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Kills Self After
ROU With Fidncee

PASCO, Wash.-Earl Dunning
IS, taxi operator. died late last
night from self-inflieted wound
after a quarrel with the girl whom
he planned TO marry.
Investigating officers said Dun
ming, who had a 14-yesr-old son
by former marriage, appeared TO
be cheerful earlier in the evening
After an argument with the girl.
he walked out of his house and
shot himself.
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NV eteaf hst~t tG<t tANt tttN
bulk, N,5s5, 900. was paid out on
federal works and construction
projects in the state. OF this.
1851. 900 was spent by wPA,
1,2so,0 by other federal con-
struction projects. $27s,oo0 by
civilian conservation corps, and
$s5,ooo by national youth admin
istration.
In addition, $685., 900 was spent
for old-age assistance. $i67 900 for
aid to dependent children, $50. 900
for the blind. $45l, 900 for general
relief. and S11 900 in farm security
administration grants
The report showed also that
1l7,7S7 persons In Washington
received benefits. while g.
37S,SlS persons throughout the
nAelon were receiving some
form Of assistance.
The bulk of relief activities dur
ing March were in .WPA, which
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able to produce papers demonstrate
ing they had business there would
be given a visa.
Further. the agency said, the
visa must be obtained from the
German embassy, not from a con-
sulate, as is usual, and that even
then there would be no guarantee
the journey would be completed,
because further permit must be
obtained from German authorities
on the Czech frontier.
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Tourists Barred
From Czechland
CZECH PROTECTORATE

The Czech travel bureau at Lon
don said today that all tourist
travel in Czechoslovakis had been
suspended and that only persons
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T0TAL|TAR|ANS
Get The NEWS

b f l. y - Germans have
learned from their newspapers
that during the visit of the king
and queen of Great Britain to the
United States. police precautions,
versing on a state of martial law,
were necessary to guarantee the
royal couple minimum of safety.
Germans also read that Wash
ington's reception of the king and
queen was almost a social catas-
trophe" because of the number of
congressman who absented them
selves. and that Negro singers and
Americas most radical elements
were the principal guests invited
to meet the sovereigns.
ROME newspapers. re-
porting on the British royal visit
to the United States, have featured
dispatch saying that Mrs. Frank
lin D. Roosevelt. after quarreling
with her mother-in-law, served the
royal guests sausages made of
buffalo meat. Until this curious bit
of misinformation arrived. editors
of 80 per cent of the newspapers
had ignored the visit.
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CONSIDER WAR WON

To enforce the policy, Japan has
occupied all of the chief cities and
communications lines of the east
ern half of China. has seized the
strategic Chinese island of Hainan,
which commands the sea APP
proaches to French Indo-China and
nullifies the Importance of Brit
aims fortified South China colony
in Hong Kong, and has occupied
the Spratly island reefs in the
Manila Singapore-Hong Kong tri-
angle as an advance submarine
and airplsne base.
From military viewpoint,
the Japanese consider that the
Chinese war Is won and that
their pro>lem now Is to con-
solidate military victory.
II is in that effort, to make fast
what they have won with the
sword that the Japanese have
come into the most dangerous coll
lision with the British that they
have experienced in their meteoric
rise from hermit nation into the
status of great power.
ARMY IN CONTROL
The first tentative japanese
moves to eliminate the foreign
concessions were made at Shang-
hal. but Biitish-led resistance
there was so stiff that a thanking
operation was attempted at Kul-
angus, the International settle
ment of the South China port of
Annoy. The Kulsngus move was
stslemated when Britain. support
ed by France and the United
States, landed naval continsents
of equal size to those of the Jap
anese.
At Tientsin, the japanese army
is in control, and victory there
will mean the army has enhanced
ie' HaNsAAkNs
Japan now has more than
100000 soldiers In China,
and her entire navy is strung
along the East Asian coast.
On paper, the japanese insist.
Gen. Chang kai-Shek has been
defeated ever since the fall of
Hankow. and they believe he would
have surrendered before this had
IT not been for British support.
II rs that support they nor
are attempting to stop-and a
rictory at TientsiR pH be an
important forward step for
them.
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Duel
Japanese Army
Is Determined
Britain Must
Give Way!
By ROBERT BELLATRE

