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This Week h Arthur Brisbane Good Flying Big Warship Review France Forgives Russia "Best Minds*' Arc. Slow Six United States navy planes fly ing In formation arrived at Honolulu, having flown nonstop, through fog and other difficulties. 2,400 miles over the Pacific. The accurate navigation of Amerl- j can airmen picking their way to a 1 speck no bigger than a plnhead on the i map of the Pacific, the skill of the j American pilots and perfect perform- J anee of Amerlcau-bullt engines are gratifying to Americans and should be ?*? warning to any nation harboring foolish plans for attacking the United , States now or later. In June all our Pacific fleet of war- ! ships will come back to Join the At lantic fleet, partly, it l? said, to please our Japanese friends, who have some [ queer Idea that the Pacific Is a Jap- j anese ocean. This country does not agree with that theory, considering that our front on the Pacific from San Diego to the far end of Alaska Is considerably longer thnn Japan's , frontage. Anyhow, the fleet will leave the Pacific and President Roosevelt will review the combined Atlantic and Pacific fleets, a glorious, patriotic Bight. It Is true that a few cheap subtna- ? rlnes, directed by radixi^ from a few dozen cheap homing planes from some enemy country, could send both fleets hurrying Into harbors for secur ity and send those that didn't hide to the bottom of the ocean. But there Is no use dragging that In, when a beautiful review Is dis cussed. France and Russia conclude a friendly trade agreement, despite the fact that repudiated czarlst bonds j owned In France amount to six thou- ! sand million dollars. Europe sees In this trade agreement "an alliance against Germany and Japan." At present Europe Is hiving j Japanese nightmares without any rea son. ! Japan Is reaching out, naturally, In Asia, and Europe thinks that next j Japan will fly around the world, to gobble up all of Europe and Amer ica, beginning with America. "Best minds" worry about Inflation, not realizing that inflation is already j here. The Reconstruction Finance cor- ' poratkm demands another thousand [ million dollars. "A thousand millions" , Is the financial unit now. i Whether government keeps Its head , buried in the sand In ostrich fashion and insists on printing Interest-bear ing bonds, instead of paying out new 1 money and saving the interest, makes no difference. Inflation with yellow paper promises to pay bearing interest, or inflation ! with green promises to pay without Interest, is still Inflation. The differ- < ence Is that you inflate wisely If you don't Insist on putting an extra bur- \ den on taxpayers by paying Interest ! when It Isn't necessary. I Washington, D. C., capital of our partly wet, partly dry country, by an act of congress "becomes extremely i liberal," which means that you can buy what you want and drink it when and where you like. You will not have to buy a bottle of whisky, take It home, put It under the mattress and see how quickly you can get rid of It They tried the plan, "take It home In a bottle and drink It all up quick- 1 ly," In New Zealand, but It didn't work. When the courageous Ordinal Faul haber reminds Chancellor Hitler that the world was not saved by "Aryan" blood, but "by the blood of the Sav ior," the Jewish people In Germany are especially Interested. They can add to Cardinal Faulha ber's statement that, in so far as earthly matters are concerned, while the spirit of the Savior was entirely divine, his bodily blood was strictly Jewish, since his mother wns b girl of the Jewish race. Did Chancellor Hit ler ever think of that? Will he be sorry on the Judgment day that he did not think of It? Why, In his opinion, did divine wisdom select a Jewish girl to be the mother of Christ V There were plenty of "Aryan," or "Nordic," girls on earth. . The Hollander, Marlnus Van Dor Iiuhbe, the twenty-four-year-old ston? mnson, set fire to the German Reichstag building, burned It down, didn't kill anybody. That Is as though some body had burned down the Capitol at Washington. The other day In Leipzig Van I>ot Lubbe's head was out off. The de tails will Interest future civilizations. The guillotine blade that drops auto matically was used In place of a hend man with ax or sword. Thero w?s ceremony enotigh to satisfy German ideas as to etiquette In chopping off a hend. Van Der Luhbe, who confessed scornfully and refused to say anything more, was executed by the guillotine operator, Iierr floebler, "dressed In evening clothes, wearing