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Show rrm.ic opinion Gllttcr)r Buttons Add Luxury Touch r&TTKH 3 Famous STRATO RECORD IS LIKELY TO STAND FOR SOME TIME MM : The official altitude figure of 72.30 feet (13.7 miles) fur the highest up of the National Orographic sortety-InlteStates army stratosphere flight of November 11, recently determined by National Pnreau of Standard calibration of the sealed a meteorograph. Is a record that will probably stand for some time. It Is higher by nut quite a mile than the unofficial figure for the Soviet balloon of 11134 that crashed In landing with fatal result to Its crew of three. It la more than two miles (11.1:4 feet) higher than tilt official record set In 1933 by the American flight, the official mark of which was 01.230.0)1 W'. Just s an- at the nounced. Sounding balloons, or small balloons that do not carry anything but themselves aloft, often go higher than the new world' record. The American record for these sounding balloons dates from 1013 and la 20 miles. The highest claimed la 22 ffillea In Uermany, but there la doubt about these records, as there are reasons theoretical for doubting whether balloons can rise much beyond about 19 miles. Iloi'keta seem to be the best bet for the future In attempts to probe farther out In space. Science Service. PRETTY STENCILED POT HOLDER SET Point Is die Measure of Success Turning-Bac- k On every hand we ace people who bare turned back, people who bad pluck enough to begin thlnge with enthusiasm, lint did not hare grit anough to carry them to a finish. The point at which you are tempted to tnrn back, the point when your grit leaves you, will measure your achievement power. Your ability to go on, to continue after everybody else has turned bark, la a good measure of your posalblo success. Man Must Know Creative Power to Master Himself Van Is buffeted by circumstances as long as he believes himself to be the mature of outside conditions, but when be realizes that be la amative power, and that he may command tbe bidden soil and seeds of kla being out of which circumstances ho then becomes the rightful of himself. Junes Allen, Es Hia Prayei Now, then. Tommy, what Teacher la grace? Tommy I don't know, madam. Teacher Wlnit did your father say before breakfast inis morning? Tommy 4!o careful wltb the bacon It's 45 cents a pound. Natural Rasoarcea "The sun never arts on tbe Drlt lek empire, said the Englishman proudly. How unfortunate! remarked the Amerlran glrL At home we have such lovely sunset Water Helpa The nice old gentleman stopped to talk to the wee girl who was making mnd pics on the sidewalk. ho exclaimed My goodness, "you're pretty dirty, aren't yon?" "Ye aha replied, but I'm prettier clean." San Juan (shown above), and the tropical paradise of which It la tha capital, art looking up to bettor time It ia revealed in the report of the governor, Blanton Winship, ahown In Inset at the right. The lalandera were demonetratlve in their approval of tho Now Deal, ae pictured at lower right, and have welcomed the PRRA, administered by Ernest Gruening (inset, left). Br CRANDMOTHER CLARK These two little Sunbonnet Girls By WILLIAM C. UTLEY seem to be having some Important In this age secret They both work In the kitchen and are talking over their ENCOURAGING the report of day's experience. They are the little Gov. Ulanlnn Winship of pot holder girls, a cute and novel Puerto Men, on the Island terriholder to have In your kitchen. The activities for Hie fiscal ycur two dresses are the pot holders anl tory's 11KI4-:For Puerto Itlco, tiny West Indian paradise where some 1,7ixi.(NNi or more American citizens live under a Siam and Rtrlie which ripples III the balmy trade wind closed the fiscal year with a surplus of a deficit of gtiOO.ilPO, as against fiscal $279,1X10 fur the preceding ycur. Political strife and the cry for Independence, which for some time had been gathering momentum and eventually resulted In the resignation of Gov. Robert II. Gore, who had served si nee July, 1933, have hated under the two years of the when hanging up snap Into place Wlnshlp admlnlstraliiin anl II today under the bonnet. Finished size II Puerto Illcana have allowed the greater share of their polltfenl arby 14 Inches. deThis stamped and