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Tall Tales
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AS Told to:
FRANK E. HACAN and
ELMO SCOTT WATSON
The Goat That Sang Tenor

liz OOot AAIdl OdllS CllOl
NIHEN William McClenahan,
w newspaper correspondent of
Port Deposit, Nd, first heard about
it, he didn't believe it. A farmer,
so the neighborhood gossips said,
had goat that sang in a beautiful
tenor voice. How did it happen?
Well, it seems that some member
of the farmers family had been
careless and left a phonograph rec
ord of Mother O. Mine" by John
Mccormack out in the yard. At
least, that's the way Mr.. McClena-
hans story, which appeared in the
Baltimore Sun, accounted for it.
The farmer and his singing goat
became famous. People came to
see it and paid for the privilege of
hearing it sing. Then bad luck
overlook the farmer. The goat
stopped singing as suddenly as it
had begun. So the farmer bought
an expensive record by a famous
grand opera star-"O Sole Mo-" it
was-and fed that to the goat.
The result was fatal. The goat
began to sing but suddenly dropped
dead. An autopsy revealed the fact
that its throat was clogged up with
what the veterinarian called "some
foreign substance" They were Ital-
ian words and phrases. The goat
was 100 per cent American, so of
course, he choked to death on 'em,
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ardsons trace their lineage to un1s
branch. Francis, a son of Simon,
was judge of Ireland.
Ezekiel Richardson came to Amer
ica in Governor Winthrop's fleet in
1890. His brothers, Samuel and
Thomas, followed in 1886. Another
Simon sailed from Gravesend, Eng
land, on the America, and settled
in Virginia. John Richardson came
to Virginia in 1886 on the ship Paul.
There were many early settlers
of this family and consequently
there are many descendants in
every part of the country who have
distinguished themselves in every
walk of life.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-13
SLEEP: QUALITY,
AND NOT QUANTITY,
IS THE MEASURE

"The traditional eight-hOurs' sleep
requirement for adults, like all aver
ages. is notably wrong in some
cases." w. f. Farbstein states in the
American Magazine.
Recent research at the Univer-
sity of Chicago shows that eight
hours of sleep is really too much for
the average person
"A series of observations in Ger
many demonstrates that the quality
of sleep is all important. 1t was
shown that deep sleep of six hours
is more refreshing than a shallow
sleep of eight. Also that one can
train oneself to get enough sleep in
four hours
Jack Mccarthy. the aged baker
who died recently in Ireland, habit
ually baked all night and hunted all
day. His definition of sleep was,
It's only a habit He had reduced
his sleep time TO five or six hours a
week by gradual cutting down
process over a period of many years.
1.-The Patriarch of the COptic
church resident in Alexandria, Egypt,
does not get much rest. If he falls
asleep. he is awakened. as part of
the sect's ritual, by his attendants
every ~ minutes ..
"The Urubu Indian tribes of Bra
Zil have the quaintest sleeping Gus
tom IL the world. The oldest men,
bers If the tribe sleep on the ground.
the middle-aged lie on top of them,
and the young on top of the middle
aged, forming human pyramid . :"
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A Greene?

IT is commonly supposed that the
name of Greene is of Saxon or
Scandinavian origin, but it is found
that there was a patrician family
of this name after the Roman con-
quest of England, which suggests
that it is of Latin derivation.
In the early part of the Thir-
teenth century, about twelve years
before the granting of the Magma
Charta, during the reign of King
John, there lived in England one
Alexander de Boketon. 1t was his
great grandson who took unto him
self the name of Greene, and spelled
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-13
His UnluckY DaY

0V ES, sir, believe in that super
L stition about Friday, the 18th,
bein' an unlucky day." said the Old
est Ranger in Yellowstone park. II
recollect one of 'em in particular.
II was out on patrol and discov-
cred l didn't have a bite of food in
my grub bag and only one she'll left
in my trusty OF gun. Well,
sneaked through the woods till 1
saw a brace of quail sfttin' on a
bush so 1 maneuvered aroun' so as
to be sure Of gettin' both Of 'em
with one shot.
Il let fly an by golly, when I
went to pick up them two birds l
found that I'd killed six more that
was sittin' on the other side of the
bush. Just then l heard a big COM
motion out in a little lake nearby.
There was big buck deer that had
been skeered by my shot and had
run out and got hisself mired down.
Il run out to help him but before
1 could get to him he drowned. AS
was carryin' him to shore, sank
down in the mud an water up over
the tops of my boots. So l took 'em
off to pour out the water and
derned if there didn't flop out of
'em a dozen of the finest trout you
ever did see.
well, 1 strung the quail an the
deer an the trout on pole so
could carry 'em easier. But my
struggles to get the load up on my
shoulders was jest too much of a
strain on my suspender buttons.
Derned if one didn't fly off with
such force that it killed a rabbit
100 yards away.
"When that happened, I jest de-
cided it wasn't no use to try to do
any more huntin'. Seemed like ii
was my unlucky day, it being Fri
day, the 18TH"
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"Man Overboard" I"

