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feet are well wrapped in sturdy
leather shoes and leggings that
reach to his knees.
When Cavalcanti finds q snake he
wants to milk he holds its head
down with a forked stick and then
grasps the snake firmly, yet gently,
at the back Of its neck. He squeezes
the sides of the snakes head and
thick yellow drops OF poison drip
into q glass container held under
the snakes mouth. Cavalcanti says
that only two quarts of pure poison
are obtained in the 10000 "milkings"
performed each year.
Milking" is done carefully to
avoid injury to the snakes mouth.
Injury may cause death or inability
to produce more poison.
| After the poison dries 1t forms
crystals. These are injected into
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UIcK-FREEzfNG. the fast
growing marvel Of the food
industry. Is learning its Ps
ana Qs-particularly the @

tOr Qu6lity.
Rapidly y-expanding consumer de-
mand has made the business =
seeming Eldorado and has attracted
boranza exploiters who have paid
little heed 70 quality. This get-rich
quick invasion has alarmed industry
pioneers who based their first bids
for public favor largely upon quality
of product. and led to increasing
cries for Standardization.
j. The trade Is not under Federal in
spection except on voluntary and
incomplete basis. Gamers. meat
packers and most other food pro-
cessors are under strict Government
quality controls, but frozen foods
can be watched and prosecuted only
for misbranding under the Pure
Food and Drug Act. The packers
is his only guide as long
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to the best. Indeed, her shrewd-
ness and her ability to take care Of
herself even in fast company may
well be judged by the following
story which is attributed to her
biting irony:
Mrs. Polk, so the story goes, when
presiding at the White House, found
Mrs. Eatons acquaintance not de-
sirable. This, Mrs. Eaton was not
long in discovering, and not knowing
when she might be actually ex-
cluded, seized the first opportunity
of distinguished gathering at the
mansion to express herself most
freely.
Mrs. Polk was seated when Peggy
entered the room, and by her side
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O'Neaie episode back Of Vice Presi-
dent Calhoun's resignation, and Mrs,
Calhouns hostility to Peggy's indis-
cretions.
Calhoun, who had been Vice Presi-
dent under John Quincy Adams
and reelected when jackson was
chosen President, 30 1t is related,
'.headed an influential section Of the
Democratic Party, and believed he
would succeed his chief. who had
ayowed his intention not to be q
candidate for reelection. The
President was personally alienated
from his Vice President on being
informed that he had been his
enemy In the Monroe cabinet at the
time Of the Seminole War and he
further became politically hostile In
consequence of Calhoun's assertion
of the doctrine of notification, and
other matters of a political nature
which Jackson had been harboring.
President Andrew johnson 1855
1862 was another with cabinet
difficulties, although his resulted In
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Cabinet / roubIes Q
By John CIogett Proctor

