davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1936-04-10
Dohoda 8 ludakmi meritor-
ne dovrSena

Praha, %. marca. Jedna-
ME zmocnenych zastupcov
Slovenskej rudovej strany
predsedom vlady drom. Ho-
dom pokracovalo dnes v
poradach, ktore boly zakon-
Gene len vo vecernych hodi-
mach. Predmetom dnesnej
porady bola rozprava o slo-
venskom probleme po stran-
Ike hospodarskej, financnej
a rozpoctovej, a to ma "a
klade cislic statnych i zem-
skych rozpoctov a zaverec-
nych uctov. Sucasne bolo po
jednane 0 rozlicnych moz-
nostiach riesenia kompeten-
Gle organov verejnej spravy,
ako ma pr. zemskeho prezi-
denta a zemskeho zastupi-
tePstva. V tom ohl'ade bola
tiez prejednana otazka kom-
petencie jednotlivych riadi-
tel l'stiev statnych zeleznfc,
ktore v duchu novel organi-
zacie spravy podnikov stat
nych zeleznfc bud1 beztak
vybavene pravomocou usta-
novovat' sluzebne silly v ka-
tegoriach zamestnaneckych.
Podobne bola dotknuta al
otazka kompetencie zem-
skych financnych riaditel-
stiev a postovych riaditeP-
stiev oblastnych a inc. Ty-
mito poradami predsedu Via
dy so zmocnencami sloven-
skej strany ludoyej, DIR. Ii.
som, DIR. Sokolom a DIR. Me.
derlym, bolo dovrsene meri.
torne jednanie. (Kedy bude
konecne jednanie, zprava ne.
udava. Red.)
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1936-04-10
Predal vyl&kans slovenske

Predal vyl1kane slovenske
dievcata v oriente.
Viedenska policia zistila,
ze isty Kristof Stavrides, OBJ
chodnik greckeho povodu,
lakal mlade a neskdsene
dievcata do svojich osidiel a
pod rdskom artistickej smlu-
Wy ich dopravoval do Orien-
tn. Dievcata v Carihrade Wy
stupovaly ako tanecnice, ale
pozdejsie sa po mich stratily
stopy. Patranie vedie ma
Slovensko, a vsetky znamky
ukazujd, ze sam Stavrides
sa zdrziava v republike. Vie
denska poltcia sa obratila ma
bratislavskd policiu a pozia-
dala ju o pomoc pri patrani
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1936-04-10
Rozloha CSR. zvacsena o 80
stvor. KIM.

Poslednymi pracami spo-
citania l'udu, prevedeneho V
republike ku dnu 1. dec.
1880, zistene bolo, ze rozlo-
ha republiky sa zvysila pro-
tt vykazu z r. 1920 o celych
SO stvorocnych kilometrov.
Stalo sa tax presnejsim Wy
meranim niektorych krajov,
ako al mensimi pohranicny-
mi 1pravami, ktore boly pre-
vedene v prospech mas. Gel
kovy vymer uzemia repub-
liky je teraz 140,493 stvor.
KIN a vel'kost' jednotlivych
krajfn je takato: Cechy ST.
062, Morava 26,808, Sloven-
sko 49,006 a Podkarpatska
Rus 1857 stv. KIN. Prize
rajuc k vel'kosti 1zemia, je
nasa republika 13. station
Europy, kdezto podl'a mnoz-
stva obyvatel'stva SINE ma 8.
mieste Europy. Obyvatel'-
stva ma CSR. celkom H.
729,536, z coho pripada ma
Cechy 7,109,376, Moravu g.
565,01O, Slovensko 3,329,793
a Podk. Rus 725,357 obyv,
Hustota obyv. je: v Cechach
ma stvor. KIN 1877 obyv., ma
Morave 1873, ma Slovensku
68 a ma Podkarpatskej Ru.
| 81 81.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1936-04-10
v PreSove odsudili sest'
vrahov.

