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TWO NATIONS MAY PAY
U. S. PART OF DEBT
WASHINGTON, June 11.—Partial
war debt payments from Great Brit-
ain and Italy appeared likely after a
round of conferences involving Presi-
dent Roosevelt, his close advisers and
foreign diplomats.
While London dispatches reflected
sentiment there for this method of
meeting June 15 due date, Sir Ronald
Lindsay, British ambassador, pre-
sented orally a communication on the
debts from his government to the
«liie.f executive.
The latter called in Acting Secre-
tary Phillips of the state depart-
ment and Assistant Secretary Moley
and together they discussed the Lon-
don message. Soon afterward Sir
Ronald called upon Phillips.
Hardly had the Briton departed,
than the acting secretary received
Ambassador Rosso of Italy, who, up-
on leaving, indicated that, while a
final decision had still to be reached,
a part payment was probable.
Meanwhile, information from Paris
told of an increasing likelihood that
France would default for a second
time, adding $40,738,000 to the $19,-
261,432 sum by which that country
already is in arrears.
Thursday the semi-annual install-
ments on the funded war debts will
he due from 13 countries. They to-
tal $144,179,674. Great Britain’s
share comprises more than half of
this sum, amounting to $75,950,000.
Italy’s installment is $13,545,438.
Awaiting definite word of what will
happen when the installments fall
due, observers looked to London and
Rome for definite pronouncements by
the governments there.
Previous indications had been that
Italy was waiting for Great Britain
to act and would follow the lead of
the London government. Roumania,
owing an even million dollars, frank-
ly had said she would do whatever
Great Britain does.
Mr. Roosevelt’s attitude toward the
debt payments has been that payment
is expected and that any move for
revision must originate with the
debtor nations.
BOY OF 17 IS HELD IN
DEATH OF HIS MOTHER
NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 9.—Coun-
sel for 17-year-old Walfe MacDon-
ald held in connection with the slay-
ing of his mother about two weeks
ago in Flint, Mich., said today they
would resist extradition.
"The boy assured us that he didn’t
kill his mother and will be able to
establish his innocence,” said Jack
Norman, Nashville lawyer who was
hurriedly retained by MacDonald’s
relatives after the youth was identi-
fied last night.
MacDonald, with William Terwil-
liger, 16, also of Flint, who was ar-
izcted with him last week cn federal
charges of sending extortion notes
through the mail, remained in jail
as Michigan officers sped here by
automobile to demand' MacDonald’s
return on a warrant charging first
degree murder.
Newspaper men were not permit-
ted to interview MacDonald.
Both MacDonald, who denied he
killed his mother, but says an argu-
ment with her led him to run away,
and Terwilliger were charged by
Nashville police with murder and
with being fugitives from justice.
Mrs. MacDonald was found dead
In bed at her home May 17, her head
crushed and her son missing. Mac-
Donald and Terwilliger were arrested
here a week ago on charges of mail-
ing extortion notes to Nashville busi-
ness men, but gave their real names
only yesterday on arraignment be-
fore a United States commissioner.
A newspaper man recognized Mac-
Donald’s name and notified officers.
The youth at first denied his identity.
"That’s me, chief,” he said later,
however, when Elkin Lewis, head of
the city detective department, show-
ed him clippings describing the moth-
er’s death and the search for the son.
,T knew they wanted me but was
scared to go back. I didn’t kill her,
though. I couldn’t prove I didn’t and
I couldn’t clear myeelf. That’s why
I didn’t go back.”
Lewis said Terwilliger told him
Walfe had admitted striking his moth-
er with a book end as they read a
story in Toledo, Ohio, about her!
death. Young MacDonald maintain-
ed he had merely “argued” with his
mother and decided to run away. He
told officers he saw her last about 1
a. m. the day she was found slain,
took about $45 from her pocketbook
and the keys to one of her auto-
mobiles.
