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1884 to investigate the possibility OF
q Potomac Valley route for his cher
ished dream. A 680-mile trip con-
vinced him Of the practicability OF
using the Potomac and auxiliary
canals and connecting with the Ohio
or Monongahela River. To undertake
this eath-taking scheme, Washing
ton sponsored organization of the
"Potowmack" Co. and became its first
president.
The "Potowmack" Co. built the
canal at Great Falls and other small
canals, expending half million dol
lars. However, by 1920 it was ap-
parent that its plan Of using the
shallow Potomac was impractical for
commercial traffic. A continuous
canal along the river was necessary.
Fired anew with romantic visions of
expansion and tapping the rich re-
sources of the West, leading District,
Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania
citizens held conventions in 1928 and
1926 to plan a great canal from
Georgetown to Pittsburgh. They en-
listed Baltimore's support by proposing
connecting canal to that city.
enthusiastically they called the water
way Chesapeake and Ohio" and SO 1t
remains, though it never reached the
great bay or the river.
The conventions resulted In forma-
ton of the Chesapeake g. Ohio Canal
Co., heir to the franchise of Washing
toms old "Potowmack' Co. The Fed
eral Government, Maryland, Virginia
and Pennsylvania granted the cor
poration rights. Public enthusiasm
scared.
All Washington society assembled
on July 4, 1928, at the powder maga-
zine, near Little. Falls, for the long
awaited canal ground Prest-
dent John Quincy Adams came up
from Washington by steamer with the
Secretaries of State, War and Navy.
The Postmaster General, the Army
commander and the Ministers of Great
Britain, Russia and the Netherlands
joined them. Men in beaver hats,
long-tailed coats and neckerchiefs pa
raded with ladies In flowing gowns to
the airs Of the Marine Band. Thou
sands Of spectatogs stood % tho north
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SONS ranging from pure white to deep
carmine and purple. Here the rare
and gorgeous royal purple, monarch
of all rhododendrons, is unrivaled in
the entire world. Rhododendrons.
from mere shrubs to trees IL feet
high. cover the mountains and val
leys with a galaxy of color seldom, If
ever. equaled. even in Natures most
lavish displays.
The event is celebrated with elabo-
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FROM an unpretentious beginning
q decade ago the rhododendron
festival at Asheville, N. c., now draws
more than a hundred thousand visit
ors annually from all parts Of the
world. Six hundred acres of native
rhododendrons lure pilgrims to this
late Spring festival when the Craggy
Gardens, 80 miles from the city and
5000 feet above sea level, present
mountain paradise of beautiful bios
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tai influence prevails in the lovely
float parade, which is the outstanding
feature Of the festivities.
The great tung tree in the ceme-
terry at Tallahassee, Fla, reputed to
be the oldest in this country, grew
from seeding planted there nearly
20 years ago. Today 1t attracts wide
spread attention when its overhanging
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branches are covered with picturesque
white flowers with red and yellow CEN
tiers. Although 10000 acres Of tung
trees have been planted along the
Gulf Coast and in Florida, this coun-
try still depends upon imports of the
Chinese tung oil. which is valuable
drying ingredient in paints and var
nishes.
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CD Float in the "Trail of the Pink Blossoms parade
Winchester Va. (2) One of the many beautifully deco.
rated rose floats in Porand's Rose Festival. (3 Cleo
patras Barge e.wnnne float in the California Flower
Festival ~ royal rhododendron court of the Rhodo
dendron Festival Asheville N c. (5 Tung blossoms
honored in Gainesville, Fla, Spring festival Co Ori
entail motif in the festival at Gainesville Fla.
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CAV0RTiNG P0RP0ISES
DOOMED TO SAVE COD
Warfare Instituted Against Ships
"pilots" in St. Lawrence
River and Gulf.

