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The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-06-08
Bootblacks Ask City to Fix
 Price of Shine

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, June 8. Now it's the bootblacks.
 Determined to get in on the up- swing of prices and wages, this city's she-shining fraternity, known as the Master Bootblacks' Asso- ciation, has petitioned the Board of Supervisors to fix the price of a shine at Is cents by ordinance.
 Tndav,s News Tndau Elm nire
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-06-08
AMELIA HOPS

DAKAR, French Senegal, June g. Amelia Earhart flew here today from St. Louis for an easier take off on the next leg of her flight and planned to follow the British route to Khartoum.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-06-08
BPR OFFICIALS SAIL

M. D. Williams, District Engineer for the Bureau of Public Roads, and Leo Jewett, Auditor, are sail- ing aboard the Aleutian for Seward on an inspection trip. They will visit BPR projects in that vicinity.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-06-08

George Rice, Mrs N. Lester Troast,
 Mrs. Clarence Bands. Mrs. w. w. Council, and Miss Alice Palmer.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-06-08

Lode and placer location notices for sale at The, Empire Office.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-12-16
Legend of the King

Here is an old legend OF the eagle:
Alfred. king of the West Saxons,
went out one day a-hunting and,
passing by certain wood. heard,
as he supposed, the cry of an in
fant from the top Of tree, and forth
with diligently inquiring of the
huntsmen what the doleful sound
could be, demanded one OF them to
climb the tree, when in the top of it
was found an eagles nest and To-!
therein a pretty sweet-faced infant,
wrapped in a purple mantle, and up
on his arm bracelet of gold, a
clear sign that he was born of noble
parents. Wherefore the king took
charge of him, and caused him to be
baptized, and because he was found
In the nest he gave him the name of
NeStingum, and III after time ad-
vanced him to the dignity Of an
earl London Tit-Bits Magazine,
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-12-16
I'LL MT - A Quiz With
1SN 4E4C - Answers Offering
II Information
AHOLLLGx u Various Subjects

l. What are the freezing and
boiling points of mercury?
2. Which is larger, the United
States of Brazil or the United
States of America?
3. What do the designs and col
ors of Scotch plaids indicate?
4. What were the first messages
sent by telegraph and telephone?
S. Does the use of veneer on
furniture imply poor quality?
6. How much torn and defaced
money is sent to the United States
Treasury for redemption?
7. Is there a law which permits
the United States government to
withhold and conceal the existence
of treaties between itself and for
eign powers from its citizens dur
ing the time of peace?
8. Who first referred to the Lost
Battalion by that name?
8. How much money is collected
in toll charges in one day on the
George Washington bridge in New
York city?
10. How does the speed of %
caliber rife bullet compare with
that of fast baseball?
Answers
/. Its freezing point is -3796
degrees F., and its boiling point,
675 degrees F.
2. The United States of Brazil,
which is 272,000 square miles
larger.
3. They indicate the clans or
regiments to which their wearers
belong.
4. The first by telegraph was,
what hath God wrought" and
by telephone, "Mr. Watson, please
come here: l want you"
S. 1t does not. 1t is the only
method by which the grain or fig
ure in some rare and beautiful
woods can be displayed to advan-
tage.
6. Approximately three billion
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-12-16

dollars year in mutilated cur
rency is turned in for redemption.
7. The United States canRot
have secret treaties with other
countries.
8. The name was given by Har-
old D. Jacobs, who at that time
was cable editor of the United
Press in New York city. Mr.. ia
cobs now is editor of the Santa
Barbara (Calif.) Morning Press.
9. On an average day for 1886
there was collected in toH charges
on automobiles and pedestrians at
the George Washington bridge the
amount of 10,840. 40
10. Walter Johnson's fast ball
was once timed at 122 feet sec
ond. The National Rife associa-
tion says that the velocity of .22-
caliber rife bullet varies from
1,100 to 1900 feet per second.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-12-16
F&cyd &1&cns1>
ADVENTURES CLUB
HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES [Sr
OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF &c.,
'He Confessed a Murder"
BY FLOYD GIBBONS
Famous Headline Hunter
EVERYBODY:

