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"Obey' Husbands
Paris.
FRENCH wives are no longer to be required by law
to obey their husbands. The words "the wife owes obedience to her husband" are dropped from the French Civil Marriage Code under a new law voted to-day. Instead the code now reads: "The husband, head of the family
U.S. MAY STICK TO 16in. GUN
62.11
By Otto Janssen United Press Staff Correspondent
Washington. The recent statement at- tributed to a high Japanese authority that 18-inch guns do not exceed 16-inch guns in effectiveness has revived speculation here as to whe- ther the United States may eventually equip its fighting ships with this heavier type of firearm.
The 18-inch gun has never been mounted on any battleships of this nation, and navy officials insist the weapon exists only on paper.
Despite the strict
secrecy
27 that surrounds all matters of ordnance, however, it is known! 14 that research concerning the
efficacy of the 18-inch gun la; "being constantly carried on.
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It is admitted that a weapon of this type would possess enormous destructive power, but many naval ofcials doubt whether its use would be worth the sacrifices that would have to be made along other lines.
The local mayor reads this [code to the bride and bridegroom at every French civil wedding ceremony.
It has never-previously been charged to any great extent since it was introduced in Napoleon's time.
The new law sweeps away a few other restrictions which have been placed on French wives until now and gives them "full exercise their civil rights."
of
A wife no longer needs, as she did previously, to have her hus- band's permission before she can have her own bank account, sign cheques, accept a legacy of even a gift, or sign a contract or sit for a degree at a university.
Mme. Frenchwoman cannot go into business without her husband's ever, choose a separate profession, consent even now. She may, how- but her husband can oppose this if It is contrary to the interesis of their home.
Another law passed a short time ago gave the French wife the right to obtain a passport without having to have her husband's permission.
But still no Frenchwoman, wheihor, married or not, has the right to vote.
SNOWDON'S
HEAD
MEMORIAL - Memorial tower at Menlo Park, N. J., bulit by William Slocum Barstow to the memory of the Inte Thomas A. Edison. Recently completed, 131 feet high, it marks the site of Edison's workshop.
MILLION PEOPLE
UNBOWED DISAPPEAR
Snowdon can continue to hold its head high-3,560 feet high,
New York,
More than 3,000 persons are
It is pointed out, for example, that to be exact for it has been reported lost or missing every the largest guns now used in the officially cleared of most wicked day in the United States, ac- United States fleet, the 10-inch, libel and slander. calibre weapon, weighs 128 tons.
cording to statistics compiled by
-
The 10-inch, 45 calibre gun weighs Sundry jealous, mean-minded the Skip Tracers Company, a 105 tons. Each projectile or shell used
in the 18-Inch guns weighs detractors had declared that private detective agency that rocks on its lofty brow had sunk specialises in locating missing 21,000 pounds.
The next smaller size, the 14-inch, and so deposed it from being persons. 50 calibre gun, weighs 81 tons while highest peak in Wales, which Its projectilen weigh 14,000 pounds honour was claimed for nearby
Carnedd Llewelyn.
each.
WEIGHT VERSUS SIZE
Did you ever? But it's all right now. Mr. T. Owen, Thus, it is pointed out that because Caernarvonshire's county surveyor, of the great amount that an 18-inch representing the Olympian Ordnance gun necessarily would weigh, fewer
Department, has issued his of these weapons and their projectlies Survey Department, has issued his
finding: could .be carried. In smaller, more "flexible" would have to be sacrificed.
addition, weapons
The present 18-inch, 45 calibre guns such as are used on the battle- shipa Colorado, West Virginia and
1. Snowdon-3,560 Ject. Also stands Carnedd Llewelyn- 3,484 feet.
A total number of 1,107,815 per- son were reported lost or missing during the year 1937. Of these, 417,587 were reported to public agencles, such as the Bureau of Miss- ing Persons or police departments, and 800,248 to private agencies.
The statistics reveal that almost twice as
many men disappear as women. About 702,401 of those who disappeared in 1937 were males while 405,354 were females.
