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aupkt p?h
1 shipka pas? on the Balkan peninsula
extends between Bulgaria and
J,e territory formerly .known aa
Eastern Rumelia and since 1883 has
been incorporated with Bulgaria. It
has a height of 4,600 feet above aea
level and is 87 miles from Rustchuk
and 50 miles northeast of Philippopolis.
In the fight between the
Russians and Turks in 1877 the Russians
held the position and Suleiman
pasha lost 20,000 men in his attempt
jto take Fort Nicholas on the sum!niit
of the pass, August 21-26 and
'geptember 9-17, 1877.
First Airmail Line
The first airmail line was the one
/from Nassau Boulevard airdrome,
Alineola, Long Island, N. Y. The
imail was flown from September 23
to October 1, 1911. Earle Ovington
was the first airmail pilot. Fifty
thousand pieces of mail were parried
that week. The first regular
airmail service in the world was established
between New York and
Washington', D. C., May 15, 1918.
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Cans Snow <
| According to the American magazine,
in the springtime, Just before
the snow melts, Mrs. John A. Oliver
of Jordan Valley, Idaho, can be seen
I busily canning snow. Later on<
iahe uses the water melted from the
snow for shampooing hair, ,and
washing delicate fabrics. Mrs. Oliver
claims the water at her place
iis too hard for such purposes.
Freezing Fruit
Freezing eliminates the losses
jfrom spoilage unavoidable in marketing
fresh fruit and vegetables.
Only the edible parts go to market,
'and farmers make use of trimImings,
pods, husks and other
kitchen wastes either for stock food
or fertilizer. There is also a saviing
in transportation .cost of inedible
parts, it is pointed but.
Transportation Varied .
Transportation in Quebec province,
Canada, is perhaps the most
Ivaried in the world. Motor cars
'speed along the highways, a dog
hauls a milk cart along a by-path,
airports greet airway travelers, river
barges sail down the St. Law^ rence,
and yachts cruise along inland
waterways. Even oxen are
used to pull carts.
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Meat Refrigeration
Proper storage of meat is as important
as correct cooking methods.
It should neither be left in the wrapping
paper nor washed with water.
Simply wipe off with a clean cloth,
cover with waxed paper and store
in the meat compartment of the refrigerator.
Trash Sifters
Trash sifters in Sydney, Australia,
are making it a daily routine to
visit the refuse bins at the street corners
to retrieve modest treasure. A
group of 50 or 60 men empty the
'bins before the city workmen get to
them. They are earning the nickname
"binners."
Drive Backward
When most large floats for parades
are mounted on motor-truck
bodies, they face toward the rear
so their high back ends will cover
and conceal the driver's cab, declares
Collier's. Thus the vehicle
has to be driven backward in the
procession.
Comes From Bathing
Knights of the Bath is derived
from the ceremony of bathing,
which was formerly practiced at the
inauguration of a knight as a symbol
of purity. The last knights created
in this ancient form were at the
coronation of Charles II in 1661.
150 Years to Build
St. Peter's, Rome, which stands
on the site of a previous cathedral
that fell into ruins, was 150 years'
in the building under the supervision
of nine different architects.
Rose Culture
The number of persons engaged
in rose culture in England rose from
600 to more than 2,000 when that
country placed a duty on imported
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Contraceptives
The Connecticut supreme court
has upheld the state anti-birth control
law, which prohibits the use of
contraceptives without exception.
Speed Tamk
The U. S. army has a tank that
will travel 114 miles an hour on a
level road and 78 miles an hour
over a rough road.
Council-Manager Form
Since 1914 an average of 19 American
cities each yeiur have adopted
the council-manager form of local
government. ~
Important 'No'
Learn to say ' no'' and-it will be
of more use to you than to be able
to read Latin.?CImrles Spurgeon.
No Value
Autographs of sport and stage
celebrities have practically ~ no
value. - ...
Ineomes of
In 1929 there were 513 net incomes
of $1,000,000 dr more.
Baaor Blade fatsrtagp
Makers of razor blades in Egypt
lace a shortage of irm>?
oujmSbe!* X? ta? to
Developing Real Liking
?> For All FoocU Important
National defense has awakened
the American people in many ways.
