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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1940)
WHO’S NEWS THIS WEEK By LEMUEL F. PARTON (Consolidated Features—WNU Service.) NfEW YORK.—It Is pleasant. la 1 deed, to get something on Ho ratio Alger. Here's a boy who won his way to eminence by watching A, , t, a c>ock. al Alger a Theory though he ofClockWatcher was 38 years Ceta a Setback °ld and ,had been just a clock-puncher instead of a watcher before this hair-pin turn in his ca reer routed him to fame. We cite Dr. Frank Conrad, the “father of radio broadcasting,” recently ■warded the gold medal of the American institute for his “guiding genius in developing the world’s first radio broadcasting system.” The master clock which ticked off his higher destiny hung in the plant of the Westinghouse oo in pan y in Pittsburgh. It was a highly reputable old clock, but Mr. Conrad didn’t altogether trust it. He and another em ployee made a bet as to which had the more accurate watch, through a week of time-keeping. Mr. Conrad refused to accept the decision of the office clock. in an unused garage near ms home at Wilklnsburg, he rigged a crude receiving apparatus to catch time signals from the na val station at Arlington, Va. He caught them, but he also caught some added starters which he could not at first explain. Em ploying a primitive direction finding device, he located them as apparently springing from a slag heap about a block away. He didn't find the source there, but he did And it a few steps farther on with one John Cole man, among the lonely impresa rios of the first feeble birth cries of radio. That was in 1912. Mr. Conrad in cidentally won the bet on his $5 watch against its $40 rival, but he forgot all about mere time signals. He and Coleman teamed their re searches and began Altering ghostly phonograph recordings through the intervening slag heap. The rest is an old story—the historic KDKA Harding broadcast, t)r. Coleman’s 200 radio patents, his honorary doc torate from the University of Pitts burgh and his award of the Lieb man, Edison, John Scott, and Lamme medals. He is still curious and will take a sharp look at anything interesting or important, which alertness has led him into diligent research in botany, biology and astronomy. He has a lined, leathery face, steel gray hair and, naturally, ever watchful eyes. IF THERE are any good ball play ers among the European refu gees, they can get good jobs and nice pay in the Caribbean league, ~ i -r --n working for General Trujillo Gen Rafae] After Players for Leonidas Tru Caribbean Team I!1'0- *»».of the Domini can republic. He has been angrily accused of raiding the American National Negro league, and the Pittsburgh Crawfords have been mourning that no dark-skinned shortstop is safe when the general starts building up his infield. The little, brown, diligent head-man of Santo Domingo is unpredictable. Since he took power 10 years ago, the junta of exiles here has been stacking him up as another Hitler. Hut just now, he signs a contract admitting 500 families of exiles from Germany and Poland, do nates them 24,000 acres of land and says provision will be made for 100,000 additional set tlers In the future. The con tract grants citisenship to the newcomers and pledges their freedom from “molestation, dis crimination or persecution.” He was a farm boy who learned fighting and ball-playing with the marines, during an eight-year pe riod, ending in 1924 with the end of occupation. He’s a fast shortstop. In the Dominican army he romped up through grades from private to general. In 1930, he tipped over old President Velasquez and took the country. In the framework of a democracy, he made him self a 100 per cent dictator and his enemies admit that he has made a tidy little nation out of a jungle. He put the opposition in jail. He has the cleanest of the Latin American countries and boasts that there is neither crime nor unem ployment in Santo Domingo. He decreed that all automobiles should have lettered on their license plates, “Viva Trujillo!” He also had con gress officially proclaim him, “ben efactor of the fatherland.” He has a beautiful residential es tate. patrolled night and day by the army, and three country estates, where meals are served on sched ule, as he has implanted the tradi tion that he is apt to appear any where, any time—and he really is. Sheerest Black Lace Is Used In Unique and Fetching Ways By CHERIE NICHOLAS INTO the story of modern costume * design the black magic of exqui sitely sheer lace is writing a chap ter of fascinating interest. The lat est discovery about black lace is