davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-26

polyglot throng of traders required fair
proportion of them were, of course. unfamiliar
with foreign coinage, and slow in counting IL.
Even for those who could count fast Peters
fingers were far too nimbe. He seight-of-
hand artist, and IL the merchant insisted he could
lay down the total sum piece by piece so that
his victim forced TO admit it all there,
yet when the victim looked for it again in his
money bag percentage was missing.
THEODORE put this rascal into power, and,
if Procopus is TO be believed, turned him
loose the Empire with complete recklessness.
He cheated the soldiers in the Army, especially
those on the active 'front.' TO whom their wages
were transported over long distance. He put
up for sale minor offices in the government and
exacted from the successful bidder high tribute.
which was in most cases yielded gladly, since
the tribute-payer had in return the privilege
of robbng any citizen he could reach
He even pushed this traffic into the admins
tration of justice all the magistrates paying heav
lily for office and recouping by pocketing fines
Theodoras private life, ProcopiuS describes
II, has already been limited at, but ii deserves a
final word No one doubts that Byzantium in the
sixth century could furnish instances of luxury
and wickedness almost beyond imagination.
When Rome became again the capital of the
Empire. some of the Byzantine brilliance and
compshed badness perhaps imported, TO
exert influence centuries later the wckedest
and women of the Renaissance. Such
theory of history might be defended. But reader
who is alert to the prodigious vitality of scandal,
to its way of pushing into the background any
historical truth, may be on guard even against
what is told of Medicis and Borgias in their wild
est moments He may wonder how historians have
been taken in by Procopius.
When romancers try to fill out picture of
Cleopatras life, they furnish her too often with
the coarse and violent sins which Procopus, long
after Cleopatra's time, ascribed to Theodore. The
real Cleopatra, by contemporary accounts, had her
share of feminine charms, and much more than
her share of genius for craftsmanship. She played
a desperate game for her dynasty rather than for
her self-indulgence or personal advancement.
It's unjust, and ii should be unconvincing. to
say that people of the Renaissance who in public
created an astonshingly beautiful world were in
private little better than snakes or hyenas Slowly,
very slowly, the long besmirched regulations come
up out of the mud TO breathe
But historians, like the rest of us, are too fond
of the scandal to let ii drop Gibbon, in his THE
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" repeats
or summarizes Procopius. In allegiance to truth
he advises that the account of Theodore is libel
ous inspired by the venom of malignity'-but he
repeats ii.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-26

made innumerable but unsuccessful attempts to
circumvent motherhood. AS soon as the child
was born, her thoughtful lover protected her
from embarrassment by stealing it away.
GOME 20 years later, when Theodore had for
gotten this incident, a princely young man
Snowed up at the palace Since the attendants
spoke favorably of his looks, she let him in.
1t was her son, of course. His father had re-
Gently died. In his last moments he told the boy
he was the child Of the Empress.
Theodore embraced her offspring tenderly.
cautioned him against any mention OF his parent
age, clapped her hands for a servant and in
structed the person who entered. gentleman in
uniform, to entertain him he deserved. The
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-26

gentleman in uni.
form showed him
to a convenient
apartment and cut
his throat. At least,
according to Pro-
copius, he w a 8
never seen again
In the case Of
A m a a S u n I h a,
Queen of the Goths.
Procopius furnishes
both the history and
the scandal, and I'M
blushingly explains
why the two YER
sions he offers are
not the same.
In his story Of
the Gothic war he
says that this ex-
traordinary woman
ruled her people
with the courage
and the wisdom of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-26

a man. She was too far-sighted TO incur
Roman enmity but even without this
motive she probably would have main
tanned good relations with her neighbors.
She had her son educated in Ro-
man school, though the Goths would
have preferred for their future ruler
rougher and, as they believed. a more
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-26

manly educ1tlon- Wnen tneir
protests grew into an actual
plot. she sent the three chief
rlalcontents TO three far-sep-
arated places, pretending that
she needed their aid in guard
ing the border, but really hop
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-26

