The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, November 30, 1932, Image 2
Mexican soldiers have been drafted by tne government to carry out the huge road building program which Mex
ico has undertaken, and which has resulted In the construction of more roads In Mexico during the last two
years than were built In the previous century. Soldiers shown above are working on the newly dedicated section
of the International Pacific highway between Nogales, Ariz., and Sonora, Mexico.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
HONORED BY ITALY
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Turin Names Bridge for Our
First President.
Washington. ? Celebration of the
George Washington bicentennial has
echoed In Turin, Italy, where a recent
ly. completed bridge spanning the Riv
er Dora has been named for the first
President of the United States.
"Turin (Torino)) haB features that
remind one of American cities of a
half million Inhabitants," says a bul
letin from the National Geographic
society. "It Is well laid out with wide
streets crossing one another at right
angles and many busy squares and
spacious parks embellished with from
one to four statues.
"A traveler strolling down its clean
streets In the shadow of well-kept
buildings Is hardly aware that Turin
and Milan, Its neighbor, make up the
so-called 'Industrial Twin Cities' of
Italy. Out of Its huge factories roll
automobiles that traverse the 'famous
boulevards of the world, and the prod
ucts of - the silk and cotton mills,
leather-goods factories and machine
shops find their way into world mar
kets, ?
rr;V Qreat Industrial Center.
"American Industrialists marvel at
Turin's industrial Importance when
they stand on the banks of the Dora
and Po rivers which flow past the
city. Neither stream is navigable for
large commercial craft. No industrial
city of a half-million Inhabitants in
the United States is without water
transportation at its disposal.
"Construction of good roads and the
Increasing use of motor trucks In
northern Italy have aided Turin com
merce in the last decade, but to the
railroads goes the greater part of the
credit for the city's Industrial and
commercial prestige.
!? "Because it is the first large city in
Italy near the Italian end of the
Mount Cents Alps-piercing tunnel,
nearly all rail-borne commerce enter
ing Italy from the west, passes Turin.
Italian railroads radiate from the city
connecting with lines that touch nearly
air great cities of Europe. Before the
St Gotthard tunnel was bored, Turin
was Italy's leading railroad ,center.
Now It is second to Milan.
"But the traveler Is not long in
Tttrln until he is assured that the city
is not wholly absorbed in Industry
and the transportation of Its products.
In fact, its numerous art galleries,
splendid church buildings, museums,
and libraries lead one to believe that
Its Industry is perhaps only a means
to acquiring and preserving art and
diffusing knowledge.
A Treasury of Art.
"The Royal palace, which Is a mute
reminder of the days when Turin was
th? capital of the kingdom of Sar
dinia and capital of Italy." Is a treas
ure ctaeftt of historic paintings, hand
some statuary, frescoes and tapestries.
In one portion of the building there Is
an armory where historic suits of
armor and implements of war are on
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"Dead" Man Sat Up
So Undertaker Quit
[ Wllfcabeth, N. J.? J. F. Martin, Jr.,
Is a tfoofl undertaker, but he knows
hie limitations and his place. When
a corpse sits up and looks him
over, Mr. Martin Is through.
Mr. Martin was summoned to" 008
Court street when police reported
finding Peter Huhjn, seventy, dead
with Wrists and throat cut, a rope
dangllfaft sbove him, and a suicide
note asking that bli body he ere
mated.
rJ.' ' ? tit, when Mr. Martin went to
get the body, Mr. Hohn groaned
and sat up. So Mr. Martin went
away and an ambulance took Mr.
Bfahn to Aletian Brothers hospital,
. where It was said his condition was
? .
display. The cathedral adjoining the
palace .contains a well-executed copy
of Leonardo da Vinci's 'Last Supper.'
Another of the prized possessions of
the edifice Is a piece of linen which
tradition holds is a part of the shroud
in which the body of Jesus was
wrapped.
