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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-16
VINES QUITS CAGE GAME

Los Angeles, Jan 16-(UP)-After showing con siderable early season skill as basketball player Els worth Vines, tennis champion, turned in his suit to Coach Sam Barry at the University of Southern Cali fornia He explained that tennis took too much ot hs time without the addition of another sport.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-16
SPORTS DISTURB PRISONERS

Edinburgh, Scotland Jan 16-(UP)-One Of the objections to sports ground at Stenhouse Mls here that the shouting of the bookmakers and crowd would disturb the inmates of Saughton prison and the fu- neral parties and mourners at Saughton cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-16
WEDDED BLISS LOSES APPEAL

Victoria B. C., Jan 16-UP)-British Columbia couples are showing reluctance toward welded bliss
 The marriage total has dropped from 6166 to 4697 in l2 months. However, the total of births in the same period is up 500. r.4
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-16
OKLAHOMA SUICIDES INCREASE

Oklahoma City, Jan 16-(UP)-The suicide rate Tn Oklahoma for 1881 increased more than one to each 100000 population the 1880 figure The number ot suicides in 1881 was 270 116 for each 100000 pop ulaton compared with 249 for 193O or lO3 for each 100000 population. -
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-16
COACH EXPECTS GOOD SEASON

Syracuse, N. Y. Jan 16-(UP)-Despite the fact he has passed his 81st birthday, James A. Ten Eyck coach of Syracuse universitys rowing team is looking forward to another successful season. He directs his athletes with the vigor of many years his junior
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-16
BAROMETER WEDDING PRESENT

London, Jan 16-(UP)-A barometer, With the wish that it would always set fair, was the wedding present of Sir Oliver Lodge to Marjorie Bain, only daughter of Sir Ernest and Lady Ban, and Dennis No- be the baritone singer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-16
IRON TOMBSTONE FOUND

East Grinstead. Eng, Jan l6-!uP)-An iron tombstone dated 1891, has been found IS inches below the soil in the parish churchyard, here.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-16

Last Minute News Flashes
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-09-23
No Positive Proof of
Date of Christ's Birth

All Investigations prove conclusive
ly that it is impossible to determine
to the satisfaction of chronologists
in general either the date or the
year of Christ's birth. 1t is almost
universally admitted that that event
preceded the commencement of the
Christian era as now reckoned st.
Clement fixes it on November IS in
the twenty eighth year of the Emp
error Augustus, a little more than
two years before the beginning of
our era.
Since the death of Herod the
Great, according to JOsephus, must
have occurred before the spring of
B. c. 4, modern scholars are gener-
ally agreed that Christ's birth could
not have been later than B. C. 4 l.;
and there is some reason for believ-
ing that it was ia b. C. or 7.
AS to the day and month of
Christ's birth the differences are still
more difficult TO overcome Modern
investigation is strongly against
Christmas, or any day in midwinter,
as unreasonable either for the
shepherds to be watching their flOcks
in the fields, or for the congregating
of the people from all parts of the
kingdom to be registered and taxed
which was the occasion Of Mary and
Joseph being in Bethlehem. These
two arguments are used, along with
others, by the Biblical scholars who
hold to the opinion that the nativity
was not earlier in the year than
March. These students have inclined
to various months, all the way from
/ March to August.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-09-23

resents an increase of about rs
per cent over 1890
Claims Falling OF.
Claims have been falling off
steadily this year" the executive
continued, mainly because so
many were pressed In 1881. Last
year we were getting an average
Of lG0 claims a month. People once
wealthy became hard mp. Sudden
ly their jewelry disappeared. In
most cases there were suspicious
circumstances, but in the absence
of proof we had to pay.
"You see, most jewelry policies
are written to insure against any
sort of loss. and losses are difficult
to check up. A woman can say she
accidentally dropped her bracelet
from n ferryboat. What can we
do? How can we prove that she
did not. We have TO pay the claim
Another unusual aspect of the
business since the depression is
that almost invariably those who
have supposedly lost their jewelry
refuse offers of replacement They
want cash. The companies usually
offer to replace the lost or stolen
jewelry. but last year only 8 per
cent of the claimants accepted the
offer.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-09-23
SEEK FOR REAL CHRIST MANAGER

are now sinking shafts at three
places.
II is thought by some experts
that the remains found are part of
the original church erected by Con
stantine the Great, the first Chris
tian emperor. In the year $50.
These parts. apparently. were Gov
cred by Justinlan. who made alter
atlons two centuries later.
A new pavement has been found
and n subterranean yaulted roof.
Through this massave roof Is be
ing sunk a shaft into what may
be the actual manger. the stable
portion of the inn where Mary and
Joseph sought shelter after they
had been refused admission Ia the
inn "bPcanse there was no room
for them"
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-09-23
Jerusalem Relic Now Re-
vered May Be Wrong.

