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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-02-24

palpate the great beast and to deter
mine the nature of his being.
THE first mans hands fell upon
the elephants tusks. 'Ah!' said he,
This creature is thing of bones
they even protrude through his skin
Later OH, years having past, this
man became an orthopedist.
Seized Trunk
AT the same time the second
blind man seized the elephants
trunk and identified it's function.
" hat a nose! he exclaimed. Surely
tals is the most important part of
The animal Accordingly, he became
rhlnologist.
The third man CHANGED upon the
elsphant's great tapping ear and
came to a similar conclusion; for
nm the ear was everything, so he,
VI TIME, became an biologist.
The fourth blind man rested his
hands on the huge chest and abdo-
men of the elephant. The contents
OF this barrel must be enormous he
thought, and the pathological de-
engagements infinite in number and
variety Nothing would do but that
0e should become an internist.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-02-24
A PILE OF NlCKELS

SOMEBODY ASKS IF you have
a dollar with you. When you feel
in your pocket and look in your
wallet, you find not a solitary silver
dollar or bill. But you do find a
whole pocketful of nickels, dimes
and quarters. You can't very well
tell your friend then. that you
haven't a dollar that is, unless
you are trying to duck a touch"
1t is the same in bridge. A handful
OF kings, queens and jacks can be
a whole lot better than one which
contains a couple of aces and then
drops down to small spot cards.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-02-24

uN~c!cr: West. Ncrth-South vul-
a, ,1,cD
1T every table of a duplicate
came. South made a fourth-hand
J>alng Of 1-Spade on this deal.
Zen t.irgs varied. At one table a
..or,n player who likes aces didn't
,hink very much of his cards. He
nd a mere 1-No trump and South
jaeced. for bottom score = pretty
Dad bidding for both partners.
In another case. North responded
With 2-;.o trump and his willful
cs't7er jumped to 4-Spades. Still
i:ofher development came in North
'esgonding to the 1-Spade with 2
CopYrieht. 1889. Kin
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-02-24
BARCLAY ON BRIDGE

Clubs. When South then rebid at e
Spades, North hoped into 3-No
trump and was allowed to play 1t
there. Top score came at the table
where, after North's 2-Clubs, South
bid Pho trump and North 3-No
trump, not necessarily better bid
ding than that Of the pair just be-
fore mentioned, but this South gave
the hand a better play and got a
little help too.
West led the heart to the A, and
East switched to a club to the A.
Then West switched again to the
diamond 5, the ] falling to the A.
Followed then the heart K, diamond
K, heart and five spades. AS the
last was played, West had to choose
either his diamond Q as discard
or a club from the Oh. If the
former, dummy's 8 would be set up,
so he picked q club and the club
K-10 made the last two tricks, for
fiVe-Odd.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-02-24
By LOGAN CLENDENING, NJ. d.

MY FRIEND, DR.. Karl Men
ringer, of Topeka, author of the
current very popular book, Man
Against Himself, delivered himself,
IN the course of an address at the
New York Academy of Medicine a
month or so ago, of the following
fable, which explains from his point
OF view the division of medicine into
specialties:
six blind men sat by the gate of a
great city as an elephant was led
slowly past. Inspired by scientific
curiosity of the highest degree, the
six blind men rushed forward to
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-02-24

DR.. Clendening will answer
questions of general interest
only, and then only through
his column.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-02-24
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zone of the blind men caught hold
of the elephants tail. This he said,
would appear to be a useless ap-
pendage. 1t might ever be source
Of trouble. Better take it off, This
blind man became surgeon.
"But the last of the six men did
not depend upon the sense Of touch.
Instead, he only listened. He had
heard the elephant approaching, the
rattle of chains and the shouts of
the keepers. 1t may be that he heard
the elephant heaving great sigh as
he trudged along. Where is the
creature going?' he asked. No one
answered. where did he come
from?' he asked. No one knew.
"Then this man fell into a deep
reverie. What was in the elephants
mind, he wondered, in having left
wherever he was and having come
to this great city? Why does he SUBJ
nit to the indignities of our curl
osity and the slavery Of chains? And
while he was wondering how to find
out the answers to these questions
the elephant was gone.
Last Is Psychiatrist
"This man became psychiatrist."
To one who lives in a severely
practical world, this might seem to
glorify the work Of the specialist in
disorders Of the psyche somewhat
too extravagantly. After all, when
you have bone trouble, the bone it.
self becomes pretty important, but,
then, Karl Menninger is very bril-
liant man, made nearer in the image
of God than most Of the rest Of us,
and he may be more right than we
think.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-02-24

