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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-01-14

NEW YORK, Jan. 13-Does
Father Divine own Krum Ell
-hnM-1he luxurious country
estate on the opposite bank
of the Hudson Tiyer from the
csummer home Of President Roose-
welt?
Evening star., 1939-10-31
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

Many Of these large diamond
marked reptiles have been seen and
captured on the Mexican tableland
which extends into Southern Ari-
zona. Some have confused this
snake with the cousin residing In
the West, because of the large dia-
mond markings.
In tho mountains near Tucson,
Ariz., these snakes display a dis
tinctly green color, and the pattern
varies. Some have q chain of rhomb-
like markings, and some have Sc
ries of dark brown blotches that
are clearly defined. The average
length of the snakes is 81 feet.
All of them have the head mark
ings to be found on allied species.
Like their cousins in the Sis
trurus genus, the reptiles are poison
GUS, and they are all unusual in that
every one of them possesses
rattle. For this reason many peo-
pie consider the rattlesnake most
interesting and also more dangerous.
AS matter of fact these reptiles
are, of all the snakes inhabiting our
country, the most important. We
find the greater number of these
poisonous ones, in point of deadli-
ness, second in rank with the great
ly and wisely feared vipers.
Few colors found on animals are
Evening star., 1939-10-31

ton at the groups station, Langley
Field, Va. The bombardment group
won the trophy for its flight to
Brazil last year. nj
Evening star., 1939-10-31
Neutrality Patrol Needs
Return ; Boats 10 Use

By the Associated Press.
The Coast Guard yesterday ordered
the recommissioning of three old
boats for neutrality patrol duty and
the establishment of two new train
ing stations for recruits.
The old boats are the veteran ice
breaker and cutter Kickapoo, to be
station at Rockland. Me-; the patrol
boat Bonham, to be stationed at
Seward, Alaska, and the patrol boat
Neemaha, station undetermined.
Because of the extra cruising re-
quired, the Coast Guard is recruiting
1900 more men. To facilitate their
training, new stations were ordered
established at Port Townsend, WASH,
and at Ellis Island. N Y.
Also, in line with Coast Guard ef-
forts to make its best equipment
available for patrol, the old cutter
Northland. recently withdrawn from
the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, was
ordered to Oakland. Calf, as a
training ship for the merchant
marine training service, to relieve
the more modern Shoshone.
Evening star., 1939-10-31

Of tho rattles may be heard. A
stroke fof that heavy head with the
poison filled fangs is almost In
stant death.
A rattlesnake fights from the spot
where you found 1t. It assumes the
posture and carries forth its threat
as a matter OF self lf-defense. If the
enemy who started the whole pro-
ceiure retreats the rattler sub
sides and eagerly seeks cover. The
whole attitude is one of defense.
ihe noise of the rattle is sufficient
warning for humans at least. There
is nothing about the deadly reptile
that is aggressive toward man.
Tens Of thousands Of rattlesnakes
have been killed by man. Perhaps
one man has met his death through
one Of that number. There is also the
fact that rattlesnakes seek spots that
are not particularly attractive to
man.
Many stories have been told of
the number of buttons on the rattle
denoting the age. 1t hardly seems
necessary to warn YOU that this is
not true. The buttons hre lost, and
besides each rattlesn&ke acquires
as many as three ana sometimes
Evening star., 1939-10-31
Suit Filed for Lund
For War BUILDING

A condemnation suit was on file
today in District Court, as the Fed
eral Government moved to obtain
land for the erection of the new
War Department at Twenty first,
Twenty-second streets and Virginia
avenue NV. Property is required,
the court was told, in squares 83,
"a and H:
Filing the suit were Alexander H.
Bell, jr., principal attorney in the
lands division of the Department Of
Justice. and Henry F. Money, asso-
ciate attorney.
Evening star., 1939-10-31
Public Health Service
Issues Manual On
Sex Education
Dr.. Porron Says Schools
Should Accept Share
Of Responsibility

