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This Week h Arthur Brisbank Strikes Are Here The Sugar Situation Work Does Not Kill Coast-to-Coast Record More strikes In many directions. And, as men in groups leave their Jobs, there are, all over the country, close to 10,000,000 others ready to take their places. If men quit Jobs aa fast as the NRA creates them, progress will be slow. Mr. Green of the American Federa- , tion of Labor predicts that four and a half million families will be in need of help this winter despite employ ment He can help that situation by per suuding workers jto use their right to strike as conservatively as possible Just now. Intelligent NRA gentlemen might look Into the sugar situation. It Is proposed to adopt some regulation compelling the United States to con sume a certain amount of sugar "re fined" abroad. This Is the market for the sugar growers of the world. We buy their raw sugar and pay gigantic sums for It. Not content with this, sugar-growing countries and Island^ Insist on reflplng sugar, sending here the flnlshecTproduct so that Americans have the pleasure of paying for it, with not one cent going to American workers. John D. Rockefeller has Just cele brated the seventy-eighth anniversary of "his first Job." He started work at fifteen, and has been working ever since, according to the American plan. Young gen tlemen will observe that he has not "killed himself working." Col. Itoscoe Turner again beats the ocean-to-ocean tlying record; this time by thirteen ami a half mftiutes. Trains make the Journey In four days and three nights. Turner made It In less i than eleven hours. That must make Intelligent railroad nicn"*think hard. At Grove City, Pa., dwelt a white mt, name unknown, entitled to your respect. This rat, still alive, was put j into a rattlesnakes' cage In the zoo- i logy department at Grove City college, j to feed the rattlesnakes. Immediately, the rat attacked and destroyed a group of seven small ^t- ! tlesnakes. Then as the big rattlesnakes advanced, the rat, biting and squeal ing, flew at them and the poisonous snakes retreated. The rat was removed to save the snakes. It will probably die of snake bite, but what a glorious death. Alexander Jumping down inside the wall o? a besieged city ahead of his men and fighting for life, alone, did no more than that white rat. Ring Lardner's death Is a serious Iosb to Intelligent newspaper work, and to useful citizenship. In a na tion more easily Influenced by satire than by Invective, he did great good, exposing shnm of various kinds. And what is more important, he was a man of really fine talent. His death Is a national misfortune. "Machine Gun" Kelly, real name George E. Kelly, who notified the court trying the Urschel kidnapers that everybody would be killed and at tached his fingerprint to prove the authenticity of his letter, is surprised In his sleep by detectives and sur renders as peacefully as any white mouse. A machine gun desperado, separated from his machlno gun, loses much of his desperado character. Riches take wings. A great Indus trialist, who had created Jobs for thou sands of men, and paid out millions In wages, kHled himself to escape the humiliation of failure. Another Industrialist of the Mid West, a persistent builder, useful worker, sits In his great house, which no longer belongs to him, a bankrupt. J. V. Thompson, onoa called "one of the world's richest mon," died In pov erty and actual want In Unlontown, Pa., in n great house, dilapidated, with the weeds growing around it. "Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth." Russia and Germany become grad ually more unfriendly, unpleasant sparks flying. Russia has expelled German newspaper correspondents, not liking what they write. Berlin pro tests to the Russian government. Re fore Russia acted, Germany had ar rested Russian correspondents cover ing the relchstag arson trial, with much sympathy for the accused Com munists. Russia also has grave dis putes with .Tnpan, and (Jermany with Mussolini, who Is "showing great pa tience." (Colonel Lindbergh, having visited Russia, Is greatly Impressed by "ex perimental aviation work carried on there, and hopes to return to Moscow and see how the experiments wo*k out." These experiments are made by Russia's government, which knowa what (lying will mean In the next war. When Colonel Lindbergh returns to America he will not find any "experi mental aviation work" carried on by this government to arouse his admira tion. The United Btates Is too busy with small things to attend to the one really big thing, which Is national pro tection. ?, 1088, by Kins Petturet Sy?41c?to, 1m WNU H*rvU?, World. Business Is Declared on Upturn Washington. ? An upturn In busi ness, similar to that enjoyed In the United States under the blue eagle of the NRA, is being felt through* out the world. According to offi cials of the Department of Com* merce, millions of workers are re turning to employment in Indus tries In many countries. Wages, according to reports to the depart ment, are the highest In years. Since last winter more . than 6,000,000 employees hnve returned to work. It has been estimated. Unemployment in the United States at present has been placed at 11, ? OOO.OCaJ. Since winter 2,000,000 have found Jobs In this country. Tho total of French unemployed, 