"The Turin Academy of Science has
a picture gallery with many works of
such famous artists as Van Dyck,
Rembrandt and Raphael, and a Mu
seum of Antiquities where' are pre
served ancient Egyptian tombs dating
back to 1G00 B. C. The Museum of
Ancient and Applied Art contains an
interesting collection of musical in
struments, ornamental leather, medals,
enamels, ivories, and wood carvings
and one of the world's unique collec- j
tions of painted glasses and Crystals
i which records the history of glass
painting through the ages. Art ob
jects in clay, sculptures In marble and
collections of stones, and terra cotta
also are on display.
"The Mole Antonelllana, the sky
scraper of Turin, was built as a Jew
ish temple, but It now Is a national
historical museum where a collection
of trophies, flags, weapons, uniforms,
and manuscripts Illustrating the strug
gle for a united Italy, is preserved.
This building is the highest walled
structure in Europe. Its walls rise to
within 10 feet of the height of the
Washington monument.
"The traveler in search of ancient
landmarks In Turin Is disappointed.
Turin was quite a town when Hanni
bal destroyed it in the Third century
hefore the Christian era. Later It was
the site of a Roman colony, but of this
settlement only one of the four great
gates of Its wall remains."
Invents Device to Test
Earth's Radio Activity
Pasadena, Calif. ? An amazing array
of devices have been evolved at the
California Institute of Technology here
to test the radio-activity of the earth.
Dr. Robley D. Evans seeks' to de
termine with them the amount of ra
dium in rocks In order to discover how
much of this activity must be discount
ed In studying the action of the cosmic
ray, discovered by Dr. Robert A. Mll
likan, head of Caltech.
Included In Doctor Evans' equipment
is a furnace that will make granite
boil like water ; scales that will weigh
one million-millionth of a gram, or one
thousand-millionth of a pound of ra
dium, and an apparatus so delicate as
to chase atoms of radium through a
definite channel In order that scien
tists may count them.
Doctor Evans pulverizes a granite
boulder, heats it to a temperature of
8,700 degrees Fahrenheit, and the rock
boils like water. The temperature Is
measured by an electric device affected
by light rays from the lava.
The heat forces out of the gasses
formed the "negative electron. When
the electrons are permitted to reunite
with the gasses, they pass Into deli
cate scales, where the radium atoms
knock negative electrons from the
atoms of air which are within the
tube-like scales.
By watching the electromer, the
scientist knows from Its reading how
many atoms are passing through.
Winged Rocket Tested
Berlin. ? Ability to control the direc
tion of rocket flights was claimed by
Rudolf Tiling, rocket engineer, In a
t?st from Templehof airdrome.
Parrot Eats Cash
Revere. Mass. ? Mrs. Verna MInson
lost $35 when her pet parrot chewed
her purse to pieces.
COMEBACK OF CZAR IS BALKED
Coburg, Germany. ? Marriage here of
the Princess Slbylle of Saxe-Coburg
to Prince Gustnv Adolph Oscar ended
a situation that promised to play a big
part In the affairs of the kingdom of
Bulgaria.
It all centers around the dethroned
monarch of Bulgaria, Czar Ferdinand,
who, at seventy-two years, still has
hopes of returning to his throne at. the
expense of Its present occupant, his
son, Boris.
When Ferdinand was exiled he came
here to live. Princess Slbylle, then a
mere child, became his favorite among
all tho little royalties who found the
old fellow a fairy godfather. As she
grew up Ferdinand, eyeing the fruit
less quest of King Horls for a bride
among tho royal houses of Rurope,
conceived tho Idea that If Boris mar
ried Slbylle the way would bo paved
for his own return to Bulgaria and ?
who Knew? perhaps to his throne.
Boris had his eye on Slbylle at the
time, but he grew suspicious of his
father eventually and turned l>ls at
tention to the Italian royal house
whose eldest daughter, Olovanna, final
ly became his bride. This was a blow
to old Ferdinand, for It effected an al
liance with the one nation which was
most Instrumental In seeing that he
lost his crown.
