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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-12-02
Benedict Beaten

ORANGERrRG. Sc (ANPl An
unprecedented attendance 'pf 1000
Thanksgiyirg Homecoming { a u $
saw South Carolina States hghiing
Bulydogs suhduc the raging Tigers
OF Benedict IN hectic gr.diron
clash ihst ended IN 1912 sore IN
favor OF the South Carolina state
Bulldogs.
nitely removed 4. & 7. from G. L
A. \. tale con liberation
Evening star., 1939-02-19
YES, MEN CARRIED MUFFS

himself appear taller and more I'M
presslve.
OENTLEMEN with whiskcrs were
Somebodics in the seventeenth CEN
tury That is why the dandles OF that
time spent so many hours on their
boards, curling them with hot irons
and CLOSING them with oil of jasmine
and Cltron.
LINEN shirts for men came into
vogue during the tenth century and
were strictly confined to the upper
classes because the average price of
shirt ranged around $50 or more.
linen being great luxury. These
shirts had no collars. resembling the
modern union suit around the neck.
but later the ruff came into use Dur
ing Elizabeth's time the collars"
were so large that it took eighteen
yards of linen to make one.
WILLIAM EVANS
Evening star., 1939-02-19

and their use spread among the COM
parative few who could afford such
toys. Their pocket clocks" were
dazzling pieces of jewelry, but they
never possessed fraction of the accur-
acy anyone can buy in a $l.5O time
piece today.
Even in colonial America it was
customary to carry two watches -
both of which were wrong but which
gave you an average to guess from!
Strangely enough, the chamber
clock was over $50 years old before the
Dutch astronomer Huygens applied
to it the principle of the pendulum
which young Calico had discovered
in the Cathedral at Pisa And it was
200 years old before the minute hand
was used. for until about 1857 all
clocks had only a single hour hand.
Few things in this modern world
of mechanical marvcls seem more
prosaic or commonplace than the
clock, yet that timeplece Hcktocking
on your kitchen shelf represents the
mental travail, the trial and error of
some of the worlds best minds for
nearly three thousand years.
The clepsydra, or water clock, was
already ten centuries old when in
l4O B. c., Ctesibus. in Alexandra,
improved it by adding shaft con-
nected to series of toothed wheels
through which the falling water could
turn hand to a number on dial.
day - it merely indicated how many
hours had passed since the water
vessel had last been filled. So while
the clepsydra was still being worked
on, its rivals. the sundlal. the time
lamp. the sandglass and the mercury
glass, were used to keep track of the
f1eeting hours And no less than fifteen
centuries of those hours came and
went before the original of that COM
monplace ticker on your kitchen shelf
was conceived from the tireless brain
OF man!
liumanity's Hall of Fame offers
places of honor to llenlcln. Light
house. Dondl and de Wick. who helped
men to measure their daily lives.
Paul W. KEARhEY
Evening star., 1939-02-19

1HE idea of going bare-headed is
neither new nor collegiate. 1t was
common custom among English dam
dies before the American Revolution,
but they usually carried their hats
in their hands so as to avoid mussing
their wigs.
NlEN used to carry muffs in the
seventeenth century: they have worn
jeweled gloves: lace underwear; six
inch heels on their shoes; embroidered
lace handkerchefs embellished with
buttons - indeed. the first chemise
was worn by man in the thirteenth
century. During the fifteenth century
mems shoes had such long toes that
they we're stuffed, turned up and
fastened to the knee with tiny chain.
AUGUSTUS CAESAR was the first man
to wear heels on his shoes. Being very
short, he introduced the idea to make
Evening star., 1939-02-19
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE
Whot>s the time? These men gave US the answer

