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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-08

of cayuses, a pair of six-shooters and a bowie knife
 You know something" he switched the subject as the pho tographer snapped a picture. That's the first picture I've had taken since one that was taken of me and another fellow in South Bend, Indiana. before we came West. was 23 then.
 Hmm. that would be 75 fears ago, wouldn't it. Yes, sir, time does fly
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-08

Thomas Elsa Jones, president of Fisk University, at Nashville, Tenn, has been offered position of national director of civilian public service. The post was created to supervise civilian rather than military train
 ing for conscientious objectors.
 Cooked beets in straws or slices give extra flabor and gay color to fresh vegetable or cabbage salad. Cool the beets and chill them before cutting.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-08
weight champions also were crowned.
 Harmon Year

weight champions also were crowned.
 Harmon Year
 On the tennis court, Oklaho- mas Don McNeill upset Bobby Riggs to win the National singles championship and also took clay court and intercollegiate honors.
 Southern California won the N.C.A.A. track championship for the sixth year. Football was fea- tured by strong Boston College and Minnesota teams, Stanford $ comeback, the saga of Michigan's Tom Harmon. and the emergence of one of pro footballs greatest all-time teams in the Chicago Bears who massacred Washing tons Redskins in the title game, 73-0.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-08
Moral: Do Moi Put
 Cat in Refrigerator

SHAWNEE, Okla, Jan. Nancy Stoolz, three, put her cat in the electric ice box. When the door was opened the cat came out hale and hearty but the lunch meat was gone.
Evening star., 1941-01-05

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-27
By Mrs. Christine Frederick,
The Distinguished Authority Household Efficiency

fine rugs sent to the professional
cleaners for a thorough shampoo.
to restore their luster and orig
inal clear colors.
Other questions which women
ask, or which should be asked by
the prospective buyer. include;
us the handle of the cleaner in
sulated? Is there a switch near
the top of the handle for ease and
convenience in stopping or start
ing the cleaner"
If the handle is well-balanced,
as it should be, ii will not over
turn. no matter in what position
it is left as the cleaner is laid
down. OF course, there should al
ways be a switch placed for ut
most ease in controlling the
cleaners operation.
Now for the bag of the cleaner,
into which is sucked the dust, lint,
hair, etc, removed from the rug.
Us the bag closely woven and Of
good size ?" 1t should be large in
size. not so much to hold guam
tity of collected dirt, as that it
should be large enough for a lot
of air to pass through. The bag
must be of very closely-woven
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-27
COOPERATING With l0urNdCuum Cleaner

on the cord is silly, useless, and
sometimes dangerous.
One more question. that of the
total weight of the cleaner, is i'm
portant in houses where the
woman herself must attempt to
carry the cleaner upstairs to the
bedrooms. or downstairs to the
living The weight may
vary between 10 to 81 pounds on
most makes of cleaners, but bears
little or no relation to the ease
in pushing the cleaner around.
A so-caHed heavy" cleaner
may not be more firing to oper-
ate than a lightweight" cleaner.
But, if it must be carried up
stairs very frequently, then that
point bears watching. However,
a good plan in most average
homes is to keep the large clean
er permanently downstairs, and
use only a small or junior cleaner
upstairs, since this latter is also
particularly efficient on mat
tresses.
rs there a seal of approval on
the cord, or the appliance itself ?"
Naturally, recognized seal,
either from the Underwriters
Laboratories, or an authoritative
magazine testing station. gives
the buyer assurance and conf
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-27

textile or fabric, to aid in retain
ing all possible dirt in the bag.
The bag should be emptied each
time of cleansing, and must not
be considered a mechanical ap-
pendix or storage pocket for hold
ing the dirt-a kind of double
enclosed dust-pan.
One of the greatest mistakes
and faults of the average house
keeper is to fail to empty the
cleaner bag sufficiently often, and
thus, when the motor is going,
large clouds of impalpable dust
are widely scattered into the room
air-thereby undoing all the good
which the cleaner is supposed to
achieve. Not only shake out the
bag after each time of use, but,
twice monthly. take the bag, turn
inside-out, and brush clean with
a whisk-broom.
Every cleaner, too, has an cleo
trio cord which must be, kept
neatly coiled when not in use;
above all, when disconnecting the
cleaner cord from the floor out
let, do not tug on the cord to re-
move it, but place force on the
plug, and not the cord Pulling
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-27

dence in the product, and such
seals should be noted.
do women like cleaning at
tachments ?" Yes, and no. II ap-
pears that women in city homes
make more use of such rods, ex-
tensions and other attachments
than women in suburban and
rural homes. the reason being
that in the city there is not the
space or opportunity to shake and
hang furnishings, curtains, etc,
to air on a clothesline, while in
the suburban backyard such
space is provided.
On the whole, women are be-
coming more interested in the
use of attachments, and use them
more frequently and intelligently
than a decade ago.
Where does the vacuum stay
when not in use? All, here is a
household crime story" which
still seeks a solution! Too many
houses make no adequate provi-
sion for parking any cleaner of
this size. The so-called clean
ing closet" as built even in the
model homes, is too often a delu-
sion and a snare-and almost
useless. Lucky, indeed, that
home-maker who has a hangar
for her vacuum. Like all faith
full servants, the vacuum deserves
a good, spacious, airy room, and,
like human servants, too, it will
give the most service if cared
for and treated fairly by it's en-
ployer.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-27

