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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
May 1, 1939.
WHITE INDIAN ‘MYTH' IS TRUE EMPIRE
Secret Disclosed
By
BEHIND
Girl's Escape
a range of mountains whose summits even are hidden in dense jungle, in the hinterland of Dutch Guiana, there dwells a tribe of white Indians.
They cannot read or write; they hunt with bows and wooden arrows, for they have no stone to work into weapons and metal they do not know.
They are probably one of the most primitive tribal groups on earth: In the palaeolithic stage of development.
For generations there has been among the swarthy, Indians of the American continent a legend of white Indians. But until now, it has been regarded as
Just another myth. Recently it was proved.
Credit for the discovery goes to
the recent Dutch-French boundary comunission who first penetrated the
area where they live.
News of the race was taken to London by Mr. Ivan Sanderson, who,
wife.
assistant and with his two boys, has completed a
onc
your's
exploration of the virgin jungle of Dutch Guiana, seeking specimens for the British Museum,
white
"I am not an anthropologist," Mr. Sanderson said "but I can tell you of what Dr. Stahel told me. the "We now know that Indians, whom we have all read about is traveller's tales, exist, for one of them--a girl-ns emerged from the unseen country in the Jungle where they live.
CAME FROM ASIA "This girl ran away from her of a family tribe in consequence foud, was enslaved by other Indians, ran away in and reached
eventually
European settlement, where Mrs. Stahel took her into her house. trained her and established some sort of communication with her.
"Where did the tribe come from! Alt the Ultimately from Aslat Indians in the Americas are of Mon=" rajian stock. They crossed via the Behring Strait, and successive waves drove the orginal settlers ever south- ward.
"But this race is either the very first wave that ever came and passed through Mexico before there
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any culture established there, or else they have degenerated culturally further back into primitivity than any other rare in the world."
Aliens May Join Our Army
authorities
Mr. Hore-Belisha, the War Minis- ter, lold Parliament recently that applications from foreign nationals 10 place their services at the disposal of the British military would, in suitabe cases, be consider- ed, particularly where the applicant | could speak English and had pre- vious military training.
Joan Crawford, Aim star, ar- rives in New. York from Holly- wood, with a new-style picture hat and a silky little dachshund. Joan said she planned to have dinner with Franchol Tone, to celebrate their friendly divorce in California by deposition.
5-Minute Wedding For Lady Sibell
AFTER postponing the ceremony three times, Lady Sibell Lygon, sister of Earl Beauchamp, was married at Brompton Oratory "ccently to Mr. Richard Rowley. The ceremony took little more than five minutes.
Special radium treatment at a hospital in New Rotheite,
N. Y., appears to be beating death that seemed inevitable for little Harold Holt, 2 years old, tumour patient, of Pittsburgh........ Pa. Here he in with his nurse. He went by plane to the hos- pital.
Boy Lured To Crime By The Tower Bridge
A REMARKABLE story was
told by Professor
Winifred Cullis at. a luncheon of the Women and Children's Protection Socicty in London recently of a boy who had been influenced to play truant, steal money, and finally a bicycle owing to the influence of Tower Bridge..
The boy had been sent from a juvenile court to an institute of child psychology for treatment, and there his misdeeds were traced to the Tower Bridge.
It appeared that sometime in the past the boy had had some special interest in the bridge. The parents were questioned. At first they could not remember anything. Then the mother said that a long time before the boy had had a picture of the Tower Bridge in his room.
"All the staying away from school," said Professor Cullis, "had been to The boy did try to see the bridge. not know where it was but know that it was somewhere in London.
Four-mile A.R.P. Tunnel For 33,000
DEEP A.R.P. shelter for Rams- gate will be provided by the four-mile long tunnel, sanctioned by Sir John Anderson, which will form a semi-circle under the main part of the town.
33,000,
At a depth of 00 feet it will be seven feet high, six feet wide. With twenty-three entrances, it is cl culated that the whole population, could be underground within quarter
er of an hour of an alarm Being open to the sea at both ends it will have perfect ventilation. It will be lighted by electricity and wili have a first-aid station.
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The plan to build fly camps for schoolchildren where they could be Bafe-it-war broke out is still awaiting 11 Bill which is being drafted by Whitehall officials.
