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Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-13

BERNIE, Switzerland Switzer-
land, traditional buffer state of Eu-
rope and home Of the League of
Nations, boasts the purest demo-
cratic form of government in the
world.
The republic consists of twenty
two cantons Joined under federal
constitution, which was adopted
May 20, 1874. To a far greater ex-
tent than in the United States and
other democracies, the govern
mental powers are retained by the
individual cantons, which in turn
are governed by representatives of
their component districts.
Local government is determined
by direct show of hands, as in the
days of the old New England town
meetings. The citizens of the COM
munities meet annually in an open
air parliament or Landsgemeinde to
debate and settle their political and
fiscal issues for the Forthcoming
year. Decision is by majority vote.
AS a token of honorable citizenship.
the men carry swords or sabres.
The national authority vests in a
parliament Of two chambers. a
States Council to which each canton
sends two members, and National
Council of 1877 members elected ac-
cording to population. approximate
~ one representative TO each $4,000
people. The president, elected an
nually by parliament, this year is
Philip Etter.
Although Berne is the national
'apital. the city of Geneva is more
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-13
DUKE SPORTS YEAR
IS NEARING CLOSE
Duke-Carolina Play Three
" Game Series Next Week;
Trackmen at Hill

Durham, May 13-In a week and
Gay, Duke athletes will store awav
= tnelr equipment and there will be
'tnat summer lull until the time for
Iootpall 1lrlng rolls around in Sep
tember. Op
But the last week of the 1898 20
sports year will be chock f,Ill ~
action. The feature will be the an
hual baseball series between Duke
ana Carolina which starts at Chanel
hill on Wednesday afternoon. con-
tlnues IN Greensboro Saturday night
ana ends in Durham, Monday after
noon, May o.
On that series will rest Dukes
.ilnal standing in both state and CON
terence races. The Tar Heels aro
just ABOUT out of the conference
race but have an outside chance n
take the Big Five title. This thev
'couio 90 II the Blue Devils lost to-
Gays game to Wake Forest and the
entire series to the Tar Heels ''N
announcer big event next week will
pe the annual conference meet -
Cnapel Hill. That colorful affair hoe.
peen held IN Duke stadium each vaar
since 1888 but was moved to CbanaI
Hill this spring. While the Tar HaeIa
are odds-on favorites, thew shonld
get a race for their money frora
Duke and Maryland. A'''i
Although the Blue Devils have
little chance to win, they will furnish
two OF the outstanding individ,,aIa
in the meet in Dom KinzIe binh
hurdler, and Hubert Reavis % lou
hurdler. Kinzle is conference cban,r
and record-holder in both the p hi'shp
and lows and was Penn RELAYS h;ehs s
champ in 1888. Reavis won the ,s aon
meter lows in the Penn RELAYS @ tb;s
year. Wills
The freshman ball club closes o,,t
its schedule by meeting CbarIot.N'
high in Duke park Saturday. sss-s',Sss Hs'e
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-13

with quacks who promise to cure
him with salves or injections OF
strange drugs, Nature is not so kind
One of the foremost students Of
the subject is the venerable patholo.
gist, Ludwig Hektoen, of Chicago
In November of last year he read q
paper at public meeting on "Prog-
ress in the knowledge and Control
of Cancer" This is valuable paper
because it's view is entirely objective
Objective Science
Pathology is itself an entirely OBJ
jective and impersonal science. 1t is
the science of disease = its cause,
nature and course. Pathology has
nothing to do with treatment, it has
no ak to grind for surgery or the
x-ray, or medicine. It considers
treatment only to the extent that
treatment terminates disease proc
esses.
Doctor Hektoen's statements
therefore may be taken as the most
precise and cold4blooded of consid-
erations. And it is. encouraging for
that reason to find them so hopeful.
All medical knowledge, DR.. HEX
toen AYERS, is the result of expert
ence, observation and experiment.
Cancer is as old as the race. Cancer
so forced itself on the attention that
Its cause could not escape notice. At
the dawn of the Christian era Gel
sus, the Roman medical writer, said ::
"Only the beginning Of cancer ad-
mits of cure.".
Modern Version
This aphorism is the most impor-
tant generalization ever made about
cancer. although the knowledge of
cancer, it's diagnosis and treatment
have advanced immeasurably. A
good modern version of the aphor-
ism would be, "The heart of the
cancer problem in the present state
OF the knowledge is early diagnosis
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-13
Gro-Swifts Top
Lions, z To 5

