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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-28

@. What Confederate generals father
in-laW was a general in the Union Army?
"A M H.
A Gen. "Jeb' Stuart's father in-laW
was Brig. Gen. Philip St. George Cooke
of the Union Army. His son. John r.
Cooke, resigned his command as first
lieutenant in the Unicn Army and
joined the Confederacy.
@. Which countries produce the most
nickel?-P. B.
A Canada produces more nickel than
any other country. New Caledonia ranks
second.
@. Who invented the treadmill?-D.
VIC.
A. The treadmill was first used as an
instrument for irrigation by the Chinese.
AS a means of employing criminals it
was introduced in England by Sir Will
liam Cubitt in 1918. "
Q. How long does a colony of beavers
eXist?-D E N
A A colony of beavers may persist
for centuries.
@. How did the stories of mermaids
originate?-G. P. S.
A. II is believed that early Asiatic
explorers, noting the tenderness and care
with which the manatee mother nurses
its offspring brought back the original
tales of mermaids. -r- r'a'
@. What is meerschaum?-S. S. E.
A. Meerschaum is a fine ground clay
like mineral so light in weight it will
float on water.
@. When was MY Country, It's Of
Thee" first sung2-C. F.
A. The song America" was first used
at children's Fourth Of July celebra-
ton in Boston in 1882.
@. What was the Baumes law?-J l. A.
A. The Baumes law, passed by the
New York Legislature in 1926, provided
for a life sentence for fourth offenders.
O. Of what use is mercury in the war;
&C. o. A.
A. Mercury illuminate touches off the
high explosives and incsSldiaries Mer-
curry vapor operates boilers and helps
provide f1uorescent lighting Mercury is
an ingredient in antifouling paint used
on ship hulls
. G. What shipping tonnage is required
to keep one man at the front?-D. G.
A. 1t requires little over one ton a
month to maintain man at the front.
@. What was former Senator Borah's
occupation before he came to the Sem
ate?-T. R. H.
A. Senator Borah practiced law until
elected to the United States Senate,
January Is, 1907, where he served con-
tinuously until his death in January,
1910.
O. Was the albino bison rare?-M. T.
G..
A. The albino bison was rare and was
held sacred by the Plains Indians who
would abandon their hunting of a herd
of buffalo if it was found to have one,
@. What is suttee?-O. A. M.
A. Suffice, the practice of burning
widow on her husbands funeral pyre.
prevailed among some sects in India,
Although forbidden by England in 1929,
it continued outside British Jurisdiction
until comparatively recently.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-28
Says Occupation Army
Should Have Educa ton Program.

To the Editor OF The Star:
When hostilities cease, it is probable
that We shall need to maintain a large
military force in Germany for many
years. The German people are going to
require close watching for at least a
generation and unless we are blind to
the significance of events since 1919 we
dare not do otherwise.
But with the coming of peace, such a
policy will grow less and less popular
and there is danger that it will be re-
versed too soon.
To foreStall that contingency, plans for
an army of occupation should include a
comprehensive educational program.
There should be little opposition to the
proposal to take all available youths of
II years and present them with four
year period of education in return for
four years of light military duty.
Any one who recalls the endless close
order drills of the Army Of Occupation
of 1919, the sole purpose of which was
to keep men from idle mischief will
know that this is workable
w. DAY BOYER.
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Letters to the Editor

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the ,0riteT, although the use OF,
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q Die1U to condensation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-28

plan, each of these projects repre-
Sents step in the great work of
developing the Washington of the
future.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-28

A crowd down in Atlanta stole all
the orchids that had been sent to
the Inauguration of the Governor of
Georgia. That is almost as bad as
robbing general of his caviar.
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Inc Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
the use Tor republication of all news dispatches
created to It or not otherwise credited in this
paper ana also the local news published herein.
herein also are reserved
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Prophecies-A 32-page booklet, just
off the press, reviews briefly and
in purely impersonal manner, the
most significant utterances of the
prophets which interpreters relate to
the war and its outcome. and the
destiny of mankind in general. In
times of peril or great national stress,
everyone wants to know what the
future holds in store-what has been
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To Questions
BIZ Frederic J. HdSktn.

