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New Britain herald., 1928-06-07
RADIO WILL COVER
 B|G CONVENTIONS
National Broadcisting Co. to Announce Detailed Proceedings

Radio coverage for the whole world of the republican and demo- cratic national conventions at Kan sas City and Houston has been ar ranged by the National Broa dcast- ing Co.
 A trained staff of reporters and hroadcasters. headed by Graham McNamee. famed NEG announcers and a large technical staff in charge Of Eugene F. Grossman. NEG operating engineer. will so to the conventions. The reporting staff will include veteran political writers and analysts who have attended other conventions in the past and who will explain and interpret the proceedings so that the radio au- dience will be kept abreast of every happening and will know the sig nif1cance of every move. Marley Sherris. NEG staff announcer. will assist McNamee.
 An extensive network to include more than 70 stations will carry the convention broadcast to every sec tion of the United States. Tho Ma tonal Broadcasting company will utilize more than 10000 miles of special radio telephone circuits in- ciuding two transcontinental lines In carrying the proceedings to broadcasting stations from coast to coast and border to border. Short wave broadcasts from station kDKA
New Britain herald., 1928-06-07

unique and exclusive sense their lives are an complication of what longevity. as concretely practiced and experienced. actually is.
 Given a detailed and Quantitattve- iy accurate record of the life history of each of considerable number of such persons. we may reasonably expect. by the application of proper statistical methods. to gain q sound knowledge Of the more important of those factors in the conduct of life which conduce to its extension. This prediction seems reasonable be- cause 1t Is bound to be true that any factors in the case which are of ma ior importance will be found to be common in greater or less degree to very large number. if not all, great ly extended lives.
 There is also the possibility, If not probability. that by the examination of such mass of statistical material it might be found that some of the elements in the conduct of life, or of practical personal hygiene, which arc now held to be of idera ble importance. are of little or no stg- niftcance, because there might be found a great number Of cases of factors were not present at all"
 Full analysis of the data already gathered Is only now being started. although. its accumulation was be- gun about six years ago as part of
New Britain herald., 1928-06-07
Big Nation Wide Radio Hook Up-See Your Local Dealer Now

in Pittsburgh and station WGY in Schenectady will make the Ameri- can political events available to radio listeners in South America, Europe. Asia. Australia and New Zealand.
 The arrangements make it possi- ble for listenen to hear every phase of the convention. \ special pickup panel will be installed in the convention halls. Microphones on the convention platforms will catch the speeches. Another group of microphones will be used to broadcast the band music. Still other microphones wtll be placed at advantageous positions to pick up the mass murlmurs >and roars and the colorful sound picture of the assemblies.
 From point where he can watch the entire convention, Graham Me- Nance will direct the broa dcast and give the running story" Of the event to the huge unseen audience.
 The convention broadcasts are expected to shatter all existing rec ords for radio coverage of an event of international importance, it was stated by>NBC officials.
New Britain herald., 1928-06-07

the work of the university's school of hygiene in the study of life dura- ton as q general biolosic problem. Most of the life histories have been obtained by following up nsvspaper stories about extremely aged Der. cons with questionnaires drawn up to bring out the details of heredity. physical environment, personal habits. health. race and physical con. stitution.
 4 number of centsnarians sye In. cluded in tho list. but only two pey. sons. both women, who gre pestttvs. ly known to have lived III years. In a number of cases investisatien has disclosed that claims of great go are likely to be exaggerated, not eften tn. tentionally. but because Of the tendency of the mind, tired out by the years, to wander . bit from such exact details al dates.
New Britain herald., 1928-06-07
AGED MASTERS IN
 ART 0f LIVING Old Persons krt Studied by
 Hopkins Scientist

Baltimore. Mfr. June 2 @ - Seeking . scientific key to song life. Dr. Raymond Pearl. director of the Institute for Biological Research of Johns Hopkins university. has gone to those who have lived long for his facts.
 Fewer than two persons in hun dred survive % years, but he is con- nning his investigation to an even smaller group comprising individu- ale Ut least s5 years old. and has gathered authentic life histories of nearly 1000 ranging from that age to Ill.
 These people may be regarded as, il, some sense. experts in the art of living" he says. "At any rate. they have so practiced this art aA to sur vtve much longer than the vast ma. jority Q ftheir fellow men. In . real,
New Britain herald., 1928-06-07
Fall River Girl Alone,
 Friendless in New York

