!• IW /•* ' . ' 1 » . • ' • «X ' • \ - & f • . ' * ' T r '*• f " " - ,Ijf BB MaHEHBY PLAIHDKALSK w " '•*-^u THE MUENRY PLAWDEALER Published every Thursday at Mchenry, HI., by Charles F. Renich. Entered as seeond-class matter at the jxratoffice at McHenry, 111., under the act of May 8, 1879. A. H. MOSHER Editor and One Year .....$2.00 si ,v. NEW mpm McHENRY, ILLINOIS San. Mat. 3 p. m. Continuous FRIDAY -- SATURDAY Robert Taylor - Lew Ayree Greer Garson - Billie Burke "RBMEMBER?" .Also -- Our Cnnfr Comedy and Noveltj « jSdTNDAY AND MONDAY February 25-26 -----/.Sunday Matinee at 2:45 ---- William Po'vell - Myrna Loy "ANOTHER THIN MAN" Jane Withers - .1<*p Brown, Jr. "HIGH SCHOOL" Picture "High School" will be run at 4:30 - 8:00 p.m. Sunday TUESDAY 10c - 20c (1) "Two Thoroughbreds" (2) "Dead End Kids on Dress Parade" WEDNESDAY -- THURSDAY Deanna Durbin in "FIRST LOVE The P c n u t i f u I IIIOVAIf g£S CRYSTAL LAKE, ILL. McHenry Co's. Leading Theatre FRIDAY AND SATURDAY 'CHARLIE MCCARTHY, DETECTIVE" - A N D - The Dead End Kifc -- in -- "ON DRESS PARADE" •I" Men Surpass Women? The male of the human species it Superior in intelligence to the female, according to Professor William Reuter, Westminster college psychologist. Reuter asserts, on the basis of tests, that it has been proved that woman rarely becomes successful through her own ability. Men have always beaten women in every field, even in their own domain gf cooking and dressmaking, according to Reuter. He said the difference in innate intelligence between the sexes may be due to the fact that the masculine * brain is larger. Poland Still on Map Although Austria and Czechoslo* vakia have been rubbed off Euro* pean maps, United States commercial mapmakers are standing firm on Polish territory. The familiar pink area used to designate the former Republic of Poland will remain unchanged until the war in Europe is over, according to William Tauch, representative of a large map-making concern, , . First Hospital Chair . ' According to the minutes of the Pennsylvania hospital for September 28, 1788, Thomas Afflick, by many considered the superior of Philadelphia's famous cabinetmaker William Savery, presented the hospital with a curious mahogany chair for the easy removal of sick patients. The chair was valued at 12 pounds. 'Gone With the Wind'? Members of congress have been asked to help suppress the moving picture, "Gone With the Wind." The Malcolm Ammidown Woman's Relief corps, of Southbridge, Mass., wrote to senators and representatives urging the film be banned as "an insult to the Grand Army of the Republic." SUNDAY -- MONDAY Son. Cont. from 2:45 p. m. -- 25c to 6 p. m. -- 30c after; Child. - 10c E X T R A ! ! Louis vb. Godoy Fight Films See Who Really Won This Amazing Fight! ---- Also ---- ALLAN JONES ^ - MARY MARTIN WALTER CONNOLLY --in-- "THE GREAT VICTOR HERBERT' -- with -- Lee Bowman - Judith Barrett -- TUESDAY -- I t s -- S p t c i f t f -- - •.Pat OBVien --.in -- THE MIGHT OF NIGHTS -- with -- Olympe Bradna • Roland YotB| WEDNESDAY -- THURSDAY Loretta Young and David Nino 'ETERNALLY YOURS" -- with -- Ha«h Herbert BilHe Burke Income Up in Seven States From 1929 to 1937 America's national income dropped 12 per cent, but' increased buying power, according to the department of commerce, was registered in the District of Columbia and seven states, Florida, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, North and South Carolina and Virginia. \ Bullet's Ineffectiveness The ineffectiveness of bullets shot into water is the result of the absorption of energy by the water. The amount that a lead bullet will flatten on impact with water varies with the striking velocity, the hardness of the lead and the angle of impact. "~s Revolutionary Borrowing Over $500,000 in cash was borrowed by the United States during the last two years of the Revolutionary war, according to a study of "Business Enterprise in the American Revolutionary Era" issued by the Columbia University Press. Prisoner's Luck Charm Fails Him DALLAS, TEXAS. -- Deputy Sheriff Bill Bietendorf arrested a young prisoner for disturbing the peace and began searching the culprit at the county jail. "Got anything on you?" Bietendorf demanded. "No sir," answered the prisoner, "only this rabbit's foot--and it don't work." Long Monthly Ride For Music Lesson Travels 1,500 Miles for One Hour's Instruction. Freak Hunting Death Harold Strain, Gold Beach, Ore., 16-year-old hunter, was killed by a bullet that had passed through and killed a deer. Strain was standing in the line of fire when his hunting partner, not knowing he was there, fired the fatal shot. HUTCHINSON, KAN.