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Show TUB uca COUNTY B21AFE3, BANDOLPH. UTAII Yugoslavia Is Europes New Tinder Box; Minority Problem May Force Its Collapse Repetition of Czech Coup Seen for Dictators; Italys Turn Now. $ By JULES DORMIER Last year it was Czechoslovakia. This year its Yugoslavia. The cast is different, the locale changed. But the drama btonia RUSSIA Tatvia'J DENMARK lithuaniaV cats (or the dogs) subdue their - PRUSSIA- J' POLAND a stubborn minor- is the same ity versus the strong central government. The background is also similar an abortive nationalist history which got its start in the hasty halls of Versailles. This is what happens when uninformed treaty makers disregard centuries of tradition, tossing cats and dogs in the same pen. Eventually the 'Sky Dance Is Tops The sky dance, of the woodcock is probably without parallel in all nature. A peculiar burred note announces proximity of a courting male bird. The calls are repeated at regular intervals. Presently they will give way to a musical twittering sound. The bird will then circle to 100 or 150 feet, twittering. The twittering will grow louder. The bird is plummeting to earth and will pitch at almost the identical spot he took off. Then the entire performance will be repeated. w "V. GERMANY s ( V K -- 'py--f: A - ITALY SPAIN ene- mies, who cringe vengefully in the comer awaiting the time to strike back. Now is the time. Just as Sudeten Germans could legitimately complain that Czechs and Slovaks were purposely subduing them, so can Yugoslavias Croats claim discrimination on the part of the more powerful Serbs who run the Belgrade government. It grows from centuries of dislike, aided by the fact that Croats are traditionally Catholic and the Serbs are Greek Orthodox and Moslems. Croats consider Serbs uncultured barbarians. Planned Federalist State. But the pressure of war sometimes makes strange bedfellows. In 1917 the Croats anticipating breakn empire up of the joined the Slovenes and Serbs in formation of a new state in which all three groups were to have equal constituent rights. The capital, unfortunately for the Croats, was placed at Serbian Belgrade. Any Croat, like Dr. Vladimar Matchek, the groups Gandhi, will readily outline the succeeding 20 years grievances. Yugoslavias army has 202 generals, only two of whom are Croats, though there are about 6,000,000 Croats and 9,000,000 Serbs in the nation. Croats have no hand in running the state and they say are regarded by Belgrade as good for only one thing: paying taxes. Last December came the crowning blow. At the regular election Dr. Matcheks forces won at least 90 per cent of all votes cast by Croa-tian- s, but were not given seats because Yugoslav election laws allegedly framed by Belgrade politicians provide that the party winning a bare majority automatically of the seats in pargets liament. Feeling that his regularly elected deputies have a right to speak for the people, Dr. Matchek founded an extra-legCroatian national assemwhich at Zagreb and refuses sits bly to recognize the present Yugoslav government. Stage Is Set for Italy. sitThis is the typical powder-ke- g uation which aggressive Germany and Italy love to solve by send- ds al TROUBLE AREA Map shows Yugoslavia, with minority groups which might be liberated by Greece, Bulgaria, Rumania and Hungary in case internal revolt developed from the Croatian issue. Boundaries of the proposed autonomous states for Slovenes, Croats and Serbs are shown by broken lines. If ing in troops to keep peace. the march does come, it will probably be from Italy, for the Rome-Berlin axis has apparently granted Mussolini a carte blanche in the Adriatic area in exchange for help in stripping Poland of Danzig and the Polish corridor. It will further be Italys province because Rome does not dare allow Germany good friend though she is to push southward into the Italian sphere of influence. Capture of Yugoslavia would give Germany an outlet to the Mediterranean sea, and this Italy cannot afford. The time may soon come when Prince Paul is unable to take care of himself, and Italy is carefully planning toward that day. Rome has sponsored an Italian-Yugoslavi- an SIGNS OF TIME- S- Luxury Goods on Upswing 1. 