tinted piece of dor to crystallise Into a calm, for statematerial, No. 1002, will be mnlled termined, orderly fight for 15 cent Thle la to be mnde up hood. Hearings on the case for Puerto and worked In simple outline stitch. Address Home Craft Co., Dept Rican statehood will lie resumed The conA, Nineteenth and St. Louts Ave St. during the next congres on territories Louis, Mo, Inclose a stamped ad gressional conmiltlee dressed envelope for reply when began public hearings in Washing ton last June mi a hill which would writing for any Information. allow the Island legislature m San Juan to frame a constitution anil English Tavern Names Are stale. This become the g to Say Least Is the desire of the roalltlon party now In laiwer In the Island governIn provocative, ment, which Is completely autonooffers Inn Britain r.nnies for her the traveler an astonishingly rich mous except for the appointment of the President of the variety. Every county has Its own a governor by Yet where els save United States. There Is still some masterpiece In Essex, can you discover three agitation In the Islands, fostered hy Inlocal all within n short distance tho llliersl party, for complete been has also and there of each other, so quaintly Christ dependence, ened as the Goat and Com passe" talk of a compromise of the two tbe I)ng of Kali" and the Son parties which would seek for Puerand Whalebone? The first two are to Illco complete autonomy without lataahl to bo Ingenious corruptions or territorial Independence. This the God eneompasxeth us and the ter arrangement would makewould "Ilaechansl" while the other prob- Island unique politically, It somewhere between a terably refers to a primitive sundlaL plare and a state, and Is believed ritory obtained by fixing a whalea Jaws at hy many authoritative observers to a certain angle. l come. "Ye Silent Woman," near Melbnry. be the likely ou la Revenue Collections Are Up. Dorset, accompalned, fittingly enough, hy a alga depicting a headDespite the lingering depression less female. Many a good Derkahlre which has not shown signs of liftlaugh and frothy tankard Is raised ing so quickly In Puerto Illco as In at the "Who'd a' Thot It! on tbe other parts of tha United 'State At revenue collections for Ihe fiscal Nine Mile Ride In Oowthom stands the year Just closed were more thun llelprton, Northant Hurting Pot." While the "We An- $12.042,(XX). an Increase of $1,371.-(Xchor In Hope near Shooter's Hill collection and over the 1903-3Is a name perhaps even more highly $1,442.(XX) more than Manuel V. Indnelve to a long sojourn and con Dnmenerh. Ihe treasurer, had exvlvlnllty. London Tit-Bpected. Municipal finances did not fare so well, and none of (lie citle Greatest Tree of which there are many on tlila after completing an ex- thickly populated Island, built np Engineer amination of tha largest trees In the any surplus. The chief rause for worry lay In Sequnln and General Grant National park In California, have concluded trade and commerce, which revealed Hint the General Sherman tree In Se a decrease of 7 per rent In exsrts qeoln park has a greater bulk In the and a 9 tier cent Increase In lm-- I trunk than any other living tree, eon port effecting ihe lowest favor-- i mining more than 500,009 board feel aide balance of trade In eight year Yet Puerto Illco sends 94 ier rent of lumber. 'of Its exNirla lo the United State which Imported far more foodstuffs OWES ALL TO HER the principal Puerto lllean prod nets than In ninny yeurs preceding. Especially worthy of note was the falling off in the export coffee business. despite concerted promotional drives to popularise Puerto Itieau Where coffee In the United Stale In 1924 Ihe Island cHirlcil 2.97U.