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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-09-30
HITCHHIKER PROVES HIS
BASE INGRATITUDE

Because Charles Marshall, II, of
Pikesville, Baltimore County, and his
young companion, Miss Mary Crudden
also of Pikesville, stopped to aid a
hitchhiker, they were made the victims
of a thief who threatened them at pis-
toI point and stole the automobile in
which they were riding.
Marshall told the Pikesville Police
that he stopped his car at Pimlico
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-09-30

mobiles. Their total in 1887 was g.
016,437. Second producer was the
United Kingdom with 400, 1866, follow
ed by Germany with 331, 1894; France
with 2O1,934 and Russia with 199, 1923.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-09-30

total of vehicles in operation to more
than 13 millions.
Virtually 40 per cent of the cars
registered outside this country are of
American make.
Next to the United States, coun-
tries leading in the use of motor trans
portation are, in the order named, the
United Kingdom, France, Germany,
Canada, and Australia.
The United States and Canada pro-
duce 70 per cent of the worlds auto
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Brushy Fencerows Really
Help to Conserve Soil

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS lined with
bushes, small trees, even weeds,
were praised as genuine assets to
the land by Frank c. Edminster of
the United States soil conservation
service before the annual North
American Wildlife conference.
Dislike of brushy fencerows start
ed with the belief that they har-
bored crop pests; as indeed they
sometimes do, Mr.. Edminster adj
mitted. But even when they do not,
they are now considered evidence
of bad farming. It has become
fashionable" farming to demand
"clean fields"
Yet those same brushy fencerows
offer several very substantial adj
vantages, the speaker pointed out.
They aid in holding the soil along
field-margins against erosion and
gully formation, they shelter birds
that aid farmers by eating insects
and weed seeds, and they can pro-
duce incidental volunteer crops of
their own, like berries and fence
posts. Most important of all, they
offer shelter to game birds and ami
mails that offer enjoyment, sport,
and supplementary food supplies to
the landowner.
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Drilling Through Granite
in Deep Gogebic Shaft

New York.-Dynamite by the car
load, drill steel by the ton, air by
the cubic mile were used by miners
in the Gogebic range of Michigan
during the IA months battle with
granite while they sank a new shaft
half a mile deep, 10 feet wide and
81 feet long to reach a new ore
body. Details of this grim battle
with the billion-year-old rocks were
described to the American Insti-
tute of Mining and Metallurgical
Engineers meeting here, by w. A.
Knoll and J. c. Sullivan, Michigan
mining engineers.
Drilling SO holes, including Az
inch center hole, IL feet into the
resistant rock, charging these holes
with 1,064 sticks of dynamite, firing
this charge without damaging ex-
pensive steelwork only so feet
above, were only parts of this stu
pendous task. After the blasts,
sweating muckers toiled for %
hours with power machinery, in
GLIDING air-driven pavement
breakers" to clear the bottom of
the hole for the next blast.
Repeating this laborious cycle PAT
times during the IA months of work,
the shaft was completed recently.
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CHAPTER XIX-Continued

Pedro FACES was looking off
across the water with that dream
ing, questioning expression that an
noyed Eulalia so.
'I?" he asked. eyes, ] have my
longings, though to me California
is the most beautiful spot in all the
world. Still ! am homesick for
places ! have never seem"
The men looked at Pedro FACES
with sympathy as they turned their
mounts around and started back to
the presidio. But Eulalia had not
heard her husbands words. Her
head was whirling with her own
thoughts. Again she heard Dage-
let's impulsive word, "Come!"
Her thoughts were interrupted by
the gentle voice of Padre Lasuen.
''It was a beautiful fiesta, Sonora
La Gobernadora," he said, ga real
event in the history of California,
this entertaining of the first distin-
guished visitors to reach our shores.
But now I must hasten ahead to
prepare another feast for them, a
feast of the soul, at our little mis-
sion San Carlos de Carmelo. Until
then, adioS!"
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Indium, Rare Metal, Makes
Bearings Last Longer

