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The Coolidge examiner., 1937-02-11
Lines Traced to India

The lime is indigenous to India
and was probably introduced into
the Western hemisphere by Colum-
bus on his second voyage. Some
time later they were found growing
wild in the florida keys. In THE
Log of the Mayflower," Azel Ames
states that they were brought to
Plymouth by the Pilgrims. Another
record states that George Washing
ton ordered a sloop captain bound
for the West Indies in 1776 to bring
back a barrel of lines, IF you find
them good and cheap"
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-02-11
Lincoln
as #
the
eLonsliest
II Man
r AM the loneliest man in
America. These words

ct AM the loneliest man in
America" These words
l. dropped from the lips of
Abraham Lincoln one evening in
1868, that period which was so
dark and unpromising for the cause
of the Union.
In March, 1863, writes w. H.
Smith in the Washington Post,
heard the incident related to a
small group of distinguished men
by Bishop Ames of the Methodist
church. 1 do not know if it has
ever appeared in print, but if it
has, it is worth retelling. The mar
ration took place in the National
Hotel, in Washington, in a suite of
rooms then occupied by John Evans,
territorial governor of Colorado,
and father of Evanston, Chicago S
beautiful suburb. My presence is
accounted for by the fact that Gov
ernor Evans was relative and I
had called to pay my respects.
In the group were two or three
Methodist bishops, a member of the
senate and two of the house. l am
sure no one who heard it related
ever forgot it, or the impressive
manner of the bishop. President
Lincoln and the bishop were warm
personal friends, and the President
had employed the bishop on some
delicate mission connected with the
war. The bishop said that one eve
ming in June, 1868, he went to the
White House to call on the Presi-
dent. The President was in a very
despondent mood. Hooker had Just
suffered his defeat at Chancellors-
vile. The conversation lasted until
a late hour of the night.
The President reviewed the stu.
alton at length. The war had been
going on for two years, and the
North had made little material
progress. The bishop asked if he
despaired of a final victory. His
response was made with great ear.
nestneSs:
mo. I dare not despair when ]
know there is God who controls
the affairs of nations as He does
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-02-11
The Charms of Music.

4 CCORDING to a medical pro-
L n fessor in Pennsylvania, sam
pies of whisky, when subjected to
a musical sound treatment for sew
en- hours, produce a liquor which
equals one that has been aged in
wood for at least four years. But
why get excited about this? I've
known certain brands of classical
music which, in one evening, have
aged a grown man to a point where
he figures the present Christian era
must be about over.
Only a few weeks ago, being soft
ened by the spirit of the approach
ing holidays, suffered myself to be
lured to a Chopin recital and got
jammed in and couldn't escape
and finally staggered forth into the
night feeling that Methuselah had
little if anything on me.
IRWIN S. COBB.
@-WNU Service.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-02-11
The Roman Empire

The Roman Empire at its great
est territorial extent from A. D. SO
to lit covered the territory now in
cluded in the following countries:
England, Netherlands, Belgium,
France, Luxembourg, Switzerland,
Italy, Rumania, Yugoslavia. Bull
garia. Czechoslovakia, Liechten-
stein, Monaco, Austria, Hungary,
Albania, Greece, Turkey, Syria,
Iraq, Palestine, Egypt. Italian libia,
Tunis, the hinteclands of Algeria
and Morocco, Spain. Portugal, and
all the islands dotting the Mediter-
ranean sea. the Adriatic, the Ae-
gean, the Ionian and the Black
seas.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-02-11
General Grants Dress

General Grant went in Citizens
clothes to the Capitol when he was
sworn in as President. He was of
a practical mind in his dress, ex-
cept that he often appeared in public
driving his own team, when he
might have been mistaken for an
ordina W horse jockey There was
that in his demeanor peculiar to the
greatness of the man-dignified sim
plicity. A dress suit was to him
thing to be abhorred. Grant was at
his best at the table with his wife
and children.
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those of individuals, but the thought
of the thousands who must yet be
slain is appalling"
1t was then he uttered the words
with which this article begins. He
said: Il am the loneliest man in
America. There is no one to whom
I can go and unload my troubles,
assured of sympathy and help"
He spoke of the quibbling, COM
planning and fault finding in con-
gress, and the harsh and unjust crit
icisms heaped upon him. He spoke
with extreme heat of what he
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-02-11
South American Explorers.

