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Evening star., 1938-06-26

O4Ak~ Sev
traffic had lessened a lot,
but there was still a con-
gestion on the standby
wave. Another hour. The
ships gradually quieted.
Music floated in from
somewhere afar.
Then suddenly he heard
it again, just for a bare
fraction of a second, that
tremulous, whispering
note, and then it was over
whelmed and blotted out.
But he had heard enough.
SOS. quite plainly! No
mistake this time. He felt.
exultant. triumphant! The
Empress was laundering
again. All right, he'd show
him now!
He waited'a few seconds
till the liner ceased. then
his message flashed forth:
Empress. Empress -.
QRT. QRT. Shut up!
SOS. Shut up!"
There was a dumb
founded silence from the
liner and Ringer grinned
in satisfaction. His fingers
played again and the
spark cracked thunder
ously in the confines of the
small cabin. GO All
stations. QRT SOS.
Shut up!"
The Empress chimed in
with her high-powered
voice.
"All stations. QRT -.
SIS Aroon says QRT can
hear distress ;. Shut up!"
Other stations took it
up. and in a few minutes
the call had spread over
the thousand miles of
North Atlantic, relayed
from ship to ship ).
Shut up! Sos"
Valentia, Ireland, heard
it. Cape Race took it up
and threw it back with the
below of a shore station.
Ushant, France, caught it
and hushed the ships
which chattaed excitedly
round her. Gradually the
shipping Quoted. Ringer
caught again that faint
whispering and he took up
his pencil. He strained his
ears. Now!
Ieadane berg
pos on Lat
ffty-nine nor >. long =.
abandon -" The flicker
ing signals died away and
Ringacwsed. Theposition
hewanted!A thename..
was it Lea1ane? He waited
in agony for the call to be
repeated. But the signals
had ceased.
Received S.O.S.?" came
from the Empress.
WATT" Ringer flashed
back curtly. He COM
menced to call.
'Leaflane. Leaf1ane
Repeat position. Increase
power if can {. Repeat. "
No reply. He called again
and waited while the min
utes dragged. But the call
Evening star., 1938-12-18

ton the miles he Travelled on skates in that
time.
Murray's hockey career started as sort of
publicity stunt Back home in Victoria he
had puttered around on the ice bit, of course,
as became son and nephew and brother
of hockey stars: but when the only rink in
town burned to the ground and there was
no place to skate, Muzz was off the ice for
five years until the winter of 1856. That
was the year Papa Patrick decided to organ
ize an amateur hockey club as farm for
raising new blood for his Rangers. So he
selected some bright young men from the
Canadian prairies and made plans to bring
them on to New York as the Rovers.
But on the eve of their departure, one OF
the proup Babe Pratt took sick and was un-
able to report Murray volunteered to take
Pratt's place. Papa Patrick frowned on such
suggestion.
.You haven't had hockey stick in your
hands for five years." Papa scoffed. why.
you'd make fool of yourself - and OF me.
too"
But, Lester" broke in Jersey Jones, the
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-12-08
Game of Chess Has Been
PLAYED Since 5000 B. C..

There must be something remark
able about game that survives for
centuries. Chess is played in inter-
national tournaments and in homes
and in teashops, but what nobody
seems at all clear about is: who
started it?
The Chinese say that they car
trace chess in their own country for
more than 20 centuries, but we know
it is older than that, asserts writ
err in London Answers magazine, for
excavations at the Egyptian pyra-
mids brought to light drawing
showing chess being played during
the sixth Egyptian dynasty, which
is about 5000 B. c.
However, the game was brought
to England by the Crusaders about
the year A. D. 1905.
The Brahnins of India are be-
lieved to be the inventors of play
ing cards, and to have sent them
east and west, to Arabia. Persia
and China.
The first mention of them in Eng
land occurs about 1878, when
Queen Eleanor, wife of Edward I,
is supposed to have imported them.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-12-08
RIGHT Foods Aid
18th Health