London. Excavations started
after an accidental discovery are
expected 10 reveal the manger In
which Christ was born.
A rock -hewn grotto al the Church
OF the Nativity at Bethlehem has
been shown for centuries as the
manger, but the new excavations
seem TO show that tradition has
been mistaken. the Bethlehem cor.
respondent of the Sunday Express
says.
Though II is agreed that the
Church of the Nativity, the Oldest
Christian building in the world.
stands on the site of the inn where
Mary and Joseph sought shelter,
not all authorities believe the man
ger now venerated to be the actual
one.
The Church of the Nativity ac-
tually is series of monasteries
and churches of three sects-
Greeks, Latins and Armenlans-
under one room. Below the
transept, reached by circular
staircase, Is the Grotto. or Chapel
of Nativity.
The pavement In the under
ground Chapel of Nativity was
broken. After discussion between
the three sects il was arranged
that the public works department
of the government should replace
the flagstoneS.
When the workmen removed the
old stones and started digging.
they were surprised to find the re
mains of some former building.
The antiquities department in
Jerusalem was called in. and walls.
pillars, doors and stairs were re
vealed. Government psychologists
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-09-23
RISK CONCERNS HIT HARD
BYLOST AND STOLEN GEMS

Old man Depression. who never
is let out of anything these days,
gets the blame.
"MOst of the losses are reported
by persons at one time wealthy"
the executive explained, but who
have had reverses. Ever so often
we get claims of losses almost i'm
mediately after serious reverses in
business. Such cases look suspl-
cious on the face of them nine
times out of ten. but, as usual,
proof is lacking. so we pay"
In only one case the company
handled last year did the claimant,
a woman. confess fraud. Her re
ported loss was investigated so per
sistently and she was questioned
so thoroughly that she finally wilt
ed and admitted her jewels were
nesting In n vault. safe from loss.
The claim was dropped and the
insurance company obliglngly for
got TO prosecute.
In addition to the mysterious"
losses, this particular company
handled claims totaling close TO
81 100000 as the result Of hOldups
and burglarles in 1881. This rep
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-09-23
RARE LEE PHOTOS NOW IN MUSEUM

public in the Presidents cottage
which has been turned into a
museum.
For the purpose the Presidents
cottage has been completely re-
stored. In the old White Sulphur
barroOm Patrick Henry declaimed
against Colonial oppression. and
Presidents jefferson. Madison and
Monroe made Journeys here by
horseback and stage to talk ma
tiona politics with the great men
of their day.
The Presidents cottage was
huilt in 1916. and upon President
Van Buren visit To White Sulphur
in 1887 he took his residence in
the cottage and went for a deer
hunt, together with his secretary
and group of politicians from
Washington.
The cottage was thencefOrth
Known ms the Presidents cottage.
and was suCcesSively occupied by
Presidents Tyler. Fillmore. Pierce
and buchanan. When Presidents
t;rant and Arthur arrived they
were housed nearby in one of row
nf cottages known as Baltimore
Row."
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-09-23
Famous West Virginia Cot
tage Made Shrine.

White Sulphur Springs, w. Va
Two rare photographs of Gen. Rob
ert E. Lee and his wife, Mary Gus
tis Lee, have been received here
as the result of nationwide
search for memorabilia of General
Lee 10 be exhibited in the Presi-
dents cottage at White Sulphur
Springs.
The photograph of Mrs. Lee.
granddaughter of Martha Wash
ington. is hand-tinted and decorat-
ed by herself. and that Of General
Lee bears his signature. Both pho
tographs were hand-tinted and
tinted and signed as gifts from the
Lees to Mrs. Susan r. Pendleton, Il
close friend of General and Mrs
Lee.
The photographs were acquired
from a direct descendant of Mrs
PendIeton. Together with other
recently discovered memorabilia at
General Lee. they will form a part
of the exhibit of early American
Presidents. generals and states
men which will be available to the
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-09-23
French Poilu Faces
a Diet of Sardines