New York. June R - Alice Loucier. 20 years old, who gave her home address as 1f1 Vale street. Fall River. Mass. was taken to the Florence Critt.lden home early this morning by police who saw her wandering amlessly along Fifth avenue. The girl said she came here three weeks ago looking for work. She told police she had no money left.
New Britain herald., 1928-06-07
Harry Thaw Receives
 Visa to Enter France

London. Juno ! tuP)-A visa has been obtained for Harry Thew to enter France. and hs will 70 there if British authorities Dersist in their refusal to permit him to land at Southampton. E. M. Pea. dleton. who came here to take up Thaw's case, told the United press today
New Britain herald., 1928-06-07

Honey bees appear to have a de- cided preference for blue and pur- pie colors.
Evening star., 1928-05-06

operation it flies into q great number
of pieces.
The Cullinan stone. having been sue
cessfully split, the next and final oper-
alton was the polishing. the most diff
hcult and incest process. This huge
gem was polished on a disk made of
cast iron and Steel revolving at the rate
OF 2.400 revolutions minute. The dia-
mond was pressed down on this disk.
which was literally supplied with mix
ture Of diamond dust and oil. By weights
of from Is TO IS pounds. and the disk
was constantly turned from ! IN
the morning until 3 in the evening
every day for II months before the
work was completed.
In the rough the Cuilinan diamond
weighed S.027 caratS. The part Of tke
stone on the mill. when finished.
weighed between 500 and 600 caratS.
The actual commercial value Of the
stone is about $500 900. but its UNIQUE
character makes il virtually priceless.
When this stone was found il was Z
problem OF the diamond company to
decide on its disposal. The mere enor--
nifty Of the diamond. weighing over oner
and one-hah pounds. made II unnar-
ketaole and unstable. and TO cut IT,
up into smaller pieces would destroy
not only its intrinsic bur its SsntimeE-
tai value. The diamond, therefore. re-
manned IN the valutS Of the COMPANY
FOR nearly three years. when il was de-
cided to present X 70 the King Of Great
Britain on the anniversary Of his six
ty-Sixth birthdav
Evening star., 1928-05-06

TIE 6caiptaal injunction that The
snake shall 10 op It's belly al the
esyg ~ IFS life has rot deprived IL ~
the ability 10 ascend such places as
rocks and tfees inaccessible % mast
euaarage16.
gf5e saake's power u getting OYeF
tf.e ground II Intimately associated with
ats eexg9iaty from side " side I'ne
fseg3yillfg Is not st powerful from Top
~ ks34Dg7n, ana II as n0lstaks " ina2~
sge itse snake MS uncUlAtlAg IN YER
fleal euryeg similar " the single span
s9f lie inehWoFng The curves are h0Fi~
ugatal, parallel Bith the ground or
Whatever a1Tfa1e the animal IL tray
ergs.g. Of course this may be- an
aDlug3ae or 3 perpendicular lfle
is,ezanogien is effected by d eontfa1-
kggg u TIE ribs oBl one side of ttls
BODY With d corresponding widening
<gp on tie other This forms ofls
salfxe Another contraction takes place
a TIE end " tfag expanded side. p%nd~
sng the BODY ~ the opposite oafsetht'
THUS tAeYe Ii I series 81 alternate s0Il =
algaetl0us and spHeadinga vi the naueF~
yxs ribs throughout the length 81 lie
EegalAf ~ IA iles oD tHe ground.
Bheu the snake Is ln motion, some
par IL the body must secure iiself
sga5ns1 Z rough or projecting surface
from Wblca The fsA~afd pan can ~
;mpeilfc Then tiis forward part tskes
hold snd the hand length II dragged
f. teR position Jhe fQg " Eillelds
Evening star., 1928-05-06
IN Cry in Upper Amazon Jungle Startles Explorer