OF RECENT years, those hardy
~ adventurers who set forth to
invade the last great unexplored
area, interior South America, seem
to follow a regular routine, to wit.
as follows:
First-They start off.
Second-They get lost.
Third-They are rescued.
But wouldn't it save wear and
tear and nervous strain if the rescue
expedition went on ahead so it could
get settled down in camp all nice
and comfortable and be waiting for
the explorers when they staggered
in, exhausted from toting all those
tons of material for future lee
ture tours? The modern discov-
erer is gallant, but apparently has
no more sense of direction than an
egg-beater and seemingly could get
lost on top of a marble-top table.
Or possibly the trOpic sun has an
adding effect on the human brain.
Anyhow, since nearly always he
is in an intact state when res
cued, this would seem to indicate
that the head-hunters of the ANA
zonian jungles are now getting
fussy about the types of heads they
collect.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-02-11
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
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! LINCOLN.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

WISE Uith the Wisdonp of ages,
" ShreiOd as the man OF trade,
Grim as the prophets and sages,
Keen as a damask blade;
Firm as grdnite-ribbed mountain,
Tender as Wonan's song,
Cay as a Scintillant tountain-
Yet was he oaken-srong.
Here, the ,oonder of cons:
Born into pain and strife;
Dead, ,oith a thousand poems
DeathIess, he enters life.
Thomas Curtis Clarke
in Rural Ne,O- orker
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-02-11
Optimism De Luxe.

T LIKE the spirit Of gentleman
in New York who started dredg-
ing operations in East river. He
set out to dig a minimum of $4,-
100000 in gold and silver from the
ooze, and to date has salvaged Sc
cents, two rusty frying pans and a
penknife-and is still probing.
For gorgeous optimism l can
think of but one case to match this.
1 was on the French Riviera one
summer. They'd been shifting the
railroad tracks along the Grand
Corniche. This left a disused tun-
mel. So, week after week, beard
ed gentleman sat at one mouth OF
the empty bore with sign over his
head reading: This property for
sale" When 1 left he was still
there, waiting for somebody who
was in the market for a second
hand tunnel.
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creature When the
turkey buzzard or the graverob-
bing hyena would be so appropri-
ate.
Fierce winters and devastating
floods may be curing us here on
this side of the water, but at least
we have been spared the affliction
of having for our neXt-door neigh
borS certain nations.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-02-11
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AdVenturerS'
&@65Y&%
"Door of Death
By FLOYD GIBBONS
Famous Headline Hunter

Famous Headline Hunter
Time and again I've told you boys and girls yarns that
i -Wel-sort of proved that adventures happen to
you often when you to special place or
special sort of trip, but in familiar, workaday
places that you're accustomed to visit every day OF your
lives
It's tale of subway that we're going hear todaya
story told by Matthew Creegan Of Jamaica N y Matt @ @
the harasing experience his life has had
started out to visit to some friends of his who
along he got the first car He
the until reached South Ferry and then he
get off.
His Foot Was Caught in the Door,
Matt the passenger The door
stepped platform with
closed his left foot and held it tight
You know how those subway they
place But order people from being hurt by the
they slide Shut they've big soft cushion covered by
IL f hId y on Mats foot and sbut and lock- at the same time
pull his foot but it
wouldn't come out Then suddenly Mats heart frSae as jar
doors had signal ahead
yell There guard standing between two
pull
to grab hold Of he could get good grip on post or handle @
pretty breaking clean off would be better
taking under the wheels of the
Dragged Along, Head Downwards
nothing catch hold Of Matt fell the platform
Matt let out % oe last y the end of the platform moving
that YELL either And then his body
he was HEAD DOWNWARD from that subway
while the bowled along toward the next station
Matt short stature and for the first time IN his life ne was glad
quite reach the tracks Had he been just
taller his dragged that concrete
would
block AS that head
from the obstacles and projections that
lined the side of the track.
himself tight against the
side of the we'll
pillars full speed
Matt also remembers being glad the
accident happened him downtown where the express trains
station.
the train had around
the South Ferry its uptown trip Would ne still
alive got there? Matt wondered about that
Unconscious, But Saved.
Something coatripped from his back few
His shirt being
wheeserrfyingy close his
That upside position
blood head He felt weak from the shock OF 1t all
Suddenly light flashed before
then he unconscious
slowing now-though Matt didn't know it. 1t
station the guard opened the
would be released he would fall to
But didn't the door There
to
Matts remained closed
roll to the stati0nand there's
teIn what haveh happe to them
fashgh from his pocket looked down
the the platform There
Matt-DANGLING-S -SENSELESS.
guard guard opened
working
He woke n Street hospital
all rgh-and there's thing thank
small enough fit the between
subway
1.-THE Matt, the
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w wan SANNNJ
ruination, so that,
when the finish
comes, they'll have
spoils or dubious
prestige or both and
that Inflated land
will be a burying
ground and a desc
lation.
A fellow gets to
wondering why this
or that government
chooses for an en-
blem some noble
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-02-11
what (ILh
-EWIS>th thinks
about:
The Plight of Spain.

