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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-01
A Hopeful Trend

Every one is watching these days for signs of a
Frightening in the industrial sky The Alexander
Hamilton institute believes it has seen one.
1t reports finding encouragement in the fact that
prices of manufactured goods at last are beginning to
decline more rapidly than the prices of raw materials
The fact there has been a wide gap between
these two price ranges has acted to rob the raw
material producers of purchasing power, and this
has been one of the fundamental reasons for the
steady decline in business activity
If the gap continues to narrow until a real price
equilibrium is reached, a noticeable gain in COM
mercial and industrial activity should follow.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-01

An inventor claims that he has perfected rivet
bolt which will reduce noise to per cent of it's pres
ent volume. That must be what you would call a
neighbor-saving device.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-01
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ-

Plan Advanced to P1It UneD1-
ployed Chemists at WorB
on Research for Public
Good.
A PLAN to accelerate scientific
L n research through government
subsidies to put unemployed chem
lists at work in university laborato-
ries, has been suggested by the New
York committee on unemployment
and relief for chemists and chem
ical engineers.
The plant, supported by Industrial
and Engineering Chemistry, one Of
the official journals of the Ameri-
can Chemical Society, would put
these chemists to work on funda-
mental research problems.
Public money spent in WE'LL
directed research which these unem- :
poyed men can perform, goes far be-
yond relief, and becomes a reason
ably good investment" the journal
says.
WIllle at the present time there Is
widespread demand for curtail-
ment Of government expenditures,
there can be no denying that there
is much sound sense in what In
dustrial and Engineering Chemistry
says.
All unemployment is deplorable,
but it is doubly so when trained
men of high talent are forced to be
idle.
These men could be engaged in
research, the eventual value of which
no man can prophesy.
There are many authorities who
feel that it will be some new scien-
tif1c discovery which will pull in
dustry out of its present slump.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-01

Scientists in Asia claim to have discovered the
cradle of mankind. Now they start hunting fol
the hand that rocked
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-01
Daily Thoughts

Better is a handful with quiet
ness, than both the hands full
with travail and vexation of spirit.
-EccIesiastes AS.
He most lives who thinks most
feels the noblest, acts the best
and he whose heart beats the quick
est lives the ongest.-James Mart
ineau.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-01

The harvest has started out in Kansas, but it
won't be official until we get the first picture of
Marion Talley standing beside shock of wheat.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-01
Al Stands East

myself to listen to it on the radio"
And the walls came turnbling down.
Evening star., 1932-04-01
Some Reflections for April /
BY LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

this or any other day in the year that
there is cause for disturbance in ones
own mind. Few, indeed, are the persons
Who, looking over past year on any
first day of April, are not aware of a
certain smarting thought of some such
times when one has made fool of
ones self.
1t may be that one has been quick
to think ungraciously of another and
has acted on such an Idea, only to find
that benefit accrued to herself, and
her whole Judgment was hasty and I'M
kind Temper may have been. shown
over so simple thing as a game of
bridge and whole party may have
been disturbed Just because one made
fool of herself. Not a pleasant re-
f,ectionl !.
Youths, even adults, who have ex-
aminations or tests to pass, sometimes
feel if they can fool the teacher or
examiner by "blufiing'' their way
through to pass that they have done
a clever thing, 1t is only when, later
on, they have the chance to profit by
their supposed knowledge, that they
realize it was they, themselves, who
we're the real fools. It was they, not
I remember meeting young Ameri-
can in Paris who had, from her own
statement. "bluffed" her way through
French Her quick ear and eye evident
ly came to her aid in classes, as it was
doing in France, but not so successfully.
She was f1oundering in the maze Of
irregular verbs and French idioms par
ticularly She said, 'I thought I was
fooling the teachers when slid through
my French. Now I find it was myself,
not them, who was fooled"
(Copyright, 1e32)
Evening star., 1932-04-01

