Evening star., 1945-05-20
Capital Sidelights
BIZ viii P. Kennedy.

Members of Congress are delving into
the Bible and finding nuggets they never
before dreamed of. Their treasure hunt
is directed by veteran Washington cor
respondent, George w. Simpson, former
president of the National Press Club and
a member of the Standing Committee
of Correspondents. who has done in
tensive research on the Bible and the
oddities it contains for more than 80
years. He asks pertinent questions and
then cites chapter and verse where the
answers can be found.
Mr.. Simpson prepared himself ar
duously for this authoritative Bible
under-the-microscope treasury by doing
several other preliminary works along
the same Alice in Wonderland" style
Nuggets and knowledge" Popular
Questions Answered" Things Worth
Knowing" and Uncommon knowledge"
which many members of Congress keep
in their Offices for ready reference. He
tells his readers where to find Brother
Jonathan, prototype of Uncle Sam, In the
Bible: explains the difference between
the Wicked Bible and the Printers Bible,
and why each was so named: explains
about the woman who translated the
Bible, how women were forbidden to
wear mems clothes, what are the sons Of
the wild jackass, who cut Samson's hair,
how "peter-out" originated, what is the
rule Of John Smith?, why shoes are
thrown at newly married couples. how
many hairs there are on an average
head?
Among the many questions for which
answers are given are: What language
did Adam speak? Who was Gains wife?
What is the unpardonable sin? Is there
any humor in the Bible? When was
the Bible written? Is the Bible copy
righted? Can a whale swallow a man
whole? What is meant by the voice
of the Bible? Was Paul an epileptic?
What became of the robe worn by
Jesus? How did Sunday become the
Christian Sabbath? What language
did Jesus speak? Did Jesus have
brothers and sisters7 How large are
giants? What is meant by Cog and
Magog?
A former member of Congress, Ebert
s. Brigham Of st. Adams, VT, who
was here from 1925 to 1881, has won
and held for years unique distinction
in the field of dairy agriculture as well
as being head of a prominent insur-
ance company. His record recently
has been announced to his former COL
leagues by Representative Charles
Plumley, his successor in Congress. He
has built up the greatest number of
"tons-of-gold" cows of any breeder
in the world-46, in his champion Jer-
sey herd. For five years he has had
the highest-producing Jersey herd of
100 or more cows. The American Jer-
sey Cattle Club has accorded him recog-
milton for world record. His entire
herd of 141 head is by eight sires. In
1914 the 141 COWS produced l0,171 pounds
of Sill per cent milk, $40 pounds of fat,
with records made on a strictly twice.
a-day milking basis. Mr.. Plumley chal-
lenges any of his colleagues who have
been boasting of the dairy industry
in their States, saying that: vermont
leads the world, and takes second place
to nobody, either as to quality or as to
quantity of COW production per capita"
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Representative Dudley G. Roe of the
Eastern Shore of Maryland has per-
suaded the War Department to restore
his war-worn stripes to a wounded
Salisbury youth-Sergt. Kenneth D.
Dashiell-who had been reduced to pri-
vate when released from the hospital
after three months after having been
wounded on D day. He is in the
engineering branch, q technician, fourth
grade. When dehospitalized, he was
assigned to new unit, and because
there was no authorized vacancy as
T-4 in the new organization. he was
reduced In rank to q private. Repre-
sentative Roe's protests to the War
Department resulted in an Army in
vestigation and revision Of regulations
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