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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-09
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Mr.. and Mrs. william BraSonis Of
North Riverside street announce
the engagement OF their daughter,
Eldora to Francis w. Lappert, son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. John Lappert Of
Meriden.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-09
, MCKINNEY ON BRIDGE

Gorens Brilliant Defensive Coup Defeats Opponents Slam
Contract
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-09

which could only be the fourth
trump.
0oren. therefore, led the queen
Of clubs, forcing dummy 10 ruff
and killing the vital re.entry. De.
cIarer made o brave effort, BY cash.
ing al his trumps and then trying
70 break the diamonds, but the trs-
equal split beat him.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-09

Zindai urotto Auxiliary will meet
at Masonic Temple tomorrow eve
ming at 8 o'clock.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-09

This 10 the ninth Of series Of
hands played by the new national
champions 1t the Pittsburgh, Pay
tournament,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-05

AS the reorganization Of National
Defense progresses the Regular
Army Is forming new units to meet
the expansion directed by the War
Department. These units are assigned
to every branch Of the service and
men are needed to fill the ranks of
these various branches. Never before
In the history Of recruiting have
young men had such q wide choice
in selecting the branch or arm in
which they can serve. AS many of
the new units are of q technical
nature the opportunities for training
which will be of much help upon his
return to civilian life have been
geatly increased.
At the present time enlistments
in various branches, including Air
Corps, are open for Panama and
Hawaii. In addition many of the
choice Army posts In the eastern
part of the United States are in need
of qualified men to fill the vacancies
created by their expansion. A few of
these are the coast defense units at
Fort Monroe, Virginia; Medical De-
partment and Signal Corps at Fort
George G.. Meade, Maryland; Infan-
try at Fort Howard, Maryland;
Field Artillery at Fort Hoyle, Mary
land; Chemical Warfare Service at
Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland, and
many others.
Air Corps, Signal Corps and Or
dinance Department desire men with
high school education. Further in
formation can be secured from the
nearest Army recruiting station or
direct from the Army recruiting
Officer in the Hearst Tower Building,
Baltimore, Maryland.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-05
Food Nutritional Values
Are to Be Stepped Up

With the second unit Of the new
federal nutritious laboratory at Cor
nell university at Ithaca, N. Y, now
under construction, one Of the, most
comprehensive research -py -jects
destined to step up the additional
values Of foodstuffs and improve
well-being will be started within a
short time.
A federal appropriation has been
made available for three labora-
tories and greenhouses on the Cor
nell campus. In these experimental
buildings the United States depart
ment Of agriculture will center in-
vestigations extending throughout
the nation.
Prof. L. A. Maynard, head of the
department of animal nutrition at
Cornell and long recognized as one
Of the outstanding authorities in the
research fields, has been appointed
director of the laboratory. He will
work in conjunction with DR.. e. c.
Auchter, chief of the federal bureau
Of plant industry.
The research program will at
tempt to inject a new note into the
production Of foodstuffs for animals
and man. One Of the early steps
will be a survey Of mineral re-
sources In the soils Of the United
Statesmen the minerals that are
used az precious metals or indus
trial materials-but the vital ele-
ments that human beings must get
from foods, which In turn obtain
them from the soil.
One Of the detectives Of the pro-
gram is to determine the exact
amount Of the mineral necessary
for the improvement Of the plant
life and consequently the animal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-05
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICE

"God" will be the subject of the
Lesson-Sermon in all Churches Of
Christ, Scientist, ON Sunday, July z.
The Golden Text will be from
Rev. 1912, Blessing, and glory,
and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and
honor, and power, and might, be
unto our God for ever and ever"
Among the citations comprising
the Lesson-Sermon will be the fol-
lowing from the Bible, John 4:24:
God is Spirit; and they that wor-
ship him must worship him in spirit
and in truth"
The Lesson-Sermon also will
include passages from the Christian
Science textbook, Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures"
by Mary Baker Eddy, among which
is the following, page 140, 1--WE
worship spiritually only as we cease
to worship materially. Spiritual de-
voutedness is the soul of Christian
ity. Worshipping through the med
ium of matter is paganism."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-05
Bicycle Built for Three

