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La gaceta., 1940-08-09
DEP0RTE
Ell PROGRAMA AMATEUR
DE ANOCHE

Mantiene su Marcia invenci-
bic en- los programs lama
tours" del parque Cuscaden, Ell
joven Marcelo Huerta, una re
las estrellas descubiertas por el
concertador Nanny de Castro.
Teniendo de contrario a Frank
Garcia, Huerta atac6 con su a.
costumbrada efectividad y 'e
venci6 por puntos. Ell pdblico a.
plaudi6 al vencedor y al venci-
do.
Jorge Rodriguez venci6 por
decision, en- ell semifinal, a R0-
bert Buria.
Manuel Miranda, con un pc
so de Is libras, hizo tablas con
Pedro Perez, de 1873. Steve Sc
nordi derrot6 por nocaut tecni-
co a Lining Valdes, del peso
weller.
Ernesto Fonseca superb a
Paul BuStamante Y Tony Con
zalez supo anotar mayor mime
no de puntos que Angelo La
Russo.
Pasa ell p1blico ratios muy a.
gradables con estos programs
boxisticos de Cuscaden.
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del peso complete, Maynard Da
niels, "Rocadura" Harden,
Marty Clark y Paul Pross.
Sostendran Ell match de ma :
yor importancia, Maynard Da-
niels, Ell marino, que tendra de
adversario a Harden, un ahija-
do del famoso "Pa" Stribling.
Los peritos locales senalan CO..
mo favorito a Daniels, pero re-
conocen en- Harden algunas po-
sibilidades de victoria.
Daniels pele6 Ell lunes diez a.
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TONIC SEGUNDO
"A MUCHACHA
DE LA GALE
Y volvieron a bordo POGO an
ties de obscurecer.

FL Degazpi zarp6 a las siete,
cuandO en- ell cielo de ambar lu-
clan las 1ltimas tihtas del rapi
disimo ocaso.
Otra vez las noches del ocea-
no tropical sorprendieron a Ma
ria con su enorme fosforescen-
ella, como 81 fueran un eterno
crep1Sculo.....
Cuatro dias Y cinco noches
navegaron para penetrar en- ell
enorme estrecho de MALAGA; y
un atardecer Ell buQue echo an
elias ante Singapore.
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II Columbia tiene un tsEreRo para q estaeiona-
miento de los coches de sus clientes, en- Ia eale ~, y IN
serene para ell debldo cuidadc. Lleve ALI 81 e9ehei bay
espacio suficiente.
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Sc DESEA TN hombre de mas
de 81 amos para vender jaibas
"endiabladas". Dirijase al 2310
de la Gale ID, entire las 9 y les
10, preguntando por Harry
Safer.
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CON LOS GUANTES
Nat Fleischer

Nat Fleischer, ell director de
la revista deportiva THE Ring"
tiene SO amos de edad Y ha escri
to 38 libros sobre ell arte de los
punos y como arbitrar los COM
La gaceta., 1940-08-09
LAS PELEAS DE HOY EN-
Ell ~CUADRILATERO DE
Los ARTILLEROS
Cuatro pdgles del peso
complete

La empresa de Benjamin
Field anuncia para esta noche
dos combates en- los cuales inter
vendran cuatro fuertes j6venes
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suelo en- eSpera Gel cllenIe....
Y mezclados con ellos, indios
de vestiduras albas, brahaman-
tes que pedian limosna, con una
ola de metal, europeos vestidos
de blanco.......
La gaceta., 1940-08-09


Gina,
Ell buque Ell Wales era un gran
paquebote, armada de dos ca
noncitos de trio rapido, uno en-
la popa y otro en- la proa,
Los espaholes tomaron pasa,
je en- 81, EN- union de varios ia
poneses y ehinos de aqueIlOs que
les habian acompahado desde Ia
patria tan leiana.
o
Otros tres dias aun. Dor suer
tie sin novedad, pasados en- las
soledades del mar, y Ell Wales
penetr6 en- la hermosisima be-
hia de Hong-KOng..
FL amable compatriota hizo
desembarcar a Maria, para que
vera su concrete, establecido
en- plena Gale de la Reina. IA
principal de la ciudad.
Aqui Maria asombr6se al sa-
Der que era Hong-Kong una ciu
dad de csrcs &e IN million De IA
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-21


