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Ye Smudge Pot
By Arthur Perry
Surprise, and ill-ooncenled fright Is
manifested, that venom and hateful
H.iiys inn rArkifutslT scattered.
houl fester. History record that
those who habitually sees; u inciw
mA innm hv wild utterances, al
ways start allnklng toward their holes
I the first signs of the storm 01 puu
lo opinion and hush their blatant
hypocrisy and lying, until the clouds
Of disfavor fadej
Clara (It) Bow, the rambunctious
film gal, "due to general conditions,
lias reduoed her cigarette-money to
100 per week." This Is a lot of cig
arettes, but causes the suspicion to
arise that Clara's weekly allowance
for pins, or pin-money, as It Is call
ed, is not much over $40,
Anyone desiring to Join the Kid
napers Society of the Valley, apply
to the undersigned. The purpose of
the society la to organise, and kid
nap the gent who, after 44 years of
idleness, started moaning for work as
soon as he learned there was no
work, became cured of his chronic
ah If newness, and demanded It, long,
loud, and lustily. The object of the
society Is to make him work, If pos
sible, without murdering him.
Economy has bit this county, In
the pocket book, to the tune of aa,
696.32. Two more similar doses, and
there will-be no more need for econ
omy speeches.
The ocean liner la going to mako
It up Salt Creek, before the Midnight
Choo-choo makes It to the Coast.
RUSSIAN GlKiiS LACK CLOTHES.
(Hdllno Portland Journal.) Why
pick on the Russian girls?
And we've often wondered, when
one barber cuts another barber's hair,
which barber does the talking.
(Judge.) Neither, but the customor
waiting for a haircut does.
J. Prank Wortman. the Phoenix
farmer, towned yesterday, behind hie
campaign whiskers.
"The depression has caused a sharp
decline In church contributions."
(Lit. Dig.) Before coming to any
deflntt conclusions, let's find out
who Is passing the plate.
Some of the Older Olrls have adopt
ed the "tan fad," due to the fact
that they were not "tanned," in the
right manner, about 4ft years ago.
Read over that list. It will appear
next week. Here and there you will
find a glimmer of Joy: The name of
some guy who obviously prefers buy
ing gas to paying taxes. (Emporia,
Kant., Gazette.) Sadbut ever thus!
AS EDITOR RU'RTS OVT
: (Lake view Examiner.)
How and then I hear said, by
those with heads as big as tubs,
and brains small as fleas, that the
editor li afraid to publish certain
news. Not on your life, he Is not
afraid.
As predicted In this seat of wis
dom, a hunter has been prematurely
shot for a deer.
Several leading cltisens are vaca
tion shy their better s, and are
washing the dlahe the same as usual.
"It takes money to buy that hat,"
on of Tog. Bill's clerks told us yes
terday, and there we stood with one
of J. O. Barnes' cabbages, and a four
foot stick of maneanlta wood, as
mediums of exchange.
Orders to do some thinking have
met with no response around here.
Pree-electrlclty-for-nothtng, and the
Oregon system are samples ol what
thinking does for a state.
a
It begins to look like the country
was working out of the depression
mess, that by spring all will be voter
aru of the same, and by Christmas
the ylpplng and yapping at the presi
dent, will have dwindled to a whis
per. The worse side of the economic
situation has been the bellyaching,
the four-flushing, the sympathy
racketeering, and the willingness of
many to believe a sensational lie, In
preference to the Truth, as long as It
was caked with mud. Already some
of the outstanding wallers of last
winter have started praising th wis
dom and bravery of Mr. Hoover, when
they think about Joining the Nihil
ists. Desirable houses always In first
class oondltloa for rent, leas or aalfl.