A "bicycle built for three" car
ried MIR. and. Mrs. Carl Hopkins Of
Tacoma, WASH, and their Seeing
eye" dog on a tour Of Vancouver
island. Mrs. Hopkins is sightless but
she has pedalled her way through
Pacific Northwest scenic areas with
her husband on many trips on their
tandem bicycle. The third party
Mitzi, the dog-either rides In q
wicker basket trailer or guides his
mistress through crowded thorough
fares or along unfamiliar coun-
try roads. 1--WE think it's just about
the best way to travel" said Mrs.
Hopkins. 81 ride, on the rear seat
and Carl does the steering. 1t makes
so much difference to get out on the
open road and roll slong. We have
lots Of fun travelling this way"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-05
conceal Pixies Blunderbuss

Ward Beam, Philadelphia curio
collector, is the owner Of heavy
brass blunderbuss once the proper
ty of Brig. Gen. Zebulon Montgom-
cry Pike, discoverer Of Pixies peak
In Colorado. The blunderbuss was
made In England and has bell
shaped barrel. It weighs about 10
pounds. On Ito butt il scratched
the name "W. M. Pike" who re-
ceived the gun from Zebulon Pike
shortly before his death In 1918.
''When ! was a boy, fired the
weapon several times" Beam said.
"But one day ] got enough noise to
last me a long time. While / went
into the house for q moment, some
boys filled it almost to the muzzle
with powder, then rammed in lot
of wadding. They dared me to fire
1t. remember seeing policeman
running up the street. He never
found out what caused the explo-
sion, and he didn't catch us, but
we never tried shooting 1t again."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-05
Frescoes Adjoining Old
Roman Bath Discovered

ROME.-Frescoes adjoining the
walls of Roman bath built at the
time of julius Caesar and in which
Cleopatra may have disported her.
self, have been discovered during
work on the river bed Of the Tiber.
Though the actual paintings are
Of Hadrianic date (117-138 A. d.,
the remains of the bath are Of the
late republican period, 200 years
earlier.
The remains of landing stage,
with iron mooring rings, besides
those of a temple, prove that the
site of these finds is that of Caesars
famous gardens by the Tiber. Ac-
cording to Ovid and other poets,
these gardens were the scene Of an
annual festival to the goddess For
tune, to which the Romans used to
come by river.
The frescoes have been removed
and are to be made part Of the
collection In the National Museum
Of Rome.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-05
Cows Social Security

Miss Idah M. W. Van Housen's
Holstein COW, Victoria, is 20 years
old, but has no cause for concern
about old-age security. Miss Van
Housen, of Bath, N. r., who be-
lieves Victoria has set q record for
bovine longevity, made the cows
recent birth anniversary the occa-
sion to announce that she has pro-
vided for the animal in her will.
'.Should Victoria outlive me-" she
said, s'imy executors are instructed
to insure her home and the same
care to which she has been accus-
toned on my farm"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-05
Motion Picture Of Heart
Shows Beginning of Life

