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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-30
Log of Americas Flight
(By The Associated Press)

(By The Associated Press0
5:24 a. m. (E. ID. T5-The
America hops off at Roosevelt
field, L. ].
6 a. m. (E. ID. TJ--Lieut.
Neville sends wireless from
America everything going
fine.''
6:SO a. m. (E. ID. T.)--America
sighted over Watch Hill, Il. !.
GAL a. m. (E. ID. IT, - The
Byrd plane passed over Saund-
erstOwn, II. 1.
6:34 a. m. (E. d. tbs. S.
HOMeriC and S. S. COrintllia
send wireless reporting hearing
Americas automatic call New
port, X. I.
7:I5 a. m. (E. ID. T1-Byrd
plane reported over Plymouth,
Mass.
1922 a. m. (E. ID. T.)-RadiO
from Byrd says America passed
Cape Cod, Mass. Speed 1OS
miles an hour.
1926 a. m. (E. d. It's. S.
Maiden sights America ten miles
northeast of Cape Cod.
8:41 a. m. (E. d. Extra gas
cans causing compass trouble,
Byrd radios.
8 q. IN. (E. d. IT, Byrd
wireIesses flying altitude half
mile. Getting chilly. Shipmates
doing their jobs like men.
500 a. m. tE. ID. T.)-Byrd
asks wireless stations to stand by
as America going to pump gas.
9:29 a. IN. (E. ID. T)-America
wireleSses 20 miles west OF Var
mouth, n. IS.
10 a. m. &c. ID. Thigh over
Meteghan, Nova Scotia, pointed
for Halifax, Nova Scotia.
11:35 a. M. tE. d. T.)-Bed-
ford, Nova Scotia, hours IL
minutes out of New York and
approximately $50 miles OF air.
line distance.
1874 p. m. E. ID. Fisher
brooke, Nova Scotia, approx
mateIy $50 miles out on flight in
6 hours and 81 minutes.
Sherbrooke is little more than
100 miles east of Bedford the place
previously reporting Byrd, 40
minutes earlier. Whether this
indicated that Byrd had made
the 100 miles in so much less
than an hour or whether the
official reports from Bedford had
a miXup as to timing was not
ascertainable.
1880 p. m. (E. d. T.)-WireIeSs
message from Byrd said he was
over Gulf of st. Lawrence and
$50 miles out of New York. A
message from LOuiSburg, N. S.,
20 miles nearer New York, had
him pass over that town at 1870
p. m.
5:12 p. m. (E. ID. T.)-WireIess
from Byrd off or near south
coast Newfoundland. Headed for
Cape Race. Exact location of
plane not given in message.
5:35 p. IN. (E. ID. T)-Garnish,
N. F., headed for Cape Race l2O
miles southeast.
6:24 p. m. (E. ID. T.-OVer
Bellevue, Newfoundland, near
Whitburne.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-30

Copper steady; electlolytic
spot and futures 12.50@
1921. Lead steady; GAO.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-30
HoteIStock viii
Furnish Fund For
Girls Education

A Douglas woman is taking
advantage of the chance to buy
: stock in the new tourist hotel
as a means of establishing a
: fund for the education OF her
: grandchild.
Mrs. Refugia Burruel is the
: purchaser and Vivian Lena
Varelo, five months old, the
: grandchild. Mrs. Burruel yes
terday purchased a block of the
: stock.
Her plan is to let the divi-
dends accumulate and when the
times comes the stock and the
accumulation will give a good
2 start toward Vivian Lena's
T education.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-30

ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. ",
June 80 PA radio message re-
ceived from the mOnOpIane
America via the Radio Corporation
of America station at Chatham,
Mass, at 1882 eastern daylight
time this morning said:
1--WE have seen neither land nor
water since p. m. yesterday on
account of dense fog and low
clouds covering an enormous area"
NEW YORh, June 20 Richard
E. Byrd's flying test tube, the mono
plane America, was on its way to
France tonight on the first scientific
adventure in nonstop ocean flight.
The America was south of the New
foundland coast at 2:5 o'clock, eastern
daylight time, this afternoon, hours
and 81 minutes after leaving Roosevelt
field at 5:24 this morning, Reports on
her speed were conflicting. The Asso-
ciated Press log showed nearly 100
miles an hour. The flight over Nova
Scotia was covered in one hour better
time than that made by Charles A.
Lindbergh in the Spirit of st. Louis.
The scientiSt-avtatos who manned
the America were conducting, as they
flew, technical experiments which
promised to aid the advancement OF
commercial flying in the days to come
and as they experimental radioed to
their friends ashore their progress,
Continued on Page Eight)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-30
HISTORIC FLIGHTS
over ATLANTIC And
PACIFIC, AIR EPICS