-OOpounds of coffee, it shipped sway only NKi.txxi pounds in p.Ki.'i. Import of coffee fur the fiscal year Just closed were I,II2.ikxi pounds, rumimred with only lli.lfil pounds the year liefoie. Governor Winship e la your husband attributes this startling reversal of man?" form to (lie small size of tbe 1!I34 Not I tanght him to dance, to crop. about knows he bridge." golf and all Hi ere wn howvver, a general of Improvement In the govfeeling Mast Popular Book ernor's report. Not a little of the School Visitor So yon like your credit for Improvement Is given to geography, do you? Roy Ye It's tha only book that's big enough to hide a detective story. Gloves Were Prised aa rurty-nlnt- h Inn-triguin- thlrst-lnsplrtn- g it I j self-mad- Wedding Gifts Long Ago WRIG LEYS T la-e- n DONT SLEEP small and very thin- - much smaller than he iIihw iui the screen In contrast with the burly playa hit when he ers. And he clowm-hastened off the lee. Put (I'Rrien. who wua with him. threw the little rubber disc down between two play-er- a g new-scaso- By VIRGINIA VALE . ON LEFT SIDE, AFFECTS HEART Ins-ke- strain-balloon- p Alovic Radio j - The routine fllghta of Instrument-carryin- g balloons used In weather observations do not often reach higher than tbe new record for noft-Un- The lionh collecting European l a shock recently world when ah iut 40 famous "first edU Hoi.," which have been accepted genuine In a.l standard bibliogwere found raphies for M year to he for.'erle-v- . In most of them, either the paper or the type nr both did not exist at the time the hooka were suiqvosed to have printed. And In twine rases the text wire taken from revised edition ('oilier rin-ivv.- nicTL'Ri-- : the lUliyht nf the audit- ncc at a hockey I1 jjaiue between a New York team and one from Montreal the other evening, when Joe E. Brown threw in the puck to start the game. He looked very feet. e Do you need a young, frock for haiipy eoclul bourn? llere'a one that'a extremely may to make. Note tbe eaaual apacing of glittery metal, or sparkling crystal buttons at tbe deep yoke, when a shirred aloeve-tocuts In unexpectedly; buttons again trim cuffa and back closing. from Its Definitely snug, rollid collar to smartly gored skirt It's beat in sleek satin, or soft crepe. Pattern 2499 la available In alam 14, 10. 18, 20. 32, 04, SO, 118. 40 and 42. fabSize 10 takes 3H yards ric. Illnstrated step by step sewing instructions Included. BEND FIFTEEN CENTS (13c) In coins or stamps (coins preferred) for this pattern. Write plainly name, address and style lumber, UK SUltE TO STATE SIZE. Address orders to tbe Sewing Circle Pattern Dept., 213 W. Serenteentb St, New Ynrk City. STAR DUST j Setile-Fordne- PERFECT GUM Glove are seldom found aiming hilt there was a wedding present lime, In ohl England, when bride were very pleased with such a gift. For In day, they were stuffed with rein the equivalent of the modern gift nf a say writer in I'earson'a Weekly. There are iieople living In who ran renieuilier a queer wedding ceremony In their country, tlie rlo-qn- llel-glii- the Puerto Kleun Relief administration. the efforts of which are Ju- -t beginning to lie felt, slnep Its work has not yet reached the height ol the ruinpnlgii to restore to the is land a more balanced agriculture. Small Farmsr Suffer wlih h has Willi a population doubled since the Island was ceiled lo the United States at the dose ot war In IStiS. the Puerto Illco Is now the most thick ly settled agricultural region un der Unde Sam's rule. Vet, holdings hind are conceu uf agricultural trateil to an extent that has proved Itself harmful to the Industry as a whole and lias reduced Hie small owner to a state approaching economic slavery. Although congress, nx far back as 1090, foresaw the hovering evil of concentration of ownership ami passed a law which limited the holdings to 500 acre law was never enforced. Millions In American capital railed In, to become Hie foundation for large-scalfarming, chlelly on sugar plantation until today holding of more thun SiNI acres Include more tlian a third of tire area under cultivation, although Hey constitute only .7 per rent of the total holding So serious has (Ids situation become for the small farmers, hundreds of families from modest farms have been forced to give up ami move Into Hie dtie there to lake up their dwelling In the most Inadequate and unsanitary of hovel constituting a threat to pollt leal peace, an addition to the al ready difficult unemployment problem and a potential source of which spring from poverty snd nnelennllnes President Roosevelt, visiting the Island In 1934. was Impressed hy the evil of this unlawful concentration and declared that lie would revive holh the spirit and the letter of the law of Itxxt. and fonnd upon It the return of Puerto Rico to a sound agricultural