Parls.-The word 'sardlne"
may in the near future be greet
ed by the French soldier with
epithets similar to those which
plum and apple" used TO pro
woke from his British comrade.
The sardine trade has been in
difficulties for some time, and
those who are suffering from
this depression have been in
spired by the idea that the army
ought to save the situation.
An influential delegation has
asked the commissariat depart
ment TO insinuate more and
more of the oily little fish into
the diet of the poilu. Nothing
definite has yet been settled. but
the case for the deputation is.
roughly, that big consumption
of sarines by the military would
be good both for the military
and the industry.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-09-23
APPEAL TO WHITES
TO AID DYING RACE
Australian Aborigines Near
Extinction.

Isolated for hundreds of years with
no ferocious human or animal enc
mics. the abOrigines of Australia led
their primitive Stone age life until
after Captain Cook planted the flag
of Britain on that island continent
in 1770. They were out of the track
of the great migratioNs and knew
not the harrying hordes which swept
over Europe, Asia and Africa from
prehistoric times.
According to anthropologists these
abOrigines were akin to the ancient
Dravidians of southern India and
the Veddahs of Ceylon; they mi
grated to Australia when it was still
joined to the Asiatic mainland and
drove the original Australian-the
Tasmanian man-into the Businesses
of Tasmania, which later became an
island. Homo tasmaniansis was an
even more primitive type than the
mainland aborigines and the last of
his race died in 1876, extermined by
There are estimated to be about
60,663 full-blooded aborigines in Aus
tralia and about 16,S1S halfcastes.
At the time of the white mans ar
rival, the natives probably numbered
at least 10000 They are rapidly
dying off and only about a 1000
remain in New South Wales and
less than 100 in Victoria. OF all the
aborigines, about $4,000 are nOmad-
ic and roam the northern territory
and parts of Queensland and West
Australia. In the northern territory,
there are about 10000 square miles
of federal reserves and LOO square
miles of missionary reserves for the
natives. All aborlgines except the no
MAIDS and the gainfully employed
are wards of the state and receive
free shelter, clothing and food.
Only recently has Australia tried
to evolve a scientific policy for the
conservation of the aborigines.
On the big cattle stations in the
north the natives have proved adept
stockmen aid boundary riders. OBJ
servers say they have remarkable
assimilative capacities.
Shadrach l. James, an aboriginal
preacher, recently made a moving
appeal to tho Australian people to
| conserve his race. 1.-The whole atti-
tude of the white man toward the
aborigine," he said, has been all
along to dispirit and humiliate him.
to extinguish his selfrespect, to sup
press his ambition.
"Our so-called protectors are dill
gently attending to the care of my
people. with the full conviction that
they are surely passing out Hence,
all their efforts for my people are
mere palliatives."
He then enumerates what should
be done His chief recommendation
is that land and homes be provided
for the aborigines and that his peo-
pie be taugh- to become al agricul-
tural and pastoral race.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-09-23

among the Alaska FskimOs Is di.
rectly correlated with their prOX-
unity to white settlements. Since
their food habits are known to have
changed, there can be no doubt that
diet is the predisposing factor.
For as long as the Eskimos ad.
hered to their native diet, consist
ing mainly of sea mammals and
fish and requiring hard usage of the
teeth and jaws, dental decay and
crowding of the teeth were practic-
ally unknown. Deterioration of the
teeth begins when the native diet is
supplemented by soft manufactured
foods, and increases in direct pro
portion to the extent that these are
consumed.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-09-23
WHITE MANS FOOD
BAD FOR ESKlM0S
Contact With Civilization
Brings Toothache.