twenty-five Hours and so Minutes Consumed by Lieu
tenants Maitland and Hegenberger in 2,4OO Mile Trip
to Hawaii From San Francisco; But One Ship Sighted
in Entire Journey; No Moon Guides Way Of Airshp
in Night
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-30
ENTIRE JOURNEY UNEVENTFUL

Food Is Mislad So That FIiers Go Entire Twenty-sx
Hours Without RatiOns; Officers Decline $4,000 For
Exclusive Story of Flight Preferring to Contribute
Details Freely to COntempOraneOus History, Which
They Did
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-04-14
Modern Science of Great Help in Bringing About
Realization of God
By DR.. HENRY VAN DYKE, Chicago.

Men of helping than theology
about recognition Of God His stabilize
wbby times This afflicted with spiritual
general wabbness because have learned lot about the world
have not made corresponding advance how this knowledge
without abusing it. Il time Of high velocity vague direction
unreliable CONTROL producing mental agitation and sometimes spiritual
collapse.
The only real religion To be without God to be without
hope and of helping than theology
bringing about realization of God His Science
ing that everywhere the reign you that
out iawgver.
must have and DOWNS but it will die if it does its
sticks the making BETTER signs
times and accepts the facts science has proved
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-04-14
Draw Shades Half Way
to Keep Tone of Room

Too much daylight is as trying or
the eyes as the glare of artificial
lights.
Not only for beauty and restfulness
in a room but for actual and practi-
cal use daylight should be localized.
directed by shades to secure the most
light where light is needed and to ex-
clude the glare and shine of light com
ing from above the eyes
Most people crave barren glaring
windows, then wonder why, after an
hour of reading in room flooded with
white light, their eyes are heavy and
their nerves irritated.
One of the bitterest mistakes of
modern builders is the use of a strong
inverted light against the ceiling
which attracts the eye upward. The
gaze Is pulled" up when naturally
it should rest upon and be attracted
on the eye level or below, as in the
case of reading.
This pulling results unconsciously
in feeling of instability and finally
In nervousness and irritablity. Day
light pouring through full-length win
dows has the same ultimate effect.
Eliminating the glare and producing
soft mellow light is one of the great
est merits of tinted cambria shade
cloth.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-04-14

second floor, one running up from the
reception room and the other from
the kitchen.
This home is "a feet wide by so feet
deep. The large porch running across.
the front and around on one side
gives it an attractive exterior appear
ance. The dormer set in the roof
provides light and ventilation for the
large attic.
Floor plans that accompany the
exterior view of the home show how
the rooms are arranged, and their
sizes. Aside from the rooms men
toned, there is good-sized living
room and an extra large dining room.
Thus the large family is provided with
plenty of room.
One exceptionally good feature of
this home is the artistic and attractive
manner in which the planting of
shrubs and flowers have been made
Banks of shrubs along the porch CON
ceal the wall, while vines are trained
on trellis alongside the porch pillars.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-04-14
SPITE FENCE SEPARATES
TWO new TOWNS IN TEXAS
Torn Down Several Times, Armed
Guards Are Now on Duty
to Protect II.

Stinnett, Texas.-Perhaps no more
remarkable ''spite" fence was ever
built than that which separates the
towns Of Stinnett and East Stinnett
These two new and rapidly growing
communities are In the heart Of the
Hutchinson county oil field of the Pan
handle. The two towns adjoin and
only a street separates them. The
people of Stinnett for some unex-
planned reason fell out with the pe0-
pie of their neighboring town of East
Stinnett and it was decided to sever
all communications between the two
places.
To prevent traffic from passing from
one town to another a fence was
built across the street leading from
East Stinnett into Stinnett. At first
1t was only makeshift of two-by-
tours, but careless truckman ran
over it. Then 1t was built stronger
and extended somewhat Likewise it
was torn down.
Then real honest-to-goodness
fence was put up. 1t consisted of
railroad ties put in the ground, many
barb wires strung along them, some
two-by-twelves spiked to them and a
big cable along on top. 1t was like
wise extended out in the field in each
direction, separating the two town.
sites, but travel continued around 1t.
Several nights ago squad Of men
arrived and while some patrolled with
shotguns, others proceeded to lay the
fence fiat. 1t was rebuilt and extend
ed the next day and also shack was
moved up to the west side Of 1t and
armed guards are stationed therein,
with orders to see that no one again
molests It.
In the meantime, several by-plays
have been going on in the way of
painting signs on the fence and other
stunts that add to the merriment.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-04-14
Ex-Shah of Persia Is
Going Into Business