MEN who go down to the sea In
Iva ships frequently see or hear
about some unusual occurrences. J..
w. Putnam of Anaheim, Calf, who
once served in the United States
navy, is no exception to that rule.
One hot, sticky day as the battle
ships and cruisers were steaming
along off the coast of China a ty-
phoon suddenly swooped down upon
them. Despite the bowling wind
and raking waters. the vessels man.
aged to keep their alignment.
In the midst of the storm lieu
tenant decided that he wanted cup
of coffee. SO a mess boy started
across the deck with a cup Of cOf-
fee, a pitcher of cream and a bowl
Of sugar on a tray. Just as he was
about to open the door to the Off
GERS quarters, a 61-foot wave swept
across the deck.
1t picked up the mess boy, jug
gled him for a second on it's crest,
then carried him 30S yards astern
and deposited him at the door Of
the officers quarters of the next
ship in line. Opening the door, he
walked in and said, Here is the
coffee you ordered, lieutenant. One
lump, or two, and shall l pour in
the cream?"
1t had all happened so quickly
that the mess boy didn't realize he
was on another ship until the officer
roared out: I'm a captain, not a
lieutenant didn't order any coffee,
and what are you doing here?"
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The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-13
Who Are You?
g
The Romance of
Your Name
By
RUBY HASKINS ELLIS
A Richardson? q?

THE coat of arms shown below Is
l. accredited to Thomas Richard
son. Oldest son of Thomas Richard
son. of Ireland and New York city.
The name Richardson, Of course,
comes from the personal name Rich
ard. 1t is the combination of two
Saxon words signifying rich or gen.
erous, in disposition, wealth, love
or what-not. Richard was favo-
rite name among the Normans also.
In northern France, where they
were masters of great estates, his
Iory records a long line of dukes
called Richard. Then after the con-
quest of England by the Normans,
there were several kings who bore
the name, one of whom was Rich
ard the Lionhearted, the Crusader
king, who was defeated at AscalOn.
The transition of the name Rich
ard to Richardson occurred soon
after the Norman conquest. William
Belward, Lord of Malpasse, had two
sons. The youngest was called Rich
ard and his son took the name of
Richardson.
1t is, said that there is scarcely a
county in England where the name
of Richardson is not known. 1t is
also well established in Ireland and
Wales. 1t has been borne by many
great men of England, including
Richard, Archbishop of Canterbury,
and Richard, Earl of Cornwall,
wall, brother Of King Henry III.
The family first settled and flour
ished in the counties of Norfolk,
Yorkshire and Deerham in the Six
teenth century.
A branch of the Richardson fam
lily removed from Norfolk county to
Ireland in the reign of Queen Eliza
beth. In 1866, Charles II granted
large tracts of land there to Simon
Richardson. Many American Rich
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-13
The Yellow Peril's Peril

\ T THIS moment the question
L n before the house is whether
it iS more perilous to be a states
man in Japan and give Offense to
the soldiers or a soldier in Ameri-
ca and give offense to the states
men?
Howsomever, at the risk of being
penalized for punning, this innO-
cent bystander ventures the pre-
diction that amongst US there won't
be any more of these summary re-
movals for the Hagood Of the serv-
ice, as it were.
Because when something happens
off or on a military post to make
Tom BlantOn the blOOdsweating
behemoth of Texas Democracy, line
up with lot of Republicans-well,
l never thought I'd live to see the
day. | don't believe Uncle Tom
did, either. III bet nobody is more
surprised than he is.
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with crap games and poker parties
and liquor made right there on the
premises, and shots in the arm at
the low rate of one dollar per shot.
The day is at hand when prison
break" in the headlines won't mean
that some Of the fellows on the in
side are trying to get out but that
some Of the fellows on the outside
are trying to get in; and who could
blame them?
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-13
Abolishing Potlatches

