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The Coolidge examiner., 1931-11-20

A modern, transpIanted TO Puri-
tan New England. wouldn't give
many thanks over Thanksgiving day
dinner. He would find it pretty bad
fare.
Cranberries were available in
1921. and wild turkey-if the head
of the house was u good marksman.
There were nut trees in the woods
and wild grapes. But the stock of
periShable foOdstuffs was meager.
Probably grain was to be had to
supplement the small supply of In
dian corn. but butter. milk ana eggs
were almost unheard of in Plymouth
80 years ago. Maybe they had po-
tatoeS in 1921. but if they did they
came by ship.
modern expert in nutrition.
given a Puritan Thanksgiving din
ner TO analyZe. would have several
,onniptiOn fits. DR.. Walter Fl.
Eddy points out in Good House
keeping that he would find few
green vegetables. no milk. a high
2reponderance of proteins and acid
~
wild fruits may ,ave ReIped to
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-11-20
Astrologer's Game as
Old as Science Itself

Signs Of the zodiac have always
impressed the general public more
than new developments in the field
of relativity, which, according TO
DR. Dirk BrOuwer, of Yale univer-
sity, is one of the reasons why early
astronomers were forced to deal in
hocus pocus in order to gain enough
money for honest scientific investi-
cations.
Astrologers battening on the public
casting horoscopes supposedly based
on scientific astronomical data, he
said. are as old as science itself.
''Then, as now, the public was will
ing to give money to some one to
peer into the future, but was less in
clined TO contribute to an earnest,
scholarly study" he continued. "Kep-
Ter, one of the famous astronomers
of the Seve iteenth century. was also
known as an astrolOger, but we hav.
strong reason to believe he had nn
patience with the role he was forced
to play in order to obtain funds for
astronomy"
Astronomers of today know that
for the most part, the sO-caIled as
trological tables are entirely mac
curate, Doctor BrOuwer declared.
And even if they were correct there
never had been any evidence to show
connection between phenomena in
the heaI ems and the lives of men.
What has happened" he said, sis
this: AstrOlOgers take some specific
instance or several instances of
events which have occurred when
the stars were in a certain position.
They then generalize on this basis.
1t would be just as inaccurate to try
to reach a conclusion based on sta
tistics by using only a part of the
figures provided, except that the fig
ureS used would at least have some
foundation in fact"
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-11-20

her very weak and pale. Her bow
els wouldn't act right, she had no
appetite and nothing agreed with her.
"Our physician told us to give her
some California Fig Syrup. 1t made
her pick up right away, and now she
is as robust and happy as any child
in our neighborhood. L give Califor-
MIA Fig Syrup full credit for her
wonderful condition. 1t is a great
thing for children"
Children like the rich, fruity taste
of California Fig Syrup, and you can
give it to them as often as they need
it, because it is purely vegetable.
For over 80 years leading physicians
have recommended it, and its over
whelming sales record of over four
million bottles a year shows it gives
satisfaction. Nothing compares with
it as a gentle but certain laxative,
and it goes further than this. 1t
regulates the stomach and bowels
and gives tone and strength to these
organs so they continue to act nor
mally, of their own accord.
There are many imitetions of Cali
fornia Fig Syrup, so look for the
name california" on the carton to
be sure you get the genuine.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-11-20
Not All Americans Look Day of Thanksgiving
With the Pessmistic Eyes of Will Carleton

artichokes, truffles, chicken livers
and toasted bread crumbs, favored
with rosemary. sage and mother OF
thyme, larded with Virginia ham
fat and basted with Madeira wine:
served with bogberry sauce, fresh
cauliflower and candied sweet po-
tatoes.
Old Virginia mince pie. served in
flames.
New Orleans old French market
coffee.
Mmm! Those were the good old
days. But, observes the Providence
Bulletin:
The special blessings for the sake
of which children and some adult
persons celebrate Thanksgiving day
are transitory at best. They center
round the dinner table, "groaning
with good things" But even II
VIII Carleton thinks that most of
us regard such matters as these
more seriously than the finer and
nobler teachings of the day. surely
many of us grace the occasion with
the spirit of gratitude for our
blessings" and endeavor to spread
this spirit by providing for the COM
fort and happiness of some less for
tunate household than ours at this
one festival of the year.
1t is familiar law of nature
that the more we give the more we
have. This may not be true of ma
terIal possessions, but 1t is GER
taInly true of the things of the
spirit If we increase the sum total
of others happiness we increase our
own.
Anyhow, here's hoping you get the
long end of the wishbone Path
finder Magazine.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-11-20
Thanksgiving Dinner in 1921 Hardly What Would
Be Considered Much of Special Spread" Today

