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    CHINA GIVEN :
KRAUT CREDIT
Chicago — (UPl — The famous
Chinese dish, chop-suey, was or
iginated in San Francisco and now
they say that the German dish
sauerkraut is Chinese.
Popular fancy long has credited
kraut to the Germans, although
Belgium, England. Holland, Den
mark Russia and France have
claimed it. But according to Roy
Irons secretary of the National
Kraut Packers association, who
has completed an investigation
into the history of kraut, it first
sprang into being as part of the
rations served laborers on the
Great Wall built in 200 B. C.
Hsien Gai Tsai, as kraut was
called probably had its source
much before 200 B. C, but it was
in the reign of Shi-Hwang Ti,
Chinese emperor of the Chin
dynasty, who built the great wall, <
that the first traces have been
found. It was used to combat beri
beri and other intestinal diseases
occasioned by a diet of rice.
Carried through Russia into
Europe, it moved westward, ac
quiring new names as it went.
Germany and English speaking
nations know it as “sauerkraut;"
Danes call it suhrkaal! suurkood
In Holland, and various soarkrod,
sourerout, sowercrawt. sowerkraut,
chouroute and saurkraud in other
countries.
French Births Show Up
Trend in Vital Statistics
Paris — (UP) — Marriages in
'Fiance for the second quarter of
1931 numbered 96.846, according to
vital statistics. In the same period
there were 5,526 divorces and 186,
656 births. Deaths of children less
than one year old totalled 14,510
and all other deaths numbered 152.
944 Births exceed the deaths for
the quarter by 19.202.
The figures, compared with the
same period in 1930, show 437 fewer
births, 249 more divorces, 1,702
fewer deaths of children under one
year, 4,347 more deaths above 12
months. This year again, the birth
of male children exceeded those of
female children, and more, boy#
died at an early age than girls. I
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Free Churches May
Become Talkie^
London — (UP> — The possibili
ty of a number of free churches be
ing sold and converted into “talkie*
cinemas, was mentioned bv the Rev,
J, A. Patten, of Dulwich, in an ad
dress.
He said that with the continued
decline in cljurch attendances,
free churches would be affected
more because unlike the estab
lished churches, which would be
come places of pilgrimage because
of their historical interest, ths
free churches coulu not rely on
endowments, but depended on in
dividual support from its mem
bers.
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Indiana Bootlegger
Aids Community Chest
Gary, Ind — (UP) — A donation
to the community fund here was
accompanied by a letter earnestly
requesting that the giver’s name be
withheld. It explained that he was
a bootlegger.
The donor warned it would be
to the advantage of both parties to
withhold his name. “If it gets out,”
he explained, “the cops will bust up
my business and then I won’t be
able to keep my pledge until May 1.
He promised to give $5 each
month until May, with the apology
that “if business wasn’t so slow, I
would gladly give more.”
TURKEYS VAMPED GOBBLER
Pueblo, Colo.—(UP)—Paul Gil
bert, forest ranger, offered this
drama of the wilds. Last spring,
three wild hen turkeys appeared at
the home of Henry Schmidt, ranch
er, and “vamped’’ one of his do
mesticated gobblers, who accom
panied the turkey flappers to the
woods. The gobbler hasn’t been
back.
SLED FOR GOLFER’S SLICE
Detroit — (UP) — Cities are re
sponsible for the actions of golfers
on municipal links, Mrs. Katherine
Bauman claims in a $10,000 damage
suit filed against Detroit. The
plaintiff said she has been unable
to masticate her food since a golf
er sliced a ball over a municipal
links fence. The ball broke her jaw.
she said.
“BOY” STAYED OUT NIGHTS
Memphis, Tenn.—(UP)—A wom
an here recently called on police to
find her “boy,” who, she declared,
had stayed out all night. The desk
sergeant called off the search when
he heard the ‘ boy” was 20 year*
old.
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Poor Charlie!
From Pathfinder.
Bride: Boo-hoo — Charlie grum
bled at me for serving the soup last.
Mother: But, dear, I’m sure h*
didn’t mean to hurt your feelings.
Bride: I know—boo-hoo—but it
wasn’t soup. It was coffee.
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Afraid of Them.
From Smith's Weekly, Sydney.
"Why did you give up the stage
after appearing in that old Roman
play?”
“The audience wanted me to be
thrown to them instead of to the
’’ions.”