Meeting Terwilliger at a hotel by
prearrangement, MacDonald contin-
ued, the two drove to Detroit, Toledo
and then to Nashville. MacDonald
said his mother “didn’t like the way
I was doing,” had a detective in the
house the day before her slaying and
wanted to put MacDonald “in a re-
formatory.”
Federal officers said the extortion
.charges against the two youths
probably would be dropped so they
could be Returned to Michigan at
o»oe.
Sitting Bui! Not Chief, >
but Influential Leader x j
Sitting Bull, whose Indian name was j
Tatnnka Yotanka, was a Sioux, born
in 1834 (or 1837) in what later be-
came South Dakota.
His father was a warrior, but never
a chief. Sitting Bull was not himself
a war chief, though he led his people, j
in some of the most sanguinary tight-, j
Ing of the plains wars. He was in his,
youth a medicine man, and afterward
a preacher and politician—even a;
prophet, for he claimed the power of , j
divining the intentions of the Great j
Spirit, and gave to the conflicts in |
which he figured something of the;
character of a holy war. <
In 1876 he commanded the band of.
hostile Sioux which ambushed Custer^ .
and massacred his troops on the Lit- j
tie Big Horn river, Montana.
Following the battle, Sitting Bull, i
fled to Canada, where he remained j
for four years. He then returned and
surrendered himself and his follow-
ers to the white man under promise;
of amnesty.
Although apparently submissive, he.
cherished an unyielding hostility, and
was one of the first to join the new
outbreak of the Sioux in the early win-
ter of 1890. It was in this conflict,
on December ISiX), that he was killed
near Fort Yates, North Dakota, while
he and other rebellious Sioux were re-
sisting arrest by the Indian police.
Natives Believe Everest
Is Goddess of Mountains
To the natives, Everest is the god-
dess-mother of the mountains, the
abiding place of a great spirit, and to
disturb its guarded sanctuary is to
brave the wrath of the gods. All the
higher peaks of the Himalayas are the
home of spirits, some good, some evil,
and the loftiest of them are reserved
for the principal deities of the Hindoo
religion.
Nanda Devi, one of the highest
mountains in the British empire, tow-
ers to a height of 25,500 feet in the
province of Garhvval, and the snow
which is continually being blown off
its summit is the smoke from a god’s
kitchen. Beneath tiie peaks of Bad-
rinath and Kedarnath, which are
among the holiest of the heights, lives
a Hindoo high priest, who from his
rocky residence, is in communion with
the gods. He is so holy that only the
highest caste Brahmins can approach
within five feet of him, and the en-
trance to the temple over which he
presides has three doorways, in suc-
cession—of copper, silver, and gold,
respectively.
Prayers on a Rosary
The Christian practice of repeating
prayers is traceable to early times.
Sozomen mentions tiie Hermit Paul of
the Fourth century, who threw away a
pebble as he recited each of his 300
daily prayers. It is not known pre-
cisely when the mechanienl device of
the rosary was first used. William of
Malmesbury says that Godiva, who
founded a religious house at Coventry
in 1043, left a string of jewels, on
which she had told her prayers, that
it might be hung on the statue of the
Blessed Virgin. Thomas of Cantimpre
first mentions the word “rosary,” us-
ing it in a mystical sense as Mary’s
rose garden.
The Automobile
The automobile was not a one-man
invention.. Hundreds of persons, in the
last half of the last century, worked
on schemes for self-propelled vehicles,
and others on the Internal combustion
engine. The discoveries of many of
these people are incorporated in every
car today. On April 19, 1892, tiie first
gasoline automobile in tiie United
States was operated by its inventor,
C. ArDuryea. Another of the first was
a gasoline car invented by Ehvood
Haynes, and first driven at Kokomo,
Ind., July 4, 1894. There had been
several earlier machines in Europe.
The Swearless Indian
American Indians possess no swear
words in their language. “No way our
language to take God’s name and
throw it at you, so must use white
man’s words,” one Indian is quoted.
