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Culls Nation's'S
Vital in Emergency
Use of Mineral Springs in
Europe Is Cited.
ALBANY, N. Y.?Mineral springs
at the nation's spas are a potentially
important link In United States military
preparedness to maintain high
soldier and civilian workers' health
and to hasten casualty recoveries,
according to Dr. Walter S. McClellan,
director of the Saratoga spa.
Dr. McClellnn, also an Albany
Medical college associate professor,
, believes the nation may wisely lift
a page from Germany's pioneering
military organization, in which famous
watering places, such as
Baden-Baden and Carlsbad, have
been established as important centers
for treatment of joint injuries
and infections arising frequently
from war injuries. They plso are
used as "vacation resorts" for soldiers
of the line to keep them physically
fit.
"Medical preparedness does not
pertain alone to the health or treatment
of disease in our colleagues in
military service," he said. "It must
include a consideration of what can
be done for our entire population
living and working under increased
conditions of speed and stress.
Particularly, it will apply to the
worker in industry, transportation or
other lines, or to the executive in
charge of these branches."
There is adequate domestic medical
personnel already available at
nearly all the six spas in New. York
state to direct an enlarged program
of treatment for soldiers on furlough
as well as casualties, Dr. McClellan
estimated. ^
He said that a glance at reports
from all parts of Europe indicated
that in all war-torn countries the
importance of the spa is recognized
and every effort is made to utilize
these resources in the face of
emergencies.
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Indian Speech Is Seen
Trumped as War 'Code*
TULSA, OKLA. Government
agents in this Indian country aren't
overly optimistic that the Indian
languages are going to be very helpful
to the army signal corps in the
transmission of secret messages.
The reason is that they don't believe
the Indian language and dialects
would fool enemy agents any
more.
Twelve Comanche Indians are being
trained at Fort Benning, Ga.,
to work as relay men for the signal
corps. The Indians are supposed to
relay messages to each other on the
telephone in their native tongue?a
gasping, grunting language which
relatively few persons outside the
Comanche tribe are supposed to understand.
The trick worked in the latter
months of the first World war. Wire
tappers were amazed to hear on
their telephones a kind of gibberish
the like of which they had never
encountered. Federal men aren't so
sure it would work nowadays.
G-men here admitted that someone
may have "pulled a fast one."
Several months ago, a crew of "scientists"
came to Oklahoma, home
of countless Indian 'languages and
dialects, and worked for weeks, recording
the various tongues with a
portable transcription machine.
Since then, authenticity of the
"scientists" and "students" who accompanied
them has been questioned.
Some sources believe the
men may have been recording Indian
languages to meet just such an
eventuality as planned bv the signal
cor ps.
Science Churns Wind to
Shame Any Hurricane ;
DAYTON. ? Aviation experts at
the army air corps' experiment station
at Wright field soon will conduct
thc.r rest arch aided by a manmade
wind with a force of 25 times
greater than a hurnearv.
Fan blades the size of small airplane
wings, driven by a 40.000
horsepower electric motor. w:l! create
the blast in which model planes
will be tested under "flight ' conditions.
Construction of the fans?winch
will require six months? presented
unusual problems to Wright field engineers.
N'o existing propel!, r plant
had facilities for making the 18
foot blades, and defense production
schedules made it inqxissihle for 'lie
factories to consider the Wright field
project.
As a result. the fans are t" be
built i f prime Washington spruce j
wood ! v a crow ? !' 3t> earpt titers ;
and pattern maker-. The wcrkrv.cn j
w .11 make i'2 \ la lc< ! r use :u the ;
v.and tunnel a i ( v rr p f r
j
spar- -. I
A fa., -ia- i 1 lade w ... w< ;gh 1.500
P?>ur.ds, t; e met.ii !a:ir, 58.2 /0 !
pounds. C -mbint r weight of the
two far-, which wni operate simul- I
tancously during t< -!.rg. will bo j
1i>4.4l,0 pou:u;>.
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Shepherd Dog Finds
Flock That Scares Him
ST I.OITS A shrpkeru d> g
came ta h school h< re and
found u .i p r: fyuig experience. t
There wu re hundreds of boys j
and g>ri.-> in a bewildering confu- i
sion cf noise and bustle.
Frightened, the dog raced .nto
a second-doer mom nnd leaped
from a window to the sidewalk
below, breaking a front leg.
