ERMANY HOLDS
AVIATION MARKS
as Two Records; U. 8,
Britain and France
Have One Each.
»aris.—Despite the restrictions im-
ied by the treaty of Versallles,
jch were intended to cripple Ger-
py’s air activities, Teuton airmen
7e passed the rest of the world in
. pace for laurels. The annual re-
t of the International Aeronautic
jeration shows that Germany has
en the lead in aerial progress and
ds more records than any other na-
a.
‘he federation’s report reveals that
five major records of the world,
land and sea planes and dirigibles,
held as follows at the end of 1929:
jpeed—Great Britain.
JItitude—Germany.
distance (nonstop)—France.
Juration without refueling — QGer-
ny.
yuration with refueling — United
tes. . :
iermany’s recovery is all the more
)arkable in that three years ago
did not possess any of the world’s
ords which were at that time di-
ed between France and the United
tes, [Italy has completely disap-
red from the list after having held
times the palms for speed and dis-
ce. *
Coste and Bellonte Record.
.merica is fortunate to possess he:
» record, for none of the European
fons has ever disputed it. They
e never attempted the spectacular
and night flying for weeks neces- |
y to better the mark of the St. |
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‘he recent flight of Coste and Be.-
te from Paris across the whole of |
ope and Asia to Tzitsikar, in ‘Man-
ria, wrested from Italy her remain-
record. Previously Ferrarin and
Prete were on the record book as .
ders of the distance mark with
Ir flight from [Italy to Brazil.
lying Officer R. L. R. Atcherley or
ate Britain has become the new
¢d king of the air in succession to
h dasliing pilots as America’s Al
liams, Italy’s Maj. Mario de Bern- |
di ang Britain’s Flying Officer
ghorn.
tcherley flew as fast as a bullet
win his world’s record, attaining
8 kilometers, roughly 338 miles an
r, in a seaplace in the Schneider
) race,
rance’s Adjutant Bonnet holds the |
1d’s speed record for land planes, '
te a bit under the mark set by
British sea plane. The Bonnet
‘k is 448.17 - kilometers, approxi-
ely 280 miles an hour, established
[stres in December, 1924.
Texas ‘Mark Stands.
here is “fo competition “for lana
1es such as the Schneider cup for
planes, and this may account for
difference in the records.
merica’s only record is still in the
1es of Reginald Robbins and James ,
ly, who stayed in the air over Fort
rth in a monoplane for 172 hours
minutes in May, 1929. The later
formances which bettered that time
e not been submitted to the fed-
Jon for registering, so for the pres-
the Texas record stands.
he records Germany holds are for
‘ude, Willi Neuenhofen rising 12,-
meters in a monoplane at Dessau
May 26, 1929. and for nonrefueling
stop duration, when Ristics and
merman kept a Junkers aloft for
ours 25 minutes in July, 1928.
ermany has captured also every
ortant gliding record in existence,
holds, among others. three free
oon records, altitude and distance,
of them of long standing. The |
¢ Zeppelin brought her more hon- :
in the world flight, but there is
‘ecognized record for this.
29 a Healthful Year
Despite Flu Epidemic
ew York.—In spite of the influenza
lemic during the first three months
he year, 1929 has been a healthy
so far, statisticians of the Metio-
tap Life Insurance company have
ounced. At that the years 1928 and
* made better health records from
iary to September, the period
-h has just been surveyed for the
ent year.
eart disease is still the leading
se of death. Encouraging decreases
rred in the tuberculosis and ma-
ily death rates, while that for
theria was the lowest recorded in
history of the company. This is
iidered due to the intensive anti-
theria campaigns waged during
nt years by va-ioug health depart.
ts.
wncer and diabetes showed in-
sed death rates and the mortality
automobile accidents increased by
tenth over that of the same period
1928,
tent-a-Gun Agency
New Crime Service
New York.—A pew wrinkle
1 crime was discovered by po
ice recently—the gun garage.
‘here a revolver can be rented.
sed for a “job” and returned
small deposit is required.
ith the understinding that
art of the proceeds from the
job” go to the renting agency.
information of Value
in Old-Time Scrapbooks
Keeping a scrapbook. is nothing like
as commion-as it once was, but still |
a lot of folks cling to the old-time prac-
tice of preserving newspaper clippings,
bits of poetry and other items of in-
terest in this way. How the scrap
book hobby started no one appears to
know, but for generations it has been
customary to save things for ready
~eference.
