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it week, carried out
e of the moat daring:
invasions in modern
troops in numerous
nd mile coast
: the cities and still
of them. Evi-
i surprised in that
light back af-
completely surprised.
1 of Great Britain’s j
Norway is putting up a
her small army.
' Germany’s early suc-
in the balance at
i practically unanimous
I the U. S. with the Pres-
ion of the attack on
nations. Territories
Denmark, which was
«• by Germany include
- a short distance from
I about 1800 miles from
" question immediately
the Monroe doc-
S. would include
; is, if Germany should
blish bases in Green-
U. S.' interfere under
B doctrine? A sizeable
Ur foreign commerce is
dinavian vessels which
up.
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Decreased
, since 1890, there has been
age of old maids in
In other words, girls
asingly better chances
married. Leap years have
■ to do with the fact. Peo-
getting married younger
did a few years back, but
as in grandmother's
i reason for more women get-
i is that more of them are
which makes the income
for two. About 1940
a peak in marriages, due
* large number of war children
be of the right age.
Assures
lent
enacted a law last week
will assure the reapportion-
; of Congressmen from the cen-
tra now being taken. Some states will
not be affected, but those which have
increased most in population will re-
ceive new members to Congress, while
those decreasing or standing still
will lose one or mpre of their repre-
sentatives. Until 1920, additional
■Congressmen were added when the
population of a state had increased to
necessary number for a new mem-
ber; thus Congress had grown in size
from 65 to 435 members. There was
no room for additional members, so
the scheme was worked out where the
number would stay the same by-some
states gaining, others losing men.
Per Capita Income
Comparisons
Per capita income payments of in-
dividuals in the United States in 1938
amounted to 8515, or 76 per cent of
the amount in the boom year of 1929,
according to a Department of Com-
merce report. On a state basis, in-
come payments ranged from ?205 in
Missippissi to 8822 _ in New York.
Payments are thought to have risen
much nearer the 1929 figure during
1939, but 1938 figures are the last
complete figures available. Low per
capita income was reached in 1933,
when the average was only $376 in
the U. S.
When You Should
Select to be Born
Doctors who have spent consider-
able time in studying the relationship
of birth month to achievement, decid-
ed genius is apt to be born in Febru-
ary and March. There is something
more than chance coincidence to the
abqve, they say, for the correlation
cannot be explained by mathematical
statistics. They also attempt to show
that the first born do better in life
than the last born; the figures for
this theory break down when there
are more than five or six children in
the family.
Vegetable Laxative
With Proved Feature
s punctual, gentle relief from
j which is generally en-
i BLACK-DRAUGHT is
_ fictions is due to a com-
a of vegetable ingredients.
» is an “intestinal
which helps tone
Next time, re-
T«4 Vote Shows
Strength of Hull
Maybe Roosevelt is not the only
man that could lead the Democratic
party to victory in November, is the
thought provoked by the results of
the most recent Gallup poll. A test
was made to see which candidate
would do best if Roosevelt and Van-
denberg were the candidates, or if
Hull and Vandenberg were the candi-
dates. Surprising to many, Hull did
better in the test than did President
Roosevelt by polling 58 per cent of
those asked, while Roosevelt only
polled 52 per cent against Vanden-
berg. Other tests between candidates
will be attempted.
Patent Office Is
150 Years of Age
The United States Patent Office
began its 151st year of service last
week by granting its 2,206,923 patent.
This outstrips by far the number of
patents granted by any other coun-
try, although there are some 140
countries throughout the world which
grant patents. The patent office has
granted on the average, forty-one
patents a day since it was first set
up. The present average runs about
800 per week. An automobile tire was
the millionth patent which was issued
back in 1911.
Odds and Ends From
Around the World
Business failures were 14 per cent
under the number at a similar period
in 1939. . . Lincoln was shot 75 years
ago last Sunday night . . Babe Ruth
shot his first hole-in-one last week on
a 220-yard hole. . . Recent rumors
from Japan tell of a huge navy
which has been secretly built until
it rivals that of ours. . . Chief Jus-
tice Charles Evans Hughes was 78
last week and is still going strong.
Trade with Record advertisers.
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School News
The primary grades are carrying
out the springtime motif in decorat-
ing their room. They have decorated
windows with birds and flowers.
The eighth grade pupils are glad to
have Mae Belle Sager back in school
after an absence of a week. They are
sorry to hear that Floyd Landgraf is
sick. They wish him a speedy recov-
ery.
The eighth and ninth grades are
listening to the play entitled “Romeo
and Juliet,” which Mr. Ellingson is
reading to them in English classes.
The boys and girls baseball teams
are going to Fairview Friday to play
several games of baseball; it being
the last day of school at Fairview.
Intermediate Room
We are all glad we are reaching the
back of our books. In English we have
learned that every word is classed as
some part of speech. In arithmetic
the 4th and 5th grades are studying
fractions. The 6th grade is studying
percentage.
The play given by the P.T.A. last
Tuesday evening was successful. They
received the sum of 822.40.
Community News
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hennig and
son, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Henkelman
and son, and Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Helms visited in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Braune Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Anz were guests
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Sie-
pert Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hampe and
daughters, Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Schroe-
der and daughters were visitors in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Mein-
kowsky Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Meyers and
daughter were visitors with relatives
at Lanes Chapel Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Meinkowsky Sr.
and sons, Mr. and Mrs. W. Meinkow-
sky Jr., Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Hampe
and family and Mr. and Mrs. R. Hen-
nig, Sr. were visitors in the Ed Kleine
home Sunday afternoon.
The Cayote outsiders’ baseball team
came to Womack Sunday afternoon
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Gaskamp had
as guests Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Her-
man Zuehlke and daughter and Mr.
and Mrs. W. Hennig and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Smith of Waco
spent the week-end with Mr. and
Mrs. Lon Johnson. \
On Monday evening of this week
the Chas. Fehler family entertained
the following guests with a dinner
and several games of 84: Mr. and
Mrs.' Walter Wiede, Mr. and Mrs. V
E. Ellingson and Glenda Loyce; Mrs.
J. T. Lowe and Miss Corinne Knud-
70,000.
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Baldridge, Robert L. The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, April 19, 1940, newspaper, April 19, 1940; Clifton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth778395/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Nellie Pederson Civic Library.