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Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-05-20
WPA ucitelem jednoho
milionu anaIfabetH.

Mindly tyden dokoncil mill
onty student kurs gramotno-
sti, f1zeny vzdelavatelem Cd
delen1m 1radu Works Pro-
gress Administration. Byl Jim
Walter Donaldson, ktery zije
Sc zenou a osmi detmi We sru-
bove chate V hornate krajine
Zapadn1 Virginie.
Pan Donaldson naj1ma 81 cd
bratf1 FarellG sedm akr6 p1dy
ma strani kopce a pestuje tam
kukurici a brambory. Kdyz
potfeboval v dflvejsfch letech
neco podepsati, musela tax CT
nit "a n6ho jeho zena. Tehdy,
poole SLOW sameho p. Donald
soma, byl "osiditelny."
Jeho obydlf je takrka 1plne
odflznuto cd okoln1ho sv6ta. I
kdyz je v let6 sucho, je dosti
nesnadno dostati Sc k chate.
Jedine nakladn1 automobily,
$ dvojitymi koly obtocenymi
fetezem mohou prijeti az k do
mu, nen1 proto divu, re mensf
deti Donalsonovy nikdy jeste
nespatfily automobil osobni,
tim meme biograf. Take radio
az dosud neslysely. o tako-
vych to zazracich moderni
techniky ucf Sc pouze v jedno-
tf1dce, jej1z budova lei u sto-
ku dvou Ticek.
Ones zaT1vajf okna teto
male skoly az do tiny pozdnf-
no vecera a pc stran1ch m1ha-
j Sc drobne bludicky, lucerny
V upracovanych rukach muz6
a Zen, spechajfc1ch do lidovy-
chovnych kursG WPA.
Million lid1 kterf, sc naucili
v posledn1ch letech c1st a psat,
zije roztrouseno pc celych
Spojenych Statech cd New
Yorku az pc Kalifornii. Jejich
vek kol1sa cd 16 do 80 let.
Jsou mezi mimi poloindianst1
zemedelst1 delnici, pTivedeni
sem pred lety z Mexika ma OBJ
delavan1 repnych poll, jsou
mezi mimi cernostf sberaci ba-
Why a zamestnanci pTadelen.
Mnoho mezi mimi .je zen, ca
sto pristehovalkyn, ktere pro-
lilly pill sveho zivota v jedi
mem m1ste, aniz by bl1ze poz-
naly zemi, jez je jejich druhou
vlast1. Jejich d6ti jsou Anne
ricany, ale ony samy nerozu-
mely ami vysvedceni, jez jim
deti pfinasely re skoly.
Toto je druh lid1, ktery Sc
dnes uc1 c1sti noviny, psati
dopisy a provadeti jednodu-
che pocetn1 1koly We trfdach
WPA. Jest6 pred casem ku-
povali 81 noviny jen proto, ably
nekde ma verejnosti d6lali do
jem, re uni c1st; jest6 pred ca
sem pfichazeli O praci proto,z
nedbali vystraznych znamenf,
jez 81 neumeli precfsti. Jedna
zena v Buffalo chlubila Sc, re
dostala cd syna telegram, a re
81 no tentokrat mohla pfec1st
sama. "Sousedi ted uz nemu-
81 vsechno vedet," prohlasila S
uspokojen1m.
Cinnost ucitel1 byla usnad-
nena sestaven1m prve ucebnice
pro dosp6l6 zaky, nazvan6
"My First Book, v n1z sc o.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-05-20

k devceti vabf, to bych ii mo-
nj flci, ale jak nova laska v
nasem srdci vyklfcf, toho Wy
sv6tliti nedovedu."
"Tak uz mic! Nevis tedy
take vsecko!" Marta ovinula
kolem :jeho krku a "a
mu 1sta polibkem.
(KONEC.)
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-05-20

