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DAILY HEALTH SERVICE =

modern use include derivatives OF
barbital or veronal and also prepa-
rations of bromides.
These drugs are, in a way, po-
tent for harm rs well as for good.
They should seldom, if ever, be used
without the direction or prescription
Of a physician.
OF special interest are the drugs
called analgesics and antipyretics
which have the special power OF
controlling pain, especially nerve
pains, and also of reducing fever.
The most common drug of this
variety is the widely-known aspirin,
which many people take in immense
quantities without realizing that
any drug potent for good may also
under the wrong conditions pro-
duce harm.
In addition to the commonly used
aspirin, there are much stronger
drugs of the same type, including
acetanilid and antipyrine.
People have been accustomed to
buying such things in enormous
quantities without realizing that
overdoses may cause change in the
blood and in the heart, and that
people will tend to become addicted
to the use Of the drug without en-
deavoring to clear up at its source
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earth to get a quick and special per-
mission from some high official.
He telephoned frantically. They all
turned him down, saying that it
was impossible to make any excep-
tons in the 6 o'clock deadline.
Finally he drove to the little hut
which marks the official port of
entry on the line and made a per-
Sonal plea to the American guard
in charge. They said it could not
be done.
But finally a soldier spoke up and
said: Buddy, if you really have to
get back, why don't you go through
the hole in the fence? It's only lust
a little distance up that way"
And so it has been in America.
with prohibition, the Sherman anti
trust law and a dozen other pieces
Of legislation.
We pass statutes to saIve our con-
science. And then, for the sake of
comfort and convenience, we al
ways leave some hole in the fence.
Copyright. 1881. by The Tfnes)
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Fiction which this situation offers upon the visior
and unity Of organized labor in the United States.

HSCtOu WHICH LllS SITUATION ouerS upon the vision
and unity Of organized labor in the United States.
We may be sorry about the semi-defunct status
Of most labor unionism in the country and about
the semi-starvation Of perhaps eight millions OF
workers. But, by ana large, they have brought it on
themselves and it is what they will get until they
realize this.
Labor has made no doesn't and unified effort to
exploit Journalism, education, religion or the forum
in its behalf. There Is not an impressive labor daily
in the country. Socially minded preachers receive
no significant support from labor.
Labor forums are a travesty in most centers. Few
attend and speakers must come close to charity in
their fees. The schools are in the hands Of the can
italists from kindergarten to graduate schools Of
universities.
If labor will not support agencies designed to give
it publicity and intelligence, what else can it expect
than its present lowly and inpecunious position?
In spite Of heroic efforts by Mr.. Music, his as
sociates and his supporters, Brookwood has only a
handful Of students. Or the other hand, the sons
and daughters Of laborers swarm to conventional
colleges in search Of the reputable degree of bachelor
Of arts in intellectual v%acuity. M
Labor colleges are left as little scattered apologies
for educational institutions, with few students and
this corporals guard apologize for their choice of
a place Of study. 2
The chief reason for all this is the hangover of
thte absurd pioneer illusion that every American boy
was on his way to the presidency; if not Of the
United States, then certainly of a bank.
To be in training as labor leaders or as persons
avowedly consecrated to life within the Iaboring class
is stigrnatic Of servility. The whole situation is COL
ored by the fact that education, like most of our
other Institutions, is contaminated with the psychol-
ogy OF the leisure class.
Labor in the United States is not willing yet to
admit that the mass Of Americans must be recon-
clled to the prospect Of being born, living and dying
IN the ranks Of workers. Yet until there is such
an admission, and. until there is a general recogni-
Clon OF the permanence, dignity and rights of the
laborfng status, there will be no labor journalism
or education worthy of the name.
When the progeny of our toilers are more proud
OF their certificate from Brookwood than Of a Latin
certlhcation Of attainment to the rank of artium
naccalaureus from Princeton, there will be some hope
for American labor.
AS long as they aim to ape the sons and daughters
OF the rich and the well born, they will remain futile
and unhappy i~nnitators.
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Questions and
Answers

