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, V»?' . "• $K ... _ ' OF THE YEJtR 19 3 6 cupui By l v. pichu DOMESTIC ^ iMli ^Franklin C. Hoyt resigned as fedfral alcohol administrator. . i .Jan. 3--Congress opened its session and President Roosevelt delivered his mmage lb the state of the nation. ;:X.Rvf Jan. 6--Supreme Court decided the AAA .•J';v5||ta8 unconstitutional. - President Roosevelt submitted budget . . -message for fiscal year 1937. , , } ,] Jan. 9--Democratic national convention. ' - : 4g>ening June 23. awarded to Philadelphia.! ' V »•.. Jan. 10--House passed Immediate pay- • Sfhent of bonus bill. .'.^Jan. 11--New Jersey court of pardons re- . Sused to commute Hauptmann's sentence. '_Jan. IS--Supreme Court ordered return W impounded processing taxes. : Ja«u 16--Bruno Hauptmann reprieved for ID days by governor of New Jersey. ' 10--Senate passed bonus bill provid- .,v.•';.:-¥.|ig payment by baby bonds. • Jan. 21 -- Deficiency appropriation bill ; ;; r - *sked $58,200,000 for New Deal. v Jan. 22--Bonus bill sent to President. .•Jan. 23--Senate committee rejected sub- ,•,.'V Jftftute AAA bill. . Jan. 24.-- President vetoed bonus bill and v.' ypousc voted to override the veto. . House voted $296,000,000 for AAA farm <0on tracts. f . Jan. 27--Senate passed baby bond bonus till over Presidential veto. Jan. 31--Huey Long's widow appointed . Senator from Louisiana to fill out his term. Feb. 4--Senate repealed cotton, tobacco •nd potato control acts. Feo. 5--House repeated the three term acts. Febp*6--House voted to impeach Federal . Judge Halstead Ritter of southern district ' • ".MMTorida. •_ Feb. 10--Supreme Court held invalid the . ' Louisiana law taxing newspaper advertising. ' Feb. 13--Wayne Cnatfleld-Taylor made as- : distant secretary of treasury. Feb. 14--House passed $545,000,000 army •noroDriation. lMIew farm bill passed by senate. ' /...i Feb. 17--Supreme court upheld right of . TV A to distribute electricity developed ft , Wilson dam. Home voted to extend neutrality act on* Tear. Feb. tl--Senate passed neutrality extension bill. Feb. 21--House passed new farm bill. - : Feb. 23--Chief ofPolice E. Francis Griggs -• 'ef Puerto Rico assassinated by two nationvrv^ dgiigts. Feb. M--Ma]. Gen. Johnson Hagood re- (hoved from command tor criticizing ad- - Wiinlstrstloii. Feb. 26 President RtottveR vetoed ISO,- 400,600 seed loan biU. Feb. 28--Interstate commerce commission #ut basic railway fares to 2 cents a mile. Feb. 29--President signed revised neutral- ; fty act. Completed Boulder dam turned over t* Seclamation service. March 1--New York building service work- ' %rs struck. March 3--President In message to con- "*Sj§ress proposed new taxes of $1,137,000,000. March 4--Completed Norris dam opened my President Roosevelt. . March 10--Arthur W. Cutten Of Chicago, aoted grain speculator. Indicted for income •fax evasion. March 11--District" of Columbia Supreme • Tourt permanently enjoined seizu i el tele- .grams by senate committee. March 14--New York building service •Strike settled by compromise. March IB--President Roosevelt asked coni| reessss for $1,500,000,000 for relief in next fecal year. r March 22--President Roosevelt started on annual fishing trip. March 23--Senate passed War department •OPjpropriatKm^ bill. 24--Federal Judge Barnes in Chicago declared national labor relations act unconstitutional _ March 30--Federal Judge Samuel Alschuler of Chicago resigned. . _ April 3--Bruno Hauptmann executed at "frreriton. N. J., for kidnaping and murder *f Col. Charles A. Lindbergh's baby son. April 6--Supreme court decision curbed powers of securities exchange commission. April 8--District of Columbia Supreme *ourt justice refused to enjoin Black committee in Hearst telegram case. April 10--President Roosevelt returned to Aprtl^S^Presldent appointed General Ha- Ifeood to command of Sixth corps area at '^Chicago. April 17--Federal Judge Halsted 'L. Ritter Of Florida found guilty by senate on impeachment charges and removed from ofi 'April 29--House passed $103,000,000 tax .jjill May 1--Alvin KKaarrppllss,. ""ppuubblliicc -e« nemy No. "4," Saptured in New Orleans. Boost! passed $531,000,000 navy bill. • May »--Senate Dassed house naval apmtoonmtion bill. May 11--House passed $2^64,299.000 relief -nnddeficiency bill. National Red Cross convention opened in 'Chicago. „ May 13--Frazier-Lemke farm mortgage refinancing bill defeated in house. May IS--Guffey coal act declared invalid _by Supreme court. .... . , ... May SS---Supreme court declared Invalid the municipal bankruptcy act Socialist party nominated tforman Thomas for President. May 30--Senate approved Florida ship *ajTOe*,?^^mate0npassed relief and defl- . elency bill. United States Supreme court held Invalid Mew York minimum wage law. June 4--William B. Bankhead, Alabama, •elected speaker to succeed the late J. W. .Byrns. June 6--Texas Centennial exhibition rspened at Dallas. Speaker Byrns' funeral held at Nashville. June 7--Sixteen insane felons fled Minnesota prison. June 9--Republican national convention . i*pened In Cleveland. June 11--Gov. Alf M. Landon of Kansas ^nominated for President by Republicans. June 12--Republicans nominated Frank •Knox of Chicago tor vice president. President Roosevelt delivered address at ]$w Texas Centennial exposition in Dallas. June 14--President Roosevelt dedicated ^George Rogers Clark memorial at Viaacennes. Ind. , . Delivery of bonus bonds to veterans ^be- ""june 17--House defeated Black-Smith anti- Slobby bill, and Florida ship canal bill. June 18--Congress passed anti-communist (fell! June 20--Congress adjourned. June 23--Democratic national convention opened at Philadelphia. June 26--Franklin D. Roosevelt renominated by acclamation by Democrats. June 27--John N. Garner renominated ^JiSy^--§5stoas?er General Farley given leave.of absence until after election. July 11--Roosevelt dedicated $65,000,000 JlewYork Tri-Borough bridge Ruth Bryan Owen married Capt. Boerge a nil tit of Denmark. J«5y 14--President Roosevelt and. eons left ,0m two weeks' cruise. July IS--Townsend followers opened eon- Mcatios in Cleveland. '• Former Lieut. Comdr. John S. Farasworth Arrested on charge of selling naval information ia Japanese. July IS--Government drouth relief extended to 16 states. July IS--AU M. Landon officially nottSed of hts nomination tor Presidency.. July 29--President Roosevelt ended vacation cruise at CampoMlo island. N. B. July 20--Col. Frank Knox officially accepted Republican nomination for vice president. July 21--TresidMit Roosevelt vir ted governor general «f Canada in Quebec Aug. 4--Fifty-eight persons. 