Mony Of The Pests Befter-Known viIIoins
Were Actually fhe Victims Of Jealous
Rumor-Mongers Who Forgot the Good
About Them and SeandoIousIy Exogger-
ofed The Bad. Explains This Noted Author
ity on fhe Privofe Lives Of the Aneienfs-
And Here's the Reui Eowdown on the
Empress theodore
Smyrna times., 1944-12-07
BRIEF SMYRNA
LANDING NEWS
Budget of News and Person.
ais Cleaned About Slnyr-
na River Wharves
CITIZENS MAKE VISITS

Smyrna Landing, Dec. Mr.. j
Mitchell Laird of Venton, Md.
spent several days at the home of
Mrs. Thomas Wrench. On Satur-
day Miss Minnie Grimes accompan-
led him to Wilmington where they
spent the day.
Mr.. S. F. jackson was i'll last
week. His son Mr.. Harold Jack
son of Silverside Road spent Sun
day with him.
Mrs. Howard Marshall, who has
been ill for the past two weeks, is
now out again.
Frank Truax, Jr., is i'll this week.
Pvt. Beverly Gaulke from a camp
at Indian Gap, Pa, spent the week
end with his parents.
Mrs. Gilbert George has been
visiting in Wilmington recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Truax. Jr..
are receiving congratulations on
the arrival of baby boy at Dover
hospital, Monday. Mother and
baby are doing nicely.
Smyrna times., 1944-12-07
CONDUCTOR WINS EMBLEM
Daniel j. Truitt of Delaware Divi-
sion II. r., Has Served so Years

Daniel j. Truitt, veteran pas
senger conductor on the Delmarva
Division, The Pennsylvania Rail-
road, operating between Delmar.
and Cape Charles, Va, was pre-
sented with a 50-year service en-
blem by Superintendent L. G.
Walker, Train Master E. P. Adams
and Chief Clerk R. E. Schrack at
the division headquarters in Cape
Charles on Saturday, November
18th. Superintendent Walker
spoke very highly of Conductor
Truitt's half-century of service,
which started with his employment
by the old "N.Y.P. & N. R.R." on
January %, 1894 as a section labor
er, with advancements to brake
man May 1, 1896, freight conduc-
tor September 1, 1902 and pas
senger conductor May 26, 1911;
also extended his well wishes for
the coming years. Messrs. Adams
and Schrack congratulated Cap
tain Dan" for his long and meri-
torious career, which has been es-
pecially noteworthy for his patri-
otic efforts toward keeping the
wheels of transportation rolling
during these hectic WAR Days"
as well as his able handling of the
travelling public, both civilian and
those in the armed services. They
likewise expressed their hopes for
his continued good health and abil-
ity to carry on" Captain Dan"
was bon in Pittsville, Md, and
passed his three score and ten"
years of age last March 31st. Hav-
ing been a resident of Delmar for
the past 40 years, his interests
have centered in and around his
home there, his railroad profession,
his membership on the Official
Board, First Church M. E., and his
membership in the Masonic Lodge,
A. F. & M. 201, Delmar, Md, Sails
bury Lodge Chapter II, etc. He is
also a Charter member of both B.
of R. T. and o. r. c. on the rail-
road. Many of the younger rail-
road men, particularly those work
ing in train service on the south
end of the peninsula, feel he has
helped them immeasurably with
both advice and assistance along
transportation lines: consequently,
he ranks high in the esteem of his
fellow employees. This popularity
also extends to the travelling pub
lie, where he is we'll known and
admired for his willingness to rem
der helping hand to make each
journey more pleasant.
Smyrna times., 1944-12-07

Buy War Bonds to the point of
sacrifice so that you may enjoy the
plenty of victorious peace.
Smyrna times., 1944-12-07

