White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-09-26
Worlds News

sue OF 35O,OOU new telephone direc-
tories, started here this week, dis
closed an increase Of $4,000 more than
were necessary a year ago, phone
company officials state.
NEW YORK.-The voice from the
other side has a fascination for Ca
madam listeners-in as we'll as for the
folks in the United States, according
to the large number of letters receiy-
ed by Arthur H. Lynch, editor of "Ra-
dio Broadcast" who Is in Canada to
arrange with our northern broadcast
ing neighbors to cooperate with the
American stations during the forth
coming International Radio Week,
November 24-30.
DETROlT.-The Lincoln Highway
Association is cooperating with the
Canadian Highway Association in Vic
toria, b. c., in locating trans Cana
dian highway linking Nova Scotia
with British Columbia and providing
the backbone for the development of
great Canadian highway system. Il.
5. Evans and A. II. Bement, Detroit
ers, are doing the trail blazing. 1t
will connect Glacier National Park
with Banff, Lake Louise and Cana
dian Rocky scenic wonders.
LOS ANGELES.-Win Winding up s.
O00-mile cruise from the harbor here
10 Alaska and return, the Gypsy,
cabin cruiser owned by Hal Roach,
prominent film producer, was back at
its anchorage today The owner in
yited several friends to make the trip
with him to the scene Of his youthful
struggles, after he had left his home
in Elmira, N. Y.
NEW YORK. - Although 1928 was
called the greatest life insurance
year, 1924 win probably far outstrip
1t In volume of new life insurance
written. Reports to The Insurance
Press by 70 companies show an in
crease OF about IL per cent over last
years record during the first seven
months of 1924
DRESDEN. - The government of
Saxony has filed motion with the
Reich's authorities to provide an
amendment to the criminal law COM
polling degenerate criminals, feeble
minded persons and certain classes OF
lunatics to undergo Il sterilizing oper-
alton. The amendment would provide
that the compulsory operation be per-
formed after the patients refused to
submit voluntarily and then only upon
a court order after hearing before a
committee of medical authorities.
CHICAGO. Ferdinand Bittner had a
very successful operation performed
on him for the removal Of his stom.
cover and eventually will be able to
eat liquid and juicy foods just the
same as If he had a stomach. At
present he Is being fed through "A
tube Doctors who operated upon
Bittner for stomach ulcers, found that
he also had cancer of the stomach
and decided to remove the stomach,
connecting the aesophagus to the up
per end of the small intestine.
BERLIN-Speculato at Rupleben
racetrack recently saw the American
danseuse, Gilda Gray, in a brand new
role-that Of driving a racing ostrich.
These are the first races Of this kind
held in Germany. There were a dozen
entries, but many of the ostriches
baked. John Campbell, veteran jock
ey, who won the Futurity with Ogden
some 20 years ago, has been training
Gildas ostrich and hopes he will be-
have in the next race.
BERLIN-The theft recently Of a
lot of Rhine wine Of the vintage of
1911 created more OF a sensation and
excitement than usually attend
diamond robbery or murder. The
wine belonged to wealthy family
which formerly owned its own vine
yards, and had been handed down
for generations.
LOS ANGELES.-A move to elimi-
nate the use Of patented paving pro-
cesses on the streets of Los Angeles,
claim being made that the patented
surfacing is costly to property own
ers, has been started here by the
Chamber of Commerce and resolu-
ton to this effect has already been
presented to city officials.
PENDLETON, Ore.-Loss estimat-
ed between $4,000 and $4,000 was
suffered in fire at Ukiah, a town in
the Camas Prairie country, recently
The hotel, livery barn, postoffice
building and one dwelling were de-
stroyed.
Gofnntdant with tha 1arpnr nynOsi-