SHANGHAI - The deter
mination of the japanese
army that Britain must con-
form TO its thesis that Japan
now is the dominant power in
East Asia is the real cause
for the Japanese blockade of
the British concession in the
great North China port of
Tientsin, which has been a
seat of international friction
since the days of the Boxer
rebellion of 1900.
An analysis of the course Japan
has followed since the start Of the
Chinese-Japsnese conflict at Lu-
kouchiao, outside Peiping. the
night of July I, 1887. shows Nip
ponese policy steadily has con-
verged along these lines:
"A determination to draw all
China into gigantic new po-
litieal and economic orbit Japan,
China and Manchukuo-in which
Japan will be the dominant power.
Am effort to make the great
= powers Britain. France. Rus
sia and the United States accept
At least taeitly the japanese con-
.ention that the New East Asia
marks the beginning of an era in
which the Orient shall play an
,qual role in world politics with
he Occident.
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Federal Government Reports
On Aid Given to Washington

WASHINGTON-A survey by works progress admins
traton disclosed today that persons the state of Wash
ington received $6O79000 during March from all forms of
federal relief programs ranking 18th highest in the nation
which reported total of 5000 $4,000 for the month";
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BOOK 3 AS SPEEDERS

Drivers ordered TO court Thurs
day for traffic violations included
Amos Julius. Fred r. wahlgren
and Audley Butler for speeding:
Muriel Mcdonald for disobeying a
traffic signal in South Tscoms. and
James c. Mondau for ignoring an
arterisl stop sign.
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CLUB MEETS THURSDAY

The East I'D Street Improve
ment club viii hold business
meeting at s p. m. Thursday at
1850 East B st
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Wilson, Frank Badur, Jimmy Ed
mondson, Bill Short.
Grade 80, Mrs. Fearon, teacher
Vance Cole, Betty Jane Cook,
John S. Griffin, Benjamin F. Nor
ris, Lorraine Pleasanton, Norma l..
Seward, G. Leland Shapley.
Grade IL, Mrs. Lambdin, teacn-
civilian Hartnett, Charles Kin
sey, James Lamb, Edwin Leager,
William Long, Earl McNatt, Leland
Slaughter, Herman Tucker, Oscar
Wisk, Dorothy Green, Wanda Jen-
kins, Mabel McClain, Mary Mar
shall, Gertrude Newnom, Eleanor
Nowland, Rosalie Reed, Jean Ellen
Russell, Jean Spence, Gloria Tig-
ner, Catherine Tigner, Myrtle
Truax, Jean zacheis.
Grade 7-2, Miss Start, teacher
Robert Badur, George Barnes,
Frances Bell, Ethel Boyles, Marie
Brommer, Charlotte Brown, Eddie
Burris, Betty Bush, Sara Cahall,
Betty Clough, Leon Collins, Louise
Daniels, Harold Deakyne, Mary
Hester Downs, Jack Dukes, Curtis
Dyer, Alma Eierman, Milton En-
erson, Harry Ennis, Sylvia Harris,
James Knots, William Mcfarland,
Laura McNatt, Ruth McNatt, Irene
Moffitt, Madaline Nabb.
Grade 6-1, Miss Matthews, teach
er-Kathryn Badur, Page Bartlett,
Mary Emma Bell, Margaret Brown,
Alice Ann Burris, Eleanor Cox.
Thelma Uulin, Anne Knots, Ida
Marshall, Jane O'Neill, Yvonne
Senger, Rebecca Wilson, Robert
Carrow, Gi FAIRIES, Robert Francis,
George Hutchinson, Francis Syl-
vester, Kay Boehmler.
Grade 6-2, Mrs. Smith, teacher
Lewis Collins, Margaret Deamer,
Thelma Grimes, Jerry Lamb, Max
inc Leage, Bryon Long, Elsie Mer-
kel, Robert Moore, Donald Mood,
Mary Minner, Winifred Pearce,
Eleanor Reimann, Alden Robinson,
Eddie Tucker, Minnie Tucker, Lee
roy Wade.
Grade 81, Miss Evans, teacher
Mabel Badur, Doris bigger, Emily
Brown, Frances Burris, Florence
Council, Marie Graham, Betty Crit
fin, Carlton Blendt, Harry Blendt,
Gilbert Clampitt, Garland Collins,
Robert Collins, Lewis Craft, Will
liam George, Jack Horsey, Smith
ers Snow. George Wright.
Grade So, Miss Kaufman, teach
er-Harry Hufschmidt, Clarence
Johnson, John Lovegrove, Willis
Ryan, James Sudler, Anna NJ. Dav-
idson, Elizabeth Kirby, Doreen
Long, Betty Messick, Lena New
nom, Doris Nowland, Frances
Pierce, Elaine Pryor, Gwen Smith,
Ruth Swarr, Joyce Ann Wilson.
Grade Al, Miss Scout, teacher
Elizabeth Barnes, Jean Brown,
Constance Burris, Jeanette Cham
bers, Tallulah Everett, Marie Far
(ContinuAd on Page Sikh
Smyrna times., 1939-12-14
BIG ROBBERY IN
WILMINGTON

