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Show LEHI FREE PRESS. LEIII. UTAH 4 Scenes and Persons in the Current News t - r"" - M . - - Hill nil, ' - - ' ' Records of Bible Confirmed "I POWER, OFFICE, NOT WEALTH, THE GOAL IN RUSSIA The ambition which under a different system might find expression to acquiring a personal fortune can find ford Positive Proof ""of Truth of Events an outlet tn the Soviet Union only Chronicled in Sacred Writings. through advancement In the serrlc of the omn'potent state. Instead of the stimulus to accumuA. B. COOPER, in tb London ttons occupy tog 'that Bile. Ttey came late private wealth, the Soviet system, ) (Eoj Uitteazioa. Antwtrt, to tbe conclusion that it could only offers to men who rise high In tht The essential truth of the Bible is be explained by a HihhI of great ex- helrarchy of political and industrial cot dependent upon the accuracy of tent libd duration, occurring about administrators the equally strong Inits hUtory, and there are mkny pas- 30" n) R C or earlier. centive of power, accompanied by a' sages tn the Sacred Writings which So. quite apart from thr account standard of living which, though must be interpreted in a symbolic in Genesis, and the one on the Baby- modest by comparison with what a rattier than a literal seute. lonian tablets In the British museum. rich man of luxurious tastes can enIt Is remarkable, however, how It would appear that the account of joy in western Europe and America Old Testament history, after being a great flood, which destroyed cities Is still far above the bleak Soviet labeled as iegeudary," or. at best, and people over a vast region. Is not average. To a foreigner who Is accustomed "exaggerated," has recently been con- legend but history. to think of the Soviet ruble as worth firmed as a result of Independent reThe very existence of Sodom and search. Gomorrah, which the Bible tells lis about 2 cents a Soviet high official or For Instance, a little while ago, were destroyed In Abraham's time, "captain of Industry" receives a mody destructive critics simply laughed at has bceo doubted, yet, only last year, erate salary which may seem small, but his position Is somethe story of the Flood, and at such an airman flying ever the Dead sea Incidents as the crossing of Jordan saw through the crystalline water thing like that of an army officer In dry shod and the collapse of the walla what appeared to be extensive ruins. many other countries. The salary Is, indeed, small, but of Jericho. But today excavations Further Investigation Is to be made. on ancient sites in Palestine, Egypt, But other ruins have been found, the perquisites of office provide nuMesopotamia, and elsewhere have covered with ashes. In the neighbor- merous compensations. An important post In the Soviet Union carries vindicated the Bible narrative com- hood of the Dead sea. with It a comfortable apartment, the pletely, even on the points most seriWe learn from the Bible that Lot, nse of a motor car, the right to eat ously challenged. Abraham's nephew, chose the valley in a at a nominal restaurant good It to be used an To take example. of Sodom because of Its extreme ferto the best rest urged that Abraham must have been tility. Today there is, perhaps, no charge, admission homes and sanatoria, a private car merely a nomad, quite unlettered, more desolate region. for travel on the railroads and other and utterly incapable of the acts and What happened to It? In the heav- advantages. words and vision attributed to him. ily bituminous soil there probably These things are valuable In RusWe now know, from discoveries at occurred one of those terrible exsia Just because there is such a genUr of the Chaldees, that, as a youth plosions and conflagrations whlcb eral shortage of what would be reIn that city, he was a member of a have been noted In the similar geoelsewhere as normal food, community enjoying a high degree logical formations of tbe oil districts garded and housing transportation accomof civilization. The land of Ur had of North America. W. H. Chamberlln in modations. regreat cities, settled laws, a state In such soli vast reservoirs of oil Current History. ligion, a thriving commerce, schools and accumulations of gas occcr. and monasteries and libraries. These may suddenly be released Springing as he did from an In- either by their own pressure or by him hurl into the watercourse (1. e., fluential family, Abraham would The gas explodes and down the precipice) the lame and of the culture and learning of earthquake. flings up masses of oil which return blind. Ur. In short, the circumstances of In a Then excavation takes place and fiery rain which will go on place and time as we now know blazing even when It falls on water. makes the whole thing simple. "Warthem, are not opposed to the Bible Saline mud may also he ejected, ren's shaft," named after the excanarrative. and these things combined render a vator who discovered It, provided ths But let us soe what modern meth- fertile land utterly barren. Such a key to the city. ods of investigation have revealed Th!s "shaft" had been constructed phenomenon would account for all about specific Incidents. Take the the statements In the Bible to form a safe, sheltered way down graphic Flood, upon which so much scorn has narrative. to the "Virgin's Well," from which , been cast. During the winter of Now turn to Joshua 3:14-1In the water was drawn during a siege. So 1028-9- , the excavators of Cr In Revised Version, In which Is related what David said In effect was this: Babylonia came upon a stratum of how Israel crossed the Jordan "What we have to do Is to climb alluvial deposit which made a clear Into the city by way of the water wa"The Moffatt translates: break In the succession of civlllza- - ters that flow down stopped and were shaft." ' The appearance of Joab and his dammed up at a distance at Adam, while the waters that flow to the companions took the garrison comCROCHETED FLOWERS Salt sea were cut off and failed." pletely by surprise, the city fell, and Scientific Research, Aided by Spades of Explorers, Af- ridlco-louFl- WRv-- , i -V , 11 l Uil; jIUfS r I 1 cV.