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Correcting Cro??-Eye
Condition in Childrei
Cross-eye can be corrected in tla
large majority of instances if com
potently treated early enough. Koi
the parents of children who have
thiv condition--and there are many
of them?this fact should be reassur
lug. That the condition can he rectified
is, of course, a challenge to
the responsibility of parents. Crosseye
is no simple eye disturbance
which can wait indefinitely for treatment,
or which corrects itself in
time, Dr. Herman N. Bundcscn,
president of the Chicago Board of
Health, recently stated.
If cross-eye is recognized in the
child in his early years, it may
possibly be corrected by the use of
proper glasses and exercise. In
some cases, operation is necessary.
But if the condition is allowed to
persist without anything being done
about it, cross-eye becomes more
difficult to treat, and the chances
for correction ure not so good.
To see properly, we need both
eyes. Normal eyes adjust themselves,
so that the two together see
a single image. Automatically,
each eye tilts in toward the object
seen. When both eyes together are
not able to see a cleur image, then
the child learns to use one eye only.
The other eye is the crossed eye.
It moves, up or down or sideways.
In time, unless treated properly,
this eye goes out of use entirely,
and it may even become blind.
Cross-eye is usually detected when
the child is about two years old.
American Made China
Among Finest in World
American-made china and dinnerware
is rapidly taking Its place
among the finest in the world.
China factories that ran half capacity
up to the last few years are
now running 95 per cent capacity.
Two years ago 51 per cent of the
dinnerware used in this country was
imported; now only 21 per cent is
imported. Inexpensive English dinnerware
has almost disappeared
from the market, for that type of
American-made dinnerware* is now
equal to the English in quality and
decoration. Well-known *" English
makes, of course, such as Wedg wood
and Spode, are still in demand,
but the cheaper "everyday"
dinnerware on the market is now
almost entirely American-made.
At least seven factories in the
United States are now making china
?really fine china. One of these
factories is using the molds and patterns
from Limoges, France, so that
it is not difficult to duplicate or to
fill in the fine Haviland patterns of
30 years ago.
Learn Music With Feet
Whenever learning can be made
into an exciting game, the pupils
go ahead very quickly. With this
thought in mind, Arthur C. Zahorik,
music teacher in Milwaukee, Wis.,
recently rigged up a large electrical
device that lies flat on the floor and
resembles two octaves of a piano
keyboard, with black and white
keys. The right note sounds whenever
a key is stepped on. The pupils
call out the chords they are going
to play, recite the different notes and
then step them off on this device,
hopscotch fashion. Although the feet
do most of the work, pupils treading
the keyboard train their ears
to detect discords. With this device,
Zahorik says, a whole class can
learn in two weeks what might
otherwise take two or three months.
An electrically charged brass strip
runs along the outer edge. Beneath
each key is a brass pin that sends
current to a small electromagnet
when the feet press the over-size
keys. That forces another pin
against the tuning bar, sounding a
r.ote.
Extreme Heat Not Unhealthy
If an extreme heat of lt>0 to 130
degrees Fahrenheit is the most that
the average man can stand for any
length of time, then the men who
work in the Comstock silver mines
in Nevada?the hottest mines in the
world?are to be pitied.
The shafts and galleries of these
mines are over 250 miles long, more
than 3,000 feet deep, and at the 2,700
foot level the temperature of water
is 153 degrees and the air is 126
degrees. In another shaft the temperature
rises to 170 degrees, and
the men can work in it for only 10
or 15 minutes at a time.
The temperature in Death Valley,
California, runs up to 140 degrees rr,
the shade?just a nice place for one
of these .-.Ivor minors to sit down
and cool i if.
But ?>(,? < { the hottest jobs belongs
to s* kers on Oycan-going
stea:n>!.,{ Th.i > -novel coa| close
by a th.i i mot? >-ti r ?! at indicates 16C
to lull degra t-s. ar. 1 .n addition they
get th?- >nr.\ el.n.g. d.rtct heat from
the fuir.'u'- s n;,. y. t they dc
net seen" u-.kcr.:t' y. .it..! thousands
of them make a business i.f crossing
the Atlantic earning their living
in ti c ! ulcr room.
Dachshund
The da -kr-kund ifreni the German
dai lis, h.i !ger. and hund. dog) has
been Valued a \? k rg 'big since
the M Lb-. . " - It ;v.V-" ."uetl -Aitl*
very cport U " at ? ou'd work
its " ;.y <-.4- \ : * an i n:t of fo>
ami 1- i i i<. r nolo.