Religion holds a prominent place in
Indian life. American history is filled
with dramatic and sympathetic nar-
ratives of campfire tribal rites, sac-
rifice of maidens to appease disfavor
of much feared gods, or elaborate
preparation of graves for contented
life of dead tribesmen In the happy
hurting ground.
Tie Used Fifty-seven Years
Probably one of tiie oldest railway
cross-ties in existence is still in serv-
ice three miles east of Newton, Miss.,
on the Vicksburg division of the Illi-
nois Central. This tie was placed in
the track In 1875 and has been in con-
tinuous use since that date. The tie
has borne the weight of five different
kinds of rail during its 57 years of
service. According to a supervisor on
this district the tie is good for 50
years more.-—Railway Age.
. The Cotiliion
The cotillion is a dance of French
origin and is performed to quadrille
music. It was a fashionable dance
at the court of Charles X, where it
had been adapted from a peasant
dance. At first for one, then for' two
performers, it soon became a round
dance, In which form it was intro-
duced into England. There are hun-
dreds of possible figures in the mod-
ern dance and the accessories are
most elaborate.
Great Death Valley Park
Is Lowest Point in U. S.
Mysterious Death Valley, the lowest
point in the United States, became a
national monument under the nation-
al park service of the Department of
the Interior by proclamation of former
President Hoover, observes the Re-
view of Reviews. This added another
1,51 K),0(K)-aere area, rich in geologic
and historic interest, to Uncle Sam’s
chain of parks and monuments. It
lies in southeastern California, near
the Nevada line.
According to the United States Geo-
logical survey, the valley lies 276 feet
below sea level, yet fewer than 86
miles away towers Mount Whitney to
an altitude of 14,496 feet, the highest
point in the United States outside of
Alaska.
In the midst of the sand dunes,
gravel and saline deposits of the
desert is an oasis, Furnace Creek
ranch, where Panainiut Indians culti-
vate oranges, garden vegetables, corn
and alfalfa. Nor is the valley itself
bare of plant life. The cactus, grease-
bush, yucca palm, chuckwalla, and
other odd flora help create a unique
landscape. And in spring the ground
is carpeted with wild flowers of rare
beauty and color.
Ghost Lights Haunt Old
U. S. and Scotland Peaks
Suggestive of the supernatural,
“ghost lights" are among the weirdest
phenomena in nature. On Pike’s Peak,
in Colorado, they are sometimes dis-
played in awe-inspiring fashion. At
night, on mountain-sides, objects seem
to be burning with a fire that does not
burn. Cooking utensils of campers
“take fire” and buttons on their cloth-
ing are “lighted.” The breath of
horses and mules seems to “take fire.”
Flames are emitted from their nostrils
and their ears and manes appear to be
aflame. Famous for such phenomena
is the stormy summit of Ben Nevis, in
Scotland, whereon Is situated an ob-
servatory. Sometimes, in a snow-
storm, the whole building appears to
be illuminated, every angle of roof
and chimneys spouting a jet of flame
six inches and more in length. A per-
son going out of doors raises a stick
above his head and instantly a light
streams from its end.—Montreal Her-
ald.
Comic Song Has Outgrown
Period of Wheezy Organ
In the older “old days,” the rapid
spread of the “comic” popular song
was greatly hindered by the difficulty
of properly performing “Little Brown
Jug” and “Shoo Fly, Don’t Bother Me”
on the cottage organ, says a writer
In the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Tiie
introduction of the low’-priced piano
fostered this spirited though extreme-
ly frivolous type of minstrelsy. By
the time that “Whoa Emma” swept,
the country, almost everybody who
had a piano had acquired a square
grand—“uprights” were not so well
known. They came later, along
with that pleasing ballad “Baby Mine”
and also “Over the Garden Wall.”