white gloves." The senate decldea that any foreign government In default on the debts to th? United States csnnot sell bonds or other securities in this country. Mlrflfri Jftfcnson had thnt good Idea. i ttatf Tne. THEFT OF "PEACOCK STONE" DELAYS ARCH ; e Work on War Memorial Is Postponed for a Year. Washlnjfton. ? Theft of a sample block of labradorlte, the mineral to be used In the base of the "Rain bow Division'' arch in New York city, may delay work on this war memorial for a year, according to the sculptor. This particular sample block was needed in matching materials for the memorial. "The finest specimens of labradorlte, beautifully iridescent member of the feldspar family, come from Certain sections of the Labrador coast which are ice-bound much of the year," says a bulletin from the National Geo graphic society. "This 'peacock stone' Is found also In Norway and In Siberia, but It was first Identified as a distinct species from rock samples picked up on Paul's island, on the north Labrador coast, In 1770, and named for the region of Its discovery. Stone Itself Somber Gray. "Although labradorlte Is noted among mineralogists lor Its brilliant sheen and flashing blue, purple, green, bronze and red light-rays of exquisite beauty, the mineral Itself possesses no color other than a somber gray ! The play of many glossy hues, given oft by the stone in sunlight is the result of pptlcal interference. "In other words, the Internal structure of the mineral breaks up Into Its color components the white light which penetrates the glassy sur face. Some of these light rays are absorbed by the stone and do not affect the eye. The rest are reflected as brilliantly colored flashes by thou sands upon thousands of microscopic particles within the feldspar. "In the mineralogy wing of the Na tional museum in Washington a large piece of labradorlte Is so placed In a glass case that Its cut and polished face catches the eyes of visitors as Boon as they enter the wing, although the case stands well back toward the middle of a long hall. This specimen has a bluish-green sheen, somewhat like that of the wings of tropical but terflies used to decorate trays and pic tures. Step a few feet to the right or left of the polished face of the stone, however, and It becomes an Inert gray mass resembling a piece of granite. Quarry a Dazzling Spot. "Blue-green is the commonest colora tion given off by the mineral, but many specimens have been found with a bronze-red hue lovely to behold. From others yellow, violet and orange tints flash like the flame of a flre opal out of the Iridescent crystals. "The chief source of this mineral Is a lonely region along the I^abrador coast north of Hamilton inlet. A few years ngo an enterprising American opened a quarry on the Island of Napoktulagatsuk, near Naln (about midway between the northern tip of Labrador and Hamilton Inlet), and at tempted to place labradorlte on the market as a seml-preclous stone. The enterprise apparently was not suc cessful ; but the abandoned quarry Is a dazzling spot In the sunlight, with the rough faces of the rock throwing off gorgeously-tinted rays that flash and change with every new angle of vision. "Pieces of labradorlte have been set In jewelry, although the stone Is diffi cult to work. Its cleavable nature and brittleness usually prevent the rutting of a well-pollshed surface. For the same reason Its use Is 11m lted Id building construction, although It Is sometimes employed as a decora tive feature. Skilled stone cutters have made vases and lamp bases from labradorlte that are particularly prized by art collectors. "The mineral owes Its origin to vol canic action In the Labrador region millions of years ago. Molten rock, forced between layers of older rock, crystalized and formed deposits of labradorite and other minerals, which were later exposed by erosion." Autoist Injured by Hurdling Buck Deer Ashland, Ore?? A four-point buck deer was bagged by Lee Wallis, mall carrier, between Klamath Falls and Ashland, In a manner which nearly resulted In the death of Wallls and the wreck of hl9 ma chine as Wallls sped along the Green Springs highway near White Star station. The deer, running at full speed, came Into the rond abreast of the car. It leaped, but Its head and front quarters struck the wind shield, the hind legs smashing through the window In such a man ner that Wallls was seriously cut. Heroic Air Mail Flyer Honored ['resident Roosevelt presenting Mai H. Freeburg, airmull pilot of Minne sota, with the nlrmall tlyers' medal of honor. Freeburg