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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1938)
Boy Sees With Gift Eye ! Frank Chabina pictured in Charity hospital at New Orleans, La., after the bandages had been removed from his eye on which a new cornea had been placed through the sacrifice of John Amos, sixty-year-old heart pa tient from St. Joseph, La., who surrendered his own eye to save the lad’s failing sight. Frank is able to see the surgeon’s hand held before his eyes. The boy’s eyes had been hurt by a lime dust infection. HEADS ENGINEERS Col. John J. Kingman, who was named by President Roosevelt as assistant chief of army engineers with the rank of brigadier general, for a four year term. Colonel King man, currently on duty in San Fran cisco as engineer in charge of river and harbor improvements, is the son of the late Brig. Gen. D. C. Kingman. A Sea of Backs Bows at Moslem Festival m . ■■■■ ■ — ■■ 1 - — Farther than the eye can see stretches this vast expanse of backs at Calcutta, India, during the Moslem feast of Id-el-Firt. Massed multitudes of the faithful join in this public declaration of their faith, in an im pressive part of an age-old religious ceremony. Her Axe Is Death £ to Slot Machine Mrs. Dan Kite, of Alton, 111., who is reported to have smashed 13 slot machines in ten taverns with an axe and her strong right arm. Be cause of the Illinois attorney gen eral’s ruling that there are no prop erty rights in gambling devices, no charges were placed against her. Victims of Jap Bombings <• ..... ■'▼•"• ,wl,»w»w" i hi—— mwuin This photograph, one of the first of the Nanking bombings, shows a peasant carrying his dying child, an innocent victim of Japanese bomb ing. Dazed and in terrible anguish, he is allowed by doctors to place his child in an ambulance. Ship Reaches Its Last Port of Call The freighter Ohioan, which went aground many months ago ofT Lands End near San Francisco, Calif., is shown above after it was broken in two during one ol the worst storms off the California coast in many years. Because of the precarious position in which the ship was left, it was impossible for salvaging vessels to approach close enough or for tugs to help float the vessel. Scenes and Persons in the Current News 1—Four new destroyers, latest additions to Uncle Sam's first line defense in the Pacific, moored to a buoy at San Diego, Calif. 2—Hirosi Saito, Japanese ambassador to the United States, who expressed on the radio his government’s regret over the bombing and sinking of the Panay which he termed a “shocking blunder.’’ \ 3—Rift in organized labor’s ranks is widened as Philip Murray, left, and Lieutenant Governor Kennedy of Pennsylvania attack the American Federation of Labor at a C. I. O. meeting. New York World’s Pair in Preview Artist’s conception of the middle sector of the central mall of the New York World’s fair of 1939, showing a 2,000-foot esplanade arranged alongside five lagoons. The lagoons will form setting for a group of four sculptured figures symbolizing basic factors in American liberty, for huge exhibit buildings and other exposition features. NOVEL WORM CATCHER I)r. Carl Omeron, left, of Los Angeles, Calif., demonstrates his **vibro-helmonlholator,” a worm catching device he recently invent ed, to his friend, Don Wilson. It con sists of a steel rod and a corrugated wooden stick. When he puts the rod in soggy earth near a tree or pole and draws the stick across the rod like a violinist drawing a bow, the worms come out attracted by the vibrations. GAVE EYE TO BOY John Wesley Amos, sixty years old, of St. Joseph, La., who gave his left eye to Frank Chabina, nineteen years old, in a rare operation re cently, that he might save the lad’s failing sight. Amos and Chabina be came friendly in a hospital in New Orleans where they were patients. Feeding the Poor in Italy Men and women relief recipients receiving their quota of bread and a pot of soup at a station established in Milan to take care of their needs through the winter. “Move Over!” Says Dam Builder to River Shifting around America’s second-largest river is one of the most difficult problems connected with con duction of the Grand Coulee dam on the Columbia river in Washington, which on completion will be the larg est masonry construction in the world. Picture shows gigantic bulkheads which close off slots in the west section of the dam, forcing the river to move over and flow through similar passageways left in the cen tral section All-Purpose Gloves Crocheted Lengthwise Nimble fingers are busily cro cheting these lovely wholly gloves that so closely follows the vogue. They’re quick to do—two flat iden tical pieces whipped together—i with a gusset for that wrist flare. Use either yarn or string for end-* Pattern 5676. • less durability. Just wait till yoi| see how easy they are to do! In pattern 5676 you will find direct tions for making these gloves; an illustration of them and of all stitches used; material require-t ments. To obtain this pattern send 15 cents in stamps or coins (coind preferred) to The Sewing Circle] Household Arts Dept., 259 W. 14tty Street, New York, N. Y. We Admire the Chap Who Can Stand the Gaff We hear of some individual who. In spite of misfortune and handi caps, has faced life with a song on his lips and who has continued tho battle against disagreeable cir cumstances, and we profess great admiration for him; but when we are assailed with troubles, we are apt to make a great outcry about injustice. We cannot stand the gaff that hooks us for our own heedlessness. If we let the other lead the way and break trail, we must expect to get his dust.—Detroit News. How One Woman Lost 20Jbs of Fat Lost Her Prominent Hips— Double Chin—Sluggishness Gained Physical Vigor— A Shapely Figure. 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