The da. ! I ur.d is a ffm t innate
playful u .hgi-nt. and courageous
The sieLK. ort coat dues net shed
and. a? he f e> no! ha\e 13 O.. th<
queer little creature makes an ideal
house dog.
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U. S. NAVY RECRUITING OFFICER PRESENTS
APPLICANT WITH NEW "BADGE OF HONOR"
,
COMMANDER F. K. O'BRIEN, of the U?S. Navy Recruiting
Service, is shown here placing the new Navy "Radge of Honor"
on the lapel of an applicant for enlistment in the Navy. (Radge
shown above at right.) Alb ambitious young men who apply
for service in Uncle Sam's "Two-ocean" Navy, whether accepted
or not, are givon this new badge as a mark of their patriotism.
To learn of the many opportunities the Navy and the Naval
Reserve offer, local men of 17 years and over can get the official
illustrated free booklet, "Life in the Navy," from this newspaper's
Naw Editor.
MEIN KAMPF
This in Hitler's book of a thousand
pages. It has made him big rich.
He Is the devil Incarnate, but curiosity
induced us to peruse it and see what
he has to say about his putrid carcass.
There Is not a page breathing any
high and decent principles. It Is
plain that he Is a man of no character.
Thre^ texts may bo laid down from
wvhich flow his preachments: 1?war;
2?deadly Jew hatred; 3?revenge for
the Versailles Peace Treaty.
Luckily for the reader there are
notes In parenthoses all the way, to
answer Hitler's lies. This writer,
whether Gentllo or Jew, gives no
name, but he Js evidently thoroughly
posted on Hitler's record and German
conditions. We will call him
Sam. As Hitler has every open enemy
shot, Sam is wise not to show his
colors. Put he knows Hitler from top
to bottom. There is not a line that
is not advocating war, and teaching
even the little school boys military i
tactics. Yet Sam says that during
the Wilson war, Hitler was only a
messenger carrier and that it is still
a deep secret how the "Iron Cross"
was conferred on htm.
In his first election for Chancellor
of Germany, he was beaten a million
votes. Later he made such a howl about
saving Germany from the communists
and bolshevists, and how he
would get revenge for the rotten
peace treaty, the people fell for him
and made him dictator.
He has made a special war upon the
Lutheran church, the strongest in
Germany, and has about put it out of
business. Sam says that over 12u0
preachers have gone to jail, and many
died in concentration camps.
Kvery page is smeared with hatred
of the Jews. He charges them with
every crlne?even polluting the strain
of the Aryan race. After stealing
their money, boycotting them, and
running them off. Sams says that it
was after they had done their .-hare
of the lighting. In tln? tirst W?cld
War. Sam quotes these official
records: There were 550.000 Jews in
Germany. Of these lOO.nou donned
the uniform fully equal to the fentile
ratio. 12,nun were wounded or
killed. 3f>,uo0 were decorated for
bravery and 23,"00 promoted. Of the
1?!5 aviators. 33 were killed in action.
Hitler had a sterilization law enacted,
and 200.OOo operations in about
2 years. Sam says that most of
these were for political and racial
reasons.
He urges the "pure mother" to the
task of raising cannonfodder, and then 1
admits that Germany is breeding lJke j
rats, one million increase every year.'
His cure for over-population is war.
Blatantly advocates living in the,
"shadow of the sword".
"Might makes right," he asserts and
Germany must gobble up the small
kingdoms, too weak to fight. How j
England could have been reported as |
Ignorant of Hitler's plans for war is
a mystery, as he admits boldly in this '
book published some 'years before
this last conflict broke out that war j
is the only hope for Germany's place J
in the Sun. He claims that Germany (
has the best government and best ad-.
mJnistQJ'ed iu the world, and that,
other nations are copy-cats of Germany.
That her plow must be helped
with the sword in order to put Germany
on an equality with the best.
That is why Germany is hated by
tlie rest of the world. This is why
England and America would never
bo an ally with Germany.
Strange to say, he has little to say
against either, except briefly to tell
how England lias grabbed a fourth
of the earth's surface.
Of course the book was written before
Germany had France under her
thumb, but he is bitter against -her.
That if France is not checked, it will
poison the Aryan race and make out
of Europe an African Mulatto race.
Hitler s vials of wrath are specially
uncorked against Russia. That the
Soviet government of Russia, ruled
by Jews, and compounded of "parasites.
liars, treaty breakers, spawns of
hell, devils, Beelzebubs, and bolshevists."
Needless to say that these are .lust
some lights of this book, filled to overflowing
with venom, wickedness and
meanness.