Editorial Correspondence
PRAIRIE DU SAC, Wiscon
sin, August 8 ITere is the mid
dlewest par excellence. Here
on the Wisconsin river about
50 miles northwest of Madison,
those lovers of the beautiful-,
the French explorers settled,
one hundred and fifty years
ago. The country is a living
demonstration of their good
taste. As Dr. Johnson or was
it Bottomleyt said of the
strawberry.-perhaps God could
have made a better berry but
he never did so one might say,
God perhaps could have made
a more beautiful and perfect
agricultural section but if he
did, "WHERE is itt
From Madison northward
the cement highway winds thru
wooded hills, from the tops of
which the country spreads out
miles and miles, a perfect pano
rama of peace and plenty. Ex
cept for the tobacco fields that
are green as grass and cover
miles and miles, the agricultur
al picture is the same as Illi
nois, Iowa and Nebraska, corn
and grain, cows and chickens
and -pigs, big barns, comfort
able farm houses and silos
only iu this part of Wisconsin,
the corn is a little taller, the
ears a litjle larger, the grain
thicker and more heavily head
ed, the cows finer, the pigs
cleaner and fatter, and the
farm houses, many of them
of sandstones on hillsides, amid
parks of oaks and maples and
elms, so much more pifctur
esque. Perhaps the day had
something to do with it. For
after three days of suffocating
heat, the mercury had dropped,
the atmosphere cleared, there
was life and sparkle in the air.
But at that, the present writT
er will stake this section of the
Midweat against the agricul
tural world, and even let that
anti-cornbelt Miss from the
Golden Gate sit among the
judges!
Up here they say Senator La
Follette is going to get "his"
this year, as'Brookhart did in
Iowa and for the same reason
the people want a change.
-That is our reason, not theirs.
Thero is a great doal of talk
about what LaFollctte has
failed to do, and how his oppo
nent is making a monkey out of
him, but nothing tangible as
far as we can see. They can't
hang the noover jinx on LaFol
lctte, for like Brookhart he has
fought the administration.
They can't hook him up with
Big Business, for he has fought
the socalled money class, with
all the fervor of his famous
father. He is likeable, liberal
and clean, yet everyone seems
to feel sure he will be defeated
in the fall. So we can put the
reason down to blind revolt
and nothing else. Any man in
office suffers a terrifio handi
cap this year, the man "out"
fighting to get "in" has a tre
mendous advantage. That is
the only basis we can see for
the widespread conviction that
young Bob won't return to the
senate.
Wisconsin has a marvelous
system uf good roads, and one
feature we have never seen
before. There are practically
no grado crossings in the state.
The highway commission has
built at great expense, large
bridges over all the railroad
crossings, so one can motor for
miles through this lake country
and never cross a railroad
track.
Another advantage of this
part of the state it is suffici
ently far away from Chicago,
to escape the Windy City mo
toring mob, which has so
ruined the southern portion of
Wisconsin. ,
It Hoover isn't elected this
fall, the veteran old line poli
ticians of Illinois and Wiscon
sin, will have to eat a lot of
old crow. For without excep
tion these old boys declare
Jlwst a a mX JYj tavj
talked to many of them, in
newspaper offices and out, and
without exception they think it
is all over but the shouting.
We have never seen a political
sentiment so universal and so
thoroughly crystalized. After
talking with them one wonders
why the Wall Street odds in
favor of Hoover should be 6-5
instead of two to one.
And by and large they all ex
plain their self confidence in
one way by the vote at the
last election. The Middlewest
they explain is normally Re
publican. Admitted that Roose
velt will get many Republican
votes, he can literally get thou
sands, hundreds of thousands
and still fall far short of a
majority.
They are sure that Roosevelt
isn't strong enough to split the
normal Republican vote that
Baker, Ritchie, Byrd or Smith
MIGHT have done it but he
CAN'T do it. And to win the
Democratic candidate must do
JUST THAT. In other words,
without a strong Third party
to split things np, they are cer
tain Hoover will win. Time
only will tell whether or not
they are right. .
We know of one-vote Roose
velt has lost during the past
week. An old Rockford friend,
a pal of Clarence Darrow, and
a confirmed radical, was for
Roosevelt two weeks ago chief
ly because he hates Hoover.
But when he read about Owen
D. 'Young, General Electric
magnate conferring with
Roosevelt and endorsing him,
and then Vincent Astor, the
multi-millionaire giving his
support, with the statement,
"no one need fear the intelli
gent liberalism of Franklin D.
Roosevelt" our old friend, not
only deserted the New Tork
governor, but panned him pro
fanely.' "I would rather have Hoov
er who is at least frankly for
the property class and honest
about it, than a man like Roose
velt who talks about breaking
the Power Trust and hooks up
with Owen D. Young j talks
about the "forgotten man"
and joins hands with a golden
headed sap like Vincent Astor.
