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The Fort Peck press., 1934-08-09
Diameter of Star Mira

The diameter of the star, Mira, in
the constellation of Cetus, is nearly
as great as the orbit OF Mars and
would take 100000 of our suns to
fill it.
The Fort Peck press., 1934-08-09
Lily in New Environment

A rare species of Amazon river wa
ter lily, the Victoria Regia, has been
made to thrive under a 30O-watt cleo
trio light in a nursery In Ohio.
The Fort Peck press., 1934-08-09
Wealth and Firures

"Wealth may become so great" said
HI Ho, the sage of Chinatown, that
at last 1t may seem only a row of fig
ures on a slip of paper"
The Fort Peck press., 1934-08-09
Shark Leather

The average shark yields ten square
feet of leather from its hide alone.
The Fort Peck press., 1934-08-09
frances New World Possession

French Guiana on the north coast
of South America is Frances only pos
session in the New world
Evening star., 1934-02-11

edges that will cover the center Of the dolly
and leave only the lacy part showing. Paste
this square the front and center. Then
paste the red hearts in the middle in the shape
Of a four-leaf clover. Take your white ink
and print one word on each heart, such
"I love you or BE mine, my valentine"
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pattern on the red paper and cut It, Take your
ruler and diagram the heart with . pencil as
shown in Figure g First fold the sides. then
the bottom and write your message or verse
ON the inside in red ink. Use white INK TO
address It on the outside, and paste q small
white heart in the upper right hand corner
instead of a stamp.
If you are having party and want to make
unusual favors. get some red cardboard, some
copper wire that bends easily, and some glmmed
cloth tabs and make heart specs" for your
guests Cut out the centers from red hearts
so that only the rim is left. Then shape your
wire SO that it will fit the tops Of the hearts,
and attach it with the gummed tabs. Bend
the wire like that of real eyeglasses and they
are all ready to be worn. You can have a good
time with these favors long after Valentines
day is past.
I IERE is an animated valentine that can also
I ] carry a message You will need q large,
stiff white envelope, white cardboard, five small
hearts, one large and one medium heart, and
three wire shanks which you can get at the
1O-cent store.
Examine the diagram in Figure 3 carefully
before you begin. Cut tabs about . half-nch
wide for the arms and legs, and a short tab for
the neck from the white cardboard. With the
wire shanks fasten the leg and neck tabs to
the large heart (the body so that the legs and
neck will be movable. Fasten the large heart
to the envelope with bit Of the top showing.
Paste the arm tabs at the back OF the body
and attach them to the front by means OF
two small hearts which form the hands. Paste
two other small hearts at the bottom Of the
legs and one on the flap of the envelope. With
black ink draw face on the middle sized
heart and paste it on the neck. By moving
the legs and neck your valentine messenger
will be made very lifelike.
You can make and design many other lovely
valentines by using the lace paper doilies and
pictures from magazines. The lace paper makes
a lovely frame on a red background.
Evening star., 1934-02-11
Birds Soda Fountains

must be cleaned and made bigger. The tunnels
must be kept clear for the sap
And even that is not all. For the birdfellows
of the sapSucker have no scruples about raid
ing these well-stocked fountains, and the sap
sucked must be vigilant not to be wholly robbed
by passing warblers and visiting knglets and
woodpeckers and orioles-and worst Of all
by the greedy and swift and beautiful little
humming birds who can dart at the cupboard
and rob it before the sapsucker housekeeper
has spread his wings in pursuit.
But these thirsty, unprncipled and unlimited
guests and neighbors probably render the sap
sucker a service in disguise, when they raid
and rob his kitchen. For-reluctant host that
he is-the sapsucker himself has such weak
for sweet sap that it quite overcomes his
better Judgment, and his thirst has been his
undoing. The disgraceful fact Is that the sap
sucker gets drunk on his favorite liquor.
For variety in his menu, the sapsucker eats
the insects which come by the hundreds, at
tracted by the sweet odors of his kitchen.
Evening star., 1934-02-11