QUEBEC, July 1S.-Steamship pas
sengers who watch the porpoise mer-
rily cavorting. as If showing on, may
be surprised to learn that this gre
garious catacean of the North At
lantic Is q menace In some sections
Of the sea, and Is therefore marked
for destruction as protection to
fisheries.
Warfare is being waged against
porpoises in the vastnesses of the
st. Lawrence River and Gulf. Por-
rcises, archenemies Of cod fishers,
feeds mostly on small fish, sweeping
the water of the smaller fry upon
which the Goldfish subsists.
To help in the work Of extermina-
ton. fishing and other boats have
been equipped with small guns or
high-powered rifles and these have
wrought havoc with schools of por.
poises In the Gulf Of st. Lawrence and
the st. Lawrence River. Planes have
been brought into play, making at
tacks by means Of bombs and depth
charges.
The Canadian government has also
encouraged fishermen to hunt and
capture porpoises for commercial pur-
poses. The blubber, when rendered,
supplies an oil which Is nearly as
valuable as that Of the whale; the
skin may be tanned and used in the
manufacture of leather goods, while
the bone and the offal have market
values.
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Switser.and's most noted resorts for
those suffering pulmonary afnictions
are Arosa, Davos, Leysin and Mon
tana- -VermAla. T..
Old Point Comfort dates its fame
as Q resort from 1886, when people
going to see the famous Indian chief,
Blackhawk, held Is q hostage in Fort
Monroe, decided they liked the place
and made subsequent visits.
Mexico Citys several railroad sta
tions are to be eliminated, and . new
single central station Is to be built In
the northern part Of the capital.
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EDITOR HOPES TO WIN
IN STRIKE CONTROVERSY
BY the Associeted Press.

BY the Associsted Press.
WOOSTER, Ohio. July ls.-The
Weekly Press Of the nearby, village OF
Rittman neared success today in q
campaign to reopen the strike-closed
Ohio Boxboard Co. plant, said Editor
Ernest Harrison, although the little
printing establishment was closed and
picketed.
Fifteen men entered the Press office
yesterday and ordered Glen Oyster
manager, to lock up under threat of
damage to equipment, Oyster said.
He obeyed. Six pickets have watched
the shop since.
Harrison said front page editorial
urging Boxboard employees to ask
the company to resume operation
prompted strikers to close the Press
Our object was to bring the strike
to q settlement" Harrison said. 81
understand this incident has Just
about done 1t. I'll publish a paper
next Thursday and my editorial policy
has not changed"
Harrison, who is rs, and Oyster, n
both newlyweds, brought their young
wives here. The editor said he had
heard that "all kinds of threats were
made against Glen and me-"
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The Travellers Notebook
With Profasion of Diyerting Places About the
World From Which to Choose, Vacationists
Eventually Rediscoyer the Old Home Town.

quired by the town and by associations.
The "quickie" visitor finds no adequate
parking space at the several beaches.
What handy parking spaces there are
are labeled "For cars only"
Special permits for parking in these
areas are granted by the Police De-
partment-or not granted. as 1t sees
At. A truck load Of boisterous hop
IN" visitors. seeking O beach on which
to cavort, finds no public bath houses,
no convenient place to park the truck
as headquarters. The ".tin-can" tour.
list is given the cold shoulder.
VXJHERE do travel editors 60 on their
w vacation? Theoretically, they
trot around the globe, hunting out and
investigating every single country and
resort visited by man, and finding new
ones. Some times. they get away
from 1t all" by seeking places that in
vite no tourists, where one has to 60
at least 2 miles in the opposite direc-
ton to the beach to find q hot dog
stand. And some times they find it in
the Old Home Town.
CCRIBBLINGS: Some Of the skip
- pers of fishing party boats sailing
cut from Atlantic City give rain
checks" good for another trip if the
fisherman is unlucky enough not to
make catch.
In many Spanish homes wine drink
ing does not add to the glass-washing
duties of the housewife. An ingeni-
GUS clay carafe, which has spout on
one side, eliminates the use Of q 60
between. The drinker holds the carafe
head high and tilts the vessel, aiming
the spout at his open mouth. His lips
never touch it.
An old Bermudian recipe makes a
table delicacy of shark. Visitors seek
ing thrills in landing the gangsters Of
the sea save their catches and find
the meat, much to their surprise,
palatable.
The City Of Cape May. N. j.. holds
its ninth annual baby parade August
7. The coronation of Queen Maysea
TX will be held the night before.
Ninety-five years ago-on July 5,
184l. to be eXact-570 passengers rode
on the Midland Railway of England
from Leicester to Loughborough under
the auspices of q publicly advertised
excursion. The sponsor Of the inno-
vation was Thomas Cook Out Of
that trip grew the touring business
of Thomas Cook Il Son. 1t was not
until 1872 that Cook ventured to
escort q party of 9 on 25,o00-mile
tour around the world. Now the firm
has 353 Offices scattered around the
world. The firms latest big deal in
tourism is to conduct $500 members
of the Canadian Legion and their
families on a pilgrimage to vimy
Ridge.
One of the favorite resorts Of the
Swedish people is the Island Of GLAND.
Atop The cliffs perch many windmills,
and in the interior of the island,
which is rather bare, they outnumber
the trees
1t is 81 miles around the rim of
the crater Of Haleakala, the famous
sleeping volcano on the Island of Maui.
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HAWAII'S SURFB0ARDS
HAVE BUSY SEASON
Sport Dverts Visitors-Travel to
Islands Gains 80 Per Cent
Within Year.