There is one factor in maintaining
sound and healthy teeth which is
commonly overlooked, especially
while a child is growing. That is
which foods tend to strengthen and
prolong the life of teeth. If the diet
is lacking in the elements for build
ing teeth and bones, then decay and
loss of teeth is almost inevitable.
Medical authorities commonly
agree on certain foods rich in lime
and organic mineral salts, such as
whole wheat bread in preference to
white bread; shredded wheat and
whole grain products such as oat-
meal will help to build strong
healthy teeth. Milk and eggs are
both rich in lime. And vegetables
eaten with the water in which they
are cooked are strongly recon-
mended.
Children and adults alike should
eat natural foods. calling for exer-
else of the teeth and supplying all
the elements provided by nature.
And every child should be trained
early in life in the care of the teeth
and in mouth hygiene.
@ Bell Syndicate.-WNU Service.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-12-08

promoters have always been wary
of all Negro bouts, and have al
ways had a curious prejudice
against them. Chief among the rea-
sons is that large percentage of
fight fans stayed away out Of sheer
indifference to the outcome. Any
thing that lessons the gate receipts
is naturally arsenic to promoters.
There are other reasons why it is
unusual to see top Negro fighters
throwing leather at each other in the
nations big arenas.
Far too many mediocre white
boys have advanced a long ways
through regulations built up by fixed
fights. Negro fighters, facing inferi-
or white fighters, have been forced
to go into the tank in order to earn
the most meager living. Exploited
as reputation fodder, they were
forced to play ball with all types Of
promoters and racketeerS.
However, the abandon with which
two Negroes fought led those pro-
moters to believe that they had lost
their hold on the managerial strings
stretching to the fighter.
Louis has cleaned up the white
field, and Lewis is now his out
standing opponent. It's a break for
John Henry, because his style is
best calculated to bother Louis,
much in the same manner as did
Bob Pastors. Lewis, too, can use
the money. The ELECTROMAGNETIC
championship was not as lucrative
as it might have been.
And John Henry is aggressively
confident. That is a tremendous as
set in his favor.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-12-08

horse, he colder sitter
punched and headed for gat heavy Hereford cattle
CATTLE" peculiar will
but they deadly didn't the
and all bound clothing slipped
The next thing a
the herd him.
yelled "Get that horse Yuh killed." And
himself his horse stiff
lot Of clothing his right swing
clear Instead he Bill the with
Bill jumped lost his hold The minute
the ground hanging by his left foot the rrup His
low heel slipped through the
if he had had leg IRON
behind My head dragging the heels his
actually stirred hair knew that
to have them smashed My only hope work foot free
became frightened weight dragging alongside
sins did before
All thought of foot felt
being dragged from its socket.*
Could Feel Death Clutching at Him.
could
fate had him fast by the foot him
dered along behind him. If he wrigged from the
to fall under the pounding hoofs of the other.
right and left he glimpse
about him, his friends the
their best to him. "Bu knew, too, he "hat
couldn't possibly cattle to
fallen somewhere, but still had to get loose
kept ugging suddenly
The lace broke, shoe off lying
the ground, quiet, motoness Believe
the most comfortable in the world
The boys around helping I'll
foreman with skim for the feckles
his paperhe face like legal seals document
the ranch house,
while The foreman told
alive
that brings
punchers show but to
the from sliding through
cashing in his chips for first payment a harp
Service.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-12-08
White House Expenses

The bulk of the expenses of the
White House are paid by the Pres
ident from his salary. There is,
however, contingent fund, APP
propriated annually by congress,
which meets part of them. This
is understood to cover all repairs
and furnishings of the mansion,
the care of the grounds, green
houses, etc., and the salaries Of
such employees as a night watch
man, a doorkeeper, janitor and
policemen; also, the Presidents
private secretary and assistant
clerks, and finally such expenses
as stationery, postage stamps, etc.
But it depends somewhat on the
Presidents wish what shall be in
Guided under this contingent
fund"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-12-08
HINT OF THE-DAY
Bowling for Trim Hips