283,000, showed a sharp decline against a large Increase in 1932. In Italy unemployment at <?jie end of April was 1,078,000, about 45,000 more than In April, 1932, but the decline from the January high was marked. German unemployment at the end of May, 5,252,000, was 13 per cent under January and 0 per cent under May, 1932. British unem ployment, 2,742,000, was 7 per cent under January and 3 per cent un der May, 1932. On (he basis of figures compiled by the League of Nations, Indus trial output has risen along with employment. Oregon Boy Is Youngest College Head in U. S. Oregon City, Ore. ? Youngest college president In the United States Is Lu clen Kock, twenty-five, former Oregon City boy. He heads Commonwealth college, Menu, Ark., where $10 a quar-, ter pays all expenses. Kock worked his way through the local high school as an employee of a printing shop, lie later graduated from Common wealth college, and was fur a year an instructor at University of Wisconsin. Couples Exchange Mates and Begin Honeymoons Rentonvllle, Ark. ? While obtaining their 90-day Arkansas divorces in Beu tonvllle, Mrs. Stuart McDonald, of New York city, and Mrs. \V. 15. Bradford, of Brownsville, Texas, leased an apart ment together. The husbands finally arrived, and after Chancellor I.ee Seamster had granted the decrees Mr. McDonald married Mrs. Bradford and Mr. Brad ford married Mrs. McDonald. Killed Trying to Sara Pot Urbana, 111. ? While attempting to rescue a pet dog which had wandered on a state road, Allen Busey was struck by an automobile and killed. Will Adcji 7 More Years to Normal Life of Man - <a : Science Alto Promises More Virile Race. Chicago. ? The chemistry of nutrition Is building a scientific structure which gives assurance of longer life and a more virile race. This Is the theme of a report to the symposium of the agricultural and food division of the American Chemical society by Prof. Henry C. Sherman of the department of chemistry of Columbia university. The report was presented during the eighty-sixth meeting of the society, designated as the "Century of Progress meeting." More than 3,(XX) chemists attend the sessions. Recent researches show men and women now are tnller than their an cestors. Chemistry, holding the key to the understanding of the nutrition al processes In plant and animal life, promises to make humanity more sturdy and longer lived, according to the report. Expectation of Life. The expectation of life, Professor Sherman holds, will be extended from HAWAII'S GRID STAR Here is R. T. ("Ted") Christoflfer son, famous lin lfl?ack from Hawaii, who is called the greatest athlete the Islands ever produced. Me hns come to the mainland and entered Wash ington State university, where much is expected of him. Pedigree Fakers Delude Thousands Scientist Says No Real Norman Blood Exists. London. ? Norman blood exists only In the handiwork of "pedigree fakers," sa'ld Lord Raglan, head of the anthro pological section of the British Asso ciation for the Advancement of Sci ence, at the society's meeting at Lle cester. Family trees purporting to reach back to the Norman conquest are the product of Just another racket, Lord Raglan said. The British scientist might have been talking to American suckers who come over every year to pay flstfulls of dollars In order to get their an cestry traced back to some duke or earl. Instead he was talking "tur key" to some of the oldest families In England. He waff the most outspoken speaker before 2,000 delegates gathered to dis cuss the 13 branches of science. "In this country of the many fami lies whose 'traditions' take them hack to the time of the Norman conquest, it can be snld without fear of contra diction that not one of these Is a gen uino tradition," the peer said, "All of them are the work of pedigree fakers who have flourished from very early times and there Is not a word of truth In them. "No Kngllsh family rnn trace Its descent to the Saxons and though there are a few families with a genu ine Norman descent, this In no case goes ns far back as the Eleventh cen tury." I/ord Haglan mentioned some names. Sharks Attack British Squadron in Scapa Flow London. ? Forty vessels of the Brit Ish home fleet In full panoply of war did not frighten the sharks of Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands. Perhaps they had often attacked the Herman war ships sunk In those waters without suffering any casualties. At any rate, they attacknd the Invading ships. One of the sharks picked a small vessel as Its prey and was killed only after a stiff battle. Another shark, measur ing about 27 feet, was struck and In jured by the drifter Muriel. The vessel lurched from the force of the Impact, and the shark Imme diately wheeled about and launched Itself against the hull. The bangs Rounded like gunshots and were plain |y heard on Scapa pier. Dlflt Killing Cfttorpillitr Summit, N. T. ? Trying to kill n caterplller, alber Welverls, nine, threw It In a tub of gasoline, then lit the gasoline with n match. He died of burns. Sir Herewnrd Wnke, thirteenth bnrn net, comes from a fnmlly claiming de scent from the famous Saxon hero, Ilereward the Wake, famous for his resistance to William the Conqueror. Lord Raglan declared that Sir Here ward was never called the Wake, tltat ho was probably a mythological char acter anyhow, and that