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New Britain herald., 1930-07-12
PLAN ID EDUCATE
 CHINESE EN NASSE
NatiOnalistS Hope Program Will
 End Nations Woes

Ranking, July 12. lP-Mass edu- cation as the best way of solving China's troubles, has been planned by the nationalist government.
 A program calling for expendi- ture Of $2Q00.o00,o0o (gold) in 20 years has been adopted and, if things 20 well. 1t may be put into effect this year.
 Whether all the principles that the scheme embodies can actually be carried out is something which even the enthusiastic educational authorities will not discuss. But they are unanimous in the opinion that the whole would constitute in- surance against the civil wars which have been annual spring events ever since Chiang Kai-SheK and his followers undertook to builI up a modern China three years ago.
 Hitherto the military has ab- sorbed most Of the government revenue. What money has not been shot away in battle has been divid- ed among the ministries of foreign affairs, roads and communications. leaving almost nothing for schools.
 But under the new program the ministry of education would have s10O,0O0,O0O a year, which is almost government has devoted 10 enlght- enment within such period.
 The scheme contemplates com pulsory education of adults as well as children. For the grown-ups there would be special day and night schools to give them a smat- tering Of vocational training and to teach them the importance of na- tional citizenship.
 Elementary education would be enforced for at least four years or itT equivalent on every boy and girl. There are 40,00o.000 of them in China.
 , The plan takes into considera- tion, moreover, the unhappy fact that the poorer Chinese can not al- ways spare their children through four consecutive school years, Spe- cial classes would be arranged for such cases.
 It is estimated that 100000 teachers and 100000 public school buildings would be needed The existing middle schools are capable of furnishing only 100000 teachers 1,50O normal schools are provided in the plan. Each of these would ba +o fifty qualified teachers every year.
 Teachers for the normal schools would be obtained from schools of the type that already exist and from the government colleges and universities. Candidates for the places would also be given special training at teachers institutes.
 The problem Of obtaining the 100000 school buildings has re- ceived only secondary consider ton. The government believes it would be able to transform into school rooms the numerous monas- teries and temples that have been closed by government decree
 If the great scheme succeeds, the returns in terms of money would be immeasurable. But beyond that would be the fact that China as whole would begin to awaken from it's 5000 years of lethargy, an awakening which thus far has at- fected only the small friction Of it's teeming millions who have come in contact with western ideas.
New Britain herald., 1930-07-12
FRANCE MAY LINK
 SEAS WITH CANAL
Atlantic Mediterranean Ditch
 Plan Is Revived
BY MINOTT SAUNDERS ,.

Paris, July r - Recent intcrna- economic expansion have been so discouraging for the French people that lively agitation has developed for the construction of the Two- Seas Canal, waterway linking the Atlantic, from Bordeaux, with the Mediterranean.
 Demands are being made to the government to do something about this great work, and the press, par ticularly in southern provinces, is colorfully picturing the enormous advantage to France, in security and economic prosperity, if it could be achieved.
 Tunnel Linking France and
 England
 The latest discouragement to French enterprise came with the re- fusal of the British Labor Govern ment to recommend the scheme of a tunnel linking France and Eng land, France is practically undivid- ed in favor of channel tunnel, but can do nothing about it as long as England, for financial and strateg- ical reasons, refuses to cooperate.
 The London Naval Conference was another disappointment for France, leaving little ground for hope and security under the present disarma- ment scheme. France, like the United States only on a much smaller scale - is ever mindful that it has two coaAs 10 protect. Her Atlantic and Mediterranean ports can only be reached through Gibraltar, as once the American Atlantic and Pacific ports could only be reached by wa ter around the Horn. The proposed Two-Seas Canal would be for France what the Panama Canal has be- come for the United States
 With such a passageway French naval units could cut off 1900 miles in moving from Bordeaux to Mar seilles and not have to worry about the straits of Gibraltar being block ed, and thus isolating two naval sec tions, in time of an international crisis. Communication with her col
New Britain herald., 1930-07-12