I am off him for life."
Thore is no doubt that Roose
velt to date has been running
true to form, trying to carry
water on both shoulders. Told
that his radicalism is unpopu
lar in -the East he is posing
there as more conservative
than Hoover j realizing the
same radicalism is popular in
the West, Senator Norris is ad
vertising him as the only hope
of the "trust robbed and ex
ploited masses."
Roosevelt might read with
profit the fable about the
greedy dog who also thought
he could play both ends against
the middle grabbed at the
second bone he saw reflected in
the water, and lost them both 1
R. W. R.
Jenkins' Comment
(Continued from Pass on,
era California dlstrtot (or V95, which
li a quit satisfactory up over th,
prtc paid at the lowest point, which
wu certainly low anough to ba dis
couraging.
Thla writer waa told yesterday of
an offer of tS.OO for an asoeptlonally
flna lot of lamba. The offer was FX
FUSED, the owner of the lamba evl
dentljr hating hla ah are of thla ril
ing confidence In the future of which
wa are aeelng ao many evidence.
these days.
pvONT Jump to conclusion.. Don't
mv "Th. rt.iw.Mlnn la nM.
and prosperity la at hand. That may
not ba true. There have been favor
able indications at other tlmee since
those fateful days In the fall of 18'JO
and these Indications war not born.
out by later development. That may
be th ess now.
But at least there an many tea.
one. within t,h psst two or three
weeks, for feeling better sbout th
outlook.
August special. Thres losds lS-ln.
tlsbs for IS.7S. Med. rusl Co. Tel.
Today
By Arthur Brisbane
Los Angeles Success,
Four Great Japanese,
Girls Almost Dead Heat
What a Polite Waitress.
Copyright King Features Synd., Ine.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 9.
You are sitting, high in the air,
looking through another's eyes,
at the Olympic swimming
races.
A pool of clear blue water,
fifty meters long lies below
you, a brilliant sun shining on
it. The bigger stadium is vis
ible nearby. It contains one
hundred and five thousand
numbered and reserved seats,
biggest structure in the world,
and built of steel and conorete,
to last "forever." It did not
have room for the crowd that
came to see the games start.
Los Angeles has done this
thing "right", to use the pre
vailing expression. This swim
ming stadium seats ten thou
sand, every seat filled.
The pool la divided Into lanes, red
Unas along the water top separating
the swimmers of seven nations, Great
Brltsln, TJ. 8. A., Brazil, Japan, Hun
gary, Canada, Argentina, In th order
named.
In one corner, amtllng pleasantly as
their, pictures are taken, you see four
young dsrk-sklnned Japanese.
Watch them swim, and you see
perfect physical mechanism, used
with perfect knowledge of what heart
snd muscles can do.
The pistol sends the aeven Into the
water at the aame second. It is a
relay rac of eight hundred meters,
four swimmers of each nation each
swlmmkig two hundred meters.
Th Jspanese are smaller than the
whiter races, smaller than our United
States swimmers from Hawaii. Their
arms and legs are slender, chests deep
and wide.
The first Jspanese In the relay
leapa far out Into the water, dives,
swims below the water, until he loses
lmpetua, comes to the surface ahead
of hla competitors. He and the three
that relay htm, stay ahead, until t&.i
race la won In elgth minutes, fifty
eight and four-tenths seconds. The
Olymplo record, established by the
United Ststes In 1938, of nine min
utes thlrty-slx and two-tenths sec
ond la shattered, cut down by thirty
seven seconds.
Mytazakl, Yua,Toyoda and Yoko
hama are the four Japanese high
school boys that beat the world. They
eould make Leander look like a sea
cow, tied to a wharf.
They all use th aame swimming
stroke, arms flung far ahead, legs
held straight, feet scarcely moving,
tapping the water like a propeller,
with back of Instep, head burled in
water nlne-tentha of time, turning
for a fraction of a second to suck In
air through noatrlla and mouth, per
fect whit teeth showing Just at the
waters surface.
No wonder Japan can swim. The
Japanese practice In a big way. From
a Japanese man-of-war, an officer
will dive. In perfect form, fifty jailors
diva after him, and, In formation,
like a miniature battle fleet, the offi
cer keeping the lead, they will awlm
In lines, rigidly maintained, for
twenty-five miles, through rough
water. How can you expect to beat
them?