no member of the Wake family was christened Ilere ward until 1851. He nsserted that Robin Hood even should be left to the story books. Lord Raglan added that the location of Sherwood forest is uncertain, that a number of counties claim Robin Hood, and that the legends describe him as everything from an earl to a churl. the age of seventy to the age of sev enty-seven. Man in his chosen tasks will be at the height of his powers at sixty-flve instead of fifty-eight years. The age at which it is difficult to get Jobs in a new fleld, now commonly put at forty-five, will be fifty-two. Adults nearlng sixty Bhould learn as readily as tlie young, the food chemist avers, for psychology has determined that the capacity for learning is un diminished at middle age. Age will yield less readily to youth, he adds, and men and women of more advanced years will rule to a greater extent In human affairs. All this will emerge from an im proved Internal environment, which, passed on to succeeding generations, will form a bulwark against disease, enlarge th? prime of life, and postpone senility, Doctor Sherman asserts. "While chemistry will not make blonds of brunettes, it will, by pro viding this superior environment, make men and women more powerful con stitutionally, If not larger, and aid In the development of muscular strength through Increased partlcpatlon In sports and tight living," Doctor Sher man said. "We should be mindful, nev ertheless, that buoyant health Is not a mo'nopoly of larger people. An Improved Environment. "We are learning what things to feed into the body In order that It may be helped to maintain a more constantly optimal chemical environ ment within, and we have reason to anticipate that such chemical improve ment of the Internal environment may be favorable to those developments of mind and spirit which are In some way linked with the higher health of the body. "The dramatic series of discoveries regarding t lie existence in food and the signitlcance in nutrition of a whole group of substances not particularly related in their chemical natures or nutritional functions, commonly called 'vitamins.' demonstrate Impressively the rapidity with which many funda mentally important discoveries have been made in the past few years. "In oi:r experiments at Columbia university we have families of rats which are thriving In the twenty-sev enth generation on uniform diet," Professor Sherman continues. "Yet, on enriching the already ade quate diet In certain of its chemical factors there results an improvement in the general nutritional condition. C.rowth is more rapid and efficient, the death rate drops, vitality is higher at all ages, average longevity Increases 10 per cent, and the prime of life is extended." The diet on which rats thrive Is en riched by Increasing the proportion of "protective foods," milk, fruit, vege tables, and eggs, Professor Sherman states. American Students Lead Roll at World School Geneva. ? One hundred and fifty stu dents from thirty-five countries are hard at work In the Geneva School of International Studies In an effort to increase their knowledge and under standing of International relations. One-third of the Btudents are from American colleges, which, according to league officials, proves that Americans are taking more Instead of less Inter est In International affairs. Many of the American students were sent by American colleges In reward for out standing work In history and political science. Lion Cubs Born at the World's Fair Thr<*? lion culr* rocfcntly born At thn motordrome ftt the World's fnlr In Chlcngo nro hor? shown being Cod by Mnrjorle Komp, cycle nnd nnto stunt rider nt tbnt exposition. Howl Broke Into The Movies OpyrifM by H?l C H?rm?n BY ESTHER RALSTON NECESSITY and long blond hair propelled me Into moving pic tures. I needed a Job badly and the long blond hair did the rest. Of course, obtaining my first part In pictures could scarcely be called breaking Into the movies. It took more than golden tresses to get me parts that eventually led to something really | worth while. It took hard work, a large quantity of tears, and more dogged persistence than I ever dreamed I possessed. I will always be glad I am a blonde, though, for my hair certainly did me a good turn when It won me my first chance to appear before the camera in a picture directed by Lois Weber. Fortunately for me, popular Imagi nation has never given angels dark hair. I don't know just why It Is but angels are generally pictured as hav Ing long blonde hair. I am glad that they are, for It was In the part cJt an angel that I made my first appearance before the camera. I needed a Job, as I have mentioned before. Miss Weber needed an angel i for her picture and I happened to be ; on the set at the time. My long fair ; hair did the rest. Although I was only In my early teens at the time I became a moving picture angel, my screen debut fol lowed several years of work on the vaudeville stage. I lmd toured In a | family act with my mother and father. As a small child I first did acrobatic stunts, but that ended when my head came Into violent contact with the | stage floor one night in an accident. Right then I decided that the life of J a flying rings artist was not for me ! and I took up dancing. | The war made hard times for vau- j devllle acts and bookings