The most daring and successful
robbery that ever occurred in this
State took place shortly after 10
o'clock Saturday morning in the
Delaware National Bank, corner of
Sixth and Market streets, Will
mington. The victim is ex-United
States District Attorney John G.
Patterson, and the amount he lost
is between $4,000 and $4,000.
Hope of capturing the thieves is
very remote. About 10.15 o'clock
that morning Mr.. Patterson enter
ed the Delaware Bank, and called
for a tin box in which he usually
kept upward of $4,000 in secur-
tiles, about S12,700 of which were
negotiable. The box was produced
from the banks safe, and instead
of accepting an invitation to open
the treasured receptacle behind the
railing, in room where the banks
directors were holding meeting,
Mr.. Patterson took his box outside
the railing and placed it on one of
the public desks. After taking a
bond therefrom and clipping off
the coupons for deposit and while
he was at the cashiers window
with his back turned, and with
the locked treasure box on the
desk, one of the three strangers
who were in the bank for the os-
tensible purpose of having money
changed, quietly picked up the
parcel and the three departed be-
fore a single person had noticed
their actions. The police were at
once summoned, but all search
proved unavailing, and there is no
probability that the thieves will be
caught for the simple season that
Identification is impossible. The
thieves are described as middle
aged and well dressed men, and be-
yond this nothing definite is known.
The theory that they were profess
sional cracksmen is generally ac-
cepted. After leaving the bank
the robbers apparently walked leis-
urely away, for three men, one of
whom carried a tin box, were seen
on the streets by several persons,
but they attracted no special at
tention. 1t is believed that the
|cracksmen went to the suburbs of
the city after the steal and there
took a team and were driven 10 a
country railroad station from
which place they departed on the
first train. Mr.. Patteron has Offer
ed liberal reward for the capture
Of the robbers, and Detective Jones
has been put on the case. The ex-
United States District Attorney
takes his loss philosophically. and
CONTINUED on Page Sikh
Smyrna times., 1939-12-14
Motor Fuel Taxes S197,416

Motor fuel tax collections during
November showed a normal season
al decline of S14,416.84 under those
of October, according to reports
announced last week. The collec-
tions during November amounted
to S197 ,86185 while in October
they were s212,278.69. Fines col
lected for motor vehicle law viola
tions amounted to S9,857, or a de-
crease of S3,769.50 under october.
A total of 1872 new corporations
were filed with the Corporation De
partment, or an increase of 13
over October. The revenue from
the 1872 charters was S4 032.75.
Smyrna times., 1939-12-14
DEATH OF
MRS. ANN PETERSON

\
Mrs. Ann A. Peteron, widow OF
the late Alexander Peterson, died
at her home in Philadelphia on
Sunday in the seth year of her age
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Peterson were
natives of Delaware, grew up here
and resided in Smyrna after their
marriage until they moved to Phil
adelphia, over fifty years ago. He
was engaged in the tannery bust
ness with Captain John Mustard,
which was until twenty years ago
carried on quite extensively, the
family interest in the property
still remaining. The farm on which
Mrs. Peterson was born in what
was then known as Dutch Neck"
which she inherited and has ever
remained in the family, with one or
two other valuable farms in the
same neighborhood. Mrs. Peter
sons maiden name was Ann Alec
Hoffecker, daughter of Henry Hof-
fecker, who lived and died on the
place above referred to. Mr.. Pet
erson, with his father before him
was quite extensively engaged in
the bark and tanning business,
moving to Philadelphia over fifty
years ago for larger sphere in the
same business, in which he was
quite successful. Mrs. Peterson
was known as a woman of strong,
good sense and that virtue and re-
finement that stood out prominent
ly whatever the varying changes Of
life. Her husband died twenty
years ago and two Of her daugh-
ters also proceeded her, Margaret
and Mary. Three children survive
her: John, and Miss Sarah E., who
remained with her in the family
home in Philadelphia, and Emily,
wife of John G. Corbit, residing in
Odessa. The remains will be
brought to Smyrna tomorrow at
1.25 p. m. for interment in the Pet
erson burying ground, now enclos-
ed in the Odd Fellows cemetery.
Smyrna times., 1939-12-14
MILFORD NEGRO
UP FOR ASSAULT
Eugene Williams, North Car.
olina, Accused i'm Milford
WOman's Death
STABBED IN THE HEART

