Evening star., 1936-01-19
SeIas,ie's Swedish Namesake

the African Emperor.
The S1oedish Halle iDds born to
Gen. Virgen's youngest daughter.
The Emperor, ,Uho stood as his god
father, sent magnificent lions
skin to young Halle OF StDeden.
Left and Right at Issue.
STOCKHOLM.-Le or right ha.
become a burning question in Sweder
since a royal commission urged thai
the country should change over from
left-side traffic to right-thus getting
into line with the whole European con.
tinent.
Particular emphasis is laid on con-
forming with the neighooring Scandi-
navian countries
Opponents of the scheme are nu-
merous, however. Sweden and the
British Isles alone drive "on the
wrong side Of the road"
Broadcasting Ambitions Warned.
LONDON-Don't raise your boy te
be a broadcaster, urges Variety Di-
rector Eric Maschwitz Of the British
Broadcasting Co.
Only l per cent Of those seeking
additions are found good enough tt
broadcast, he said. adding that most
candidates gave impersonations OF
movie stars or tried to sing songs made
popular by American "crooners. - z='--
For their own peace of mind" he
cko xs,o,t1d hA haftAr nf4
to put their children into jobs garden
ing"
New Talkie Inventor.
WARSAW-An absent-minded Po-
lish inventor who hired safe deposit
boxes and then forgot about them is
held by the Polish press to be the real
father of the talking picture. The
press nominates Alexander Pruszko-
exact whereabouts unknown-for the
honor of having given the movies a
voice.
According to the accounts pub
lished here, Pruszko hired q box In q
Warsaw bank in 1925. In 1928, he
went to America and since then
hasn't been heard from; so the bank
opened the box and found a bundle
of technical documents, including a
certificate issued by the Warsaw So
ciety Of Technical Students in 1903
stating that Pruszko had worked out
the principle of sound reproduction on
film.
At the request of the bank, the So
Ciety is searching its records for fur
ther details.
Royalty Uses Subway.
LONDON-When London's Winter
fogs are thickest. even royal princes
prefer the subway. The other day
King Georges fourth son, the Duke
OF Kent, was seen by astonished OIL
cials to abandon his crawling auto
mobile and enter q subway station.
Food for Dead.
LONDON.-Wines, fruit and food
hedped by the bedside of q ,oom-
ans skeleton. dead at least tuo
years, ,oere found 1D'aen fire broke
out tn the home of tino aged sisters
at Altrinchan,, Cheshire.
Firenlen discovered the nuunpi.
flied remains OF the elder sister.
Elizabeth Salisbury, wrapped snug
ly in a bed-chair. Remnants of
dinner, including ttDo plates and
t,oo cups and sducers, sho,ued that
the other sister, Maria, "dined"
tDtth the skeleton.
"The younger sister spent most
of her time, day and night, at
tending the skeleton" peighbor
testified. "She believed it tpas still
aliue.
when people asked ho,o her
sister soGs. she al,uays said she ,ras
getting on uery ,Dell and that she
,Oas getting over her illness nicely.
She Das al,uays optin1istic and
cheerful about it,"
Tablet to Oldest Newspaper.
AUGSBURG.-A memorial tablet
will be affixed to . 400-year -old house
here, where what Is claimed as the
worlds oldest printed newspaper, the
"Aviso," nrst appeared In January,
1909.
Dr. walter Heise, expert IN nsws-