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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-10-01
Done At Random
tBy Ralph L Lester Fer AMP,

golden thought from the teachings
~ Buddhs The reason OF suffer
ing - ignorance. Teach the people
he truth and they shall be free.
one OF those we'll meaning folk
who always dwell at length upon
our spiritual welfare. has just con-
ciuded visit
We are not average 10 spiritual
guidance. advice. or what have you.
We always listen. As a matter OF
fac, listening il one Of the very few
-hings we do we'll. We also appre-
ciste the efforts being made 10 save
our soul hut in the meantime We
sfs SQUIRTING like the dickens 10
70, along here. A little more in
'eres, IN our material welfare
ould not ne amss.
Figure Of Speech
As hrszen ss lipetick.
As calm as turtle.
A. enthusiastic az jitterbuE.
As intimate as dainty "undies.
A. persistent as shadow.
As tired as returning vacation
isf.
A. unspoiled as a hobo.
A. unpleasant as hali'osis.
The origin % the hand on the
outside OF rvens hat dates back
% medieval times. when knight
tied The scarf OF his lady around
hi~ helmet. His motto probably
was "helmet The scarf'O
No rowing reporter on this staff.
Briiains four-page newspaper for
prisons is edited and printed in
Maidstone prison in England, and
s 900 copies are not distributed in
all prisons.
Wild animals except King Kong
brought from the. jungles live long
or and. on the average. are health
Ter than in their native state. The
reason is regular meals and medi-
cal care.
The last execution for piracy IN
New York was in 1899. Well bet
he eligible list looks like city
directory.
SUDDEN THOUGHT
Hitler must have been an old
carnival man. He's always after
concessions.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-10-01
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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-10-01

held to he as much theirs as nv
color OF their skins. Now the bar
hers are white men: white gre
have Saken the places OF me "
groes in the hotels and cafes Inv
summer l saw white men worS'ns
TO unclog a stopped sewer IN W.
Negro section OF Southern town.
When Senator Bailey says f'0.
eral efforts 10 destroy acceP'"
Southern leaders cannot succeed
no matter how much public mou''
is expended. no matter nav m'"'
political missionaries are sep'
down here. =" there u onV'Ou''
division OF opinion In sou'"''.
white leadership on the me'no0
bringing about social change ~
is the truly hopeful sign that ~
ter day is coming.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-10-01
Stu d e mt Killed In
Western Train Wreck

Los ANGELES (ANP) = Miss
Rilva Easter. daughter n " A.
Easter. prominent local educator.
was killed early Tuesday when ne
train on which she was ridlns
crashed into another s. ?. train N
the Imperial valley desert $50 miles
East OF here. Miss Easter was on
her way 10 wilberforce universI''
where she was a eophmcre 'u'
dent.
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I'D like that bed back. I'll pay you
SIS for it."
Sold" said Jim, and that after
noon he dragged out the bed and
carted it up to the Pooles and COL
lected his SIS. He was a little curious
about what was going to happen tc
that bed, so he hung around till a
truck drove in and the bed was placed
on it. Jim queried the truck driver
and made startling discovery. Frank
Poole was selling that bed to an an
tique dealer for SIS.
I'M got to thinking, The next day
he made trip to the city, and the
day after that an antique dealer came
out to Jims place. looked into the
storeroom, Whistled under his breath
and got out pencil and paper. He
stayed three hours and when he de-
parted he left Jim a check for the
amazing amount of $4,000!
The Axtells were numb with Won
der at having so much money. They
had never had more than S25 to them
selves all at once. They didn't know
what to do with it.
jim went around in a daze He
talked with Lem Higgins. the chief
OF police, and he learned that half
the people of Briarsfeld had lost all
| their wealth and were slowly starving
to death because they were too proud
to ask for charity
CHARITY" yelled Jim. why
shucks, man, I'm a charity expert"
So Jim began calling on the Door
people of Briarsfield and Offering tt
lend them money. They knew Jim
we'll and when he told them where he
had gotten the money, they were will
ing to take some. In fact, Jim found
some families that were eager to get
back some of the wornout clothes
they'd given him long ago.
jim and his wife, now owners of a
car, made a habit of loading up the
tonneau and paying calls at the poor
homes of Briarsfeld in the name of
charity every month. They were pretty
gay and happy about it. For to give
is much better than to receive. Be-
fore a year had passed Jim and his
wife had got rid of the old clothes
they had on hand. The storehouse
was empty and their bank account
was low. But they'd had a grand
time! They often wondered what they
would have done if there had been nc
poor people to pick on.
Five years later the depression
ended. The commuters train was
loaded again. Every one bought a new
car and smiled and seemed to be hav.
ing a fine time. To celebrate the re.
turn OF prosperity they decided to have
charity ball. When Jim Axtell hearc
about it he groaned
| Copyright 1889
Evening star., 1938-09-29
By Lillian cox ATHEY.

