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"BIGGEST BABY”
"ROW” SWINGS
INTO NEW YORK
PROUD BROOKLYN WOMAN
CLAIMS NEIGHBOR’S
CHILD HAS RECORD
NEW YORK, July 22 (TP)—The
'biggest baby” argument swung Into
Sew York today.
For the past week the dispute has
»een raging between doctors in Grace
’ille, Minn., Clear Lake, la., Sale City,
3a., and Andover, New Brunswick.
Each of the city's made a claim to
»eing the home of the biggest baby
iver bom. All boasted oables weigh
ing from 15 pounds to 18 pounds.
The two biggest cities in the United
States had little to say. Chicago
made a “reverse English” claim for
honors by pointing out that the small
est baby In the world—l 2 ounce
Jacqueline Robinson—had been born
In Chicago and now .t the age of
ilx months has grown to a strapping
tight pound girl.
Today New York got Into the dis
pute for the first time. A pound Brook
lyn woman phoned Transradio to re
port that one of her neighbors—
Winfred Olthas—had been a record
baby when he was born.
Olthas is now 17 years old and a
husky six-foot soccer player. When
he was born on April 19, 1919 he was
well over the 17-pound mark.
“I’m not sure that he beat the 17
and three-quarters pound of the baby
up in Andover, New Brunswick,” re
ported Transradio’s informant, “but
I do know that he holds the record
for New York—and if the big babies
in those other towns grow up as big
and healthy as Winfred they’ll have
something tn boast about.”
—and now that New York is in the
argument Transradio invitee other
cities to file their claims.
VIOLET RAYS SEEN
ENEMY OF “FLU”
WOMAN DOCTOR SAYS SCI
ENCE WILL OVERCOME
DISEASE
NEW YORK, July 22 (TP)—A
woman doctor told two Harvard
scientists today that the use of ultra
violet rays to kill “flu” germs in the
air is a process about eight years
old. At the same time Dr. Eleanore
Conover of the United Hospital Fund
Information Bureau predicted that the
Harvard experiments will help to dis
pel d'sbelief in some quarters that in
fluenza germs can be carried by the
air.
Instructor W. F. Wells and H- W.
Brown of Harvard’s public health
school made news Monday when they
revealed they had killed “flu” germs
in the air by using ultra-violet rajrs.
Dr. Conover replied that the Beth
Israel hospital in New York installed
ultra-violet ray equipment in the sur
gery room in 1928. Superintendent
Louis Frank of Beth Israel hospital
said the system is not expensive—but
that there were skeptics who didn’t
believe "flu” germs could be carried
in the air. The Harvard scientists
proved that “flu” germs remain alive
in the room 30 minutes after a
sneeze.
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NAVAL SQUADRON
MAY REESTABLISH DE
PARTMENT DISBAND
* ED IN 1929
WASHINGTON, July 22 (TP).—
Political unrest in Europe may force
the state department to re-establish
the United States navy’s European
squadron.
State Secretary Hull electrified
newsmen today with the information
that his department is already con
sidering this action. Uncle Sam’s
European naval squadron was dis
banded in 1929.
Mr. Hull said he decided to send
the American warships “Oklahoma"
and “Quincy" to Spanish waters yes
terday after a conference with Act
ing Navy Secretary Standley. Secre
tary HUH said President Roosevelt
was not consulted on the emergency
measure but that he was advised im
mediately after the orders were is
sued.
Naval experts think Uncle Sam
would have to take a portion of the
. Pacific fleet to make up the propos
ed European squadron. They don’t
think, however, that the entire fleet
could be made up from ships in the
Pacific—because that would weaken
the Pacific fleet too much.
U. S. MAGAZINE
BARRED BY JAPAN
NEW YORK, July 22 (TP).—Uncle
Sam’s state department asked the
Japanese foreign office today ftr an
explanation of why the last edition
of t he American magazine "Current
History,” was barred from Japan.
Editor M. E. Tracy of “Current
History" was advised that State Sec
retary Hull has asked a reply from
the Japanese state department. Tracy
drew a blank when he tried to find
out for himself why the last edition
of his magazine was not permitted
on Nipponese news stands. Tracy
asked the Japanese embassy in Wash
ington. The embassy said it hadn't
the faintest idea why the home office
forbade "Current History.”
Tracy said the edition in question
tarried two articles on Japan. One
, Bas written by New York upiverslty’s
i Brofessor of government, Charles
Rogers. It was called “the Japanese
The other was written by
wpßilchi Takahashi, son of the Japa
#>?,*se fina' --j? minister slain In the
mill r ar
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MOUNTAIN FOLK SEEK HONORS IN DANCE FESTIVAL
Pll Candler dance team in action at Asheville folk festival
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Whirling through intricate folk dances as moun
tain musicians play ancient tunes, dancing teams
from remote sections of North Carolina and ad
joining states, participate in the ninth annual
Southern Appalachians Song and Dance festival
at Asheville. N C., July 23-25. A dozen dance
teams, each comprised of 16. men and women,
scores of musicians and more than 100 ballad sing-
TOPEKA PRIMES FOR BIG EVENT
ALL REPUBLICAN ROADS LEAD TO KANSAS CAPITOL
FOR LANDON NOTIFICATION CEREMONIES.