EDITORS NOTE: Seven pamphlets by
DR.. Clendening can now be obtained by
sending 10 cents in coin. for each. and q
self-addressed envelope stamped with .
ing. in care of this paper. The pamphlets
are: Three Weeks Reducing Diet. 'In-
digestion and Constipation. Reducing
and Gaining. Infant Feeding, en-
structions for the Treatment of Diabetes'.
Feminine Hygiene" and ''The Care of the
Hair and Skin"
The Nome nugget., 1939-07-07
N o T IC E
School Tax Delinquincy

A great many residents of this Nome School District have neg lected to pay their tax, and, to avoid the penalty, which is $2.00 f tax is not paid when due, 1t will be to your advantage to settle at the first opportunity. Call at my residence 4 to 2 pm. opposite Native School on Sec ond Avenue, or mail check to School Tax Collector, P. o. Box 48, Nome, Alaska.
 Under the law employers are liable for the tax due from all their employees is unpaid by them and, proof given of pay ment by showing receipt for same.
 Let's get together and avoid embarrassing situations and re- member we all went to school, and teachers must be paid.
 E. B. O'Connor School Tax Collector, Nome Dist.
The Nome nugget., 1939-07-07
Man Hit By Wild
 Flying Cartridge Case

ANCHORAGE John Repo of Ophir was brought to Anchorage by Pilot John Moore in an emer gency flight for treatment of wound in the forehead sustained when boys at Ophir were playing with rifles.
 MT. Repo sustained the wound under most unusual circumStanc es. Boys had placed a 30-06 cal iber cartridge in a hole in a plank and were shooting at the cartridge with a 20 caliber rifle.
 When MT. Repo happened to be walking about 30 feet from the place one of the boys scored bulls eye. The cartridge ex- ploded. Instead of throwing the lead bullet out, the cartridge case was thrown back. It struck Repo between the eyes and made a hole to the inside of the left eye.
 The attending physician said the eye was not injured. There was considerable loss of blood.
The Nome nugget., 1939-07-07
SAYS OUR CLAIMS TO
 ANTARCTIC LEGITIMATE

WASHINGTON, R)- Rear Ad miral Richard E. Byrd told the House subcommittee that rec 'ords showed murh of the Antarc tic falls within the scope of the Monroe Doctrine, thus binding the United States to resist Europ can encroachment at the South Pole.
 Testifying in support of the $340,000 appropriation for the governments projected expedi- ton to substantiate U s. claims to about billion square miles of South Polar wastes, Byrd said the peninsula which is called Pal merland, the northernmost land of the Antarctic, is nothing more or less than an extension of the South American continent.
The Nome nugget., 1939-07-07
SARDINE POPULATION DEPLETING RAPIDLY

An immediate and drastic re- duction in the total catch of Cal ifornia Sardines as the only log cal step to preserve the supply of this important sea food re- source is proposed by Frances N. Clark of the California State Fisheries Laboratory in just published report, Measures of Abundance of the Sardines in California Waters"
 A reduction of the total catch by one half seems to offer the minimum of curtailment neces- sary to check the present pop ulation decline To build up the population with any rapidity, an even more drastic cut to per haps one third of the present total may be necessary" the re- port states.
 During the 1887 7-38 season, the latest for which complete statis- tics are available, the California sardine catch totalled APO, ,l68 tons. Eleven and a half million gallons of oil were secured and 65,370 tons of fish meal produc- ed. The canned, sardine pack amounted to 2,314,775 cases.
 The Clark study of the re- sources summarizes the findings as follows:
 "The fishermen are now get ting less return per unit of eff fort expended than in former
The Nome nugget., 1939-07-07
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is Hereby Given that John Solon, has been appointed, by the Probate Court, for the Cape Nome Precinct, Territory of Alaska, Administrator of the estate of ARTHUR F. WRIGHT, deceased and all persons having claims against the said estate are required to present the same, with proper vouchers, within six months from the date of this no- tice, to the undersigned admin istrator in the city of Nome, T.r. ritory of Alaska.
 Dated this 7th day of July 1e
 John Solon
 Administrator of the Est5
 of Arthur F. Wright, de-
 ceased.
 Publish July 2, IA, 2l, 28, 1889
The Nome nugget., 1939-07-07