--Her name is Helen Frisch. She is 22, a stenographer with the U. S. forestry service, earning $85 a month. She lives here in Hutchiivson with her parents. So far it is the picture of an average girl. I But Helen is not the average girl. A career as a concert pianist is her ambition and to realize it she: 1--Travels 1,500 miles a month for a music lesson of one hour. 2--Spends $40 of her modest earnings for the privilege of studying with a celebrated Chicago pianist. 3--Sacrifices clothes and good times in keeping with her years to pay for bus fare, and to permit four hours' practice after work each day. This amazing record, which is but the beginning of Helen's story, was piled up this summer when, once a month, during June, July and September, she took time off from her job to sit all night on a bus to Chicago-- a 48-hour round trip--to take lessons with Rudolph Ganz at the Chicago Musical college. Fatigue and financial drain didn't discourage this slim girl, for she was convinced that Ganz could teach her what more than anything else in her world she wanted to learn. But Helen.is of the stripe of which success stories are made, say her chums; so commuting, spending $20 for bus fare, $15 for a lesson and $5 for hotel room and meals out of her meager funds, would be no obstacle to her determination. Through these months Helen has proved she has more than dreams. She has a daring for difficulties and a smile for sacrifice. So it is not surprising to Hutchinson that she is taking her slim savings and leaving {pr Chicago and a chance at her dreams. If Helen needs encouragement, which a girl of her gumption probably doesn't, perhaps Mr. Gane's opinion of her will skyrocket her feeling. He said: "Any girl who uses up a 12-hour practice card in 24-hours, and has the eagerness and talent of Miss Frisch certainly has the mental makeup for success." . / Tough Montana Hombr* When an unknown but tough "hombre" dropped a nickel in the telephone of a drug store at Butte, Mont., and got the wrong number, he promptly drew' otft his six-shooter and blasted'away at the mouthpiece. British^Whtte Paper The official 'repeats or communiques issued by th£ British government periodically are known as Blue Books. Occasional reports, which usually are not so extensive, are called. White, Papers. Keeps Knowledge Of Suicide Plant For 3 Centuries Women of Iroquois Tribes, Deserted by HusbandM^'!. Used Poison Weed. MILLER Theatre Woodstock Air-Condi tioaed FRIDAY -- February 2S 2 -- BIG Features -- I at Bargain Prices! Doors Open at 6:80 " » 15c 'till 7:00 - 25c after 74S "NICK CARTER, MASTER DETECTIVE' with Walter Pidgeott - P L U S - 'SONS O'GUNS" with Joe E.. Brown SATURDAY -- February 24 Continuous from 2:30 2 - Fine Shows - 2 "ALLEGHENY UPRISING" with John Wayne "NIGHT OF NIGHTS" with Pat O'Brien No Local Tax Levy Milton, Wash., has adopted a budget for the next year that contains no local tax levies. The town will operate on liquor and highway funds allocated by the state. Noncompetitive Impaste More than half the value of U. S. imports of agricultural products is in noncompetitive items like coffee, tea, cocoa, raw silk, rubber, bananas, spices. Agricultural Note Vetches producing from tyo to three tons of dry plants per acre would add from 150 to 200 pounds of nitrogen to the soil if turned under. Hundreds of Birds AMI Killed by Cloudburst WINNIPEG, MAN.