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The Nome daily nugget., 1937-11-23

MO DOUBT the same old ques-
 N tion will be asked that we
 have so often heard - what have we to be thankful for? The question is foolish, almost as foolish as the a em pts to answer it. Thanksgiving means gratitude, and there is probably no man alive who does not hold ingratitude to be one of the blackest sins. Of course, there can be no gratitude except as it is shown not only for something but to some one. Therefore, observes writer in the Indianapolis News, it is that the thought of Thanks giving necessarily implies the existence of a Divine Giver and Benefactor. So we are bidden to return thanks to Almighty God as the Giver of every good and perfect gift" When there seems to be a scarcity of gifts one is tempted to ask the question, why be thankful? And that is a question which every one must an swer for himself, and it will be answered as it always has been, in different ways. It is futile to cata- logue what we know to be blessings and what we believe to be anything but blessings, and set off one list against the other, and be thankful in proportion as the good exceeds the evil.
 Carlyle long ago showed us the folly of the bookkeeping method as applied to things spiritual. Probably most people get out of life about what they deserve and in proportion to what they put into it. It seems to be true that the most thankful people are those who have the least On the other hand, those who are surfeited with good things take them as matters of course, as their due, and so calling for no gratitude. The
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-11-23
Why we have Tin ank sgiving XT Turkey

THREE tim es year, at
 Thanksgiving, Christmas n
 New Years. the people of the United States advance upcn cer- tain huge golden bronze fowl, cut it's throat, strip it of its plumage which fairly makes the old table groan under the extra burden. Since We have raised this bird into national significance which parallels to an almost equal degree that of the eagle, symbol of the govern nent itself, it has a special interest to all Americans Although many folks may still be ''as poor as Jobs turkey" says writer in Pathfinder Magazine, they somehow manage and contrive to have turkey fo Thanksgiving, whether they can or cannot afford it
 In years gone by those families who could not afford turkey turned to chicken, duck, beef, rabbit, or even pork and were glad to get it.
 But now let's get back to the ques- tion of why we have or try to have or would like to have or imagine we would Ii ke to have turkey for Thanksgivin dinner. The an- swer of course is that he turkey is strictly an American bird and serving it at feasts of thanksgiving is an old and ancient American custom. Some authorities will tell you that we eat turkey on Thanks giving day because after the first harvest in the ia Il of 162l the Pill grim Fathers at Plymouth set aside a period for flea sting and offering
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-11-23

fees to the earth gods in an inn pressive thank giving ceremony led by the ruler.
 "The earth gods" says Alredo Barrera Vasquez, of the staTs of the Mexican National Museum and the National University of Mexico, who is of Maya descent, "are called the Four Bacabs and are repre- sented as supporting the four cor ners of the earth. Each god has an appropriate color: red for the east where the sun rises, black for the west where it sinks into dark ness, yellow for the warm south and white for the cold north. Yum K'ax, Lord of the Forest, resides at the center of the universe and is chara cterized by the colors blue and green"
 The Thanksgiving ceremonies still take place in some parts of Mexico today, although most of the old GUS toms are dominated by the Catholic influence.
 The name of the principal god of the harvest is lost However. we have many representations of him on ancient monuments. He is always depicted as being young and handsome, symbolic of life and urou,tb Errop, h ic hood urn,Syc ponizp instead of hair.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-11-23
Life in Shunqhoi Before Jdpdnese
 Shells Bequn Their Destructive Work

Prepared by National Geogryohic Society
 Washington. D. C.-WNU Service.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-11-23

Thanksgiving turkey of today than the scrawny wild fowl felled by the blunderbuss of the Pilgrim hunts man. Most of our domesticated va rieties of turkeys today are really descended from the Mexican wild turkey that ranged over Arizona, western New Mexico and southern Colorado virtually the dooryard of earliest American civilization. The Pilgrim turkey was merely the wild variety of the same bird which roamed the eastern part of the United States
 Just as the turkey was exclusively an American bird in the time of the aboriginal Indians. 70 it is to- day. No fowl from any foreign country approximates it. In fact, wherever turkeys are raised today. and they have been introduced to many foreign countries, the ances- tral stock came from America. And so far as is known turkeys are never imported to this country. Contrary to popular opinion h e turkey did not get it's name from Turkey (the country of that name). The first turkeys taken from the New World tAmercaD and sold in Spain were handled largely by Hebrew merchants. Since tn e turkey was frequently confused with the peacock it was quite natural that the Hebrew trades should ap- ply to it their name for the pea cock, or "tukki." More or less comm on use of this name followed, which easily became in English our present name turkey"
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-11-23