onies in North Africa and the East could be cut down by days; in fact, her entire position in the Mediter- ranean would be enormously strengthened. It is no secret that French fears rest chiefly in the Med iterranean, yet the Atlantic coast line cannot be left unguarded.
 Dreams of the Two-Seas Canal seem almost fantastic. Aside from it's military and naval value, the ad- vantages in trade and economic de- velopment are almost incalculable. Robert Castex, an authority on the project, reviewed them in an open letter to the Minister of Public Works. published by the Intransi- gent, as follows:
 :'Ieans Prosperity to South
 Sound equilibrium within the country by arresting the increasing exodus from the south to the north of France and thereby counterbal- ancing foreign influence in the south.
 IndustrialIy it means employ ment for 50.o0O workers over a per iod of several years.
 Economically it means the growth and prosperity of cities in the south, flourishing ports, new industrial centers ard vast areas enriched by irrigation and made into a fairyland with moderate climate and healthy business. A re-occurence of the dis astrous floods of last year which de vastated nearly a score Of districts of the valley would be impossible.
 The canal would he the shortest route between Scandinavian, Ger man. Dutch and French Atlantic ports with the Mediterranean ports and with the East through the .Sue2 Canal. The Two-Seas Canal would, in fact be a continuation of the Suez and it is estimated here that be- tween one-half and two-thirds of all trade now passing through Gibral- tar would be diverted to the French canal.
 And finally, French prestige would come into its own again.
 An Old Plan Revived
 It is little wonder that with so many disappointments since the war. the imagination of the French people is being more and more grip ped by the canal scheme.
 This dream is not new. II can be traced back to the days of Louis in 1862 by the great engineer, Ri quet. but it was considered fantas- tic. During the last 70 years of the 9th century several concrete schemes were submitted and volum- inous reports filed. In 1885 a pri- vate company considering the prop
New Britain herald., 1930-07-12
KING CAROL STIRS
 TOWN IN NORMANDY
Hop to Throne First Excitement
 in 700 Years

Belleme, France, July 12. P- This little provincial French town in the heart of Normandy has been more excited this summer than since 1929.
 Seven hundred years ago Louis 1929.
 TX of France was besieged in Cha teau de Couseme. two miles from here. From that same chateau Prince Carol of Rumania returned this spring to the throne of his country.
 Masked behind d heavy growth of evergreen trees, {; long winding lane leading to it's doors, the cha teau was a perfect setting for the prince, who went from exile to power in an airplane.
 The chateau was bought by the prince three years ago when as a political exile, known as Carol Caraiman," he sought d place Of refuge. The prince gave the place to his companion, Madame Lupescu and in restoring it their personali- ties found free expression.
 Both the prince and his com panion were regarded here as regal figures and the peasants still talk of the prodigal hand with which the gloomy old pile was refitted. The prince has a warm place in the hearts of the country people and the inhabitants of the town of Belleme, a place of winding streets and eleventh century houses.
 The tree-l!ned drive leading to the ancient chateau ends in q grassy court. Facing this court is the main entrance and at the right hand corner is a tower that, ac- cording to the village tradition, was a military post for Louis TX.
 In restoring the chateau Carol was careful to leave this tower un- touched It stands today just as it was when gaily caparisoned charg- CTS rather than 40 horse power limousines stood before it.
 The people of Belleme relate that when the eXiled couple first came to the town, Mme. Lupescu was thought to be a German school mistress and how Nico, who played such an important part in the flight to Bucharest, was taken for Carol, "because he is so much more dis tinguished looking"
 They hope that the gay young man who, by his smile, democratic ways and liberal spending found his way into their hearts, will again come to the old grey stone building that looks across a fertile valley to the town it was built to defend.
New Britain herald., 1930-07-12
Associated Press Photo

osition calculated the cost at s14O.- 1oo.nh0, but today it would probab- ly cost double that amount, Various governments and experts approved the scheme and in 1906 new tech nical committee was appointed to make q complete survey, The war endgd the agitation that had then been aroused.
 The Two-Seas Canal would cut across the wide isthmus of southern France that joins with Spanish ter rltory The Atlantic gateway would be Bordeaux, connected with the estuary Of the Gtroned. The Mediter- ranean portal would be sear Mar bonne, q direct line seawards from CarCas assonne, with the waterway passing through Toulouse, The fer tile lowlands would make construc- ton comparatively easy, with nat ural waterways assisting.
 From Bordeaux to the Mediter- ranean is about 23O miles and the canal would have to be some so 10 100 miles longer. Although the engineering problems are unques- tionably great. they are not consid cred by experts 10 be formidable. In the light Of present science these difficulties would probably prove very much less than those encoun- tered in the construction of the Pan ana Canal.
 The financial problem is more troublesome at the present, A great amount Of money would have to be raised and this requires education of the people to the practical nature of the scheme and the soundness Of the investment. This is what is now being attempted and many authori- ties unhesitatingly say that the Two Seas Canal should be just as good an investment if not better, than the Suez Canal.
New Britain herald., 1930-07-12

killing. The amber grange won the killing contest, having shot 1,547 squirrels.
New Britain herald., 1930-07-12

