davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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WIDE WORLD

mountain climbers have resolutely set out to scale them
Mirages are persuasive because they always have
basis in fact. Contrary to the popular notion they
are not the Pigments of feverish imaginations They
are true optical illusions created by trick of nature
not halMcinations
The first man to demonstrate this was French
mathematician and physicist named Gaspard Monge
friend of Napoleon he went along on the Egyptian
campaign in 1898. There the age-old illusion of water
in the desert continually plagued the French army
Monge took it upon himself to name the phenomenon
and explain it. He did good job. Modern science
has accepted the name, which derives from the
French verb. nire7 to gaze and has never improved
on the theory.
How They Happen
NoNGE decided that mirages were created by irreg-
ular temperatures in the air. which affected the pas
sage of light rays through it. Normally, air grows
steadily denser as it approaches the surface of the
earth Light rays passing through the layers of vary
curve. The greater the difference in density between
air near earth and that above it, the greater the curve
Of light rays
But, Monge reasoned if shallow layer of air close
to the earhs surface hotter than the air masses
above it, it would also be less Dense And rays of light
hitting this layer would then curve upward not down.
ward.
Light from houses and trees, instead of c,rving
downward would be bent upward and eventually
might reach the eye of an observer to whom they
otherwise would not be visible Sometimes this would
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make the objects appear to be higher than they were
o even TO be floating in the sky.
wnat DF Andrews saw was normal everyday
nero OF antelope immersed in three or four-foot
layer OF very hot air Lying horizontally, the layer
o'ocked on the land area below it; what appeared to
oe water was light from distant part of the sky.
Inc outiandish creatures were simply heat-wave dis
tortions OF the anteopes which emerged above the
thin layer of hot air.
The illusion is to best effect when the eve of
the beholder is slightly above the hot-ar layer and
some distance away. DR.. Andrews made it vanish by
rushing forward and thus altering his angle of view
This mirage is the so-called inferior" type. Many
motorists have encountered similar illusion when
heat waves rising from highway on scorching day
make oncoming cars look as though they were going
through pool of water
Il Want There
In THE Arctic and Antarctic, the inferior mirage be-
comes enormously complicated. Ice cracks and open
water affect the temperature and therefore the dem
sity OF large masses of air above them In the con-
icting warm and cold layers of air. single cake of
ice can be magnifed and distorted into a mountain
range.
The staid, ultra-scientifc American Museum of
Natural History once spent $4,000 to explore an
Arctic range that wasn't there
This mirage had raised hob with explorers since
1913. Seeking the much-desired Northwest
Passage for England in that year, Sir James Ross
and his uncle, Sir John, awoke one morning
north of Bafin Land to see their way blocked
by mountains. Convinced they had sailed into a
dead end. they turned back.
Almost century later, Admiral Robert Peary re-
discovered the Ross teams mountains. He was un-
able to investigate them because of ice foes but
named the area Croker Land and reported his find
to the Museum.
In 1913 the Museum sent Donald Macmillan. an
other Arctic expert out with 100000 expedition to
explore Croker Land.
The trip was nightmare. Where Pearys charts
showed high peaks, Macmillan found bottomless
ocean, Where channels were supposed to be clear,
rocks ripped at the ships hull. Finally, far west of
where it should have been, Croker Land appeared
Again it was blocked off by ice.
Macmillan and picked crew left the ship and pro-
ceeded on foot toward the beckoning range Although
they took frequent bearings, the mountains seemed
to shift eraticaly. The men refused to believe their
instruments. They could see mountains plainly before
them, and mountains did not move.
Eventually, the range enclosed them three sides.
his notes noon. The range was so high that the
submits were beyond estimate. Between the peaks,
black snowless valleys gave evidence of vast mineral
wealth. The men pushed on excitedly. hoping to
Continued on next page
The Valley settler., 1949-01-21
WASALA SUB -DIs7RIC7
 CkGAN|7ES

The organizat ional moot ing for tho Soil Conservation Sub-District of Fasil1a uas hold on Tuesday of this uook at Tasilla. Henry Hanson uas elected President; Harold Dinko1 ras elected Secretary; Carl Paulson vas elected as a Board ronbor. Two moro yet, remain to bo elected to tho Board.
 He info nidor Uas. elected but ho resigned.
The Valley settler., 1949-01-21
FANiLY NIGHT ENJOYEO .N PA