Bowling is the ideal exercise to
keep troublesome hip bulges down.
In Hollywood it has become one Of
the most popular sports among the
feminine stars. It keeps them svelte
for the camera and helps to relax
their minds and nerves after a busy
day before the camera.
Don't be misled into thinking that
only your arms will benefit from
bowling. AS a matter of fact, only
about 20 per cent of the actual work
is done with the arms. The back,
the hips are each benefited by
bowling, so much so that health and
beauty experts declare that no other
form of exercise is needed.
One hour on the alleys twice a
week will do marvels for your figure
and it's one of the few actual re-
ducing exercises that is pleasure
to take.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-12-08
Football Danger

FOOTBALL protective equipment,
charged with being responsible
for one-quarter of all injuries caused
by bodily contact, will go on trial
the latter part of December with
the National Football Coaches asso-
citation serving as both judge and
jury.
While many coaches believe that
the use of hard and unyielding
equipment constitutes the greatest
danger in football, it is not likely
that changes in that equipment will
be drastic. 1t is argued, and rightly
so, that the very cause of many
gridirOn accidents is also a protec-
tive factor which keeps many a
player from serious injury.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-12-08
Speaking of Sports
Basketball Hits
Top Ranking in
American Sport
By ROBERT McSHANE


FORTY SEVEN years ago col
lege boy invented game to fill
up the existing slack between
football and baseball seasons.
His name-James A. Naismlth.
The game-basketball.
Back in 1892 young Naismith
merely wanted a game that would
supply proper exercise to athletes
in the winter without the drudgery
of ordinary gymnasium routine. He
borrowed some rules from rugby,
lacrosse and hockey. A loosely knit
game to begin with, it was often
played with as many as 40 players
on a side.
At first the inventor experimental
with circle on the floor for his
basket, but the goal tender parked
himself in the circle, and scores
were impossible. He then tried a
hockey net, but too many points
were tailed. Finally the balcony
caught his eye, and he decided to
place the basket out of reach OF
the cOmbatantS.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-12-08
Floyd &16o&'Sz
ADVENTURES CLUB
HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES ~
OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF
High Heels

L EILO EVERYBODY:
story about high heels and horses, and about
fellow who had foot the srrup and foot the
The guy Lee Burgess of Toms River, N. j. and any Of
you think like used that high heels good for
anybody women any good hern will give
you argument the subject Lee knows at least good
wearing high heels. And for wearing them
that
early
he months ranch the little town of Walden
and by life he But
the
handled the spirited fairly ached
Learned o Stick a Horses Back
there's
class than the They him their friend
with it all
of They started him riding safe dOce onies al
horses back well enough riding with the rounding
cutting out calves the thousand odd
jobs that man and horse have to do big ranch.
AS progressed II naturally changed
patient faster highly organized animals
improved with the saddle confidence
in myself by leaps and bounds"
And often it's nothing than little much confidence
shoned
Zone bitterly cold "when the air
thin it decided 500 head
cattle the Old Ranch
feeding included the felt mighty
accepted With the
forty below job to dressed heavy
mttens all could do to navigate allthis
Having pairs heavy wooden socks
tight riding boots usually
buckled hen1
that Lee nearly paid for with his life
high
riding boots generally equipped
Horse Had Bad Disposition.
big rangy buckskn
the cattle corral and the left the
when the animals punched the drive Sitting
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-12-08

doubtedly call for several changes.
Particular fault is found with the
type of shoe cleat which screws on
to a metal post, extending from the
shoe SOLE When this cleat is broken
off and the post exposed, it can
easily become the cause of deep
cuts or painful abrasions.
When less dangerous protective
equipment is found, equipment that
will afford safety to the same de-
gree as does present equipment,
then both coaches and players will
welcome it.
Elmer Layden of Notre Dame has
devised what is probably the best
football helmet from a viewpoint Of
safety The Layden head guard has
a soft leather top, cushioned with
foam rubber on a sturdy fiber case.
It will be used in many colleges
during the coming year.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-12-08
Pattern 6O77