years. The resulting trends in- dicate that sardines have been found with increasing difficulty from 1934-35 to 1937-38, and the return per unit of effort in l937- 38 was less than half the return in 1932-33.
 Fewer and fewer sardines are growing to larger sizes.
 Because the number of fish which escape to grow to larger sizes is less with each season, the average size of both the fall and winter fish decreased from 1932-33 to 1937-38. If the de- crease continues at the present rate the largest winter fish may disappear from the population.
 ITO supply the present de- mand for sardines the fishing boats are now having to cruise over practically all the coastal waters of California from Point Arena south to the Mexican boundary. In the early history of the industry, the demand was met by boats fishing within a few miles of each port.
 '"These measures of sardine ab undance indicate that the present population is at very low ebb
 ''Whatever the cause of de- creased abundance, the present intense fishery is placing very severe strain on a badly depleted population and making cores pondingly difficult the restoration of that population to anything like it's former size"
The Nome nugget., 1939-07-07
No h41


 In the Probate Court for the Cape Nome Precinct. Territory of Alaska, Second Division.
 In the Matter of the Estate of P. M. Danielson. Deceased.
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that E. K Johansen, administrat- or with the will annexed of P. M. Danielson, deceased, has filed in the above entitled Court his final account and petition for fin al distribution of said estate, and that the United States Commis- sioner and ex-officio Judge of said Probate Court has entered an order fixing the 24th day of August, 1889, at II o'clock am. of said day, and the courtroom of said Court in Nome, Alaska, as the time and place for the hearing of said final account and objections thereto and to the set clement thereof, and directing no tice thereof to be given by publi cation once a week for four con SecutiVe weeks of notice of such hearing in the Nome Mug get, a newspaper of general cir culation, printed and published at Nome, Alaska.
 All persons interested in said estate are therefore notified of said hearing to be held on the Nth day of August, 1889, at Il o'clock am. at which time they may make objections tc said ac-, count and the approval and set clement thereof.
 NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that at the time and place of said hearing the said above Court will adjudicate and decree who are the heirs, devisees and distributes of said P. M. Dan ielson, deceased.
 Dated June 23, 1889.
 E. K. Johansen
 Administrator with the will
 annexed of P. M. panielscn,
 Deceased.
 Ira Orton, Attorney
 Publish June g, 30, July 2, fl, 1889. :
The Nome nugget., 1939-07-07
Chamber Holds
 Noon Luncheon

The regular luncheon of the Northwestern Alaska Chamber of Commerce met in the Nevada Grill. Minutes of the last lunch con Meeting and meeting of the Board were read and approved.
 The following guests were in- troduced: J. D. Nelson, J. D. Harlan, V. R. Farrel. Donald Haggerty Martin Jorgensen, Jack Young, Heinie Berger, and Bud Thompson.
 Dr. Morcom presided at the meeting.
 MT. Farrel stated that he was glad to be back among former acquaintances and that the na- ture of his business here is well known and that he found oppor- tunities for greater development that are good.
 MT. Haggerty was pleased to visit Nome and he hoped to get better acquainted. He stated that a permanent field agent to his department will be selected here soon and he hoped that the re organization act which so far has been limited only to southeastern Alaska would be made available for this section of Alaska and hoped that it would prove as beneficial as it has in other sec tions.
 Bud Thompson stated that he did not have anything in part icular to present at this time but would before long submit to the Chamber, statistical data in sup port of ditch digging operations with bull dozers and other data pertaining to future development of kindred industries to mining. He thanked the Chamber for the assistance rendered in further ing the road and aviation field building for the Kougarok and hoped that the summer would mark the completion of the Bunker Hill-Taylor Road
 Jack Young, the Herring King of Golovin stated that he expect ed to rebuild his former plant that was destroyed by fire and that he hoped to have a large pack this fall and hoped that the market price would continue as at present to probably dispose of his catch.
 Martin Jorgensen, of the Stand ard Oil Company said that he felt like a sourdough as this was his fourth annual visit in the inter est of his Company and was grateful of the support given his company in this section of Al aska He stated that the Cham ber's activities are of the char acter that accomplishes a whole lot for any locality where an active Chamber of Commerce functions.
 J. D. Harlan stated that he was here on mission, pinch-hitting for MT. Eggleston who could not visit Nome at this time. Since leaving Nome, he has been Gen eral Manager of the U. s. Fuel Company at Salt Lake City, Utah, and found on his return to Nome that the Chamber is still working assiduously to- wards the development of North
The Nome nugget., 1939-07-07

