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Blue Eagle Emblem Flies Over Strange Industries Strange Jobs Revealed in Code Applications. Washington. ? Do you know how your neighbor makes a living? Does he twist pretsel dough Into fantastic shapes, gum labels, liquify gas, or make rings for hogs' noses? "Strange Jobs these to the average man; but many others Just as strange are found behind the walls of fac tories In American cities and towns, as revealed by the list of applicants for the blue engle," sa.vs a bulletin from the National Geographic society. "Perusing the most recent NRA list, one might be stumped by the 'viscose extrusion* and 'transparent materials converters' industries which, with the drinking straw, newsprint, and soda pulp industries, appear un der the classification paper and allied products. "Then there Is the 'compound air industry' which NRA stafTmen Insist upon placing under machinery with oil and gas separator, stoker, diamond core drill, lightning rod. and tire ex tinguisher manufacturing. "Wood products ranging from tooth picks to telegraph poles and railroad ties, are to he found Inside the doors of Industries which have asked for codes under forest products. They Include the fabricating of wood heels, mop sticks, ash shovels, wooden In sular pins (whatever they may be), and ready-cut houses. Antl-Hog Cholera Serum. ?" "The preparation of anti-hop chol era serum appears In the chemicals, drugs and paints list with Industries producing such other products as shoe polish, disinfectant, sulphonated oil, dry colors, and animal glue. "There Is nothing strange about the manufacture of hoots, shoes and sad dlery, nor about the fact that they are listed under leather and leather products; but how many non-technical readers know of the box-toe, pasted shoe-shank, leatherboard, stltch-down shoe, and theatrical dance footwear Industries? Nor Is there anything strange about tablecloth and hand kerchief manufacturing, listed under textiles. Hut they have some strange bedfellows among the code applicants in the buttonhole, balata belting, throwing, wadding, and shoulder pnd Industries, "The hog ring mnker, glancing over the NRA list, finds his Industry min gling with those turning out leadhead nails, corset st^el, ring travelers, steel posture chairs, kalameln, ash cans, and chucks; while the rock crushing industry belongs to the same group as those producing fresh water pearl buttons, feldspar grinders, and vitre ous enameled ware. Chilled Wheels. "Do you ride on chilled-car wheels? Whether you do or not, there is a chilled-car-wheel Industry that has ap plied for a code. That industry is listed among transportation industries which include also companies that 'haul for car loading,' organizations tfcat rent funeral vehicles and am bulances, and Industries employed In shipbreaklng. "Miscellaneous Industries on the NRA list are Just as varied as the title suggests. Here are classified: hotels, clubs and theaters, punuh board makers, burial Insurance com panies, cemeteries, and chlropractq^s. Artificial flower and feather uiati^rs, and producers of dog foods, peftcH . slats, curled hair, lava products, cov-'1 ered buttons, tackle blocks, smoking pipes, cement guns, Venetian blinds, and hardwood crutches also appear; as do owr^rs of burlesque shows, toll bridges, radio stations, parking lots, and bowling alleys." Dogs and Chickens Rain Upon Ranch Sarw^,8^ Calif. ? It rained chick ens, dogs and dried fruit here the other day. Itancher Nick Suzzalo, his family and neighbors swear to It. A freak cyclone suddenly struck the Santa Clara Valley rnnch. A hencoop wus lifted In midair, spill ing Its oontents, a brood of thor oughly frightened chickens. Trays of dried fr?{t "\vere Hf.ted overhead and showered )?uzzalo/r' A kennel and large dog chained to It. were tossed Qnjplfih. The dog sustained a bfokv-h leg In the crash that fol trfwed. Suzzalo's ranch was the only one so affected, but two similar storms have occurred recently. They are believed due to conformation of the hills which generate powerful air currents. Flyer Gets His Sixth Gold Star Now tim uir mull veterans wear insignia, just like veteran railroaders, anil I here Miss Kay Hanson is stitching the sixth gold service star on the sleeve ol j ICdmund "Mike" Matucha, United Air Lines pilot on the Chicago-Kansas City 1 Dallas run, to signify he has had G,(XX) hours of (lying with the company, which awards a star for each 1,000 hours of flying time with the company. Matucha piloted the first mail plane between Chicago and Kansas City May 112. HVJfi. j Census Shows Americans Abroad Total 420,000 Washington. ? According to the an nual world census drawn up by the State department, more than 420,000 American citizens reside permanently abroad, with 240.101 living in Canada and Newfoundland. The others are distributed as fol lows: Europe, 03,789; Asia, 24,773; West Indies and Bermuda, 21,008; Mexico and Central America, 18,337 ; South America. 