II was another bad weekend
for Michigan football teams in
their battles with foes from other
states.
While four teams. including the
University ~ Michigan and the
University of Detroit, maintained
the winning pace. five went down
to defeat and one was held TO a
tie.
Michigan States upset by Tenn
Pile Friday night az Philadelphia
was the most surprising develop
ment OF weekend play The Spar.
tans. playing under lights for the
-tiEst-t4aa-this-ssaSaRY--psaEa
Knocked Off their feet in the first
minute by 10 5-yard kickoff re
turn and never fully recovered. A
strong comeback in the second
half failed to save them from a
21.19 defeat
Michigan avenged last year
upset BY bowling over Illinois a..
Ann Arbor Saturday. IS TO 0, and
chalking up victory No. T. Detroit
also stayed in the indicated CO
lumn with its conquest OF Man
/ haitian. 6 to o. Friday night at
+ New York.
Two upper Peninsula teams &C
counted for the other two victor
les by state elevens Michigan
/ Tech trampled Mission House
! (Sheboygan. WIS., 81 TO 0 at
Houghton, and Northern State
/ Teachers invaded Northland
1 (Wis) for IA to decision.
Wayne University. heavily fav-
ored to take the measure OF Ak
ron University. had to be salts
fled with tie when the Ohio
team put on a powerhouse attack
late in the game and knotted the
score at ~.
Central State Teachers College
collapsed before strong Brad
ley team at Peoria. and went
down % to 0. Western State drop
ped close decision to Iowa state
Teachers at Kalamazoo. 90 to 10
Michigan Normal went to Bow
ling Green, o, and Bowling Greer
University emerged from the tus
sic on the long end OF Is TO
score Indiana State Teachers
romped over Grand Rapids Uni
versity at Indianapolis for a 27 tC
0 victory.
In games between Michigan col
leges. Albion took the spotlleh
by chalking up its fifth straight
victory more than any ethe'
state team can boast this season
Hillsdale was Albion's victim thi
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-21
Harrier Barefoot
in Order to Win

Springfield. O., Oct 81 --AP
Courageous william Mihalo of
the Hamtramck, Mich, Boys Club
finished the last five miles bare
footed after developing foot bis
ter to win second place in the Ma
tional A. A. L. 10000 meter walk
ing championship here Sunday.
John J.Abbatte, 81 year old Gin
oinnatian, set new record Of three
hours, SO minutes and seven sec
onds, 10 minutes better than the
best previous time, to win the
event,
Team honors went TO the Ham
tramck Club, which placed Mihalo.
second; Walter Fleming, fifth, and
Charles Foster. sixth.
Forty Thousand meters is "a
miles, 1904 yards.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-21
CURTAIN UP ON
HOCKEY SEASON

Detroit. oct. 2l-AP-A six goal.
last period scoring spree featured
the curtain raiser on the local
hockey season Sunday night as the
Detroit Red Wings OF the National
Professional Hockey League de-
feated a farm club the lndianap-
oils Capitols Of the American
League, 5-3. before 1000 fans.
The game left General Manager
Jack Adams with one chief prob
lem replacement for Cecil
Tiny" Thompson. veteran goalie
who Is now managing the Buffalo
Bisons Jim Franks. Floyd Perras
and John Mowers al put on OUT
standing performances during the
contest ard Adams indicated he
didn't know which one 10 select
Two first period goals. one by
Sid Abel and another by sgd Howe.
put the Wings in the lead. Net
minding high lighted the second
stanza, with no scoring In the
last period Art Herchenratter and
Dick Behllng tailed for the minor
league club TO tie the score.
Modere Mud" Brunteau and his
kid brother Eddie, put the Red
Wings back I'm the show with a
goal apiece making It 40. The Red
Wings maintained their margin
with Jack Carveth matching a goal
by Joe Fisher Of indianapolis Just
before the final whistle sounded.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-21
HANNEMAN STARS
AS DETROIT WINS

