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Isu diestra relucia la navajo
alberta.
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tabanda, limpiando ell arma en-
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.carihosamente, mientras Ell Che
pa explicaba Ell fracaso compile
to de la expedition:
I'M un real, pero asst Mes
hamos tenio que batir con los
gach6s, y los hamos puestos
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pregunt6 d Milo dando un
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Los dos p~rohombres salieron
al jardin, luego de apagar todas
las luces de Ia casa.
-El Milo y Corderud.. sur.
gieron de entire las sOmbras de
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Sc LES TOMAN LAS HUE.
LAS DIGITALES

Mas de 200 operadores de ra-
dio, amateurs y PROFESSIONALS de
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Rheumatic Happy;
Relieves Pain Quick

Thousands who suffered from the torturing
pains Of rheumatism. s~ciatica, lumbago, neu-
ralpia and ncuritis-are certainly happy over
their discovery of NURlTO. Now they have
found a quiz acting formula which speedily
relieves those ~exhausting muscular aches and
contains no opiates. If you want to feel again
the Joy of relief from pain-so you can work in
peace and sleep in comfort-be wise and Try
NURITO under this ironclad guarantee. If the
very first three doses do not relieve that cruel
pain to your satisfaction-your money will be
refunded. Don't suffer. Ask your druggist today
kr NURITO on this guarantee. (T.N.c0
La gaceta., 1940-07-25
La GACETA

a peri6dico en- idioma Espahol
- mss circulation en- Tampa
VlGtOriano Manteiga, Editor
BHseripci6n semanal: 20 c
sos "a. Ave-, Ybor City, Fla.
TeESfonO Y 1892
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-17

Yesterdays answer
so. A son of Noah
81. High play
ing, card
53. Queer
"a. Low island
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-17

BARCLAY ON BRIDGE
ssfARTNESS GONE .AWRI

PLAIN stupidity is nowhere
near as costly as miSdirected
smartness, which generally goes
under the title Of smart Aleck-
ness" Once in & While we encoun~
ter a player who strains every ef-
fort to perpetrate bright-seemins
plays and bids. copying what he
has seen some fine player do. but
without realizing that he Is doing
it at the wrong time or in the
wrong way. Usually those efforts
prove a boomerang that brushes
ths thrower.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-17

present ideas about visual defects,
but the evidence is reviewed with
conviction by an experienced ocu-
list of Kansas City, DR.. Hugh
Miller. 1t is certainly not impos.
sible because we know vitamin
deficiency causes organic changes
in the eye, particularly in the con-
nective tissue which is the part
involved in short-sightedncss and
astigmatism.
In questioning a large number
of patients who had myopic visual
defects, about their lifelong diet
airy habits, DR.. Miller found that
fat was avoided by them, begin
ming in childhood and continuing
into adult life. Vitamins A and
D are fat soluble and Vitamin A
is known to have effects on the eye,
especially in forming the hard
sclerotic parts of the eye. The
japanese are not meat eaters,
which means fat eaters. Rice and
soy beans are their staples, and it
is estimated that one and a half
pounds of meat to the individual
annually is the average consump-
ton of meat in Japan.
"Our greatest difficulty" said
a japanese flight-surgeon, sin get
ting pilots is neither mental nor
emotional, but defective vision"
Animal experiments show chat
when fed on Vitamin-A-frce diet,
rats lose the normal contour of
their corneas, and regain the nor
NAL contour when Vitamin A is
added to the diet.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A. NJ. E.-"Please tell me if
calcium can be taken in tablet or
liquid form. If not, what foods
contain calcium?"
Answer-Calcium can be taken
in the form of calcium carbonate,
a harmless powder. The food
which contains most calcium is
milk. Most hard waters contain
calcium.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-17

DIR. Clendcning will answer
questions Of general interest
only, and then only through
his column.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-17