Their victory la applauded with
cheers that delight them. Japan'a
athletea can testify that no American
or other winner Is applauded here
more warmly than the winning Japa
nese. Then th young' ladle swam, a
breast stroke race ot two hundred
meters. The breaat atroke la alow.
for at every atroke th body loses
momentum, and must ba restored to
motion by a violent kick. With the
"crawl" atroke, motion la uninter
rupted. Thar la th same difference be
tween th piano and violin. Music
flows continuously from the violin,
ss from the vocal cords. That puts
the violin ahead of all other Instru
ments. Very nice girls are in that race,
those of European race tall, long
legged. Japan'a young lady. Miss H.
Maehata, not so tall, smiles Ilka one
of th little Japanese dolls that you
see, with bobbed hair on their fore
heads. Her arms and lega are not
aa big as those of her whiter sisters,
but ah can awlm.
She cornea In number two, beaten
by Miss C. Dennis, from Australia.
Great excitement when Miss Maehata,
who led at nrst, waa swimming what
seemed to be a dead Seat, with Mlsa
Jacobean of Denmark and Mlsa Den
nis of Australia.
AuatralU won, with, a. Dew Olttlc
Personal Health Service
By William Brady, M. D.
Signed letters pertaining to personal nesltb sod nygiens, not to disesse
dlagnosla or treatment, will oa answered by Or. Brady if stamped seli-ad-dressed
envelope Is enclosed. Letters abould oe oriel and written in ink
Owing to the large numDer ot lettera received only a few can be answered
nere. No reply can be made to querlea not conforming to Instructions, ad
dress Or. William Brady In care of Tb Mall Tribune.
SEVEN AGES OF ITCHING
When we are young and In our
prime It seems we Itch most all the
time, with heat rash, hives and wool
en undies, mosqui
toes, fleas and In
sect sundries. Then
by and bye we en
ter school, play In
the gym, swim In
the pool, catch
scabies, ringworm,
pendlculosls, and
fungus foot trl
copbytosls. At last
we get so tough
and old that noth
ing else will bite us, yet we keep on
Itching just the same with exquisite
bath pruritus,
I wasnever much Impressed by Im
passioned descriptions of Itching un
dies until I tried some of the lower
degrees myself. My Idea was to be
gin with something mild and gradu
ally work up to real Itching. So I
tried bedbugs. The Itch of Clmex
lectularlua is exasperation rather
than Itching exasperating because
you vaguely feel something biting
but you can't seem to tell where It
Is, and while you're dozedly cogitat
ing thla phenomenon the first guest
slips away and brings back some of
her friends and they all set to right
merrily eand enjoy a hearty meal be
fore you finally get up and commence
the ghastly work of execution.
Bcables, formerly called "seven year
Itch," Is more like. Indeed I hold
that seven hours Is enough of that
for any one to have, and the thoro
application of a properly made sul
phur ointment will cure It within
seven hours, too.
-When I had orthoform erythema I
felt I had begun to understand what
It- means to itch. Orthoform Is a
medicine, and some Individuals hap
pen to have an Idiosyncrasy or pe
culiar sensitiveness to ceraln medi
cines or chemicals. I had to have
three successive attacks of orthoform
dermatitis, each a little more severe,
before It dawned on me that the at
tacks came only when I handled the
stuff In the treatment of a patient.
But I know now that I never Itched
any to speak of until I had Ivy pois
oning. That Is the 9th degree of
itching. If there is anything worse
than Ivy dermatitis In the Itching
line I'd rather not hear about It.
Por the relief of ordinary itching,
such as mosquito or other bites, one
of the following remedies may be
used.
Rub the spot with a piece of wet
soap.
Touch It with tlnciture of lodln.
Touch It with peroxide.
Bathe with a handful of saleratus
(soda) in a basin of water.
Apply calamin lotion.
record for 200 meters, breast stroke of
three minutes, six and three-tenths
seconds. The first three finished the
race almost In the same second. Miss
Maehata and Miss Jacobsen both
beating the Olympic record.
4
This Is the place to reproduce a
statement by George Young, publish
er of the Los Angeles Examiner.
