Monday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
May 1, 1939.
WHITE INDIAN ‘MYTH' IS TRUE EMPIRE
Secret Disclosed By Girl's Escape
BEHIND 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 commisalon who first penetrated the area where they lve.
News of the race was taken to London by Mr. Ivan Sanderson, who, with his wife, опе assistant and two hoya, has completed year's exploration of the virgin jungle of Dutch Gulunn, seeking specimens for the British Museum.
"I am not an anthropologist," Mr. Sanderson said "but I can tell you of what Dr. Stahel told me.
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"We now know that the Italians, whom we have all rend about as 'traveller's tales,' exist, for one of them--a girl-has emerged from the unseen country in the jungle where they live.
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CAME FROM ASIA
"This girl ran away from her iribe in consequence of a family feud, was enslaved by other Indions. www.03 ngain and eventually European settlement, where Mrs. Stahel took her into her house, trained her and established some sort of communication with her.
reached
Where did the triba con fras! Ultimately from Asia! All the Indiana in the Americus are of Moo- Hollan stock. They crossed via the Behring Strait, and successive waves drave 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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nry culture established there, or else they have degenerated culturally further back into primitivity than any
ather race in the world."
Aliens May Join Our Army
Mr. Hore-Belisha, the War Minis- ter, told Parliament recently that applications from foreign nationals to place their services at the disposal of the British military authorities would, in suitabe cases, be consider- ed, particularly where the applicant could speak English and had pre- vious military training.
Joan Crawford, flim 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 recently to Mr. Richard Rowley. The ceremony took little more than five minutes.
Special radium treatment at a hospital in New. Rochelle..
N. Y., appears to be beating death that seemed inevitable for little Harold Holt. 214 years old, tumour patient, of Piltsburgh, Pa. Kere he is 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 Frotection Society 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 firat 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.", suld Professor Cullis, had been to try to see the bridge. The boy did not know where it was but know that it was somewhere in London.
Four-mile A.R.P.
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 stood authority that the Federal Cabl net, by a small majority, has decided to go further and repeat the Act, the despite the protests of some of most experienced Ministers.
The reason given for the repeal will be the unexpectedly heavy de- fence expenditure. There Ting throughout been strong opposition to the scheme from the Country party on the ground that the email farmer, who is his own employer, will not benent.
The Ministers opposed to repeal in- clude 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
Auckland,
The Minister of Defence, Mr. F. Jones, announces that 18 of the 30 Vickers Wellington twin-engined
bembers ordered from Britain are being flown to New Zealand before the end of 1030 in batches of six, finanned mainly by New Zealanders.
Minister Is
13 allocating Wellingtons to Ohaken aerodrome-and the remainder to Whenuspal.
The Air Minister promises 109 re- eve machines for training and
The
adequate suppiles of ammunition for
defence.
The Minister said: "We are trying to build up the number of pilots, and 5.000 civilians are already prepared tu nerve in the event of emergency." SOUTH AFRICA
RAILWAY EXPANSION
PROGRAMME
Cape Town.
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A railways expansion programme costing £0.010,000 was announced by Mr. A. P. J. Fourie, Minister of Ratl- ways and Foris, when he introduced the railways budget for the coming
Into the Union House year Assembly recently.
Working during the financial year resulted
in a deflelt of £327,810, 1938-1939. Mr. Fourie stated, had compared with an estimated surplus
1,801 "When It was discovered what the of
Revenue amounted to trouble was the boy was taken to the £38,361,000.
Revenue Tower Bridge. He clambered all
for the year 1930-40 over it and saw the bridge go up and is estimated at £38.024,000 and ex- down-and after that was a perfect-penditure at £35.078,000, leaving à
surplus of £2,448,000,
"He stole the money, to try to get there and in the end stole the bleycle to attempt to ride to the bridge.
Tunnel For 33,000 y normat and well behaved boy."
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.
At a depth of 60 feet it will be zeven feet high, six feet wide. With twenty-three entrances, It is cal- culated that the wh
.whole population, 33,000, could be underground within a quarter of an hour of on alarm.
Being open to the sea at both ends
it will have perfect ventilation. It will be lighted by electricity and will
a first-aid station. The
plan to
to build fifty camps for schoolchildren where they could be!
have
safe
If war broke out is still awaiting
a Bill wh
which is being drafted hy Whitehall officials.
The camps will cost £1,000,000. Sites are being chosen which are not easily visible from the nie.
but
the
They will accommodate 17,500 children.
will be auly beginning of a much bigger scheme.
Sir John Anderson denied that! A.R.P.
"all fr muddie when was They were married in the Lady Oratory near the chapel in which she
of the luncheon he spoke at was married. Chapel of the Oratory.
at the! The bride was given away by her They are sending their honey-Foreign Press Association brother, and the best man was Mr. moon as the guests of Mr. W. L. Savay Hotel recently. Michael Penecek, who, with the Hanson at the Essington Hotel, Mal-] bridegroom, is an officer in the Auxi- vern Wells, Worcestershire. liary Air Force.
Mr. Rowley is 23 and his bride is
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"I believe," he said, "that the system we are working out is equal t. If not in advance of, anything you can And in any other country in
Before January 25.
the when service campaign was bride tried to avoid being seen by men dammed up rainwater in a ditch started, 1,100,000 people had volun-
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and since the having her cur driven round to nearby and used it to battle a fire teered for
near campaign they had recruited unother side entrance. She stepped quickly which destroyed a farmhouse
half-million men and women. 砧 door and entered the here.
Montour Falls, N. Y.
The bridegroom, with his best man. arrived almost unnoticed, while the: Hampered by lack of water, fire-national
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Recent State visit of President and Mrs. Lebrun of France to London was to reply visit 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 Stalion to Buckingham Palace.
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Salinas, Col. 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 six months of n blitzek support for Indian. It was not ( 1029 that the state finally enacted its blind nid net,
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