--Hundreds of sparrows were victims of a violent rain stprm in Winnipeg during which 1.39 inches of rain fell in less than three hours. Street cleaners were kept busy in one street after the storm, clearing away more than 300 of the birds which had been dashed to the ground from a tree in which they had taken shelter. In other parts of the city scores of the tiny bodies were found, beaten to the ground by the terrific rain and wind when they were caught •way from shelter. WASHINGTON --Some of the Iroquoian tribes in New Yotk state and Canada until very recently used the roots of the same poisonous plant to commit suicide that their ancestors used 300 years ago. Middle-aged women, deserted by their husbands, were known to poison themselves in this way. « The plant widely used for suicide purposes was the water hemlock, or poison hemlock (Cicuta maculata), that grows in the wet meadows and pastures of the region. * It is mentioned as early as 1632 among the Hurons by Father Sagard. Discovered by Ethnologist. This remarkable survival of a na* tive custom through so many years of the white man's influence was noted this summer by Dr. W. N. Fenton of the Smithsonian Bureau of American Ethnology. Dr. Fenton, who has just returned to Washington after two months' study of the medicinal use of herbs by the Iroquoian tribes, reports that certain of these medicinal herbs are known by the same names and used for the same ailments by tribes that speak different dialects and are located hundreds of miles apart. For several seasons Dr. Fenton has been collecting comparative material for use in a comprehensive work on Iroquois medicine, commenced 30 years ago by the late F. W. Waugh of the National Museum of Canada. This year Dr. Feifton visited the St. Regis reservation on the Canadian-United States border; the Mohawk reservation at Caughnawaga, near Montreal; the Huron reservation at La Jeune Lorette, Que.; the Six Nations reserve at Brantford, Qnt., and the Allegheny reservation at Salamanca, N. Y. Accurate Knowledge of Flora. Indians all over the country, of course, used herbs for medicinal purposes, but the Iroquoian tribes of the northeastern United States and adjoining parts of Canada have surprisingly accurate knowledge of the plant life of the region. They use particular herbs as pneumonia remedies, certain barks as worm medicines, cathartics, aifi emetics, and others as blood tonics for run-down condition. The blood tonics are especially widely used, and nearly every family has its particular concoction of herbs for this purpose. They may contain as many as 20 different ingredients, some of the better-knpwn of which are bloodroot, sarsaparilla, lobelia, spikenard, fireweed and partridgeberry. At the reservation at Brantford, Ont., Dr. Fenton was much pleased to observe the great esteem in which the Indians held the late Dr. J. N. JB. Hewitt, Smithsonian ethnologist, iwho up to the time of his death in ]1937 had spent many field seasons among them recording in the native languages texts on old Iroquois history and customs surrounding the founding of the League of the Iroquois. Dr. Fenton hopes eventually, with the help of these Indians, to complete for publication the voluminous manuscript material which Dr. Hewitt left at his death. CHICKEN FARM FOR RENT or FOR SALE -- Five acres, on Lake Geneva Road, one-quarter mile north of McHenry. Annie Justen. 40-2 \Mui FOR SALE BUY YOUR COAL FROM "CHUCK" -- Quick deliveries on any amount. A telephone call to 58-M will get an immediate response. Chuck's Ice & Trucking Co. 35-tf FOR SALE---Eastern Kentucky Stoker Coal. Phone McHenry 649-R-l. Henry V. Sompel. *40-2 FOR SALE -- 80-acre estate. Price, $125 per acre. Arthur A. Pfannenstill, Route 1, McHenry. *40-2 WANTED SITUATION WANTED--Couple, middie aged, expert cook and housekeeper; man, caretaker or gardener. Box "X," care of The Plaindealer. *40 WANTED--Married man to work oil farm near Fox Lake. Must be reliable and good worker; good references. Address Box "P," care Plaindealer. #40 FOR RENT FOR RENT--Seven room house on John street. Light, gas, bath. Heady April 1. Inquire at Will iBuchert's filling station. *40 LOST LOST -- Tuesday evening, between Main street and St. Patrick's church, McHenry, billfold belonging to Richard Weland, Woodstock; contained sum of money and valuable papers. Finder return to Louis Nimsgern, Main street, McHenry, and receive generous reward. Tel. McHenry 201-R. *40 MISCELLANEOUS FARMERS--We pay $3,00 to $16 per head for old or down horses and cows. Must be alive. Prompt day and night service, Sundays and holidays included. No help needed to lead. Your pets will be shot on place if desired. Phone Wheeling 102, reverse charges. 