Can dry cells that have run down
be recharged?
When partly run down, they can
be popped up temporarily by drill
ing a series of small holes in the
cells and filling them with a solu-
ton of sal-ammoniac, vinegar or
diluted sulphuric acid. The cells
should be allowed to stand idle for
several hours before using, after
which more acid should be added
and the holes should be plugged
with sealing wax or soap.
If a person is sentenced to death
by hanging and the gaIlows fail to
function, does he automatically go
free?
The sentence usually reads "to be
hanged by the neck until dead"
The condemned, therefore, would not
escape death through any accidental
failure Of the gallows.
What and where are the Pillars
Of Hercules?
The name is sometimes gievn to
the Rock Of Gibraltar and the op-
posite cliffs, where the Mediter-
ranean sea joins the Atlantic ocean.
Does an auto tire weigh more in
dated or debated?
Air is ~ponderable, consequently
debated tire weighs less.
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Mining Record
~. KELLOGG begins AS

NJ. AELLOGG begins his article
IL in Science by saying:
AS a boy preparing for college.
Herbert Hoover decided to go to q
university which paid especial at
tention to science. He went to
Stanford university, took major
courses there in geology and min
ing, graduated in 1895, and began
at once a successful career as min
ing engineer.
This lasted up to the beginning
OF the World war, when he gave
it up and became known to all the
world as relief worker, food admin
istrator, secretary of commerce and
President Of the United States. 2
I'm all these capacities he has
shown a notable appreciation Of
science and the scientific method,
and he has helped materially to
support and extend scientific kaowl-
edge.
"As mining engineer in charge of
very large enterprises in Australia.
China, Burma, the Ural mountains,
Monaghan Siberia, South Africa
and elsewhere he attacked with
success various scientific mining
and metallurgical problems.
Most notable, perhaps, was his
success in Australia in advancing
the hotation process and in work
ing out means Of pro1tably recover.
ing the zinc content from low-grade
silver ores.
"In the prosecution Of his large
mining operations, he successfully
met important social problems aris-
ing from the gathering together Of
communities Of thousands Of work.
men and their families in parts OF
the world distant from civilized
regions.
"His great Kyshtim project in the
Ural mountains, for example, main
tanned a community of 10000 peo-
pie who were lifted by him Through
his scientific and social work from
poverty and squalor to a high state
of comfort and prosperity"
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IT SEEMS TO ME BY E EE%29

IF 7 may be allowed to steal a line
Il which Mr.. Dooley wrote after
reading T. RS Rough Rider book,
I can supply a snapper title for
the war memoirs Of Gen. Pershing.
They most pertinently could be
called "Alone in France"
The position Of Pershing as a
military leader will have to be
passed upon by the experts of this
day and the days to come. But I
think he has established himself as
the liveliest Of all the writing gen.
erals.
That surprises me, for during the
war I never thought of him as a
particularly happy or successful
speaker. Any one Of a dozen
French generals could do more in
the dramatic business of rousing
troops through oratory.
I was present at one Of Gen.
Pershing's first addresses to COM
batants. He had been in France q
few months before it, and evidently
he was seeking to emulate the per-
sona1 gesture and pat on the back
so popular among the French
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ZA1LxX
H7q9AEE b1TE9eH
ANNIVERSARY
H4Nl4A
E. B. BIRTH
March s


~ March 6, 1906, Elizabeth Bar
- rett Browning. English poet,
was born near Durham.
She early displayed great liter
airy precocity, composing when about
II and epic poem on the Battle Of
Marathon.
When she was 20 her family
moved to London. where Miss Bar
rett established her reputation by
the "Saraphim" and other poems.
In 1645 she met Robert Brown
ing, whose writings she had pre-
viously praised. A year later they
were married, against her fathers
wishes.
Proceeding to italy they made
Florence their home and there in
l849 a son was born, Robert, who
became known as an artist and
poet.
The married life Of these bril-
liant poets was singularly happy,
and their mutual influence was
clearly seen in their verse.
Mrs. Browning's "Sonnets From
the Portuguese" which were in
reality original compositions, writ
ten after her engagement to Brown
ing. ARE unrivaled, OF their kind,
IN the English Language, as an ex-
auisite expression Of pure yet pas
sionate love-"
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Scientific Support

