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THE Cl'ERO RECORD. Wednesday, August 4, 1954
(ttupro S?rnri>
Established Id 1884
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Sense And Exercise
A fellow who works at a job that does not take too much
physical activity too often has a tendency to spend his off
hour, and his vacations In frantic exercise. Exercise is a good
thing and within bounds everyone can benefit from It. But
It is well to remember, when tempted to play an extra set of
tannls or an extra nine holes of golf, that overexercise can
have serious results.
Professional athletes always spend weeks in training for
their matches. They get Into the really hard work gradu-
ally, and they turn on full steam only after they have work-
ed all the kinks out of their muscles. They are checked regu-
larly by physicians to make certain that they are in top con-
dition. . ,
It is always difficult for a man to admit to himself tnat
he Is not the marvel of physical perfection at forty that he
was at twenty. But a realistic attitude toward exercise can
prevent a lot of sore backs, sprained muscles and heart at-
tacks.
Robin Hood And Roland
Was there really a Robin Hood? This bold outlaw who Is
said to have lived in Sherwood Forest and robbed the rich
In order to give to the poor, has long been a favorite of Eng-
lish tradition. In this country the adventures of Robin Hood
and his merry men. Little John, Friar Tuck and George-a-
Greene, have delighted generations of children. That Is
achievement enough, and perhaps it does not matter If there
really was such a person.
Prof. William E. 81meone of Southern Illinois University
has been trying to find out if Robin Hood really existed. He
finds record of a minor court official of that name who lived
in the 14th century, and when the lord whom he served was
disgraced, followed him into exile, perhaps taking refuge in
Sherwood Forest. That is a* much evidence as can be unearth-
ed. Out of such meager Information has arisen the whole
Robin Hood legend.
A parallel Is the career of Roland, Charlemagne's knightj
who led the rear-guard at the pass of Roncesvalles and was
killed through treachery. There Is some historic basis for his
existence but that is unimportant. What is important, is that
the genius who wrote the Song of Roland added an Immortal
character to our list of popular heroes.
LOOKING
AHEAD
by Dr. Gtorg* S. B«n»on
DIRECTOR NATIONAL
EDUCATION PROGRAM
S«orcy, Arkoruai
Painless Drill
Many experiences in life are more painful and unpleas-
ant than having a tooth drilled by a dentist. Yet few arouse
as much terror .The prospect of having to face the drill has
made men quail who won awards for outstanding bravery in
battle There Is now hope that painless dental drilling may be
possible. A new drill, virtually noiseless and painless, was
demonstrated recently at the Columbia-Presbyterlan Medical
Center
The new drill moves up and down, a distance of one-
thousandths of an inch 29.000 times a second. The actual
drilling as done by an abrasive liquid dripped to the edge of
the drill. The drill has been described as still in the experi-
mental stage and may not be available to dentists for sever-
al years.
When it is available it will be a real boon to mankind.
Anything that helps to alleviate suffering Is a step forward.
Princess And Atom
Three princesses are all dressed up with nowhere to go.
All they lark is transportation power. Thev are flying boats
built by the British, now laid up In mothballs waiting for
atomic engines to move them They are said to be the la*t
word In luxury and can take 100 passengers each.
They are not poor little princesses, awaiting three kisses
from Prince Charmings They are big .fat ladles, weighing
140 tons each. The engines originally built for them were
turned to other planes
Who will build the engines'* And when’ And at what
rot-t’ The demand for fine air travel to far ports Is right there
»sitin'*. It would be a ere: ' pity to let the ships depreciate
e- so many of our great sea ships have done. Mothballs are
fine against moths and mice but time has a way of wearing
out materials even in disuse. The princesses are not idle
from choice. And even prinecsse are happier when useful.
FACTS TO REMEMBER
The iimplest and yet one of the
important lessons all Americans
should learn about our way of life
is its economic advantages. Our
school children especially need to
know just how milch better off
they are materially than the chil-
dren in the nations of Europe and
Asia. Knowing the facts of our ad
vantages over people who live
under other systems gives us good
reason to resist the expansion of
Socialism in any form, and it
builds up our immunity to the left
wing propaganda which seeks slyly
to undermine confidence in the
American aystem.