Medallions of snowflake dainti-
ness-an inexpensive luxury. Gro
Chef them one by one, and join
them to form a stunning cloth,
spread, pillow, or scarf. Inexpen-
sive in string or finer cotton. Pat
tern 6O77 contains instructions for
making the medallions; an Illus
tration of them and of stitches;
photograph of the medallions; ma
terials needed.
To obtain this pattern, send Is
cents in coins to The Sewing Cir
Gle, Household Arts Dept, 259 w.
18th Street, New York, N. Y.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-12-08
Fuel for the Debate

STATISTICS regarding shutout
games in the two major leagues
last season merely furnish addi-
tional ammunition to baseball fans
who argue the relative strength of
the two circuits.
There were 100 shutout games in
the two leagues, SO in the National
and a. in the American. That still
doesn't prove anything to league en-
thusiasts. National league support
ers have the shutout records to
back up claims that their league
excels in first rate pitching. Amer
lean league fans argue that there
are more pOwerhouse sluggers in
that league, and have the same fig
ure to support their contention.
Meanwhile the argument con.
tinues, with both sides using the
same statistics to prove their case.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-12-08
All Negro Bout

nv HEN Heavyweight Champion
w Joe Louis enters the ring Jan.
uary 81 to meet confident John Hen
ry Lewis, it will be the first time
the Bomber has met another Negro
since April Is, 1885, when he
knocked out Roscoe Toles of Flint,
Mich, in six rounds.
There are numerous reasons why
his ring opponents have not been
of his own race. Big league fight
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-12-08
Sport Shorts

[ .OLORED fighters hold five of the
eight worlds boxing titles
Long Island university's basketball
team has scored more than
point minute each game during
the last five seasons Golfers
at the Rosanne club in Melbourne,
Australia, are requested not only to
replace divots but also to SOW seed
Reggie Mcnamara, veteran cy-
clist who retired two years ago,
competed in 126 six-day bicycle
races, winning 20 Ice hockey
has been making rapid progress in
Scotland, with three new major
Kinks recently opened World
championships in lawn bowling will
be decided in San Francisco during
the 1889 exposition.
@ Western Newspaper Union.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-12-08
Leather From Hides

Out OF the average hide weighing
SO pounds, the tanner obtains about
80 pounds of leather. Some of the
waste however, is sold as byprod-
ucts. The unwanted hair becomes
the fiber in felt or plaster, and the
fleshing of the hide has been made
into gelatin food.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-12-08
Four Factors in Snakebite

The quantity of venom injected
into a victim when bitten by
poisonous snake depends upon the
size of the snake, the length of time
the poison has been accommodating,
the depth of the fang thrust and the
location of the bite.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-12-08

A c o m m j t t e e
n a m e d b y t h e
National Football
coaches association
has studied the
equipment used by
Is major colleges
throughout the Unit
ed States, and in the
near future will re-
port the findings of
their survey. w. A.
Alexander of GeOr-
gia Tech, committee
chairman will nm
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-12-08
Most Popular Sport

The Springfield college under
graduate then asked the janitor for
two boxes to nail to the balcony.
Unable to find them, the janitor re-
turned with two peach baskets. Be-
cause of that insignificant trife we
have basketball instead of boxban.
Forty-seven years later this col
lege boys brainchild is played by
60 nations and some 100000 ath-
letes. More persons either watch
or play it than any other form of
athletic activity on the globe. Some
statistician once figured that 80,000,-
900 in a year either shoot baskets
or gaze on others who do.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-12-08
Has Phenomenal Growth

The sport has had phenomenal
growth in the past, and its future
possibilities stagger the imagina-
ton. Basketball is almost religion
in the Midwest, particularly in In
diana, where one tournament drew
an entry list of 800 teams, COM
posed Of 5000 players and reserves.
One Indiana town with a popula-
ton of 5000 has a basketball arena
seating 5000.
New York's Madison Square Gar
den has done much to send basket
ball rocketing to hitherto untouched
heights. The Garden has become
court Rose Bowl for teams from all
parts of the United States.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-12-08
Fruit Juices
Essential to
Sound Teeth
BY PATRICIA LINDSAY