MARINER BROWNS BOY had left
l. the door of the sugar house open
a little way after bringing in an
L armful of wood. He was alone,
for Farmer Brown had not spent
the night in the sugar house.
"I'l have some bacon and eggs for
breakfast" he decided.
AS he reached to a shelf for the
bacon a small white head was thrust
through the crack left by the slightly
open door and a pair of bold, bright
eyes, in which there was no sign OF
fear, watched him. AS he turned the
head vanished, but not before he had
caught f1eeting glimpse of it.
Now what was that?" said he, and
walked over to the door and looked out.
He saw no one. Must have been my
imagination" he muttered, and went
back to fry the bacon. In a few min
utes it was beginning to sizzle and that
most appetizing of all odors-frying
bacon-began to fill the sugar house.
Once more that small white head ap-
peared. For a moment 1t remained
motionless. Then long, slim body fol-
lowed inside and Shadow the Weasel
sat up squirrel fashion, shifting appre-
ciatively that frying bacon. Farmer
Browns Boy saw him and, with strip
of bacon he was turning dangling from
the end of a fork, stood perfectly still.
Shadow advanced few steps and sat
up again. The smell of that bacon was
delicious and tantalizing. He boldly
stared back at Farmer Browns Boy.
The latter put the strip OF bacon back
in the frying pan and turned toward
Shadow. Shadow lodged back out Of
the doorWay But in less than minute
he was back. Farmer Browns Boy
chuckled.
You bold little rascal" said he. 81
do believe that, small as you are, you
are not a bit afraid Of me"
In this he was right Shadow was
not afraid. If he had been, he wouldn't
have been so bold. He wasn't afraid
because he had supreme confidence in
his own ability to keep out OF reach of
Farmer Browns Boy. He could whiSk
out of sight in a flash, and he knew it.
No one in all the Green Forest can
move with the quickneSS of Shadow the
Weasel. So he continued to stare at
Farmer Browns Boy and to sniff the
odor of that bacon.
Farmer Browns Boy jumped at him
and cried "Scat!" Shadow simply van
ished. He had lodged out that door so
quickly that Farmer Browns Boy was
barely sure where he did go. No sooner
did Farmer Browns Boy turn back to
his bacon than Shadow was back in
side. For the time being he quite for
got what he had come there for in the
first place The odor of that bacon had
put all thoughts of Mice out of his
head. He had a lively curiosity as to
what Farmer Browns Boy was doing,
Evening star., 1932-04-01
Kitchen Comments
BY WILDA HoYT.

WHEN recipes say thin" medium"
or heavy white sauce, the pro-
portion of -four implied for thickening
is usually one tablespoonful -four to
each cupful of liquid for thickening
cream soups: two tablespoonfuls flour
to one cupful liquid for gravies and
sauces; three tableSponfuls flour to one
cupful liquid for garnishes.
Hide those undecorative odds and
ends on your top cabinet shelves-the
opened cracker boxes, crooks, odd glass
jars, half-used preserves, etc, by tack
ing pretty box-pleated chintz valance
over the offending apertures. 1t will
add much to the decorative quality of
your closet and give you a world of
comfort to know these unlovely details
Of kitchen management are conducted
in privacy.
When making apricot marmalade
using the dried fruit, do not trouble to
mash the pulp through the celander
Put the apricots to soak overnight in
just enough water to cover them; next
day snip the fruit into small pieces,
add the juice in which they have
soaked and sugar in proportion of
quarters cupful sugar to one of
the fruit. Cook until the desired con-
siStency.
When washing gloves, whether of
washable kid, suede or fabric, use
nail brush and lukewarm soapSudS;
brush the soiled spots and fingertipS
briskly and rinse gloves thoroughly.
This treatment does not injure the tex
ture of the gloves. is easier than rub
bing the dirt out by hand and is much
quicker
Evening star., 1932-04-01
UNCLE RAYS CORNER

foundland Despite their wide travels,
thev keep their native language.
The Basque word for the man" is
"gizona." For the plural they add
*" making it "gizonak." The sem
"Argi' is their word for Tight" and
''illargi" is their word for moon"
Basque farmers have herds of sheep
which Craze on the sides Of the
Pyrenees Mountains.
Many of the farmers have two-story
homes, and use the first story for their
live stock! How would you like to live
above a barn? You might be walked
IN the morning by a long moo" from
q cow or by "baa, baa" from the sheep.
It Is supposed that the Basques are
members Of the Iberian race, which
once spread over Western Europe. This
may or may not be true.
An interesting fact should be pointed
out when we speak of the Basques. Most
Stone Age caves with pictures on the
walls are in Southwestern France and
Northwestern Spain-in and near the
land of the Basques. May 1t be that
the direct ancestors Of these folk were
men who made the pictures on these
cave walls?
In later years we may be able to trace
the history Of the BasquSs more surely.
For the present we must class them as
puzzle
(This story may be placed in Travel
section of your scrapbook. School pu-
pills may use it as a topic in geography
UNCLE RAY.
Evening star., 1932-04-01

