University of South Carolina Libraries
Rock-Made" Waves Wash Away Fishing Hamlets Norway's: Worst Di?a?ter in Half, a Century. -t- 777? Washlngton.-^Huge 'waves, set In motion by tons of falling 'roeki washed away two Ashing hamlets' and drowned nearly 60 persons In Tafjord, western Norway, recently. It was one of Nor way's worst disasters in half a cen tury, recalling the. similar Loen lake tragedy . In 1005, when 01 persons lost their lives. "Tafjord Is a narrow, stone-ringed finger of . water branching off from Storfjord, one of the dozen great arms of the sea that penetrate the heart of the Scandinavian peninsula," says a bulletin from the National Geographic society. "Wildly picturesque, with bare rod and brown cliffs rising almost sheer from black water, Tafjord Is a typical example of these deep-water ravines, around the edge of which are general ly thin frlngles of pebbly beach. Along the beaches a few pi lie, birch, and el der trees and the toyllke, sod-roofed cottages of sturdy fishermen find pre curlous footing. Unusual Scenery. "Tourists seldom visit these deep, winding waterways, although they would be rewarded with some of the world's most unusual scenic spectacles if they did. From snow-clad mountain tops and Ice fields of the plateau, tor rentB rush to the cliff-tops, bursting over the rims and plunging headlong Into the fjords like long ribbons of sil ver. When low-hanging fog banks ob scure the brink of the cliffs, these dash ing waterfalls, like raveled clouds, se*m to be dropping from the sky It self. "Tafjord possesses three high wa terfalls, two of which come Into view as the steamer enters the fjord. The largest, Muldulsfos, drops almost JiOO feet (three times the height ? of Nl agrti), and Is considered one of the finest waterfulls In Norway. "One reason why Tafjord has few contacts with the outside world Is that It Is practically Inaccessible except by water. Only narrow bridle paths twist up the rocky walls of the fjord and over the' plateau, to neighboring vil lages, and these trails can be used only during the mid-summer months. The rest of the year they are blanket ed in heavy snow. "The villages of Tafjord and FJoera. where the greatest number of futall ties occurred during the recent wave disaster, nestle in a cove at the heud ?f the fjord. Small steamers reach them only once or twice a week with mail and supplies, although many of the natives own fishing boats in which they sail some 00 miles down adjoin ing fjordb to Aalesund, one of Nor way's chief cod fishing centers and the nearest large city. Aalesund occupies a few of the 100,000. islands known as the . Skjaergaard . (Skerry Guard), which ivinge . the mainland and In crease Norway's coast line to 12,000 miles. Mining and Fishing. "Practically the only other Industry of the reglpn, in .addition t<$ fishing, Is mining. HIrIi on the face of a cliff above Tafjord a British company op erates a mine which pours red ore Columtyut Fotin^ Pacific Ocean, Says Frenchman Parta.^^ptyntfws made five voyoges to the Americas and sow the Pacific ocean long before Brtiboa. This l?- the opinion of -Maurice Prlvat, author and biographer, who has written a bortk, "The Prodigious Adventures of Christopher Columbus," refuting much historically accepted Columbiana. The man erroneously known os Christopher Columbus probably wad called Juan Colon and was of MaN lorcon origin, according to Prlvat An nrlstocrat by birth,, a Francis can layman, like Queen Isabella, and n prolific nnd brilliant welter Ih Cas tllllan, Columbus, or Colon, whs a naval engineer, a ^mathematician nnd a seor, and, contrary to historically accepted legend, his adventures were more planned than fortuitous. "He knew where he was going when he was on his way,"- said Prlvat. "This Is because he \vas one of his tory's greatest havlfcntors nnd nn as tronomer nnd astroloRlst of first rank In his day." ?bTUmftus allowed the legend to take root fhiat he was of Genoese ori gin, according to Prlvat. "His chief aim was not to discover the Grand. Khan's, realms or go to In dia, huV t6 ffhd the source of Boio t non'S treasure, which, undoubtedly was somewhefe In fcehtfal a inertta," continued M. Prlvat. "Arid It was liry portant(to him, for the sake of his delicate arid dangerous .mission to hide his identity." WomtlCi Painting )r Juitj Old Custom WMpMSk & oW cflstom?' t ri(/iiiciitftry iTdo&mfenf of tfid fA-| rlo! opldiTirtla Wtif Ho ft tO th?l Wrtm?l'1who' MTM,4,?00^ ;,VWM' ???' ln< tlm^abylonlnn city of Ur of th? dliwovttrod ^coamettcii nnd powdera of ?