The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 12, 1940, Page PAGE THREE, Image 3
Disasters oT39 Add |
To Watj)eath List
Washington, l>. C., Jen 3??"Most
serious natural disaster lu the year
which was to M# the declaration of a
aecond great war waa the earthquake
of January in southern Chile." saya a
bulletin from the Washington. D. C?
headquarters of the National Geographic
nocl^y. "More than 30.000
nuople were killed I" the cities of
Chilian and Ooncepcion alone. In the
wake of the tremors cauie Are, storm,
and disease. Reported in ruins were
aome 20 towns In an area covering an
estimated 40,000 square mUes,
"in the Smyrna region of Turkey,
halfway across the globe from Chile,
a comparatively minor earth shock
early m the same month was follow?
tul jn September by violent quakes in
which some 500 people were killed
and more than a thpjiaawl buildings
were demolished, f
During the last week of the year a
aeries of terrific earthquakes devastated
a large section of Turkey, south of
,be Ulack Sea. This disaster, when
all reports are in, may proye to have
boen worse than the Chilean earthquake
last January.
Japan, where earthquakes are frequent
and severe, felt trerablors in
March and May: The latter shocks,
together with fire and flood, caused
the death of ft score or more people.
Many houses were washed w into the
sea at Alkawa. , .
"In mid-summer, Africa's Gold Coast
suffered shocks which killed more
than sixty people and injured many
others. Another catastrophe about
the same time was reported from Pe-j
ru. as the once prosperous mountain!
village of Pomacanchi was destroyed.
"Along with the numerous earthquakes
were reported many volcanic
eruptions. In Chile, the eruption of
Mount Llalma and Antuco added to
the Country's ^ distress during the
earthquake disasters. Other volcanoes
in eruption were Mount Veniamin*
of of Alaska, Mount Vesuvius of Italy,
and Krakatoa, In the Netherlands
East Indies.
"From Australia to Ecuador, Belgium
to China, floods, fires and storms
added to the year's victims. In and
around Tientsin, streams and rlverj
of war-ravaged China overflowed their
banks in August, affectlhg some three
million people and causing heavy loss
of life and property. On Timor island.
of The Netherlands East Indies,
hundreds were reported drowned in
May's devastating floods. Broken
banks of the Grand Canal in China
and the'Anwn Cftiwil1'of. Belgium resulted
in many fatalities as vast areas
were Inundated. '
"In the United StfttgS,. spring floodB
in the Ohio River1 valley, followed by
snow and freezing temperatures,
brought death and destruction to five
states. Later In July, cloudbursts led
to overflowing mountain streams that
caused the death of an estimated seventy
Kansans.
"Firo*: raged, in Jai\uary^pv?r -A
thousand square miles' of Victoria,
Australia." The Venezuelan town of
l^ngu^lllas buUt on atllts over Marlcaibo
Lake, was virtually wiped out
by fire in November. At Chicago, Illinois,
a |4,000,000'blaze destroyed Ave
grain elevators and resulted In several
deaths and many Injuries. .
"Hurrioanea and tornadoes struck
in various parts of the world, including
tropical Jamaica and Cuba, the
American North wept, and the Philippine
islands. Freak galea In southern
California brought a death toll of
scores and property damages of millions
of dollars.
"To the unusually large proportion
of natural and accidental disasters in
the European war added its quo-j
!;i of casualties, especially at sea,
where more than 225 ships, both naval
and merchant vessels, have been sunk
since September 1. Although the
western front lias not yet become a
major fighting area, one rough estimate
Axes British, French, and German
losses at December 1 between
4.500 to' 14,500 men. Many times that
number were killed on the Polish and
Finnish fronts." f
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Young Girl Dies
After Long Struggle
After q, courageous fight of eleven
weeks against staphylococcus Infec
tion, Jean Harlot, l?-y?aiM>ld Sumter
high school senior, died Friday night
at the Camden hospital. All that medical
skill could do, including several
transfusions, was expended In an ef
fort to save the young girl's life.
