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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 31, 1939)
‘Guinea Pig’ Test Determines Census Questions The questions you answer in the 1940 general census will be the result of a "guinea pig" census made by enumerators in St. Joseph and Marshall counties, Indiana, under the supervision of the U. S. census bureau. If the questions asked in the experiment are satisfactory, they will be Included in the general census. Left: Mrs. Russell Weesner of South Bend answers the enumerator’s questions. Right: Gerald Ryan, U. S. supervisor of the "guinea pig" census in the two counties. Railroad Accidents Take 25 Lives in Week’s Time 1 ■ wisbibbbbbb.....I..— ::; -v^* Twenty-five persons were killed and at least 165 injured during the space of one week recently when three railroad accidents in the United States made tragic headline history. Pictured here is the wreckage of the City of San Francisco, which was derailed near Carlin, Nev., causing 23 deaths. Right: A railroad official inspects the sabotaged rails, pointing to the place where plates that held the rails had been moved several Inches by vandals. On the same day, two persons were killed near Denver, Colo., when two crack trains crashed. Another wreck on the New York elevated lines resulted in injury to 50 persons. ‘Last Red Hot Mama’ Wins Labor Battle 1^ «»* ■«» oMNmtMiir The weighty conference between Sophie Tucker, last of the "red-hot mamas," and president of the American Federation of Actors, and Harry Richman, must have been successful, for shortly afterward the American Federation of Labor ended a labor dispute centering around Miss Tucker. The A. F. of L. ordered that her organization be reinstated into the As sociated Actors and Artists of America, from which it had been previously expelled. The decision was "pleasing" to Miss Tucker. Glass—20 Tons of It—Handle With Care Using house-moving technique, workmen move the original 200-inch glass disc of a Corning, N. Y., glass works through a gap which was cut in a railroad trestle. An entire section of trestle and tracks had to be removed so that the huge 20-ton telescope eye and its special steel cradle could pass. The disc is the largest single piece of glass in the world. ‘In the King’s Navee’ ——a dim— Resembling a character from a Gilbert and Sullivan opera, Alfred Young, S3, munches a sausage roll as he reports for duty at the royal naval barracks at Portsmouth, Eng land. He is a member of the re serve which took part in the com bined air and fleet exercises. Dunker’s Delight Now—a doughnut especially de signed tor duukers. Invented by Ar thur Basham, Indianola, Iowa, the doughnut has a wooden handle, sim ilar to a lollipop. It was exhibited at a New York exposition. ^M——————————I k Feminine Athletes Command Nation’s Spotlight irr~n — , < . i mnrm ihibih—■ I m.UI—.i • :-X%--:-g-:-Xg^:^5SMC06MWWUUBMWUUIIIIIIUllll K :-::-&BBMvys v ■ ■x x-^v :: x-x-x ; :^ ; b— - rn.. ~ .. . .. . . I .I——HWMUHI III! nn in IWHWIIIII .xliliMBifPI Though defeated recently in the eastern grass court tennis tournament, Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Fabyan, left, coupled form and efficiency to give a good accounting of herself in her match with Alice Marble. Center: Dorothy Poynton Hill, glamorous swimming heroine of the Olympics, has become a proficient golfer. Here she practices for a Los Angeles Invitational meet. Right: Mrs. Lela Hall of Strasburg, Mo., a modern markswoman who puts the famed Annie Oakley to shame, shoots and wins against the country’s best male marksmen. In trapshooting competition she scored a total of 195 out of n possible 200. Royal Family Entertained by British Schoolboys A W . ■ ..iik'X. ■• ' '■ vo^'-• • w', m.,:::m Be-kilted and tie-less, King George of England appeared to have the time of his royal life when he visited the schoolboys’ camp which he maintains. This year the camp was at Abergeldie, near the Balmoral castle. At left is Princess Elizabeth; beside her an aide de camp; King George is in center, then Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Rose. Ciano, Hitler Grind Their ‘Axis’ Italian Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano chats with German Reichsluehrer Adolf Hitler during conversations at Berchtesgaden and Salzburg between Ciano and Joachim von Ribbentrop, German foreign minister. Observers believed this conference brought a statement