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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C„ FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1938
ADVENTURERS* CLUB
HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES
OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF!
“The Door of Death”
By FLOYD GIBBONS
Famous Headline Hunter
H ello everybody:
Well, boys and girls, this is the pay-off. A bird who had
an adventure—in church. I’ve always known that Old Lady
Adventure was no respecter of persons. Now it seems that she
doesn’t respect the cloth either.
Henry B. Willson of New York city is the lad who found adventure
down at the end of the old sawdust trail. “As a boy,” Henry says, “I
had more than my share of particular escapes, but one in particular
has left such a scar on my memory as time will never efface. Anything
even today, that represents confinement—anything from a small room to
a tight collar—throws me into a panic.”
Well, there’s a curious reaction. The minute I started reading
Hank Willson’s letter—the minute I hit that opening paragraph of
his, I wanted to know what sort of a scare it was that would make
a man go nuts over a tight collar. And I guess you boys and
girls will want to know, too. So here’s the story.
When Poles Prepared for Invasion
Hank Used Kerosene to Start the Fire.
Hank was raised—as they say down South—in a little village in
Georgia that went by the name of Cedartown. And like most kids did
in small towns in those days, he worked around at various odd jobs to
earn his spending money. Hank’s dad was the pastor of a church in
town, and one winter Hank had the job of taking care of the church
furnace.
Now there are probably a million ways of starting a fire, but Hank’s
plan was to throw a bunch of paper in the furnace, chuck a lot of wood in
on top of that, and then saturate the whole business with kerosene.
It’s a darned good way to get a blaze going quickly, but some horrible
things have happened to people who used kerosene too freely in places
where it was never meant to be used.
In fact, a very horrible thing DID happen—to Hank.
Hank built fires in the old church perhaps two dozen times—always
The Fire Blazed Up on the Instant.
in that one particular way of his. And then he built one that brought Old
Lady Adventure down on him like a ton of bricks.
Early one Sunday morning, Hank got up, put on an old sweater, and
started out to do his job. He tossed in an armful of crumpled news
papers, and followed that with a couple armfuls of wood. He poured
the kerosene on, giving the furnace an exceptionally liberal dose. Then,
with a box of matches in one hand, he stuck his head and shoulders in
through the furnace door to arrange the wood so that it would be sure
to take fire quickly.
Caught in a Blazing Trap.
So far, everything was all right. But it was the matcnes that
did the damage. You know, when you’ve got a box of matches in
your hand, it’s the most natural thing in the world to light one.
You do it automatically—absent-mindedly.
Well—Hank doesn’t know what got into him, or where his wits were
at the moment, but before he knew what he was doing, he had lit a
match and—WITH HIS HEAD AND SHOULDERS STILL STICKING
HALFWAY THROUGH THE FURNACE DOOR—applied that match to
the kerosene-soaked wood and paper.
The fire blazed up in an instant. Hank’s first reaction was to jerk
his head and shoulders back out of the furnace door. He tried to do
just that—but it didn’t work. His sweater had caught on the catch of
the furnace door, and though he fought like mad to draw back out of
the way of the spreading flames, he couldn’t work himself free.
Hank screamed. But his screams were so muffled by the furnace
that no one in the street heard him. Meanwhile the fire was getting hot
ter—and closer. Hank’s face was beginning to cook. His sweater
caught fire and broke into a blaze. Death was leering at him through
the flames that licked and lapped at his body.
“It was the most horrible fate I could imagine,” Hank says.
“And it was happening to me.”
Fox Terrier Gave the Alarm.
About that time, though, Hank became conscious that there was some
sort of commotion going on behind him. A little fox terrier had come
wandering in through the open cellar door, and the dog seemed to
know that something was wrong. He started to yelp and whine, and
run back and forth between the furnace and the cellar door.