that instead of being "oldish” look ing, as we were once led to be lieve, it really is as flattering to the debutante as it is to the woman who registers in the "live-begins-at-for ty" class. Note how artfully handsome black lace is introduced in the fashions pictured. If you are invited to an important function you could not make a more suitable choice than a gown of shimmering, crisp yellow taffeta jacketed with a basque of fine black lace beautifully fashioned and daintily transparent, as shown in the illustration, to the left. A flattering lace jacket of this type is a grand possession, for you can wear it with various costumes. Being high necked and having three-quar ter sleeves, it is not too formal for your “at home” receptions nor too informal for an important party elsewhere. The quaint use of wide black lace to border the yards and yards around hemline adds infinite ly to the chic of this adorable gown. With a dress so distinctive as this of course one will want a few superb jewels to flash forth fire and beauty. The ornament worn at the hairline in Hollywood style, is a new "headgem” worth noting, be ing a yellow diamond set in Spanish gold. It is suspended on a ribbon concealed under the curls. Milady also wears two white diamond bracelets and a yellow diamond ring. Each season certain jewelry vogues stand out pre-eminently in the mode and the immediate style message is diamonds, a single fine jewelry unit rather than a bizarre showing of costume jewelry. A most attractive use of black lace is that of a yoke that gives flat tering transparency to an afternoon gown of sheer wool crepe or what ever the fabric of your dressy black frock. See the idea illustrated to the right in the group. Ladies, take notice if your clothes allowance is limited and you like to sew here is a grand suggestion for fixing over a dress that calls for restyling. Give it a dainty lace yoke. The brimmed turban that tops this charming lace yoked dress is one of a collection of lovely white hats that are high fashion. It is made of white silk jersey draped softly over the brow to give the appearance of a brim. The quaint silhouette of the 1890s distinguishes the attractive dinner gown centered in the illustration. This stunning dress of black Rodier wool fits slimly to the figure, flaring only toward the floor where it ends in a lace flounce. A bustle illustra tion is achieved by a black velvet bow securing folds of the material. The sleeves are elbow-length with the fashionable “pushed-up” look. Lace forms a deep inset covering the back decolletage and forming also a cowl-back hood which brought up over the head has the appear ance of a mantilla. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Ornate Detail Black and yellow braid in a scroll patterning has been used in a bolero fashion on an afternoon dress of teal blue sheer wool as pictured at the i top. A broad girdle of self fabric forms the wide corselet. Her black hat has a blue snood at the back. A smart version of the separate blouse and skirt for informal eve | nings is shown below. Embroidery and quilting on the white crepe blouse, the outline stitch done in gold thread is very effective. This two-piece is practi cal because either piece may be worn with another mate. This ; blouse would look well with a street | length skirt for less formal occa i sion. Braiding, embroidery and oth er ornate surface work continues to flourish in the spring mode. Flower Jewelry Is Harbinger of Spring If you want to feel the exuberance of spring tingle through your veins and if you want to cause others to feel just like that at sight of you, be one of the first to brighten your costume with an ensemble of enamel flower jewelry. One of the prettiest designs is a bib necklace made of yellow-centered white enamel daisies. And here’s good news—you can get bracelet and clips to match. With the new pastel frock you are wearing under your coat, a neck lace of pearl material blown up into featherweight colorful flowers will be delectable. These perfectly charming flower gadgets do wonders for black or navy frocks. And do these gaily colorful jewelry flowerets flatter! Well, just look in the mir ror and see. Spring Fabric-Call For Twill Effects *‘I will take so many yards of repp," that’s the way our grand mamas used to say it when they were buying material for the new suit or dress and the prospects are we are going to be saying just that as the spring season comes on. Repp is one of the worsteds that is being heralded as ever so fashion able for the coming months. In fact the trend is decidedly toward twill effects. There is every indication