BIBLICAL CITY IN
DEAD SEA WATER?
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May Confirm Destruction of
Sodom and Gomorrah.
A message to the London Times
from a oorrespondont in Cairn stated
that an airman flying recently over
the southern part of the Dead sea
reported having seen a ‘‘town lying
beneath the water." This town, ae
'Cording to an assistant to Sir Flin
ders Petrie, interviewed by a repre
sentative of the London Observer, is
thought of the London Gomorrah or
anotiier of the ‘‘five Cities of the
Plain” that were destroyed at the
same time with them. Archeologists
are not in agreement ns to the prob
able site of those cities. The north
ern shores have been considered the
most likely. But in the Scriptural
record mention is made of a little
city nearby named Zoar. a city to
which Lot and his daughters fled, a
city so small ns not to be as wicked
as the rest! A city of that name at
the south remained into Roman
times.
There Is abundant evidence that
there was a Cnnaanitish civilization
in that region at a time when the
plain was “well watered, everywhere
as thou goest toward Zoar"— like the
garden of the Lord. The place was
filled with city slaies as the Scriptural
record suggests, each with its king:
“And it came to pass in the days of
Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch,
king of lillasar. Chedorlnomer, king
•of Elam and Tidal, king of Golim,
that they made war with Bera, king
of Sodom and with Birsha, king of
Gomorrah, Shinab, king of Admah,
and Shemeber, king of Zeboiim and
the king of Bela (the same Is Zoar).
AH these joined together in the vale
of Siddim (the same Is (he Salt sea).”
Suddenly all the kings departed am)
with them nil the "inhabitants of the
cities and that which grew upon the
ground," for more than 20 centuries.
An "earthquake with fiery eruptions"
is postulated, and a consequent gen
eral desolation. “And Abraham
looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah
and toward all the land of the plain
and beheld, and lo, the smoke of the
land went up ns the smoke of a fur.
nace." Perhaps, too, the waters of
the Dead sea were, before the dis
turbance, whatever It was, at a lower
level. Now from the airman's height
their depths even are visible, and it
may be that the sequel of the story
of the judgment on Sodom and Go
morrah will be told.
Meteor Mystery
Tlic most spectacular meteor re
ported in the United States In many
years illuminated five states a short
time ago, and either disintegrated
just before reaching the earth or fell
in some deserted locality. Persons
in the Oklahoma Panhandle, north
Texas and New Mexico, and south
ern Kansas and Colorado all ex
pressed belief that the meteor, or
fragments of it, struck in their vi
cinity.
A farmer at Stratford. Texas,
found a four pound mass of metal at
the edge of a wheat field, which he
believes to be one of the fragments.
Although cool at the time of discov
ery, vegetation about the object had
been burned. The rumble of the
meteor as it sped through the air
was so great that it rattled doors and
windows, while persons in Oklahoma
report that the earth trembled for
several seconds.
Two air mail pilots flying 800
miles apart found themselves uncom
fortably close to the fiery mass, but
were treated with grandstand seats
"to the spectacle, which was visible
for many minutes.—Pathfinder Mag
azine.
Eczema
Burned and Itched
Terribly
Healed by Cuticura
—
“Eczema broke out in pimples on
tny child's head and later spread to
her neck and back. It burned and
Itched terribly and the little one
Scratched and cried continually. Her
•clothing hurt her so that I kept a
very thin dress on her. Her hair
came out In handfuls and what was
left was lifeless and dry. The Irrita
tion prevented her from sleeping.
“I sent for a free sample of Outl
cura Soap and Ointment. I could see
.a difference after using them. I pur- J
chased more and after using two
cakes of Cuticura Soap and two
boxes of Cuticura Ointment she was
healed.’* (Signed) Mrs. J. K. Thomp- i
son. Energy, Texas, July 2fl. 1932.
Cuticura Soap 25c. Ointment 25c
and 50c. Talcum 25c. Proprietors:
Potter Drug A Chemical Corp., MaU
den. Mass.—Adv.
