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The Coolidge examiner., 1932-07-29
STEEL BRIDGES THE EUPHRATES

navigable by steamers 80 years ago,
but has since silted.
'The highly developed canal sys-
TEN made Mesopotamia (the land
between the rivers0 prosperous fo1
millenniums under various govern
ments. Even after the Moslems
took possession much Of the vast
system was preserved. But the
Mongol invasion in 1856 brought
ruin. Head works and embank-
ments were destroyed, and the
plains were turned into alternate
stretches of desert and swamp. 1t
is in this condition that much of
the land along the lower Euphrates
is 70 be found today.
Fifty miles after passing close
to Bagdad. the Euphrates river runs
beside the ruins of Babylon. Mounds
of brick and broken walls exposed
by the work of psychologists cover
more than so square miles. and
mark the place where one of the
greatest of the worlds ancient cit
les throbbed with life $500 years
and more ago. At the height of it's
power and wealth Babylon num-
bered it's inhabitants by the mil
lions. On the southern portion of
the site of Babylon is the modern
city of Hilla. with busy bazaars
among date groves and gardens.
After the Euphrates and Tigris
unite, the combined stream is,
known as the Shatt-al-Arab, which
flows into the Persian gulf. Sixty
miles up the Shaft -al-Arab is Basra.
the chief port of Iraq The river
harbor has a depth of II feet at low
tide. From Basra a railway ex-
tends to Bagdad and on to Mosul.
"The Euphrates and the Tigris
have built the fertile SumeriaD
plain with their silt. The delta ad.
vances into the Persian gulf about
GO feet year. In the past 5000
years all the land between the pres
ent meeting place of the rivers and
the sea has been contributed. At
the end of the most recent Ice age
the Euphrates, according to geo.
logical estimates, entered the sea
west of the site of Bagdad, more
than 400 miles from the Persian
gulf"
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-07-29
Hunter Provides Coast
Chinese With Courage

Fort Bragg, Calif.-Frank Taafe.
Fort Bragg's hunter. has probably
the most unusual occupation in the
world-that of supplying courage"
TO San Francisco's Chinatown.
The Chinese-that is. those of the
older generation-believe that to
eat the flesh of wildcat is TO en-.
dow the eater with courage and
strength.
Taafe supplies the wildcats
which he traps alive in the noun
tains near here. and ships in crates
TO San Francisco.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-07-29

final sheet from the typewriter,
rose, stretched, swore, and poured
himself a drink. The thing was
done, and he felt that it was good.
The "angeI" should be proud of it.
1t was a novel to put a name on.
The "anger' beamingly took the
completed manuscript and wrapped
it up carefully. He told the young
man he was first going to offer it
as a serial to certain magazine.
They'll take it like shot," he.
said. Later I'll bring it out in
book form. You rest and I'll come
back here and tell you what they
say"
Late that night the "angel" came
in like q duck. 1t was evident that
he had been swimming in some
thing stronger than water. The,
author figured he must have been
celebrating his literary triumph.
"How about it?" he said.
"How about what?" demanded
the "angel."
1.-The book, man. What did they
say about the novels"
"Oh, that" said the angel care
fully. III tell you. I've been
with a peach of a girl who was
going West. She didn't have any
thing to read on the train, so
gave her that manuscript"
TO- Bell syndicate.)-WNU Service
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-07-29
Minerals in Food
Easy to Supply
Dependable Calcium Salts
Not Expensive and
Satisfying.

