Evening star., 1930-12-02

ton picture films dating back to
the days of horses and buggies
~ when the industry was in its in
fancy are to be burned by the
Consolidated Amusement Co. before
new rulings on the storage OF nitro
cellulose films go into effect. One mil
lion feet of film will go up in flames.
This includes 1000 reels of silent films
of all kinds Many of the films to be
destroyed will be those of the early days
of Mary Pickford and other popular
actors and actresses of years ago. De-
cision to destroy the silent film rather
than meet the storage regulations was
made by the Consolidated Amusement
Co. because of its policy to develop the
talkies henceforth. To burn the old
film without danger to life and prop
reels at time, at intervals when the
wind is blowing toward the sea. Gases
emitted by burning nitroceluloSe dlm
are generally asphyxiating.
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Beekeeping One Of Most
Valuable Industries in Germany.
Cologne Notwithstanding to re-
port made by the ministry of agricul-
ture to the Reichstag, the beekeeping
industry is one Of the most valuable
rural pursuits in the republic. During
the year 1929 almost 100000 hives
were maintained in Germany, contain
ing a population of $4,000, 100000 bees,
If we compute the average swarm at
5000. Twelve thousand tons of honey
were marketed, besides another 1000
tons consumed in the households Of the
producers. The output of the hives was
valued, according to the market statis-
tics, at nearly 10000 900 marks (about
81, ,143, ,000). The value OF the honey
output in 1929 exceeded the value of
the hop crop by over 100000 marks.
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Uniform Alphabet
OF Peruvian Languages Sought.
El Comercio, Lima.-The executive
department of the government has COM
missioned DR.. Julio C. Tello, director
OF the Museum OF Peru, and DR.. LUIS
Sanchez, dean in the department OF
Peruvian literature in the National
University, together with a number of
other savants and archeologists. to be-
gin the compilation Of uniform alpha
bet and orthography for all the dialects
spoken in Peru by the natives. While
1t is impossible to reduce to a concrete
literal form all of the tribal languages
spoken in Peru prior to the Conquest,
number of patois have been tran
scribed to written equivalents, and 1t
lexicons, uniform in their systems OF
spelling and pronunciation and con-
tanning all the words of the native
aboriginal languages that have survived
the constant changes of the centuries.
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Makes Plea for
Unmarried Teachers.
Evening Post, Wellington.-"I think
! 1t Is a crying shame" said Mr.. G. Pin
mock at the Wellington School Commit
tees Association, when he introduced
the much discussed question OF mar
ried woman teachers with sick families
were a number of single teachers out
of employment. These, while they had
every respect and admiration for mar
ried woman teachers with sick families
or invalid husbands, felt that 1t was
not British fair play for married women
to be in teachers positions If their hus-
bands were profitably employed. IT IS
quite true" said Mr.. Pinnock, that
some of these have given up their jobs,
but there is still a preponderance OF
them working and depriving unmarried
teachers of employment. I know one
young woman teacher, unmarried and
quite prepared to go anywhere, who
| has had no work for IL months. think
| the education board should take a
stand, and not put on married woman
teachers while there are any single, self
supporting applicants for the positions
/ unemployed"
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