Early on a Sunday morning, when no one was about, that yelping
little dog might easily have gone unnoticed. But fate had decreed other
wise, it seems, and down the street came an old negro. The old fellow
was curious to see what strange happenings would make a dog act so
at a time when most dogs are asleep, and he stuck his head in the cellar
door.
That old fellow got the shock of his life. For what he saw was a
furnace burning merrily, and a half portion of an eight-year-old boy stick
ing out of the door. He grabbed Hank by the legs, yanked him out, and
slapped out the fire that was consuming his sweater.
Hank’s hair was all burned off, and his face and hands were
in a well-cooked condition. Two minutes more, and it wouldn’t
have been any use bothering with him.
That’s why he doesn’t like confinement. Even a tight collar re
minds him of that furnace door.
Copyright.—WNU Service.
Well equipped, well-drilled, these steel-belmeted Polish troops were photographed at Bydyosoz recently as
they marched past their commander in chief, General Smigly-Rydz. Soon afterward they were rushed to the
Lithuanian border to enforce a Polish ultimatum. When Lithuania capitulated the world breathed easier as
a threat of war was removed.
New Star Is Born
A new star looms in the baseball world, as Mrs. Joe Medwick, Wife
of the St. Louis Cardinal star presents their new son, Joseph Michael,
in his first photograph. Note the baby’s first plaything gift from his
famous father. Mother is holding it.
One-Legged Kegler
in ABC Tournament
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Carl R. Steinke, bowler from Pe
kin, 111., can polish off the maples
better than many keglers, despite
his handicap of having only one leg.
He demonstrated that at the ABC
meet at Chicago, when he rolled
games of 125-122-104. He averages
higher than that during the regular
season.
First Lady Breaks
Ground for Exhibit
at 1939 Exposition
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, who
was guest of honor at the dedication
and ground breaking for the Fed
eral building for the 1939 Golden
Gate International exposition in San
Francisco. Here she is shown de
livering her address after which she
rode in a flower bedecked tractor to
break the ground.
Tornado Plays Freak Tricks
Property damage estimated at a million dollars and the loss of aim
lives were the toll of a tornado that swept through Belleville, 111., re
cently. This picture shows an automobile owner looking at his wrecked
car. Note the piece of wood that went all the way through the tire.
Cavalry, Old-Fashioned and Modern
Speed of Birds
The Baltimore oriole makes 26
miles an hour, as does the black
duck. The sharp - tailed grouse
makes 33 and the robin 36 miles an
hour. Pigeon fanciers will be in
terested to know that an authority
puts the speed of the homing pig
eon at 45 miles, but the starling
makes 51. The eagle flies a mile a
minute and so does the mallard and
the Canada goose. The pheasant
is in the same class, but the canvas-
back, that prime prize of sportsmen,
must be taken at 72 miles oh the
wing.
Early Prize Fighting Rules
Under the London ring rules a
round in prize fighting ended
when a man was knocked, fell or
was thrown to the ground. Some
rounds lasted many minutes, others
only a second or two.
Tropacocaine, a Drug
Tropacocaine is a drug having the
general anesthetic and mydriatic
qualities of cocaine. It is an alka
loid and is extracted from a small
leaved variety of coca growing in
Java.
Time Affects Ancient Pyramids
Of the seven wonders of the an
cient world, the pyramids of Egypt
alone have defied time and the de
structiveness of conquering armies.
There is probably no other man
made structure in existence that will
outlive these sanctuaries of the
Pharaohs which were built by mas
ter engineers. The largest pyramid,
Khufu or Cheops, contains 2,300,000
blocks of stone, each weighing about
2% tons. Originally it was 481 feet
high, but due to age and long ex
posure to the elements its height
has been cut to about 450 feet.
Jud Tunkins’ Idea of Fame
Jud Tunkins says fame just nat
urally comes to some people.
George Washington got more credit
for chopping a cherry tree than
anybody else could get for breaking
up a cord of wood.