! A motion picture of the origin oil
life-the formation and first-beat oil
the heart Of an embryo chicken
was shown recently at an assembly
of the International College Of Sur
geons.
The film, photographed through q
microscope, provided the surgeons
an exciting drama Of the most mys-
FERROUS Of all the phases Of their
work. It covered a 10-hour inter-
val, from the time the incipient
chickens heart, little more than a
thin-walled tube, first began to
twitch, until blood circulation start
ed. It showed the spasmodic twitch-
ing become a pulsating; the blood
cells and blood vessels begin to
form, and the heart gain strength
until 1t was able to pump life fluid
through the embryonic blood ves-
sells.
DR.. Bradley Patten of the Univer-
sity Of Michigan's anatomy depart
ment, gave the demonstration. In
a paper he explained that he and
his associates had cut a tiny win
dow in the cell of fortified egg
and exposed the embryo. the size
of pin head. This preparation was
transferred to a glass chamber and
supplied with nutrient fluid.
The first futterings of the tube,
later to become the heart, are not
rhythmic or orderly. Different parts
of 1t merely contract and there are
periods as long as five minutes when
there is no activity. Then comes
a series Of fibrillations and gradual
ly, after two or three hours, the
witches seem to combine, although
mostly on the right side of the tube.
After another hour, scattered
areas of the left side begin to con-
tract. Then right and left sides
twitch In time with each other. Still
there is no regular rhythm to the
movements as whole.
Three shours later there Is a
change, so gradual 1t Is impossible
to tell when 1t starts. The motions
are starting at one end Of the tube
and ripping in waves to the other
end.
Then the blood starts to form. At
first there is just fluid; then few
corpuscles appear within the heart
tube They shuttle back and forth
at each beat. The beating In
creases, the blood cells become
more numerous. At last the en-
bryonic heart is pumping blood into
embryonic arteries. The chick is
40 hours old. Circulation has
started.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-05
Early Auto Advertising
L. Now Quaint Humor

The old vaudeville wheeze about
the car that had wooden frame,
wooden wheels, wooden body and
wood'n rum recalls some Of the
things manufacturers were telling
the public about their product 30
or 35 years ago.
The Aerocar was advertised as
''the rich mans car at poor mans
price-$2, 000." Today the popular
priced auto sells for about $3.50.
The Winton was advertised "as
easily controlled as the best man.
nered horse and safer because II
cannot scare"
Some other slogans designed to
lure the public away from the horse
back in the early days included:
Yale-'A car with the doubt and
the jar left out"
Jacksonville hill too steep, no
sand too Deep"
Knox-"The car that obviates the
tow"
Thomas-''The car that shuns the
repair shop"
In 1905 the Premier car somewhat
proudly published a testimonial
from two motorists who had run UP
: total of 500 miles on roads be-
tween Troy and Boston. According
to the testimonial, total cost Of the
trip was $73.65-about IA cents
mile. The driver today has an over
all cost Of A cents or less.
Another testimonial said:
1T have used my Thomas Flyer
nearly every day and have no use
for a rope as yet"
Other Thomas Flyer advertise
ments said the car was "as sweet
and sound as a nut, just as brimful
and bubbling over with power, light
on it's feet and eager to get away,
and at the same time instantaneous
ly docile and obedient,"
OF course the early automobiles
came in for considerable ribbing by
comedians. Magazines printed such
howlers as the one about the lady
who asked tramp how he accus-
toned himself to such long walks.
"Please, num-" said the tramp,
81 used to own an automobile.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-05
Mental Testing of Twins
Reveals Interesting Traits

Tlorrie and Margie McInnis, pref
ty blonde girls of New York city,
who are as nearly alike in appear
ance as it is possible for twins to
be, are now six years old. Almost
since birth the twins have been the
subject of study by DR.. Myrtle B.
McGraw, New York scientist.
Florrie has been given special sci
entific training and Margie has
been brought up as 10 the average
child. Oddly enough, now that the
girls are starting their formal edu-
cation, Margie Is doing better than
Florrie in school. When the twins
returned after their first session
from school to their home, each had
q boast. .
81 write better than Florrie," said
Margie.
81 was bad and had to sit In the
front Of the room," said Florrie.
Their father, Reginald McInnis.
an apartment-house doorman, said
that while Margie seems to do bet
ter in school, Florrie is more full
of pep and more carefree. Mrs.
McInnis agreed that Margie seems
to learn more readily in school, but
said that "Florrie figures out a way
that she is going to be better than
the other ones" The girls still go
to see DIR. McGraw once week, but
DR.. McGraw says that she was mot
allowed" to discuss the results Of her
studies.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-05
WINS STATE TRAP SHOOTING
CHAMPIONSHIP

