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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18. 1937
THE PADUCAH POST
HERN HEAL
No dust, dirt
or ashes — but
clean, healthful
heat, every
hour of the
day.
Sun Flora
Oil Burning Heater
It’s “tops”—in apptmrmet, in ef-
ficiency, and in economy. Bunja
low priced fuel oil. We here a
size to suit your needs. Coma
in and investigate now.
MOWERY’S
Furniture Co.
OGDEN NEWS
' By Mrs. Walt.r Teal '
James Norman spent Tuesday
night with Merl Holley.
Annis Clement spent several
days of last week in Paducah with
her sister, Mrs. Howard Sikes.
Lovonia and Alene Teel spent
Sunday in Acme with their cous-
ins. Faye and Jean Lee.
Betty Sue Norman spent Thurs-
day and Friday nights in Paducah
with Mrs. Hendrix.
Miss Bess Fish of Anson spent
last week-end with Mr. Albert
Fish and family.
Mrs. Jimmie Burns visited Mrs
Walter Teel Wednesday afternoon
Mr. and Mrs. MeCullon, Mr
and Mrs. Jule Richardson of Pa
ducah, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Nor
man of Lamesa, visited Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Norman Sunday.
Bernice Walling spent Sunday
with Naomi and Myrtle Fish.
Velmarine Burns spent Satur-
day with Mrs. Charlie Messer.
Mr. and Mrs. Hack Norman and
Children, Mary Edna, Haskell Hill
and Jimmie and Miss Betty Sue
Norman visited in Crowell Sun-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Turner,
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Winingham
and sons, Ewell and Huell, and
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Smith visited
Mrs. Jimmie Bums an,d family
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Soseby of Anson
visited relatives here over the
week-end.
-o--
Elver notice how a lot of peo-
ple waste a lot of their time
worrying over things that never
happen?
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Six Russian officials were she
for wasting the taxpayers’ money.
Consider the slaughter there will
be if that idea ever becomes
popular in this country.
Brunk’s
COMEDIANS
Now Playing
Paducah
IN THE BIG TENT
Thursday Nite
MERCHANTS NITE
TO ALL
“Gambler Takes
A Wife”
A DOMESTIC COMEDY DRAMA
Friday Nite
A daring comedy drama dealing
with true fact, of American life.
A play with metropolitan stock
runs, and a long road-run.
“Leave Home”
Ju«t a, it *11 pretented recently
in Denver.
also
Silk Stocking Contest
Sponsored by Wright’, Store
Ca*h Prize,
Polishing Diamonds Is
Done by Turning Wheel
The process of polishing dia-
monds has not changed fcr more
than 300 years, with the exception of
the manner of turning the v ■ eel At
first this was done by hand, then by
horse power, next by --team d it-
er by electricity, notes a wr. r in
the Washington Post.
The composition of the evamond
wheel is a secret carol ■ •: :arded
by those who possess i*. P 15 sa‘^
that no one in this country knows
how to make it During thi war,
when it was very difficult to obtain
chemists tried in vain to discover
the secret.
Experts have analyze! t' c mate-
rials and found that it is composed
of a mixture of iron and steel in
certain proportions, but after hav-
ing got the proper constituents and
constructed the wheel, tney found
that it would not cut the diamond as
it should.
It would cut a little but not
enough to make it worth while to
use it. It is thought that the secret
of the diamond wheel lie* in the
method of cooling, but no one is
lure.
This wheel, like good wine grows
better with age. This is because the
diamond dust gets Into the pores of
the metal and makes it cut better
The earliest records obtainable of
the lapidarist’s art is mention of
several cut diamonds among die
treasure of Louis of Anjou toward
the end of the Fourteenth century.
The method of brilliant cutting is
generally ascribed to Louis de Ber-
quem, of Bruges, who in 1475 cut
several celebrated diamonds for
Charles the Bold. From that time
down toward the end of the last
century the industry has been al-
most entirely connected with the
history of Holland. Only within the
past generation has any country
been able to compete with her. and
as yet only in quality of output and
not in quantity.