A celebrated circus clown spread
“Where Did You Get That Hat?” all
over the country.
Some time after that the one-night
stands performed a similar office for
“Down Went McGint.v” and “The
Band Played On.” Then came the
phonograph, and the listeners “had
what They wanted,” over and over
again, in spite of the neighbors’
screams. The radio poured forth a
great flood of mimic, endless and va-
ried, from “Tamilmuser” to “Happy
Days Are Here Again." Syncopation
came in, numberless scores in rag-
time and most of the words in a modi-
fied dialect
The old cottage organ would have
a stuttering and wheezy time with
them. It was attuned to “gospel
hymns”, and was thoir devoted instru-
ment.
TEN KILLED IN PLANE
CRASH AT WORLD’S FAIR
CHICAGO, June 11.—Karl Vick-
ery, 36, pilot of an amphibian aii*-
plane, Carrie Jacobs, 33, co-pilot, and
eight passengers, visitors at the
world’s fair, were killed when the
huge plane crashed in a high wind
and burned in suburban Gleeview.
One of two large planes carrying
passengers from the fair grounds on
an air tour of the city, the “North-
ern Light” had been doing a rushing
business as fair visitors sought to
get away from the heat.
Was Near Airport.
TEXAN’S SHIP LANDS
AT LAST SIBERIA STOP
MOSCOW, June 11.—James Mat-
tern, the American flyer, arrived at
Khabarovsk, eastern Siberia today at
3:20 a. m., Moscow time (7:30 p. m.,
Saturday, eastern standard time).
The great lapse of time between
Mattern’s passage over Rukhlovo and
his arrival at Khabarovsk indicates
that the American solo flyer must
have descended somewhere between
these two points. The distance is only
725 miles, while the lapsed time was
18 hours and five minutes.
Unconfirmed reports were received
Vickery previously had attempted j here that he landed at Sosisk, about
to land at the fairgrounds ramp, coro-
ner’s officials learned.
It was possible he intended to stop
at the Curtiss airport where he could
use his landing wheels. Vickery had
100 miles north of Krabarovsk before
continuing on to the latter city.
A later report received here said
Mattern had flown over Sosisk three
hours before reaching Krabarovsk
the plane within a mile of the airport buli said he had not stopped there.
Luxurious Pen Scheme
There are no walls and no cells, not
even a punishment cell, at the Itox-
bury farm, Maryland’s penal institu-
tion. No handcuffs, leg irons, clubs
nor revolvers are visible. Neither are
there guards, keepers or turnkeys,
says the Baltimore Sun. The inmates
are in charge of men designated as
“officers,” who act as instructors as
well. The place seethes with building
and farming activities. One may ob-
serve a half dozen small groups of in-
mates working in as many widely sep-
arated spots on the place with the
nearest officer probably a quarter of
a mile away. The inmate’s garb is a
comfortable juniper or jacket and a
pair of overalls. The dark blue denim
of this costume is the only monoton-
ous thing about Roxbury.
Minting Gold for Friends
Was His Mining Sideline
Christopher Beciitler, a native of
the Duchy of Baden, emigrated to the
United States in 11'29 and the fruit of
his subsequent labors has become the
source of study for collectors ever
since.
Being by trade a goldsmith, he soon
journeyed to the mountains of North
Carolina, having heard there was gold
In the hills. Building a small cottage
a few miles north of Rutherford, he
immediately began an active business.
Besides coining money for his neigh-
bors, he mined for gold and silver and
the semi-precious stones that are still
to be found in the southern mountains.
The Inhabitants of the C-arolinas
and Georgia brought their gold to
his mint for coining, just as they car-
ried their wheat to the miller. The
mint master weighed the rough gold
in the presence of his customers and
then entered it in fiis book, leaving a
space for noting the assay. In a few
days’ time the coins were ready for
delivery. Bechtler subtracted only a
small percentage for his labor.
when the crash occurred.