DR. KELLOGG then proceeds to
~ list the books which Hoover
has written. They include Eco
Monies Of Mining" Principles Of
Mining and a translation Of the
medieval Latin text of Agricola OF
de Re Metallica."
He also lists the Offices which
Hoover has held in scientific soci-
cites and the fact that twenty-five
universities have conferred degrees
upon him.
Dr.. Kellogg continues:
GAS secretary Of commerce and
President, he has made an impress
sive record in bringing about ever
increasing support and extension Of
the work Of the governments sci
entihc divisions and bureaus.
"He became secretary Of COM
merce in March, 1921. IN the last
ten years the appropriations for tire
support Of the primarily scientific
bureaus Of the department have in
creased as follows: Bureau Of
standards, from $1,354,632 to 1885,
GIL; bureau Of fisheries, 1921, $40 to
$2,640 $50; bureau Of mines, $780,
642 to $2,729,480; coast and geodetic
survey, $2,316,317 to $3,020,104.
"Tt was as a result Of his vigorous
championship that the establish
ment of a great national hydraulic
laboratory (~S350,00O) at the bureau
Of standards was brought about.
while Hoover was secretary Of
commerce, radio b~roadcasting was
begun. He took great interest n
the scientific development Of radio
and realized the future possibilities
Of b-roadcasting.
"He presided over four national
radio conferences and took a lively
interest in the proceedings of the
international Radio Telegraph con-
ference held in Washington in 1927.
"As secretary Of commerce and
President, MI. Hoover's relation to
scientific work has been that Of n
courager, supporter, and admins
traitor, necessarily not that Of lg5-
oratory or field man.
"As such supporter and admins
traitor Of science, he has made much
and great scientific work possible;
and for this he should have the
gratitude Of scientific men"
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Must Face Issue

ID EGARDLESS Of any plumbers
IN President Hoover may have
made, or the possibilities Of a split
in the Republican camp, the Dem
ocratic party might just as well ad-
nit defeat in 1882 if it refuses to
accept the prohibition issue.
Neither has the Democratic party
a better way of accepting that issue
than by adoption of the Raskoh
plan.
There is no use Of talking about
unqualified repeal of the eighteenth
amendment at this time, or any
form of modification which
threatens the return of the old
fashioned saloon, or the legalized
sale Of light wine and beer, which
would leave the door about as wide
open to bootlegging as it is right
now.
Such being the case, what is there
left, except the Raskob plan, or a
plan so near ike it that you 'couldn't
tell the difference?
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M. E. Tracy
The Prohibition Issue rs Net
SqudreIy, With a Workable
Plan, By John J. Rdskob.
SAYS.

NEEMPHIS, Tenn, March g.
N1John j. Raskob meets the pro-
hibition issue sQuarely and con-
st~ructively. The plan he -offers is
both definite and workable. It
avoids the obviously impossible al
tentative Of going back where we
were and the equally impossible al
tentative Of remaining as we are.
Best Of al, it is consistent with the
fundamental principles Of the
Democratic party.
How can the Democratic party re-
fuse to accept such a challenge?
Raskob has confronted it with
the choice Of abandoning Volstead-
ism or Of throwing overheard the
doctrine Of state rights.
More than that, he has presented
it with an opportunity to pick up
the Wickersham report reconcile its
apparent contradictions, and bring
order out Of chaos.
Thanks to President Hoover's ar
bitrary Interpretation Of that re-
port, the stage is set for the Demo-
cratic party to 90 a good job, not
only for itself, but for the coun-
try. All it needs is the required
amount Of political intelligence and
courage.
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Offers Real Plan