THERE are certain woodpeckers who keep
! whole pantries full of sap supplies ON hand
all arranged as neatly and conveniently as
. housewives kitchen.
It is on the whole, a prudent system, though
II Is not without its perils.
The sapsuckers are the thrifty creatures who
put up stores of delicacies, only to be obliged
to defend them from the raids Of less indus
trious but hungrier birds.
In any Juicy maple or sweet birch. the sap
sucker arranges his larder. Very carefully
and very efficiently he bores through the tough
bark of the tree to the living streams Of sap
inside. Then in neat rows arranged for con-
venience encrcling the tree he scoops out his
cups-dozens of them single sapsucker is
not content until he has whole cluster of trees
tunneled and scooped and sticky as soda foun-
tainS.
But it Is not only the initial work Of building
and arranging his pantry that bothers the
sapSucker. It must be kept in order. The cups
Evening star., 1934-02-11
Light Bulbs Pop

[ AVE you ever broken an old electric light
! bulb. and wondered what made it "popl"
loudly? 1t couldn't be just the breaking Of
the glass, because if you drop a tunlbler, it
makes entirely different noise.
The secret is the fact that the electric light
bulb really explodes. There is partial vacuum
within it, for almost all the air has been
pumped out during manufacture. When the
glass is broken, the air rushes in to fill this
vacuum, and the noise results.
Removing the air from an electric lamp is
q very important part of the manufacturing
process. The light is created by making the
little wires glow brightly and to do this, they
must be made very hot. The heat Is gen.
Grated in the wire by its resistance to the
electric current passing through it.
But great is this heat that the wire would
burn like powder if it were exposed to the air.
In fact, even with the vacuum, every light bulb
will burn itself out sooner or later.
Evening star., 1934-02-11
POSERS

It's fun to test your knowledge by trying 30
answer questions like these. And even If you
can't get them all perhaps you will learn
something new from the answers, to be found
elsewhere on this page.
1. What are the correct names Of hard"
and soft" coal?
2. When Is st. Valentines day?
;. With what does the leader Of orchestra
beat time?
4. In what year was the Battle of Waterloo
fought?
S. What color Is the topmost stripe on the
flag of the United States?
6. How many months have 80 days?
7. Is Christmas always on the same day OF
the week as the New Year day which follows
it?
8. Where is Stanford University located?
Evening star., 1934-02-11
RIDDLES

Did you know that riddles are almost old
as the human race? It's true. People have
been asked riddles almost since time began, and
they will probably continue as long any OF
us know anything about what is going on.
1. What fish does an engaged woman like
beSt?-A Reader.
2. What can a canary do that you can't do?
Sophie Estelle Dugoleski.
3. What is the country that weeps?-Louise
Brown.
T. On what vine do beefsteaks grow?-Mary
Wingert
5. When is a soldier not q soldier?-M T. M.
ANSWERS.
l. Herring. 3. Takes a bath In a saucer.
3. Wales. 4. Bovine s. When he is mustered
(mustard).
1. The picture word square is star, taxi, axes
and rise.
g. In this lovely valentine,
have asked you to be mine.
3. Cupid, heart.
f. Cover, open, vex and en-.
S. Cross word puzzle solution.
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=
And now, because Valentines day is coming
we're giving you Valentine meSsage-in
cipher sentence form. All you must do to know
what the message is is to substitute the correct
let6ers-but that's quite job.
One hint is the fact that it's valentine
message-and another is that the two lines
thyme.
RS AIRF NMPTNO PUNTSARST,
LUPT UFVTC OMW AM KIT
BRST
Two articles found on almost all valentines
are hidden in the sentence below.
The cup I dropped broke with q noise
you could hear the length Of the house.
This word triangle isn't hard. The second
line is what you do to an envelope containing
a valentine, the third is to annoy, and the
fourth is printers small measure.
0 " r
O
s.
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Dishwasher

BOY" said the camp cook, "stick knife in
the cake and if it comes out clean you'll know
the cake is done"
Yes" said the camp director, ''and if it
comes out clean, stick all the other knives in"
Evening star., 1934-02-11

The definitions are:
HORIZONTAL.
2 Pocketbook.
Exists.
g. Observe
TO- Word used with either"
IL. Of sound mind.
13. Metal thread.
y. Is. A pair.
IT. Moisture condensed on the grass.
18. Sounds uttered by the mouth.
49, Part of the foot.
81. Large monkey
"A Stop.
&c An entreaty.
27 Correct (Abbr).
%. A number.
80. So
81 Religious songs.
VERTICAL.
1. To lean as q ship
g. Utilize
f. The second note Of the musical scale.
S. To stitch.
|. g. Group of sailors attached 10 one ship.
8. Tool for cutting boards.
10 Metal in its native state.
II. New and different.
IA, Perfect.
16. A hole.
19. Morse god.
20. Sturdy tree.
%. Common vegetable.
%. Comfort
rs Plaything
26. Writing implement.
29 Southwestern State (Abbr0.
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I,:!;5: :.. ~ GfRiS 5Gf Is PAGE HSf k s., =:
Make Your Ozvn Valentines
RY ROSE TRUEHEART.

