The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 9, 1932 Page: 2 of 8
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NOTED CASTLE NOW RESTAURANT
MmiSm One* i Favorite
With PruMian Kings.
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H’otadacu.--One it Praaala'a finest
mansions, Castle Marquardt, near
WOiw, I* the last victim o! the ecu-
aemlc crisis. In It* heyday It was
the favorite aojourn ot Prussian king*,
haunted by a gboet which historian*
BOW believe to have been a faked one.
Cattle Slarquardt will be turned Into
B reetuur&Dt and week end hotel ho-
cus* it* present owner, a German In-
dnstrlaUst, cannot afford Ita upkeep.
Caetle Marquardv's history goes back
te the fifteenth century, when It wa»
owned fcy Ibe Baron Zabel von Schor-
ht. In the following centuries It fre-
quently changed hands.
In 1796 Castle Marquardt came lato
the poaaeaslon of Its moat famous own-
er, Gen. von Blechofawerder, the de-
clared favorite of King Frederick Wit
Item U of Prussia. It was then that
the ghost made ita flret appearance—
a ghost which was to play a promi-
nent rale In Prussian history.
The ghostly apparition was first
seen, or rather heard. In e email stone
building, the so celled Bine grotto, ad
Joining Coatle Marquardt Hidden
away among thick shrubbery In the
beautiful Eighteenth century park, the
Interior was laid out with azure stones.
Tbo grotto received Ita only light from
a costly crystal chandelier, which, to-
gether with the blue of the exure
stones, produced mystic and oeautl-
ful color effect*.
It wee Into this setting that Oen.
von Blachofswerder used to lead the
romantically Inclined Prussian king to
attend ghostly midnight sessions. As
soon as the king entered the grotto
mysterious off-stage music could be
neard apparently coming from no-
where. When the ghostly tunes hud
subsided, the king would invariably
address the ghost, asking him how best
to rule the country. As If by magic,
an Invisible voice would answer in
muffled whispers. More often than
uot tlie king would follow the ippar
ently heaven sent counsel.
It was not long after the general's
death that Castle Marquardt’* pet
8»v.s
Bringing City Methods to Forests
life-
Modern firefighting apparatus is Introduced in remote mountain districts
of British Columbia to combat the blazes that have proved so disastrous in
the past. A number of these light trucks have been put Into service by the
Canadian government's parks department. The motor engine Is used to op-
erate the automatic pumps which can throw a powerful stream upon the blaz-
ing hush.
ghost was unmasked. It waa found
that the Blue grotto, acene of the
ghoatly sessions, had double walls be-
hind which a man of fl*s*h and blood
could comfortably hide, play a harp
and answer any questions put to hi®.
Thus, with the aid of a co-plotter, the
crafty genera! for a while ruled the
destinies of Prussia.
After changing hands several times.
Castle Marqunrdt was finally bought
by pr. Peter t.ouls Kavene, descend
ant of an old French Protestant fam-
ily which lied to Germany lu the days
of the wars <*f religlou and revived
the special protection of the Prussian
king The present day Itavene Is a
leading Industrialist. Hard limes are
forcing him now to let the historic
uiauslon to a British wine merchant,
who Is turning It Into a restaurant
for Berlins week-enders.
Another German palace, that of
Count Hermann Orlebenow In Berlin,
has closed Its gates and the luxurious
building in rococo style will he sold at
auction. In prewar clays Count Grle-
benow, with a yearly Income of $250,-
000, was one of the richest men In
Germany. War Inflation, and the cri-
sis ate away the Grlehenow fortune
Hero of Plane Cra*h Is
Given 4 Months in Jail
London.—During a night over Iraq,
in 11)2'., a Itoyal Air Force airplane
crashed In flames from 4.000 feet. The
pilot was badly burned and the ob-
server, IUdley oake Stanton, twenty-
five, carried him through the desert for
two days The pilot died at a dress-
ing station. Stanton was In a hospital
for six months.
Early this year the same Stanton
climbed over tbe roofs of several
houses near marble arch and Jumped
ten feet from one roof to another, with
a 50 foot drop between, to steal ten
shillings’ worth of jewelry.
He was bound over to be of good
behavior, but normal life becomes dull
to a man who must have thrills. Re-
cently tie climbed up an elevator shaft
at St John's wood, crawled u'ong a
narrow ledge to a bedroom window
and stole a fur coat worili $1,250. Ha
was sentenced to four months.
Burglars Steal Used
False Teeth From Store
Memphis. Tenn.—Police are wonder-
ing what tbe burglar gained by Lukin?
two tipper sets of second hand fnlse
teeth from the store operated by J.
Cubay, furniture dealer. Nothing else
was missed.
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South Africa. Offers
a New Kind of Cow
Johannesburg, South Africa.—
The farmers of South Africa are
interested In a new hybrid on the
ranch of Captain Helme, a settler
of Westminster tn Orange Free
State.
A cross between an eland, one
Africa’s giant antelopes, and
Test New Anemia Treatment
Experiment* Being Watched
by Medical Men.
an ordinary domestic Friesian cow
yielded the first authentic
"Frleland "
Tills new hybrid promises to be
animal suitable for the more
tropical regions of the continent.
Fr*t Initiates Member
Voted in 56 Years Ago
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Berkeley, Calif.—Fifty-six years aft
er he was voted into membership, Dr,
Edmond O'Neill, emeritus professor of
chemistry at the University of Cali-
fornia. was Initiated Into the Phi Del-
ta Theta college fraternity.