(By DIR. H. H. MITCHELL, College
or Agriculture, University OF ILL.,
nois.)-WNU Service.
In spite Of all the mystery and dis
cussion about the feeding Of miner
ais to live stock, the whole thing
SINNERS down In most cases to the
simple little matter of supplying
lime salts and common salt in the
rations Of swine and poultry. Other
classes Of live stock so seldom need
minerals, except for common salt,
that they need not be considered.
For pigs and poultry, two, or even
one, of the dependable calcium min
erals mixed with salt in the proper
tions of three or four parts of the
mineral to one part of the salt
makes a simple, cheap and effective
mineral mixture. Even this mixture
Is an extravaganza when the ration
contains calcium-rich feeds, such as
milk products, tankage, alfalfa, or
the like. If pigs do not eat miner
ais when getting such rations, in all
probability they do not need them.
There are several calcium salts
that are readily available, relatively
cheap and of proven worth. Bone
meal has no superior as a source
both Of calcium and phosphorus
Dicalcium phosphate is more soluble
than bone meal, it is true, but in eX-
tensive experiments on growing
swine at this station it has not
proved superior to bone meal, not
withstanding its citrate sOlubil-
ity." Citrate solubility" means
little or nothing in animal feeding
since animals can digest and alb
sOrb extremely insoluble minerals
such as calcium silicate. Dicalcium
phosphate is also more expensive
than bone meal.
Cheaper than either of these two
minerals are rock phosphate and
limestone. OF these two, limestone
Is much TO be preferred. AS cal
cium mineral it is but little inferior
to bone meal, and If the ration con.
tains liberal amounts of nitrogenouS
concentrates, which are high In
phosphorus, it is for all practical
purposes as good as bone meal
Dolomitic limestones are distinctly
less valuable than high-calciun
limestones. Rock phosphate has
not proved to be a good supplement
In all cases and unless used in re
stricted amounts is distinctly toxic
to farm animals. In the self-feeding
OF a mineral mixture, 1t would be
safer to omit this mineral entirely.
Wood ashes are sometimes good
but are always uncertain sources
OF calcium, because of their variable
composition.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-07-29
CANADA HONORS WASHINGTON

opened the observance. Many prom
inent officials and citizens of Kings
ton attended the reception and IL
was reported as an outstanding sue
cess.
The speakers referred to the cor
dial relations between Canada and
the United States and expressed
the belief that such occasions as
the George Washington bicentennial
celebration could result only IN a
better understanding between these
two English-speaking countries OF
North America.
The Kingston Whig-Standard paid
high tribute to George Washington.
The article concluded In the follow
ing words: "Old antagonisms have
been forgotten. Canada and the
United States have existed side by
side for a century without forts or
warships and this Washington BIZ
centenary observance will further
cement the friendship that has ex-
listed for years between the two
countries"
Receptions and programs in honor
of George Washington have also
been held in Montreal, Winnipeg,
Sault Ste Marie, and other places.
Service clubs throughout the Do
minion have observed the bicenten-
NAL celebration in various ways,
and radio talks have eulogiZed
George Washington.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-07-29

George Washington. The editorial
column of the Times Journal of
that city noted the occasion with
approval and said, "Present-oay
Americans bear no more grudge
against George III of England than
Englishmen bear against George
Washington"
Under the auspices of the Ameri-
can Woman's club of Vancouver a
birthday luncheon was held In the
Hotel Vancouver.
Interesting in its spontaneity is
the project planned by the Memo
rial University college in st. Johns,
Newfoundland. A request from the
college for material and informa-
tion on George Washington has
been forwarded TO the United States
George Washington Bicentennial
commission with the explanation
that students at the institution wish
to prepare essays on the life and
career of the first President of the
United States. The college also
plans to present a drama written
around the life of George Washing
ton.
One of the most pretentious of all
the Canadian programs in connec-
ton with the bicentennial celebra-
ton was carried out in Kingston
where an entertainment held in the
Hotel La Sale under the auspices
of the American Women's club
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-07-29
Mails His Wife's Letter
Eighteen Years Later

