Evening star., 1940-12-01

one side when members Of the Ma
tional Sociological Society went to
Rumbling Bald Mountain in North
Carolina to solve the mystery Of the
roars that resound from the caves
in the granite cliffs. Members OF
the society determined that the
rumblings, which had mystified ma
tives of the region for years, were
caused by giant boulders breaking
loose at the top Of the crevices and
tumbling into the bottom of the
caves, the sides of which acted as q
sounding board. But the old noun
taineer who guided the party to the
mouth of one Of the mysterious
caves said, with logic enough, Ain 7
lost nothin' in thar, so awl Jest sit
here and wait"
Mississippi River cruises Of the
Gordon G. Greene will be revived on
February 16. when the characteristic
steamboat sails from Cincinnati on
a special 21-day mardi gras trip to
New Orleans.
When the r. M. S. Britannia sailed
100 years ago from Liverpool for the
United States and thus launched the
Olnard Line, it carried only 64 pas
sengers. The little steam side
wheeler. displacing only 1000 tons,
reached Boston, via a call at Halifax
in IA days and 8 hours. The SUPER
liner Queen Mary crossed from Eng
land to New York in days 81 hours
and 48 minutes.
The lowest temperature recorded
In Bermuda since 1910 was 43
degrees. on January IL, 1928. Last
year, the ofncial thermometer never
feel below so.
Nagoya, third largest city in
Japan, lies between Toxic, the first
and Osaka, the second greatest
metropolis and Is often called Chu-
kyo, or "City in Between"
Before Peru undertook its recent
intensive highway development pro-
gram, many towns and cities rela-
lively short distances apart were
isolated from one another A system
Of coastal roads has begun to link
ports that formerly could be reached
only by boat. until aerial transporta-
ton came along. Cities In western
part Of the country were barred from
the east by formidable mountains,
and 1t was so expensive to ship
certain types Of merchandise from
Lima direct to towns only a few
hundred miles distant that 1t was
often put on boat, sent up the west
coast through the Panama Canal
transshipped across the northern
coast and then taken by river
steamer to eastern Peru destina-
tions. Some times goods Travelled
$4,000 miles from Lima to eastern
Peru-by boat through the Canal to
New York, back down to the east
coast Of South America and finally
by river steamer.
Cigar makers in Havana's larger
factories pay for the services Of the
reader, whose clear voice gives out
the news in the papers, short stories
In magazines and even novels as
others toll. The group being the
readers employer, they can decide
what they wish to hear and lay out
the verbal itinerary by vote.
Previously recorded has been the
longest perfectly straight stretch of
railroad track in the United States
Seaboard Airlne's 1896 miles be-
tween Hamlet and Wilmington, in
North Carolina. The longest curve
is the Pontchartrain curve on the
Illinois Central between Ruddock
and Tunity, La. Skirting the
western shore of Lake Pontchar-
train, 1t extends nearly 9la miles.
After the traditional Christmas
on the mainland, the American can
catch a boat in time to enjoy
another in Puerto Rico-the Day
of the Three Kings on January 8.