Citing a need for sex education,
the United States Public Health
Service today published 130-page
manual entitled High Schools and
Sex Education"
Schools should accept their share
of the responsibility for supplement-
ing sex education in the home, in
the opinion of DR.. Thomas Parran,
Surgeon General of the Public
Health Service. and DR.. j. w. Stude-
baker, Commissioner of Education,
Office of Education. who wrote the
foreWord to the new manual.
DR.. Parran declared: There has
been a persistent feeling that blum
dering humans should not discuss
sex lest they corrupt and spoil it.
Because discussion has been avoided,
many people see sex dimly through
a mist-dangerous. but mysteriously
attractive The effect of the taboo
against discussion heightens the
curiosity of many young people and
imagination is often substituted for
SOBER facts
TabOOs Discouraged.
Z Modern psychology and medicine.
DR.. Parran said. have shown over
and over again the need for replac-
ing taboos and ignorance by frank
discussion and knowledge so that
young people can attain healthy
adulthood, free from needless fears
and misgivings."
go. THE need for sex education be-
yond what the average child re-
ceives." continued DR.. Parran, sis
generally recognized. What it should
consist of, how. and by whom in
struction should be given, and the
part to be played by the schools in
their role Of adjunct to the home,
are questions which cannot be final
ly answered in this publication
The schools. however, must assume
a major share of the responsibility
SO long as countless parents turn
frantically to outside agencies for
aid. AS one of the agencies to which
many parents turn for assistance,
the Public Health Service is also
anxious to assume its share of the
responsibility because of its concern
with the mental and social-as we'll
as physical-health of the Nation"
DR.. Studebaker charged that edu-
cation in the field of sex had been
obtained by youth too largely "by
chance or mischance," and there
seemed to be little objection to such
'haphazard learning from unreliable
and undesirable sources"
"Otherwise.' he said, long ago
We would have done more about it
in the programs of our schools.
Manual Aims to Aid Teachers.
"A biting criticism of education
has been" continued Dr. Stude-
baker, that we too often try to
teach children what they need not
learn at ages at which they are
especially unfit to learr it, It can
not be said that young people do not
need to know about sex and its
manifold implications, and, above
all subjects, it is the one about
which at high school age they most
wish to learn. They are often wiser
in their demands than those who
plan for their supply. A course in
this field need not be required for
it Is desired"
In announcing the manual DR..
Parran said that schools in assum-
ing their Responsibility" must face
number of problems" Outlining
some Of these, DR.. Parran submitted
the manual as "a useful guide to
Evening star., 1939-10-31
Battalion Parade
To Use New Manual

The Sd Battalion, 18th Infantry,
will put on special battalion parade,
employing the new close-o order
manual, for the benefit of all Re-
serve officers in the vicinity Of
Washington at 8 am. Saturday.
The parade, which will last about
half hour, will be held at the
battalion's newly established camp,
the Arlington Cantonment, Va, be-
tween Arlington National Cemetery
and Washington Airport.
Evening star., 1939-10-31

four rings per year. A rattle over
II rings long is rs much as the Vi
bration will stand, and the tips are
soon worn and lost.
Rattlesnakes give birth to their
young, and each baby has one soft
button, which 1t soon learns to
shake with vim and vigor, produc-
ing, however, not . sound.
Evening star., 1939-10-31
Natures Children
Mountain Diamond Rattlesnake
(Crotalus atrox- phase scutulatus)

50 rich and lovely. Few creatures of
the outdoors have such mean dis
positions and appear always to be
IN a bad humor. No one who has
heard the ominous hiss and the
strange sound of the rattle, giving
out its warning, ever forgets it. !
1t Is a fearsome sight to Wit
ness the rattlesnake's preparations
Evening star., 1939-10-31

those who would promote or i'm
part sex education"
The manual was written by DR..
Benjamin G. Gutenberg. with the
assistance of j. L. Kaukonen of the
United States Public Health Serv-
ice. 1t Is designed primarily to aid
teachers in meeting the problems
of sex education as they are found
in secondary schools.
Evening star., 1939-10-31

for striking. With a great heave the
reptile is thrown into a graceful and
symmetrical coil, the huge body is
inflated, "the neck arched in an
oblique bow in support of the heart
shaped head" while during all this
time the tongue waves back and
forth with its ugly quivering tips.
Steadily and necessarily the whir
Evening star., 1939-10-31
Trophy Ceremony DELAYED