! “The right wing dipped into the
water,” one officer declared,
j “Then I saw Vickery lift the ship
around and make a run over the
; water and go up again. He evidently
changed his mind about landing at
j the ramp, and may have intended
! going to the airport for repairs.
! Passengers Insured,
i “One pontoon appeared to be dam-
| aged, but others at the ramp said it
j was the wind that caused the crash.
“Each passenger was insured for
$50,000 under a blanket policy under-
t written by the U. S. Aviation Insur-
I ance group of New York City,
j “The amphibian plane was operated
j by Gal-Waukee airport, which said
Vickery, an army reserve captain and
; member of the second army bombing
group in France, had flown more than
j 6,000 hours.
The tragedy injected a somber note
at the world’s fair.
Robin Hood
Doubt is pretty general of any truth
in the story of Robin Hood, inasmuch
as very similar tales are found in
Germany and Scandinavia and appear
to be part of the common heritage of
all these related northern peoples.
There is, at any rate, no proof of
Robin Hood’s existence, although the
exploits of some local hero may have
been the center around which the
Robin Hood tales crystalized. Some
authorities think he represents sim-
ply the remnant, of the old Saxon
race, living in perpetual defiance of
the Norman conquerers.
Some Acorns Edible
The general use of the acorn ns an
article of food has long since ceased,
but back in ancient days it was an
Important article of food. In fact, it
was considered that eating the acorn
added years to a man’s life and great
strength to his muscles. Indians of
the New England regions formerly ate
the acorn of certain types of white
oaks, while the sweet acorn of the
California white oak is still ground
into a coarse flour used in bread. Over
In England the people of the rural
communities bordering on the royal
forests have the right every fall to
turn their pigs loose in the woodlands
in order that they may grow fat on
the fallen acorns.—Washington Star.
Pigeon Racing Popular
Pigeon racing is the national sport
of Belgium. There is probably not a
village in that country that does not
have its Homing-Pigeon club, from
which thousands of birds are shipped
to France and other nearby countries
each week to fly back home during the
racing season. Pigeon fanciers from
all parts of the country take part in
the Grand National of Belgium,
which is said to provoke more inter-
est there than a world’s series in base-
ball. the Kentucky Derby, or a Har-
vard-Yale football game excites in the
United States.
Height of Man Increasing
It has been estimated that the
height of man is increasing. An offi-
cial of the Institute of Juvenile Re-
search, in Chicago, says: “The Amer-
ican boys of today are at least two
inches taller than their grandpas were
when they were boys.” Measurements
of the heights of over 1,000 boys of
Ainerican-born parents were compared
with the heights of boys measured
over fifty years ago by another scien-
tist. The increase in height may be
attributed to the Increasing knowl-
edge of health and disease control,
it is said.—Washington Star.
Red Sea’s Monsters
The Red sea hides many dangerous
monsters in its depths. Near the is-
land of Sokotra one may meet the
deadly devilfish. These are really gi-
gantic rays or skates. They have
huge, square, flattened bodies often 20
feet across. One corner of the flat
square is the head. The mouth is un-
derneath. The two side corners are
fins, powerful enough to swing the fiat
body through the sea at an incredible
pace. To the fourth corner is attached
a tail, 6 feet in length. Its bite means
a severed leg or arm for the swim-
mer.
Velocity of Tenni* Ball*
If a tennis ball were an airplane it
mid fly across the Atlantic in 35
>urs, for it covers 93.3 miles an hour
hen In action. That is the speed
hich tiie ball attained when one of
e players volleyed in the Davis cup
atch betweeu Germany and England,
irvice balls sped across the net at
inly" 68.5 miles an hour. Even the
ower bulls sailing from base line
ent at a rate of 31 miles an hour.—
ontreal Herald.
$604,408,985 IN GOLD
STILL IN CIRCULATION
WASHINGTON, June 9.—Despite
the government’s threat to prosecute
persons holding more than $100 of
gold or gold certificates, the amount
still in circulation on May 31 was
$604,408,985.