EDITC"'S NOTE: DR.. Clcadci.ing has
seven p;,-Ll,hctS which can Lc obtained 81
reader. Each pamphlet sells for 10 cents.
For any ono pamphlet desired. send 10
ccs,, in coin. and scIf-Idi,s ;'scd cnvclonc
Sa:npch with 1t thrre-ccut stamp. TO DR..
Logan Cl"ndcning. in care of this paper.
The pamphlets ar" Three Weeks Redac-
ing Diet. "Indi:- est ion and CunSti patton 4.
Reducing and Gaining. "Iufant Feed
ing. instructions for the Treatment Of
Diabetes" Feminine Hygiene" and The
Care Of the Hair and Skin.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-17

severe illnesses result from sun
burn.
Vinegar eyaporatcs in the SUM-
light and has no effect on tanning
or peeling. Any non-vo!atile oil
interfereS to some extent with the
absorption of light and therefore
protects against Sunburn and sub
sequent peeiing. An oil with some
dark pigment may filter light suf-
ficicntly to make tanning q slower
and more even process, avoiding
the unpleasant preliminary stage
of burning.
Sensitivity to sunlight exists.
1t takes two forms. In one, hive
Notwithstanding and swelling
occur at the point of contact. This
comes on Immediately and lasts a
short time. In the other, there is
itching. rcdness, secretion and
scaling: it is a delayed reaction,
becomes more pronounced the sec
ond day and lasts a week. Both
types can be prevented with ultra
violet rays in doses just short of
the amount that produces g. re-
action.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-17

is myop.a due 10 ritamin de-
fcient distE
This suggestion would ""em to
cause US to revise many Of our
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-10

ern approach to sousa Bridge. The
District Highway Department in re-
turn will construct the new roadway
under the Massachusetts, Avenue
Bridge, reconstruct that portion Of
Madison drive NV. between Twelfth
and Fourteenth streets which has
been damaged by heavy bus traffic
and consequently closed, and con-
struct part of the Glover leaf" which
is to connect Anacostia parkway with
Pennsylvania avenue Sc. at the
eastern approach Of the Sousa
Bridge.
Thus each agency will be doing for
Washington and Washingtonians
that work for which 1t is best
equipped.
1t is to be hoped that the present
agreement will be only the forerun-
ner Of lasting arrangement under
which the District will assume finan-
cial responsibility for those park
roadways which form vital parts OF
the highway system and which have
been paying their way in gasoline tax
receipts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-10
A Proper Decision

Senate conferees on the Ramspeck
civil service bill took the only proper
course in refusing to bow to the de-
mand of the House for an amend
ment that would deny its benefits to
thousands of deserving men and
women for no other reason than that
they were appointed from the Dis
trict Of Columbia or one of the States
which have more than their quota of
positions in the apportioned service
here. Such a provision, unavoidable
and unjust, has no business in civil
service bill, and the Senate conferees,
fortunately, recognized that.
Nor is anything to be said for the
compromise advanced in the confer
ence by House Democrats. Under
the present terms of the measure,
incumbents of positions brought into
the classified service by executive
order can qualify for civil service
status by non-competitive examina-
ton. The compromise proposal
would limit the competitive
tests to employees from under-quota
States, and force all the rest into
open competitive examinations. This
is no less discriminatory than the
original amendment. It not only
makes an unfair distinction between
the two groups, but as matter of
fact, would continue to stand as a
barrier to civil service for employees
from over-quota areas. No matter
how high they ranked in examina-
ton, they still would be foreclosed
from obtaining civil service appoint
ments if the positions could be filled
by applicants from an under-quota
State.
The Senate amendment doing away
with the requirement that applica-
tons for employment be accompanied
by photographs has injected another
disturbing element into the situation.
Just how far this would 60 toward
curbing the opportunity for racial
discrimination that sponsors say Is
offered by photographs, is open to
question, for personal interviews GUS
tomarily precede appointments, and
that system would not be affected.
The Star has championed the
RamSpeck bill since the day it was
introduced. 1t recognized that the
measure has one Objectionable aspect
in giving civil service status in thou
sands of cases where appointments
were made in direct contravention OF
established merit system procedure,
but felt this was justified because
definite step was being taken to root
out the patronage evil by making
the positions affected thereafter sub
ject to competitive examination.
This reason for enactment of the
legislation still holds good, but to tie
1t up with apportionment simply sub
stituteS one evil for another,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-10
Local Draft Boord