New York.-Indium, few years
ago a chemical curiosity, extracted
with great difficulty from rare min
erals, is now a full-fledged indus
trial metal, with an ever-expanding
use as an alloying agent for bear
ing metals.
Motor bearings, resisting millions
of revolutions during the life of a
car, are now being made even
tougher, G. F. Smart, General Mo-
tors engineer, reported to the Amer
lean Institute of Mining and Metal
lurgical Engineers here, by plating
the bearing surface with indium.
This surface coating makes the
bearing metal resistant to corrosion
by the acid oils now in common use
in motor cars.
Until recently, babbitt metal, an
alloy of tin, antirnony and copper,
was used for most high-speed bear
ings. Today, bearings are lined with
MISREPRESENTATION, cadmium
nickel, and cadmium-zinc alloys,
which are later electroplated with
indium, increasing their resistance
to oil corrosion.
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Oscar Witt has very good chance
Of finishing second this year with the
Cleveland Indians. There are a
number of ''ifs" involved, but his
team could easily provide the key
to the 1888 battle.
II such pitchers as Bob Teller
Johnny Allen, Mel Harder and Will
lis Hudlin get into an early winning
streak, other teams will have a
tough assignment trying to keep the
Indians out of second place. If Roll
lie Hemsley is really serious about
his reform, the team will have
Grade A catching. If not the entire
receiving burden will fall on the
rather frail frankie Pytlak.
The Indians are not an imposing
club at the plate, but with a pitching
staff of their caliber, they don't
need the power of other teams.
A while back it looked as if the
Chicago White Sox would be the
team the Yanks had to beat, but
troubles have piled up on Jimmy
Dykes and at present fourth place
looks like the best he could expect.
When Shortstop Luke Appling broke
his leg in a preseason game the
hopes of the Sox went glimmering.
The team will be without the serv-
ices of this offensive and defensive
sparkplug for at least the first three
months of the season. Moreover,
Pitcher Monte STATIONS sore arm
is another cause for apprehension.
There is plenty of power in the
Detroit Tigers batting order. Pitch
ing will, of course, be the problem.
Early performances of Schoolboy
Rowe would not justify the hope
that he has regained his once sem
sational pitching form. But Mickey
Cochrane has the club steamed up
and if his winning psychology works
the Tigers may give the Yankees
a deal of trouble.
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AROUND
( THE HOUSE

When Beating Foods.-Place a
folded cloth under the dish which
contains foods to be beaten. The
clcth saves the table and helps
keep the dish steady.
Cleaning Sponges. - Sponges
which have become Shiny should
be soaked in vinegar overnight,
then rinsed thoroughly in hot wa
ter and hung out of doors to dry.
Tasty ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
made out of tasteless apples may
be enlivened by adding a little
nutmeg, cinnamon and cloves, or
adding lemon juice for tartness.
But if the sauce has fresh apple
flavor, such extra seasonings are
unnecessary-in fact, they will
blot out the apples own flavor.
A Nourishing Breakfast.-The
family that gets a satisfying,
nourishing breakfast is more like
ly to be in tune with the world
than the family that has only
hastily prepared miscellany.
When Cooking Eggs.-In cook
ing eggs and egg dishes tempera-
ture is most important. When the
protein in egg is heated it coagu-
1ates or becomes firm. If this
heating takes place slowly, even
ly, at a moderate temperature,
the eggs will be tender when they
are done. But with high temper
ature the protein in them shrinks
and makes the eggs tough.
To Remove Gum.-To remove
chewing gum from fabrics, rub
with ice and the gum will roll off
and leave no marks.
Cooked Pineapple for Gelatin
Only cooked pineapple should be
used with gelatin in desserts or
salads, for fresh pineapple con-
tains substance that acts on the
gelatin and does not allow it to
jell.
Using Sour Milk and Soda
When substituting sour milk and
soda for sweet milk and baking
powder in cooking, use the same
quantity of milk plus one tea
spoon of soda for each cup of sour
milk.
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Better Grades Obtained
by Counseled Students

Atlantic City.-Educational guild
ance, at least for students of aver
age scholastic aptitude, DR.. E. G.
Williamson, director of the univer-
sity testing bureau at the University
of Minnesota, told the meeting of
the American College Personnel as
ISOLATION here.
With the aid of WPA, DR.. William
son has made an actual check on
the students counseled at the test
ing bureau to see whether the ad-
vice given them has resulted in any
improvement in their college
grades. Each student counseled was
paired, for comparison, with an
other of similar standing in high
school scholarship and college apti-
tude tests.
The counseled students made sig
nificantly higher scores.
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Inspection Trips
Made in Laboratory
by Circuit Analyzer