PTA rot on Tuesday of this uook at 6:30 pm for Family Pot Luck Dinner. largo croud vas in att ondanco for the dinner and social hour which preceded the meet ing and program. short business meeting vas hold in tho Lunch room vh ich included report tho progress of tho Incorporation Corr1ittoe. Tho petition requesting School oistrict is not as yet ready duo to the fact that tho lawyer rho is getting it roady has boon ill, Mrs. Schoofor explained. During tho r1oantiro the proposed district is oing surveyed in ordor to ostobl ish definite boundary lines.
 Mrs. Goiuitz reported that tho PTA has 76 na1bors. An invitation extended to others to join yet this year. Fo1louing tho business rcot ing tho group ad djournod to tho Auditorium uhere Mr. Dillon put a skit frorT tho Hil1billy Operotta which is being shown at t ho School Auditorium on Friday evening Of this uoek. Tho skit included squaro dances by tho Junior High group. Foll ouing tho square dances, tvo rools of fl In Eoro shown. Tho first included IT ish songs and tho second uas Operations Thito ToUor. Tho second film which uas of Wash burn's cl ir1b Of Mount Mckinley ,uas tho sarn as uas shoun at tho Sport sr1an's Club earlier this month.
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The Valley settler., 1949-01-21
DORIS MOORE. MARRIED

This vook, Mir. and Yrs. Harol d Mooro a1l- nounced tho marriage, of the ir daughter, Doris, to leo R. ok of Cclif ornia. Tho couple wore married at Las Vegas ,Novada, January 4, l949. They will mako their homo at Stockton, California.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-01-27
Forget to Drop Pennies
But Not Dollar Bills

Thirty-seven motorists In Ken
newick last week forgot to drop
pennies and nickels into parking
meters but they didn't forget to
drop one dollar each into the fine
and forfeiture fund of the city
later on. Police said they attach
ed tickets to 81 cars whose own
ers came in and paid their one
dollar fines for parking overtime.
Police said they had moved the
taxicab parking area around the
corner from Kennewick avenue
to Cascade street, leaving the one
length in front OF the post office
for mailing from cars. Police said
the place in front of the post Of
flee would be restricted day ana
night and that parking there
would not be permitted anytime.
Motorists may drive in, deposit
their letters in the box and drive
on again.
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US NW MEZW./
Pfsporsd BY The stef II the
Schools Of Medicine. Dentistry. and Nursing
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
THE COMMON COLD

&sg 81
which falls exceeds
,owlv common importance to health and welfare
colds
five
estimated 40 to SO
vs lost from financial loss and to industry
beyond but IS SAID TO oe IN excess
Of billion dollars per year. .
all forms of human endeavo the
oss Of time cold exceeds that OF all other
about the prevention and treatment
of the cold is acrbed
- u;r This is tiny which transmitted from
chiefly by dropets sneezng kissing and the like =
what done to prevent cods! ihs is one Oh tie sie7
problems confronting modern medlclne. .-..-
disappointing Of prevention
80 ods or the complications resulting therefro Likewise there is
VI quantities OF vltarnns with the hope
~ evenng colds; people will obtain satisfactory intake
- - a;t.nins if they a normal, balanced olet.
u pfactces as "ashng
ID before meals avoiding crowds or contact Win Pae WI"
&c ue of proper clothing and shelter curing
the avoidance chilling dampness 1ausue, alconoc
dietary indscretons and extreme change OF
The most important of the treatment Oh e
cold should not De coisiae.eu
cou in the elderly ana In toe soiies
Hslu' be forerunner 10 nIoie
from middle ntectlon slnusiS aip" ~
like .,,+ their personal physician whenever they
ooronoon not doing well.
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around zero most Of the day. tha,
did not stand in the way of OUT.
door sports.
The city had flooded an area
between The elementary school
and irrigation canal, creating q
skating rink. This week city su.
perintendent r. c. Rector had
Fourth street blocked off from
Date to Beech street to form a
coasting lane. Youngsters went In
for coasting heavily and some OF
the older persons used it too.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-01-27
Slips at Car, Bones in
His Right Leg Broken

When Robert Jonnson went 70
step onto the running board OF
his car last Saturday evening in
front of the Walter Knowles home
on East Second street, his foot
slipped, he fell on the ice, and
both bones in the lower part OF
his right leg were broken. The
limb swelled and physicians had
to wait sometime for the swelling
to 60 down before the bones
could be set. johnson is partner
with his father in the L. E. John
son Insurance Agency on Kenne-
wick avenue.
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Coasiing Too, to
Entertain, Kids