MIHEN football fans turn out " for the Thanksgiving games
 they will perhaps realize that they are conforming with an old American custom, but do they know how old that custom is? asks a writer in the St. Louis Post-Dis- patch.
 Thanksgiving football games were instituted in America about 2O00 B. C. The custom began among the ancient Mayas, who, al- though they did not eat mince pie or sit in concrete stadiums, did dine on turkey and did set aside a day on which they offered up the first fruits of the harvest sea- son. feasted and played, or watched a ball game in a stonewalled en- closure.
 The department of middle Amer ican research at Tulane university has discovered that the Mayan games were like ours in many re- spects Just as fans today travel for miles to see the Thanksgiving games, so did our predecessors on this continent journey across h land, on foot or horseback, to Chichen-Itza, holy city of the Mayas. to view the holiday spec tacle.
 In his description of the Mayan game. Maurice Refs. on the staff of the department of middle Amer ican research at Tulane, says;
 As it began when Rome ruled the waves and Frenchmen wore bear skins as their Sunday best, football wasn't just football. That is, the ball wasn't kicked with the foot and the scores were produced by persuading the ball to pass through a perpendicular ring high on a stone wall"
 When the thousands of pilgrims who came every year arrived at Chichen Itza, they offered sacri-
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-11-23

N THE Whangpoo ap- preaching Shangh al
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The Nome daily nugget., 1937-11-23
THE JUDGE SAYS:

0T HANKS SGIVING is ap-
 | preaching - it's time we told ourselves over and over again the things about which we should be thankful. There are plenty of those things. But, most important of all, I think, is the chance given to make ourselves happy again. Judge Harry B. Keidan.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-11-23

question seems to be whether one has a thankful spirit, which surely is something to be greatly desired.
 Without it. man is less than man. Even beasts are grateful. Practical ly, the question suggested by the day touches character. There is nothing mechanical or formal about it. One can not pump up thankful ness, and the setting apart of day does not suggest that there should be such an attempt. The day is rather a recognition, less of a duty than of an opportunity which it would be or might be fatal to neg lect. Be ye thankful is an apos- tolic command. It ought to be easy to obey. Those men are nearest the truth who feel that in this life noth- ing is due them, and that whatever they get is in very true sense gift, and one which may be far beyond their deserts. So we are called to keep another Thanksgiving day, which should bring an outpour- ing of not only thankful but kindly hearts. Appropriate to the day is Pope's well-known verse:
 Teach me to feel another's woe,
 To hide the fault I see:
 That mercy to others show.
 That mercy show to me.
Evening star., 1937-08-27

Although not quite strong enough In
high cards for normal opening bid,
South decided to open with one heart
on account of his distribution. West
doubled, and at this point North
should have bid one spade, but in
stead, for some reason best known to
himself decided to lie in wait. East
naturally bid two diamonds. South
was forced to pass. West now bid
three clubs, whereupon North backed
in with bid of three spades East
doubled like a shot (After all, he was
pretty sure his partner had spades
also, and he was more than ready for
the heart rescue,) South could not
stand for spades and hence bid four
hearts, which was passed around to
East who, of course, doubled.
West opened the king Of clubs and
East discarded the deuce of diamonds,
shifted to mis- fourth-best spade. De-
clarer went right up with the ace in
dummy, discarded diamond from
his own hand, and now led that suit.
East played low, declarer the Jack
and West won the queen.
Now West shifted to the singleton
trump. East won with the ace and
returned the suit, declarer winning
with the queen in dummy. The sec
ond diamond now was led. East played
the nine and declarer made the mis-
take of going right up with the king.
West won with the ace and played a
4
ruff, and now, since East's two re-
naming diamonds were both good, all
declarer could make were his two re-
naming trumps and he was set five
tricks for a penalty of 900 points.
Now North made the mistake OF
criticizing his partners dummy play
without the bad play in diamonds
declarer, of course, would have been
down only 700) whereupon South re-
torted: What difference does it make
how played dummy? II you hadn't
bid like crazy man, nothing would
have happened to us. Our opponents
didn't even have a game
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Evening star., 1937-08-27


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leading team-of-four, inventors of the sys-
tenn that has beaten every other system
When Not to Back In.
WHEN holding strong hand Of a
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before bidding But when you hold p
weak ne-suiter, it is best to get your
bid in early or forever hold your peace,
particularly when one of your op-
ponents shows strength by a takeout
double of your partners opening bid.
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Evening star., 1937-08-27
W. P. AS Best Mouser.