distant, an unknown land, only TO echo
its mystery alorg the tributaries OF the
great Amazon, within a stones throw
Of the lost town of Macas. II brought
again to me visions Of the Basque Prov
fnces, in northeastern Spain, visions OF
the grand Pyrenean masses, where per-
f1aps the most ancient tongue OF the
world is spoken.
This mysterious chant and the wild
cry of the night seemed to me to have
come from pre-glacial days. The cry
was apparently something deeply i'm
bedded in cell-memory; something In
this flsherman's blood, in the valleys OF
his brain, that had to be expressed. It
was something foreign TO the region OF
the Upper Amazon, because the pure
blooded Shuara head-hunters have
never been known to utter such cry.
The only time I heard 1t before was in
the Basque country.
I had set forth in Ecuador on the
trail Of the Spanish conquerors, and
had found the people who are un-
doubtedly their descendants at Mac2s,
I had learned that the glory Of the
IncaS still was living memory in the
land. But now had come upon some
thing that might lead to an important
anthropologicai discovery.
The mysterious monotonous chant
continued. turned TO the Shuara- Ma
cabeo inquiringly.
That music?" asked.
MY wife, singing" he said.
(CopvriRht 1881
Evening star., 1928-05-06
MODE OF TRAVEL OF THE SNAKE.

along the snakes belly IN very quick In
seizing upon the slightest projection,
70 that any rough surface AFFORDS n
good track The snake requires this
and would move With great difficulty
over a smooth surface such as glass
or polished rock
III climbing tree the same principle
IL employed The snake must fln6
points of vantage for It's curves Wind
Ing Itself spiralIy around tree At hn
lgnpossitility If the animal IL long
enough " project It, serpentine Aay
from the ground ~ the first branch
the remainder ri the ascent ID Easy
RspOse among the branches ffeqlELuy
brings about many fOldingE and
loops of tie long body, sometimes IN
what ts seemingly hopeless tangie
The anatomy 0f the snake In some
Instances bears The rtidimeHtary pos
terror legs from "a remote era. The
nglnutest gfatiges remain 0f these limbs
So there must have beef IN serlpturai
days some inkliBgs ot the fact that
the SNAKE. like other reptiles. had pos
seased The ordinary means of prugFes~
sion and did not previously faecofcinG
~ tfe Interpretation of the seoffefl hop
along On the tip ot III tail
Reptiles possessing Legs. such M the
lizard. alligator and frog are not eaDipr
psd " the same advantage as other
beasts In that regard The repLilian
legs Can be- used In walking and nun
ming blt are moi tils means of all up
right support
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was to be both disappointed and
grattfled.
AT last~~-Macas.
+ WAS disappointed because In Maeas
there was no trace left Of the archi-
tectural glory Of Quito. There we're no
stone or adobe edifices There were nc
large, gracious homes that brought &c
the new world the beauty Of old Spain
In fact, Macas was something less than
a city. TIE houses we're Of bamboo
with tiaatched roofs But their neatness
and cleanliness and the care taken with
the lovely gardens made Macas stand
out as town unique In all that jungle
territory; town With a beauty Of IT.
own and one thai fitted superDly int
the rich landscape above the Upanc
River There was nothing Of old SPAR
there. but there Was beauty The town
ysg distinctive as a New England VII
Evening star., 1928-05-06
THE CULLINAN DIAMOND.

THE wonderful skill and ingenuity of
the diamond workers. which in
wolves the utmost deiicacy of workman
ship. has never been better illustrated
than in the polishing OF what was until
very recently the biggest OF all dia-
monds-the famous Cuilinan. presented
to the late King Edward VII by the
owners of the Kimberly mines in South
Africa.
1t was necessary to cleave the stone In
three pieces so as TO remove two very
bad flaws This cleaving was accom-
plished first by making an tnctslon IN
the stone with q diamond-cutting saw
at the point where 1t was to be cleaved
and following the grain-an diamonds
have q grain--to q depth OF one-haf
10 three quarters of an inch.
Before this operation was undertaken
crystal models were made and cleaved,
would happen when the same process
was applied to the real stone. When
the inciSion had been made. the cleaver
inserted into the slit an especially con-
Structed knife blade OF the finest steel:
then with u thick steel rod he struck
1t hard blow and cut the stone in two
exactly at the point where he wanted 10.
The work was exceedingly well executed
and successful. for the cleaving Of a
diamond Is not always accomplished
along the line 1t Is intended. and not
infreQuently 1t happens that in the
Evening star., 1928-05-06

