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The Coolidge examiner., 1937-03-18
UNCOMMON
AMERICANS
By Elmo @ Western
Scott WatsOn Union
Great Father, Great Son

D ARELY does great father
IN transmit his genius to his son.
But the Hopkinsons of Philadelphia
were exceptions to that rule.
Francis Hopkinson, born in 1877.
was the first scholar entered at the
University of Pennsylvania (then
the College of Philadelphia and
was graduated from its first class.
He held several positions Of i'm
portance in PENIS colony, then
moved to New Jersey. There he
was a member of the provincial
council until he was elected to the
Continental congress from New Jer-
sey and thus became one of the
signers of the Declaration of Inde.
pendence. But other facts make
him more notable than almost any
of the other SIS signers Of that docu-
ment.
He wrote an allegory in which he
recounted the wrongs of the colo
nies and did much to fan the spirit
of revolution. He wrote the famous
song 1.-The Battle of the Kegs"
Satirizing the British scare over an
attempt to blow up their ships with
a crude submarine invented by
certain David Bushnell, and this
song became the fayorite of Wash
ington's soldiers.
But most important is the fact
that evidence exists which shows
that he was the designer of the first
Stars and Stripes as our national
flag (the Betsy Ross tradition to the
contrary notwithstanding) and that
he had hand in designing the first
Great Seal of this nation.
His son, Joseph Hopkinson, born
in ITO. followed closely in his fa-
theirs footsteps. He also was grad
uated from the University of Penn
sylvania, studied law and held sew
eral positions in the state and fed
eral government. He helped found
the Philadelphia Academy of Fine
Arts, served as it's president for
many years and was vice-president
of the American Philosophical soci-
ETY. which his father had helped
found.
But he is best remembered for
song which he wrote-thus emulat-
ing his father again. 1t was Hail
Columbia" which was the only ma
tional song of this republic until
Francis Scott Key wrote THE Star
Spangled Banner"
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Foreign Words
und Phruses

Sit tibi terra Lewis. (L.) May the
earth rest lightly on you.
Mise en- scene. CD A stage set
ting; a scenic effect.
Tout de meme. CD All the
same.
vi ct armis. (L.) BY force and
arms; by main force.
Place aux danes. CD Make
way for the ladies.
Enfant terrible. CD A child
that is always making inoppor-
tune and embarrassing remarks.
Mutatis mutandis. (L.) The nec-
essary change having been
made.
Lune-de-miel. CD A honey
moon.
Flaneur. CD A lounger.
Yeux doux. (F.) Sweet eyes;
soft glances.
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First Americas Sweetheart

ONG before popular movie ac-
IL tress was given the title of
Americas Sweetheart" there was
aAother. Ask any man of fifty years
or upwards and he will tell you her
name. 1t was Annie Oakley.
She was born in a log cabin in
Darke county, Ohio, in 1866 and her
full name was Phoebe Anne Oakley
Mozee. Her father died when she
was six and one of the few posses
sions which he left was a Kentucky
long rifle. Little Anne, who was
something of tomboy, soon began
using this weapon to help fill the
family larder with quail, squirrels
and rabbits. She became an un-
usual markswoman and the fame
of her skill spread to Cincinnati
where hotel keepers had been buy
ing the game which she killed.
When she was fifteen a noted
sharpshooter named Frank E. But
ler came to Cincinnati. He was &C.
customed to issue challenge to all
comers in shooting match. This
challenge was taken up by one of
Anne's bookkeeping patrons who
urged her to shoot against Butler
The girl not only won the match but
she won Buffers heart as we'll and
: year or so later they were mar
ried. She began taking part in her
husbands shooting act and, .eing
a skilled Snowman, he pushed her
more and more into the limelight
and kept himself more and more in
the background.
Then Buffalo Bill" Cody Or
ganized his Wild West show and in
1885 the Butler and Oakley" act
joined it. But it wasn't long until
the second half of the act was the
whole act and as Annie Oakley she
started on the career which made
her the idol of Young America.
Little Sure Shot" she was named
by the famous chief, Sitting Bull,
when he went out with Buffalo Bills
show and as Little Sure Shot" she
became famous, not only through
out America but all over Europe as
we'll
When Cody took mis- show abroad
her craftsmanship thrilled every
one who saw it-and that included
dukes, princes and kings.
One of her stunts was to use play
Ing cards as targets and these
cards, panctured by her bullets, be-
came treasured souvenirs. In those
days showIuen who handed out free
passes always punched a hole or
two in them, thus saving a mis-
count when the days proceeds were
counted. Once a baseball magnate
looked at a card which had been
so thoroughly perforated that little
was left. Huh! Looks like Annie
Oakley's shot at it!" he grunted.
And from that day free passes be-
came Annie Oakleys."
The name of this remarkable
woman whose career came to an
end in 1926 is thus perpetuated in
our "slanguage." But in the hearts
of thousands of Americans today,
the boys of yesteryear, it is en-
shrined as Americas Sweetheart"
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EgyptianS Liked ColOrS