Paris.--As q perfume dealer selling
delicate scents from his native Persia,
the vale of Kashfnir and other orr
entail lands Of mystery and incense,
Ahmad Majar, deposed shah Of Persia.
hopes to recoup his broken finances.
Since his flight to Paris in 1923,
even before Reza Khan deposed him,
this last ruler Of the Majar dynasty
has become known to the. boulevards,
the gambling casinos and the gayest
spots of the city. A short black-haired,
mlld-mannered person who saw no
tragedy in his loss of throne, Ahmad
found that a man of twenty-nine years
ties in Paris. His secretary, carrying
a revolver and packages Of high-de-
nomination franc notes, accompanied
him to the casinos. II he wins the
profit usually goes to an attractive fe-
male companion. If he loses more of
the jewels which he ned brought from
Teheran are sold. Now almost all Of
the jewels are gone.
Despite the drastic reductions in
the expenses Of his establishment the
former shah feels that he must turn
to business career. Paris, ever de-
lighted with exotic perfumes. will be
quick, he thinks, to buy the rare Gre
ations of the country Ahmad knows so
well, where hundreds of years ago
roses, lilies and other flowers were
packed away In jars to be used years
later In some dainty boudoir.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-04-14
Good Roads Notes

Roadways into the northern Mich
gan peninsula have undergone recent
Improvement.
One hundred and twenty million dol
lars every year is being spent on
new roads in Britain.
The Custer Battlefield highway Is
listed as one of the six est-marked
highways in the United States.
The National Dixie Highway auxil-
iary is planning to use the United
States shield in marking the historic
Southern highway in memory of those
who died in the service in the World
war.
Highway officials In Louisiana an
nounce that majority of the 200
curves in the road between New Or
leans and Baton Rouge will be elimi-
mated in the near future. The high
way, which is at present ITO miles
in length, will be reduced to so miles
when the work is completed
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-04-14
Mother of "a Rears
a Adopted Children

Barnsley, Yorkshire Villages in this
part of England are vieing for the
largest family.
The first claim was made by the
village Of Denaby Main, when Mrs.
William Manchester, wife of miner,
became the mother of her nineteenth
child.
The village of Blacker Hill then put
up Noah Bissell and his next door
neighbor, Thomas Hazelwood, both Of
whom are fathers of % children, and
pointed out Matthew Dawson of the
same village, who has family of II.
Bissell organized football team
among his sons and challenged all
corners.
The record, however. is held by Mrs.
John Austen of Platt's Common, near
Barnsley, who is mother of "a, and
has, in addition, reared adopted chill
dren. One of Mrs. Austin's daughters
has u children and two others II
each.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-04-14
Common Brick Defies
Exposure to Elements

There are probably few if any OF
the ancient buildings that so effec-
lively stir the Imagination of the mod
ern reader as does the famous old
Colosseum of Rome. 1t has stood for
centuries as monument to the quail
ity of building and of the materials
that were used in ancient days. TRAY
elers returning from Rome have re-
ported that bricks were being taken
from this great theater of the rulers
Of the ancient Roman empire to be
used in the construction of new homes.
1t is pleasing to learn that the die
tator, NIussolini, has passed a decree
forbidding the italian people to dis
turb any part Of the Colosseum. The
bricks in that building are more than
1000 years old, and are in such good
condition that they can still be used
after all these centuries. There was
a grave danger that the structure in
which early Christian martyrs were
sacrificed to the lions and where the
old gladiatorial combats were held
would be destroyed. Whatever we
may think of Mussolini's policies, we
must certainly commend him in the
stand which he has taken.
The use of these 2,000-year-old
bricks is of particular interest at this
time, when so much stress is being
placed on permanent construction
They were manufactured of the same
materials and under practically the
same methods that are used in the
burned clay bricks. 1t is possible that
1000 years hence some equally ruth
less despoilers will be tearing down
our old landmarks to build houses out
Of the present-day bricks
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-04-14
Ceilings Should Be
Lighter Than Walls