tail. When they are set back, the
owner is at peace with the world. Let
a sound occur and at once the ears will
be bent forward and lifted to catch the
direction of the sound. When running,
the ears are laid back along the neck.
The long legs send the sprinter along.
Feeling that he has left danger be-
hind him, he will stand on his
launches, both ears erect, and will look
well over the landscape for any evi-
dence of trouble to encounter or safety
gained.
The nose is an efficient aid, the nos
trils are slightly covered and are able
to catch scent. Watch how the nos
trils quiver, the head moves up and
down, and soon the locality of the scent
Evening star., 1932-04-01

is gained. If it be man or dog, cot
tontail decides to move on.
The teeth are like those Of other
rodents The split upper lip permits
the better use of the upper incissors.
These incisors are very good for bark
ing trees, cutting of tender cabbage
and grass. The rabbit is most inter-
esting to watch when he eats. His
sidewise motion is most deliberate, as
if counting before swallowing.
The cats whiskers are no more valu-
able to him than the rabbits are to
him; without these sensitive feelers,
both animals would be fearfully handi-
capped. Rabbits converse by touching
whiskerS.
The eyes are large and dark and are
on the bulge" part of the head. They
can see both ways.
The hind feet are very strong and
enable the owner to jump more than
eight feet. The front feet are short
and have five toes, while the hind feet
have four. The bottoms of the feet are
protected by hairs, rather like pair of
wool socks
When its enemies approach, it
freezes" its color and markings
blending so well with its surroundings
1t often makes its escape in this way.
Molly Cottontail, as she is often
called. does not dig burrow. She is a
renter or "Squatter" and seeks a de-
serted home of woodchuck or skunk
The home is referred to as a form"
1t is place. where the grass is
smoothed down and where the animal
gees for rest and quiet.
The young mother uses grass and her
own hair for a mattress and the same
to cover her babies up snug and warm,
when she leaves them. The babies are
blind at first but when three weeks old
can see. There are usually six children.
Weasels, hawks, owls, fox and mink
are forever on the watch for baby
cottontails. The rabbits are spunky
and put up a brave fight.
Copyright, 1882.
Evening star., 1932-04-01
LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPE.

My sister Gladdis and Harvey came
around last mite for supper, pop say
ing, Welcome to the old homestead,
how are you both?
I'm all rite, but something's matter
with Gladdis, don't ask me what, Har-
vey said. I met her downtown by mu-
tual agreement at certain appointed
place at certain appointed time. and
I swear to high heaven she hasent
spoken a civil werd to me from that
moment to this, he said.
Why, my goodness, what happened?
ma said, and Harvey said Nothing hap
pened, that's the funny part of 1t, or
rather that's the tragic part of it. She
just decided to give an imitation of
an insulted queen for no reason at all,
and she's still at 1t, he said.
I'm an old married man with 25
years experience and I have a hunch
that you must of done something with
out knowing it, pop said, and Gladdis
said, I don't know weather he knows
it or not in fact sometimes I doubt if
he knows he's alive, but he certeny
did something and I certeny am no
groyeling werm to swallow an action
like that without murmur. He greet
ed me with the most asinine express
sion ! ever saw on the face of a So
called human bean and called out,
Hello deer, here you are, Gladdis said.
Well for Peet sake, I'm a well known
married man with the best of refer
ences but I'll be hanged If I can see
where the offense comes In, pop said,
and ma said, But Willyum are you
blind?
No, yes, must be, pop said, and ma
said, Well I should say you must, cant
you see she has bran new hat on
and he never even noticed it?
Yee gods give me air, I mean nour-
rishment, pop said.
And we started to eat supper, being
lam stew without dumplings, and after
supper Gladdis was still partly insult
ed at Harvey and pop had to take him
around to the bowling alley.
Evening star., 1932-04-01
OLD AH11 OAOANAAzO W. Burgess

and for few minutes he was satisfied
to sit and watch.
The bacon was done and was taken
from the pan. Then Farmer Browns
Boy picked up an egg to fry. 1t was
just then that Shadow remembered
what he had come in there for, and
began to run about with his nose to
the floor, trying to find the scent of
Mice. Farmer Browns Boy stood still.
watching him, the egg still in his hand.
Shadow investigated the corner in
which still lay the hollow stick of wood
in which Mrs. Whitefoot had had her
home Shadow vanished in the little
round hole which had been her door
way. Her scent was still strong in
there. A second later he was out, his
Evening star., 1932-04-01
Roast of Lamb.

