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G.S. DIPLOMATS FARES
EXPLANATIONSHIP CANAL
SHIP CANAL ACROSS FLORIDA
OF TO-DAYS CARTOON
Shot Out His Appendix
MAPTAIN. Stanley Beatty of
the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department recently shot) whom the alling one and seriously wound-
one
195-MILE LONG CUT
CONTEMPLATED
LINKING THE ATLANTIC TO THE GULF OF MEXICO
(By Douglas Williams)
Gulf
ports
around
much 33
American diplomats and consuls it out with two escaped convicta the Editor, and be accompanied by in distant posts, for the Writer's Name and Address House Appropriations Committeeing the other. Captain Beatty not necessarily for insertion, but has just voted £20,000 to pay their
was shot during the battle, fares home for overdue leave, are bullet, entering his body in the ļas a guarantee of good faith.
worse off in this respect than their abdomen, completely and cleanly British colleagues
amputating his appendix. Beatty Salaries in the United States was rushed to the baspital and at- In one of the most ambitious,due allowance for fog and other Foreign Service in any case tend tended by Dr. Hobson, Police adertakings of its character since hampering conditions, it will re- to be far smaller than in the Department surgeon, who found the completion of the Panama quire 25 hours for average transit British Diplomatic and Consular that the assailant's bullet had Canal, the US Army Engineer of the canal by a vessel moving Services
severed the appendix as perfectly Corps last month started prelimi-at 102 knots. Owing to the Federal economy as a surgeon's knife could have nary work for the construction of Vessels serving drive two or three years ago they done it. The intestine was closed, a great ship cabal through the (which now have to sall have become even smaller. Training For Fitness
the wound dressed, and Captain State of Florida. linking the At-Florida) may save as It was revealed that 259 Ear Beatty recovered without any lantic Ocean with the Gulf of two and a half days when.... the We used to flatter ourselves eign Service officials were overdue complication or infection.
Mexico.
jeanal is in use. Supporters of the with the conviction that in the for leave. Of these 118 are post-
The new waterway, 195 miles project claim that such a saving cult of exercise and physical fit-fed so far away that the return ress Great Britain led the fare is prohibitive.
Members world. For some time past the
of the British Con- organised and systematic deve-sular Service get half their total lopment of national physique leave expenses paid once abroad and accumulating evid- two or, in some cases, three years. of the Diplomatic the failure of large Members ence of numbers of our people to attain Service do not get their, fares!
and full bodily efficiency have been paid, but their allowances weakening this comfortable frais de representation continue. faith. A year ago, at the suy-during their furlough. gestion' of the then Minister of Health. Lord Kennet, the Bri-soCIALISTS' HUMOUR tish Medical Association
ap-
+
IN TERROR OF long will be known as the Atlantic of time would be equivalent to an
every
DOGS
Man Chased Into Sea
will Gulf Ship Canal, and
run actual economy to shipping From Jacksonville in the north- terests alone of £1,500,000. The east part of the State to a point project is being financed, with near Fort Inglis on the Gulf. funda from Work-Relief in order Its total cost is estimated at to provide employment. Work was nearly £30,000,000 and it will re-actually begun in September, by jquire several years for its con-Col. Breton Somervell, of the |struction, the time depending Army Engineers, after President The death of a man who lived in upon how rapidly funds are made Roosevelt had inaugurated terror of dogs was described at available by the Government for scheme.
Pembroke the inquest at
Dock the work.
Preliminary Work last month on William Hitching. The chief advantages `of `the| Work now under way is only The verdict was drowning by acnew waterway will be threefold preliminary, consisting of clear-
the
pointed a committee to report] A-story of the Austrian Socidentally falling into the sea. 1-It will substantially shorten ing away of trees and under- upon the methods necessary to cialists' underground struggle One morning Hitchings was the sailing time between New York growth and making preparations improve the physique of the against the present regime is go-seen running towards the sea near and Gulf parts.
for the letting out of contracts nation. They have come to the ing the rounds from Vienna. his house, chased by a barking 2-It will bring about decreas-for actual construction operations. conclusion that there are grave Recently one of their central dog. Later his body was recovered rates.
Considerable disappointment has evils to be remedied. Physical depots for the distribution of ed from the water.
3.-It will eliminate the hazards been expressed by active sponsors education in the schools leaves legal Socialist literature Tas A son, Frederick George Hitch- of navigation around the tip of of the Canal that the first alloca- much to be desired, in the uni-raided by the police
ings, said at the inquest that in Florida. versities it is neglected, and the Learning of the loss at once the 1915 two Alsatians jumped against
Proposed Route arrangements for the continued secret. Central Committee warned his father and terrified him. Since physical training of those who their couriers mat to fetch then he had been obsessed with a These dangers were well have ceased to attend school their usual packets of leaflets in fear of dogs. are very unsatisfactory. They rucksacks from the depot.
A week before a
BOO.
think it safe to estimate that 40 At the same time they put a Gordon Hitchings, Was per cent of the population be advertisement in a paper offering hanged. tween the ages of 14 and 40 high wages for an office messen- have no adequate physical reger. This gave the address creation, with results evidenced the illegal depot. and said, "Only "the examples of physical ex-Heimwehrmen with documents deterioration 50 common 114
in
the development of physical education.