Chuck Hanneman, former Michi-
gan football star. who Ia ranked
as one of the best place-kickers in
the National Professional Football
League, demonstrated the reason
for that reputation as the Detroit
Lions humbled the Green Bay
Packers, 23-14, at Green Bay Sun
day.
Besides adding two points after
touchdown. Hanneman, in his fifth
season with the Lions, booted a
22-yard field goal. The three
points which were added to the
Detroit score as "a result OF this
last effort broke up a t4-14 dead
lock
Hanneman also played an i'm.
portant part in Detroits first touch
down drive After q series OF for
ward passes had carried the Lions
to the Green Bay 10 in the second
quarter, Quarterback Cotton Price
pegged a l2-yard aerial to Hanne-
man. Price scored three plays
later.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-21
:ons Beaten by Big-Fast Bowling Green Team, $50
Four State Grid Teams
Win But Five Defeated

time. 10 70 s. IN the game played
Friday night az Albion
Ferris. whose goal line has been
crossed with monotouous regular
ity this season. lost It's NTH
straight start, 90 20 O. TO Law.
renee Tech at Big Rapids
Alma and Grand Rapids Junior
College, both undefeated thus far
continue their vistorious ways
Alma downed Adrian. IL 70 0.
and Grand Rapids Junior defeat
ed the Wayne University fresh
men, 8 to-e.-----
Adrian has not been able TO
score a single point in eompeti.
tion this year. while the Wayne
University freshman have four
year record Of consecutive de.
feats-
This weeks schedule
Friday
Michigan Normal al CUBtral
State (niehU
Detroit Tech az 81 Ambrose
Central State freshmen al Grand
Rapids Junior
Saturday
Pennsylvania at Michigan
Santa Clara az Michigan State
Adrian at Assumption
Kalamazoo az Alma
Ferris AT 81. Marys (Mich)
Defiance AZ Grand Rapids L
Hope az Hillsdale
Wittenberg at Lawrence Tech
Northern State al Michigan
Tech
Toledo at Western state
Sunday
Detroit al Nillanova
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-21

score by quarters.
Michigan Normal. 0 o. 0
Bowling Green .... 0 . Z 6-15
Touchowns: Wellner (sub for
Uzak). Brudzlnski.
Safety: Osburn.
Point after touchdown: Brudzin-
ski.
Substitutes Michigan Normal
A. Newlands. Grady. Yuille. Poly,
Kontrymowicz. Tremper, Heffer-
nan. Sierra. Bowling Greenwich
ner. Randolph, Halliwell. Mussill,
Buckenmyer, Sielschott, Shirk.
Park Amos, Tabler. Dunipace, Lea
theirs, Eckert, Roper Foster, Dill
man.
Referee: Anderson (Otterbein).
Umpire: Meyers (Ohio Wesleyan.
Head linesman: Oldfather, (Hei.
delberg).
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-21
HELD FOR INVESTIGATION

Mt. Pleasant, Mich, Oct. FLAP
Earl Phelps, %, was held by po-
lice today for investigation OF a
shooting Saturday night that ser.
iously wounded his brother-in-law,
Leo Finney, II, following an ar
gument over a supper Sheriff Fred
Thomas said members OF the z. R.
Phelps family, seven miles east
of here, told him the shooting &C.
Cured when Claude Phelps. 81.
brother OF Earl. attempted to wrest
a shotgun from Earl.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-21
HEAR FINAL ARGUMENTS

Detroit, Oct. 21-AP-Nine mem
bers of naval court martial board
today heard final arguments in the
case OF John Klanauskas. who was
accused Of involuntary manslaugh-
ter in the death March 30 OF 49,
year-old Charlotte Cranson. The
girl died following an all-night
drinking party aboard the vessel.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-21
EIREs Al TWO

Detroit Oct. 21--AP- While
guarding the home OF Chester p.
O'Hara, special prosecutor for the
gambling-graft grand jury cases.
Patrolman Addison Johnson said
he fred shot Sunday night at two
men in an automobile who at
tempted TO run him down. The pa
,rolman said he became suspicious
of the men as they sat in their
car two doors away from the
O'Hara home As he walked over
to question them. the patrolman
said the car started toward him.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-21
Double-Duty