lage is distinctive from anything III
England.
My qualification concerned itself with
the people. for. although there were
among them copper-colored types. tht
majority we're obviously of white de
scent; some even fair and hlue-eyed
with soft. wavy hair
It was early evening when We
trudged into the town More than twt
hundred Macabeos. young and old. hat
gathered 10 see who was coming such
long distance to their peaceful village
They extended their greeting with tru
Spanish courtesy
Mecas. of course. is nominally SUBJ
ject TO the Ecuadorian government.
Evening star., 1928-05-06
The Evil Eve.

RELIEF in the evil eye exists IN many
lands. but especially in Italy. It
existed in ancient Egypt. The eye"
is seen on the prows Of Spanish and
Italian ships and on Mexican buckIers.
It is seen on amulets taken from the
ashes of Herculaneum and Pompeii. In
some places it Is surrounded by ele-
phants, serpents and scorpions, ami
mails that were supposed to hold tails
manic power against it. Many celeb
rites of history. Napoleon among others,
believed IN to evil eye and feared II
Among the masses Of the Eastern and
European nations the belief is almost
universal. II is one Of the supersti-
tons that persist, despite the progress
Of science and reason.
Evening star., 1928-05-06
Games of Animals.

'HEilE seems TO be plenty of evil
dence that the desire to play" Ii
True instinct among animals. AS Is
tile case With men. this tendency To
play Is strongest In the young.
Dogs and cats may be seen 10 romp
IN game OF tag as truly rs ever chill
dren do, chasing one another In turn
until they weary Of the fun.
Dogs Wfeatle. With their fnfepawS
upon each others shoulders standing
upon their hind legs. they struggle each
apparently trying To throw the other
They Will play thus until they finally
Tall In a close embrace, rolling over
and over.
Squirrels are addicted ia the pastlme
called by children "saIat~tag," A sqiif~
rel VIII start over the grass, closely fol-
lowed by another. until the first snuats
upon his launches. Then the parts
are exchanged. the second squirrel be-
coming 'it" by and by they win dart
Tor the nearest tree, where they viii
further amuse themselves by playing
hide -and-seek
No small boy has ever enjoyed game
OF ball more than kitten. though the
kitten, 10 be sure, invariably plays
hand ball" and plays alone, II viii
anillse ltseif by the hour gently patfing
some object with It's paw, sending nov
here, now there. keeping II continually
In motion aud evidently relishing every
minute OF the play
Goldfish have been observed to In"
duige In antics very closely Teaembiine
play one such fish. In an aquarium
was resting quietly within few inches
of the surface when II suddenly elected
a fish scale from its mouth. As the scale
was slowly sinking the fiah dafted down
ward, drew the scale IN its mouth and
ROSE to the surface, where II remained
moti0nleas for several minutes This
performance was repeated several times
Whatever may have been the exact
motive That prompted these actions u
may fairly be concluded that the object
~ the fish was recreation.
Evening star., 1928-05-06
Ancient Basque Call, Heard in Strange
Surroundings, Raises Interesting Ques-
tion of Ethnology and History in
Neishborhood of Curious City
In Eastern Ecuador