The left wing propagandists and
their dupes are conatantly attack-
ing the profit motive, which pro-
vide* the impluse in our system
They seek to undermine our re-
spect for it, in subtle and indirect
ways. They try to persuade people
that it doesn't operate in the best
Interest of all the people. Yet the
facta are that the average Ameri-
can workman produces two times
as much per manhour, a* a man
in a similar job in Switzerland or
Sweden or Belgium, the most pros-
perous countries in Europe to-
day.
High Living Standard
The American workman pro-
duces three times as much per
man-hour as a workman in a sim-
ilar job in England after nine
yean under Socialism. He pro-
duces at least five times as much
per man-hour as a workman at a
similar Job In Russia which for 35
year* hns boasted that it is the
“workers’ paradise.” This un-
matched productivity, spurred on
by the profit motive and free mar-
ket competition, give* Americans
their higher living standard. As a
matter of fact, our advantages in
living standards exactly match our |
advantages in productivity.
The average American lives I
twice as well as the average |
citizen of the best countries of I
Europe, three times as well as
the Englishman, and at least five
times as well as the Russian. Our
national Income is equal to the na-
tional Incomes of the next highest
six countries in the world com-
bined; and yet, we have only a
fmal percentage of the combin-
ed populations of those six coun-
tries, and only a small percentage
of their combined natural resour-
ces.
Freedom To Learn
America has more youngsters in
high school and college than do all
the other nations of the world
combined, solely because It's in
America alone that the average
daddy can earn enough money to
put food on the table, clothing on
the backs of his chidren, and al-
low youngsters of high school age
the freedom to go to school; and
later give them financial help
through college This Is an im|>ort-
ant fact for children to know, and
it is the main reason bur econ-
omy Is advancing, constantly mak-
ing life better for all.
It certainly is advancing. To-
day there are three and one-half
persons in America for each auto-
mobile. In 190(1 there were 9500
people for each car. There are
now 4 7 persons per one washing
machine Just 30 years ago the
ratio w as one washing machine for
every 115 persons. Today there is
a telephone for every three per-
sons. In 1900 there was one for
every 56 persons. In America to-
day there is a radio for every two
persons Twenty-five years ago
there was one for every 13 per-
sons. Savings accounts in Amer-
ica in 1920 averaged $220 per per-
son. Today they average $1,437.
Central Factor
Our private enterprise economy,
with Its profit motive and compe-
titive market, is the central fac-
tor in our prosperity. It operates
on ttie fundamental idea of pri-
vate ownership of the production
and distribution facilities. I tic
only other kind of economy pro-
vides foi government ownership
or rigid government control ot
these -facilities. This latter kind
has been operating in varying de-
grees. in the Euro;>can coun-
tries whose living standards aic,
so tar below our oven, and in
Russia under Communism
The American «ay of •»?**|
ard the great prosperity and
freedom it has provided for gen-i
erations of citizens, stand in
leopardv today for two funda-j
mental reasons: tit downright bu
m«n lethargy, and <2* the propa-(
gtnda program of the Commun-
ists. The lethargy can he reform-j
ed Into active strength for our
American system only through *nj
awareness of the system s price-
less value, in dollars and cent* as'
well as in freedom for every citi-j
zen. And it is only with knowledge-
—fact* and truths -that our citiz-j
ens can be prepared to withstand!
the propaganda.
I r—NOT Ol T
R1CHIJYND Wash Aug 2. —j
d'Pi Kit hland police rushed to
the Seattle First National Bank -
kx al branch after a man telephon- j
ed to say, "I've got a crew of roen
cleaning up the vault.” They
found a cr*vi of mpr from *
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FACTOGRAPHS
World catch of fish totals,the island’s important agricultur-
about 55 million pounds annually, jal crops.
* * * | • * *
Puerto Rican Cabezona “sugars More lhan 200 species of birds
loaf” pineapple grow up to 15 j live in Yellowstone park,
pounds in the "southwest corner of! • • •
the island. Pineapple ranks next to - Twenty-four states now have
sugar, tobacco and coffee among constitutional amendment* to pre-
vent the diversion of highway
user tax revenue to non-highway
purposes, the New York State Au-
tomobile Association reports.
