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PAGE SIX HOW DUST STORMS TURN DAY INTO NIGHT IN KANSAS §/. '•-.. v aBBBMp ' - • ; • ; r ■*, .* ’ vV/cAA . .- •' . n V :< .' % An ominous rolling cloud of dust, bane of the Kansas wheat farmer, U shown in this graphic photo OUR YESTERDAYS When Term Spoonerism Developed From Dr. Spooners Word Tnists <1 <*' Roy Atwell, tong ue-t"wi*ting radio comedian; right, Dr. Spooner. THE KN'til.lSl I language has been iv.i t.H and torn, accidentally and ot her wise, probably since its inception. It was not until late in the nimte.nth century, however, that 11 1 tain types of Word twisting wore ,'ivrn a special name. This was spoonerism, which is the technical term applied to an acci dental transposition of the syllables or sounds of words in the same sentence. The term is derived from the surname of I »r. William Archi bald Spooner, warden 01 New col When Nazimova Made Her Debu t, Proving Sensation of the Stage Left, Nazimova in heyday; right, in role of Salome; top, a recen^ photo. OUTSTANDING among the the atrical klols of 1900 and ensuing ■yours was Mine. Alla Nazimova. Russian actress, who won fame and fortune in the United Htates. Many adults now living can recall the sensation Nazimova caused when ahe made her English-speaking de but in New Yark City, early in 1900. after only five months' study of the language. Born in Russia and educated in Switzerland, she her early tor frha r graph as it swept down on the city of Hays, in northwest Kansas. Residences, barely visibte here, j lege. Oxford. England, who becain® quite well known for his occasional tongue-twisted phrases. It is recorded that on one occasion in 1879, Dr Spooner, intending to an nounce the hymn, ‘The Conquer* inq Kinqs Their Titles Take", acci dentally made it "The Kinquerinjr Conga Their Titles Take". Some persons have made a specialty of spoonerisms for entertainment pur poses, among them Roy Atwell, known as a tongue twisting radio l comedian./ stage at a school In Moscow. * She appeared as a leading lady in Rus sia in 1904, and in 1905 she visited London and New York in Russian plays. Her success in America was almost instantaneous, mainly as\a result of her interpretations of Hedda Teaman in “Hedda Gabler’* and Nora in “The Doll’s House I ** Later ahe enjoyed a brief career in the movies :.nd then returned to the New York stage to win morg , Hwt 1 * fig jt dfftmftttp ar f iat *- HENDERSON, (N. C.) DAILY DISPATCH, SATURDAY, APRIL 6, .1935. were blotted from sight when the storm reached its height. Rjfio ts needed in many western regions. "Pony Express” Days Recalled National observance of 75th anniversary of first “pony express" is being begun this week. /Historic drawings and photos illustrate steps by which nation was welded together by swift communications (top to bottom) : Overland Mail, 1856; “pony express,” 1860; saluting telegraph, 1861; joining of railroads in transcontinental system, 1860, over which stream line trains began speeding, 1035; and a UAL mail plane which now spans in 10 hours the distance it rpm U-ed “pony express” 10 days to cover. When U. J’ Marines Won Name of ‘Devil Dogs’* For Their Fiendish Fighting During World War 4 'u. S marines in action on front during World war. * ? Till-. AMERICAN murines, often passed hinting the best fighters of the worm, won (lie name of "Devil |>ogs" while participating in -»fh* SVorld war. _ German soldiers Uie Babs’ Heart Interest? Significance is being attached to visit of James Blakeley, New York society playboy, to Reno, for he’s a bachelor and was a close friend of Barbara Hutton Mdivani before she was rushed by the Russian. (Central Press) supposed to have called the marines "teufelhiHule ", the German equivalent of devil does, after the fighting around Chuteau-Thierfy ~ tn lJuflg and July, IWfcQns sc-,, Speed Honors Claimed for Plane Built by Students __ " '* '..-I-——!—— i '■ ■" i Pennv Rotors (right) Henrvetta, Okla., pilot, thinks he can break world’s land speed xecprd with thi* plane! buift" by students in a flying school at New Orleans, La. It has attained 250 m. p, h. trial*. Present record is 314 m. d. h- Campaigning Against Reds in Coal Fields Demonstration against Communism was staged by miners who gathered in Brownsville, Pa., to pay tribute to John Mitchell, veteran labor leader who fathered the 8-hour day in the mines. Note parade signs. (Central Press) —OUR YESTERDAYS When Financial Collapse Struck Germany, ,Leaving Units of Money Almost Valueless GERMANY -4 xperienced one of I its most critical financial periods in I .history during 1923, following an J Inflationary boom which started in ! the latter years of the World war | and continued after the armistice. As inflationary measures increased, the Gorman unit or exchange de» I count tells how German prisoners '*captured in' American forces de clared fne marines "fought like devil dogs". Another referred to them tm "‘ficnttUtt figtttfeftfy * * I creased steadily in-‘value until it became practically worthless He | fore the war the legal rate of ex i change was about t. 20 marks for [ orfo l in No j ventber 15*33, one dollar could buy about tour trillion paper marks I The German government hastened Yanks in Spy Trial in Paris jj|li » a . rro ' v ) and his wife, Marjorie (arrow), American counle, in r lench court where they are being tried with 19 other defendants T^ ate Jf l^ y tna i since the Wor * d War. At Mrs. Switz’s right it L y dia Stahl, graduate of Columbia University, who is alleged to hJ? e ia een a° ne °! the leaders of the spy gang. Switzes are expected to be released in return fair to nfeteioa, which linked gang to Soviet Russia. f Central Pretel *o reorganize its currency and In October. 1924, a now bank was es tablished in which the old marks were exchangeable at a rate of one trillion for one of the marks of the new reiohsliank The col lapse. naturally left many in pov erty anu bread lines were lornt