Ferdinand was persistent, however.
Falling to see Boris marry Slbylle he
fancied It might be a good Idea If she
became the wife of his second son,
Prince Cyril. Slbylle might yet wield
Influence enough to lejt him go back to
Bulgaria.
Again It looks as tf Ferdinand was
to be disappointed. ? Prince Cyril, ac
companying Boris In his wooing trips
to Rome, fell in love With King
Kmanuel's younger dnughter. Maria.
She was too young to marry Just then,
- bat now ihe il not and format an
nouncement of their engagement is ex
pected soon to confirm rumors that it
has been arranged?further strength
ening the Italian-Bulgarian bonds and
handing out another wallop to Ferdi
nand's hopes.
For alt that Sibylla either cduld not
or would not advance those hopes by
marrying one of his sons, Ferdinand
proved a good sport when she was
married the other day.
Meet and Wed Same Day
Fort Worth, Texas. ? One morning
Albert H. Graves and Miss Virginia
Wright met at a soda fountain here.
At noon she was wearing his fraternity
pin. By nightfall they had eloped to
Oklahoma and were secretly made man
and wife.
One Vacation in 21 Years
Stevenson, Wash. ? For 21 years Da
vid Wesseln, janitor at the courthouse,
han been on the Job continuously seven
days a week, holidays and all. He
cently the commissioners grahted him
two weks off with pay.
NEW CUBAN ENVOY
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Dr. Oscar Otntaa, tho new ambaa
nador of Cuba to the United Stated,
who ban assumed hla duties In 'Wash
ington. He aucceeda Dr. Oreatea
Ferrara.
I This Week I
^Arthur Brisbane
Hie Mongol-Ape Girl
Bewildered Wall Street
Woman's Day
Bootleg Unemployment
Crime, woman's weakness, man's
duplicity and other things unpleasant
are old. In Otter Tail county In Min
nesota scientists have found what re
mains of a seventeen-yeur-old girl's
murdered body. She was "partly Mon
golian, partly ape." Somebody, pre
sumably also part Mongol and part
ape, killed her 20,000 years ago and
threw her Into a glacial lake.
A nick in the shoulder blade shows
where an arow or spear went Into
her right lung and probably through
her heart.
There are worse things than that
In our modern crime. How far are we
really above the Mongol-ape?
Wall Street recalls the old Canadian
lady who used to say : "I tell my hus
band I don't know what to tell him."
Wall Street doesn't know what to
tell the speculators. American Tele
phone Telegraph declared the reg
ular dividend at the rate of 9 per
cent, and instead of going up, the
market went down. Wall Street Is as
difficult as the watch belonging to
the dormouse at the Mad Hatter's tea
party. The dormouse said "he puts
the best butter In his watch, but noth
ing seems to please it."
This Is woman's day, and as Mrs.
Eddy Bald when this writer Inter
viewed her lopg ago. "It Is the day
of mind over matter."
Amy Johnson Molllson, who recent
ly married the British flyer holding
the record from London to South Af
rica, has Just beaten her distinguished j
husband's record across the Desert i
of Sahara.
She made a hop from Oran In Al
geria to Gao, 1,400 miles further south, I
In 13 hours and a few minutes.
The British empire may be totter
ing, but English girls are not totter
ing.
The "unemployed bootlegger prob
lem" may be with us soon If the plan
Is carried out to free from prison
all Jailed for violating prohibition
laws.
Qovernor Rolph of California says
that as soon as his state's overwhelm
ing vote against prohibition Is certi
fied he will free 1,000 convicted of
bootlegging. It will be hard for the
1,000 to accustom themselves to "$30
a week," and harder still to find the
$30.
Newcastle, Pa., develops a new Idea.