were not to be had. Then father received word Either Ralston. from a friend of his, a manager on | the Paciftc coast, asking us to come to California, assuring us of bookings there. There wbr only one way for us to i reach California, so we started to play | our way across the continent. When we reached Los Angeles we learned that father's friend had left the city two weeks before. So, you see why I needed a Job that doy when I appearoed on the set of the I picture Lois Weber was directing. My | aunt, who knew Miss Weber, had taken me there. It was my hair that ! won me a Job. however. Before my ; aunt had had a chance to talk to Miss ' Weber she had noticed me and asked I who the child with the long golden ' huir was. She then said she could use ! me In her picture. I I thought the world was mine then j and as time went on and I was Riven j better pnrts, I was sure of it. Then came the slump that closed down | studios and almost brought an abrupt | end to my cnreer, a career that had seemed to be definitely launched. Like many others, I had to "break into the I movies" all over agnin and it was a I difficult task. Almost a year wont by while I diligently sought parts. When } I was most discouraged I was sum ] moned to the Famous Players Lasky ' studio for an Interview with (Jecil B. ! DeMllle, who was seeking a cast for j "The CJoldn Bed." After waiting for two. hours to talk with Mr. DeMllle I was told that he I couldn't see me after all. I went home I Rnd had a good cry and then deter ' mined to find out why I couldn't have I the part I sought. I returned to Mr. \ DeMllle's office and this time I saw | him. While we were talking In the ! outer office a man I didn't know came In and went with Mr. DeMllle Into the private office. i When he came out he told me that , he was Herbert Brenon and that If | Mr. DeMllle couldn't use me, he could. I It turned out that I was unfitted for j the part Mr. DeMllle had open so f j went directly to Mr. Brenon's ofllce. | He gave me the part of Mrs. Darling, j the young mother In "Peter Pan," and : that I considered was when I really "broke Into the movies." For follow ing that picture, Paramount gnve me r contract as n featured player and later as a star. Among the films In which she sp ponied were "Old Ironsides, I'h* Case of I/ona Smith/' "The Wheel of Life" (her first talking picture). "The Mighty, " "The Prodigal," "Lonely Wives" and "Wheel of Chance." NlncG her rlsn In films Miss Ralston lt?? made two vaudeville tours In fhlr. country. Knrly last year she went to I?ndon as a single art at the Pal Indium, and so drifted Into British pio ture?. (?, ny H?J o. H?rmu.) Sea Cow May Thrust "Bossy" From Eminence Here are a couple of "Belleve-It or-Nots" that Mr. Ripley may har? missed : According to Food Industries, a German farmer on the Bay of Kiel operates a dairy In which milk Is ob tained from sea cows. It Isn't known whether he herds the animals with dog flsht but, anyway, he ob tains about seventy -five quarts of milk dally. And this milk has proved excellent for butter and cheese. Students at Massachusetts Tech have built a rat-trap consfjtlng of a "cannon" and a photoelectric cell rigged up In such a way that Mr. Itat Is put on the spot as he ambles down his favorite pathway and Intercepts the light beam. For ecopomy's ^ake, the "cannon ball" Is tied to a string. ? ? Scientific Amerlcnn. WANT A WARM HOME? Read American Radiator Company ad In another column of this paper. ? Adv. Point in Hi* Fat or "BIfTer claims to be a model hus band. He says he Is always polite to his wife." "Yes, he never strikes her with his hat on." ? Exchange. Why Hospitals Use a Liquid Laxative Hospitals and doctors have always used liquid laxatives. And the public is fast returning to laxatives in liquid form. Do you know the reasons? The dose of a liquid laxative can bo measured. The action can be con trolled. It forms no habit; you need not take a "double dose" a day or two later. Nor will a mild liquid laxative irritate the kidneys. The right liquid laxative brings a perfect movement, and there is no discomfort at the time, or after. The wrong cathartic may keep you constipated as long as you keep on using itl And the habitual use of irritating salts, or of powerful drugs in the highly concentrated form of pills and tablets may prove injurious. A week with a properly prepared liquid laxative like Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin will tell you a lot. A few weeks' time, and your bowels can be "as regular as clockwork." Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is an approved liquid laxative which all druggists keep ready for use. It makes an ideal family laxative; effective for all ages, ana may be given the youngest child. Member N. R. A. HAVE! Beautiful Skin ? soft, smooth, clear, " pink and whit*" ? the matchless complexion of youth. Sulphur purifies, clears and relreshes the skin. For beautifying the face and arms use KtkUai'i styro* e?u? 25? Glenn's Sulphur Soap Contains 83H< Pur? Bnlpbur. Ac Drogglat*. St. Joseph Aspirin is wrap ped in moisture-proof cello phane. It's always fresh and fully effective. World's Largest So II or at I Oo ASK FOR IT BY NAME Do you lack PEP ? Art you all In, tlrtd and run downT Will rid you of MALARIA ?nrl bullrl you up. 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