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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-02
The knowledge Test For
Readers of The Times

Fill each blank:
l. Eli Whitney is noted for his invention of the
"Snowbound" was written by :.....''''.'''''''
Crcec of Odysseus into
Dickens impressed BY need for
A noem with symbolic in it is
Ma correctly:
fernando Cortez Dscoverer the Mississippi River
= Henry VII Portuguese navigator who sailed
around the globe.
g. Ferdinand Magellan One of the earliest Oh Engand's
great kings
fernando d. Soto of England when Columbus
discovered the world
TO- Alfred the Great Conqueror of Mexico
Mark as false:
II. Ostend is in Germany
q. Vera Cruz is in Italy
IS. Belgrade is in Jugoslavia.
ID. Cairo in Algeria
Is. Aberdeen is in Scotland
Is. IS n Belgium.
II. Bucharest is in Roumania.
See Magazine Page for Answers
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-02
LISTEN, WORLD!
By ELSIE ROBINSON
r IFE moves!

r IFE moves!
IL You must
move with it il
you would be
healthy.
T ere - no
stopping place.
You must go on
and on, rising
rising and ris-
ing, from level
to level, chang
ing all the time,
making new dQ-
juStments.
&c r o W t h.
stages" Prof.
H. A. Overstreet
calls them in
his new book,
ABOUT OUR.
S e L v e s."
There's a sensi-
b | e, friendly
book which will
tell you amaZ-
ing things about
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-02

glance. But Lots wife yearned
for her own home. and. looking
back, she was turned to a pillar
of salt. WHICH WAS THE
OLD POLITICAL WAY OF SAY
ING THAT LOTS WIFE HAD
A FIxATION.
Everywhere you see warm
human spirits suddenly becoming
stationary, changing into pillars
of salt"-becoming fixed.
The timid, unhappy people who
can't seem to emerge from adol-
escence into maturity-who cling
to the moods and attitudes of
childhood and cannot face adult
adaptations and responsibilities.
The silly people who are enam'
CURED with the ferment Of youth.
The bald-headed men who insist
on Staying collegiate" who
think and talk and act like rah-
rah boys-the pitiful women over
forty who try to retain the thrills
and romances of sixteen
The tragic people who become
"fixed" by some experiences OF
grief or remorse which they can
not surmount-whose spirits will
not go forward but cling for
lornly to the grave of some dead
dream
Failures, all Of them, because
they will not MOVE ON.
Don't let yourself become fixed
in any period of your develop
ment. Move on through the
wears. Move on through the ex'
periences. Move on and welcome
ANYTHING that makes you move,
even though it may seem to tear
your heart in two.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-02
GOES BAD ON
HIMSELF.

You m u 3 t
move ont You
must put the
past away. You
must step out
of the present
into the future!
1t matters not
how sweet the
past was, how
filled with love
or success or
cont ent m e Mt
you must leave
it and so on
into new fields,
or your spirit
will ossify.
r g m 9 m b e r
Lots wife. So
dom was burn
ing and Lot had
been warned to
flee without a
l. - Il
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-02
Game Increase

DIG-Game animals on reserva-
I'D tons administered by the Bio
logical Survey of the United
states Department of Agriculture
have. with the exception of ante
lope, increased notably during the
past 10 years. Although antelope
have been seriously depleted by
predatory animals. now that better
control has been initiated they are
again increasing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-02

colds, the immunity that cones
from the maximum OF personal
resistance.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-02
WISE SAYINGS

Nothing dries sooner than q
tear. Cicero.
wit is the salt of conversation,
not the food. -Hablitt.
The memory of past trouhlAa -
pleasant.-Cicero.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-02

yourself in the simplest way.
Healthy human life goes by
growth-stages." says Prof. Over
street. For a few months or a
few years the individual lives on
a level where the functioning Is
very much of the same kind.
Then it becomes necessary for
him to move on, to climb to an.
other level and then to another.
AN INDIVIDUAL r A L S
WHENEVER, AT THE NORMAL
TIME AND UNDER NORMAL
CIRCUMSTANCES, HE RE-
FUSES OR IS UNABLE TO
M A K e THE NECESSARY
MOVEMENT FORWARD. HE
IS THEN SAID TO REMAIN
FIXATED."
IAN individual fails when he
won't move on" that's a new
thought, isn't it? You've always
thought that a successful life
should finally reach a place where
it no longer needed to struggle or
worry, where all was safe and
sure, where uncomfortable changes
were no longer necessary. You
we're taught that as a child. All
your life you have tried to reach
that goal. All your life you've
dreaded and resented anything
which made life difficult and un.
certain and painful. You wanted
to settle down and take things
easy"
But healthy life never settles
down and takes things easy. AND
THE NAN WHO DOES SETTLE
DOWN IN ONE ATTITUDE
AND REFUSES TO MOVE ON
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-02

