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Gets Medal for His Good Diction Uavia ltoss, announcer for the Columbia Broadcasting coin puny, presented With the annually awarded gold medal for good diction on the radio by Dr. John H. Flnley (right) of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Republican Turkey Is Nine Years Old National Consciousness Is Rapidly Developing. Washington. ? New Turkey has Just celebrated Its ninth birthday anniver sary at Ankara (Angora), the capital on the Asln Minor plateau which su perseded Intrigue-Infested Constanti nople, long the cupital of the old regime. A bulletin from the National Geographic society outlines some of the forces that have been shuplng the new republic. "After nine years of strenuous re forms, the Turkish republic, because of world-wide depression, has a breathing spell in which to take stock," says the bulletin. "The apathy of Its enemies and neighbors enabled It to escape partition. Fatalism, com bined with the paucity of desires by the Turkish peasant, has been a con stant drag on progress. "Great strides have been made In developing national consciousness among the variety of peoples who are combined under the government of the Ghazl (the Conqueror). The first great step was the freeing of the country of Its enemies, a military operation through which the Gha/J, Mustapha Kemal Pasha, gained political leader ship. A complete separat^n from the Ottomnn dynasty and the' Caliphate, leading to democratic forms of gov ernment and a segregation of religion and government, was nnother Impor tant step. "The country Is wide, the popula tion scanty, the state of education and literacy low, communications Inade quate. These factors have added to a native Inertia against which Tur key's leaders have labored with strik ing results. Turned to Western Ways. "The fez was abolished In order to prepare the Turk, through western dress, to ally himself with western thought. The visor of the cap, which became the populnr head covering, could be reversed so that the forehead could touch the floor In prayer; but nonetheless a sharp cut was made with the paBt. The veil was not abol ished, but those who abandoned It were favored. "Another milestone was the adoption of the Latin alphabet. The old Arabic alphabet was closely related In thought with the Koran. With the advent of 'New Turkish.' the Turkish republic moved closer to all nations using the Latin alphabet, but severed a strong bond with religlouR forms. Not only had Turkeys' alphabet been that of Pay French President 3,600,000 Francs Salary Paris. ? While the French govern ment Is devising economies and study ing the possibilities of raising more revenue through new taxation In a desperate effort to balance Its budget, the Paris Midi has conducted a pri vate Investigation Into the salaries paid to public officials. It appears that while French cnbl net ministers receive a salary of 180, 000 francs (J7.200) yearly, they cease to have the benefit of nny allowance to which they may be entitled by mem bership In the chamber of deputleo. They continue to receive 2,7r>0 francs ($110) a month from the chamber, but this amount Is deducted from their salary as ministers, so that they an paid for their cabinet laborp only 12, 200 francs ($400) at the end of eneh month, plus 4,10;* francs ($100) for motor car expenses. Should a cabinet remain In office only 4# hours ? such cases have hap pened ? Its members are allowed two day*' pay. Hie president of the republic re^ celves an annual salary of 1.ROO.OOO franca ($72,000), paid monthly In ad vance, pint 000,000 francs ($30,000) for hit household expenses and a like sum for traveling and othftr outlays |po*dentnl to bin office, Avon &000. POO franc* * year is not excessive when the expenses are taken into ac connt Very few presidents hare left office richer than when they were In . , : , , iKVyM-Y, \ -Vr\v? . . V ' ' : ' v ' ? ? the Arabs and Persians, hut many of the words were of foreign origin. A strong movement is under way to em ploy Turkish words and free the lan guage of foreign vocabulary, hut at the same time the study of foreign lan guages, chiefly French and English, is being pushed. "The Ghax.i, who entered Into the campaign for New Turkish through many Informal personal contacts and direct personal encouragement, has recently been directing a study of Turkish history. Under his personal direction the Turkish History Research Commission has compiled a four-vol ume world history in which Turkey has a larger place than ever before. This world history, written from the Turkish viewpoint, is to be taught In i the Turkish schools. Thus the Ghazl hopes to tie the depressed present to a glorious past and a hopeful future. Roads and Railways Extended. "Ankara (formerly known to the West as 'Angora'), has become a won der capital. Mushroom speed has been combined with careful planning and a worthy capital Is rapidly tak ing shape In the heart or the arid Anatolian plateau. "Lack of funds Is slowing up the ambitious program of railway and road building on which the Ghazi'a Housewives Earn Cash Outside Home Washington.? -Of the American women responsible for the care of homes and families, 18.8 per cent had galnfui employment in addi tion to their household tasks, the fifteenth census disclosed, accord ing to Information made available by the Department of Commerce. There were 28.400,204 families in the United States In 1030 reported as having "homemakers." and of these. 3,023.510, or one In every seven, had the homemakers gain fully occupied. Work at home ac counted for 19.4 per cent of the total so occupied and work away from home for 80.4 per cent. ?A small number did not specify the place of employment. Hired housekeepers were not counted as homemakers. The largest proportion of home makers with outside work. 24.4 per cent of the totnl gainfully occupied, were In the classification of "serv ants and waitresses." government hud started, but steel bands nnd better roads are slowly binding the country regions together. For centuries, a great trade route by way of Trebizond (Trnbzon) and Kr r.urum reached from Persia to the Black Rea. Commerce along that his toric highway had declined, but through an Improvement in the road ted, commerce 1s again to be lured back to its historic chnnnel between highlands anil sea, between caravan and caravel. "The Turk formerly was averse to participation in trade or commerce, and many professions were in the hands of foreign residents. Hut many