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SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1939 MASON CITY GLOBE-GAZETTE MASON CTY GLOBE-GAZETTE IV. LEE NEII'SJPAPta Issued Evcrj- Week Day by the Entered Clflce at MMOI AILY SCRAP BOOK news and KATES' fllason City and Clear Building, tiljtAB AND WliniN 100 MILES OF MASOV A.VD MI.V.V- Scandinovian Example A BIG hand for the four little nations of the Scandinavian peninsula--Norway, Sweden Denmark and Finland-who have just politely replied to Herr Hitler's offer of protection that they believe they'd rather not have any! ePt SUC a pl oposa1 the chiefs of these stout little countries agreed, would be to inject them into the maelstrom of European politics. So as they have no ambitions for what belongs to another, and get along very well by themselves, they wid continue to sit on the side-lines, attend to their own business, enjoy their moderate prosperity anrt nsh the Uves and propert of th -Alberta and Colorado's sad with a 3US PTM 0 3 werelVt We're go. show us again," CaWornia or slate 4 The current proposal for a world union of the democracies would be on sounder basis if all of Ihl esfdebf parhci ants believed to meeting an hon! Everytime we see one of those endless Hitler 6 telety machine, we are reminded that Adolf was once a paper-hanger. IS 65 4 desel 've the bad name eve A tl canned eef is "cheaper and i tl A American canned beef, eh? Try to -1 that to an American beef producer i Wil1 interesting to watch John Lewis r' que for a 10 000 a Job back here Iowa where he is best known who once suggested: "The fewer 1 prayer." Scott 'Do you KNOW" YOUR.

Doqs SPotTEO COAcf, HEAD A FI issue Some faces in Washington must have flushed a slow red when they saw this reply to Hitler in the papers. For it was so temperate as compared to our own intemperance in foreign politics, so restrained compared to our unrestraint, so sensible compared to our folly, that it made the "great neutral," as Washington politicians love to think of this government, look even worse than silly. It made this government look like a wanton, criminal trouble-hunter. If the Scandinavians, so close to the torrid zone of European troubles that they feel its scorching 5 a so that hope to af emS6lVes a ainst ev a second-rate pow- put Hitler in his place, what price our ow'iftrucu- lent and badgering interference with European politics? Wo fire is near us; our power is prac tically beyond challenge. But we run around like a Meddlesome Matty trying to put the dictators land' tyinS the hem Eng ters which do not concern us and in which our ignorant interference is not wanted, even by those we attempt unwisely to befriend.

The Scandinavian nations went calmly about their business while Europe was in flames, from 1314 to 3918. They had to submit to some dis- of their affairs, but on the whole they did md preserved their national Garbage removal is th in Iowa's capital city. PROS and CONS Some Interesting Viewpoints Gleaned From Our Exchanges Democratic Appraisal of Iowa's Governor rnTM WM 0 1 TM 1 The state tegislahu-e granted Governor Wilson more power than any previous Iowa governor has ever held. Under the of officials chosen by the authority. Their transferred to various commissions and all appointed by the CU-f FUELS rt ofYrtE.

CAUSWc, ROWS oF "To AS A.K AlD-lo BEAU1V actions boards will naturally be the appointing power. The wishes their decisions. A ir te man since becoming governor of the state demonstrated his disregard for the state withholding the appointments requir- iate confirmation until the closing days of raft a eg bud re Z6d 6 glected sub- as the law directs Instead he imposed his 3 will by pressure on individual legislature and domination of the His tative, methods drove one represen- the war came the hard times, but the Scandinavians pulled through, resumed prosperity and are getting along nicely. The contrast with our own impetuous plunge into war, and the resultant distress that still drags and on, is compelling. What Scandinavia can do, we can do.

And who that is not moonstruck with delusions of grandeur can help believing that this is not only the most sensible course, but that it is also the most nified and most honorable? Japanese Grow Bolder WITHOUT warning or apology, Japan's naval forces have occupied the international settlement of Kulangsu, an island in the harbor of Amoy 600 miles southwest of Shanghai. Several months ago the Japanese occupied Amoy but left its tiny international colony of 250 unmolested. The international settlement at Amoy is a small counterpart of the immensely wealthy international settlement at Shanghai. Japanese spokesmen have warned that their forces would take "similar action" against the international settlement at Shanghai and the French concession there. Shanghai's international settlement is operated jointly by the British, American, German, and French nationals who live there and do business in the orient.