44-10 CUSTOM BALING--I am prepared to do all kinds of custom baling. Jos. Draper, Route 1, West McHenry, HI., Phone McHenry 613-J-2. *40-2 HARNESS REPAIRS--Now ready to repair harness and also oiling at $1.75 per set. Green iPti eet Shoe Repair Shop. John R. Freund, Phone 127-J. *40 CLIFFS RADIO SERVICE -- Expert repairs on all makes, work guaranteed. Repairs on all electrical appliances. Clifford Wilson, Prop., Tel. 18, Riverside Drive, McHenry. 34-tf DEAD ANIMALS--We want them^-- Pay Cash! $1.00 per head for cows and horses, if called at once! 1 Also pick up hogs and pigs. Day and night service, Sundays and holidays. No help needed in loading with our sanitary loading devices. Post mortems will be given If requested. Phone Wheeling 102, reverse Charges. 44-10 Thursday, Mtfteary SS,1§40 AUCTION CHAS. LEONARD, Auctioneer \ Having decided to quit farming, JL will sell at Public Auction on the fan*, rates. Regular year round route, j formerly known as the Ozmun farr|^ formerly George Meyers'. Ben J. located one mile north of Waucond|^ 2-tf j and four miles south of Volo on Rte» U. S. No. 12, on, -- GARBAGE COLLECTING--Let us dispose of your garbage each week, or oftener if desired. Reasonable Smith. Phone 865 or 631-M-l. FIRST MORTGAGE LOANS --On homes and farms, in and around McHenry, 111. Low interest rates. See Kent A Co. Inc., McHenry, 111., Phone 8. 28-tf Among the Sick Joseph Iwaniec, who recently returned home from the Woodstock hospital, was returned there Monday for further treatment. Jeanette Boyle of McCollum Lake was given a second blood transfusion Sunday morning at the Woodstock hospital. There is a noted improvement in her condition. Irvin Freund was operated for appendicitis at St. Therese's hospital, Waukegan, on Tuesday of last week. The operation was delayed a Couple of wee&s because he contracted influenza the day the operation was to have been performed. J. J. Rioftiermel is convalescing at his home after a recent appendectomy. He returned home from the Woodstock hospital Sunday. Mrs. Lisle Bassett, who has been confined to her bed for several weeks, is slowly recovering. / Mr. R. F. Bond of Gurney, the father of Mrs. E. E.-Denman of McHenry, has been undergoing medical treatment at St. Therese's hospital at Waukegan. Mrs. C. EL Denman of Grayslake, Edwin E. Denman's mother, is critically ill at her home. Jacob Justen is recovering from a heart attack which he suffered at his home on Monday morning. Mrs. William Justen returned to her home from the Woodstock hospital Tuesday and is getting along nicely. Eye Pupils Grow Smaller - " Pupils of the eye grow smaflet with advancing age, and by the time a person is 80 the diameter of the pupil is only about half of what it was when the pe'rson was 20 years old, according to the Better Vision institute. At night the pupil is larger than during the daytime, and studies have indicated that in many persons the pupil increases slightly in size during the week and that it grows smaller as a person rests over the week-end. « / Ben Franklin's Quay At Auray, on the coast of Francs, the harbor quay is named after Benjamin Franklin. There he landed in a rowboat in 1776, too' impatient tcikwait for a wind to blow his ship into Nantes, his destination. Boy Hero The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals at Bloxwich, England, has awarded a silver medal posthumously to David Harper, 11, who drowned in a* attempt to save his dog. 4 Subscribe for The Plaindealer \T ST-, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27p Commencing at 1 o'clock sharp, u#r.