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Show THE WEEKLY NEWS EXPRESS. LAYTON, UTAH Tinfoil Long Used NOT IN THE BOX SCORE: Scenes and Persons in the Current News New York State Assembly winter will be asked to Investigate the conduct of the commissions supposed to regulate box. Red Rolfe has ing and racing. been adding to his World Serirs winners' share by betting on hia Alma Mammy, Dartmouth, to win THE ' Flag Can Fly at Night The only place in the United States over which the American flag is allowed by law to fly each night in times of peace is the grave of Francis Scott Key in Maryland, says Colliers Weekly. The purpose is to make true always the famous line In his song. "The Star Spangled Banner: "Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. VA football games. . . Brooklyt fans are asking why, If the Dodger directors were so anxious to have a fighter to manage the team, they didn't select Joe Louis. The Bomb-- . knbws the game, likes it and can of the gents that outplay were so generously provided for Casey Stengel. . . Golf ranks a close second to football In the sports affections of Coach Elmr Layden of NW Torll Port. WNTJ BervlPfc Notre Dame. . , Phil Reuter, trainer of the mighty Roman Soldier, once was a waiter in a Chicago restaurant. Bert Baronl, owner of the mightier Top Row, and Frank Erickson, the head bookie, also used to serve soup with their thumbs. Has the feuding of the Dodger directors so Impressed the Van Lingle COSTS 253 to get each Big: Ten Mungos that they now are plotting ITfootball player ready for a came. a divorre? This includes such Items as It Is time somebody noted that the coaches salaries and stadium nations longest intercollegiate footupkeep, but falls to include the prep ball winning streak extends back to 1031. Morgan college has won school draft price, tntcrcollcclate waiver price and Incidental re- ine games since then. , . The wards, emoluments and bonuses biggest single bet ever cashed at a . . . Bill Osmanskl, Holy Crosss racetrack was when the Crest sophomore fullback, wants ev- old Hildreth castoff, Bruns, won at Pimlico. Jack Richardson had erybody to know that bis kid brothwhich paid 41 er, Joe, is even better. oe right grand on the now is achieving numerous touch1. to , . Coleman Kopcaak, star Cardowns for Central high of Provinegie Tech back, plans to emulate dence Is there any truth to the his brothers Arpad and Pete, and wtn his West Point letter two years repeated gossip that the flu epidemic which disabled Army's squad from now. . . The Giants must draw a week or so ago really was pto- 750,000 paid admissions to break maine poisoning? even on a baseball season. They The Four Horsemen, most cele- have lost money only once In sevbrated backficld of all time, got enteen years. Then rain, which fell their chance because of a scandal on a couple of late season weekinto the occurring while the boys were still ends, washed them $20,000 but . much fatter red. Jake , Slagle, A freshmen. nearby town, anxious to win a local game, hired some still wearing his old Princeton helmet, now picks football Notre Dame regulars. Next year as winners part of the advertising these players were ruled ineligible, end so the four sophs had imme- campaign of a Baltimore brewery. diate opportunity to ride down into Sixto Escobar Was history . . , Tip to Bill Terry and Joe McCarthy Watch Bill Booth, at Baseball Ohio State back. Unless Columbus Ilamly critics are greatly mistaken he will Sixto Escobar, bantamweight exbe a major league infleidcr within a was aces as a baseball and pert, season or two. volley ball player during his school Can it be that the commercial duys at Barceloncta, In Puerto Rico aspect of football finally has dried . . . Carlos Indian Quintana claims up all the human to be the first Cholo Indian ever to juices of the cus- become a prize fighter. . . Ilirsch A few Jacobs, the nation's leading horse tomers? years ago a cheer trainer, is a movie fan. He seldom show. , . , always was the first misses the act on the program. Mathias L. Daiger, head man at Now 6uch salutes Pimlico, would win almost any turf for honored guests writers' poll for the most courteous are almost aa rare racetrack official. . , . Lou Little, as the cheers teams the noted football coach and broadused to exchange caster, is a teetotaler from 'way M after games . . back. When he was playing at Tenn Gil Doble has real he used to refuse even to taste the Gil Dohis cause for smiling. champagne served at the training The large and powerful flank W'oro-nlc- table on Friday nights. . . The ownwho enabled the Boston col- -' er of Kate Smith's Original Celtics feels that Colonel lege frosh to beat Holy Cross yearof the Jake Ruppert Is a lings, Is as good as nation's varsity ends. handicap to an ambitious girl. The Minnesotas quarterback doesnt reason is that RupFourteen play favorites; Gophers pert has Marius have shared in the scoring this seaRusso signed to a son . . Princeton players say that baseball contract of is the William Lewis best Danny which bars Die for-vcenter they have opposed in two mcr L. I. U. star , years