avert scurvy." says Doctor Eddy.
but this disease was always i'm
minent in the winter, and prob
ably much of the so-called winter
rheumatisms were due TO scorbutic-
joints"
Pneumonia and what was called
consumption wiped out whole fam
lilies in old New England, Doctor
Eddy points out. because the food
did not have the proper vitamin con-
tent.
"Palatability and quantity were
in those days the sole guides to
dietary adequacy" he says. But
families were large and, in spite of
high mortality that would produce
a scandal in health circles today,
they managed to survive and gradu
ally increase in numbers"
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-11-20

ported in their hives to the ridges
where it abounded.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-11-20
Reminder of Other DAYS

Newspapers seventy-fiFe years old,
including a copy of the New York
Tribune when it was edited by Hor-
ace Greeley. were found as foun-
dation for wall paper when the pa
per was stripped from the walls of
a house owned by Frank d. Kerr,
near Newport, Ohio. A copy of the
Marietta (Ohio) Register of 1879
also was found. 1t contained news
Of "great business depression"
which was sweeping the country.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-11-20

THE EXTRA VALUES built into Firestone Cum.Dp
Tires not equaed by any other tire. They are
ened construction features that give extra strength
ira safety. Cum-Dipping makes every cord stronger
cord body is tougher Internal friction and heat the
results ofspeed and quick stopping practically em
ed You get longer tire life and greater safety Two
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-11-20
This Little Girl
Got Well Quick

"Just after her
third birthday, my
little daughter, Con-
ME, had a serious
attack of intestinal
fu," says Mrs. II. w.
Turnage, 217 Cad
walder ST., San An
tonic, Texas. at left
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-11-20

Will Carleton in his verses on
Captain Youngs Thanksgiving. 3"
says:
Thanksgiving day, 1 fear,
II one the solemn truth must touch,
Is celebrated, not so much
To thank the Lord for blessings DER
AS for the sake of getting more.
II is the "feaStive" day on which
Little Willie on nearing the end of
bOuntiful meal. will sigh. I've
pretty near reached my bust meas
Nre." And dad will again wonder
why Thanksgiving day doesn't fol-
low Christmas So he can be thank
full that both purse-bending days are
over. Ii is also the season in which
dogs and cats beat tattoo on drum
sticks with their teeth.
Truly a man is old when he be-
world needs is for some one to de-
wise plan whereby the bone of
contention can be utilized like the
Thanksgiving turkey for making
hash and soup. But twas ever thus
these big Thanksgiving meals. In
deed, some 40 years ago the
Thanksgiving menu of which George
Washington partook at Mount Yer
non consisted of:
Conceit of Fresh Fruit
oyster Soup
(Mrs. John Marshalrs recipe
black eye peas and Virginia ham
knuckles added
Roast turkey stuffed with wild
rice, pulverized boiled chestnuts.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-11-20
Book Thief Sees the Light

Employees of the Muskogee pub
lie library came to work recently to
find 60 volumes, stolen in 1929 and
1890, piled at the outside return box.
A letter accompanying the books
said the author had "forsaken the
ways of sin." and asked forgiveness.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-11-20
Bees Carried to Work

Grazing the bees in the bloomins
heather to make up for the failure
of the clover to blossom earlier i:
the summer was the novel device re
sorted to this year by farmers o.
the west coast of Sweden. The we
and cold spring stunted the clOvel
but the heather bloOmed profus'
ly and at night the bees were tran:
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-11-20

THANKS is one of the things we
forget. We take our blessings as a
matter of course. We seldom say a
word about although we kick
like steers when things dom: go right
so let's stop complaining long enough
to say Thank YOu."-Crit.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-11-20
Made Them Look Silly

A mob of college students In
Waynesburg, Pa, attempted to
"crash" movie theater while cele-
brating a football victory. About
100 students got past the door, bur
The party lost it's spontaneity when
lie president Of the college came
on the scene a short while later and
personally paid the admission price
for each student who got in.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-11-20

Il am sorry that these are all the
books | have left; burned the other
three boxes before l received the
light" the note said.-Kansas City
Star.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-11-20
Thanksgiving Day

All! On Thanksgiving day. when from and from
From north and from SOUTH the pilgrim and guest,
When the grayhaed New Engander round his board
The old broken links of affection restored,
When the Care-weared seeks his mother mo
And the smiles where the girl smiled before
John Creenleaf Whittier
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-17
HOOVER GIVEN ROSY
VIEW BY BABSON
Business Has Turned Corner
and Will Gradually Improve,
Expert Declares.