They are beginning to realize .that
they are not as healthy a race as
they had imagined.
A state nutrition committee has
been organized in Oklahoma with
the hope of concentrating the work
of various organizations td false the
nutritional status of the W^ple in.
the state.
There are too many who
are not ill but are not pulling, into
;or getting out of life foil ytir>we
could, thus not getting a "kickH^dut
of life. ^
"We would like to be healthy if
we could become so by merely waving
a magic wand, but nature
'doesn't operate in that fashion. Instead,
she requires daily practice
of a iew simple rules,
"Nature asks that every person
include in his daily diet: one pint
of piilk, two fruits, two vegetables,
meat, eggs, butter, whole
cereal. It is wise also to eat fish
at least ence a week.
The milk in the diet may be consumed
as a beverage or used in
cooking. Evaporated milk or milk
solids may be used if fresh milk is
not available.
The fruits may be canned, dried
.or fresh, but one of them should be
from the citrus group, such as oranges,
lemons, or grapefruit. Tomatoes
or tomato Juice may be
substituted, for citrus fruit.
In the vegetable group, one of
them should be of the green leafy
variety such as mustard greens, lettuce
or cabbage. v ^ ,
The meat in the diet may be pork,
beef, veal, poultry, or lamb. The
inexpensive cuts and the liver or
heart may be used. Eggs may be
eaten as such or used in cooking. ?
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Historical Data Carved
In Wood Carried Around
Historians of 'Winston - Salem,
N. C., the city,, that tobacco built,
carry their data in suitcases.
The history-laden handbags came
into existence when the Rev* Douglas
Rights, Old Salem's preacherhistorian,
gave two of his museum
workers an outline of separate incidents
in the history of the town.
The workers fashioned crude wooden
figures to represent the incidents
and the suitcase history was born.
Resembling ordinary handbags,
the suitcases when opened are miniature
stages and the various scenes
depicting different eras in the city a
development/from its origin in 1752
are revealed. ,
The suitcases - are arranged in
chronological order, each ^dealing
with some specific part of Winston-,
Salem history. Emphasis is placed
on the early Moravian settlement,
but the series of incidents begin
with a picture of Indian life, complete
to the smallest detail.
- The tiny figures, all carved from
soft pine wood, stand in the suitcases.
Also depicted ar<Mhe first
log house being built in 1753, the
stockades of Bethabara fort, constructed
in 1756, various phases of
colonial life, including the gunsmith,
the potter at his wheel, and the first
schoolhouse.
A replica of the tavern where
George Washington spent the night
In 1793 incomplete to the brilliant
yellow coach and - the general himself.
Cornwallis, pursuing General
Greene, is shown marching through
the streets of Salem with his redcoats
in 1781.
Sharp Rise in Diamonds
Before the war, small diamondsmelee
to the trade?sold wholesale
for approximately $65 a carat. Now
the highest quality is quoted at
$275 to 4350 a carat?approximately
500 per \ent higher, Cincinnati diamond
dehrers recently announced.
The price rise is not because of a
shortage in rough stones. Larger
diamonds have not gone up correspondingly.
Cincinnati, one of the
five leading fine jewelry manufacturing
cities, uses a lot of small
diamonds. Manufacturers here supply
the South and much of the Middle
West. Antwerp in Belgium and
Amsterdam in
were', where mosf of the worlds
small diamond# Were cut before the
war. Germany also had e_?reaj
m&ny diamond cutters. England
controls 90 to 85 per cent of tl>e
mines. First the German source,
then those in Belgium and The Netherlands
were cut off. Diamond men
Ly that an end of the war would
not cause s drop in price of
diamonds to their former level, predicting
that heavy taxes would be
imposed on them in Europe to help,
pay the cost of the war. ^
Comics Beneficial for Children
The comic book "would seem to
offer the same type of
catharis to its readers that Aristotle
claimed was an attribute of the
drama," Dr. Lauretta Bender, psychologist,
recently decis^e^- Shed^
dared that toe effect of the comic
books in normal children is comparable
to the therapeutic effect m
^Sht^SJtos^ta^ oach story is
children are not uPfL
more horrible scwmjn
rled out ** ^ te
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Play Is Curing Bomb-Shocked Children J
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The power of play is credited with helping these children recover (
from the effects of bomb shock. At left* children are climbing in the ,
i "Jungle gym" at the Anna Freud nursery center in Hempstead, England,
maintained by the?foste^ parents plan fur war children. Right: British !
children enjoying the adventures of Mickey Mouse.
