weapon Although Sweden remains neutral, she continues to Intensify defense meaeures. New Solicitor General of U. S. Sworn In Honeymoon Helper Closely akin is the giant new X-ray projector which enlarge* * standard Ches’, plate up to the size of a regu lation motion picture screen, thus allowing several hundred people to consult over the medical problem at hand There's a new type hypodermic needle in which the medicine is ejected by a charge of compressed air. but it probably hurts just as much those first few moment*. Two important automobile patenta have been granted, the first to Hen If the Lights Go Out, ry Ford tor an easily removable Look for • Muskrat! liner for motor car cylinders It ADRIAN. MICH —Twice the head ean be taken out with a *crew-driv- light* at John Bates’ car went out er, contrasted with the powerful An and twice he went to a garage to presses employed heretofore have defective wiring replaced. The other patent covers an anti-skid de third time he suspected that some vice for autos running on icy pave general ef the t nited States by supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter, A sharp-edged wheel is strange agency wa* at work *o he ment right. Attorney General Babcrt Jackaon witnessed the .eremonie*. Biddle placed a trap under the hood—and pressed against the ground by a au<. reds Jackson, who was named to his present post following the appoint- caught a muskrat wtuefa bad been strong spring fixed downward from the under side of the running board. gnawing the wire*. ESEARCH men may use fancier . language, but they say the same R acher Isioiri. high-scoring forward of the Boston Bruun. Scientists know that nothing destroys the delicate elements of cigarette fragrance and flavor Like the excess heat of too-fast burning. Slow-burning Camels give more pleasure per puff and move in » wvwwL laDoraTory wtll, CAMELS burned 25% aJ*w. •r th» th« «wage «f Ika 15 <rt»r of th« largest -«•fl ing brand* tested-slower than a*y *f th«M. That Mans. » th« a»«rag«, • sataUac H«s «aaal to ^SAtO/ŒS FEZ PACK/ FOR EXTRA MILDNESS, EXTRA COOLNESS, EXTRA FLAVOR- C amels Flooded with requests Is Citate'- offered lw« free weeks for honey* mooners on hl* palm-covered Island off the coast of Florida. Mosley ad- SLOW- BURNING