23 petroleum •oncer** and lure* publishing companies indicted bjr federal grand Jury tor violating Mtl'truti law. Aug. 5--A. F. ef L. council suspended ten teutons dominated by .John L. Lewis. Aag. 16--National IMn for Social Justice. «n convention In CWttUnii. indorsed Lemke Sr President of United States and elected father Coughlin its president. -> Aug. SI--William PHBUps. undersecretary ml state, appointed ambassador to Italy. *5. «5--William C. Butttf aamed fun> Few Bastille Prisraen At the time of its capture on July 14, 1789, the Bastille was found to contain only seven prisoners, although the building had been steadily used as a prison during the reigns of Kings Lotus XII, XIV, XV and XVI. . baasador to France, vice Jesse I. Straus, re- "4f»resid«nt Roosevelt began 12-day tour of drouth area. Aug. 30--Ruth Bryan Owen resigned as minister to Denmark. Sept. 3--President Roosevelt met Governor Landon and six other midwest governors at Des Moines in drouth relief conference. Sept. 4--All Minneapolis flour mills closed by strike. . _ ! Sept. 5--Suspension of ten unions by A. F. o f L . I n e f f e c t . . . . , Sept. 14--Maine senatorial and state election carried by Republicans. Sept. 20--G. A. R. national encampment opened in Washington. American Legion opened convention in Cleveland, dedicating Peace Gardens. Sept. 24--American Legion elected Harry W. Colmery of Topeka national commander. C H. Williams Ruhe of Pittsburgh elected commander-in-chief of G. A. R. Sept. 25--Harry Woodring given recess appointment as secretary of war. Sept. 26--Flour mill workers' ^trike in Minneapolis ended by compromise. Oct. 20--Ambassadors Suvich of Italy and De los Rios of Spain and Minister Mar- * ler of Canada presented their credentials to President Roosevelt. Oct. 22--Secretary of Interior Ickes released more than $9,000,000 for PWA projects in 34 states. . , Oct. 23--Burlington Zephyr , train broke world record in run from Chicago to Denver . Oct. 30--Strike of 17,000 maritime workers tied up Pacific coast shipping. Nov. 3--Roosevelt and Garner re-elected President and vice president; electoral vote 523. to 8 for Landon and Knox. Ncv. 6--General maritime strike voted by vorkers' committee. Let ding steel producers announced wage increases averaging 10 per cent. No\ . 10--National conference on labor legislation opened in Washington. Nov. 12--Great San Francisco Bay bridge formally opened. , . Nov. 14 -- Engagement announced of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Jr., son of the President. and Ethel du Pont. . Nov. 16--American Federstidh of Labor convention opened in Tampa. • . . Nov. 17--President RooseveWF started on trip to Buenos Aires. Army board of engineers recommended completion of Florida ship canal. R. G. Tugwell resigned as assistant secretary of agriculture and resettlement administrator. _ , , , . _ Nov. 20--Joseph E. Davis appointed ambassador to Russia. Nov. 23--U. S. Supreme court upheld New York state's unemployment insurance law. A. F. of L. convention approved suspension of rebel C. I. O. unions. Nov 25 -- Federation of Labor voted against formation of labor political party. Nov. 27--American Federation of Labor convention declared for 30 hour week and. reelected President William Green. Nov. SS-Hbiternational Live Stock show opened In Chicago. Nov. 29--Herman Strelle of Alberta won wheat king title for fifth time. Dec. 1--Government chartered ship sailed for Alaska With food. Two more unions Joined In maritime workers' strike. _ . Dec. 2--Libby Owens-Ford Glass company plant at Ottawa. HI., closed by strike. Senator Borah announced opposition to reduction of i French war debt Longshoremen at New York boycotted French ship. Dec. 3--Dr. F. E. Townsend and two as-/ soclates indicted for contempt of house--of\, representatives. Automotive workers' strike extended to Goodyear tire plant at Akron. Ohio. Dec. 4--Republican Chairman John Hamilton announced fie would, submit his _resig-~ nation on Dec. 17. Dec. 9--Final election returns showed Roosevelt's plurality to be 11,069,699. Donald Richberg resigned as special assistant attorney general. Dec. 15--President Roosevelt returned to Washington from South American trip. Dec. 17--Republican national committee rejected Chairman Hamilton's resignation. V V 1 FOREIGN Jan. 19--Miguel Gomez elected president of Cuba . \ Jan. 17--Eleven acquitted, nine convicted in great Stavisky fraud trial in Paris. Jan. 20--King George of England died. Jan. St-v-Former Prince of Wales proclaimed l?mg Edward VIII. Jan. 23--Premier Laval of France resigned. Jan. 24--Albert Sarraut formed new French cabinet. Feb. 13--French cabinet suppressed all royalist organizations because of riots. Feb. 16--Leftists won Spanish elections. Feb. 17--Paraguay government seized by military revolutionaries. Rafael Franco made president. Feb. 19--Manuel Azana made premier of Spain. , • . Feb. 26--Japanese militarists revolted and assassinated several high officials; government buildings in Tokio seized. Feb. 29--Rebellion in Japan quelled. March 9--New Japanese 'cabinet headed bv Koki Hirota installed. 