St. Mary-Ie-Bow, London,
Gets Title From Arches
Bow church or St. Mary-le-Bow in
Cheapside, London, derives its
name from the stone arches,
“bows,” of its Norman crypt, built
about 1090. The church was re-
built by Sir Christopher Wren about
1680. The crypt probably is a
relic of the church built in Norman
times and is given in Baedeker as
the oldest surviving ecclesiastical
structure in the city of London. The
church has long had one of the most
celebrated bell-peals. John Dun.
mercer, in 1472, gave two tenements
to maintain the ringing of Bow bell
every night at nine o’clock, to di-
rect travelers on the road to town;
and in 1520 William Copland gave a
bigger bell for the purpose of
“sounding a retreat from work.”
The Bow bells are twelve in num-
ber, states a writer in tne Detroit
News, eight of whicn were recast !
in Whitechapel in 1762. According
to legend, it was the sound of Bow
bells which inspired the poor boy, |
Richard Whittington, in the Four- j
tenth century, to return to London ;
and become its famous lord mayor |
In the Middle ages the term
“cockney” was applied to a pam-
pered child, a person petted and
made effemmate by over indul-
gence. Later it was applied to city
dwellers by country folk who
scorned the soft habits of the town-
bred. As in English eyes London
was "the city,” by 1600 the term
cockney had become applicable
solely to Londoners, and particular-
ly those bom within the sound of
Eow bells, in the heart of London.
As it would be difficult for anyone
to claim birth in that region of
city offices and warehouses, a cock-
ney is anyone possessed of the
London peculiarities of speech, etc.
Woman Saved Crown Jewels.
When Cromwell was lord protec-
tor of England he sent an expedition
to Scotland because the Scots had
brought Charles II from exile in 1655
and crowned him. Cromwell also
wanted the crown jewels. The wife
of the pastor of the church at Km-
neff parish smuggled them through
the British lines and her husband
buried them in the walls of his
church. They remained hidden until
Scotland consented to a parliamen-
tary union with England. One of
the provisos of the agreement was
the jewels were never to leave the
country. The jewels were taken to
Edinburgh castle and have been on
public view since 1817, which action
was taken on orders of King
George IV.
HOW
I.OMI WILL BOULDER DAM
STAND RAVAGES OF TIME?—
When Boulder dam was designed
the engineers^irgued back and
forth about the material that
should be used In its construc-
tion. Coolidge dam in Arizona,
•_;,i feet high, had been built of
reinforced concrete. Boulder dam
is 700 feet high—too big a leap
from 230 feet. Besides, rein-
forced concrete contains steel,
and no one knows how durable
steel embedded In concrete actu- •
ally Is.
This ra!se9 the question of
tl ■ life of Bonlder dam. How ;
long will the structure last?
Many thousand years. An earth-
ipiake, some cataclysm Is more !
likely to shake It down than the [
tooth of time Is likely to gnaw ;
It away.
Perhaps, says a writer In the !
New York Times, this dvlllia- |
ticn will have disappeared when '
the dam at laat crumbles, aa
other civilization* have dhfap- j
peared In the past And then
•f»»r more thousands of yeaha,
when savages will have become
scientists and archeologists will
d<g In Nevada, volume* will be
written on the greatest feat tn
dam engineering that the world
ever saw.
How Rusted Screw May Be
Loosened by U*e of Heat
When replacing old hinges, locks
and other building hardware which
have long been In use, It Is some-
times f, end that the screws holding
such parts have rusted and that
they cannot be removed with a
screw driver.
If too much pressure Is applied
the screw may break, causing even
greater difficulty.
In some cases it Is possible to
loosen rusty screws set in wood
by applying heat to them. This Is
done by holding the point of an
electric s adoring iron to the screw
head until the latter Is very hot.
Then the screw is turned out with
a series of short, jerky twists.
The same kink can be applied to
machine screws set into metal, by
heating with a blow torch.
How Sleep Come*
How sleep comes Is still a mys-
tery to scientists. A great many
theories have been advanced to ex-
plain the riddle, hut none has been
acceptable. One theory explains
that sleep conies somewhat In the
manner of pulling all the plugs out
of a switchboard to stop all con-
versations. The conduction path-
ways In the nervous system are
broken by the refraetlnD of small
contact points between the neu-
rones, wli’mii are the conducting
units v ■ f mra the nervous sys-
tem. Activity, according to still
aim; '-r ' tv, produces a fatigue
p"i.- :. v!i accumulates in the
blood a:. ! "dopes" the brain, thus
bringing • :• —Montreal Herald.