WI, dumal: eco jsou mi ty pc
n1ze platny? Vzdyt ia ami ne
vim, jak bych je mel u~tratiti?
Ukladati? Pro koho? Ano,
kdybych mel zenu! Kdyby La
byla Viva a byla moi zenou.
iakou radost by mela, kdybych
j pfinesl tolik pencil"
Vzdychl 81 pTi te vzpomfn-
ce smutne. Co to lie jen ma
pablo? Zda-li skutecne chtela
ustoupiti Marie? A ted, vzpo-
menuv 81 ma Martu, pocftil
zvlastnf rozpaky. Co 81 O mem
baronka pomysli? Jeste neod-
povedel ma jej1 dopis a ona ia
Ike w nepsala. Naposledy no
povazuj1 "a neotesance. Must
tam j1ti, vysvetliti jim, re byl
zasnouben. Druheho dine by
la nedele, vydal Sc ma navste-
WI k Hochkirchovym; cestou
jeste nevedel, jak 81 tam Dude
pocinati, jenom to vedel .jiste.
re slusnost vyzaduje, ably OBJ
jasnil sve jednanf.
Kdyz stoupal pc schodech
znameho domu u Tet6zoveho
mostu, jeSte mel chut vratiti
Sc, ale jakasi neodolatelna
moe pudila no do pTedu. Kdyz
u dvefl zazvonil, prisla mu o.
tevf1ti Marta. Spatrivsi no,
zarazila Sc, snad no hned ne
poznala v obcanskem odevu,
ale potion rozjasnila Sc jeii
tvaf 1smevem a v1tala no ra-
dostne. Take baronka byla
pfekvapena, ale oblicej jeif
jevil s%pokojeny vyraz. POW
dalo Sc, hlavne ovsem O tom,
jak Sc Jindfichovi posledni me
Size vedlo, ale ma vlastni dcel
dnesnf jeho n~avstevy rec ne
pTisla, take O SVEN dopisu Sc
baronka nezm1nila. Posedeli,
pohovorili, a kdyz Jindfich
odchazel, byl pozvan, ably zas
pTisel. A JindTich prisel. Do
chazel potion k Hochkircho-
wynn kazde ned6le a tyto nav
stevy staly Sc mu zahy tax mi
lymi, re Sc cely tyden tesil ma
ned6li.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-05-20
BL \: z ~ To-. "a:
Vsednf prMh. Napsal BEDRICH MORAVEC.
VIII.

WILL
Dostavila sc velka jarn1 O.
bleva, Vltava Sc rozvodnila a
led jejf popukav, odplul do
dalky. Ma kamen6m moste
staly zastupy lidf a divaly Sc
ma "velkou vodu". Ma retezo-
VEN most6 Sc Tide zastavovati
nesmeli, tam straznfci kazde-
no hned vyzvali, ably Sci dale.
Ma kamenem moste NELL vsak
Prazaci sve kazdorocni jarn1
bezplatne divadlo. Hlavni We
CT bylo, poznati Poole barry
ledu, z ktere reky Sc prihnala
velka voda. Kdyz plul led re
lenave barry, tvrdili znalci, re
je to led z Otavy; kratce pred
polednem hnaly sc fecistem
Spinav6 kry, die dsudku znal-
cn pochazej1c1 z Berounky. Y
te dob6 hladina vodnf pojed-
nou znacne stoupla a hned ne
kdo vysvetloval okolostojlc1m,
re Sc "a Plznf strhal Kama
teich". Kterysi znalec vysvet-
loval, re Sc ten rybnfk jmenu-
je Javornicky, a re je pry az u
Strfbra. A nasli Sc V zastupu
posm6vackove, tvrdic1, re Sc o
tom Kanateichu pov1da kazdy
rok O velke vode, a nikdy pry
to pravda nen1, muscle pry by
to pTece byti novinach.
V tom nekdo vykTikl zdeSe-
ne, re ma druh6 stran6 mostu
n6jaka zenska skocila pres "a
bradl1 a pohl1zel do vody. Ne
vid6li vsak mic. NekteT1 b6ze-
Ii k mostecke brane, ably to O.
znamili straznikovi, ktery tn
stall. Pfisel k lidem a vyptaval
sc, kdo tn zenskou videl a jak
%vypadala. PTihlasilo Sc neko-
lik sv6dkG, ale kazdy nestast-
nici popisoval jinak. Kdosi
povfdal: "Vsecko je marn6. u
tloukly il ledy We chvili."
JeSt6 chv1li lid hovoTil O tie
zensk6 a straznfk nekam ode
sci pro pomoc.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-05-20