WOMEN FIND IT HARD Women find it harder to disappear because of several. reasons, Skjp Tracers sald. In the first place, many women are not equipped to carn their own living. Secondly, they are accustomed to the social protection of a home and
family and
are lost without such protection. Thirdly, they do not as often have A representative of the Snowdon money, of their own with which to
Railway was recently start
ALL MOONSHINE Giving judgment, Mr. Owen said and Maryland can fire their pro- that the reports from Bethesda that jectiles a distance of about 10 milics recent storms had sunk the boulders when the guns are at an elevation
on Snowdon's summit were "all of 30 degrees the elevation at
The
which the
longest distance can be obtained, moonshine." At the same elevation, the 14-inch, 50-calibre guns have a range of over Mountain 35,000 yards more than 16 miles, indignant that Snowdon's supremacy Among the causes for disappear- Guns of this type are used aboard should even be questioned through ances, according to the agency, in- battleships Californin and Bethesda propaganda on behalf of debtedness takes first place. Some Tennessee.
the rival mountain.
580,126 persons disappeared in 1937 Pennsylvania, The battleships
poyment of bills. A member of the Rucksack Club solely to avoid Arizona, Oklahoma and Nevada use
sniffed at Camed Llewelyn's pre- More people disappear because they
have become 14-inch guns of 45 calibre.
involved in financial intentions.
dificulties and fear creditors, or be- maximum range of 21,000 yards can
"Carnedd Llewelyn is nothing like cause they be obtained at a 15 degree elevation.
have been engaging in The penetration power of an 18-as interesting as Snowdon," he said fraudulent practices and afraid that Inch gun undoubtedly would be loftly.
the law will catch up with them, higher than that of any gun now in
thon for any other reason.
UNHAPPY HOMES
Use.
A
The 14-inch, 45-calibre gun
Next in importance as a cause for
one is said to be capable of piercing Laurel's Third disappearances were unhappy condi-
18 inches of armour plate at a dis
tance of 9,000 yards.
In addition the considerable extra weight that an 18-inch gun would involve, the turret upon which is mounted also would have the gun to be heavier and stronger to absorb the terrife recoil such a gun would have.
Press.
Wife Avers:
"I'm Through
A
""
tions
at home, according to the agency. There is only one way out that many men think of, and that is to disappear. This is borne out by the fact that more than 130,060 hus- bands disappeared during 1937,
The third largest number miss- ing persons were sons of those who
themselves and assist their part
Great sacrifices in speed also would
Illiana, third wife of Stan Laurel, reported their disappearances. This have to be made, it is said, if guns much larger than those now used the mournful Lancashire comedian, number has grown considerably in years, particularly were put into commission.-United who became a film star with Oliver the past five or six
Hardy, is in a Hollywood hospital because young men have not been suffering from nervous break-able to find employment to down.
She declared firmly: "I am through who are growing older and whom with Stan. He is through with me." they feel they should be helping, Laurel married Illlana, Russian they disappear to try their luck cise- "blues" singer, on January 1, and where. Generally they intend to their honeymoon was disturbed by write home or come back, but their Mrs. Laurel Number Two, who pride, when they do not achieve the followed them to Mexico.
success they seek, prevents them from doing 80.
Fred Perry
In Tax
Dispute
Matters were patched up when Laurel's third marriage was declared legal.
Illiana has been til for several days, Fred Perry, the British fawn tennis Laurel asked about a break-up of the star, had a dispute over his income marriage, said: "I think everything tax with an American revenue offelal will come out all right." on the aerodrome at Miami, Florida,
Inst week.
HALF RE-APPEAR
The other classifications covering missing daughters, relatives, friends, mothers, heirs, winesses, policy- holders, stockholders, and others al- though small groups Individually, make up a large percentage of 'dis- appearances. In many of there causes the disappearance has been unintentional rather than purposeful. In other words, these are often caseN of t
· People becoming asparated through When he arrived at the airport with
Berlin, time and
and distance and losing track PAN - AMERICAN
Ellsworth Vines, the United States A month of discipline" la being of each other.
ace, also bound for Nassau, be organized for members of the German
Of the
total number of mixing AIRWAYS SYSTEM refused to comply with the regula el Asociation at Bad Oeynhausen. persons 42 per cent were found allom leaving the Ualled The local leader of the association through the efforts of the police and King's Bld",
General Traffic Agents for
This dispute nearly ended in his Girls Try "Discipline being prevented from leaving for Nassau, Bahamas, -
tannie
tions
that
Month"
33131. | States must have paid income tax has decreed that hil members must
must private detectives and 20 per cent. month to take course which includes six per cent, of those reported
aus
previous year's payment epis
Vinci solved a ne problem guaranteeing. Perry a retum,
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