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Interesting News
From "All" Paris' of Stories
The World
FRANCE
SEEKS A SITE
#
New Chemicals
To Fight
Off Insects
New York. Federal scientists have de- veloped "promising" new mosquito repellents and some "nearly perfect control" fly balts, the Entomological Society of America reports,
en- dis.
is
Dr Carroll N. Smith, an Agriculture' Department the tomologist, reported covery of 11 new Mosquito- repelling chemicals all su perlor to present-day pellents,
re-
For example,
oile he said, chemical
20218 - pread on a man's arm during leating prevented bites fram the yellow-fever mosquito for four hours. A standard military re- pellent, he said, prevents bites for 1 hours.
Dr Smith sahl none of the 11 mosquito repellents are ready to be made avaliable to the pubile "in the near future.", He said Palthough they appear to be safe non-toxic when used on the skin,
further testing was
песеввогус
FOR HER NEW
St CYR MILITARY ACADEMY
Paris.
France's retired generals were fighting a pitched battle among them- selves this week, and many an armchair strategist was getting involved in the fight.
The battle is over St Cyr, a| blenu - bavo name that symbolises all that werlous claims.
the best In
French
officer
pint
forward
military tradition. No British Coatquedan, almunt all are
Tools more strongly agreed, is not a desirable loca about Sandhurst or American tion, since it is so far from Paris. They stress that tho school's about West Point than does n
1.500 pupils,
Frenchman about the St Cyr Military Academy.
taught
ties.
.
The famous Cathedral City of Charlees has also put in its bki. the Land is available there in form of an abandoned airstrip, Arguments against Chartres are Its relatively great distance from Paris, the need to destroy the by 180 former aviation installations and oflleers and 310 'non-coms the flatness of the surrounding
benedi of The school itself is nothing need to have the
COCHELTY
Fontainebleau, in many way, but a pile of rubble near the location near the capital. famous Palace of Versailles,
But the school has At in-bees to offer the best possibili The school was bombed outcreasing
of modern south-east
It la near Paris (39 miles amuunt of existence in
of tho elty)al- 1944, and to
weapons, and for that reason, | AAM
da the old virtually forgotten by all but
many officers feel it would be though not as close the sentimental graduates who
who unwise to rebuild St. Cyr at St St Cyr-and it has
available. It is also rich in rome back to look at the ok Cyr.
tradition.
main The walls, set up by order of Loute
The location,
milliary only a stone's XIV and Madame de Maintena
it would against throw from the Palace, is in a
argument thickly settled area.
It would probably be made by friends of tules Nik tra 1808 when
forest of Fontaine- be dimcult to get enough land the famous Napoleon instulled the French
bleau, who would probably resent Military Aenemy in the build-nearby for weapons practice.
invasion by on On the other hand, the ruins ing Louis XIV had built as
of the school have already been milliary girls school,
classifted by the French Govern Bigger And Better
St Cyr's milltary Badiljon
Mr J. C. Keller, also of the Agriculture Department's Re- search Service, sald a year of testing with
with the
balts Three Towns Mentioned ment as fly new showed same chemicals giving
He "nearly perfect comtrol"
the baits, developed originally to control insecticide- resistant Ales on the farm, are 19 deadly to proving equally city-dwelling houseflies and
blowflies.
The promising new materials used in the test were Chlorthion and an experimental phosphate. Both were
greally diluted mixtures of motusses, mak
sugar and water.
Mr
Franoc's now generation of army officers is being trained at Colquedan in Brittany, where the student officers wer instaled "temporarily" in 1946. So far, the French Governmen: bae made no
effort elther rebuild the old school
anyway,
the
land
the
a national monument Other sites have also been and the bufiding must be re- | suggested, including Clermont bullt
whether
heart of the Ferrand, in the very
France
And a war of words, school moves back or not.
But this factor is complicated for and against, is entertaining readers of the newspaper, Le by the fact that the monument's
require that Figaro. authorities would
structure.
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the exterior be rebuilt just
was before, even though for bly or to many military reasons it would
advisable to give it a permianem haodquar-bo
change the somewhere clac. Aimost agrees have with Its finest traditions,
Lers
in
the fly
cont
a
every Frenchinon
the old school should Abandoned Airstrip
new home in keeping
Complegne, a town filled with memories, has not hidden its desire to welcome St Cyr
A former parade ground
but Keller said at a rendering
changing times have questioned mili ary ane bait reduced Pulation 99 per
within the wisdorn of rebuliding St Cyr four hours. At a city dump, ne at its old she. auld, 07 to B) per coni of the houseflies and blowflies were dead after 24 hours of treat- nient.United Press.