2. Good Music Is Coming Back MINNEAPOLIS. Pianos, phonographs and records have renewed the sensational comeback which they began in 1934 and 1935, with the American public going in for good music and higher priced records; sales are running 20 to 40 per cent ahead of last spring and are close to 1937 levels, according to a quarterly study of demand for y goods by luxury and Northwestern National Life Insurance company. The public are also buying more semi-luxur- luggage, furniture, tume jewelry than year, the companys department stores mens furs and costhis time last figures for 236 Also show. clothing, which usually leads the trend of department store sales, made its best comparative showing in March, with sales 10 per cent over March of a year ago. Sporting goods sales still lag behind the spring of 1938, but are gaining. Favorable golfing weather is having its effect, and the centennial of baseballs beginnings has resulted in gains exceeding 25 per cent in that field. Classics Revived. Dollar sales of phonographs and records for March climbed to with- - spear that pierced Christs side; the tendrils are the cords that bound Him; the ten petals represent the apostles; the pillar in the center is the cross or tree; the style, the nails; the inner circle around the! pillar represents the crown of thorns; the radiance, the glory; the white of the flower is the emblem of purity; the blue, the color of heaven, and the scent is that of incense. Pros Return to School Professional football, far from interfering with the players acquisition of an education, rapidly is asThe Color Buff suming major importance as a means of enabling them to complete The name buff as applied to a their studies. Forty-fiv- e of the 300 color was derived from the. word athletes who participated in the 1938 buffalo the common ox of the old seasons national football league world which differs from our Amergames have returned to college and ican buffalo or bison. The original a great many of the others are us- application of the word buff meant' ing their earnings to satisfy obliga- a soft light leather of the chamois tions contracted during their under- type commonly used for soldiers' uniforms in olden days. Likewise graduate days. the word tan is an ancient term Metric Measures referring to the color of the ox hides The myriameter, or 10,000 meters, tanned with an oak solution. s equivalent to 6.2137 miles. The kilometer, 1,000 meters, is 0.62137 Penalty Envelopes For a few years, from 1873 to miles, or about 3,280 feet and ten :nches. Other units above the meter 1877, the government used special are the hectometer, 100 meters, 328 departmental postage stamps infeet one inch, and the dekameter, stead of the franking signatures, but ten meters, 393.7 inches. The meter these stamps were not found to be is equivalent to 39.37 inches. Below practical and the old system was :t are the decimeter, 3.937 inches; partly restored by granting the vathe centimeter, 0.3937 inches, and rious departments the franking privthe milimeter, 0.0394 inches. ilege, but requiring the use of penalty envelopes and making their misuse punishable by a fine of $300. Earth and Moon The length of the earths axis is about 7,900 miles, while the diamLacquer From Orient The original lacquer eter of the moons about 2,160 miles. was an The earths surface is about 13 oriental product of Chinese and Japtimes as great as the moons; its anese artists from the sap of the volume or bulk is nearly 50 times rhus vernicifera, known to the Japand to the larger and, owing to its greater den- anese as Urushi-No-sity, the mass or actual amount of Chinese as Tsichon (varnish tree). matter contained in the earth is The term is at present usually reabout 81 times greater than that of stricted in America and Europe to the moon. coatings of which the predominant ingredient is a solution of nitrocellulose. Workers Eat Salt Because doctors claim that persTraffic Suggestion piration often drains the body of too great an amount of salt, small When driving in traffic do not salt tablets have been made avail- apply the brakes suddenly unless it able for workers at drinking foun- absolutely is necessary. The car betains in General Motors factories hind may have less efficient stopthroughout the country. Doctors ex- ping equipment and the result will plain that these salt tablets renew be a collision. Keeping always in the loss of this valuable mineral mind that the other mans brakes from the body in warm weather. may be better or less efficient than ones own is a distinct factor in safe Gold Production driving at all times. World gold production has increased three times since 1929. In Black Sheep Appreciated In the Shetland islands of Scotland, that year it totaled $397,153,000, while in 1937 the output had risen where some of the worlds finest to $1,045,428,000. South Africa is the wool is produced, black sheep are leading producer with $410,710,000, not family outcasts. Beautiful black with the United States second with woolen blankets and shawls are $168,159,000. made from their three bags full and sent to all parts of the earth. Unsolved Mystery The army transport Republic, Message Floats 170 Miles which was carrying the body of the When floods swept down a usually leper priest. Father Damien, ar- dry gully near his home in July, rived at San Francisco February 10, 1938, Robert Genschorczk, 14, of Col1936. On the morning before the orado Springs, Colo., tossed in a vessel was to dock the captain dis- bottle containing a message. Six