CHICAGO (P.-William Haas, jan
itor for w. P. A. headquarters here,
was having troubles galore with mice,
50 he sent for Inky.
ut was 1nky's efficiency as mouser
in Rockford, ILL.,, that occasioned her
transfer from Rockford district to
district 3, the Chicago area. and the
results have justified the transfer"
Haas said.
"Inky is spinster," Haas added,
and the best mouser in two counties" "
Evening star., 1937-08-27
Good News for Motorists.

Japan's Cycling Association Is ap-
pealing to the government to build
concrete cycling paths at the side of
the main roads, and motorists are in
dorsing the idea.
Evening star., 1937-08-27
Twizzler Answer.
MODERN MAIDENS

Each tire on the wealthy young
eportsman's car had Travelled $4,000
miles. Was 1t confusing to you at
first or did you spot the deceptton7
Evening star., 1937-08-27
Winning Contract
BY THE FOUR ACES,

David Burnstine. Merwin D. Maier. Os-
wald Jacoby. Howard Schenken. worlds
leading team-of-four. inventors of the sys-
tenn that has beaten every other system
in eXiStenCel
Evening star., 1937-12-15

the lines of psychology, chemistry,
biology and physics.
Supt. Powell sat many a lesson
through as she worked out with her
classes, by trial and error methods,
the, course Of study that was to be
the guide for other teachers in this
new field.
From the summer courses at Chau-
tauqua, N. Y, the teacher training
groups at Columbia University and
the scientific courses at the George
Washington University Miss Jacobs
supplemented her own educational
background. To the hospitals and
the physicians of Washington she is
supremely grateful for their help and
assistance in making available to her
their lectures, in nutrition, anatomy
and physiology. To DR.. William Mer-
Ger Sprigg, for his ns-taking tute-
lage in the last two mentioned fields,
Miss Jacobs feels she owes an especial
debt of gratitude.
The steps to the dictatorship of q
great public school systems home
economics department, with so teach
ers under her jurisdiction, is a sue
cess story of initiative, unceasing ap-
plication, native talent and zeal.
Looks Ever Ahead.
Today, in her Office on the third
floor of the Dennison School, Miss
Jacobs, eager and alert, has no vale
dictory message for those who shall
carry the banner after her.
With shining eyes she rather con-
tinues what YOU suspect has been her
Evening star., 1937-12-15

life practice Of never looking back but
always ahead to the next goal Of in
spiration and achievement.
A home maker and active church
worker in Arlington County, Miss ia
cobs will continue these activities more
intensely perhaps when she no longer
needs the Q o'clock school bell.
According to Robert Haycock, first
assistant superintendent Of schools.
January % will be the occasion of a
testimonial dinner to her upon the
part of Supt. Ballou, other school
officials, the Board of Education, the
members of her own corps and her
many teaching friends throughout the
school system.
Evening star., 1937-12-15

voted boycott against Japanese i'm
ports. Other courses Of action ap-
proved by the league at q meeting
yesterday were preparation and cir
culation Of a list Of satisfactory sub
stitutes for Japanese goods and stores
where they are obtainable and au-
thorization Of request to stores to
sell no more Japanese products after
present stocks are exhausted.
Other women's groups will be in
.vited to participate In the fashion
show.
Miss Gwen Geach, secretary Of the
Minimum Wage Board, and Mrs.
Louise Stitt Of the minimum wage
division Of the Womens Bureau OF
Evening star., 1937-12-15
GET Appointments
Eight d. G. Boys Will Attend
Staunton Military Academy.

Eight Washington boys have re-
ceived military appointments at the
stauntons Military Academy, staun-
ton, Va.
They are Cadet Capt. Frank A..
Orme, son Of Mrs. Z. o. Orme; Cadet
First sergt. Stephen Smith, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. 8. H. Smith; Cadet
sergts. James Z. Ball Sd, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. James Z. Ball, and Donald
Murray, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. T..
Evening star., 1937-12-15

Murray; Cadet corpk. Ernest D.
Scott, jr., son Of Gen. and Mrs, Ernest
y. scott; Laird Shull, son of Mr.. and
MRS. F. T. shull; James Dunn, son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. r. ]. Dunn, and
robert Mink, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
g. c. Mink.
Evening star., 1937-12-15

the Department Of Labor explained
to the league the basis on which
minimum wages for women employees
in the retail trade here were de-
termined.
Evening star., 1937-12-15
SILK BOYCOTTERS
PLAN STYLE SHOW
League Of Women Shoppers Takes
Action Against JAP.
anese Goods,