THE cacti long ago found they could
not dare clothe themselves in
leaves and had to develop something
IN place Of them. Leaf1ess plants are
known to many who have studied bot
any and they consider the cactus has
been very original in its way of over
coming the lack Of clothes.
The leaf is vast manufacturing
center. So what has the cactus de-
veloped in its need to take its place?
The plants must conserve every bit
of the moisture possible. Leaves
would mean their death because of
evaporation. So strange and grotesque
forms have been evolved And these
you can see on the hot deserts in the
form Of the pipe-organ cactus, the
Aloes, euphorbias and the yuccas.
The more arms the cactus appears to
possess the more water it is conserving.
They are truly barrels of water and
often these columns of arms have a
pulp that Is something like that of our
watermelon rind. Many travellers in
the hot deserts, knowing of these
water containers, bless them for this
strange trait and seek them for a cool
drink that could nowhere else for miles
be found.
The only part about the cactus that
Evening star., 1938-09-29

anything he could buy: 1t was unique
when finished and it had 81 squares,
9 in a row. The mistake didn't bother
him, however While the gentleman
sat at the board one evening he
found that he had placed nine check
ers in squares on the board as shown.
Then he noticed that no two of them
were in direct line with each other
After looking them over he found
that he could move three of them
to adjacent squares and still have no
two In direct line. Can you?
(AnsWer on Page D-10)
Copyright, 193S)
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keeps his family together ny doing odd
Jobs and depending upon charity. How
the AXtellS ever came to reside IN
Briarsfield nobody knows, but the gen.
eral opinion is that they were there
when the town was first measured off
for building lots.
It is curious thing, but the wealthy
resident of Briarsfield don't mind
the presence of the Axtells nearly as
much as you'd think. In way, the
Axtells are sort of Godsend, because
every once in while the citizens of
Briarsfield develop what might be
called a charity complex. They feel
that they must do their bit toward
helping the poor, and when this fever
is upon them what in the world would
they do without the Axtells? My land,
they wouldn't have any one to give
things to.
Periodically, therefore, about twice
q year there is a great hullabaloo and
a hue and cry through Briarsheld,
and charity rides in the seat of FASH
ion. Balls are held and field days and
lawn parties and card parties, and
plays are produced and all the usual
shilly- -shallying. Every one attends and
has fine time, and then the next
day gay committee calls on the AK
tells and performs their deed of
charity After that, the Axtells have
q breathing spell for six months.
I'm AXTELL and his wife have re-
signed themselves to being picked
on in the name of charity They don't
object to being given purses of money
and they don't object to digging vege-
tables out of gardens that belong to
people who, every spring, decide they'll
raise their own vegetables this year
and have garden planted and then
forget all about it. But they are
little fed up on being given old clothes
and old pieces of furniture.
Some rich people think that the
older and more worn out something is
the more it should be appreciated by
poor people.
At any rate, Jim AXtell not want
ing to offend any one, has been receiv-
ing such gifts for number of years.
His house is full of old furniture and
farm implements, and his closets are
stuffed with wornout clothes and
shoes and what not. There came a
time, In fact, when he had to build a
storeroom back of his shack to hold
all the junk that was thrust upon him
in the name of charity.
And at the rate things were going
he probably would have to build an
other storehouse. But something hap
pened. Crash! Bang! Just like that
it happened. Jim didn't know exactly
the ms and outs of 1t all, because such
matters had never troubled him much,
but he heard talk OF depressions and
Evening star., 1938-09-29
IN NAME OF CHARITY

re c e S s ion s and
busted bank ac-
counts, and he
noticed that the
commuters train
wasn't as crowded
as it used to be,
and that folks
looked worried. He
guessed something
pretty bad had
happened.
He had no idea
how bad, however.
until one day
Frank Poole called
on him. Jim, +"
said Frank, you
remember that old
spool bedstead my
wife gave you two
years ago?"
Why, sure" said
Jim. Il got it out
in the storehouse." p"
81 Tim - coil Ero~lp
Evening star., 1938-09-29
Natures Children
Pipe Organ Cactus
(Cactacea).