A man never takes the first
kiss with the intention of get
ting married-but then, man
never takes the first drink with
the intention of getting drunk.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-02
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland

NEW men can remember WHY
Il they got married-and most
of them don't even remember
HOW!
The Alaska fisherman., 1928-08-15
LONDON Punch tells this one:

LONDON Punch tells this one:
 Hadn't you better go and tell your master?" said the motorist to tfc farmers boy who stood looking at the load of hay upset in the lane by a collision.
 ''E knows," replied the boy.
 Knows? How can he know?"
 "'Cos 'e's under the 'ay.'
The Alaska fisherman., 1928-08-15
BOXER ENDS G,43O-MILE TRIF
 TO NORTHLAND

After years of Arctic silence, the iangle of street cars, the purr o. motors, and the rat-a-tat of riveting machines sounded like music yester- day to a small band of teachers who arrived from Alaska on the auxiliary schooner Boxer of the United States Bureau of Education.
 When, last July, the Boxer tied uO at the Bell Street Dock, it term mated 6,43O-mile cruise, which had taken it to sixteen ports of call where the U. s. Bureau of Educa- the vessel went as far north as St. Lawrence Island, 14O miles south or Nome, it encountered very little ice during the voyage, Capt s. T. r. Whitlam said. The schooner left here early in May with government teaching supplies, and teachers on board
 Vessel Returns Soon
 Alaska has had a very backward spring and while ice conditions wore good, the mountains are coverel with more snow than usual ct this time Gf the year," Captain Whitlam reported
 The vessel reloaded with supplies immediately and sailed Nortl >.gain in few days.
 On the return trip, the schooner will carry complete equipment for a two-room school and a teaching staff The school is to replace one destroyed at Barrow Point, January 12, by fire
 Passengers Include Mrs. Grace M Hall, a teacher St Nelson Island, and baby, Mrs. Shrammek will return after putting her son in school here and Mrs. Hall will return in month or six weeks to Pilot Station, Alaska.
The Alaska fisherman., 1928-08-15

Charles Herbert, IS, recent Witl,. TOW High School graduate, has long road ahead of him.
 Clad in khaki, prepared for any kind of weather he encounters, cal ry:ng twenty-fve-pound pack, young Herbert headed Wednesday morning for Fairbanks, Alaska, "tals- ilg off, at 5:3O am.
The Alaska fisherman., 1928-08-15

From Cincinnati to St. Louis, then to Seattle, is the itinerary this youth full crOss-cOuntry adventurer has ses fer himself He plans to traverse the miles between here and Seattle Ey 'hitch-hiking," which is road jar son for picking up rides from motor iSts.
 From Seattle to Fairbanks, Alaska, by boat and then five years of min ing engineering at the Mining Col le|e there, for a number of years Herbert has been interested in the prospect of entering mining engin- eering and now is on the actual road to find out all about it.
 Big-game hunting is another a. traction that Alaska holds, and after he is established in Fairbanks, Her. bert will get gun, and, in the hunt- Ing season, rare IOftn TOT DE SanE. Tn the afternoons and evenings, alter study hours, he plans to work at odd jobs in Faibanks, thus fi- nancing his course.
 Herbert is the son of MT. and Mrs. J. C. Herbert, 3153 Linwood avenue  He was the leading man in the With row Dramatic Clubs annual produc ticn, "Clarence," during the last school year, and stood high in aca- demic work
The Alaska fisherman., 1928-08-15

"ALASKA OR BUST!" Is MOTTO
 OF HYDE PARK BOY Copied from Cincinnati Times-Star under date of June 20, 1928
New Britain herald., 1928-09-20