JURIST SEES ENGINE
Detroit — (UP) — Before decid
ing a railway accident damage
suit. Judge Adolph F. Marschner
reserved the right to see the acci
dent scene for himself. He donned
overalls and climbed into the cab of
the engine, which the plaintiff
claims severed both his legs.
AGED MAN SHINGLES ROOF
Natik, Mass. — (UP) — Like the
postman who took long walks oh
his vacation. Louis R. Avay, elderly
carpenter, celebrated his 84th birth
day anniversary recently by shing
ling the roof of his home.
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Too Much Food, Too Little Exercise
Is Cause of Fat
GLANDS LIKEWISE PLAY IMPORTANT ROLE IN FIXING
WEIGHT OF BODY
BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN,
Editor, Journal of the American
Medcial Association, and of
Hygeia, the Health Magazine.
Drs. D. N. Dunlap and R. M.
Murray Lyon, Scotch physicians,
are convinced that most people who
get fat do so because they eat too
much and take too little exercise.
There are, however, many instances
in which two people eat exactly the
same diet In the same amounts,
one becoming overweight and the
other retaining normal weight. The
obvious difference in these two
cases is the manner in which the
body disposes of the food that is
taken in. It is well established that
the glands of the body, including
particularly the pituitary, the thy
roid and the sex glands, are related
to the question of the disposal of
sugars and of fat.
It is well recognized that among
women as they gain maturity, as ;
they have children, and as they ap- |
proach the period at the end of
middle age, there is a special ten
dency to change in weight. Men are,
in general, more active physically
than women. They spend more time
in the open air, eat more proteins j
and less sugars, and are less likely |
to search for reduction in weight
just to look better. The common- ,
est age for the beginning of over- j
weight is between 20 and 40 years
of age in women, the average being
usually around 30. Among men the
onset of overweight is likely to come
on somewhat later.
One-third of the women who were
examined by the Scotch physician?
associate their tendency to over
weight with childbirth. There are
however, other factors to be taken
into account. For instance, the
period of childbirth is approximate
ly 30 years of age, which is the be
ginning of the period when mcwt
women tend to become fat. Further
more, it is the tendency of human
beings to associate some striking
occurrence in their lines with the
onset of some physical change
Thus, if a child becomes paralyzed
or shows signs of mental weakness,
the parents are likely to associate
this with an accidental fall from
the high chair. Children who have
developed infections of the bone?
or of the heart are usually blamed
for having been over-active or for
having indulged in some particular
strain when the actual cause is per
haps a hidden infection in the ton
sils or in the teeth.
Of course, following childbirth, a
woman 1s likely to rest much more
than previously, and also to eat
much more. This would explain the
tendency to overweight at such a
time.
Doctor, Lawyer
and Pastor
Doctor of medicine, doctor of law
md doctor of divinity—all of these
is attractive Llll Muller, above, of
Vienna, Austria. She Is believed to
be the only woman in the world
to hold these three degrees from
accredited universities.
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Ruth Defends His Calling.
Henry Kittredge Norton in Current
History.
Babe Ruth fell into a philosophi
cal mood recently:
“Why shouldn’t I be proud of be
ing a professional ball player, and
why shouldn’t I be proud of my
records? It always makes me tired
when I hear people in the grand
stands sav that if this or that ball
player hadn't been lucky enough to I
REPLICA OF TEMPLE IN SUGAR
Paris — (UP) — A complete
| replica of the Temple of Angkor Vat
made entirely of sugar was shown
at the Paris Cookery exhibition In
Paris, made by M. Charles Blechet.
or Narbonne. The model contained
4.500 pieces of sugar and took 60
days to complete.
PARK WOOD TO AID MUTES
Chicago — (UP) — When tree
surgeons have pruned the forest
preserves of Cook county this fall,
the timber felled will be cut into six
to eight foot sections and hauled
to the Good Will industries of Chi
hit or pitch a bascoaii, ne mignr
have been a ditch-digger.
“Of course, he might. And that
goes for fellows in any other line of
business, even those who are mak
ing the cracks. If Tetrazzini or
Mary Garden hadn’t had such won
derful voices they might have been
working around the house like any
other woman and wanting to be
taken somewhere on Saturday night
to see what’s going on in the world,
wouldn’t they?
“If a lot of these great writers
hadn’t had the knack of writing,
they might have been plow hands
or ditch-diggers, too. They don t
work a bit harder to get to the top
of their profession than we do. If it
had been merely a matter of luck
I might have been just as good a
pitcher when I started as I was
later. You notice it was a long time
before I began hitting so many
home runs, don’t you?