When a roast of lamb has been served
hot for dinner, cut out the bone with
as little cutting of the meat as possible,
while the roast is still warm The bone
will then separate easily. Next press
the meat firmly into a bowl just large
enough to hold it, and put weight on
it to hold it solid When it is cold, it
can be carved easily and without that
annoying struggle to cut around the
Evening star., 1932-04-01

little eyes glowing with the eagerness
of the hunter. He knew that Mrs.
Whitefoot had been there He hadn't
doubt that she was still in that sugar
house. He forgot the bacon. He forgot
Farmer Browns Boy. He forgot every
thing but the desire to find Mrs. White
foot. He started across the floor.
straight for the corner where the
WhiteSoot home now was in a sirup
can under an old coat.
1t was then that Farmer Browns Boy
thought of his little friends for the first
time. In a few seconds that white
coated little hunter with the fierce eyes
would be in that home! There was no
time to lose. In his hand was that egg.
With a yell, he throw it. 1t struck in
front of Shadow, spattering his white
coat, and by its very suddenness fright
ening him. Like a flash he doubled
back and darted out of the door.
Evening star., 1932-04-01
Fudge Delight.

Mix half cupful of condensed milk
with two squares of melted chocolate,
three tablespoonfuls of -four, one-fourth
teaspoonful of vanilla, one-fourth tea
spoonful Of salt, and half a cupful of
moist shredded choconut. Drop by
small spoonfuls onto a creased cooky
sheet. Bake in a slow oven for about
20 minutes. This Is chevy and like
fudge,
Evening star., 1932-04-01
Orange Marmalade.

Quarter one orange and one lemon
and shred them with a sharp knife.
To each measure of fruit allow three
full measures of water. Let soak for
"a hours, then boil hard for 10 minutes.
Set aside for another "a hours For
each cupful of fruit mixture add one
cupful of sugar. At last add one extra
cuptul Of sugar. Cook until 1t will jelf
This makes seven glasses of marmalade.
Evening star., 1932-04-01
Custard Cornbread.

Stir three cupfuls Of cornmeal into
four cupfuls of boiling milk and stir
as when making mush. Add one tea
spoonful of butter, one teaspoonful of
sugar, and let this cool. When cool,
add two well-beaten eggs. one teaspoon
ful Of salt, and three teaspoonfuls of
baking powder. Bake like other corn
bread.
Evening star., 1932-04-01
Folk Called "Basuues." :"

TN valleys amid mountains east Of
the Bay of Biscay and along the
coast of that bay, live strange
Il people who are known as "Bas-
ques." Part of their homeland is
owned by France and the rest by
Spain; but the Basques are neither
Frenchmen nor Spaniards.
Men of science have studied these
people, and have found that their
heads are Of a little different shape
from those Of folk in any other part
Of Europe. The Basques (who are
members of the white race) have a
language of their own, and it is in
some ways like the Algonquin Indian
language
The Basque homeland covers about
$500 square miles. More than three
2ourths of the people are farmers, and
Evening star., 1932-04-01

genuity deserves appreciation, and it
may be ADDED that this appreciation is
seldom withheld Children, of course,
relish April fools day abSurdities, and
their laughable little pranks are causes
for adult merriment.
The historic method of fooling per-
sons was to send them on futile errands
Fools errands, these were called, and
the term has become classic. Another
method of foolery was to send mock
gifts. Perhaps bundle had nothing in
It, although neatly done up. Or should
an article be contained in the package
it was insignificant, or a udicrous trav-
esty Of a present. These are the two
outstanding ways in which the fooling
was carried out in ancient times. 1t is
from these that a general scheme for
outwitting persons on this special day
In the year has come about.
There is a spirit of merriment in
April fools pranks when they do not
savor too much of the obnoxious prac-
tical joke, which is annoying If not
actually unkindly or dangerous. 1t is
when one makes fool of ones self on
Evening star., 1932-04-01

IlIB 10 IItCtoSIIy. DOBo "IIu
guns are not about and so the coast
is clear. Then he can take things
leisurely and enjoy meal of clover,
grass or tender herbs He is not averse
at all to meal of young and tender
vegetables and fruit. The rabbits are
not provident and do not store food
against the rainy day. They do much
damage to young trees in the winter,
when food is scarce. The bark is eaten
and the vital inner layer of the tree is
exposed.
The long, strong ears move at will.
They are as expressive as a squirrels
Evening star., 1932-04-01