resignation Secretary wallace is not
ALL and the trouble 1t caused President
with headache President Andrew
during his first administration
Ingham Secretary Of the Treasury stepped aside Tor
Louis the Navy made for Levi
woodbury. the State Department to
appointed Minister to England and John
which Gen
Lewis
ere assigned for these designations
but undoubtedly Of the principal
living Of the three buildings
which Franklin House. OF which
Alr the proprietor.
However was boarding street between
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property in my official custody as
Secretary of War; but inasmuch as
the President has assumed to sus-
pend me from Office as Secretary Of
War, and you have notified me of
your acceptance Of the appointment
Of Secretary of War ad interim, I
have no alternative but to submit,
under protest, to the superior force
Of the President"
House Votes 126-47
In Favor of Impeachment
The result was that the House,
by . vote of 1875 to Al, declared in
favor Of impeachment and articles
for this purpose were ordered pre-
pared by q committee of which
Thaddeus Stevens was chairman, he
then being in such failing health
that he had to be carried upstairs to
his seat in the House every morn
ing. 1t is said he was rapidly fail
ing in strength, but his humor
never failed him." and on one OF
these occasions he said to the young
men who had him In charge. Il
wonder; boys, who will carry me
when you are dead and gone"
He was very thin, pale and hag-
gard. His eyes were bright, but his
face was SCARED by the crooked
autograph of pain" He was
constant sufferer. and during the
sessions of the committee kept him
self stimulated by slipping a little
wine or brandy; but he was Its rul-
ing spirit, and greatly speeded Its
work by the clearness Of his percep-
tions and the strength Of his will
His mental force seemed to defy the
power of disease.
u The articles of impeachment were
ready for submission in few days
and adopted by the House on
March 2, by . majority of consid-
erably more than two-thirds, when
the case was transferred to the
Senate. - ~ q. ID 50
The trial proceeded with unabated
interest. and on the afternoon ol
May IL, the excitement reached the
t,igberf r,oiY,f for rev,Orts cau,e froYn
the Senate, then In secret session
that Senators Grimes. Fessenden
and Henderson were certain for
acquittal and that other Senators
were to follow them. The final vote
came on May 16, when IS Senators
voted guilty" and 10 mot guilty
It required two-thirds for convic-
tion, and the Chief Justice. Salmon
p. Chase, declared the President
mot guilty"
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Twentieth and Twenty-flrst streets
that Margaret Cor Peggy oNeale
was born December 8, 1889. Ac-
cording to "Peggy's" own statement.
her family resided In dwelling OPP
posite the hotel from the time she
became II years of age.
Many important people stopped at
the Franklin House, including Gov.
Lloyd Of Maryland, Senator Gore of
New York and Mime. Bonaparte and
her son by jerome Bonaparte,
brother to Napoleon I. 1t was while
she was stopping there that an un-
successful attempt was made to kid
nap the SON of the future King of
Westphalia. Gen. La Fayette was
also quartered there on his first visit
to Washington, late in 1924. The
city directory of 1922 gives the fol-
lowing members of Congress stop
ping at the Franklin House: Sen
ator John H. Eaton, Senator Edward
Lloyd of Maryland, Senator Elijah
H. Mills of Massachusetts,, Repre-
sentative John D. Dickinson and
Representative Walter Patterson,
both of New York. "A
Peggy O'Neale Won
Grown as a Dancer
Acc child Margaret O'Neale nat
uraly came in contact with people
of a superior character. She was
bright, interesting girl and made
many friends. She was tutored at
Mrs. Hayward's Seminary and stud
led under Mr.. Kirk, and when in
New York attended Mrs. Nau's
School. She took dancing lessons
from Genera of Alexandria, and on
one occasion, in an exhibition of
terpsichorean skill at the Union
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By WilIium Glover
Assoeiossd Press ssoH Writer

ity and appearance. not only among
brands, but among samples from a
single brand.
The frozen food field is being in
vaded, the study concluded, by
many newcomers with little know
how and less conscience
G. ]. Hucker. secretary of the In
stitute Of Food Technology, an in
ternational technical research
group. pins a great need" for stand
ards on careless packers" who have
entered the field in the last few
years and adds: Every industry
goes through this when it is new"
Technologists like DR.. Donald K
Tressler of Westport, Conn.,, stress
that the greatest need for careful
development in the frozen-food line
is in the prepared dishes where pre-
mature exploitation has caused mar
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OCf yIO NUUNtLNfttt ftOtCo
a cascaveI, a common Ua-
riety of Brazilian rattle,
snake. He has been bitten
19 times by poisonous
snakes. Wide world ph0'o'
5000, 900 worth of serum. Institute
officials say that formerly 10 per
cent of Brazilians bitten by pois-
onous snakes died. Now that num-
Der Is less than l per cent.
They get reports indicating that
5000 bites are suffered each year
In this country, but they believe
that the total number is much
greater. They receive no informa-
tion on many bites among people
in the interior.
The snake capturing program
brings in about 10000 poisonous
snakes a year.
A great many nonpoisonous
snakes are brought in, too--some OF
them very valuable-like the Mus
surana, which sometimes grows to
a length of II feet. 1t kills poison
Gus snakes by wrapping itself
around them and crushing them,
The institute encourages the people
to protect these good" snakes
Butantan Institute also Keeps
poisonous toads and spiders for
the extraction of venom. Another,
but~less spectacular, phase of its
work is to produce serums for
diphtheria, scarlet fever, smsllpoa.
pneumonia and other diseases. The
institute was established 47 years
ago to provide a serum to comnst
the bubonic plague, which then was
sweeping Brazil.
Evening star., 1946-10-06
By Paul McMohon
ksy,h Amsriees Newspaper Alliance