Cheapest and Best
Aik raw lik« tat Oatir Fir
Kiltai Placed aarakere, at*
tnctiaad fcilli aM lliai. Naat.
clean, coaaaawat. lalt all
taaiaa. Made «I natal Cant
tptll oi tie ore. Ceal toil oi
Mm aaytklaf. Hat aid Sene* lac., Brack!ye. N T.
DAISY FLY KILLER
SMu* Clljr l*tg. Co., No. 23- 23
SOLUTION SEEN
OF OLD RIDDLE
El Paso, Tex. —(UP)—The riddle
jf the “basket makers,” prehis
toric human being, who lived in
the Hueco mountain caves, is
nearer solution than ever before.
Recent discoveries have in
creased the known facts concern
ing these people, who . scientists
say, lived in this region possibly
5,000 years ago.
The “basket-makers” — so-called
from the fact that they made
baskets of yucca fiber — buried
their dead in sitting positions,
placing baskets over their heads.
They raised com and hunted
with spears.
Yucca fiber was used extensive
ly for other things than baskets,
and in one cave more than 1.000
sandals made of the material were
found.
Pendants and necklaces of a
high artistry have been recovered
from the caves.
Differences in the burial cus
toms in certain sections of the
cave country gives rise to the be
lief that they may have been of
various cultures, perhaps different
races.
El Paso amateurs, many of
whom have fine collections of
relics from the caves, are encour
aging the deve’opment of a gen
eral sense of tha importance of
the finds to discourage loss of
specimens.
In one Hueca Cave, C. E. Cos
grove of the El Paso Archaeolog
ical society, found the skeletons
of a man, a woman, and a child.
Remnants of rabbit fur and feath
ers were found in a well preserved
state.
At-Home Pajamas
For informal at-home costume,
Helen Twelvetrees, screen star,
selects this striking pajama ensem
ble. It is of black and white printed
crepe, accented with ruffles of or
ganaa. The trousers are cal in vol
uminous pattern, giving the outfit
the appearance of an afternoon
frock.
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Farming and Mining
Will Relieve Depression
Salt Lake City, Utah —(UP) —
Restoration of better economic
conditions will come through ac
tivity in agriculture and mining
according to Senator-elect El
bert D. Thomas of Utah.
While Dr. Thomas declined to
advocate free coinage, he sug
gested that the federal govern
ment buy all silver produced in
the United States as a further
means to gain better times. The
public must be given a chance to
buy so consumption will be accel
erated, he said.
Immediately after the govern
ment takes each ounce of silver
and coins it, economic conditions
will improve, Dr. Thomas said.
We become frightened when fig
ures reveal this would total about
24 millions of dollars, yet nothing
Is said when we release 80 millions
in credit to one bank.
If that number of ounces of sil
ver could be produced, thousands
of men would be put back into
jobs. Mill3 would be opened in
Utah, Colorado, Nevada, New
Mexico. Arizona and other west
ern states, he asserted.
Confessing.
Prom Tit-Bits.
"Do you love me, Charles?” she
Isked.
"Of course T do.” he replied.
"Do you think only of me. night
and day?”
Well, IT1 be frank with you.
Now and then I think of football.''
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The United Kingdom drinks six
times as much tea as It does coffees,
Bui Placed at
Churchgoers’ Disposal
Homell. N Y. —(UP)— A prac
tice as unique as It Is claimed to
be successful Is that of the First
Church of Christ of Horn ell.
Persons desiring to attend the
church but who have no trans
portation facilities merely have to
notify the church and a motor
bus cornea and calls for them.
Then when services are over, the
worshipers are taken fca.-k home
by the bus.
New Occupation of Rhineland
May Follow Hitler’s Defiance
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War Clouds Gather Over Europe as Nazi Statesmen
Rattle the Sabre and Chancellor Persists in
Determination to Re-arm Reich.
E Franz von Papen Shaded Area Threatened
-——J with Ai>ued Occupation.