Presentation Of the 1888 Mackay
aviation trophy to the I'd Bombard-
ment Group. General Headquarters
Air Force, was postponed from to-
day to November 7 owing to in
clement weather. Secretary of War
Woodring will make the presenta-
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-08-03
Senate Slows Up
On Its Spending

WASHINGTON. - The senate
has approved As to "a, an amend
ment to the administrations
81, 64O,OOO,OOO lending bill design
ed to prevent government inter-
ference with existing private en-
terprise.
Soon after adopting this pro-
posal by Senator OMahoney 3D.,
Wyo.), the chamber agreed to Ii
NIT debate on the lending meas
ure and recessed until Monday.
The agreement, limiting sena-
tors to 15-minute speeches, was
obtained by the administration
! leadership after many previous
attempts to hasten a vote had
proved futile.
Sentiment for reduction of the
lending program spread from the
senate to the house banking COM
mittee during the day bringing
about an $85,00O,00O reduction in
| the measure at that groups
hands.
! The banking committee recon-
mended house passage of cur
tailed bill carrying total Of ST.
95O,OOO,OOO.
The bill before the senate al
ready had been cut down, by a
coalition of Republicans and De-
mocrats, to $1,64O,OOO,OOO. When
first introduced by administra-
ton leaders, the legislation car
ried S2,800,000,000.
Before it recessed, the senate
accepted by a voice vote an
amendment by Senator Tydings
! 3D., Md to prohibit political
contributions by labor unions or
other organizations except with
the foreknowledge of their mem
bers.
4! Tydings indicated during de-
bate that the amendment was
aimed at such loans as the $47O,-
| 600 advance made to the Demo
cratic party in 1886 by John L.
Lewis United Mine Workers.
Acceptance of the OMahoney
proposal came after hours-long
debate, during which Senator
Norris Gnd., Neb.) charged that
its practical effect would be to
make it absolutely impossible for
a municipality to construct an
electric light plant"
The O'Mahoney amendment
provides that none of the propos-
ed S35O,OOO,OOO of public works
loans could 60 for projects in any
! field which private enterprise
already was serving adequately.
1t provides also, however, that if
the owners of a private business
refuse a reasonable" public Of
fer to purchase, then government
funds could be used for the con-
struction Of a competing enter
prise.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-08-03
Visiting Rotarians Highly
Impressed With Ashe Co.:

that came to me and to your 9TH
er visitors, l am sure that your
own members and your Rotary
AIMS derived lot of wholesome
benefit from it. The people OF
your section illustrate, demon
strate and emphasize the state
ment that l had made sometime
ago to the effect that North Car
oline is fine place in which tc
meet and know nice people and
that is half of living-knowlng
nice people"
1T seems to me that Ashe coun-
ty offers possibilities of the fin
est type of development imagln-
able, if your folks up there will
just realize the fact, cooperate
and let the outside world know
about it.
"You have everything to at
tract the seeker for beauty; for
rest or recreation; for a place in
which to live; for a bushes To-
cation. In fact, your county fascl-
mates me and l shall surely re-
turn there ere long.
until then, with kindest re-
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-08-03
Cleveland Thayer Writes At
Length. Praises County
and Its People.

The officers of the Rotary clubs
OF the 188th. district who attend
ed the assembly in Ashe last
week and the program speakers
were highly impressed with the
beautiful scenery in this county
and had an enjoyable time, &C
cording to letters which local
club members have received this
week.
"All of the way down the
mountains the other day the idea
kept running through my mind
that YOUR assembly was the
most enjoyable of any that 1 have
attended and that means assem-
blies during the past 16 years"
Cleveland Thayer, of Asheboro
and past district governor,
wrote.
To-day I have been and still
thinking the same thing and I
can assure you that it will live
with me for a long time.
I'm addition to the enjoyment
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-08-03

produce milk at a lower feed
cost than those in which inferior
sires have been used.
There is also a close relation
between feed cost and herd man
agement, Arey pointed out, The
herd that is kept comfortable in
both winter and summer, protect
ed aaginst disease, bred and fed
properly, and given kind treat
ment will better Utilize the feed
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-08-03
AREY ADVISES CHECK
ON DAIRY FEED COST

