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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-08-19
Is Overweight
Important!
BY
DR.. JAMES w. BARTON
e Bell syndic ate.-WNu Service.

THOSE If normal weight and
i many also who are over
weight may have the opinion
that too much Importance is be-
ing attached to overweight-its
dangers to health and life. If
they were to talk for just five
minutes to the actuary of any
life or sickness insurance COM
pany they would learn some
startling facts because insur-
ance companies make or lose
money on the types or kinds of
risks they accept.
One of the first facts the insur-
ance company actuary will point out
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-08-19
Causes of Diarrhoea.

Figures from private and public
hospital clinics show that at least
three Of four give history of be-
ing constipated Although these peo-
pie are on their feet and are not
sick enough to be in bed, they can
hardly be considered normal.
However even among those Mho
are normal or not sick, it would
appear that at least half, or SO per
cent, are constipated.
1t is interesting therefore to read
of the other type of cases, that is
those who do not appear to be sick,
but instead of being constipated are
afflicted with diarrhoea.
OF course at times when much
fruit is eaten or when something
mot fresh" has been eaten, diar-
rhoea often occurs, lasting for two
or more days. But when diarrhoea
is present all the time and no ex-
cess or over-ripe fruit or other food
has been eaten, then the cause must
be found to prevent the weakening
effects of the diarrhoea.
DR.. A. Richieri, Buenos Aires, in
the Argentine Medical Journal,
states that diarrhoea occurs very
often in all forms of hyperthyroid-
ism (that is when the thyroid gland
in the neck is manufacturing toe
much juice).
As there may be no other symp-
toms but the diarrhoea tho great in
crease in heart rate, no enlarge
ment of the thyroid gland, no bulg-
ing OF the eyes, no trembling or ner-
vousness), it would be difficult to
locate the cause as due to an over
active thyroid gland except for the
metablolism test.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-08-19
Voice Reveals Character

An indication of character which
concerns the face is the voice, which
can tell you quite lot about per-
son. Weak colorless voices, accord
ing to writer in Pearson's Lon
don Weekly. belong to weak color
less people. Harsh voice, harsh,
gross nature. High pitched, uncon-
vincing, emotional. Musical, diplo-
matte, refined. Deep voice, power
full. courageous, forceful. Here, OF
course, one must not overlook the
difference in male and female
voices. For instance, the woman
with a low-modulated voice, without
it being harsh. is usually deeply
emotional though she may not show
it to outsiders. She is refined, true
blue"--a thoroughbred.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-08-19
STAR
DUST
Movie . Radio
ktt BY VIRGINIA VALE ktk

TT IS children's day in Holly
l wood, with contracts being
signed in carload lots to exploit
youngsters in films. The five
tough young lads whom Sam
GoldWyn imported to play in
Dead End" made such a hit
at the preview that he prompt
ly put all of them under con-
tract to make more pictures.
Their next for him will be "Street
Corners" after which Mervyn LIE
Roy would like to borrow them for
series. Neutrality-suspicious. ia
vorite is fourteen-year-old Judy
Garland They have lined up three
stories for her. Universal intends
to keep Deanna Durbin very busy
for the next year, and Paramount
plan to star the youngest OF all,
four-year-old Kitty Clancy, in Call
Back Love"
Rubinoff does not like to expose
his priceless Stradivarius violin to
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-08-19