Business has turned the corner"
and gradually will improve, Roger w.
Babson, business Statistician, told Pres
ident Hoover yesterday.
Mr.. BabScn said his statement was
based on figures, not on hopes. Car
loadings during the past month have
been larger than those of year ago. he
pointed out, and employment figures
from the Labor Department have
shown an increase for the first time
since 1928.
A few of the chain stores are show
ing better earnings not only over last
month but over March a year ago, the
statistician added Certain railroads
also have apparently reached the bot
tom in the decline in earnings. he sad.
The effect the widespread building
campaign of the Federal Government
will have on general industry is not
included in his figures, Mr. Babson
said. He added he would not be sur
priSed to see shortage OF labor in
some lines before the year ends.
Mr.. Babson does not look for sharp
rise in commodity prices and is not
certain the decrease in those prices has
ended, he said. pointing out the last
commodity price decline lasted more
than 40 years.
The business statistician said he does
not look for any great increase in bust
ness on the stock market. but expects
The speculative fever to turn to COM
moditieS.
In my opinion" he added" the pub
lie is fed up with stocks. and the specu-
lative fever will work itself out in some
other way"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-17

material discarded by householders. and
no effort will be spared to assist in the
periodic task of cleaning up. He urged
property owners and tenants alike to
avail themselves of this s,Service and
dispose of all debris and rubbish.
Efforts are being made, to make this
years campaign an. unusual success,
with a view to stimulating business
decreasing unemployment and beautify-
ing the city, for the George Washington
Bicentennial celebration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-17
PLAN EXTRA TRUCKS
FOR CLEANUP DRIVE.
Maj. Gotwals Says Every Facility
to Be Available for Cam
paign Monday.

Anticipa ting a hearty response by
Neutrality-suspicious. to the plea that they
do their part in making a success Of
the cleanup campaign. starting Mon
day and closing May 18, Maj. John C..
Gotwals, Engineer Commissioner of the
District, has advised the, Campaign
Committee that extra trucks and
wagons will be pressed into service to
cooperate with the citizenry in clear
ing their premises Of rubbish.
Mai. Gotwals also announced that the
city refuse department will be prepared
to collect every description of waste
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-17
Col. Parker Sent to London.

Lieut.. Col Cortlandt Parker, Field
Artillery, will be relieved from duty
with the Organized Reserves at New
ark, N. j., effective June l. and has
been ordered 10 London for duty as
military attache at the United States
embassy. He will relieve Col. John r.
Thomas, jr, Field Artillery. now serv-
ing as military attache for England
and the Irish Free State, who has been
assigned to the 5th Field Artillery
at Fort Bragg G
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-17
FLIES AFTER TWO LEAPS
Mexican Air Captain on Duty, After
Jumping Twice in One Day.

MEXICO CITY, April Al (P.-After
having escaped death twice within "a
hours by jumping from planes in para
chutes, Capt. Raul Azcarate of the
Mexican air service today reported at
Valbuena airfield again for duty.
Capt. Azcarate jumped from height
of 1000 feet Tuesday when he lost con-
troll of his plane, landing with only
slight injuries
Undaunted by his experience, he went
up again yesterday. and once again had
to abandon his machine, this time at
an altitude of 300 feet. He was shaken
up severely but was able to appear at
the field today. Both planes were
wrecked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-17
EUROPEAN ECONOMIC
UNION OUTLOOK BRIGHT
Even Expectations of BRAND Elk
ceeded by organiza ton Result
ing From Paris Wheat Farley.

By the Associated Press
PARIS, April l7.-Efforts toward an
effective European economic organiza-
ton which had their inception in the
recent European wheat conference at
Paris have entered an active and
promising stage.
LIE. Matin. Paris daily, today said the
results were understood to exceed the
expectations even of M. BRAND, who
fathered the Pan Europe scheme. They
have been attained through a multiple
exchange of views between the chan
celleries OF Paris, London. Rome and
Central and Eastern European capitals
The paper said that the chancellerieS
would shortly set afoot a vast program
of economic activity. The foreign min
listers of Germany and Austria, Herren
Curtius and Schober. have been kept
advised of the exchanges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-17
CHICAGO LAWYER SEEKS
INTERPRETATION BAN
Submits to League Formal Proposal
to End Condition He Holds
Is One Cause of War.