won the award by his courage and coolheadedness In maneuvering a disabled passenger plane to safe landing. Me was Hying from Minneapolis to Chicago with eight passengers and a load of mall when one of his propellers snapped. The motor, an out board one, Jolted loose and lodged in the landing gear struts. Freeburg immedi ately cut the switches on the other motors, and, after investigating, switched them on again, heading for the Mississippi river. At an altitude of about 1,800 feet he maneuvered his plane until the motor foil away. ILe then headed for Chicago, and made a safe landing despite a twisted wheel. Seeks Cure for Cancer in Poison of Cobras Bombay. ? Snake venom moy hold the toxic element being sought In the world-wide quest for an efilcaclous can cer treatment. M. Robert Hemardlnquer, acting for the Pasteur institute In Purls, Is here arranging for the production of at least 21 pounds of venom for use in experiments in the treatment of can cer. lie is appealing po'rtlcularly for cobras and estimates he will require the venom of at least snakes if lie is to collect the quantity he wants in a reasonable time. A snake farm has already been set up at the HafTkln Institute, where .r>0 quakes have been Installed and nre un dergoing treatment designed to pro duce the maximum amount of the deadly poison. Use of venom for the treatment of cancer Is still In the experimental stage, and he would not disclose de tails. Will Restore Palace of Mo >r Italy Undertake* Important Project at Ferrara. Ferrnra, Italy. ? A department of the Italian government has undertaken the restoration of the palace of Ludovlcus * the Moor, great warrior of the Fif teenth century. i Mussolini regarded the palace as one of the greatest architectural gems of fill times and personally arranged that one million lire he appropriated to wards its restoration. The plan* have been prepared and since the required funds now are avail able, specialized artists already have j Baldwin Apples Started From a Chance Seedling I Amherst, Mass.? A chance seedling which sprang up on the farm of one John Bull, near Lowell, 30 or ,*ir> years before the American revolution, was the origin of the Baldwin apple of today. ! Later, according to W. H. Thles, MasHachnset ts State college potnol ' oglst, the farm became the property | of a man named Butters. The seed ling became a large tree, woodpecker# made their home In It. Butters dubbed It "The Woodpecker Tree," and apples from It were called woodpecker ftp j plea. The apple became quite popular lo cally, and many trees were started from scions taken from the original tree. Hhortly after the revolution ended, Deacon Samuel Thompson of Woburn took some of the woodpecker apples to a Colonel Baldwin of that town. It wna the colonel who gave the apple hie name and started It along the road to Ita present, high place as one of the otitstradlng commercial apples of the nation, famed for Ita cooking and keeping qualltlea. started on the restoration of different room* connected by loggias designed by the Architect Rossettl. The palace was bought by the gov ernment 12 years ago to prevent Its further deterioration due not only to the ravages of time, but to the fact It had been adapted as lodgings for poor people. Rossettl designed the pnlace Itself nnd most of It won built by a stone mason named C'asiro and by the sculp tor Ambroglo do Mllano. It Is one of the best Renaissance buildings at Fer roro and, although greatly damaged, Its main architectural lines remain In tact. The palace will be used for a mu seum. As a result the work now un dertaken will restore the three main bolls on the ground floor to their orig inal niognlfleence wilh frescoes repre senting Biblical and mythological scenes. New frescoes will be pointed In the Hall of Honor and in the mony rooms on the first floor as well. These rooms reveal admirable decorations even In their present state. The restoration work Is based on ex isting historical documents and re productions of the existing frescoes so that It will be as nearly occurote oa possible. Smallest Park Claimed by Town in California Vlsollo, Calif. ? Vlsollo challenge* the world to prove It has * smaller city park thon Vlsolla's. The park nt St. John, N. B? measur ing 20 feet hy 0, which claimed tho "world's Bmollest" honors, Is much big ger nnd cannot honestly claim the title, Vlsallans contended. The town's "I/one Oak" pork, slt uated?nt the west entrance to the city, la but 10 by 10 feet, they pointed out. The park, containing a huge ook tree, in squarely In the middle of the moln highway. 