ty-five years is as follows: The
per cent of overweight to death rate
is as follows: five to fourteen, twice
the normal rate; fifteen to twenty
four, four times the normal rate;
twenty-five and over, ten times the
normal rate. These figures tell in
most dramatic fashion the penalty
for overweight.
As you know, the commonest
cause of death after middle age is
disease of the heart, bloodvessels
and kidneys, because the heart and
bloodvessels have the hard work of
carrying large quantity of nour-
ishment to the kidneys to have
wastes or poisons filtered out and
useful substances retained. Now
high blood pressure, hardening of
the arteries, and defective work by
the kidneys all accompany over
weight, and the simplest method of
relieving unnecessary strain is to
reduce the weight and size of the
patient. Thus when an individual
gets down to, or nearly to, normal
weight his chances OF developing
heart, bloodvessel and kidney dis
ease becomes very much less.
British Experts Views.
DR.. Herbert /. COMBS in the Brit
ish Medical Journal, in pointing out
the Importance of overweight in adj
dition to diabetes, heart, bloodves-
sci and kidney disease, tells us that
"arthritis--inffammation of joints
Is one of the cornmonest diseases
encountered by the general prac-
titioner, and it is almost always
associated with overweight
Another point brought out by DR..
Coombs, and one that is likely tc
be overlooked, is the great change
in mentality or outlook with the in
crease in weight. 1t is generally
agreed that overWeights are rather
cheerful and good natured but after
a period of time this good nature Of
the slightly overweight degenerates
into lack of ambition and a dom
care" attitude toward anything anc
everything.
Still another point, and one ia.
miliar to every physician is the BAG
surgical results that often follow OPP.
erations on very fat patients. Me
chanical difficulties of nursing
heavy patients and the increased
risk of infection when large masses
of fat tissue are exposed when the
knife is used, are often important
factors in working against recovery
of overWeights who come to opera
ton for gall stone, diabetic gan
creme, and other conditions"
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-08-19

parable AKIN Tamirof-provides
the rough and ready drama.
ODDS AND ENDS-RondoIp Scott at.
tended his first film premiere in July,
1923, standing on an orange crate uafch.
ing the crotods arrive to see Colleen
Moore and Cary Cooper in ~Liloc Time"
His most recent premiere found him in
choice aisle seat paiching himself as star
OF High, Vide and Handsome
Jack Haley has bosoed our OF the ~Shoso
Boat" program bur he Diu hare one OF
his oion rery soon /. Adofphe Men iou
and kafhrine Hepburn are bitter rivals on
the golf course 4. Dorothy Cish. rhom
film fans have never torgoffen, uiH play
the lead in MAf4ai broodcasting system
serial called The Couple Ncrf Door" J.
Fhen John barrymore returns to radio, il
soon't be in Shakespeare, but in 'The AM
NAL Kingdom" and Accent on Youth
some time in September. Meanwhile he is
making picture ~ RKO pith Jr~xs
Duane.
AWextern Newspaper Union.
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- y AAAasS9 aO aAAh AAA
ing attention. 1t
more than lives up
to the promise of its
title, for 1t is spec
tacular, melodious
and frenzied. Irene
Dunno and Dorothy
Lanour provide the
beauty and melody;
Randolph Scott, pit
ted against as tough
a lot of villains as
you ever hissed--in-
Guiding that incon1-
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-08-19

that's as carefully planned as the
captivating model above center.
1t gives the growing girl the fiuffing
out she needs in the shoulders, and
the prettily fiared skirt offers her
graceful poise indoors, plus full
freedom for activity out of doors.
Chic fer the G. r.
And treat for all concerned Is
the frock Sew-Your-Own has Gre
ated for The Girl Friend. She may
be collegiate, high schoolish, a
steno, mothers helper, or a young
lady of leisure, but whatever she
is she'll look the part and prettier
in a take-of on Pattern 1927. 1t is
new, novel. and easy to sew. 1t is
undoubtedly the frock to wear
when your escort, the time, and
the place are important.
The Patterns.
Pattern 1872 is designed for sizes
"a to as. Size So requires 437s yards
of 35-inch material.
Pattern 1887 is designed for sizes
4, 9, 8, 10, and IL years. Size 6
requires yards of 35-inch mate
rial, plus 70 yard contrasting.
Pattern 1927 is designed for sizes
II to 20 80 to SO bust). Size is re-
quires Ala yards of 39-inch mate
rial, plus 3lz yards of cord for lac
ing. With long sleeves, As yards
required.
Send your order to The Sewing
Circle Pattern Dept, Room 1920.
I'll w. Wacker Dr., Chicago, Ill.
Price of patterns, Is cents Tin
coinsl each.
q Bell Syndicate. WNu Service.
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brilliant stu d i o
lights any longer
than is necessary,
SO during rehearsals
and whenever he
was not playing for
the sound track of
You Can't Have
Everything, h e
used a double. The
husky virtuoso car
ries a big insurance
policy on the violin
and would feel lost
If ANYTHING hap
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-08-19

is the great amount
of diabetes among
the overweight. He
will back this up by
showing the figures
of DR.. E. P. Joslin,
Boston, t h c out
standing authority
on diabetes, who
tells us that diabetes
is the result or pen
atty of overweight.
The figures for the
death rate of dia-
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-08-19
Well. Now