Fred McFadden, Pylesville, Har-
ford county, won the Maryland State
Trap-shooting contest championship
recently, breaking 223 out of 225
clay target pigeons. McFadden broke
all rs targets in a. three-way shoot
off with ]. G. Michael, Aberdeen,
defending champion, who missed
one target in the shoot-off, and A.
B. Wetzel, Sykesyille, who missed
three. They had tied with 1913 out
of 200. Although a resident of Mary
land, McFadden, who frequently shot
with York county gun clubs, was
eligible to win the York county trap
shooting championship which he did
in 1889.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-05

John Hensel and Roaul Graumont
Of Bridgeport, Conn.,, are experts
when it comes to ''knotty prob
LENS" Between them they have
tied thousands Of knots, some Of
them so intricate they have required
days of study and patience to COM
plete. Hensel claims to have dupli-
Gated the battling Gordian knot
which was so cleverly made that
both ends Of the rope were concealed
and defied undoing. Both Hensel
and Graumont travelled the world to
pursue their hobby Of rope making
and knot tying. In all they have q
collection OF 5000. no two Of which
are alike. According to Hensel
there are only $40 orthodox knots,
the simplest Of which were used
almost from the beginning Of time.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-05
Novel Logging Machine

A machine that bowls when It de-
tects a spike or other metal object
buried in logs has been invented al
q result Of the now-famous New
England hurricane Of 1888. The de-
vice was developed by the, forest
service radio laboratory at Port
land, Ore. The pieces Of metal
damaged saws, slowed work and en-
dangered workers. The machine
has earphones and an exploring
coil on q six-foot wire. The opera
tor examines each log with the coil
before he starts the saw.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-05
u. s. Living Conditions
sType' American Face

Americans are gradually aoquir-
ing a new face and features that
will probably be the permanent
american face" Of the future, ac-
cording to Grant Wood, well-known
artist.
Wood, who 10 resident-consultant
in art at the University Of Iowa,
has aroused controversy through the
United States for such paintings as
Daughters Of Revolution" "Amer.
lean Gothic" and "Parson Weems'
Fable"
''Facially, at least. Americans
have softened up" he said, until
they don't look much like they did
In the old tintype days.
'sThe climate in this country, and
the change Of thought have changed
the look Of rigidity in American
faces. And don't know If this 10
good or not.
"People today look soft compared
to the tintype albums. We seem to
have wishy-washy compilations"
Wood said that to find models
for his american Gothic" which
shows a stern farmer and his wife,
with hardly more expression than
the pitchfork the farmer holds In
his hands, he was obliged to use
tintype albums for research before
doing the painting that was intend
ed to analyze our Puritan ances-
try"
As to the stiff, uppish faces Of
the women Of his controversial
explosive painting Daughters OF
Revolution" he insists that 1t was
not he who put the word "Ameri-
can" into the title. Others did that.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-05
Switching Tail of Cow
Once Source of Power

BOSTON.--How much power has
q cows tail when it's switching
flies?
Enough, calculated a Massachu-
sets dairyman in 1860, to operate Q
milking machine. His machine
worked by motion of a cows tail.
It is described in that years Sep
TENDER issue Of the New England
Farmer.
The inventor answered objections
that his cow-powsr machine would
operate only during fiytime by rec.
ommending the introduction of arti.
fetal flies into the dairy stable.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-05
Production Of Quinine
Meets Repeated Failure