Hitler is a rotten egg. and we look
upon him as the worst menace to
world peace and decency; But we are
still of the unalterable opinion that
this country should not stick its fork
into sm li a dung-heap, and repeat the
crime of sending our soldiers again to
fight their wars.
Roosevelt and his warmongers, if
allowed free rein by Congress, will
force us to bid farewell to Democracy,
solvency and a decent government ?
Calhoun Times.
A popular sport in central Asia in
recent years is to hunt with golden
eagles, which have been trained to
latch foxes, wolves, antelopes, and
wild goats.
Second Week
Common Pleas
The following Jurors wore drawn
Tuseday to servo for the second week
of court of common pleas which convenes
on Monday, November 10, with
Judge J. Henry Johnson, of Allendale,
presiding:
N. L, Hilly, Otis M. Watts, Henry T.
Horton, O. O, Stogner, Arthur C. Frost,
W. L. Sanders, Noal W. Seegars,. of
Camden; Sam Johnson, George R.
Cook, T. G. JOnes, K. K. Gregory,
Arthur Dowers, C, W. Heglar, H. A.
Elliott, D H. Kaulkonberry, Hoyce
Faulkenberry, Frank Jones, Joseph
Williams, J. B. Mosoley, H. W. Seegars,
Henry P. Vincent, Leroy
Humphries, Jesse C. Owens, E. J.
Catoe, W. F. Bird. L. I). Ogburn, of
Kershaw; W. M. Peak, J. B. Williams,
j. w. Wilson, W. 1). Klrkluud, of
Lugoff | F. C. Humphries, of Cassatt;
j. C. Hoffman, of Rldgeway; Talmadge
Joyner, Wade Mangum, of Bethune;
B. T. Vincent, XV. P. Owens,
of Westvllle.
Famous Baseball
Writer In Camden
Ski Mercer, dean of American baseball
writers, and whoso writings of the
affairs of the New York Yankees have
graced the pages of sport history for
over thirty years, Is a guest of his
(laughter, Mrs. Davis O. Harrington,
wife of Lieutenant Harrington, aide
to Colonel William Ganoe of the First
Army Public Relations headquarters.
The Harrington's are occupying a cottage
on the Ward Belcher plantation,
known as Horse Branch hal}.
When the memorial trophy, honoring
the late Lou Gehrig, was presonted at
a formal gathering last July 4th, It
was Sid Mercer who made the presentation.
Mr. Mercer will be in Camden for
two weeks. He is to be the guest of
honor at the polo game to be played
next Sunday.
Revival at Second Presbyterian
A revival will be held at the Second
Presbyterian church Sunday night,
October 26, at 7 o'clock and continuing
through October SI, conducted by
Rev. M. E. Hargrave, of Salisbury, N.
C., a colored woman evangelist. The
following choirs are invited to be
present and furnish music: Tuesday
night Sardls Baptist church;
Wednesday night, Second Baptist
church; Thursday night, Mt. Moriah
Baptist church; Friday night, Edwards
Chapel A. M.. E. Zion church.
The public is invited.?T. D. James,
Clerk; Rev. W. E. Houston, Pastor.
Dancing Party For
Soldiers Nice Affair
(Continued from first page!
opportunity for all visiting soldiers
to get a hot bath. Arrangements have
been made to have the soldiers bring
their own towels and soap.
Music for the dance was provided
by the orchestra from the 109 Coast
Artillery band located at the public
relations headquarters. During the
evening members of the 114th infantry
band came to the hall and took over
for the other band members so that
they might dance with the Camden
maidens.
The hostesses for the evening were
gratified at the fine manner in which
Canulen greeted the visiting soldiers.
Fear that there would not be sufficient
girls for the dance were dispelled
at about 9:30 when some eigthy
had gathered to take part in tho evening
program of entertainment.
The armory was prettily decorated
with crepe paper streamers while the
orchestra was located on a dlas at the
north end of the auditorium. During
the present week the floor is to be
waxed and made more comfortable for
the dancers.
WANT ADS?The little fellows with
the Big Pulling Power.
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Smart Styling Keynotes New Chevrolet
Distinguished styling, characterized by a new maaeiveness,
marks the new- 1942 Chevrolet, introduced to the
motoring public today. Shown above is the Special De Luxe
Sport Sedan, a roomy, luxurious, six-passenger model. A
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new grille treatment, with integral parking lights, and the
smart new elongated front fender, which sweeps bade into
and opens with the front door, are design highlights.
Interior appointments are in the modern mode.