of facing such other greats s from playing pro as Robertshaw of Navy, Ray of Kv basketball this win- Dartmouth and Hauze of Penn . . . L LX ter. . , Jim Jordan 'Another center not properly noted of CoL is Moose Dodgers Stewart, by the experts Ruppert oii stumbled the L. S. U. soph. the other day and now front, steps Navy a football program, which is buying a new set of front teeth.. peddles for four bits, should be the One of Manhattan's plays is a best money maker of all such aids double shift' which, frequently to the athletic association It Is catches an opposing lineman offside. filled with fat ads from armament before he can ge.t brek Into Then, manufacturers and similar disciples the Jaspers wall him in, of peace and prosperity . , . Al- -. position, the ball and get five yards for snap though they agree 'he is the' best nothing. . ; Cecil Hart seems to be referee now' doing business, Red the Casey Stengel of hockey manFriesell worries the officials w ho At least New York's hockey agers.: work with him. lie is so alert folused their own mqney for a writers lowing the bait that be dives Into testimonial dinner to the very pop- -' ' piloups a split second after the whisular Les Cartadions pilot recently. tle. has sounded. Bill Marks, Princeton frosh end coach., says the Tiger cub line Is Kipkc Is One of Games capable of playing varsity football nine-tent- hs I Wifiu d Huddle Info Reveals 253 Is Necessary for Big Ten Player equip-men- The Term "Unquote is a teleThe term "unquote used form originally to ingraphic dicate the closing of a quotation in a telegram. The term received popular approval as a needed shortened form of "end of quotation, and now supplements the older printing term, "end quote." Literary Di- X t, ' i gest thirty-n- pari-mutu- i el la gee-ge- ... after-dinn- Americanisms "All of as an Americanism for "as much as, traces to 1829; "all sorts of," for "of a comprehensive character," is found In 1841; "all over, meaning "throughout, dates to 1831 "Right along," meaning "continuously, appears in 1856, and the phrase "to get along was invented in 1830. fa President Roosevelt with members of hl party enroute to peace conference In Buenos Alrca. 7 President Mosicki of Poland presents a marshali baton to Generalissimo Edward Smlgly-Ryd8 The late Roger Salcngro, member of the French cabinet whose recent suicide brought on a national crisis. 1 inter-Americ- z. First U. ENVOY TO RUSSIA S. Typewriter Displayed, "State Room In a Ship "State room is a ship term that originated in the early days of MisA Capt sissippi transportation. Sheve put up wooden partitions between the sleeping quarters, and later had separate rooms built for passengers. He named each room for a state, and the term was coined. Ignorant of Oar Mysteries "Distance fascinates, said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown. "I have beard learned men explain the stars and still be ignorant of mysteries of this earth to be found within a city block of their own homes. Getting Out of Difficulties If people who are in a difficulty will only do the first little reasonable thing which they can clearly recognize as reasonable, .they will always find the next step more easy both to see and take. Mineral Plastics Mineral plastics are composed chiefly of phenol or carbolic acid, combined with formaldehyde. Bake-lit- e and a few others are black and are molded Into desired shapes. . It Is not known definitely when il tinfoil was first made. The word in thin sheets tin meaning appeared in the English language as early as 1467, and was subsequently used in the sense of backing for tin-fo- mirrors. In 1876 tinfoil is mentioned as a wrapping for medicines. At that time it was an alloy of tin and lead. "Takes Newspaper When the deadline for an edition approaches it is necessary to send stories to be set before they aro completed. They are sent to the twa composing room in "takes or three paragraphs. At the bottom of each take appears the word "more until the last one, which bears an end mark. The Heart and Ring Finger The Greeks believed in the existence of a direct communication between the heart and the ring finger. A certain vein of blood passing directly from the finger to the hear t occasioned a peculiar intimacy and sympathy between the finger ant seat of affection. Farmers Built Ohio Canal While the Ohio canal was being built In 1825, farmers of the vicinity were glad to drop their plows and hoes to work on the project tor a period, from sunrise to sunset, for $8. This gave them cash to pay their taxes. 