pEVERLY HILLS, CALF
- In the bloody task of
utterly destroying herself
Spain cannot complain that
she lacked for hearty coop
Grafton on the part of some
of her sister countries.
Openly or secretly, half Of the
great European powers are contrib
uting to the bloody
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-02-11
SORE, RHEUMATIC
MUSCLES

Saygoodbye tomessylinim and salves. that
have to be smeared on every few hours to DC
effective The new treatment for sore. aching
muscles is Allcock's Porous Plaster. that stays
ON until pain is all gone. One Allcock's Plas--
ter lasts days and days without further
thought. The blood is gently drawn to the
painful rheumatic area, and the muscles are
massaped as YOU move. No rubbing. Nothing
smelly or sticky. Allcock's is pleasant. Easy
on, easy off when pain, is gone. million
users testify that Acock's is marvellous for
backaches, arthritis, pains, chest colds: 25e at
d5eFgisots; d6cFs o:s31iHg G5 Mgits n. ~, =; sz3a
The Washington times., 1937-01-01
Sport Worlds
Passing Show

Promoter Mike Jacobs de-
clared coming year promises
greatest boxing boom in decade.
Pittsburgh favored over Wash
ingtOn in New Year Day football
game at Pasadena; East AL
Stars choice over West All-Stars
at San Francisco; Marquette
rated over Texas Christian at
Dallas; Louisiana State favOrits
over Santa Clara at New Or
leans; Duquesne and Mississippi
State rated even at Miami.
Bold Venture, 1886 winner OF
Kentucky Derby and PreaknesS,
retired from racing.
Joe Louis signed for 1O-round
bout with Bob Pastor at New
York January 30.
Acceptance of Jersey City
baseball club managerShip by
Travis Jackson assured by HOr-
ace c. StOneham, president Of
New York Giants.
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|firing late, Imp just couldn't func-
ton.
AS a writer at the ringside re-
marked, Ray knew what to do but
couldn't make his cumbersome
body respond quickly enough to
his brain message,
Occasionally Ray connected with
a right uppercut that Jared Pas
tors head back like the recoil of a
big gun, but for the most part bis
punches were just a second too
late. 1t seemed incongruous,
watching Imp, with all his advan-
tage in weight and height, back.
ing up and fighting strictly on
the defensive, most of the time,
while his foe, a midget by COM
parison, drove him relentlesSly
around the ring, firing both hands
up at his docile, baffled-looking
face.
In the sixth round. Imp was
dropped for a count OF nine and
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against big Imp, though he really
was the underdog.
Pastor has the instincts Of a
fighter; the cold cruelty that spurs
a man on to beat a rival when he
has him at his mercy. Poor Imp
had nothing but gameness with
which, let it be said, he is equipped
in proportion to his size) and the
eagerness Of a big, good-natured
dog to please his master. Ray
tried his best to deliver for Harry,
but what is an eaSy-going giants
best against the efforts of one who
not only is out for his job but also
reliShes it?
Pastor dropped the Big Imp in
the first round for a count of
three. Recovering from that bad
start, it looked as if the big fellow
might be able to stave off Pastor,
or even outpoint him, by taking
tage of his tremendous
reach. But, like a motor that Is
The Washington times., 1937-01-01

