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"a Notapie Lawsuit"

JUST as some hopeful Americans
- will continue to search for Cap
tain Kidd's buried treasure, so
will other credulous ones believe
that John Jacob Astor's fortune was
based upon a chest of gold and jew
els which the famous pirate hid in
a cave on an island off the coast of
Maine; that Frederick Law Ohm
stead, Sr., who became the owner
Of the island, brought suit against
the Astor family for $5,122, 234. 80;
and that the suit was finally settled
out of court for 100000.
Some of them will tell you that
they've actually seen the court pa
pers in that famous lawsuit with the
names O: Joseph H. Choate as at
torney for O,nstead and Elihu Root
as attorney for the defendants. They
probably have, for there are plenty
of copies floating around.
The only trouble with the story is
that it isn't So The whole yarn was
the concoction of that famous hoax
err, Franklin Harvey Head of Chi
cago, who first printed it in 1899
for the amusement of his friends.
But thousands have heard it told
as a true story, some of them be-
lieve that it's a piece of litigation
that's still pending and many news
papers have printed it at one time
or another as a great behind the
scenes" story. It's one Of those
manufactured legends" that just
won't be killed and stay dead!
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-03-17
Borah Hits Navy Bill

JUST before the house began con-
- sideration of the administration S
billion-dollar naval construction bill,
Senator Borah virtually gave notice
that the measure would not get
through the senate without lively
fight. He gave out a statement at
lacking the naval building program
as an uniustifed step toward 1.-The
beginning of another World war
an ornaments war"
Such a program is not in the
interest of peace" he said. 1T is
not for the welfare of our people.
These vast sums are being drained
off from the people at time when
they are in sore distress to find
means to carry on"
Borah is the senior member Of the
senate foreign relations committee.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-03-17
Historic
HOaxes
e
A President Hoaxed
BY ELMO SCOTT WATSON
@ Western Newspaper Union.

1T ISN'T often that hoaxers dare
L trif1e with the dignity of a Pres
ident Of the United States. But it
happened at least once in history.
In 1901 President Theodore Roose-
welt was scheduled to visit Charles
ton, s. c., and speak at the exposi-
ton there. Several formal receptions
were planned for the distinguished
guest by the citizens Of Charleston
who were looking forward to the
visit Of a President of the United
States for the first time since before
the War Between the States. And
then woman gave them the shock
Then woman gave them the shock
of their lives!
She was a social climber, a lion
hunter" who was determined TO add
I. r. to her collection of celeb
rites just to pay off the society
women of Charleston who had
snubbed her. So when Roosevelt
came ashore at the South Battery
after an excursion around the har-
Dor, she managed to reach his side
and asked if he would stop at her
house for cup Of tea.
The President thanked her but ex-
planned that the committee had re-
quested him to accept no personal
invitations. Thereupon she played
her ace. She wanted him to come
to please an old negro who had been
the faithful servant Of her family
since slavery days. He would die
happy if only such a thing could
come TO him as handing cup OF
tea to his President" she said.
So Roosevelt accepted her invita-
ton for the sake Of pleasing the old
slave. The women of Charleston
were enraged when they learned how
the Climber" had triumphed over
them. But the men were less en-
ragged than amused at the woman'S
cleverness. 1t seems that she had
come from the West and her family
had never owned slave. The
faithful old servant had been
hired for this special occasion!
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Franco Warship Sunk

CPANISH insurgents sustained a Sc
- we're loss when their cruiser Ba-
leares was torpedoed and sunk in
a big naval battle off Cartegena.
The l0,000-ton cruiser went down
in flames and probably about 300 of
her crew were drowned. Some 400
others were rescued by two Brit
ish destroyers.
The loyalist attack by warships
and planes was carefully planned to
break the rebel blockade of govern
ment ports on the Mediterranean
coast. The loyalist authorities were
highly elated by this victory in what
they called the first real naval bat
tie Of the civil war, and War Minis
ter Prieto said they were now pre-
pared to fight the conflict to a finish
on the seas.
The British admiralty announced
that two British destroyers were at
tackled by FIVE airplanes off the
Spanish coast while on "anti-pira-
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ReautY in Glass

1t has been well said that glass
more than any other form of handi-
work shows the individuality of the
craftsman. The glassmaker Of old
created products which expressed
his own conception of beauty. But
no longer does he shape and turn a
piece of molten glass on the end
of metal tube into a thing of ex-
ceeding beauty. The technique of
glass blowing has so completely
changed that it may almost be con-
sidered lost art.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-03-17
A Pig Was TO Blame