We may therefore
assume
of
apply
Ition of funds' was limited to a isum of £1,000,000, and Senator Duncan Fletcher, of Jacksonville. illus-has announced that he will de trated in the accident last sum-wand an additional allotment of William mer to the ss. Dixie among the at least £4,000,000 within the next
found Florida Keys, when several hun- ten months.
dred passengers were in serious More cynical observers frankly danger of losing their lives.
express the opinion that the received The proposed route for the canal meagre first instalment HERRING INDUSTRY APPEAL
starts from the Atlantic at Jack-is simply a conciliatory gesture
St A resolution urging the Govern-River to Palatka
sonville, follows the John's with a political purpose, and that and Satsuma, it will be a long time before funds ment to come to the aid of the then continues through the low, are forthcoming int sufficient herring fishing industry was un-
daily life." Severe as this in proving they fought against the
in 1934 need Socialists dictment is, its general justice They must bring rucksacks." is not to be disputed. It has. Within three hours the So-animously adopted at a conference level Florids plain, making use volume to permit of substantial indeed, been foreseen, and earlycialists had the malicious satisfac-at Aberdeen last month of near here and there of lakes and rivers, progress being made.
through Santos wed Dunnellon. Sharp opposition had to be in this year the Board of Edu-ion of seeing 10 of their oppon-100 delegates from practically al and so flows out to the Gulf near overcome before the project cation urged upon local authorl-
the North East ports.
Port Inglis
finally approved. Citrus growers, ties a comprehensive policy for ents duly arrested,
Of the 195-mile length from vegetable farmers, and municipal FIFTEEN NATIONS IN CAMP [deep water to deep water, 100 authorities raised loud objections, miles will follow natural water-on the ground that a "drainage The Earl of Harrowby invited ways. The remaining 95 miles ditch" running from Jacksonville that in remmending imme- The golfing novice finished his 50 ex-Service men from 15 coun-must be completely excavated. The to the Gulf might cut off or con- diate measures to raise the na- game and handed his score-card
1o tries-cx-Allies and ex-exemies—canal proper will have a bottom taminate the underground supply tional standard of efficiency the the secretary. Committee are, as far as the
"Two below bogey!" he remarked Government is concerned, forc- Proudly
protested the official, this ing an open door. We have been is nowhere near bogey!" passing through a period in
The novice looked burt. which local authorities have
"Compare the score," he said, "with
Your Daily Smile!
HIS BOGEY MAN
been obliged to observe strict the figures on the card and you'll see economy. They can hardly be blamed for failure to use their
The seretary looked
"Great Scott, man," he roared. statutory powers to provide fa--that's the length of the course in cilities for physical recreation, yards." but the time has now
come
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#
A PROUD FATHER
Little Jones was holding forth at
when these omissions must be Įmade good. The Committee
emphasise that co-operation is the club.
"Yes," he said mysteriously, "he
of the first importance and ad-can command an audience with one vise the co-ordination of action single word. He can, if he so de- on a national scale by the newly sires, keep a whole roomful of peo- formed Central Council of Re-ple attentice to his needs for hours creative. Physical Training.
on end. His voice, although by no This body, it is proposed, shall thickest walls. And that is not all. means melodious, can penetrate the focus the efforts of the Board He can twist almost anybody round of Education and the many his little Snger; in fact, women stop valuable voluntary
iz the organisa-and kiss hira unshamedly tions which have been labouring street" for the physical welfare not one of his audience. "Who is he-a only of children but of adoles-film star or author?" cents and adults. Such co- "Neither," replied Jones. operation the Government has baby!"
already encouraged.
If it is
supported with adequate funds
"An amazing personality," put in
NOTHING MORE
to camp this month at Sandom width of 250ft, and a depth of of fresh water. Hall, his Staffordshire home. 130ft. Engineers calculate that with (Continued On Page 10)
“BELIEVE IT OR NOT" by Robert L. Ripley
THE TWO SUNS
"OWT
SPRING
FIELD
"Young Rose 'Awkins is goin' abalt!
we shall not need to fear com-sayin' you're in love with 'er, 'Arry- parison with the results obtain-Is that right?"
ed by the centralised and dras- "Garn! Don't tike no notice of "er. tically controlled physical edu-I might 'ave give 'er a clip or two cation of the Continent.
over the ear, but that's all there is in it."
Essential Industries
One of the clearest lessons wide variety of articles, rang- of the Great War was that cer-ing from scientific apparatus tain industries were of such and glass to organic chemicals essential importance to nation and certain metals and minerals. al defence that they must be The Committee is satisfied that maintained in Great Britain. the protection afforded has en- Although in 1921 any general couraged research and fostered policy of import duties was bedevelopment. Some new pro- yond the horizon, it was decid-ducts, it is recommended, should ed to give these industries z be brought within the duty, in protective duty of 33 1-3 per certain cases to prevent eva- cent, which, with certain alter-sion, in other because a use for- ations, was extended to the merly unknown has been de present year. The Committee monstrated. A simplified pro- appointed by the Board of Trade cedure for modification of duty to advise on the continuance of by resort to the Import Duties this systema has now come Advisory Committee is suggest. unanimously to the conclusioned. There can be no doubt that that the duties should be re-proposals so well considered, newed for 10 years more.
practical and opportune will be The industries produce generally approved.
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THE LETTER."A" IS NOT USED
CAPT. STANLEY
BEATTY
of the
KANSAS CITY
POLICE DEPT.
HAD HIS
APPENDIX SHOT OUT
IN A BATTLE
WITH AN
ESCAPING CONVICT