economy. Funds Fall Short Under the direction of Ernest Gruelling, head of the division of territories and Island possessions of the United States iHqwrtment of the Interior, the PKKA was to complete operations the cost of which hss been estimated at $157,OIIO.OiK). Doctor Gruening has been faced with the rather discouraging fact that his organization has been given only $G4,NXi,ixxi so far, hia prajecta having had lo take reduction after reduction In finance In the fare of these rather fundamental annoyance the program ent out for Iiiwtor Gruening end the PRRA Is mulling If not nn ambitious one. One of the first things to be done Is clearing the slums of the cities and solving the housing problems of the farm families wli i have been forced to seek the ren ters of imputation to make sure of geltlng something to eat (usually from relief agencies). This culls for f2.2ix.nm. Coffee ami tobacco Industrie In the hills which dot the Island everywhere, as well as sugar plumu-lion- s on the roa-tplain and the more liifrixpient island lowlands of soil have suffered from erosion. with resultant impairment of efficiency. Reforestation, forest measure-- . alien, mid preventive iigniiist soil erosion will he staried Most of to Hie (line of the topsoil lias been washed away from large areas, nml many of the trci-- which were not cut were -- those of destroyed hy hiirrii-.mi-lir.'K mill 1932. which took Jm II vis l each, ns well a the more ones which wreaked such havoc along the Floridan shore Allot tier aiil to trie farmer will he the rural electrification project, a tiny counterpart of similar proj eels so dear to the heart of the ad Suiilsli-Aiuerica- n e e -- a al s s ns-en- when the offirlntlng priest asked the groom for a ring and a pair of glove preferably red, with three hit of allver money In them, rutting Ihe glovea Into the groom's right hand, he Joined this with the right hand of the bride, and then, lie left parting the rlaipett hand the gloves In Ilia grasp uf Ihe bride. The most exprixlve of gloves women ran hny arelchenp compared with those worn Py men of high rank 21 X) yenrs ago' At the enrl nf Arran's sale, In 1759, a pair given First Editions Are Found to Re Forgeries Gas Pressure May Cause Discomfort Right Side Best If you toss la bed and cant sleep aa begin- right side, try Adlerika. Just ONE does relieves stomach GAS pressing ou heart so you sleep soundly aU night. Adlerika wets on BOTH upper and lowrer bowels end brings out foul matter you would never believe was In your system. This old matter may have poisoned you for months and caused GAS, tour stomach, headache or nenrounes Dr. H. L. Shouh, New York, reporter ning of the second IK'riod. He looked big enough to play his'key lilmsel' In flirt, friend Pat ia getting a hit heavy. Ilrawn gave the HS'tatnr a chance to ace a erfcctly happy human laving. It was a small Imy who went to him during one of Hie InloruilKKloiiH. to shake hands. I'.rown liold Ids hand a long time and visited with him. and afterward Hie youngster lingered In the aisle, iinnhle in tear himself away from Hu-- idol who bail so kind to him. "In addition tointeetinaicIaanainA, Adlerika graatly raducaa bacteria and colon bacilli." Mrs. Jas. Filler: Gas on my stomach was so bad I could not cat or sleep. Even my heart hurt. The first dooe of Adlerika brought me relief. Now I eat aa I wish, deep fine and never felt better." Give your stomach and bowels a REAL cleansing with Adlerika and see bow good you feel. Just ONE dose relieves GAS and chronic constipation. Sold by oU druggists and drug department fr It's too bad, In a way. that "Barministration on the mainland. Till st and Frisco Kid cam to COM gj.T'Jt.tXXt will provide hy- - bary Co.-I -- aoraaca Criminal ,onfl th Mm ,lme- - 0n hM lm electric power to Irrigate land, Is when Ignorance, voluntary, h h espe.