II ELLO EVERYBODY:
L Meet James B. Doyle, boys and girls, of Brooklyn,
N Y, who tells yarn today about terrific adventure
that happened to him while he was a member of CCC
camp in Long Island back in "a
soundly, after hard days
bright fashgh in his face still pitch
n the bunkhouse time
he growled.
the hushed
Of his who bunk him The shaking with
emotion.
"Slhh" il Don't make noise. I tell
sOmething-somehng important"
fellow a this the night tell stories"
can't tell Someone might be listening Slip
clothes and TO the washroom.
Told of Killing Infirmary Attendant.
4 building raining
Jim didn't feel like getting nice and
his excited buddy
something terrible had happened and dressed quietly.
Silently both made their through the
the
whats the big mystery" he asked.
carefully
hetating tell what he had his
IN said finally. your
that will a
of this to living soul"
Jim said weariy. whats rouble?"
We d
eyes popped out of his head He
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-12-16

cause of these symptoms may be
some infection of the sinuses-the
little hollows or caverns in the bones
about the nose.
Sinuses May Be to Blame.
DR.. James Crookes in Archives
of Disease in Childhood" published
by the British Medical association,
states that any or all of the sinuseS
may be affected but the large sinus
in the upper jaw is very frequently
affected and the infection very
readily discovered.
In a large series Of routine oper-
ations for removal Of tonsils and
adenoids, about Is per cent had
chronic disease of the sinuses. This
was shown by the fact that during
the operation the wall of the sinus
was punctured and the disease opus
formation) was found.
This is a startling fact which
may 60 far to explain the trying
group of failures after the removal
of tonsils and adenoids, in which
symptoms of nose, throat, and
bronchial tube infection and other
disorders occur again, despite the
complete removal of tonsilS and
adenoids.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-12-16
Water and Salt.

In prescribing a diet to decrease
weight most physicians advise that
table salt and all liquids be reduced
in amount. This is because every
pound of fat tissue holds three
pounds of water, and every grain of
salt keeps 70 times its weight of
water in the body tissues. Table
salt is known as sodium chloride.
Table salt and water are both neces-
sary for the proper action OF the
different body processes.
The need of additional salt
in the diet of certain animals is rec
ognized by the farmer who pro-
vides salt for his stock. Wild ami
mails, too, sometimes seek salt hcks
but only when forage is scarce.
Animals differ from human beings,
however, in that they refuse to eat
a quantity of salt in excess Of that
which the body really needs. Since
a vegetable diet contains a large
amount of potassium salts (and each
mineral salt seems to need GER
tain definite proportion of the other
mineral salts in order to do its work
properly man and those animals
which are herbivorous (eat grasses
and similar foods require an addi-
ton of sodium chloride, table salt,
to their regular diet. Without this
extra salt they become uncomfort-
able and lose appetite. On the 9TH
er hand, the carnivorOus EskimoS,
who eat their meat raw, do not
require this sodium chloride since
their supply of this salt is obtained
from the blood of the prey. which
is distinctly salty"
/ am quoting from an article by
DR.. Edwin A. Cameron in Hygeia,
who shows that too much salt re-
quires too much water for the tis-
sues and organs particularly the
kidneys) to handle.
According to insurance COM
panies, deaths from kidney disease
between the ages of forty-five and
ffty-five years, are three times
more than those for the period of
thirty-fve to forty-five years.
In regard to preventing kidney
disease, restraint should be more
specially directed against overin-
diligence in table salt (sodium chlo-
ride) and fluids of all kinds since
the reduction in salt and water
intake is often extremely necessary
in the treatment of any condition af-
fecting the kidneys" "
1t is estimated that in every min
ute the blood flowing through the
kidneys equals the weight of these
organs. This quantity is from ten
to twenty times greater than the
flow through any other organ. Thus
the popular belief that the forced
drinking of water removes poisons
by flushing the system is false.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-12-16
Eve Heard 1t Said,
But Wouldn't Believe 1T

Henry George of single tax
memory was noted for his in
difference to dress, says his biog-
rapher, Louis F. Post, in ''The
Prophet of San Francisco" On
one occasion he happened to be
the sole passenger on a sleeping
car. The negro porter lamented
to Mr.. George 1.-The po'ness OF
business" The reformer was in
spired to hand him large tip.
Looking from the money to Mr.
Georges not over-faStidious
clothes and then back to the mon
ey, the porter exclaimed incredu-
lously:
Dat all fo' me? Well, you sure
never can tell bout a frog till yo'
see him leap"
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-12-16