n T LAST accounts, the Canadian
L n parliament had a bill before it
to abolish potlatches. When an In
dian gets prosperous, he gives a
party, with free food and drink for
all, and whatever he has left over
he bestows upon the guests and
so winds up beggared but happy.
That's a potlatch. Although at
present confined to the Indians, it's
not their own idea. They borrowed
it from some of the early settlers.
It's an old Scotch custom.
Tracing the genesis of tradition
al things is interesting. l thought
the famous motto of the North
west Mounted Police had origlnat-
ed within the force until once
when l tackled some native smok-
ing tobacco at a trading post In
upper Ontario. AS soon as I re-
covered consciousness knew
whence came the slogan, always
Gets It's Mani" That was years
ago, but I still have dizzy spells
in humid weather.
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it Creme. He was created a knight
and was member of parliament
from Northampton county.
Sir Henry Greene, a descendant
of this family, became lord chief
justice of England.
In America, the first Greenes set
tied in New England, and Maj. John
Greene was deputy governor of the
colony of Rhode Island.
Prominent perSOnages Of this fam
lily in later times were Joseph War
rem Greene and William Benton
Greene of Rhode Island. The later
was an eminent clergyman and pro-
fessor of ethics at Princeton Theo-
logical seminary.
g Public Ledger, Inc.-WNU Service.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-13

u td ~ Will ~ us
tria, Poland and
Hungary. Five
countries under
dictatOrs, united
against England
and France, still
eXperim enting
with the old
"de IN 0 era cy,"
would be inter-
esting.
One dictator,
Stain, supposed
to have an un-
derstanding with
France, N i g h t
offset the other
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mates just SeeInllS
to come and go at
will, as it were.
But in Illinois Is
where the chaps
enjoy the benefits
of congenial soci-
ETY. without the
bother of paying
dues. 1t must be
grand, serving as
a member of the
house committee of
the Joliet Indoor
N - II l.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-13
Which Is the Leisure Class?

WHEN Mr.. J. Pierpont Morgan
w said any American family
that kept maid belonged to the
leisure class, he touched a respon-
sive chord in the bosom of this
household, only he got the PROPOSE
ton mixed as it applied to our lit
tie hOme-nest.
Twas a maid we had for a short
spell who really qualified. Posi-
bly, we didn't give satisfaction. Any
how, one evening she took UNI
bragg and some guest towels and
a ham and one thing and another
and silently stole away. But look
ing back, | can't recall anybody
else who could be so leisurely and
sc classy, both at once.
We are wondering now what
class we belong to on the present
maids night out.
IRWIN s. COBB.
Copyright.-WNU Service.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-13
'Tis Holdout Time

TT is the gladstone season when
l. last years stars swear they'll
never put on uniforms again un-
less they get better contracts !;
while the managers just as loudly
declare the boys will accept what's
offered or stay out of the game for
evermore. Through anxious weeks
each group prOclaims that, from
the position thus taken, it will nev-
er, never abate or jot or title.
But when the first robin starts
north and the last training squad
starts south, something always hap
pens. One side decides to abate
quite a few of the jOts. And the
other side says, "Oh shuckins, aft
er all, what's title more or less
between friends?"
SO this springs hOld-Outs become
this falls pennant-winners, or 9th
erWiSe as the case may be, and
frequently is. And behind the
scenes, everything in either cham
pionship team will be just as peace
full as a cage full of pantherS until
this time next year.
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what ((tL l.
N.;m\.\oDO
-nWI'T thinks
about:
Making Money in "Stir"

Making Money IN STIR
DEVERLY HILLS, CALF.
O-Things certainly are love-
ly for the boys in the big stone
bide-a-wee homes, is it not SO?
At San Quentin here in Cali
fornia, chosen groups turning
out counterfeit money and new
er having to worry about getting in
Jail, since they are already in. And
a nice jolly strike on at Alcatraz.
And in my old home state, the in
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-13
Still Drumming Up Church
Attendance in Dutch Towns

An attendance drummer has been
newly appointed at Hoogeveen, Hol-
land, to call the people to church.
The old custom of drumming up
church attendance persists there as
in some other Dutch towns Every
Sunday morning and evening, the
drummer marches through the main
streets of Hoogeveen, drumming with
all his might, to let the faithful know
that it is time to get ready for di-
vine service.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-13
Grow a garden of
GRADUATES"
from a real seed
breeding institute