• • *
Coast redwood trees in Califor-
nia have bark up to two feet
thick
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DtftiiSuWd by Sing Fntulf*Symllratg.
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
I WOKE So a cabin full of strong
warm sunlight and a man bending
over me.
’’Youre a sick man: Mr Wilde,”
14m doctor said.
“I'm all right,” I said thickly.
-What time is ft?"
“A bit past 2,” the doctor said.
I said: “1 gut** f was tired.
How M Russell ?''
“He’H do. In fact, he's in better
shape than you are. That is, he
will be, in time.”
“I'm glad to hear It. He’s a
lucky kid."
I swung my feel to liis floor.
The doctor said: "1 wouldn’t
bother getting up, Mr. Wilde,"
"Of eourse I'm going to get up,”
I said. "Slide down there and let
me . .
"Well, 1 nvav as well tell you
then,” he said soberly. "The cap-
tain wants you to stay here today.
We ll be In Paducah tonight and
therr'U be someone to Investigate
I heaved against the doctor,
forcing bun to the end ot the bed.
Then I got to my feet, holding on
to a table until I felt steady
enough to walk.
•Tell the captain that lie doesn’t
have authority enough to lock up
the sugar bowl. This isn't the high
seas, doctor. I paid my fare and
I'll have the freedom id ttic bout,
no matter whst Hu* captain
thinks.''
"Me can return! voi.i passage
money and put you on shoie," the
doctor said.
"Cel him in ini.. I snapped. I
brushed m> Uclh uni managed
aflct a dozen I .oil i.r.g lin - to pul
one of tne n. v blad. - n n v ia. r
The doctor used the ‘wall tele-
phone briefly Finn tic in iped me
get into my cloth,... He took a
deep interest in the leather and
spring-steel clamshell that held
my .38 but he made no altcmpt
to get the gun away <rnm me. 1
made sure it was still leaned. 1
was sliding into my jacket when
the captain stamped into the
room
"What are you doing ? he bel-
lowed.
"I hardly like to us*- t■ *i o <>n an
injured man. ' the doctor va:d inno-
cently. •'Besides, I'm not sure tl
would have worked. Mr. Wilde is
determined he will not he con-
strained.”
•Then ill put him ashore,” the
captain roared. "And right now;”
Get your baggage ”
T came aboard to find a mur-
derer.” I said calmly as I could.
“I have reason to believe he was
sheltered on this boat and per-
mitted to escape before I found
him. Maybe I'm wrong about that,
but there's adequate reason t<
justify my swearing out a o -.. ns
warrant against you sr. I I ,t
company for a.d.ng anj ab<U:ng
a known criminal. That s a felony,
captain. Whether I could make it
stick or not. 1 don t kno.v. but
vour boat would spend a ie* of
time waiting to find out
I thought 1 heard the doctor
chuckle behind me.
The captain shouted, "Ml haws
you thrown ashore and ...”
f pulled my open jacket back to
let him see tha butt of the .38
under my arm. "Using what to
force me, captain?"
Jellicoe backed away ia short
steps, his face a brilliant apoplec-
tic scarlet. His mouth opened
and closed spasmodically tike a
feeding carp's, but no words came
out. 1
"I think this has gona far
enough," the doctor said crisply.
' Rupe, you go to your cabin. I'H
want to examine you. I think
you’re having some of your old
trouble again.” He got Jellicoe out
of tha purser s cabin and shut the
door. I sat in a deep chair and
waited for the angry pulae hi my
chest to alow down.
”1 shouldn’t have let him go *e
far,” the doctor said.
Take oft, doe. I don t fries
you.”
1 Fair en.sigh,” the doctor said.
"You can have your cabin again
this evening. I'll wait till then to
move Russell. No visitors for him
today, so don't try to get in until
I say so.”
I got up and draped my over-
coat over my shoulders in a
clumsy gesture. 1 did feel a Httle
weak in the knees, but nothing a
i little fresh air wouldn’t cure. I
walked along the open deck, head-
,ng for the little snack bar at the
1 side of the texas deck. I felt oddly
i conspicuous in my heav y coat as
1 skirted the clusters of athletes
I ducked into the s'nack bar. picked
a small table in the corner and
! ordered ham and eggs.