hind the fangs in the roof Of the
snakes mouth.
II the snakes were fed, much Of
the poison would be pressed out and
lost while biting. The life ex-
pectAncy OF q snake once 1t lands
In Cavalcanti's serpentarium Is
about six months.
The snakes are MIXED every two
weeks. Cavalcanti goes through the
serpentarium with a long, hooked
stick which he inserts into the top
of the igloo and, with it, pulls out
snake after snake. He f1ops them
onto the grass.
The rattlers appear to be the most
active. Their rattles vibrate with
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the first impeachment proceedings
against a President.
Like President Lincoln, johnson
acquired his knowledge in the hard
way, being entirely self-educsted
man. When he was 4 years old he
lost his father, who died from the
effects of exertions to save a friend
from drowning. At the age OF 10
he was apprenticed to tailor In his
native city of Raleigh, N. G. This
position lasted for seven years and
thus prevented him from acquiring
any educational advantages. In fact,
he never attended school q day in
his life, though while learning his
trade, he resolved to educate himself.
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rozen F oodsy f uture Lies in Quality

keting of some products of little
palatability.
On the Federal level, leadership
has been taken by the Agriculture
Department, working with the Ma
tional Association of Frozen Food
Packers. Quality standards have
been fixed for about two dozen spe-
cific items. thus far. and eventually
rs products are expected to be
covered
The standards are voluntary, how
ever. and If a packer wishes to do
without them, he is In the clear.
The Food and Drug Administration
of the Federal Security Administra-
ton is investigating the industry,
too. getting information on which
to propose establishment of grading
If it is deemed advisable.
Research in Frozen Foods
Conducted by COLLEGES
A progressive series of research
projects is being conducted around
the Nation under the sponsorship
of the Refrigeration Research Foun-
dation. Kansas State College is
studying improved methods of stor-
ing precooked frozen foods, Iowa
State is preparing a report on
poultry freezing, a study at North
western University covers measuring
and controlling humidity and tenn
perature at subfreexing levels; Mich
igan State Is working on develop
ment of penetrating mists to control
growth Of micro-organisms. The
University of Texas is studying
thermal characteristics of refriger-
ated foods. Other studies are In
progress on separate phases Of the
highly intricate industry at Oregon
State, University of California,
Nebraska University and Louisiana
State.
H., c. Diehl of Berkeley. Calf.
director of the foundation, COM
ments in this fashion on the cam
paign for quality: .~,
THE leader in that work Is the
Western Frozen Fruits Professors
Association, California freezers'
group. It met recently to discuss
a tentative plan for setting indus
try standards for grading frozen
peaches, apricots, broccoli. Brussels
sprouts and cauliflower. The differ
ent professors will take the program
back to their plants for analysis and
testing. %
Responsibility of Buyers
Stressed by Executive 4
"All eight of the (foundationsl
frozen food projects are working on
that directly, and all the refrisera-'
ton and engineering projects will
affect quality indirectly.
"The industry has had some rapid
expansions. It is having one now.
In such times every industry gets q
lot of newcomers. Some of them see
only the big demand and q chance
to use new equipment for big pro-
duction. Every time an industry
has done that In the past it has
run into trouble"
The responsibility of the retail
buyer In development OF quality Is
stressed by others such as John M.
Bess. president Of Refrigeration
Corp. Of America. Instead OF .di-
recting "all the fire at professors
and packers" Mr.. Bess feels that the
corner grocers should learn to keep
Iperishable items at proper refriger-
alton evels-generally zero Fahren-
heit. n
The housewives, too, other trads
representatives declared, should
carefully examine packages, make
sure they are clearly labeled, and
reject those which are soft or
broken.
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that horrible warning and then. as
Cavalcanti walks by to get more
reptiles, the rattlesnakes strike.
Their attack is SO quick that the eye
can hardly follow 1t, except as the
head and upper part Of the body
withdraw into the coil. Cavalcanti
gives no heed, because his legs and
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SAC pAULo, BRAzIL.