'March 11--Franco made Paraguay a totalitarian state. March 13--Serious Marxist riots throughout Spain. _ Mirch 14--Franco government in Paraguay recognised by United States and other nations. March 20--Mexican government permitted reopening of 3,000 Catholic churches. March 23 -- Mussolini abolished Italian chamber of deputies and nationalized all "j^sStenM^axgai proclaimed martial law in Brazil. March 29--Germany gave Hitler almost unanimous vote in reichstag elections. April 1 -- Austria decreed general conscription. violating St. Germain treaty April 7--Spanish parliament voted PresidentZamora out of office. April 10--Mexican government expelled former Ptesident Calles. April 24 -- Honduran government announced suppression of a rebellion. April 2S--Eleazar Contraras elected president of Venezuela. April 29--Combination of Communists and Socialists won majority in French parliamentary elections. April 29--King Fuad I of Egypt died and was succeeded by Crown Prince Farouk. May 2--Wafd party .won Egyptian parliamentary elections. . . . May 3--Coalition of leftists won control of French assembly. May 10-- Manuel Azana made president of Spain. ^ May 13--Prince von Starhemberg. vice chancellor of Austria, dropped from cabinet. May IS--Chancellor Schuschnigg of Austria decreed, dissolution of all private armies. May 17--Bolivian army officers forced President Sorzano to resign and named Col. David Toro to succeed him. May 20--Miguel Mariano Gomez Inaugurated president of Cuba. May SO--Military revolt started in Nicaragua. June 2--J. H. Thomas, resigned British colonial secretary, found guilty of disclosing budget secrets. June 4--Leon1 Blum, Socialist, became premier of France; June 7--Million French workers won strike as employers accepted "NRA" of Premier Blum. - June 10--Spanish Reds and syndicalists fought machine gun battle at Malaga. June 15--Pope Pius created two new Italian cardinals. June 18--French cabinet decreed dissolution of all Fascist organizations. July "16 -- Gen. Gustav Orlicz-Dreszer, chief of Poland's air force, killed In crash with two other officers. July 1$--Fascists and royalists started revolution in Spain. July 29--Spanish government seized all church and school property and took control of industry and finance. Aug. 9--Premier Metaxas of Greece eat ug^a dictatorship because of Communist Aug. 19--Zinovlev, Kamenev and 14 others pleaded guilty to conspiracy to kill Stalin and seize control of Soviet Russia. Aug. 22--Russian conspirators sentenced to death. British liner Queen Mary set new transatlantic speed record. Aug. M--Sixteen Russian conspirators executed toy firing squad. Hitler doubled period of military training in Germany. Aug. 25--C. T. Wang made Chinese aes> bassador to United States. Sept. S--Great Britain put Palestine under martial law. Sept. 4 ca»ellero. Socialist leader, became premier «f Spain. •Spanish rebels captured Iran. Sept. 7--France decided to spend $930.- 000.000 on army. Sept. 11--British trades union congress rejected "popular front" alliance with com- -nunists Sept 12--Spanish rebels captured San Sebastian. » Sept. 19-r-Spanish loyalists dynamited part of Alcazar at Toledo, killing many rebel defenders. Sept. 25--French government decided to abandon gold standard and devaluate the franc. Sept. 27--Spanish rebels captured Toledo and rescued the Alcazar'garrison. Oct. 1--Gen. Francisco Franco became head of the Spanish Insurgent junta. Austria, repudiating the treaty of St. Germain, called 8,000 youths ! .r compulaory military training. w French parliament passed franc devaluation bill. Oct. 4--Serious riots in Paris between Communists and nationalists. Oct. 5--Italy devalued the lira. Oct. 11--Arab general strike in Palestine against Jewish immigration called off. Oct. 14--Belgium dropped all military alliances. . Oct. 30--Spanish rebel planes bombed Madrid, killing 189. j Military coup forced reorganization of Iraq government. ' - Nov. 3--King Edward of England opened i parliament, pledging the nation to peace. ! Nov. 4--Spanish insurgents captured Ma- j drid suburbs. 1 Nov. 7--Spanish government- fled from Madrid to Valencia. Nov. 15--Spanish rebels forced crossing of Manzanares river and entered one section of Madrid. Nov. 18--Roger Salengro, French minister of the interior, assailed by rightists, committed suicide. Genera! Franco. Spanish rebel Chief, declared blockade of Barcelona. Nov. 24--Dictator Stalin . presented hew constitution to Russia. Nov. 28--Military revolt in Quito, Ecuador, suppressed by government. Dec. 1--Spanish loyalists launched great offensive against Fascist insurgents. Germany decreed death 'penalty for those who hoard wealth abroad. New Russian constitution approved by soviet congress^ British house of lords defeated bill- 'to permit "mercy killing? " Dec. 2--British Prime Minister Baldwin pleaded with King Edward to accept cabinet's advice to relinquish h's intimacy with Mrs. Wally Simpson. Renewed rebel air raids oa Madrid killed hundreds. , Coup d'etat in Greece foiled by government. Dec. 3--King Edward defied cabinet's demand that he choose between the throne and Mrs. Simpson. „ Dec. 5--Pope Pius stricken with paralysis. Bussia's new constitution given final approval by all-union congress of soviets. Dec. 6--Mexico offered to let Trotzky. Russian exile, reside in that country. Dec. 7--Mrs. Wallis Simpson announced her willingness to renounce her association with King Edward of England to end the crisis. Dec. 10--King Edward of England abdicated in favor of his brother, tne duke of York. Dec. 11--British parliament and the dominions accepted Edward's abdication and the accession of George VI. Dec. 12--George VI was proclaimed king of Great Britain and made Edward duke of Windsor. Dictator Chiang Kai • shek of China kidnaped in Sianfu by mutinous, troops of Marshal Chang. Dec. 17--Giuseppe Motta elected president of Switzerland. INTERNATIONAL June 19--Louis knocked out in twelfth round by Schmeling. July 4--Helen Jacobs won Wimbledon title. Varoff set world record for pole vault* at 14 feet 6l,i Inches. July 7--National league all-stars defeated Americans 4 to 3. July 19--Paul Leslie won* western amateur golf title. July 23--Eleanor Holm Jarrelt champion, dropped from Ame: reltrifwimming erloaleDlympic Eromronnerican aking training. many and Russia, signed agreement to "humanize" submarine warfare. Nov. 12--Nobel prize in literature awarded • to Eugene O'Neill. American dramatist; in physics to Prof. Carl D. Anderson of California and Prof. V. G. Hess of Austria; in chemistry to Prof. Peter Debye of Berlin. Nov. 14--^Germany denounced navigation clauses of Versailles treaty, resuming sovereignty over her internal waterways. Nov." 18--Germany and Italy recognized Franco's Fascist government of Spain. r( -- Nov. 24 -- Nobel peace prize for ,1935(4; team for breaking training. awarded to Carl von Ossietsky, German pac- July 29--Two men ousted from" , lfist; for 1936 to Carlos Saavedra Lamas. Olympic boxing team for breaking Argentine foreign minister. July 31 -- Japan awarded the Olympic Nov. 25 -- Germany and Japan signed