Sat. Afternoon 2:45
Merchants Matinee
TO ALL
“LOVE AND GASOLINE”
Saturday Nite
A roving Weztern Comedy
Drama
“Sundown on Honey-
moon Ranch”
also
Lots of Interesting Surprises.
Price*
10c-20c
Toat Wall Hooted
How to Refinish Hardwood Floors
If the floors are In the least dls-
colored nr spotted, It will be neces-
sary to use a power sander, since
it Is practically Impossible to sand
them sufficiently by hand. After the
floors arc sanded down to the plain
wood, apply a commercially pre-
pared paste filler, and wipe them
off with a cloth. If a wax finish Is
desired, apply two coats of shellac
sandpapering with double O sand-
paper after each coat, and add a
coat of wax and of polish. If a
varnish finish Is desired, after the
paste filler has been applied, add
one coat of shellac, sandpaper It,
and then two coats of varnish.
'WHY:
Homing Pigeons Fly Home in
Ordinary Flight*
Dozens of guesses have been
made as to why carrier pigeons,
those remarkable birds to whose
wings and to whose “homing
sense” we trust messages In peace
and In war, so seldom lose their
way back to their cotes, notes a
writer In the St. Louis Globe-Dem-
ocrat.
Some persons have suggested that
these pigeons are sensitive to mag-
netic forces around and In the
earth, and that perhaps It Is these
forces which Indicate the home-
ward direction. But this has
been disproved when pigeons flew
through strong magnetic currents
without being affected by them.
An equally fantastic suggestion
1* that these birds have, somehow,
a sensitive mechanism which winds
up a* they are taken away from
their homes. But this Is obviously
Incredible, for the birds may be
twisted aronnd many times In bas-
ket* before they are released and
they do not reverse the action be-
fore starting for their cotes.
The most reasonable explanation
Is that the birds have excellent eye-
sight and great strength. The fact
that they return more surely In day-
time than they do at night Indicates
that their eyesight has some rela-
tion to their home-finding genius.
It Is quite possible that the birds
learn to recognize landmarks, for
they see much more sharply than
human beings, who have only •»
dull, limited vision by comparison,
can quite realize. At any rate, the
fact Is that homing pigeons, even
though they may be comparatively
near their homes, generally wait un-
til morning before their return.
Why We Eat Is Simplest
of Questions to Answer
Of course everybody knows that
the reason we eat is that the body
requires food In order to exist, oh
serves a writer In Answers Maga-
zine. The three things the body re-
quires from food are building ma-
terial, energy and regulating sub-
stances. Thus anyone should strive
to eat those foods which best sup-
ply these three things.
The legumes, eggs, meat and
cheese are the foods used by the
body for building up tissues. Car-
bohydrates and fat furnish the nec-
essary energy. Carbohydrates are
found chiefly In cereals, starchy
vegetables, sugar, candies and
sweet desserts. The best known
fats are butter, cream and salad
oil.
Our principal regulating sub-
stances are water, minerals and vi-
tamins. The minerals and vitamins
are found In milk, egg yolk, fresh
fruits, vegetables and cereals. Chil-
dren need more building material
than adults.
Minnows Related to Carp
Poor minnows! Because they’re
little, they’re picked on. Cats eat
’em, fishermen catch them by the
thousands for bait, and larger fish
consider them a chief item of diet.
The minnow, in turn, eats minute
animal and plant life and gets back
at the big fish by eating their eggs.
Incidentally, minnows are all relat-
ed to the carp. There are 200
species of minnows in North Amer-
ica. Their name comes from a
common European-Indian word
meaning "little," says a writer in
the Washington Post
Named for a Pioneer
Lassen peak, the southernmost In
the Cascade range, elevation 10,453
feet, was named after Peter Lassen,
a pioneer of the 1840s, says Nature
Magazine. It dominates the topog-
raphy of the area yet is easily ac-
cessible to a normally active per-
son. A trail, two and one half miles
in length, leafte to the top of the
mountain.
How Rontgen Discovered X-Rays
In ISO.’, while experimenting,
Doctor Rontgen got strange shadows
of solid objects and by making bis
tube lightproof a greenish fluor-
escent light could be thrown upon
a screen several feet away. These
rays pa-sod through the soft parts
of the body so that the bones of
the ham’, fur example, were boldly
reflected up oi a photographic plate.