^jrlourt^ shad**, according to G. I^onard tVoolloy, who h?n J'nfct #?*! turned hfrtf from Wi #*catatlon?< rHt' tMmt et th? adrWnt At ?? -?#' ! . 1 ????i. - v.: ! ^ '... ... . ~.t. ... down chutes to vessels waiting to take It to smelters. In the nearby highlands, a little south of Tafjord, however, formers find pasturage for small herds of cows and goats. In the summer months they drive live stock to these upland meadows and settle down In huts for two or three months of butter-and-cheese making. Flowers and bright green grass often spring up at the very edge of glaciers and snow fields. "Only a few miles southeast of Taf jord 1b another narrow finger of salt water that Is sometimes visited by big cruise steamers. This Is Gleranger Fjord, nn S-sha|>ed basin festooned with scores of leaping waterfalls. The inlet Is only 11 miles long and from 200 to 400 yards wide, but the moun tains soar perpendicularly to heights of 8.0(H) and 5,000 feet along the gorge, and in some places actually overhang the water. "Liners -visiting this fjord usuitlly anchor long enough to permit tourists to go ashore to Merok village. At Oye, another village near the mouth of Geiranger Fjord, shore parties may experience the thrill of riding in a stolkjaerre. a light, two-wheeled mouu taln cart which accommodates two pas sengefs In front. The driver perches on a small seat behind and the reins pass between the passengers. The Norwegian fjord horse Is an active, hardy little beast, drawing the stolk jaerre smartly along narrow, dusty roads to Inland villages that possess many relics of Viking days." "QUEEN OF FRANCE" Mile. Yvonne I^ngardere, eighteen years old, a milliner of Sevres, was elected "Queen of France" to repre sent her country In an International beauty contest to be hekl In South America. Tears Briny Verdict Elmira, N. Y. ? A Federal court Jur> was moved by tears to award Lovell Short, of Little Marsh, Pa.. $8,500 dam ages In his suit against Howard Gllll land of Elmira. Short's tear ducts were injured in an automobile accident with Gllliland and he cannot stop cry ing. Lively Race for Sunday School Honors Two Missouri Men Stage an Interesting Contest. St. Louis, Mo. ? An unheralded en durance race that has been under way for many years, continues weekly In two different sections of Missouri. At Mexico, Mo., I>avld Owen Is re ported to he trailing by ten years and J. A. Hendry of St. Louis claims to be the record holder and hopes to keep Ills ten-year advantage over Owen. The race Is for the world's cham pionship Sunday school , attendance title. When Owen recently passed his for tieth successive year of attendance at Sunday school without a miss It de veloped that he had a competitor with a f>0-year record. 8 Hendry, seventy-eight years old, says he has credentials to prove that^ he hasn't missed a Sunday school for half a century. "I'm going to Rtretch It as near the one hundred mark as I can," he said. Hendry, a salesman, said he attend ed Sunday schools In Missouri, Illi nois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Ten nessee, South Carolina, Georgia, Ala bama, Arkansas, and Kansas. "I started regular attendance at Sunday school In Randolph county, Georgia," Hendry said. "I went to a revival meeting and heard an old Hymn Singer Trapped "Gathering at the River" Chicago. ? Police Sergt. Harry Schul ler waa a boy tenor In a church choir years ago and he knows all the hymns. Recently, as he sat In a restaurant, he heard a dishwasher In the back room singing gayly : "Shall we gather at the river, The beautiful, the beautiful, the river?" Schuller referred to a police bulle tin he carried and ww?t Into the kitchen, where he placed Carl Ander son, thlrty-slx-year-old clergyman of Washington, Conn., under arrest. "It was that beautiful hymn," Schul ler said. "It gave yo\' away, and now you're going buck '<> fare a charge of wife and child deF.