Games of 1940. agreement to fight spread of communism. Aug. 1--Olympic Games at Berlin offi Nov. 27 -- Spanish government asked cially opened. • League of Nations to deal with menace to Jesse Owens, America, broke world recpeace caused by recognition of rebels by ord for 100 meters at Berlin. Italy and Germany. Aug. 5--Owens won his third Olympic President Roosevelt addressed Brazilian championship. parliament at Rio. Aug. 8--Morris of America won Olympic Chinese revealed Japanese plan to create decathlon. Inner Mongolian puppet state. Aug. 9--American track team won Olym- Nov. 29--League of Nations council called pic- championship with 209 points. to deal with Spanish war matter. Japanese won Olympic marathon. Nov. 30--President Roosevelt arrived at Aug. 16--Olympic games at Berlin ended Buenos Aires. with Germany in first place and United Dec. 1--Pan-American peace congress in States second. Buenos Aires opened, with speech by Presi- Aug. 18--Joe Louis knocked out Jack dent Roosevelt. Sharkey at New York. Great Britain charged that Germany had Aug. 31-- Mako and Budge won the nasent 6.000 armed soldiers to aid Spanish tional doubles tennis title. insurgents. Sept. 2--New York Yankees won .Ameri- Dec. 2--Nicaragua recognized the Francot can league championship. government in Spain. II Sept. 3--American Walker cup golf team Dec. 3--President Roosevelt Visited Mon- defeated British team Pi--piUsHa's Oaai Approximately 12,000 aqvara miles of Pennsylvania waa underlain with coal when mining operations began, aays a Philadelphia Inquirar tevideo. Uruguay. China demanded removal of Japanese marines from Tsingtao. , Dec. 9--France and Britain proposed plan for mediation in Spanish war. Dec. 12--Twenty-one American nations signed resolution for peace and security at the Buenos Aires conference. Italy and Germany signed trade accord relating especially to the Danubian states. , . V;'AERO: Jaa. 13--Howard Hughes flew from Los Angeles to Newark in record time, 9 hours 27 minutes 10 seconds Jan. 14--All air lines of United States united with Col. E. S. Gorrell as president. Jan. 16--Lincoln Ellsworth and Herbert Hollick-Kenyon, missing seven weeks on antarctic flight, found safe in Little Amer- March 30--Germany's new dirigible. Hindenburg, started its first transatlantic trip to Rio. May 6--Zeppelin Hindenburg started on first {light to united States. May 9--Dirigble Hindenburg arrived at Lakehurst, N J. May 14--Dirigible Hindenburg completed flight from Lakehurst to Frankfurt-on-Maln in 48 hours 18 minutes. July 4--R. C. Dupont set new glider mark at 13.5 miles. July 30--Plans announced for trans-Atlantic air mall and passenger service between Great Britain. Canada, Irish Free State and Newfoundland. Aug. S--Sight killed in crash of Chicago a Southern airlines plane. Sept. 2--Harry Richman and Richard Merrill took off from New York for London. Sept. 3--Richman and1 Merrill landed safely in Wales, out of gas. Sept. 4--Louise Thaaen won Bendix trebhv. Sept. S -- Mrs. Beryl Markham. first 1i'on«n to fly Atlantic alone from east to wrst. made forced landing in Nova Scotia. Sept. 7--Michel Detroyat of France won Thompson trophy race at Los Angeles meet Sept. 14--Richman and Merrill flew from England across Atlantic, landing In Newfoundland. _• . . - - Oct. 1--C. W; "A. Scott wqn England-Johannesburg air race. _/- . Oct. 7--Kurt Rjorkvall. attempting flight from New York to Stockholm, was rescued from ocean off Irish coast. Oct. 3<V--Capt. J. A. Mollison flew from * Jan 1--Emperor of Ethiopia protested to League of Nations against use oi poison gas by Italians and bombing of Swedish ambulance. Jan. 4--Italian flyers bombed Egyptian Red Cross camp in Ethiopia. Jan. 15--Japan withdrew from naval conference in London. British Red Cross unit in Ethiopia bombed by Italian airmen. Jan. 22--Seven European powers pledged co-operation of war forces against Italy, if 1 Newfoundland'~to London in record time. Britain was attacked. Jan. 29--Manchukuo opened military operations against Outer Mongolia. Feb. 15 -- Italians defeated Ethiopians after six days' battling on northern front. March 1--Ethiopians defeated by Italians in another great battle, in Tembien area. y March 3--League of Nations committee Tasked Italy and Ethiopia to consider an armistice. March 5--Ethiopia accepted proposal for peace parley. March 7--Hitler denounced the Locarno treaty and remilitarized the Hhineland; France moved troops to border and invoked covenant of league against Germany. • Mussolini accepted in principle parley offer in Ethiopian war. March 12--Great Britain. France. Belgium and Italy indicted Germany for violation of Locarno treaty and referred further i action to League of Nations council. French senate ratified mutual assistance treatv with Russia. March 17--Hitler accepted invitation to be represented at league council meeting in London. March 19--League council condemned Cermany for violating treaties. March 20--Four Locarno powers proposed plan for settlement of Rhineland crisis. Virtually an ultimatum to Germany. March 21--United States. Britain and France agreed on treaty limiting size of battleships March 22--Italy. Austria and Hungary strengthened their alliance. March 24--Hitler rejected peace proposals. . „ March 29--Italian bombers destroyed Harrar, second city of Ethiopia. March SO--Iran withdrew its diplomatic representatives from Washington. March 31--Hitler proposed to other Locarno powers an armistice in Rhineland dispute and consideration of his peace plans. April 4--Italy announced great victory over Ethiopian forces. April 9--France rejected Hitler's settlement plan. April 14--Italian forces occupied Dessye, Ethiopia. April 15--British, French and Belgian general staffs planned united defense against possible attack by Germany. _ April 17--Turkey remilitarized the Dardanelles in violation of Lausanne treaty. League of Nations abandoned effort te end Italo-Ethiopian war. May 2--Ethiopian imperial family abandoned Addis Ababa as Italians drew near; city burned and looted by natives. May 5--Italians occupied Addis Ababa and declared the war ended. May 9--Italy formally annexed Ethiopia and announced restoration of Roman empire May 12--Mussolini recalled Italian delegates from Geneva; league council