“Yes, that stuff always makes me
tired. Besides, it isn’t fair. As a gen
eral rule, the ball player earns all
the glory that he gets, iust the same
as anybody in any other walk oi
life/*
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Rabbi Plans Modem
Exodus to Palestine
Chicago — (UP) — A modem day
exodus to the Holy Land is planned
when Rabbi Solomon Goldman wil
lead men and women gathered from
the United States, Mexico and
Canada
In his flock will go Jews, Catho
lics, Episcopalians and an af
firmed Agnostic. By the time they
arrive at Jerusalem they will have
discovered a few fundamental con
cepts, according to the belief oi
one, a Presbyterian.
Sailing from New York they
will stop at Gibraltar, touch Mar
seilles, Naples and other point'
in the Mediterranean. Reaching
Syria, they will journey to Damas
cus and later spend a month al
Palestine.
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MORE NOSE VEILS
We’re seeing many smart look
ing matrons about town these days
wearing very sheer nose veils. These
veils have no border and are so
filmy that it takes two looks, some
times, to make sure a veil is being
worn at all.
cago. This organization will have
deaf mutes chop the wood into
stove lengths and it will then be
given to the handicapped people
aided by the Good Will Industrie*
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He Knew Belter.
From the Humorist.
“So you're a salesman now, en,
Sar bo? Do you stand behind the
products you sell?”
"NO sah, I don't.”
“Why, Sam, I’m surprised at you.
You should always stand behind
your product. What are you sell
ing ’ ’
* Mules.’'
WEST PLANNING
NEW CONQUEST
Congress to Hear About
Columbia River
Project
Washington — (UP) — Conquest
by irrigation of another great in
land empire, to add to America’s
power and food productivity, awaits
the words of Congress.
Proposals for development of the
Columbia river basin, which in
cludes more than 1,800.000 acres of
arid and semi-arid land in Washing
ton state, will be pressed by the
senators and congressmen of the
three northwestern states.
Preparatory steps for an $800,000,
000 project, destined to provide 40,
000,000,000 kilwatts of power annu
ally and support a population of
perhaps 1,000.000 are expected to be
taken on the basis of army engi
neers’ reports
Sale of power for commercial
use, and payments of farmers for
irrigation water, are planned to re
pay the projected expenditure by
the federal government. Seven huge
dams on the Columbia and Snake
rivers are proposed, along with a
barge canal to furnish transporta
tion to the Pacific coast.
Interior department officials, who
have studied the proposal on the
basis of results in the other irri
gation and reclamation projects es
timate that a farm income of $79.
000,000 might be produced; that
24,000 farms of 80 acres each would
support a rural population of 120,
000, with a similar population in
new towns, and a possible 500,000
population' increased in Portland,
Tacoma and Seattle. Present land
values in the basin are from $2 50
to $50 an acre, averaging less
than $15.
Such a development would take
more than 25 years, officials here
believe.
The reclamation bureau of the in
terior department Is now consider
ing what to recommend to Con
gress, in the face of recommenda
tions by Oregon, Washington and
Idaho interests for a large-seal#
immediate start.
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Policeman Gains Weight
While Walking Beat
Huntington, W. Va. — (UP) —
Walking is not a sure way to re
duce according to H. C. Morris, who
has put in a claim for the title of
"World’s Heaviest Policeman.”
Morris admits his duties as a
wagonman have made him a little
peaked." He now weighs only
314 pounds as compared with 331
pounds—his weight four years ago
when he was "pounding" a beat.
In general, police work agrees
with Morris. When he joined the
force in 1907 he weighed 240
pounds and five years later when
he entered other employment he
weighed 278. During the next
eight years Morris lost 28 pounds.
He re-joined the police force in
1920 and in seven years gained
61 pounds.
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Son Throws Radio at
Father in Argument
Sunbury, Pa.—(UP)—John Zelin
sky came home to find his step
son, Joseph Pilkus, playing the ra
dio.
“Shut that off!" John ordered.
“No,” Joseph replied.
“That's my radio and turn it
Off,” the owner countered.
“Well, here’s your radio. Take
it." Joe responded and allegedly
threw the radio into John's face.
The lacerations received required
several stitches to close. John
brought Joe into court.
“Aggravated assault and bat
tery by radio," the judge said and
held the aggressor for trial.