11,174; Africa. 3,603'; Australasia. 1.418; Fiji Island and So ciety Islands, 100. Historian Claims Napoleon Was Breton Says He Was Born in Brittany, Not Corsica. Morlalx, Brittany. ? Napoleon wns not a Corslcan but a Breton, born not In the Italian island which Just before his birth became French, but In Rrit tuny. This, according to Louis Beaufrere, specialist in Breton history. His state ment of his case in the periodical La Bretagne, defying all other biograph ers and historians, Is In substance as follows : Napoleon was born In the Chateau of Penanvern, near Morlalx. Ills moth er was Laeli/.la Bonaparte, nee Itamo llno, and his father was Louis Charles, Count de Marbeuf, one time governor PUP FOR PRESIDENT MIm Anna vVI?f*H?r, diuiKhter of Mrs. Georgo \VI**ler, pictured with Oi? puppy which will be aont to I'ron Went find Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Mra Wlsslftr, ? well-known breeder of Great Danes, In confident tliftt the pup py In th? ffofttent (Ireat Dnno In this country, being a won of Zelgfrled von Rottdemnnn. ^ of Corsica. Mnrheuf was fifty at the time. Laetlzla only eighteen. Less than a year after their mar riage Napoleon was born and duly in scribed In the records of the parish of Saint Kve. But the page containing the entry has been torn from the regis ter. That the Count de Marbeuf wan Na poleon's father was asserted by roy alist propagandists as far back as the first empire. Marbeuf's friendship with the Bonaparte family was well known and until his death he showed an affectionate Interest In "his son." It was due to Marbeuf that Napoleon was able to enter the military school at Brlenne. This fact Is proved by his torical documents. In further support of his curious theory Historian Beaufrere mentions Napoleon's protection of the Marbeuf family. Mine, de Marbeuf. widow of the emperor's Supposed father, was made a baroness and given an an nual pension of ir>,(H>0 pounds. Also her son Francois? Napoleon's half brother. If Beaufrere's theory be true ? became one the emperor's favorite aides de camp. Napoleon even ar ranged the marriage of Francois with a rich heiress of Lyons and gave her a diamond necklace on her wedding day. The exact date of Napoleon's birth Is In dispute and the emperor was very touchy about the matter. This would seem to help the theory that he may have been born In Brittany. It Is also possible that the Count de Marbeuf and I,actlzla (led to Brittany. At any rate, travelers are now being shown a bedroom In the chateau of Penanvern "where Napoleon Bona parte may lyive been born." Campaign for Uniform Motor Law Progreiwe* Washington, ~*~The movement for mil form basic regulations governing auto mobile traflle rapidly Is gaining head way, according to statistics compiled by the American Automobile assocla tlon. The A. A. A. summary shows that much legislation toward this end was enacted In the legislature meetings In 44 states this year. "With regard to registration," the report says, "It can be said that ?s a genernl rule, a motorist who has com piled with the registration and license laws of his own state will have few j difficulties. This applies even to tin visitor in states requiring an opera j tor's license of their own residents. I "In six states ? namely, California Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Wash ington, and West Virginia ? a non-res! dent must secure n driver's license A visitor In the latter three states however, need not secure a license t drive his own car if he resides In state where all operators are license after an examination. '? Speaking of 8|>ecd laws, the associn tion points out that the regulation vary from 25 miles per hour limit In Missouri to 50 miles In North Dakota Nineteen states have discarded tin idea of a set speed limit, substltutln ? a "reasonable and proper speed," that speed depending on conditions under which the car is being driven. Thir teen of the states fixing definite maxl mums stipulate 45 miles per hour ami eight make It 40. Chemist Announces War Gas of Deadly Quality Paris. ? A war gas so deadly that Its discoverer Intends to keep It se cret, even from the war office, except in case of a defensive conflict, was announced by Dr. Leonce Bert, dl rector of the Clermont-Ferrand Chem leal Institute. Bert said the gas was the most formidable known. It was discovered, he said, while he and another Insti tute doctor were experimenting with synthetic perfumes. They concocted, he explained, a .celery-scented, fume-giving liquid, agalffsr which no gas mask, as they are known now, or other means of protection, would be effective. The guff attacks dry as well as moist flesh. Bert said. It penetrates any sort of clothing and produces lightning like disintegration of body cells. Deed 1 ,500- Year-Old Village to Arizona U Tucson, Ariz.