Ca1led Cne Qream team OF pro
basketball, the original Celtics
will unfold some fancy "doo-dads'
and magic which only they are
capable of putting on.
Dutch Dehnert, originator of
the pivot play, who has been with
the Celtics for more than 10 years,
and little Davey Banks, perhaps
the best Snowman in the game,
have promised Washingtonians a
real treat with their passing and
shooting. Nat Hickey, another
veteran, also will have a part in
the comedy, as will Pat Herlihy.
They will attempt to make the
opposition look foolish, but, of
course, the home boys will have
something to say about that.
Dehnert, Banks, Hickey and
Herlihy were members of the ori-
ginal Celtics of the American Pro
League, and have been together
for such a long time that they can
toss the ball around and into the
hoops almost blindfolded.
Two younger players - Paul
Birch, of Duquesne, and Bob Nc
Dermott, former Long Island Uni
versity star-are with the team
this season, and supply the scor-
ing punch while the old-timers
keep the tricks and comedy at a
high peak.
The Celtics can't afford to do
too much loafing. for the Brewers,
greatly strengthened by the return
of Eddie ACE" Margaden and
Tuffy Leemans. will come mighty
close to winning. The Renaissance
tried to rally after loafing last
Sunday, but woke up too late and
Heurich won in an upset, 42-34.
Saturdays game will start at
$50, with Fort Myer and District
Fire Department playing at 1880
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Rose Bowl
I'M TELLING YOU = Giants Fail in Ring = By Dan Parke

for more than a minute took a
frightful beating. laundering
around the ring with mouth agape
and blood pouring from his nose,
utterly unable to defend himself.
Drop Like Fir
The knockout blow, right to
the jaw, dropped Imp like a big
Douglas fir under Woodsman's S
ak. He fell flat on his back,
rolled over and lifted himself on
all fours, swaying like an ele-
phant that has been mortally
wounded and is about to topple
over. After 10 had been tolled
by Referee Arthur Donovan, the
docile giant, in a stupor, lifted
himself to his feet and stumbled
to his corner, supported by Pastor
To get back to the original con-
tention, what has weight and
height to do with natural fighting
ability?
(CopyrIEht. 1877. by King Features
Syndicate, lnc.)
The Washington times., 1937-01-01
Y. NJ. {. A. Holds
Open House

The Y. M. C. A. will hold open
house today as one of the most
ambitious athletic programs ever
attempted by the local organiza
tion will be presented to the public
Ralph w. Foster, athletic director
has planned exhibitions in the
mems and boys departments
starting at 1870 o'clock.
Included in the exhibitions will
be an indoor baseball game be.
tween the Bureau of Standards
and the Y. M. c. A.
The final round of the holiday
handball and squash tournament
is also on the card.
The program in the boys gym
starts at the same time with a
basketball game between the
Boys Club Redbirds and the Y,
M. c. A. Hawks. This will be
followed by another basketball
game between the Boys Club
Americans and the Y. M. c. A.
Eagles, a gymnasium exhibition
by the junior tumbling team, a
wrestling team, a boxing eXhi-
bition by the junior boxers and
another basketball game between
the Trinity M. E. Church team
and the "Y" Flashes.
A swimming and life saving ex-
hibition will be given in the mems
pool at 2::45 p. m. by the Y. M.
C. A., Western and Wilson High
School teams. This will be fol-
lowed by a diving exhibition by
the Shoreham girls and the Y. M.
C. A. team, an exhibition by Carky
Kellam, the "381-pound aquatic
clown" and a water polo game
between Western and Wilson High
School teams.
The annual Junior Y. M. c. A.
swimming championships will be
held in the boys pool at 10:30
a. M, and prize bowling contests
will be held from 2 until z p. m
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by Rays size that it never oc-'
Cured to him that the boys
huge frame might conceal a
nature too fine for the prize ring.
But that's about the sum and
substance of it, to borrow phrase
from Harry Balogh, the fight an
nouncer. Big Imp is a good
natured, likeable chap with no
more venom in his makeup than
a st. Bernard dog. That's why
he hasn't been successful in the
prize ring and that's why he
never will be.
The 3,840 witnesses OF Ipelli-
there's annihilation by Bob Pastor,
not long ago, treated Bob as the
underdog, just because Ray was
SO pounds heavier than Bob and
about eight inches taller. It's
a human failing to pick on a
big guy, and so the crowd. such
as it was, naturally lined up
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By GEORGE A. SIMPSON