B-29 Poised for Attack - First United
States Army Air Force to operate in "a
worldwide theatre of action, the Goth
Bomber Command has for its striking
weapon the new Boeing B-29 Super
fortress. A B-29, above, (A) takes on
its combat crew.
From Worlds Largest Plant - In test
cell block, left, C<-) of Dodge Chicago
Plant, Division of Chrysler Corporation,
B-29 engine gets its first test run. Speci-
fically built to turn out quantities of 22OO
horsepower Wright Cyclone engines for
the four-engined B-29, this plant is the
largest industrial unit in the world.
Harvesting Horsepower Symbolic of
this huge modern plant, built to provide
engines for the Superfortress, is this view
of test cell building, below, (H) at
Dodge Chicago. Horsepower generated by
big Cyclone engines running on test in
these cells, is harnessed to generate cleo
tricity for operating machinery to help
build still more engines.
Smyrna times., 1944-12-07
AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Rev. Herman Dam, Pastor, An
nounces Services for the Week

NOV. IiCiiuai Daili, IhslOig All
nounces Services for the Week
The First Presbyterian Church,
Rev. Herman Dam, pastor, an
nounces the following services:
Sunday School will be held at 10
to study the lesson, Christ in the
Home" The morning worship SER
vice will be held at IL with the
sermon entitled, THE Crown Rights
of the Redeemer." The Christian
Endeavor Societies will meet at
$50 in the Sunday School room
with Dolores David the leader of
the intermediates. The evening
worship service will be held at 7:30.
At 7:15 on Friday evening, the
members of both Christian En-
deavor Societies will leave for the
recreational evening to be led by
the Rev. Lester Case in the Peo-
pies Church in Dover. The Mite
Society will meet at Thursday
evening at the home of Mrs. Will
liam Norris. Choir rehearsal will
be held Friday evening at $3.50 in
the Sunday School room. The an
nual Christmas party sponsored by
the Sunday School will be held on
Wednesday evening, December 27,
in the Sunday School room at
which time, Santa Claus will be
present and distribute candy to the
children and a Christmas tree will
be lighted. On Sunday evening,
December "a, which is Christmas
Eve, the usual Christmas pageant
will be presented by the members
of the church and Sunday School.
This year it is entitled, Lasting
Smyrna times., 1944-12-07
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH
Report of Church Services FoI
Next Sunday

Report of Church Services FoI
Next Sunday
First Churcn of Christ, Scientist
Wilmington, at Park Place and
Van Buren Street: morning service
IL a. M, Sunday School IL q. m,
Wednesday evening service 500.
Christian Science Society, Milford,
meets at Grange Hall: Morning
service IL a. m; Sunday School IL
a. M, also meets first Wednesday
evening of each month at 8 p. m.
Subject for Sunday, Dec. 10th is:
God the Preserver of Man." Gold
en- Text: II Timothy 4:1S. The
Lord shall deliver me from every
evil work, and will preserve me
unto his heavenly kingdom. A
Bible citation from the lesson-ser-
mon is: Psalms 103: 2-4 and Isaiah
1875. Bless the Lord, 1 my soul,
and forget not all his benefits:
Who forgiveth all thine iniqquities;
who healeth all thy diseases; Who
redeemeth thy life from destruc-
ton; who crowneth thee with low
ing kindness and tender mercies;
Fear not for I am with thee:
A correlative passage from the
Textbook Science and Health with
Key to the Scriptures" by Mary
Baker Eddy is (P. 231: 20-29). To
hold yourself superior to sin, be-
cause God made you superior to it
and governs man, is true wisdom.
Smyrna times., 1944-12-07

and death is eqquqally wise, and is
in accordance with divine Science
To fear them is impossible,
when you fully apprehend God and
know that they are no part of His
creation.
Smyrna times., 1944-12-07
day in Wilmington.

day in Wilmington.
Mrs. Augusta Payne spent the
Thanksgiving holiday at her home
in East New Market, Md.
Mr.. George Foraker of New Cas-
tie, spent Monday with his mother,
Mrs. Claonia Foraker.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Fred Heinold
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Kohl
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Reed spent
Sunday in Middletown.
Mrs. Edgar Slaughter entertain
ed the Woman's Society of Chris
tian Service at her home Wednes-
day evening.
Smyrna times., 1944-12-07