TOPEKA, Kans., July 22 (TP)—
All Republican roads are leading to
Topeka today. . ,
Thousands of Governor Alf Lan
don’s admirers are streaming into the
state capital on special trains, buses,,
airplanes and automobiles. Topeka is
decked out in carnival dress for to
morrow’s celebration at which Lan
don will formally accept his nomina
tion as the G. O. P. Presidential can
didate.
Sponsors of the celebration pre
dict it will be the greatest in the
history of Kansas. Streets are a maze
GUIDES SEEKING
TO AID CLIMBERS
BERNE, Switzerland, July 22 (TP)
Four mountain guides are toiling up
a 13,000 foot peak in the Oberland
mountains today in an effort to res
cue two German and two Austrian
climbers.
The climbers were caught in an
avalanche and swept over a precipice.
Below, in the valley the victims can
be plainly seen through field glasses.
They are dangling motionless on
their lifeline. One of the men ap
peared to show faint signs of life as
he hung over the cliff on the stout
rope.
The experienced Swiss guides are
throwing caution to the wind in their
race to reach the Imperilled men. Lit
tle hope that all four ill-fated climb
ers are still alive was held by the
Swiss villagers.
Scores Slain as New Terror Grips Spain
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fascist rebels and loyal Republic '.us. This picture, tauan ou the occasion of race it rlc: iij in Madrid, indi
cates the seriousness of the new situation, in which the life of the Republic is threatened.
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ers compete for prizes during the festival, which
annually attracts thousands of visitors to Ashe
ville's McCormick field. The Candler dance team,
winner of the championship tn 1935, is pictured
above. Inset shows Jesse Rogers, 96-year-old dean
of Southern Appalachian fiddlers. Most of the
dance formations used by teams and the music had
fheir origin in England centuries ago.
—Central frees
of color supplied by miles of bunting.
Plans already are completed for a
mammoth parade.
A mighty battery of microphones
will pick up Landon’s address ana
bring it to listeners in every corner
of the nation. The G. O. P. national
headquarters arranged for the ad
dress to be broadcast by four nation
al networks.
Landon refuses to discuss politics
before he makes his first major ad
dress to the nation. Although belea
gured by newsmen, the governor mere
ly smiles and says, “No comment.”
BILBO ATTACKS
PAT HARRISON
Mississippi senator de
sires SEE SENATE COL
LEAGUE DEFEATED
JACKSON, Miss., July 22 (TP)—
Senator Theodore, "The Man” Bilbo
isn’t running for office this year but
he’s conducting one of the bitterest
campaigns of his career.
Bilbo is campaigning against his
colleague in the Senate, Pat Harrison.
Harrison is opposed for the Democrat
ic Senatorial nomination by former
Gov. Sennett Conner.
Harrison and Bilbo quarrelled over
the appointment of Judge Edwin
Holmes to the sth District Federal
Court in Mississippi. Bilbo was vio
lently opposed to 'the appointment
because, Harrison says Holmes once
put Bilbo behind the bars for refus
ing to testify in court.
SAVANNAH. D‘A> WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1936
AMERICAN ART
HAS DEFENDER
NEW YORK, July 22 (TP).—A
magazine publisher named Barrett
Andrews is trying to open the eyes
of Americans who say that art has
‘ not been born in ths country.
Andrews, with a group of others
who feel the way he does has organ
ized the International Society of Art
and Decoration. It has been incor
porated in New York. Its aim is to
, stimulate interest in American art
and artists. It will sponsor exhibits
and concerts, award medals grant
scholarships—in short, let the world
> in on the fact that the United States
is on the map of music, literature,
painting, sculpture and decorative
arts. Publisher Andrews of "Arts
and Decoration” boasts a fast rising
' I membership list in the society. Simi
-1 lar organizations in England, Italy,
I Mexico and South America have
J asked to be permitted to co-operate
in the work.
TWO YEARS JAILER
FRENCH WOMAN SPY
' PARIS, July 22 (TP)—A woman
typist in the French Foreign Office
was condemned today to two years
imprisonmenton charges of spying
state secrets for Germany.