By the disobedience of lad in
1909, a garden gate in Rhode Is
land was left open, and pig got
in and destroyed a few plants. A
quarrel between the owners of the
garden and the pig resulted, which
spread among their friends, de-
feateG the Federal candidate for
the legislature, and gave the state
a senator by whose vote war was
declared in 1872 with Great Brit
ain. Paragraphs.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-03-17
Widens Tax Field

IN A 5 to decision Of far reach
ing implications, sweeping aside
more than century of precedents,
the United States Supreme court
held that income from leases OF
state school lands is not immune
from federal taxation.
Justice Pierce Butler, dissenting
with Justice James Clark Mercy
nolds, said it was impossible to
foresee the extent to which the
courts opinion upsets the long set.
tied principle of reciprocal tax i'm.
munity in our dual system of gov
eminent.
The decision was the latest of a
series in which the Supreme court
has greatly narrowed the field OF
reciprocal tax immunity.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-03-17

him in the bow and they approached the great
monster a strike with his harpoon.
prong deep whales back
hurled almost the place just ahead of the hump Then
runner"
off like train for points distant
him practically all the line they had and he just
jerked that little boat around the South Seas like ~reng towing
baby carriage doy plowed
% hours og t whale Slowed down w" bit Thew took in t slack line
the bomb and took shot Mr. Whale and
getting ready let him another when the big boy decided
he straight down. with everybody hoping
his mind before pulled the little beat
line almost its limit Everybody stand
ing tense.
Smashed the Boat to Bits.
Portuguese sailor o
the line sackened ."
now" yelled coming up"
nothing they could
and there foated that little band of whae
night straining their for sight of the whale.
suddenly, Crash! little
completely of HURTING through
air. The whale had directly beneath the tossed
though had been tOOthpick.
amdships. and the pieces whed the eddes
thrashed about.
managed hang
for their lives fearing all the while that the whale might crash
to finder by another slap his immense tail And then another
terrifying faced them There swish
nearby
Sharks Were All Around Them.
Everybody Everybody
his legs like football
warming up And they headed water for hours
the gloom of the night they
family the sinister dorsal
dangers 1t seemed the literally alive with sharks
Slowly the dawn broke the eastern clouds And there
fifty yards the whale floating the surface He dead
But around him the water seetng with the fms of sharks making
a big piece of fol- the mates
ment eff hadn't been for that whale we'd all have
been shark meat long before this"
The ship finally picked the boats almost
can't in the kicking for eight
the South Seas without feeling right the
They owed that whale and yielded O barrels of oil and that's
whale Incidentally Al Stuart
and he says they're eight and inches long and weigh two
COpynght-wHyU
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Men in the Moon
THE first, and probably the gre;

THE first, and probably the great
l. est, of all American newspaper
hoaxes appeared in the New York
Sun in August, 1885. 1t was the in
vention of Richard Adams Locke
and told how Sir John Herschel, the
eminent British astronomer, had in
vented a telescope to find out if the
moon was inhabited. He discov-
cred that it was-by a kind of man
bat, as well as by many other Curl
Gus forms of animal and vegetable
life, all of which were described in
great detail.
OF course, the story caused a SEN
sation. A party of scientists called
at the Sun Office to see the original
accounts which were supposed to
have been taken from the Edin-
burgh Journal of Science "a publ
cation that existed only in Locke's
imagination, also). 1t also fooled
the other newspapers and when one
of them, the Journal of Commerce,
asked permission to reprint it.
Locke confessed the hoax
He then explained that it was writ
ten as IAN elaborate satire upon
the monstrous fabrications of the
political press of the country and
the various genera and species Of
its party editors" especially "a no.
torious foreigner who is the super
vising editor Of one of our largest
morning newspapers" That was
James Gordon Bennett, founder of
the New York Herald, who had en-
ragged the conservative papers of the
day by his sensational methods
which were making his paper such
a success with the common people.
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Floyd &16o%'S>
ADVENTURES CLUB
HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES
OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF!
"WhdLe Ouertur1lS Boat"
BY FLOYD GIBBONS
Famous Headline Hunter