making your own valentines. The
- most important rule to remember Is
"be neat" None of your friends will
take much pleasure in receiving
badly shaped heart with paste
smeared over it. with uneven lettering In
the verse. Take great care that you cut ana
paste exactly as the directions say, and be sure
to read the directions carefully before you start
to work.
propriate." Try to keep your valentine from
being large and bulky, and try to select
verses that will please the person to whom you
send it.
Before you start to work, gather tube or
bottle Of paste a small pair Of scissors, ruler.
q pen, black and white ink, crayons, and al
the red and white cardboard that you think
you may need. Ask your mother to give you
some lace paper doilies and some old magazines
from which to cut pictures. Some narrow red
or gold ribbon will come in handy for your
fanciest valentines.
| iERE is q lace paper Valentine that is
] ] fancy and bright when finished, but is
really easy to make. You need lace paper
dolly about 3ia inches across, four small red
hearts, some gold paper. and about two feet
of red ribbon, either paper silk.
First cut the ribbon into four equal parts and
paste them across the back of the dolly so they
will resemble the spokes of wheel (Ffgure -.
Next cut the gold paper in square with zgzag
Evening star., 1934-02-11
Does He Coo 2

There's something dovelike about you child"
"Yes, he's pigeon-toed."
Evening star., 1934-02-11
ANSWERS.

/. Anthracite and bituminous q February
a. 3. A baton f. In 1915. S. Red. g. Four.
z. Yes g. At Palo Alto, Calf
Evening star., 1934-02-11

COR sending messages Valentine is more
! attractive than an envelope made from a
heart 1t is easy to make too. You will need
piece of paper about foot square. red on one
side and white on the other. Draw and cut out
q heart to use as q pattern, then place your
Evening star., 1934-02-11
PUZZLES

A PICTURE word square Is the opening gun
n IN today's puzzle battle
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-13
By MAX PERLoW

General Secretary, New York Fur
niture Workers Industrial Union)
THE workers in the furniture in
duStry are. now preparing for
strikes under the leadership Of the
National Furniture Workers Indus
trial Union. Since last year the
union has succeeded in coordinating
its forces and winning improved
conditions in the industry. Today,
there is no more question as to
whether the union is factor in the
furniture industry. In many crafts
here in New York, our union is the
only factor. In those crafts where
there is still an A. F. of L. local our
union plays very important role
in the movement to unite all work
ers irrespective of union utilization
for united action against the en-
ployers.
Especially did our union gain
great prestige among the furniture
workers because of the militant fight
against Mayor Hague for the right
to strike and picket in Jersey City.
This fight has been won and the
workers rights have been established
in Jersey City. This was accom-
plished because of our correct and
militant policies in establishing a
united front with other organiza-
tons and A. F. of L. locals.
In preparation for the general
strike our union also succeeded in
establishing a real united front with
the Wood Carvers Association OF the
A. F. of L. Only few weeks ago
I addressed meeting, as a repre-
sentative of our union, of the Wood
Carvers Association where the
enthusiasm of the workers was very
great. Last Wednesday, a repre-
sentative Of the Wood CarverS Asso-
citation, j. Sussman, the secretary,
addressed a special meeting of the
frame department of our union. Real
unity has been established in prep
aration for the coming struggles.
The pressure of the rank and file
workers within the A. F. of L. forced
seven locals of the A. F. of L. to
have conferences with our union and
establish a United Front Organiza-
tional Committee in order TO work
out jointly demands in the coming
strike. This was too much for the
misleaders of the Upholsters Inter
national and they decided to take
drastic action against the rank and
file members of their union. They
sent out a telegram to their locals
in which they threatened that if
any Of the locals joined in this
united front, their charter would be
revoked In one OF these locals, the
mattress makers, the leaders went
SO far as to bulldoze the workers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-13