- ? Seven acres of land, on which Is located an Indian ruin 1 ,r><H? years old, have been deeded to the University of Arizona that archeol oglsts may continue their work. Already artifacts of bygone days and other building features of the In dians' homes have been uncovered. "The ruin is especially Important I hooiiune It contains two quite distinct types of homes," Dr. Byron Cummlngs, director of the university archeology department, said. "The two periods are represented by the pit houses, which have been par tlally excavated, and which date back about 1.500 years, and the surface pueblo, unexcavated, which probably dates back 800 or 1,000 years." D??r Attack* Man Orants Pass, Ore. ? Krnest ((bonds went Into a private park where dee* are kept to search for horns shed by a buck. Just as he found the horns the buck saw him and resented hln r.ttempt to remove the dlffCArded an tler*. The buck attacked Khoads, who was saved when Harry Fergunoi shot the animal. This Week b Arthur Brisbane NRA News Flying News Crime Marches On An Indian Says "Please" Under NRA rules, control of Indus try and business will drift more and more Into control by organized labor. The unions, according to Mr. Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, have about 5,000,000 mem bers now and hope to enroll as many as 25,000,000 men. Such an organiza tion would be the government of the United States. No other groups could stand against It. Therefore It Is Important for union labor to consider, above all things, fu ture efficiency, since 25, 000.0(H) en rolled union men would not be able to get more than their share of such prosperity as might exist. The two Industries that have made greatest progress In the United States, conquering competition even In for eign countries, have been open shop Industries, free of union labor control ? ? namely, the automobile Industry and the moving picture Industry. They have also been the two Indus tries paying the highest wages. In the long run only results count, and union labor, as ami if It takes control of Industries hltlierto "open shop," will want to plan for continuance of effi ciency, profits and production, other wise the Jobs will shrink. You can not create Jobs artificially, except with the United States treasury to draw on. and even that could not last for ever. While Germany with Captain Kckener and his Zeppelin shows how easy It Is to fiy from Germany to South America and from South America to Chicago and back to Germany by dirigible, the British are pushing their hoavler-thau air passenger and mall line across the Atlantic to the United States with a base at Newfoundland The route would he Liverpool to northern Scotland, Iceland, Greenland, Labrador, Montreal and other Ameri can and Canadian cities. This country that Invented the fly ing machine sits, watches and asks: "Who's afraid of the big, had wolf?" That Is a fTeUer song for 3 little pigs than for 48 big states. We have committees to suppress crime and gangs, one established by the federal government. Senator Cope land of New York at Its head, and every big and little city, town and vil lage has Its police force. But crime goes ahead, paying no attention, well organized, using "automatics" and ma chine guns, as calmly as doctors write out prescriptions. In Idaho an old Nez Perce named "Many Wounds" asks Uncle Sam to be kind enough to pay his tribe "as much gold as six mules could pull, the gold loaded upon a heavy wagon." The government agreed to do that In 1855, when the Perce made considerable concessions. Poor "Many Wounds" does not keep tip with the news. He is a very old Indian, or he weuld know that gold la now consid ered too good for American white men, to say nothing of Indians. It may Interest dwellers In other cities to know that New York Is flood ed with fraudulent gold-mining stocks. Everybody Is talking about gold, and bo poor geese that usually buy real estate that they haven't seen, and stocks about which they know nothing, are again offering