D.. Abbott pitched and batted the
Gro-Swifts to to 5 decision over
the Lions yesterday afternoon ir
the city softball league, leaving the
Gro-Swifts the only undefeateo
team in the circuit.
The Lions contributed several er-
s. rors to aid in their defeat.
The Lions GOT off to fast start
in the first inning with Terrell lead
ing off with hit followed by Hight
with hit, and then Richardson
cleaned the bases with a triple.
Scoseins went out to the catcher.
Church was safe on fielder's
choice Dodd grounded out, pitcher
to first, advancing Church, Royster
brought Church home with safety.
The fifth run of the Lions came in
the second inning on three successive
hits by Terrell, Hight and Richard
son. That ended the scoring for the
Lions.
Woodlief led off the third inning
with a single. Coghill was safe when
Loughlin heaved his bounded away
from first. Abbott poled long ball
to Church in left center, who let the
ball get away from him for a home
run. The winners tied things up in
the fifth inning on hits by Coghill,
two successive errors by Dodd on
Abbott and Rogers licks, hit by
Blake, an error by Scoggins on Peo-
pies bounder.
In the first of the seventh, the
Gro-Switfs scored their winning
margin after two were out. Wood
lief got double, only to be fol-
lowed by Coghill with a double and
Abbott came through with a triple
The Lions outhit the winners 13
to 10.
Terrell got three for four, Hight
Richardson and Hoyle got two hits
each to account for most Of the Lions
safeties
Peaples, Woodlief, Coghill ana
Abbott got two hits each for the
Gro-Swifts to top the batting of that
team.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-13
Like Defective House Piping
There's TROUBLE AHEAD
FOR FAULTY BODYTUBES
By LOGAN CLENDENING. M. D.

By LOGAN CLENDENING, M. D.
JUST AS a house has steam
pipes and plumbing pipes that carry
fluids up and down stairs, so the
body is riddled with pipes that bring
fluids up to the brain, down to the
feet and back. These pipes are called
arteries and veins. In little child
they are like rubber, elastic and
distensible. AS time goes on they
become like real plumbing pipes of
rigid metal. And then trouble be-
gins.
This hardening or rigiding proc
ess is more discernible in the arte-
ries and is called arteriosclerosis. 1t
may affect arteries anywhere in the
body and, of course, the symptoms
produced depend on the locale of
the arteriosclerosis. Lately great
deal Of attention has been directed
to the symptoms which result from
arteriosclerotic changes in the legs
and feet.
Sudden Cramp
A man-and it is usually a man
of 40 or so years of age may be
walking along and suddenly get a
cramp in the calves Of the legs. The
pain is intense, so much so that he
will have to stop and rest a while.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-13

familiar to foreigners because the
League makes its home there. The
Alps cover sixty-one percent of the
area of 1894 square miles-slight-
ly larger than the State of Mary
land.
The population is 4,066,40
slightly less than that of the State
of New Jersey. The German Ian
guage is spoken by a majority in
sixteen of the cantons, French in
five, and Italian in one.
Despite this fact, observers be-
lieve it unlikely that Hitler will at
tempt to annex the German areas.
Military training is compulsory in
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-13
BY LOGAN CLENDENING, M. D.

KNOWLEDGE is the weapon
with which cancer can be controlled
Other diseases may get well by many
different methods, but cancer will
not. It is condition which the in
dividual must handle for himself.
If he has knowledge Of its nature,
and self-control enough to choose
the proper treatment, health will be
restored to him by an overfowing,
prodigal Mother Nature. If he drifts
along in the doldrums Of ignorance,
fear and procrastination, dealing
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-13