"There is nothing remarkable
about the Xact that so many Olympic
and world recoris have been beaten.
at this Olympiad. IT IS ALL DUE
TO THE STIMULATING EFFECTS
OP CALIFORNIA'S WONDERFUL
SUMMER CLIMATE. It Is time the
world knew that California la the
world's most marvelous summer re
sort, In addition to being Its most
super-wqnderful winter climate."
George Young would not deceive
you, nor would he exaggerate.
This cool air and summer sunshine.
the nights, with the Inevitable blan
ket, the ozone that comes rolling In
from the depths of the Pacific mean
long life and great power. Helen Wills
Moody, Is one of their by-products.
Come for the last few days of these
Olympic games, which prove. Indeed,
that we are "fearfully snd wonder
fully made".
Everybody In Los Angeles will wel
come you. each delighted to see you.
In Mr. Charles Bsad'a Blltmore
Dolores Informs World
Doesn 't Like Hollywood
HOLLYWOOD. (AP) Here's a girl
who Is different: Nineteen-year-old
Dolores Rey Is singing the "Broadway
Blues." And she's not "putting on
an act," either.
Dolores la ftftry she came to
Hollywood. She doeant like the town.
Its climate or Its men. She prefers
the stage to the screen. Seven a. m.
calls Irritate her and long studio
hours are "most annoying."
Dolores, a New York show girl, say
she was "talked Into" putting her
name on a talkie contract that may
keep her here five years.
"My friends told me It would be
a. great experience, acting In pic
tures." she says. "They convinced m
Hollywood is an ldel place to live
and work." But they were wrong.
she states emphatically.
And why doe n't Dolores go home?
Because, If she lumped her con
tract, she wouldn't be allowed to
work for Its duration five years
on elthe stage or screen.
Mtss Rey, who is charming despite
her Irascibility, suggests both Jean
Harlow and Constance Bennett in
appearance. Dolores was born In
Freono. Csl . but has lived In New
I'aWk most oi hex un
Calamin lotion is a standard form
ula for the relief of itching, smart
ing, burning and consists of:
Powdered calamin. ....One ounce
Powdered zinc oxide One ounce
Glycerin (tablespoonful. ounce
Lime water to make one pint. This
should be labeled Calamin Lotion.
Shake It up well and apply by sop
ping on with fingers, without rub
bing. Let dry on the skin. Use as
often as you wish.
In case of intense itching, as in Ivy
poisoning, it Is necessary to add to
the Calamin Lotion a small amount
of phenol (carbolic acid). The drug.
gist can sell without prescription a
solution of phenol (carblic acid) In
water in the strength of 6 per cent
(one part carbolic acid in twenty of
water). Two ounces of , this 6 per
cent pnenoi solution may be used
instead of two ounces of the lime
water In preparing Calamin Lotion.
The addition of the phenol renders
the lotion much more soothing for
extreme Itching or Irritation. Of
course phenol (carbolic acid) should
not be applied If there is & break In
tlu spin or a raw sore or wound of
any kind, unless under the ysyct
clan's direction.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Man Versus Insect .
Please tell me how to get rid of
ants. They are In sun parlor, din
ing room. I have tried quite a few
things but nothing did any good.
Also Is there anything that will keep
flies and mosquitoes away? (Mrs. A.
D. M.)
Ans. On receipt of your request
and stamped addressed envelope we
will mall you instructions for get
ting rid of any of these pests.
The Water Is Fine
I am a girl 18 years old, very fond
of sports, especially swimming. I
would like to continue swimming
during menstruation. Please advise
me on this subject. (V. S.)
Ans. I know no reason why a girl
should not go swimming at that
time.
Cure of Hernia
I had an operation for hernia 'five
months ago but it was not success
ful. I am anxious to know If It can
be cured without ah operation. (E. M.)
Ans. Inpectlon treatment offers as
good a chance of cure aa would an
operation. I do not know of a physi
cian In your city qualified to give
you such treatment but I can recom
mend one In a neighboring city If
you wish.
Copper Water Tank
We use a copper lined water heat
ing tank. Sometimes the water has
a greenish colon Is this Injurious
to our .health? (O. R. Y.)
Ans. No, a trace of copper In water
or food Is rather beneficial.
Sweet Shop, where you breakfast,
girls that wait oft you are so beauti
ful, they look practically alike. There
Is no difference in perfection.