CTS. His most famous quatrain: A Book of Verses underneath the
 Bough.
 A Jug of Wine, Loaf of Bread -
 and Thou
 Beside me singing in the Wilder
 ness
 Oh, Wilderness were Paradise
 enow.'
 supplies thumbnail picture of what passes for picnic and the last word in holiday enjoyment through out Moslem North Africa, the Near East and Persia-excepting the wine which is still forbidden.
 From Tripoli to Cairo to Bag dad to Teheran and Tashkent, $500 miles, bough and the shade it gives are luxuries in a land of eternal sun. Grass is even rarer than trees; no such things as an Amer ican or English lawn exists. So when a holiday comes the people leave the seclusion of their towns, wander down to the bank of a stream where there may be a few trees and where star scattered on the grass aas Omar writes, they rest and gossip.
 Women Picnic in Cemeteries
 "Often the greenest spots are the cemeteries. To visit the graves wo- men of the harem are sometimes permitted to go out once a week, an opportunity they seldom pass by not so much to pay tribute to the dead, as for an outing under the trees. Graveyards are the favorite picnic grounds Of the Near East.
 Omar sings of roses. tulips ani the hyacinths of the garden: the peach and the pear trees in bloom. The brushes of artists have addel some very definite ideas for us about Persian gardens. Yet a trav- eler to Persia reports that. although he searched high ani low, he has yet to find Persian garden. On that dry plateau there is no such thing as a garden ill the American or Eng fish sense.
 "A garden to a Persian is grove of trees kept alive by irrigation ditches that receive precious water from some creek fed by mountain snows. It may contain a fountain much the worse for wear, with brol:- er tiles scattered about. A mud wall usually runs around the green oasis but, unless it is town house gar den. the wall does not exclude the world. Indeed, in Persia, a garden outside tho gates is practically q public park open alike to the travel CT, the merchant and the shepherd halting his flock.
 Persia is like a saucer High mountains rim it. Close to the rim rise the principal cities hugging the mountains because of their depend ence on the highlands for water. The center is an upland desert; the dead heart of Persia Crossing Persia re- quires crossing the desert. so to a parched and sun-beaten traveller any bit of green he comes upon toward the end of his journey seems a vii sion Of paradise. a garden of un- paralleled beauty to be praised and exalted in poetry"
New Britain herald., 1930-07-12
FOR CALENDAR CHANGE

Rochester, N. Y.-TNenty-two na- tions now are in readiness to par ticipate in the international discus sion of calendar simplifcation to be held at Geneva at a meeting of the league of nations next year. The countries are: United States. Argen- tina, Brazil, Chile. Bolivia, Paraguay, Ecuador, Columbia, Peru, Mexico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Salvador, Honduras, Panama, Cuba, Guate- mala. France, Italy, Holland, Bel giun and Hungary
New Britain herald., 1930-07-12
ARTS IDEAL MAN

London-The ideal man, accord ing to a group of women art stu dents which recently met here, must be a good dancer with intellectual loanings, send flowers, treat his wife as an equal, never wear red ties and, in appearance, he should be tall and dark. Members admitted, however, that ideal men were hard to find.
New Britain herald., 1930-07-12
CONFIRMATION PARTY

Charles Klasz, a pupil in the Jun for High school this city, was con- frmed this morning at Ocean Beach, near New London, and in anticipa- ton of the confirmation, friends met at the summer home of MT. and Mrs. Jack Klasz, parents of Charles, at Ocean Beach Thursday evening and were entertained by the par ents and hostesses, Mrs. Elizabeth Klasz and Mrs. Dorothy Cohen.
New Britain herald., 1930-07-12
BOYS MAKEUP

