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Monday, January 4, 1931
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TOT CAPITAL JOURNAL", SIew, Ortftm
Ever Hear of
Flea Fishing?
' FERRARA, Italy III Enr
bear ef Oca fiihicgT No, Dot fly
fiihinf. Flea fUhuig.
. Scores ef boyi and unemployed
mca art makinf a liin at It
Uwm dayi In tot avampa and
lakes of toe Pa River delta here.
The deal Mil by the pint, and wind
up in cellophane pacaafea ea the
world market.
- The odd industry goes back over
a century. An old Ferrara sea cap
tain sailed borne from toe China
Seas to retire. He brout back
a few buckets nuea wiu gwuiaa
and poured them out into little
Jake near nere.
Apparently the same buckets
rmUined Chinese water fleas.
They bred by the millions, and
almost annual Po delta flqpds
eoread them throughout the
swamplands.
The flea fishing industry (level
Aiwwl nniv recently. Someone ot
the idea the fleas were a healthl
food for canaries and 'fancy tropi
cal fish.
Boys skim them from (be water
with fine-mesh cloth nets and sell
them by the pint. Buyers say at
the rieht season, a bard working
boy can bring in half a doien pints
a day.
Thev are fattened on ox blood,
thM dried and Dressed into cakes.
These are packaged and shipped
to markets in Germany, France
and th United States.
FOR HIS DAD
East Berlin
Eggs Costly
BERLIN (INS)-A 21-year-old
East Berliner bought some ex
pensive eggs recently.
Harry Danznunn bought 720
ggs from a truck-driver who
worked for a Communist state
owned store.
Harry and his girl, Aaneliese
Klug, didn't know that the eggs
, bad been stolen, however. So the
two peddled a few eggs dally to
West Ber liners.
But a West Berlin court de
cided this was a clear cut case of
' smuggling Esst Berlin products
.into west Berlin. .
For bis initiative and free en
terprise, Harry got one day in
prison for each egg 720 in all.
Drought Affects
Even Baptisms
CHARLESTON, S. C ( An
other Texaa drought story popped
up at the South Carolina Baptist
Convention.
"The recent drought was so
bad," a Texas minister reported,
"that even baptisms were affected."
"Before the drought ended."
he declared, "Baptists were sprln
, kling, Methodists were using a
' damp wash cloth, and Fresbyter-
li n j were giving rain caeces.-
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Three-months-old Francis Col ton Hammond, Jr. holds the
Congressional Medal of Honor awarded his dad. Navy hospital
eorpsman Francis Colton Hammond. Navy Secy. Anderson
presented the medal to Hammond's widow in a ceremony in
Washington. A native of Alexandria, Vs., Hammond was the
filth Navy man to win the medal in the Korean War. (UP
Telepboto)
Red Raps
Pants Wearing
LONDON (INS) Comes the
revolution men may have to atop
wearing pants.
The Communist Daily Worker
printed without comment a letter
from a correspondent who sug
gested that trousers should be
ranked close to yachts and man
sions si symbols ot eapiiausi
domination.
The letter resds as follows:
"Throughout the capitalistic
world today you will see working
men aping the bourgeoisie by
wearing trousers those symbols
of the inequality ot women.
Not only evening dress, but
trousers too will disappear under
Socialism. I am already design
ing a tasteful blanket suitable
for both sexes. It is irreproach
able in having no shape at all"
OREGON WEATHER
Western 0 r a g o n Intermittent
rain Monday and Tuesday; little
change in temperature. Highs 40-
50; lows 3M4. Winds off coast
gusty, becoming southerly and in
creasing above 20-35 m ph. Mon
day night.
Eastern Oregon Increasing
cloudiness Monday night; occa
sional snow or mixed rain and
snow Tuesday: little change in
temperature. Highs 54-44; low 10-
34. Locally winay.
S&IEM VENETIAN
BUNDS
unu sum i warn w
IZMJ.JH.H. "tee 4-1154
Serviceman Gets
Nail Two Years
Later in France
PARIS (INS) Fifteen minutes
11 ore USAF Sgt Bertrand A.
Moreau, of Lewis ton. Ma, was
to leave his base at Fountainbleau
for return to the United States,
ne got a pnone call.
It was the Rail Transportation
Officer. Moreau had a package It
was a B-4 bag.
Was Moreau surprised? Well, a
little. He had mailed the B-4 bag
from Camp Kilmer, N. J., just
fifteen minutes before boarding a
boat to come to Europe two
yean agol
Phone Monopoly
Leads to Divorce
SACRAMENTO, Calif. UP)
Seeking a divorce, the husband
told the judge be had spoken to
his wife after she ran up long
distance telephone bills of more
thsn $100 a month.
Then, he said, she retaliated by
putting a combination lock on the
phone, so he could not use it
ouds of Snuff Dust
Give Smoke Illusion
ASHEVILLE, N. C. V-People
who live over a country store
near here were alarmed by clouds
of what looked like amoke after
an automobile crashed into the
building. They called firemen.
Senior Slugs '
His Sweetheart
CHICAGO I - A lovesick high
school senior slugged his sweet
heart with jack handle Sunday
in an attempt to writ a murder
and suicide end to their association,
and told police he did it because
religious differences prevented
their marriage.
The girt, Marlene Buarb, escaped
from the car in which they parked
on North Side street after dinner
together at swank Loop restau
rant Blows inflicted by James
Lawrence Fitzhenry. U, cut ber
scalp, broke ber little finger and
thumb of ber right band, and may
have fractured ber skull.
Her screams brought help and
pursuers who caught Fitzhenry.