For 80 years,
Ferry-Morse Seed
Co., Americas S
greatest scientific
S ee d growing 6
orga n iz a tion,
through continu-
OILS uearlu tests
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and with infinite care, has pro-
tected market and home gardeners
against deteriorationin seedquality.
Our foundation stock is de-
-veloped at The Ferry-Morse Seed
Breeding Institute Stations at
Rochester, Mich, and Salinas, Cal.
This purebred stock is then used
for seed production on our own
farms, or under our direct super
vision. The seed crops from this
stock are sold only after thorough
tests have shown that they are of
proper quality and termination.
That is why North, South,
East, West-you can buy seeds
from the Ferry display in your
neighborhood store with the great
est assurance that they will repro
,duce true to type and quality.
Look for the Ferry display be-
fore planning your garden. Write
for free copy of our Home Garden
Catalog. Ferry-Morse Seed Co.,
Detroit and San Francisco.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-13
BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
If Five Dictators Unite
England Is Feverish
Wealth for a Good Girl
Gen. Mitchell Finds Rest

Rome hints that MussOlini and
Hitler have arranged a protective
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ItnPrOped n SUNDAY
Uniform CC-O~r
= ESSON =
By REV. p. b. FITZWATER d. D..
Member of Faculty, Moody Bible
Institute of Chicago.
g Western Newspaper Union.
Lesson for March Is
JESUS TEACHES HIS DISCI-
PIES TO PRAY

LESSON TEXT-Luke 11:1-l3.
GOLDEN TEXT-If we ask any
thing according to his will, he hear
eth us.-I John STA,
PRIMARY TOPIC-When We Pray.
JUNIOR TOPIC-Teach Us to Pray.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR
Jesus Says About
Prayer.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT
Should We Pray?
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-13

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the orig
inal little liver pills put up 60 years ago.
They regulate liver and bowels.-Ady.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-13

At Greenwood Lake, N. Y, mail
carrying rocket went 1900 feet
from New York to New jersey over
Greenwood lake, while spectators
smiled In ,derision.
Other spectators smiled when
Fulton tried his first steamboat.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-13
Lend an Ear

Opportunity is always knocking IL
you're listening.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-13

Mrs. Watson Davis, for Science
Service, says the world needs just
now: A remedy for the two great
est "killers of men," cancer and or
ganic heart disease; substitute
for power, developed in primitive
fashion from oil, coal, etc. That
means harnessing the sun TO one
end of the scale, the atom at the
other.
G. King Features Syndicate Inc.
WNU Service.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-13

President Lewis, fifty, head of the
miners union, plenty Of cash on
land, offers William Green, Ameri-
can Federation of Labor head, $500.
600 for a campaign to organize
100000 men in the steel industry.
Mr.. Green, a longtime union man,
has not accepted the offer. He
knows how easy it is for one man
to become a tail for the other mans
kite.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-13

combination.
Also, Hitler will remember that in
19l4 Germany thought she had
Italy in a triple alliance''-Italy-
Austria-Germany, but Italy did not
Stay. Had she stayed, the war
might have ended otherwise. That
Increases Mussolini's bitterness,
With England trying to cause Italy's
Gefeat by barbarous Ethiopia.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-13

The world becomes gradually
democratic. In King Georges fu-
neral procession everybody walked.
At his fathers funeral, the great
oil went on horseback, including
King Georges cousin, the former
kaiser, on a prancing white horse.
Now King Edward VIII orders
simpler uniforms, less fancy dress
ing in Buckingham palace.
The Washington times., 1936-02-18
BRAZILIAN GUN
R|NGPR0BED
BY SENATE
Nye Arms Quiz Calls
w. P. Brown Again
For Queer Details
Intsrnatlonal Newr Sernice