- We just visited the largest snake
farm In the world. I've seen
poisonous reptiles "milked, !"
and, as write, I keep looking
about my room for serpents. I
imagine they're crawling everywhere.
This famous snake farm is OPP
Grated by Sac Paulo University to
save the lives Of Brazilians who
can't avoid being bitten by poisonous
snakes. Brazil is full Of them.
The most-bitten person at this
farm. called the Butantan Institute,
Is cheerful. skinny little fellow
named Sergio Cavalcanti. He's in
charge Of the snakes, "milks" the
poison from them and answers all
the questions Of the swarms Of
curious visitors who come daily to
see the serpents.
Poisonous snakes have bitten
Cavalcanti 10 times In his Is years
Of handling them. He says he has
been nipped 90 often by rattle
snakes that he has built up an i'm
munity to their poison. But, never
theless, he considers the rattlesnake
the most poisonous Of al snakes in
North or South America.
The bite that hurts most, he says,
is the bite of the South American
reptile. the jararaca. Rattlesnake
poison may send It's victim into .
coma, according to Cavalcanti. but
the poison Of the jararaca causes
horrible pain and hemorrhages.
Cavalcanti Keeps Snakes
In Cement Houses
Cavalcanti keeps his snakes in
small, igloo-shaped cement houses
which stand ON q tiny green park
surrounded by . moat, from which
rises high concrete wall. It is
impossible for the snake to escape.
The institute does not send snake
hunting expeditions to the farms or
jungles, but depends for its supply
on farmers and others living In the
interior. The institute gives serum
free to those who send live snakes.
It also provides simple equipment
for capturing snakes to any one who
asks for 1t.
I'VE want to encourage our rural
people to use the serum instead of
going to witch doctors. IS some have
DONE" an institute of1cial ex-
planned. THE people are glad to get
the serum and we keep getting all
the snakes we need"
Cavalcanti usually has = snake
population of many hundreds. They
don't live long as his guests because
he never feeds them. He's only in
trested in milking" them to get
the poison from the little sacs be-
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Hotel, which then stood just to the
west of Rock Greek on M street, she
was awarded the prize and was
crowned by Mrs. Madison.
On July 1S, 1916. after a spirited
courtship, Peggy married John B.
Timberlake. a purser in the United
States Navy, who died in 1928 at
Port Mahon, an island In the Medi-
terranean Sea.
Some claim he committed suicide;
others that his death was due to an
asthmatic affliction, from which he
had been a long sufferer. Thus, at
the early age of 20, Mrs. Timberlake
was left a widow with two children,
Virginia and Margaret. Her first
child, william, no doubt named for
his grandfather, had died at the age
of 6 months.
Mrs. Calhoun Headed
The Eaton Opposition
After the death of Purser Tim
berlake, Peggy" married Senator
John H. Eaton. That she aspired to
lofty heights was certainly not to
her discredit. Prior to Senator
Eaton's becoming Secretary of War
in Jackson's cabinet she was re-
ceived in the best homes in Wash
ington, and at her first wedding
the Presidents wife, the famous
Dolly Madison, was in attendance,
as were Rev. Mr.. Birch; T. A.
Cooper, the actor; Samuel L. South
ard, who later became Secretary Of
the Navy. and many others.
Even Mrs. Calhoun exchanged
visits with her while she was the
wife of Senator Eaton. but later
found excuses for not doing so, when
Mai. Eaton became Secretary of
War, and she used her influence
to prevent others from doing so.
The fact that she was tavern
keepers daughter was used against
her by those who preferred to define
. tavern as a house where liquors
are sold to be drunk on the premises
rather than "a public house for
travellers or other transients," such
as the one Thomas Jefferson went
forth from in the city to be inaugu-
rated President.
So, the introduction of Mrs. Eaton
into the social swirl of Washington,
when Maj. Eaton became Secretary
of War is story that has been
often told. Peggy" had the backing
Of the President. Mrs. Calhoun, wife
of Vice President John c. Calhoun,
led the opposition forces. Van
Buren, the genius of the situation,
took advantage of the opportunity
to advance his ambition for the
presidency, an ambition also main-
tanned by the Vice President. Mrs.
Calhoun won out over Mrs. Eaton;
Calhoun in the end lost the presi-
dental nomination and five cabinet
officers resigned, some because they
were invited to do so. Van Buren
was sent as Minister to England, and
Maj. Eaton to Madrid. A new cabi-
net was formed, and Jackson, no
doubt, felt happier-at least the
satellites of society Gained down.
Peggy" had brains and beauty,
was well educated, had sharp
tongue, and her sarcasm was equal
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horses until the animals become
immune. The antitoxin formed In
the horses blood is obtained in reg
ular bleedings of the horses. About
three to five quarts of blood are
taken at one time. Eventually this
the horses and they die.
Last wear the institute sold about
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must be accepted or rejected by
the voters as it is. 1t can not be
amended or changed in any way.
While | have not fully analysed it,
| have been reliably informed that
1t contains no provision for fair
employment practice, no civil
rights, no initiative, referendum
and recall and no provision for
collective bargaining.
If these things are true, it does
not merit the support of Negroes
or any other groups of working
people,"
A committee on civic and po-
litical action will be appointed in
the near future and a headquar-
tiers established. Read this column
in next weeks issue for time and
place. All citizens who believe in
the principles of justice and equal.
ity of opportunity for all peoples
are eligible TO membership.
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Firemen Make Statement
On 4S Hour Week

