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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-12-14

you some interesting things about
these later. The first welcome bell
for food after working all night
| Utter fatigue, but no rest Such is
the beginning of our great adven-
| ture.
/ know the dangers of loading
this cargo. We are using the utmost
care in our inspection of each gaso-
line drum to prevent a leaky one
from coming aboard. What leaking
gasoline could do to us is horrible
to contemplate. And here, over the
side, comes two tons Of high ex-
plosives. for blasting our way
through the ice of Antarctica At
night, when / go to bed, I hope 7
can forget that these things are on
board
Already I am beginning to catch
what is known as the Expedition
Spirit" Everyone is tired. Every
one has more work than he possibly
can do. But everybody is good
natured, cooperative, sympathetic.
1t is this spirit and his wonderful
preliminary campaign Of prepara-
ton which makes Admiral Byrd's
ventures so successful Visitors are
sWarming over our ship-Colonel
Rupert, one of our sponsors, grin
ming from ear to ear at TIE strange
sights, sounds and smells. A hun
dred newspaper men and women
asking everybody innumerable ques-
tions. Sound movie men trying to
get sensible interviews out of Com
mander Noville, my chief instructor,
and everybody else on board. To-
morrow night we must leave for
Norfolk to start our 10000 mile
trip to the bottom of the world.
Will we ever get all this stuff on the
ship and all the visitors off?
And now we are getting our oil
and fuel aboard. That's what | am
interested in. We are
going to encounter variable weather
conditions temperatures that will
be 100 degrees Fahrenheit at the
Equator and 10 to 80 degrees below
zero in the Antarctic. | wonder |
how I'll stand that cold, The cold
est | have ever been was one night |
1T Kent school, when I flooded the
skating rink at 10 degrees below. |
They tell me that I can't have a /
oath all the time I am at Little !
Is months-for
ear of opening the pores in a draft
ind catching pneumonia And the
Traits down there come from icy |
gales which sometimes blow $50 |
niles an hour. We have TO rub our
selves over with cold cream to keep t
lean. This worries me.
With all these temperature |
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-12-14

ploration Club" This we are now
doing and I invite everybody in the
country who is of high school age
or over and who is interested in av-
iation, exploration or adventure, to
join it. There are no dues, no
membership fees, no obligations
whatever.
Admiral Byrd and I held an elec-
tion and / was elected president of
the club We shall establish execu-
tive headquarters for the club at
Little America in the bleak and icy
Antarctic. For tie duration of the
expedition, however, we shall have
headquarters in the United States,
where / invite you to write me i'm
mediately.
To everyone who sends me q
stamped, self-addressed envelope.
addressed to Arthur Adele, jr., at
the Little America Aviation and Ex-
ploration Club, at the Hotel Lex
ington, 18th Street and Lexington
Avenue, New York City, our Ameri-
can headquarters, | will send a
membership card in the club. Later
will send to each member a prac-
teal working map of the Polar re
gions we expect to visit so that you
will be able to travel every step of
our adventures by following these
weekly letters / shall be addressing
to the club Send in your member
ship application We are going to
have a lot of fun together for the
next two years.
Hectic Excitement.
On board the Byrd Flagship,
Jacob Rupert, Oct. 12.-What
hectic time we are having and how
tired / am, Here we are on our
great ship at Bayonne, N. J. I can't
write it all out sensibly | can only
give you few hasty glimpses of
the strange whirl of events | am go
ing through.
The arrival on board with my
the rain. The bowling
Of ISL Eskimo dogs, some in cages,
the rest chained to everything avail
able on our steel decks-all of them
yelling their heads off. A dock
worker has made a mistake in hand
ing a big valve and a lot of dogs
have been deluged with OIL Four
are working over them
low. They are in lot of discom-
,ort, but wonderfully patient.
The shouts of stevedores. The
hundreds upon hundreds of orange
painted gasoline drums. The piles !,
If miscellaneous cargo. The boxes
If oil. Walking through the holds
see strange sights-skiis, snow
hoes, immense piles Of furs, queer
ooking little round stoves. I'll tell
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-12-14