A fashion show to display cloth
goods which are satisfactory substi-
tutes for silk will be staged by the
League OF Women Shoppers as one
move in three-point program de-
signed to make effective a recently
Evening star., 1937-12-15

The Duchess Of Kent bought Christ
mas presents at the sale In London Of
the work Of 1000 men badly wounded
in the World War.
Evening star., 1937-12-15

Jobless Demand More Aid.
Unemployed Of Cork, Irish Free
State, have demanded an increase IN
home unemployment assistance to
meet rising living costs.
Evening star., 1937-12-15

Use your credit at Koy's-ts simple, easy and con-
venent, and you can budget your expenses Your poy
rents don't stort until next yeor-so shop without
worry about how to find the Gosh, beeouse you don't
need cash at Koys
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-05-14
THIRD. WEEK OF DIET

Monday
BREAKFAST-On banana sliced
with milk: one shredded wheat bis
cult with milk; one cup black coffee.
LUNCHEON-Ora one lamb
chop; boiled; one-half head lettuce,
dressing; toast; coffee.
DINNER = One-half grapefruit
two eggs, boiled or poached; one-half
coffee.
What is your weight today?
Tuesday
BREAKFAST = One cup berries
with milk; one slice toast dry; one
cup coffee with not more than one
lump of sugar and one teaspoon of
MILK
LUNCHEON = Cheese sandwich;
coffee.
DINNER-Two poached eggs: one
slice toast; coffee; orange.
What is your weight today?
Wednesday
BREAKFAST-Tw sliced peaches
with milk; tablespoon of oatmeal with
milk, no sugar; coffee with not more
than one lump of sugar, and one tea
spoon of milk.
LUNCHEON - Small serving ham
and egg; coffee, black
DINNER-One bowl clear soup;
one serving veal; cauliflOwer and
eggplant; one simple dessert.
Thursday
BREAKFAST-F any of the
following: one baked apple, one pear,
one slice of pineapple; one small serv-
ing cereal with milk; one cup of cof-
fee with not more than one lump of
sugar and one teaspoon of milk.
LUNCHEON-One- grapefruit;
one egg, boiled or poached; toast; cof-
fee
DINNER T-bone steak;
one-half head lettuce celery, dressing;
toast; coffee.
What is your weight today?
Friday
EAKFAST-Bunch of grapes or
one raw apple or glass of tomato
Juice; toast dry; coffee with not
more than one lump of sugar and one
teaspoon of milk.
LUNCHEON-One bowl clear soup;
fruit salad (made of apples, lettuce,
oranges, pineapple, radishes, cucum-
Der, greens) with mineral oil dressing;
one cup black coffee (optionaD.
DINNER = Celery and radishes:
one serving Of cod, haddock, trout or
whitefish, with lemon juice; one serv-
ing brussels sprouts; one serving GU
cumbers: blanc mango; coffee with
one lump of sugar and one teaspoon
of MILK.
What is your weight tolay?
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-05-14
DR.. Logan Clendening's Reducing Diet
suggested by the column for Central Press Association
FIRST WEEK OF DIET

