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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-18

lately his home with it's boxes and boxes
Of elephant hair has not been touched.
There is not even a window broken in it,
Mr. Parburys odd profession has its
roots in history.
II was three thousand years ago that
Indian peasant appeared before a great
Indian Maharajah to ask for favor.
The legend goes that the peasant had
done the mighty prince a good turn in the
jungle by giving him a drink on hot Sum-
mers day AS a reward the peasant was
told 10 appear at the palace the next day TO
ask FOR anything he wanted
Il wanted 20 he as strong an elephant"
said the half-sarved and puny Indian.
is that all you want as a reward? Is
that the only thing you can think of that
can give you asked the astonshed Prince.
Yes Your Highness That is all For
with great strength man could rule the
world
The Prince consulted his wise men and
they gave the peasant a long list of prescrip-
tions and charms and strange incantations, all
of which, it said, would give him great
strength.
The peasant went away He stayed away
a year
Your Highness," he said on his return to
the Mahara jah's court, Il have spent twelve
months trying the many prescriptions your
advisers gave me TO turn me into a strong
man. But they have all failed So I still
claim my reward which you said you would
surely give l still demand to be given the
power TO become as strong as an elephant"
The Maharajah was nonplused. Again he
called his wisemen. But they had nothing
new TO offer
So the Prince, to get rid of the peasant,
called him close and whispered:
Here is the real secret of strength Get
a hair from an elephants tail. turn il into a
ring or a bracelet and wear it always II
Will give you strength and good fortune But
don't tell soul about this precious secret"
The peasant thanked the ruler and left
the palace.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-18

Another year passed Then he returned
once again But this time it was not as
disIllusioned subject
He arrived rs a powerful leader of men,
with an army so strong that within three
days he was able to dcpose the Mahara lah
and seize his kingdom,
In gratitude, however, for the way IN
which the secret OF strength and good fortune
was passed on 10 him, he ordered that his
deposed rival should be treated with the
greatest respect and be given a fine palace to
live in
The only restriction he placed on the cap
tives activity was that he should never under
any circumstances, have access To- an elephant,
or to anyone who could give him a hair from
the tail of an elephant. The new Maharajah
was taking no RISKS
From that day according to Indian legend,
a hair from the tail of an elephant has been
most priced a giver of fortune
Every Maharajah, every great prince, sol
der and business man of India today wears
one or more of the hairs as an essential part
of his adornment. without such charm,
they believe, vii would surely result.
E,veiy Ma arani, every hour of the harem
viii gre A f,.u'ue in jewels to obtain such a
nair or only pc. sonal possession of such an
amulet can make them sure Of winning and
retaining "A lifelong position in the household
At the other end of the scale Indian peas.
ants will take any risks 70 get an elephant
hair. Many of them defy death by annoying
an elephant by plucking the hairs out OF his
tail.
When an elephant is shot there is always
a frantic rush by the natives TO seize one or
hv American Wcskly Inc Great Britain Rights Reese
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-18

Until recently rings, bracelets wristwatch
straps and brooches made of elephant hairs
were on sale only at the exclusive stores Now
they are being sold by the hundred thousands
in chain stores all over the British Empire
Mr. Parbury worked hard TO meet the de-
mand. but a few months ago his supply be-
came dangerously short Before the war. he
obtained his supply from Africa having
worked up an extensive organization with big
game hunters, game wardens and local mer-
chants. The tails rolled in by the hundreds.
Then came the blitz. Hundreds Of tails.
Mr. Parburv knows are waiting for him IN
the ports Of East Africa But wartime re-
strCtions are keeping them there
Then Mr.. Parbury decided TO behave like
every other Businessman in need OF a COM
modify. He would advertise
To his amaZcment. elephant tails poured in.
1t seemed that almost every housewife in
the country had seized on the opportunity to
clean ont the attic and at last have n good
excuse for getting rid Of the ugly old trophy
from India or Africa which Grandpa had been
keeping a memento of his safari days.
Gouty old Colonies and red-faced retired Cen
erals responding to Mr.. Parbury's call OF
sacrifice, removed their elephant tails from
the walls of their studies and brought them
to him.
Judging by the number Of tails brought
him, Mr. Parbury identified England as the
long lost graveyard of the elephants
One old country farmer packed up two
tails and said he would willingly dispose of
them for an ounce of tobacco baccy was
short in his district. But grateful Mr..
Parbury sent him in return half pound of
the very best tobacco
The result of the advertisement is that
this charm-maker now has enough tails TO
keep his workshop going for many weeks. He
has miles and miles Of elephant hair TO be
turned into all sorts Of amulets and charms
to meet the demand for strength and luck.
Those who have met Mr.. Parbury think
there is lot in his theory. For although
houses all around him have been badly bhtzed
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-18

