Thursday, March 11, 1937
THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON.
Patty Adds Another Trophy to Fast Growing List
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AMERICANS
Well-Dressed at Little Cost
1267
By Elmo
Scott Watson
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Newzrorer
Pathfinder of the Seas
E NEVER took part in a battle
- - but his name deserves rank
with those other American naval he
roes — Jones, Decatur, Lawrence,
Perry, Farragut and Dewey. His
career was a perfect example of
the saying that “peace hath its
war.” For Matthew Fontzine Maury
was one of the greatest benefactors
of all those who sailed the seas in
his day and mariners still honor
his name today.
Born in Virginia in 1806, Maury
joined the navy as a midshipman
at the age of nineteen. During his
long voyages he became impressed
with the scanty information that
was available about prevailing winds
and ocean currents
Strangely
enough, an accident on land gave
him his opportunity to do something
about it. He was in a stagecoach
smash-up in Ohio which made him
a cripple for life.
As a result, he was placed in
charge of the depot of charts and
instruments in Washington out of
which developed the hydrographic
office and the naval observatory.
Here he started collecting all avail
able information on the meteorolo
gy of the ocean which he com
piled from a great number of old
log books of naval vessels. The re
sult was his first Wind and Current
Chart, issued in 1847.
About 5,000 of these charts were
distributed to shipmasters, who
found them amazingly useful, short
ening voyages by days and weeks.
“It was as if a friendly wizard in
seven-league boots had suddenly
risen out of the waves to lead mer
chant vessels by the shortest and
quickest paths.” So they were glad
to heed Maury’s request to send
him the results of their observations
of winds and weather and he began
issuing more charts. Within a few
years 200,000 copies of the charts
were being used by mariners of all
nations and it was estimated that
the annual saving to the shipping
of one nation alone was $10,000,000.
The outbreak of the War Between
the States was a tragedy for Maury
in more ways than one. Loyalty to
his native state forced him to re-
sign when Virginia seceded but, due
mainly to the jealousy of a superior
officer, his usefulness to the Con
federacy was hampered and his ca
reer in its service was not a dis
tinguished one. After living for a
while in England, he returned to
America and to a professorship at
the Virginia Military institute where
he wrote a geography series which
is still in use. He died in 1873,
“full of years and honor?” and one
of the finest monuments in Rich
mond today perpetuate? the fame of
this “Pathfinder of the Seas.”
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Patty Berg, nineteen-year-old, red-haired Minneapolis golf sensation, center, receives the trophy emblem
atic of victory in the Palm Beach women’s annual golf championship matches, from Pierre L. Willis, di
rector of the Palm Beach Country club where the matches were played. Helen Detweiler of Washington,
D. C., whom Miss Berg vanquished, four up and three to go, in the final round, watches the presentation.
“Once in Forty Million Births”
YOUNGEST WAR VET
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It could happen only “once in 40,000,000 births” was the verdict of
Detroit physiciens commenting on the twin personalities of the Pauline
Taylors, No. 1 and 2 shown above. Although not related the girls have
the same name, were born on the same day, Sept. 20, 1920. Pauline Tay
lor No. 1 was born at St. Ignace, Mich., No. 2 at St. Catherine, Ont. They
attended an intermediate school in Detroit three years ago and have
been inseparable ever since.
Melvin Garrison, thirty-three, of
Springfield, Ohio, who is said to be
the youngest World war veteran in
the United States. At the age of
thirteen, he ran away from the Ohio
Masonic home and enlisted in the
United States army. At fourteen he
was corporal of a machine gun
squad at the front. He was wounded
four times.
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Sweet Potato Is Size of Watermelon
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“President for a Day”
CITY in Kansas, a county in
- Missouri and part of the name
of a great railway system bear his
name, but David R. Atchison is
best known in American history
as the man who, it has often been
asserted, was “President for a
day.” A native of Kentucky who
emigrated to Missouri in 1830,
Atchison was serving as a senator
from that state in 1848 when Zach
ary Taylor was elected President to
succeed James K. Polk.
On March 3, 1849, Vice President
George M. Dallas, presiding officer
of the senate, announced “the close
of my official term being near at
hand, I conform to an established
and convenient practice by with
drawing from the deliberations of
this body.” On the motion of Sen
ator Benton of Missouri, Senator
Atchison was then appointed presi
dent pro tern of the senate for the
remainder of that session of the
national congress.
March 4, the traditional Inaugura
tion day, fell on a Sunday and the
President-elect not only had reli
gious scruples about being inaug
urated on the Sabbath but doubted
the legality of such a proceeding.
So the inauguration ceremonies
were set for Monday, March 5.