Nv Cable TO The Star.
PARIS. April 17.-Jesse Quitman.
Chicago lawyer now in Paris. is sub
hitting to the League of Nations a
formal plan to outlaw overpopulation,
which he considers one of the causes
OF war.
The plan begins by declaring that
overpopulation is illegal. 1t states that
the population limit shall be fixed by
an economic survey and that the birth
rate should be restricted by population
control centers established throughout
each country. The plan also provides
that minimum standard of living
shall be established which shall be that
of the country having the highest
standard of living
(CopyriRht, 1917
Steel and iron mills at Pilsen. Czecho-
sloyakia. are employing $4,000 men, or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-17

HOSTESS CAKE BAKERY
holmes PIE BAKERY
HOLZBEIERLEIN
BAKERY
LIBERTY PIE co.
LOGEMANN 4 SONS
RICE BAKERY
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-07-17
PETR|F|ED TREE At .
CAPITOL ENTRANCE

Impressive ad d i t i o n S
were made to the landscap-
ing of the grounds at Ari-
zOna's state capitol when
workmen put in place two
sections Of a petrified tree
weighing seven tons.
On heavy concrete bases
at each side of the capitoPs
main entrance, the logs
turned to stone were install
ed in vertical position. Each
is approximately four feet
high by three and one-half
feet indiameter.
The logs, aWesome sam
piles of the vast areas of
petrified forests in North
ern Arizona, were obtained
by Gov. George w. P. Hunt
in Navajo county.
The governor did not say
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-07-17

where he obtained the logs,
save that they :didn't come
from the Petrified Forest"
Five logs aggregating
nearly II tons were trans
ported to Phoenix by the
state highway department.
Disposal Of the other three
sections Of prehistoric trees
has not been determined,
but the governor is con-
sidering a plan to place two
of them near the Seventeen
tn avenue entrance to the
capitol grounds.
The tree sections already
in p plac e are of the type
found in the Rainbow Pc
trified Forest, one of Ari-
zona's national monument.
Exchange.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-07-17
EMPLOYMENT AID
PROPOSED OKLA.
Arizona's Views Asked On
U. S. Financed Program

Arizona's views on pro-
posed nationwide develop
ment program, federally fin
anced, as a means of reliev-
ing unemployment were ask
ed of Gov. George w. P.
Hunt in a telegram from
Senator Elmer Thomas of
Oklahoma.
Senator Thomas advised
the governor that at an
Oklahoma meeting on un-
employment, July 6, it was
unanimously decided to pro-
pose "vast internal improve
m n t program covering
highway construction, flood
control, public buildings,
public housing and other
improvements needs, all to
be financed by the federal
government" :"
''It was decided to suggest
the program to other states"
telegram further stated,
"and request consideration
and cooperation in develop
ing public sentiment for ma
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-07-17
WILLIE'S REWARD

In this family there was
a large number of small
children. Little Willie, age
six, was taken in one morn
ing to see his father who
happened to be laid up with
influenza. Little Willie was
quite, almost reverent, in
the sickroom. When it came
time for him to go, he went
up to his fathers bedside
and said:
81 bin good, amt l pop?"
Eyes, son, " the old man
whispered.
well, then, kin | see the
baby?"
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-07-17
tion-wide plan of relief.

tion-Wide plan of relief.
-."Please advise your re
action and if in your opln-
ion your state will join in
proposing and urging the
adoption and carrying out of
such a program"
The telegram concluded
with the declaration that if
sufficient interest is mani
fest, a Midwest conference
will be called soon to con-
slider the PROPOSAL.
Full expression of Gov.
Hunts views on the pro-
posal must await his return
to his office today from
Flagstaff, where he is at
tending the annual meeting
of the Arizona Wool Grow
ers association.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-07-17
HENRY FORD MADE
$55,OOO,OOO IN 1880