The time was when nearly every-
body kept a scrapbcok, and no doubt
many filled volumes could be- uncov-
ered, hidden away among things sel-
dom seen or used. The old-time
scrapbook was called upon to settle
many an argument, for often the
scrapbook contained matter of a con-
troversial nature. In the old days it
was nothing uncommon for a public
speaker to rum afoul of a chronic
scrapbook keeper.
Often the keeper of a scrapbook
specialized In preserving matter of a
certain kind, and the practice still is
kept up. Scrapbooks of that type may
be filled with a lot of valuable infor
mation pertaining to 8 specific sub-
ject. Often a scrapbook kept for a
lifetime is an index to the character
of the keeper, and in that way de-
scendants have learned more of their
¢orebears.—T.ouisville Courier-Journal.
Old Structures High
as Modern Skyscraper
The skyscraper is probably our
most striking achievement, says Emil
Torch, professor of architecture.
“Europeans are thrilled by its dar-
ing fusion of art and science and by
the unusual street effects, and sky-
line created by these huge towerlike
masses which rise here and there
ee
above our cities much as do the cathe :
drals over the lower and more ever
outlines of foreign towns.
“It must not be assumed, however, !
! that high buildings are of recent or
! American origin.
“The Great pyramid of Egypt, built
4,500 years ago, was originally nearly
500 fect in height, sith a base 760 by
T60 feei, covering 13 acres, or ap area
equaling one-third that of the original
campus of the University of Michigan.
Its height equals that of a 45-story
building. The interior of Beauvais
cathedral is nearly 160 feet high; it
is 450 feet to the top of the dome
of St. Peter's in Rome, & maximum
for masonry construction being
reached at about 50) feet in the tow-
ers of Cologne cathedral and in the
Washington monument.
Hoards Found by Soldiers
Many hoards of ancient and mediev-
al coins were found by soldiers dur-
ing the World war while they were
digging trenches. Not many years ago
at- Brescello there was dug up 4 hoard
- containing 80,000 pieces* of ‘gold, all
dating between 46 and 38 B. C. Gold
PARLIAMENT LOSES
_ GIANT POLICEMAN
Pavorite Retires After Twenty
Years of Service.
London.—This is a story about &
big man with a big record, about
weights, lengths, measures, parlia-
mentary procedure and dignified phys-
fcal scuffies in the house of commons,
In brief, about George Fulcher, weight
204 pounds, twenty years a policemar
in the palace of Westminster.
Fulcher has retired. Fulcher not
only was the most popular member of
the parliamentary police staff. but
also the most impressive. When he
trod down the long medieval, dimly
lighted corridors the whole British-em-
pire, with the possible exception of
Australia, knew about it.
He was particularly useful in the
event of an occasional row within the
sacred precincts of the house. All
Fulcher had to do was to walk right
into the dozen or so rioters and It
was then only a question of the old ir-
resistible force against whatever ob-
iect stood in the way.
Fulcher knew hundreds, thousands,
even, of M. P.s, for it must be re-
called that Fulcher was a fixture in
the house of comnions while M. P.g
are not. But Stanley Baldwin prob-
ably could tell you more about it.
House of commons police have a
bigger beat to cover than many of
the metropolitan police out on the
streets. They have two miles of cor-
ridors to cover on each floor. [n some
respects the house is like the Grand
Central “station, There. are = shops:
where one may “buy posfnl cards,
There are innumerable restaurants for
all manner of folk. There are vis-
ftors’ restaurants, members’ restau-
rants and employees’ restaurants.
Then there are innumerable tea-
rooms, and, in the words of a promli-
nent lady M. P., all bad.
All these things tend to make
Fulcher yearn for his old job. Se
much so that according to recent re-
ports the former big man of the house
has become a mere shadow of his
former self and is said to weigh but a
mere 280 pounds, having lost a full
stone since he left the dignified por-
tals of Westminster palace,
Russia Plans System
for Banking Salaries
Moscow.—The wages of all workers
and employees in the Soviet union
| may soon be automatically deposited
in savings banks to their accounts, to
be drawn upon as needed.
A project to that effect is now be-
, mg worked out by the state planning
coins are the most desired by numis-
matists. because ‘gold shows no effect
from burial’ in the earth, whereas sil-
ver. especially if buried in volcanic
soil. turns black or tends to mass or |
shows a crystalline change that makes
it brittle. Bronze tenls to oxidize or to
become covered with an accretion of
verdigris.
Diamond Splitters
The business of the diamond “split:
ter” is a dying trade. By an intimate
knowledge of the siene’s construction
commission with every prospect of con-
firmation by the council of people's
commissars. .