D AsKOB has not attempted to
IN stampede the Democratic party,
as some people thought he would.
Here is a plan, he says, take all
the time you want to think it over,
but when you have done that,
either fish or cut bait.
Tt is the first time a plan has
been laid before the Democratic
party. Others have talked about
repeal, modification, or light wine
and beer, but in such way that no
one could be quite sure OF what
they meant.
The fact that no one could be
quite sure has made it possible for
drys to throw all kinds of dust and
block action by the simple process
Of creating all kinds of confusion.
Raskob removes all doubt. His
plan is SO plain. and simple that
everyone can understand it.
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BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor. Journal of the American Medical
Association and Of Hygeia, the Health
Magazine.
THERE are other drugs which
L have the special power to con-
troll OF to stimulate various activi-
ties in the human body.
The anesthetics, such as ether,
chloroform, nitrous oxide, and ethy-
lene produce temporary uncon-
sciousness, during which there is
insensibility to pain. With these
drugs, modern surgery is made pos
sible.
There are other drugs which have
the special virtue OF inducing sleep,
even in. the presence Of pain. These
are known as narcotic drugs, and
practically all Of them are derived
from opium.
After the narcotics come the series
of drugs known as hypnotics or
sedative drugs, which have the spe-
cial value Of inducing sleep without
the great likelihood of causing habit
formation that exists with deriva-
tfves of opium.
Among these hypnotics and soda
tives, the most common ones in
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A LoophoIe

Ut seemed to me a curious ar
L rangement, and later I discov-
cred in conversation that this loop
hole in the regulations was public
property.
In fact, one tourist told me that
being under grave necessity to re-
turn to San Diego after the forbid
den hour, he moved heaven and
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SCIENCE
Hoover Lduded as Friend Of
Science IN Article by Or.
Vernon Kellogg.
BY DAVID DIEgTZ.
DR. VERNON KELLOGG writ,

III XII g
Vernon Kellogg.
nR. VERNON KELLOGG writes
IL an article in the current issue
Of Science, official publication Of the
American Association for the Ad-
vancement Of Science. upon the
subject Of Herbert Hoover and
Science"
Some commentators upon the DO
htical scene think that kellogg. a
close friend Of Hoover, was moved
to write the article by the fact that
within recent months considerable
criticism has been leveled at the
President from various quarters on
the claim that as President he has
been ignoring science and scientific
men.
d.. Kellogg is the permanent sec
rotary Of the National Research
council. His Office IS in Washing
ton He is e distinguished z~oologist
and educator. He is a trustee Of the
Rockefeller Foundation and of
large number Of educational. scisn-
tito and philanthropic &-ganiza-
tons.
During the World war and after.
Dr. kellogg was associated with
Hoover in much Of his work over
seas. In 1915 and 1916, he was di-
rector in Brussels of the American
commission for relief in Belgium.
From 1917 to 1919, he was as
sistant to the United States food
administrator. From 1918 to 1874,
he filed a number Of posts for the
American relief commission includ-
ing those Of chief of the mission to
Poland and special investigator in
Russia.
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It's Workable

FINDER the Rasko plan, the
~ eighteenth amendment would
be modified in such way as to give
any state wishing to exercise it the
right to make and sell liquor within
its own territory.
Now let's see just what that
means, particularly with. regard to
those states ~preferring prohibition.
In the first place, they could re-
main dry. In the second place, the
federal government would retain
adequate authority to protect
them. In the third place, they
would not be threatened with
the return of old-fashioned saloons
in cities and towns on their
borders.
We states not only would be
compelled TO do their drinking at
home, but 20 conduct all the bust
ness connected with it, which would
prevent them from evading respon-
sibility for breaches of the privilege.
Instead of being forced to chase
b~ootleggers up and down every
lane and alley Of the land, federal
authorities would be required only
to stop illegal traffic between wet
and dry states and the illegal i'm
portatior Of liquor from foreign
countries.
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Just an Eagle
1T seemed to be a new departure
~ >1I

1T seemed to be a new departure
L for the American leader.
Floyd Gibbons told me Of an earl
Ter experience of Pershing's along
the Mexican border. Colonel Dodd
had crossed the line in pursuit OF
Pancho Villa.
The task was difficult. Dodd
failed to hit the main body of
Villas fast-moving forces, but at
one point he established contact
with a Mexican detachment and
nicked it prettily.
Soon afterward Persting Joined
his flying column. The men thought
that some warm words Of approba-
ton would be their portion.
instead the only comment made
by the general after his inspection
was a vitrioIic -7n-minute harangue
to a cavalryman who had managed
to get the eagle on one Of his but
tons upside down in the course OF
the melee
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ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those OF
one Of Americas most inter
esting writer's and are pre-
sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude of
this paper.-The Editor.
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Beat Home, Governor

