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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-29
Cholera Constant Fear
For Asiatic Population

Cholera has been the scourge Of
Asia since the beginning Of time,
and has repeatedly swept In great
epidemic waves out Of its normal
breeding areas in India and Burma
into all the civilized nations Of the
world, taking a heavy toll on every
hand. II has followed in the wake
Of conquest and along the routes Of
invading armies, q foe more feared
by many generals than men and
guns.
The micro-organism that spreads
the disease was found by Koch, the
brilliant physician, in the 1905. He
proved that it carried the often fatal
illness through the medium Of pol
luted water supplies, contaminated
milk and the clothing and bandages
Of soldiers gathered in temporary
encampments away from the nor
NAL supplies Of water and food
Cholera spreads so rapidly and
arises in isolated spots so unexpect-
edly that medical men speak Of It
as explosive" Eighty per cent Of
the guests at a state banquet IN
honor Of the Russian car died with
in day or two after infection. Per-
haps the most spectacular outbreak
was that which attacked Hamburg,
Germany, in the epidemic that
swept across Europe in 1892. People
died at the rate Of 1000 a day for
many days, and before the pesti-
lence died out a few weeks later,
5000 persons were stricken.
The mass movements Of large
bodies Of people who cannot guard
their source Of water and food have
caused the disease to spread from
India and the Asiatie lands nearby
across the sea routes to the Medi-
terranean and overland through
Russia many times since Alexan-
der first fought his way to India.
Pngrimages Of worshippers to Nee
ca and other sacred cities Of the
East have usually been followed by
pestilential outbreaks.
The disease strikes swiftly, caus-
ing diarrhoea and agonizing cramps
which lead Immediately, unless
checked by able medical treatment,
to complete collapse. The skin be-
comes dry, turns somewhat purple,
fever burns I'D most Of the fluids Of
the body and the heart beat slows
down. The death rate Is high.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-29

the guild was ST. Fiacre, a Scotch.
man Of a thousand years earlier.
The choice Of this patron lends
weight to the tradition that knitting
was invented in Scotland. Henry
VIII C1491-154) Is said to have been
the first English sovereign to wear
knitted silk stockings In preference
to cloth stockings.
Tie first knitting machine was In
vented in 1893 by William Lee, Of
England, q Protestant clergyman,
writes a correspondent to the Phila-
delphia Inquirer. Queen Elizabeth
refused him patent, saying It
would deprive thousands Of hand
knitters Of their livelihood. Lee In
vented a machine In 1893 which
would knit silk and would not affect
the hand knitting industry, which
generally made use Of coarse
thread. A patent still refused him,
he went to France where King Henry
w agreed to aid him. On May IA,
1910, the day the patent was to be
granted the king was murdered and
Lee was left without support In
court.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-29

Recently SIX aborigines reached
Darwin, capital Of the northern ter.
fitory, after walking hundreds of
miles through the unsurveyed fast
ness Of Anthem Land, swimming
swollen rivers infested with croco-
dies and ris1ing their lives In pass
ing through territory Of hostile
tribes-an to see a cinema show.
They came from Milingimi, on the
northeastern end Of the Anthem
land coast, and their long trek last
ed four months. Later nearly q
score Of natives made a similar
journey for the same purpose, and
the glamour Of the talkies now has
spread throughout the nomadic
tribes Of the north.
Picture night for the natives iS
the event Of the week in Darwin,
even for the "detribalized" blacks,
and only illness keeps them away.
One evening the manager Of OAR
wins cinema received a message
that he was wanted in the office.
When he got there he found an
aborigine waiting for him--and a
dog, a mongrel, fea-bitten hound.
The native explained that If he was
going TO the cinema his dog was,
too.
The dog, he went on, had never
seen the talkies and he was willing
to pay for a seat for himself and
another for the dog so that that
oversight could be remedied.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-29
Homestead Monument