London-Just what little boys are Arthur Yapp, secretary Of the Ma tional Y. M. C. A. council. The makeup is: Mischief, per cent; pride, per cent; courage, 10 per cent; determination. 10 per cent; love of truth, 10 per cent; fear of what others may think, 10 per cent; selishness, self-Uill, and self-in- dulgence 25 per cent; push and go. c5 per cent
New Britain herald., 1930-07-12
REDS ATTACK LEGATION

Athens, July 12 LP}-A small band Of young communists attacked the Polish legation here last night as q protest against recent execution of three communists in Poland. There were no injuries and no serious dam age. Four communists were arrested.
New Britain herald., 1930-07-12
B00KSHOP YIELDS
 NEW OMAR VERSES
Volume Contains 1S5 UntranS- lated Rubaiyat Quartrains

Washington, D. C., July 12-An- other book of verses to be read an- derneath the bough with a loaf of bread and a thermos bottle of-well, lemonade-may be the product of the discovery in Calcutta bookshop of an early volume of Omar Khay- yam's Rubaiyat containing 135 more quatrains than Fitzgerald translated.
 Only the volume in the Bodleian libary at Oxford is older than the newly found illustrated manuscript which, according to news from In- dia, bears the date 1895.
 Poet to the West. Mathematician To
 Persia
 Omar, the Tentmaker, fast in his grave on which the peach petals blow at Nishapur continues to be, despte the gap of 300 years, Per /la's best ambassador to English Peaking countries" says a bulletin Of the National Geographic Society from it's headquarters in Washing ton, D. C.
 Vet he who sang:
 I sometimes think that never blows
 so red
 The Rose as where some buried
 Caesar bled;'
 is little known as a poet in his own country. Abul-'l-fat'h Omar son of 1brahm the Tentmaker of Nisha- pur, for such was his name, holds in Persia some modest fame as a math- ematican, an ancient wise man, who about the time William the Conqueror was conquering England, assisted in revising the Persian cal erdar. But Omar, poet. We have far better poets than he, the Persians say. The Western World will never believe it.
 If Omar Khayyam is poet with out honor in his own country thece are certain geographic reasons for the neglect as well as for his ac- ceptance by moderns Persians were in Omar's day and are to this day dominated by MohammeGan mysti- cism which Omar, who was as much doubter and a realist as most twentieth century scientists, flou:ed with verses. Perhaps it is no accident that Omar himself, a scientist and mathematician, has been found at the side of the modern scientist, throwing doubts and question marks d cherished beliefs as skillfully as laboratory research workers toss test tubes, equations and graphs, at the same targets.
 Scoffed at Orthodox Views
 Religious teachers in Omar's Persia held out promises of prac- tical and delightful Paradise which they did not hesitate to describe infinitely. Doubting5 Omar wrote: 'Ah, make the most of what we yet
 may spend,
 Before we too into the Dust descend'
 "The teachers insisted on obedi- erce to the koran's order against the use of intoxicating liquor. Omar, living in Persia the original home of the grape, and loving wine, wrote: 'Ah, my beloved, fill the cup that
 clears
 Today of past regret and future
 fears
 Omar Khayyam's verses ran against the tide of opinion in Per- sia of his day and still run against the tide He was a heretic. his verses are still heretical. So Persia continues to think that Omar as poet was a good mathematician.
 Much of the geography, the cli- mate, the flowers, the products and customs of Persian can be found in laid in Omars verses which have become so familiar to English read
New Britain herald., 1930-07-12
CHILLY MID-JULY IN BERLIN

Berlin, July 12.-(Pt-After long period of warm weather Ger many is experiencing chilly mid July. It is rainy and cool in Berlin and in parts of the Black Forest last night the temperature slumped as low as O.3 centigrade.
New Britain herald., 1930-07-12
KILL 10000 SQUIRRELS

Amber, Wash.-In drive to kill crop pests, more than 10000 ground squirrels were killed in various Washington counties during the spring season. A huge party was held here recently to celebrate the
New Britain herald., 1930-07-12