16 day trip, but no seaman will
ever believe him.
gEAMEN who are working for $50
" a month, who are forced to do
12-hour watches on deck and who
try to exist on the rot-gut that is
served in the average ships mess
room will be moved to laughter by
this musical comedy description of
life on a steam freighter.
It would be interesting to know
how Professor Robinson got his
seamen'S papers. Did he have a
lifebcat ticket? And if he did not
have one, why was the shipping
company not prosecuted for sign
ing man on the articles as a
seaman who could not carry out
the duties of a seaman? I'll gamble
that DR.. Robinson cannot box the
compass and that he doesn't know
the difference between a heaving
line and a hawser.
Nevertheless he has taken upon
himself the task of speaking for the
Seamen, as one who has been to
sea. He has made as big failure
of this as he did of his umbrella
attack on militant students.
The seamen. you can rest as
sured, will speak for themselves at
the National ITnitv Copfora,,ca II,
Baltimore on September 1-2 and the
students will continue to build their
militant organizations despite Pro-
fessor- Robinson's umbrella attacks.
That which Dr., Robinson is try
ing to prove is no more true than
the fish fallacy of Charles the Sec
ond.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-13
FOOTNOTES
By HARRY RAYMOND

CHARLES the Second of
" England once put all the
philosophers, mathematicians
and wise men of the Royal
Society to work to find the
rea SON why a dead fish
Weighed more than a live one.
The learned men of the
kingdom, taking his majesty
seriously, toiled and sweated
for many day in attempting
to arrive at an answer to the
Kings question, but with no
result. They merely wandered
in endless circles until the King
one day put an end to their re-
searches by assuring them that the
fact they were searching for a rea-
son of was not
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-13
Strikers Seek
Unity Against
Knit Bosses
Rank and File Calls for
United Mass Picketing
Actions

With the strike of 1900 knit
goods workers entering its second
week, the Knitgoods Workers In
dustrial Union has renewed its eff
forts to bring about united action
of all sections of the industry and
rank and file control of the strike.
These efforts have been endorsed bv
rank and file strikers in the Inter
national Ladies Garment Workers
Union and the United Textile
Workers Union.
In statement issued to the
strikers, the Industrial Union de-
clares the need for "a strong,
united union of all knitgoods work
ers that will not be controlled and
dictated to by the bosses and the
N r. A. politicians. A militant
united union must be controlled by
the workers"
The strikers in all halls of the
International and United must i'm
mediately follow the example Of
the strikers in the halls OF the In
duStrial Union and elect repre-
sentativeS to the Strike Committee
and the Settlement Committee, the
statement declares.
Thanks to the watchfulness If
the Industrial Union for the M
terests of the workers, the Inte:na-
| tioooI OfTioiaIc houa MT sroaoadod
in splitting our ranks and our strike
was called on the same day. 1t is
our greatest duty to unite all
strikers regardless of aff1liation, 10
organize united picket lines, a
united strike and settlement COM
mittee. Such unity will be the
guarantee of victory"
In similar statement the rank
and file committees of Local 155 of
the International Ladies Garment
Wo. llers' Union and Local 1893 OF
the United Textile Workers Union
declare for inter-union unity and
rank and file control Of the strike
by saying:
United action with all the work
ers who have responded in this
strike regardless of union aflliation
that is the greatest need of the
hour. Unity OF all the strikers for
our common demands against our
common enemies will throw a
mighty force against the open shop
pers and the company union
bosses. Let us form united mass
picket lines and thus go forward
to victory"
The knitgoods workers are on
strike for 35-hour week, mini
mum wage scale and other demands
relating to wo; king conditions and
the right to organize.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-13
Industrial Union Establishes
Dominance i'm Furniture Field
OIilitancy in Jersey City Picketing Fight Has Won
Organization Large Following
BY Rico