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Piano With 'Solo Voice'
It Popular Instrument
Nine out of 10 pianists?from thu
banging menace to the finger,
ripping charmer ? have wished at
some point during their key thump,
ing. careers that they had an or.
cheBtra to accompany them. Weil
now they can have. And right in
their own home, too.
A recently invented musical ad.
Junct for the piano which goes un. ,
der the name "solovox" can do almost
everything in the way of re.
producing harmonious and varied
sounds except sing to you. Tell it
(by Angering its piano-like key.
board) to "take the melody" and it
becomes your instrument soloist.
You accompany its theme on the
piano.
The "solovox" is a miniature 36- ,
keyboard which attaches to the'
1 right-hand side and below the regular
keyboard of any piano?upright
or grand. The position of the "solo.vox"
keyboard allows the pianist to
use his right thumb to "pick out"
the desired solovox?i. e., solo voice
?while leaving his left hand and
right fingers for the piano accompaniment.
In a manner somewhat similar to
an organ's reproduction of various
' orchestra--instruments, the solo
voice can be, alternately, a violin,
saxophone, flute, horn and so on. Unlike
an organ, however, i.t will not
play chords. No matter how many
keys are depressed only one note
will sound at one time.
The solovox's complex mechanism
was the brain child of Laurens
Hammond, inventor of that musical
parrot and jack of all musical
trades?the novachord.
Footless Bed No Novelty,
Sty Furniture Creators
The footless bed is here to stay. .
Once a novelty, it has constantly
increased in popularity to the point
where the once essential footboard
seems doomed to extinction. And
bedrooms look the better for it, too.
Such a wide variety of beds of this
type are now available that one can
be found to fit almost any require- .
ment. Whether your room is mod
era or whether it is planned along "
traditional lines, there is a footless
bed with a headboard to flt into your
decorative scheme.
The attractive upholstered headboards,
and those covered with slipcovers,
lend a bright note of color
to the room. Some interior decora
tors match the headboard upholster- j
ing to the drapery. Others use it j
to offer a pleasing note of contrast.
Now wooden headboards in at- <
tractive designs are coming into --~fl
popularity. In standard shades of
walnut, mahogany and maple they
will match the chest and vanity you
now have in your bedroom. A num
ber of these were featured at th? 1
midwinter furniture markets.
Still a third type of headboard I
offered to the public are those with
upholstered panels, which offer in- I
triguing possibilities to the home
decorator. The central panel is I
supplied upholstered in white mus- I
lin. All you need to do is stretch 9
material of your own selection over
this panel, hold it in place with a 9
thumb tack or two and replace the 1
panel in the frame of the headboard I
where it is held by little metal clips. . 9
No More Barred Cages
Barred cages no longer obstruct
the view of visitors to New Yorks
zoo; they And themselves strolling 9
on an African plain populous with . .
lions, antelope, giraffes, ostriches a
and zebras. African drums throb
in the background. ." .Broad moats, j
cunningly camouflaged, separate
spectators from animals and lions j
from grass-eaters. |
The old signs, "Don't Feed the
Animals," are gone, and for five
cents a bag the public may buy \
scientifically prepared food for 12
varieties of animals at vending ma- ,
chines. Four thousand pounds of
flsh a month are used at the zoo, j
most of it for the sea lions, and an
attendant beside their pool now sells
butterflsh at five cents each. Two
of the sea lions always stay on j
the far side of tfre popl; if a visitor
can throw a flsh so accurately that m
one of them catches it, he gets a
free fish to throw.
Scale Weighs Postage Stamp
"Split-second" scales, which can
weigh the impact of a falling postage
stamp or the force of a 2,500pound
weight with equal accuracy,
are being used at the University of
Washington in secret aviation testa
for the United States army. The
scales, which record forces which
strike an airplane in flight, were
invented by Prof. F. S. Eastman,
university aeronautical engineer.
They are used in testing airplane
parts in the university wind tunnel
on the campus. When stresses are
placed on airplane parts, the scales ?
contact, an electric coil. The force
is indicated in pounds and registered
immediately on dials and
gauges.
Stricter Border Rules Enforced _
American tourists leaving the
United States for short or extended
trips into Canada or Mexico are advised
by the National Automobile
club to carry with them some evidence
of citizenship to facilitate
their re-entry into the United States.
Although regulations at present do
not require! such documentary
proof, conditions are such that it ij
a good precaution. Aliens should
carry their pa?porta ot if naturalised,
their aKt?aatyip paper**