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PAGE TWO FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1938 VERNONIA EAGLE, VERNONIA, OREGON Scenes and Persons in the Current News ASK ME ANOTHER A Quiz With Answers Offering Information on Various Subjects * 1. Where is the coldest place that temperature has been meas ured? 2. Who have been the subject of the greatest ’ number of bi ographies? 3. What has been proclaimed the national language of the Phil ippine commonwealth? 4. In what way are the Ten Commandments divided? 5. In sailor lore, who or what is Davy Jones? 6. What is a levirate marriage? 7. What is the diving record re cently established by a diver in Lake Michigan? 8. If the vice president is not serving as president of the senate, how can a vote be avoided? 9. What is the name of the pen insula in Greece inhabited by monks where no woman has ever visited? 10. Why does the children’s song, “Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush” say bush when the mul berry is a tree? 1—Soldiers of the Spanish Loyalist government specially equipped with skis and snowshoes, ready for mountainous expedition. 2—Miss Dorothy Kenyon, noted American lawyer, recently appointed by the League of Nations to a special committee to report on the legal status of women in various countries. 3—Officers of tl.e Egyptian army shown swearing their allegiance over the Koran to King Farouk. New Explosive 53 Times as Strong as TNT “Safety Sally” Flags Down Speeders Wendell Zimmerman, twenty-four, postgraduate student at the Univer sity of California, who has an nounced discovery of a new explo sive said to be up to 53 times more powerful than TNT. Known only as RPX, the new formula was first an nounced for use in interplanetary rocket experiments. Now Zimmer man reports he is in correspondence with various world powers in the market for his secret. The Answers 1. The pole of cold is in north ern Siberia at Verkhoyansk, where the lowest official temper ature was 90.4 degrees Fahrenheit below zero. 2. Jesus of Nazareth and Napo leon. Among Americans, Abra ham Lincoln and George Wash ington lead. 3. Tagalog, a Malay dialect in fluenced by Spanish, English and Chinese. 4. The first four relate to sacred duties, while the other six refer to secular or our duties to our neighbor. 5. The evil spirit of the sea. 6. This was a custom, particu larly among the ancient Hebrews, whereby a man married his broth er’s widow, even though he al ready had a wife. 7. A new low of 420 feet under water was the record made by Max E. Nohl in Lake Michigan. 8. No one would be able to cast a deciding vote. 9. Mount Athos, a peninsula of Greece, is inhabited entirely by monks and lay brothers. The only woman who has ever visited there AROUND the HOUSE For Home Dressmaking.—Make a small pincushion and sew it to a “bracelet” of elastic. Stick some pins in the cushion, slip the bracelet on your left wrist and the pins are always handy. • ♦ ♦ Cream Soup.—To prevent skin from forming on a cream or milk soup, beat it just before serv ing. The froth protects it from skin formation. • • • Tasty Sandwiches.—To vary the plain peanut butter sandwich, mix peanut butter with chili sauce, spread on slices of hot buttered brown bread, and put together Reduced Clothing Costs Because advertising created a demand, women can buy ready- to-wear garments at about the cost they paid for the materials only a third of a century ago. Advertising, in addition to de creasing clothing costs, created jobs for many thousands of workers. is Queen Elizabeth of Rumania. Special police guard the point where the peninsula joins the mainland. 10. While the American mulber ry is a large tree, the French mul berry is a shrub growing to a height of not over 6 feet. This may easily be the bush of the old song. Items of Interest to the Housewife with crisp lettuce leaves. Gar nish with slices of dill pickle. • * * Use for Old Shears.—Old shears are useful in salad making to shred the leaves of lettuce or oth er greens. * « * Before Baking Potatoes.—Let them soak in cold, salted water for 15 minutes. They will bake in half the time. • • • When Boiling Suet Pudding.— Put three or four slices of orange rind in the water. These will col lect all the grease, and the pud ding will be light. Introducing “Safety Sally” of Long Beach, Calif., newest of crossing guards, along with two of the children whose lives she will help to pro tect. “Sally” is a 42-inch high wooden doll designed to “police” Long Beach school crossings, serving as a perpetual reminder to careless motorists. Awarded Plaques for Baseball LAUNDRY DIVA / Tom Meany, president of the New York Chapter of Baseball Writers, center, presents plaques to Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, left, and Joe Di Maggio, New York Yankees’ slugger, for their activities in the baseball world. Judge Landis was honored for his services to baseball, while Di Maggio was honored as “the player of the year.” Di Maggio playing his second year in the big leagues was regarded as the best all- around performer in the league. Rita Leiberson, who recently made her debut with the Philadel phia Civic Opera company, swings an iron as she helps out in her fa ther’s laundry. Can she be singing the “Song of the Shirt”? ■4 Britain Strengthens Hong Kong Defenses < Copr. 1938, King Feature« Smdieat®. G. F. Corp.. License®. Aisle of Woman’s Dreams Members of an anti-aircraft battery overlooking the harbor of the British crown colony at Hongkong, pictured during a recent drill. To check these aerial defenses and perfect plans to strengthen them. Sir Ed ward L. Ellington, inspector general of the royal air force, recently left London on a visit which will also include trips to Egypt, India and Sinssnore Pootum b a Product of General Food«. Suppose you knew that one aisle of one floor in one store had everything you needed to purchase! Suppose on that aisle you could buy house hold necessities, smart clothing, thrilling gifts for bride, graduate, voyager! How much walk ing that would save! How much time, trouble and fretful shopping you would be spared! That, in effect, is what advertisements in this paper can do for you. They bring all the needs of your daily life into review ... in one convenient place. Shop from your easy-chair, with the advertisements. Keep abreast of bargains, instead of chasing them. Spend time in your newspaper to sure time — and money — in the stores.