Seattle fire fighters have filed
petitions containing $4,000 sigma
lures of registered voters with
the City Comptroller. This re-
presents about two-thirds of the
total number of signatures obtain
ed, as there are about $4,000 still
outstanding. The proposition will
go on the ballot March IL for the
approval of the voters. If carried,
the 4S-hour week will mean at
least 230 jobs for returning serv-
ice men. Among twenty-eight
other cities now campaigning for
the 4S-hour week for firemen are
Chicago, Washington, d. c.,
Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Port
land, Oregon and Everett Wash
ington. On a nationwide scale,
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and inspiration that her natural
lyric soprano voice will bring to
these revival services. Other spe-
cial music is prepared.
These are days that try mems
souls and test their faith in God.
The days Immediately ahead will
require great and more intelli-
gent faith. We need the challenge
and program of the Gospel OF
Jesus Christ as well as the com
fort and assurance of His willing
ness to receive and help all those
who accept Him and His way of
life.
The revival services will be con-
Quoted in the Mt. Zion Baptist
Church, 18th and East Madison.
The dates, January 21-February
l. Time, each evening excepting
Saturdays, at 7:3o. All are well
come.
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In the first written report to
city officials architects for the
proposed new public safety build
ing estimated this week that a
$4,2OO,OO0 expenditure would give
Seattle one of the finest, most
modern police and health depart
ment facilities in the nation.
The report was the first mater
ial step toward completion of
plans for the projected History
building at Third Avenue and
James Street in the block imme-
diately north of the County City
Building.
Plans call for construction of a
fireproof building of reinforced
concrete and structural steel with
a granite base and sandstone SUI
perstructure, and with all exterior
sash and frames constructed of
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!q"tOP Portland Jan. 20
LANCSTON HUGHES, AUTHOR, POET
COMING TO PORTLAND JANUARY q

brought him national acclaim.
During the same year. Opportunity
Magazine, published by the Ma
tional Urban League, awarded him
first prize in a poetry contest, and
published his work. He has since
been a prolific writer.
His Work Honored
In 1927 he received the Palms
intercollegiate Poetry Award; in
1881 the Harmon Gold Medal for
Literature; in 1885 the Guggen-
helm Fellowship; and in 1910 the
Rosenwald Fellowship.
Mr.. Hughes best known books
are WEARY BLUES" SHAKE
SPEARE IN HARLEM" mot
WITHOUT LAUGHTER,' WAYS
OF WHITE FOLKS" and THE
BIG SEA"
The Urban League, Portland's
newest social agency, is present.
ing Mr.. Hughes in its third men,
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OLD FASHION REVIVAL, MT. ZION CHURCH
IS VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS: REPENT

Old fashioned revival services
will begin at the Mt Zion Baptist
Church under the direction of Rev.
DR.. J. X. Swancy. who is being
brought to Seattle by, Mt. Olivet
Baptist Chuch.
DR.. Swancy is a Texas preacher
and pastor of great experience.
He is an able minister of the
Gospel of Christ. and will preach
each evening beginning January
p, and continuing through Febru-
AIRY / This is to be an old fash
Toned revival with soul-winnig as
the chief aim.
Mrs. Bessie Ratcliff. Seattle and
the Northwests most popular so
prano soloist will help to carry
the message by singing. Many
have testified of the joy and COM
fort they have received from her
singing SO. we look forward with
happy anticipation to the power
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PROPOSED new PUBLIC SAFETY BLDG.
One OF NATIONS FINEST, MOST MODERN

eithr aluminium or bronze to eli
inmate need for painting.
In setting forth their report,
the architects presented an eight
point program of detectives of the
city's building committee.
These included adequate pro-
vision for necessary services in a
minimum of space; complete sep
aration of the Police and Health
Departments without duplication of
services.
Provision of Third and Fourth
Avenue entrances for both de-
partments with separate en-
trance for the Health Depart
ment on James Street to prevent
patients from coming in contact;
provision of an underground gar
age for 300 vehicles, and an un-
foreground tunnel to the County
City Building primarily for prison.
ers. and provision of a dignified
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