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QN BOARD THE BYRD FLAG
SHIP. JACOB RDPPERT: —
(Via Mackay Radio). “Today your
lives were in the hands of God and
the engine room. If either had
failed, you would all be dead men
tonight!"
This is what Commodore GJert
sen told us at dinner tonight
(December 26) and it made me
realize more than anything that has
happened since this trip began,
what deadly realities we are up
against.
For four days we have drifted
around in the fog, half the time
with a howling northwest gale try
lag 10 uesiroy us.
It is getting cold
as the deuce. And
if we had anybody
less experienced
and cautious than
Commodore Gjert
sen, a small but
amazingly force
ful Norwegian ice
expert, and Cap
tain Verleger
leading our great
Medical Officer
u. u. omrey snip through what
must be the world’s most danger
ous waters, the gale would have
i accomplished its purpose against
us—the gale and the icebergs We
have not been able to see more
than three miles since last Fri
day and usually only a few hun
idred yards. And we’ve made only
■56 miles since noon Saturday.
Thousands of icebergs go plung
ing past us in the gloom—some
of them five miles long, two or
three miles wide and estimated
at 1,000 feet or more from high
tip to submerged bottom. If we
ram our 11,000 ton ship into one
of them or run over the sub
merged part of it—well, the Ti
tanic did that, you know. Or if
one of them rushes at us out of
the invisible distance and crashes
Into the side of our ship, it will
-b« iti3t too'ba&-But our wlstTand"
able skinners know their stuff nnrl
are performing miracles of judg
ment and steersmanship every
minute every day.
This morning, however, they
met an enemy they hadn’t counted
on—water—water in the oil In
the midst of our work of dodging
these moving ice mountains, stop
ping to let them drift by, or dash
ing out of their way, the engine
room reported that some water
which had leaked into the star
board tank had risen through the
oil, had been pumped under pres
sure to the burner nozzles and
bad extinguished the flames which
keep us going by making our
steam. By the time Chief Engineer
Queen had switched to the port
tank and had begun to revive our
lost steam pressure, our ship had
lost practically all of her head
way and for more than an hour
we drifted in a 50-mile gale almost
Boy Born Blind
Regains Sight
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Polk, Mo.—After nearly seven
years of blindness, Loren Lockhart,
seven, entered upon the happiest
year of his life with the restoration
of this sight recently at a Spring
field, (Mo.) hospital, where treat
ment had been given 'him for three'
years.
Loren was born blind, with cat
aracts over both eyes, and it was
not until he was four years old that
an attempt was made to remedy
the condition.
Delicate treatments were .neces
sary and he was compelled to travel
to the Springfield hospital from his
home here many times before re
sults became apparent.
The trips often were made alone.
Take a Pinch of
BLACK-DRAUGHT
For Distress After Meals
He had suffered distress after
meals, but by taking Thedford’s
Black-Draught he was relieved of
this trouble, writes Mr. Jess Hig
gins, of Dawsonville, Ga.
"I had sour stomach and gas,”
Mr. Higgins explains, “and often
I would have bilious spells. I read
about Thedford’s Black-Draught
and began to take it. It relieved
me of this trouble. I keep it all
the time now. I consider it a fine
medicine. I take a pinch of Black
Draught after meals when I need
tt. It helps to prevent sick head
ache and to keep the system in
good order.”
Now you can get Black-Draught in
the form of a 8YRUP, for Child s«N.
helpless. Then the steam returnee
and we resumed our game of tag
with the strange moving city of
ice. It made us think serious
thoughts.
1 have learned, to my surprise,
that je is a noisy thing. The
waves, as they splash against
thfiSft mammoth hpre-n pat erpa.t
holes In them, In which the
plunging water roars in a thous
and hollow keys. The smaller
bergs and cakes, as they gallop
by us or we push our way through
"leads” in their tightly packed
mass, give out strange growling
sounds and the constant ringing
of the bell signals from the bridge
to the engine room, all help t<
make it anything but quiet arounc
here.