Gentlemen that steal milk bottles left
on doorsteps go early before the milk
Is delivered and Bcrlbble a note asking
for two extra quarts.
The customer and milk man
know nothing about It, until settling
time comes, weeks later.
It Is an old idea started In Wall i
Street. Down there, the financial
genius scribbles a note, ordering tens
of millions more shares of stock. The
customer doesn't know anything about
that until some time later, when set
tling time comes. This depression Is
settling time.
On the site of the great Hoover dam
the Colorado river for ages has ruBhed
with its millions of gallons per min
ute through the high rock walls of a
narrow canyon. It follows that path
no longer, for man's engineering genius
has turned the river aside, forcing it
to run through an artificial tunnel,
dug in one of the ca .yon's rocky sides,
almost a mile high.
Where the river once rushed through
a channel cut out of solid rock by the
water ages ago everything is dry. En
gineers and workers at the great dam,
undisturbed by the torrent, will pro
ceed to erect a wall that will hold
back billions of gallons of Colorado
waters to be used as man may decide,
for Irrigation or power. When the wfall
Is finished the tunnel will be closed,
to open at any time when water behind
the dam needs lowering.
Colonel Turner, Los Angeles pilot,
establishes a new California champion
ship with a new east-west flight from
the Atlantic to the Pacific In \2 hours
33 minutes, beating by two hours the
record of Frank Hawks.
This is big news. The world awaits
something to end this depression and
the flying machine may do it
Steam started one great boom after
Waterloo, the gold rush in '49 started
another, electricity, used for light and
power, started another, the automobile
started the recent great boom, which
war's squandering raised to a frenr.y.
For men the most Important thing
Is life, and next comes movement. The
perfected airplane, America to Europo
In ten hours, New York city to San
Francisco or Seattle to Jacksonville.
Fin., In ten hours, may start the next
big boom.
The German cruiser Karlsruhe, first
to visit an American port since the
war, received In New York harbor a
grand reception, guns booming, air
planes flying overhend, flags displayed.
The war In over and a German battle
ship should be treated like any othei
foreign battleship. It might he better
however, to -reserve artillery sa)ute?
and flag display* for great passenger
and other commercial ships In which
Germany excel*.
A. lltt, by Kin* F*?tur?? S^aiWMa, IM
Novel Furs Styled in Novel Ways
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
FUil tushluns are Holding the center
of the stage. The program they are
presenting is not only spectacular, but
it Is Interesting becuuse it makes use
of novel peltry In novel ways. The
fact that designers are showing so
venturesome a spirit to do and to dnre
makes fur artistry almost breathtak
ing this season in its exploitation of
the unusual.
This flair for clever fur arrange
ments Is evidenced in the models pic
tured. The very good-looking costume
to the left emphasizes the entry of
panther skin In the list of fashionable
new furs. The younger set ndore this
fluttering fur. The rich green of the
cloth which fashions this coat con
trasts the tawny tones In the fur most
offectlvely.
Speaking of spotted furs, an out
standing play is being made In this
direction, smart I'arlsiennes wearing
not only dresses and coats trimmed in
either panther, leopard or ocelot, but
touches dlrcreetly enliven their hats
as well ns being mnde up In such ac
cessories as belts and pocketbooks. A
leading couturier goes so far ns to
create a >tunnlng evening gown of
white satin bordering the decollete
neckline with a band of leopard.
trimming the black wool cont
showto to the right In the picture the
designer does that which is being re
peatedly done this season? works two
kinds of fur together. In this Instance
black astrnknn nnd snowy ermine
make n striking combination, thus ac
centing the black-and-white then>e
which Is as popular ns It ever was,
and perhaps even more so. The cas
ual grace 0f the ermine scarf-end in
trigues the eye nt n glance. The high
standing astrakan collar Is topped
with a Jaunty beret which has a drape
of matching fur encircling Its crown.