You can get ah answer to gay eusstton ef fact or iafornatioa ey writing te the Questic. Editor. Nev Britain Herald. Washington Bureau ix23 New York avenue. Washington D. C., sncio ins two eants ia sta mps for reply Medical. legal and as rttal advies cannot bs gisea. nor can sx. tended psseeSch bs undertaken. All other suestions xiii receive . per- soRai reply. Unsisned raaussts can not be aasvered. All letters are con. Adentiai.-rdttor. e,
 Q. When was the friction match Arst made and how? What coun- tries are the largest producers of matches?
 A. The friction match first made in 1927 consisted of splinters of wood dipped in fused sulphur and then tipped with . mixture corn- posed essentially of antimony sul- phide. chlerate or potash and some adhesive gum. The United States, Sweden, Norway and Japan are among the largest producers Of matches. ..
 Q. How many Ash are . quintal of Ash
 4. 100 pounds.
 C. When were the Virgin Islands acquired by the United States? How large are they?
 A. They were acquired by the United States March ,. 1917 and have an area of 14: square miles
 Q. How many tastes are there?
 A. Only four: Sweet. bitter. salt and acid.
 0. What is supposed to be the oldest love letter in existence:
 A. Probably proposal of mar riage for the hand of an Egyptian princess in the form of an inscribed brick. now in the British Museum.
 Q. Who is the Apostolic delegate to the United States and where doea he live? Has he any diplomatic standing in the United States?
 A. The Apostolic delegate to the United States is Archbishop Pictro Fumasoni- Biondi. 1911 Biltmore street. Washington. D. C. He ia the representative of the Pope ol Rome in the United States and ai such supervises the work of the Roman Catholic church in this coun- try. He has no diplomatic standing and is not in any sense an accredit- ed representative to the government of the United States
 Q. Who won the wrisley mara. thon swim in 1927?
 A. The swim was held August 3l 1927. and was won by Ernest Vier, koetter. | German baker. in Il
New Britain herald., 1928-09-20

houri l2 minutes and l3 seconds
 c. What kind of soldiers are used in soldering silver?
 4. The soldiers which contain silver are very strong and tenacious and are used not only to solder dlver. but also for other metals. in cases where the objects to be sol dersd require great power of resist ance.. Two principal kinds of silver solder are distinguished. hard and soft. the former consisting of silver and copper. with sometimes . little zinc. and the latter containing. be- sides these metals. . small amount of tin
 Q. How much fee should be paid | minister and the church organist at . church wedding?"
 A. Fees to both clergyman and organist vary in proportion to the financial circumstances of the groom and the importance of the wedding. The fee to. the clergyman may vary from hse dollars to any amount one wishes to give. The fee to the or ganiat is m proportion but hardly ever les than hve dollars. {: Q. When and by whom was the movie The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted, produced?
 A. It was produced on the screen in 1925 by Warner Brothers 1900 Broadway, New York city.
 Q. Are there any ways in which the residents of Washington, D. C.. may have a vote in the national elections?
 A. Unless residents of Washing ton, D. C., have a legal residence in one of the states they cannot vote. Those who have kept their resi- dence in the states from which they came can return to the state to vote or where state laws permit, can vote by mail.
 Q. Who is the author of "rhad- deus of Warsaw"'
 A. Jane Porter
 Q. What is the present member ship of the National Women's Chris tian Temperance Union?
 A. 6oo.0oo.
 Q. How old is Jackie Coogan Has he appeared in any pictures since The BuEle Call"?
 A. He is in his fourteenth year. His latest picture is "Ruttons" re- leased since the "Bugle Call". He
New Britain herald., 1928-09-20

is appearing in vaudeville now.
 c. What IS the premium on . United States nickel five cent piece dated 1883
 A. It commands no premium.
 Q. What are the meanings of the names Vincent and Ragonese?
 A. Vincent is from the Latin and means 'conquering' Ragonese is French from the Teutonic and means judgment"
 Q. What is the most frequently used letter in the alphabet?
 A. "E". Tn study of ten thousand letters It was used 1.277 times. "T' came next. being used S55 times.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-20
CALLES PLANS MEETING
Will Hold . Conference With Lead CTS ito Discuss the Presidential Succession in Mexico.