It is a city within a city administered by a municipal council representing all nationalities. The Japanese representatives on the Shanghai international settlement council are far outnumbered by the British, American, Germans and French. The wealth of the orient is in the international settlement of Shanghai. Throughout the shelling of Shanghai by the Japanese, the boundaries of the international settlement have been a refuge for foreigners which was respected by Japanese bombers and Chinese artillery. If Japan takes over the international settlement at Shanghai, the last little area in Asia that the white man controls will pass to the Japanese.

If the international settlement falls, the Japanese will soon drive all the "foreign devils" out of China and confiscate all the British, American, French, and German foreign property in China REMEMBER? From Globe-Gazetfe Files THIRTY YEARS AGO-. the Knights of Pythias decide to erect a building on East State street, on the property re! cently purchased by H. S. Stanbery, the promoters of the plan have procured a business firm of Des Momes, who will occupy the ground floor and basement of one-half of the building This will leave the second floor entirely free for lodge room purposes. The second floor will be 44 feet wide nEmn 6 maki TM ample room.

It is ect a bmldin that will cost about SlD.OOO with basement, first and second floors The 10t is offered the JC. P. at $2,000 if they will build o1 wron1 doin Whm accusi Edwin Ford Piper Lincoln, Star: Nebraskans have had an appreciation and a pride in the accomplishments of i i i p6 j' whose deatil heart trouble took place suddenly Wednesday night alter more than a third of a century of service member of the faculty of the University of Dr. Piper was a native Nebraskan, having been at Alma, and was 01 Nebraska 1897; three years later leceived his master's degree from the same institution, and then completed two years of study at Harvard. He became a member of the faculty of the Uruversity of Nebraska, and in 1905 accepted the post at Iowa.

Pew men had greater personal charm than Dr Piper. His smile was infectious and warm, his interests were lively and optimistic, and in his contacts with students he retained an inspirational quality that no way destroyed the technical side of teaching. He was essentially of the pioneer spirit Three books of poems which he wrote and published gained widespread popularity for their faithful perpetuation of pioneer life. The news of his Dewcy Proves He's Smart UXf Tri uune: Dew ey now is running ahead of the presidential polls. Dewev Caviar's Comeback A THE age of 36 Constantino Oumansky, soviet charge d' affaires, has been appointed soviet ambassador to the United States.

He succeeds Alexander Troyanovsky, first ambassador from the U. S. S. R. to Washington who has been absent from his post for many months.

When U. S. Ambassador Joseph E. Davies left Moscow in disgust last June, after failing to dent the soviet front with his spending splurge in Moscow, the Kremlin ordered Ambassador Troyanov- sky home. Recently President Roosevelt appointed Laurence A.

Steinhardt as new American envoy to Moscow. The Russian government countered by appointing its youthful charge d' affaires ambassador to the United States. Ur anSky rst Came to the Unitcd States in liM3. He accompanied Litvinov for the conference which resulted in Russian recognition. He remained to become counselor to the soviet embassy in Washington in 1336 and has been virtually in charge of soviet relations since the departure of his chief.

The soviet embassy in Washington has been one of the social hot spots the American capital Thousands of minor state department workers Washington correspondents, and capital gate crashers have splashed in soviet embassy caviar and Siberian sturgeon at the embassy parlies of Ambassador and Madam Troyanovsky lew soviet ambassador on the job cocktail contingent can again whet on communist caviar and Russian champaign. Vagrant Thoughts By Lou Mallory Luke of Hampton Cut if you will, with Sleep's dull knife, Each day to half its length, my friend, The years that Time takes off MY life, He'll take from the other end. mTM i. --Edna St. Vincent Millay OVE to have a oottle of plum blossom perfume.

ihat European outfit is the biggest gang of liars ever I heard of. This ally business is a one country that trusts another 9 All suspicious of their allies so why have 'em Sri ou em en way back when only rich folks" had a piano? And when we never had oranges- only for Christmas Aimee Simple MrFearsome 0 0 ng t0 Palm rin Incognito. She UKCS her dogs along and they have special travs eat on. Remember when faithfuls srsss a 9 Harry E. Compton, another Rainbow boy and son of Mr and Mrs.

