-EMC
BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
Nobody Wm Frozen
One Strike Subsides
The Emperor Has Lions
l;000,000 Tiny Pigs
Several bare written to this col
umn offering to let themselves be
“frozen stiff and
then returned to
life” in the In
terest of science,
as suggested by
a Los Angeles
chemist, R. S.
Willard. They
will be sorry to
hear that the
American Medi
cal association
calls Mr. Wil
lard’s alleged
freezing “a vi
cious hoax.”
It accuses Wil
****** lard of freezing
t dead monkey and then substitut
ng a live one, supposed to have
teen frozen and thawed out.
Doctor Flshbein, editor of the
American Medical Association Jour
»aT* says anybody frozen stiff would
lureiy <)ie.
It wa/s an interesting yarn while
t lasted.
New York’s strike of union men
[gainst President Roosevelt, Gen
iral Johnson and the WPA (“Works
‘rogress administration”) seems
emporarlly to have collapsed. Mr.
kleany, New York labor leader, said
ill union men would go out and
itay out and nonunion men would
ollow. The news is that the non
inion men did not follow, and the
mion men went back to work.
Robert Moses of the park de
lartment, who employs 25,000 work
*8 on park projects, reports only
.10 deserters.
An Interesting photograph from
iddis Ababa shows two servants of
he Ethiopian emperor riding on
Ions, one female, one male, In the
lalace garden. The emperor’s lions
ire trained In this fashion for use
is “watch dogs.” Tou can easily be
eve that Intruders “keep out.”
For war purposes, however, lions
re not particularly valuable. Tear
as and deadly poison gas would
Iscourage the lions, as they would
en, and lions cannot jump as high
8 an airplane.
In Chicago’s stockyards half the
og pens are closed, prices are soar
ng, men have lost jobs, all for lack
if hogs to push around and butcher.
The yards are suffering.
1 And only a little while ago an
Earnest government, determined to
lelp the farmer and promote pros
'ierity, was butchering tens of thou
sands of “farrow sows” to get rid
bf them before their little pigs
iould be born. "Too many little
bigs will make too many big hogs,”
Said the government.
! Tou can imagine the ghosts of a
illion pigs floating over the stock
ards, squeaking in their baby
olces, “We told you so."
War talk continues. Mussolini an
ounces a new air weapon “over
helmingly powerful,” but does not
y what It Is. Plain TNT and pol
on gas are powerful enough.
Hitler announcing that his coun
try Is “ready to meet any outside
Reril,” adds: “No power on earth
an attack us.” That seems a little
Overconfident.
Uncle Sam, with all his spending,
Rlakes a little something for hlm
elf. His money-issuing privileges,
baper dollars worth about 50 cents,
ind silver coins containing less than
mlf their value In sliver, have given
[he treasury a profit of about $3,
100,000,000.
And at this moment It does not
ippear to have hurt anybody. Who
linderstands money?
Stocks are better, prices higher, In
.ondon and Wall Street The Lon
don Dally Mall snys: “A stock ex
fchange boom seems to do more for
k-orld trade than anything. The
ceason Is that it gives confidence
Everywhere.”
Strange and powerful Is "confl
lence." Yon cannot see It feel It
velgb It but you can easily de
itroy It
Lovely woman, led by Paris fash
lon_deslgners, is still trying to fin'd
jmfwhat she really wants. Unlver
lal Service dispatches from Paris
lescrlbe '‘dresses as transparent as
ace curtains from the knee down;
kin-tight evening gowns with cut
>ut designs as big as elm leaves
tom under the arms to the htp-llne
’ape coats of white fur, slit wide
ipen on both sides." One gown Is
nade entirely of "plaited gold
.raid.”- .
When will women settle down
Inally to some one Style, as men
|mve done?
Interesting Item In taxation news,
'or instance, government will col
lncome tax on “public re
If your generous Uncle Sam
;lves you $94 a month, the amount
it onions now spurn, he will take
Rk $18.12 In Income tax.
hot seems like giving your llt
- boy a stick of candy and bit
off the end of It."
^9msser,m‘
THE ALLEGHANY TIMES
MAGAZINE SECTION
Map of the Land II Duce Covets
J
This map of Ethiopia shows the wild terrain which, In case of war,
the Italian army will have to master to conquer the loyal troops of Halle
Selassie. Valuable deposits of minerals and oil are guarded by lofty
mountains and dry, oven-like deserts, which In the rainy season become
dripping and morass-like. Hoads are few and there Is but one railroad.
Starting Work on Homestead Project
Workers are shown digging a water-line ditch, as work started on
the bousing project at Helghtstown, N. J., where 200 subsistence homes
are being erected on a 1,270 acre plot by the Federal Housing adminis
tration.
High Jumper Jumps Into Matrimony v
Jean Shlley, holder of the world’s high Jump record for women,
Olympic champion and noted track star. Is pictured after taking a leap
Into matrimony. Her groom Is Michael Bens, Philadelphia attorney.
They were married at the Church of Conciliation In Brookline, Pa.
"Old Men of Hi. Tnw”
Natives of Borneo call orang
utans “the old men of the trees.”
That, In fact, Is what orang-utan
means In the language of the Bor
neo bushman.