Harrison, Ark.-The man who
forgets to mail his wife's letter
isn't a myth. Nath Miller found in
his desk the other day letter that
his wife gave him to mail Is years
ago. So he mailed 1t right away
to Miss Luck Harding, who still is
living at the address which his
wife wrote on the envelope.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-07-29

the present moment. Stripes do
tricky things this season. Such as
forming insets after the manner
adopted in goring and paneling the
skirt as here pictured. Other ex-
amples of the doings of stipes are
the cunning seersucker jacket suits
which are aspiring to look military
with their fastenings of shiny nickel
buttons. The blouse of navy and
white lawn which is trimmed with
metal buttons Is also a leading
style item.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-07-29
Woman 'Dies" Twice
in One Afternoon

New York.-Mrs. Amelia
Redino, forty-three years old,
was declared dead twice In
one day.
Early in the afternoon, the
woman suddenly collapsed
from a heart attack, and was
declared dead for four min
uteS.
Three emergency crews.
responding to her husbands
call. worked over Mrs. Redi-
no for four hours and finally
succeeded in reviving her.
Meanwhile 40 friends and
neighbors knelt in prayer on
the street outside the house.
Shortly afterward Mrs.
Redino again collapsed and
all efforts to revive her
failed.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-07-29
Agricultural Squibs

Where the growth of sweet clover
is short, the deficiency of organic
matter can be made up by applying
barnyard manure before the ground
is plowed for potatoes.
Be sure of the ration you use to
rear chicks. If in doubt about one
that will carry them along at the
right speed of growth, consult those
who have been successful.
A 10-by-12 house will rear enough
chicks and house enough layers to
supply a household of six persons
with a fair amount of chicken meat
and ample egg supply.
A bird that does not present an
alert, snappy appearance and a
great deal of aggressiveness will not
be apt TO transmit the high consti-
tutional vigor necessary in highly
productive flock.
A proper use of the silo will pre-
vent an oyer-production of corn. II
will also prevent a great waste In
corn fodder. Forty per cent of the
nutritive value Of the corn plant is
found in the stalks and leaves.
Late dent corn planted in the
bean row has been used as a sub
stitute for poles in growing pole
beans. This system makes it un-
necessary to use sticks or a fence
for the beans to climb upon.
Hog cholera cannot be prevented
or cured with drugs. However, the
simultaneous virus-serum inocula-
tion gives hogs a lasting immunity
against the disease.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-07-29
WAR CHILDREN SEEK KIN

show that his father was killed at
Yerdun In 1916.
There are thousands of similar
cases. Twenty parents have been
found by their children in recent
months. but the percentage of re-
unions II years after the war is
pathetically small.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-07-29
Makes Funeral Plans
Five DAYS Before Death

Blytheville, Ark.-Five days be-
fore his death, ]. R. Lemp. head of
the local Volunteers of America,
called upon l.. G. Moss, an under
taker here, and made plans for his
funeral. Lemp told the under
taker he expected he would die.
within few days. He was sixty
years old.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-07-29
Home Built in Tree
Shelters Orphan Bow

Glens Falls. n. "a few
boards laid across limbs of a
tree served as the home of
Harold Bennett, eighteen
years old. the last few days.
An orphan. he arrived re-
Gently seeking a job. Penni.
less and friendless. he OBJ
tained boards TO build the
floor" and limbs. blinds and
tin to make up the remainder
of his abode.
Police found the youth had
no coverings and mad not
eaten for a day. He was
taken TO headquarters, fed
and then turned over to the
county home at Warrensburg.
The Washington times., 1932-08-23
CURTIS, HOOVER
TALK POLITICS

Vice President Curtis, attend
ing his first Cabinet meeting in
months, today made report to
President Hoover on the political
observations of his trip to the
West during which he represented
the President at the opening of
the Olympic Games in Los An
geles.
He did not discuss his accep-
tance speech, he said. In it he
declared he was opposed to re-
peal of the Eighteenth Amend
ment.
He intends to rest briefly be-
fore making any further cam
paign speeches. He will leave in
a few days to visit his daughters,
Mrs. Webster Knight, in Provi-
dence, R. l., and Mrs. Charles P.
George, in Nantucket, Mass.
Mr.. Curtis is to confer within
the next few days with Represen-
tative John @. Tilson (RD, Con.
necticut. who is chairman of the
Eastern Speakers Bureau of the
Republican National Committee
This conference is to be held in
New York.
The Washington times., 1932-08-23
P0NERENE SEES
REVIVAL WON '
BY R. F. {.
Democratic Chairman Agrees
With Hoover. DisapproVaI
Of Loan Publicity