Grave responsibilities will rest upon
the District Draft Board. Members of
the various district groups will have
the duty of passing upon the qualifi-
cations of fellow citizens to serve
in the new Army America is raising,
of determining which of the con-
scripted recruits are entitled to de-
ferred status, Of ruling upon pleas
for exemption. The success of the
selective service system depends in
large measure on how well the
members of these local draft
boards perform the honorable tasks
to which their Government has as
signed them. The caliber Of ap-
pointees to the District Draft Board,
as announced yesterday, Is an assur-
ance that the momentous conscrip-
ton program will be administered
in the Nations Capital fairly, forth
rightly and efficiently. The members
for the most part are well known
figures in the civic, business and
professional life Of the community.
It is most unfortunate, however,
that these appointments were an
nounced before the members had
been formally notified of their selec-
ton, that in several instances men
inadvertently were named who are
ineligible to serve because they them
selves are within the draft age limits,
and that others were appointed who
must decline membership because Of
business ties, change Of residence or
other reasons. 1t Is not easy to
understand why the proper author
tiles failed to take such an elemen-
tary step as ascertaining whether a
prospective appointee would be
eligible or able to serve if named.
These errors should be quickly
rectified. A false start in the selec-
ton of those who are to select others
could undermine public confidence
at time when wholehearted support
Of the compulsory military service
system is indispensable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-10
Agrees That Heroism
Is Not Dead.

Is Not Dead.
TO the Editor Of The Star:
The letter of your correspondent,
Roger Gish McDare. expresses exceed
ingly we'll what most Americans feel.
Heroism is not dead. 1t survives in
Finland and in every spot where the
Union Jack and Stars and Stripes fly.
The iron will of Wellington at Water
loo when he commanded, Hold this spot
to the last man. plus the indomitable
courage and heroism of his English
squares have been equaled by the
example of Winston Churchill and the
fighting qualities of the r. A. F. In
the hours of peril, in the crises of his
tory, Britain rises to the emergency and
her people display a courage that is
sublime In this war it is the fortitude
Of the people of the whole island, men,
women and children. that commands
our respect. Such bravery and heroism
are characteristic of people who nor
mally hate violence and avoid it if pos
sible.
To defend the land that produced
Newton, Darwin. John Hunter, Lister,
Shakespeare and Milton, the Supreme
Intelligence who still lives and rules
has given the inhabitants of this island
an unconquerable spirit.
We of America may well remove our
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-10
District Park Highways

The agreement under which the
ONCE OF National Capital Parks and
the District Highway Department are
working to complete a number Of
highway projects involving park land
and roadways should be productive
Of worthwhile results.
The financing of the construction
and maintenance of major park
roadways, which form vital links of
the Districts street system, has be-
come an increasingly knotty prob
lem. Washington Is being equipped
with a number Of fine parkways on
park land. More are scheduled in
years to come. These parkways and
major park roads are responsible for
raising a substantial portion Of Dis
trict gasoline tax funds, yet for the
most part their construction and
maintenance have been shouldered
by the local park Office, which has
only limited funds at its disposal. In
some cases public works and relief
funds have been used for parkway
construction.
The District from time to time has
assumed an obligation toward certain
park roads, and has used its highway
funds for their construction. But no
permanent basis has been found for
the solution of the financing prob
lem.
Under the present agreement the
park ONCE will landscape and put
finishing touches to the Massa-
chusetts Avenue Bridge over Rock
Greek, the X street (N.W) overpass,
Barney Circle at the west end of
sousa Memorial Bridge and the east
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-10
Base in Rumuniu