A. J. Compton of 627 First btieet southwest, returned home Monday morning after a year and a half service overseas. He waf accompanied home by Sander Aaberg, a soldier Buddie, who will remain here a few days before going to his home at Willston, N. Dak.

Compton enlisted Co. national guard at Charles' City and was transferred. He served on all the battle fronts in which the Rainbow division was engaged and on Oct. 13, in the St. Mihiel drive, received 10 wounds from a high explosive shell.

He is feeling fine now, however. Aaberg is also a Rain- Dow boy and was exceedingly fortunate in getting through all the frays without a scratch. 1 Prus ia left yesterday for Kanawha, where ne will spend a few days transacting business. lrs A Harrington has returned after a brief visit with her mother in Austin, Minn. TEN YEARS AGO-- 1 11 in Mason cit suffered fresh onslaughts with the return of 14 fishermen from the shore of Mille Lac.

Banded together as the "Liar's 14 steadfastly bore out tales ol one another prowess with rod and reel. Headed by Jack Robertson, president and general manager; Adam Gilr i Sanford, Leo Risacher, Hoe Thompson, Carter Toma, Henry Determan, Charles Rohr J. Patton, John Liebold, M. A. IHunsinger A' McAuley, all of this city and Tomy Groe, Northwood, and O.

T. Balmat, ol Clear Lake, spent two wintry days and nights on the shores of the Minnesota lake. ABOUT BOOKS By John Selby Some literary odds and ends-- 'pHE only semi-direct contact this department happens to have had with Dorothy Parker was at a symphony concert one night in Carnegie hall. She sat directly in front, and only opened her mouth, so far as we could tell, once Then -f a Sentleman without too much hair: it was a great disappointment, for we'd expected to carry home an epigram. Perhaps in compensation, the by now rather familiar Dorothy Parker short stones are again reprinted, this month, in a book entitled rather weakly "Here Some of them are superb, some are a little strained.

All are clever. (Viking- $3 Second Book: "The Prisoner Ate a Hearty Breakfast is an adventure story of the bang-bang school, done in something rather like the prose of James M. by a young writer named Jerome tinson. It ends in tragedy, and it makes its way to the end swiftly. It is not for the weak of spirit do Ot cffmd thc Prudish much.

(Han- Trent is a cousin of a the Oklahoma I cowboy saj Tir Dr. GOOD HEALTH By Logon Clendening, M. D. HOW IT FEELS TO DIE COLLEAGUE in newspaper corresponding, Mr. Irvin Cobb, once wrote an article in a magazine called, How It Feels to Die Z.

nf a intel and instructive obse Fvation, and it would have doctor in ft land. In fact, so good is it that I repeat it nearly every year to my medical students and also to my class of nurses. Mr. Cobb had the great advantage of being an intelligent person who was vitally interested in the patient under observation, which was Mr. I.

Cobb himself. I thought of the story while I was writing the account of hemorrhage from a stomach ulcer. I said that anybody could tell when that was happening, but there are exceptions and Mr Cobb's story illustrates at least one of them. He rela.tes that at one oc- casion he was on a lecture tour, fie jnade one night stands and he made only cities some size. That last item is important because every city he visited he called up a doctor for advice, and the point is, he did not get only country doctors, who are so often--all too often- sneered at, but he got the best doctors in the biggest cities in the country.

What was the matter with Mr. Cobb was that every evening as he was getting ready for his lecture dressing in his hotel room, he would feel faint. He would also be a little nauseated and he would have to lie down on the bed a while. Then the feeling would pass off and he would set up dress and go give his lecture in his usual grand Well one night the feeling came over him and he lay down on the bed. But the feeling did not pass off; instead he passed off.

The next thing he knew he was in bed with his manager and a doctor and a nurse in the room. fie said he began to feel what it was nder the surface of the ocean and and more dark and cool depths. Then y- -egan to rise, and it rose up through the same layers, getting warmer and warmer and lighter and lighter all the time until it reached the surface, and then he heaved a deep sigh. He kept waiting for the time, which he knew was going to happen, when he would hit the bottom and wouldn't come up. And it's worth noting, I think, that he wasn't at all afraid, but fascinatingly interested in the experience.