Mexico City. ept. 20 Rerhe newspaper Fl Universal quoting from reliable sources says that President Gales was planning te hold . conference today ~ith repre- sentatives of both houses of con- gress to exchange opinions concern ing the question of the presidential succession.
 The paper says that | majority bloc in the senate during | secret meeting yesterday reached the fol- lowing decisions which will be talk en up with President Calles:
 CD The provisional president is to remain in office for fourteen months.
 (2) The presidential elections shall be convoked in November of this year and the elections shall be held on the second Sunday in No- vember. 1929.
 (3) The constitutional president shall be inauEurated on Jan. 1, 1880.
 The newspaper adds that deputies will announce General ObreEon' . election next week after which the president -elect, who was recently assassinated. will be declared miss- ing and the appointment of | pro- visional president ken up.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-20
OIL BURNER FOR
 A|RhANES MADE
P,ckild Company Announces
 NtY 1yps Engine

Dstreit, Sept. 20 A-Ihe Packard Aetor Company has announced the successful testing of an oil burning safplsne motor. the first of its kind ever developed
 The demonstration waa made hsfe' yesterday before ! group of asronautical engineers in . resula- tisn etinson- -Detrofter monoplane. piloted by Walter Lees and Capt. l.. N. Weolson. the latter designer of the engine .g ... The motor. which company offi- eials claim marks a revolutionary step in the development of airplane power, is . radial air cooae1 type and develops 200 horsepower. It ln- wolves use of the Diesel principle of oil for fuel and eliminates saso- line, ignition systems, earburetoYs. spark plugs and o.her parts usually reearded as trouble makers.
 Tho engine derives power by fir ing from compression in the cylin- dsrs, the Diesel action that hereto fore has bsen applied only in ex- tremely heavy engines for power plants and boats. Aside from the simplicity and ruggedness of design, the engine has fewer parts thar the lightest gasoline engines. now in use.
 The three cardinal improvements over the gasoline motor. claimed by its deeigners, are:i
 Elimination of the danger of fire from gasoline.
 Reduction of fuel consumption and cost. It is claimed the motor will carry . plane 2S per cent far ther with the. same weight in oil fuel as compared with gasoline.
 Making possible of radio com nunication with aircraft on broad scale, due to elimination of inter ference by electrical ignition sys- ters and gasoline engines.
 From the engineering standpoint. the most brilliant achievement is claimed in the weight reduction of such a Diesel engine. Until now the lightest Diesel plant ever built weighed 100 pounds per horsepower. The new plant weighs less than three pounds per horsepower.
 German engineers. who have struggling for years in an effort to reduce the weight of Diesel plants, were quoted in recent newspaper dispatches as having given up the task as far as efforts to make the engine applicable for airplanes were concerned
 Plans for mass production of the engine are being held in abeyance by tho Packard Company. pending further ground and air tests. off, cials said.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-20
MRS. LAWRENCE sHOWERED

The members of the invoice de- partment of Landers, Frary & Clark's rendered Mrs F. D. Law renee. formerly Miss Lillian Fciren. an aluminium shower Tuesday eve- ming at the home of Mrs Giardino of Chestnut street. Miss Constance Norfeldt and Miss Winifred Kenny favored with a short sketch and the invoice department rendered several songs. Later in the evening . buf- fet lunch was -erved.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-20
PRIEST SAYS NO SIN
 10 DRINK LIQUOR
Catholic Pastor Declares, However. It Is Against the Law q
 the Country.

the Country.
 New York. Sept. 20 (UP)-The Rev. John c. Rongetti. pastor of St. Anthony'se parish, Newark. pro. tested but paid customs and penal ties of t5S9.5s for undeclared goods and liquors which were found in his trunks when he returned to New York from Italy.
 Among the articles against which fines were assessed because of non declaration were Spanish shawls, watches, toys and trinkets which Rev. Rongetti explained were -in- tended as gifts to children of his parish.
 The liquor consisted of 22 quarts of cosnac and few bottles of grap- pa and benedictine. They were smashed at the dock.
 Commenting on the liquor seizure the priest said:
 T never touch it myself, but 1t is necessary to have on hand for sick calls and in case . friend drops in or something like that. It ts no sin to drink or have liquor. It is against the law of the country. but it is no sim"
New Britain herald., 1928-09-20
". C. I. U. RAPS COY. SMITH
Says In Ono Sentence Governor Re. leased Millions of Dry Democrats to Vote for Hoover,

to Vote for Hoover.
 Evanston, Ill.,, Sept. 20 UP)- The Women's Christian Temperance Union declared in q statement here today that in one sentence Gov. Alfred E. Smith Tuesday night re- leased millions of dry democrats to vote for Herbert Hoover.
 Wet democratic leaders in the south have persecuted dry women who refused 10 follow the present wet management of the democratic party" the statement said. "The release of these women came when Smith said the national convention deliberately. through the report of the national committee on creden- tials. left every democrat in the United States free to express his own individual opinion of what he thought on that subject.
 The statement declared that Gov. Smith in answering questions at Omaha showed he "either is afraid of hfs liquor stand or ashamed of 1t. He certainly did not make a clear cut answer to any of the questions"
New Britain herald., 1928-09-20
WIDOW GETS COMPENSATION