The typist, Isabelle Queyrel, had ,
been a faithful clerical worker in ,
the Quai D’Orsay for 30 years. Her
husband. Charles Queyrel, was also
sentenced to two years imprisonment 1
for complicity in the spy ring. ]
The alleged leader of the ring, Dr. ,
Barre, was sentenced to spend four ‘
years in jail. The government accus
ed him of luring Mrs. Queyrel to be- !
tray France and turn over secrets to
German agents. ,
OHIOANS TO RECEIVE
TELEPHONE REFUNDS
TOTALING $12,000,000
COLUMBUS. Ohio, July 22 (TP)—
Three million Ohioans will get nearly
$12,000,000 in refunds from the Ohio
Bell Telephone Company.
After nearly 19 months deliberation,
the State Supreme Court today upheld
a State Public Utilities Commission
order for the refund. The case, had
been fought through the courts for
fourteen years. Telephone company
officials hinted strongly that it may
take the case to the United States
Supreme Court.
The same order which demanded
the refund also set up a new rate
schedule for the Ohio Phone company.
BONIN CLAIMS FLOWERS
\ IS WORTHWHILE HOBBY
NEW PORT, R. 1., July 22 (TP).—
R. J. Bonin says that he’s not par
ticularly interested in any interna
tional controversy over bigger and
better babies but when it comes to
freaks of nature in flowers he has
something worth talking about.
For ten years Bonin has raised
flowers es a hobby and has special
ized in dahlias. The bulbs he plant
ed this year were no different from
hundreds of others he has planted in
the past. One, however, has pro
duced a Siamese-twin dahlia. Usually
only one flower is grown on a single
stalk.
Bonin’s twins are red single blooms
browing back to back at the head of
a three-foot stem that bears but a
single leaf.
MOTHERLESS TOTsT
TAKEN FROM FATHER
MINEOLA L. 1., July 22 (TP). —
Three motherless children were re
moved from their father’s home to
day and placed In custody of their
grandfather. The father, Major
George Fahyn, Jr., of Garden City
was accused of neglecting the chil
dren. The charges were brought by
an aunt of the children.
Today, the Mineola children’s court
settled the family quarrel by placing
the children in the care of George
Fahyn, Sr. The father will be per
mitted to see his children whenever
he desires.
PREDICTS MERGER OF RELIGIONS
PROFESSOR BELIEVES CATHOLICS AND PROTESTANTS
MAY FORM AN ALLIANCE.
NEW YORK, July 22 (TP).—The
prediction that Catholics and Protes
tants may form a philosophic alliance
within the next 50 years is credited
to the Rev. Walter-M. Hort*n today.
Rev. Horton, the professor of sys
tematic theology in the Oberlin
Graduate School of Theology, made
his prediction in a lecture before a
Columbia universty summer session
class.
The Oberlin professor pointed out
that it has been within onlv a few
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COPYRIGHT. CENTRAL PRESS ASSOCIATION
By WORTH CHENEY
Many strange and Interesting ex
periences are had by the travelers of
the cross-country busses. Bus travel
is something like traveling on a ship:
formal attitudes of people toward
each other disappear, and there is
a warm friendliness and comradeship
developed in its place.
Not long ago, a reader of this col
umn was traveling through the south
ern portion of Arizona by bus. The
dessert wind, sun and dust combined
to put the passengers in a sleepy and
somewhat restless mood. The vehicle
had been stopped at the Arizona
state line and after being checked by
the state authorities headed eastward
again.
The coach hadn’t proceeded far
when the passengers suddenly were
startled out of their lethargy as the
big bus was brought to a sudden stop.
Everyone craned his neck to see what
had caused the driver to stop so
quickly.
A few passengers and the driver
alighted and were outside for a few
minutes. Upon re-entering they said
a young lad of about 18 years of ag4
had fallen flat on his face on the
road, directly in front of the bus. He
seemed to have fainted.
The bus driver said ne was not per
mitted to pick anyone up, without a
fare, but he would signal the bus
coming in the opposite direction to
send the authorities of Yuma to come
out and get the youth. He was bare
footed and wore only ragged blue
shirt and tom white duck trousers.
Some of the passengers wanted to
give him his fare, but he replied that
he was a Boy Scout and wouldnt take
any money. The passengers insisted,
but he became threatening and they
left him alone.
The bus started up again, and just
as suddenly as before came to a stop.
The lad had fallen down again. The
former scene was re-enacted and fi
nally the driver climbed into his seat
to start up again. This time he
swerved the bus way around the boy
and he didn’t fall down.
Being interested in what had tone
on, our correspondent looked out of
the rear window, since he happened
to be sitting in what a drunken
Texas cowpuncher called the "jump
seat,’’ and watched the boy. After the
bus passed him, he seemed to be
walking more slowly than before and
with aver- d*elded limp. Watching
him v/iih field glasses, our corre
■nendent saw him turn around and
-raze down the long, stra’ght, hot
tretch of concrete, lying like a white
ibbon in the gleaming sun of the
c’ sert. Then our informer perceived
a black speck in the distance, which
turned out to be an oncom ng auto- |
mobile.