Charged with fatally stabbing a
woman during an argument at Sea-
ford Sunday morning of last week,
Eugene Williams, 80 yers old, who
went to Seaford from North Caro-
lima about three years ago, was ar
rested and given a hearing before
Magistrate Albert j. Lank, and
sentenced him to the county jail at
Georgetown until the next term Of
court. Williams was captured at
gun point by Lannas w. Marvel, of
Seaford, after he had fed from an
apartment house in East Seaford.
the scene of the stabibng, to a hid
ing place at a branch near that
Smyrna times., 1939-12-14

place. The constable was assisted
in the search by several residents
of East Seaford.
The fatal knitting occurred about
10 o'clock Sunday morning as vii
liams was engaged in a row with
Mary Ellen Spear, 29 years old, at
the apartment house, where both
resided. Police said that the vic
tim, formerly of Milford, had been
stabbed in three places near the
heart.
Attracted by the womans cries.
as Williams fed, neighbors carried
her to an automobile and started
for doctors office. They were
unable to contact a physician i'm
mediately, however, and the car
was parked at High and Market
streets. When a physician reached
machine, he pronounced her dead.
After his arrest, Williams was
/ jailed at Seaford and Coroner Lew
is Lathbury, of Dagsboro, impanel-
ed jury and conducted an inquest.
/ The verdict was that the women
had died of stab wounds inflicted
/ by Williams.
The prisoner, according to police,
admitted stabbing Miss Spear, but
said that he had done so in self de-
fense. He said she had drawn q
revolver on him The police were
unable to find any such gun, nor
could they find the knife used.
Several hours before the fight
fremen were called to the same
apartment house to extinguish a
blaze caused, it was said by an
overheated stove.
Smyrna times., 1939-12-14
ATTENDANCE AT
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Teachers of Smyrna Schools
Submit Their Honor List
to the Superintendent
HONOR ROLL FOR MONTH