In doubt you ask one of them "are
you my young lady" and Bhe replies
instantly, with a smile that would
make the Mona Lisa seem dull "I
should like to be." After that, you
can hardly say "Please hurry those
eggs."
4-
E FOLIAGE
MANILA (AP) Attempts to pro
duce. quinine in the Philippines have
been set back by locusts. The pests
damaged a grove of chlnchona trees
grown by the burwu of forestry on
Mindanao Island. . .
The plantation of several thousand
trees was started In 1937 In the
hope of setting up a local supply
of the medicine, which is essential
in the treatment of malaria. -
The Insular government at that
time paid 92000 for a tiny bottle
containing chlnchona seeds, buying
them In Java. Attempts to get a
larger supply were frustrated by the
Dutch government.
The trees had thrived In the
southern islands, and millions of
seedlings were ready for transplant
ing. 1 V -
"
A'
s. f-
Flight 'o Time
(Medford and Jackson Coont
History from the Piles ot The
Mall Tribune of 9 and 10 fear
AQ.)
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
August 10, 1922
(It was Thursday)
Claim made that "Jackson county
bootleggers terrified by actvlltles of S.
B. Sandefer," and that 800 paid San
defer for July work "Is little enough,
when the good accomplished ia con
sidered." The special agent may be
dispensed with soon.
Farmers and orchardlsts continue
frantic over labor shortage.
Merchants report that' If all the
train mtxn nn Amnnt. nf fitrlk.v eltv
will be able to eat for SO days.
Syndicate formed to develop shale
possibilities of valley.
Government prepares to take over
railroads unless strike halted.
Valley horse wins race at Gresham.
Dozens of local folks Journey to
Diamond Lake for an outing.
Light shower cools off valley.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
August 10, 1913
(It was Saturday)
Harvesting of the pear crop to start
in all orchards Monday,
T. R. Admits "stealing ideas" from
William Jennings Bryan.
Nlnteen twelve grain crop largest
in history of country.
Progressive rally scheduled for Nat
postponed owing to lack of orators.
Miss Fern Hutchison returns from
two months' stay In Portland.
Henry Has we 11 drives auto to Cra
ter Lake In less than a day.
The Commercial club offers $500
for carload of prize winning apples
raised In Douglas county.
California Oregon Power company
reports "that houswlfe prejudices
against cooking with electricity is be
ing overcome."
E
10 WHITE COLLAR
ROME (AP) High-salaried execu
tives frequently have cost more to
discharge than to keep on the pay
roll, so Italy has another law to
regulate the situation.
The law accords a discharged em
ployee a bonus of a month's pay for
each year of service with a limit
of $250 a month for such a calcu
lation. Business conditions caused a mul
titude of firms to economize. Most
evident of all reducible expenses
were titled and social celebrities on
boards of directors, often chiefly
decorative. There were also many
aging employees whose long service
hhad transformed wages into com
fortable salaries.
Seeking to replace the dead-wood
with young, low-pay. adding ma
chine clerks, corporations found that
often It cost hem from $5000 to
$50,000 to turn off certain em
ployees. So Mussolini put through
the new law limiting the basis of
bonus computation to $3000 a year.
Even with that limit it has cost
some large banks' and corporations
$1,000,000 or more to cut their pay
rolls. Many employees are being
carried along because It will cost
less to do that for a few years and
then retire them on pensions.
ROME (AP) "bady of the house
home? Any cigarette butt today,
please?"
This Is the latest request of Pome
beggars. In addition to asking for
the customary ecu for food, they'd
appreciate a bit of a smoke.
Servants, taking compassion on
them, are keeping cigarette ends left
by master and mistress in boxes
until the next beggar comes.'
BRIDEGROOM HEAD TAX
NEW NIMH PLAN
MELBOURNE, Austral la. (TP) A
dollar tax on each bridegroom . li to
be Imposed by the state ot Victoria
in addition to the already existing
fees of 50 cents for notice of Inten
tion to wed and $3 for a marriage
certificate. '
Also taxes on bachelors are to be
Increased.
The search for revenue has ex
tended even to cigarette papers, each
booklet being taxed two cents, in
creasing the price 100 per cent.