more hairs before the animal Is actually dead.
If several of them get trampled 10 death in
the process-Well, that Is sure proof to the
others that anyone not possessing such hair
is decidedly Unlucky
Its.a long way from the jungle to London
of 1912. Yet the craze of wearing elephant
hairs has intensified almost beyond belief
since the war began.
Mr.. Parbury first heard of the charms when
he served "A short time in india with the army.
When he was disabled in the war in 1917 he
found himself unable to so back to his work
in the post office department and looked
around for something else TO do.
He started making the charms and found
that once he got started he didn't have to
advertise them at all There are many authen-
tcated cases in which the wearing of Mr.. Par
burys rings by AFRAID wardens, ambulance
workers. fremen soldiers and sailors has
been accompanied by marvellous cases of
escape or by extraordinary rescues.
On the stage too there are many devotees
OF the Eood-mck rings.
number Of Britain's leading ladies say
they dare not go in front of the footlghts
without their elephant charms. Phyllis Neil
son-Terry, Florence Desmond. Gaby Deslys
and Evelyn Lave have all stated their implicit
faith in this uck bruger.
Nor is this belief confined TO the feminine
sex
Lupno Lane tho movie star who made
the Lambeth, Walk famous says he never
moves an .uch without one Of these rings II
he could ne would like TO have ON. of the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-18

\N/HEN this curious ad-
w vertisement appeared in
w the sedate columns of
the London Daily Telegraph,
the censors thought it was
either hoax or else a complex
secret code
A representative OF The
American Weekly was sent out
10 track down Mr. Tarrant Of
Finchley Road" He received
instructions that If anything
appeared mysterious on the
premises ne was 10 notify the
Home Office or Scotland Yard
He Was TO take no chances.
What he found alarmed him
at first
Mr.. Tarrant wasn't Mr.. Tar
rant at all II was a name
assumed by Mr. Parbury who
lived in respectable house in
a well known suburb-just the
sort OF place spies call home.
But Mr. Parbury wasn't
spy and he had assumed the
name for business reasons He
was a British soldier of World
War I, honorably discharged
APPLY, he could be called
graveyard custodian with Eng
land itself the long-lost grave
yard 70 which elephants are
supposed TO go when they die
Mr.. Parbury admitted that
he had placed the advertisement
and that it was no hoax or
secret code.
He wanted elephant hairs He
needed them badly, desperately,
or his business would 60 20 pot
For number Of years
charms were made OF elephant
hairs and Mr.. Parbury vas the
principal manufacturer But
since the war began they have
taken on a new meaning All
because a few well known peo-
pie who were wearing them
managed to escape the first
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-18
WhyMr'Pdrbury
Advertised torElephant Hair

LONDON, Jan. 8.
Wanted: Elephant tails or
loose hairs. VIII pay cash.
Tarrant, 1873 Finchley Road,
London, n. w.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-18


Mr.. Parbury has studied his subject good
deal, but most Indians, he says, are very shy
of giving out any Of their secrets Il have
learned" he said, that the elephants hair is
considered just as lucky in Africa as it is in
India, although cannot say that the African
hair differs in potency from that of India The
only reason get my tails from Africa is that
the hair is longer and not quite so brittle as
the hair from Indian or Malayan elephants
About the time 1 started making my
rings, elephants were all the rage for luck
They were embroidered on all kinds of clothes
used as designs on stationery and in novelties
and actually turned into subjects of coec-
tons
That set the ball rolling II was short
step from that to wearing small charms made
of the hairs Of the elephant. which We're
legendarily regarded as a real seat of good
fortune.
There always was something solid, COM
forting, about the elephant Re would never
iet you down. And his tail-hair was as
strong as whaebone as supple as wire and
as decorative mans ingenuity cared TO
make it, is it surprising that my new charms
caught on?
Then, by sheer luck found a translation
Of an old Indian couplet which l used as a
sort of selling-talk:-
IF you wish for luck and success that is
rare
You ought to possess an elephant hair
Il suppose that was echo 'eally of the
good old days in india when it vas considered
4 sign Of success 20 possess a whole elephant
+ or one had TO De successful financially to
X p one of those ,hings which demand every
q quarter Of ton of grass % lbs. Of
e. in. so lbs of chopped straw. BIS Of sugar
60 n'olasscs and various quantities Of dehca-
CIes such as bamboo shoots, fruit and nuts
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-18

during the air raids and cuddle an
elephants foot belonging to an ami
NAL she herself had shot in India
some years ago.
Since then, however, she has OBJ
Gained an elephants hair ring from
Mr. Parbury, because it would look
bit strange carting an elephants
foot about with me wherever | went
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-18