HONOLULU, Hawaii. July 1S.-Ha.
waii's surfboard Is riding the crest
OF the present travel wave and vaca-
tionists are speeding Waikiki-wards in
ever increasing numbers.
Vacation travel to the Islands dur
ing the first half Of 1886 is up 80 per
cent over the. same period last year
and Hawaii Is In the midst Of the big
gest tourist season the islands have
ever known.
I Bulging cheeks (their faces are
their purses) characterize the diving
boys Of honolulu Harbor these days,
and the Hawaiian lei makers report q
heavy demand for the flower garlands
that are used In welcoming visitors
Hotels and curio shops are buzzins
with activity. Capacity passenger lists
are reported by all island carriers
from the outrigger canoes at Waikiki
to the l6-passenger air liners that ply
between the islands.
United States Fleet maneuvers In
Hawaiian waters, the biggest trans
Pacific yacht race since the inaugu-
ration Of the series in 1906, and inter-
island polo championships scheduled
for August, are some of the special
events contributing to the gayety OF
the Summer season.
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SETTING PICTURESQUE
FOR "GLACIER VILLAGE"
Grindelwald Bathed in Sunshine,
With Two Descending Glaciers
in Background.

GRINDELWALD. July 18.-Easily
reached from Interlaken. Switzerland,
is Grindelwald, the poetic GLACIER
Village" Its brown chalets lie scat
tered in the valley and on the noun
tain slopes. caressed by brilliant sun
shine and ever so friendly and home
like with their. flower boxes. Narrow
little paths run from house to house,
lead to the village fountain or the
brook. and then disappear from view
amongst shady maple trees.
Two glaciers descend from the
mountains in the background. Their
cold breath touches alders and fir
trees. fertile fields and verdant mead
ows. yet, N spite of their proximity
fruit trees blossom and yield an an
nual harvest.
About a dozen huts belonging to the
Swiss Alpine Club are within easy
reach of the village. Good trails make
the start easy. And for those whose
ambitions soar to the roof Of the world
there is swift train service up to Little
Scheidegg and then on to Junsfrau-
joch, where dreams of a Summer In
the Alps never fail to come true.
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CH|LL0N PRISON
NOW BEAUTIFUL
It's Infamous Tortures
Faded, Switzerland Castle
Becomes Lovely.

vILLENEUvE. Switzerland, July
iS.-Every year this scenic Swiss town
ut the eastern end Of Lake Leman
hopes to have visitors come to it for
its own sake, for in spite of its name,
'New City" it is a very ancient town,
known in the time of the Romans as
Penniloci. But as in years past, 1t
has to yield to the attractions OF the
Castle of Chillon, the best known
castle in all Switzerland, with whose
story. first celebrated by Lord Byron
in 1916, few castles In all Europe can
compete.
The Fortress of Chillon stands q
mile from Villeneuve, on an isolated
rock about 20 yards from the bank
Of the lake. It is connected with the
shore by a bridge, which in medieval
days was a drawbridge. How old the
castle may be, none can tell, but
Bronze Age tombs, nearly 1000 years
old, discovered at its entrance, give
one some key to its antiquity. The
earliest mention Of Chillon Castle In
any document is zoos AID, when II
belonged to the bishops of Sion, but
from the twelfth to the sixteenth GEN.
tury it was held by the dukes of
Savoy, during whose reign most Of the
tortures in itstook place.
Refined" Tortures.
Although the sixteenth century
Francois Bonivard, the subject OF
Byron's poem. was imprisoned there
when he, with other Swiss patriots
rebelled against the duke of Savoy
his two years fettered in the dungeon
which bears his name today was but
slight suffering compared to the tor
lures of most who were thrown into
the dark, damp chambers there.
The post, erected in 1856, near
where the torture by fire was per-
petrated, still shows the scorings and
burns made by the executioners in
their testings Of the heated irons
Modern tourists who view the dun
geons, who see the gibbet preserved
on the central pillar and the en-
brasure through which the torturine
irons were thrust for heating can ever
then scarcely visualize the refinements
Of cruelty which were practiced there
for three centuries on men. women
and even children. Many were burned
alive, drowned or gibbeted, only be.
cause they we're suspected of witch.
craft and sorcery.
It is customary for the guards oi
the castle to point out to visitors the
pillar in the dungeon where Lore
Byron scratched his name before
going to Ouchy to write the poem or
Bonivard Those who look more care.
fully over the walls will see Other
names, including the almost obliteratee
one of Shelley.
Prisoners Estimate.
On the walls Of the guard room can
be seen one of the most famous Of
these inscriptions, scratched centurie.
ago by a prisoner whose name has
been forgotten. 1t runs in French
Belle prision, ladies amours, Jamais
ne Furent," which may be freely
translated, There never was a beauti-
full prison, nor was love ever ugly
At the time it was written it probably
recorded some affair of the heart for
which the dungeon was the penalty.
To-day, since the Castle Of Chillon has
become one of romance and the hor-
rors perpetrated in it have been for
gotten, the inscription strikes one
curiously, indeed.
So beautiful does the castle appear
rs 1t seems to float on the lake, the
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Windows Light for Shoppers"