The -scheme is intended to encour-
age thrift. Instead of urging the pop-
ulation, as heretofore, to deposit sur-
plus funds in the banks, the surplus
will under the -new arrangement -re-
main in the banks automativally.
Incidentally it will greatly simplify
che process of paying out wages.
Every trust, co-operative, ete, will de-
posit a lump sum in the savings banks
which will at regular intervals trans-
fer the necessary amounts to the ac-
counts of wage earners.
Millions of new savings accounts
thus opened will also give the Soviet
| government additional eapital for its
| enormous industrial program.
this person was enabled to split a dia !
mond as a preparation for economical
cutting. and when tis was done suc-
cessfully a consider dle saving on la
bor and material resulted. At one time
every establishment where diamonds
were cut had one of these experts. but
modern methods have dispensed with
the hand-splitting . operations. and
while there are several diamond cut-
ting plants in New York there are but
three splitters and there is not work
enough for this trio. :
Comfort in the Desert
A train ride through some of the
southwestern country. often very un-
pleasant on account of the intense
heat, is to be made n.ore tolerable by
the use of railroad coaches that have
heen made heatproof to a consider-
able degree. A special window glass
is made use of which cuts off much
of the heat of the sunshine. It also
cuts off some of the light, but in this
open country there will be sufficient
for all purposes. The woodwork of
the car is also treated to resist the
action of heat.
Radium Minerals
The principal minerals containing
the uranium and therefore radium are
pitchblende. carnotite and autunite.
The first of these consists of the oxide
of uranium, more or less pure, and it
ig found principally in Czechoslovakia
and in the Belgian Kongo. The second
is a vanadate of uranium and potas
slum, It is mined in Colorado, Ctah
and Australia. The third is a phos
phate of uranium and calcium and Is
mined in Portugal and the United
States.
Phone’s Importance
What would this nation be without
the telephone? We enjor its maxi-
mum development here. Tus time-sav-
ing resulting from its use !s so great
that it cannot be figured. It is one
of the chief reasons why the United
States, one of the largest nations in
territory, but with only 110,000,000
population. can show such record.
breaking achievements and develop
ment in all sections--there is no iso-
lation.—St. Louis County Messenger.
Perhaps Here's Where
Modernist Art Started
Carlsbad, N. M.—A painted grotto,
colorful as an Indian blanket has just
been found in the Guadalupe moun-
tains, New Mexico. A race, extinct
40 centuries ago, used this huge niche
in the canyon wall for a living room.
In the half-light were discerned a
strange medley of paintings—red. vel
low. white, black—along the wall for
80 feet. Both the side and a portion
of the ceiling are covered.
A 40-foot serpent was outlined in =n
series of small white triangles
stretched horizontally, other large
snakes, in solid yellow, run from floor
to ceiling. Paintings of other similar
reptiles appear to have been started,
but left unfinished.
Flat blocks ‘of rocks, the size of a
billiard table, lie along the floor; corn
was ground on these.
Paris to Name Street
for Ambassador Herrick
Paris.—*“To recall to future genera-
tions the gratitude they owe Amerie
ca’'s great ambassador,” a new street
in Paris is soon to be named Herrick.
It is the extension of Avenue Victor
Emmanuel II,
Courcelles, and promises to be a. smart
shopping and residence thoroughfare.
A project to raise & monument of
Ambassador Myron T. Herrick some-
where in the middle of the street is
before the council.
Largest English Lifeboat
to Aid Channel Planes
Hampton-on-Thames, England. —
fngland’s new lifeboat, considered the
largest in the world, which was re-
cently launched here i8 now stationed
at Dover to assist Channel planes.
The lifeboat is the first specificaly
adapted to help airpianes coming down
at sea. The craft has a speed of
about 18 knots.
Anything te Oblige!
Bnfleld, England.—Charles Collings,
sixty-three, struck by & skidding aute-
mobile, was knocked into the fromt
vard of a doctor, who treated him
for a fractured leg.
. on —— - pe
through to Rue de
Nature Gave. Great Auk
No Method of Defense
~The’ Great” Auk or -gare-fowl was
‘the only bird" In the“northern hemis-
phere that could not fly. In general
2a it resembled the penguin.
was about as large as a goose, was
black on its head and back and white
beneath. Its legs were very far back
so it stood almost upright, having, on
land, the appearance of sitting on its
tail. Tt ranged from the Bay of Bis-
cay to Greenland and was found in
reatest numbers on certain rocky is-
ands near Iceland and Newfoundland.