1 Faithful Watchdog Left Life Income by Mistress ChllMcothe, Ohio. ? A watchdog, "Jnck," her sole companion and pro tector In her suburban home here, Is left the Income from a $5,000 fund set up In the will of the lute Mary B. Smart, entered for probate recently. The money Is left li? trust to Charles Allen Smart, a nephew, of Walllng ford, Conn., and Is to be used to pro vide a home and good food for the dog as long as he Uvea. Woman Chimney Sweep More Efficient Than Men London. ? The only woman chimney sweep here Is proud of her profession. She Is Mrs. Kate Nelson, middle-aged, portly, genial and more etllcient than many male competitors. Her husband used to be a chimney sweep, and when he became 111 she carried on the family trade. Rhode Island Rock Can Be Rung Like a Bell Kast Greenwich, K. I. ? a local oddity is Drum Hock, a big boulder | which cannot in; overturned. When it is moved It produces a deep, bell-like tone. Indians, according to tradition, used Drum Rock to call councils and spread alarms. BEST OF THEM ALL IlfHldfts bolntc ranked na "ntirahor one" nmong the women tennta play era, MIks Helen Jacob* of California ha* been picked a* America'* "out *tandlng woman atbleta for 10M.M IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY I chool Lesson (By REV. P. B. FITZW ATEH, D. D.. Mom ber of Faculty, Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) ?. 1934. Western Newspaper Union. Lesson for January 28 | STANDARDS OF THE KINGDOM LESSON TEXT? Matthew 6:1-48. GOLDKN TEXT ? Blessed ar< tho j pure In heart for they shall soe God. ; Matthew 6:8. PRIMARY TOPIC ? Jesus Teaches tho ! | People. JUNIOR TOPIC ? Jesus' Rules for Right Living. N INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP- ! IC ? Following Christ's Ideal*. YOUNO PEOPLE AND ADL'LT TOP IC ? A Christian According to Christ. I. Tho Characteristics of the Sub jects of the Kingdom (vv. 112). Those who are members of Christ's 1 kingdom must possess character con- | 1 slstent with the nature of the king. 1. The consciousness of utter spirit ual poverty (v. 3). "Poor In spirit" does not mean to be without money i (Tsa. 00:2), but to come to the end of Rolf In n state of absolute spiritual I beggary, having no power to alter one's condition or to make oneself bet ter. i 2. Profound grief because of spirit ual Insolvency (v. 4). The mourning here Is not because of external grief but because of the keen consciousness of personal guilt before a holy God. j ; 3. Humble submission to God's will (v. fi). This meekness is - an out- ! growth of mourning over spiritual ln i solvency. i 4. An anxious longing to conform to the laws of the kingdom (v. G). The j I one who has received the righteous- ! j nefta of Christ as a free gift follows ? affer the purity of character which expresses Itself In deeds of rlghteous t ness. 5. Merciful (v. 7). Subjects of the ' kingdom now take on the character of the king. He was the pre-eminently / merciful one. 0. Purity of heart (v. 8). Since Christ the king Is absolutely pure his ! subjects must have purity In order to | enjoy fellowship with him. 7. Peacemakers (v. 0). The one who has received the peace of God through Jesus Christ will not only be 1 J at peace with his fellows but will dlf- ? | fuse peace to others. 8. Suffering for Christ's sake (v. | 10). The world hated Christ the king, j Therefore those who reflect his spirit In their lives shall suffer persecution , (II Tim. 3:12). ; 9. Suffer reproach (vv. 11, 12). To ! have all manner of evil spoken against one falsely for Christ's sake Is an oc- j casion for glorying. i II. The Responsibilities of the Sub- ' j Jects of the Kingdom (vv. 13-10). | The subjects of the kingdom are to i i live such lives as to purify and en- I lighten those around them. Their re- j 1 sponsibilltles are set forth under the , ? figures of salt and light. 1. Ye are the salt of the earth (v. i 13). The properties of salt are (a) | penetrating; (b) purifying; (c) pre- \ j serving. Since salt only preserves and purl- l fles In the measure that It penetrates, J so Christians only, as they enter Into i the life of the world, can preserve It i i from decay. j | 2. Ye are the light of the world (vv. : 14-10). The subjects of the kingdom i should so live as to prevent the tin- J wary from stumbling and falling, j III. The Laws of the Kingdom (vv. 20 48). 1. As to deeds of righteousness (v. i 20). The deeds of the subjects of the | kingdom must spring out of natures i ; which are like Christ's. j 2. As to sanctity of life (vv. 21-'J0). j The duty of the subject of the kingdom j Is to conserve and sustain his own life ! and the lives of others. 