1t is just as important for a
dairyman to know what his milk
costs to produce as it is for a
manufacturer to know what his
product costs him, says John
Arey, extension dairyman at
State College.
The feed cost represents only
40 to SO per cent of the total cost
of producing and delivering milk,
but it can be used as a basis from
which the total cost can be de-
termined.
Arey explained that a close re-
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-08-03
Sword Continues To Hang Over
European Nations At This Time

WARSAW, July 29.-HarVeSt
time in Europe is at hand, the
time named in many forecasts
concerning Europe's next period
Of tension.
There is widely held fear that
the danger of war may become
acute once the crops are in and
men released from the fields to
relinquish the sythe for the gun.
Harvest time always is an i'm
portant time, and normally a
happy one if the crops are good,
as they promise to be.
In wheat alone the forecast is
that the yield will exceed the
five-year average in the Euro
pean exporting countries, which
include Poland.
The end of the harvest means
that peasants after months of
heavy work can begin to relax
and restore their energy.
But this year it may mean
much more.
A widely held belief is that:
Early August may see a
period of sharp crisis, with Ger
many possibly imposing a per-
iod of nervous strain, on Poland
especially, and with the western
European powers countering
with pressure of their own.
2-Europe by early September
should witness an actual show
down as far as the possibility of
war this year is concerned.
This latter move, holders of
the belief contend, will be the
final effort to provoke an ap-
peasement policy from the wes-
tern poWers-the climax of the
game of war without war.
IF war does not result by the
middle of September" one lead
er in eastern European affairs as
seNted, Kit will mean that the
axis powers have gone the limit;
that Hitler will admit, in his &C
tons, that the only thing left is
negotiation. But if he must me-
gotiate, he will of course try to
drive as good a bargain as pos
sible."
Here in eastern Europe the
feeling is expressed that Hitler
underestimate Poland and the
Polish people in making his de-
mands for the free city of Dan
zig and sovereign right-of- way
through Pomorze (the Polish
Corridor) to connect Prussia
with the rest of Germany.
A story told here is that when
the Polish foreign minister, Jo-
seph Beck, informed the German
ambassador in mid-March that
the answer to Germany's de-
mands was mo-, he added softly
and almost as an afterthought:
''You might wish to inform
your government that we have
a million men under arms"
Many observers hold, however,
that Germany's leader will make
a try at creating another crisis
designed to encourage appease-
ment-and they feel that the fl
nish of harvesting will be like
ly time.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-08-03

lation exists between feed cost
and the milk producing efficien-
CIV of the herd. All other factors
being equal, the herds in which
good bulls have been used will
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-08-03

North Cardinals cash farm in
come, including government pay
ments, totaled $33,137,000 during
the first five months of 1889 as
compared with $38,872,O00 for
the same months last year.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-08-03

A recent rain and wind storm
did considerable damage to An
son County crops, blowing down
young dorm and inflicting SER
ious injury to other crops, reports
Assistant Farm Agent Clarence
Early.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-08-03

CARDS and all good wishes for
each and every one of you :"
Similar expressions came from
several other visiting Rotarians.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-08-03
PAGE THREE

consumed. Hence, it will produce
milk at a lower cost than one re-
ceiving indifferent herd man
agernent.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-08-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Clint Goodman
had as their dinner guests Thurs
day evening, Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ.
Knight of Fl. Lauderdale, Fla.
Evening star., 1939-04-17
Historic Fort Washington
Soon to Be Abandoned by Army
indians Used Site os Stronghold in 1884,
And 1t Has Been So Used Almost Ever Since