Boss-For a man with no ex-
perience you ask high wages.
Applicant-Well, sir, it's much
harder work when you don't know
anything about it.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-08-19
No Orders

An old lady sat knitting at the
end of the pier, from which a
pleasure steamer was about to
start.
Suddenly the captain shouted:
"All right Cast off nowl"
The old lady looked up sharply.
THANK you, officer" she called,
''but I'm quite capable of doing
my own knitting"
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-08-19

pelGO u IL. IlE lldu IL Will Ilili
when he played at an open air con-
cert on Chicago's lake front recent
ly when more than 100000 people
listened to him.
When Frances Farmer arrived in
New York, instead Of pausing po-
Iitely to let all the news photogra-
pliers take pictures of her, she
rushed off to Mount Kisco upstate
to 20 in rehearsal for her first stage
engagement. Four nights later l
saw her performance and sudden
Iy found myself wanting to burst
into cheers. Playing role quite
unlike any she has done on the
screen, role simply made to or
der for Lupe Velez, she displayed a
cat-Iike grace OF movement, voice
unsteady rich, and great variety
of moods.
Ozzie Nelson and his popular
radio orchestra are currently ap-
pearing at the Aston roof in New
York, but soon he will move his
activities to Hollywood so as to be
near his wife, Harriet billiard. who
is under long-term contract at the
RKO studios. Ozzie is the hero of
all boy scouts who want to make a
name for themselves. At fourteen
he was honored at a jamboree in
London as the youngest Eagle scout.
Youngsters who were the original
fans of THE Lone Ranger" are
getting pretty grown up now, but
they confess that they still follow
the adventures with bated breath.
The popular three-times-a-week Sc
rial recently celebrated its seven
hundred and twenty-fifth broadcast.
Fran Striker, who has written this
series even since 1t started in Janu-
airy, 1888, estimates that more than
$500 characters have appeared in
the adventures.
y
All the summer radio surveys re-
ported that Edgar Bergen and Char
lie Mccarthy were miles ahead of
every other performer in popular
ity. Their salary is said to have
sky-rocketed from $500 to So, 500 per
week.
High, Wide, and Handsome"
story of the early oil rush in Penn
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-08-19

A doctor says we should never
go to sleep in bad temper. AS
the proverb didn't put 1T: "Surly
to bed, surly to rise"
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.a.105 -
~lH1g-ezJ
What's This?

What's This?
"Your people haven't sent the
things | ordered yesterday"
Dear, dear! The fact is,
madam, my right hand is away
with a swollen footl"
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-08-19

parable Akin carbohydrates
the rough and ready drama.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-08-19

Rubinoff does not like to expose
his priceless Stradivarius violin to
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-08-19

pened to It. He had It with him
when he played at an open air con-
cert on Chicago's lake front recent
ly when more than 100, 1000 people
listened to him.
The Omaha guide., 1937-10-30
Tile Electric Age

The use of electricity is today 25 timel what it was
35 years ago, according to W. c. Munendore, executive vice
president of the Southern California Edison Company. Its cost
is only one third as much now as it was then. This remarkable
reduction Of cost has been achieved in spite of 1le fact that
operating expenses of almost all kinds have risen, and the in
dustry's tax bill is 81 times as great as it was i'm 1902.
Cold figures cannot adequately tell what this remarkable
record of service means to the American people. Expressed in
human terms. it means that where only a small proportion of
homes enjoyed THE blessings of eaeitric power at the start
of the century, more than so percent of all homes have electric
ity today. 1t means that we car use power to operate radios
refrigerators, stoves and other labor saving equipment for less
than we used to pay for lighting alone. 1t means the average
famiy's electric bill is actually less than it's tobacco, and a
great deal less ahan it's theatre and amusement bill. 1t means
that hundreds of thousands of farmers have been provided
with power that performs swiftly, efficiently and cheaply,
tasks of back breaking severity.
Private capital started the electric industry. Private mi
tiative and energy developed 1t. Vision foresaw its magnificent
potentiaities. In other lands, where electric developments are
dominated by government, progress has been nowhere near as
great. There the dampening hand Of politics has deprived PEG
pie of electricitys maximum aids to a happier more comfort
able life.
We are still in the beginning of the electric age. If we
make sure the utility industry is left in the hands of private
individuals, under suitable state regulation, and is kept free
from politics and bureaucracy, the future will bring wonders
that are undreamed Of today.
The Omaha guide., 1937-10-30
The Indirect Cost of Fire