Vatican Supports Balllla
VATICAN crTY. (AP) A thou
sand chaplslns have been assigned to
the bsllllla, fascist equivalent of th
Boy Scouts. This Is further evidence
bf the reconciliation of the fascist
government and the Vatican aa re
ligious Instruction of children was
one of the plonts In last year's quar
rel.
Oil Lamps Popular Araln j
CLEVELAND, Ohio. (AP) Busi
ness conditions are making the old
fashioned kerosene lamp popular
again. The authority Is C. W. Stsn
ley, who haa been selling oil lamps
a long time and claims to be n)ov.
ing greater business than ever. Form
erly people bought them ociy for
their camps, he says.
Permanent waves HBh. wet finger
warea 25c. Prevost Beauty Shop, 16
Laurel, Pboa 737-J,
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Willard, Van Sweringen,
Atterbury and Williamson
Are Key Names in Four-
' System Merger Proposal
WASHINGTON (AP) Spotlighted
on the new eastern railroad consoli
dation map approved by the Inter
stste Commerce commission Is t'Hf
Imprint of rugged railway personal
ities. Willard, Van Sweringen, Atterbury
and Williamson are key 'names In
the plan to unify scores of eastern
lines Into four great systems.
Willard Walked Track
In railroad circles Daniel Willard,
73, president of the Baltimore & Ohio
Is known ss "Uncle Dan." The man
who rose from a track laborer to one
of the country's ablest executives has
a wide reputation for his cordial re
lations with labor.
Leaders listen deferentially when
he speaks because they believe be has
gathered his material carefully.
Eye trouble sent this Vermonter
from the Massachusetts Agricultural
college after only a year's stay to the
railroad tracks to earn a living.
He has been president of the Balti
more is Ohio for more than two dp
csdes. Willard terms himself s
"plain New England Yankee and
rather proud of the fact."
Cleveland's Famous Brothera
The famous bachelor brothers ot
Cleveland are Oris Paxton and Mani
tls James Van Sweringen, of the
Chesapeake & Ohlo-Erle-Nickel Plato
group.
Youthful of appearance, they have
heavy-set bodies topped by broad,
ruddy faces suggesting their Dutch
descent. "O. P." who Is 53, the elder
by two years, is the spokesman. They
sign checks "O. p. and M. J. Van
Sweringen."
Quiet, shy. and efficient, there la
about them no suggestion of the ro.
mance of their rise from real estatf
operators to railroad fame.
Atterbury a "strategist"
William Wallace Atterbury, mili
tant president of the Pennsylvania
system, has the reputation among his
associates of being s shrewd strate
gist. Those who know him Bay h
prefers talking to llstning, charging
to slow reconnaissance.
Por his service as transportation
exprt to the United States govern
ment In Prance during the war h '
was awarded the distinguished service
medal and honors from foreign na
tions. Indiana-born 68 years ago, he was
graduated from the Sheffield sclentl.
flc school of Yale Into the Altoons,
shops of the Pennsylvania road as an)
apprentice. Eleven years later he was
general manager of the road. Th
war found him vice-president In
charge of operations. He was mexlo
president In 1025.
Williamson an Ohloan
Ohio-born and Yale educate
ranmL, eW,York CentrsI' h" been
railroading since 1898.
The tall 58-year-old mldwesterner.
who was moved to his present posU
short time as president of the Bur
lington. Is noted for his capacity as
an organizer.
His esrly career was smoother than
that of many other executives, for he
got his Job through sn uncle who
was New York Central general coun-
Prom then on his rise was rapid. He
was active during the war. but de
clined a military commission on the
ground that, it would hamper hla
.r: . '
BRAINS OUST
FOR VICTORIA POLICE
MELBOURNE, Australia. (m
for brsins Instead of brawn.
The height requirement has been
lM th """"senc stand- ,
ard has been Increased.
Police Commissioner Blarney be
lieves the day of muscle and atrong
arm methods Is gone, and that brains
sre needed to combat modern crim
inals. 'The old type of 'cop" might be
able to manhandle half a dozen row
dies, but he comes to a confused
standstill when confronted with the
cunning crimes of the modern crook,
he declares.
r
Construction being rushed on San
tlam highway. Brownsville Times.
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xo Rooms and Baths
Located conveniently at
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Owned and Operated by
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