DIAL ElJl4+OJ QUVOlAQl
ONE Of the most welcome things
" in the new newspaper amalga-
nation is the discovery that Al
Smith keeps his r%eportorial job.
I am proud and glad to be a
fellow worker Of the Governors.
But If he can remember back to the
last campaign I think he will have
to admit that he is not the original
Smith man of the Scripps-Howard
papers.
Speaking Of the Mexican border,
as we were at the beginning Of this
column. I hit upon one situation
which seems to me a complete
Characterization Of our national
psychology in regard to prohibition.
In fact, the moral Of this little
episode runs wider than that.
At Tia Juana the line IS closed
at 6 o'clock in the evening. 1t is
possible to cross over into Mexico
after that time If one makes the
hop upon the even hour.
But Americans may not return TO
the homeland after the 6 o'clock
curfew has sounded. I don't know
the reason for this order. Perhaps
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Solid South IS Snag

1T looks like a practical way out
Il Of the present mess, but the
Democratic party still remains to be
heard from and many of it's m1em-
bers are committed frantically to
nationwide prohibition, in spite OF
all they have been taught, or all
they have said with reference tc
every other issue on the doctrine
Of state rights.
AS a matter Of record. 1t was a
Democrat who "fathered" the eight
zenith amendment, and it was I'M
der a Democratic administration
that the eighteenth amendment
went into effect.
Not only that, but the. solidest
Democratic section Of the country is
the most ardently prohibition.
If the south, or a large part Of it,
won't listen to reason, Mr.. Raskob
is up against a tough proposition.
SO IS the Democratic party.
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What and where are the Phoenix
Islands?
They are q group Of eight islands
in the Pacific ocean, belonging to
Great Britain. The names are Mary,
E~nderbury. Phoenix, Birney, Gard
ner, Mexican, Hull and Sydney. The
area Of the group is sixteen square
miles.
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Daily Thought

But Israel shall be saved in the
Lord and with everlasting sal
walton: ye shall not be ashamed
nor cenfounded world without end.
Isaiah 45:I7.
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None shall be saved by Christ but
those only who work out their own
salvation, while God is working in
them by His truth and His holy
spirit. We can not do without God
and God will not do without u.s.
Matthew Henry.
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Soothing Drugs Have Hidden Dangers
By DIR. MORRIS FISHBETN

This is the second Of a series of
articles by DR.. Fishbein on prescriptions.
Nogales international., 1931-03-25

-
STUFFED canaries, mounted dogs and CATS flowers, and
almost every article imaginable left to be petrihed
under the magic waters of Englands Dropping WE'LL and
become completely encased in before the owners eyes,
The mineral waters emerge from spring above the well and
trckle down limestone wall reaked with many coors due
minerals precpitated. Strange it seems, this
petriyng water makesa delicious and healthful drink al
though one might think it would result in roc-ned
stomach.
In the second round of his fight with Colin Bell Decc-
Der III 1918, cVey, infurated from blow that had all
but knocked him out rushed his opponent and landed with
solid blow Bels forehead As he fell Belps right leg
twisted and crumped under his weight Such the force
of the blow that the ba largest bone the leg cracked
and broke the flesh.
In Africa thirsty desert traveller, upon calling for
drink apt be handed what all appearances rock
and unless he happened be familiar with the Stone Plant
he would doubt throw the thing aside in disgust How
ever the wouldbe rock practically all water and growing
\ in the desert, IS Godsend to thirsty travellers.
The freak elm of Missouri originally two separate
trees One of the fell and landed squarey the fork
of the other In time the trunks united and became
single "Sanese" tree.
The Angler Fish is found along the Atlantic shore Of
America and in Scotland is called "wide-gab' 1t also
known goose6sh because of its reputation for swallow
ing whole geese The Anglers method of capturing prey
unknown but supposed capture birds while they
asleep the water The fish has been known catch and
devour gu cororan ducks loons and other birds
For further information enclose stamped se-addressed
eouelote ineere of This paper.