Speaking of sounds, I had *
funny experience today. I we
loauing over the starboard dec!
rail looking at the restless sheet:
of ice as we ploughed throug)
them. No one else was on deck
Suddenly, from some place olT thi
» lic-cxi vi a. giua vuiv;tr y ei;
“Hey! Hey!” 1 saw nobody. Again
it was repeated. ! crossed to the
port rail in time to hear the an
gry call right below me. And there
on the ice was a small Adeiie pen
guin, about 18 inches tall, run
ning along on the drifts with a
perfect Charlie Chaplin waddle,
keeping up with the ship and
turning his head every few sec
onds to look up at us angrily and
cry, "Hey! Hey!”, Just as a
farmer might shout at boys steal
Ing apples. He was protesting this
steel monster blustering through
his icy domain. And, as I watched
him, he flopped over and started to
toboggan along on his breast, push
ing himself along frantically witi
his flippers and sculling with his
feet. Then he became upright again,
running alongside, glaring at us and
!” He was 8
Christmas. Gifts
rrom nl^home folks — music —
songs—a grand dinner with turkev
and wonderful fixings. All our
troubles forgotten for a few hours
1 hope all members of our club had
as pleasant a Christmas and that
we shall have a happy and interest
Ing new year together. They tell me
the maps we are sending to all
members, without charge, will go
to them in a few days now, so they
;an mark on them the wonderful
ilghts and other exploration trips
\dmiral Byrd and others are goine
to make. If you’re of high school
ige or over and aren't a member
ret, you can become one right
iway, with no obligation of any
find, by writing me at the Little
America Aviation and Exploration
Dlub, Hotel Lexington, 48th Strep’
ind Lexington Ave., New York.
*4. Y., enclosing a self-addressed
stamped envelono.
‘ICE NEEDLES’
PIERCE FLESH
Cambridge, Mass.—That feeling
of piercing needles when fingers
ache during cold snaps is no imagi
nation. The nedles are real, mic
roscopially small spears of ice which
shoot through flesh and blood.
They were described to the Am
erican Association for the Advance
ment of Science by Dr. Paul A.
Young of Montana State College.
Although he has not applied h
microscope to real things, he ha:
watched the process in emulsions
of petroleum which resemble hu
man protoplasm.
"When fingers become too cold,
needles of ice form in the flesh
and puncture many of the cells
and nerves.”
Caldwell County farmers paid
$1,477.75 for enough red raspberry
plants to plant 118 acres of land.
| St. Louis Exhibits Worlds Ugliest Birds
ST LOUIS: . . . These two pals in the St. Louis zoo have the distinction
of being the ugliest birds in the world. They are Australian ‘ ‘ Frog
mouths” of the owl family, the first of their kind ever to be brought to
America. The only others in captivity are in the London zoo.
Substitute Lespedeza
For Other Legumes
The two hurricanes which swept
over northwestern North Carolina
last fall almost wiped out the com
mercial soybean drop. Cowpeas,
also, are scarce and it is perhaps ad
visable for eastern growers to think
of substituting lespedeza for these
two popular summer growing le
gumes.
"Lespedeza seed also is scarce but
less so than soybean and cowpeas,”
says Eno C. Blair, extension agrono
mist at State College who has been
making a survey of the situation.
"The lespedeza may b . planted on
small grain from February 1 to
March 15 and those who plant
spring oats might also scatter some'
lespedeza seed on the oats immedi-J
ately after the'- are covered. In|
other cases, the lespedeza should be
covered with a weeder, a section]
harrow or a brush drag. If sown]
in this tvay at the rate of 25 pounds
_ __1—
much hay as will soybeans or cow-j
peas except on extremely light,
light, sand)* soils.”
Mr. Blair has found that there
will be little surplus soybean seed
to ship from the northeastern part
of the State This Sprang. Growers
and dealers both concur in this
statement and this Is the section
which supplies North Carolina with
the bulk of its seed soybeans.
The shortage of cowpeas exists
not only in this State but also in
South Carolina and Georgia and the
prices for seed are much higher than
at this same time last year.