3. As to organized life (vv. 27-32) The family Is the unit of society. The two awful sins against the family are: a Adultery (vv. 27-30). b. Divorces (vv. 31, 32). 4. As to oaths (vv. 33-37). Speech Is the absolute test of character. The truth, and that alone, Is to be uttere-d by a subject of tho kingdom. G. As to behavior toward those who do not recognize the laws of the king- > , dorn (vv. 38-48). a. Not revengeful (vv. 39, 40). ' Turning the other cheek after being ; smitten, means, after one Insult pre^ ! I pare for another without revenge. J b. Willingness to do more than Is required (v. 41). Rather than quarrel | | with a man for causing you to do that I which you cannot help, show willing ness to do mare. e. Be charitable (v. 42). Our I hearts should always he open, ready to give to all, worthy or unworthy. A. l/ove enemies (vv. 4548). L?v? to our enemies consists In: (1) Blessing them that curse us; (2) doing good to them that hate us; (8) praying for those who degpiteful ly use us. Such behavior affords the j positive proof that we are God's chll- | dren. ! Wotting Lit? Mar>y a person wastes much of life j waiting for an opportunity to do some j great thing. While thus waiting for large opportunities they overlook the ! little dally duties, the doing of which I will Inevitably fit us for the accom- ' pilshment of greater tasks. A CKrlitlan AttituH* No matter how much a man may differ from you, that Is no reason why you should not mnlntain a Christian attitude toward him and treat him kindly at every opportunity. CAFFEINE'S BAD EFFECTS Some Interesting experiments were recently conducted with domestic rab bits by the University of Ilelle, Ger many, snys Pathfinder .vlagazlne. Straight coffee and solutions of caf feine administered to the rabbits re sulted In each case In :he curtail ment of their prolificacy. Co :7ec from which the caffeine had been removed had no effect. Female rabbits, it was found, were affected more than the males, while repeated doses of the drug over a period of time resulted In deterioration of the reproductive cells In both sexes. Those results. It is claimed, do not apply uncondition ally to humans, as they are much n*)re Insensitive to caffeine th:in are riH^jJts. Why Liquid Laxatives are Back in Favor The public is fast returning to the use of liquid laxatives. People have learned that the properly prepared liquid laxative will bring a perfect movement without any discomfort at the time, or after. The dose of a liquid laxative can be varied to suit the needs of the individual. The action can thus be regulated. A child is easily given the right dose. And mild liquid laxatives do not irritate the kidneys. Doctors arc generally agreed that senna is the best laxative for every body. Senna is a natural laxative. It does not drain tlx; system like the cathartics that leave you so thirsty. Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is a liquid laxative which relies on senna for its laxative action. It has the average person's bowels as regular as clockwork in a few weeks' time. You can always get Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin at any drugstore, ready for use. Member N. R. A. Is This Too Good for Your Cough? Creomulsion may be a better help than you need. It combines seven major helps In one ? tho best helps known to science. It Is made for quick relief, for safety. Mild coughs often yield to lesser helps. No one ?nn tell. No one knows which factor will do most for any certain cough. So careful people, more and more, are using Creomulsion for any cough that starts. The cost Is a little more than a single help. But your druggist guarantees It, so It costs nothing if It falls to bring you quick relief. Coughs are danger signals. For safety's sake, deal with them In the best way known. (adv.) CHAPPED To quickly relieve chapping and roughnes*. apply ftoothlnd, cooling MenlholaVum. PAINS IN BACK Mn. W L. Ward, Oen'L Del., Mlranopy, Kla., aald: "Constant headarhea Juat about drove me mud, I ulept hut very IHHe, my up petite wm poor, I lo?t weight and strength and had pain* In my bark. Three nottlra of Dr. I'lerce'a Ka^ votlte Prrvrlptton complete Iv restored me to health af 'er I tutored a general breakdown." Writ* Dr. Pierre* Cllnlt, llnffalo, N. Y New ?\r?, tabid* 50 rt* , liquid $1 00 I-ar^r ?!*?, tab*. or l^fM^j'l, $1.15. "W? On Onr Pan." PIMPLY SKIN ?oon improved nnil Motf lirn r.lr?rr?I away by dully treatment with Resinol WNU? 7 a-.nt