PARIS, July ia new amuse-
ment for shop-window gazers Is be-
ing brought out. The idea is that the
window lights up and displays its
contents when anybody approaches
to look into 1t. and darkens again
when the shopper" moves away. If
there are no persons in front. an L.
Illuminated invitation sign, reading,
approach this window and you will
light 1t up" will appear In the window.
The apparatus is contained. in Q
box smaller than the average home
wireless set. The makers explain that
it is operated by the electrical capac-
ity in the human body which affects
an aerial wire stretched across the
shop window.
Evening star., 1936-07-19
American Food in Moscow.

MOSCOW. July ia quick-lunch
restaurant Is to be opened here, run
by q group Of American women.
Grilled. steaks, chops, ham and eggs
and all the American dishes will grace
the menu. The head cook. salad
maker. grill expert and some Of the
mattresses will be Americans. Soviet
women. preferably those who at pres
ent are studying in special culinary
schols, will receive practical training
from the Americans. 1t is intended
to convert the present eating place on
Khudozhestvenni Proyesd I. into the
new restaurant.
Evening star., 1936-07-19
LAPPS KEEP COSTUMES,
ADDING ONLY ZIPPERS
Modern Device Is Only Change Of
style of Clothing Through
Several Centuries.

Several Centuries.
ABIsKo, Sweden, July ls.-If .
tourist of IS years ago were to visit
the Lapps again today. with the hum
dreds of travellers who come to see
them on North Cape cruises, after .
railroad journey through the heart Of
Sweden, or by bus over Finland's
unique highway to the Arctic Ocean.
he would ind them living just rs they
did on his first visit, Just Is they have
for . hundred, two hundred years.
Modern civilization has only one
feature that has captivated the fancy
Of the Lapps-the ripper fastener.
But even though the Lapps Of today
may fasten their clothes with clippers,
their costume is the traditional one
that they and their ancestors have
worn for generations.
The men have a long blue blouse.
gathered at the waist with belt and
slashed with red and yellow, tight blue
trousers, and caps on which they wear
huge red pompoms. Their shoes are a
moccasin of reindeer hide. bound at
the ankle with red and yellow woolen
bands and turned up at the toes.
Lspps sometimes place certain type
of grass, which they call shoe grass,
in their moccasins, and SO protected,
their feet 60 unharmed on the rough
est ground and keep warm In the
coldest weather.
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nv JACQUES rUTTRELLE, JR.

BY JACQUES rOA ARcAA1' SN'
T NTO the life of almost every one
eventually comes a.return to the
Old Hcme Town. It's q thousand
L to one the place Is eclipsed by the
fame and fascination of some foreign
land, the grandeur of some -uygedly
American scenic area, cool resort
In the mountains or by the sea. q
great city selling diversion in whole
sale lots, some ultra modern or quaint
spot where notables foregather. Such
attractive wares as these glitter before
today's travel shoppers. dazzle by their
variety and profusion to the point
that choice of destination for an an
nual holiday enters the category Of
major Summer time decisions.
But the time comes when Europe
is checked as done" by, say, a North
Cape cruise, with generous side trips:
when the crisp mountain air has re.
vitalized the human machine, when
q two-week sun-and-swim routine at
the shore has broken the drudgery
of high-speed economic life. It is
then, perhaps, that an inconspicuous
object is spied In the travel shop
window. It Is dull amid the bright
vacation offerings, but it is honey
and compelling and slows with sweet
memories. It Is the Old Home Town.
THE typical Old Home Town lies
off the beaten track of popular
travel. OF course, 1t has changed tre-
mendously in the last score Of years.
Townsfolk point with pride to mod
ernity and talk glowingly of projects,
but secretly they harbor wistful men,
ories Of what the town used 10 be-
People call 1t progress, and part Of
today's progress is the profitable busi-
ness of catering to tourists.
Up in Massachusetts,, on the coast
between the fashionable North Shore
and arty Cape Cod, spreads a peculiar
Old Home Town. 1t Is not typical.
1t beats no drums to attract the vaca-
ton trade, suffers tourists rather than
caters to them. Subtle barriers have
been erected that would annoy the
QulShiC FSlGoI, lllc GOuISt WIiO HAS
two or three weeks to spend and
crowds every hour with activity.
ESSENTIALLY this Old Home Town
is Summer colony. 1t had lean
ings in that direction several years be-
fore the World War. In this respect,
progress has moved in bag and bag
gage. The score or more of part-time
residences have become thousands
junior estates. they are; trim gardens
with New England homes nesting
among maple and apple trees. Some
idea of the size of the resort may be
gained by the fact that one grocery
store in the central trading area re-
ported the loss Of 10000 customers
when they moved away at the end Of
one Summer season.
Once owned by individuals. the
choice bathing spots have been ac-
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majestic Dent du Midi rising behind
it in the distance, that the people of
Villeneuve still boast of it as the
flower of our lake" but the prisoners
scratched estimate of the lonely dun
geon is never forgotten by those who
learn anything at all of the place
during the visit.
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Letters Long Delayed.