Many of the indispensable boons
Of mankind are gifts of men and
gotten. Here is another of an imbor-
tant series of articles that tell about
these unsuag heroes.
AT SEVEN o'clock on a work-day
~ morning one may not feel that
e the inventor of the clock is
entitled to any praise from sleepy
humanity But to give the devil his
due, that Nuremberg locksmith, Peter
Henlein (also spelled Helle). who
perfected the handspring and thus
developed clock similar to the one
we know, is not to be blamed for the
''slumber busters" of today.
For the odd truth is that clocks had
striking bells. or alarms, several CEN
turies before they had dials and hands
AS far back as the year l34O an Eng
lish monk, Peter Lighthouse, made
clock which struck the hours. and all
early monastery timepieces merely
rang a bell to wake the monks for
prayer without giving any visible in
dication of the hour In 1874 the
Italian Giacomo Dondi built tower
clock in Padua which performed
similarly, and eight years later the
famous contraption in the Strasbourg
Cathedral was unveiled to wonder
ing world.
Despite these early developments,
however. credit for building the first
real clock is generally accorded to one
Henry de Wick Ito use one of many
spellings of his name), who was called
from his home in Wurtemburg by
Charles V, of France, to construct
clock in Paris in 1879. This mechan-
ism, which still exists in the Palais de
Justice, is considered the first clock
in the accepted sense of the term
because in it de Wick installed the first
''escapement"
Dodging the technicalities of horol-
ogy, it is the escapement that puts
the ticktock in timepiece and makes
it an instrument for measuring time
instead of guessing at it. And although
de Vick's machine was so crude that
it was usually about two hours fast or
slow, it was still a vast improvement
over the others - and so sound in
principle that our clock mechanisms
today closely resemble this four
teenth Century Germans timepiece.
But de Vick's clock, as we'll as all
others for nearly two more centuries,
were tower clocks installed in public
buildings. Employing weights of
Evening star., 1939-02-19
An early model by the
qreot cIockmoker de Wick

around 500 pounds to provide the
motive power for cumbersome, IRON
wheel trains, such devices were not
feasible for domestic use until the
ingenious Henlein conceived the idea
of the coiled handspring which could
be wound up to provide the necessary
power.
Thus, around the year 1900 the
"chamber clock" came into being.
1t was called a table watch, or
pocket clock - but since the early
ones weighed from six to ten pounds,
either term was certainly the height of
nattery.
Henlen's original productions were
round. but he soon began to make
them oval in shape. hence the term
Nuremberg eggs" which became
current in Europe at that time. The
appeal of these costly baubles quickly
caught the fancy of the arlstocracy
Evening star., 1939-02-19
the Treatment

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WOMEN: Part the hair at vari-
Gus places. and apply Listerine
Antiseptic right along the part
with medicine dropper. to avoid
wetting the hair excessively.
Always follow with vigorous
and persistent massage. But
don't expect overnight results,
because germ conditions cannot
be cleared up that fast.
Genuine LiSterine Antiseptic
is guaranteed not to bleach the
hair or affect texture.
Evening star., 1939-02-19
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Long research in laboratory and
clinic have proved that systematic,
twice-a-day treatment with Lister
inc Antiseptic often brings surpris-
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Try it yourself and see.
Even after dandruff has disap-
peared, it is wise to massage with
Listerine at regular intervals to
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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-10-07

$500
shlo!Wlngs best pic of the week is
Glltford Odet's Golden Boy" at the
helth Memorial Theatre starring vii
liam Holden, Adolph Menjou, Barbara
Stanwyck, Don Beddie, Joe Cobb and
Sam Leveve in thrilling drama of the
prize ring in which the Golden Bow
NIGHTS and kills a colored opponent.
The Chocolate Drop" these fight
sequences and the dressing room scene
with the colored friends of the de-
ceased pugllist are the finest drama
TIC punch OF the season the COM
panlon picture is miracles For Sale"
IN which Robert Young exposes the
magicians bag of trix =. Lou Mont
gomery of Brockton and Roxburv GER
talnly endeared himself to local foot
ball fans when he turned loose last
Saturday and proved a powerful fac
tor IN the Boston College victory over
the Lebanon Valley team from Penn
sylVanla Coach Leahy gave Lou
his big chance and he ran wild with
the ball while the team gave him
excellent support he rates the
gold medal award from this column
for the week Milton Lewis, ace
trumpet artist will appear in concert
at Butler Hall, Friday, October 81,
assisted by Helen Holiday, soprano
and accompanied by Agnes w. Van
Derzee in a Recital and Dance with
music by the Milton Lewis Orchestra
featuring Ruth Workman, soloist
Well, here's hoping that Hitler's pipe
OF peace won't turn out to be piece
OF pine! =. GOombye-Goo E. Duck.
Hot MikadO" Oct. 3O-The Boston
Opera House will be the first stop on
a coast to coast tour of Michael Todd's
Hot Mlkado," starring Bill Robinson,
when that musical comedy comes here
direct from a 30-week engagement on
Broadway and at the Worlds Fair for
two weeks beginning Monday. Oct.
~: Principals include Rose Brown.
celebrated as the first "Hot" Katisha
IN Gilbert and Sullivan history. Robert
Parrish. Maurice Ellis, J. A. Lillard.
Alce Harris, Rosetta LIE Noire. and
Freddie Robinson. The supporting
performers comprising huge CORPS of
singers and jitterbugs will number
l5O. For the tour the production will
return to its original full-length YER
sion which has not been seen since the
musical was transferred to the Fair
from the Broadhurst Theater. Has
sard Short, who staged the production.
began rehearsals this week on the
complete version of the swing specta-
Gle, and Nat Karson is doing a new
costuming job for the road trek.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-10-07