Nearly three score years ago. when
the professor was a sophomore at the
university, he was pledged to the fra-
ternity and accepted for membership.
Bat, before the ceremony was per-
formed, the Pit! Delta Theta house
waa burned and all records destroyed.
It waa five years later that the chap-
ter again became active, and during
that time. Professor O’Neill had been
graduated from sehoql.
HI* Initiation was urged by alumni
recently, so the professor, who was
graduated tn 1970. aga'n became a
"froth” In the fraternity.
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California Make* New
Mark u Healthy State
Sacramento.—Vi 1th a death rate of
tLS per thousand population, Cali-
fornia established the heat health rec-
ord in t&e history of the nation.
There were 67,51.1 deaths last year
M compared to 6*5,178, an Increase of
only 1,315 despite an estimated gain
la population of 200,000, records of the
■Hate department of public health
shew.
The state's death rate has decreased
steadily since 190*5 when the rate was
14.4 per thousand.
Reytil Parrot Delete*
Sea Quip* From Talk
London.—King George's pet parrot
ft* no longer a debutante. She la forty,
and was bought In Port Said when the
king was In the navy.
Originally. Charlotte knew some of
the less publishable nautical phrase*
Hid talked a little French, but lately
she ha* confined herself to asking vis-
itors to the palace: "What about It?”
Cincinnati.—New light lias been
thrown upon the cause end treatment
of pernicious anemia by members of
the staff of the college of medicine.
University of Cincinnati, through In-
vestigations: whose preliminary results
were announced at the university.
Studies along this line have been
carried out by Dr. Roger S. Morris,
professor of internal medicine, und hi*
asHoclates. They emphasize that It ts
still In an experimental stage.
As a result of these observation* a
new treatment for pcrniclou* anemia
may be developed, the announcement
stated. Medical authorities through-
out the country arc said to be watch-
ing the work with Interest.
Findings will be reported by Doctor
Morris in a paper to be presented
before the Association of American
Physicians, meeting at Atlantic City.
Early stages of the work have been
outlined In the Cincinnati Journal of
Medicine and the Journal of the
American Medical association.
Explained In nontechnical terms the
medical college experiments have
shown that when a concemrnted solu-
tion of normal human gastric Juice is
given by Intramuscular Injection to
anemia patients almost Immediate Im-
provement seta In.
Results are manifested by an In-
crease In the number of red Mood
ceils am! hemoglobin, tbe coloring
matter of tbe blood. There is also
an Increase In strength, gain In
weight, and marked Improvement In
the general condition of the patient.
What effect it may produce on the
spiral cord changes, frequency pres-
ent In this disease, has not. yet been
determined. Tiie investigation Is ex-
pected to continue at least two years.
The observations Indicate a substance
preseut In the gastric juice of normal
Individuals which tends to keep the
red blood cells and hemoglobin at a
normal level through stimulation of
the bone marrow.
Apparently this substance Is absent
In cases of pernicious anemia Tbe
lack of It probably accounts for the
development of the anerniu, the in-
vestigators believe.
The university scientists have named
this substance "‘addisln,’’ after Thom-
as Addisln, who described pcrniclou*
anemia in the first half of the Nine-
teenth century.
Horror*! Expert Says
Helen’s Feet Were Big
Air Travel Advocate
Never Rode in Plane
Cleveland, Ohio.—Congressman Rob-
ert Grosser of Cleveland, one of the
naslon's foremost advocates of air
travel and author of the pending mer-
chant *!r ship bill in the house of rep-
resentatives, never has been up In an
airplane. However he has ridden in
blimps and he considers this lighter
lighter than-air way of cruising one of
the softest. regarding it as the future
way of getting to Europe, or Asia, In
a great, big hurry.
London.—Helen of Troy's fuce may
have launched a thousand ships, but
she probably had large feet, according
to Dr. H. J. Van I'raagh.
"It is difficult to imagine why
small feet have aiway* been consid-
ered a sign of beauty,” he told the In-
corporated society of Chiropodists,
“Trilby had large feet and was proud
of them. I believe also that Helen
of Troy had large feet.
"Modern court shoes,” he added,
"are worth thousands of pounds a
year to chiropodists."
NEW HEAD OF D. A. R.
Forest Rangers in West
W ill Carry Radio Set*
Pasadena, Calif. — Forest rangeis
working cut of headquarters here will
be equipped this year with portable
receiving and transmitting radio sets
strapped to their backs, Chief Dis-
patcher V. P. Vetter has revealed.
Each receiving set wilt weigh only ten
pounds, and will enable the Are fight-
ers to keep In touch with headquar-
ters. They were proved valuahl* in
field work last year.
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N® Mora Te* Tarries?
Boston.—Boston Harbor no longer
may ISe used an a “wastebasket ” A
law, effective this month, prohibits
throwing of refuse Into the harbor.
voder penalty ot floes of $20 to $100.
Will Gives Mourners Feast
Swansea, Wales—Morgan Curtiss
provided in his will for a hotel ban-
quet to mourner* who attended hht
funeral.
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Mrs. Russell William Mugna of
Holyoke, Mass., the new president
general of the Daughter) of the
American Revolution.
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Clark, W. S. & Clark, C. W. The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 9, 1932, newspaper, June 9, 1932; Taft, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth711740/m1/2/?q=music: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Taft Public Library.