Friends of Atchison claimed that,
since President Polk’s term ended
on March 3 and Taylor's did not
begin until March 5, there was an
interim of one day in which the
senate was the only continuing gov
erning body. Since Atchison was
president pro tern of the senate and
thereby acting vice president (Dal
las having resigned) he was also
acting President between the ad
ministrations of Polk and Taylor,
i. e. “President for a day.”
Atchison himself never made any
such claim and declared that the ot-
fice of President was vacant from
noon Saturday to noon Monday, i
Asked once how he enjoyed his
short term in office he replied that
he really did not know because he
slept through most of it after an
exhausting last day session of the
senate. Constitutional authorities
agree with Atchison in regard to tbe
vacancy existing in the office of the
President on March 4, 1849, but one
edition of the biographical congres
sional directory credits Atchison
with being "President for a day”
and that legend still persists.
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A new distinction for variously
distinguished Vilhjalmur Stefansson,
world famous American explorer,
scholar and author, was his recent
election as president of the Explor
ers’ club, New York. Renowned for
his many expeditionary studies of
Arctic archeology, anthropology,
ethnology and geography during the
past quarter-century, Stefansson
holds degrees, medals and other
high honors.
S. A. Lawton (right), county agent, U. S. Department of Agriculture,
and D. B. Hudson of Jacksonville, Fla., weighing a 2312 pound sweet
potato, said to be the largest in the department’s history. The potato,
which shrunk considerably in size since it was dug, is 16 inches around
the belt and 31 inches long.
California Oarsmen Vie for Varsity Crew Places
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Volunteers for the crew at the University of California are shown answering Coach Ki Ebright’s call to
crew practice. From the enthusiasm at the candidates there should be plenty of competition for places on
the coveted varsity crew.
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T WAS some job, Ladies of
The Sewing Circle, to get
these three lovelies together to
pose for the camera this week.
They’re under the strict tutelage
of Dame Fashion just now, learn
ing the latest lessons on how to be
well turned out this Spring with
out benefit of a private mint. You
can understand, then, why the
co-ed above, center, sort of jumped
the gun, so to speak, and was al
ready on her way when the cam
era clicked.
A Frock That Clicks.
Speaking of things clicking,
don’t think that new princess
gown she’s wearing isn’t doing it
in a big way. Can’t you see from
where you’re sitting that it is
simple to sew besides being a fig
ure-flatterer of the first order?
The buttons half way and a neat
little collar in contrast are all its
lively lines need to complete the
perfect balance—chic vs. simplic
ity. Take a tip from this stylish
student and figure it out for your
self in cashmere or velveteen.
The style is 1202 and it can be
had in sizes 12-20 (30-38). Size
14 requires 4% yards of 39 inch
material plus % yard contrasting.
Go Print for Spring.
The charming young lady above,
left, has chosen to model a very
dainty and rather picturesque lit
tle frock for she believes you’ll
be interested in this style as a
fitting gesture to Springtime. Es
pecially in a modern print, fea
turing, say, pussycats or deep-sea
flowers, would this frock be
tempting. The skirt is bias-cut
for artistic reasons, and the cir
cles of contrasi aid and abet its
gracefulness. Let yourself go
print then, come Spring. Style
1257 is designed in sizes 12-20 (30-
40 bust). Size 14 requires 4%
yards of 39 inch material. Elev
en yards of bias binding is re
quired for trimming as pictured.
Gay House or Street Frock.
Lest you begin to think every
day is Sunday for our starring
trio, the trim-looking young lady
above, right, wants you to concen
trate now on her new gingham
gown. Not an ordinary bread-
and-butter cotton version, but a
beautifully cut, carefully planned
dress for general service. The
linked button front is enough to
give it first place on your Spring
sewing list if Sew-Your-Own de
signers know their clients as well
as they think. However, there’s
more to recommend it: a young
becoming collar, a simple yoke-
and - sleeve - in - one construction,
and a slender action-built skirt.
Put them all together they spell
CHIC—that little word with a vast
meaning. Style 1267 is for sizes
34-48. Size 36 requires 4 yards
of 35 inch material plus 1% yards
contrasting.
New Pattern Book.
Send for the Barbara Bell
Spring and Summer Pattern
Book. Make yourself attractive,
practical and becoming clothes,
selecting designs from the Bar
bara Bell well-planned, easy-to-
make patterns. Interesting and
exclusive fashions for little chil
dren and the difficult junior age;
slenderizing, well-cut patterns for
the mature figure; afternoon
dresses for the most particular
young women and matrons and
other patterns for special occa
sions are all to be found in the
Barbara Bell Pattern Book. Send
15 cents (in coins) today for your
copy.
Send your order to The Sewing
Circle Pattern Dept., 149 New
Montgomery Ave., San Francisco,
Calif. Patterns 15 cents (in coins)
each.
© Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service.
The Four S'«
The attributes of a great lady
may still be found in the rule of
the four S’s—sincerity, simplicity,
sympathy and serenity.—Emily
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