26-da- y Beards Licensed Licenses were needed by Russians who wished to wear beards in tho reign of Peter the Great, who put a heavy tas on the "face fungus. His aim was to make his people shave in European style. . Food Eggs Age--Old Eggs have been an important article of food from the earliest time. The were hunted by the cave man and eaten raw. They were also used as a means of barter and exchange. The Township Sysient The township system dates from the "Hundreds plan adopted by the Continental Congress in 1785 after the report of a committee headed by Thomas Jefferson. Bats Classed as Mammals Bats are classed as mammals, not birds, and are among the most interesting of creatures. When captured, they protest with a shrill, squeaky voice. er s, A 4 ; Joseph E. Davies, Washington attorney, whose appointment as ambassador to Soviet Russia was announced recently by the White House. lie succeeds William C. Bullitt, who lately received the sadorial assignment in Paris. Fhoto shows Miss Lorraine Vocco, of New York city, demonstrating the model of the first United States typewriter now on exhibition at the Smithsonian institution. It was invented by William Austin Burt in 1829. The crude wooden machine was never produced commercially. I nlnc-tentl- is Face to Face With Ilis Own Image NAVY POST FOR EDISON MjJUS u.ifk"9W "V WWBW ' I i VI j V Jj'J 5SS II 'iv 'V r. tJJ tv' - . " kv 5 ... . ' VKwqk Vi o V-- v v . .Most Nervous Coaches . right now.If the New York State Athlrtlo Commission would depart from its r, - . Aside from the way. Penn wal- -' loped his Michigan team, Franklin field also, provided another severe strain on Harry Kipket nerves. While watching a game he wanders up and down the sidelines, nervous-- ' ly picking and chewing blades of grass. But even a team as lucky, as Vale would be hard pressed to discover a blade of grass oh Franklin .field Ashel Day, center for ... Georgia Tech, was the first player selected by. Walter Camp from a Southern college . . , Veteran observers claim that the roughest, toughest game played this year was between Colgate and Holy Cross. Skip Stahiey, Harvard assistant roach, sighs whenever he thinks of the high school team be saw perform in bis Lebanon home town several seasons ago. The bsrrkfield was composed of Dick and Jack While, now of Princeton; Hitt, North Carolina fullback, and Pete Si.:lth of Temple , . . Bob Stewart, sub end who hails from Rochester, Is destined to become one of the best basketball players In Syracuse history . , , Mcmocrs of Tenns very capable frosh team are almost as good in their studies as they are on the gridiron . . . The proper evaluatien of Hunk Andersen, almost as much or a storm center at North Carolina State as he was at Notre Dame, is that he is a truly great line coach, but no great fthucks as the bead gee. provincial attitude and invite young Joe McGuigan of Philadelphia to referee occasionally' the New York .State Athletic Commission would Improve its staff of referee 100 per. rent. . Paul Vlancir believes that he led the National Leagues 1936 hitters because he spent the winter playing golf. Says that constant practice in trying to locate the green so sharpened his touch that tt became second nature for him to place his base hits accurate. Regis Monohan, Detroit Lions ly guard, has used the same pair of football shoes for four years. Believes it Would be bad luck to they feel change them good. The foul fwost frequently overlooked by officials who like the hours and the pay is holding In the ino. , . Charles. Francis (Socker) Coe, the celebrated Writer and broadcaster, has lost so much weight that he now looks 'like only one man. . . Jamaica and Aqueduct will use some of mat $3,090,000, con tributed by bookmakers to metropolitan courses this year, to Improve their tracks .before spring. Dan McGugin was roach at Vanderbilt thirty years, during which time he had but one undefeated, untied season bis first. Six years his record was spoiled by m single loss; three years by a tie. In 1911 bis single defeat, by a point, was administered by Michigan, coached by Fielding Yost. . Corp. Earl It. Wilkinson, member of the New York state bureau of criminal identification, popularly called "New Yorks Scotland Yard, Is shown studying a likeness of himself made with the new modeling clay that will be used In preserving the likenesses of unidentified dead and murder victims. Note the remarkable resemblance betwen the clay bead and the living model Bag of Gifts A recent photo of Charles Edison, son of the late Inventor, Thomas A. Edison, who was appointed by President Roosevelt as assistant secretary of the navy to succeed Henry L. Roosevelt who died several months ago. Edison is at present state director for New Jersey of the national emergency council When 'Santa Claus play's favorites, be always leaves Electrical Gifts. For a gleaming new electrical appliance is & thing of beauty . . and Useful forever! Therell be words of enthusiastic appreciation on Christmas morning and thoughts of gratitude each day throughout the year. Its the perfect gift I The wide range of electrical appliances the yaried prices, the adaptable uses . , affords you infinite opportunity for Theres a just-rigchoosing. electrical gift for any one to be Skates Ring on Ice as Hockey Teams Battle .. ht . remembered! ' , . ' See Harold Jackson (left) and Andy Blair, members of the Chicago Blackhawk hockey team, kick up the snow as they make ice game has hurried stop in front of Goalie Mike Karakaa. Interest In the lightning-fas- t increased rapidly In the United States in recent years, since the professional game was introduced here. TOtiS. '' SsSSsE1 or OTAH FOWEE & LIGHT CO. |