Pred porotou v Presove
prejednavany boil cely tyz-
den prfpad siestich saris-
skych ldpeznych vrahov, kto
ri v juni m. r. napadli OBJ
chodnfka Rittera v Chotce,
zranili jeho manzelku Roza-
liu a vnucku Sidoniu a ukra-
dli 6,180 korun ma hotovosti
a zlatych i striebornych
predmetov "a 5000 kor1n.
O mesiac spachali novy zlo-
Gin. Vlamali sa do bytu OBJ
chodnika Golda vo Vyslave,
ktoreho zastrelili a jeho man
zelku zranili. Ich korist' bo-
la vsak chudobna, lebo ukra-
dli len hodinky. Cetnictvo
po namahavom vysetrovani
lupeznych vrahov skoro Ii
stilo a zatklo a dnes ich po.
rotny sud odsudil takto: Mi
chal Vorobel dostal a roxy
a 6 mesiacov kaznice, Juraj
Cubirka 2 roxy a 6 mesia-
GOV, Peter Zajac 3 roxy,
Stefan Senai 2 roxy, Ondrej
Senai 2 roxy a 8 mesiacov
kaznice a Hritz Gregor Z me
siacov zalara. Dvaja lupici,
Juraj Bozik a Stefan Magu-
la, ktorych odsudeni udava-
ju ako hlavnych pachatel' 'ov
usli pred casom do Pol'ska.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1936-04-10
d&ka v zdfalosti hodila do
studne a utopila sa.


Mladenci pri Starej By
strict pri ziline hrali futbal.
Boil tax zavistlivy ma kazde
zakopnutie do lobby, ze Mi
chala Ficku, ked', ako hry
nezlcastneny, do lobby ko-
pol, napadli a surovo zbili.
Jan Cervenec no. dopichal
nozom q jeho mladsf brat
Stefan no udrel kolom tax
slime, ze mu zlomil ruku. O.
bidvoch teraz krajsky sud Y
Trencfne "a to ods1dil. Ste
fana ma tri a Jana ma mesiac
vazenia.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1936-04-10

rom mas ziadali, aby SINE i'm
zaslali historiu nasej akcie
pre- rs..stevu delegacie, ako
tiez al obraz. Tajomnik bol
poziadany pisat do Cleve-
landu, ze al my ideme w
dat Pamatnik ako oni, a
preto ci by nebolo zbytocne
vyhovet' ich ziadosti, ked'
budeme mat svoj Pamatnik.
Pokladnik podal zpravu,
ze dosial ma vsetkych pc
nazi $3O7.80.
Programovy vybor boil zia-
dany podat' zpravu. Predse-
da Martin Lesnak vysvetlil,
ze program zostane tax, ako
no programovy vybor sosta-
vii a bude v Pamatniku "a
vedeny, ak bude MONO.
Zastupcovia z Campbell
boil poziadani podat' zpra-
VII skrz ich programu. Pan
Cvengros povedal, re ich W.
Dor sa sisiel a re mienia u
robit' zmenu v ich plane, a
sice, ze chcu, ably film Fem
spieva boil ukazovany v Me-
mortal High School auditori-
ume manifesto v Palace di-
vadle, ze pri tom mozu u
SPORT peniaze. Ze skrz tel
veci pisal Rev. Novakovi a
cakajd ma jeho odpoved'
Dalej Rev. Hiben povedal,
ze film by boil ukazovany Cd
a. hodiny popoludni, ably sa
slavianske skolske deti mo-
hly zdcastnit'. Dalej ze po-
jednavali o tom, aby pred
naska bola len v nedel'u po-
poludni, ale ze ma tom ME
su rozhodnuti. Tiez re DO
volany bude superintendent
skol. ako al mayor Borak
Zprava prijata.
Juraj Palascak podal zpra.
WI "a spevokoly osady sv
Mateja a Slavia, ze sa I'll.
eastnia prednasky a zaspie'
vaju. Tiez re obdrzaly po'
zvanky ma mich poslane. Jar
J. Martinko, riaditep spevo'
kolu cd osady Mena Jezis
povedal, ze pozvanku nedo.
stal.
Citany boil APPEL, poslany
ma kluby a spolky, ktore do.
siar neposlaly zastupcov na
schodze, a tiez ktore este
neprispely milodarom.
Predseda oznamil, ze vstu
penky uz sl hotove a o pal
dnf budu rozdane. Tiez ze uz
oddal pani Alzbete Skokar
400 vstupeniek pre- dospe'
IYch pre- Struthers. Rev. Hi.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1936-04-10
Z 7.7 81 N "a n VI Y 81 "a : I It N n ~ Z
ANA 8.
Z6pisnica :
n1aticnej schodze