-~-~S~@~~@
The Senate Munitions Commit
tee today continued its inveStigar
ton into a $1,O00,00O munition
and gun-running ring organized
during the Brazilian revolution Of
1882.
william P. Brown, Of Byington
g. Co., Of New York and Rio de
Janeiro, was recalled to the stand
to continue his complicated story.
He told of secret meetings, secret
orders, and the mysterious opera
tionS of dealers in deadly weapons,
who allegedly broke an arms em"
barge laid down by Former Presi"
ident Herbert Hoover in an at
tempt to shut off guns and muni-
tions to the revolutioniSts.
Names ByingtOn
Brown, New York representative
of Byington g. Co., testified that
he was unwittingly drawn into the
transactions by A. j. Byington, jr.,
who at that time was operating in
Argentina.
Brown said Byington advised
him by phone that two men were
coming up fro mArgentina to
make the purchases and would
bring with them money to be de-
posted to his personal account in
the Guaranty Trust Company,
New York. He said he was further
advised to dish out the money as
they wanted it and ask no queS-
tionS."
The two men, Brown testified,
turned out to be Leigh Wade, for
mer Army around-the-world air.
plane pilot and a DR.. Ferrara.
He said he had never seen the
two men before. but that he
carried out the instructions.
Followed the Orders
Most of the material, Brown
said, was purchased from Crit
fin and Howe, a New York rifle
and ammunition firm. He said
the actual transactions were con-
Quoted by Frank Jonas, South
American munitions salesman
who appeared on the scene short
" after Wade and Ferrara.
Brown testified the munitions
were purchased with cash out Of
his $1,115, 900 personal account
for "about $96, 600" that prices
were raised, false invoices made
out, and rebates given to provide
Jonas with q profit Of about
SIC, 900 on the deal.
In answer to Donald Y. Wem.
pie. committee investigator, Brown
said it was not for him to ques-
tion the honesty Of the deal.
''Tt made NO difference to me
what they did with the money.
was merely carrying out the
orders of my boss"
He admitted, however, that he
since learned that his action was
in violation of the arms EN-.
barge.
81 didn't know it then, but
do now"
The Washington times., 1936-02-18
CLEVELANDER
GETSD.C.P0ST

H. Kenneth Kugel, Of Cleveland,
was appointed by the District
Commissioner today as smoke en-
gineer for the District. He will
take office March 2, and his sal
ary will be $4,000 year.
At the same time, the Commis-
Sioners established a division of
smoke abatement under the super
vision of Director of Inspection
Hugh p. Dram.
Mr.. Kugel. upon taking office,
will draw up two smoke abate-
ment regulations and establish
his staff in the new division. Until
this is completed, smoke nuisance
regulations will continue to be en-
forced by the Health Department.
The Washington times., 1936-02-18
Growing DINNER
For HauptmaHlHl

grant cIemency at this time. It
would be setting most danger
GUS precedent. If the court
traded cIemency for . comics
sion i'm this instance how, in
good faith. could it refuse elem
ency to any condemned mHr-
derer i'm the future who might
be willing to tell the whole truth
about his crime?"
From other sources it was
learned that the best Hauptmann
can expect from changing his
story of complete innocence and
naming "accompliceS" would be
additional reprieves.
It was pointed out that If he
named accomplices in the crime
Gov. Harold G. Hoffman, who has
the power to grant reprieves with
out the sanction of the court Of
pardonS, might desire to keep him
alive until the accomplices are
caught or his story proved false.
Agreement With Wilentz
The governor admitted he would
regard a full and true story by
Hauptmann naming accomplices
in the crime as sufficient reason
for granting of another reprieve.
He also admitted he might de-
sire to stay Hauptmann's execu-
ton until the return from
Panama of DR.. John F. "JafSie"
Condor, the eccentric ransom in.
termediary and star State witness
at Hauptmann's trial. Governor
Hoffman desires to have Condor
grilled until certain alleged dis
crepancies in his statements are
cleared up.
But Governor Hoffman made it
clear that he will be bound by
his agreement with Attorney Gen.
eral Wilentz in the matter of any
new reprieve. When he gave
Hauptmann the reprieve saving
him from the chair last month,
he agreed with Wilentz that he
would not grant another stay
without the attorney generals
consent.
Sticks to Story
Observers believe that if Haupt-
mann names aides in the Lind
bergh crime the governor can
easily "force" the attorney gen.
eral to agree to further reprieves
while the alleged accomplices are
hunted.
eantime the tight-lipped
Hauptmann is refusing to change
his dogged story of innocence.
according to Col. Mark o. Kim
berling, principal keeper Of the
State prison.
Hauptmann's last reprieve ex-
red Saturday, He will be re-
sentenced tom orrow at 1890
a. m, when Justice Thomas w.
Trenchard fixes a new date
probably the week of March 23-
for execution.