-h.llthat no the wide south- man may be lirop-erl.rim I ml, and Jam Cl9ne.y- - bu th ern coastal plain where the rain- - othcr charged with that evil which he orle of Mrly dy fall lx fur below the average of w0 or refused to learn how neglected Franclco ir 00 much alike; In to 7t IviHifft aiiminlly, ami lo electrify faet- prevent Johnson. versions tw0 they iiidiictrli-and homes In the In-- ! h ,,ory- terlor. private power coniMinle two owned inelmling hy foreign eotii-ernow furnish power In some of the ritles and their surNo matter how many medicines rounding area lint the government you have tried for your cough, cheat g claims to have nn Intent Ion of cold or bronchial irritation, you can get relief now with Creomulsion. with these In any way. Serious trouble may be brewing and There are also several localities in you cannot afford to take chance which (lower la now supplied hy ' with anything less tlian Creomule southern ..vent "T owned the .ml sion, which goes right to the avail hy plants operated to Waller (onnoPv when. of tho trouble to a'd nature to Insular government. a as matter of faet. both Margaret. soothe and heal the Inflamed mem n branca as Fight Cattls Tick. gcrm-ladcthe Siiliavan and Randolph Sentt, the la loosened and expelled. A project with the ilonhle purpose heroine and Hie hero, hall from VirEven If other remedies have of protecting Puerto Itirun minor ginia. failed, don't bo discouraged, your Industries and furnishing employdruggist Is authorized to guarantee Creomulsion and to refund your ment will lie the ramHilgn to lian-Is- h Don't miss Lily Pons' first picthe entile tick and the coconut ture. I Dream Too Much." RKO money if you are not satisfied with results from tha very first battle. blldrnt. Tills will gel $.'H)7.niK). certainly pickl'd a winner when Get Creomulsion right now. CAdrJ was Miss selected as their lons aim at combined Three projects the readjustment of Puerto Rco's oihthHc star, after Grace Moore's Sound Mind The success sent nil the hlg companies principal Industry, sugar. The sounder the mind the more act required a rut scurrying nround after girls with ns singers. I.llv Pons likely It la to direct the actions of of I30.INN) tuna In .the Islund'a pro- reputation duction of augur.' This made the doesn't Jiit sing. Slip shows an ihe body with efficiency. unemployment problem even worse nmnzing talent for comedy. than It should have been. It obYou've rain! shout all the prarnn viated the necessity of finding some other use for 73.IXXI seres of mar- tlur.s token to pmlcct the famous during Hie making of COMMON ginal sugar land. The I'MtA In- quintuplet " tends to turn this land Into home- their scene In The Country one evorvlMnly' Nnrurallr, steading and crap So Hammers will soon ring thought was for the haliles. projects. In the construction of home schools when Jean llershnlt, who plays Dr. and community buildings. The Dafoe In the picture, went walking. farmers now In the city will be sllpiM'd nn Hie lee. and acquired a was Relieve I ho dlolreoolnd moved out onto these lands and badly linilKoil leg, niiimdy haiks as If we It disturbed. symptoms by applying ownto become given npiavrtnnlty Menthalatum In amlrils ers of the little farms uain which w,illnt see anyone In the rales bJ rubbing am cheat. of Hie father anil mother of tlieba-hlthey settle. The project will coat to were According report, they nearly $.nno.tXXI. offered $700 if tncy'd sign putters Supplementing this project are allowing themselves to he ImpersAmi COMFORT. Daltyl two other that of rural resettlesonated, and refused; not enough ment on marginal augur lamia money. throat apiWK m far tho and that of resettlement 4i . MEW MEMTHOLATUM UOUIO on good sugar lamia ($(L5iNi,nixi). Do you time In ynnr radio on the Us handy bottle wtlh droppvr The prajecta hare a. one of their lhHt np,nP(, lh, Mw NRr goals the cooperative ownership of rt,lywfKM,? Thw processing pi.m, systems ltlnly were plenty of celebrities on It la hoped marketing. Eventually , IlkH fnr glrbnf by this means to diminish the Livingston's goofy poem heat amount of productive and profitable nf II ssllbre Call Am nr Bis SbMt gnyth,nB , hMird. god reflect a ssreral such ms oars hi Civil Wsr. Wrald alas ka land held hy corporations In fa - mi,nlPnt on lhe fnrt Is 44 calibre Call Ftelaa Plstsia laumut removed localities and build up the 4 4 asS eapper-be- s plstcla, Ptacas that tlie master nf write wcapea atatlaa aauSttiau SaacrtMag security of the Indeiiemlent farmer. ceremonies was Al aaS artea for which gas will aaU. Will Buy Processing Plant BAVID MAGOWAW Joisnn. who had Haw Talk Ctly III gori US Sbaal Under still another project, the such a time making ' PRRA