V elegantne zaf1zenem bytu
v prvnfm poschod1 ma Kralov-
ske tT1de v Karl1ne sedeli jed
noho dine mlad1 manzele jim
dTich a Marta. Rozpfedla Sc
mezi mimi nasleduj1c1 rozmlu-
va:
"Vzpomfnas nekdy ma Izu?"
"Ovsem, drahousku, memo
hu pTece zapomenouti ma dew
&c, ktere tax ochotne obetova-
10 sv1j zivot jedine proto, a
bych mohl byti S tebou stas-
ten"
"Tedy mne milujes vice, nez
Izu?"
20 tom nenf pochybnosti,
Vzdyt isl moj1 zenou!"
ely isl takovy mudrc, vse-
mu rozum1s a vsecko Wis, neco
mi tedy v~ysvetli! Jak je MOI
nym, re Wy muzi dovedete mi
lovati jine devce, kdyz vas O.
sud S prvn1 milenkOu rowe
de? ia te mela rada hned cd
prvn1ho setkanl a poznala
jsem, re jsem te vlastne milo
vala uz jake hocha. Kdybys
nebyl mou lasku opetoval, ne
byla bych uz do smrti jineho
muze milovala. A Wy muzi mi
lujete, a kdyz devcete milova-
neho nedostanete, milujete "a
Sc jine. Jak to vlastne je? Co
vas k tomu druhemu d6vceti
vab1?"
Jindfich Sc usmal. eco mas
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-05-20


JeSt6 chvili lid hovoTil O tie
zenske a strazn1k nekam ode
sci pro pomOc.
JindTich pTiSel V sobotu Cd
poledne do bytu d6ln1ka, u ne
hoz LA bydlela. Byl uz pTi-
praven ma cestu a cht6l S Izou
odej1ti primo ma nadrazf.
"Kde je Iza?" tazal sc, vstou-
piv do bytu a nespatTiv il tn.
"Nev1m, pane inzenyre,"
odv6til bytny. "Odesla rano
a k ob6du jeste nepTisla. Ma
me s%tarost. Jeste to nikdy ne
ud6lala."
JindTich 81 sedl a cekal, po-
hl1zeje chv1lemi netrpeliv6 ma
hodiny. CHM vice hodiny ubf-
haly, tim vice staval sc netrpe-
livym. liza nepTichazela. Mi
nula konecne hodina, kdy We
cernf Wax odj1zdel re Smlchov
skeho nadraz1 a LA nepTisla.
Jindfich uz sc vidal nadeje ma
Odjezd; ted uz jen cekal, al Sc
LA vrat1, ably mu Tekla, proc
zmafila odjezd.
Pojednou zmocnila Sc jim
dficha t1sniva obava. Coz ie-
still no LA opustila, ably nemu-
sila jeti S MIN do Plzne? Mela
Z te cesty takovy strach. Ale
kde by mohla ted byt? Kan
Sc uchylila? A pojednou We
del, kde LA je. Dob6hne tam
a vsecky ty vrtochy il rozmlu-
vi. Chopiv sc klobouku, chva-
tai do zidovsk6ho mesta. kde
LA bydllvala u sevce. Byl pew
ne pfesv6dcen, re Sc uchylila
do sveho stareho bytu.
Svec jeste Sill pri sv9tle pc
trolejove lampy, kdyz sem jim
dfich vrazil s otazkou ma
rtech: "Je u vas Iza?"
Svec d1val sc chvili ma jim
dficha udiven6, nemoha no po-
znati; dlouho no nevidel. Pc
znala no vsak sevcova a vysve-
tlovala muzi: "VfS, to lie ten
pan, co 81 vydrzoval tn Raimo-
vou." Ted sc teprve svec u
pamatoval.
"a ona jim utekla?" tazal
Sc. mo, to je pekne. U mas
neni. A jak Sc to, prosimich
stalo?"
Jindrich, &C s nemalym Sc
bezapfenim, musel vypravova-
tt, re la rano odesla re sveho
bytu a do vecera sc nevratila.
"A ia uz vim, jak to ie."
poVfdal svec a sevcova mu Five
svedcila. "Majf to tax! Kdyz
V Praze nejdou takove holce
ksefty, jede do Nemecka. We
rel mi, re jela do Nemecka.
kdyz Sc jich nabazila. To vedf,
z takove holky nebude poTad-
ma zenska, kdyby celou Easy
pail pencil. Je zvykla tomu
zivotu, a kdyz to ma nj sedne,
utece z nejlepsfho mista. To
vedl, re to znam, kdyz je nam
pofad ma kvartyru. A ia Raj
nova taky O tom caste pow
dala, re il v Praze vsecko mr.
ri, a re by Sc rada podivala do
Lajbciku, kan holky z Prahy
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-05-20