East Pittsburgh, Pa.-With-
out leaving their research lab
oratories here engineers of the
Westinghouse Electric and Man.
ufacturing company can ana
lyze the power transmission
characteristics of any electric
system in the world. In a large
room lined with panels, contain
ing hundreds of tiny switches
and meters, inspection trips"
of power systems throughout
the country can be carried out
to learn what peak loads the
wire lines can handle without
damage. And the operation
characteristics of power lines
yet only in the blueprint stage
and unconstructed can also be
''tested" in the same way.
Major use of the analyzing device
is to tell utility companies what
power loads their systems can car
ry with safety and economy without
additional equipment. It has helped
the United States army engineers
study the behavior of proposed pow
er systems for Boulder dam, Bonnie
vile and other federal power prof.
ectS.
Saves Big Expenditures.
Before the circuit analyzer was
put in operation power companies
frequently had to invest in expen-
sive lines and equipment as safety
measures to carry extra loads.
One company was able to remove
so miles of extra line after the
analyzer showed the existing cir
cults could safely handle anticipat-
ed loads. Another company was
able to lower its rates because it
found it could save $500, 900 by doing
away with extra equipment safely.
Trick Of the complex analyzer is
that while it does not contain trans
formers, motors and generators
found in the actual power systems,
all the electrical properties of these
devices-their resistance, capacity,
inductance, and so on-can be dupli-
Gated. Also the miniature can SIM
ulate currents, impedances, volt
ages and phase angle of the cleo
trical currents.
But while actual power sources
require giant steam or hydro tur-
bines the analyzer uses only one
ten-thousandth of the power and
the power sources are neatly
packed away in cabinet drawers.
With its 300 possible circuits the
analyzer reproduces the same re-
sponses on its meter as would be in
Dictated were the equivalent condi-
tons to occur in the actual sys-
tenn meters.
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@ Science Service.-wNU Service.
Pigs and Goats Are
Serious Problems
for the HaWaiians
By DIR. FRANK THONE

New York.-HaWaii seems to
have been a paradise that es-
capped the trampling hoofs and
devouring mouths of the Age of
Mammals almost entirely until
the coming of that most trouble
some of all mammals-Man. To
introductions and changes
wrought by human agency are
traceable most of the damage
and destruction to the unique
vegetation of the islands.
Some of these disturbances were
described before the North Amer
lean Wildlife conference at its Balti-
more meeting by Samuel H. Lamb,
assistant park naturalist of Hawaii
National park. Although Mr.. Lamb
confined his discussion to problems
within the national park bound
aries, he stated that in many ways
these are typical of conditions for
the countryside at large.
The only mammal that seems to
have found its own way to Hawaii
unaided by man is the bat. The
original brown-skinned immigrants
brought dogs and perhaps pigs, and
they may have carried rats and
mice as stowaways. Other students
of the problem believe that the pigs,
rats and mice date from supposed
visit by the Spaniards in the Six
teenth century. Goats were brought
by Vancouver in 1894, and other
livestock came later.
Destroy the Vegetation.
Of them all, most destructive to
Hawaiian native vegetation are
goats and pigs, escaped from do
mestication and now living as wild
animals in the rough, wild interior,
in part thickly forested, in part
grassland and semi-desert lava
fields. Goats are notorious every
where as destructive feeders. Pigs
are even worse, for they root I'M
derground, devouring bulbs and
rootstocks, and breaking the ground
cover to give alien grasses and
weeds a chance to gain roothold.
Efforts to save at least part of
the native vegetation include goat
tight fences around selected areas,
followed by concerted drives to
eliminate the feral animals within
them. In broken lands where fenc-
ing cannot be carried out, the only
thing that appears practicable is to
permit and even encourage whole
sale shooting of goats and pigs.
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catastrophes can stop this team.
1t has too much raw power. The
only question is, how many
games will the Yankees be
ahead of the runner-up when
the season ends?
But after accounting for the
Yanks, the 1888 season promises to
produce spirited brawl for posi-
tons in the also-ran class. The
scramble for the other three first
division berths will be furious.
Cleveland, Detroit, and Chicago will
furnish the performers for this bat
tie. Boston, Washington, st. Louis
and Philadelphia will fight it out for
spots in the second division.
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Green Fodder Is Quickly
Grown From Soaked Seed