es them on the success attained He stated that the Chamber should have no hestitancy in any of their activities, that they will find MT Hartford, the present manager, very cooperative, even better than he was himself. He expressed his appreciation and extended his thanks 10 the Utah coal users of Nome and explain ed the technical methods used in the production as well as in the marketing of Utah coal. The mechanization and moderniza- ton of the coal production has resulted in the lowering price of production in order 10 meet the high competition. Coal IS now prepared by washing, drying, parafning and waxing. Undoubt edly a supply of Utah coal will be available here at all times. He was appreciative of his wei come received in Nome and hop ed that he may be able to visit oftener in the future.
 Heinie Berger, who is connect ed with the Consolidated Olym- pie Lines, said that he was glad to be in Nome and hoped that he would become a permanent he would become a permanent resident of this section.
 J. D. Nelson, of the Alaska Steamship Company, needed no introduction as he is well known here and has made several trips into Nome and stated that the chairman of the meeting, Dr. Morcom had limited his talk to two minutes and he did not want to exceed the limitation but he was glad to meet the people of Nome and was grateful for the opportunity of being present at the luncheon.
 Under reports of committees, Director Givan reported on the reorganization of all the clubs under one head. While so far they have not yet selected a name they will do so in the near future. The officers have been selected which are:
 President, Tom Givan.
 Vice-President, w. Boucher.
 Secretary, Eileen Harris.
 Treasurer, Dick Ludwig.
 They have also adopted a new constitution and Bylaws and the club expects to have charge of all the civic and sport actiV- ities in the near future. It is also provided in the Constitution that member of the Board of Directors of the new club will be member of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce in order to have a close relation in all pending act ivities.
 The secretary presented a vol luminous correspondence from the Alaska Mining Association and on motion same was referred to the Committee on Mining and Industry for report at the next meeting. All the rest of the cor respondence was referred to the different committees affected.
 On motion, in the future the charge for the luncheon will be 65c in order to provide a warm instead of the usual cold lunch as has been the practice hereto fore.
 Meeting adjourned.
The Nome nugget., 1939-07-07
To Whom It May Concern:

Bids to paint four buildings, U. s. Signal Corps Radio Station, are hereby invited and will be accepted not later than g am. July 10, 1889. Detailed informa- ton will be furnished upon re-
The Nome nugget., 1939-07-07

Notice of Filing Final Account and Petition for Final Distribu- ton. and of the Time and Place of the Hearing and Settlement Thereof. and Adjudication of the
 Heirship and Distribution
 Of Said Estate
The Nome nugget., 1939-07-07

You can save 200 by paying six months in advance for your sub scription to The Nome Nugget
Evening star., 1939-05-01
A Red Letter Edition
Of the New Testament

If you do not have a copy Of
the NEW TESTAMENT with
the words of the Savior
printed in red, you should
send for this edition. This
book contains 254 pages print
ed on thin Bible paper, and is
bound in a flexible black
cover. In addition to a mass of
supplementary material, such
as the harmony of the gospels,
the Lords Prayer, great pc
riods of Bible history, it has a
specially prepared section Civ
ing the names of trees, waters,
mountains, m usica | instru-
ments and birds that are
named in the Bible-the long
est book and shortest verse,
and many other interesting
facts. Any reader can secure
a copy for the mere cost and
handling charge of 20 cents.
Order your copy today.
Evening star., 1939-05-01
Southeast Citizens
To Protest Makinq
Area a 'Catch-AII'
1lGroups to Oppose
Transfer of Pencil
Wharf to Anucostiu