Uncle Ray will be glad to send
you, free of charge, his leafiet,
entitled Records of Aviation"
Address Uncle Ray. in care of
this paper, and be sure to inclose
addressed, stamped en-
velope.
Evening star., 1932-04-01

PRIL first is the one day in a
~ year when persons suffer them
IA selves to be made fools of; not
4 "A that they relish 1t exactly even
So but custom and a sense of
humor carry them through 1t without
perturbation. So clever are some of
the ways of fooling that the very In
Evening star., 1932-04-01
The Broken Egg.

Who boldly fearless is, tits plain,
What he desires will obtain.
Shadow the Weasel.
Evening star., 1932-04-01
N A t u r E 5
C. I'll IL ID II E N
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.
The Rabbit.

A S A SPRINTER, the cottontail
\ has few equals. In fact, his
\ track in the snow reminds you
4 of pole jumper. Night prowl-
iy,n ic naoc ond
Evening star., 1932-04-01

Copyright, 1882.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-09-22
Injured in Automobile Crash

Welba Casteel, Washington, Pa,
son of Mrs. Margaret Casteel, of
Oakland, was seriously injured on last
Friday night when the automobile
which he was driving was crowded off
the road by another automobilist and
went over an embankment at a point
'on the roadway between Washington
and Canonsburg.
Casteel was pinned beneath the
car when it turned over and sustained
injuries to his back and left arm,
besides other injuries consisting Of
bruises and cuts of a more or less
serious nature. Four others in the
car with him received broken arms,
cuts and bruises. Casteel was taken
to hospital in Washington where he
was given medical and surgical treat
ment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mason Glotfelty, Miss
Mildred Casteel, William D. Casteel
and Mrs. Beural Casteel, who visited
their relative in the hospital on Sat-
urday evening stated that he was ex-
pected to leave the hospital in few
days.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-09-22
All Club Girls Selling Cup Cakes
At County Fair

Members of the All Clubs of Gar
rett county have special display at
the county fair this year and are also
selling cup cakes.
The display is in the Community
Booth building. An electric refrig-
orator and electric stove have been
loaned to the girls by the West Penn
Power Company and have also donat-
ed an electric beater, which will be
given away on the last day of the
fair, Friday afternoon, September %,
at four o'clock.
The work is in charge of Catherine
Moon and Beatrice Schnopp, of the
Oakland Club, and they are being as
sisted by Pauline Wolfe, Virginia and
Maxine Mason, of the Oakland Club,
and Catherine Moomaw, of the Mt.
Lake Park Club. An educational ex-
hibit of dresses adioins the display.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-09-22
Fall Program Gets Under Way
in Local Scout Troop

A fall program of competition
among the patrols of the local Boy
Scout troop, which will continue I'M
til the first of the year, when prizes
will be awarded to the winning patrol.
was inaugurated last Friday evening.
The regular members are bringing
new scouts into the troop in response
to the request of the national scout
executives for a larger, membership.
Three boys to join the troop lately
are Robert Broadwater, John Darby
and Howard Smouse.
During the next month officers for
the ensuing year will be chosen and
all four patrols reorganized. Several
scouts who have not been attending
meetings or taking an active part in
the work since their return from the
summer encampment, will be dropped,
to make room for new members.
Foster o. Speicher, Friendsville
high school instructor, is planning to
form a scout troop at Friendsville.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-09-22
Friendsville Wins Cattle Judg-
ing Contest Among VO-ag
Students

The cattle judging contest held at
the Fair grounds yesterday morning
among vocational agriculture stu
dents was won by Friendsville. Four
teams participated. The Friendsville
team was composed of Merle Ned
row and William Griffith.
Grantsville placed seco3d, Acct
dent third and Oakland fourth. The
teams were as follows: Grantsville,
John Beachy, Albert Robertson; Ac-
cident, Kenneth Keller, Randall Sc
bold; Oakland, Clyde Taylor, Will
liam Wildesen.
High scoring individuals were Ken
meth Keller, Accident; Merle Ned
row, Friendsville, second; William
Griffith, Friendsville, third. The win
ming team was awarded a loving
cup to be kept for one year. The
cup is 70 become the possession of
the first team winning it three times.