Funeral servloss were held at noon
Sunday from the rWldence In Lee
county, conducted by_ the Rev. RBr$e
Herbert, assisted by the Rev.
U L. Bedei^baugh. Interment followed
at Rembert church.
Surviving are her parents* J. C.
Herlot and Mrs. Harlot, ths former
Miss Alice Gray Morrison; three Meters,
Caroline, Alice and lAulee Harlot;
four brothers, Davison, Joe, Dfck
4 and Billy.
The yoong girt would have been 17
LOGIC j
An ancient Hindu fable relates <
that a woman, going to the village '
fountain in the evening, noticed a
man following her and asked him
the reason. 1
"Because I'm deeply in love with i
you," he answered.
"You are mistaken," said * the
woman. "Go back and make love
to my sister, who is coming after *
me. She is much more beautiful 1
than I."
The man did so?only to And the i
sister very ugly. Hastening forward i
he overtook the woman and said:
"Why have you lied to met"
"Because you were not truthful
to me/' said. the woman. "Had
you really loved me, as you said,
you would not have gone back to
see the other woman."
EXPERT SAILOR
* Ruth?Are you sure you know how
to handle a sailboat? t
Frank?Sure! Didn't I read up all
about sailboats in the encyclopedia
before I bought one? r
Take Bis Chances!
The Browns were standing on the
balcony of the seaside hotel, and
couldn'^, help hearing what the
young couple in the garden below
were saying.
Mrs. Brown turned to her hus.
band. "I think he's going to propose
and we shouldn't be listening.
Just whistle to warn him."
"Why should I?M asked Mr.
Brown. "Nobody whistled to warn"
me."
Willie's Version
Mother?Well William, did you do
anything besides eat at the Sunday
school picnic?
William?Yes, mummie; we sang
a hymn called "We Can Sing, Full
Though We Be." ..
Mother?Why, William!
Big Sister ?Why William is
right. The title of the hymn, Mother,
was "Weak and Sinful Though
We Be."
The Cockney of It
A pompous individual was visiting
an English school one day and was
asked to quiz the children on geography.
???.??? ~ ?
He began; "What is the capital
rf'Olland?" ,
"H!" was the crushing rejoinder
from someone in the back row.
DO YOU KNOW?
Young Author?Of course you like
Milton's work, Miss Mabel? *
She?What kind of work does he
do?
High Orders
| Sowerwein?So you say the geni
eral is the highest ranking officer
i here?
I Haliver?Oh, yes.
.Sowerwein?And can nobody give
I him orders? ^
Haliver?Nobody but his wife.
Faith
Mrs. Rowdy bush?Have you any
faith in life insurance?
Mrs. Sewzuk?Oh, yes. I've collected
$10,000 for two husbands, and
they weren't much good either.
Good Reason
Askit?And you wouldn't begin a
Jourhey on Friday?
Tellit?Most certainly not.
Askit?That's a silly superstition.
Tellit?It's no superstition In my
case. My pay day is Saturday.
Outside Help w
Habeeb?So your wife quarreled
with you? I thought you said she
was blind to your faults:
, Coyimjoglu ? She was blind to
them all right, but wasn't deaf, and
the neighbors posted her.
That Man's la Again!
"The boss just made me manager
.of his doughnut factory."
"Congratulations! Are you in 4
charge of everything?'*.
"Yes, the hole works."
A veld Worry
Cryeng ? Don't drive so fast
ground these curves. It frightens
"^Jowyye?If you doo'Msant to
<m #?"!?? ?tb? nrm
President Addressed
Congress Wednesday
Washington, I>, 0., Jan 6.?Oonvenlug
promptly at noon Wednesday,
both brauchos of Congress paok relatively
little time In the preliminaries
preceding their recess to await the 2
o'clock joint meeting. On both sides,
chaplains led the lawmakers In prayer
"that this Congress may earn the
right to stand underscored In the life
of this great country."