A move to prevent the Southeast
section from becoming catch all'
for penal and sewage facilities was
gaining strength today with II
citizens associations in the area and
business and lodge groups planning
protest to the House District Com
mittee over placing the penal wharf
at the foot of Fourteenth street Sc.
1t is proposed to move the wharf
from its present location on WASH
ington Channel under P. w. A.
financing to the Anacostia River to
make room for the Washington
Channel improvement project now
under way.
Already, Adelbert w. Lee, presi-
dent of the Randle Highlands Asso-
citation, said today, the organizations
have asked Chairman Randolph of
the House District Committee for a
public hearing of protest.
The Southeast section, Mr.. Lee
pointed out, already has the Jail
and the sewage disposal plant.
The new penal wharf would in
clude a dormitory to house pris-
oners on their way to and from
Lorton Penitentiary and the asso-
Citations fears this would constitute
new menace to the neighborhood.
A storage yard would, in addition,
make the neighborhood unsightly.
Every member of the Senate and
House District committees, as well
as officials of the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission, the
Fine Arts Commission and the Of
flee of National Capital Parks are
being approached on the subject, Mr..
Lee said.
Associations joining in the fight
are Anacostia, Congress Heights,
Washington Highlands, Bradbury
Heights, North Randle Highlands,
Fort Davis, Hillcrest, Summit Park,
Southeast and Lincoln Park.
Evening star., 1939-05-01
Morgenthau 10 Address
Military Surgeons Farley

Secretary Of the Treasury Nor
genthau will be among the speakers
at the 47th annual convention of the
Association of Military Surgeons of
the United States at the Willard
next Monday, May 8. The conven-
ton will be followed by the two
day meeting of the International
Congress of Military Surgeons.
Commissioner Hazen will give the
address of welcome. to which Thom-
as Parran, surgeon general Of the
United States Public Health Serv-
ice, will respond. He is the retir-
ing president of the association. The
chairmen in charge of the conven-
ton are:
Warren F. Draper, assistant sur
geon general of the Public Health
Service, chairman of the General
Committee; Maj. Gen H. L. Gill
christ, U. S. A., retired, chairman
of the Program Committee; Brig.
Gen. Wallace De Witt, U. S. A.,
chairman of the Reception and En-
tertainment Committee; 1t. Col.
Raymond L. Kelser, U. S. A., chair
man of the Banquet Committee, and
Mrs. Thomas Parran. chairman of
the Ladies Committee.
The Star enormously stated yes
terday that the date of the con-
vention was today instead of next
Monday.
Evening star., 1939-05-01
President Talk
Launches Fair;
Crowd Disappointing
TotoI Secret, but Well
Below Expectations for
UncompIeted Show
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK. May New York's
$3.50 900 900 Worlds Fair, which took
three years to build, is here at
last. Two square miles Of Long
Island, embracing 300 buildings, so
miles Of roads and $4,000 employees
opened its gates yesterday to a
throng the size of which was kept
secret A million had been hoped
for. BY pm. 1000 had passed
the turnstiles. Fair officials put the
figure at 100000.
President Roosevelt headed a
kaleidoscope program Of inaugural
ceremonies, coming down from
Hyde Park to proclaim the fair q
token Of Americas spirit Of friend
ship and peace toward all the world.
He spoke before about 10000 spe-
cial guests from a wooden stand on
the steps of the 100000 Federal
Building which heads the fairs
main avenue, CONSTITUTION Mall
and dominates the court of peace"
formed by the imposing pavilions
of dozen nations.
At noon, two hours before, the
fairs first ceremony took place in
the dedication of the interdenom-
national temple of religion" by
leaders of several faiths. There fol-
lowed parade down the mall with
$4,000 announced participants
Army. Navy, marines, police, fair
workers and foreign groups in an
array of variegated costumes.
Lehman and La Guardia Talk.
After the Presidents address and
speeches by Grover Whalen, the
fairs dapper, top-hatted 100000
a-year chief, Mayor Fiorello La
Guardia, and Gov Herbert Lehman,
the throng of visitors scattered
throughout the grounds for other
activities.
George Washington's inaugura-
ton. of which the fair opening
marked the 150th anniversary, was
re-enacted on the mall near heroic
statue of the first President, with
Cartoonist Denys Workman, fresh
from re-enacting Washington's in
augural journey to New York, in the
leading role.
The size of the first-day crowd
was closely-guarded mystery. A
million visitors had been hoped for.
AS the gates opened, it was an
nounced that the admission figures
would be totaled, as the turnstiles
clicked, on giant cash register that
is one of the exhibits. The figures
mounted all day until pm. when
the total was 1000. An hour later,
fair officials announced that the
totaling apparatus was not working
properly and that the real total was
estimated at 100000. A statement
by Mr.. Whalen said the complete
opening day figures would not be
announced until today.