appeared and his body was never months later it was returned from found. Holly, Colo., 170 miles away. Ki Austro-Hungaria- two-thir- How Flower Was Named The passion flower, which is so common in Mexico, received its name from the story of the crucifixion of Christ, according to William C. Campbell, passenger traffic ' manager of the New York and Cuba Mail Line. The leaves indicate the in 2 per cent of March, 1937, and exceeded March, 1938, by 40 per cent. With the sales tempo speeding up in April, preliminary figures indicated that that month would exceed April, 1937, by a small margin. While the craze cuts a swing large figure in the revival, classical records are actually gaining faster just now than the popular selections. Stores report that swing addicts gradually begin to pick up a few better records, usually starting with modern classics. Pianos Up, Too. Piano shipments of 25,548 instruments in the first quarter of this year far exceeded the 19,911 total for the first quarter of 1938, and almost equalled the 1937 figure of 25,649 pianos shipped in the first three months of that year. Retailers reported a slight slowing of public demand in April, but May, with its music week, brought a rising volume. Due to the introduction of rapid style changes in pianos, dealers no longer carry heavy stocks, but buy Very close to their current requirements, so that manufacturers shipments closely follow the trend of actual retail sales, the study observes. friendship treaty under which Mussolinis soldiers would probably come to Prince Pauls defense in the event of a Croat uprising. Croats Dislike Fascists. The Croats want no truck with dictators; a few months ago they looked favorably on Germany and thought of inviting Der Fuehrer to liberate them. Subsequent news of developments in Austria and has changed their minds but they probably realize that the price they pay for independence from the Serb yoke may be dependence on Italy. It is recalled that when Germany seized all her neighbors rushed in to get their share of the spoils. Since Yugoslavias story parallels Czechoslovakias thus far, its coming history might be wirrten in advance: A Croat uprising could get so bad that Prince Paul would invite Mussolinis aid, immediately available from the colony of Albania. At a moments notice Greece would invade to recapture her Macedonians, Bulgaria to free her nationals, Rumania to get hers, and Hungary to liberate the Germans and Magyars placed under Yugoslavias care by the Versailles treaty. In such a situation the highly Croats would probably appeal to France and Britain, thus endangering European peace once more. It is significant that the rulers of Europe invariably play their diplomatic games on other fronts, yet go back to the Balkans when it comes time to start a war. Twenty-fiv- e years ago this June Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated at Sarajevo, Serbia, (now Yugoslavia) and war resulted. Today Yugoslavias neutral independence is" one of the greatest safeguards to European peace. Strategically placed, she separates ambitious Germany from such easy marks as Bulgaria and Greece. She keeps both Italy and Germany from locking horns with Rumania anc blocks any expansionist ambitions Hungary may eijtertain. But will Yugoslavia, a war explode baby like from internal pressure and again endanger European peace? It may happen during the next few weeks or months; keep a weather eye on the Balkans. Czecho-Slovak- ia Czecho-Slovak- ia anti-Fasci- st , Czecho-Slovaki- a, (Released by Western Newspaper Union.! - Population Center United States has shifted steadily westward since the countrys founding. In 1790, it was 23 miles east of Baltimore. In 1930 it was three miles northeast of Linton, Greene, county, Ind. Hospitable Custom In Amsterdam, Holland, there is a famous old distillery which serves visitors samples of its liqueurs in a way. The glass is filled exactly to the brim, and you must bend over and take your first sip without using your hands. Glass Bricks for Aquarium Fish will swim in an stream at a new aquarium in Toledo, Ohio. The stream bed and sides are glass building bricks, to permit entrance of light and improve visibility for observers. 380,000 Filling Stations Although there are approximately 380,000 retail gasoline outlets available to motorists in the United' States, or more than one filling station to every mile of paved highway, drivers still run out of gas. The center of population ultra-mode- of the m Deaths Per Mile Cut Though traffic accidents have in- creased through the years because of tremendously increased use of motor vehicles, yet, since 1925, the death rate based on mileage time-honor- ed Alcohol Harmful to Rats When alcohol is taken to the point of intoxication by rats, the white blood cells become intoxicated and of fighting bacterineglect their job v ' al invasions. ' |