solly Id optNLdl DlSLIVIL IoCuOOlSj
G. W. Wright, asst. superintendent,
submits the following list of pu-
pills reported by the teachers of the
twelve grades, who were neither
absent. nor tardy and are entitled
to go on the perfect attendance
roll for the month of November:
Grade II, Mr. King, teacher
Ruth Bush, Christine Diacumakos,
Florence Little, Thelma Maclary.
Virginia Mood, Marie Shahan, Ma
tilda Wisk, William Carrow, Harry
Cloud, Mifflin Danes, Clarence
Garis, Charles Hufschmidt, William
MacLucas, Alvin Nickerson, Davis
Number, Vaughn Rash, Theodore
Rohman
Grade Ill, Mr.. Gebhart, teacher
Mary Andrew, Faye Cole, Walter
Downes, Hilda Elburn, Harvey
Gardner, Ruth Hill, James Turner,
Edgar Welch, Edward Wilson.
Grade 11-2, Mr.. Brown, teacher
William Bramble, Robert Der
rickson, Millard Passwaters, Will
liam Pomichalek, Wilma Blendt,
Mildred Carey, Rose Clayville, Ed
ma Ennis, Charlotte Everett, Paul
inc Lowman, Louise Nabb, Ruth
Nowland, Betty Phillips. Virginia
Ragoiia, Grace Salter, Mary K.
Walker, Audrey Wooleyhan.
Grade 1O-1, Miss Breme, teacher
Dorothy Badur, Clifton Bickling,
Eleanor Burke, Stimson Carrow,
Lewis Conway, Lillian Craft, Rob-
ert Deakyne, Earl Ely, Jack Fran
els, Rena Graham, Jean Hurd,
Frances Melvin, Dorothy Pratt,
Marion Pratt, Roy Rogers, Alfred
Rosengren, Lee Slaughter, Mildred
Slaughter, Elizabeth Stats, Sarah
Ellen Wright.
Grade 1912, Miss Filters, teacher
Harry Beck, Fred Harris, Harold
Hopkins, John Long, Robert Low
er, Florence Bailey, Shirley Bleck-
man, Barbara Hoskins, Edith john
son, Charlotte King, Doris Pyle,
Irene Sapp, Shirley Sydell, Rosie
Walls.
Grade 81, Mrs. Vogel, teacher
Dorothy Burris, Edward Burris,
Jane Burris, Charles Cole, Dorothy
Cook, Betty Jane Ennis, Grafton
Heather, Fred Heinold, Margaret
Kinsey, Lloyd McNatt. Betty New
mum, Doris Palmer, Richard Scorah,
Jean Short, Sarah Stevenson, Elva
Waters, Helen Williams, Edward
Wisk.
Grade go, Mrs. Harrington,
teacher--Alphonso Burris, Charles
Cahall, Dorothy Foxwell, Beverly
Gallke, Alvin Hill, Eloise Horn,
Robert Jacobs, Gent Kirby, Helen
PIeasanton, Mary Rash, Robert
Scorah, Marie Shetzler, Dorothy
Short, Jeanne Truax, Norman Tush,
Jack Wilson, George Wright.
Grade 9-3, Miss Marshall, teach
er-Marie Blendt, Jeanette Burch-
ard, Kathleen Burris, Mary Ellen
David, Frances Ann Davis, Dorothy
Dempsey, Mary Fretz, Ruth Gar
rett, Emma Pearce, Elizabeth Rob-
inson, Georgia Lee Slaughter, AVID
rey Westfall, Edna Yokem, Henry
Dukes, william Harris, George
Long, George McCrone. Jack Mood,
Vernon Morton, William Palmer,
John Parker.
Grade 81, Mr.. Ward, teacher
Louise Burris, Rachel Burris, Thel-
ma Davidson, Dorothy Fortner.
Elma Foxwell, Helen Hart, Mildred
Knots, Dorothy Pratt, Janet
Pyle, Margaret Shuttle, Nancy
Stats, Mary Lou Willard. Nancy
Smyrna times., 1939-12-14
EXHIP1|
GEORGE1o||
Delaware Graz
AssOciatior,s ~. p0
Annual Show |
JANUARY tru L

For The tairty-..5,s L
year farmers Of d..
entire Delmarva
bring the best Of ts...
gethes At the s1rgsi .,.-. +'
Delaware Crop InDrara. ~;
cIation which Is go! '--:'
held at the Midas -- =
Georgetown, Jangs,, '''l.
1910. According 10 : Z
Secretary-treasurs, =. :.
ton the 1910 ex5i5i,
bring together ole n ..' ;1a;'
plays of grain crops :, E
duce to be held ii ~: 6
many years. Entris, .'.''; :. &
grains and seeds fo,.,
potatoes viii h T;.. 2
farmers. These Win &
the prize-w:n1ing eD,,... =:
cash awards and HIS. I,
producers NcCaulev !: &
past years the 5.s,~,. X
hold its annual nee..r, !. {,
day Of the exhibit I'll {,
Dean Of the school os III
at the University d Ds..1,,
scheduled to talk d X,
while Claude E. Phini,,
University Of DelaTa.s III
Department and B.r 81.
Assistant County Agent x.
cuss the results Of sysst q
tests conducted in vari5p, i,
Delaware during tie Da1 u.
Saturday, January 6. H. ,-s
H Club Corn Judging "a :
also scheduled and Dujs,I
experts from All Club, i,I
Of the State are expsctss
ticipate The crop exhia
each year by the DeisHsE
Improvement Associatim
quaint people Of the S.an Re
quality Of the crops grow d
aware and to encourage .s-
produce even better cr,vs
ing available the latest i1.-
concerning production nsa
practices as well as new Il
varieties Of seed =
Smyrna times., 1939-12-14
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Notes of Marriages, Deaths
and Matters of Interest
of Half Century Ago
ISSUE OF DEC. nth, 1889

Taken from our old files of
corresponding week, as near
date of this issue as possible
Fifty Years Ago. This column,
now a regular feature of the
Times, will call to mind people
and events of the older genera
tion.
Smyrna times., 1939-12-14
Accepts Position in Ven