must be remembered that clean
ing means not only removal of
surface dust and threads and lit
ter. but the abstraction, also, Of
embedded dirt. Using as a test a
living-room rug. size 9x12. we find
that a minimum cleansing time
Is rs minutes per week, while
from 80 to 40 minutes per week
would be much more desirable.
Upon this latter basis. we may
say that such a rug should be
cleaned for 20 continuous min
utes once a week. with 2 addi-
tional cleansing periods of 10
minutes each. This time will vary
somewhat according to type of
cleaner used. In how many homes
is this time-period of cleaning fol-
lowed strictly?
A sidelight on the dirt-removal
problem Is that about 4 per cent
Of all the dirt removed from the
vacuum cleaner dust-bag consists
of greasy particles which cake
the dirt hard together and make
1t difficult to clean the bag in
a thorough manner.
In metropolitan centers where
there is much SCOT from cooking
gas, or where persons track onto
the floor grease from the streets
dropped from automobiles, there
is, of course. more of this oily ele-
ment spread over the floor cover
ings than in the house in a rural
environment. This oil film grad
ually coats over the wool or other
fibers of the rug, and for this
reason, even using the best
vacuum cleaner, it will be neces-
sary at stated intervals to have
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-27
NN/HILE In certain sections
w Of the country house.
" keepers NAV still he In

NN/HILE In certain sections
w Of the country house
w keepers may still be In
the throes of the annual drive on
behalf of cleanliness and santa
ton, others are just about to be-
gin the big Spring push to rout
home enemies such as dust, dirt,
CRIME. SCOT, insects, household
pests, and their numberless allies.
But in each and every campaign
we may speak of the familiar
vacuum cleaner as the high-pow-
cred tank which will roll over and
defeat the most obstinate bat
talions of bacteria.
The purchase of one of these
deservedly popular home appli-
ances is no longer a haphazard
undertaking. According to a re-
cent report, practical women are
interested in knowing about volt
age, brushes. suction power and
Ddldnce OF any vacuum cleaner
they propose to buy.
Without going into technical
details. every housekeeper should
bear in mind this important fact:
The speed of operation for
cleaner known as the brush-agi-
tator type should be about feet
per second. On the other hand, it
has been found that the cleaner
known as a suction type should
be pulled or pushed at the rate Of
2 feet per second. Unless these
approximate speeds are observed,
not only are cleansing results
lowered, but the woman's time
and energy are seriously wasted.
Less human energy is required to
draw the cleaner slowly over the
rug few times than to draw 1t
rapidly over the same place many
times.
Now, what is the time-period
necessary to clean any specified
rug or floor covering area? 1t
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-27
War Weapons Invented by Nature

ohiit lOi opccd. lis pOIIQtIOuS
body rested upon short stocky
legs and its feet were not adapted
to rapid movement.
True, its powerful arms when
once grasping its enemy could
crush it TO death, but that
squeezing power would have been
of little avail against the teeth
and claws of its attackers had
not the hidden coat of bone
stopped the penetration of fang
and claw.
Chain mail was old when men
were young,
The armored tank first en-
ployed by the British during the
last World War. and improved
upon by the Germans in this one,
has remarkable counterpart In
natures warfare. Primarily the
tank was used to crash through
barb wire entanglements and
other Instructions; to batter pill
boxes and to cover difficult ter
rain. 1t was a mobile glorified
development of the ancient bat
tering ram.
In the far off days when dino
saurs ruled the land with as COM
plete domination as their cousin
Hitler now exerts over the con-
tinent of Europe. there was one
of these reptilian monsters which
was a formidable tank of the
animal kingdom. II was the
armored dinosaur. Stegosaurus
Never in the history of the
world was any land animal so
greatly protected by armor. Its
body was covered with flexible
hide. thicker and more resistant
TO penetration than any hide
known in nature. Along its back
were two parallel rows of bony
plates two feet in height and
two feet wide at their base. These
erect bony slabs ran in an arch
from the creatures tail to its
snout.
Then for good measure the ex-
tension of the tail carried a
double row of bony spikes six
inches through and three feet
long.
This brute with its hide and
ar1nored back and tail would
have had little difficulty in plow-
ing through a stand of young
trees without causing any more
damage to its leathern hide and
bony plates than would be suf-
fered by the iron sides of heavy
tanks.
Blitzkriegs are not new among
the animals. Grasshopper inva-
sions have taken place since
grasshoppers were evolved. But
to observe the effect of a real
animal blitzkrieg one should look
upon the land after a horde of
jennings has passed over it.
Their method of marching is
similar to the armies of mankind.
Nothing stops them. They swarm
over mountains and swim across
rivers and even broad lakes. The
lands are devasted. Behind their
march no living blade or stem or
leaf remains.
Poisoned arrows and poisoned
spear heads are common among
a number of savage races of to-
day. Many insects are armed
with stings that paralyze or kill
but it has remained for man to
invent one of the most horrible
weapons of war-poison and OBJ
noxious gases. He has found
something which the animal did
not do.
Or has he? Recall the skunk. /
Yea verify, as the Preacher of
Ecclesiastes said in that book of
ancient wisdom:
THE thing that hath been, ii
is that which shall be: and that
which is done is that which shall
be done; and there is no new
thing under the sum-"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-27
1One of the
Most Perfect Natural Beauties
have ever seer"
says famous Hollywood photographer