tuce; eight large slices of cucumber.
tomato; sliced orange; glass of butter
milk
SUPPER-An average portion of
boiled nam lettuce and tomato salad
without dressing; cup of tomato Juice:
cup of tea or coffee without cream or
sugar.
What is your weight today?
Thursday
BREAKFAST - Glass of orange
juice; cup of tea or coffee without
sugar or cream.
LUNCH = Two ilard-boiled eggs,
sliced; large tomato, sliced; half of a
grapefruit; cup of coffee without
sugar or cream.
SUPPER-Half of breast of. broil-
ed chicken turnips and carrots, any
style; half of an average grapefruit;
cup of tea or coffee without cream or
sugar.
What is your weight today?
Friday
BREAKFAST-Dish of prunes, cup
IF tea or coffee without cream or
sugar.
LUNCH Average portion of hall
out, a quarter of a head of lettuce,
serving of carrots, cup of tea or cof-
zee without cream or sugar.
SUPPER serving of we'll
Droiled whitefish, average sized toma-
%, two pieces Of celery, half of a
grapefruit, cup of tea or coffee with
out cream or sugar.
What is your weight today
Saturday
BREAKFAST-Hal grapefruit; one
thin slice Media toast; poached egg
(smalD coffee with one tablespoon
milk, no sugar.
LUNCHEON-Crea of spinach
soup, onehalf cup; lettuce and toma-
to sandwich (whole wheat bread, only
enc slice buttereO gingerbread Qx1x2
incheS; tea with lemon.
SUPPER Clam juice cocktail;
roast beef (5x2x1-4 inches); mashed
potatoes, one-half cup; asparagus
(seven stalks with two teaspoons but
teri; lettuce and celery salad (mineral
oil dressings; coffee jelly (one-fourth)
cup) with one tablespoon heavy
cream.
What is your weight today?
Sunday
AKFAST-Orange, grapefruit,
or tomato juice; coffee, clear or with
milk; toast, one thin slice with one
teaspoon butter.
MID-MORNING+ boullion.
LUNCH Poached egg, or omelet, or
one slice lean meat, or fish, or raw
oysters, or CLAIMS; raw vegetable sa-
lad, mineral oil, French or mayon-
naise dressing; one thin slice whole
wheat or bran bread with one tea
spoon butter; fruit without sugar.
MID-AF'TERNOON with lemon.
SUPPER-Clear soup or tomato
juice cocktail; lean meat or fish, gen.
erous serving; potatoes or other vege-
tables, medium serving, with one tea
spoon of butter; spinach, carrots or
other vegetables, generous serving;
fruit salad, generous serving, mineral
oil manonnaise or French dressing, or
lettuce salad; sliced fruit without
sugar.
BEDTIME cup of milk, hot or
cold.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-05-14

Monday
arAKFAST- Half a grapefruit
bhi ~ or coffee, without cream
OF sven - An egg, cooked in any
exccpt fried or as an omelet;
way ;,,n,-si1ed tomato; slice of pine
neai"' class of buttermilk.
2ppII,YD - One lean lamb chop;
- e lettuce; cup of tea or coffee
ht .'rou4 cream or sugar.
WHAT what is your weight today?
Tuesday
rprAKFAST- Juice of one orange;
IS tea or coffee without cream or
Three tablespoons of cot
~ cheese; half a grapefruit; cup
ny 90 or coffee without cream or
sugar. ,,,e of +oo+o
40. average portion of steak; boiled
.n;ons or squash; cup of tea or coffee
rithout cream or sugar.
what is your weight today?
wednesday
BREAKFAST - Apple or pear, or
Stood peaches cup of coffee without
cream or sugar.
1TNCH- Quarter of head of let
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-05-14
column for Central Press Association
SECOND WEEK OF DIET

prunes with milk, not cream), glass
of orange juice, toast, one-half slice,
thinly buttered one cup tea or coffee
with not more than one lump sugar,
one teaspoon milk.
LUNCHEON-One- grapefruit;
two olives; toast; coffee; two eggs.
broiled or poached; one-half head let
tuce, tomato, dressing.
DINNER = One-half grapefruit;
two olives: Clipped beef; six slices
cucumber; one-half head lettuce, dress
ing; tomato; toast; coffee.
What is your weight today?
Friday
BREAKFAST = Fruit: Choice of
half grapefruit, half canteloupe, three
prunes with milk, not cream, glass
of orange juice; toast, one-half SLICE
thinly buttered; one cup tea or coffee
with not more than one lump sugar,
one teaspoon milk.
LUNCHEON-One- grapefruit;
one lamb chop, broiled; one-half head
lettuce, dressing; toast; coffee.
DINNER-Two eggs, broiled or
poached; twelve asparagus tips; dish
spinach; one-half grapefruit; toast;
coffee.
What is your weight today?
Saturday
BREAKFAST Fruit: choice of
half grapefruit, half canteloupe, three
prunes with milk, nor cream) glass
of orange juice; toast, one-half slice,
thinly buttered; one cup tea or coffee
with out more than one lump sugar,
one teaspoon milk.
LUNCHEON- One-half grapefruit;
one egg; toast; tomato, dressing; cof-
fee.
What is your weight today?
Sunday
BREAKFAST-Sam as for Satur-
day.
LUNCHEON-One grapefruit;
whole tomato, dressing; three table
spoons cottage cheese; whole wheat
bread, toasted; coffee.
DINNER-Cold tongue; watercress
salad; toast; coffee; one-half grape
fruit.
What is your weight today?