Daniel Freeman's quarter-section
Of land on Cub creek, Gage county,
Nebraska, given him by the federal
government at the time Of the Civil
war under the homestead law, has
been designated by Secretary Of the
Interior Harold L. Ickes as a ma
tional monument. It becomes the
Homestead National Monument Of
America. Announcement that all
lands comprising the 160-acre farm
five miles northwest Of Beatrice,
Neb., has been acquired by the Unit
ed States from the FIVE children and
heirs Of the man who was the coum-
try's No. homesteader, was made
by the national park service. DAN
lei Freeman, physician, farmer and
Union soldier from Ohio, fled the
first claim under the homestead law
signed by President Abraham Lin
coin in 1852, just five minutes after
midnight January /, 1853, the day
the law became effective. He thus
became the first Of more than
1000. 900 homesteaders who devel-
oped the great Middle West.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-29
Science Advances Study
Of Human Heart Action

1t is only recently that it has been
possible to study the heart ION the
block" as automobile engineers
say, and this because the distin-
guished English Psychologist, Prof.
E. H. Startling, showed how it was
possible to keep an isolated heart
and lung alive for long periods.
Now Psychologists know what hap
pens when the heart is called on to
do more and more work, when and
why it fails, and what effect drugs
have upon it.
A leader in studies of this kind is
Prof. Maurice B. Visscher Of the
University Of Minnesota's medical
school. Recently he summarized
before the National academy of sci
ence the results of his latest work.
His studies have shown that as
the fibers Of the heart are stretched
the amount Of energy liberated on
contraction increases. It is the
same with a rubber band. The
more it is stretched the harder It
snaps back, Professor Visscher
found that when the heart can no
longer squirt out blood it tries to
adapt itself to new conditions, d.
lates and enlarges. As with the
stretched band, more energy Is
stored up by this expansion. So
more blood is delivered on contrac-
tion-exactly as much blood as the
heart receives. But evidently the
efficiency is lowered because more
energy is expended in stretching the
fibers.
An ideal heart restorative would
raise the efficiency to normal. The
drugs prescribed for heart-muscle
failure actually do increase efficien-
cy considerably, Professor Visscher
discovered.
All this helps to explain why heart
tonics are so often beneficial They
simply dilate the heart, stretch the
fibers and restore mechanical eff
ficiency, just as the refining of a
slipping clutch brings an automo-
bile engine back to normal. Unfor-
tunately the analogy Is not perfect,
because the drugs must be admins
tered continuously. But It Is some
thing to know just how the drugs
act.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-29
Typhoid Loses Ground

Only a few decades ago typhoid
fever was one Of the most common
and dreaded scorges. Every sum-
mer it gathered its large toll Of VIC
Tins, and some communities were
decimated by it. Cities and isolated
sections alike felt its terror. A visit
to old country churchyards viii re-
veal many pathetic little tombstones.
where are buried the child victims Of
this disease, which was no respector
Of age. Fortunately sustained ef-
fort has almost eradicated this dis
ease. One seldom hears Of II these
days. A report made by the Amer
lean Medical association reveals
that last year there were only 348
deaths In rs large cities. In 1910
the number was 4,637. Improved
sanitary conditions, guarded water
supplies and efficient medical Serv-
Ice have had their effect
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-29
Pupils Steal Show

What was intended to be an inspec-
ton by the central provinces edu-
cation minister Of schools in the dis
trict Of Itarsi, in India, was turned
into a celebration by the pupils. As
the minister finished inspection Of
the first schools visited, the pupils
were dismissed, and they followed
him. When he reached Itarsi sew
eral hundred boys and many adults
invaded the hall in advance, waving
flags and singing songs. The inspec-
ton was abandoned, the minister
made a speech and was presented
a garland.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-29

M. T. G.: Analyze my question
in the column. Has the lady where
l work forgiven me for what hap
pened some time ago? 1 did this
to make someone else very happy,
but I am terribly sorry and I know
l made an awful mistake.
Ans: This lady lost a lot of re-
spect for you when she found out
what you had done you will
have to live a fine, clean life if you
want her to gain this respect back
for you. Regardless of why you
did this wrong, it doesn't make it
right, and in the future don't be
tempted to do things that you know
to be wrong.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-29
Handwriting Art Traced
To Pre-Columbus Era