Kennewick children and teen
ayers last week had both skating
and coasting for entertainment
and exercise while schools were
closed because Of results of the
cold weather. Although the mer-
curry dipped to 10 below early
Monday morning and remained
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-01-27
FINLEY-HovER COMMUNITY

FINLEY-HOVER COMMUNITY
Rev. Pierce Roberts Finley
Sun. Sch. 10 am. Services IL a.
m. Youth. $50 pm. Services
7:30 pm. Wed. Scouts IT'S at
School. Choir 1880 and Prayer
meet 8 pm. HOVER Sun. Sch,
II am. Service 1000 am.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-01-27
Weekend Viewpoints
" BY JOE DIGGIN
BY JOE DIGGIN

Several nights ago, a we'll
dressed man raped at the Arrow
Grill to telephone. While there he
divulged the information that he
had Just been handed a ticket for
parking his car in the area that
had been marked for taxicabs.
He had been ordered to report to
police headquarters to stand trial
for a breech If rules. Informed
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-01-27

TWENTY YEARS AGO - 1923
Mrs. Margaret Harper and Mrs.
Daphne Carlton took over the
management of the dining room
of the Hotel Kennewick.
Washington State college had
arranged for a pruning school for
Benton county. They reported
474,640 trees in Benton county
need pruning.
Several young people returned
to Kennewick from Pullman for
vacation. They were Elna Beste,
Lois Huntington, Gerald Camp
bell and Cecil Boyer.
Official thermometer reading
for January 20 was Is degrees be-
low zero.
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that the city council just tw
nights previous had agreed at a
meeting to remove the restrictions,
he felt better. The news Of the
councils action was in the papers,
but apparently the cop hadn't
learned about the action.
That statement of Dr.. S. S. Sell
by that the recreation commission
wanted an adequate amount for
an adequate recreation program
or the commission would step out,
was a frank but practical way of
asserting common-sense policy.
We all want to save the city all
the money we can, but the old
saying, Things done by halves
are never done WELL" still stands
as a rule of action.
Apprehension and arrest of two
young men for breaking into the
Phillips &c station at the "Y" and
stealing thousand dollars from
a floor safe, is pretty generally
appreciated as a piece of excel
lent police work. Outstanding
was the way three police organi-
cations cooperated on the case
the Kennewick city police, the
Benton county sheriff's office, and
the Richland patrol. Just for the
sake of a clear understanding, it
might be said that the Richland
patrol is not part of or connect
ed with the state patrol.
That new city planning conn
appointed by Mayor Keol-
ker is refreshing. "Doc" Selby |
even went so far as to say that
Kennewick can become center
If culture. It's a true statement !
IN ambitious goal, which doesn't
nave to be confined to a few per- |,
;ons. All the good and city re-
creation program accomplishes,
should be for all. And it no doubt
will be that way, If we are able
o Judge the motives Of the cc'u- !,
members.
Last weekend, Ralph Harris,
editor of the Hanford News, lost
/ valuable wedding ring from his |
finger. He thought and thought
and thought. Then it dawned up !,
IN him that he had thrown it into
4 trash can in the Kennewick /
Courier Reporter plant where the
Hanford News is printed. Cues
ton: Where was the trash? 1t
had no doubt been dumped into
the big incinerator in the back
yard. He looked, the trash had
been burned but the ashes were
still there. Last look we had Ralph
was still sitting ashes.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-01-27
ATTEND FUNERAL

ATTEND FUNERAL
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Morgan OF
the West Highlands attended the
funeral service for Mrs. Hannah
E. Erickson at Chewelah last
Wednesday. Mrs. Erickson died
a week ago Saturday. She was a
resident of Kennewick for. 80
years. as
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FIRST METHODIST

Kenn. Ave, at Dayton. Rev.
John B. Coan. S. S. GAS am.
Services, 1880 am. Youth Fell
lowship, Jr. Hi 500, Seniors $50.
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ST. PAUL EPISCOPAL

GIT Avenue A. Rev. Nelson III.
Atkinson. Services Sunday 1O:O0
am. Sunday school 11:15 am.
Holy communion first Sunday
each month 10 am.
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CHURCH OF GOD

7th and Gum. Rev. c. D. Hook
er. Sunday School 10 am, Serv-
ices II am. and 7::30 pm. M.
A. Tonllison, General Overseer.
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1[3!IlI;(7!E33I
[URCH OF THE NAZARENl

CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
1st and Everett. Rev. ]. N. Tin
sley. Sunday School GAS. Services
Youth $50 p. m. Mid-week, Wed
nesday at 7::30 p. m.
FIRST BAPTIST
First and Washington. Stanley
Hunt pastor. Sunday school GAS
am. Services ,11:00 a. m.
md 800 pm. Young peoples at
$50 pm. Mid-week Prayer and
Bible Hour, Wednesday 1880 pm.
FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH
Second and Auburn. p. J. Luv-
as. Minister. Res. GOA Kenne-
wick avenue. Sunday school 9:45
m, Morning Service 1900 am.
Luther League meeting TOO pm.
Confirmation classes Saturday
Mornings. Junior choir Saturday
morning. Senior choir Thursday
800 pm.
ASSEMBLY OF GOD
1O2 Kennewick avenue. Rev E.
-ames Cornwall. Sunday school
ar. Services 1900 am. and 7:45
pm. Youth, Tuesdays 7:45 pm.
Prayer meeting 7:45 pm. Thurs.
BETHLEHEM LUTHERAN
Bird and Benton. M. c. Kauth,
pastor. M. S. Pohl and Miss Leona
Huss, teachers. Divine Worship
very Sunday at II am. Sunday
school and Adult Bible class at
10 am. Walther LEAGUE every
Wednesdayat 8 pm. Adult Mem
eershir classes Mondays and
Thursdays. pm. Choir rehear-
sal every Thursday 800 pm.
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From the Past
TEN YEARS AGO - 1889

TEN YEARS AGO - 1889
Superintendent E. S. Black re-
turned from Seattle where he at
tended a meeting of the state de
rectors of the Washington Edu-
Gator of the Washington Educa-
tors association.
Church Of the Later Day Saints
sponsored the picture "King OF
Kings -.
Turkey growers planned to
double their turkey production as
New York market was calling for
seven carloads per day.
Bernie Neuman piloted plane
to Seattle. He was accompanied
as far as Ellensburg by Frank
Mueller.
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BETHLEHEM LUTHERAN
FIRST CHRISTIAN

3rd and Washington. Rev. E.
c. Hawkins. Sunday School GAS
am. Morning worship 1920 am.
Meeting temporarily at the Ben
ton theatre.
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rHfnrY YEARs AGO lis

THIRTY YEARS AGO = 1919
Kennewick basketball team de-
feated Yakima q score Of 50-12.
This made 4 straight victories.
Big Y Association was to en-
large their local warehouse and
packing plant, plans were made at
annual meeting in Yakima. Re-
representatives. from Kennewick in
cluded J. J. Rudlkin, c. Simonson,
H. w. Desgranges, J. F. Perry and
F. H. Krug.
Chris and Julius Erickson, sons
Of Lars Erickson had been ais
charged from the army ana re-
turned home.
Evening star., 1949-09-16
Maryland Waterways
Bids Called on Oct. II
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
BALTIMORE, Sept. 16.-The
Baltimore District, Corps of Engi-
neers, said today that bids will be
opened October IL for mainte-
nance of Maryland waterways.
The dredging jobs include Par
ish Creek, Anne Arundel County.
Evening star., 1949-09-16
Stubborn Fire Guards
Tomb Of 418 German
miners After ; Years
By the Associofed Press

KAMEN, Germany, Sept. To-
After three and one-half years
a stubborn fire still guards the
tomb of 418 German miners in
this tinty Ruhr Valley coal town
The men were entombed in Feb
ruary, 1916, by a mighty explo-
sion that never has been ex-
planned. 1t was one of the worst
mine disasters in history.
The entire shaft was cut off
Engineers flooded it in an effort
to halt the raging fire that fol-
lowed the blast. Then it was
sealed off to protect other veins.
Fire Still Burns.
The fire never has actually
stopped, officials of the Essen
Steinkohle Werke said. Crews
have dug steadily from another
direction ever since to reach the
area and remove the bodies.
1T will take another year.
said Director General r. J. Wern-
ing.
Eventually the bodies will be
extricated for burial in the viii
lage cemetery.
The disaster cost the company
an estimated 100000 marks
($3. 100000, without calculating
the unexplored coal veins which
were blocked off.
The effect never has worn of
in a community of ony 5000
people. Trades union officials
said even now the young men of
Kamen are reluctant to become
miners and risk such an expe-
rience.
Werning said mine experts have
examined every possibility to ex-
plain the blast that shook the
Ruhr countryside. They finally
blamed the weather.
Storm Preceded Blast.
THAT is the only conclusion
we could reach" he said.
On that February night, the
Ruhr Valley experienced a pc
culiar phenomenon. The air sud-
IDENTIFY became heavy and hot.
Then it was split by a deafening
Evening star., 1949-09-16