rear of what are now the quarters
Of 1t. Col. William F. Lee, post
commandant. was planted at that
time. and still fourishes as the only
living testimony of the old planters
handiwork
Gen. Washington and his wife
were frequent visitors to Warburton
Manor. where they kept a carriage
and horses for trips to the North,
and according to a marker at the
manor site, Gen. Washington spent
his 43d birthday with the Digges
family, described as "his most init
mate friends in Prince Georges
County,
Maj. L'Enfant designed the high
stone. brick, mortar and earthen
ramparts in 1902 to protect the
Capital, and the original fort was
named Fort Warburton, because of
its proximity to Warburton Manor.
Chosen as the most likely spot to
defend the Capital when the British
were coming up the Potomac in 1914,
the fort failed of its purpose, and
the 40-man garrison abandoned the
defense, some reports say, without
firing shot. and others recording
a spirited, if short. fight.
Abandoned 1865 to 1891.
New walls and gun mountings
were added between 1915 and 1922,
and at the outbreak of the Civil
War. Marines replaced the former
garrison Of engineers and artillery.
The second abandonment-if the
first occurred in the face of the
British advance-was soon after the
Civil War. when only a caretaker
was left on duty, from 1865 to 1891.
New 32-foot disappearing guns
were mounted just before the Span
ish- h-American War. and the fort was
enlarged at this time to take in sew
eral acres of the Digges' estate
around the old manor house.
The only District of Columbia Ma
tional Guard units to train near
Washington during the World War
were the first and second COM
panies of the 60th Coast Artillery
which were drilled at Fort WASH
ington and were mustered out there
after their return from France.
In abandoning the fort, the Sd
Battalion of the 18th Infantry will
be moving from one of the oldest
American military Establishments
to the newest. Under plans an
nounced by the War Department,
the unit will be moved into tenn
porary quarters on the Arlington
Experiment Farm. near Arlington
Memorial boulevard.
And Fort Washington, "the post
OF peace" will become a part of
George Washington Memorial Park
way.
Evening star., 1939-04-17
Pedestrian Law
Enforcement Continues

Maj. Ernest w. Brown, superin-
tendent of police, today emphasized
that the drive against fragrant
violators" of the pedestrian control
regulations was to continue, as
police recorded six traffic accidents
involving pedestrians over the week
end
Albert Benjamin Caputo, %, of
the Franklin Park Hotel, was ar
rested at 9:40 pm. Saturday for
violation of the pedestrian law, by
Policeman w. j. Lynn, of the
Traffic Division. Caputo forfeited
81 collateral at No. l precinct.
The arrest brought to Al the total
number of offenders ticketed by
police in two days in the drive for
greater safety on Washington
streets.
The wave of pedestrian arrests be-
gan Friday on orders of Maj. Brown,
who expressed amazement at fla
grant disregard of control laws after
he had made an inspection tour of
the city.
"The regulations are meant to be
obeyed," he declared, land it is the
policeman's duty to enforce them" "
While pedestrian violators were
being watched by the police,
offenders among automobile drivers
were not neglected. Two drivers
have been ticketed so far for failure
to give those on foot the right Of
way,
Evening star., 1939-04-17
Doctors Challenge
Constitutiona|ity Of
Monopoly Charges
Justice Proctor Hopes
Argument Will Be
Concluded Today

Attacking the constitutionality of
an indictment charging them with
combination and conspiracy in re-
straint of trade, defendants in the
antitrust medical case today laid
before Justice M. Proctor in Dis
trict Court the contention that all
their controversy with Group Health
Association was within the law.
Seth w. Richardson. opening
argument for the defendant or
CARNATIONS and individual doctors
under indictment, declared that the
acts of the medical profession COM
planned Of were not so far-reaching
as the legalized activities of many
organized labor unions.
Mr.. Richardson explained that
the defense would be based upon
three points:
That section three of the Sherman
Antitrust Act is unconstitutional
while applied in such an attempt to
indict for criminal conspiracy;
That the indictment is not based
on constitutional grounds and that
furthermore the indictment does not
charge any offense under the Sher-
man Act.
The medical case thus today
reached climax of getting down to
the actual issues involved. following
several preliminary court skirnishes
since the indictment was returned
just before Christmas last year. Al
though Justice Proctor indicated he
hoped argument would be concluded
today, there were indications the
case might extend into tomorrow.
Following Mr.. Richardson, the de-
PENDANTS were to be represented
also by Charles S. Baker and by
John E. Laskey. the latter repre-
senting a single defendant, DR..
Prentiss Wilson.
The other defendants include the
American Medical Association, the
Harris County (Tex) Medical So
ciety, the District of Columbia
Medical Society, the Washington
Academy of Surgery and 20 indi-
vldual doctors who include Off
cials of the A. M. A. at Chicago
and Is Washington physicians.
For the Government. special as
slstants to the Attorney General,
Allen Hart and John Henry levin,
were prepared to defend the indict-
ment. The Government plans to at
tack the demurrers which had been
filed by the defendants.
The case for the defendants was
to be closed by William E. Leahy
after the Governments presenta-
ton.