this slot air is drawn out by the forward motion
of the car. This simple ventilation system main
tains draft-free circulation, insures passenger
comfort, prevents Jogging windshield in cold or
stormy weather. Both windshield and cowl ven-
tilator can be opened to supply additional air
needed for comfortable warm-weather driving.
DISTINCTIVE NEW APPEARANCES enhanced
by the newly designed chromium-plated radiator
shell and grille, new hood fouvres, new hub caps.
Interiors are attractive, with new tufted uphol-
stery. new mouldinss, new cove-type headlining,
new instrument panel, new arm rests, new hard
ware. Swivel-type sun visors in De Luxe bodies
prevent glare from front or side.
TENDERS IN COLOR. On De Luxe cars fend-
err are in color to harmonic with body colors
wheel colors optional. New enamel finish on
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-12-14

changes, our engines--and what a
variety Of them we have!-demand
a wide range of specially selected
fuels and lubricants. We are taking
on about 5000 tons of fuel oil on
the Jacob Rupert alone. And 49,
900 gallons of aviation gasoline of
fighting grade, to say nothing Of a
few thousand gallons of kerosene
and staggering quantity of cylin-
der oil, rod swabbing oil, aero rock
er arm grease, and other things to
keep our many engines working
smoothly.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-12-14

ditions that ever confronted rook-
lie flyer For the past two months
] have been studying the rudiments
of fuel and oil engineering at one
Of the big oil plants in Bayonne, N.
j.
For many long months, once we
leave our base in New Zealand, we
shan't see tree, a blade of grass,
or any living thing except few
penguins, seals, gulls, killer whales
and our own men and dogs, not for
getting Snow Shoes, our six-toed
kitten. There is no wild life at the
South Pole such as there is around
the North Pole-no polar bears,
walruses practically nothing.
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd.
our famous leader, has spent the
past two years preparing and gath
ering supplies for our journey
14,00O separate items! He has ap-,
piled modern efficiency to explora-
LiOi W CAtCiL ehoI pNi
now to say that no other polar ex-
pedition ever set out with such an
array of equipment. There are 85
of us besides Admiral Byrd.
l am reporting today TO our big
10,0O0-ton flagship, the Jacob Rup-
pert, over at Tide Water Pier No.
3 in Bayonne, where we shall take
on immense supplies of oil, gaso-
line and fuel oil. Then off for Nor
folk for the big farewell radio party
and more equipment
Admiral Byrd is taking me with
him for a very interesting reason. |
He is one of the greatest aviation
in the world and he be- |
lieves that the rapid development I
of American aviation depends large |!
ly upon the youth of the country. |
Therefore he is taking me along as
a representative of the millions of
young people of the United States. T
In order to deal more directly with +
the young aviators of the future, he
has asked me to help organize the
Little America Aviation and Ex-
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-12-14
Items From Morgan County
Democrat OF Dec. 4, 1908

Thomas Pryor Gore, the blind
senator from Oklahoma, delivers
the opening address at our next
Chautauqua, and we predict the
greatest crowd ever seen in McCon-
nelsville.
Eagleport: We predict that the
Philippines will soon be given their
freedom, for that question was de-
bated at Anderson's school house,
recently, and the affirmative won
in great style.
Pennsville: Manly Thompson sold
a fine driving horse to Milton
Walker of Stockport. The price
paid was something like $500.
A pleasing and long to be re-
membered event was surprise
party given by her friends, for
Mrs. Clement Knox, near Hackney.
that being the S2nd anniversary of
her birth
Neelyville: M. B. Gillespie, teach
er Of Green's, Center township,
school, spent Thanksgiving at the
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-12-14