Little is known Of the invention of
knitting. In ''The Story Of Hosiery"
It Is said the art Of handwriting,
which developed slowly, must have
been perfected about the time of
Columbus, somewhere in western
Europe. Men and women in Eng
land and Scotland were seriously en-
gagged in it and in France a stocking
knitters' guild was formed In
AUGUST, 1927. The patron saint Of
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-29

Worried Wife: How long has
my husband been going with this
lady / caught him with and will
he continue to cheat on me?
Ans: Not if you make it hot
enough for him he won't. Don't
give him one inch away from you
and he will go straight but
he's one fellow that if given any
privileges whatever, he will take
advantage of you. The girl you
caught him with doesn't mean any
thing to him.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-29
Odd Accident to Liner

An inexplicable accident occurred
to the liner Principessa Jolanda as
It was being launched near Spezia
in the Gulf Of Genoa, Italy, on Sep
TENDER IL, 1907. This great ship,
designed to carry 1.45O passengers
and a crew Of 240, and with a
launching value Of more than ST.
900, 900 went down the slipway,
turned over and sank. All that was
salvaged, says Golfers Weekly,
were some Of the boilers.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-29
NEGRO-PROBIA AT LAKE
COMO


Some of the Copperheads at Lake
Como have been severely tried for
a few weeks at the perverseness
of the Superintendent of the Sun
day school at Lake Como. 1t seems
that in the vicinity of the school
house were two colored children
who had no better manners than to
apply for religious instruction in
some of the Bible classes in his
Sunday school.
Believing no law, human or
divine, compelled him to deny them
a share in the bread of life, Mr..
Potts received the children into his
school.
Gan account of how copperheads
tried to get Potts dismissed from
school but were unsuccessful and
the children remained enrolled
there. )-St. Paul Daily Press, Sept.
5, 1868.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-29

d. B.: My boy was made to
marry a girl and in less time than
six months she was married again.
Now tell me if it would be all right
for him to return home and go to
school?
Ans: Since the girl is married
again and is satisfied, then there
doesn't seem to be anything that
she could do that would hurt your
son. 1t would be the best thing in
the world for him to go back to
school as he only has another term
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-29

c. G.: Do you think my people
are treating me right and tell me
if / were to go to California would
I have success?
Ans: Strange as it might seem
to you, they are treating you fair
and square, but aren't allowing you
to run wild" and do as you please.
You try being as thoughtful to
your people as they are to you and
there will be more peace in the
home. You have no business in
California and at your age, you
should be in school.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-29
Bees Hula Hula

II you see honeybee doing the
hula-hula, prick up your ears and
maybe you'n hear some gossip hot
from the hive. Scientists have dis
covered that bees don't talk with the
buzz Of their wings, but with the
movements of their bodies. Accord
ing to DR.. J. E. Eckert. - -pecial-
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-29

J. P. S.: / am writing you to
find out why my wife and l can't
get along and prosper? We have
been married for nine months and
aren't doing any good. }
Ans: Both of you are "sOur on
the world" and make no effort
whatsoever to be happy and con-
tented together. Marriage can be
made a beautiful association, pro-
vided both parties do their share,
but it can't be made happy by
fussing, nagging and bringing up
faults all the time. Stick to your
wife and resolve to do better.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-29

D. B.: l have opened a shop and
l want to know if 1 am going to be
successful or not?
Ans: Very successful with your
beauty shop. Business is a bit slow
now, but you have just started and
you must work up a trade. Do
your work well and it won't be but
a few months until you have
enough regular customers to net
you a good income. .
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-29
ERHptian Beauty Exnerta

The ancient Egyptians were first
rate beauty parlor experts and
probably originated the first hair.
do fashions in our civilization. APP
paratus for waving the hair has
been discovered in ancient tombs to-
gether with numerous preparations
or kohl" the. ancient counterpart
Of eyelash coloring or mascara.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-29
Four In q Row

Bangl Bangl Bangl Bangl -Four
blowouts in about that rapidly so
disguised an Omaha motorist that
he abandoned his automobile, left 4
note addressed to state highway pa
trolmen telling his troubles, and
hitch-hiked home.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-29
Lure of Talking Pictures
Thrills Australian Natives

The lure of the taIldes has pene-
trated to the wilds of Anthem is
land, in north Australia, and the
problems officials have now Is not
to keep white men out Of this huge
aboriginal preserve. but to keep the
n afiuaa in
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-29