The entrance of German armed
forces into Rumania, perhaps in CO.
operation with a similar movement
by Italian troops, was not altogether
unexpected, forecast as it was by
Rumanias virtual surrender to Nazi
pressure when King Carol was forced
to abdicate last month, but it has a
certain significance, coming so soon
after Chancellor Hitler's Bremen
Pass conference with Premier Musso-
lini at which the Axis chieftains were
reported to have considered plans
for Mediterranean or Near East Of
fensive against Great Britain.
In the flood of events incident to
Carols departure, Germany was re-
ported to have received rights to GER
tain airplane and mechanical unit
bases within Rumania in return for
a guarantee of Rumania's territorial
integrity against all her neighbors.
This was the guarantee referred to
by German sources in Berlin yester-
day in revealing that Germany had
undertaken a precautionary occu-
patton of certain points in Rumania.
In connection with this guarantee
the Rumanian Foreign Minister as
serted at the time that Rumania's
status with respect to Germany was
the same as Slovakia's, which was a
sufficiently clear way Of saying that
Rumania had become a Nazi pro-
tectorate.
Just as Slovakia lost all exercise
of independent will, Rumania ap-
pears to have lost hers, and the en-
trance of German troops into Ru-
mania for the purpose Of protecting
Rumanian oil fields-essential to
Germany's prosecution of the war
a task which could adequately be
performed by Rumanian police and
soldiers, is the measure Of Rumania's
subsection.
The build-up for Germany's latest
move in the Balkans was the arrest
OF number Of British subjects in
Rumania on charges OF plotting to
sabotage Rumanian oil wells. Five Of
those Britons are being held for trial
on charges which may have been
fabricated as justification for Ger
many's military movement, the exact
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-10
purpose of which is still enveloped In

purpose OF which Is still enveloped In
the haze Of the Axis war plans.
To accept Germany's excuse-pre-
cautions against sabotage-is to fall
into the snare Of German mendacity.
A much more subtle purpose must be
looked for. 1t is possible that Ger
many, looking to long war, is NOV
ing to tighten her hold upon Ru-
manian economy in order to squeeze
more and more war materials out of
Mihai's kingdom by obtaining direct
control of Rumania's industries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-10

A flock Of English sparrows new into
the rose vine on the west fence.
There they sat, looking accusingly. we
thought, in our direction.
They were reminding us that every
September for the past five years We had
established a feeding station beneath the
vine.
This fall, so far, the feeder was miss
ing.
Early in the spring 1t had been placed
on the other side Of the yard beneath
. maple.
1t had been kept full Of choice seeds
and grains. Another small station was
on the east gate 1t had been kept
stocked with ground meat, and had done
a land ONCE business, as the old saying
had 1t.
But the sparrows were not satisfied.
September was the month for the
establishment Of the feeder beneath the
big rose vine on the west fence.
Hence they were there to remind us
Of the fact, and to ask that it become
q fact again.
What else could it have been, except
sheer bird memory? They are smart little
beggars.
1t presupposed, of course, the same
gang Of sparrows.
OF this, we had not the slightest
doubt.
They were our sparrows.
All during that rainy afternoon the
birds kept flying to the vine.
And for the first time since last winter
they burst into their afternoon song.
This chorus singing by a group Of
English sparrows is one of the finest
things in birdland.
We feel sorry for all persons who, by
reason of prejudice, never hear it. or,
If they do, say without thought, Listen
to those nasty sparrows."
Prejudice does more perhaps, to make
life bore than any other one thing.
1t is prejudice which confines musi-
clans to their one little speciality, pre-
venting them from enjoying the broad
and glowing fields of the worlds music.
~ 10 pACJUOlSc WIllCll IudkcS HdllOllS
refuse to regard a man honestly, and
so refuse to see the danger he repre-
sents until it is too late
1t is prejudice which keeps bird lovers
from understanding that the English
sparrow is bird too, and that in groups
he makes sweet music.
The afternoon chorus Of these SPAR
rows is unique.
No other species does it.
After a morning of examining with
good seed and grain, the little fellows
are SO full they cannot eat any more.
But they can sing.
And sing they do, for an hour at a
time, as if nothing but song would give
them relief
The choral society Of the Van Fleet
vine stays in session, usually, for about
an hour.
The average afternoon session lasts
from about 2 to 3 o'clock.
When the feeding station is directly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-10
Oyster She'll

Ny pillow upturns An oyster shell
In sandy loan and sodden leaves.
To ponder on the thing q spell.
AS old as Adams or Ewes
Dismembered bones and ocean bed.
Where once no farmers fallowed here,
But waves Of water walked instead,
pause to think, another year,
Some plowman, should he till this land
A thousand summers from this day,
May have this oyster shell In hand
To ponder on and toss away.
The thought will haunt me for a space,
Here in such loan where men must lie,
Another plowman in this place
May run his burrows and pass by.
Some farmer not yet come to birth
May up and under with his pillow
This oyster shell of antique earth
And dust of him who holds 1t nov.
BRANSON BLAKE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-10
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles z. Trdce1DeH.