At the height of the glory of the
Nile in ancient Egypt. the people
had 18 or 20 different colors for
paint making. White they got from
an earth of Melas; red came from
an earth found in Cappadocia known
as red ochre; yellow came from
yellow ochre, an earth of iron and
clay which was used as a paint by
the Egyptians, Grecians and Ro-
mans. Black came from charred
plant life nd from charcoal. Green
came from copper mines, and royal
and imperial purple came from
the famed an ancient Biblical city of
Tyre as early as 1000 B. c.
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The Mental Patient.

When patient conSults a phySi
clan, the physician is not satisfied
with what the examination reveals,
but asks the patient a number of
questions and encourages him to
tell all about his symptoms-where
the pain is located, whether the
pain is sharp or dull, just when it
comes on, what seems to make it
worse and what seems to relieve
or at least make it easier to bear.
If it is not a pain then it may be
a ''heaviness," discomfort or 9TH
er feeling that should not be pres
ent.
BY putting together the objective
symptoms, the symptoms he found
by the eXamination-the tempera-
ture, the pulse, any sounds that
shouldn't be present, any Jumps that
are not normal, the blood pres
sure, the richness of the blood in
iron or lime or both, and then
learning the subjective symptoms
from the patient, as mentioned
above, the physician makes up his
mind just what ailment is present,
and treats the patient accordingly.
But this, until recently, has not
been the method of examining a
mental patient The usual physical
examination was made but if the
patient were shy, did not like to
talk about his fancies, his difficult
ties, his desires, he was not en-
couraged to any extent to tell ev-
erything that was on his mind To-
day, however, the physical examina-
ton is made as usual but the pa
tient is encouraged to tell every
thing. If he seems to be side
stepping" or avoiding certain sub
ject he is kindly but firmly ques.
toned along these subjects.
This means that the patient really
does most of the talking and once
started will '1et loose" and speak
about conflicts, difficulties, and 9TH
er subjects he has heretofore kept
hidden.
Copyright.-WNU Service.
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Smart Knit Blouse Qnd Skirt

ing the blouse and skirt in sizes
1918 and 38-40; an illustration of
the blouse and of all stitches used :;
material requirements.
To obtain this pattern send Is
cents in stamps or coins (coins
preferred) to The Sewing Circle
Household Arts Dept, 259 W.
Fourteenth ST., New York. N. Y.
Write plainly pattern number,
your name and address.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-03-18
Use of Word "CaIIo

According to the dictionary, the
correct propositions to use with the
verb call are as follows: Call to
a passer-by; call after one who is
departing or fleeing; call on or up
on friend, or at his house; call
on or upon one for aid or service:
call upon the country for troops;
he is called by the name of Lin
coin, after the great emancipator;
his integrity has never been called
In question. Literary Digest.
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should not be estimated for their
present weight but for their proper
or ideal weight.
The average adult man doing Of
fee or light factory work needs
$500 to $500 calories daily, and the
adult woman doing house or Of
flee work requires 1000 to $500
calories. This is for man S feet
z inches tall weighing $50 pounds,
and a woman S feet 4 inches tall
weighing l25 pounds. In most over
weight cases it will be found that
from Is to 35 per cent more than
these amounts is being taken. IF
less than this amount of food is TAX
en- daily a demand will be made up
on the fat deposited in the body. If
the food is properly chosen it is
easy to take as little as twelve to
fifteen hundred calories and yet
have a sufficient amount to eat so
that the appetite is fairly well sat-
isfied and the individual does not
have a feeling of emptiness"
Safe Menus.
Menus that are safe for over
weights who want to lose weight
are suggested by Prof. E. V. Nc
Collum, Johns Hopkins university:
Breakfast: stewed prunes without
sugar; small dish of oatmeal with
skim milk; one slice of toast; cof-
fee with small amount of milk.
Lunch: chicken soup, two soda
crackers, lettuce and cottage cheese
sandwich, one muffin, buttermilk or
skim milk.
Dinner: small steak with onions,
small serving of mashed potatoes,
string beans, lettuce salad, one roll,
baked apple.
Breakfast: grape fruit, plain ONE
let, two slices of crisp, lean bacon.
one slice of toast, coffee with milk
or dash Of cream.
Lunch: fruit salad, one roll, skim
milk.
Dinner: broiled halibut with lem
on, mashed potato (small serv-
ing), spinach with hard boiled egg,
tomato salad, one roll, fruit jello.
Breakfast: orange, poached egg,
two slices of lean, crisp bacon, one
slice of toast, coffee with small
amount of milk or a dash of cream
but no sugar.
Lunch: vegetable soup, two soda
crackers, lettuce and tomato salad
with a small amount of French
dressing containing but a small
amount of oil; or salt, pepper and
vinegar; one roll with butter (but
one cube of butter allowed per
day.; buttermilk.
Dinner: one small lamb chop,
small baked potato, Brussels
sprouts, celery and cabbage slaw,
one roll, skim milk, grape fruit.
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NOrdic Drama of Creation