Hello folks get out into the
country these week-ends and enjoy the
lush beauty of a New England autumn
10 October when Mother Nature por-
trays an unrivalled exhibition of
scenery and landscape the once
rmdant foliage becomes a riot of
changing colors with reds, brown and
yellow predominating while the hardy
orrgreens lend a picturesque back
ground to the view .. these glorious
Fa5 days are yours to enjoy and re-
member so 90 where the chestnuts are
hopping from the trees and take a
lesson from the wise squirrel who
stores up nuts for food instead of
boarding food for nuts all quiet
dong the social front waiting for the
Columbus Day big guns of the season
VI events e.. at Green Acres .. and
ulctly fraternal . e. the latest post
from Gotham brings welcome epistle
from the sepian Cecil B. DeMille re-
meubered by all lovers of the drama
here as Hilary Beau" Phillips whose
Laboratory Players later won the ac-
claim Of Broadway and Hollywood
Ho writes with the advent of John
Henry and Midsummer Nights
Dream looks encouraging for the race
'he~plans on Broadway during the
coming season plus Paul Robson in
>aplo Africanus' a musical drama of
he civil war. . | would relish doing
another play with our original group
back home who triumphed in "The
charming Pretender' =. hope that
opportunity will come soon been
quite busy with the Harlem Suitcase
Theatre during the past eighteen
months working with Thomas Rich
ardson and Mural Unis our last
run closed after record of eighty
Two performances | will guest
erect with another local group during.
The coming season in which their re-
pertone includes Journeys End
1.-The. Silver Cord Holiday "The
fcpe and 'Haila's Daughter IAN
oIIghaI) fortunately for me these
plays will be strung out to cover a
peHoo of five months as | am onlv
Planning to do two or three produc-
lonS for the Harlem Suitcase Thea
IRE since l anticipate STUDYING under
Na" haEhanova during October
londest regards to all our friends
.r"m Beacon Hill to Sugar Hill"
...anH Victor Dubord and I welcome
me opportunity of stalking the foot
93ts while Hilary tears IN the
o.cheStra seats out front and Won
may recall his magnificent perform
4 =, as the native cabin bow in All
DDuIiF thrilling melodrama phantom
cargo at the Plymouth Theatre
enclosed with this letter was a cow
2 %. the program for their last prodjc.
non OF Don't You Want To Be Free"
a poetic drama by Langston HUGHES
directed by Hilary Phillips iig5tin no
supervised by our own Perry Watkins
ana Byron Webb with costumes do
signed and executed by DOROTHY Peter T
son see how many race theatrical
names you can recognize in the follow
Ing cast; Earl Jones, Philip Simmons
Lucia Moreno, Sy Worboff Warn % .,
CCGiney, Caroline Battle, Tow Harner
4 = y 5 Smith, Orena Kirkpatrickk
G Edlth Jones, Moody Spivens, Jr Sid Sid
GOODMAN, Lille Mae On, Charles Carr
LOUIS Carr, George Murphy. Row
thomas, Muriel Unis, Helen B. brown WY
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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-10-07

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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-08-17
Perkins Appoints
Tone As SpeciaI
Liuison Officer
Is Widely Known In Labor
Circles As Representa-
tive Of Labor