"It must never happen again" was the phrase most heard after the
World War as statesmen and leaders of every shade of thought through
out the world condemned war as a means of settling international diffi
culties. Yet today in London, Paris and Berlin the hectic days that pre
ceded the conflagration of 1914 are recalled. In France and England
headlines ask: “War or Peace? Germany Rattles the Sabre,” end in
Germany there prevails a sullen tenseness, similar to that of 19 years
ago when Kaiser Wilhelm was seeking a place in the sun. At the root
of the present situation is Chancellor Adolf Hitler's avowed determina
tion to re-arm Germany in defiance of the Versailles Treaty, which, if
carried through, may result in the reoccupation of the Rhineland by an
allied army of occupation. An idea of how high feoling has run may he
gauged by the reception given to Dr. Albert Rosenberg, Hitler’s special
envoy, in London. Cold-shouldered on all sides, denounced in the House
of Commons by Sir John Simon, Rosenberg returned to Germany after
the wreath he had placed on the monument to Britain’s war dead had
been taken and thrown in the River Thames. On the other side, Vice
Chancellor Franx von Papen added fuel to tho blaze by announcing in
a speech at Munster that "German mothers must give themselves to the
bearing of children and fathers must fall on the battlefields to assure
a future for their sons." Observers believe that Germany's attitude
meant the wreck of the Geneva disarmament conference and that of the
four-power pact recently proposed by Premier Mussolini of Italy. War
clouds are again over Europe.
Cars in Use of Home Remedies Is
Urged by Dr. Fishbein
CATHARTIC DANGEROUS IF ABDOMEN IS TAINFIJL, AS IT MAY
MEAN APPENDICITIS; HEADACHE POWDERS MAY
AFFECT HEART
17iv. muiviiiB risuiuin
Editor, Journal of the American
Medical Association, and of
Hygeia, the Health Magazine
Let us consider now the items
that really should be in any
first-class family medicine chest.
Most families want to keep on
hand a laxative or cathartic. Un
der certain circumstances any lax
ative or cathartic may be exceed
ingly dangerous. The most con
spicuous example is appendicitis.
This is at first just an infected
spot on a little organ which comes
off the large bowel and which ap
parently has no serious function
in the human body. If this infec- <
tion develops the way a boil de
velops from a pimple it is in dan
ger of bursting and spreading
throughout the body.
Therefore, no laxative or ca
thartic should ever be taken when
the abdomen is exceedingly pain
ful.
The most common laxatives
used in a family medicine chest
include liquid petrolatum, or min
eral oil, which is a mechanical
lubricant without possibility of
serious harm. Other common
preparations much used include,
of course, the old-fashioned cas
tor oil, seidlitz powders, milk of
magnesia, pyllium seed, sodium
phosphate aromatic cascara, and
mineral oil mixed with agar.
The next most commonly used
preparations in a family medi
cine chest, aside from the cos
metics, are pain relievers. Most
of these are used for headaches,
although sometimes they are used
for what are called neuritis, neu
ralgia, toothache and other pains
of unknown origin, as well as to
produce sleep.
Most headache powders bought
under patent trade marks contain
phenacetin or acetanilld, some
times in considerable doeage. It
is not well to experiment with
acetanilld because it may. in large
dosage have serious effects on the
body, including particularly the
blood and the heart. Moreover,
there is a tendency to form the
habit of taking such preparations.
Other drugs much used to pro
Southern New Jersey
Mystery Explained
Kau Harbor, N. J. — (UP* —
One of the mysteries of southern
New Jersey, why Great Egg Har
bor Bay is smaller than Little
Eg* Harbor Bay. haa been ex
plained
According to Captain Lews
Rialey, one of the oid*st water
men tn the district, the little mud
hen U responsible far ths paradox
of names.
"In the *a.l7 13Ui C'-nturv." he
auce sieep are aenvauves ci '
barbituric acid, of which some of
the best examples are veronal,
trional and combinations of bar
bituric acid with other drugs.
The family medicine chest Is
better off without preparations of
this character as the possibilities
for harm are sufficiently great to
suggest that these preparations
be not used except with medical
advice.
CANAL REVEALS
TWO MURDERS
Parte—(UP)—The police here
have been presented with at least
two murder mysteries as a result
of the emptying of the Saint-Mar
tin canal for repairs to the. sub
way running beneath it.
When the canal bed was exposed,
police found a fractured skull and
two bodies—one was declvpltated.