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At the National Nutrition conference held in Washington at the request
of the President 400 physicians and health officers were told that
"diet standards of 75 per cent of our population need to be raised to
withstand the strain of total defense." Picture shows (left) Paul V. McNutt,
federal security administrator, who opened the conference; M. L.
Wilson (center) and Russell Wilder of Mayo clinio.
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New Type Army Troop Carrier
First new personnel carrier built for the army by the Diamond T
Motor Car company in Chicago. The truck, which will carry 13 men. if
ahpwn as it was inspected by company and army officials. L. to R., in
ehiel#*/ Brig. Gen. N. F. Ramsay. Fred A. Preston. C. A. Tilt, president
of Diamond T, and Col. Donald Armstrong.
UNCLE FARMER 8AM
There has been a tune for years j
that the property of the country has{
been drifting into the hands of a few
people.
Uncle Sam is now the king of the
real estate owners, and increasing
his holdings at a rapid rate. His pur*
chases go off the local tax books. His
methods mean that a large percentage
will stay off. He takes down the
shacks on the property and builds his
own. Nine times out of ten you can
spot the government houses that al*
ready dot the country. Old man Sam
takes no chance on sterile sand hill
lands. - He is now edging into the
most valuable of the landed plutocrats
are turning loose. .One of the
.recent sales is the extensive Single*
ton Plantation near Eastover. In
slavery days old Matt Singleton had
so many, slaves that he knew by face
not' half when he met them in the big
road. | His daughter, Angelica, married
the son qf Martin Van Buren,
President of the United States. Martin
was then a widower and Angelica was
the popular hostess. Later Oil when
Martin Van Buren was out of office
he tried to marry all old maid oT his
home town in New York State, but she
kicked him over the fence.
This Singleton Plantation has been
in the hands of Hamers and Scar*
boroughs, but they couldn't make the
grade and the last pocketed M thou#*
and dollars of Uncle Sam's and our
easy boodle. What is still more eurprisfng
is that the famous "True
Blue" plantation of thia county la now
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evidently high.
It seems that wherever possible a
public roadjs built through the property.
This probably explanis why a ,
new highway now courses through '
True Blue; by. the WPA.
It crosses the Southern Railroad on i
I the far side of the slave Quarter and
' goes on by the Bob Claffy place, now
owned by Henry Wlenges, and 6a out
to the Fort MotteSt Matthews sand
hill road by Preference."
Another argument In favor of oar
living in a new and socialized era? ,
Calhoun Times. 1
Boy Aeckfentgfly Electrocuted
Frank Roae Adaius,' about is years *
of age, of the Ashwood community,
was accidentally electrocuted at about
4:36 P. M. Tuesday afternoon at the j
home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. 1
William A. Adams,, at Ashwood.. 1
From all Information available It
seems that a washing machine was ,
being used In the back yard of the ,
'Adams home and that a cord was run
from -a plug or socket In the house <
to furnish power. Part of the cord
was lying in a puddle of water and
the Negro woman who was doing the
washing Is said to have disconnected
the cord at the washing machine. The
hoy reached down Into the water to
get the cord and carry it Into the
house and was Immediately struck
down with about 220 volts of electricity.
He was rushed to a doctorr in
Blshopvllle but died on the way.rBishopvllle
Messenger.
Bound travels more than four times
Aster m water than in gfe r
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pour Brothers Play
In Fort Dix Bands ,
Ptco of Them Are Leaders,
Others Are Tooters.
FORT DIX, N. J,?The most nu- J
nerous brother combination in the
4th division ure the musically-in- 1
lined four brothers llladik, wt\o 1
vere all it* the 104th Engineers band, >
>ut now are divided between that j
>and and the 105th Field Artillery |
>and which was organized last sunv ]
nef.