Joseph M. Tone, former Connecticut
State Labor Commissioner, has been
named as Special Liaison Officer be-
tween the United States Department
of Labor ard the different State de-
partments. Secretary Of Labor Frances
Perkins announced today.
Widely known in labor circles, Mr..
Tone has been delegate to the an
nual conferences of representatives of
State Governors inaugurated by Miss
Perkins in 1888, in an effort to bring
about closer cooperation for a desir-
able program of State labor legisla-
ton in the interest Of wage earners.
Mr.. Tone is native of New Haven
Conn.,, and is so years of age. He was
a representative of the International
Association of Machinists, from 1918
to 1924; member of the Connecticut
State Senate 1923 to 1925; Secretary
of the Connecticut State Democratic
Central Committee, 1890; vice presi-
dent and president of the Association
of Governmental Labor Officials
United States representative to the
International Labor Conference in
Geneva in 1886, and was Connecticut
State Labor Commissioner from 1881
to 1889.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-08-17

Mr.. Altmeyer also cited the example
Of a man making SITS month who had
reached 65 in December 1888 and col
lected lump-sum payment Of $6S.0O.
although his account has been
closed" Mr.. Altmeyer said, lit may be
reopened under the amended plan. He
may file new claim, and after Janu-
ary 1910 he would receive monthly
benefit-$22.95 in his own right and
an additional $11.48 for his wife, if
she also is IS. In such cases, adjust
ment will be made to deduct from
monthly benefits the amount Of the
lump sum previously received"
Today's discontinuance of claims re-
ceipts does not apply to death benefits,
also made in the form Of lump sums
under the original law. Such pay
ments to the relatives or estates of
wage earners who die before 1910
will be continued. Monthly survivors
benefits, provided by the new law, be-
come effective under it on January /,
1910. Widows, orphans, or dependent
parents of workers who die after that
date may receive such benefits within
the terms Of the revised plan.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-08-17
Cify-Wifhin- City
Moved Step Nearer
Base Bid Approved By the
United States Housing
Authority

Washington, D. C.-Construction
of mammoth "city-within-a-city" OF
1,771 modern low-rental homes deep
in the heart of Manhattan's teeming
lower East Side moved a step nearer
today when Nathan Straus, Admins
traitor of the United States Housing
Authority, approved base bid recon-
mended by the New York City Hous-
ing Authority for laying the founda-
tions for the "Vladeck Houses" slum-
clearance project.
The base bid covers not only the
foundation work on the USHA-aided
project of 1851 dwelling units, but
also the same work on "Vladeck City
Houses" a project of 24O dwellings
to be built on an adjoining site and
financed entirely by the City Of New
York.
The approval bid, which will be pro-
portionately applied to the two pro-
jects, was as follows:
FOUNDATIONS (Including Ex-
cavation, Footings, Foundation Walls
and Drainage)-
CORBETTA CONSTRUCTION CO..
INC, NEW YORK CITY-$454, ,913.
Work Of demolishing 1857 unsafe
and insanitary dwellings, contained in
81 "Old Law" tenements and ancient
apartment buildings on the "Vladeck
Houses" site, is nearing completion
Plans are under way for starting con-
struction Of the project, which will be
made up Of six-story freproof apart
ment buildings, equipped with ele-
vators.
Foundation work is expected to
start by August Is and will be COM
pleted in approximately three months
In the meantime the New York City
Housing Authority will advertise fo1
bids on the superstructure contracts
"The Vladeck Houses" project will
spread over six city blocks bounded by
Madison Street on the north, Jackson
Street on the east, Water Street on
the south and Gouverneur Street on
the west. The site, about one mile
from New York's City Hall, is within
easy reach Of schools, churches, stores
and places of employment and is
served by all manner of transportation
lines.
Exceptional recreation facilities will
be available to tenants Of the project
in Corlears Hook Park, directly east
of the site, and in newly developed
parkway extending northward from
the site along the East River.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-08-17
ONE WHO DIDN'T

A farmer took his wife to a concert
and after listening with apparent JOY
the pair suddenly became interested in
one Of the choruses: "All we, like
sheep, have gone astray."
First sharp soprano voice ex-
claimed: "All we, like sheep; next a
deep voice uttered in a most earnest
tone: "All we, like sheep" Then all
the singers at once asserted: "All we
like Sheep"
"Well, dontw exclaimed the farm
er to his wife. 81 like beef and bacon
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-08-17