trades and professions are now re strlcted to Turks, and from barber and waiter to tailor and stock broker, the Turk is beinp encouraged to look to his own people for aid. "The state has taken over many In dustrles not only because of a lack of individual Initiative but also from a desire to train the people In new pursuits. "The United States occupies a pe cullar place nmong Turkey's chief cus tomers. since we spend three times as much for Turkish tobacco, figs and mohair as Turkey spends for Ameri can products. New Industries are be ing fostered In the republic and the visitor with a taste for foreign foods Is finding life harder or more expen sive. Turkish foods, candles, tinned preserves, and even sugar and choco late are supplanting world-famous brands. "World wide depression, slowing the material change, has not only forced Turkey to foster home Industries and bar importations from the West, but has also given the Turk time to ap praise the changes of the last decade." Bring Down Weathercock From French Church Steeple A Daring Stone Masons Profit by Ancient Tradition. New York. ? American "human flies" who today tlnd it hard to make money out of their exploits may borrow an Idea from the French. The weather cock which tops the Cathedral of Sen lis. France, which maintained Its perch despite eight ("Jermnn projectiles which hit the spire in 1914, was recent ly brought down from Its perch to fill the pockets of the men who climbed to It, writes Samuel Chamberlain In American Architect. Four stone masons who were re pairing the tower remembered the tra dition that whenever the penk of the cathedral bad been reached by a stee plejnck, the cock (Le Coq CJaulols) could be brought down and passed from door to door as a means of ex acting tips from home owners, and they did It. As this is the bird's first descent In 120 years, the custom has not been overdone. Twice in recent history an audaci ous alpinist hasj succeeded in climbing up the spiny surface of the splhe as far as the rooster, without the aid of ropes or scaffolding. In .Tune, 1731, an Innocent-looking young man db talned permission to climb the wind MAY BE SPEAKER ' Itrtprenentritlvo John MeDnflle of Alnbnmn In prominently mentioned nn the Hpenker of the houae In thn next congress, to Rticceecl Vice President Klect flarner. lng steps leading to the bell tower. He dashed upward and passed through an opening on the highest platform before the startled sexton could catch his breath. Climbing like an ape from crocket to crocket, he finally renched the huge ball of copper which caps the masonry. By a heroic and almost sui cidal effort, the climber got over this ball. Once on top of the ball the rest was easy. He performed a few gym nastics to the awestruck witnesses he low, and then boldly unfastened the weathercock, strapped it on his back and crawled down to face the Irate sexton. Ry this time all the popula tion of Senlls was a gnplng, horror stuck gallery Including, unfortunately for the intrepid climber, the bailiff who promptly clapped him In jail. Mexico Rushes Work on New Highway to Laredo Mexico City. ? In order to concen trate all the government resources on completion of the Laredo-Mexico City highway, which Is expected to be opened next "ummer, the department of comma Jt.lons has postponed all considers! iw i of construction on the other main highway projects In the national road program. The other principal highway proj ects are: Mexico to Acapulco; Mata moros to Mnzatlan; Vera Crux to Puerto Vallarta (on the Pacific) via Mexico City and Onudnla.larn. Com pletlon of the Mexico Clty-Acapulo highway, which already Is In fair con dltlon and much used by motorists, probably will claim first attention aft er the Laredo highway Is finished. Completion of all projects Is est I mated to require approximately $.10, 000,000. Last of the Lawiers Quits St. Louis Pol ice St. Louis, Mo. ? The "last of the Lawiers" Is leaving the St. Louis po lice department, where a Fowler has been on the force for the past 100 years. One hundred and six years ago Wll 11am Lawyer's grandfather Joined the police force. Heforft the grandfather retired. William's father Joined, and succeeding the father was William. Wllllam's/tincle, Michael, also was a member of the force. Now, after 84 years on the force, the last of the Lawiers has turned In his resignation. "I'm going to f?all fornla to raise oranges," he said. "TARZAN" NOT MERE FIGMENT OF FANCY Character Has Counterparts in Real Life. CJnemn goers who dismiss the uew "Tarr.nn" talkie as "too Impossible" aren't quite correct. The central Idea, a* any rate, has Its counterpart In real-life cases. Only the other day a hoy who hiftl been kidnaped by baboons In the Drakensberg district of South Africa was recovered and restored to his parents by a band of mountaineers, lie had been living among the mon keys for some months. A more remarkable case is that of a man who is working ? or was until recently ? on a farm In the . Cape Province of South Africa. Some thir ty years ago, as two troopers were riding through wild country, they encountered a band of baboons. They fired at them, and the baboons lied. One of them, however, lagged behind and was captured. Hut though ho traveled on all-fours like the rest, he was not a monkey, but a well-grown native boy. He put up a fierce fight, but was overpowered and taken to a mental hospital, where he stayed for a year. He was then sent to a farm, where he remained, proving an excellent nurse for his employer's children, and doing more hard work than any two ordinary natives. He had been stolen as a baby and spent the whole of his boyhood with the monkeys. There have been a number of cases of boys being reared by wolves. In one Instn nee, live years ago. in India, the hoy was ten when captured, lie had lived among wolves for eight, or nine years. Six years earlier two little girls, one eiicht and the other two, who had been mothered by a she-wolf, were admitted to an orphanage in Orlssa. The younger girl died, but the elder, though quite wild and brutish at first, has made substantial progress toward normality.* In a still stranger case, a party of Indian villagers found n tiger with two cubs and a strange being whom they suspected was human, during n jungle expedition. They managed to enptnre the creature, which, proved to be a boy of about six. ^Ie was very wild, and had to bo bound with ropes to prevent him escaping or In juring his captors. 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