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question OF fact By ,Drittng The EDe-
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O. How old is the sport of wresting3
T. S
A. Wrestling is one of the oldest
sports Bouts were depicted on Egyp-
tan tombs showing that the sport was
known in 5000 BIC.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-28

Q. Who discovered vaccination'-N.
c. B.
A. Vaccination, the protective inocu-
lation against smallpox, was discovered
by Sir Edward Jenner In 1898.
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Entered as second-class matter post Office,
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-28

@. What is the most southern city In
Europe?-E l.. H.
A. Tarifs. Spain, is the most southern
city in Europe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-28

@. What is suttee?-O. A. M
A. Suffice, the practice of burning
widow on her husbands funeral pyre.
prevailed among some sects in India.
Although forbidden by England in 1929,
it continued outside British Jurisdiction
until comparatively recently.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-28

O. Do fish use both tails and fms in
swimming?-S. w. S.
A. Most fish propel themselves through
the water by moving their tails from nde
to side, the fms being used for balancing
and steering sea horse uses its dorsal
fin in swimming and cells and flatflsh
move the entire body
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-07-29

When worker loses his income
through sickness or injury, he gen.
orally is unable to support his fam
lily for long, after he is unemployed.
Frequently he must meet heavy
medical costs, so his savings are
soon exhausted. His wife and chill
dren then often suffer privations.
The social security board recon-
mends that the laws be amended to
cover such cases.
for families to live on when the
breadWinner cannot earn wages or
salary. But wages or salary may
stop for reasons other than unem-
ployment, old age, or death. If
person cannot work because he is
sick or disabled, not only does his
pay check stop but he has the extra
expense of his illness. The social
security board thinks we should
have insurance against disability and
the costs of hospital care, along with
our present unemployment insur-
ance and old-age and survivors in
surance.
About 20 million workers, includ-
ing some of the lowest income
groups in the country, are not COW
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-07-29
Sum Given Needy From
Federal Funds Depends
On States Contribution

Needy people living in the poorer
states of our country do not receive
as much help from federal funds as
those in the richer states. That is
the way the law works out, although
never SO intended. AS it is, states
with more money to spend on public
assistance programs get larger
share Of federal money. Here are
two similar cases in different states:
Uncle Joe lives in one room Of an
old house near mining town in
Alabama. He used to work on
farm, but now he is 80 years old
and has no means of support except
the $40 he receives every month
from the welfare department. He
manages to live after a fashion but
he would be healthier, as well as
a happier, person if his cash pay
ment were a little bigger and he
could get the things he needs when
he needs them.
Another very old man, whom we
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Colorado mining town and also de-
ponds upon public assistance for the
necessities of life. He gets $40 a
month from the welfare agency.
Why the difference? Is he more de-
serving than Uncle Joe? Not at all.
And neither of them have a cent OF
other income or a relative to help.
It is simply difference in state ap-
preparations. The average payment
to the needy aged in Alabama is
less than $40 per month; in Colo
RADIO it is over $40, The cost of liv-
ing Is little higher in the town
where Jim Smith lives, but nothing
like four times as high as in the
Alabama town.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-07-29

The social security board recon-
mends expansion of the present So
cial security program to provide:
1. Social insurance protection for
everybody who depends on wages or
salary flor the self-employed also,
SO far as possible). Regular insur-
ance benefits would take the place,
partly, of the pay the worker and
his family lose
(a) When he loses his job and Is
temporarily unemployed.
(b) When he is unable to work be-
cause sick or disabled, tempo
rarily or permanently-(the in
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-07-29
Benefits Are Outlined for Farm Workers
And DOmestics.