adjourned to June 15. May 15 -- Guatemala withdrew tram League of Nations. May 18--United States senate ratified new London naval treaty. Jane 10--Chinese Dictator Chiang Kai- Shek ordered northern troops to oppose advance of anti-Japanese army. June 17--British cabinet voted for end of sanctions against Italy. July 12--Germany and Austria revived pact of friendship. . , July 15--Sanctions against Italy ended. July 18--Turkey given right to militarize the Dardenelles. July 30--Great Britain and Russia reached a naval accord, with no limit on Soviet tonnage _ July 31--Great Britain, France. Belgium, Italy and Germany agreed to work out a new Locarno pact. Aug. 6--Germany strongly protested to Spain against killing of four Nazis and snelUng of German steamship. Aug. 21--Hitler demanded Russia and Spain stop radio " slander*:' campaign against Germany. Aug. 23--Bolivia and Paraguay renewed diplomatic relations. Germany barred shipments -of war mur nitions to Spain. _ , Aug. 26--Great Britain and Egypt signed treaty of alliance. Seeretpry Hull told Spain United States would ignore blockade of Spanish ports. Aug. 27--Great Britain and France asked 17 nations to Join in arms embargo against 5pain. Aug. 29--Russia demanded expulsion of Trotzky from Norway, without avail. Sept. 8--France and Poland signed a military treaty. 4ept. 7--World Power congress opened la ffunlnftoD. Sept 14--Pope Pius called on the world to crush communism. _ _ Sept. 21--Eighteenth League of Battens assembly opened in Geneva. tot 23 -- League of Nations assembly seated Ethiopian delegation. Japanese marines occupied part of Shanghai after one bluejacket was killed by Chinese. Oct 2--Spanish government and tosarboth laid complaints before League af Lou Ambers won lightweight title from Tony Canzoneri. Sept. 12--Perry of England and Alice Marble of California won national tennis championships. Lawson Little won Canadian open golf title. Sept. 10--Johnny Fischer „ of Cincinnati won national amateur golf title. Sept. 24--New York Giants won National league championship. Sept. 26--Argentine polo players defeated American team for the title. Oct. 3--Pamela Barton of England won American women's golf championship. Oct. 6--New York Yankees won World Series from New York Giants. Oct. 12 -- Tazio Nuvolari. Italy, won George Vanderbilt 300 mile automobile road race. Nov. 2--Johnny Goodman of Omaha won Mexican amateur golf title. Nov. 7--Northwestern university won Big Ten football championship. Nov. 21--Yale defeated Harvard at football • Nov. 22--Denny Shute won United States pro golf championship. Nov. 27--Barney Ross retained welterweight title by beating Izzy Jannazzo. Nov. 28--Navy beat Army at football. * Dec. 12--Welker Cochran, won three-cushion billiards championship in Chicago. Dec. 13--Green Bay won professional football title. NECROLOGY Jan. 1--Harry B. Smith, American librettist. at Atlantic City. Jan 4--Col. James Churchward, Ameri- ^painter May 17--Len Small, ex-governor of OBnois. Col. George Fabyan, scientist and cipher "^Say^19--Archbishop Pascual Diaz of Mexico. May SO--Harry Whitney of-- New York, explorer and hunter. May 21--Minnie Palmer, once famous actress. . . • . May 23--Dr. E. M. Lewis; president of University of New Hampshire. May 24--Claudia Muzio. grand opera star. In Rome. " „ May 31--William Butterworth of Moline. 111., industrialist. , _ , June 1--John C. Williams, president Weirton Steel company. . „ . June 2--Cyrus Hall McCormick of Chicago. former head of International Harvester company. Truxton Beale. former diplomat, in Annapolis. Md. June 3--Congressman Joseph W. Byrns of Tennessee, speaker of the house Representative A. Piatt Andrew of Massachusetts. June 8--John Hays Hammond. Sr. Edward Green, son of late Hetty Green. Jamalul Kiram, sultan bf Sulu tyrs. Eugene Field, widow of famous poet. June 14--Gilbert K. Chesterton, English author and critic June 15--Marc Klaw. theatrical producer. June 17--Henry B. Walthal. actor. fenator Duncan U. Fletcher of Florida une 18--Maxim Gorky, Russian author June 21--Harold E. Porter (Holworthy Hall) author. Bernhard W. voh Buelow, German foreign minister. " - »• June 23--Arthur W. Cutten. grain broker. July 10r-Joe Humphreys, veteran fight announcer. July 12--S. Parks Cadman, clergyman. July 16--Senator Louis Murphy of Iowa. July 21--Dr. James L. Barton, foreign mission leader, in Boston. July 22--Earle L. Ovlngton, American aviation pioneer. ... July 25--Sir Henry Wellcome, British scientist. July 26--Miss Ellen Fitz Pendleton, expresident of Wellesley college.- Dr. C. H. Frazier of Philadelphia, noted brain surgeon. , • July 27--Wilfred W. Fry. Philadelphia capitalist. , July 28--Walter Nettleton, American artist. July 30--C. N. Kimball of Chicago, piano manufacturer. _ Aug. 2--Louis Bleriot of France, first to fly. the English channel. Walter Ufer. American painter. Aug. 6--Congressman J. J. McSwain of South Carolina. „ Aug. 7--Congressman M. A. Zioncheck of Washington ; J. J. O'Brien of Chicago, president Byllesby and company Aug. 9--Lincoln SteffenS, Journalist and author. Arthur B. Reeve, author. Aug. 16--Prof. A. A. Titsworth of Rutgers. Aug. 22--Floyd B. Olson, governor of Minnesota. George Rasmussen. founder National Tea company. _ . A , Aug. 25 -- Prince Pierre Troubetskoy. DISASTERS Jatt- t--Earthquake killed several hundred persons in Colombia. Jan. 12 -- Thirty • four drowned when freighter Iowa foundered at mouth of Columbia river. Jan. 14--American Airlines plane crashed in a swamp in Arkansas, killing 17. March 14--Disastrous floods in northeastern states. March 19--Floods In New England and eastern states killed scores of persons and caused many millions of loss to property. March 26 -- Fourteen persons Killed in plane crash in Mexico. April 5--Tornado at Tupelo, Miss., killed 187. Army bombing plane crashed on Blue mountain. Penn.. five killed. April 6--Tornado killed more than 150 at Gainesville. C.a. April 7--Eleven killed when TWA air liner hit mountain near Uniontown, Pa. June 30--Forest fires swept a million acres in Kentucky. July 4--Independence day deaths smashed record with 444 killed over nation. July 29--Fifteen men drowned when sand motorship upset at Chicago Ten miners killed by gas at Dowell, III. Aug. 5--Eight killed In