Schodza zastupcov spolkov
sv zaujme prednasok delega-
scie Matice Slovenskej odby-
svala sa vo stvrtok vecer, 2.
aprfla Y miestnosti osady Me
ina Jezis. Prftomni boil: M.
u. Lesnak, predseda; A. M.
4 sPalkovic, pokladnik; Jan ].
Martinko "a Spevokol osady
sMena Jezis; Jan Vojtek "a
sSlovensky spevokol Slavia,
Rev. M. D. Hiben, Rev. Ste
fan Kocis, Stefan Belyan,
SJozef L. Maruskin "a Sbor
s1O8. S. X. s.; Jozef P. Mar
tin "a Steeltonsky Politicky
Klub, Andrej Palencar "a
Odbor 8. MSS; Jan Antal
IA ev. cirkev Jana Husa, FIR.
Hudik "a Odbor Gil. MSS,
Martin Muransky "a Cfs. 25
IKSJ., Spolok Tatra a Yo.
Slov. Polit. Klub; Martin
Lipka "a c. 260. IKSJ.; Pa
vel Struharik, Michal Kuz-
mix a Pavel Savelin "a SLOW.
baptistsku cirkev, Joz. Gran
Cal "a Okr. Sbor SLOW. Ligy
q Odb. Gil. MSS; Jozef G.
sVascak, hi. podpreds. IKSJ.
Stefan Sokol, Jan Lesko, tai.
SSK.; Jan Kadilak st. "a
Odbor 722. MSS; Andrej
Setz "a c. 519. IKSJ.; Mi
chal Cvengros "a c. 1873. P.
S. j.; Andrej Dolak "a Sb.
211. S. K. S.; Barbara Faj-
Eak, Maria Novotny a Maria
Hiznay "a c. 160., Spolok
.sv. Rity; Maria Laska, Juraj
Palascak "a Spevokol Slavia
q Sbor 146. STJS.
Predseda privital prime
ranou reccu duchovnych a
Kastupcov, elm bola schodza
otvorena. Predseda oznamil,
lie br. Trnavsky, tajomnik,
vzdava sa uradu, lebo pre-
pracu nemoze sa schodz zu.
Gastnovat'. Ia tajomnika bol
nato zvoleny Juraj Palascak
Cftana bola zapisnica z
lninulej schodze, ktora bola
prijata opravami, re ma
tel schodzi Rev. Hiben, spray
ca prednasok v Campbell
podal zpravu "a campbell.
sky vybor a tiez ze p. Skle
mar podal zpravu "a And
reja Dolaka.
Precitany boil list cd Gle.
velandskeho vyboru, kto.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1936-04-10
Dohlname zameskans.

Dohaname zameSkane.
Ma izemi Slovenska bolo
"a Mad 'arska najzanedba-
nejsie elementarne skolstvo.
Nielen, ze bolo zanedbane,
ale bolo no malo a slovenske
skoly vobec neboly. Cd pre-
vratu sa ma tomto poll vyko-
nal snad' najkrajsi kus pra-
ce, no mnoho novych a no
vych ukolov organizacnych j
budovatel'skych mas este Ca
ka. Rozvrstvenie elementar-
neho skolstva a jeho frekven
Gle ma Slovensku jaw sa po-
dl'a poslednych statistik TAX
to:
L'udovych skol je 4,16O s
10,628 ucebnami, do kto-
rych chodilo 56O,244 ziakov.
Mestianskych skol bolo 167, /,
skol pre- deti chybne IL a
materskych skol 151. Po-
kial sa tyka vyucovacej re-
ci, 'bolo z tohto poctu 3,413
skol slovenskych, TAT ma
d'arskych, Ill ruskych, 16
nemeckych a 102 viacjazyc-
nych. Nemozu sa teda narod-
nostne mensiny ma Slovensku
(menovite Mad 'ari) nikdy
st'azovat' ma nedostatok skol
stva.
Skol strednych name ma
Slovensku: 2 gymnazia, z
tych 1 mad'arske, "a real
nych gymnazii, z tych 2 ne
mecke a 5 mad 'arskych, 9
reformovanych realnych gym
nazii, z tyych / nem. a 1 ma
d'arske, 3 realky, IA ucitel'-
skych ustavov (spolu cirkev
nymi), z tych 2 mad'arske
a d odborne ucitePske usta-
Wy. Name teda ma Sloven-
sku 38 strednych. sk6l so 491
ucebnami, ktore navstevova.
10 1876 studujucich. Meme.
cke skoly su 8, mad'arske z
ruska 1. Najnovsie data zo
skol. roku 1935-36 hovoria.
re ma Slovensku bolo zapi-
sanych do prvych tried ma
ustavy so slov. vyuc. recou
celkom 4014 studentov, ma
ustavy nemecke 260 a ma
d'arske 473 studentov.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1936-04-10
70 starej vlasti