That the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation will prove
successful in restoring normal
economic conditions in the
United States was the predic-
ton today of former Senator
Atlett w. Pomerene of Ohio,
Democratic chairman of the
board.
Expressing confidence in the
corporations ability to meet the
credit needs of the nation, pre-
vent further banking panics, and
start the country back on the
road to prosperity, Pomerene
said
"The Reconstruction Finance
Corporation is now proving sue
cessful in restoring normal
economic conditions. 1t is i'm
possible to say how long it will
take, but am confident the
corporation will fulfill its pur-
pose. Its resources at present
are sufficient to meet the credit
needs of the nation"
PUBLICITY OPPOSED
Whether the corporation will
find it necessary to request addi-
tional resources depends upon
conditions, Pomerene said.
The Administration was watch
ing the effect of the first pub
lication of operations of the cor.
poration today, with a view to
possible court action to prevent
further publicity if the effect is
regarded as bad for business"
Alone of those having to do
with the monthly reports, South
Trimble, clerk of the House, in.
sisted on making the first report
public yesterday.
At the same time he issued a
lengthy defense of his position,
declaring his Interpretation of
the law compelled his action.
Pomerene Hints Suit
Former Senator Pomerene is
aligned with the other members
against further publicity for op.
erations of the corporation and
has openly expressed doubt that
Trimble had legal authority for
his action.
His prepared statement lent
color to the belief that legal
action to block further publicity
is contemplated by the Admins
tration.
The Washington times., 1932-08-23
PRINTING BOOM
PREDICTED

An immediate return of pros
perity to the printing industry
was forecast by Fred j. Hart
man, of Washington, is an ad-
dress today to the International
Association of Printing House
Craftsmen, in annual convention
at the MayfloWer Hotel.
Hartman said:
"When business dropped off
selling prices lowered in an
effort to keep presses running.
About so per cent of all large
jobs of printing now let out on
a competitive basis are today
actually showing a loss in the
printing plant"
He held that if every printer
in the country had continued to
quote the same prices he did in
the days of prosperity there
would be just as much business
as there is today but a larger
profit would be made.
Convention delegates visited the
Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing, Government Printing Office,
Library of Congress and the
Smithsonian Institute today. The
annual banquet and ball will be
held tonight.
The Washington times., 1932-08-23
Use of Lipstick
Among Men
Growing

CHICAGO, Aug. % 0.NSO.
"JOe, lend me your compact"
"Sure Bill, want my lipstick,
toO?"
Such a conversation between
two robust males is not at all
impossible, said Mrs. Ruth D.
Maurer today. Mrs. Maurer is
chairman of the thirteenth an
nual convention of the Ameri-
can CoSmeticians' Association,
in session here. She said:
MEN in increasing numbers
are becoming cosmetics con-
sciOus. You'd be surprised to
know how many carry lipsticks
and blending brushes"
A blending brush" Mrs.
Maurer explained, is a mans
powder puff, designed for use on
what beauticians call a beard
base"
The Washington times., 1932-08-23
COUNTY GROUPS
MAP CAMP PA|GN
. Of DEMOCRATS
Series of Arlington Mass Meet
ingS Are Planned Shortly,
Declares Leader