My right hand looked raw and
red. 1 tried to subdue the twitch j
by mental power. But my mind j
w asn t strong enough. The hand
kept up its faint movement, f
! rot.Id stop it by pressing against
i the table, but the moment I eased
up, the twitch took over again.
• • •
That asoauJt mad* httle sense te
i me. Someone had left a warning
j for me, telling me to leave the
boat at Louisville. If I'd takes
that warning seriously, 1 m:ght
have seen Sessions when he left
and then I'd know whether er not
j he was Stewart. So the warning
didn't necessarily have anything to
| do with Stewart. But only some-
one connected with Stewart would
! be afraid of me, so that didn’t
make sense either.
•Well. Mr. Wilde,” a hearty
| voice called from the deck. "Heard
vou were under the weather to-
day.”
Mr Ed Boltinck stood la the
' doorway with his missus on his
srm. both of them beaming mistiiy
at fi’.f |
You go along. Bebe. honey I II
just wad ncre and have a duns
with Mr. Willie” Boltinck brushed
h.s wife away and strolled in U>
1 take a chair at m v tabic.
"The captain sa;d you were feal-
, tag poorly today." he said. 1 r**1 ,
a broken shoulder takas some get-
ting over, eh?”
T guess tt does." I agreed.
“Nothing wrong with me, though.
Just slept late and mimed break-
fast."
“W hat happened to Mr. Rus-
sell?” he asked. T heard he waa
hurt, or something.”
“Did something happen to Kus-
ee* ?”
BotUuok stared at im.
Mr. Bottinck was dressed as welt
as Doc Riggs bad said. His ttght-
gray overcoat was a aHky thing
that almost shimmered. And the
sedate double-breasted suit was a
fine cashmere I would have hked
myself. AH told, K was a Mt too
elegant for a Ooteooda, nimola,
banker. But Bottinck waa obvi-
ously successful. He glared at me
for quite a while and seemed pre-
pared to keep K up indefinitely,
hot the waiter brought my food
and that broke his concentration.
He walked away.
The waiter roused me with my
bill. I scrawled my name while he
held the check firm for me. 1
gave him an adequate tip and
headed out on to the open deck
again, walking aft with the breeze.
By the time I reached the rear
deck, my legs were wobbling. The
boat's doctor had called me a sick
man, and Just then I wouldn't
have argued with him. I borrowed
somebody’s deck chair and plunked
myself ia k
I couldn’t guess bow long 1 slept
I woke and saw BUesi balanced on
the railing, watching me with a
tense, worried expression.
"Ton look bad. my boy,” she
said.
I grinned and blew a wispy
smoke ring at her. "You look good
enough for both of us,” I said.
Been waiting long?"
"You've been sleeping three
hours," she said. ’The doctor said
to let you rest, but to make sure
you went to bed as soon as you
were able to walk. He said your
room w ould be ready any time. He
said that Mr. RuaseH would be out
of it. Whet happened last night ?
Why i* Russel! ..."
"A sneak thief,” I aoid "Kusaell
surprised him and got socked on
the skulL He's all right, though.”
She said: “When you didn t com*
te breakfast, nor to lunch. 1 . . .
I . . . and then the captain said
you »ere still in bed, but couidn t
have visitors ... I didn’t know
what to think. I still don’t know "
"It's nothing to do with me." I
said. “I Just got tired yesterday.
Maybe I've been overdoing it. I
really was just resting today. Bu
that fool of a captain didn't aeeu
to scare you."
Doc Riggs cam* along and said
"Don’t forget you two are to be
my guests for a tour of Natchez.
I won’t take ao for an answer ’
Then the dspper ok) man prsn< ed
off
I sa.d to Ellen. ' If Utere s any-
thing l don t need it s a guided
tour of Natchez.”
What you need ■ a good tort
Diplomat'* Diary Tall* I Sty Ktrnio Wa* a lol Ea*i*r*
Of lif# in ‘T. Day I ' To Gat Along With Than)
Special to Centrat Preu 4
wrASIIINGTON—Conversations with kings and the questionable
W "joy” of hiking with a President are revealed In a nine-volumri
diary Just presented to the Library of Congress.