Of arms there is cactus. The pipe
organ is to be found on the hot sands
OF Arizona. The giant cactus of Ari-
zona, known as Carnegiea gigantea, is
this States floral emblem. The pipe
organ has flowers that resemble those
to be found on this cactus. OF recent
years the cactus has become very popu-
lar. The fact that it requires so little
attention, lives to such an old age,
and is so unusual accounts for its
popularity.
tCopyright 1881
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RR1ARsF1ELD is

defni t ely q
residential tow n
Located 20 miles
west of the large
city of Megler. its
citizenry is COM
posed chiefly of
bankers, brokers,
lawyers and pro-
fessio al men.
Building restric-
tions are severe
and every one is
prosperous.
r he A x t e ! ! S,
therefore. are an
In c o n g r u ity in
Briarsheld. T h e
Axtells are poor as
church mice. They
live in a shack
down by the rail-
road and there are
seven kids in the
family. Jim AXtell
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Broin TwizzIers
By PROF. ]. d. FLINT.

A GENTLEMAN who had retired
to the country to spend his days
Of ease found his greatest pleasure
In making things with a set of car
penter's tools which he had provided
for himself. One day he decided to
make a checkerboard that would be
unique and entirely different from
Evening star., 1938-09-29
Nuns to Make Pictures,

Nuns will be taught how to use film
apparatus and make pictures by the
Catholic Film Society of Westminster.
England.
Evening star., 1938-09-29

seems to replace the leaves this plant
centuries ago had to part with, is the
green stem.
In order further to protect the water
supply, the cactus has a very tough
Skin" from which there is no evap-
grafton. Then, in order to be sure
that more precaution is taken. the cac-
tus develops spines or thorns to dis
courage the attack of animals.
The thorns are formidable and ex-
ceedingly strong. They have been
used by the Indians in place of nails
and they use them as we would giant
pins.
There may be many who will tell you
that the cactus is beautiful plant.
The flow most certainly are. They
are of the most brilliant colors, and
soft, satiny texture. But to touch
them would be to have what seems
thousand tiny invisible needless enter
your flesh. For the flower has no
stem and is so close to the bayonets
that to try to obtain one is out of the
question unless properly armed with
leather gloves and long ng-handled shears.
There are many very strange shaped
cacti in Mexico rs well as in the
United States. On the Mexican coat
Evening star., 1938-09-29
PERSONAL.
MOTOR TRAVEL

PARTY LEAVING THIS WEEK FOR FLOR
ida. will give free transportation Tor driy-
ing services. Walnut S951-W. ]"
LOS ANGELES, CALF AROUND OCT 1st,
through Oklahoma City: take 3 passengers
MR.. JARMAN. National 37O5,
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ADLEA KENNELS.

complete grooming. All Terriers So.
Hand-plucked; bathed. nails filed teeth
cleaned; called for and returned. Bosrtin9 z
OF selected dogs. Adlea Kennels Mr. and
Mrs. :; Woolner. Washington Grove, Md,
PHONE GA1THERSBURG Il.
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ARLINGTON COAL co.
DOGS. PETS. ETC.

SCOITlE PUP. 5 months black female,
regiStered, innoculated; reasonable 2Sii
Douglas st. ne. Pot ,3lsO-J
TO SEE THEM is to love them and want
one-Beautiful Pekingese puppies weeks
come in and see them-it costs nothing
! know you will buy after looking 1913
IOth st. NV, Apt. y Metropolltan 4OGq
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FARM AND GARDEN.
BABY CHICKS

COW MANURE well rotted. guaranteed
Waters Wisconsin 4la5
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INSTRUCTION COURSES.
frcntinpod

AUTO DRIVING UCTIONs-Courte-
ous patient, professional Instructor Learn
to drive skillfully. safely and easily: park
Ing and traf1c. Mr.. Rundlett, Emer. 45S3.
Evening star., 1938-09-29

CLUB. 1907 Eve St
DOWNTOWN location: showers: good heat:
comfort: ST. mo. up: board. S2.T5 week.
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DUPONT CIRCLE. 1907 10Th st. NV
Front. south expos; studio 4 windows, open
fireplace: | single | double COS
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Mr.. DUPONT CIRCLE. 1858 Church st
nW.-Double rm., twin beds. unlimited
DhOne. CeOtler,ep
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PIANO-f you have an old piano you're
give you credit slip good now or in the
iuture on any piano, radio or musical
IInStrument IN our store. Natl 413O. Kits,
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SITUATIONS DOMESTIC.