that navy will be com peting with black. So look for a season of handsome suits, coats and street one-piece dresses fashioned of some one or other of the new twilled weaves. Amber Toned Frock Has Strong Appeal A delicate sheer fabric and heavy silk jersey, both in a creamy amber tone, are combined in a romantic evening gown designed by Edith Head. The dress itself is made of sheer silk, cut with a swirling cir cular skirt and a bodice styled like a basque sweater. The bodice is embroidered in ropelike bands of gold threads and the whole crea tion is worn over a slip of matching silk jersey. U. S. Guards Its Strategic Resources While ‘Haves' Fight With ‘Have Nots' By PETER BECK j (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) HZ'ASHINGTON. - When ▼ V Adolf Hitler initiated his eighth year as Nazi Reichs ! fuehrer, he asserted, in threat ening the Allies with total war, that this tvas ‘‘a social j war between nations, in which the have-nots are fighting the haves for a new division of the world.” It was an excuse as old as the first caprice of Mother Nature. For, scattering generous supplies of mineral and vege table resources in some spots of the earth and leaving oth ers woefully barren, Nature created a world of “haves’’ and “have-nots" and war has been go ing on somewhere ever since. Against daily reports of the pinch European nations are feeling be cause of blockades, there stands in relief a more encouraging picture for Uncle Sam. U. S. Pretty Well Off. America is self-sustaining to a de gree nearly equaling the total of “the six other great powers" in the essentials to “a comfortable stand ard of living,” according to Lieut. Col. H. D. Rogers, chief of the com modities division, office of the as sistant secretary of war. These es sentials, Colonel Rogers writes in Army ordnance, are: Foods, fibers, power, iron and steel, machinery, chemicals, coal and petroleum. The U. S. has one-third to one half the world’s wealth and does one-half its work. Colonel Rogers says. The average American work man has 1316 horsepower at his command, those of some other coun tries less than one. For this reason he estimates the American workman to be worth two French or Italian workmen, nearly two Germans, or three and one-half Russians. Inventive genius and industrial science have cured many of Amer ica’s material deficiencies and are working to cure what few there re main today. The army commodi ties division, according to Colonel Rogers, now lists only 17 materials as “strategic,” a far smaller num ber than that listed by other nations. These are manganese ore, tin, chrome ore, tungsten, antimony, manila fiber, nickel, quartz crystal, quinine, rubber, silk, mica, mer cury, aluminum, coconut-shell char, optical glass and wool. Plenty of Aluminum. Not all of these are cause for gen eral alarm. Aluminum, for in stance, is perhaps the least "strate gic” of all. Maj. G. A. Roush, writ ing in Military Engineer, states that there is no question of the ability of the reserves to meet even emer gency demands. Some geologists have estimated that a considerable supply of high grade bauxite (ore of aluminum) is still available here as a resuit of the long-established policy of Alum inum Company of America to con serve its Arkansas deposits for times of emergency. Although the U. S. was completely self-sufficient in bauxite during the World war, the richer Arkansas supplies were heav ily drawn upon, causing the com pany to begin importing increasing amounts, until today more than 60 per cent of its bauxite comes from Dutch Guiana, leaving literally millions of tons of varying grade in Arkansas. However, in any great emergency, no great difficulty is an ticipated in policing the ship lane from Dutch Guiana, especially since any American defense program must include defense of the Panama canal. Manganese Safeguarded. Even in the case of manganese, which authorities have labeled stra OUR position in agricul ture requires a small er percentage of our pop ulation than other nations, leaving the bulk of our workers free to engage in industry. tegic material No. 1, developments of the last few years have greatly reduced the possible danger of loss of supplies. While it is true that domestic production from the low grade ores which are available in 38 states is not being undertaken on anything like a scale equal to the demands of the American steel in dustry, the Cuban-American Man ganese corporation, an American financed company, has perfected a flotation process for concentrating Cuban ores, which are similar to many of the American low grade ores. Most authorities feel that ship ments