Chronometers Corrected at Sea
The eclipses of Jupiter’s moons,
which occur daily, are computed
and recorded in the Nautical Al
manac, and it is through observa
tions of them that chronometers arv
corrected at sea.
A strange scene during recent maneuvers of the French army. The old style cavalry is shown moved
off the road (left) to give the right of way to cavalry’s mechanized successor, swift-moving and hard-hitting
armored cars. Scenes like this are being duplicated today as France prepares her war machine for any
thing that may happen about her troubled frontiers.
A HOUSE dress with long slen
der lines, a dress and apron
for little girls, and a popular bo
lero frock for slim young figures!
You will certainly want one of
these, and more likely will want
all three. With each pattern, you
receive a complete and detailed
sew chart specially planned to
help beginners, so that the mak
ing will be easy, and save you
money besides.
Popular Bolero Frock.
Make it up of silk crepe or a
pretty print, and see how expen
sive, how flattering, it looks! The
short bolero and wide shoulders
make the slim lines of the frock
even more graceful. Notice how
cleverly the dress is shirred into
the front panel at the waistline.
This is one of the prettiest after
noon dresses you could choose for
this spring.
Dress and Apron for Tots.
Your little girl will be so proud
of having this heart-shaped apron
to put on over her best dress when
she plays house! And the puff
sleeved, square-necked dress is
adorable. You can make the two
of them in no time. For the
dress, choose dimity or organdy
for dress-up; gingham or percale
for every day. Dimity or lawn
for the apron.
House Dress for Large Figures.
This is such a becoming, com
fortable, good-looking dress to
work in, round the house. The
lines are so straight and unham
pering, and pleats in the short
sleeves give plenty of room for
stretching and reaching. It takes
inches off the figure, too. Make
it up in seersucker, gingham,
linen or percale printed in small
designs.
The Patterns.
1478 is designed for sizes 14, 16,
18, 20, 40 and 42. Size 16 requires
6% yards of 39-inch material.
1468 is designed for sizes 2, 4, 6,
8 years. Size 4 requires 1% yards
of 35-inch material for the dress,
with 6 yards of narrow ribbon to
trim and 1 yard wider ribbon for
the belt. Size 4 requires % yard
of 35-inch material for the apron,
and 2% yards of ruffling.
1476 is designed for sizes 36, 38,
40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50 and 52. Size
38 requires 5 yards of 35-inch ma
terial without nap.
Spring-Summer Pattern Book.
Send 15 cents for the Barbara
Bell Spring and Summer Pattern
Book which is now ready. It con
tains 109 attractive, practical and
becoming designs. The Barbara
Bell patterns are well planned,
accurately cut and easy to follow.
Each pattern includes a sew-chart
which enables even a beginner to
cut and make her own clothes.
Send your order to The Sewing
Circle Pattern Dept., Room 1020,
211 W. Wacker Dr., Chicago, HI.
Price of patterns, 15 cents (in
coins) each.
© Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service.
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The Slaughter Goes On
Always the same ends are ac
complished though by different
methods. Indians and wild ani
mals killed the pioneers. Now 40,-
000 a year perish by automobiles.
It is a happy land where the
people can find something to cele
brate every few weeks.
If every event is a sequence,
there can be no such thing as an
accident.
That’s Conservatism
Age cannot always make you
wise, but it can make you cau
tious.
Treat women like women, not
pals. They like it better and it is
more gentlemanly.
Can young men be taught HOW
to think? Well, it seems Socrates
made a pretty good stagger at it.
Our Government
"pHE governmental functions
-*• of the United States fall into
the legislative, executive and
judicial divisions.
The members of the Presi
dent’s cabinet are appointed by
the President, with the consent
of the senate.
There are 10 cabinet officers.
Each state has two senators.
The representation in the
house is apportioned on the
basis of population.
The membership of the house
is elected every two years.
One-third of the senate is
elected every two years.
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