S. j.: ! first went with a young
man and then had a child. Ny
next sutton was an old man about
so and we have a little girl, but
now he has turned against me.
Tell me if l can win him back?
Ans: No and you may as
well stop worrying about him alto
gether. He has another girl friend
now and his refusing to speak to
you is proof enough that he doesn't
care any longer. 1t is my sugges-
ton that you be more careful in
choosing your company next
time you get married before pro-
ducing a family.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-29

Note: Your H be this c0EInEH only
include clipping of this column and full birth date and
address "PVGe Reply
stamped envelope for my latest ASTROLoGY READING eogeg your
birth date; also of GdVe analysing three Questions ExbLGn
problems clearly and eO"f"s question" those wfh the
of logical reasoning
all ABBE WALLACE of this bqpe 300 South
Third Street. Minneapolis MINI.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-29

L. T. c.: Ny problem worries
me a lot and 1 don't know what to
do. I left my wife because she
would get mad and jump on me and
beat me up so often that 1 just
couldn't live in peace with her. 1
like her but don't think l should
live with her, do you?
Ans: No, not if you have to
take Dealings" from one as ex-
perienced as she is in fighting. You
used the best judgment by leaving
her entirely, for no man can put
up with a woman knocking his
block off every time things don't
go to suit her. The little lady you
have Just met will make you a fine
companion.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-29

and he should finish. Encourage
him to do so.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-29

iSt at the University of California,
says Country Home Magazine,
there's word for every wiggle.
Most Of the bees unduIations, per-
formed in the air. ten other bees
where to locate . new supply Of
food.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-29
Don't burden yourself with

Cook with a modern Electric
Range, and you'll save yourself
time and work.
You'll save time because the
Electric Range is safely automatic.
1t can be trusted to cook whole
meals without the slightest at
tention on your part. Heat is
accurately measured so that cook
ing results are perfect every time.
And you'll save yourself work
because an Electric Rangeis clean
er. There is no fame to spread
SCOT and CRIME over your walls,
woodwork, or draPes. You'll have
less cleaning to do ). and less
laundering because towels and
curtains stay clean longer. Pots
and pans stay bright and shiny
without securing.
This is MODERN cooking.
Why not enjoy it NOW9 1t costs
no more than old-faShioned meth
DDS. Ask about it at your dealer
or our showroom. Northern
States Power Company.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-06-08
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.

Raleigh. June 8.-Death Will take
no summer vacation in the lethal
eas chamber at State Prison this
wear unless Governor Clyde Hoey or
the Supreme Court will it; but even
so a dozen of the prisoners on Death
Row will live at least until cooler
weather, a survey of the tWenty-one
unfortunateS shows.
Four have had their doom sealed
as far as the courts are concerned
and must rely wholly on clemency
from the governor; five are waiting
for the last word Of Chief Justice
Walter Stacy and his associates, their
cases argued and the last word OF
counsel said; are perfecting appeals
which cannot now be argued orally
before the fall term; and three have
won new trials in courts below.
By the time this appears in print,
the governor may have acted on the
clemency pleas of Dave Burney,
Jones county, and Alfred Caper OF
Robson, both Negroes convicted OF
murder. If mercy is denied and no
reprieve granted, they will go out
tomorrow Burney, alleged master Oh
a five-Wife harem, was convicted OF
killing the daughter Of one OF the
women; Caper is alleged to have call
ed an erstwhile friend to the porch
and to have 5hct him from ambush.
Arthur Morris, the Gray Mouse,
central figure of half a hundred bur-
glaries, is living out respite until
August 4 while the governor decides
whether his crimes During which
he never hurt anybody physically)
deserve the full punishment OF the
law.
Ed Alston, Durham Negro who
killed a 103-year-old woman OF his
race, is slated to die next week, in
the absence of executive interfer-
ence. He once won a new trial from
the Supreme Court, but on his second
appeal the court sustained a second
death verdict
The Supreme Court justices are
pondering the appeals of Julius
Buchanan and James Cureton, both
Forsyth Negroes convicted Of differ
ent murders; James Goodwin, the
young white man who was sentenced
for the murder of a High Point tex
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-06-08
u. S. Cannot Remain
Aloof From World
Continued From Page Onel