New York, Oct 10.-Gosh, what
thrill Here are my orders tc
join the second Byrd Antarctic ex-
pedition. The youngest member OF
the crew
I'm going to the South Pole! To
Little America-if Little America
is still there, deep under the snow
where it was left by the admiral
and his men in January, 1881.
Maybe I'd better tell you who
am and what this is all about / am
% years old. Just graduated from
Harvard last June Ny father is
Captain Arthur Adele, U. S. NJ, re-
tired. He is now stationed at the
Boston navy yard in charge of the
Massachusetts Nautical School Ship,
the, U. S. S. Nantucket. One of my
grandfathers George Sanford, has
been in the oil business for more
than SO years
1t would seem, therefore, that /
AoiiC Ny LWO Ddtut diiy iO'N
of sea adventure and my interest IN
automotive fabrication problems.
am going as fuel engineer of the ex-
pedition and, believe me, it's going
to be big job. We are carrying
every type of automotive engine
in monoplane, biplane, auto-gyro,
snow-mobile, tractor, oil-driven
steamship, outboard motor boat,
auxiliary sailing vessel and motor
boat cruiser. There are engines of
every type on this amazing expedi-
ton, air-cooled. water-cooled, en-
gines for self-contained electrical
generator UNITS, even Diesel en-
gine.
Our leader, Rear-Admiral Byrd,
tells me we shall do ten times as
much flying as any polar expedi-
tion ever did before. And he prom
ises to make me an expert aviator
during our stay at the bottom of the
world What thrill! I have been
less than 80 minutes in the air and |
now / am going up against the most !
dangerous and most difficult con-
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-12-14

BETTER PERFORMANCE. Greater power,
new speed, quicker acceleration, smoother per-
Torrance, more miles per gallon especially at
higher speeds, and quicker starting in cold
weather-all these result from the new dual car
buretor and dual intake manifold. New water
line thermostats enable the engine to warm up
more quickly and to maintain an efficient oper-
ating temperature. Added engine re6nements
reduce oil consumption, further improve operat-
ing economy and reduce maintenance costs.
NEW VENTILATION SYSTEM permits clear
vision, prevents drafts and provides desired
amount Of fresh air in any weather, Individual
control for front and rear side windows. When
ventilation is desired the window glass is raised
to the top. Then the handle Is given an add
tional half-turn. This slides the glass back
horizontally to form . narrow slot. Through
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-12-14

PRICES REMAIN LOW-Tador Sedan, S535.
Tudor, s575. De Lake Fordor, s625. De Luxe
Coupe Is xindoxs), s555. De Luxe Coupe g
~indo~sl, S555. De Like Roadster, s525. De
Lake Phaefon, $3.50. Cabriolef, $500. Vicforia,
500. (AH prices +. .. 5. Defyoif.)
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-12-14

all bodies and Tenders has greater wearing quail.
ity and more enduring luster.
GREATER RIDING COMFORT results from
increased spring Aexibiity. The spring leaves are
newly designed for quieter and easier action.
Shock absorbers are improved. Seat cushions are
deeper, with new, softer springs. New type,
individual bucket seats provide increased comfort
for frontseat passengers in the Tudor Sedan.
Adding to comfort is the new driving ease Of the
15-to-1 steering gear ratio.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-12-14