but will not be eligible as the laws
now stand.
Under the public assistance pro-
grams Of the social security act,
three million needy people are re-
ceiving monthly cash payments
which last year amounted to more
than $4,000, 900. These payments
go to persons who do not have
enough to live on and cannot pro-
vide for themselves because they
are old and cannot work, because
they are blind, or because they are
too young to work and have lost a
parents support or care. There are
about two million old people and one
million children on the lists. The
blind number around $1,000. But
many other people who lack the
bare essentials of life cannot be
helped under the present public as
sistance programs because they are
neither over IS, nor very young, nor
blind.
Gaps in Insurance.
Most serious, however, according
to the social security board, are the
gaps and shortcomings in the insur-
ance features. The purpose of these
programs is to furnish some income
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-07-29
Benjamin Franklin First
To Receive Mail by Air

It's true, regular air mail service
by the post Office department has
just passed it's 25th birthday, but the
first air mail letter in history was
delivered more than century and
a half ago to none other than Ben
jamin Franklin, who had, up to
short time before, been postmaster
general of the United States.
1t happened in 1885, while Frank
lin was in France. John Jeffries,
an American who had served as
surgeon-major in the British army
during the Revolution, flew across
the English channel from England
to France with Pierre Blanchard in
balloon. 1t was the first flight OF
its sort and, when he arrived on
French soil, Jeffries handed Frank
lin letter from England, the first
to be carried through the air.
During the siege of Paris in the
Franco-Prussian war, there was a
civilian organization called the Bal
Ion Poste, which carried mail out OF
Paris. Between September, 1870,
and January, 1871, IS flights were
made, carrying 164 people, 381 car
rier pigeons, dogs and almost IL
tons Of mail.
The first actual air mail delivery
in this country took place in Sep.
TENDER, 1911, when a sack of mail
was carried from the Sheepshead
bay aviation meet to Mineola. Long
Island, six miles away. The post
Office issued special stamp for
this mail. In October of the same
year hydroplane was flown down
the Mississippi from Minneapolis to
Rock Island, carrying total of 5000
pieces of mail which were collected
and distributed en- route.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-07-29

Our social security pro-
gram as a nationwide under
taking began eight years ago
this August. In it's seventh an
nual report the Social Secur-
ity board points out that while
great progress has been made
toward security for the Amer
lean people, there are serious
gaps in the program as it
stands.
While many millions of people are
covered by the insurance features
Of the social security act, other mil
lions are not More than half mil
lion are regularly drawing monthly
insurance benefits amounting in all
to about liz million dollars a
month. These are benefits paid I'M
der the old-age and survivors insur-
ance system which covers wage and
salaried workers on business or in
dustrial jobs. The benefits go to
these workers and their families If
the worker qualities at age IS or
over and is no longer at work, or to
the family in case of the workers
death, whatever his age. There are,
however, some 20 millions of work.
ers who are now excluded from old
age and survivors insurance.
The same is true of unemploy-
ment insurance. Millions Of people
are covered by the state unemploy
ment insurance laws, operated by
the states but with administrative
costs paid by the federal govern
ment. During one year when jobs
were hard to get nearly 51s million
people who were out Of work re-
ceived benefits for weeks at time.
Now during the war boom when
jobs are so plentiful, fewer than 120,
900 people are getting unemploy-
ment benefits in any one week. The
number may go down even further
as the war continues.
But when the war is over, millions
of former soldiers, sailors and war
workers will be looking for jobs.
Many will be entitled to unemploy-
ment insurance while they are look
ing. There will also be many who
will need the insurance payments
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-07-29

surance should cover also costs
of hospital care for the work
er and his family.
(c) When he is old and no longer
at work.
(d) When he dies.
2. The cost of this insurance. to
be met through contributions from
workers and their employers into
one national insurance fund In the
q. S. treasury.
8. Assistance to all needy people
who have no means Of support,
through the federal-state public as
sistance programs under which
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-07-29