- following described property to-wit" * 19 HEAD OF LIVESTOCK: lfc 3 HORSES -- Bay Mare, 9 yrs. old, wt. 1,400 lbs.; Blue Roan Mare, # * yrs. old, wt. 1,600 lbs.; Sorrel GeliL . ing, 7 yrs. old, wt. 1,400 lbs. 8 HOLSTEIN COWS -- 6 new millfc ers; 2 backward springers; 6 pur<k bred Guernsey heifers, 9 mos. old; fp" ® Guernsey heifers, 2 mos. old. j, Hay, Grain and Machinery : 700 bus. hybrid corn in crib; 1S§>" bu. seed barley; 10 ton good soy beafc: hay; 15 ton good alfalfa hay; quantity of corn fodder in barn and silage'^ in two silos. y >-'• John Deere tractor and cultivate*; 2 years old; tractor plow; tractor disc; Papec silo filler; McCormidk ^ grain binder; Hoosier grain driltj • McCormick corn binder; Internation al corn planter; single row cultivato{£<!"<«- •; horse disc; cultipacker; 3-sectioa draj?: 2-section drag; sulky plow; & walking plows; International hay loader, nearly new; McCormick mower; side delivery rake; dump rake; iron wheel truck and rack; woof wheel truck and rack; International x manure spreader; set of bobs; potass plow. - DeLaval cream s eparator, 300-lfc. - capacity; 12 milk cans; 4 sanitaijfr milk pails and strainer; 3 milk stirrers; 2 sets breeching harness; & good horse collars; fanning mill; Leti feed mill; platform scale; 3 gd^> drums; forks, shovels and other articles too numerous to mention. Terms i - All sums up to $25.00, cash; ov# that amount a credit of six months' will be given the purchaser on bankable notes bearing 7 per cent' interest. No property removed tmtfl settledf or. GEO. KNIGGE West McHenry State Bank, Clerking' FORENOON SALE CHAjS. LEONARD, Auctioneer The undersigned will sell at Publie Auction on the farm known as the Theodore Mau Farm on Route between Hebron and Richmond, oif -- Thursday, r«brnary» • beginning at 9:30 A. M.. SHARP on account of sale in the afternoon Charley Seets on the old Harvard:» Woodstock road. 30 Head of Cows Extra good herd; one bull. 4 Brood Sows. One gray mule; one brown Jinny mule; one bay mare; - one roan man. Horses are all Jtrang and good workers. *** 15 tons of bean hay; 4 stacks cor#. 125 shocks corn; 15 ft. silage. 3 sets harness; full line of good farm machinery. y ^ Chas. Peterson, Bankrupt Nol Illinois Finance Co., Clerking . North Carolina Cigarettes Of the 160 bill ion cigarettes manufactured annually in the United States, approximately 86 billions are produced in North Carolina. SUNDAY -- MONDAY February 25-26 --Continuous Sunday from 2:80 ..Bargain Matinee to 6:00 -- B I G D O U B L E B I L L ! "CHARLIE McCARTHY, DETECTIVE" EDGAR BERGEN CHARLIE McCARTlpf;. -- P L U S -- 4 " • "1REMEMBER?" BERT TAYLOR EER G4RSON LEW AYRES 1 fDI GR1 TUESDAY Febru»^ 27 i5c - Bargejn Night - 15e On the Screen "TOO BUSY TO WORK" with The Jones Family WEDNESDAY THURSDAY February 28-29 The Picture That Made the Whole Country TaHc! 'THE BIRTH OF A BABY Before Your Very £jm! -- The Most Important Movie Ever Made! ! h 3 U. S. Postal Savings The postal savings system more than 2,700,000 depositors, With balances to their credit of over $1,262,000,000. Largest Quicksand Area Diamond shoals, off Cape Hatteras, N. C., are said to comprise the largest area of quicksand in the world. Safe Is Left Unlocked, Robbers Get 14 Cents GLOUCESTER, N. J.--When robbers broke into the safe at the service station operated by Charles C. Foster they found the door open and 14 cents inside. Foster, who said the sale is robbed "several times a year," insisted that he left the door open intentionally so that the burglars' work would not be "messy." "We take most of the money home •very night, leaving the safe door open so they can get in easily," Foster explained. Black Cat Excuse Saves Cab Driver Poasible Fine NEW YORK.--A black cat saved Herman Lehr, taxi driver, a possible fine of $100 and less of his license here recently. Lehr was arrested for driving while intoxicated after his taxi rammed a parked car. He told Chief Magistrate Henry Curran it was a cat and not the two glasses of wine he said he had drunk that made him swerve. Judge Curran looked skeptical. "But it was a black cat," Lehr said. The was dismissed. Lifeguard, 78, Retires ^ After Saving 94 Persons BLAIR, NEB.