home of his grandmother, Mrs. S.
A. Morrison.
One of the most pleasing soc al
events Of this season took place ali
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Dewitt, in Meigsville township on
Thanksgiving day. Mr.. Dewitt had
completed his new dwelling house Il
short time ago. He devised the
plan of dedicating the same. Inyi-
tations were given out, and before
noon the spacious building was
filled, ready for the sumptuons
feast that followed
A look in our show window at
any time, gives you an idea of the
elegant stock to be seen when you
step inside.-H. B. Vincent &c Bro,
jewelers., McConnelsyilIe.
Cyrus Jackson would esteem it
quite a favor il the party who
kidnapped" a ten dollar bill fro4
his pocket book Saturday night
would return same.
Don Walters leaves Saturday for
Washington, D. c., to resume his
work at the capitol.
William Durbin, McConnelsville'
Oldest native born citizen, is recog-
nized as an able writer of pioneer
"reminiscences. Monday evening, at
the Scientific society meeting, he
read an article on how his an
cestors lived in the pioneer days.
There was a general discussion OF
pioneer life, by H. B. Vincent, Fl.
H. Drake, Rev. J. f. Richmond,
and others, and some very amusing
stories of frontier life, by DR.. II. T..
True.
subscriptions to magazines or
magazine combinations, taken at
Adair's book store.
Obediah King, formerly OF
olantsville, died Friday at his
nome in Trinway He was the
ather of Miles and George King,
Who married daughters of James
Miss Nettie Buchanan. Meigsville.
S visiting her sister. Miss Carrie
It Alliance.
A physician declares that people
Who sleep with their mouths shut
i've the longest. Well, many peo-
,le would have lived longer if they
lad kept their mouths shut during
he day, too.
Marriage licenses have been is
sued to G. King Cassell and Helen
Adams Gillespie; Guy Geddes and
Ethel M. Burgoon; Cary J. Wood
ward and Catherine Mautz.
Mrs. Mary Moore, wife of Web
ter Moore, the well known under
aker of Bristol, died Wednesday,
fter about five weeks illness with
Uphold fever. She was a daugh-
er of the late Robert McMurray.
r. Roberts and son have opened
feed store and feed mill in the S.
!. Koons building, near the river
ridge in McConnelsville. close to
ne Vanhorn-Gatewood blacksmith
hop.
Miss Maggie Denny has moved
rom her rooms in the Chas. Whit
ker building on Center street, to
ne home of her sister, Mrs. Rich
rd Updike in Malta.
Mrs. James Stuard of Newark is
le guest of her son, County Clerk
al P. Stuard.
K. G. Gorrell has purchased the
AIRY Fouts restaurant, taking pos
,ssion last Monday.
Monroe county votes on county
cal option, Dec. 8, and Washing
N county, Dec. Is.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-12-14
Much of Bible Should Be Learned

Much of Bible Should BE Learned
The Bible ought to be common
knowledge because it gives the his
torical background and the ethical
and philosophical basis of Chris
tianity, and because it contains an
account of the teachings and life of
Christ and of the early church.
These two facts are essential for
intelligent Christianity To devout
Christians. God speaks through His
word. The Bible is a source of
spiritual power. The sacred books
of other religions have exerted an
influence, but none of them, or all
of them together, have possessed
the power to inspire, to motivate,
and direct human experience, that
is found in the Christian Bible.
There is something inherently pow
erful about the book, for when
drastic attempts were made to burn
it. it continued to live, was repro
duced, and is today the best seller
among books.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-12-14
the Wrongs of the World

Correcting the Wrongs of the World
The gospel idea that there is
something wrong with the world is
matched hy historic facts; a study
CT the " orld Almanac reveals the
fact that there are untold organiza-
tions, societies, associations, fed
eratiOns, leagues, conferences and
commissions established for the one
purpose Of righting wrongs; they
exist to make better homes, better
race relations, better communities,
better privileges, better boys and
girls, better society.
There are hundreds of ethical,
cultural, racial, national and inter-
national associations trying to heal
some wound, some open sore of the
world-all being evidence that
there is something vitality wrong
with the world. The deepest needs
of the world have not been met by
our twentieth century civilization.
There was something wrong with
the world when Christ was born.
During His three years of public
ministry, wrongs were righted, and
a program given to His followers
that has succeeded wherever His
principles have been applied eff
GENTLY. Gods program is the only
one that will succeed.-D. Carl
Yoder.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-12-14

first semester will be held on Fri
day, at 2:30 p. m. An interesting
Riley program is being planned
by the Excelsior society. The pub
lie is invited to attend.
On Friday night Mr.. Brooks will
take the members of the high
school basketball team to Ames-
vile. where they will meet the
Amesville team. A good game is
anticipated
Students are preparing for the
final semester examinations, which
will be given Wednesday and Thurs
day, Dec. 20 and 81.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-12-14

ditions that ever confronted a rOok-
lie flyer. For the past two months
/ have been studying the rudiments
of fuel and oil engineering at one
of the big oil plants in Bayonne, N.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-11
PARISIAN BARS
 STILL BOOMING
U. s. Drinking Cheaper Than in France = Big Comparison in Prices