of rubber from the Far East are likely to be regular under al most any conditions that can be visualized at this time. Meanwhile, S. L. Brous, a qualified engineer of the B. F. Goodrich company, writ ing in India Rubber World, recently stated that with the expenditure of $30,000,000 on a high-speed research program to develop synthetic rub bers the United States could in one year be made independent of for eign supplies of natural rubber. Nation Makes Optical Glass. Lammot du Pont, president of E. I. du Pont De Nemours and Com pany, says that, thanks to American scientists, this country is now pro ducing optical glass second to none, whereas in 1914 we were dependent upon Europe for this vital material needed in the manufacture of vari ous instruments. Science has made us independent today in materials which were strategic in the past, he points out: We now take nitrates i from the air, recover potash from our own deposits; make our own dyes through organic chemistry, and produce our own camphor syn thetically. No one can tell how soon other materials will be removed from the strategic list by science. The Texas Mining and Smelting company now has a plant at Laredo, Texas, de signed to make more effective use of antimonial ores from nearby Mexico. Constant experiments are being conducted to improve the na tion’s output of mercury, tungsten and other materials. One reason for the optimistic be lief that science will find ways of supplying our deficiencies in strate gic materials is that progress of American civilization makes de mands entirely apart from the re quirements of defense. To quote Colonel Rogers again, “It is prac tically impossible to name a raw material which has a strictly mili tary use, and the same can be said of many manufactured articles.” Great Men in Exile: Ex - Polish Leaders Claimed by Oblivion PARIS. — While Poland’s government-in-exile con tinues its ghost-like existence here, the triumvirate which a few months ago led the War saw government has become forgotten in obscurity. Marshal Edward Smigly Ridz, the bald-headed, artis tic commander-in-chief now lives in isolation on an estate in northern Rumania recalling bit terly how his army of 2,000,000 men collapsed overnight before the Nazi onslaught. Smigly-Ridz has been charged with fleeing Poland while his troops still fought, a rumor which the Germans used to advan tage in stamping out the last phases of Polish resistance. Most of his time the marshal spends walking aimlessly about his palace grounds, finding no comfort even in painting—for he is an artist in his own right. Josef Beck, the dynamic little for eign minister of Poland-that-was, lives in a swank tuberculosis sani tarium in central Rumania. Less than a year ago the world rocked when he defied Chancellor Hitler; today Beck is an unknown. When his government was forced to flee Poland, Beck rushed to Cernauti, Rumania, and announced its reor ganization there. But Rumania quickly put a stop to this violation of its neutrality, and Josef Beck be came another private citizen. Likewise, former President Ignace Moscicki, a kindly, studious old man who left Poland immediately after the war began. He resigned shortly after the Nazi conquest to facilitate reorganization of Poland-in-exile at Paris. Ailing, he took treatments in Rumania and was finally permitted to join his wife in Switzerland, where he lives in complete retirement. Railroads to Adopt Automobile To Combat—Yes, Automobile! CHICAGO.—American railroads, having watched pain fully while the automobile sliced a big percentage from their total passenger revenues, have decided to fight this competition with—of all things—automobiles. Ana tne traveling puouc," which sees merit in both the railroad and auto, nods ap provingly. Effective May 1, a new train auto service will be inaugurated by 11 leading western railroads in 150 key cities. It works this way: Vacationists bound for a distant destination can leave the car at home, riding comfortably by train to a key point within easy driving distance. There they can rent a modern five-passenger sedan at a nominal rate, galavant around the surrounding country as much as they like, and return home again by train. Hugh W. Siddall, rail executive in charge of the plan, calls it "the railroads’ answer to the prayer of the traveler who likes the mobility of an automobile at certain points, but dislikes driving long interme diated distances.” The train-auto combination is ex pected to be especially popular with traveling salesmen, who can make advance reservations, be i met at the train by a representa tive with the car, and complete their