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T h e Q uestions
6. Where was the Tower of
Babel?
1. “Sail on, O Ship of State!
Sail on, O Union, strong and
great!” is a quotation from what
American poet?
2. Over what country did the
Incas reign?
3. Approximately how many
miles of railroad are there in the
United States?
4. How many vestigial organs
has man?
5. Is sunburn caused by the
heat of the sun?
T h e A n s w e rs
1. Henry W. Longfellow (“The
Building of the Ship").
2. Peru.
3. Approximately 236,000 miles.
4. Man possesses no less than
180 vestigial organs that, although
probably once of vital importance,
are now of little use to him.
5. No, sunburn is caused by the
ultraviolet rays of the sun.
6. Babylon.
Boss Here
Defense Plant Foreman—Now,
then, hurry up.
Worker—All right, boss. But
Rome wasn't built in a day.
Defense Plant Foreman—Maybe
not. But I wasn't foreman on that
job.
All or Nothing
Shyly the young man stood be
fore the father of his adored.
“Mr. Jones,” he stammered, “I
—er—will—er—what I want is to
ask you for your daughter's
hand.”
The old man frowned as he took
his pipe from his mouth.
Slight Slip
“Can’t do that,” he growled;
Forced to pul on his brakes suddenly, “you must take the whole girl or
the driver of the sports cur found it nothing.”
shooting crahuise across the road, just
missing a lamppost before it stopped.
Considerate
I'p strolled a policeman.
Tom—Hi, what’s the idea of
" I f ell,*9 he remarked genially, "you wearing my raincoat?
got a nice skid there, sir.”
Tim—Well, you wouldn’t like
"Portion me, officer,” teas the haughty your new suit to get wet, would
reply; "this ludy is my wife.”
you?
In the lower left is a view of part of the construction work on the U. S. base site at the British island of Trin
idad, where the government is spending millions to make more secure the approaches to the Panama canal.
Above is shown Major Stafford, commander of the marines at Trinidad, shaking hands with Commander St,
George Lindsay of Britain’s royal navy. Right: American ships unloading cargoes of material at Port of Spain.
A 'Mixed’ Artillery • Battery J in Britain
*
The present World war is an experimental ground
of the never-nevers was the fetish that men and women
At an artillery practice camp in England these taboos
parading together, and on the right they are receiving
for many things that “were never done before.” Typical
could not work or fight together in the same regiment.
are ousted. Left, we see men and women of the battery
gun instruction together. The test is successful.
American Base in Greenland
Struggle for Light
We forget that the human spirit,
the spirit of goodness and truth in
the world, is still only an infant
I crying in the night, and that the
[ struggle with darkness is as yet
j mostly an unequal struggle.—Jan
I Christian Smuts.
New Senator
It 's A G O OD
AMERICAN
CUSTOM
SATURDAY NIGHT
B A T H S have been an Ameri
can custom since the fir s t
settler's wife pointed to the
tub and said: "Ctimb in and
wash some o f that soil o ff your
hide." Objectors considered
such frequent bathing harmful.
SM O K IN G K IN G E D W A R D
Cigar» is a truly pleasurable custom,
en joyed by w ise sm ok ers e v e r y
where. America's favorite cigar.
I ’ll
WORLD'S LARGEST SELLER
Roger C. Peace, the new senator
from South Carolina, publisher of
the News-Piedmont, Greenville, S.C.,
A scene at the American base in Greenland, showing two patrol ships who was appointed by Governor
tied to an oil tanker, with a coast guard tug beside them. In far background Maybank to fill out unexpired term
is a V. S. army transport, while in the foreground can be seen soldiers of late Sen. Alva Lumpkin, who died
aboard the transport from which this was taken. This picture is from after serving less than two weeks
the first shipment of photos of the American forces in Greenland.
in the senate.
WATCH
THE SPECIALS
advertise. They are not afraid
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for
5S
Cigars
"V^OU can depend on the special
sales the merchants of our
town announce in the columns of
this paper. They mean money
savingtoour readers Italwayspays
to patronize the merchants who
their merchandise or their prices.