Vyse 5000 novych knih Ia
rok " Cesko-Slovensku.
Literarna cinnost' v CSR.
je pozoruhodna. Ia rok
1885 bolo u mas vydanych
$500 novych diel literar-
nych, vedeckych a umelec-
kych, z coho preklady su v
28 perc. Ked' srovname tu-
to bohat1 literarnu cinnost
so susednym Nemeckom, kde
vyslo "a II mesiacov 9,762
diel, vidime, ze v CSR. sa pc
stranke kulturnej pracuje
vePmi intenzivne.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1936-04-10

DCIOVA PlO saw DesPc' SA nv
200 pre- dospelych a 200 pre-
dietky a p. Jurajovi Puhal-
lovi pre- ev. cirkev sv. Ema-
nuela 100 pre- dospelych.
Vybor ma sbieranie ohla-
sok do Pamatnika podal
zpravu, ze nasbierali ohla-
sok v sumach, ako nasledu-
je: p. Grancaj "a $500, p.
Hudik "a $500, p. Struha-
rik "a $3.50, p. Tkac a p.
Marcinak "a $4,000, p. Do
lax "a $34.50, p. Basista "a
$3.50 a p. Maruskin $500,
spolu "a $134.5O. Ia vsetky
ohlasky este ME je zapla-
teno. Dalej ev. cirkev jana
Husa dala $500 "a deji-
ny do Pamatnika, SLOW. bapt.
cirkev $1,000 a osada Najsv.
Trojice v Struthers $1,000,
cd spolkov $179.5O. Dalej
prispely: Cis. $40. IKSJ. SIS
a Cfslo 731. IKSJ. $40. Zpra-
Wy prijate.
Andrej Palencar podal
zpravu "a p. Milana Salvu,
ktory sa musel vzdialit', a
sice, ze Dejiny Slovakov Ma
honing okresu v Pamatniku
vyzadovat' budl asi 10-12
stran. Tiez ziada tajomnika
o vyt'ahy 20 .zapisnic scho-
dzi zastupcov pri tejto ak
eli, ako tiez al program. Da-
lei aby cirkve a spolky elm
skor oddaly mu jejich deji-
ny. Pokladnik A. M. Palko-
vic ku tomu poznamenal, ze
niektore spolky uz oddaly
svoje dejiny, ale peniaze ME,
tax ziada, aby odteraz spoil
ky zaplatily svoj poplatok,
dostaly potvrdzenku a tax
oddaly svoje dejiny p. Sal
vovi. Ma navrh Rev. Hibena
p. Cvengros bol zvoleny So
sbierat' dejiny campbell
skych Slovakov. Tiez kto ma
nejake zaujimave informacie
20 slovenskeho zivota tuna,
ma to oddat' p. Salvovi.
Zatym prisla ma pretras O.
tazka tych 100000, ktore
maju byt' zaslane cleveland
skemu vyboru. Predseda tu-
to otazku vysvetlil dl'a u
sneseni minulych schodz a
tiez dl'a zprav vyborov 20
schodz s vyborom cleveland
skym.
Navrh dany, podporovany
a prijaty, aby sa dalo vytla-
cit 1000 kusov Pamatnika
a aby redakcia bola pozia-
dana zadrzat' sadzbu tohto
Pamatnika, tax ze ked' by
potreba vyzadovala, mohlo
by sa Wac dat vytlacit'.
S tym bola schodza "a
kPucena.
Martin J. Lesnak, preds.
Jurai PaIascak. tai
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1936-04-10
SLOVACI, PREUKAZTE
SA!