The old Nordic drama of creation
is much longer than the Bible one.
In the beginning, so the drama
starts, there was no heaven, no
earth, but in the middle a vast
abyss, Ginnungagap. A hot wind
struck against the ice of Ginnun-
gagap, melting and dripping the ice
INTO lvlng drops, and the drops took
the shape of man. Thus arose an
immense giant, Ymir, and while
Ymlr was asleep a perspiration
started all over his body; in his
left armpit a man and woman
grew out and so on, for long
interminable pages.
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Like a gay addition to your "all
year round" wardrobe? Of course
you would! Then take a tip and
knit this fetching blouse. You'll
love the laciness of a pointed
yoke, so prettily set off by plain
,stockinette stitch, and are sure to
adore the snug fit of ribbing cross
the hips. Ribbing also bands the
simple sleeves. Knit it of soft
colored string or yarn, in one Of
the new shades! In pattern 5655
you will find instructions for max
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-03-18
Tusks, Horns Nuisance

Sometimes the tusks and horns
of animals are constant nuisance
to them. Numerous African ele-
plants have tusks so heavyweight
ing from 200 pounds to 400 pounds
that the animals are frequently
forced to rest them in the forks
Of trees, while many Hebridean
rams have horns that extend so
far beyond their muzzles that they
cannot Craze on level ground.-Col-
Ger's Weekly
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His Job Over the Dump Chute.


Franks job with the Illinois Central railroad and he the
companys w shops shops at Centrala m AHA,
afternoon Kelley gave repairing
light located over the coal dump chute where the engines took on @
And since this the spot where Frank have his adventure
describe il in
dump long opened hole in the
dumped pit thirty concrete shaft Down
there of moving blades crushed
Incidentally blades anything
into that chute-ike man. for instance
top
just falling
ing the track the opening But the holes that
pretty big The bars had
big keeping falling through
the time quite possible that time somebody MIGHT
Someone Threw the Levers.
Well sir, Frank the
And by standing of the pedup coal that Frank could
with The he car was was one of oron cap meant that
unoaded through bottom which
the unloading levers thrown.
all
top of it, and right over the hopper Before could jump
Il felt myself falling being pulled through the bottom
but the falling coal pulled again. Down went into
the hopper with forty tons crashing me
hopper thought Right
below him the iron bars of that grating When he
straight through that grating And below
thirty feet down chute and then those knives would
ing on him. cutting his body pieces
Frank Did Some Fast Thinking.
And that's where
long fall through hopper particularly with
of helping along less second
Frank thought--AND ACTED-faster
His only chance he knew keep from being pushed through
that grating And the only himself
and make himself big possible.
In the smallest a
far apart as he could out and covered
his face with the other Then he hit the graing
Fortunately he landed face downward with
coal protecting rolling
down on top of with that drowned
shop How long lay there before
Know When became quiet again began realize
to fall face downward With face turned toward
could still get air."
Under Tons of Coal
But when Frank tried breathe getting
faened out his lungs that all he
them. He couldn't a full
For the first second or two he couldn't
speak But the third
out loud for help And luckily there out there
who heard
Inside of minutes the working
franicaIly him department in
shop
o he
Frank doesn't know long him. All he reme
be that he collapsed total extent
bruised
his head and the lob again as
service.
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just the proper
number of calories
or heat units. Thus
they feel that if they
ate less they would
become weak and
consequently t h e )
might collapse.
Now what these
overweights fail to
remember is that
the amount of food
-calories or heat
units - that their
hnHu rn nYlt n n
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&4SsAyb body n11'
d" Death's S Hopper
By FLOYD GIBBONS