BY PATRICIA LINDSAY
'sMANY savage tribes hav- Won
AVA derful teeth in spite III the
fact they never clean them and do
not know what tooth brush is. 1t
is largely due to the plentiful use of
fruits, the juices of which have a
valuable cleansing effect"
"In recent years." medical book
goes on to state. "some dental au-
thorities have advocated cleaning
the teeth with fruit juices or food
acids, such as diluted cider vinegar,
instead of the usual alkaline tooth
powders. 1t is claimed that fruit
acids promote the increased flow of
saliva and in this way bring about
greater alkaline condition of the
mouth within few minutes. Saliva,
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-12-08

as you know. is naturally alkaline.
Furthermore fruit is somewhat anti
septic and is always healthful."
When fruit is reasonable in price
and plentiful you should eat much of
it. Especially fruits with juices.
And you should drink fruit juices
without sugar to reap the greatest
benefit and nourishment.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-12-08
Lesson No. Z.

ACSoOu lNOs -
This diagram is the first actual
cut shot and break.
To make this shot requires abso-
lutte accuracy in striking the object
ball 70 right. In order to keep your
cue ball from hurdling or jumping
the table, keep continually alert
on holding your cue level. Since
striking cue ball below the center
will keep it on the table, I would
advise that you strike your cue ball
Slightly below center. The most
glaring fault of novice players, when
the object ball is near a cushion, is
to elevate the butt of the cue. This
in the majority of cases causes the
cue ball to leave the table.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-12-08

Division of Highlands, LOwlands
The Grampian hills, which extend
across Scotland from the southwest
to the northeast, are generally re-
garded as the dividing line.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-12-08
How Women
in Their 4O's
Can Attract Men

Here's good advice for woman during her
change usually from 38 to 52), who fears
she'll lose her appeal to men, who worries
upset nerves and moody spells.
Get more fresh air, hrs. sleep and II you
need a good general system tonic take Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made
especially for ,oomen. It helps Nature build
up physical RESISTANCE Se. thus helps give more
jittery nerves and disturbing symptoms that
often accompany change Of life. WELL
WORTH TRYING!
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-12-08

Mt. Vernon as Neutral Territory
George Washington's Mt. Vernon
was neutral territory in the Civil
war.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-12-08

ENGINES AND PARTS

New and Rebuilt Gasoline and Diesel
for truck and Industrial use. Expert en-.
CINE rebuilding. Buda Engine Agency.
-566 First Avenue. So, Seattle.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-12-08
Horse Had Bad Disposition

Gill; big, rangy
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-12
&5os Goye 1,.:95l::!;,!M!ly l3|

had surely overtaken Jerry, for 1t had been two months since Ca- bells letter. Ships were getting into New England harbors with very little trouble No, he was not coming now. This fact Polly sensed and accepted. She laid away the calico print with the gay buttons down its tight-fitting waist. She talked less and laughed not at all. Not even Mrs. Pell dared accost her when they met on the street, so still and breeding was her face.
 Polly believed this to be her year of widowhood and she con- ducted herself accordingly. Yet to Trepid and Dick she was gentle and considerate. and life went on with courage and dignity in the shabby, spotless little house.
 Often at night Polly would read Jerry's letter - her one love letter before she blew out her candle. It's edges were becoming frayed. T must learn to live for the other three," she told herself. In few months she would be 20 years old. At sewing circle Mrs. Pell re- marked with narrowed eyes: "The whole things a hoax. It's obvious she never had a husband A fine comedown for good old family!" Mrs. Pell had never liked Pollys gentle London mother from the day she stepped off Trepid Chelsey's ship, and so it was easy to dislike the daughter.
 (TO Be COn::nued)