of Italy’s disinclination to support Germany in a war over Danzig, also paving the way for an all-European conference to settle issues over Danzig and Italian claims against France. Another Trophy for Women's Champ ' Alice Marble, center, called the world’s greatest woman tennis play* er, receives one of her latest trophies from Edward W. Moon Jr., chairman of the Westchester tennis committee at Rye, N. Y. Miss Marble defeated Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Fabyan, right, of Brookline, Mass., to win the pictured trophy. Latest Admirer Countess Barbara Hutton Haug> witz-Reventiow, Woolworth heiress, is pictured with Prince Di Bettette Cito De Felomarino at her summer villa at Capri, Italy. The countess, recently divorced from her Danish nobleman, formerly renounced her American citizenship. He’s Just Bluffing Little Scotty Chadwick, dressed for goggle-fishing, shows how to nab a sheepshead with a spear at the annual tournament at Beaufort, N. C. Scotty, however, can’t claim the credit. The fish was given to ( him by a participant. I,_ AGENTS WANTED Exceptional Earnings Possible for LIVE WIRE SALESMAN • We have a few choice territories open m this locality selling our complete line Building Maintenance Products. ASBESTOS, ASPHALT * INSULATION bfo. company atop W. FuOorton Ay*. . CHI cage, IIL STOVE & FURNACE REPAIRS DCDAIDC for ANY stove ntrHIIId FURNACE or BOILER Prompt Shipments Since 188! Order Through Your Dealer OMAHA STOVE REPAIR WORKS SCHOOLS f=VAN SANT=i| SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Co - Educational DAY OR EVENING—ALL YEAR All Standard Course* 207 So. 19th * OMAHA • JA 5890 Sew a Bag to Keep Your Ball of T wine In By RUTH WYETH SPEARS VVfHEN you want to wrap a package do you always know where to find twine? A ball of it in a bag like this one hung over the kitchen table will be ready for use. Scraps from your piece bag may be used in this way. The bag is just big enough to cover the ball loosely and is made of a straight I —mu. ' ■ - --77^ "T piece of goods with the ends seamed together with a French seam. The top and bottom are bound with prepared bias binding. A single cord is run through the binding at the bottom. It is drawn up to leave a small opening and the ends are tied and sewn se curely. Two cords are run through the top with a loop of each cord left on the outside so that the bag may be drawn up by pulling them. The ball of twine is placed inside with the end run ning through the bottom opening ready for use. Did you see the good news in the paper last week? About the new Sewing Book No. 3, which is now ready for mailing. It contains 32 useful ideas for home decorating; and things to use as gifts, and to sell at bazaars. You will be de lighted with it. The price of this new book is only 10 cents postpaid. Send coin with name and address to Mrs. Spears, 210 S. Desplaines St., Chicago, 111. /-\ To Check Constipation Get at Its Cause! If constipation has you down eo you feel heavy, tired and dopey, It's time you did something about it. And something more than just taking a physic! You should get at the couse of the trouble. If you eat the super-refined food most people eat, the chances are the difficulty is simple-yoa don’t get enough "bulk.” And “bulk” doesn’t mean heavy food. It’s a kind of food that isn’t con sinned in the body, but leaves a sof t ‘ ‘ bulky” mass in the intestines. If this common form of con stipation is your trouble, eat Kellogg’s All-Bran for breakfast every day and drink plenty of water. All-Bran isn’t a medicine —it’s a crunchy, toasted, nutri tious cereal. And it will help you not only to get regular but to keep regular, day after day. Made by Kellogg’s in Battle Creek. Sold every grocer. J Time to Have a Care When the cup is full, carry it even.—Scotch proverb. NERVOUS? Do you feel so nervous you want to scream? Are you cross and irritable? Do you scold those dearest to you? If your nerves are on edge and you feel you need a good general system tonic, try Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, made especially for women. For over 60 years one woman has told an other how to go “smiling thru" with reliable Pinkham's Compound. It helps nature build up more physical resistance and thus helps calm quivering nerves and lessen discomforts from annoying symptoms which often ac company female functional disorders. 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