TODAYS yarn boys and girls is the story of bird who
thought fast-and acted fast And doggone good thing
for him. For he hadn't he wouldn't be here telling
the story today He is Frank j. Zick of Centraa, ILL.,,
and if his life to the fact that he able
to keep his wits about him, Frank is that guy.
there plenty of folks who their
of
could still the old noodle time when Ad
swinging haymakers left
the middle a n IS
darned good thinker, indeed.
nd that is
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-03-18
BIG Minds, Few Words

AS it is the mark of great minds
to say many things in a few
words, SO it is that of little minds
to use many words to say nothing.
La Rochefoucauld.
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1WlTGDNY
DR.. JAMES w. BARTON
Talk, About 0
Safe Reducing Diets.

COME of our overweight friends
- tell us in a profound manner
that they have studied the matter
Of weight reduction and have come
to the conclusion that so far as they
are concerned, they are not eating
more than they should. They have
estimated that for their height and
weight (some like to include the
idea of age also) they are getting
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-03-18

Prove it for yourself with the
First Quart" test. Drain and refill
with Quaker State. Note the mile
age. See how much farther this oil
takes you before you have to add
the first quart. The reason is:
"Ibers's an extra quart of abnea-
tion in epe,y gallon" " Quaker State
Oil Refining Corp, Oil City, Pa.
The retail price is $50 per quart.
Evening star., 1937-07-16

Giants. Jim could run, throw and,
in foot ball and track. do anything
better than anybody else. But he
couldn't adjust himself to a curve ball.
The Tigers grabbed Dixie Howell q
few years back and tried to make q
third baseman out OF him. Dixie won
undying fame as Rose Bowl passer
incidentally. he also played for Ala
ban1a.
But Dixie failed with the
Tigers and kept dropping back
In the minors. The last heard
Of him he was in q class d
league. or some circuit with
similar rating.
Connie Mack. who habitually lifts
ball players from the Duke campus,
seems to have uncovered some good
talent. Bill Werber did not come
Evening star., 1937-07-16
Cubs Hinted Ready to Pay 100000 for Medwick


(out Of which Mike got al Max
owed him) the United States dis
covered Max still owes It about
$25,0O0 for the 1o3l-32 taxes .
ouch! Don Lash, Indianas
distance star, wants to be q COP
when he leaves school his
coach, Billy Hayes, Is looking for
Jimmy Smith, Negro junior, to
carry on for Lash Smith has
been turning in better times for the
mile than Lash when he was 4
Junior ..
Bulletin: Looks like Bill Tilden
may be right on his Davis Cup pre-
dictions -. Parker and little Grant
are going like blue blazes New
York Herald-Tribune says Gabby
Hartnett Of the Cubs has been
picked as Bill Terry's successor as
field leader Of the Jints when Bill
goes into tho front once next sea-
son Now, how are they going to
0st osbdy away> >trom ths oubs7
Evening star., 1937-07-16
Has Star Hurler in Starr.

-. they still say Steve o'Neill has
got to 60 at Cleveland after this
season and It's . shame, too
how about IN announcement
from Mr.. Bradley that 1t amt so?
Southern Association writer's say
big league clubs who need pitchers
are pulling . boner in passing up
Ray Starr Of Nashville Rosa
lind Hirsch, Mike Jacobs niece and
secretary, gets married on the lawn
Of Mixes home at Red Bank, N. j.,
Sunday, and Mike Is getting ready
to do the thing up in big league
style.
Base ball writer's report one rea-
son Jake Powell Is going 10 nicely
for the Yankees Is because Of that
reconciliation with his wife
Jack Pfef1er will succeed Jack
Ourley Is boss Of the wrestling
racket Ia New York despite the fact
P1s69 4 IN III dog holss With ths
Evening star., 1937-07-16
Busick to Direct
C.. WIS Publicity

John R. BUSICK. a member of the
News sports staff, has been ap-
pointed director of sports publicity at
George washington University, it was
announced today.
Busick, who succeeds Jack Espey,
now general manager and publicity di-
rector of the Washington Redskins,
will assume his duties Immediately.
A graduate Of George Washington,
Busick was sports editor and later as
sociate editor of the University
Hatchet. student weekly, and was
prominent in other extra-curricula
activities. He is "a years old. His home
is in Mclean, Va.
Evening star., 1937-07-16
NACURSK| SOUGHT
FOR TURNER SHOW
Promoter Thinks Mat King
Would Pep Game Here.
Robert Is Victor.
- RoMOTER JOE TURNER today
. pressed negotiations which he
hopes will culminate in land.