In the great out-of-doors we find
the sky lighter than the shadows I'M
der the trees. This Is our natural
everyday background, and If we want
to suggest the great and wonderful
open atmosphere we must paint the
ceilings lighter than the walls and the
walls lighter than the floor. For in
stance, We're we to make the ceiling
the darkest, that would unconsciously
suggest a catastrophe, a storm APP
preaching, as does the darkened sky.
We might feel that the ceiling was
collapsing- it was so heavy the
light floor would be unable to hold it
and the result would be disorder! In
other words, unless we follow the ex-
ample set by nature we would be
missing much of her loneliness.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-04-14
Q4(5''(|0OD
,Ts,a[-.h1AssSH6sG
1870 6SE@szEziff@zss5Sa-~>-
BIG CAR USELESS
WITHOUT HIGHWAY

II would rather own and drive a
and pay $500 year to the good-road
fund, than to have a $4,000 sedan in
state that had no road system,
said caller at the Minnesota high
way department recently with
low-price car and good roads | would
get somewhere, and get a lot more of
comfort and enjoyment than the man
with the big limousine and no road.
"Of course he added 1T is not
necessary to go to either extreme.
But | think we should always try to
maintain the right ratio between road
expenditures and car expenditures.
We are spending about $30,0O0OOO for
roads in Minnesota this year, and about
a billion in the United States as
whole, including state, county, town
and municipal road work. That is
lot of money.
But the people of the United
States spent about $4,000,0O0,000 for
new ears and trucks in 1924, $685.
100000 for parts, $675,0OOO00 for re-
placement tires, S2,1OO,OOO,0OO for fuel
and lubricants and $910,O00,000 for
service labor. Add garage storage
costs, insurance, registration and gas
taxes and other incidentals, and you
soon have $lOO000O0,OO0, SO that our
road cost is only 10 per cent of our
total motor bill
Ten per cent for road and 80 per
cent for rolling stock and operation
would make railroad man laugh out
loud. The roads reporting to the Min
nesota railroad commission spent $4S,
237, 147 for road betterments and
$125, 153097 for equipment in 1924
In 1923, they spent $60676,352 for
road and Sos, 17S,031 for equipment
In 1922 they spent $50 ,009010 for road
and $37,425,S54 for equipment. In
other words, 30 per cent of the money
they spent for betterments went into
the roadbed and 60 per cent into
rolling stock and other equipment.
"Or take the operating expenses
The large railroads spent in Mime.
sofa In 1924, $1S,377,261 for main
tenance of way and structures, $685.
356,965 for maintenance of equipment
and So, ,454 for transportation.
Here the part spent for maintenance
of the road was 1873 per cent.
But if you go back to the original
investment, the proportion spent for
road is much greater. Ten of the
large roads on which tentative valu
alton has been completed by the In
terstate Commerce commission have
an Investment of S416,940,663 in road
and permanent structures in Mime
sofa and $125,5345 $50 in equipment, or
23.14 per cent for equipment and 1856
per cent for road.
with liberal allowance for de-
probation, the 565,719 motor vehicles
in Minnesota have a present value of
at least $300000,000. If we had in
vested 1888 in track for each dollar
invested in rolling stock, as the rail
roads have we should have a billion
invested in Minnesota roads. That
would pave every mile of trunk high
way and $4,000 miles of other roads
Il am ahead of time, | know. But
am just trying to show that our road
expenditures which seem large at first
glance, are small in proportion to
what we spend for vehicles"
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-04-14
BY w. A. RADFORD


Mr.. William A Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all problems pertaining to the
subject of building, for the readers of
this paper. On account of his wide
experience as editor, author and man.
ufacturer, he is, without doubt, the
highest authority on the subject. Ad-
dress all inquiries to William A. Rad
ford, No. 1927 Prairie avenue, Chicago,
for reply.
The home shown in the Illustration
contains seven bedrooms, one on the
first floor and six on the second. To
accommodate this large number of
people the architect has provided
three bathrooms, one downstairs and
two upstairs.
The home contains ten rooms in adj
dition to a large reception hall, or
room and washroom u by 10 feet
6 inches. Two stairways lead to the
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-04-14
Beautiful Dolls Used as
Lure to Sell Delicacies