will seek to buy equipment a success nf brand-fnlie was the praceaslng and preservation casting, PARKER'S determined to man of farm and commnnlty product HAIR BALSAM Such equipment would include sugar ter the new niedi BmaHahlMB maaiaital IreaUtatwiaf coffee mill central warehouses nn. and he did. hut FaAaJ Hab Baawtg aad la Grey - and 41 Mat and mid storage plant IhacaMa. The estl--1 what a battle! I WkB..PiUtuw.lt T liw. donbt whether ia mated cost of the venture $4,Mae! for aaa iw FLOKESTUN SHAMPOO one ever worked aoaaattioa with Pathaa'aHatrBalaaia.Mahaa tha hair anfi and H eania llnffy. hy mail er at drag, harder than .lolson r Amid all this bread Al Jolaon aw H weaa Chrewcal Work Pucboew H.I. talk, culture will not he overlooked iliil III Hiuse first liroaileusting days of his; watehing liy the beneficent I'ltltA. Its calls for a grant of approx-Inanel- him work, yon found yourself pullFl.lKxi.iKXi to the University ing for him with ail your heart. IVrll, that persistence of Ills has of Ilierto Rico, a first rate co lust lint ion roiui'led more carried him a long way. than thirty years Mgu in Rio I'ied-rus- . irigimilly Inleiuled an a norGangster pictures miy be a thing mal srhiMil. this sent of learning of the past, as wa'va been told over now embraces colleges nf lllierul and over again, but they keep arts, law, agrieiilture and the bblng up in some form or other arts, pluirniuey arid the uniary little wh lj and they always versity high school. It Is known for break records at the theater! where Its oe work In tropical medicine, they're shown, it seems to me. The Try Catlrare for all akin blemtshaa tniplcul agriculture and Spanish latest Is Show Them No Mercy, doa to external tames. Ointment tie. ami English languages. Graduated based on a kidnaping case that got Soap He. FREE trial sizes If y from Its classes are many of Hie great publicity, and it'a full of writa "Cndcare. Dept. I. Malden. Mam. leaders of island life ami. In fact, thrill fr ninny pronilnent persons through- 36 EMW . . . Shirlny WNlr--W ont Spanish America Old'S The I'RRA administration wishes mine m hrimibnd. for pirn- to attain a permanent status, hilt tv 0 money . . . f hmlrs l.nnahlnn uvn so Tar lias not hern aide to secure mini iie noxf popular llrili'h actor Arlin ' the necessary approval from Wash- - by bit rnin.'rwmn. uilh Cmr in tixlh. rnmr Hie FEIIA trcnnil: ingtoli. Drilinarily funds are einlorsed only up to June, anj t'iiic Hrook luvlfih . . . Ih'tte 1937, lint during Hie last session of lh. it Ipruinnl her ankle the other Be Sure They Properly (xingress a bill was llitnalticeil by dr.y . . . H arrrn K illiam he a nev Cleanse the Blood room. funds of which the IltltA might he feme sewanarer VOUR vnion. kidneys ate constantly Hftere extended three years past that date. 1 ing waste mallet ftoni tha blood It didn't ws iheim. But kidneys sometimes lag In Dag Is of Ancient History 0 Wvstera HawsiMum- Dale their wod- r- do not ad at nature ini The dog la truly an animal of an tended 4il lo remove impuritici that rlent history. Ihe many breeds poiion the tyitcm when retained. hy King Henry VHI to Rlr Anthony rzrh have a separate history woven Then you nuy Miffer nigging badw Itenny were bought for 22. Anil a shout their early ancestry. There's ache, dixsinem, scanty or too frequent fetched 23. mittens of They R ,nR fr,im every country. France pair dilution, getting up at night, puifineta are said to he preserved In nn Irish hH, it, sheemlog. Ihe Hrlnril; Ire ondar the eyci) feel netvou collection and to be among the old- land, the Kerry IHue terrier; Rwit apicL Don't delay? Use Dom1) Pill est glovea In the world. Irerliind, Its St. F.ernsnl; Spnin, Its are Doan's eipecielly for poody funo Rill long before then, men and I'uimer and Spaniel, nml 0 on. They are lacoow Hoping kidney A women were wearing glove mended by gretefid wets tha county Greek hla'orinn tells of a contemevar. Get there from any dniggitl porary who put on Ills gloves before sitting down to a meal so that he could tear his meat lo pieces while It was still tuo hut fur his guests to tackle. tr' h" Still Coughing? cnin-lieiln- rH .loiies-Uostign- mmsi Ilnc-tor.- 1 i c MENTH0UATUM -- w ,d WANTED TO BUY I r and-btilte- j ' I1 j Al 2-- . , r'ir - Buiere-bfe-r- j |