Plans for the Democratic
campaign in Arlington county,
Va, are being made by a spe-
cial group consisting of repre-
sentatives of the Arlington
County Mems Club, the Ar
lington County Democratic
Women Club and the county
executive committee.
The group. within few days
will announce a series of mass
meetings in various parts of the
county, w. L. Bragg, county chair
man said today.
Already the women's club,
. under direction of Mrs. Catharine
m. Rogers, president, Mrs. Isabelle
Davis and Mrs. Ethel Bates have
prepared a number of precinct
meetings.
Sudden activity on the part of
Arlington County Republicans,
Spurred by the holding of the
Eighth district Republican con-
vention in Arlington county, yes
terday, has stirred the Democratic
groups to renewed activity.
1t is expected the fight in
Northern Virginia this fall will
be one of the bittereSt ever
Waged.
The Washington times., 1932-08-23
". B. A. AGREES
To SPUR LINE
IN ANNAPOLIS
Compromise Now Acceptable
to Receiver of Road; Coun-
ellis Attitude Not Clear

ANNAPOLIS, Aug. 23.-The
city council of Annapolis,
which has ordered the Wash
ington, Baltimore g. Annapolis
Railway to remove its tracks
from Annapolis streets and
stop operation Of its cars inside
the city, has agreed to meet
shortly to consider a compro-
mise step.
This is, that the railway con-
struct a spur line from the West
Street to the Bladen Street sta
tions, and operate trains from
the Bladen Street station to the
Clairborne and Annapolis ferry.
This plan, turned down four
times by the line within two
years, is now acceptable, says
George Weems Williams, receiver
for the road. The councils atti-
tude was not made clear.
The plan is sponsored by the
five civic organizations of the
city-the Civitan and Rotary
Clubs, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
American Legion and Chamber Of
Commerce.
The council, upheld by the
court. has ordered the railway
to stop operation of its cars
around Church Circle at midnight
Anp1St 81
The Washington times., 1932-08-23
Our LeOnardtown
Correspondent

LEONARDTOWN, Md, Aug. %.
One of the largest grass hoppers
measuring about some three inches
in length, was caught by R. Ca
thell Mattingly. in his garden
here in Leonardtown. 1t has a
streak of yellow down the broad
of its back, interesting looking
brownish redish wings, green
body, large back leaping legs,
with three legs on each side Of
its body to hold on to things
with, and two one inch long feel
ers on either of its head. The
giant grass hopper one of the
largest seen in this county, was
captured on a trunk of a peach
tree where it is claimed it sucks
the trees sap.
The Washington times., 1932-08-23

The elimination of five cen
turies of printing is shown in the
exhibition of the international
Association of Printing House
Craftsmen in annual convention
at the Wardman Park Hotel.
Illustrations from magazines
decorate the panels. All forms Of
letters, italics, blocked, curved and
straight, are shown on various
types of paper, showing the versa
tility of the modern printer.
H. N. King, chairman of the
committee spent many months as
sembling the panels and the dis
play is thought to be the largest
of it's kind ever shown.
The exhibition will be sent to
Chicago for one week and then to
Boston and New Haven for a
month.
The Washington times., 1932-08-23
Heiser ErOnerdted
In Bradford Death

LURAY. Va. Aug. 23.--Murder
charges against Clarence Heiser,
20, were dismissed yesterday after
a hearing had failed to develop evil
dence that he Intentionally killed
Edward Bradford by running over
him in an automobile. 1t was de-
fense contention that Bradford's
death was an accident.
Sheriff E. L. Lucas had asserted
that Bradford was murdered and
not accidentally killed. Charges
against Heiser accused him of be-
ing an accessory in the alleged
murder.
The Washington times., 1932-08-23
Washington Elm Dies
In Richmond Square

RICHMOND, Va. Aug. %.
The Washington Memorial Elm
Tree, planted in Capitol Square
by Governor Pollard in 1880, is
dead.
The tree flourished for two
years in the ellipse between the
west door of the capitol and the
Crawford statute of Washington.
1t was planted by the Virginia
branch of the Wakefield National
Memorial Association, and repre-.
sentatives of the 13 original
States attended the ceremonies.
The Washington times., 1932-08-23
RAIL WORKERS
ON OUTING
Times Staff Photo