- - -
Bylo ku konci leta. Zahrad-
nix Rous S dvema chasnfky "a
leval pilne zeleninu ma zaho-
mech. Byl dosud statny muz
tento stry zenista a jeho zrza-
w vous nejevil dosud zadne
zmeny sve barry. Ia to jeho
manzelka, sedfc1 pred 1hled-
nym domkem a pletouc punco-
chu, byla uz celia sediva. Pred
vchodem do zahrady zastavila
drozka a z nj vystoupil jim
dfich S Martou. Kdyz vesli do
zahrady, kraceli prostTedni
cestou k domku. Rous poznal
Jindricha hned, shrnul rychle
vyhrnute spodky ma bosych no
hou a special mezi zahony k
domku, kde Sc zat1m JindTich
w l1bal S matkou. Dobehl sem
a sevrel Jindricha v naruc:
"V1tam te! Je to dost, re isl Sc
pTece jednou odhodlal navst1-
viii stare rodice."
Rousova prohl1zela 81 Mar
tn, ktera il S, 1smevem podava-
la ruku: "Prominte, pant Pc
pi 49," Dale Sc nedostala.
"Boz1nku, to je baronesa
Marital" zvolala Rousova v
nejvets1m prekvapeni. estate
stejna, jake kdyz byla malic-
ka. A jake nahode dekujeme
Ia takovou vzacnou navste-
vu?"
Gale maminko, vzdyt Mar
ticka je moi nevestou a pTece
jsem yam sl1bil, re YAM svou
nevestu privezu ukazat, nez Sc
ozenim," small Sc Jindrich.
Rous vytrestil udivene oci a
zakroutil 81 radostne sv1j mo-
hutny kn1r, Rousova spraskla
udiven1m ruce. Toho dine by
10 v zahradn1m domku u Rou-
ST mnoho radosti mezi ctyTmi
Stastnymi lidmi.
Smyrna times., 1938-08-25
Canada's Drouth Is Laid
to Recession of Glaciers