Instead of using water, fire en- zine of German invention pumps streams of carbonic acid powder that smothers flames without injury to surrounding property.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-11-19

some $500 are owned and operated in this Territory.
 IL embraces every kind of com mercial fishing, halibut, salmon, herring, cod and other branches, The study is not concerned with the value of production or the in vestment in boats and tackle, but is confined to quantity of take and source of production, and to the ownership Of vessels and the nationality of the owners.
 Corporation Is Desired
 Four duestionnaires are bein g mailed cut to the vessel owners and operators. One is for undocu- mented vessels owned by individ- uals; another for the same class of boats owned by companies, cor porations, associations or co-part- a third for documented vessels owned by individuals; and the fourth for documented boats owned by companies. etc.
 The names of owners, address, place of birth, the place where and date of naturalization, is asked of individuals. Companies are re- quired to give details of their stock Any transfer or loss of vessels during the current year must be reported On the back of each questionnaire is blank trip reports to be filled out by the op- orators showing the take by trip and the place where the take was
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-11-19

chikan for a few days and then proceed to the States.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-11-19

chikan for a few days and then proceed to the States
 Ordered by Senate
 "The investigation has been ord cred by the Tariff Commission pur- suant to a Senate Resolution re- uuesting the Commission to make the inquiry MT Hopkinson said Under the Senate's resolution, the Commission is requested to make an investigation of the entries of fish and other marine products into the United States from the high seas in vessels owned, chartered leased or rented, wholly or in part, by aliens, whether or not such aliens are domiciled in the United States
 Although the Senate Resolution refers specifically to alien-owned fishing vesesls, the Commisson will include citizen-owned vessels so that comparative figures nay be made available ta Conress."
 No EXciuSiau seen The Commission does not fore see any action leading to exclusion of aliens. This investigation" MT HoplIinson said, lis not directed toward the exclusion of aliens from American fisheries. It is solely for the purpose of ascertaining the present extent Of cur fisheries, the nationality of vessel owners, and the sources of production"
 The program of the inquiry as outlined by the Commission pro- vides for completion of the work before the conclusion of the forth coming session of Congress.
 Prior to coming here, the two Commission experts covered the district of Hawaii The fishing population there .s largely Japan ese, when who cannot acquire citizenship. From here they will visit Pacific Coast fishing cefters from Seattle to San Diego, then cross to the Gulf Coast, and thence LID the Atlantic Coast, initiating in all areas the same inquiry just being started here.
 Many Beats Here
 It is estimated that 40,000 fish ing vessels will be covered by the investigation. Of that number
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-11-19

made. Each has a sample entry to indicate the form in which the report is wanted.
 "As the time for gathering the data is limited, we hope those whom the forms are mailed will cooperate with the Customs au- thoritieS in the investigation, and fill out the proper blanks and return them as quickly as pos sible," MT. Hopkinson said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-11-19
SPORT BRIEFS

Bruce Caldwell, former great Yale back and rookie outfielder for the Cleveland Indians, now is in New Haven running a cigar store.
 The New York Yankee baseball club this year broke it's home at tendance record of 1927 by 100000 MEsk.T g-
 Larry Dugin and Harold Mackey, pair of Dartmouth ends, weigh more than l95 pounds each.
 The average time of contact of a driver and a golf ball, is estimated at 0006 of second.
 Jack Doyle, Chicago Cubs scout, stole SIT bases during his major league career, which extended IS years.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-11-19
NOTICE OF HEARING OF
 FINAL ACCOUNT

The undersigned having this 30th day of October, 1930, filed his final account as eXecutor with the Will annexed of the estate of Stephen A. Gee, deceased, iN the Probate Court for Yakutat Precinct, Ter ritory of Alaska, notice is hereby given to all hers and creditors or other persons interested in said estate, that Monday, January 12, 1891, at 10 o'clock n O, sad lIy, at the office of the Untel States Commissioner in the Village of Yakutat, Territory Of Alaska, is the time and place set for the hearing and of obi2ctions to slld final account and settlement thereof.
 E. M AXELSON, EXecutor with the Will annexed Of
 the estate of Stephen A. Gee,
 deceased.
 First publication, Nov. l2, 1930. Lost publication, Dec. 3, 19G0.
 Play Indoor Golf ss The Alaskan Hotel. 8 (adV)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-11-19

pressure throughout Alaska and high from the Pa Southern Alaska ana falel consideray Interior but lowest in the Gulf of Al
 Gulf and Southeast Alaska ana prevails Northern Alaska Tempera- lures throughout except from Kodiak west in the extreme north
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-11-19
FISHERY STUDY
 STARTED HERE;
 BLANKS MAILED
Investigation of Fisheries Is Launched by Tar
 If Commission

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