IL c has photographed many of the most
l. l. beautiful women in America, vet this
Southern beauty amazed him. Black hair,
naturally arched eyebrows, great, dark
eyes, and
iroy skin that is unbciie,ubiy
smooth and iorely.
Mrs. Drexel gives her exquisite skin very
simple care-twice or more each day-the 3
famoussteps ofthe Pond Beauty Ritual
|. Battles her face TWICE in blissfully soft
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-27
Continued from Double Page)

gle long arms. some of them 80
feet or more in length. This is
greatly out of proportion to the
size of the floating bag which
may be only eight inches In di-
ameter.
Among these long streamers,
we find evidence of a weapon
that is hurled from the body. One
of these trailing ropes is lined
with cells each of which contains
dart with a whip-like lash
wound around IL.
At the approach of an enemy
these capsules discharge their
ammunition which shoots out and
stings the invader.
So powerful are these expulsive
darts that they can raise on hu-
man beings great welts which
cause a high fever.
But what is of greater interest
in these days of time bombs is
the fact that dead specimens
picked up on beaches after
storms at sea explode their nettle
cells with as great fury as when
the animal is floating on the sea
in fun vigor.
Bodily protection in the animal
kingdom is common. The most
complete armor ever devised by
nature is TO be found on the COM
mon oyster or clam. Not single
portion of flesh is unprotected
when the bivalves clamp their
shells together
Man struggled valiantly to pro-
tect his naked body from the at
lacking claws and teeth of ami
mails and from missiles of his hui
man enemies. From the crudely
dressed skins worn by the cave
man. to the more resistant
leather jenkins Of the peasantry
of Europe and to the chain mail
of the Middle Ages man improved
upon his bodily protection.
The chain mail of the Twelfth
to Fourteenth Centuries was APP
parently the last word in bodily
arTnor since the hammered iron
links woven into a shielding gar
ment permitted great flexibility.
But this invented armor so
proudly worn by the Medieval
knight was old in the world of
nature.
During the early days of man,
among the animals which were
contemporary was the Giant
Sloth, a mighty ancestor of its
weak and lazy descendant the
sluggish sloth of today.
Had man then had the initia-
tive and destructive imagination
he has today, he could have in
vented a shield of bones that
would have long anticipated the
coat Of chain mail.
Inside the Giant Sloth's hide
were bony plates which served
as concealed flexible armor.
Indeed, had not this animal had
this chain bone armor 1t is diff
ficult to understand how 1t could
have been able to survive the
attacks of its enemies such as
the powerful saber-toothed tiger
and even less gigantic flesh
eaters; for the sloth was not
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-27

Ponds Cold Cream. Sparks it briskly, wipes
it off each time with Ponds soft, caressing
Tissues.
2. Splashes her glowing clean face with cool,
astringent Ponds Freshener.
8. Finally-and rery important on
a thick MASK of Ponds Vanishing Cream.
Leaves this MASK on for full minute. to
help take off all little fecks of chapped or
dried skin. Wiped off, this leaves smooth mat
finish ready to hold her powder for hours.
Copy Mrs. Drexel's steps of skin care. See
their results on yourself. Then you'll know
why the lovely women of America leading
families follow the Ponds Beauty Ritual.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-27
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The Omaha guide., 1941-06-14

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Miss Almira King is also a
member of Saint Benedict's church
and a former Girl Reserve, and
was president of the Junior-Senior
Girl Reserves Club she was the
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Miss Trulove is a graduating
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The Omaha guide., 1941-06-14

This young woman is one Of the
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U. S. She is quite "Air-minded".
Her chief ambition is to pilot her
own airplane. Miss johnson is a
sophomore at Technical high
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Williams is the daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. James H. Williams, 2516
Blonde st. She is a graduating
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During her school career, she was
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Miss Swancey is the daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Swancey,
709 South Both st. She is a grad
.uating Senior Of Technical High
school. During her school career.
Miss Swancey was a member If
Pc Girls Senior Glee club for 8
AIS. She is a member of Zion