with the red scare and tell them
that If any one joins the Furniture
Workers Industrial Union he is also
forced to join the Communist Party,
The rank and file workers of the
A. F. of L., however, are determined
to establish this united front over
the heads of their misleaders.
Last week the Metal Bed Depart
ment of our union declared a gen.
eral strike In the trade. This is the
first department starting the
struggle for better conditions. The
Metal Bed workers succeeded in
paralazing the shops 100 per cent.
The spirit of the workers is de-
termined one. 1t is worth while to
note that the workers of this de-
partment were never organized into
any union before. The experiences
OF the last year which they had
under the leadership of the Ma
tional Furniture Workers Industrial
Union convinced them OF the cor
rectness of our militant policies and
made them realize that the only way
to gain better conditions is through
struggle. The strike of this year
and the readiness on the part of the
bosses to grant major demands be-
cause of the determination of the
workers solicited their ranks still
more.
The Cabinet Section of our union
is now also preparing for a general
strike. Here it Is noteworthy that
the ex-A. F. of L. local which con-
trolled this craft is no more in
existence. This local has been
transferred to Carpenters Local
and the business agent was given a
job in the Carpenters District Coun-
Gil. Still, the old business agent.
Mr.. Shootin, who has the Job in
Local 100, does not want to give up
his racket and is still trying to put
stumbling blocks in the way OF our
union. This racketeer made it a
A4NHAN w NANNP ltlbU ally new SIlOD
which opens and agrees to yellow
dog contracts. Such q case hap
pened in the Tri-Boro Parlor Frame
Co. of SOL 18TH st., where the boss
forced the men to sign such con-
tracts and forced them to pay in
500 each. The result was that when
our union exposed the actions of
this racketeer the men Joined our
union and chased Mr.. Shootin out
In this section too, the workers feel
that since they left the A. F. of L.
betrayers, and organized under the
Furniture Workers Industrial Union
they have succeeded in controlling
the shops and establishing better
working conditions. The workers of
this department are also prepared
to strike a blow this year to the re-
mainder Of open shops.
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8N<eA "a " 10 AAO
a fact at all.
Charles, or
the want ri
something bet
ter to do, was
playing a joke
on his royal So
clety.
In the middle
ages it was COM
non play for
nGnarchs to set
The wise men at
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-13

1AAC W-oC ultIl al
work searching for explanations of
facts that were rot facts. but falla-
cies; today this is no longer D sport
OF the ruling class, but a bit of
grim business. Franklin D. Roose-
welt, father of the New Deal, I'M
like Charles of England. is play
ing no joke when he gathers his
wise men around him and counsels
them to go forth and establish proof
that the new deal is a boon to the
American working people
Ignoring the obvious fact that the
New Deal has reduced the wages
of the workers through the mini
mum-wage joker in the codes and
conveniently overlooking the N. r.
A. currency imitation policy which
has increased the cost Of living, Mr..
Roosevelt aping the antics of
Charles the Second, but not jok-
ing in the least, sends his bright
men out to prove the MIRA. a rip
roaring success.
Among the most learned gentle
men who recently sailed forth like
SO many Don QuixoteS to prove that
falsehoods are facts was DR.. Fred
erick B. Robinson. president of the
College of the City of New York
PROFESSOR ROBINSON, who
rode forth some time ago on the
college campus, using an umbrella
as a lance against students who
had joined the working class in
their struggles against capitalism, is
reported to have discarded his UNI
brella as an ineffective weapon
The good professor bought himself
a pair of sea boots and shipped to
sea to observe how things were 60
ing aboard ships.
For Is days DR.. Robinson was
aboard the s. S. Tela, freighter
bound for Europe. He's back in
America now and he reports that
all is well in the merchant marine.
The happiest l6 days I ever spent"
that's how the doctor character
lied his trip to sea.
During the Is days I never once
heard any of the men grumble, !"
said Doctor Robinson, when he re-
turned from Europe last week.
DR.. Robinson, unlike the philoso-
pliers of the court of King Charles.
had no trouble in proving that a
falsehood was a fact. All he had
to do was to apply the pragmatic
system of philosophy to the prob
lem. He went to sea as a seaman"
and according to his own reports
had happy time of it. Therefore.
a seamen'S life is surely happy
one under the New Deal.
AND why shouldn't the professor
"A have a happy time of it. The
truth of the matter is that DR..
Robinson never lived the life of a
seaman after all.
Il slept near the captains cabin
and had excellent food, he de-
clared
Now, anybody who knows any
thing about seamen and ships
knows that seamen do not sleep
near the captains cabin. They
sleep in the fo'c'sle. which is a
considerable distance from the cap
tain's quarters. The only food
served aboard ships that can be
called excellent is served to the Of
ficers and passengers.
DIR. Robinson might be able to