Civilization is fast introducing
toOthaches among the Eskimos.
Such is the conclusion drawn from
Smithsonian institution studies of
the teeth of living and dead Alaskan
natives, which show an apparent
direct relationship between dental
carries and contact with whites.
The effect is believed to be due
largely to thu white mans food ratb-
er than to race mixtures, since al
most 20 difference is found between
half-breeds and full-bloOded Eski
mos who are in close contact with
the white settlements.
The field observations were made
by Henry q. Collins, Jr., who exam
ined teeth n settlements extending
along the Arctic coast from Bristol
bay northward, and around the Sew
ard peninsula, where the natives
have been in contact with The whites
for a generation or more and have
considerably modified ,heil ways of
life.
The natiy,s least in contact with
white civilization were on Nunivak
island anu at Hooper Bay, on the
mainland rear by. The region has no
resources that might bring about
commercial activity and is seldom
visited by ships, because of low wa
ter and high winds. The diet-main-
Iy fish, seal walrus, birds End white
whale-has remained unchanged.
Among % men, women and chill
dren at Hooper bay, Mr.. Collins did
not fni a single case of dental
carries, At Nunivak island there
were only two cases among &c per
sons.
In contrast he found tooth decay
affecting seven out of nine natives
living at Nome, where the Eskimos
have almost completely given up
their old mode of life.
King ialand is a small rocky islet
lying off the coast of the Seward
peninsula, whence, for the past 1C
or u years, almost the entire popu
lation has gone to Nome to work
during the summer. Examinations
of the children showed that all but
one had decayed teeth. The single
exception was a child who never
had been off the island.
But of the adults, curiously
enough, only one was so afflicted
The change 20 the white mans way
evidently is much more disastrous
for children.
The most prosperous Alaskan Eski
mos live on st. Lawrence island
They eat a considerable quantity OF
white mans food. Nearly 80 per cent
showed signs of dental carries. The
preponderance occurred among the
adolescents and young adults.
The principal center of white pop
ulation on the Arctic coast is KOtZe
bue Here 81 per cent of the Eskl
mo population examined had cariouS
teeth.
The conclusion to be drawn from
these results Is that dental carries
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-09-23
London Bus Upholstery

A curious upholstery material is
being manufactured for the London
omnibuses. The pure milk from rub
Der trees is whipped up until it is all
froth, and the froth is poured into
molds. The rubber sets to the shape
of the cushions, and is like a huge
blancmange, which is said to have an
abnormal liveliness," giving wonder
full elasticity and a very comfortable
seat.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-09-23
$60,OOO,0O0 in Gems Lost
or Stolen in Year.

New York.-These are sad times
for insurance adjusting companies
that investigate loss or reported
loss of jewelry. The insurance
companies. it seems, are having TO
pay and pay and pay-more so than
ever before In the history of the
business.
It is estimated that from S55,
100000 TO SGO,O00.OOO worth OF jew
elry was reported lost or stolen
last year and in nearly all of the
cases the claims were paid. The
percentage of recovery was just
about One-tenth of ! per cent
But that is not all. The number
OF false claims Is greater than
ever before and in the majority of
cases the companies have TO pay
just the same, being unable to OBJ
tain positive proof of fraud, even
though the circumstances are sus-
picious.
Many Cases Frauds.
An executive of an adjusting
company in John street-a COM
pany that represents fourteen of
the largest insurance companies in
the world-says at least 80 per
cent of the reported disappearance
of jewelry In 1881 was false.
Such losses fall In the category
of mysterious disappearances" Of
jewelry. and last year saw an in
crease of about 80 per cent in the
number OF these strange. inexplica-
BILE disappearances. claims totaling
approximately S600.000 for the
country at large Most losses.
however. were reported In New
York city.
"As | said. we have reason to
believe that at least 80 per cent of
such claims are false" said the
executive. who asks that his name
be not used, hut we seldom are
able to prove the fraud so we try
10 effect compromise TO avoid
litigation"
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-09-23
Marriage Business
Taught in Australia

Adelaide, Australia.-A school
for scientific training of pros
pective wives has opened here
under government supervision.
Pupils are taught cooking,
housekeeping and the business
side of a wife's job. Not only
that. but they are taught how to
WOO, how to become betrothed.
how to get married and how to
be happy, though married"
II is claimed at the school
that marriage is the greatest
business in n wunan's re ard
that ii must be faced as a busi-
ness transaction that brides
must be trained on a syllabus as
unsentimental as the rules of
accOuntancy.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-09-23
Tiny Electric Motor
Can Be Put in Thimble

Cleveland. Ohlo.-John Lakota Is
what could be called fine tooth"
inventor. He has built tiny cleo
trio motor that fits snugly in the
inside of thimble. II purrs
smoothly and despite its diminutive
size can pull a pound weight across
a smooth surface.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-09-23