7 ELLO EVERYBODY:
Stick close boys and gals. We've got to make long
trip today don't anybody be lost strayed or
stolen We're popping off for the South Seas Down there
where they do say the gals skirts and men dive
down the water and choke sharks to death.
this story, too 1t comes from an old
the when they had iron men and
City Al is the seven
adventure hehad almost half
century ago. these from the old timers
City and just sit with
Al swap adventures with him.
He O Bedford Mass. with
and West Indians
the because the
all pretty hked when they
picked several small whales.
big though and he sailed
looking prizes It's long
Newt didn't
everything they could find
They HarpoOned Big Bull Whale.
he the first mate rakng
whale after nghtfaM Al had
they had just
owed their back to the ship The
ain hadb OUT he mat before the whole
VERY said. 1T won't happen again"
spotted bull whale
and the boat lowered to go
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Aloes. Medicinal Plant

Among the Greek physicians,
aloes was a most important me-
dicinal plant. Centuries earlier, the
idea Of binding fresh plant leaves
of various kinds on burns or other
wounds was a favorite of Egyptian
surgeons. Homeric heroes bound
up damaged skin in the same way
with herbs and oil Roman expedi-
tons found the savage Germans
adept in the art. European set
tiers in America learned from the
candy is customarily used.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-03-17
Smallest Book Claimed.

What is claimed to be the small
est book in the world has been
written by war veteran suffering
from shell shock at Munich, Ger
many. It is half the size of an or
binary postage stamp, three-quar-
tiers of inch thick and contains sc
pages. The tiny volume has 1898
letters, each one-ffteenth Of an
inch in height.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-03-17
The Rosetta Stone"

A shapeless. broken slab OF black
basalt stone unlocked the secrets Of
1000 years of ancient Egyptian his
tory. Known as the Rosetta stone,
it was discovered in 1899, inscribed
in triphcate, in three languages, and
from it the Egyptian alphabet was
deciphere6.
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&y2au1nkd W. NGck0nd
" SUMMARIZES THE WORLDS WEEK
G Western Newspaper Union.

cy" patrol duty. There were no
casualties.
General F. 1co was reported TO
be recognizing all his troops from
Africa so that ne can carry on if
Mussolini withdraws the Italian con-
tingents in accordance with the ex-
pected agreement with Great Brit
ain. Conversations to lead to that
agreement were started by British
and Italian diplomats.
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ton and proceeded
to the White House
in full regalia, to
present his creden-
tials to President
Roosevelt. The count
is fifty-four years
old and a bachelor.
He is a distinguished
citizen Of France
and the scion of a
long famous family.
Other callers at
the White HonSa
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thai and Harcourt
Morgan, has come
to a climax, due to
the claims of Sen.
George L. B e TT y
for $1,000, 900 be-
cause his alleged
m a T b / e quarries
were flooded in the
Norris dam area.
Doctor Morgan has
demanded a show
down in the form of
a ron OresSiOna1 in
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who aroused much interest were
the three unmarried sisters of King
Zog Of Albania. The princesSes
are on a pleasure tour of the United
States and it is officially denied
that they are seeking suitable huS.
bands over here.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-03-17
Berry Claim Cause Of Row

T ONG existing warfare between
IL DR.. A. E. Morgan, chairman Of
the Tennessee Valley Authority, and
his fellow directors, David Lilien-
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-03-17
New French Ambassador

COUNT RENE DOYNEL DE
" SAINT QUENTIN, who replaces
Georges Bonnet as ambassador
from France, arrived in Washing
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-03-17
Ners ReUieu of Current EUenfs
LID OF IVA BLOWN OFF

Chairman Morgan Demands Congressional Inquiry
Refuses TO Resign Spanish Cruiser Torpedoec
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defensive propa-
ganda war, it ap-
pears to be the an
swer-perhaps the
only possible re-
The Washington times., 1938-01-10
TOdav's Home Service

that cute one. You know the
one I mean. E"
Or can you make the crowd
fairly see her "huge, sparkling
brown" eyes, "straightbanged"
hair, "miSchievous" smile, tom
boy" antics?
Our 32-page booklet shows
how easy it is to build an affec-
tive sparkling vocabulary. Good
usage. Acceptable slang.
Send 10c for your copy Of
HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR
VOCABULARY to the Washing
ton Times Home Service, 635
Sixth Ave-, New York, N. Y. Be
sure to write plainly your
NAME, ADDRESS. and the
NAME, of booklet.
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DECLARE YOUR LOVE