New York.-Green fodder for
winter feeding to livestock is made
from seeds in only six days in a
device of British invention. The
fodder factory" consists of an in
sulated cabinet containing a series
of perforated trays. In these are
placed quantities of grain, legumes,
or other seeds, after soaking for "a
hours. The trays are kept at con-
slant temperature and watered
from the top.
At the end of six days, when the
sprouts have reached height of
six inches, the entire contents of the
trays-sprouts, soft seeds, and roots
ARE fed to the livestock, which
relish the succulent fodder.
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Gabby Street made during the win
ter should strengthen team which
at best has only fair punch. Even
tually Street will get the club un-
tracked and going in the right di-
rection, but too much should not be
expected this year.
Connie Mack's Athletics may
have their moments this season be-
fore they find the level of the cellar.
The grand old man of baseball has
some likely looking recruits on hand,
but they don't have enough expe-
rience to send the team permanent
ly upward. Still it would be poetic
justice if the seventy-five-year-old
dean of baseball could steam up his
boys in what may be his last season
in command. He insists, though, that
he'll be in there until he's eighty.
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Most Virulent Poison

Berlin.-The most poisonous SUBJ
stance yet known has been obtained
in pure form by DR.. F. Michel OF
Gottingen. 1t is called neurotoxin,
meaning a poison affecting the
nerves, and was obtained from the
venom of the South African cobra,
Naja flava.
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Cronin Has Hopes

If Joe Cronin gets the kind of
pitching he expects, the Boston Red
Sox are going to give some bad mo-
ments to the first division teams.
Some spark might set this team
afire. Cronin believes he will have
one of the best pitching stats in
the league. If so, the Red Sox may
pull few surprise numbers out of
the hat.
Neither the Washington Senators
nor the st. Louis Browns are given
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Fluorescent Pages

Peekskill, N. Y.-Print that CLOVIS
brightly green on a black page when
exposed to ultraviolet light, and is
red on white page under ordinary
light, is featured in a recent issue
of Rocks and Minerals magazine.
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very serious con-
sideration by OBJ
servers. The ac-
QUESTION of Zeke
B onur a will in
crease the already
hefty batting pow
er of the Senators.
If Bucky Harris
should come up
with a pitcher or
two, the club might
go places.
The St. Louis
Browns are still in
the experimental
stage. The trades
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speaking of Sports
Liv ely Scrap
Looms Ahead
In American
By GEORGE A. BARCLAY

TT WILL be the New York
1 Yankees all the way in the
1888 American league season,
just as it was in 1886 and 1887.
Notwithstanding opponents of
Joe McCarthy's power house
boys may delude themselves
into believing that the magic of
the worlds champions is wan
ing. But only a series of major
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-04-14

dress in sizes 4 to 8 Gall given in
one pattern); an illustration Of it
and of all stitches used; material
requirements; photograph of de-
tail of stitch.
Send Is cents in stamps or coins
(coins preferred) for this pattern
to The Sewing Circle, Needlecraft
Department, 81 Eighth Ave-, New
York, N. Y.
Please write your name, ad-
dress and pattern number plainly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-04-14
Radio Ambulance

New York. - A $1,000 radio
equipped ambulance has been put
into operation by the New York city
fire department.
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Five Slices of Bread

It is estimated that an average
adult eats more than five slices OF
bread a day.
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Here's ON Easy Dress
For You to Crochet

A simple mesh with puff stitch
dots is quickly and easily GRO
cheted into this charming dress.
Use mercerized cotton in fresh
Spring colors. Pattern 1853 con-
tains directions for making the
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E7a3135[E!1
Don't Neglect Them I