Franklin Mack, son tl
Mrs w W. Mack Ia: a..
position with an engi1es1
cern at Springfield. vsnl
has assumed his new iu1:
young mans father il c.E
eer Of the Delaware Stati Z
Department.
Smyrna times., 1939-12-14

be remembered in the Dakota
home, as you gather around the
table, or welcome new friends to
the parsonage fireside. In memory
and affection, we will often form
part of the circle there, and we
know there will be room for your
sincere friends, Lottie j. Hoffeck-
er, Lizzie Mcdowell, Anna Dough-
ten, Carrie ]. Budd, Beulah c. JEFF
ferson, Mary L. Hoffecker, Jennie
c. S. Price, Saddle E. Baggs, Lizzie
c. Voshell, Mary ]. Bewley, Clara
]. Bewley, Emma Hough, Anna D.
Hough, Kate E. Smithers, Mary w.
Thompson, Ella T. Griffith, Nan C..
Hoffecker, Mary E. Moore, Rebecca
FAIRIES, Emma S. Clifton, S.R. Colt.
Smyrna times., 1939-12-14
DEATHS

Humphreys-On the 9th inst,
Charles E., infant son of the late
Thomas E. and Rebecca Hum
phreys, aged months and 10 days.
Jones-In Dover, November 30th,
Mrs. Mary j. Jones, aged 36 years.
JonesNear Persons Corner, No
vember 26th, Lemuel Jones, aged
21 years.
Shorten the 10th inst, in Phil
adelphia, Isaac S. Short, son of the
late Isaac and Catherine Short of
Shorts Landing, aged 81 years.
Smyrna times., 1939-12-14

BEAUTIFUL SOUSENIR FOR
REV.DR. ROBINSON AND WIFE
On Monday evening, December 8,
Rev. w. S. Robinson, ID. d., and his
wife, were the recipients Of a beau
tiful plush cabinet, containing a
dozen silver teaspoons, handsomely
decorated and engraved. Accom-
panying the case was this not with
the following names. Dear DR.. and
Mrs. Robinson: A few Of your
many friends, offer you this little
gift, not as measure, but an evil
dence of the love we cherish for
our pastor and his wife. We would
Smyrna times., 1939-12-14
MARRIAGES

Killen-Frear. In Camden, No
vember 20th at the M. E. Parson-
age, by Rev. H. Rawlins. William
d. Frear, of Rising Sun, to Miss
Maggie Killen, Of FELTON,.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-03-17
Violin Dimensions

Bachmann's Encyclopedia of the
Violin gives table showing the cor
rect dimensions of the violin as eS-
tabhshed by Vidal; they represent
the exact principal dimensions of.
very fine Stradivarius, the Vuil-
laume or La Messie Stradivarius.
These are as follows: Total exterior
length of body, IA inches; breadth
across upper bouts, SO inches;
breadth across lower bouts, 81
inches; breadth across inner bouts,
4.3 inches; length of inner bouts, 8
inches; length from base Of button
to notch of F-holes, 7.6 inches;
height Of sides, upper bouts, IL
inches; height of sides, inner bouts,
IL inches; height of sides, lower
bouts, LIS inches; length Of the
neck, SIS inches; length Of finger
board, 1925 inches. A violin con-
sists Of SO or 70 separate parts, and
several varieties of wood are used,
including maple or plane wood for
the back, neck, ribs and bridge;
spruce for the belly, the bar Of the
corners, the molds, Innings and
sound post; ebony or rosewood for
the finger board, nuts, pegs, tail
piece and the tailpiece button which
supports it
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-03-17
Habits Of Ant-Eaters

In tropical countries there are
large mammals known as ant-eat-
ers. To thrive in the ant-eating line
II is necessary that the creature
should be armed with powerful
limbs for tearing open the nests,
and also be immune from the bites
and stings. So Nature has provided
it with a long, worm-like tongue,
coated with a sticky substance with
which it is able to lick up large
numbers Of insects as they run
about in the wreckage of their home.
Some species of ant-eaters have no
teeth, states a writer in London Tit
Bits Magazine. In their place they
have long, tubular jaws, for ants
are small and need no biting; the
length Of the jaw assists them In
their work, for they are able tc
stick 1t into crevices and holes In
which the ants attempt to escape.