-rtlon.'' Pa?lor Drops Dead. New York.? A moment after he had told his congregation not to pity the doad because "they are homo." Rev. Oliver I'll ul Harnhlll dropped dead In Kordham Manor Reformed church. preacher explain the Bible. He sure knew what he was talking about, so I decided that It would be a good thing for me to go to Sunday school. I haven't missed a Sunday since then." Hendry said he was given a certifi cate frotn the Georgia church and ho has kept every certificate at every church where he has attended. "I'm not afraid of losing my record unless I get sick or die," Hendry said. "Because, I'm sure not going to quit now that I've started on my second fifty years." Reports from Mexico Indicate that Owen is determined to continue the race despite his ten-year handicap. "After attending Sunday school for forty years, a ten-year handicap doesn't mean a great deal," Owen said. "I'm Just going to keep right on go ing to Sunday school every weejt, and maybe I'll set the record In the long run. "It Is too late now to give up after forty years." Ohio Boys Plan Three Year Trip Around World Camden, Maine. ? Three Toledo (Ohio) youths have purchased the sloop Nellie York and within a few weeks expect to sail on a three-year cruise. The amateur sailors, Don C. Wood ley, William Slechsckultle, and John A. Mlehle, are college graduates. They plan to sail down the Atlantic coast, thj<jfagh the E'anama canal, and across the pacific. - The Nellie York is belng^fitted out here in preparation for the cruise. Turkish Woman Is Named as "Headman" of Village Istanbul, Turkey. ? A woman hns Just been elected "bendmnn" of the Turkish village of Emlrll. She Is the third of her sex to achieve such a position. ITmmll Hiinuin, the new woman chief, fought under Mustapha Kemal in the war of Independence and dis tinguished herself for heroism In the fighting close to her owji village. She Is fifty, strong and vigorous and a good speaker. Fir Growi Tall Chehalls, Wash. ? -Chehalls and Lew Is county claim the tallest tree In the worl<| ? a Douglas fir located south west of Wlldwood that Is 342.4 feet high. "Little Red House in Georgetown" This old-faahtoned realdenoe wan railed by Ilepreiiontntlve Fred Ilrltten of Chicago the "Little Red Hoime In (J?or?etown," and he declared It la the place where dlaclplea of I'rof. Fell* Frankfurter ahape the "radical" lawa for i th? Rooaevelt administration. Two prominent Now Don lorn who live there are Tom Corcoran, RFC attorney, and Hen Cohen, TWA attorney. BRISBANE THIS WEEK Balm for Bankers Wheat Burning Up We Drink More Whisky Six Billions for Weapons The new stock exchange law may bring business and bultn to worried bankers that now look upon their piti ful, huge piles' of "liquidity," alias ready money, unable to lend It. be cause they are afraid Of everything that calls Itself "security." That is as bnd as having a cow and being afraid to milk her lest she kick. The definition of a banker as one who "lends you an umbrella when the sun Is shining and takes It back when It rains" Is not Just The Bound banker Is one who does not lose his bank's money. How can he lend It when he has not the faintest Idea what anything or anybody Is worth and does not even know what a dollar Is worth? A law compelling stock speculators to margin their gambling by 40 or more per cent may stimulate bank loans. The banker may say to the speculator and broker, "I'll add 20 per cent cash to that margin, or even 40 per cent, because I love you both, only I must have a first lien on the entire business." What could the virtuous, reforming braln-trusters do about that? Bad news from wheat-growing re gions, Intense heat burning up crops. In Nebraska, hot Vlnds added to In Jury done by the sun's heat, sweeping away moisture. The experiment of planting only Just as much wheat as Is needed may prove disastrous If rain Is too long do la.ved. You cannot regulate crop pro duction as you can that of automo biles. o?