! were speckS at the base of an enormous
bowl I have never experienced the
/ feeling of such silence such vaStneSS.
NV intention when / came from the
/ house had been to sec my guide and
/ horse settled for the night But lost in
the grandeur of Iloa under the stars of
the south / had forgotten their exist
ence. when from around the corner Of
the old cracked adobe shelter came the
tinkle of a Spanish guitar
AS soon as the guide realized that
was listening he ceased. He prepared
TO return TO the house. When he came
up to me saw thf he was wearing a
black poncho and that he had discarded
his bright one for the night.
why the black poncho-cold?" /
asked.
For Atahuallpa!" he replied. Then
he passed. on silently.
I learned later that some Of these
pure mountaineerS. with no trace OF
Spanish or foreign blood, wear a black
poncho underneath, in mourning--for
the Inca.
4 TAHUALLPA9 He, the great Inca,
who ruled over the whole empire,
in l532-sn empire stretching from the
Equator to the desert of Atacama;
Atahuallpa, who was strangled al
Csxamarca by the Spaniards in 1888,
Atahuallpa, whose BODY was burned
later. his ashes taken to Quito and
there buried-it was his last wish.
Atahuallpa--"the last of the Tncas."
With his death. the glory of the
Andes died, crumbled from the Inca
palaces. which had glittered with gold,
with emeralds Its splendor. its beauty,
passed with the sceptre of the great.
the noble Atahuallpa.
And today7--A gloomy, adobe con-
vent stands where once the pavilion OF
Atahuallpa rose in majestic glory. And
the place where was situated the
Temple of the Sun?-Tt is now ne
elected wee6y field Of wheat.
No wonder my guide mourned. The
SaddeSt of stories to the Quichua are
the stories of lost Inca glory-Stories
handed down by word Of mouth since
Atahuallpa was slain. and a palace
iovelier. We are told. than the Alhambra
fell before Spanish conquistadores; torn
to the ground.
looked at my guide. standing at the
edge of the condor's neSt-old Cundur-
Guachana. He was looking out over
his desolate mountain-land, ike a
condor himself, wearing a black
poncho.
I had. therefore, seen in this guide
what had become of the glory of the
IncaS and. as approached the ays-
terry city Of Macas had foreboding
that, even if the people there were
white. as anticipated. their three Gen.
tiries of isolation would have brought
these descendants Of the Spanish con-
querors low. as the descendants of thf
Incas were brought low before them
Evening star., 1928-05-06

crouching shadow. vague, indefinite,
unsteady. In the damp gloom of eve
ming. I gaZed with startled eyes And
then-then all was mystery and horror
in another cry.
The shadow-man stood erect stiff.
His bearing was noble enough TO have
graced the time-honored halls of an
ancient castle. He raised his arms to-
ward the sky as If In worship Of the
moon and stars.
After a short while, the same cry
passed through the same stages SIS be-
fore.
He jumped: he leaped: he crawled:
he bent over a fish-trap near the river
Then ne faded away, like a ghost, into
the dark. lonesome solitude OF the tree
dusked shore. He was gone.
NET he returned at length with a
chambria- woven basket. Was he
an animal, devil. haH-human? Evil
IDENTIFY he did not fear the solitude
There were no signs of civilization here !:
it was more like the peace OF primitive
epochs.
He had muscles like Hercules: he
had the back of a human oull. He
should not have feared anything in the
world But his fierce-visaged. war
painted face took on look Of swift
concern when he beheld me standing
at the edge of the forest staring at him
Although he was not old-30 years. I
should say-he had o singularlity of ex-
preston that bore the stamp OF CEN
turies There were lost lines of nobil-
ity. SO wonderful. so ancient, intense. 1t
seemed to me that I was gazing down
a myriad of years written In the fea-
lures of one face. half-savage. half
civilized.
"Shuara -Macabeo!" he mumbled In
the Indian tongue. Then he repeated.
"Shuara- -Macabeol" in Spanish
Why were you yelling like mad and
crawling up and down the beach2" /
asked.
Catching Ash from my fish traps. :"
he answered quietly.
without saying word more. he prof
fered his hand. With equal silence he
motioned 10 me to look into his basket
of fish
AS stepped up looked at him more
closely
His brown hair, dressed in three pig
tails. one down his back and one on
Evening star., 1928-05-06

faction, as IL he had been served a
sweet ard iny3Rorating collation. MI
70 be oatdone by the horse, the Qlichua
raised the remaining half bottle Of
aR1sgdiente to his lips and drained the
bottle dry.
30 / rode to the crater of Pinchincna
or the back Of this alcoholic horse
However, IL was rot the sight 81 TIE
crater that interested me most, bat an
incident of the journey that explained
10 rae why South America seems SO
Enueaa more aged and mysterious than
Our northern continent.
We had reached the valley Of Lioa,--~
lost Tn TIE heart Of the Andes-a beau-
11hli green valley that stands a. tfe
wide f0gsetool upon which the volcano
Pinci1lncfaa is placed. For the night we
stayed at an ancient hacienda As
0s kness closed over US Pincnincna De-
came d gigantic ghost ssnOaded IN pale
mist Mountains ro83 Oh all sides. We