Thousands of youngsters ac-
companied by their parents today
attended the annual outing of the
Washington Railway Relief Asso-
citation at Glen Echo.
While the outing was designed
primarily for the youngsters the
program included attractions for
all. Prizes were awarded winners
in II major contests.
The Washington times., 1932-08-23
Vigilance Keeps Big
Sum From Lotteries

During the past two years at
least $1,OOO,OOO,OOO have been
kept from going out of the
United States in support of for
eign lotteries, Horace j. Don
nelly, solicitor of the Postoffice
Department, declared today.
He explained that gullible
Americans had been saved this
huge sum mainly through the is
Suance of fraud orders against
individuals and concerns at
tempting to operate such schemes
in this country.
The Washington times., 1932-08-23
Masterpieces of Printing g
Art Seen at Exhibit

Members and delegates took a
sightseeing trip around the city
and sailed down the Potomac on
the City of Washington yesterday.
The Washington times., 1932-08-23
LICENSED TO WE'D

Marriage licenses were issued
at Rockville yesterday to Albert
G. Chamberliss, 20, and Miss
Molly C. Merrill, 26, of Washing
ton; Adam P. Knight, 40, and
Miss Anna M. Cross, 33, of Wash
ington; Edward Cafelle, So, of
Washington, and Miss Sena o.
Kammerud, 80, of BlancheVille,
Mich; Henry F. Robinson, %
Stage Junction, Va, and Miss
Annie R. Davis, 81, Wilmington,
Va; and Raymond B. Wallace, "a,
and Miss Martha G. Latane, 81,
of Tappahannock, Va.
The Washington times., 1932-08-23
MOtOrist in Fatal
Accident Fined S25

Pleading guilty to a charge of
reckless driving, Melvin Thomas,
colored, 100 block of Oates St.
N. E., driver of the machine in
which Samuel Thurston. colored,
140O block of Montello Ave. N. E.,
was fatally injured a week ago,
was fined $25 and costs by Judge
j. Chew Sheriff, in Laurel Police
Court.
Thomas told the court he fell
asleep at the wheel just before
the machine crashed into a tele.
graph pole on the Baltimore
Boulevard near Laurel.
The Washington times., 1932-08-23
S0IUn1iU Accident
Ends WOn1dn'S Life

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, Aug.
23.-Injuries suffered while she
was helping her husband operate
a sawmill near Bloomington, Md,
killed Mrs. Virginia C. Myers, 81,
wife of j. w. Myers. Mrs. Myers
clothing was caught in a reVolv-
ing shaft.
The Washington times., 1932-08-23
DRIVER FINED S5

Frank A. Bond, jr., of Savage,
Md, was acquitted by Judge j.
Chew Sheriff in the Laurel Police
Court of charge Of driving
while drunk. Bond was, however,
fined $5 and costs for reckless
driving. He was arrested by
Maryland State Policeman M. H.
S. PearSaul.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-02-19

Ambassador Hugh S. Gibson out
lines the American aims at Geneva.
Briefly, the nine-point American
disarmament proposal emissions the
abolition of submarines; further re-
duction of naval ornaments; extern
sion of the Washington and London
naval treaties; the restriction OF tanks
and mobile guns. (Which Gibson
said were particularly weapons OF
offenseD the abolition of poison gas
and meteorological warfare; an agree
ment to safeguard civilian popula-
tons from aerial bombing; the limita-
ton OF defense forces to internal
police needs plus small additional
force for exterior defense, and
limitation of war expenditures by
budget.
Chancellor Bruening said Germany
is ready to accept any reduction OF
aggressive ornaments and that he
particularly favored Premier Mus
solini's proposal made last year to
limit eacn country to 10000 rifles.