Switzerland, it's soldiers have been
noted for their bravery down
through the centuries (Swiss troops
guard the Pope), and the noun
famous terrain provides formid-
able obstacle to any would-be in.
vader.
Nevertheless, Switzerland, bound
ed on three sides by Germany and
Italy, has taken precautions to see
that it is not molested. Nazi activity
has been vigorously repressed, and
all highways and bridges leading
into the country have been mined,
ready to blow up in event Of threat
ened invasion.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-13

minutes. The surface temperature
OF the skin of the feet at room tenn
perature should be somewhat lower
than body temperature, about 85' F.
After immersion in the hot water
the surface temperature of the skin
OF the feet of normal person will
rise to 95' F. or thereabouts.
In the person with arteriosclero-
sis OF the arteries of the extremities,
the effect of immersion in the hot
bath is nothing whatever.
X-rays of the legs of people
around 40 or 80 often show the lime
deposits in the arteries that make
them rigid. These signs need not
be alarming because with proper
care they cause no symptoms.
Proper care means simply rest
and avoidance of strain. Tobacco
seems distinctly to have a harmful
effect on the arteries of the legs
especially. 1t causes a construction
and many cases of intermittent
claudication are relieved by alb
staining from tobacco.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
L. c.: "My 14-year-old daughter
has athletes foot. Please tell me if
the disease is catching and also
what remedy can be used."
Answer - "Athlete's FOOT, or
fungus infection of the feet, can be
transmitted from one person to the
other. The infected person who
walks around the bathroom in the
bare feet is liable to leave some of
the fungus on the floor, which can
be picked up by another member of
the family on their bare feet. The
best application known to me for
prevention and treatment is a pow
der, made as follows: salicylic acid
five grams; menthol two grams;
eight grams; boric acid SO
grams and starch 35 grams. This
should be rubbed on the feet morn
ing and night, and stockings put on
over it.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-13

DR.. Clendening will answer
questions of general interest
only, and then only through
his column.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-13
NATIONAL LEAGUE

ST. Louis 8; Cincinnati 7.
Boston 7; Brokolyn 5.
philadelphia 10; New York 9.
Only games played.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-13

]. NJ: "Please advise me as to
the use of senna leaf tea for the re-
lief of constipation"
Answer-Senna is a habit-form-
ing cathartic and simply makes the
constipation worse. 1t should be
used only once in a while. Switch to
mineral oil or just do nothing and
see if the constipation does not get
better anyhow on a full diet with
plenty of fruit and vegetables.
EDITORS NOTE: DR.. Clendening has
seven pamphlets which can be obtained By
readers. Each pamphlet sells for 10 cents.
For any one pamphlet desired, send 10
cents in coin, and self-addressed envelope
stamped with a three-cent stamp, to DR..
Logan Clendening, in care of this paper.
The pamphlets are: "Three Weeks Reduc-
ing Diet" indigestion and Constipation,
Reducing and Gaining. Infant Feed
ing, instructions for the Treatment of
Diabetes, Feminine Hygiene" and "The
Care of the Hair and Skim"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-13
NATIONAL LEAGUE
[Toda@Gdrnes.
SOFTBALL-CITY LEAGUE

SOFTBALL-CITY LEAGUE
Mondays Games)
KiWanis VS.. Rose-(hs)
PurOl-Pep VS.. Christians-(O.
PIEDMONT LEAGUE
Winston-Salem at Richmond.
Rocky Mount at Portsmouth.
Charlotte at Durham.
Norfolk at Asheville.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland at Chicago
Detroit at st. Louis.
New York at Philadelphia.
Boston at Washington.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
st. Louis at Cincinnati.
Philadelphia at New York.
Brooklyn at Moston.
Chicago at Pittsburgh
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-13
PIEDMONT LEAGuE

Charlotte 9; Durham A
Rocky Mount 10; Portsmouth 6.
Richmond is; Winston-Salem 2.
Asheville 8; Norfolk 1.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-13
AMERICAN LEAGUE
NATIONAL LEAGuE
[I2eHNlfs:

SOFTBALL-CITY LEAGUE
Gro-SWift Z; Lions 5.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-13

AMERICAN LEAGUE
81. Louis !; Detroit 0.
Chicago a; Cleveland 3.
only games scheduled.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-13

KiWanis VS.. Rose-(hs)
Purol-Pep VS.. Christians-(a) D..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-14