* shoes. In this year of our Lord, Americans are drinking more whisky than they did before prohibition, and paying taxes on it. Three hundred millions of gallons of bootleg liquor Is not In cluded In the statistics. Beer drinking has fallen off 50 per cent, according to reports from Washington. Prohibition resrored whisky as the national drink. Thomas .TefTerson. who thought beer would provide an antidote to drunken ness. which was widespread In his day, would be disturbed by the beer news. But he was old-fashioned. Figures supplied by the I/eague of Nations show that European countries have spent about $0,000,000,000 since the last war on kllltng machinery for another war, while carefully refrain ing from paying the $10,000,000,000 that they owe us. It Is announced from Paris that, for the fourth time. France will default on the war debt to the United States. And It Is probable that England will default again, as she did last time. Last time she handed Uncle Sam "a token," saying: "Please accept that, and don't call It a default." It ts doubtful that this country would accept a token this time. Eng land probably either faces a substan tial payment or official default. Germany, owing pfrlvate debts to Americans, EngllHh and French plans to pay the Knells)) and French, and let the Americans wait, In accordance with n well-established European cus tom. President Itoosevelt Is said to have Informed Germany that he does not favor this discrimination. He might stop the German nonsense by Informing Mr. Hitler's government that until he treats his American creditors exactly as any others the porks of the United States will be closed to German products and. If necessary, to German ships also. This country doesn't need Europe, and Europe does need this country. "Steel" Is looking up, the output bo Ing a higher level now than any time since June, 1030. Incidentally, In Geneva, where world news and war news centers, It 1* learned that "the nations are strength ening every military branch of their governments." If all this getting ready should end a* It usually doeR In Europe you Would see United States steel production go up fast. Many million tons of Iron would be needed for killing. It Is to be hoped that this time our government will not send ten thousand million dollars to enable Europe to pay for her killing machinery, as was done Inst time. A Texas candidate declares his con gresslonnl candidacy anonyfuously, re fuses to give his name, but Issues a photograph of himself rs a boy sis years oW, with "button shoes and a suit forty years old," saying, "Judge me by this." That picture Is apt to deceive the public. At the age of six almost any human being looks Intelligent, honest, pleasing. But forty years of time, pol Itlcs and scheming often change that Hallroada, battling to recapture traf fic, have orchestras on trains, pretty, sweet "hostesses" In club cars, saying* "(Jan I do anything for you?" Such things will help little. Quick, cheap transportation Is what people want. The elevated railway In New York never made money until It changed from 10 to ft cents. Then It made a great deal until the snbwajr came. King Svnriltftt*, lu ? WNI) SorvlM Fabric Gloves Add Zest to the Mode By CHERIE NICHOLAS the ends and edges with white gauntlet gloves of crinkled cotton crepe with deep pointed cuffs of match ing basket weave, such as the figure seated in the picture is wearing. WHEN It comes to exciting events In the fashion realm the Bcene centers around fabric gloves and the matching accessories which go with them. The new gloves reveal style potentialities such as the rank and tile of us ne\er dreamed could exist In con nection with what once upon a time we were wont to regard as mere hand coverings, with perhaps a little vari ation In design and stitching and color now and then. However, here on the stage of fashion this very moment speaking for themselves is an endless array of gloves tnade of every material known to the Ingenuity of man and revealing a wealth of Ideas which are simply breathtaking in point of originality and audacious styling. The Importance of cotton for frocks and gowns, for smart ensembles and for suits started the furor by ? cre ating a need- for gloves to co-ordinate In fabric and telling with the new cos tume for daytime wear. This move ment toward unique fabric gloves re ceived additional^ Impetus from the great French couturiers. With utmost enthusiasm Chanel and Talbot, those two foremotft originators of sportswear vogues, sponsor fabric gloves with matched accessories for spring and summer. So sound and altogether In triguing Is the Idea, It Is spreading like wildfire throughout fashion's domain. The interpretations of this new mode for matching accessories are legion. Just a glimpse of the new gloves of linen with glngliam printed linen cuffs together with n tailored flower of the