v Clevelande bude VISTA
va "Great Lakes Exposition"
Cd 27. juna do 4. oktobra.
Ocakava sa, ze kazda ma
rodnost' bude mat svoju
zvlastnu dedinku. To chce-
me mat al my Slovaci. Pa
matame, co S nami bolo v
Chicagu ma Svetovej VISTA
We! Preto usilujeme sa, ably
SINE sa ozajstne preukazali
ako narod. Slovensky Vybor
pozostavajuci z poprednej-
sich slovenskych cinitel'ov
clevelandskych, este pred
mesiacom dal sa do prace,
ably Slovaci mali svoju de-
dinu ma tejto vystave. Ma
me peknu prilezitost' preu-
kazat' svetu, coho SINE schop-
nj, ze SINE ozajstne narod
zivotaschopny.
Aka bude slovenska dedi-
La, zalezf cd mas; bude tax
velka, ako 81 Slovaci sami
urcia. Poniektori tunajsi OBJ
chodnici uz 81 prevail OBJ
chody, ktore budu mat po-
cas- vystavy, ale este je mie-
sta dost' pre- inych. Preto
prosime vsetkych nasich OBJ
chodnikov, vsetkych vas,
bratia a sestry, ked' by ste
81 zamysl'ali dobry zarobok
zrobit', neodkladajte, ale
elm skor dajte to nam znat'
a my vam posleme podrob-
nosti. Bude zarobok! V slo-
venskej dedinke budd penia-
re, lebo ocakavame, re den
ne prejde uliciami nasej de-
dinky aspon 100000 Pudf a
l'udia musia jest a pit; bu-
dd kupovat' slovenske W.
robky!
Dosla nam dost' nepekna
zprava v poslednych dnoch !!
Poniektori ''nasi bratricko-
VIA uz zacali po mas ha-
dat a jednemu panovi tel
to vystavy uz posepli, re
Slovaci nemaju pravo mat
osobitnd dedinku, re ma to
ME sl schopnf, ze to nevedia
sprevadzat' atp.! Bozicku
dobrotivy, este i tn nam bu-
du vyhadzovat' pred svetom,
re SINE prislusnfkmi Cesko-
Slovenskej Republiky!! Ne
dovolfme, aby to nasi "bra-
tr;ckovia' dokazali, ale
vzchopme sa a chyt'me sa
toho, ably sa vydarilo.
Prosime vas, bratia a Sc
stry, kto 81 chce pekne wy
pomoct', mech pise hned' o
podrobnosti ma: P. A. Hro-
bak, Chairman Slovak Booth
Committee, 1861 Cohasett
Ave-, Lakewood, Ohio.
Name len do 1. jlna mat
vsetko v poriadku! Haste
sa teraz!
p. A. Hrobak.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1936-04-10

Svadba, poziar, samovrazda
" jeden vecer.
V Panitskych Dravciach
pri Lucenci konala sa svad-
ba v dome Jozefa Pravda-
ka. Asi pred polnocou spo-
zoroval ktosi ohen. Bola pod
palena stodola Pravdaka. O.
hen sposobil vel'ky zmatok,
pri com sa manzelka j. Prav
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1936-04-10
DO Stavridesovi. Tento Grek

po Stavridesovi. Tento Grek
uz pred niekol'ko rokmi an
gazoval ma dzemi Slovenska
II dievcat a postal ich do
Carihradu. Bratislavska po-
licia zistila, ze Stavrides via
nj v novembri ''angazoval"
Ease 16 dievcat, ktore cd
odchodu 20 Slovenska media
ly o sebe zpravu. Policia o.
dovodnene predpoklada, ze
Stavrides slovenske dievca-
ia predal v Oriente.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1936-04-10
v Bratislave zhorela
1umovna.