Don't Neglect IhemI
Mature designed the kidneys to do a
marvellous job. Their task Is to keep the
flowing blood stream free Of an excess Of
toxic impurities. The act Of living-Iifs
itself-is constantly producing waste
matter the kidneys must remove from
u the blood II good health is to endure.
When the kidneys fail to function as
Nature intended, there is retention Of
waste that may cause body-wide dis
tress. One may suffer nagging backache,
persistent headache, attacks Of dizziness.
getting up nights. swelling. puffiness
under the eyes-feel tired, nervous, all
worn out.
Frequent, scanty or burning passages
may be further evidence Of kidney or
bladder disturbance.
The recognized and proper treatment
IL diuretic medicine to help the kidneys
get rid OF excess poisonous body waste.
Use Doan's Pills. They have had more
than forty years Of public approval Are
endorsed the country over. Insist on
Doon's. Sold ut all drug stores.
|IlsZl22l1H
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-09

Mr.. Gedgate died in Sibley Hospital
early yesterday Of injuries which.
police said. he had received an hour
earlier in head-on collision of two
automobiles in Beltsville, Md.
Four Hurt Slightly.
According to police, Mr.. Gedgate
was riding in an automobile driven
by Bernard Broughton. 81, of the 1900
block of Twelfth street NE. when it
was in collision with car operated by
Leonard Behrems, Is, of Baltimore.
The two drivers and two passengers
in Mr. Behrenls' car war injured only
slightly.
Three persons received head in.
juries in an accident on the Marlboro
Pike last night They were Raymond
Embrey, 10, Riverdale, Md: Doris
Willard. Is. Branchville. Md. and
Walter Proctor. %. colored, 29l5 Penn
sylvania avenue Sc.
Three Women Injured.
In an accident near Muirkirk, Md.
Lucille Jones, 90 colored, 1850 Fifth
street NV, received a fractured right
leg; Hattie Bauchon, 10. colored. Of
the same address, head cut and
possible skull fracture, and Bernice
Bradley, %, colored. of the same ad-
dress, cuts about the head and body
and a slight conclusion.
District police said William E. Wat
kins, SO, colored, Glenmont, Md. was
pushed into the path of an automo-
bile at Georgia avenue and w streets
NV, during an alteration with an
other colored man. He was treated
at Freedmen's Hospital for head GUS
and sprained ankle.
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take to all types Of dancing. Louise
prefers toe dancing, while Lois likes
ballet and Barbara and Joan are tap
dancers
Spend Day at School.
Both Ramona and Lois have
branched out into other activities.
Ramona, 9. takes elocution les
sons, and she gave a speech during
the recent Continental Congress of the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton. Lois, II, takes music lessons.
The girls spend all day Saturday
at dancing school, They arrive at
8 am. with lunch boxes tucked
under their arms. along with dane
ing slippers and costumes, and they
stay until 3 pm. During the week,
their father coaches them
Mrs. Wiegand said she liked to
watch them dance and see their
progress from fip-ups off the sofa
to independent handstands. but she
sometimes wonders where the talent
came from.
There hasn't been a dancer or
either side of the family as far back
as We can trace she said, "but now
it seems, instead of one. we're going
to have seven. And you never can
tell about the baby. expect her to
walk on her hands before she walks
on her feet"
The other girls are anxious for
Meredith tn grow I'm a. little more
They have a pyramid stunt that needs
just one more acrobat to complete it
and Meredith is elected.
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assistant chief explains, mo man can
be on this department If he lives more
than q mile away from the fire
house ="
Mr.. Thompson, who is an officer on
the Montgomery County police force, Is
usually just across the street from the
f1rehouse in police headquarters.
Chief of the Rockville Volunteer
Fize Department Is Valentine Wilson,
Carnegie medal hero, an employe Of
the Interior Department. That means
he seldom gets to the daytime fires,
but let the fire burn any time after
pm. or before Z am. and the chief
is there to direct his men.
I'VE don't like to brag too much
about this fire department" Oficer
Thompson said, as he showed visi-
tor through the plant, but You can
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see for yourself we've got something
here -
They have fire rescue squad wagon
that compares with any in Washing
ton-and other equipment regarded as
the last word in fire fighting appara-
tus" No matter where the fire, the
rescue squad wagon goes along. As
soon as the boys come back from fire
they all sign the register and to the
man who attends the most fires in the
course Of . year the chief gives a
prize Of s.. So far this year there
have been 81 fires in and around Rock
vile and most Of The fire laddies have
been in on the excitement.
LAS rule, we wouldn't miss fire
for anything" Omcer Thompson ex-
plains. "even on the coolest morn
ings."
There was a fire OUT in Rockville in