Rontgen modestly named the new
rays X-rays, but they were after-
wards named Rontgen rays, and
the s lencc Is now known as ront-
genology. lie received the Nobel
prize In 11)01 and world-wide fame.
How Fraternitie* Are Named
The usual procedure Is to choose
a name In English, which signifies
the alms, Ideals, or character of the
fraternity. This name Is translat-
ed In Greek. The Initial Greek let-
ters of the words that form the
name are the appellation bv which
the fraternity Is known. The name
Is known only to the members of
the organization.
How Tortillas Are Mada
Tortillas are large, round cakes
of popular consumption In Mexico.
They are made by soaking corn
grains until soft, then crushing
them into paste, generally working
them with a raller or similar In-
strument on a large stone, and
shaping them Into the desired size
and cooking on IroD or earthen
plates.
How Ductless Glands Faactiea
They are discharged directly Into
the circulating blood The endocrine
or ductless glands are now believed
to control the characteristics which
make one person differ from anoth-
er mentally and physically.
Why Taxi Lights Are High
Tail lights on cabs are placed
unusually high for two good rea-
sons. In the first place, their high
position places them more nearly
on a direct line with the eyes of
the driver of the car behind in
heavy traffic with vehicles close to-
gether In which taxicabs usually
ply. Tn addition, experience has
taught cab companies that a tall
light In a conventional location Is
In a vulnerable place, subject to
those knocks and damages frequent
to cars which are operated day and
night. In good weather and bad and
under all sorts of traffic conditions.
The high tall light on the taxicabs
removes the light from the danger
of damage by drivers behind who
have not Stopped soon enough to
avoid collisions.
• DUMONT ITEMS
•••••» By Mr*. V. M. Hand •••»•»
(Delayed)
Rev. Claude Adams filled his
regular appointment at the Bap-
tist Church Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Claud Flippins
and little daughter from Afton
were Sunday guests of Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Rogers.
Miss Estelle Park spent the
week-end in Paducah with Mr.
and Mrs. Vestilie Hutchinton.
Mr. and Mrs. V. M. Hand and
Billy Bryan were attending to
business in Spur Saturday.
Miss Alma Schooler who is
teaching music at Grow, spent
the week-end with home folks.
Mr. an,d Mrs. Chan Smith vis-
ited Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Brew-
steh in the Afton community Sun-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Wood and Miss
Lometa Brewster of Ft. Worth
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. R.
W. Brewster Saturday night and
Sunday.
School re-opened Monday after
a two week’s holiday for cotton
picking.
Everyone is cheerful and smil-
ing because Lorin Doolen is back
in Dumont again.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Mauldin
were in Spur Saturday,
were shopping in Spua Saturday.
In the Beauty, Shirley Temple
land Intelligent contest, recently
held in Guthrie, out of the twenty-
I four little girls who entered the
Shirley Temple, eight were chosen
to return to the stage to eliminate
for first and second places. Four
of the eight were Dumont girls,
namely Aunell Morris, Marie
Armstrong, Onita Reeves, and
Betty Jane aBiley, who won sec-
ond place.
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Parks en-
tertained the Senior Forty-two
club on last Thursday night.
Dainty refreshments with hot co-
coa was served to Mmes. Lasater,
Jackson, Gage, Harrell, Smith,
Thompson and the host and host-
ess.
Woodrow Woodward who is
bookkeeper at the Sneedville gin
was in Dumont Sunday.
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LET’S TALK ABOUT CLOTHES
DENTON, Nov. 16.—“It’s in
the bag!” But who cares what’s
in the bag so long as the bag it-
self can stand the spotlight?
And spotlight is a mild word for
the attention that is being given
to purses and handbags this year.
There being only two definite di-
rections that designs for bags can
go—from large to small and from
envelope to pouch—the greatest
excitement ih bagmania naturally
comes on the upswing or down-
swing of one of these movements.
I Whether you like it' or not
pouches and handles (the kind you
swing) are in today’s picture.
You can be safely stylish with any-
thing from a postman’s satchel or
a big bag with a shoulder strap,
ala amateur camera fiend, to a
vanity box affair with a gold
chain.
For daytime you’ll need them in
black or brown suede or calf.
For formal afternoon or cocktail
functions you can indulge in vel-
velt and satin, all definitely
pouchy.
Crocodile has captured the
whims of Texas State College for
Women girls for sports purses.
Its attractive liveliness plus its
durability makes their choice a
good one.