Toronto, Ont-The climate Of
Canada was hotter than the tropics
400. 100000 years ago, according to
Madeleine Fritz, Of the Royal On
tario Museum of Paleontology. and
now an age of drouth is foreseen
by Dan MCGOWAN. Canadian natur-
alist.
DR.. Fritz says that between three
hundred and four hundred million
years ago coral reefs abounded on
the southwestern fringe Of Ontario.
and sponges lived in the seas over
Hamilton; sea lilies, kind Of she'll
fish, fiourished on the present site
Of Peterborough.
The prairie provinces, about the
driest place in the Dominion were
a great inland sea $4,000, 900 years
ago, she theories.
MCGOWAN b1ames the recession of
Rocky Mountain glaciers for drouth
conditions in western Canada. IF
the glaciers keep on receding in the
next fifty years as they have in the
last half century the rivers viii be
nothing more than rivulets," he be-
lieves.
Smyrna times., 1938-08-25
Sand In Colorado Yields
Bone of Ancient Animal

Colorado Springs.-A fragment of
some large bone, believed to have
been from the skeleton of some pre-
historic animal. was removed from
the city gravel pit and scientists are
seeking other parts of the skeleton.
The fragment was found lodged
next to large rock. A study of the
strata in the bank where it was
found indicated by the straight lines
that the place was once a shore line
of some large body of water and the
monster, part of whose skeleton was
found, had been buried when the
land was dry.
Scientists have been unable to de-
termine whether the bone was from
a mastodon or dinosaur.
Part Of the skeleton Of a dinosaur
was discovered at one time in the
Garden Of the Gods and several
years ago bones. said to be part of
the skeleton Of a three-toed horse,
were found in the gravel pit at Man
itou Springs. suburb of Colorado
Springs.
Scientists had searched this area
for evidence that three-toed horses
had existed here after skeletons of
four-toed horses were discovered.
The three-toed horses were only two
or three feet tall
Smyrna times., 1938-08-25
STUDENTS GIVE
WRY REPLIES
Checkers Get Laughs Out on
Educational Tests
Held
PLAN OF EXAMINATIONS

Albany.-Inspectors of the New
York state department of education
found many chuckle in regents
examination answer papers, accord
ing to DR.. Warren w. Knox, director
OF the division Of examinations and
testing.
In checking the papers, inspec-
tors found the following answers:
Jefferson found a little verse in
the Constitution whereby he could
annex Louisiana.
Before 1860 the negro was cot
tons closest friend"
Cuba is Key West from Florida"
THE chief executive of the United
States is the electric chair"
ITO find the log of two-thirds,
subtract the log Of three from the
log of two and find the monoIogue
of the difference"
The people, if allowed to choose
the President directly, would per-
haps nominate him because of his
likeness to animals or some uncan-
ny thing which might some time get
a bad President, or then, on the
other hand. good President
"A monitor is one who speaks in
a monotone"
Election is the taking Of vote
to see whether the people want the
nominee to hold the office or his
opponent"
''Rosseau introduced the gelatine
which was used to cut off the heads
Of many thousands of people"
THE American taxpayer is al
ready overburdened with debts"
AT the primaries, numerous
nominees are boiled down until one
is selected"
In colonial days it took one week
for news to get to England from
Virginia on horseback"
When two quantities are in pro
portion. they are in proportion by
decomposition"
'The scientific attitude Of the
mind means the way in which many
minds have gone insane and a way
to cure it.
Smyrna times., 1938-08-25

as chairman and A. A. Davis, sec
retary. Howard E. Lynch, Jr.,
president Of the school board, ex-
planned that overcrowding at the
present building created situa-
tion which only a new structure
could remedy There are now l.
100 pupils enrolled. He said the
project embraces an elementary
school, remodeling of the present
building for the junior-senior high
school grades, and space to house
the town library, now on the sec
ond floor of City Hall. Plans also
include a combination gymnasium
and auditorium in a separate build
ing. The elementary school would
include a completely equipped cafe
terra. At present the cafeteria is
housed in one of the school rooms.
Smyrna times., 1938-08-25
6armen Forced to Note
Black List in Cape Town