themselves as a sac rifice. The British say the question of for eign debts is "up to Roosevelt." Usu ally when an Individual nation owes money It Is up to the one that owes to pay. Conditions. It seems, change when Europe owes the United States By the way, Brazil Is postponing the payment of Its war debt to France. You can imagine the Indignation caused by that "lack of good faith." Gold prices climb higher and higher. When we went off the gold basis, gold was $'20 and some units an ounce. Now the price Is above $32. This doesn't mean that gold Is worth more, only that our dollar la worth less. The dollar being worth about M cents, a $1,000 American bond, for merly payable In gold, now pnyahle In paper. Is worth In the world's markets about $010. Automobile sales indicate prosperity or the lack of it. No Intelligent man would he without a car, and a good one, If he could help It. It Is good news that sales of new passenger au tomobiles In the United States for the first nine months of 1033 were one hundred thousand units above the to ] tal sales for the tweiv? months of 1032. 1 Nine months* sales of now motor trucks also exceeded the 1032 sales. Old automobiles are wearing out at the rate of 5,000,000 cars a year. When the time does come, there will be such a demand for cnrs as will amaze even I the manufacturers. A new cancer theory la advanced by Professor Flschera, Italian scientist, who tells the International Cancer con gress at Madrid the "drying out of glands because of age" Is the chief cause of cancer. ITe urges "replenish ing of glandular secretions" as a treat ment. It should be possible to test th? soundness of that theory by post-mor^ tem examinations. IMS. by King Fr?tur*? SyrulioAU, Ino WNIJ R?rvto? The Movies Copyrlfht by Hal C H?rm?n Howl Broke Into BY RENEE ADOREE ALTHOUGH I never stood before a motion picture camera until I was almost grown, I received a lot of movie training from the time I could toddle about. I was born In Lllla, France. My fa ther wus a circus stur and my mother of his troupe. I, also, became a mem ber as soon as I could toddle into the sawdust ring or onto the stage. , My first appearances were in a bal let of 12 girls ? toe dancers who at tracted a good deal of attention wheth er we were showing In France, Bel gium, Germany or the Scandinavian countries. We not only did ballet work, but we also did pantomime, which was my ilrst training. That aft erwards came In handy In motion pic ture work. At the age of ten I was billed as "The Mysterious Madame X." Every night promptly at eleven o'clock. I would be led blindfolded on the stage, or Into the ring. My act consisted of walking up to an aged, toothless and moth-eaten old lion who had been trained to open his mouth so I could thrust my head Inside. This feat made the audience fair ly gasp. They thought I was in Immi nent danger of losing my head When I became a little older I speelal/.ed In dancing and bareback riding. It was in France that 1 saw the first motion pictures, and, strangely enough, had no desire to act in them. It was the World war which was to blame for my eventual entrance into pictures. I wns danrlng in Belgium Reneo <Adoro?. when the Germans invaded that coun try. With thousands of others, I sought some avenue of escape from that coun try, because we realized that wo might be held as prisoners until the war was over. I made my escape In n box-car which was attached to a freight train that pulled out of the Belgium capital Just ' ahead of the Uhlans, who first entered the city. I mnde my way to France and thence to England, eventually em barking for New York, where I went on the stage as a dancer. Just us I was making progress In musicol plays, such as "Oh Uncle," "What u Girl," and 'The Dancer," the William Fox studio began making tests for girls for motion pictures. 1 was one of the girls chosen for a test, but when I saw myself on the Bcreen I decided I was meant for the stage. Later, I met Tom Moore and he per suaded me to take another film test for a port as bis leading lady In Gold wyn comedies. This time I fceemed to look altogether different. Mr. Moore j was satisfied with the tests and so were the Goldwyn people. I wns given ? contract and went to the r? : clflc coast where I made my first screen appearance. Even then I wasn't convinced I was going to succeed. Hut I held on and worked for various other producing j companies after my contract with t Goldwyn expired. At the old T,ouls H. Mayer studio, I was directed by Reginald Barker, who had the "knack" ! of getting the best out of me. I/nter I signed n confront