COLLEGE GRADUATE. experienced in
home econ. tcoloredD. desires housework
sleep in; references. Phone Dupont 1862
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PIANO, baby grand. small size; good con-
d!tion; reasonable. Kriegs storage room.
OIb Eye ST. INV,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-04-23
RESURRECTION LUTHERAN
 CHURCH

"The Friendly Church" Corner of Third and Main Streets
 REV. JOHN l.. CAUBLE
 Pastor
 8l0.90 Sunday School iS11.00 a.nl --- Morning Worship Holy Gospel John 20:19-31 (First Sunday after Easter); sermon sub- ject, We Have Seen The Lord; # music: ] prelude, Meditation by Morrison anthem, Joyful Praises, Holy Jesusy by Bortniaski; offertory Golden Morning" by Hopkins; postlude, "Pestlude in c" by Kohl mann; hymns, l3l, 1S5, 136. 9The Luther League will meet at 6,30 pm, Beatrice BothweH, leader aChoir 3rehearsals will be held Wednesdays as follows: Children meet at 3 80, Juniors at 2, and Sen iorsa at 8 o'clock. r < All Lenten offering boxes not yet turned in should be sent to the par soiaagei or MT. Reck as soon as pos sible.
 visitors will find a 1learty well come at all our services.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-04-23
NORTHERN LIGHT PRESBY-
 BRIAN CHURCH
4whcrc Welcome and Worship

Where Welcome and Worship
 Meet
 Franklin at Fourth REV. JOHN A. GLASSE. Ministci GEORGE SCHMIDT, Chorister CAROL BERRY DAVIS, Organist 10:50 am.-Organ Moments. HOO am. - Morning Worship This service is also broadcast ove. KINY for shut-ins . 5 to 6 p.m.-Vesper Hour. (See our advertisement on this page for other details of these ser vices.)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-04-23
5 M AL LPOX VACCINATION
 URGED HERE
Department of Health Ask Cooperation of Par
 ents, Children

The Territorial Department of Health today issued the following notice; tf t 4E4
 An article in the magazine Time of April i, states that:
 Smallpox, of which there have been numerous ccses in the West and an outbreak in Detroit, has spread to all parts of the U s. except the Atlantic Coast, has struck near ly three times as many people as in recent years That a disease for which means of prevention have long been known should again break out may be due tosan sincreas- ing number of children escaping vaccination. aEAS i tl}is gtpcfs.
 "The Territorial Department of Health asks the parents of Alaska to take special heed of this report. With the approach of tine tourist season, Alaska will be visited by tourists from many states of the url- ion, and possibly by some individ- uals from states where the vacci1aa- ton laws are not rigidly enforced
 ~The only way to safeguard our children from any possible contag ion is through vaccination Medi- cine still has no cure for Smallpox, but smallpox is preventable. gai;t
 Parents are urged to take their children to their family physician and have them vaccinated against smallpox Do this as your share of May Day--Child Heelth Day obser- vance and help to y"~ Speed. the Child oh the Way tes HedtitsS
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-04-23
Nations Editors Meet with FDR in
 0ff-recOrd COnfab
Newsmen's s Society Holding Sixteenth Annual
 Convention

WASHINGTON, April 23.-The nations leading newspaper editors gathered at the White House last night to hold an off-the-record press conference with President Roosevelt
 Editors from all over the country nave assembled in Washington for she 18th annual convention of the American Society of Newspaper Ed itors.
 Regardless of how many interest ing things came of the conference -the-record," means nothing is to be published that results in the conference unless the President gives the word ss
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-04-23
Cupid DisCards
 Bow for Stones

VANCOUVER, B. C., April B. Dan Cupid is playing havoc with Vancouver's street lights:
 City Electrician Thomas Martin told the traffic commission a sec tion of a residential street was be- ing used by young couples for park ing and to keep the street in dark ness, stones are thrown at the lights" Six lights a night was a good average.
 Commission members suggested no necking' signs, parking meters and even a street reserved for the spooning. They finally decided to give the police the job of checking up on Cupid -and the street lights.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-04-23
Anchoagetes
 Attending T,Wo !.
 Big Meetings
R. B. Atwood, Times Edi- tor, to Co East Wife
 Is Tn Midwest Ii <.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 23.-- R. B. Atwood, Editor and Manager of the Anchorage Times, left here today for a rail-steamer- plane trip to attend tle General Assembly. of the Presbyterian Church in Phila- delphia. tnsar gg}t7sf :
 Atwood plans to meet his wife in Kansas City. Mrs. Atwood, daugh- ter of E. A. Rasmuson, prominent banker and Republican, is delegate to the General Federation of Wo- mems Clubs, meeting in Kansas City.
 Both expect to return the Iniddle of June. s,s ss M SASS#S
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-04-23
RECORD MADE BY MILITARY
 BOMB PLANE
United States Army Officer Makes Fast lime,
 West to East