Paris (UP) = Present fore casts indicate that drinking under the ''New Deal" in the. United States will be lot cheaper than drinking under the "Old Dear III Europe. With a bar to about every 7t inha bitans, Pa is still goes on building new drinking palaces The cabarets are just limpine along. but the bars are booming despite the prices, which are very high.
 Memories of the corner saloon and Decent whiskey, of the more elegant hotel bar and 15-cents whiskey, and of "gentlemen.s drinking places, where the dizzies whiskey was 20 cents, come crowd ing on the mind of the American who drinks here, where any whiskey sat least 60 cents a glass. A bottle of whiskey can be bought in a store for $2.40. The French taxes do the rest.
 The newly opened bars, such as the Crillon, the Marivauv, and the re-organized Castiglione, charge 40 cents for. a whiskey.
 Emile, of the Crillon bar, has cut cocktail prices to S6 cents Champagne cocktail, or 9 plain glass of champagne costs S6 cents
 The French aperitifs, such as Vermouth compounds. cost SO cents. The drinks vary, and there are hundreds of French aperittfs including the famous Pernod which has taken the place of ab- Sinthe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-11
BRITISH WATCH | LIQUOR TASTES
Popularity in Britain Gov= erns Shipments to
 United States

London (UP)-What Britain drinks today, the United States im- bibes tomorrow, in the opinion of competent wine and spirit con- noisseurs here.
 Liquor exporters are taking careful note of drinking tastes and trends here. The stuff they send to America depends thereon. Port, they say, is becoming in- creasingly popular.
 Summarized, here are other
 Hooks and Moselles: Quantity not above the average, but quality gets one star.
 Champagne: Shippers happy, but workers critical. Three success sive bad vintages have been fol- lowed this year by a favorable vintage corresponding with a re- vival in trade. Owing to economy, it is possible that the crops will not have such strict scrutiny as previously.
 Claret: White claret should be superb this year. Red wines are not so good. Prices will be high.
 Burgundy: Not enough fine burgundy to go around. White vintages excellent. Prices high.
 Sherry: A very small vintage, but at the same time very great increase in sales in the British market. The cocktail as the aperi- tiff is, now in full retreat before sherry
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-11
l933 ENGINES ARE AUTHENTIC
Newest Midget Locomo= lives to Be Feature of
 Santa Claus Bag

New Yrok (UP)-The authentic
 chug-chug of a locomtive will be a new thrill for Christmas, 1888. The newest midget locomotives in Santa Claus pack have chug- gers that sped up as the train gathers momentum, until they sound exactly like a real locomo- tive.
 A new weighing scale for toy freight, baggage chute and in- genious arrangements of signals that exactly duplicate grownup railroad systems are new develop ments which will entrance fathers as well as youngsters.
 Automatic couplers are features
 of the latest toy train system. Air ventilators and metal air tanks
 provide new touches of realism to this favorite educational toy. Tiny parlor car seats revlove, just like real ones, and there are porcelain
 lavatories, too. The roundhouse for engines, the stations, the Pull mans and the observation cars are ablaze with lights. All the locomo- tives have pilot lights.
 There are all sorts of ingenious developments in landscapes. Young. sters can arrange a complete rural set around their trains, including
 barnyard animals and farm ma- chinery. There are realistic moun- tain sets with bridges and tunnels. The railroads approach to the sta- ton in the heart of the city is re- produced in authentic miniature.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-11
EXPERTS SPURN
 RARE MEAT IDEA
More Body Building Power Given By Thoroughly
 Cooked Food

London - (UP) - Modern Somsons, who attribute their mus cular superiority solely to the fact that they munch their daily ra- ton of meat when it is raw, red and juicy, are all wrong, accord ing to two British scientists.
 These two scientists assert that contrary to popular belief, under done meat is less nutritious than the more thorough ly cooked.
 Other culinary customs, which have stood the test of a thousand years, are upset by the research workers, who declare that 9 hot oven is unnecessary for the initial stages of roasting, as the high temperature does not form a juice-retaining pellicle on the meat.
 Barbecue fans will thrill to the knowledge that meat roasted in the open is more nutritious than in the oven. Roasting, grilling and frying are found to result in smaller losses of mineral salts than either steaming or boiling. The two main losses resulting from cooking, shrii kage. and loss of the valuable mineral salts on which nutrition depends. The in- vestigators say that overcooked meat contains, pound for pounds more protein and more fat than underdone.