monthly payments are now made
to the needy aged, the needy blind,
and dependent children.
''This is one case" said Presi-
dent Roosevelt, sin which social and
fiscal detectives, war and postwar
aims are in full accord. Expanded
social security, together with other
fiscal measures, would set up a bull
wark of economic security for the
people now and after the war and at
the same time would provide anti
infationary sources for financing the
war"
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-07-29

insurance system?" asks Arthur J.
Altmeyer, chairman of the social Sc
curity board 'Now, when earnings
are high and all the wheels OF in
dustry are turning, workers and en-
ployers can set aside the contribu-
tons needed to ensure future rights
to benefits" he replies. There Is
no way in which increased earnings
could be better invested, from the
standpoint Of either the family or
the nation. For the family which
actually meets with disaster-sick-
ness, unemployment, chronic dis
ability, or death-insurance benefits
give a far greater protection than
could have been obtained if the
workers insurance contributions
had been kept as his individual saw
ings. In any period Of recession,
the money now saved would be paid
at time when it is most needed
and to those who most need it."
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-07-29

The need for such program is
pointed up by the fact that of more
than 3 million disabled workers be-
tween 16 and 81 years of age, nearly
one million have been disabled for
more than year. Around z mil
lion people are i'll on any one day
in the year-many of them for pro-
tracted periods Of months and
years; many with no prospect Of
recovery.
Six Cents on the Dollar.
No new governmental agency
would be necessary to administer
disability insurance, and no addi-
tional reports would be required OF
employers. The cost Of the entire
social insurance program, including
disability protection, could probably
be met through a total contribution
rate of or cents on each dollar
of pay roll from employers and or
cents on each dollar of wages from
employees. The total Of 10 or II
cents on the dollar (the rate would
depend on the exact benefits pro-
vided) instead of cents which will
be the figure in 1949 under the pres
ent law would provide insurance
protection against all the most i'm
portant economic risks faced by all
workers. American families would
be assured of an income when
wages of the breadwinner stop be-
cause of unemployment, old age,
illness, disability, or death and
would also have insurance protec-
ton against the costs Of hospital
care.
Twenty-eight nations now provide
insurance protection to their work
ers against temporary disability.
With only one exception SPAIN, the
United States is the only country
which provides insurance against
old age without also providing
against the risks of chronic or per-
manent disability.
when can we best afford the adj
ditional cost of an expanded social
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-07-29

physically handicapped employed
it's the BOOM When peace
will whether
charities these people will be
The social security board to
millions fall
age crippled in few
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-07-29
Floyd &&&o~s<
ADVENTURES CLUB -
HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES 49,
OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF
" Temple of Death"

CTRIKE up the band, here sailor-and let that
- band play SOFT mysterious music to fit the scene for that
sailor is going tell tale about 1nda the land where
strange things happen
William Mulch is the sailors and he lives in New
York city. 1t in July, 1925, that Bill stepped off his
Ship Steel Trader at Bombay and started out to
the sights of the And Bill says he the town from
all angleshe funny side and the deadly Serious too.
Right off the bat he had brush with native doctor
and Bill says the joke him. Early that morning
when the ship locked dozens of native pedders swarmed
aboard. Among them doctor, who wanted six
rupees take off Bills foot Bill offered him three,
but the doctor shook his head Finally they copro
missed Bill paid him three rupees and promised to pay him
three more that afternoon.
When Bill stepped off the boat there the doctor.
He wanted his three rupees but Bill told him he'd pay him
the day. and he and his buddy got gharry drive
away. But he wasn't oolng the doctor any, That little
Hindu rotted right along behind the carriage yelling The
until finally Bill stopped him
him the dough-
Bill Manages to Square Accounts
didn't smile because quite crowd had gathered
those coins"
So N
surprise waiting for him.
The with crowd behind all laughing
until Bill building and
his driver what The driver said the Pydhoni
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-07-29
Lodge Gross Creek