Burned property cannot be replaced says Paul B. Som
mers, President of the National Board of Fire Underwriters.
sit rs gone forever, and the nation is poorer by that much in
tangible wealth. Fire brings unemployment, loss of time and
wages and buying power, sometimes checking the growth of
communities and reaching out a OBTAINING hand to dependent
or allied industries" 1t is high time we got rid of the wide
spread and completely erroneous idea that fire insurance gives
complete protection. Fire insurance is ESSENTIAL to individuals
and industry alike-but there are risks which no policy can Gov
II. Cases are on record where the destruction of a factory has
brought to . sudden stop a towns progress and caused 1T TO
start on the down grade. The factory in the case was undoubt
edly covered by Insurance, but the ultimate loss to the com
munity was infinitely greater than the mere building and ma
terials destroyed. When a fire closes a place of business, perma
nently or temporarily, it means the purchasing power of em
pployes is reduced or eliminated entirely. Mortgages and rents
go unpaid. Stores lose patronage. Taxes are lost. Families move
away and search for employment elsewhere. Property values
decline and the entire life of the community is affected.
The direct annual fire loss IN this country can be tabu
lated-it amounts to several hundreds of millions of dollars
This is a gigantic sum, but the indirect loss which cannot be
put down exactly in figures, is many times as great and per
haps runs into the billions. When we prevent a fire by simple
precautions that eliminate most of the hazards IN homes and
places of business, we ae Safeguarding jobs, savings, earn
ings, security, thus putting dollars in our pockets.
The Omaha guide., 1937-10-30
NINA Report

One of the new rules adopted at
the last meeting of the National
Negro Insurance Association in
Augusta, Ca, in May was that the
proceedings of the organization be
published within ninety days. After
a whirl wind of effort on the part
of the publication committee, the
job is complete and the attractive
ly printed 1872 page booklet is in
the hands of interested persons.
The bringing out of the book so
soon after the meeting gives the
membership of the organization a
chance to study from the record
and put into practice some of the
plans, methods and ideas brought
to the insurance fraternity at
great sacrifice of time from rou-
tine business for special study and
investigation. Formerly, publication
was too late for this opportunity.
According to Cyrus Campbell, sta
ticiation of the Association, the
insurance business among Negroes
in America, at the beginning of
this year, was 1920, 700, 900 with
over Is million policies n force.
According to G. w. Cox, chair
man of the National Negro Insur-
ance Week program last May II to
%, the goal of 10 million dollars in
new business for all the companies
together was over produced by
nearly two million dollars, by near
ly 8 thousand colored insurance
statesmen of the country and that
"the new income, as a result of the
strong conservative program, will
exceed six hundred thousand dollars
a year,
The papers read before the body
now published by the Association,
reutct credit upon the organization
upon the companies represented by
the writer's, and upon the authors
themselves. Among these are "The
Scientific Approach to Modern
Trends in Life Insurance Practices
by Miss E. o. Tibbs, actuary of the
Afro-American Life Insurance Com
pany, Jacksonville, Fla; Some of
the Local Aspects of Life Insurance
from the Claims Point of View" by
S. B. Thomas of Pilgrim Health
and Life of Augusta: and 'Immed-
late Problems Facing Our Com
panies,," by G. D. Rogers of Cen
trail Life of Tampa, Fla, who is the
new president of the Association.
The Omaha guide., 1937-10-30
Illinois Mayor Asks
COurtesies for Negro
LObOr Delegates
Continued from Page u