Paris.-The Alsatian restaurants of
Paris have hit upon new way to
sell their pate de foie gras, the food
that made Strasbourg famous.
Cans of pate, all ready to be taken
home, are placed beneath the volumi-
nous skirts Of dolls dressed in the
provincial costume. with big Alsatian
bows adjoining their hair. A wife,
sweetheart or daughter, taken into the
restaurant for good dinner, Is al
most sure to be attracted to the dolls,
placed on tables in the center of the
room. When her escort yields to her
within and decides to buy the doll, he
has to buy the pate de fois gras that
goes with it--and there are few deli
cacies in the world that cost so much.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-04-14
Decorator Uses Paint
With Skill of Artist

Pure, brilliant color-shaded, tinted,
mottled, spattered, color effects in as
many different tones as one wishes
striking patterns, borders, panels-if
you want these for your home, use
paint. Prominent decorators have
long made use of the variety and
flexibility of the medium. The dec
orator uses paint as the artist uses
it. Instead of a palette, of course,
he has pot and the walls are his
canvases, but aside from few super
fetal differences it is fundamentally
all part of the same scheme OF things
The painter makes beautiful picture;
the decorator creates beautiful room.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-04-14
Motorists to Ride High

An elevated highway for automo-
biles, twenty feet above the street
level, is to be built along the west
ern boundary of lower Manhattan Is
land at a cost of $1l 100000. The road
way will be siXty-five feet in width
and speed of thirty miles an houl
or better will be permitted. The high
way is planned as part of a compre-
hensive scheme for relieving traffic
congestion.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-04-14
Placing Telephone

Locate your telephone, whenever
possible, where it can be used with
privacy and yet where it is not too
far removed from the center of activ-
ity of the household A hall closet
we'll lighted and conveniently arranged
within for comfortable conversation,
is an almost ideal location.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-04-14
Federal-Aid Roads

For the construction of federal-aid
roads, total of $73, 1851 900 will be
distributed among the states for use
during the fiscal year beginning July
l, 1926. Texas will receive $4,426,917,
the largest share for any state. New
York with $3,647, 166, Pennsylvania
with $3,3469o0, and Illinois with $751;
1866, follow with the next largest
shares.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-04-14
Women, if They Would Be Really Influential,
Must Take Politics More Seriously


VdHE day OF TIE feminist crusader the United definitely
over and the only for function DO
hlcal field them learn the
from the ward canvassing stage on up
There only two invited important
political conferences One for her to
which unlikely the leaders with con-
dence IN her political judgment Women practical experience
the chores of ward district they should be Judged only by
results,
There is great need for in politics. and they taking
more interest They do detail work. pansakgy they
capable of great loyalty.
Frequently they likely to consider politics the
fe not only the good
To devote the whole of life politics
view Yet we find that if don't keep workers
lose them to other organizations drives
and movements, which will make their surplus
greatest which women should learn party low
atty Women should realize that the twoparty SYSTEM with all its faults
is the best instrument to date for democratic government
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-04-14
Too Much Speed

New Haven. Conn.-Strain and speed
of modern life, In the opinion OF Dean
Brown of Yale divinity school, are
causing increasing nervous break.
downs, insomnia. hysteria and In
sanity.
The Washington times., 1927-07-16

wish. That book of etiquette
must be frightfully unpopular in
New England ana the other pie
belts" Of the United States! OF
course eat the crust If you wish.
.. Unfold your napkin once If
you are a tidy eater, and make it
more generous II you need more
. OF its protection. 1t IL better
looking not to unfold it entirely
and you should not need 1t.
10. Do you mean when you are
acknowledging an introduction?
The best form-the one that is
always correct-is how do you
do?' We are always safe IL we
use that.
IL. Keep your hat off unless
1t is cold day. Then the girl
should suggest that you put your
hat on by saying, please put
your hat on. 1t is so cold that
you might take cold" If she
hasn't manners or sense enough
to suggest that you do put your
hat on, it is quite correct for
you to say, do you mind IL I
put my hat on?" or will you
excuse me please II I put my hat
on?"
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