thought He quite figure He
menbeed his buddy
man in The
and down to the infmary The attendant and got into
argument shot him dead"
speaker
felt a feeling
smile he be kidding
Il wish kidding" IF believe
the nrmary yourself He's lying the floor
pool of blood. two bullets in him.
Jms Turn Was % Come Next.
Jim s unable associate his friend with OdboOded kill
selfconfessed
rincoa pOcketyng thoughts Jim thought
a threatening n eyes
What did with the gum" Jim asked casually.
suddenly stepped quickly
facing
his pockets his narrowed thin lines Something
expression the cold chlls Jim's
"The right here pocket" he
thinking the
and going to tel
4 O killed guy m
kill and play safe. One won't matter.
after Jim. Jim
that he his friend
Don't me-" he pleaded won't say word Run away
now they viii did it,
anything in
He
backed of the
pity those that stard-cold cno his another
expected explosion hurting
into eternity At the thought of this
All the Result of Shell Shock.
Jim braced himself and let a aker! 1t
or stop to him
count but tore out of the washroOm into the night
Wen Jim wouldn't risk going back
night pile of lumber. From his shelter
erstwe buddy sinking back and forth the darkness searching
until did
pale
hot coffee that shook his hand Jim told the
The listened nenty
of laughter As he laughed he pointed outside.
the pathalve snlng-came
attendant and his the
1 joke poor buddy
shell although
wild halucnatOns he reality, harmless a babyl
And that boys and girls is what call an adventure!
COpyright-wNU Service
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-12-16
q
Christmas
Present
MSNNNNNIIrllLLL/II

\ IRIS. GREENE sighed as she
M rummaged through the old
L V l. trunk for the Christmas
decorations. Sighed, and felt
ashamed For why should she be
lonely. with two fine grown sons.
successful enough to satisfy any
mother?
But Mrs. Greene missed her
tousled-headed lads, and as she fin
gered the battered drum, the out
grown mittens, the books and souve-
Mrs, she felt a deep pang that no
one needed her any longer.
She found the decorations and
hustled down. Mary, the house
keeper the boys provided, had fin
ished There was really nothing left
to be done She thought of other
tired Christmas ewes, and could
stand the oppression Of memories
no longer. I'm going out" she
said. and with no other explanation
set out into the night.
1t was crisp and starlit. and she
walked far. The light and warmth
Of a cafe attracted her. and she
stopped for tea Over the rim Of
her teacup her eyes met those of a
small boy just outside the window.
He drew back shyly, leaving a moist
spot where his nose had touched the
pane. He looked very hungry, not
just the healthy hunger which her
sons had brought home from school,
but as though he were really in
need. Mrs. Greene smiled and beck
oned. Come in she invited The
boy shook his head, started to go.
but the temptation Of warmth and
food was too much
That's better" Mrs. Greene ap-
proved, when he was seated oppo-
site her, with great bowl of soup.
Il just needed someone to talk to-"
And before long she had heard the
boys whole story. Having no folks,
he lived with an uncle, but he want
ed to get out on his own. There
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-12-16
Sinusitis
and Aden0ids
BY
M IhMEC M QkpT0M
OIVs STNUIGO W. Unit ] OTV
@ Bell Syndicate.-WN Service.

TT is only natural that par
l. ents who have undergone
the suspense and expense of
having their youngsters ton
sils and adenoids removed
should expect immediate and
complete relief of the usual
symptoms - frequent colds,
discharge of mucous Tor pus)
from the nose, mouth breath
ing, snoring, sore throat,
tiredness, loss of interest IN
work or play.
Fortunately in most cases the re-
suits are very gratifying; in some
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-12-16

said, for mittens not to be used, and
these books, now, and-wen, why
not? Mary would be scandalized,
and her sons might not understand
but there was their room, never
opened now
Listen. lad" she said. I've
been aching my heart out for a son.
And you need home. Couldn't we
give ourselves to each other for a
Christmas present? Won't you be
my SOM"
'Gee!" cried the boy, voicing a
wonder Of love and gratitude. You
can sure have me, and Merry
Christmas! Merry. Merry Christ
mas. Mother!"
G Western Newspaper Union.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-12-16
None But Americans on Guard"

There is a tradition that during
an especially critical period of the
Revolution General Washington is
sued the order. Put none but Amer
leans on guard tonight" There is
no record that such an order was
ever issued. but that it might have
been issued is suggested by a cir
cular letter which Washington sent
to his regimental commanders in
I777 regarding recruits for his body
guard: "You will therefore send me
none but natives" A few months be-
fore Thomas Hickey, a pretended
deserter from the British army, had
tried to poison Washington and had
been convicted and hanged. Put
none but Americans on guard" was
one of the notices Of the Know
Nothing party which was organized
about 1852.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-12-16
ENGLISH PLUM PUDDING