crash of Chicago A Southern Airlines plane. Aug. 6--Explosion in British coal mine killed 57 men. . Aug. 14--Twenty-two men and boys killed four-power ^ |n lr,,n wreck near Louiseville. Quebec. Aug. 28--Tvphoon in Corea killed nearly 400. Aug. 31--Twenty-eight men killed in German mine explosion. Sept. 5--Ten persons killed in crash ef sightseeing plane near Pittsburgh, Pa. Sept. 13--Avalanche at Loen. Norway, killed 74. _ Sept. 16--Dr. Jean Charcot, famous French polar explorer, and 59 others drowned in shipwreck Sept. 27--Forest fires in southwestern Oregon virtually destroyed Bandon and attacked three other towns; nine known dead. Oct. 6--Ten miners killed at Mullan, Idaho. when shaft car fell. Oct. 11--More than 300 killed by typhoon in the Philippines. Oct. 17--Nineteen drowned when Canadian ship Sand Merchant foundered in Lake Erie. Oct. 18--Destructive earthquake in northe a s t e r n I t a l y k i l l e d 2 9 . . . . Nov. 8--Hamburg-American motorship Isis foundered off Land's End, England; 39 drowned. Nov. 16--Explosion of French powder gAant near Marseilles killed 34 and injured Nov. 19--Thousand killed when dam in Japan burst. Nov. 24--Nine killed and scores injured in Chicago elevated train wreck. Nov. 30--Crystal palace. London, burned. Dec. 2--Twelve drowned when German Seek Stapid far Raler The Russians have an old story of the city of Glupov, Fool City, where the people ware such fools that they were not content until they found some one to rule them who was more stu£d than they were themselv|%?-' A Moaataia ef Westphalia Koppenbarg refers to the moui^- tain of Westphalia to which the Pied Piper led the children when the peo- PU «f Hamelin refused to pay him far killing tbair fate. Oct. »--League of Nations gave Poland te to solve troubles of free eitjr mT Danzig Oct 23--Portugal severed diplomatic relations with Spain; Russia denounced the neutrality pact relating to Spain. Oct. 25--Germany and Italy reached agreement for unified political action. Ifov. C--Naval powers, excepting Gar- Ike 8eeoad Amendment The text of the second amendment of the United States Constitution reads: "A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." Tree WHk a The "tree with a handle" It near Madisonville, Tenn. A small limb of this tree, by some freak, has practically completed a circle and (IvwBbMkthniafhtiM freighter Elsa foundered Dec. 4--Nearly 290 killed in flood to north- ' ern Luzon. Philippines. Dec. 7--More than 200 drowned in flood In Turkey. Dec. 9--Dutch airliner crashed In England. killing 14. including Juan de la Cierva, inventor of the autogyro. Dec. 15--Western Air Express plane lost in Utah with seven persons. Dec. 19--San Vicente. Salvador, wrecked by earthquake; several hundred killed. "~~ SPORTS Jan. 1--Stanford beat Southern Methodist in Rose Bowl football game at Pasadena. Jan. 11--Willie Hoppe won three-cushion billiards championship from Cochran. Jan. 17--Joe Louis knocked out Charley Retzlaff in one round in Chicago. Feb. 6--Olympic winter games opened at Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Germany. Feb 16--Norway won Olympic winter games; United States fifth. March 7--Purdue and Indiana tied for Big Ten basketball title. March 14--University of Michigan won Big Ten indoor track championship. April 4--Cambridge beat Oxford in annual regatta. April 6--Horton Smith won the Masters' golf tournament at Augusta. Ga. April 14--Major league baseball season opened. May S--Bold Ventura won Kentucky Derby. May 6--American women's golf team tied British team, retaining Curtis cup. May 8--Canxoneri defeated McLamin in Hew York. May 11--Petey Sairon «f Birmingham won featherweight title ftvm Freddie Miller. May 17--BeM Venture wsa the Preakotti itaks. May 23--University at Indiana wen Big Ten outdoor track championship. May 30--Louis Meyer won Indianapolis 000 mile auto race. June 1--Australian tennis team eliminated United States from Davis cup play. I June 3--University of Michigan wea Big 'Ten baseball championship. June 6--Tony Mareno won national open golf tourney. June IS--Mrs. Opal Hill won women's western golf title. Don Lash broke world's record for two ,'^kjjruerican women's^ .tennis team, tan cup from British. Pretentions, Portestaas Pretentious is the word usually applied to a building which is showy or magnificent. It is possible to speak of a building of portentous size, meaning abnormally large; portentous involves the idea of future expectations; ominoiw, can author. Jan. 5--Ramon Inclan. Spanish drsmatist and poet. Jay House, Journalist. ' Jan. 6--Charles Stoneham, owner of New York Giants. Jan 9--John Gilbert, screen actor. Jan. 12--John F. Hylan, ex-mayor of New York. . Jan. 13--S. L. Rothafel. "Roxy.' New York motion picture producer. Jan. 15--Cynthia Stocklej. British novelist * Jan. 16--Annie Russell, veteran American actress. Jan. 17--A. Barry Bacon, president of the Christian Science mother church in Boston. Jan. 18--Rudyard Kipling. British poet and story writer. Jan. 20--King George V. of Great Britain Jan. 23--Frank H. Simonds. editor and historian. Dama Clara Butt, British singer Jan. 25--George W. Wickersham, former attornev general of United States. Jan. 27--Scott Bone, former governor of Alaska Jan. 28--Oscar K. Allen, governor of Louisiana.. Feb. 2--Sir Owen Seaman, former editor of London Punch. Feb. 3--Charles B. Warren of Detroit, international lawyer and former diplomat. Feb. 6--Wilhelm Solf. German diplomat. Feb. 7--O. P. Heggie. stage and screen actor. Feb. 8--Charles Curtis, former senator and vice president, in Washington. Feb. 9--Henry Justin Smith of Chicago. Journalist and author. Feb 10--Prof. Caroline E. Furness. Vassar astronomer. David S Barry, writer and former serge. int-at-arms of the senate. Feb 11--W H "Coin" Harvey, veteran bimetalism leader. • Fell 12--Mrs Cora Urquhart Brown-Potter. once famous actress. Feb. 1R--Roy D. Chapin of Detroit, former secretary oi eammerce. Dr J. H. Robinson, writer and teacher of history, in New York. Feb. 17--Alexander Pantages. former theater magnate. Hiram P. Maxim, firearms inventor. Feb. 19--Brig. Gen. William Mitchell, commandei of American air forces in World WMatthew E. Hanna. former diplomat, at Tucson. Ariz. Feb. 22- Henry L. Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the navy. Feb. 23--Ed Smith, noted sports editor. Feb. 94--Albert C. Ritchie, former governor of Maryland. Feb. 27--Antonio Scotti. baritone. In Naplet. Feb 28--J. G. Coolidge, veteran diplomat, in Boston. . . March 2--Prof. R. B. Anderson of Madison. Wis . Norse history authority. March 4--MaJ. Gen. William Welgel. U. 8. A. retired. March 9--Sidney J. Catts, ex-governor of Florida. March 10--Earl Beatty. British naval March 12--Dr. William Wilmer of Washington. D C., eye specialist. March 15--George E. Foss «f Chicago, former congressman. Prince Serge Mdvianl at Delray Beach, Fla. Prof. J. S. Haldane, British scientist. March 19-- Eleutherios Venire los, Greek statesman. _ March 21--Justin McCarthy, author and playwright, in London. Alexander Glazounoff. Russian composer. March 24--W. J. Bogan. superintendent of Chicago schools. March 29--Magnus Swenson, scientist. In Madison, Wis March 30--Charles G. Phillips, retired trade paper publisher, at Montclair. N. J. March 31--Congressman S. A. Rudd of Brooklyn. N. Y. April 4--C. L. Strobel of Chicago, steel construction engineer. ' W. C. Peyton of New York, chemical engineer and industrialist. ' • u April 5--Chandler Egan, former golf champion, at Everett. Wash. ^ April 6--John Hammlll. former governor of lowa. April 7--Marilyn Miller, musical comedy "'Vpril 10--Leopold von Hoesch. German ambassador to England. April 11--Richard Yates, former governor of Illinois and congressman. April 12--James M. Beck, former solicitor general and congressman from Pennsylvania. <v „ C. Howard Walxer. architect, in Boston. April 13--Constantine Demerdjis, premier of Greece Howard Thurston, magician. April 17--Ottorlno Respighl. Italian compOMT. April 18--Louis McHenry Howe, secretory to President Roosevelt. April 22--Alexandra Carlisle, actress, in New York. _ April 23--Congressman J. T. Buckbee of Hocxford. IB. April 24--Finley Peter Dunne, creator of "Mr. Dooley.*' „ F. S. Wheeler, chairman of American Can e°Apiiinfc--Percy Hammond, dramatic crit- ' ie. in New York. . W. 8. George, founder of the George Jl5p3r McClatehy, California D<DrPJohn ludlon!*Amei1cen surgeon. fiKy1 l^OrA? E^ousman^SSnglish poet. May 3--James E. Smith of St. Louis, pioneer in waterways Improvement. May 5--Milo Reno, head of Farmers Holiday association. M a y B e a t r i c e H a r r a d e a . E n g l i s h n o v - "1May 7--Dr. H. L. McBain of New York, educator and scientist. May 8--United States Trammel of Florida. Dr. Oswald Spengler of Germany, author. May 11--A. M. Palmer, attorney general under President Wilson. _ , May 14--Viscount Allenby, who took Palestine from the Turks. Senator Park What War Did to Paraguay Paraguay's five-year war against Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay; from 1809 to 1870, halved the popu^ lation and left eleven women to one man. Ice From Pelar JUgiaaa The ice that drifts down from the polar regions each year would main a layer -a foot thick if it were spread evenly over the land surface 0 tteaorih. j Marble Walls Around Islaads Pichola is a small lake near Udaipur in central west India. Each of two small islafltts in the lake is inclosed by marble walla, within which is erected a marble palace.. Th*se were built by rulers of Rajnuiana. Winnifred Mason of Chicago, former congresswoman at large. Aug. 26--Dave Barry, prize fight referee. Aug. 27--George H. Dern. secretary of WMiss Anna Morgan of Chicago, veteran drama teacher. .. , Aug. 29--C. W. Toms of New York, tebacco magnate. Aug. 30--W. F. Whiting, former secretory of commerce, in Holyoke, Mass. -- - ' "Sept 5--G. E. Tai4x.ll of New York, former life insurance magnate. 1 Sept 11--Augie Kieckhefer of Chicago, billiard star. , , , . Sept 12--W. E. Walling. American labor leader. Sept. 13--Magnus Johnson, former senator and representative from Minnesota. J. E. Armstrong, veteran Chicago educator. Sept. 14--Ossip Gabrilowitsch. pianist ana conductor, in Detroit, v Irving Thalberg. movie producer. Sept. 15--Alexander Zaimis. ex-president of Greece. . • Dr E A. Grosvenor, emeritus professor of h i s t o r y in A m h e r s t . . . . . Sept. 18-r,MaJ. Gen. U. S. G. McAlexander. U S A., retired. w Sept. 24--Frank Munson, president Munson Steamship line. , Sept. 25--William Horllck of Racine. Wis., malted milk manufacturer and phllanthro- P'sept. 26--Miss Harriet Monroe of Chicago, editor of "Poetry" magazine. Dr Joseph Clark, Sunday school leader. Sept. 28-- Rear Admiral W. S. Sims, U. S. N., retired. . . . , _ ^ feept. 30--F. L. Rainey, president of Centre college. Kentucky. . Oct 1--George Huff, athletic director at Universit> of Illinois. Ex-Congre§sman Louis T. McFadden oi Pennsylvania. ... . Oct. 3--H. H. Whiting president Pillsbury Flour Mills, in Minneapolis. Oct. 4--Jesse I. Straus, merchant and diplomat, in New York Oct. 6--Julius Gomboes. premier of Hun •St. 10--Frank Presbrey, former editor and publisher, in Greenwich. Conn. Oct. 12--E. M. Blashfield. American mural 14--Mary McDowell of Chicago, social worker. Oct. 17--Samuel Merwin. American novelist. Gen. Andres Figueroa. Mexican minister of war. Oct. 18--D. E. Shanahan. veteran Illinois legislator. , Oct. 2<V--Mrs. Anna Macy. teacher of HeleBOctell22-- James Couzens. United States senator from Michigan. Oct 24--Clem Yore, novelist and poet, at Estes Park. Col. Oct. 25--Arthur W. Needles, president Norfolk and Western railway. Oct 29 -- Thomas Cochran, New York ""ocf'30--Lorado Taft. sculptor. In Chicago. Hoy. 4--Nathan E. Kendall, former governor of lowa. Nov. 6--Henry B. Joy of Detroit, automobile manufacture. , . Nov. 7--Charles H. Strong, industrialist, in Erie. Ps. Chic Sale, comedian. . Nov 11--Sir Edward German. British Composer. Nov 12--Dr. Gilbert Fitz-Pstrlck of Chicago. surgeon. Franklin W. M. Cutcheon of New York, lawyer and civic worker. Nov 14--Clark Howell, editor of Atlanta Constitution. John F. Whelan of New York, tobacco m!Tva 16--Alfred Aarons of New York. theatrical producer. Cardinal Maurin of Lyons, France. Nov. 17 -- Mme. Ernestine Schumann- Heink, operatic and concert contralto. Nov. 18--Levin Faust, industrial leader of Rockford. Ill _ Nov. 19--Maurice Maschke of Cleveland. Ohio, political leader. Nov. 21--MaJ. Gen. R. E. Callan, U. S. A., retired. ^ . Ernest R. Graham of