cape Town.-If the barrnan in a
eape Town hotel peers intentIy at
4 customer and then consults a LIST
penind the bar before serving the
peer i is because he does not want
70 be fined.
or In Cape Town there is an Of.
nclal black list" and the names
oh II comprise all sorts of people
native !. and European. A man on
:, ,ne niack list cannot purchase liquor
iegally. He may not enter bar or
On-Hcense. and must not have iq-
uor In his possession. And it is an
oIense to serve such a person.
reople get on the black list large
y owing to affidavits sworn by reIa-
yves. They are blackIisted for six
Z WE'VE months. The ban. how.
. eyef' is only operative in the dis.
ti - Wnere it is issued, so the vic
I'm may 60 to a neighboring town
ana ouy all the liquor he wants.
Smyrna times., 1938-08-25
HIGH SCHOOL
PROJECT, DOVER
Dover Would Finance Half of
S45O,OO0 Needed By a
Bond Issue
PLANS OF EDUCATORS

Taxpayers of Dover will vote at
a special election on September 8
on a proposed bond issue to finance
Dover's share of a S450,0G0 school
building. It will cost Dover about
$3.50 900. A PWA grant is expect
ed to provide the remainder. The
project was explained at a previous
meeting of the Dover Board of Ed
ucation and representatives of
civic organizations. A citizens
committee was formed to assist in
the project with John P. LeFevre
Smyrna times., 1938-08-25
Come to luncheon"

words are constantly changing.
apple" for instance, comes from
sne m Angio-Saxon "aeppel. and once
everyone in Britain called it map
PIE, The word butterfly" was orig
many "hutter by" a more appro-
priate description. Luncheon was
once luncheon" and, in fact, nun
sheon ~. Is still an alternative word.
,r.a .nougn seldom used. says London
-0its Magazine. In olden times
iaoorers in the fields disliked work.
IIs 10 the monday heat, so they
summed 1t and came in for a meal,
W. Tliieh was known as ''noonchion.
mere are many other words in the
English language which have be-
I'm. sonie twisted in the course Of cen
a. ies-though a horse was never
= morse. as some would have it.
Smyrna times., 1938-08-25
Automobile Horn Blowing
Muffled i'm jackson, Miss.

Jackson, Miss.-Walter A. Scott.
MAYOR for twenty-one years, halls
eradication of automobile horn blow
ing and invites "all good citizens
with tangled nerves from the blare
of horns" to move here.
Scott attributed the success OF thC
antinoise campaign to publicity
and educational campaign before :
city ordinance was passed four
months ago.
Smyrna times., 1938-08-25

Parsonage in Chesapeake City.
Rev. Caldwell, pastor Of the church
performed the ceremony. They
were attended by Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Shallcross, of Middletown.
The bride was attired in aqua crepe
with brown accessories. Following
the ceremony the bride and groom
left for wedding trip to the Po-
como Mountains, and on their re-
turn will reside in MiddIetown.
Smyrna times., 1938-08-25
Finish War Chapels
in Foreign Lands

Washington. - Completion of
the construction of American
monuments and memorial chap
els in the eight American World
var military cemeteries in
France, Belgium and England
was announced recently by the
American battle monument COM
mission, headed by Gen. John j.
Pershing.
The work has been in progress
for more than ten years, in con-
formity with an act Of congress in
1923. Dedication ceremonies will
be held next July, twenty years
after America entered the war.
Smyrna times., 1938-08-25
New Plant For Harrington

According to announcement made
last week Harrington will get a
new industry. The Ace Manufac-
turing Company will occupy the
Sol Edmund building on the boule-
ward. The company will make
women's and children's dresses cat
ering to two dress houses in New
York. Irving Hochberg is presi-
dent and Arthur Fox secretary
treasurer. When operating at full
capacity the owners say they ex-
pect their payroll to be about S75,-
900 annually. They may need 100
workers.
Smyrna times., 1938-08-25

regulation of parking, on South
Governors avenue between North
street and Minor street. The new
ordinance is designed to eliminate
both all day and all night parking
in this area, restricting future
parking to two hours between the
hours of 7.30 a. m. and 2 a. m.
Smyrna times., 1938-08-25
Fairess-LIoyd NuptiaIs, Dover