One of a man killed by a bullet.
Other discoveries included a 17th
Century sword, unexploded bombs
and shells from the World war and
the German bombardment In 1871.
and a collection of rust-incrusted
revolvers, knives and other wea
pons.
The Saint Martin canal, most of
which was constructed between
1802 and 1825, never before has
been emptied. The two bodies and
the skull were found In the tun
neled stretch of the canal.
Police are certain that the two
men were murdered. The absence,
however, of any distinguishing
marks makes their task of identi
fication and inquiry extremely dif
ficult.
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Pete Donlon, stroke of California’s
1928 Olympc Games champion
eight-oared shell, has become row
ing coach of the South End Rowing
club of San Francisco.
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Rosa Bonheur wore men’s cloth
ing while making her famous
animal paintings at fairs and stock
yard*.
said, "when there were no storage
houses for eg;* ship captains
would sad Into one of the many
harbors and send their crews
ashore to hunt for the nest of the
mud hen and gather eggs.
"What is now Great Egg Harbor
Bav became a favorite place for
such hun's because the eggs
found there were larger than
those found in L.tlle Egg Harbor
Bay which lies to the west of the
smaller body of waUr The r.amei
given by the sailors ha c stucic to
boti* buy".1*
HALF MILLION
AWAITS HEIRS
Chlrago — (UP) — Chicago un*
able to pay teachers, police or
firemen, nevertheless has some
$300 000 to give away. The money
represents unclaimed legacies.
Til' amount Is Increasing at the
rate or $10 000 a year. Records
of estates nnd data on missing
heirs Is guarded carefully in
vaults of the probate court and
it is estimated that if all the
claimant! were living they would
total 30.000.
There Is S3.000 left to a man
who at 97 enlisted In the Union
army in the Civil war. It is his
uncle's er.ato, but while notices
of his Inheritance followed him,
he fought with Sheridan at Five
Forks, Cold Harbor and other
battlefields without knowing of
his good fortune.
Another sought gold In Alaska
In 1398 and has not been heard
from since. His father left him
$3,574 Many an estate consists of
only $1 left to wastrel sons, or
daughters, cast off by their par
ents
After 10 years the money la
turned over to the county but
legally, heirs might obtain the re
turn of their bequests If they filed
suit.
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For 'Farm Evenings
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Combining yellow and black chiffon,
this charming Summery evening
frock, worn by lino Merkel, screen
player, is the ideal thing for warm
evenings out at the less formal
affairs. A braided belt of yrllote
breaks up the. black expanse of thm
skirt. Note the high waist-line.
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Dreaded Alligator
Renewed TiU Terrorism
Clarksdale, Miss. — (UP) —
Blue Dick, a dreaded alligator, has
renewed his terrorism around Ea
gle's Nest brake.
Strange tales have been woven
about this creature. He is said to
have migrated from Swan lake
into the brake about 50 years ago.
Some say he Is 14, and some 18,
feet long. He has been known to
capsize rowboats and recently he
held captive two inhabitants, Lee
Green and Burdine Mosley, while
they were gigging frogs.
Two little negro boys, it is said,
were recently kept clinging to the
branches of a cypress tree in ter
ror for houre, when Blue Dick ap
proached them.
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Erosion and Quicksand
Threaten Bell Homestead
Brantford. Ont. — (UP) — The
historic Bell homestead, where
Alexander Graham Bell invented
the telephone. Is in danger of top
pling down the banks of the
Grand river.
River erosion and a bed of
quicksand are the combined men
ace to the homestead site.
The Ontario government spent
$20,000 in driving piles and plac
ing groins in the river 20 years
ago The clap bed, however, rests
on a bed of quicksand and Is
showing signs of giving away fur
ther and tekingg the homestead
with it.
COOP MADE INTO TATUM
Racine, Wis. — (UP) — A huge
chicken coop has been converted
into a tavern on tha Joseph Tros
sen farm near here Trossen placed
the tavern in a apple orchard and
has set out tables under the trees.