Mr.. and Mrs. John Gibson
spent Friday and Saturday in
Billings. Elmer Knight took
their hogs to market for them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carroll Graham
and Gary were business callers
in Sheridan Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gibson
called on Mr.. and Mrs. Red
Hults and Mr.. and Mrs. Earle
Miller on Friday evening.
Carroll Graham was in Har-
din and Lodge Grass on WedneS-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Gibson
and grandsons went to Billings
on Saturday. They remained
several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Romine and
Kay of Hysham visited with Mr..
and Mrs. Joe Graham from Fri
day until Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack ClaWSOn
entertained several friends Sat-
urday evening. Guests were MIR.
and Mrs. Earle Miller, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Klindt, Mr.. and Mrs.
Johnny Rice, Jr., Mr.. and Mrs.
John Gibson, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Carroll Graham.
Miss Bonnie Brown is home
from summer school. She called
on Mr.. and Mrs. John Gibson
and Mr.. and Mrs. Carroll Crab
am Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Clawson
visited Mr.. and Mrs. John Glib
son Sunday. Both couples called
on Mr.. and Mrs. Carroll Crab
am.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dominic Stevens
are visiting with their daughter
and family, Mrs. Tag Stovall, on
Bull Mountain.
Mrs. Bob Gibson and sons and
Mrs. George Gibson called on
Mrs. Joe Graham and Mrs. Car
roll Graham one day last week.
Charles Livengood, Fred Liv-
engood and Charles Elder were
fishing on Lodge Grass creek on
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earle Miller and
children and Dayle visited Mr..
and Mrs. Carroll Graham Sun
day afternoon.
There were several people
fishing and picnicking on the
creek Sunday.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-07-29
Kirby Kernels

During a recent electrical
storm, black and white geld
Ing colt, sired by Humanist, and
owned by Miss Charlene Penson,
was struck by tightening and
killed.
Woody McManus wrote home
that he and Billy Anderson
mad been hunting together in
Australia.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Anderson,
while in Sheridan last weekend
had Miss Muriel Spear, WAC,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Phillip H.
Spear for dinner at the Sheri-
dan Inn. The Jordans were also
there to visit with them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Boden are
leaving the Hosford ranch this
week. Mrs. Boden will be teach
ing a school in Wyoming this
coming school year. She has
taught the Corral creek school
the past two winters.
Conyers Stewart, who was re-
Gently hurt when his horse fell
on him, is able to get around on
clutches now.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Hosford
were dinner guests of the Stew
arts last Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Eileen Sargent and son
Winthrop Jr., came out last
Tuesday to spend a few days
visiting relatives before leaving
for California. She returned tx
Sheridan on Friday with Mr.
and Mrs. Jackson Moody, ano
her father, VIM. v. Johnson
Winthrop stayed with his grand
mother and aunt until Sunday
going to town with his uncle
Torrey B. Johnson.
Third Officer Phyllis v. John
son has been appointed Second
in Command of Hq. co. SCSU
No. I'LL w. 1t. johnson, who
left life on a Montana ranch tx
serve in the WAC, took her bas-
ic training at Daytona Beach
Fla, served as Cadre in the fifth
regiment, Cantonment area
there, and graduated from the
22nd Officer Candidate Class al
Fort DesMoines. She came tt
Fort Debens in April and was
assigned Command of the Thirc
Co., 32nd Training Regiment Of
the 4th, WAC Training Center
Fort Debins Digest, July 16)
Miss Patsy Randall will go tt
Miles City this coming week tt
take state exams for nurses. She
has been awarded a six month!
training course in Minneapoli!
for special work, beginning Oct
l..
Many of the Rosebudders were
in town this week end for thu
races there. Earl Adsit was en-
tered in the calf roping contest
Mrs. Charles Penson was host
ess on Sunday to the Woman
club members at her home
Short cuts to cleaning hous
were discussed and new ways o
canning and drying foods. At