Designers are focusing their at
tention on necklines. The trend is
toward high-up around the throat
effects. All very new and different
from what we have been wearing
1t is just such unique necklines as
the one which distinguishes the
gown pictured which are varying
the mode this season. Other de
tails which accent the smartness
of this black wool crepe frock are
the wrist-length sleeves. the use of
fagoting in designful groups
throughout the material, and par
ticularly the placement of large
round metal buttons at necGline
and sleeves with a metal belt to
harmonic. Not only will metal
belts clank and click around slen-
der waistlines, but metal costume
jewelry is fashions latest whim.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-09-23
Obedient

"Go into the house and put on
something MORE" shouted pa to his
flapper daughter.
And 10, when she emerged there
from she had put on a pair of ear
rings and a nOnchalant air.-Flor
ida Times Union.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-10-10

< square deal when it came to a set clement? A square deal for both employee and employer. will ven- ture to say that every man who had claim against the company that Tony represents, will vote for him for Delegate to Congress. And I will also venture that any of the officials of the same company, that are entitled to vote, will cast their vote for him next November. Why? Because they all know that Tony Dimond, although his leg may be trifle crooked, is straig h t. His head is straight and his heart is straight and his tongue is straight. As stl aight as his mind.
 Some 2,000-odd years ago, Socrates, the great Athenian. in admonishing~ the youth of Athens to train for the old Olympic games, told them that a man who develop body, not at the expense of his
 'please turn to "aca Four)
Seward daily gateway., 1932-10-10

Passing over all the bunkum in the Delegates speech of the great things he has done for Alaska and the old pioneers, recalls to my mind a decision he made-some 27 years ago, when he was on the bench in Fairbanks-regarding the locator of placer claim, having to find pay on his claim before he had a legal right to it. Thus pay ing the way, as was intended, for the jumper to step in and reap the benefits of the prospector's labor.
 Tt is to laugh to read what the learned judge tells us of his "pion- eering' days. Any old timer in Fairbanks can tell of the trails that he broke-wrapped up in a fur robe on a sled.
 But while the then judge was clearing a path in the wilderness Gas he would have us believe) what was Tony Dimond doing? (Your correspondent "SWede Sweden" was correctly informed. At that time he, with only the strong arms and straight body that was his in- heritance from a clean ancestry. assisted only with a sharp pick and a long-handled No. 2, was endea- voring to get to bedrock on his claim on Chittitu Creek. It was while returning in the fall from that claim, that he met with the accident that caused, as our Dele gate so humorously remarked: the game leg
 How hard up must our Delegate be when he has to try to raise a laugh (although I would gamble the effort was a rank failure-if not I don't know Alaskans after living among them for 35 years) by referring to an a affliction that drove young man from the life that he loved.
 Tt was only after lying in the Cordova hospital for more than
Seward daily gateway., 1932-10-10

After reading your story of Wickersham's speech in your issue of August 30th, and the Delegates spiteful attack on his opponent, Tony Dimond, I cannot, as Val dezean, let this uncharitable at tack on "Tony's" infirmity pass un- challenged or unanswered. Not that Tony Dimond needs an apolo- gist in this town, or, for that mat ter, in any town that knows him. He will no doubt, answer MT. Wick erSham in his own good time and in far abler manner than your correspondent.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-10-10

year, with that game leg, that Tony was convinced that he would never more be able to roam the hills that he loved so well. Then, and not until then, did he decide that he would have to practice law He had graduated with honor from an Eastern law school, but the call of the wild had proved too much for him and he gave up the bril- liant future that was before him to delve in the hills, like so many more of us, for the ignis fatuus, 1gold.
 How eminently successful Tony Dimond has been in the profession that his poverty and not his will obliged him to follow, is shown by his employment by the great in terests' that the Delegate is so Wrathy about
 These great interests to which he refers, are no doubt, the Alaska Steamship Co. These companies, like the F. F. Co.,, in your part of the country, are not looking for shyster lawyers. When an attor- ney is retained by one of these companies, it means that he must have Ability. That is what we want in Washington
 T can remember, many years ago, that the Delegate, then a judge, was an applicant for the attorneyship of the same Alaska Steamship Co. Could there be an element of sour grapes in the Delegates attack?
 But allowing that Tony Dimond gives his clients the best that he has, has anyone accused him of playing unfairly? In the several cases of claims for damages for in juries received by employees of the Alaska Steamship Co.,, and it's sub sidiaries, the Copper River & Northwestern Railway and the Kennecott mine, has any employee ever claimed that he did not get a
 Flowers made tO order fOr all