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Man Cannot Be Used
As Beast of Burden
Dallas, Tex. —iUP>— Man cant
be used as a beast of burden in
this thriving metropolis: leave that
to China
This, in effect, was the ruling
of H. P Kueera. assistant city at
torney. A man had asked if he
could have another man pull a
Jinrlkuha through the streets,
with a woman ridmg.
Why? Oti, yes; to advertise a
tooth cleaner.
Method in Doing
Best for Others
Danger of Over-Indulgence
Point Always to Be
Considered.
Doing what Is best for others has
Its perplexities. The desire Is to
gratify the wishes of the person for
whom we would do the kindness, but
It will not provw a genuine kindness
unless the result Is beneficial. Self
sacrifice which is detrimental to an
other for whom the sacrifice Is made,
is indulgence. I» gives the one who
makes the sacrifice a sense of satis
faction to he aole to make It possi
ble for the other to gain the desired
goal, or succeed In doing what was
wlghed. If, tn the end, this Indul
gence Increases the selfishness of
the one for whom the kindness was
done, or even tf It merely pampers
him. or her, It brings to the forefront
of character unlovely and unlikahle
traits. It is true that one such In
dulgence Is seldom far-reaching in
its effect, but a repetition is a grave
mistake.
There Is no one who feels the
need of tempering the desire to grat
ify the wishes of others without
harm, more than a father or a moth
er. What the parents ate trying to
do Is help their children to develop
their hest natures. Anything which
parents do that hampers their off
spring In the ability to cope with
life puts the children at a disadvan
tage in the outside world. Being too
severe crentes a spirit of rebellion
which sometimes Is ns detrimental as
being too lenient, or too self-sacri
ficing in tbelr behalf. In neither
case is doing whut Is best for others
made the object of paramount Im
portance.
It is not always parents who fall
to do the hest for their children, as,
occasionally, one knows of cases
where children do n hit of the spoil
ing of parents. It is the children,
then, who make mistaken sacrifices.
When this Is so, the mother or fa
ther gets to tyrannize over the child
or children. Persons, young or old,
who have a natural tendency to be
selfish grow more selfish when ca
tered to continually. An unselfish
person grows mere npprwlntive and
careful of expressing wishes when
he. or she, realizes there is sure to
be an effort made to grant the
wishes, once they are known.
It is evident that It is not always
easy to do what Is hest for others,
because of the differences in human
natures. It takes discrimination.
But one may rest assured that It is
only when love rules Uie wishes, the
love which craves only what Is host
for others, that the vision Is clear.
©. 1933, Bell Syndicate.—WNII Service.
Splendid Monument
Dentil Valley National monument
/s the newest atiU greatest of all
our national monuments, and is even
greater iu size than nny of our na
tional parks with the exception of
Yellowstone and Mount McKinley.
Its 1,001,800 acres comprise an nrea
greater than tlint of Yosemite and
Grand Canyon National parks com
bined, and when additional territory
that Rbonld be added Is Included (it
Is likely In the future) It will exceed
all but Yellowstone In size.
SAFE WAY TO
IKE OFF FAT
« D KEEP IT OFF
*'I take Knurhrn Hull* Itfrann* It makes
me feel 100% Setter and it takes fat -itf
and kee|m It off. I take It in lint water
every morning, then 1 ran rat at much an (
like.'* Miva Knth Milner, De» Xlulur*. Iowa
(Jtui. ». 1930).
Once a day take Kruschon Salts—on*
half teaspoonful in a glass of hot water
first thing every morning. Besides los
ing ugly fat SAFELY you'll gain in
health and physical attractiveness-*
constipation, gas and aciditv will ceaso
to bother—-you’ll feel younger—more
active—full of ambition—clear skin—
sparkling eyes.
A jar «hat lasts 4 weeks costs but a
trifle at any drugstore in the world—
but demand and get Krus-.-hen and if
one bottle doesn’t joyfully please you—
money back.
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up. Ilia fi#a lUl In iih'mI Ii-ootitiam
hmltli 1 arm A|»mr, llarriaua, ArU.
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n ilMMCIIH I OPPORTIMIt»
I to atari a liu..ln.*». or mgr <«a with )'»«t a
four iloilara Ini mini ul • atal.iii rn*«.
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