The placing of myriads of little cloth
ruffles row and row from above the
elbow to the wrlstllne Is characteris
tic of the trend to make sleeves an
outstanding feature of every costume.
Incidentally we might mention that
the dress underneath this modish coat
is made of printed satin, the same be
ing n fashion highspot In the realm of
fabrics this season.
In describing the charming muff and
capelet set which centers this attrac
tive trio there is not much needed
to be said as it speaks volumes for
itself In the way of chic. You may
vision It as of gray curly lamb of high
est grade, if you wish, contrasting
velvety brown cloth for hrown with
gray ns a featured combination. Metal
burtons, of course, nnd n metal belt,
for metal accessories are fashion's
boast at present..
<P>. 1932 Wpntern NowKpapor Union.
IF YOU CROCHET
By CniCRtK NICHOLAS
Vlctorlnn charm la the keynote ot
this wlnter'H fashion. One of thetdean
which prevailed In those (lays of yore
was that of "crochet edgings." Well,
It's crochet edging which trims this
dainty little hedjacket. All you need
Is a ball <1W) yards) of mercerized
cotton, a number eight crochet hook
and three-fourths of a yard of flat
crepe, for It Is made of two pieces of
stlk tacked together at the shoulders
and sides. Cut the silk In two straight
pieces (lOVfc by 27 Inches) wllh the
golvedges running the long way. These
can be used nt the hot torn and so
avoid hems. On the other three edges
of both pieces baste hems as narrow
as possible. The first row of crochet
will hold them In place. Crochet di
rections are available at most any
fancy work department whore you buy
the crochet cotton. The quaint little
clerical bib (? also crocheted of mer
cerlxed cotton, In an open mesh pat
tern with tightly crocheted border. II
Is simply and qnlckly made, and now
that young girls are wearing nun col
lain and similar neckpieces a collar
crocheted as her# Illustrated will add
chic to the tllk or woolen costume.
CORDED WEAVING
LEADS IN FAVOR
There Is a distinct corduroy lifflu
ence In the winter's fashions. Wool,
wllk, velvet and mixtures all show a
tendency to corded weaving.
It Is not confined only to clothes
for sportp wear, as formerly, but ap
pears in clothes of all varieties. Many
of the newest evening dresses are of
a corded velvet which approaches cor
duroy In weave, but Is sheer In tex
ture.
Corded woolens, launched in Paris
last season, are already established
as classic materials. They are favor
ites for the sturdy type of coat or suit
which Is destined for wear in difficult
weather.
Dressmakers iike the possibilities
they offer In design, for a slight
change In the direction of the cords,
by means of adroit cutting, can work
a whole design Into a costume without
the addition of any ornnment.
Change Hairdressing
to Follow Dress Style
Changes In dress styles, and espe
cially those that have taken place
this season, demand a decided change
In hairdressing.
An inferiority complex of the worst
sort Is lying in wait for the woman
who attempts to wear those chnrmlng
shallow-crowned hats thnt leave al
most the entire back of tho head bare,
unless she speeds with winged feet to
an authorlly on hairdressing, one well
schooled and of |nn? experience In
making the hair conform to fashion
and beauty.
To enhance the chnrm of a woman's
hair and face, and to blend them with
her clothes Into n picture of beauty,
requires unusual talent ? a sculptor'*
knowledge of plnstlc form nnd a paint
er's feeling for delicate colors.
Waffle Weave Is Latest
for Street and Sports
In street and sports dresses the mn
terlal Is the new thing. H1IU crepe*
again resemble rough woolens. This
season one new material Is known ns
"triple sheer," being three times the
thickness of georgette crepe. The
waffle weave, modeled nfler thai well
known breakfast dish, is new and
smart.
Light *nd DNrlf
Rtrong contrasts of light and dsrk
are Inevitably effective? light collnrs
on dark dresses, dark collars on light
dresses; dnrk Jackets with whlt?
skirts; white coats with dnrk dressea