WASHINGTON, April 23. - The War Department announces that Lieut.. Col Robert Olds flew from March Field, California, to Lang Tel Field, Virginia, in 10 hours, to establish new west to east record for Military planes
 Lieut.. Col Olds landed this morn- ing in the same B-17 Boeing 4-mot- ored bomber in which he led the South American Goodwill tour
 Last Tuesday, April 19, Lieut.. Col. Olds lowered the east to west re- cord, making the flight in 12 hours and 2z7 minutes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-04-23
BRITISH FREIGHT
 SHIP WRECKED,
 BOSTON HARBOR
Deckload of Animals from India Taken Ashore
 Before Breakup

BOSTON, Mass, April 23-The British freighter City of Salisbury, which piled up on ledge at the mouth of Boston Harbor during the night, dipped apart early this morning and the bow and stern disappeared. The pilot house, amid ships, is still above water.
 The vessel had a deck load of eight cases of monkeys, pythons and other animals from India. The crew took this part of the cargo ashore before the breakup.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-04-23
ARAB OUTLAWS, BRIT. SOLDIERS
 ARE IN CLASH
New Outbreaks Reported at Jerusalem from
 Nearby Section

JERUSALEM, April 23.-Reports of new outbreaks between outlaws and British troops reach Jerusalem from Nazarets.
 Dispatches said that band of Arab guerrilas was discovered try ing to break the oil pipe line and was attacked by a British patrol Two Arabs were killed in a fight.
 In Jerusalem two Jews were hurt when Arabs invaded the Jewish quarter and smashed windows.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-04-23
GRACE BAILEY
 BACK TO HUM'

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 23- Miss Alaska Grace Bailey is back in Anchorage telling her friends of thousand and one experiences during the course of her 5000 mile air and water trip from Fairbanks to Mexico.
 The blonde queen returned day late for her own graduation. She plans to leave soon for Seattle to attend the University of Washing ton.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-04-23
WATER SUPPLY FOR SMALL BOATS IS NOW AVAILABLE, CITY FLOAT

Fresh water connection has been made to the lower city float and small boats can now be Serviced there, it was announced today by Mayor Harry I. Lucas. The work of running pipe line to the float was completed today.
 More fresh water connections to service small boats along the water front recently was urged by the Chamber of Commerce.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-04-23
T0NeASS INOWND.
 NORTH BOUND

SEATTLE, April g. -4 Steamer Tongass of the Alaska Transporta-i tion Company, sailed shortly before o'clock this morning for South- east Alaska, loaded with freight and 
 Aboard the Tongass, booked for Juneau, are the following passeng- CTS: m
 Lee Lund, E. H, Ford, Mrs. Glen Glenn Johnston, Mrs. Henry Roden
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-04-23
HOLY TRINITY CATHEDRAL,
 EPISCOPAL

Fourth ano Gold Streets
 THE VERY REV. CHARLES K. RICE, Dern
 Sunday Services:
 8.00 am. Holy, Communion. Io.00 am.-Sunday School. 100 am. = Holy Communion consisting of Adlam's Choral Flu with special Easter music sung by a choir of g voices.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-04-23
Arctic Gives Peace

WINNIPEG, Man.-Life in the Arctic brings peace and solitude, along with the daily hardships, says the Most Rev Armand Clabaut, o. M. l., first Bishop Co-Adjutor of the Vicarite of Hudson Bay, largest and most northerly Catholic mission in the world.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-04-23
ARMAMENT POLICIES

13. Realizing the necessity for maintaining armed forces adequate for national security, we are pre- pared to reduce or to increase our armed forces in proportion to re- ductions or increases made by other countries.
 (The administration, right or wrong, surmises that potential ene- mics are building bigger fleets. Therefore this country is building fast and promising faster)
 IA. We avoid entering into alli-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-04-23
Boy Bank Bandit
 Must Stand Trial

ELDORADO, Kansas, April 23.- A sixteen-year-old confessed bank robber, Carl Akin, was bound over for trial today under S5,000 bond Akin is charged with robbing the Potwin State Bank.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-04-23
6hurth Huuotuc cet,,ents

Notices TOT this church column siust be received by The Empire not later than 10 o'clock Saturday morning to. guarantee change ot sermon. topics, etc.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-04-23
CHAPEL BY TIE LAKE

TOn F'rlIZ COVe COfnefJ REV. JOHN A. GLASSE, Minister
 Sunday School at 9:45 o'rlock, with well-taught classes for chill dren of all age-groups, and a well come for everyone interested to at tend.
 Chapeladies meet every other Wednesday evening at someone's home, timely notice usually being yiven in the Empire.