To fear sin is to misunderstood the
power of Love and the divine Sci
ence of being in mans relation to
God-to doubt His government and
distrust His omnipotent care. To
hold yourself superior to sickness
Smyrna times., 1944-12-07

Glory" More details will be given
later. This will include special
Christmas music.
Smyrna times., 1944-12-07
CLAYTON NEWS
AND PERSONALS
Budget of Items From Our
Railroad Town and Their
Personal Mention
CHURCHES AND SCHOOL

Trinity Episcopal Church, Clay
ton: Service of evening prayer and
sermon on Sunday next at 7:30
p. m, at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Neugebauer.
On Friday evening Mrs. w.
Leslie Wheatley entertained in
honor of her sister-in-law, Mrs.
Clinton D. Robertson, Jr., of Souix
Falls, South Dakota. Those pres
ent were Mrs. Robert Hollet, Mrs.
Edward Wright, Mrs. Carl Hurd,
Mrs. w. S. Collision, Mrs. Herman
Sevil, Mrs. Howell Sevil, Mrs. Cliff
ford Harrington, Mrs. Charles
Neugebauer, Mrs. P. R. Smith,
Mrs. James Thompson, Mrs. Emma
Reed, Mrs. Jack Montague, Mrs.
James Montague, Mrs. James Or
Wis, Mrs. ]. T. Johnson, Miss Mary
Ross, and Mrs. Herman Wheatman
of Clayton. Those from out of
town were, Mrs. James Turner of
Smyrna, Mrs. Truman Deyo of Ok
ford, Md, and Miss Margaret D.
Leonard of Wilmington. Before
her marriage Mrs. Robertson was
an Ensign, Medical Corps, U. S.
Navy, stationed at wellington,
New Zealand.
Sgt. Robert Dunning has return
ed to Camp Hood, Texas after
spending fourteen-day furlough
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harvey Dunning.
Rev. and Mrs. Otis Jefferson of
Wilmington have been recent
guests of Mrs. j. Elmer Cats.
Pvt. Robert Newman of Ft. Bel
voir, Va, has been spending a fur
Tough with his mother, Mrs. Kath-
crime A. Newman
Mr.. and Mrs. J. T. Johnson had
as weekend guests Miss Mary
Ross of Clayton, and Miss Mar
garet D. Leonard of Wilmington.
"Dickie" Horn has returned
home from the Kent General Hos
pital and is improving.N Some
weeks ago his foot was injured in
a cunning accident.
Miss Marie Burris, student
nurse at the Delaware Hospital
School of Nursing, spent the week
end with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
G.. Preston Burris.
Ms. Lewis Conaway spent the
weekend with relatives in Phila-
delphia.
Mrs. Sara Warren of Clayton,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Seemans
of Baltimore are spending the win
ter months at Lake Worth, Flor
ida.
Betty Jane and Ronnie Still of
Smyrna have been visiting their
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. M
Davis. Mrs. Still has been visiting
her husband, Pvt. Harry Still, Jr.,
at New Orleans, La. He returned
home with her for a 15-day fur
Tough.
Sgt. and Mrs. Lester c. Smith
are receiving congratulations on
the birth of daughter, Gertrude
Anderson, on Nov. 10Th, at the
Kent General Hospital.
T-Sgt. Olin Davis has returned
after spending thirty-four months
in Australia and New Guinea. Af-
ter a 21-day furlough he will re-
port to a camp in North Carolina.
Smyrna times., 1944-12-07

Keep 'em roui1g! We mean dol
lars! Buy U. S. Savings Bonds and
Stamps.
Smyrna times., 1944-12-07
Smyrna Century Club

Mrs. John johnson will present
a musical program at the Twen-
tieth Century Club at their meet
ing on Friday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock.
Smyrna times., 1944-12-07
NOTICE