At Left - The English Motion
Picture Actress, Florence Des-
mond, Who viii Not Appear
Before the Camera Unless She
Is Wearing One OF Mr.. Par
bury's Elephant Hair Rings.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-18

to forget.
Sometimes when
the demand is
high for the rings
and the supply is
s h ort amusing
things happen.
One lady, un-
able to obtain a
magic ring. used
to sit in her flat
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-18

W. IHEN this curious adj
W. vertisement appeared in
w the sedate columns of
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-01-15
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aaaAA,

Mary Margaret Brown, who visited
relatives and friends last week, re-
turned to Seattle last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Ames OF
Yakima spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Ray Normile.
Mrs. r. r. Gowing and Mrs. Geo,
Schuster entertained in honor of
Mrs. Ross Willsey, who will leave
soon for her new home in Yakima
at the Gowing home last Monday
night. Three tables of bridge were
in play during the evening. Honors
We're held by Mrs. Virgil Masters and
Mrs. Milton Libby Later handker-
chief shower was given to the honor
guest.
The D. A. R. State Chairman of
the committee on registration and
Identification of pre-school child
rem is taking care of the costal areas
first, and as soon as the local D. A.
r. receives the material there will be
a notice in the paper telling the peo-
pie where they should bring their
children to have them registered.
Mr.. Purdy, local chairman of Civil
ian Defense, will assist. Mrs. Earl
Jones of Richland and Mrs. Har-
Benson Of Finley were guests.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-01-15
Les Amies PinOchle Club
Meets With Mrs. Simpson

HIGHLANDS - The Les Amies
Pinochle club met yesterday WED
nesday) for 1870 dessert lunch al
the home of Mrs. Bertha Simsen
with Mrs. Bruce Mclean as hostess
High score was held by Mrs. Henry
Paulson; second high by Mrs. Carl
Bennett, low score going to Mrs. Ted
Watkins and travelling prize to Mrs
Harvey Ray The next meeting will
be at the home of Mrs. Art GLASGOW
on Wednesday, January 18th.
Mrs. Wallace Preston attended
the Finley Pinochle club on Tues
day at the home of Mrs. Ernest
Sherry in Finley.
The Highland Bridge club met
last Thursday for a 100 dessert
luncheon at the home of Mrs. Art
Simsen. Mrs. Blanche Foraker held
high score, Mrs. Bertha Simsen,
second high and Mrs. Bruce Lamp
son, low. The next meeting will be
at the home of Mrs. Bertha Simsen
next Thursday, January %.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Lee were
Wednesday evening visitors at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Boutelle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Preston at
tended a Sunday evening dinner and
bridge party at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest Sherry in Finley.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-01-15
Three Penthouse Style
Plays Given Saturday

BENTON CTTY-The high school
dramatics class directed by Miss
Jerrine Brooks presented three one
act plays in penthouse style Satur-
day evening in the school gymna-
SUM. Appearing in Love is My
Business" We're Russell Thompson,
Clifton King, Vivian Chapman, Mar
jorie Grending, Elva Sutton, Valda
Stone, Helen Accord and George
Uland. Taking part in Robbers
Roost' were Pomona johnson, Jack
Smith, Bernice Lewis, Joyce Jacobs,
Bernice Fahnholz, George Uland
and Dan Spencer. THE Sunder-
wuddys' was put on by Leo Warren,
Helen Brooks, Dan Spencer and Don
Brooks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Ortiz were
called to Selah Monday evening by
the serious ILLNESS of Orth's mother.
j. o. Henson of Colfax spent
Monday night at the home of his
father, A. L. Henson.
Miss Valda Stone on Monday en-
tered the nurses training school
at Our Lady of Lourdes hospital in
Pasco.
Meurnice Wilson and Wallace
Roop Of Seattle, employees of Boz
ing Aircraft spent Tuesday with
their parents, the Grady Wilson's
and M. w. Roops.
Mrs. p. H. Martina returned Mon
day from a several weeks visit with
her brothers in Berkeley, Calf. En-
route home she visited her daughter.
Mrs. Ellsworth Robinson at Ona-
laska.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daryl Ormiston and
small son of Weikel moved Friday
to the Horace Smith house on the
highlands. Ormiston is the new
manager of the local Yakima Fruit
Growers association warehouse.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. w. Roop, Miss
Eleanore Bushnell and Miss Jernine
Brooks were in Prosser Tuesday eve
ming to hear Karl Richards of |
Seattle speak on why France Fell"
presented by Prosser's Forum club |
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-01-15