Mary Bayer of 32 Fairview street widow of August Bayer. who on July 2s died of injuries sustained from being hit by a wagon on . South Windsor farm, was awarded $9 week for 3l2 weeks beginning July 29 by the compensation com missioner at a hearing of her claim Windsor. former employer Of her husband. and the United States Fidelity and Guarantee Co
New Britain herald., 1928-09-20

In Zululand the atmosphere Is 90 clear that objects can be seen by starlight at distance of seven miles.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-07-27
RARE DUCK SPECIMEN
 HAs VALUE 0F $5,000

CHICAGO, July 26, P)-The Field Museum has specimen of a duck that could not be bought for $5,oOO,
 It is the extinct Labrador duck, scarcer than the great auk, says Dr. Wilfred Osgood, curator of zoology. Field Museum possesses two mounted specimens, a male ond a female. In the whole world. there are only 45 stuffed ducks of the breed.
 The bird formerly inhabited the northeast coast of America, and suddenly became extinct more than 20 years ago. since which time no living example of it has been seen.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-07-27
NEW INSTRUMENT IS
 DESIGNED COMBAT FOG

WASHINGTON, July 27. (P)z-A new instrument designed to defeat fog, the arch enemy of aviation, has been developed by army air corps engineers It is new style altimeter, at present highly experimental. which registers the exact distance between airplane and ground objects instead of giving only the distance above sea level as the present altimeter
Seward daily gateway., 1928-07-27
LOCKOUT DECIDED ON

MANCHESTER, Eng, July 27. (R)
 "A lockout that will affect 5oO,Ooo workers has been decided upon by the Master Spinn'ers Federation as means of alleviating conditions in the industry. The lockout is effective August II.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-07-27
COYOTES REACH YUKON

Continuing their maroh through the Territory coyotes have reaoho the Yukon all the way from the mouth ofthe Tanana to the bound ary line and are gradually drifting northward, says R. K Stewart of the Bureau of Biological Survey, now on special duty as chief predatory ani- nal hunter for Alaska, in an article appearing in the Fairbanks News Miner.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-07-27
NECK BROKEN

ALIIAMBRA, July 26. (F)-His neck broken and apparently struck on the head with heavy wrench the Iifelesg body o- Fre~c;s Marion Akers, 24, was found today in front Of Sixth street residence.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-07-27
YUKON PIONEER DIES

VANCOUVER, B. O., July 27 (P)- Frederick Mcuannan, pioneer of the Yukon, died at the age of 76. He was born at Picton, Nova Scotia, and went to the Klondike in 1898 He lived here in retirement the past seven years.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-07-27

Capt. A. H. Conner, superinten- dent of Federal Prisons, was a recent visitor in Southeastern Alaska r. specting as many of the Federal jai1s in Alaska as he will be able to vi-it
Seward daily gateway., 1928-07-27

Tn November the sun sets in the Arctic, not to rise again until Jan- uary. And then, by May, it shines for 24 hours and is far above the horizon at midnight
Seward daily gateway., 1928-07-27
SAFE AND SATISFYING

Henry Ward Beecher said: T admire the miners wealth It clean It has neither blood tears nit Nobody has been pnche nobody has been wronged The miner who digs fortune out of the ground has the sat- isfacton of knowing that he hasn't robbed soul even though he becomes thousand times millionare.'
 It seems safe to say that legitimate mining is safe and satisfying.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-07-27

We are living more than ever in a mineral age The ousness of mining increasingly of the safest and essential known
Seward daily gateway., 1928-07-27

Equivalent to companionate marriage is an ortho- COX wedding of woman who doesn't like to cook and who doesn't like to work
Seward daily gateway., 1928-07-27

That there is considerable likeli- hood of mining properties in the Puby district being acquired for de- velopment on large scale is the statement made by Thomas Devine, we'll known Ruby merchant who is now in Fairbanks.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-07-27

Vote one of the "old line" party tickets A Red wouldn't look good in white house, anyway
Seward daily gateway., 1928-07-27

The Arctic is one place where prohibition is not live issue.