It was quite helpless against enemies
‘on land and was killed largely for the
sake of its feathers. The last known
example was killed In 1844. [ts eggs
are highly valued by collectors, some-
times bringing as high as $1,500.
There are only about seventy exam-
ples krfown. The great auk was the
biggest of a large family in the spe
cles, ccmprising guillemots or murres
_snd puffins. They breed in vast mixed
communities on cliff ledges from
Greenland, Iceland and Spitzbergen to
the St. Lawrence, Maine and north-
western Europe. They lay a large
blotched egg pointed at one end 80
it tends to roll in a circle, thus not
eulling from the ledge.
Bilingualism in Africa
Amusing to Americans
One of the first features to strike an
American visitor to South Africa is
the country's bilingualism. As he
steps off the boat at Cape Town he is
confronted by the double admonition,
“No Smoking—Nie Rook Nie.” Walk-
ing up Adderley street, principal thor-
“oughfare of ‘the eity, he is told to
“Keep to the left—Links houden.” If
he wants to mail a letter back home
he must by a “stamp—poseel,” and if
he buys more than one stamp he will
find that while one is inscribed “South
Africa,” the next Is marked “Suid-
afrika.” At the railroad station he will
find that the name of the city Is given
as Cape Town and Kaapstad. and the
dining cars are labeled “Dining car—
Eetsaloon” on a railroad known both
as South African railways and Suid
Afrigannse Spoorweg. And so on. BEv-
ery official or semiofficial netice in
the union is printed in two languages
—English and Afrikaans. Meanwhile
the Englishman grumbles about hav
ing to pay extra taxes to meet the cost
of reprinting notices in Afrikaans, and
the Dutchman wonders why the ex:
pense of using English as well as his
own language should be tolerated.
Thunderstorms
The thunderstorm is owing to the
rapid vertical convection of air con-
taining a large amount of water vapor.
The lower air must, therefore, be rath-
er warm, say 70 degrees F. or over,
else it would not.carry the requisite
~amount of water vapor, and’ the tem-
perature must -decrense rather rapidly
with increase of height, else there
~would be hut little or no convection,
Now, inthe summer. time. the humid-
ity in Oregon and Washington is rath.
er low. Hence thunderstorms gener
ally are improbable. In the winter
time. when most of the rains come,
the surface commonly Is too cool to
set up vigorous vertical convection.
Hence thunderstorms are not likely.
Thunderstorms are not frequent in
Oregon and Washinzton any time of
the yesr. Thunderstorms occur very
{nfrequently in California.
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Scientific Fishing
The fisherman of today writes
“Looker-cn” in the London Daily
Chronicle, is something of a scientist
when compared with his prototype of
a few decades ago, for he now carries
a thermometer when going to fish. It
has been proved that certain fish fre-
quent waters of a particular temper
ature, hence if the nature of the wa:
ter is known preparations can be made
most suited to the kind of catch that
is expected. Cod, for example, have a
preference for water of 62 degrees,
and from near the coasts of Newfound
land and Labrador, where the water is
of this temperature, enormous quanti-
tles of these fish have been caught.
Telephone Courtesy
A western hospital has made itselt
known as a “friendly place.” largely
through its attention to telephone
calls. Superintendents know how
many calls come in each day and how
anxious most of the people are who
make inquiry concerning some relative
or friend. This hospital has realized
that this is the time to treat people
the most carefully in order to make
a good impression.—The Modern Hos
pital, Chicago. IL
Imposing Title
Titles of early American text books
were not composed with the thought
of brevity uppermost in the mind of
the composer. it would appear from:
the title given an Finglish reader of
1841, which was: “Elegant Selections
in Prose and Poetry Designed to Im
prove the Highest Class of Learners
in Reading to Establish a Taste for
Just and Accurate Composition, and to
Promote the Interests of Piety and
Virtue’ —Detroit News.
Farm Life of Other Days
A pleasant picture of American
rural life as reported In the Farm
Journal of November, 1879:
“The tobacco has all been gathereo
In and the farmers are busy cutting
corn and seeding. Their wives are
making pumpkin pies. The big boys
are after the girls, The little boys
are after the muskrsts.”
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department, all the resources of the
institution, amounting to more than two and
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intrust such business to us.
As Executor, Administrator or Trustee,
we can assure proper service, acting always
under competent legal advice; which, joined
with our long experience, makes us feel confi-
dent of the proper administration of any Trust
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