Scandinavia and Roman Empire
Coins of Emperor Nero’s time
found In north Jutland, show that
Scandinavia had connections with
the Roman empire earlier than was
Localisms are much the game as
provincialisms, except that the area
of the use of the terms or expres
sions Is more confined. Thus, foi
instance. In Providence, R. I., a per
son speaks of having his shoes
"tapped and heeled.” Elsewhere in
the United States It would be “half
soled and heeled.’” The term es
pantoon Is nowhere heard in the
United States except In Baltimore,
where It means a policeman's billy.
-Literary Digest.
and Persons in the Current News
1—Italy’s Tower of Faith In Rome, where Fascist soldiers repeat the oath Inscribed near the top, pledg
ing their lives to the country and Mussolini. 2—View of the Inundated village of Coshocton during the disas
trous floods in eastern Ohio. 3—New York strikers against the security wage paid by WPA demonstrating
In front of the office of Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, administrator for that area.
First Passenger Train in Upper Grand Coulee
r
T
The first passenger train to travel the newest railroad In the land, built for the United States bureau
of reclamation at the Grand Coulee dam project, 92 miles west or Spokane, is shown half way down the 30
mile gorge. The governor of Washington. Clarence D. Martin, acted as engineer.
Town of Palmer Springs Up in Alaska
The town of Palmer, being built In Matanuska valley, Alaska, by colonists from the Middle West, Is
pictured here on a busy day. In the foreground are the administrative headquarters of the Alaska Rural
Rehabilitation corporation. The long building Is the warehouse which also houses the telegraph and radio
offices of the United States army signal corps. Tents of the colonists are to be seen In the background.
Italy’s Camouflaged Tents in East Africa
Enemy planes would have a difficult time spotting these Italian tents which are camouflaged the color of
the terrain. The tents are erected In Eritrea, not far from the Ethiopian border. The men are awaiting Mus
solini's “Go" before starting their Invasion. _
WILL ROGERS
Will Rogers. Oklahoma cowboy
whose homely philosophy endeared
him to the hearts of millions, Is
dead. The wreckage of the plane
In which he and Wiley Post, fa
mous flier, were seeking new ad
ventures was found where It had
fallen about 15 miles south of Point
Barrow, Alaska, northernmost
white settlement in America.
Thus ended in tragedy the career
of the ranch hand who had made
millions laugh—probably the great
est and best known comedian of his
day. His intense Interest in avia
tion caused blm to undertake the
hazardous flight with Post over the
wilds of the Far North. For many
years he had traveled the skyways,
and in his newspaper column had
been one of commercial aviation's
strongest supporters. That flying
should have caused his death is one
of fate's grim ironies.
Rogers’ career reads almost like
Action. He was born at Ollogah in
Indian territory, November 4, 1870.
He attended the Willie Hassell
school at Neosho, Mo., and also the
Kemper Military academy at Boon
ville for a short time. From that
humble beginning he rose to be
come the Intimate companion of the
great men of the world.
His stage career began in vaude
ville at the old Hammerstein roof
garden in New York in 1905. At
first his act was purely a routine of
rope tricks, and he is still consld
ered one of the world’s rope ex
perts. Finally he began to insert
homely observations on current
events Into his act, and enthusias
tic audiences begged for more.
Bogers began to receive national
recognition when he was engaged
by Ziegfleld for the Follies and the
Night Frolics In 1914. The ever
present chewing gum, his crooked
grin, and the lock of hair which
dangled In his eyes were known to
everyone. Whether he talked to
audiences of thousands, to Presi
dents and cabinet ministers, or to
a group of ranch hands he still
had the manner of the Oklahoma
cowboy sitting on a corral fence
and commenting on the weather and
the affairs of the nation.
It was through his writings, how
ever, that he was best known and
loved. His daily newspaper feature
was read by millions, and his week
ly column carried by the nation's
largest dallies andoalso syndicated
to weeklies by Western Newspaper
Union carried his observations In
to the majority of American homes.
No matter how busy he might be,
or wdiat affairs were pressing he
always took time to prepare his
column himself. A motion picture
might be in the making, with ex
penses qf hundreds of dollars each
minute going on, but Bogers never
failed his newspaper readers. Each
day he would retire to some cor
fumed and producers wailed, he
turned out his regular stint.
Few people today realize the ex
tent of Rogers’writings. Among the
books he wrote were Rogerlsms—
The Cowboy Philosopher on Prohi
bition ; Rogerlsms—The Cowboy
Philosopher on the Peace Confer
ence, 1919; Rogerlsms—What We
Laugh At; Illiterate Digest; Letters
of a Self-Made Diplomat to His
President ; and There’s Not a Bath
ing Suit In Russia.
His writings were unique; Under
their cloak of humor there was an
underlying common-sense that came
from a man raised close to the soil.
He knew the people of America and
his sage comments—often only a
few lines—often carried more wis
dom and more weight than pages
by another. Although his fame was
world-wide, and his Income enor
mous, he never lost the common
touch. To the end he was WUl Rog
ers, and his line “All I know Is
what I read In the
became almost a trademark.
Just before he left on the fatal
flight, he told correspondents that
he was going to spend the winter
with some of Alaska’s old
doughs—swapping
their tales of ad
Ing In their i
neer humor of his
And because