Warrant Officer Joseph llladik,
he oldest of the four, a resident of
..ittlp Ferry, has led the 165th band
lince its organization and before
hat was assistant band lender in
he 104th, He served eight years
n the 104th and before that was a
member of the 1st Field artillery
and 9th Coast artillery, New York
National Guard outilts.
Joseph, who plays almost every
instrument, as do his brothers, majors
with the trombone and violin,
and before induction was instructor
for three juvenile bands.
The 104th Engineers band is led
by Warrant Officer Charles A. Hlad- ,
Ik of Garfield, who has been in the
outfit since 1931 and band leader for
seven years. Charles is an army
and navy veteran, having served
with the navy as bandsman from
1912 to 1916 and when the United
States entered the World war as a
Coast Artillery bandsman in the
regular army at Fort Hancock. The
most versatile of the brothers, he
specializes in the trumpet.
The third brother, Technical Sergeant
Frank Hladik, joined the
104th on April 13, 1932, and transferred
to the 165th when it was organized.
He specializes in the clarinet,
saxophone and flute but can
play several other instruments.
Private George Hladik of Clifton,
the fourth brother, joined the 104th
the same time as Frank and plays
the trombone. He also plays the
trumpet and drums.
Automobile Upholsterer
'Chews' 14,000,000 Tacks
TOLEDO, OHIO. ? Meet Emil
Goede, "the man with a three-ring
circus on his tongue," who for 30
fears has worked'with lour different
kinds of tacks in his mouth, a chaw
of tobacco and now and then a swig
of coda pop.
Emil is,an upholsterer in the Willys-Overland
automobile plant here
?a job which he has held since 1907
?and during the last three decades
nearly 14,000,000 tacks have passed
from his mouth to the tip of his
small tack hammer. The trick, he
explains, is to keep each kind of
tack in a different part of the mouth
?one type in each cheek, a third
nestling against the roof of the
mouth, and the fourth between the
lower teeth and lip.
He says the millions of tacks that
have paSsed through his mouth have
hardened his tongue a little?"which
doesn't niatter"?but he isn't sure
that the dozen or so which he's swallowed
have hardened his stomach.
Goede started mouthing taeks in
the furniture upholstering business in
Grand Rapids, then came to Toledo
when the automobile business started
to grow.
He is the dean of "tackers" at the
plant, but there's real competition
at the next work bench in the person
of Mrs. Verba Johnson. "I don't
chew tobacco," Mrs. Johnson remarked,
"but I do a pretty good job
with gum."
As for the rest of the employees
on the assembly line, they just smile
and say: "Goede's one gent who has
a real 4tacks"-problem."
Abandoned Ship Reaches
Dock Under Own Power
LONDON.?Without a crew on
board, and with the engines still running,
a ship was found by villagers
berthed safely in a deep water Inlet
within a few inches of dangerous
rocks.
They informed the lifeboat authorities,
and an amazing story of the
sea was revealed.
The ship had been set on fire,
and the crew had abandoned., her.
They did not even stop to lake their
personal belongings, and wallets
containing money were found qn
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The vessel continued with the engine
running slowly, while the,Are
burned itself out. The vessel hatd
traveled about 60 miles.
Japanese Firm Making - c;
Gasoline From Sardines
TOKYO. ? The manufacture oft
gasoline from sardines, was an4
notmced by the Japanese High JTre3
uency Industry company _ 'after
lengthy experiments.
It said preparations were uhdSr
way to produce sardine gasoline on
a large scale by summer. . .
No details of the process were disclosed
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Depositors Fail to
Claim $100,000 in Bank
ST. LOUIS.?St. Louisans may
be frugal with their money, but
they also are forgetful about it.
The annual report of unclaimed
deposits to the t?ate finance department?required
by law eadh
year?shows nearly $100,000 lying
unclaimed Ju 8L Louie banks
One bank reported $60,111.00 unclaimed.
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Nobody's Business
Written for The Chronicle by Qee
McOoe, Copyright, 1928.