Dear Miss Fairfax:
I'm in love with a girl but I
can't determine her feelings to-
ward me. I have known her
since high school days, but
never called on her or made any
dates until a year or two ago.
Lately I've been seeing her quite
frequently, and have learned to
care a great deal for her. I've
never told her of my love, and
have never tried to kiss her,
fearing she would think I was
looking for petting and I know
from remarks she has made that
she will not tolerate such stuff.
I've tried going with other
girls hoping that my feeling
might prove to be infatuation,
but such is not the case. I al
ways wish that the girl I happen
to be with, were the one of whom
I'm writing. She has never re-
fused me a date, so I think she
must like me a little. Please
give me some advice.
JOHN.
You seem to stand quite in awe
of this friend, and I would ad-
wise you to face about and take
the initiative: don't hesitate to
show your love, even to tell her
Of it. After all, wouldn't it be
best for you to know it at once,
if the girl doesn't care for you?
Some girls are so proud that
they would rather die than let
a man think they are in love
with him, before he made the
first sign.
It seems that this girl enjoys
your company, and as long as
she gives you all the dates you
ask for, you have every reason
to hope. Good luck to you.
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Syndicate, Inc.)
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MAKE WORDS WORK
FOR YOU

Your vocabulary! How quick
ly it shows you up-as a fasci-
mating, alert person or a dull,
unintereSting one!
Do you make a good impress
sion calling things by their right
names? Your date will think
you're tops if you can spot the
defense star" in the hockey
game, get thrilled about a 'dou-
BILE pass" root for that plucky
"goalie."
Do you use colorful. vivid ad-
jecttves? Describing a movie
star, do you say vaguely. "Oh,
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Save Money

Women who go about the
house in shoes with rundown
heels were taken to task by a
home economics instructor in q
Mid-western university. Recon-
mending that housewives wear
shoes with the built-up type Of
heel that can be kept trim and
wearable by occasional new top
lifts, she declared that rundown
heels may often be the cause
of headaches anad other all
ments.
"The money saved on leather"
she SAID, will eventually be paid
to doctors ana foot specialists"
The Washington times., 1938-01-10
Etl0uette and Manners
By MRS. CORNELIUS BEECKMAN

that she apparently is not able
to plan to have after the we'd
ding
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Bra of Elegance Brings Revival of Superb Jewels
AdUice
To
L0Uebrn
By Beatrice Fairfax

~ EAR MISS FAIRFAX:
IL Some time ago my hus-
band died and I was left
with a small baby boy. About
a year later I met a young
man, and we fell in love
and decided to marry, after
only a few months courtship.
He did not tell his mother
right away about my first mar.
riage or that I had baby; he
thought she might object to the
marriage.
A little while after we were
settled in our own apartment we
told her, and from that time on,
she has continually urged my
husband to leave me. We've been
married three years and my boy
is now 5 years old and dearly
loves his Step-tather. Every time
my husband visits his mother he
comes home cross and upset. At
other times he is very good. I've
begged. his mother to let us
alone, but it's of no use. We are
both 27. L. c. D.
Surely, anyone who would not
sympathize with you in this sit
uation would be a very hard
hearted person. Here is the mis-
chief-making mother-in-law Of
novels and tradition doing what
she can to wreck her sons home.
Your husband should not be In
fluenced. Do not criticize this
lady, or quarrel with her. Just
insist, in a dignified manner,
that you have a right to be left
in peace. And make your home
as happy and comfortable as
possible.
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Dear Mrs. Beeckman:

Lear MIS-. bcGCh4AAdIA.
A very dear friend of mine is
to be married soon and would
like to have a shower for her.
This is the problem: She is to
be married in the rectory and is
tc have no celebration at all,
not even a dinner, except for the
immediate families. OF course,
she will send out announcements
after she is married. Is it proper
il such a case to have a shower
fer her? P.
Indeed it is proper for you to
have a shower for this friend.
And it is all the more friendly
and generous of you, since you
will be giving her and her friends
a chance to have q gala party
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She prefers the cream mascara for her eye
makeup and frequently uses bronze shadow A
simple eyebath is also one of her daily rites and
when she does this she rolls her eyes about to
refresh them and cool them thoroughly
Send for Makeup Chart to act as guide in
selecting your makeup. Enclose stamped self
addressed envelope for your reply and address
Donna Grace, Beauty Editor of this paper.
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Evening Light

The silver birch stands bare and
still
Upon a silver Snow-white hill,
It's silvery fingers reaching high
To touch the ceiling of the sky;
Like candelabra standing tall,
With stars as tapers burning
small.
Late evening with its vesper
light
Shines on the altar of the night.
GEORGIA G. SHERWOOD.
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modern, youthful, and very becoming coiffure.
The feature of this new arrangement is a cas-
cade effect of soft. plump curls that frame the
entire side of the head
They call it The Jupiter" and feel it should
take the place of the almost obsolete Page Bob"
Now from Hollywood-They say there is no
more vibrant personality than ths glamorouS
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Bed1tY C01AnAeG:

Lily Pons and she at
tributes her ability to
work and look beautiful
to her good health. She
loves to spend as much
time as possible stretch
ing every day. She is
careful of her diet, and
of course as she is
slender, does not follow
a reducing diet but
avoids fried foods and
sweets in excess.
She thinks the hair
should have a great
deal of attention to
keep it lovely, and her
long black hair is al
ways immaculate and
radiant in its lustrous
beauty. She is so jolly
and good natured we
are told when they
were making the pic
ture Hitting A New
High" the petite Lily
laughed so hard at the
antics of the others,
they told her she would
a,,sl;A~.nA
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DEMI-TASSE

DEM1-TASSE
Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
Is it considered good form to
go to a silver tea without a hat?
It is to be given in a home.
How soon after dinner should
after-dinner coffee be served?
B.
Women guests should wear
their hats to a tea, and dur
ing the tea, no matter where
the tea-party is being given. If
the after-dinner coffee is served
at the table. it is served d.
rectly after the dessert course.
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DANCE IN PRINTS

Once more we dance in lovely
prints. A beauty is in blue
green, black anC white in sharply
etched design 1t is slim to the
knee linz and from there a crisp
flounce of tulle widens to the
floor. %
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Skillet
and
Spoon
By Sibilla Campbell

VOU may h a We eaten
l. cottage cheese pie with
out knowing it. If this recipe
is new to you you will see,
when you've made it how
much it is like cocoanut pie.
In cooking the veal cas-
seroIe be sure to keep the
dish covered as this helps to
retain the juices and flavor.
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SPAGHETTI WITH CLAM AND
TOMATO SAUCE

Stew tomatoes with celery
enough to flavor, season with
onion and a little garlic. Cook
we'll in a pan and strain. Put
some butter and little bacon
fat in a frying pan. Saute IL
chopped clans. When these be-
gin to cook, pour over them
the tomato sauce, and boil for
about five minutes. Sprinkle
over the spaghetti, which has
been thoroughly cooked in salt
ed, boiling water, some grated
Parmesan cheese. Pour over
the clam and tomato sauce and
serve at once.
COTTAGE CHEESE PIE
Line two deep pie plates with
pie crust and add the following:
Beat six eggs well. add one and
three.fourths cups of cottage
cheese, two cups of shredded
cocoanut, seven tablespoons of
sugar, one teaspoon nutmeg,
four cups of milk, or enough TO
fill two pie plates. Bake as you
would a custard pie, being care
full to reduce the heat to pre-.
vent it from becoming watery.
VEAL AND VEGETABLE CAS-
SEROLE
Brown three pounds of shoul'
der of veal and three.fourths
pound of smoked ham, cut to
pieces, in a frying pan. Re-
move the meat and scar one
half cup of chopped celery,
three potatoes, cut in quarters,
and three diced carrots in the
Drowned fat. Place in cas-
Serole, add salt and pepper to
taste, one teaspoon of Worces-
tershire sauce. Cover the dish
and cook slowly for two hours.
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By Donna Grace

THIS will be just a bit
Of gossip between
ourselves, about this
and that.
While We may admire
q mans hairstyle for a
man, certainly no girl
would think of copying
1t for herself, but now,
according to the Ameri,
can Hair Design Insti-
tute, they are doing
that. 1t is really the
attractive wig Perc
w p S t m ore, Of Holly
wood, made for Alfred
Lunt in the character
Jupiter, in "Amphitry-
on 38" and we are not
surprised either. 1t is
so beautiful, every girl
was green with envy
that even a god should
have such gorgeous
curls.
The institute has
taken the wig, and with
a slight change or two,
transformed it into a
The Washington times., 1938-01-10

IQUAMARINES AND DIAMONDS are appro-
II pirate for debutante Dainty and delicate,
but cleaning a0ith thousand facets of translucent
color, aquamarines especially lovely When worn
5Oith pastels. Here Miss Anne Keiss a0earing
frock of flesh chiffon velvet foil for this er
qusite jewery strand of imtricately cut beads
placed t1vice about her throat She pin framed
in diamonds. The grooved ring has complement
of small baguettes. The matching bracelet has two
ro1Us of uquunarine alternating 1Uith diamonds.