Dead or disabled horses, cows
and mules removed FREE of
charge by calling DOVER 5595.
No animals removed unless call is
made Immediately and no animals
dying from a contagious disease
will be removed.
Smyrna times., 1944-12-07
BLACKBIRD
i'-ms OF Personal ana Social In
crest Cleaned From the Vicinity

Blackbird, Dec. 6 = Mrs. Ada
Reihm spent the weekend in Will
mington Manor with Mrs. Wood
lyn Comegys.
Mrs. w. G. Roosevelt spent the
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. w. F.
Maree at Fieldsboro.
Mrs. Mollie Stats, who has
been staying with Mr.. w. A. Wat
son 3rd, and Miss Ruth Watson
for several weeks has returned to
her home at Blackbird.
Mrs. Martin Mitchell spent Mon
Smyrna times., 1944-12-07

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
organization meeting Southern
Marketing Cooperative Salisbury Nd November 81 these
board directors They
L. Colona Pocomok City, Md c. Bounds Phillips Quantco
Granville Messick Msboro Dell Harry H Rieck Preston
Capt A. Bowland Kingston Nd, and Vance McCabe
ford Dey The board named Md Reck president McCab
president and Mr. Phillips secretary.
Smyrna times., 1944-12-07
EI51.IHINIiilL1
NIHNH
WHY SUFFER WITH
Asthma?
USE ASTHMA NEFRIN.

The new and effective Inhalational Their
apy Method that has given relief to thou
sands.
lnhalational Therapy is a method Of ad-
ministering a medicinal agent to the re-
spiratory tract. 1t is accomplished by
converting a solution which contains the
medicinal agent into vapor-like form and
inhalng it into the lungs through the
mouth or nasal passages. In this manner,
direct application of the medicinal agent
to the tissues of these areas is secured.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-09-16
North Field
Busy But Has
No ThriIlers

With more than two dozen
wells rugged up or drilling, the
Kevin-Sunburst field had but
little excitement TO offer during
the week, though some may be
brewing.
Likely to hold the attention of
operators during the coming month
is the northwestern section of the
field, on which attention has been
focused by the entrance of Pacific
Western Oil corporation, prominent
in California producing and refin-
ing circles
Rigs are up for two wells to be
drilled by the company in this sec
ton of the field, on federal leases
held by ]. Bland Catlett.
Rapidly nearing completion is an
other interesting well in this area,
Prevol & Shay's No IA on their
square-mile government lease. This
well, drilling past 1900 feet, is $50
feet north Of their No 10, which
thrilled the fraternity last week
when it came In flowing, only few
hundred feet northeast of Gordon
Campbell's field discovery well.
No competitions of more than
Continued on Page 81
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-09-16

The seismograph operations will
get under way at once and will con-
tinue for at least three months or as
much longer as will be required to
shoot" all the known structures in
this area. First area to be Seismo-
graphed will be the Lake Mason dis
trict north of Roundup, it is stated.
While the Lake Mason dome Is
shown on United States Geological
Survey maps as an extension of the
Gage dome, there seems to be some
doubt as TO a closure to the north
west. The seismograph will definite
ly determine whether the field has
a closure.
Seismograph equipment to be
used includes two small, portable
rotary drilling units mounted on
trucks and numerous delicate in
struments. Holes are drilled at vari-
Gus points to a recognized bed or
stratum, and dynamite explosions
are then set off. Structural contour
lines are determined by the time
interval and nature of vibrations as
recorded by the instruments. OPP
Grafton here win be in charge of
r. J. Mccain. party chief, and v.
E. Prestine, supervisor The work
here is being done for one of the
major oil companies whose identity
has not been disclosed.
Large quantities of dynamite to
be used in the seismograph opera
lions win be supplied by the Du-
pont Powder Co, through the
Roundup Powder Co.
The seismograph was first EN-.
ployed by the Germans during
World war / to determine the loca-
ton of heavy artillery of the Allies.
After the war Il was found valuable
in locating salb-surface oil structures
and has been developed and inn
proved by American Oil men to a
point where it is regarded as vir-
tualIy infallible. Roundup Record
Tribune
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-09-16
Unions Deep
Test May Aid
North Field