But if it is nos rebullt at St would provide the 270 acres the Cyr, where should it be vull: school would need. There is
At least, thres towns-Com- also a wider, arca
Dearby for pleyne, Charres and Fontaine-
lank and truck manoGUVTES.
TO RETIRE
HEMINGWAY TO
NEAR VENICE?
He's Bought Some Land And People Are Talking.....
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Rome.
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Frank Lloyd Wright."
of the
National Assem - So far, the
has not yet
stopped into the dispute, but the moment is What- expected to come soon. ever the solution found, the St Cyriens who call their school affectionately "the Old Trunk" Bahut) are deter- (Le Vieux
Cyr will be re- mined that St bullt
bigger and better than ever before.-United Press.
As Others See
The British
the
[Today we publish this small, Нель sent by an American news agency in London United Press, We have made
essential only
corrections for this is a reflection of the British Ed. In an American mirror. China Mail]
an
London. Britain's practically unique "Third Programme", the brainlest of its three nationalised radio dramatising this networks, is week six stories from Giovanni Boccaccio's
"DD- naughty cameron" recently banned In obscene book case in ono British town but the decision was reversed on appeal.
Such daring themes nothing now for the "Third" Its audience is which, becauso
to be "intellectual," presumed is permitted to use words con- cored on the other two midilo- class networks.
are
Nobel Prize winning American author, Ernest Hemingway, has bought a plot of land for a house on an exclusive but almost deserted
eyebrows of Italian architects are likely to rise because of it.
Hemingway's house will prob- of 50 Venction citizens whe mile-long chain of buildings ably be designed by Marcella decider it has me of the most linked by underpasses, d'Olivo, the youngmodernist | beautiful long beaches 18
floor On the ground Italian architort called "Italy's northern Italy. White sand | buildings will be shops, and the dunes covered with pink shopkeepers will have apart-
How smart do you have to be blossom trees run for miles ments above,
to listen to the "Third?" Among It was only several months between the blue Adriotte, and Beyond this unobstrusive ago that Hemingway, stopping the heavy
forthcoming programmes are pine forest of the commercial centre
theso: The Flute and Drum in Florence with American art deserted and wwpolled Penin- private homes, D'Olivo is now Indian Music "Castellio scholar, Bernart "B.B." Beren- sula.
working on the house plans and the Art of Doubing,” “The son, wrote down Wright's
each one different, according to
Martyrdom of S Polycarp."— architectural proposals for
the needs of the owners but United Press. ultra-modern palace along the
harmonising together so as noti edge of Venice's Grand Canal.
to spall the romantic aspects of Each "deserted" bench. house plani must be approved by a committee of the develop- ing greip the
1
The investment group bough the land and commissioned d'Olivo 10
work out the architectural
plans because Apostle of krank
At that time, Hemingway d'olvo, entered the controversy over Lloyd Wright, beljoves Wright's architectural lens by || bulising should fit into suggesting the question could be countrysid and not spoil actlied by losing the American landscape, architect have the pleasure of building the modern palace ro that the Venetians could enjoy tearing it promptly dowŃ).
Barbarlo Architecture
the
Road Through Pines
,
D'Olivo built himself a little the terrain, working out a way shock on the dunce and studied to build roads and houses with out destroying the dunes or the pine forest. The first road has
the
will
be
In Italian architectural cir- d'Olivo has attracted much closet for tidens. Only
32, he lives in a car in northern Italy) roaming around the coun- tryside from one architectural Fifteen project to the next. years ago he was an unschool- ed, poverty-stricken boy who liked to draw. With encouragement from a friendly
Some
His hast Berenson has stead- Lostly opposed any entry of non-renaissance architecture in- been completed, winding up-construction engineer, he cam
to
tho famed island city. Berenson usually calla ConTM
wards through the pines, ita ploted high school in one year, route entirely invisible from the and after. four years' university temporary architecture "bar outside, Along the roadway, study, earned his architectural Barie.
d'Olivo is constructing a two- llvence-United Press,
It has long been rumoured that Hemingway was looking for α place to retire near Venice, although his heart is warm for other tropical places such as Florida Keys and Cubo, Africa and Spain.
The novel which brought his name to fame was "A Farewell fa Arms set in the Italian Alps not for from Venico. One of his most recept novels, "AcrcKI the River and into the Trees," sold by many arities to bo autobiographical, finds the maits character living in final re trement at Venice himmelt,
his
The author's plans for lancl on beautiful Lignanu Peninsula remain unknown. He and his wife are now in Cuba; His purchase was disclosed by Venetian Count Alberto Kechler, head of a group of 30 Investors developing Lignano.
Hemingway Bought
First
However, Count Rechler har provided some Idea about the general lay-out for tan tuw - development. Há dødenta Artes Shat Hemingway ", bought tho feet hotara piót made availabje brykite, lav lepios: group took
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