NEEDY FAMILIES GET SURPLUS
New Orleans.-Surplus food COM
modities with a food value of eighty
eight thousand dollars were distribu-
ted among needy families in New
Orleans during the month of June,
according to report of the State
Welfare Society; $4,000 families were
assisted.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-08-17
AN ODDITY FROM
NEWS OF THE DAY

Beatrice, Nebr.-Mrs. Fred Jones of
Wymore, who gave birth to fine boy
Tuesday at the Mennonite Hospital,
is reported as getting along nicely
Her uncle, N. A. Savenger, of Lin
coin, who also suffered a broken leg
in the same accident, is recovering at
Falls sanitarium.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-08-17
BARRED FROM LEGISLATURE

Boston, Mass.-State Representa-
tive John B. Wenzler, a 194-pound
tavern keeper and lawyer, was barred
by guards from the House Chamber
when he appeared in bathing suit in
protest against the dilatory tactics of
the Republican administration.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-08-17

The force Of gravity on the moon
is only one-sixth as strong as that on
the earth, according to science note.
Still, at the proper time and in GER
tain situations, it carries a lot of
weight.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-08-17

According to a fashion item--of
which we're a careful reader and OBJ
server-the hustle is coming back. 1t
10 hoped that this fashion note may
soon be repeated as a business COM
ment.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-08-17

Never argue with a woman whose
shoes are killing her.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-08-17

ber of very delightful pen and ink
drawings. The price of the Guide is
$500.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-08-17

Next to bow-legs, a girls worst
handicap is a sense Of responsibility.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-13
MARKET QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK STOCKS

NEW YORK, Oct. 13. UP)-
Stocks jumped fractions to two
points today in response to the AL
lies rejection of Hitler's peace bid
and then reacted on rumors that
some neutral nation would initiate
a peace conference.
Near the close the list was irreg
ular with some issues dow more
than points from early highs.
trading tapered off on the setback.
Douglas aircraft lost all Of a 2
point advance to 7sA. Chrysler
slipped more than a point and then
rallied a fractio to above 80.
Dow Jones closing stock aYera-
ges: Industrial, 15O,s5, off 0.49; rail,
1866 off O.30; utility 25.34. off 0.1S.
Stock sales approximated 100000
shares against $4,000 on Wednes-
day. Curb stock volume amounted
TO $4,000 shares compared with
1896 in the previous session.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-13
Busy Armstrong
Fights TONIGHT

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct 13. CUP)-
Henry Armstrong, world welter-
weight champion, who looks to the
Zodiac for guidance on such fate
full days as Friday, risks his title
tonight-and it's Friday the 18th
against Howard Scott of Washing
ton, D. c.
He's almost too busy these days
to have much time for his super
stitions. Four nights ago he scored
a technical knockout over Al Man
fredo in the fourth round of a
scheduled 10-round title bout at
Des Moines. One week from tonight
he goes into the ring against Richey
Fontaine at Seattle. Nine days later
he meets Bobby Pacho in another
l0-round bout at Denver before
flying to New York to report for
training Nov. in preparation for
a fight with Lou Ambers for the
welterweight.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-13

Even Bet
To Win

El Centro junior college football
team goes up against Phoenix J.C.
Bears at s o'clock Saturday night
on Central field, in a game that
may make history for Coach Robert
Armstrong; Arab gridders.
1t may make history because the
El Centro junior college is rated
an even bet against Phoenix, and
in case you're stale on your statis-
tics. El Centro jayceeS have never
beaten the Bears from the Arizona
city.
The best previous junior college
teams could do against Phoenix was
gain a deadlock. The 1888 junior
college football team did that in
its opening game last season. The
final score was 6-6.
But Coach Robert Armstrong
came up with better team when
school opened this year. The Arabs
with Sander and Gray on hand to
do the running, swept over Yuma
high, 26-0. Then the following
weekend, without Sander and Gray
the Arabs tied a strong Citrus jjay-
Gee eleven in the mud.
Armstrong juggled his lineup a
bit for Saturday nights all i'm
portant game. He planned to start
Edgar and Woodland at ends, Ingle
and Ballou at tackles, Avenadano
and Hicks at guards and Harlan
at center.
In the backfield Measures, Nor
gan, NJ. Walker and E. Walker will
probably start the game, with San
dez and Gray held in readiness
in the event an early scoring op-
portunity is made available. In
other words, Armstrong plans to
try the old "shock troop" trick.