Union OH company's deep test
In the center of the producing
area of the Whitlash field, now
rigging mp with rotary tools ON
sEahoney lease in SW SW NE
22-S74E, may have deep signifi-
canoe for Kevin-SHnburst field
operators. Whitlash In north Of
the Sweetgrass Hills.
This was the opinion of some OPP
orators this week who asserted that
if production is found in the Devon
ian or Ordovician horizons on
Whitlash. it will strongly indicate
the possibility of obtaining like re-
suits on the north slopes of Kelvin
Sunburst.
They pointed out that the Whit
lash field, which touches the Ca
madam border on the north, Is vir-
tually closed to all migration except
upslope from the north
Kevin-Sunburst, to the west, Is a
slightly greater distance south from
the border but is similarly open to
accumulation upslope from the
north. these dopesters point out.
They contend If the Union gets
oil below the Madison on Whitlash,
it win virtually have TO be oil that
has migrated upward, along
rOrthsOuth line, from structuraliy
lower areas in Alberta to the north.
II thar holds true for Whitlash,
hey argue, il should also hold true
for Kevin-Sunburst Sufficient oil
was found in the Frazer deep test,
on the northeast flank of Kelvin
Sunburst, to give weight to the
argument, they contend.
incidentally, they point out, there
isn't a great deal of difference in
the relative structural elevations of
the two fields
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-09-16
LAAS WELL
TEST SOON

Texaco-Isaas No. 4, south of
the Sweetgrass Hills, already
proven for large gas production.
may shortly have q test of its
oil possibilities I'm horizons be-
low the sop Of the bHadison lime.
eliminating activities which
began when this well was spud-
ded I'm Inn May, pipe has been
run 10 1900 feet, with the prob
ability acid win be applied 20
tight hKne zones I'm which oil
safurat&on was coved. Above the
lime, the well now has "a cmsed-
off flew of mere than ~, 000. 900
feet of sweet gas, with "a rock
pressure of 900 pounds, giving
IL the rating of one OF the best
gas welEs ever completed i'm the
state. 1T Is a mile east Of the
c0mpany's discovery well TN
this area, its No. 1 State, which
il now shut I'm after pumping
10 barrels of oil and 10 of water
initially.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-09-16
TExACO SOUTH ARCH
WILDCAT rs DRILLING

Expected to throw new light on
productive possibilities Of a long
neglected section Of the south
Sweetgrass arch, wildcat of the
Texas company on its Ashmoor
block, 80 miles due north of Great
Falls, has spudded at 1856 feet. Lo-
Gated In c NE SW SW 22-27N-3E on
the c. Fl. Shepherd farm, 1t is only
eight miles northwest Of the old
Mortified Reliance well near
Genou. which found a substantial
oil showing at the Ellis Madison
contact nearly two decades ago.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-09-16
HANDBOOK WILDCAT
DRILLING PAST 800

With the possibility it may fur
Their increase the revival of interest
in Sweetgrass Hills oil and gas pos
sibilities, Handbook Coolidge's No.
/ State, in c SW SW NE 3636N-lE,
has recovered lost tools and is drill
ing at 815, due for an early COM
pletion. II is only a few miles south
east of Husky Rankin No. /, wildcat
on the Kicking Horse structure
which recently blew in with an
initial gas flow estimated at any
where from 100000 to $4,000, 900
cubic feet daily
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-09-16
UNION TO ABANDON
COLLINS WILDCAT

Union Oh Company Is this week
abandoning its No Carlson in the
Collins area after drilling to the
Ellis Madison contact and getting
disappointing results. The Carlson
well is in c Sc SW Sc 2925-3W. A
few miles northeast, Unions No.
John Englund, on the outskirts of
Collins, reported hole made to 1910,
with the prospect it will be an early
completion. The company's ]. j.
Greene in the same area is awaiting
completion with spudder. 1t had
showings.