Killing two birds with one
stone, as the popular phrase
goes. Joe Truskowski. assistant
football coach at Wayne Univer-
sity. was in the press box scout
ing for the Tartars at the Mich
igan Normal-Bowling Green
clash
Both of the contending ele3-
ems are future Wayne opponents.
Both use single and : double
wingbacks. although Bowling
Green shifts into its single wing
back formation.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-21
HIT, RUN VICTIM

Saginaw. Oct 21-AP Donald
Sybrandt. about "a, a Bay City SER
vice station attendant, died with
out regaining consciousn esq ~lying
day night after he was found lying
in the street with skull and leg
fractures. Police said he was
probably the victim OF hit.run
driver.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-21
oUT.BOWL TRENTON

In the Inter-City Travelling
League Sunday afternoon. Gun
ningham's out-bowled Trenton
while Shaefer's Sport Shop was
dropping its match to Dearborn.
The score In each instance was 3
to o.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-21
THREE KILLED

Howell, Oct 21--AP-M Mrs. Har.
old ]. Flewelling, 43; Costa Mucu-
ito. 80. and Niol, Pikovich, 81. all
Detroiters. were killed Sunday
when an automobile driven by AL
vim Cola. 40. Detroit. crashed into
a parked car in which Mrs. Flewell-
ing was seated on US-lG east Of
Brighton. Cola was seriously
burt
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-21
ACCIDENTS FATAL

Detroit, Oct 21-AP- Miss Rho.
da Mckee. 10, Dearborn. and Elmer
stanton. 80. Detroit, died here in
week end automobile accidents.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-21
YOUTHFUL HUNTER KILLED

Mt Pleasant, oct 81 Richard
Champlin, -. was killed late Satur-
day as he stepped in front Of his
hunting companion, John Kent, "a.
while the two were hunting phea-
SAINTS.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-21
IN LINE OE EIRE

Mt Pleasant, Oct. 21-AP-Rich.
ard Champlin, IL years old. was
killed Saturday when he stepped
into the line OF fire as a hunting
companion fired.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-21
CAS- LOAN s.
WITHOUT EN DoRSERS
How you borrow 500 you pay back 500 month

NEED a cash loan2 You can Dor
row $50 to $500 without en-
dofsers or guarsntors you can
make regular monthly repayments.
You needn't even come TO this Office
TO apply for your loan. Just send the
coupon below or letter for com
plete information without obligation.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-21

Air Marshall Sir Charles Frederick
Algernon Portal, new chief of Brit
aims fighting air force. who sue
ceeded Sir Cyril Newall, is credited
with the brilliant work in the bomb
err command He is said to have
planned the long-range bombing at
tacks on detectives inside Germany.
KILLED las CAR SlDESWIPES
ColdWater. oct 81 Roy j Clark
80. Jackson. was killed Saturday
night when a car he was driving
sideswiped tractor and trailer
three miles east OF Quincy on Us
ll2. Jesse Shepherd, Hamtramck
driver OF the truck. escaped injury
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-21

Payments 10 N your income
See in the table below how you may
repay your loan IN convenient monthly
installments that fl your own income.
Suppose that you need 500 and can
readily repay S977 a month The
table shows that your installments
will repay a 500 loan in full in II
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-21

Right end Of the New York profess
sional football Giants, Jim Lee
Howell was nominated on the Dem
ocratic ticket for the post of repre-
sentative in the Arkansas legisla-
ture, which is tantamohnt to cleo
ton in that part Of the country. His
slogan: "a farmer to represent
the farmers"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-21

All you do to apply for Household
Finance loan Is to acquaint US with
your problem. We require no salary
or wage assignment. no stocks or
bonds. loans are made on furniture.
car or note No credit inquiries made
Of friends or relatives. And you don't
have 10 ask friends or fellow workers
to sign the loan papers with you You
get your loan quickly and simply
Send the coupon now for free
booklet containing full information.
No obligation TO borrow
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-21

months Or, II you wish smaller pay.
ments. as little as Sc 43 a month for
20 months will also repay a 500
loan Loans also made in other
amounts and for other periods Ask
for payments on any loan not shown
Payments in the table cover every
thing. They include charges at House
holds rate Of 211To per month. This
rate is less than the maximum pre-
scribed by the Small Loan Law.
Household has only this one rate for
everyone whether new or former
customer. Note that the sooner YOU
repay, the less your loan costs.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-04-26