THERE are those to whom
l. Christmas dinner would not
be Christmas dinner without end
ing with plum pudding. Scald
212 cups stale breadcrumbs with
l cup cream. Cream II pound
beef suet and add to it u cup
brown sugar, y cup corn syrup.
well-beaten eggs, II pound
chopped citron, Y pound cur
rants, 2 teaspoons baking powder
and y cup brandy or rum. Turn
into a buttered mold and steam
for "a hours, IL hours one day
and II hours the next. Turn into
a tin and seal until ready for use.
when it must be reheated for
serving. Serve with sauce of
choice.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-12-16
e rMEaEA e g AS.aNN EaSA q .
The CHRISTMAS
HARVEST
BY Alison SECOR
in Successful Forming

nLD SANTA CLAUS
~ Some don't beiieue in him because
He makes them spend
They like 10 borroc. but nerer tend
That Christmas cheer
Which pernledies This time OF wear
They are nch:-fst cyHics. these.
They neUer knOto hot0 presents please
The little kids. and others;
The sisters and The brothers;
The care-icorn dads and ceGry mothers.
They nercr learned 10 lire
Because they neUer learned Ia gire.
You're got 10 plant before YOU reap.
II all YOU get you keep
Your soui gets barren, sterile, sour
IL takes the pO,cer
Of cheerful giumg
To giUe zeSf 10 tirmg.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-12-16

were so many little ones, and after
all. he didn't really belong. He'd
get by. He knew where he could
get a paper route right now, if he
only had a bicycle.
Il know where there's a bicycle
standing useless in an attic corner"
said Mrs. Greene. 1T belonged TO
my sons. You shah have it.
His shining eyes made the whole
night seem brighter. They left to-
gether.
There was more than the bicycle
1t seemed a shame. Mrs. Greene
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-12-16
Quotations"

Pleasures are satisfying in inverse
ratio TO their cost.-Bruce Barton.
Every great cause is embraced first
by an aggressive minOrity.-ALbert
EinSteiH
A nation can be judged by its
hum0r.-Smcidir LetCis.
Wars are never won: they are
only and always lost.-B. NJ. BGruch.
The loveliest rainbow is in our
vision rather than in the sky.-WW
DurGnt
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-12-16

cases, however, the
youngster still feels
tired, has frequent
colds, and may re-
main or become i'll
tempered.
What should prove
of interest to par
ents and to physi-
clans also, is that in
a number of cases
where removal of
tonsils and adenoids
does not remove the
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-12-16
Fingernails Denote Rank

Gentility is said to be judged by
the fngernails. In China, for in
stance, long, pointed shapes signi-
fed at one time high rank or birth.
In ancient Egypt and other Orien-
tai countries dyed fingernails SET
royalty apart from the common peo-
pie.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-12-16

n ERS. GREENE sighed as she
NH rummaged through the old
1 v l. trunk for the Christmas
Carbon County news., 1937-06-11
| @
60y Thornton w Burgess

So they forgot everything else in the
joy Of this good news. Peter forgot
all his trouble because his friends
and neighbors wouldn't believe the
story he had told them Of the
strange great tracks he had found
deep in the Green Forest. In fact,
he forgot all about those tracks him
self. There was too much else to
think about. The Green Forest and
the Green Meadows, and the Laugh
ing Brook and the Smiling Pool
would soon be waking up, and Peter
just had to be on hand to greet each
of the sleepers, who had spent the
long, hard, cold winter warmly
tucked in bed, and knowing nothing
about Jack Frost, or rough Brother
North Wind, or how hard it had
been sometimes to get something to
eat.
So Peter hoped and skipped and
danced in the moonlight with Jump
er the Hare, and was happy. mo
more days of hunting and hunting
to find something to eat!" he cried,
as he foolishly tried to jump over
his own shadow. mo more racing
around to keep from freezing to
DEATH" And then, just because he
didn't have to, Peter raced faster
and harder than ever. You know,
it is lot easier to do things when
you don't have to. It is fun then.
"Just the same," added Peter, II
wouldn't sleep all winter the way
Johnny Chuck does, and Grandfath-
er Frog and Striped Chipmunk and
a lot of others for anything. Think |
of what they miss! It's worth it |
even if we do have hard times once
in a while. And it's going to be |
such fun to see all the sleepers wake |
up! Yes, sir, I'm glad I don't sleep ]
Carbon County news., 1937-06-11