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People Having Faith
Bound to Succeed
Detroit — (UP) — People who
Will throw off the shackles of fear
and cling to a faith that a new era
of prosp rity faces the world are
bound to succeed regardless of the
times, Kerwin H. Fulton, New York
president, told delegates to the na
tional convention of outdoor adver
tisers here.
“The faith which I feel,” said
Fulton, “and the renewed courage
and determination which I would
like to communicate to you, is
based not on dreams or visions or
hopes but is firmly grounded on
actual facts.
"Events which have occurred
during the last few months have
convinced me that the most stren
uous loss we, as a people, have
suffered in this so-called depres
sion period, has been loss of faith
—a wcaknening of the confidence.”
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New Gyroplane Devices
Developed in Indiana
Elkhart. Ind.— (UP) —New ideas
And untried devices for gyroplanes
are being developed here by George
Ii. Stauffer, regarded as an inven
tor of the gyroplane.
A large Harrick vertoplane, the
type in which an aviator met death
a: Niles. Mich., recently, is planned
b' Stauffer. It will be a combination
of the conventional plane and th#
autogiro.
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New York Man Recalls
College Days With Sze
Odessa, N. Y. — (UP) — The
hame of Dr. Alfred Sze Chinese
cuplomat, has more than a casual
interest to residents of this tiny hill
town.
Harvey J. Couch, a resident, was
v roommate of Sze at Cornell, and
has remained a close friend since.
Sze has been a guest of Couch on
many occasions. The two friends
have been instrumental in en
couraging Chinese students to
, study in the United States.
“CRIMS” OF INDIA
ADEPTS IN CRIME
Skillful in Robbery Almost Be
yond Belief.
To step lu where a government
hail admitted failure, to pit all his
energies anil long years of perilous
work in a tight against organized
crime, was the task that Commis
sioner F. Booth Tucker, of the Sal
vation army, together with his wife,
set himself when he undertook to
reform certain notorious criminal
tribes in India.
The “Crims" as the Indian crim
inals nre called, consist of entire
tribes of natives, some of whom nre
descended from the ancient rulers of
Indin. They live almost entirely by
robbery and rapine. There nre about
1,000,000 Crims in India, handed to
gether In a secret society whose sole
business Is to commit crime. Both
men and women take part In the
robberies, while their children nre
employed as scouts and guides.
The Crims use neither sword nor
gun, anil Invariably carried out the
raids miles away from their own
village. Then follows a general
“share out" of the spoil, which fre
quently represents a huge sum. In
one province 3,300,000 rupees were
reported ns stolen in one year. Of
tills amount only the odd 306,000
were recovered.
Occasionally a tribe will keep a
regular gang of perhaps 30 young
men to do 1 he robbery for (lie whole
tribe. The remainder live ns agri
culturists. If one of the gang Is
taken by the police, his successor
is immediately named by the tribal
chiefs. If lie hesitates go, every
woman in the tribe mocks him. It
is n case of “No robbery—no wife."
One tribe specializes in jewel rob
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borles. In India native women make
(heir ears their banks and Invest
I heir savings In jewelry. Tills they
bang from the lobes of their ears,
which are artificially enlarged for
Ihe purpose. Each member of this
particular tribe has a razor-edged
blade strapped to bis forefinger, and
after creeping toward a sleeping
woman lie makes a neat cut in bee
ear and relieves her of her jewelry.
So skillful Is the cut and so hard the
flesh that In many cases the sleeper
is not disturbed.
One of the difficulties was to In
duce the Crims to believe that a po
liceman Was not necessarily a foe.
The ordinary Crim Is adept at
breaking Into native houses, whose
walls are usually of mud or wattle,
lie does not force open the door; lie
cuts a hole in the wall.
Usually the strong are arrogant
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Causes of Earthquakes
A scientist confirms the theory
that the pull of the moon anil sun
on the earth operates to determine
the time of earthquakes.
Modern Inheritance
“Yon say Myrtle Inherited .her
beauty?"
“Yes, her mother left her a cos
metic shop.”—Boston Transcript.
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A scientist says that Insects never There are mere than 800 standard
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Some limbs of the law seem un
able to branch out very far.
At night, dogs, if they are awake,
have too much imagination.
lie who lives on his past reputa
tion has a half-starved look.
Marrying for money is better than
dying in poverty—sometimes.
Buying ||
Wisely I
In those days people are buying wisely. j |
They study values more closely Ilian j J
ever before, they compare prices. The ' f
buyer today studies advertising care
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lag and obtain better results than JMlL
when money Is more carelessly
spent* Advertising nowadays
pays—both buyer and seller.