stavil rychle putynku Ike plotu
zahradky a snav cepici S hlavy
postavil Sc do pozoroveho pc.
stole.
"Tak, pane lajtnant, pfeju
Jim tady vsecko dobre," rekl s
patrnym rozechvenim. "Aby
tn byli tax stastny, jake kdy5
jsme spolu byli u regimentu.'
Ma cele Blahotove objevil Sc
mracek. Ale zmizel hned.
"Dekuji YAM, Frantiku. Dou
fam, re tn budu spokojen,"
rekl Blahota a podal vozkovi
ruku, kterou tento uctive SITS
XII. Uklonil Sc potion, nasadil
81 cepici a pobidl haste kone.
Valnlk Sc otocil a pomalu jel k
namest1. Blahota Sc vratil do
staven1. Neplatil vozkovi mic,
patrne bylo stehovanf zaplace-
no predem.
Nastalo ted rozestavovanf ma
bytku v pokoji.
Ia dozoru Blahotova bylo
to skonceno kratce pred pole
dnem. Mezi obema okny stall
psaci stGl, pri protest. stene
zelezna rozkladac1 postel, pri
prave stene satnfk a velka
skfln ma knihy, ktere dosud
byly v obou bednach stojiclch
ma chodb6, vedle dveTi umyva-
eek, pax tn byly dive idle a
pohovka.
Kdyz ma kostelni vezi vyzva
nell poledne, oslovil Blahota
Cernou: "Prinesla byste mi ne
CO k j1dlu? Straw v hostinci
vyjednam 81 az vecer."
IS radosti," odvetila ochot-
ne.
"Mistre, budete Sc svou pa
nj dnes mym hostem, kdyz jste
mi pomahal pri stehovan1," re-
XII Blahota kolari.
Gale, dekuji, pane uciteli,
vzdyt my budeme "a chv1li O.
bedvati," zdrahal Sc Cerny.
"Tak bych tedy sla, pane u
citeli," ozvala sc jeho manzel-
ka.
Gale nevim, co mann primes
IT,"
"Ale mila PAM, ia nevim,
co je tn k dostan1," usmal Sc
Blahota.
Cerna patrne az O tie veci
pfemyslela, nebot vytasila Sc
hned s navrhem: "Reznlk ma
namestl ma dnes cerstve jater-
nicky, tax kdyby pan ucitel pc
roucel."
"Ano, tfeba ty jaternicky,"
souhlasil Blahota.
Dial Cerne stribrny zlatnik,
fekI il, ably prinesla take dzba-
mex piva a kus chleba, a Cerna
hned odbehla.
ely bedny bych mohl otev-
rit a pomoci vyndat ty knihy?"
tazal Sc Cerny.
"Dekuji, mistTe. To ma cas-"
Tekl Blahota. "Budu knihy do
skf1ne rovnati pc chvilkach a
pr tom byste mi pomahati ne
mohl, kdyz nevfte, kan ktera
patti. A co mate k obedu?"
Kolar sc trochu rozpacite u
small.
Ones jen bramborovou po-
levku. Marie chtela dnes do
poledne napasti husy, name
jich deset, tax mi tedy rano,
nez vyhnala, naskrabala BRAN
bory a pfistavila ma kamna v
dime. Ia chv1li to dovaT1."
Blahota sc neusmal, kdyz
rekl: "Bramborovka je take
take dobra, ale jaternice bu-
dou, mysllm, piece leps1."
Stale Sc usmlvaje, prisvedcil
kolar mlcky.
Pc chvili vratila Sc Cerna,
prinesla jaternice, chleb a pi-
vo a vstupujic do pokoje, hla-
sila: "Jsou jeste teple."
"Tak sc do toho hned da-
mel" rekl Blahota.
Cerna prinesla tal1T, nnz a
sklenky ma pivo, ma vyzvanl
Blahotovo, jeste pc nejakem
zdrahani, sesedli Sc vsichni tfi
kolem stolu a jedi "a spokoje-
neho hovoru, v nemz oba man.
zele seznamovali sveho move
no %najemnfka S mistnlmi po-
merry a s nekterymi dIlezitej-
SINH osobnostmi m1stn1 homo
race. Samozrejme hral tn
hlavnl 1lohu zamek sc svymi o
byvateli. Blahota naslouchal
pozorne, ale ma mic Sc neptal.
Patrne 81 myslil, re to pozdeji
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-15
YE CAMPAIGNS:
Roars On