Efforts were made In California
more than so years ago to grow the
cinchona tree, from the bark OF
which quinine is obtained; but ex-
periments failed, just as did those
made later in California, in Louisi-
ana and Florida, according to the
National Geographic society.
Now Uncle Sam Is trying to pro-
duce the drug In Puerto Rico.
Some of the so varieties of the
tree introduced into the island have
suffered heavily from insect pests;
others have Jared better.
Last year government chemists
began experimental work on the
production of synthetic quinine. This
has been tried by chemists at vari-
GUS times, without success. Per-
haps the most notable failure was
that of Sir William Henry Perkin,
English chemist.
Prompted by large demand for
quinine during the Crimean war,
Perkin, then an 18-year-old student
of the Royal Academy Of Chem
istry, London, undertook to extract
quinine from coal tar in 1855. He
accidentally hit upon the first coal
tar dye, mauve. The next year he
set up the first coal tar dye factory
of this now large industry, produce
ing mauve.
Quinine was first used by the ma
tives of Peru, who called 1t "quin-
aquina." It came to the attention
of Europeans when the wife of the
count of Chinchon, Spanish viceroy
to Peru, was cured Of malaria
by use Of the drug. His name was
given to the tree. South America
has since become negligible fac
tor in world production.
Great Britain, in the early days
of cultivation, made experiments in
growing the cinchona tree in India,
Burma, Ceylon, and other Of its
possessions. India today produces
only a third Of her own require
ments, less than 5 per cent Of the
world supply.
About the same time, experiments
were begun in the Netherlands In
dies with much success, and today
Java is the source Of more than 80
per cent Of the world supply, viz
tual monopoly.
It has been estimated that 800,-
600, 900 persons suffer from malaria
annually and that the death toll IL
100000 q year. Malaria Is most
prevalent in hot climates. There
are about 100,0 200 cases In the United
States annually and most Of these
are in the southern states.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-05
FRIENDS PEACE COMMITTEE

Emphasizing that famine and war
suffering may become common
problem so urgent that it will pro-
vide a basis of international coopera-
ton, the Friends Peace Committee
of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
has issued statement to its men,
bers.
The statement feels that the de-
Tense program is wrong and danger
Gus, it opposes CONSUMPTION, it adj
vises the United States to keep out
of the war in order to be ready to
help effectively in postwar recons-
truction and in the international
organization that will then be neg
essary.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-05
o
All Vegetables of Diet
/ Have Special Qualities

Vegetables, are as important In
the diet as windows and doors In
a house, say nutrition specialists at
Ohio State university, who point out
that because vegetables supply so
many minerals and vitamins, they
are a good investment even when
they are high priced.
Vegetables are divided into three
classifications, green leafy, coarse,
and starchy. The green leafy vege-
tables which include lettuce, spin
ach, greens, cabbage, celery, Brus-
sells sprouts, swiss chard, and to-
matoes, have an abundance of vita
rnins, a wide variety of necessary
minerals, especially iron, and pro-
vide bulk.
Coarse vegetables include carrots,
beets, turnips, green beans, peas,
onions, cauli1ower, parsnips, kohl
rabbi, and asparagus. In the starchy
vegetable class are Irish potatoes,
sweet potatoes, corn and dry beans.
Iron, calcium, and phosphorus are
three minerals essential for the
proper functioning and maintenance
Of the body, but they frequently are
used in too small amounts. Their
place in the diet should be definitely
planned. The body needs several
minerals in small amounts, but
foods which contain sufficient iron,
calcium, and phosphorus, almost al
ways contain enough of the other
minerals.
Specialists say that Of all foods,
vegetables are the most convenient
and the most abundant sources OF
some vitamins. Vitamin A Is found
in spinach and other greens, peas,
carrots, tomatoes, string beans, as
paragus, and sweet potatoes. The
generous use Of vegetables will pro-
vide plenty of vitamin B in the diet.
Some leafy vegetables such as raw
cabbage and raw spinach, tomatoes,
root vegetables, especially ruta-
baga, carrots, and onions, rank high
as sources Of vitamin C. Spinach,
asparagus, and green beans con-
tain an abundance of vitamin G.
The cooking Of vegetables affects
their taste, appearance, and food
value. Whether or not the family
will enjoy and eat cooked vegetables
depends upon the knowledge and
skill of the person preparing them.
Vegetables are at their best when
cooked only until tender and served
as quickly as possible after cooking.
Since high temperatures may de-
stroy vitamins, vegetables should
not be overlooked.