Jim Reed, who is working at Har
rah, is home this week because of s
bad cold.
The Lutheran Ladies Aid met to-
day Thursday with Mrs. L: A
Tweedt in Finley.
Kennewick Chapter of D. A. r
met at the Arrow Grill for a non.
hostess luncheon in honor of Mrs
Starr Sherman, State Regent. Mon.
day, January IL.
Miss Anna r. Moore of Seattle
who is chief of the division of pub.
lie health nursing in the State OF
washington, was in Kennewick last
Friday and Saturday.
The regular monthly meeting OF
the cemetery association was held in
the city hall last Tuesday afternoon
The association will have the year.
ly report ready soon.
Mrs. Glenna Nelson, teacher in
the Finley schools, is i'll at the
home of her mother, Mrs. Kin
kaid. Mrs. E. S. Black is substitute
ing for her this week.
Mrs. j. r. Ayers is visiting at the
E. A. Silliman home this week dur
ing the absence of j. r. Ayers, who
IS attending wool growers asso-
citation meeting in Yakima.
Lieutenant Frank Bartlett of Fort
Lewis visited his sister and brother
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. White
more and his parents Mr.. and Mrs.
Bartlett over the week-endd.
After the regular business meet
ing Mrs. Sherman gave a very in
teresting talk on the work being
done by the Daughters of the D.A.
r.. on National and Home Defense
Mrs. Ammo Poulin and Mr.. Chas.
Porter were married in Yakima on
Wednesday, January 18th. They Wis
tied at the home of Mrs. Porter's
brother, A. T. Belair today (Thurs-
day. on their way to Spokane.
The Kennewick Woman's club met
with Mrs. j. G. Prass after the
Home Nursing class last Friday aft
ernoon. A board meeting was held,
but no program given. The next
meeting will be with Mrs. Newsome.
Miss Verdella Mueller, who was in
jured by an automobile in Seattle a
couple of months ago, left last
Thursday evening for Seattle again.
She has had the cast removed and
anticipates being able to return to
work in about a week.
frankie James Maxfield, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Maxfield of Pasco,
passed away Monday evening at the
PaSco hospital after a short illness
of pneumonia. He was the grandson
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Mulkey
The Kilkare club met with Mr.
and Mrs. Floyd IIigley last Monday
night for the regular monthly din
ner. Mr.. and Mrs. M. Simmelink and
Mr.. and Mrs. Burns Brown were
guests of the club. Honors were held
by Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Anon and
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Olson.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-01-15
Little STORIES OF THE WEEK

Paw Boldt IS entertaining
istternoon Thursday in honor
~ - son, Richards nineth birth
dy .. NV. II ~,
a and daughter, Janet, Of Sno-
t s are guests of their aunt, Mrs
=. Harry Linn attended a club
a.;no at the home of Mrs. r. r.
In in Pasco Wednesday of this
| seek.
Mss Emma Anderson Of Seattle
token lid her duties as the new
- II health nurse for Benton
county. oa ,o.+ Gu,
- from Yakima, where she has
s ~ in the hospital following a ma
br operation.
moved mCO Iie i'oo
house vacated recently by Mr.. and
Ms. Geo. Red.
NJ Mrs kenneth Calvin of Seattle is
,siring relatives and friends here
81. week. Mrs. Calvin will be re-
u - as zeta Wade.
the Fourth Circle OF the w. S. G..
q viii meet with Mrs Ruth Sim
: ..link next Wednesday for the
Mystery Sisters luncheon.
The beginners class of Red Gross
sr,t aid met in the high school
Wednesday night. G. Brewster of
Yakima Is the instructor.
AT the Mems Inquiry Club last
Monday night at the home OF Waldo
sh,se, the host read paper on the
British Empire" by Benin.
The PIT. A. of Ffnley-Hover
schools is sponsoring a dance Sat
urday night at the Finley Grange
hall. Door prizes will be given.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Bailey and Mr..
and Mrs. r. E. Reed attended the
Joe Fisher lecture on singapore" in
Walla Walla last Monday night.
Miss Emma Tweedt left for Gene
see. Idaho last Sunday. She was
called there by the death of a cousin
Henry Odberg. She returned Thurs
day morning.
Helmuth and George Albrecht,
who have been visiting their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Emil AIbrecht in
California, returned home last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank BeSte were
called to Spokane the first of the
week by the death of MIR. Beste's
aunt. They returned Wednesday |
night.
The Kill Kare club met with Mrs. !
Floyd Higley this afternoon (I,hurs-
day.. Mrs. G. A. Purdy held high
score and Mrs. H. w. Whittemore |
second high.
The Tuesday Night Dinner Club
met at the M. Simmelink home this !
week. Mr.. and Mrs. M. Simmelink
held high score and MIR. and Mrs. !
Emil Behrman, low. Mr.. and Mrs.
FIOyd Hipley were guests of the clr1b
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-01-15