The doctor was doing what no other doctor had done for him, which was testing his blood hemoglobin It was a third what it should be, which showed that he was suffering from internal hemorrhage and had been for weeks. It came as was afterwards discovered, from a silent stomach ulcer, and because Mr. Ccbb did not complain of the usual discomforts of an ulcer, the other doctors he saw put'it down to the neurotic idiosyncrasies of a literary man, patted Mr. Cobb on the back and asked for a complimentary seat to his The lesson is a very serious one because what Air. Cobb described is the syndrome of internal concealed hemorrhage.

A medical came up to me once several years after he had heard me tell this story class, and said, "You know the first patient I ever saw after I graduated had that trouble ot Mr. Cobb's, and not another doctor in the hospital recognized it." The treatment, of course, is blood transfusion whicn, besides liver extract, iron and the vitamins, is the fourth great remedy we have for blood diseases. herself and and 'mother bread, too. Baked loaves a week. Made the County 3 1 OLuce, have His followers aren't when it comes to Heavenly bundles Haven't seen "junior" yet, but he ought to be a beautiful babv His Pa and Ma aren't to be sneezed at when "it a madic 50uls the passing of Richard Halliburton, that "Prince of Adventure- who went down to the sea in shins AndTSf-M 11 i the great Pacific And I i that is the way he would have chosen new eW ris adventure, and -t 2 young han dsome, a roval vagabond if ever there was one.

And now "he a am wave. I shall think of him as sailing on and on and OI sea another. Bon vc iiamburtotL. flavpr Rogers' Very charming is "Our Family and Anor, with little kibitzing by their very sls er Meimei, and an introduction by Pearl fh-r Uc Mrs. Buck fs.

beside a friend of the Lins the wife then- publisher. This is a ecntlpr the World in Eleven Years," and of some impoilance, for it shows Lin with his appears to his children. (John I )oIi 1It is hard to imagine a more use- lui BOOK for the prospective builder of a small to medium sized house than "The 1940 Book of Small Houses," prepared by the editors of fcctura Forum. far as this reader can detcr- TM nc a the questions as beginner a to know, and certainly the" iS 1 'sr MELODIES By Roy Murray of Buffalo Center MY WORLD Before me lies the ocean wide where men go down to the ships Above me spreads the star-set night-But all I feel is your lips. Over the hill a long road leads Under the moon-lit sUies.

Over the hill to the ends of earth- But all I see is your eyes. Yonder the world is awaiting me And I need but choose to start But all of that is but air and dust-My must live in your heart Bible Best Seller count it gratifying that in the face of Hitler's edict in Germany requiring a universal reading of his book, "Mein -Kampf," the Bible outsold his volume by 200,000 copies. It is also pointed out in the American Bible society's report that there is a strong the Bible in the dictator ruled countries of South America. The output of Bibles from the various printing houses was approximately 7 million. The circulation tor 1 the year, that is the Bibles sold amounted to 6,970,757.

Those Bibles were printed in 182 languages and circulated in more than 40 countries. Even with war on hand, the demand for Bibles in China reached a high mark last year. Bibles and testaments were published in that country at the rate of 20,000 a month. During the past year publication was carried on abroad in 18 languages and dialects, at Manila, Bangkok, Shanghai, Han- kow, Siam and Tokio. The circulation of Bibles in the United States was slightly greater than 1937.

The society has supplied more than 40,000 books to CCC camps alone. This makes a total of more than a quarter of a million supplied to these camps since 1933. They are given only to enrollees who ask lor them. The most interesting fact reported by the American Bible society is that the Scriptures are in greater demand in Germany than the book offered to his people by the dictator. The nazi efforts to control the churches and the consciences of the people have not bee successful.

The Bible outsells all other books. Lots of Pheasants it must be pleasing Ho Iowa sportsmen to learn that almost ten thousand to be exact --have been released by the 37 county groups participating in pheasant rearing projects last year. The birds were raised to ten weeks of age at an average cost of 18.68 cents per bird. Mor- ui! t- gj he Period during wnich the birds were held by cooperating groups averaged 194 per cent. Hancock county raised and lib- el 215 out ot the 250 chicks which were received at two weeks of age, at a cost of 4 cents a bird Costs ranged from this low of 4 cents to as high as 60 cents a bird In arriving at cost per bird figures 10 per cent of equipment costs were charged off and added to costs of feed and labor.