This was made known today by
the , treasury’s monthly circulation
statement of justice had turned over
to its men a few hours after the
department criminal division for pos-
sible prosecution the names of 37
persons who hold $283,064 of the
metal.
When the American aviator landed
at the Krabarovsk airport he was
very tired and was taken to a hotel
where he fell asleep immediately.
Officials had no chance to question,
him as to the time he intended to
take off again.
In passing Sofisk, Mattern was con-
siderably north of his prescribed
course, which mystified officials here.
They speculated whether bad weath-
er had forced him off his track, or
whether he first decided to pass up
Grabarvoslc in favor of a more direct
flight to Kamchatka, and then chang-
ed his mind and decided to play safe
and refuel at Krabarovsk.
ROOSEVELT’S SON
SEEKING DIVORCE
Few Active Volcanoes
Few volcanoes are active in the
United States. Mount Lassen, in Cali-
fornia, shows occasional small out-
breaks. Mount Hood, in Oregon, ex-
hales vapor, as aiso does Mount Rai-
nier in Washington. The Mono val-
ley craters and Mount Shasta are ex-
tinct, like most of the many volcanic
peak8 in the Cascade range. Mount
St. Helens in Washington was in erup-
tion in 1841 and 1S42, and Mount Ba-
ker in the same state was active in
the following year. An eruption oc-
curred in 1857 at Tres Virgiues, In the
south of California.
RENO, June 8.—Elliott Roosevelt
and his wife are taking their incom-
patibility to the Nevada divorce court.
The president’s 22-year-old second
son already has established residence
in this state of six weeks, in order
that his 21-year-old wife, the former
Elizabeth Browning Bonner, may sue
him.
The couple, parents of an eight
months old son, have been separated
several months. They married Jan-
uary 18, 1932.
Plans for seeking the divorce were
disclosed today as Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt went back to Washington
after a visit to Elliott in Los An-
geles.
There was no indication whether
Mrs. Roosevelt’s trip west was made
in an effort to avert a definite break.
She departed for the east after a
36-hour visit to her son, who met
her in Arizona, At Los Angeles she
confirmed the information that the
divorce action was in the process.
SCHMELING LOSES TO
BAER IN TENTH ROUND
Meteorology
The science of the weather, called
meteorology, is of ancient origin, but
of very new foundations scientifically.
In fact, it is one of the youngest of the
sciences and at the same time one of
the oldest. Back In Benjamin Franklin’s
time, when he played with the light-
ning on a kite string, the weather
was almost an unexplored realm. It
was not until the days following the
Civil war that our present science of
meteorology really took Its first un-
certain baby-steps.
Ulster
Six of the nine counties of Ulster
constitute northern Ireland, together
with the parliamentary boroughs of
Belfast and Londoriderrry. The coun-
ties are Antrim, Armagh, Down, Lon-
donderry, Fermanagh and Tyrone.
Yankee Stadium, N. Y., June 8.—
Max Baer, young California giant,
battered Max Schmeling into help-
lessness before a crowd estimated at
65,000 tonight, winning on a techni-
cal knockout in the tenth round of
a 15-round fight.
Displaying terrific punching power,
Baer caught the former world heavy-
weight champion with a barrage of
rights to the chin in the ninth and
sent him to his corner, still punch-
ing him, teetering groggily after the
bell.
Coming out savagely to finish the
German in the tenth, Baer loosed a
volley of rights that floored Schmel-
ing for nine.
The Teuton came up gamely but
was helpless and Baer smashed him
; from one side of the ring to the oth-
er before Referee Arthur Donovan
stopped the bout after one minute and
51 seconds of the tenth with Schmel-
ing leaning helplessly in a neutral
corner.
The crowd of 65,000 sat in the
stifling heat of the big ball park,
Baer weighed 203 pounds; Schmel-
ing 189 *4.