In view of this scarcity and high
price farmers will do well to sub
stitute a part of their normal acre
age of soybeans and cowpeas with
the more plentiful lespedeza, Blair
believes.
MULES SENTENCED TO DIE
San Antonio, Texas—Five Fort
Sam Houston mules, the last sur
vivors of 172 mules which faith
fully hauled supplies for General
John J. Pershing’s punitive expedi
tion to Mexico in 1915, have been
condemned to death because of
their age. They are 29 years old.
Approximately 95 percent of the
tobacco growers in Wilson County
signed acreage contracts, says Farm
Agent W. L. Adams. •
QOOR CHILD
/AND the school
fiy Dr. ALLEN G. IRELAND
Director, Physical and Health Education ?
Hew /ertey State Department of Public Instruction
Winter Sports
How well we all remember the
winter dtys of our childhood, the
snowball fights, the ice skating,
the coasting, the long hikes through
_snowy country and
the sleigh riding!
Winter sports time
is again with us and
every child has a
right to those experi
ences which he will
never forget no mat
fov ViA«r 1/\nw V\/> Urran
The cold air of winter is stimu
lating and exhilarating and tends
to increase activity. This in turn
utilizes energy. The cold also uses
body heat. Since both heat and
energy come from food you may ex
pect an increased appetite in the
child in winter time' and a craving
for heavier, energy-producing
foods. -
Let children eat all they need
but be sure the emphaais in the diet
is upon growth promoting and pro
tective foods such as milk, fruits
and vegetables. Let the child have
plenty of milk and milk dishes, to
gether with cereals and occasional
servings of meat in the form of
stews, etc.
Winter time is sports time.
Plenty of energy is required and
should be provided.
Ventilation and health will be
the subject of Dr. Ireland’s next
article.
ATTORNEY SENTENCED
Roanoke Rapids—E. A. Mat
thews, 42-year-old lawyer who was
brought back her from Honolulu
last November to face seven-year
old charges of embezzlement, was
given a sentence of four to eight
years and was disbarred in superior
court here.
Tobacco growers in eastern
Carolina have begun to have the;
seed treated and recleaned to assure
better plants in the seed beds.
Mexico Seeks
Divorce Trade
Erie, Pa.—If they refuse you a
divorce in Erie Count)}, Mexico
will be glad to sever the knot.
That was t!he gist of a letter
received by Prothonotary James N.
Wjlson from a Mexican judge./
Not only is Mexico willing to
grant divorces, but it’s actually
pleading for the business.
The letter was very frank and
to the point. In it the jurist re
quested that Wilson forward him
a list of names of persons refused
divorces in Erie County.
The judge, the letter continued,
would be pleased to grant each
and every one of them a divorce.
PRISONER WON’T EAT
Denver—As long as his wife
keeps him in jail Louis Nassau says
he won’t eat. And his wife says
she will keep him there as long as
possible—or until he starts sup
porting her. But Nassau claims
he can’t make any money at his
tailoring trade in jail and therefore
has no money for his wife. Jail
officials are threatening forced
feeding.
Cotton growers planting five
acres or less may reduce their crop
by two acres or grow no cotton at
all this year and. receive rental and
parity payments for the reduction.
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HAVING A MORE UNI
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STRONGER THAN A /
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THE SAME SIZE^/ | j
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£ ARTHWORMS ENRICH THE TOPSOIL BY I \
BRINGING TO THE SURFACE ANNUALLY AS j
MUCH AS IQ TONS OF EARTH IN AN ACRE j |
OF GROUND, PERFORMING A VALUABLE SER- , I
VICE TO FARMERS, I I
SHIVERING TO I
KEEP WARM* j
The regular muscle1
MOVEMENTS IN SHIVER
ING PRODUCE HEAT • • •
WHICH TEND TO WARM
Body.
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LESS THAN ONE WEEK
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SCENE IN "ONCE TO
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RALPH BELLAMY!?
FIRST tHEATWCALJOB WAS
OPERATING A WIND MA—
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BILLIE SEWARD, ZIEGIELd"FOLLIES' BEAUTY
WAS SELECTED FOR A ROLE BECAUSE OF
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