It is the personal journal of George von Lengerke Meyer, who wari
ambassador to Italy and France in the early years of the Twentieth^
Century, and later President Theodore Roosevelt’s postmaster general.
Meyer frequently was a biking companion of "T. R.” and his en-J
- thusiasm for these jaunts was restrained. On
March 6, 1907, he wrote: "At noon message comes
from the White House that the President want*,
me to walk with him at 4:^0 and to put on old
shoes. I know what that means."
While ambasaador to Russia, Meyar wrote; 'The
President directs me to ask for an audience at
once with His Imperial Majesty the Tsar.” A few
hours later, the Russian ruler sent word he would
see the ambassador the next day, even though it
was the empress’ birthday, when audiences war#
■’never" granted.
Meyer talked to the tsar for one hour and tha
next day about the "President’s proposition" which
"T. R.” dealt with means of ending the Russo-Japanese
war.
The ambassador wrote in his diary: "I accomplished what tha
President desired and gained the emperor’s consent-but with the
pledge of secrecy." The entry reveals the striking differences In get-
ting along with the Russians then and now.
• • • *
THOSE DIFFERENCES were strikingly revealed recently, when
In retaliation for United States expulsion of three Soviet espionage
agents, the Kremlin demarided that two American military attache#
be sent home from Moscow as alleged spies.
The United State* promptly called the Russian charges against
Lt. Col. Howard L. Felehlin of the Air Force and Maj. Walter McKin-
ney of the Army “baseless.” However, even though Felehlin and
McKinney were not spies in any sense of the word, they soon will be
put to work briefing officers of their respective services on Informa-
tion they gleaned—quite legitimately—in Russia.
The lieutenant-colonel and the major are described at the Pentagon
aa being among the keenest young officers in the United State*
armed forces and their reports on latest military development* in
the Soviet Union are awaited with interest.
While Felehlin and McKinney had no access to Russian aecrets,
their powers of observation and evaluation make their information
especially valuable. ^ ^ ^
• INTERNATIONAL TV—Eurovision is not Hollywood's latest co-
lossal wide-screen contrivance. It is the first step in a world-wid*
television network organized to promote greater
understanding among nations.
By means of 80 relay stations, England, Franc*.
Belgium, Holland, West Germany, Italy. Switzerland
and Denmark are now linked by a television hook-up
that promises to be highly popular in spite of
language difficulties.
The project is under the direction of the government-sponsored
broadcasting networks within each participating country. ^Relays
cover 37,000 miles and Include a viewing population of 90 million.
One of the stations had to be built 10,000 feet up in the Swiss Alps.
Eurovision's opening programs have covered Queen Elizabeths
review of a horse guard parade in London, a Paris fashion review,
and Pope Pius XII addressing the televiewers in five language* /
World TV
Ta Follow
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32 Goods sunk
at tea
37. Honey-
gathering
insect
88. Route ,
39. Simian
DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS 43. Yearning 17. Stum-
1. Refuse to l ble
recognize DOWN 18 God-
soclally 1. Centers of dess
(Colloq ) apples ’ of
4 Chum 2. Shoshoncan dawn
7. Method of Indian 22. Flippant
learning 3. Spread 23. Daubed
8. Genus of grass to dry 24. Fruiting
lily i Bundles spike
10. Covered 5. A wing - of
with wax 6. A Rhine grain
11. Unit of siren 25. A pair
weight 7. Kingly 26. Theater
(gems) v. Anxious employee
13. Mature 10. Sleeveless 27. Polish
14. All correct garment river
15. Self 12 . Empty 28. Pry
16. Art work (Scot. I 29. River
chalks 14. Ancient ' (Eur )
19. One of the
popes
20. Elevated
train
21. Measure of
length
22. Microbe
23 Little gfrl
24. Man's name
25. Unload
27. Cebine
monkey
28 American
Indian
(Lit.)
30. Custom
31. Misleading-
ly mutilated
33. Exclama-
tion
34. Indefinite
article
35 Hail!
36. Stiff felt hat
38. Bet
40. Stagger
41. Armadillo
42. Ruler ot
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