Dna 5. marca vypukol v
skladisti tovarne ma vyrobu
pneumatic a gumoveho to-
varu firmy "Matador" v Bra
tislave na Petrzalke obrov-
sky poziar, ktory z1ril ta-
kou rychlost'ou, ze v ME
kolkych min1tach zachvate-
ne boly az tri velke sklady
so surovymi i hotovymi W.
robkami. Skoda sa rata ma
vyse diva miliony korun. Bol
to tax vel'ky ohen, ze hasicia
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1936-04-10
Nova Bat 'ova tovaren ma
Slovensku.

V najblizsej dobe zapocne
stavat' firma Bat'a v Novych
Zamkoch podl'a svojej ko-
zeluzne vel'ku tovarei ma o.
buv. Niekolko sto robotni-
kov uz bolo poslane do Eli
ma ma vycvik a potrebne stro
je a zariadenie tovarne uz
bolo objednane.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1936-04-10

botu po obede 0 1:3O 2 do
mu q Q 2. 2 chramu. Pocho-
vana bude y Calvary cinto-
|rlne.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1936-04-10

neny Dol ali 22-rocny Gejza
Kerestesi, ktoreho hned' do
pravili do nitrianskej nemoc
nice, kde zapasf so smrt'ou.
Oba vrahovia boli zatknuti.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-07-23
Cages Erhibat ct Sa1, Diego E1posltlom
Portrays Startling Contrasts IN :
Presemt-day and Old-time Methc,

Linear units of measurement orig
mated naturally from parts OF the
human body, but varied so widely
that accuracy was never p..rt OF
the act of me- -u.iag. In accent
times, parts of the hand arm or
foot were used as a yardstick is TO-
Gay, but the length CT whatever was
measured would depend upon the
size of the man who did the measur.
ing. These facts are brought most
Interestingly in the Johansson Cages
exhibit in the Ford Expos zion build.
ing at Americas Exposition in San
Diego.
The first u.it of measurement
of which there is any known record
vas the cubit, wA.c.l rs apr xxi
r.a5ely 20 inches, but the length of
,5,,;ch varied consi eraoly bacau.e
cuo,t was the length of mans fore
"a from the point Of the elbow to
,.a erd OF the middle finger. A d get
!. IS the breadth of a finger AMI it
,ried from ~ to rs inch. A Ialm
IS the width OF an open hand at
:, base of the fingers and was ap-
t. oxin.ately three inches. A foot
ngcd from o. inches to 10 inches.
ere were various cubits differing
y.nevhat in length, but two we're
81 outstanding Importance. The
yal EgyEtian cubit avera%lng
.i.G2 inches and the Olympic clbit
cf 19."l inc. IS, of which there is no
lown specimen, were the two
standards in ciden times. TIE Ter eth
Of the Olympic cubit was figr:ed
ont by measurements made OF the
Greek tar amor.
The Olyn.-.c il wsa sui divided
i.to to s"e.as (cach OF ab0ut l inc
inckes,, s < rains (three inchosl,
"a dieits ca inchl. Later two-th rds
CT the Oh. .npic cubit became this loot
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-07-23

CITY IN BRIEF


Mr.. and Mrs. c. W. Kennel and
son, Charles, Jr., of Ventura, Cal
ifornia, left Tuesday evening for
Spokane, after visiting for several
days at the home of H. E. Stoll.
This was the first time in 10 years
that Mr.. and Mrs. Kennel have
been in Coulee City. and they
were greatly surprised at some OF
the changes that have taken place
in this vicinity during that period,
especially the dam under con-
struction at Grand Coulee, where
they spent Tuesday in company
with Mr.. and Mrs. Stoll
Miss Josephine Wanamaker left
Monday for Pasco on a vacation
trip.
Mrs. Florence Purcell spent Sat
urday with friends at Soap Lake.
E. Wagner left Tuesday for
Portland to be at the bedside OF
his his sister who is very i'll.
Water which leaked through the
ceiling from an upstairs apartment
ruined fourteen sacks of flour at
the Public Market on Tuesday
night.
Chas. Stoll, Spt kane, returned
to his home after a two weeks
visit at the home of his son, H. E.
Stoll, here.
Gilbert Wagner went to- Spo-
kane Tuesday.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-07-23