You’ll find the merchants have
anticipated you need for some-
thing to catch the spirit of those
ornate jewels and slinky dresses
fashion dictates for late hours.
These bags are bedecked with
rubies, crystals, and beads, and
are so constructed that all .the
necessities can be tucked into
them without overloading.
There seems to be very little
risaisori - for any man worrying
about grotvine’ old. Isn’t the
same thing happening to every-
body else around here?
Why Lest Cotton Is Used
One reasoD that less cotton Is
used Is the Invention of artificial
fabrics—that Is manufactured fibers
from which cloth may be woven, In-
stead of cotton, flax or silk. An-
other reason Is the decrease In the
amount of cloth required for wom-
en’s clothes. They wear fewer and
much smaller undergarments than
their mothers did, and as for cotton
stockings—have a look. Probably
30.000. 000 women and girls now
wear silk stockings. Allowing for
five a year on an average, It would
take a lot of cotton to fill orders for
150.000. 000 pairs of stockings. The
production of rayon In the United
States alone, last year, was about
110.000. 000 pounds.
Why Metal Furniture Feels Cold
Metal furniture and wooden fur-
niture attain the temperature of the
room. Metal furniture feels colder
to Ae touch because metal la a good
conductor of heat, whereas wood Is
a poor conductor. When you toneh
an object with your finger you sup-
ply some of the beat of your body
to the object through your finger.
If the object la a good condnctor
the heat passes through It quickly
and yon get an Impression of cold
In your finger. On the other hand.
If the object la a poor conductor of
beat. It feela warm for the Mine
reason.
Why Tire Treads Wear
Censea or rapid wearing away of
tire treads are Hated by the emer-
gency service department of tbe Au-
tomobile Club Of Southern Cali-
fornia as follows: Bent axles, bent
steering knuckles, wheel* out of
alignment, excessive use of brakes,
lining of wheels, unevenly placed
ttee rims, and unevenly adjusted
Wakes.
WE’RE GIVING A TURKEY ON TURKEY DAY
Tuesday, November 23
GETTING READY FOR SANTA/
Gangway for Santa! To make room for the fresh, new Holidy
merchandise that’s rolling in in huge quantities . . . We’re sacri-
ficing many itmes at “giveaway” prices! You profit by our lack
of space! Gome early—You’ll have a bigger selection to choose
from—and if you’re wise, you’ll start your Christmas shop-
ping at this sensational Pre-Holiday event!
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Not Less Than 5% Wool!
BLANKETS
Lovely
Plaids
Such warm, nappy plaid pair?
are unusual at a price as loto
at this—now’s the time to buy
them! Good looking, with dur-
able bindings of lustrous
sateen. Size, 70 in. x 80 in.
Unbleached
MUSLIN
36 inches wide
8C yd.
Unbleached
SHEETS
81x90
55c each
Ladies’ Fast Color
New Wash Print
DRESSES
39c
Sizes 14 to 52
as | |
■ Fast Color I
. I Mill End I
! I PRINT I
II New Fancy Patters I
ISSssJ
Single Large
BLANKETS
Men's 32 oz. All-Wool
JACKETS
2-98
Navy Blue
Melton l
Cossack style jacketa with slide
fastener fronts! Sport backs—1
two ample slash pockets!
Men’s Bleached
UNIONS
Good Weight
79c
Buy Early and Get These Bargains! Buy Early and Get These Bargains!
Toys
LOOK KIDS!
We have in our stock some left-over toys from
1937 and we are going to offer a real bargain
in these—One big table of greatly reduced toys!
Toys
It
SHOES, Ladies’
Blacks and Browns, All Styles
SHOES, Ladies’
One lot, Bargain at,.....
$1.50
$1.00
ROBES, All Wool,
Men’s, Ladies, greatly reduced
$2.98
JACKETS,
Men’s Corduroy,
$2,50
JACKETS, all leather
Men’s Leather Suede,.........
$.398
SHOES, Ladies’
One lot, Pump style,..
$1.00
DRESS CLEAR-A-WAY!
ONE LOT SILK DRESSES ONE LOT SILK DRESSES
$2 50 ^M8t ^ear
These Dresses
GET
READY
FOR
SANTA
L SUU& UJU
$3.50
PENNEY'
I C FINNEY COMPANY, Incorporates
GET
READY
FOR
SANTA
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