beneath the vine, the birds simply fly
up, several dozen Of them, and dispose
themselves along the long branches.
Occasionally they fly to the shrubs
by the sun porch, where the sun hits
them a little better.
Sometimes on very rainy afternoons
they go to nearby open porch, and
seat themselves on the underside Of
the overhang, along the supports.
&H
1t may be admitted that the average
English sparrow is no Lily Pons.
But when gang Of them get to going
the result is really very pleasing, pro-
vided one listens without prejudice There
is probably 10 art in which prejudice
does meaner work than in music. 1t
holds back appreciation where appre-
the listener Of much that he otherwise
would enjoy.
When musical snobbery raises its ugly
head to further complicate the already
bad situation, we have the silly spectacle
Of persons who enjoy symphonies pre-
tending that they do not like the simple
melodies Of folk songs.
IT, as a bird and music lover, you
know enough to be sure that simple
melody lies at the heart of all really
great music, no matter how elaborate
its working out. according to the classic
scheme of things, you will listen with
genuine interest to a Hawaiian hula
as well as 10 a Beethoven symphony
and to the afternoon choral work of the
English sparrows as well as to the morn
ing serenade Of the song sparows.
Both the song sparrow and its cousin
the English sparrow, remain with us
the year around
Between the two, we can have good
bird music all winter long.
This is something choice, because most
Of the other birds that winter here
refuse to sing, or at best do very, very
little of it.
Not so the song sparrow.
In the snow it perches on the fence
post, and sends up its trilliest song at
the very time when we need it most.
AL lllC dlOClIOOIl IilC cllSlloll
Sparrow Choral Society gets together
for run, its members pouring out their
best Thanksgiving for seed and grain
with special emphasis on plenty of it
All birds like plenty.
They will not thank you much for
few crumbs. 1t isn't because they
aren't grateful enough, but because they
cannot live on it. they must have more
like Oliver Twist, and still more. Their
basic temperature is higher than ours
| The human plan of three meals a day
will not do for them. They must cal
constantly, or near approach to It
| if they are to live at all.
Hence the s1arrow hymn of praise ir
the afternoon will be heard only by
those music lovers who see to it that
the creatures are fed constantly from
daylight to pm.
That is why. for one. we propose te
| put the old feeding station back be-
meath the rose vine at once. We would
not willingly miss the English sparrow's
singing society this winter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-10

over $50 to 200 houses. 1t was made in
all the way around, with an open square
in the middle, and some trees in the
middle of the square, where they made
abundant shade. The houses were tall,
made of timbers, covered up to point,
tent fashion, with palms and other
leaves of trees.
"And entering a house they found
an clu man who it was judged, was
the father of the young man who came to
the caravels, sitting on chair wrought
out of black wood, highly polished.
And when they were seated he had 20
young men bring in plates wrought out
of wood. and in them many sorts of
fruits unknown to me, but sweet, good
and smooth; also bowls or cups wrought
of wood, full of wine-not, however, from
grapes but from various sorts of very
pleasing juices of fruits, and they
banqueted on a large scale. And they
talked a great deal but could not under
stand each other or give answers"
After describing the pearl fishing the
narrative continues: "They decided to
depart and 60 back to the captain,
Columbus, whom they had left on the
island of Hispaniola. They sailed along
that coast, where in many places they
found the woods so thick that though
they wanted to 60 ashore there was no
place where they could enter. Still they
saw from the ships inside the forest
smoke, so that they believed there were
habitations inside this forest
I'm certain other places where they
wanted to go ashore the natives suddenly
fed, so that they had no speech from
them nor sign Of a word. They sailed
along that coast towards the west for
s. days and found beaches, bays, many
ports and numerous islands but did not
60 into these because they were doubtful
both of the shelves and Of scant depth.
And reluctantly they approached the
shore of the land because Of such doubts.
And with calm weather they returned to
Hispaniola, satisfied with what they had
found and especially With the pearls"