with Me- i tro-Goldwyn-Moyer and became a fea tured player for that organization. It j was the feminine role opposite to John Gilbert in "The Rig Parade," which first gave me a great Impetus towards , a career which had become my life's ambition. <?. f'y llal C. I!?rm?n ) Blonrl Army That Hollywood has more blonds to ! the square foot than any other city In ' i the world wns proven recently at the Paramount studios. William Reaudlne was directing a girls' school scene for "The Crime of the Century." Desiring to Improve Ills scene composlt Ion, he called out: "Will that blond please move throe feet to her right?" With one accord thirty five girls moved throe feet to their right. F?ltn* Th#ipUn Hobby la a cat, half perslnn and half mystery, and ho has been acting for the benefit of camera men and directors ever since ho wa* old I enough to walk. Ho has supported Gloria Hwanson, I'ola Nogrl, Hetty Hronson, HIcardo Corte7,, Theodore Roberta, the four Mar* brother? and othar luminaries during hla career. NEED NEW CODE FOR THIS AGE Injustice Under Old System Pointed Out. The age of chivalry was responsi ble for many of the eon- entions of modern lift. When consider tlmt It ended more than 500 years ago, we may well come to the conclusion that some of Its heritage must be out of date. In the last thirty years we have finally changed, for bettor or for worse, to a very different form of civ ilization, and a new code of man ners, must accompany the change. Especially is this true in regard to women. ?? They have always been brought up with the expectation of care and pro tection, whether they actually cot It or not. From the cradle up little boys were taught to be strong and resourceful and to guard and protect all little girls. And the girls were permitted, If not encouraged, t? take advantage of their weaknesr and dependence. Even under the old rules the sys i tem worked countless injustices. A | boy could not strike a girl, but a girl I could tease and annoy a boy until I she drove him to desperation, rely i ing on her sex for immunity. | A boy could not cry, because It was unmanly ; n girl could -hed buck ets of tears to gain her end and It was considered natural. Today, with women demanding and receiving jwjujiI rights with men, many of them also expect special privileges, and are taught from the cradle to use every means, fair or I foul, to attain them. It seems essential for the preser vation of our tradition, if we wish to preserve it, that a new nursery code should be evolved, where boys and girls are tauirht fair play and mutual respect. In this way only can we be as sured that the western world will not become a matriarchy in which the men are reduced to a biological necessity by a race of gold digging amazons. ? Ilrooks Peters Church, in Indianapolis News. Criminal Proves Puzzle In Ksthonia, a condemned murder er can take his choice between death by hanging and death by poison. One murderer, who chose the poison route, proved to be a freak of na ture. His system was Immune to poison, lie is still in jail, waiting i for the courts to decide what is to be done with him. HERE ARE THE USUAL SIGNS OF ACID STOMACH Neuralgia Fueling of Weakness Headaches Mc^th Acidity Nausea Loss of Appetite Indigestion Sour Stomach Nervousness Sleeplessness Auto-lntoxicatlon WHAT TO DO FOR IT: TAKE ? 2 teaspoonfuls of Phillips' Milk of Mag nesia in a glass of water every morning when you get up. Take another teaspoonful 30 minutes after eating. And anotlier before you go to bed. OR ? Take the new Phillips' Milk of Magnesia Tablets ? one tablet for each teaspoonful as di rected above. If you have Acid Stomach, don't worry about it. Follow the simple directions given above. This small dosage of Phillips' Milk of Magnesia acts at once, to neutralize the acids that cause headache, stomach pains and other distress. Try it. You'll feel like a new person. But ? bo careful you get REAL milk of magnesia when you buy ? genuine PHILLIPS' Milk of Mag nesia. See that the name "PHIL LIPS'" is on the label. ALSO IN TARLFT FORM F.ach tiny tablrt I* tho equivalent of a fraspoonful of Genuine Phillips' Milk of Magnesia. MEMBER N. R. A. Phillips' Alilk of Magnesia Now All My Pimples Are Gone write* one woman, "I nufferwl from pimple* nnd blackheads for one year, nil the time hating to go to par tie* or dancef?,myakin looked no had. I tried vArionn treatment* without nuccewi, but the first time I uaed Kesinol Hoap and Ointment, I noticed an improvement. Now all my pimples ?re gone." HAMPI.ft FRF.R with Rlln Trfitni'nt RnnkUt. Writ* Hoalaol, Dtpirtmtil *3, Baltimore, Mrf.