Miss Kathryn Fairess, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles NJ F'airess
of Dover, and Raymond Lloyd, also
of Dover, son of Mrs. Bertha Lloyd
of Bridgeville, were married in the
Dover NJ. P. Church on Thursday
night, August 10th, Rev. L. E.
Haddaway officiating They will
reside in Dover.
Smyrna times., 1938-08-25
Wedding at wyoming, saturday

Miss Dorothy L. Baker, of Wy
oming, has chosen next Saturday.
August 27, as the date of her mar
riage to T. Edgar Townsend, Jr.,
of Magnolia The wedding will
take place in the Methodist Epis-
copaI Church at Wyoming.
Smyrna times., 1938-08-25
Observation-Disclosures Wedding

Miss Thelma M. Buckworth,
daughter of Mr.. Edward Buck
worth, of Chesapeake City, Md,
and Mr.. Earl A. Roberts, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Roberts, of near
Middletown, were united in mar
riage Tuesday evening of last
week at eight o'clock at the M. Z.
Smyrna times., 1938-08-25
Dover's New Parking Regulation

Dover City Council has taken an
other step in the way of better
traffic enforcement in Dover when
at the recent monthly meeting of
that body a new ordinance was
adopted providing for the better
Smyrna times., 1938-08-25
ALCAZAR RUINS
A WAR SHRINE
Fortress of Spain's Civil War
a Source of Revenue For
NatiOnalistS
TURNED INTO MUSEUM

Toledo, Spain.-The insurgents
are conserving the massive ruins
Of the Alcazar as the No. / shrine Of
Spain's civil war.
General Franco has directed that
the old fortress, reduced to pile
Of rocks and mortar, be kept as
nearly as possible in exactly the
same condition as when his troops
rescued 1,4O0 insurgents from it in
the fall of 1886.
The ruins have become a source
Of revenue to the Nationalist gov
ernment. Hundreds Of persons who
visit the old military school daily
pay an admission fee of two pc
setas.
Expect Tourist Trade.
When the war is over-the Ma
tionaists take it for granted they
will win-Toledoans count on the
ruins attracting thousands Of tour
lists whose pesetas will not only
benefit local merchants but also
help the Nationalist government pay
the cost of the war.
Red-bereted guides relate in de-
tail how insurgent soldiers and their
families held out in the castle
against artillery bombardment and
dynamite mines from July q to
September q, 1886.
From the outside the thick-walled
fortress appears to have been total
ly destroyed. But within the wreck
age has been carefully propped and
put in condition for sightseers to
view the relics without hazard.
In one corner Of the building, bur-
led under pile of rock, remains
an unexploded dynamite mine.
The guides explain, however, that
the explosives probably have dete-
riorated.
Turned Into Museum.
What was formerly the COM
mandant's Office has been convert
ed into museum. Two American
made motorcycles are exhibited as
the power used by the besieged in
surgents to turn the grist which
ground the wheat for their bread.
The exhibits include machine guns,
rifles, crutches made from brooms,
hard bits Of bread baked in an oven
which the insurgents built in one
Of the easements, and automobile
batteries. from which a radio was
operated.
The telephone through which the
commandant Colonel Moscardo,
now a general on Frances staff, in
formed the besiegers that his band
would be blown to bits rather than
surrender is prominently displayed.
Exhibited with it is another tele-
phone, described as the one through
which the besiegers talked to Mos
cardo.
IT was through this telephone
mat the Reds told Colonel Mos
cardo they would execute his son
unless ne surrendered" the guides
relate. He refused to surrender
and the Reds shot his SON."