printed linen to wear on coat Inpel or at the shoulder of n sports frock (Illus trated to the right) and your peace of mind will be destroyed until you be come the happy possessor of Just such or Its equivalent. l'erhaps you will covet even more a white scarf co!!ar of open basket weave cotton, crossbarred In blue at GREEK AND ROMAN TREND IN SANDALS The shoe designers, who are taking themselves as seriously these days as the old masters Immortalized In the Metropolitan museum, have delved In to the ancient history of many nations to produce the array of sandals and ghlllles, hejeweled dance slippers and tailored pumps that confront the mod ern woman whose grandmother used to be contented With one good service able pnlr of shoes a year. The up-and-coming deb this season will wear sandals modeled after those worn by Helen of Troy, or beach slip pers such as once adorned the pink tipped toes of Cleopatra. Authentically (Ireek and Itoinnn In their Inspiration are the new sundals worn not only for beach wear, but to complement any kind of summer sports costume. They're simple affairs made only of a couple of straps and a sole, leaving the toes altogether un t ram rueled. The footgear of a monk In Capri provided tlie Inspiration for the monk sandal which promises to be the rage of the summer resorts. "In the Money" Silks for Spring Latest in Pari* The newest things In printed silks for spring are called "In the Mnnqy" prints. They represent the gold-silver Inflation and nonlnflatlon arguments, but without taking sides. They are made In a series of eight pntterns of five colors each ? 40 dif ferent colors In all. Those of us who have had glimpses of them agreed that they were the last word In the New I>eal for dining out, ten dances, country clubs, and even the "Tag Knd" dresses for those occasions when any body might wear anything and yet no body seems exactly sure of what will b* the right thing. | Chamoisette, thnt practical standby, Is glorified nnew this season In gloves that feature pin-checked gingham cuffs lined with plain gingham, with match ing reversible collar-scarf In the monotone and checked fabric. It ap pears also in gloves with cufTs and matching tailored bow for shoulder or neckline made of gayljr printed cotton. A most attractive accessory set of crocheted string features gloves and scarf of white, with the flared ends of the scarf and the flare cuffs of the gloves in three graduated shades of blue. But do not think that your new fab ric gloves simply must have matched accessories to be smart. There are so many materials and so many styles in glove fashions in general, it is impos sible to do more than enumerate the important trends. Watch for the very sheer milanese chiffons when the hot weather comes. They are In dark shades as well as white and are the coolest ever as well as wonderfully good looking. Many of the new gloves in a variety of fabrics reflect the tailored vogue. Note the group pictured in the inset. Below to the left is a glove of dull luster diagonal oatmeal-type fabric in a slip-on style; above it, a washable chamolsette open cuff gauntlet with smart wood button at the wrist ; next (top to the left) a sansheen slip-on with two tiny pearl buttons at the wrist and with ocalloped edge; in the centwr, another chamolsette glove with novelty stitching trim In leaf design around the cutout edge of the open cuff (very smart in navy). Above to the right short slip-ons In line honey comb knit with rib knit frill edging; below, gloves featuring a pleated self f.ibric frill and diagonal stitching; and concluding the group a most outstand ing type ? crochet string slip ons with lacy cuffs which look as if hand cro cheted. ? by Western Newspaper Union. QUILTED VELVET I?y ( II Kill K MOIOI.AS The rail of the evening mode Is for unique and fanciful capes. The lovely model pictured here Ih of ?| 1 1 i 1 1 ??< 1 trans lucent velvet In a delectable leaf green, 'the ICIIz/rt?ethan collar Is stiffened to flare away from the throat so ns to h? perfectly comfortable at the same time tt>nt It In extremely fluttering Colored Tw??(li Those soft camel's hair tweeds nr? being woven now In such comblnn tlons as a dull rose-purple with a tan check. S?a Shnll Slipp*ra Abalone sea shell Ih the Insplrntlon for some new evening slippers l? opaline, satin luster.