Jack Dempsey, making his met-
ropolitan debut as a promoter, esti-
mated that receipts were j about
$250,000, as the crowd, sweltering in
heat above 90 degrees, filled all but
a few vacant spots in the big Amer-
ican League ball park.
GOLF TOURNAMENT NEWS
Most of the preliminary matches
of the annual golf, tournament have
been played and the winners are
ready for the second round.
First round results: Bob McLean
beat Joe Peak, Jim Hosea Bailey
beat W. W. Wilson, R. A. Blucher
beat Harry Moses, Roscoe Bolding
beat Elbert Clements, J. C. Abney,
beat Bedel O’Hair by forfeit, Omar
Brown beat Kline McGee, R. S. Nich-
ols beat C. E. Koon, Dr. M. M. Lan-
drum beat Charles Wachendorfer by
forfeit, Weldon Cloud beat Dr. C. H.
Faires, W. B. McGee beat Earl Fairea,
W. D. Florence beat S. T. Donnel,
S. D. Jones beat James Richard Key,
Dr. N. B. Taylor beat C. C. Abney,
T. J. Bvrne beat Dr. J. T. Sullivan
by forfeit, M. T. Taylor beat C. A..
iiorcnmgton, and H. H. Wilkins beat
E. L. Key. Two of the first round
matches have not yet been completed
between R. E. Rawls and Field Sen-
terfitt, and Dr. J. E. Willerson and
J. L. Frazer.
The second round matches are be-
ing played now and should be com-
pleted by Wednesday. In these
matches McLean plays Bailey, Blu-
cher plays Bolding, J. C-. Abney plays
Brown, Nichols plays Landrum, Mc-
Gee plays Florence, Dr. Taylor plays
Byrne, Northington plays Wilkins,
Cloud plays the winner of the Rawls
and Senterfitt match, and Jones plays
the winner of the Willerson and Fra-
zer match.
Plans are being worked out to be-
gin the ladies’ tournament within a
few days.
DRYS TAKE ISSUE WITH
WITT ON REPEAL STAND
DALLAS, June 9.—The United
Forces for Prohibition in Texas, in
a statement made public here Thurs-
day, took issue with Lieut. Gover-
nor Edgar E. Witt, who was quoted
in dispatches from Austin last night
as saying he would vote in the elec-
tion August 26 for repeal of the
eighteenth amendment and legaliza-
tion of 3.2 per cent beer in Texas.
“We refuse to believe the people
of Texas will follow our lientenant
governor in his attempt to bring
such a curse upon humanity,” the
statement said.
“We still believe tl^ere are enough
good citizens in Texas and enough
good men in Texas who would re-
gard their oath taken when elected
to office, who could make it possible
to enforce the law against liquor and
every other crime.
“He ought to know that such a
statement, which he thus makes while
holding^sueh an honored office, is one
of the reasons why many people have
had no respect for this law.”
The statement asserted that “the
liquor traffic would not exist a year
if our officials would boldly proclaim
they would enforce the law as long
as it remained upon the statute book.”
Nature Thought ©jF
Everything '
Nature thought of everything when
the human body was made. When the
body is about to become ill, nature
planned danger signals to warn us,
Thus, if our children grind their teeth
when they sleep, or lack appetite, or
Buffer from abdominal pains, or ltei
about the nose and fingers, we shoulk
know that they may have contracted
worms. Then, if we are wise, we buy a-
bottle of White’s Cream Vermifuge ana
safely and surely expel the worms. Thus
we avoid the danger of very serious
trouble. White’s Cream Vermifuge costs
only 35c a bottle, and can be bought from
Mackey’s Drugs, Lampasas
E. L. TrusseH, Kempner, Texas
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The Lampasas Leader (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, June 16, 1933, newspaper, June 16, 1933; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth891453/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lampasas Public Library.