Chicago, architect Nov. 22--Sir Fitzroy Donald MacLean, chief of the Clan MacLean. Nov. 23--O. P. Van Sweringen of Cleveland, railway magnate. Frank A. Sebring, pioneer pottery manufacturer, at Cleveland. Ohio Nov. 26--Mrs. Thomas Whiff en, veteran actress. Nov. 27--Sir Basil Zaharoff. mystery man" of Europe and war munitions magnate. Nov. 28--George Clark, ex-governor ef Iowa. Nov. 30--Fred W. Green, ex-governor ef Michigan. . Dec. 1--John Ring ling, last of eircus brothers, in New York. Jacob Schaefer. composer. In New York. Dec. 2--Charles Thrasher, artist, of Oldfield, N. Y. Harold W. Brown, adjutant general of Missouri. Dec. 3--Oliver Harker. veteran educator. at Carbondale, HI. Mrs. Florence Robinson, psychologist, at New Haven, Conn. Dec. 4--Leon Cammen, internationally known engineer in New York. Dec. 9--J. G. Alexander, Chicago financier. Congressman C. H. Cary of Kentucky. Dec. .7--Fuller Mellish. veteran actor, la New York. Dec. 10--Luigi Pirandello, Italian playwright. 1 Dec. 13--Russell B. Harrison of Indianapolis, son of former President Benjamin Harrison. Peter Bilhorn, singing evangelist and hymn writer, in Los Angeles. Dec. M--George A. McKlnlock, Chicago capitalist and philanthropist. Dec. 19--Howard J. White, eminent Chicago architect. Peter H. Van Horn of New York, business leader. Dec. 19--Marie Van Horst. American novelist. Dec. 20--Peter Norbeck. United Statoa senator from South Dakota. A Western Newspaper Union. \ i Many Varieties ef Maples There nre over 70 varieties of maple trees in the world, but only one of the seventy yields sugar in commercial quantities. This is the famous hard or sy.«r maple which grows in Canada from the Atlantic ocean to the Lake of the Woods and in the eastern United States. Mgraat Of the 23 classified orders of birds, only two are true migrants, although aome are wanderers, declare ord- % A FACE AT THE WINDOW «J , tWWAHD A. B.HWtfTT There is an old legend that gives us - a pertinent- story at this season of the year. Op a stormy night in mid - winter, a prince was faring sumptuously when he heard a knock at the window. He saw midst the shadow the pale, thin face of a little child and heard a plaintive voice say: "The Christ Child is hungry." The prince Was angered by the interruption and commanded his servants to chase the Child away. He continiied. his meal but his enjoyment was less keen and his' heart somewhat heavy. Presently, the knock was heard again, and the same face! apfceaxed at the window and the same voice said: "The Christ Child is cold." Again the servants were commanded to drive the Child away from the palace grounds. The third appearance of the face at the window met with the same stern and unsympathetic attitude of the prince. But, when the Child was driven away the third time, something happened within : the palace. The costly dishes upon the banquet table were turned to metal; the rich food was changed -to stone; but the cruel heart of the prince was made a warm, pulsating heart aglow with true hu- ^ man sympathy. The prince sent his servants in search of the Child and bade them spare no cost nor energy. Down into the valley, over plains, and up the mountain sides . , they searched. At last, the Child, still hungry and cold, was found t and brought into the palace and in- "f to the presence oi! the prinee. The metal dishes became once more 'V beautiful china; the food became • ? again a warm delicious meal. The Child shared the banquet with the ; prince who had never before ex- 1 '« perienced such joy and satisfaction. The Child shared not only a banquet hour, but the continued care j of the prince who provided for the Child's future home and education. " j The privilege of sharing a blessing with another is frequently lost in the very act of dispensing charity, or giving one's time in counsel : : or in service. The gifts which we give are valued not according to their intrinsic worth but the spirit , •*. which characterizes the £ift. He who gives himself with his gift * shares with another something of the very essence of personality no money can buy. It is that some- "I • thing of self shared with the gift that makes it priceless and capa-" . ble of imparting to the recipient a "gift unspeakable and full of glory." Such giving illustrates the grace of kindness. "Gifts serve for passing delight, but they serve also for the disposition of those elements of reality that will not pass away: Caring and sharing with others a spirit that is. a far rieker reward than all the material gifts bereft of the giver. "Not what we give, but what we share. For the sift without the giver is bare; Who gives himself with his alms feeds thrye. Himself, his hungering neighbor, snd Me." Who gives himself with his gift , serves thy-ee: himself, his friend,,, and the gift divine •k is e Western Newspaper Union. My Neighbor "S sSays:= Dry coconut may be softened steamed in a clean cloth over boiling water. • • • Wire paper clips may be used very successfully to hold plaits ia position when pressing a skirt. * o o « . kerosene will quickly remove paint or varnish from the hands. Pour a little on to a cloth and rub over the hands. 1 is To loosen a cake.from th« ter of an angel cake tube move a tp steel knitting needle around center slowly. It does not break the cake. • • • In selecting a soup for a meal re- ^ member that creamed soups should „ not be served when there are -C creamed vegetables or creamed fish to follow. • • • . To warm over biscuits, muffins | or rolls, sprinkle lightly with water, place pan containing them in a pan V' of water and put in oven for a few minutes. • Associated NswapapOra.--WND Sorvte% POTPOURRI Astronomical Predictions So definite have been the studies in astronomy and so accurate astronomical calculations, that visits of comets, the occurrence of eclipses, etc., may be foretold years in advance. The path of the planet Venus, for example, brings it directly across the sun's surface, as viewed from the earth, at certain intervals. The next such occurrence will be on June t, 2004. 9 Western Newspaper Union. T ! : Beat Bedaces WeigM A University of Kentucky sor says the average person one or more poinds a day during periods of extreme heat. The normal gastric juice contains about 0JS par cant to M per coat , f.i til