Fitihenry sobbed when the girl
identified him at a hospital emer
gency ward, and said be "couldn't
live without ber." He told police
their parents opposed their friend
ship because he is Baptist and she
is Jewish.
Police said young Fitzhenry, son
of an oil company expediter, told
them he intended to knock Miss
Bubar unconscious and then run
his father's ear into their garage
and leave the engine running so
they would be asphyxiated. '
Traffic Accident
Seen Roundabout
WESTPORT, Conn. (V Con
necticut state police learned
about a traffic accident! by way
of Philadelphia, Pa, 200 miles
away.
A "ham" radio operator, trav
eling in a mobile unit, saw an
automobile go out of control and
smash into an overpass. His
broadcast of the accident was
picked up by a fellow "ham" in
Philadelphia, who relayed it to
police there.
Philadelphia police, in turn,
put the report on the automatic
communication machine for Con
necticut authorities.
It all took ten than SO min
utes.
Safeway Surprise Values...
(specially designed for Tired Food Budgets
The "smoke" turned out to be
clouds of snuff dust boiling up
from a tobacco counter the car
hit
DEBBY
Washable Oriaa
Nytoa Weel and Nylon
limt fSEMCH SHOP
11 N HIGH
WHAT IS
BISHOP'S
GOING
TO DO?
Kleenex j-" 49c
Rile Rale Cleanser 2 -15c
Parade Detergent
Tide Detergent
Oxydol Detergent
Duz Soap Powder
While Ilagic Soap
Joy Liquid Soap
19-oxx.
. Pkg.
18-ox.
Pkg.
' 1941.
, PkJ.
20H-OZ.
Pkg.
t
23-ox.
Pkg.
17-ox.
Bottle
29c
29c
29c
25c
23c
73c
DALEWOOD
Margarine
Colored
All-Vwjetabla
Wrapped Cube
Mb. carlon
Raisins Seedlesa
HJBRics
Pkg. 33C
SUZANNA
GREEN LABEL
Quart
13C
KELLOGG
Corn Flakes
KELLOGG RAISIN
Bran Flakes
Kellogg Pep
KELLOGG
Rice Krispies
28-01.
Pkg.
8-ox.
NOB HILL
Pancake Flour 53c Coffee & 85c & $1.69
2-lb. JO m it l.Uv AH 2-lb. Si lF
pkg. toe toiiee Pkg. ooc i.oa
AIRWAY
EDWARDS
Price Good Thru Wednesday
15c Soft Weve
Toilet Tissue
Rolls
Ojfojc
TOILETRY
89c Forest Green
Glass Bowl Set
3 pc.
Set
4'
VARIETY
150 Richard Hudnut
Childs Permanent
Refill )
re .....
TOILETRY
395 Electric
Heating Pad
S98
3 Speed
Heat Control
TOILETRY
14c Scotties
Facial Tissue
boa
200
2 For 21c
TOILETRY
10c Ivory Fire King
Coffee Cups
3 for W
VARIETY
15c Box 16
Crayolas
limit
Two box
9 Inch
Sixe
25c Bake King
Cake Pan
2 for 2S
10c Campbells
Tomato Soup
H 3 For 2'
limit I to a Family
TOILETRY
Reg. 49c Mohair
Steering Wheel Cover
Now 9c
fed Meyer Drugs
eeM foetrrr ittrist eT ant
Ml N. liberty
We Reserve the Right to limit Quantities
Pancake Flour 3 S 45c Karo Syrup
37c
15c Cake Flour
SOFTASILK
a 19c Cake Flour 2y& 43c Coffee 2 87c S H.73
Vg. Art CAMPBELL'S
23c Tomato Soup co10c Sm S52c
LALANI
.uc Ca..wiic.. soda crackers -;Wc
KELLOGG KATH o
Shredded Wheal ST 19c Luncheon Meal 39c Yan Zee Cheese 2 69c
Swill sPrem "43c
cot 33c
:;3ic
Sugar SK. Z 13c iand-iDreafl
Sugar
Sugar
NABISCO
KRAFT
Shredded Wheal St 19c 5.H,TE STA
Pkg.
Wheaties , uC 22c
Grape Hob 4 19c
Bile
Six.
Tuna Fish
BUMBLE BEE
P' TPI-L Chunk
Style Can
LUNCH BOX
LUMBERJACK
"la; 65c Clorox
Velveela Cheesed 89c
Mb.' 29c
2.35
Vs-GoL 30C
8UNNYBANK
Margarine
Sugar
Cane
4F Lb.
M Bag
Can.
Beet
10 Lb. 98c Naule Syrup 33c
LUMBERJACK
10 Lb. 97c Maple Syrup ct 82c
TORPEDO
TUNA FISH
Grated
No. H Can
19(!
r: ij-l HI
BOLOGNA
Fresh
Any Siie
Piece
LB.
29
Boiling Beef 29c
Ground Beef u,. 39c
Pork Steak crdV 59c
Pork Chops gr n, 89c
o
Pork Liver Sliced lb. 29c
Beef Liver Sliced lb. 29c
BeefKidnevs Ib 25c
Calves Liver Sliced lb. 59c
Navel Oranges
Florida
Plnka
Grapefruit
Avocados
Potatoes n ,-Econn'Y
Potatoes
U. S. No, 1
5 b' 39c
Each 5c
23c
10 - 33c
25 - 82c
J"
GOLDEN JUICY
RIFE
PEARS
3-lbs.SS'
POOCH DOG FOOD 4coM35e PERK H0RSEMEAT
PRICES EFFECTIVE TRRU WEDNESDAY. JANUARY ITH
Per Can
21c