17,500
They were married in the Lady Oratory near the chapel in which she A.R.P. was "all in a muddle" when
was married. Chapel of the Oratory,
at the
The camps will
will cost £1,000,000.) Sites are being chosen which are not easily visible from the air.
They will accommodate
will be only the children, but beginning of a much bigger scheme. Sir John Anderson denied that
a luncheon of the he he spoke at They are spending their honey-Foreign Press Association moon as the guests of Mr. W. L. Savoy Hotel recently.
"I believe," he said, "that the Hanson at the Essington Hotel, Mul-
system we are working out is equal vern Wells, Worcestershire.
to, if not in advance of, anything you can Bnd in any other country in FIREMEN DAM DITCH
Europe.
Before January 25.
the when Montour Falls, N. Y.
service campaign was Hampered by lack of water, Are-natlanti bride tried to avoid being seen by men dammed up rainwater in a ditch started, 1,100,000 people had volun- A.R.F.. and since the having her cur driven round to a nearby and used it to battle a fire teered for
She stepped quickly which destroyed a farmhouse near campaign they hail recruited another; side entrance. through n
half-million men and women, and entered the here. door
The bride was given away by her brother, and the best man was Mr. chael Peacock, who, with the bridegroom, is an officer in the Auxi- Hary Air Force.
31.
Mr. Rowley is 23 and his bride is
The bridegroom, with his best man,
arrived almost unnoticed, while the
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NEWS
AUSTRALIA TO END HEALTH INSURANCE
Sydney,
On the eve of the United Australia Country party meeting at Canberra, called to discuss the postponement of the operation of the National Health Insurance Scheme; it is reported on- good authority that the Federal Cabi- net, by a small majority, has decided to go further and repeal the Act. despite the protests of some of the most experienced Ministers.
has
The reason given for the repeat will be the unexpectedly beavy de- Lence expenditure. There throughout been strong opposition to the scheme from the Country party on the ground that the small farmer. who is his own employer, will not Į benefit.
The Ministers opposed to repeal in- elude Mr. R. G. Menzies, Attorney- General, Mr. W. M. Hughes, Minister for External Affairs, and Mr. R. G. |Casey, Treasurer,
NEW DEFENCE 'PLANES THIS YEAR
Auckinnd. The Minister of Defence, Mr. F. Jones, announces that 18 of the 30 Vickera
twin-engined Wellington bombers ordered from Britain are being flown to New Zealand before the end of 1930 in batches of six, manned mainly by New Zealanders. The Minister is allocating 10 Wellingtons to Chakea nerodi
nerodrome and the remainder to Whenuspal.
The Air Minister promises 100 re- machines for training and serve adequate supplies of ammunition for
serial defence,
The Minister said: "We are trying to build up the number of pilots, and 5,000 civilians are already prepared to serve in the event of emergency." SOUTH AFRICA
RAILWAY EXPANSION
PROGRAMME
Cape Town.
A rallways expansion programme costing £8.010,000 was announced by Mr. A. P. J. Fourle, Minister of Roil- ways and Ports, when he introduced the railways budget for the coming year into the Union Assembly recently.
House
of
Working during the financial year 1938-1930, Mr. Fourie stated, had resulted in deficit of £327,810, comp$1.
with an estimated surplus Revenue amounted to
of
"Ile stole the money, to try to get there and in the end stole the bleycle to attempt to ride to the bridge.
"When it was discovered what the trouble was the boy was taken to the Tower Bridge. He clambered nil Revenue for the year 1039-40 over it and saw the bridge go up and is estimated at £38.024.000 and ex- down and after that was a perfect-menditure at £35,575,000, leaving a ly normal and well behaved boy."
surplus of £2,440,000.
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Recent State visit of President and Mrs. Lebrun of France to London was to repay viɛlt of King George and Queen Elizabeth. to France Here, Mme. Lebrun, left, waves a greeting to cheer- Ing crowds as she rides with Queen Elizabeth in the procession from Victoria Station to Buckingham Palace.
INDIAN PENSIONED
IN 1857
Salinas, Cal. Records Just uncovered show that Monterey County was always kind and generous to Lo, the Poor Indian. The records found show that as far back as 1857, the county granted $50 to one Gabriel de la Torre for the support for six months of a blind Indlan. It was not till 1020 that the state finally enacted its blind ald oct.
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