thunderstorm and q brilliant dis
play of lightning.
The mine men think something
in this peculiar combination must
have touched of gas that other
wise would have been harmless.
The Kamen mine had the leputa-
ton of being among the safest
in the Rllhr.
Evening star., 1949-07-03

tary of the Comintern from 1885
until it was formally disbanded in
1o43. ......
In March, l945, with World War
II over. Dimitrov surrendered his
Russian citizenship and member
ship in the Soviet parliament and
returned to his native Bulgaria.
He soon was made premier. His
regime was described by his en-
emies as The Iron Broom"
Born Southwest Of Sofia.
Dimitrov was born June 18, 1882
in Kovachevtski, southwest OF
Sofia. He was jailed for year
and a half as a youth for melting
disobedience among Bulgarian
soldiers who were siding with Ger
many against Russia in World
War I. In 1920. he went to Rus
sia and met Lenin and Stain for
the first time. Soon after the
meeting Dimitrov was member
of the executive committee of the
Comintern.
The nearest Dimitrov ever
came to incurring Moscow's dis
pleasure was some two years ago
when he indicated he favored an
idea Of Premier Marshal Tito Of
for a Balkan confed-
Grafton. Official Moscow sources
quickly pointed out that the rul-
ers in the Kremlin strongly op-
posed any such scheme. Dimitrov
lapsed into silence.
Later, when Russia and her
satellites blasted Tito and tossed
Yugoslavia out of the Comm
inform bloc. Dimitrov stepped on
stage again. Using old Comintern
tactics, he became a spearhead of
the new Cominform attacks.
Through it all he fought against
Marshall Plan aid to Europe with
all his ebbing strength.
Evening star., 1949-07-03

July IL could not be confirmed
here. 1t seemed likely. however,
that the session would be delayed
for at least month. .
Questions which the trial must
determine include a double leop-
ardy" plea almost sure to be
raised by Miss Coplon's attorney,
along with the Russians "diplo-
matte immunity" claim, and the
probability that. Gubitchev will
demand Russian interpreters:
f The defense was expected to in
sist that Miss Coplon would be
exposed to a double penalty for
the same alleged acts if she is
brought to trial in New York fol-
lowing her conviction and SEN
tence in Washington. Conviction
on the conspiracy count could add
as much as 35 years to Miss Cop
Ions sentence.
Miss Coplon, who lived at Nc
Lean Gardens while serving with
the Justice Department. made
$4,000 bond here before return
ing to her mothers home in
Brooklyn Friday night with her
attorney, her mother and brother,
Bertram Coplon. She already had
posted $4,000 in New York.
Brother Raises Bond.
Mr.. Coplon, who took over his
fathers toy business in New York
when the elder Coplon died soon
after Judith Coplon's arrest, came
to Washington to help raise the
additional $4,000 required for his
sisters appeal bond here.
Miss Coplon, who at the direc-
ton Of her attorney posed for
press pictures like a Hollywood
starlet. told reporters on her ar
rival in New York that she was
going to her home in Brooklyn
and asked them not to disturb her
over the Fourth of July week end.
She said she hoped to get rest
before joining MIR. Palmer in the
Evening star., 1949-07-03

If the winner of the eighth
Washington Soap Box Derby Sat-
urday isn't named Amlong, 1t
won't be for lack of trying on the
part of the Amlong family.
For the first time in the history
of the Washington coaster car
race. four brothers are competing
in the prize-laden event.
They are Ransom, Is: Thomas,
IA; Joseph. IL, and William, II,
all sons of Col. and Mrs. r. G..
Amlong. of Groveton, Va.
The boys have finished their
cars, all identically painted dark
green.
For Ransom, it will be his third
race. He got as far as the semi
finals last year.
Joseph and Thomas both raced
last year. but William will be
making his initial start as a
Derby driver.
Other Brothers Entered.
Another brother combination
entered in the race is the Egelis-
Peter, Is; Cedric. IL, and Bjorn.
II. They are sons of Mr.. and
Mrs. Bjorn Egelis of Valley Lee,
Md. Mr.. Egelis is portrait
painter whose works hang in, the
National Gallery and the Supreme
Court. 80