Most Of US have f'the blues" al
4NA times. But the normal mind
soon clears them away. This is moi
true, however, of some unfortu-
mates, who seem always and quite
unaccountably depressed. In a
world that is filed with so much
about which to be cheerful and hap
py, these mournfu1 souls see only
that which should not be.
Destiny, for some unfathomable
reason, seems to have singled them
out for unhappiness, brooding and
gloom which they hardly deserve.
And destiny has marked them with
the finger Of Saturn now to be de-
scribed. ,s>2g%7*ss re- a.
The Melancholy Finger Of Saturn.
Fortunately you win not come
upon many second fingers Of this
type. But when you do, you VIII
recognize its peculiarities at a
glance. The outstanding character
istic is the twisted and distorted
appearance of the finger from root
to nail tip. This and excessive
length and leanness, which add en-
phasis to the large and knotty
knuckles. -
The first joint usually, inclines
sharply toward the forefinger, the
second joint just as sharply away
from it, while the nail tip turns
again toward the forefnger. The
nail is long, narrow, often convexed
and deeply ridged and rather deep
ly set. Il W.T.. i. :. ..s i r. ~. -
Individuals with this unusual type
of second finger are rarely under
stood, even by those with whom
they are most closely associated.
They crave sympathy, which they
deserve but which is too often with
held. If encouraged, the real abili-
ties so often lying latent within
them may be loosed in surprising
accomplishments despite the handi.
cap which destiny has imposed.
WNU Service. .tt
Carbon County news., 1937-06-11
ODD JOBS ON FURNITURE

THE usual varnish finish of a ta-
l. BILE top turns white under hot
dish when alcohol or other liquids
are spilled on it. These white marks
are damage to the varnish. If the
varnish is damaged through the
wood, the only remedy is to scrape
it out and to refinish. But more
usually a white mark is only on the
surface. The treatment for taking
it out depends somewhat on the kind
Of varnish used in the finish; but
one or another of the following will
probably succeed-a little Of a iq-
uid being applied lightly with a
cloth; .turpentine; linseed oil; spirits
Of carnphor. Another method is to
rub lightly with finely powdered
pumicestone and any light oil, ap-
piled with the finger-tip. Cigar ash
can be used in place Of the punice-
stone.
A dent in wood is actually the
crushing of the wood fibers. To take
out a dent, cover with several sheets
Of blotting paper wet with water,
and press with a fairly hot iron; the
steam will swell the fibers and bring
them back to their original posi-
tions. A nick or a break caused by
the chipping off or gouging out Of
some of the wood can be filed with
shellac in stick form, which can be
Carbon County news., 1937-06-11
MAN n Err S OF
THE MON ENT
SEVEN O'CLOCK CALLER
BY JEAN
o By The Assoc

COME people have a knack for
- dropping in to say hello just as
you're ready to have dinner. It
might be very nice if you were still
living on the farm. where all you
had to do when someone dropped in
was to 60 out and slaughter another
chicken. But when you've got just
two chops for two people, pot luck
is hardly luck any more.
Personally we'd like to see the
modern hostess develop a more aex-
ible nature. It wouldn't hurt to put
the chops in the icebox and serve
up an omelette. But most modern
hostesses don't think of that. And
anyhow, sometimes they don't even
have eggs.
In that case there are only two
ways to handle the seven o'clock
caller. One is to sit him out. And
the other is to tell him the truth.
We can't see why il would hurt any.
ones feelings if you said to him,
Sorry, old top, but / have only two
chops tonight, so I can't ask you to
stay. But how about eating with US
tomorrow night" If that procedure
makes you feel like a cad, then
turn off the fires on your stove and
sit the caller out. It's the only pos.
sible way Of keeping the chops in
the family.
WNU Service.
Carbon County news., 1937-06-11
First Aid Roger 1szn 3. Whitman
to the AiIing House

| had IN all Of the various wood col
ors and shades. Stick shellac looks
like sealing wax. To apply it, a
screwdriver blade is heated hot
enough to melt off some of the shell
lac, which is then pressed into the
break in the wood. When it has
hardened, it can be cut off and
made level with a razor blade or
by rubbing with fine sandpaper.
Loose chair rungs can be made
tight through the use of thin and
small slips of steel made for the
purpose, and usually to be had at a
hardware store. The loose end of
the rung is. pulled out, a slip of
steel of the right size is placed
against it, and the two are forced
back into the hole. Having fine
teeth, the slip binds the rung tightly
into place.
When a chair has loosened all
over, due to exposure to dry air, it
is best to take it completely apart
and to put it together again with
plenty of glue. The parts should
then be tightly bound with heavy
cord until the glue is thoroughly
dry.
Squeaks in a wood bedstead are
due to the loosening Of the glued
joints. To cure the squeaks, the
joints should be taken apart and re-
glued.
A split in table top, also caused
by drying out, can be brought to-
gether by exposure to damp air;
sometimes by laying damp cloths
on both sides of the split. When a
split has closed, small pieces of fat
metal, to be had at a hardware
store, should be screwed on the un-
der side, to prevent the split from
reopening.
g BY Roger B. Whitman
WNU Service.