The Ford Motor company,
cleared S55, 100000 net pro-
fits in 1880.
When a man makes such
gains in year Of depression
and disaster, it is proper to
ask what he does with them.
Millions of people are out OF
work. Countless families
have been supported in part
by charity. Hunger has been
stalking through the land
between warehouses bulg-
ing with food W h i c h the
hungry cannot buy.
In addition to all his pre-
vious profits, in addition to
a fortune of not less than a
billion d dollars, Mr.. Ford
cleared fifty-five millions in
a year when armies of his
couiitrymen d i d not get
enough to eat. What part
of his money did he spend
to relieve the distress of his
fellows?
None of it,
In proportion to popula-
ton, Detroit is t h e unem-
ployment capital of Ameri-
ca. Ford has helped to
m a k e it so; for he closes
plants with utter disregard
of the welfare of his en-
ployees. The city is caring
for $4,000 families besides
vast numbers of unattached
individuals; and SO per cent
of all who apply for relief
are laid-off Ford workers.
Ford does not pay local
taxes. His plants are locat-
ed outside of the city limits
where the municipal author
tiles cannot levy on them;
but his workers live in the
city; where the municipal
authorities care for them.
I'm this time of uneXampled
distress, Henry Ford has
saddled the city with the
upkeep of his workin g
force.
He does not even give in
so-called charity. His son
Edsel Ford, sent the relief
committee of Detroit a check |
for S125,000. w. G.. Being
man director of relief re-
ports said that the city has
spent S8,00O,OOO to save
Ford workers from starva-
ton. The Ford family's con-
tribution is about 1.5 per
cent of this sum-and less
than a quarter of one per
per cent of Ford's 1880 pro-
fits.
And to said insult to in
jury, while the city to which
he pays no taxes takes care
of his desered hungry work
ers, Henry Ford suns him
self in Florida, and says
t h t the man" won't work
unless he has to!
The American people,
once had warm liking for
Henry Ford. They are fast
losing it. In the cold light
OF a starvation winter. he
shows as hard and callous
and stupid as other captain
of industry"
Perhaps there was more
philosophy than we dream
ed IN a famous mans gibe
that God shows what He
thinks of money by the kind
Of men He gives it to- Elk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-20

Sucher, q daughter. and her husband
also were aboard the train, as was Miss
Lola La Toilette another daughter, who
Joined the. train In Chicago.
Hundreds of friends Of the counselor"
Of the Progressive party viii attend the
funeral services at Madison. These win
take place at the State Historical liz
brary on the campus Of the University
OF Wisconsin, from which Mrs. La Fol-
lette was graduated So years ago.
The body win be inferred in the For
est Hill Cemetery, beside that of her
husband. the famous Fighting Bob"
Hundreds of messages of sympathy
were received by the family here yes
terday before the funeral train left for
the West. They came from political
friends and foes alike, eulogizing the
wife and mother Of Wisconsins pro-
gregsiVe chieftatns.
Senator Vandenburg. Michigan, prais-
ed her as zone of the rare characters
In the history of motherhood and citi-
zenship." Senator Costigan of Colo
RADIO wired: she was rarely beautip
full spirit. Her loss is a national loss !"
Senator Blaine, the junior Senator from
Wisconsin. and Senators Moses Of New
Hampshire. Glass of Virginia, and Davis
OF Pennsylvania, were among those 70
send messages Of coincidence.
Mrs. Edward Everett Gam, sister o.
Vice President Curtis, called yesterday
to express sympathy for herself and
her brother Secretary Of Labor Dosk
telephoned his condolences.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-20
Deaths Reported.

The following deaths have bean reported to
the Health Department in the last ~ hours:
Frances J. Smith, 80. 1921 Wisconsin ave
John j. Tierney, II, st. Eiizabeths Hos
pital.
Sarah Adams, 10, Little Sisters Of the
Poor.
Peter ?. Deignan, So, 224e Shannon pI. ne
Julia M. Devey, IS. 1870 Wyoming ave.
John A Handler, 81, AIS Hobart pl
MargaTet II. Bowen, 81, National Homeo-
pathic Hospital.
George r. Herndon. So. st. Elizabeths
Hospital.
QeofVe zuras. a. sIbley Hospital.
ave 49,
Susie johnson. SO. Freedmen's Hospital.
Hospital.
Charles Young, 40, GaIlinEer Hospital
Frank Sewell 49, Gallinger Hospital
John J. Bruce, ~, Gailinger Hospital
Gathering Hart, -. Children's Hospital
pital 4
Shirley Redd. months. GARFIELD Hospital