--For the last eight years Jonas Burcham, 78, has been lifeguard at the Blair swimming ppol. ** This season he retired to make way for a younger swimmer i Burcham began swimming at the age of four and swam across the Missouri river when he was nine. He is credited with saving 94 per* sons from drowning during his lifetime. The feat of which he is most proud occurred in 1911, when, single-hand* ed, he rescued nine Boy Scouts who were swept into deep water while bathing in the Elkhorn river. ' Texas Sour GrapesT A Single grapevine in Rosebud, Texas, covers the entire side of a building and is half a block long. Reversed Bill of Fare At foiijMil v, Japanese dinners, sweets are^ Served first, and sour pickles last. C. 8. MOk Froduetien Seventy per cent of the 7,000,000 United States farms produce milk. Bandit Takes His Victim For an Unpaid Taxi Ride HOBOKEN, N. J.--John OrfT night counterman at a Newark restaurant, walked into the police station here and said a bandit had robbed the restaurant and then invited him to go for a taxi ride--at uic point of a gun. The bandit told the cab driver to take them to the Lackawan.ia ferry here. When they arrived, the bandit stepped from the cab and politely told the driver to take Orr wherever he wanted to go, at Orr's expense. Orr directed the driver to the police station. S. Collecting Police Night Sticks Is Iowan's Hobby DES MOINES, IOWA.--Robert B. Mark's hobby makes him a regular visitor at police stations. Pursuing his avocation for collecting policemen's night sticks, he has visited 76 police stations. The 48-year-old Northwood, Iowa, farmer's prize clubs included two presented by Crown Prince Olav of Norway when the latter visited Decorah, Iowa, this spring. Cat Bites But Can't. Chew Fire Chief Fred Kirkpatrick of Poplar Bluff, Mo., attended a school for firemen in Memphis. During his absence his house burned down. Rejected for Civil War service as "physically unfit," George W. Nisley of Columbia, Pa., recently celebrated his ninety-ninth birthday. Mrs. Charles Lukes of New Orleans complained to police that her husband had locked her out-of the hfiu* bpcause she went to a dance. {Millions of Orange Trees Of "the 34,638,000 orange trees in California, Florida, Texas and Arizona, 45 per cent are not yet in full bearing, being from 6 to 15 years old. Production will gradually increase as they reach maturity. Indian Tribe Elects The Cherokee Indians of North Carolina have re-elected Chief Jarrett Blythe after a campaign in which the chief issue was the granting of a r'ght-pf-way 1st tbe Ste Ridge parkway. HUNTINGTON, IND.--A tiny kitten called "Duke" by his owner, Bill Ehinger, almost lost all of nine lives when he bit the electric wire on the radio. Ehinger found "Duke" with the wire in his mouth, unable to let go and being tossed about by the current. He pulled the plug and revived the frightened kitten with a saucer of milk, r Nursemaid Jobs t» COLUMBIA, MO--University of Missouri employment officials say that men students are more in de mand than girls as nursemaids tr watch children while parents at e on at night. A Newark, N. J., finance director received this note from Archie Miller: "Please send me a tax bill. I'm earning good money, my childern are being educated in the public schools, and it's my duty to help maintain them.% Outlives Insurance Policy When a Chicagoan, recently reaching 96, was paid full $1,000 on a straight life insurance policy, it was only the second time in 28 years that his company had a of ally one outliving life erxp:ec ?tacnac?y. SALE! Big 5 cu. ft. Servel Electrolux GAS REFRIGERATOR NOW ONLY (OrialmiRr'MMtar LESS an Extra liberal Allowance •Sfor your old refrigerator! UBtKAL TERMS Mjj •!/ '! -• ' " • A spmcial purchas* savscf us mossy-Bow ws post tfcs savings on to you I '• A special purchase did it! That's vfay we're able to make such an amazing offer. For never before have we sold a genuine 5 cu. ft. Servel Electrolux Gas Refirig' erator at such a low price. You save a - full $25 over the original selling price. Nor is that all. For in order to make ' this sale even more sensational, we're offering an extra liberal trade-in allowance on your old refrigerator. Thus you can save even more.... But--aword of warning! Our supply of these handsome bargains is limited, and when they're gone, the sale will be over. So don't wait. Come in-buy now and save. Swml Ebdivbx Gu Rttrigarator Dtohrs An Aba tataim AM Ydim UNITEFi CCOMRWYLy v - ,