Roll calls revealed absences In both
branches. Seventy-two Senators responded
in the upper chamber; 386
House members wero present In the
lower branch. Illnesses,, resignations
and deaths accounted for moat of the
I .
absences. ~
On the House side three new members
were given oath of office, these
being Mrs. Clara Gooding McMillan of
South Carolina; Eld win A. Hall, Jr , of
New-York and John M. Sheridan of
Pennsylvania. In addition, the oath
of offlfcb was administered to Bolivar
Pagan as Resident Commissioner in
Congress from Puerto lUco. Mr. Pagan
filled the vacancy created by the
death of Santiago Igloeias. Representative-elect
John JennlngH of Tonnes*
see attended the opening, but will not
be officially seated until returns from
last Friday's election 1n his district
are formally oonvasHed-.
For the formality of Informing the
President that they wore In sesslou ?
and ready to receive his report, the
Senate named Majority dreader Barkley
and Minority Leader McNary to
serve with the HouBq delegation of
Majority Rayburn, Minority Leader
Martin and Representative Doughton.
Only once since the World W<ar?In
September last year, when Congress
not in special session to revise the
Neutrality Act?had so many precautions
been taken at the Capitol to
guard the President. Secret service
men In undisclosed numbers milled
through the crowded corridors and
made a close observation of all persons
who entered.
^ President Roosevelt's annual message
to Congress on "The State of
the Union" turned out to bo?as he
very frankly said himself?a discussion
of the state of the world. The
President believes that under present
conditions, it is impossible not to consider
world affairs when we consider
our domestic affairs; that the tfco are
so closely woven together as td be
inextricable.
This is a thesis on which some of
the members of Congress are unwilling
to go along with the President,
They follow hiipr almost to a man, lu
the belief that America should be prepared
to defend Itself In th? event of
attack. But that the freedom of the
American people Is interwoven with
the freedom of the whole world, is
something they are not all willing to
ooncede.
The message was generally received
with friendly acclaim, however.
Particularly waa the President's assertion.,
that no one had any expects- ,
tion that American boys would ever
be sent again to fight on European
soli was given generous applause. Al- ,
so well received was the announcement
that the budget would show reductions
in practically all governmental
expenditures except those for
national defense.
~ The President's defense of the Hull
reciprocal trade agreements was
wholehearted. He insisted that the
European wars had not made such
agreements any less necessary, and
that when it came to making peace
abroad, the principle of the trade
agreements, If adopted generally,
would go a long way toward making a
more permanent peace.
"" The " President recommended to
Congress Wednesday .that it consider
"the needs of the Nation and of humanity
with calmness, tolerance and
cooperative wisdom". Hb prefaced
this recommendation?and hope?by,
saying that "overstatement, bitterness
and vituperation, and the beating of
drums have contributed mightily to 111
feeling and wars between nations,"
and that such actions are, also, hurtful
in the domestic scene.
Mr. Roosevelt made no recommendations
for additional social reform
legislation. This Is in line with reports
enacting from members of Congress
that the President was contemplating
no long or controversial program
for submission to the national
Legislature at the present session.'
He did say, however, In the opening
of his address that his prominent reference
to foreign affairs should not
be construed as meaning that there
was to be any abandonment or overlooking
of domestic policies
Particularly encouraging to the
South was the President's suggestion
that existing sectional trade and
freight rates should be equalised.
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Enjeypd Bsrbscued Doves
About seven ty-flvs banters were II
guests Nsw Year's day at the farm of
Gape J. 1. Padgett and 8opt. Robert
0. Padgett at Williams at a dove
shoot and barbecued dinner. In addition
to the UO barbecued doves,
pronounced dsllcMns, there was a pig
to auppleoasnt.?Wtltsiboro Press and
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