All birds were leg banded be- fore being liberated in favorable environment. Through the banding studies the commission expects to obtain much valuable data concerning migration tendencies, percentage of survival and similar information. Taylor W. Huston, superintendent of game and enforcement for the Iowa conservation commission has worked in closest co-operation with the local groups such as the North Iowa Rod and Gun club, in the sponsoring of this worthy work. "Second Mothers" appreciated this little fina note from Mrs.

H. F. Reif of Meservey about an article titled "Second Mothers" which appeared in this space a day or two after Mother's day: "At last some one has voiced my sentiments in regard to 'second' mothers. We who are so unfortunate as to not have our own sons and daughters feel terribly left out on Mother's day, and on other occasions too. Know from personal experience that we think as much of the neighborhood children in many cases as the parents do." When Night Palls should say that it requires no mathematician to build up a case against night driving, from the safety standpoint.

A report just prepared by the YaleTDureau for traffic safety shows that in the past eight years 45,000 more persons have been killed on the highways at night than in the daytime, despite the fact that day traffic averages three times as heavy as night traffic. Las year 59.4 per cent of the total fatalities occurred at night. The Day's Bououet' ALL HIGH SCHOOL SEN- OP NORTH IOWA--for having successfully done the job that was laid before you in the first twelve or thirteen years of your forma! education. Here's hoping that many of you go to college. But whether you not, you can make yourself the happier by consciously maintaining the inquiring mind.

In short, mix a lot of intelligence with what you have learned from your teachers and from the books ANSWERS to QUESTIONS By Frederic J. Haskin 5 1 How many copies of the National Geographic Magazine were first time it was nub- The magazine says: "As nearly as our records indicate, there were probably about 250 copies of the Ue the magazine in 1888. About copies are issued each month at the present time." hen was the New Orleans hurricane about 1914 or 1915 and now many deaths did it cause? Li. B. The hurricane which did exfen- 2 ama in New Orleans in 1915 began at-8 a.

m. on Sept ol that year. The number of deaths was estimated at 305. Is there a pink delphinium? A. Pink Sensation is the name of a new plant with the same type of foliage, flower, and spike as wni th aty Jelphini Baill circus be in New York this spring? E.

H. rC opened at Madison square Garden on April 7. How many awards has David J. OBricn, all-Amcrican quarterback for 1938, received? R. In addition to being selected all-American quarterback on every all-American team, the hns an la yer received the Walter Camp, cup, the John Sma 2 and the Maxwell award.

He was chosen the outstanding player from a poll of sch ools, thus winning the Williamson Rating Board trophy. The Dan D. RogeFs' trophy was awarded him for his outstanding playing on the T. C. U.

Why fe fl fleur-de-lis used in the royal insignia, of France? The fleur-de-lis became the emblem of the Kings of France in the 12th century. Charles V. definitely adopted three golden fleurs-de- iis on a blue field as the- design for the-French coat-of-arms. What percentage ot those who are divorced marry again? E. K.

More than 30 per cent of di- People remarry within two Henry Van Dyke's "The to Peace." A. D. To be glad of life, because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look at 'he stars; to be satisfied with your possessions, but not contented with yourself until you have made the best of them; to Despise nothing in the world except falsehood and meanness, and to fear nothing except cowardice- to be governed by your admira- tions rather than by your disgusts; to covet nothing that is your neighbor's except his kind- nes of heart and gentleness of manners; to think seldom of your enemies, often of your friends and every day of Christ: and to spend as much time as you can with body and with spirit, in d's out-of-doors these are little guide-posts on the footpath, to peace." ago world's fair? H. W. They are at present in the custody of the College of Dental Surgeons in Baltimore, Md.

Who was Pygmalion? R. In Greek legend, Pygmalion was a sculptor and king of Cyprus who, though he hated women fell A own ivor st 'atue Ph te At his earnest prayer the goddess gave life to the status and he married it, On what date will Marian An- Serson sins in New York? on aPPear at CatneEie TM What The sapphire. Loie Fuller. Where were the first water, works in the U. aler At Bethlehem, 1760 The first municipal water supply system mint in 'of Foxx.

J. T. The lifetime batting A i a Firty-three churches are included in the book- of ee JM the customs and mannerisms the pioneer Americans This 6 is i Jor- today. Use This Coupon The Globe-Gazette, Information Bureau wl ric Haski Director, Washington, D. C.

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