Many persons have just received
letters mailed between 1908 and 1918
and found when a mail box in Lon
don post ofiice was removed.
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Claims Smallest Stature

Sampire. q Zulu 20 inches high.
claims to be the smallest man in the
world, and says that three quarters Of
a yard Of cloth is suficient for q suit
for him.
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BERKLEY SPRINGS. W. VA.

Rooms for tourists Meals II desired.
LARGE porch and lawn: One square from
Park and Baths. r. o. Box 1913, Berkeley
SprinEs. W. W..
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RESORTS.
WEST VIRGINIA.
.aRFJTJEVE IT nm NOT,l

bELIEVE II Uh NUI -
We used blankets every night last week
Private mountain resort. Modern. Large
river front Do your own cooking. Party
sized cabin or rooms with cooking priv
ileEes. Very reasonable. Transportation.
Call Atlantic 56s1
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STEAMSHIPS,

CRUISES every week With the Great White
faUT OF do dis p:i PIE North ins River nP
New York or your Travel Agent.
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STEAMSHIPS.

vaeatien Cruises-Aug.. Sept. Oct Nov.
Holland-Ameriean Line. 416 N. Charles st..
Baltimore. Md.-American Expresx Co.
I4I4 street NV. Washington. d. C
The Omaha guide., 1936-11-21
for Kidney and
Bladder Weakness

Flush poisons from kidneys and
bladder and you will live a health
Ter, happier and longer life.
One most efficient and harmless
way to do this is to get from your
druggist a 35-cent box of Gold
Medal Harlem Oil Capsules and
take them as directed-the swift
results will surprise you.
Besides getting up nights, some
symptoms of kidney trouble are
baekache, moist palms, leg cramps
and puffy eyes. If you want real
results, be sure to get GOLD
MEDAL-the original and genuine
"a grand kidney stimulant and
diuretic-right from HARLEM in
Holland. Give your kidneys a good
cleaning once in a while.
The Omaha guide., 1936-11-21
MORNING. sTAR RAPTTsT
CHURCH
260s Franklin Street
Rev. VIM Pruitt, Acting Pastor
Mrs. ". T.. Fredericks Reporter

Sunday school opened a. the us
IA inc $3.50 a m with the SUPER
intendent on the job. At 11.30 a m.
GU pa ter brought to US a wonder
= message on the subject, THE
Name Of Jesus" He preached an
sthea wonderful sermon at 3 p. m.
BYPU was opened at GOO p. m
VII a large attendance, also with
quite a number Of visitors present
Visitors we're; Atty and Mrs. John
A3ams, j., Mrs William King and
and daughter Mrs. James Wesley,
Mr. Nellie Frazier Of Rich, Miss.
and Rev. and Mrs. c Union and
ekadren A lovely program was rem
dered. Atty. Adams, our state re-
Preventative, gave a very interest
Ing talk
Master Alphonsa Wesley also was
on the program and recited the
10th Division of the Psalms. VI
are always welcome.
The Omaha guide., 1936-11-21
CHURCH OF THE LIVING
GOD G. M. F. F.
1916 North 25th Street

We had a great Sunday school.
Many good thoughts were taken
from it. The pastor came forth and
preached a powerful sermon. His
text was found in st. John IL Chief
J. P. F. Stuckey from Kansas City,
Kansas made some wonderful re-
marks At 600 p. m. Chief Stuckey
preached a great sermon from Matt.
GIL. The Mysterious Quartette
rendered three numbers The
meetings will be going on all week.
We are expecting Bishop f. c.
Scott, general superintendent of
the Sunday school, so come to hear
him Sunday.