Even more than at any other time of the year these needless kill ings and maimlngs seem terrible. Last year fifteen families antici- pating Christmas with joy found themselves plunged into the deepest grief because of the sudden loss of loved ones killed in traffic accidents. It seems so unnecessary that this record should be repeated year after year. And yet, despite all warnings we doubtless will record about the same experience this Christmas.
 31 Children Injured
 "This year we have another week. ! end Christmas season, the feastday itself falling on Monday so that we may expect the customary Christi mas festivities to extend from Sat- urday to Sunday. inclusive. Ger tahlly those who celebrate Christi mas with more so-callsd good cheer than is wise should refrain from driving, or for that matter walking on street or highway.
 AAA " -oLlS ChuuISH WeCS ulJuIeu in traffic accidents durin the im- mediate Christmas holidays last year, l95 adults were involved in personal injury accidents and in nine cases the age was not learned. There is total of 236 persons in jured from December 23d to and including December 26th, the day after Christmas, a four-day period from Friday to Monday inclusive. Six were killed during these four days.
 By all means possible the several official agencies of Connecticut in- terested in traffic accident preven- ton are trying to reach the public with effective warnings concerning
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-14
FRUIT GROWERS CHOOSE BISHOP

Mark Bishop of Cheshire was named president of the Connecticut Pomological Society yesterday at the annual two-day conference which was brought to close in Hartford, He takes over the duties of Samuel L. Root of Pennington, who was elected treasurer.
 Other officers elected included: 1: Warncke, vice-president; H. c. C., Miles, Milford, secretary; sherman P. Hollister, Storrs, executive com mittee for three years; and John Lyman, Middlefleld, for one year.
 Harold M. Rogers, Southington, was reelected vice-president of the New England fruit show.
 County presidents reelected were: Hartford, Roy c. Gully, Man. chester; Fairfield. Herbert E. Bald- win, Westport: Litchfield, Albert B. Cole, Bantam New London, Fred w. Burton. Mystic; and Holland, Edward A. Smith, Hebron.
 New county vice-presidents are: New Haven, Norbert Kneuer, Jr., Guilford; Middlesex, Dexter N. Force, Jr., East Haddam; Windham, John Mcclellan, Woodstock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-14

careful motor vehicle operation and cautious walking during the Christ mas holidays when there seems to be an abnormal amount of indif- ferent driving, Such an experience leads to the suspicion that, because of the time of the year, alcohol may play more prominent part in caus- ing the accidents than the reports of the operators indicate.
 "The department intends this year to check all such holiday accidents with unusual care and to impose
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-14

strict penalties csn those operators found careless or indifferent in their handling Of motor vehicles. We urge police chiefs to instruct their men not to bc leniegt with drivers operating under the influence. even though the Christmas season may influence the officers to do so. It is most reprehensible for operators to over indulge at Christmas when highway hazards are at peak.
 Intelligent enforcement of exist- ing traffic regulations can do much to curb the careless or indifferent operators and promote public safety"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-14
FILOMENA SIRICA
 NAMED TO DEPT.

Appointment of Miss Filomena Sirica of Franklin street as . case worker has been announced by the welfare department. She succeeds Miss Rosemary O'Connor, resigned.
 The position pays salary Of $1,170 a year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-14
IA Killed In State Last Year At This
 Time; 1 Christmas Day
Sorrow BlOts Out Holiday Cheer In Many Homes-Un. usual Care Urged On All Motorists During This
 SeasOn-Only One Day In Period Without Fatality

Fourteen persons killed in Connecticut traffic accidents last year from December 18th to December 24th inclusive, the period commonly known as Christmas Week.. About 800 persons injured Commissioner Michael A. Connor of the State Department of Motor Vehicles invites attention to the sadness misery caused in many homes Chrstmastide because of these pre- ventable' deaths and injuries.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-14
Christmas Week Safety Drive Launched
SEAL SALE HERE
 s AHEAD OF 1888

William M. Harris, sale chairman. said yesterday that the annual Christmas seal sale of the Water bury Anti-Tuberculosis society is about $2oO ahead of last year at this time. ssG
 Returns to date are $3,ooO, the goal being $5,000.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-14

During Christmas Week last year." states the commissioner in a public appeal for more careful driv- ing and walking during the remain ing weeks of the year, ''only one day passed without fatality. Here is the death schedule.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-14
NEW YORK IS LIKE THIS