pany, corporation, Plaintiff, VS.
o. w. Sims, and Jane Doe Sims,
his wife; William j. Canady and
Jane Doe Canady, his wife; and
Coulee Dam Land and Water Com
pany, corporation, Defendants.
The State of Washington to the
defendants: o. w. Sims and Jane
Doe Sims, his wife; William J..
Canady and Jane Doe Canady, his
wife; and Coulee Dam Land and
Water Company, a corporation.
You and each of you are here
by summoned to appear within
sixty COO days after the date Of
the first publication of this sum-
mons, to-wit, within sixty (60)
days from the % day of July,
1886. and defend the above en-
titled action in the above-entitled
court, and answer the complaint
of the defendant, Peshastin Lum-
Der & Box Company, a corporation,
and serve copy of your answer
upon the undersigned attorney for
the plaintiff, at his address below
stated; and in case of your failure
so to do, judgment will be rem
dered against you according to
the demands of said complaint,
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-07-23

which has been filed with the
Clerk of the above named court.
The object of this action is to
foreclose materialman's lien
owned by the Plaintiff, Peshastin
Lumber & Box Company, a cor
poration, upon house located on
property described as follows, to-
wit:
Lots and 8, Block S., Division
4, Coulee Dam City, and more par
ticuiarly described as follows;
Lots z and s. Block 5, Division A,
Coulee Dam City and unrecorded
plat being that portion of the
Southwest quarter of the South
east quarter of Section 10, Town
ship % North; Range 80 e. w.
M, described as follows; Begin
ming at the Northeast corner of
said subdivision, thence South Or
or IT. West along the East line
of said subdivision 1902 feet;
thence South 89* Az So West
4O4.O7 feet; Thence South 68*
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-07-23
800 SONS OF CHRYSLER
EMPLOYEES TAKE TRIP

DETROIT, Mich.-Sixty young
sons of Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth
and DeSoto workmen started June
"a on an 1900 mile educational trip
in six specially built Dodge buses to
historic spots and principal cities in
the eastern United States. The. tour
was for two weeks.
This "trip is believed to be the
first of it's kind ever sponsored by
an Industrial organization for the
benefit of the children of It's work
ers. Before school begins next fall, a
total of four other trips oven the
same route will be taken, making a
total of 800 boys who will benefit
from this movement which is Of
fered them by Chrysler Motors. at
approximately one-third Of the ac-
tual cost. These trips are conducted
by the Boys Educational Tours, Inc.
of Ann Arbor, Mich.
An itinerary of the trip, starting
from Detroit, follows: Pittsburg,
Gettysburg battlefield, Washington
and vicinity (three days), Washing
toms home at Mount Vernon. histor
ic Potomic river and old Alexandria
in Virginia. Competent guides are
provided at all points Of interest.
After leaving Washington, the rest
of the itinerary includes, the United
States naval academy at Annapolis
Baltimore, spots of historic interest
in Philadelphia, and then on to New
York via the Hudson river tunnel.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-07-23

In Britain the Roman foot became
meryed with the Angles meas
urcs which slso contained the faith
Gin, or length across the two arms
outstretched, which was equal to
four cubits or six feet.
Under the Norman kings, half-a-
fathom or one arm outstretched from
the middle of the body was found to
be more convenient length, partlc-
ularly for measuring cloth. the most
important trade at that time. AS q
result the yard of three feet across
became a standard measurement and
was represented by bronze yard
bar which was kept as the standard
of reference in the Kings exchequer.
first at Winchester and later at
Westminster. Very few Of the old
exchecuer standards have been pre-
served. :.
Queen Elizabsth's yard remained
the standard from 1858 to 1884,
when it was superseded by Birds
standard yard of 1850, which was de.
stroyed by the fire at the Houses Or
Parliament in 1894. When the new
imperial standards to replace therc
were completed in 1855, two copies
of the yard were presented to the
United States, arriving in this coun-
try in 1856.
Later these copies were compared
with the accepted SO inches of the
Troughton scale and finally they
were accepted by the Office Of
weights and measures as the stand
ards for the United States. On July
2s, 1866. Congress passed the act
lagalizing the metric system as the
standard of the United States.