But Mayor Orr, in his address of
welcome at the conventions open
ing meeting, made more specific his
demand that the colored delegates
be fairly treated. He prefaced his
speech as follows:
Before l begin my address OF
welcome, there is something which
I wish to get off my chest. There
has been a lot of propaganda about
the i'll treatment of Negroes by cL
tizen of LaSalle. Any Negro COM
ing into the city of LaSalle to at
tend the Illinois Safe Federation Of
Labor convention, r going to re-
ceive the same kind of treatment,
receive the same Accommodations and
the same courteous consideration
that white men r going to receive.
l have instructed the police de
partment to arrest and fine heavily
anybody who is discourteous to any
Negro during his stay "A &is
town."
The Omaha guide., 1937-10-30
Dr. Works Thesis


It is encouraging to note IN thu
current Social Forces, an article by
DR.. Monrot n. Work on adjust
ment of Race and Class in thu
South" which outlines an ap
preaching change in the economic
life of the South, out of which vii
come better racial relations. Tit
article was presented at the south.
ern Sociological Society in Birm-
ingham, Ala. last April.
DIR, Work says: FAs the new &c
o o Y, agricultural industrial
commercial comes more and
more into the South, there will be
greater and greater conformity be
tween the economic order and the
political and moral orders. The evils
surrounding the production of cot
ton, both economic and social and
growing out of ante bellum folk
ways and modes, will tend to be
eliminated. There will be a new
basis of relationship between land
lord and tenant. This new economy
will provide a situation in which
there will BIT not only economic CO
operation, but also cooperation, but
also cooperation between race and
race and between class and class,
so that the interests of all the peo-
pie will be conserved"
DIR. Work explains the practical
side of his prophecy as follows:
"At the present time, agriculture
has, in the main, a two fold en-
phasis: the production of food and
clothing for man, and foodstuffs
for animals. In this new economy
there would be a three fold emphas-
is in agriculture-the two already
mentioned and a third, the growing
of products for use in industry.
This new innovation calls for: ~
new uses of old products as sweet
potato; (2) the use of waste pro-
ducts as okra stalks, cotton stalks
and cotton linters, this latter now
being used in the making of insu-
lation boards; 90 the use of pro-
ducts growing in an area but not
being used, as for example, the use
Of slash pine in the manufacturing
of paper; (4) the introduction of
new plants into an area, as for
example, the introduction of the
soy bean and the tung tree into sec
tions of the South, the latter for
manufacturing of tung oil now
largely used in industry and in ad-
main imported. The former in ad-
dition to use as forage is also made
into a lacquer forpainting auto
mobiles.
The Omaha guide., 1937-10-30


complains that his returns aren't
sufficient to pay his feed-bill, is
overheard by q conscientious Nazi
at the next table, and gets three
months in a concentration camp.
Phones Are Checked
A Hamburg importer, during a
telephone call to Berlin. criticizes
the practically Of the new restric-
tions on fat imports. He Is over
heard and reported by his office
boy and ends up in the same place.
These are concrete indications of
q policy that not only violates the
basic right of the individual to put
into words his private thoughts and
his reactions to his environment,
but, considered practically, makes
mountains out Of extremely small
mole-hills.
An interesting by-product of this
official mouth-taping Is the rapid
growth and steady flourishing Of a
vast number of jokes making sport
of government figures and policies
TO work off the intellectual steam
bottled up by the Maxi dictator
ship.
Hitler AneedOte
One Of the comr~ onest, though
not one Of the best, OF these jokes
IL the one about Hitler attending q
moving-picturs theatre. During
the newsreel Hitler's picture ap-
peared on the screen, and everyone
stood up and eheersd-everyone
but Hitler. His neighbor turned to
The Omaha guide., 1937-10-30

Calvrn's Digest
By Floyd J. Cabin

1T is estimated that the new
industries which are arising as the
result of the use of agricultural
products in industry, will give en-
ployment not only to a greater part
of the surplus population Of the
South, but would divert thousands
of farmers now engaged in cotton
growing and other profitable pur-
suits to tht more profitable grow
the new industries that are already
developing as the result of grow
ing of agricultural products for
use in industry and paper mills,
sweet potato starch mills, tung oil
plants, and power alcohol plants"
Here is food for though for the
South and the Nation; for the plan
ter, for the industrialists, for the
agriculturalists, educators and race
relationists.