 NEW YORK IS LIKE THIS
 Tony Pastors in Greenwich VII. lage where the cat thrives on left. over champagne The Grand Street Settlement House where peo- pie represent every nation play and work togther-proving It Can Be Done Hansons drug store al 5lst and 7th Avenue, where one press agent rents stool space at the soda fountain, and uses one of the phone booths for his office x. Ie Ruben Bleu, which is illumined by 18th Century" candlelight, "a rest ful and entertaining rendezvous for the elite The macabre, thin hunch-backed little old lady, who haunts the first-nights, watching the silk-hatted brigade with obvi. ous amusement Smartly- groomed debs wasting time in the swankier places-modern Marie An toinettes
 The melancholy that runs wild in the vicinity of the East River sector long before midnight The wealth of eye.filling scenery in and around Central Park-enoueh for some travelogues The chauf- feurs outside the theaters waiting for Q first-night to end--matchinR coins and having a good time--while their employers are usually being bored stiff The poetry of the Cathedral's architecture = beauty that makes the eyes sing The pretzel peddler at City Hal who ainuses the unemployed around there - by inpersonating Harry Richman's mannerisms The poor romance-struck pairs who can't af- ford to get married, and the rich welded pairs who are sick from ennui The West 47th Street spot. whose slogan is: Never a Dull Luli."
 The 50th Street milk bar whicl, has been picketed by both CIO and AFL. It now displays a sign in the window reading: "Or1e union at a time. please!" =. The best show on Broadway - the animated elec- tricks over the Palace near 47th Street 7. The fascinating electric trains which roinp all over the win dow in the Times Square Wool worths. They intrigue so many grownups the kids can't get near them The salesman near 42nd Street who peddles sun glasses in this freezing weather The shops all dressed up in their holiday fin- ery-the time of the year when busi- ness gets manicure The per- fectly ironed appearance of models along Lexington Avenue between 42d and 59th Streets en route to work lovely as Q Spring night.
 The people who rate your orchids for working at those Travellers Aid desks in the Grand Central and Pennsy Depots-giving helping haih to trouble -burdened visitors Madison Square Garden. the mcGt massive indoor auditorium Ill the land, but when 1t rains you can; sit in some of the gallery pews be- cause the roof leaks The rose- filling whiffs that come from the taity and nut shops--oniy to clash with the cdor of gasoline in the guSters The tin horn sports and gamblers who lean on the cor. iler buildings. waiting for a sucker to drop around-or horse to dror
Evening star., 1939-01-10
0verton D. {. Fiscal
Plan Is |ndorsed

Adoption of Senator Overton's
plan for settlement of relations be-
tween the Federal and District gov
ernments was advocated by the Bla-
densburg Road Citizens Association
last night.
Mrs. Marie Mold, who introduced
the resolution, stated that although
Senator Overton's proposal was not
yet definitely determined, abolition
OF the present lump-sum policy
would be a step in the right direc-
ton.
The association approved the pro-
posed distance-traveled plan to
equaliZe taXicab rates throughout
the city, after hearing a plea by
representative of the local taxi
drivers.
% The group favored a motion to
limit the real estate tax to $l75 per
~ 500 valuation.
Education of nonresident chill
dren of Maryland and Virginia in
District schools was opposed, with
q small tuition as an alternative.
John D. Wolfe, association presi-
dent, asked that aid be sought from
the Federation of Citizens Asso-
Citations and the Northeast Confer
ence In its plan to have safety is
lands" placed on Bladensburg road
at all points not controlled by traffic
lights.
Nine new members were admitted.
Evening star., 1939-01-10
Maternity Center Head
Addresses Nurses

Miss Anita M. Jones, assistant
director Of the Maternity Center
Association, New York City, was
principal speaker yesterday after
noon and last night at the thirty
fifth annual meeting of the Gradu-
ate Nurses Association and the
League OF Nursing Education of the
District of Columbia, held in the
national headquarters of the Ameri-
can Red Cross.
Miss Jones, an authority on ma
ternity service and maternity nurs-
ing, will be in conference today with
local leaders in the same field.
Some 500 delegates from the two
associations, meeting jointly, attend
ed the conference all day yesterday.
At noon they attended a luncheon
given by the Washington Commit
tee of the Red Cross Nursing Serv-
Ice at the clubhouse of the Ameri-
can Association of University
Women.
Tonight banquet will be held in
the Willard Hotel at which Miss
Mary Beard, national director of
the American Red Cross Nursing
Service, will speak. Music will be
furnished by Minna Neimann, pi-
anlst, head of the department of
music at Gunston Hall, and Ma
thilde Petraitis,. violinist and super
visor at the Childrens Hospital.
New officers of the two associa-
tions will be introduced by Annabelle
Petersen, president of the Graduate
Nurses Association Of the District
OF Columbia, who will preside at the
banquet,