VIM. Altrogge is helping out at
the Beste Grocery while Frank
Beste is in Spokane
The KenneWck Bridge Club met
Wednesday with Mrs. E. c. Tweet
for one o'clock luncheon. Honors
went to Mrs. Howard Whitbeck The
next meeting will be with Mrs Harry
Vibber, January %.
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The Nome nugget., 1942-04-15
Ickes Asserts Reports are With- out Foundation

 Washington, (AP) - Inter for Secretary Ickes said that the reports which cir culated here that Gruening will be replaced as gover- nor of Alaska, were with out foundation. He said Gruening, who is appear ing before congressional committees as usual each year, will depart this week to resume his post in Ju- neau.
The Nome nugget., 1942-04-15
High Court
 Uphold Decision In Libel Case

Washington, (AP) - The Supreme Court upheld by a vote of 4 to 1, the Circuit Court decision, which a lit igant interpreted to make it libellous to charge a pub lie official with anti-Semit- ism.
 The action was taken in a libel suit brought by Rep. Sweeney against the Schen ectady Union Publishing Company. Sweeney claim ed that the libellous state- ments were published in the Union Star when he was opposing the appoint emnt of Emerich Burt Freed as the Federal Dis trict Judge for Cleveland, on the ground that Freed was a Jew. The statement, he alleged, appeared in the December 23, 1888 column called the Washington Mer ry-Go-Round. Rep. Sween- ey sought S250,O00 damag- eS.
 The dismissal of the com plaint was ordered by the New Lork Federal District Court but this was reverS- ed by the Federal Circuit Court which ordered a new trial on the merits of the controversy.
The Nome nugget., 1942-04-15
Effect of War on Food Industries Is Keen

Wars influence is showing its effect on all industries - some speeding into highest gear and others giving up their men pow CT to meet emergency needs in other direction-but in most in- stances the food industry has been on the highly active list. Interest is keener in all food products as some sources of sup ply face intererence and other sources are called upon to meet unusual demands.
 With the definite objective of helping to guide the public in food selection SchWabacher Bros. & O., Inc, Seattle wholesale grocers, and among the Pacific NorthWest's oldest business organ izations, are this spring prepar- ing a broaded than usual promo tional campaign to the public through the press and the gro- cery trade for the Happy Home food line of 150 or more seections of canned fruits, vegetables, del icacies and seafoods that have been household standards thru out the Northwest and Alaska for years and years. In addition to Happy Home the SchWabacher organization is equally famed for Gold Shield Coffee which has popularized far and wide the de- scriptive slogan Always" Good, All Ways.
 People are tremendously avid for the latest word on foods and food products, and naturally we desire to give them all the in- formation and help possible that they may make the wisest and most economical choices for their tables" said MT. Nathan Eek stein, president of SchWabacher Bros. & O., Inc, and recognized in Seattle and throughout the state for his civic leadership and broad-guage business policies.
 Wars disclocations are mak- ing peope more food conscious ev cry day. They want to supply their homes with all the good, wholesome food possible for the hard tasks adults must meet, and for making children's bodies \ strong and sturdy. But they want to do this without interfering with wars efforts. That's why we ourselves as food purveyors tc thousands of homes are taking very seriously our responsibility to our patrons and the nation.'
 One page two of this issue will be found an advertisement fea- turing Happy Home products.
The Nome nugget., 1942-04-15
WIEN AIRLINES

Pilot Paine took Wm. Ander- son to Bunkerhill yesterday.
 Pilot Miskoff arrived from Fair banks yesterday with Hans Lar sen.
 Today, Pilot Paine took Axel Whurner to Dime Landing; Mrs. R. B. Julian to Candle, returning to Nome via Deering with three passengers.
 Pilot Paine left for Fairbanks with Bill Porter for Haycock.