- i fc'. j: 1 in Mexico City tearing the Nazi swastika flag from Its mast at the German consulate 2 Tsarl in capital or Amnara province, where heavy concentration of Ethiopian troops was reported ready to advance, 3 Ethiopian natives sending out messages over the country by means of the war drums. 1L 'ommunlsta f, Kthiopla, JI.e Italian 1 f Cuba Honors Admiral Grayson Launches New t,500-ToDestroyer Jeavy n iThe Flusser, one few of the navy's destroyers, l,SU0-to- Is 10 shown here s pnr-tak- e , plWK J appl,a I i stltck - follow I, 0Ut OJ.f fto ; ,, e lacf f r diftos ? he tA t ' se o t ousehoi dry-sho- f op fe nt I f enot t :otion I red and lis 3G FOR POT HOLDERS x By GRANDMOTHER . CLARK ng. Cos lncludei coins 1 in this pat J inly ya'f 'j is P Sevlr'f the ways after " unched at Kearney, N. J. N. I. f "lding. flown being , iy., ' i Chief rks J on BR' M?f V ft U ' Tils giant Diesel locomotive built for the Santa Fe railway on tests pulled the. road's flier, "The Chief," fnsi sougi to warrant the expectation that the time of that train between Chicago and Los Angeles could be reduced P l2f hours. The engine consists of two Identical units which can be operated singly or coupled together. It has 0 operator's cab and control station at each end. Motive power of each unit Is supplied by two ' oil engines. The two units provide a total of 3,000 horsepower. It attained a speec ' Hlmlles an hour. i two-cycl- Str y Pot holders crocheted with heavy string are very practical and when made In flower forms are really lovely. They are heavy enough to pro tect the hands without requiring These three pot holders padding. are crocheted In the same manner t orks the r3 became the nucleus of Jerusalem, the City of David. These examples suffice to show how notably the Bible narrative is being confirmed by records long hid In the depths of the earth and now being revealed by modern research. much-discusse- yy-y'v- en 1 ,rj Dr. Donilntfo Ronieu y Jaime (left), president of the Cuban Red Cross, presenting a Cuban lied Cross decoration to Admiral Cary T. Grayson, head of the American Red Cross, at his office In Washington. Double Diesel Locomotive for "The 4l in jS'S) Adam was a city 14 miles upstream. Here there Is a ford now known as Jisr ed Damleh, and during the earthquake period of 1927 the wpst bank of this ford collapsed, and part of the cliff so dammed the Jordan that no water flowed down Its bed for 21 hours! On three occasions during comparatively recent times a similar result has ensued from great falls of rock and earth. It seems likely that some similar event took place when Israel crossed the river on their way to Jericho. There followed Immediately the d and often ridiculed collapse of the walls of Jericho. Professor Garstang, who Is still occupied on this site, says: "There rfr mains no doubt that the walls of the city fell outward so completely that the attackers were able to clamber up. and over,, the ruins Into the city." He suggests an earthquake as the possible cause, and earthquukes have occurred In this region recently. Readers of the Bible know that, although the Israelites had large Initial successes In their Invasion of Canaan, they failed to subjugate the whole land, and the Jebusite city, which was later known as Jerusalem, held out until the time of David. It was exceedingly small compared with the modern city, occupying the summit of n great rock called Ophel, the area being not more than some ten acres. When David Invested It, the Inhabitants felt so secure that they said the blind and lame could hold it against him. David said: "Whosoever smlteth the Jebusltes let him go np the watercourse" (A. V. gut e but In different combinations of red. yellow and green. The petals are crocheted separately of one color and then slip stitched together and Size finished in contrasting colors. when finished about six inches. , Instruction sheet No. 731 with Illustrations and Instructions how to crochet these holders, also how to arrange the colors, will be mailed to you for 10 cents. Material can also be bought from this department. Information and price are given when mailing instructions. Address Home Craft Co., Dept. B Nineteenth and St. Louis Ave., St Louts, Mo. Inclose stamped ad ter). It used to be understood thus: dressed envelope for reply when writWhoever smites the Jebusltes let ing for any Information. UP ifffr Man's Worth what he has, or even what he does which expresses tbe worth of a man, but what be Is. It Is not AmleL Kansas City Woman Heads War Mothers . Mrs. Howard C. Boone of Kansas City. Mo., was elected president of th If you feel tired; run-dow- n, nervous and out of sorts there is usually a definite reason for this How Sei's reason sensibly Don't try to get well in a day . . . this W ft- - "':' i ' '- -' ?. i oe of the remarkable features of the 50.740,1100 Supreme court building, was opened for the Urst time when the, court convened for Its autumn a. is the spiral stnlrway. of cantilever construction, shown In the above The stairway, which seems to hold Itself up without visible support, Kuch tread hioned of Alubama marble, like the rest of the building. J Into the wall on one side to the extent of 18 Inches. There Is no steel k" stairway, which Is five Btorles deep. The picture was made from the iklnji down Into the deep well. Aint'ilcun War Mothers at their cm ventioo In Washington. She will Sfrv. for two years. is asking too much of Nature. Remember, the has certain natural processes that just cannot be hurried. But there is a certain scientific way you can assist by starting those digestive juices in the stomach to flowing mortfreely and at the same time suddIv HfP a balanced mineral defi- ciency the body needs. 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