FLAT ROCK CELEBRATES
THE FOURTH
~d?\ hflbbert gwen, our local Assioan
md drug-stoar-lat, gave a big Ash-fry
it hla camp on jhonaon's crook July
ho fourth, ho Invited all of Ills
fiends aa well aa a good mutiny folks
.vho owe him paat duo doctor billa.
lorno folka think thut lila hah fry la a
preliminary to dr. green's entry Into
pollittcka. but hla wife aaya he Just
gave It out of the goodness of hla hart
ansoforth.
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?the tlah coil Id not be ketched In the
creek, aa dr. green first auapoaed. so
ho sent to tlio county seat and bought
a nice chance of all kinds of the tinny
tribe, hla assortment contained mudcats.
sand-cats, blue-cats, brims, mullets,
sword tlah, eels, gold tlah and,
a few fresh waiter trouts. they were
all fried In the same pan and they
taattnl exactly alike. In oilier words,
you diddent know whether you were
eating shads or suckers, holsuui
moore says he saw the fry er drop a
mud-turklo into the brtJw.
?this was a flue party aa no speeches
were made, yore corry spondont said
grace and allso aung a few tunca for
the crowd and was Jined in his chorus
now and then, miss Jennie veevo
smith was the life of the gathering,
she done a few impersonations and
the skirt dnnco and a few twists of
the rumba, rev. will wulte was pressent,
so she and one of the others
went vorry far?with their propriety
ansowforth.
?dr. green aald that he mought make
this an annual affair and havo It every
year. nir. slim ohnnee, sr. got vorry
sick after eating alfbut 17 different
Ashes, he said Ash had newer made
him 111 bofoar and he laid It to the
Ice-tea being too strong, he drank only
|6 gobblers of it though, and that
was not enough to harm him verry
much. dr. green had his tool chlst
and meddison cabbinot along and he
gave him 3 dostes of stuff and he was
able to bobble borne under his own
power, three chairs for dr. green!
yores trulie,
mike lark, rfd,
corry spondent.
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WHAT 18 A COMMUNI8T NOW7
deer mr. eddilor:?
the germans always Aght so fast
they will possibly capture russla by
the time you recefve this letter, we
have a communist In our midst who
la verry badly worried about everything.
he stood by germanny and
russla till germanny Jumped on'-russla
and he Is now about to make'up
his mind that It mought be Just as
well for him to become an amerlcan.
he broke loose last night and said?
"thenr~2 skunks, hitler and stallin,
slept together as buddies, .but now
they have fallen out: you can't always
tell about skunks."
this local communist of ours, san
sonvltskl, Is not so verry bad. ho
has a little stoar here and sells whiskey
and wine and beer, but the poleesman
says he has acted plumb legal
all the way thru, he says he was
Imported from russla right after the
workl war, and he thinks he should
stapd by his mommer country, he
diddent like the kazer and he diddent
like kerensky and he diddent like
linln, but he thought, trotsky was a
great man, but him and trotsky were
both shipped off when joe stalin drifted
in.
sam, that's his amerlcan name
which he took up hlsself because noboddy
could pronounce his russlan
name, has been in sympathy with
the strikers and john lewis and harry
bridges and all of the known communist,
but ho says now that If the
communists keep on causing strikes
that u. s. can't help his russla and
he Is betwixt hitler and the deep blue
sea. ft mought be a good Idea, so
earn says, for the n. s. to begin Chip-"
ping communisteo back to russla, as
fast as .posgihlo to help her .whip
germanny. uncle sam can spare at
least 60,000 and fee would clean up
his work-shops at the 'same time..
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This step hy germanny is gome to
be mighty hard On our lcy-latlonkt*.
they hare to change their flat form ao
often now-a-dajs it really looks like
a new flatform, the "america first"
headquarters are verrjTBtezy trying
to, explain just what theyj mean bow
when they say "america , first". mr.
sonrltskt sent them a contribution -notlong,
>|o, but he #111 give to the u. s.
o. instead from nbw on.
? yores trqlle,
v mike burk, rffi.
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A year's mean for .100,000 CCO
boys^nclude^U^O0 steers,
OOO' pounds of pork.
Factory sales of oars and trad# ta
the United States u In April; t?rt
estimated at 460,000 units.
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