ton by President Roosevelt as head
of our foreign office struck me, at
the time, as rather queer. I'd
have thought his appointment to
the secretaryship of the treasury
or the Commerce Department as
perfectly appropriate, but he never
had seemed to me much interested
in overseas affairs.
But subsequently in a chat l
had with him as state secretary, he
presented the proposition from a
different angle.
"The longer l deal with inter-
national relationships" he said,
"the clearer is becomes to me that
they all are based upon economic
considerations"
In other words, he's an interna-
tiOnal economist or an economic in
ternationalist-and they're one and
the same subject. Anyway, he
thinks so, and Chairman Farrell
concurs, evidently.
Maybe we can keep out of for
eign wars, says Farrell, but we
can't keep out of world economics.
Insulation Versus Isolation
Farrell favors insulation against
war, but he maintains that econo-
mic isolation is impossible.
He cites figures. He shows that
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-06-08
Wilmington Stages
2O0th Anniversary
Events June 2l-23

Wilmington, June 8.-PlanS Tor .the
greatest celebration since the Feast
of the Pirates" are rapidly taking
form down in North Cardinals port
city, Wilmington.
On June 81, 22 and % story IN
brilliant historical pageantry will be
told The theme, "A tale OF Two
Centuries" will be re-enacted by a
cast Of 500 local people, depicting
Wilmington from its date OF charter
in 1889 to the present date. Colonial
costumes, Indian scenes, staging OF
battles, scenes pOrtraying the life and
captivating folklore of the lower
Cape Fear will stimulate and faSci-
nate the thousands who are coming
to Wilmington's 200th anniversary
celebration.
The program of events will be
initiated in the early morning of
June FL, with town criers attired in
costumes of 1889, riding the streets
and calling the populace to the bust
ness district where amid the color
! fully bedecked stores and gayly dec
grated streets, the ceremonies will
begin. An unusual presentation, 'Two
Centuries of Sport, will highlight
the opening parade when approx
mately 5000 uniformed participants
representing the development OF
sports from earliest times until the
present day, will march in long col
ums Of amazing contrast.
Leading the parade enthroned or
her regal float will be the queen anc
her court who will preside over the
celebration.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-06-08
BARRIERS Fight
Over State Job
Daily Dispatch Bureau, !.
Tn fhc SIR Walter Hotel.

Raleigh, June 8-There's no har-
mony in North Cardinals barber
shop chord-it's way off key.
Under the surface and without any
blaring of trumpets, one OF the bit
terest, nastiest petty political battles
is being Waged over membership
on the State Board of Barber EX-
aminerS.
The term of M. c. Whitney, master
barber of Winston-Salem, expires on
July l and Governor Clyde Hoey is
being besieged with pleas not to
name him again to the. post.
There doesn't seem to be anything
in particular aginst Whitney person
ally, the description master barber"
explaining the whole cause for the
battling. It's Just a revival OF the an
cient feud of jou1neyman BARRIERS
against, master BARRIERS, civil war
that has been raging from the time
the first barber board bill was IN
troduced in the General Assembly.
The journeyman BARRIERS are said
to be out for the Whitney scalp with
a vengeance this time-they want
him off in order to make room for
one of their own number. The jour-
neymen are unionzed and affiliated
with the American Federation OF
Labor They are using their union
ism for all its worth and are solicit
ing aid and comfort from other crafts
as they bring all the pressure pos
sible to attain their ends.
The journeymen contend that there
are some 1000 Of them in the State,
while there are less than 500 master
BARRIERS They think they ought tc
have at least one of the three mem
bers of the examining board and
they are determined in going after it
They never have liked the barber
examining board and law, claiming
it is a racket for the benefit OF
the board members who draw fa
per diem and expenses and who, the
journeymen claim, seldom inspec
shops except those which have no
paid up their assessments for main
tenance of the board. They also as
sert they were promised representa-
ton on the board in 1887 as recon-
pense for not pushing for changes ir
the law. The whole thing may be ii
teapot, but it's still quite tenn
pest.