business in a fully insured and maintained vehicle. Executives point to the time saving features, maintaining that I long-distance travelers can com | plete the long part of their trip more quickly and comfortably than by automobile. The system was evolved by an | organization headed by Edward O'She and R. H. Rogers of Lincoln, ! Neb., pioneer automobile opera | tors. Negotiations still are under way with other western roads and ! it is expected that eventually the | auto service will be available in | practically every town of 10,000 population or more throughout the West and South. The cars will look exactly like | privately owned autos and will be replaced with new models each year. Five passenger sedans were chosen because they offered maxi mum carrying capacity for pas sengers and luggage. BABY CHICKS BABY CHICKS Mixed HmvImI No ( ew QA Cripples! No Calls.' We guarantee 9 Lire Delivery l We pay postage. ^xi ise ATLAS CHICK CO.. St. Louis, Me. ^ary'lpeM ALFALFA SEED For Sale: Wyoming grown Affidavit Grimm Alfalfa seed—High germination and purity —Grown over 5,000 feet altitude. Excep tional value. Write for samples and prices. JOHN K. JIKDON, Morrill, Nebraska. AROUND THE HOUSE Carving lamb roasts is much easier if they have been boned and tied before cooking. • • * Felt hats‘can be cleaned by rub bing with a not too fresh or too stale piece of bread. * • * Save soap scraps, all of them. Put into a pan and cover with cold water; simmer until every bit is melted and the liquid is clear. Put in a jar and keep near sink. It will set into a jelly. * * • Sew several thicknesses of old turkish towel together for hot dish or pot holders. * * • Tarnished egg spoons can be quickly cleaned by washing with a rag dipped in salt. * * • Threading curtains on to their rods again after washing is diffi cult—and if they are thin the blunt end of the rod may tear them. Avoid this by fitting a smooth thimble over the end of the rod be fore threading. * * * French fried potatoes will be more crisp if allowed to stand in cold water for half an hour be fore frying. • * • To clean a clock, saturate a piece of absorbent cotton about as large as a hen’s egg with kerosene oil and place it in the bottom. Close the door and let the cotton remain for three or four days. Then take it out and swing the pendulum. Unless something is broken, the clock will go all right, as the fumes from the oil cleans the works. • * • Kitchens should be cheerful and comfortable as well as convenient. A high stool is an aid to comfort in preparing vegetables or mixing ingredients. An attractive corner where the homemaker can sit and read over a new recipe, make out her order list of groceries or wait for a dish to finish cooking adds considerably to a comfortable kitchen. Largest Open-Air Theater The Roman theater at Vienne, France, is said to be the largest open-air theater in the world. Built some 2,000 years ago, it was unknown to the present genera tion until a railroad wreck dis lodged some earth and revealed the upper tier of seats. Archeolo I gists excavated and the ancient theater was uncovered. It has now been restored and has a seating capacity of 9,000 spectators. Constipation Relief That Also Pepsin-izes Stomach When constipation brings on acid indi gestion, bloating, dizzy spells, gas, coated tongue, sour taste, and bad breath, your stomach is probably loaded up with cer tain undigested food and your bowels don’t move. So you need both Pepsin to help break up fast that rich undigested food in your stomach, and Laxative Senna to pull the trigger on those lazy bowels. So be sure your laxative also contains Pepsin. Take Dr. Caldwell’s Laxative, because its Syrup Pepsin helps you gain that won derful stomach-relief, while the Laxative Senna moves your bowels. Tests prove the power of Pepsin to dissolve those lumps of undigested protein food which may linger in your stomach, to cause belching, gastric acidity and nausea. This is how pepsin izing your stomach helps relieve it of such distress. At the same time this medicine wakes up lazy nerves and muscles in your bowels to relieve your constipation. So see how much better you feel by taking the laxative that also puts Pepsin to work on that stomach discomfort, too. Even fin icky children love to taste this pleasant family laxative. Buy Dr. Caldwell’s Lax ative-Senna with Syrup Pepsin at your druggist today 1 As We Wish What ardently we wish, we soon | believe. L_1 a NEWSPAPER ^Advertising • The advertisementsyoufindin your newspa per bring you important news. News in regard to quality and prices. 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