- pressed negotiations which he
hopes will culminate in land
L ing Bronko Nagurski, generally
recognized as world champion grappler
by virtue of his recent victory over
Dean Detton. for match here Thurs
day with Yvon Robert or Cliff Olson
at Griffith Stadium.
Turner feels Nagurski can revive
the local twisting trade following q
lull OF many weeks which failed to
find cauliflower customers more
than mildly interested in the beef
tossed IN their direction. He expects
to receive q definite answer from the
former Minnesota fullback today.
Meanwhile squirm fans showed only
lukewarm regard for Robert, who dis
posed Of Reb Russell with a series of
flying headlocks in 81 minutes in the
feature match Of the weekly rassle
card last night at Griffith Stadium.
Pinto Is Disqualified.
WON and Reb confined their early
activities strictly to bending
bones, but Russell then injected a bit
OF villainy into the bout by bouncing
his elbow off the youthful French
Canadians chin. This aroused Yvon
to the emotional stage and promptly
he launched a counter-attack. with
the proper facial maneuvers, which
terminated in body press with Rus
sell on the bottom.
Jack Kennedy was tipped by STAN
ley Pinto, but the bald-pated veteran
continued booting Jack after the
match was over, so they gave it to
Kennedy through disqualification after
l6 minutes of semi-final toiling.
Other matches found Jack Hader
spilling George Lehman in IL min
utes, Jim Wright pinning Bill sledge
in 1l12 minutes and Henri Piers
throwing Mike sterlich in 1872 min
utes.
Evening star., 1937-07-16
POPPING "a
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Oil and Water.
Special Dispatch to The Star

\LEVELAND, July induce
swishing sound from of
Americas college foot ball players
base ball for Here
stepped into base ball Mickey
Mickey
been caused by the fact that he
Frankie
player frankie Fordham IN and cad
shoes and he successfully leaped
But
leagues and now it is beginning
latest Join majority
make grade because
n the Ieague
Evening star., 1937-07-16
Connie Knew Something.

NV1sAAAO ANaAOw SVubCSu"ks
SPEAKING Of Mack, the old gent
once thought he had one OF the
great finds" of the decade some years
back. A young pitcher named Mil
dexter was given q trial in Spring
training. 1t was back in 1929 or 1880,
and the kid, big. broad-shouldered
fellow, showed fast ball that fairly
sang. He showed the makings Of 4
fine pitcher, but he had another year
Of school left and wanted to finish
before going into base ball.
The boy was going to Denver Uni
versity or the University OF Colorado
or some such Far Western school. He
was q foot ball player. too, but Mack
took him aside and offered to pay all
OF his expenses the final year of school
If he promised not to play foot ball.
Mildexter refused. He was .
big campus star and wanted to
close his college career n such.
Evening star., 1937-07-16
Yankees, Yet to Reach Full
Strength, Threaten to Beat
Great Record of Last Year

give the Athletics a 2-1 win over the
White Sox. thus ending string OF IS
games in which the Philadelphians had
failed to break into the victory column
Caster handcuf1ed the slugging Sox
with four hits, while Brucker belted in
both Of the AS runs.
Evening star., 1937-07-16
Homer Standings

Yesterdays homers - Greenoerg
Ilsers l, York, TIGERS, /: Lazzeri.
Yankees, l; Heinrich. Yankees !:
Cronin. Red Sox. Trosky. Indians. / .
The leaders-Di Magic Yankees
%: Greenberg Tigers 20: Trosky. In
oians. 10: Medwick. Cardinals. is; OFT,
Giants Is.
tional $50; total 1Ol.
Evening star., 1937-07-16

direct from Duke to Mack, but he
came straight from the Blue Devils to
the Yanks and now is one Of Comics
better ball players. The AS got Lowell
Dean from Duke and also Wayne
Amber, and both have managed to
stick.
But Clarence (Ace) Parker, the big
gest Duke name OF them all. did not
stick with the AS. The great back
field star soon was found wanting and
shipped to the minors.
Evening star., 1937-07-16
He wenk back, played feot hall,
and thon reported to Mack

He still was big and broad-shoul-
dered and fine looking specimen. but
his fast ball did not sing any longer.
He did not have that loose, whippy
arm. 1t was crooked-like.
Foot ball muscles" had set in. His
fast ball could have struck the batter
between the eyes without making him
blink.
Mildexter did not last long with the
A.