When the automobile was about l
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Robert E. Clements, co-found
er of the Townsend Old Age
Revolving Pension organization
who recently resigned, put in an
appearance in Cleveland as the
Townsendites met in convention
and the camerman snapped him
reading a newspaper in his ho
tel room. Clements was bitter
in his attitude toward Dr. Fran
cis E. Townsend, the pension
chief, and charged him with
longing for “dictatorial, Hitler
ish power which he wants to ex
ercise not only over the organi
zation but also over the nation
al government.”
years that the words of Saint Thom
as Aquinas, urging the unification of
all Christian sects, has been accept
ed by Catholic and Protestant theo
logians.
“Today,” said Rev. Horton, “Prot
estants and Catholics alike are read
ing his works and accepting his
theses When a new movement of
thought gets under way, it often
spreads very quickly. Fifty years
would not be too short a time for it
to reach its maturity.”
100 yards away from the boy, he
promptly fell flat on his face on the
, hot roadway again. This time he was
picked up ana taken into the car.
Evidently his system had finally
worked.
When Logic Isn’t Logic
By WORTH CHENEY
(Central Press Association)
We suppose you might say about
this little anecdote that its logic is
not quite logical.
Mary, 14, one of six daughters of
a farmer in central Ohio, was quite
perturbed recently when she paid a
visit to a neighbor’s home. She
seemed to be deeply worried about
something, and when the neighbor
questioned her she disclosed her fears.
“I’m afraid,” said Mary, tearfully,
"that Pa has et some pins.” J
“Eaten some pins?” cried the neigh
bor in surprise. “Why. . . . how
could he have done that?”
“Well,” Mary explained, between
sobs, “last night I put some pins in
a saucer in the cupboard. And this
morning, when I got up. I found the
saucer at Pa’s place at the table and
the pins were gone. He must have
drunk his coffee from it and never
noticed the pins!”
And Mary, plainly and genuinely
in earnest, was afraid that she might
have brought about her father’s death.
But Pa is still living, in spite of, or
minus, the pins. »
* • *
The lingo of the western cowboy
probably is as intriguing and color
ful as that of any group in North
America. The average cow-puncher
possesses little more knowledge than
that of the cattle he herds and tends,
and his vernacular in discussing any
matter is the same he uses in talking
of his steers.
We have a friend who Is a cattle
buyer. Following his recent marriage
he returned to the Texas cattle coun
try where he exhibited a picture of
his bride to some of hl scowboy ac
quaintances.
One of the older punchers studied
the photograph a long while before
commenting in that typical Texas
drawl:
"Wall, it looks to me like you out
traded that gal.”
EDITOR'S NOTE: This syndicated
column welcomes contributions from
readers on subjects of human interest
associated with personal experiences.
Address contributions to Worth
Cheney, In care of th!s paper.
STORM WARNING OUT
NEW ORLEANS, July 22 (Tm>—
The Weather Bureau warned today
that a tropical disturbance of moder
ate intensity has developed north of
, Mena Pas-age between Puerto Rico
; and rfaiti. The disturbance is of
small r-'d ’s moving no’th-
1 westward or west northwestward. Lii
SANFORD REPORTS
SCHOOLS PROGRESS
NEW BUILDINGS AT 12
STATE INSTITUTIONS
ARE UNDER WAY
ATLANTA July -22 (Special to
The Daily Times) —The Unlveslty
System of Georgia Is making excel
lent progress with the construction of
new buildings at 12 state schools
under an $837,000 program, Dr. S. V.
Sanford chancellor, reported today.
Dr. Sanford said it was expected
most of the buildings would be com
pleted by fall.' |
Dormitories at Cochran, Carrollton
and Dahlonega are certain to be
ready; foundations are finished and
walls being built for dormitories at
Staesboro, Milledgevile, Valdosta and
Forsyth.
Work will start this week on new
buildings at Tifton and Douglas.
A new agricultural extension build
ing and two dormitories at the State
University at Athens are also included
in the program.
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COLUMBIA GIVER i
PLIMPTON'S BOOKS I
NEW YORK, July JS <TP>—Tt<
great educational library of the lat
George Plimpton has been turned
over to Columbia University today
George Plimpton was president oi
the textbook publishers, Ginn & Com
pany, and his personal collection of
educational books is probably one of
the largest in the world. Plimpton
was a trustee of Barnard College and
had been president of the Friend* of
the Library of Columbia University
since 1928. He died in New England
July 1.
The Plimpton collection is particul
arly good in the field of mathematics
and in books and manuscripts dealing
with the development of the English
language. As soon as the collectlc"
is installed and catalogued in Cob/
bia’s Low Memorial Library it /
be thrown open to scholars and
dents of research.