Boss Ed Flynn of the Bronx, a
man with a surprisingly fine libra
~, who likes to read, took Jim Far
ley's place as national chairman of
the Democrats. He was the same
general type as Farley, with a sim
liar background, except that Farley
was a country boy, and Boss Flynn
was a city laddie. Like Farley,
Flynn is respected around New
York, and well liked by many.
Willkie came out and said he
would not get into personal argu-
ments with members of congress,
individual hecklers, or anybody like
that. Willkie went on to say he
had very determined views about
CONSUMPTION, and about helping the
Bullmen abroad, but he wouldn't ad-
NIT what those views were. Some
Republicans remarked that they felt
they had signed blank check made
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-15
n A M F. S
In the netUs

q The three Musico brothers were
discharged from their bail-George,
Arthur and Robert. Georges bail
was worth $4,000, and his brothers
were worth $4,000 apiece. The trio
served short sentences at the fed
eral jail in Lewisburg, Pa. They
were accused of "mulcting" 81, 000,-
600 via larceny and forgery. The
fourth brother was the late Philip
Musica, of McKesson & Robbins.
He called himself F. Donald COster.
q Congressman Lindsay Warren of
North Carolina, age so, was selected
by President Roosevelt as comptrol-
ler-general. Chairman of the &C.
counts committee of the house, he
had served there for 16 years. The
job of comptroller-general lasts Is
years, and nets $4,000 per year.
q One hundred thousand names I'M
known to history were the victims
of bad flu epidemic in Puerto Rico.
They called the disease, the "mon-
ga" Drs. Edwin Lennette and John
Oliphant were rushed down there
from the Rockefeller institute and
the United States health service.
G Congressman Martin ("Texas")
Dies, of the Dies committee, found
ed a foundation for Americanism. It
would be, said he, non-partisan, nom
profit, non-political, and non-secta-
rian. It's name will be the Dies
Foundation for Americanism. Mr..
Dies dislikes un-Americans, espe-
cially un-American Americans.
q Poor Queen Elizabeth visited
5000 wounded French soldiers and
sailors in London. She tried to talk
French to them = Canadian"
French she picked up here last year,
they said.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-15
Strange Facts
| I Odd Light Sources I
! Billions Of MoUes !
TriPly DESTROYED

q Among the many unusual OBJ
jects that emit light or produce
a luminescence that may be seen
in the dark are rubber bands when
snapped, quartz pebbles when
struck, Jumps of sugar when
rubbed together and adhesive tape
when stripped from roll.
So
q The number of possible moves
in a game of chess is almost be-
yond calculation. For example,
there are more than 1000, 900, 900
such possibilities in the first SIX
moves of each player.
~
q Courts have awarded damages
to persons injured while trespass-
ing on premises marked with
signs reading mo Admittance"
and "Keep Out" In one recent
year such judgments totaled S148,-
0O0, 900, only S37,000,000 of which
was paid by insurance companies
q When no longer needed, the pri
vate correspondence of the king
and queen of England is put
through three distinct processes of
destruction. First the letters go
through a machine that blacks out
every word. Next they are torn
into very small pieces. Then they
are secretly burned by a trust
ed fireman-Collier's.
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many resulting from German ref
ugees who, unable to take cash out
of their native country, try some
times to smuggle salable property
into this country for stake in their
new life. They can bring in any
thing as long as they pay duty, but
lacking money some try to smuggle
in articles they hope to sell by label
ing them as fused, personal prop
erty." About 100000 of brand-new
cameras, dental and surgical equip
ment and similar goods have been
confscated from them.
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teeth. However, when this compe-
tition began to hit American dem
lists, they protested that the tariff
law forbids anyone's going to a
neighboring country for the specific
purpose of shopping" unless duty is
paid.
Inspectors got busy. Even though
the teeth usually are in the mouth
of the "smuggler," the inspectors
got nearly so sets in a few months.
The camera problem is one Of