Washington Golf and Country
Club members will vote Tuesday
night upon two proposals for re-
building the old clubhouse parti-
TALLY destroyed by fire last Sep
tember -. one plan calls for $70,-
900 expenditure for practically a
structure the other will
cost $4,000 for less pretentious
building consensus among
members favors the $4,000 pro-
posal John F. Maury, William
I. Denning, Joseph H. Hines,
Frank T. Hines, Hugh Matthews,
Harvey L. Cobb, Arthur H. Del
bert, DR.. Bruce L. Taylor, ST., DR..
Orville U. Singer, Royal r. Rommel
and Ralph w. Payne have been
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Your Health,
Ladies And
Gentlemen!
By KIRK MILLER

Times Sports Editor
The major league
baseball season opens
later this year than
previously April 20.
Don't let the season
sneak up on you with
out your opening day
ticket. It'll probably
be Washington VS.. the
Athletics.
Maryland's boxers who re-
port to Coach Heinie Miller
at College Park next week,
pledged themselves to assidu-
Gus work at home during the
yule holiday, but didn't say
whether it would be on turkey
or the heavy bag.
Almost any place on the dial
you turn your radio today you'll
pick up a football game, provided
the din of New Year Eve wasn't
enough to make you never again
wish TO hear slide trombone.
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Seeks
New Franchise

ALBANY, N. Y, Jan. Joe
Cambria may expect to be burned
in effigy, if nothing else. His
honor, the mayor, John Boyd
Thatcher, started the New Year
by stating that Cambria had
chosen to stink out of Albany
through the back door, following
the Baltimore Italians sale of the
Albany franchise to the New
York Giants.
The capital city of the Empire
State must have its baseball,
however, and the citizens, follow
ing the energetic lead of Mayor
Thatcher, are seeking a new fran
chise. A committee will inVeSti-
gate the status of the Toronto
club of the International League.
The Washington times., 1937-01-01
LOCAL GOLF CHIPS

named as nominees for three-ye
board of governors terms at Con
gressional Country Club and
Andrew j. walker has been named
for a tWo-year term the nom
mating committee included Harry
P. Somerville, chairman; Charles
H. Hillegeist, Frank Yates, DR..
Orville U. Singer and DR.. Robert
A. Keilty the members will
vote for the governors and 1887
officers next month Robert
P. Smith is the incumbent presi-
dent. Charlie Warren says the
new golf regulations limiting IA
clubs to a bag defective January
/, 1889 won't handicap him he
finds it hard to use a half dozen
with success.
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|popotamuS, one OF the bulK1eSt,
is also one of the most harmless.
With race exceptions. the might
est elephant is not only as docile
as a mouse, but will flee in panic
from one of these tiny, wrath
like rodents.
Ray mpellitiere was picked by
Harry Lenny, an old-time fighter,
as good heavyweight prospect
several years ago, just because he
was a powerful young giant.
You'll think an old-time fighter,
particularly an ancient warrior
who was as good as Harry was
in his day, would be able to tell
a good fighter instinctively. But
that's another fallacy. Ex-fight-
ers are often the worst judges
of fighting material and fights.
That's why so many of them fail
as managers and referees.
Lenny was 50 swept off his feet
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to do wi t h
fighting ability.
Just because a
fellow is 6 feet
6 inches tall
and weighs 23S
pounds, it is as
sunaed that he
should be a
g ood prize
fighter.
I don't know
why this belief
should xiS t
with regard to
human beings
In the animal
world the gi-
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Quiint t
Victorious

Merrick Club, Y. M. C. A. five
and Georgetown Boys Club were
returned victors in the final
round of the Police Boys Clubs
basketball tournament held at
George Washington University
gym during the current week
The Washington times., 1937-01-01

in the preliminary. Sundays
Celtic -Heurich game goes on at
$3.50, with Sterling and Rinaldi
teams meeting in prelim at 2::30.
The Washington times., 1937-01-01
Bre1uer Quint Plays
Host to CeLtics

Basketball fans who journey to the Heurich gymnasium
to watch the Original New York Cecs meet the Heurich
Brewers night and Sunday afternoon will get
load of real comedy and basketball
The Washington times., 1937-01-01

NEW YORK-One of the most
widely accepted fallacies is that
height and weight have something