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Show TIIE WEEKLY NEWS EXPRESS. LAYTON. UTAH The Kurd The Kurds are a people of nlan race who occupy Kurdistan partly In Asiatic Turkey and partly In Persia. They are a brave, p Scenes and Persons in the Current NeVs Earth Arounu tho Sun Copernicus, born in a German section of Poland and partly of Ger- Oath of Young Athenian Great Towa Planner The oath of the young Athenians Sir John Nash began bis activity In London In 1732. Ills was: We will never bring disgrace discapacities were greatest In (own on tills our city by an act of will We fight planning and he Is chiefly known honesty or cowardice. for his boldly planned development for the Ideals and sacred things of of the Marylebone region of Lon- the. city, both alone and with many. don. His scheme, as put Into ex- We will revere and obey the citys laws and will do ouf best to Incite ecution In 1812, comprehended street with Its quadrant and a like reverence and respect In Regents park with Its terraces and those above us who are known to surrounding Btreets of formally de- annul them or set them at naught signed town houses. Nash also d& We will strive Increasingly to and quicken the publics sense of civic Bigned Haym'urket theater Buckingham palace (Blnce altered). duty. Thus In all these ways we Ills architectural were will transmit this city not only not designs In He was less, but greater, better and more neoclasslc style. chiefly responsible for Introducing an ex- beautiful than It was' transmitted to ' . '! tensive use of stucco for the fa- us." . v cades Of qtty buildings, . ' tr. (1752-1835- ) man stock, wrote a book to tell why he believed the earth moved around the sun. He said that the earth was really a planet; and that all the planets traveled around the Bun. That was a shocking thing to Bay In thoRe days. Copernicus appears to have been afraid to publish his book, but at last It went to the printer. We are told that the first printed copy was placed In his hands when he lay dying. His death took plnce 2.1 years after Magellans ship, the Victoria, finished the famous voyage around people, not Inclined to industry. The nomad Kurds live in tents of black skins, while the setjled communities use low houses with flat Wooden roofs. The Kurdish women have more freedom than most Oriental women. The girls are married, upon payment of a dower, at ten or twelve years f age. The men shave their head and faces, leaving only a mustache; though old men wear full beards. In religion they are .mostly Ab freedom-lovin- Re-ge- the world. . The American Act Thp America act was an act paused by the Ilrltlsh parliament In 1775, consolidating all the previous penal acts relating to the American rolonles. It declared that all American vessels were lawful prizes, and that all' Americans captured In' them, or elsewhere, could be forced, to take service against America. to' Commissioners receive the submission .of the revolted colonies, hut no provisions were made for tiie reilress of griev' . . ances. ' - . The ihe w.oyd ' . Levitation- ; levtttftlon Is defined as phenomenon- - oV Illusion of.ntain-talnlng'o- . hammeda.ns.- .. . the moving heavy' objects, as the hjiniifn body, In the. tflr without support; also the subjective 'illusion; of arising Into or moving through tin? air, without support," as tn dreams'. The art or science of levitation goes 'bark Into the tnlsts of Id.story.. The tradition Is In and, e'ven today, widespread. the puronas of Mother, India there Is a precise. Snnkrit equivalent for ' ' . . . levitation. This Is laghlman,. from Texas. , , t lhglitt (Jlght), The Ituih'Ihlst suttas , Birds' Feathers Fad Certain species of brightly col- describe a sllulhir powen, Early Civil Service . tn 1&5 examinations were Insti. ored birds, In Africa apd Souili ' tuted to test the, efficiency of all Leading Coffee Drinker of ' Amerlcu', have a unique-kinThe Danes, Swedes candidates for subordinate posts In water soluble plgmbnt- In their' drink the most colTe'e. .Peo-- , the government service, la 1870 It feathers which ds ' permanently In the Unltjdd States come next, was directed (ha) appointments In first time, they pie washed HWity-thare cuught In a. heavy rainstorm. while Belgium, Finland and Cuba civil service should be filled by ns was already These birds remain white until new follow In close succession. The? per of coffee In the the ense with appointments' In the A. Walkts giown.-Frn- nk capita consumption plnpinge ' er, Pontiac,' Mich.,. In Colliers Scandinavian countries Is more Indian civil service, ' than, Iff pounds, as compared to Weekly. . 12 and 13 pounds In this country, ' Haiti President ' ' ' ' ' From' the proclamation of her In.annually, Founded Knights of. Columhue' The Knight of Columbus wnk dependence In 1804' to the IntervenPuerto a Mo.1. Croiroaf M. tion UeV. 'Rico, 1882 of the. United States In 1915, founded .In by. Caat to Haiti the which the of .bad 24 presidents, 47 of Lying Hartford, Conn., entratjee C.lvney city Is'lta lu'ad quarter?. 'It Is Interna- ribbean region, Puerto Rico ts on shorn .mysteriously disappeared tional .to- the extent that It bns a dlrqct line for ships plying be- with the contents of her treasury. tween the onst and the west, the Max Buck, Apopka, Fla., in Colcouncjls'.ln the United States, ' Newfoundland, Mexico .Culm north and the. south. The Islands lier's Weekly,' ' Is San 1,3,80 miles Juan,' nwjn port, and In the American possessions. from New York. San Juan has . Tax for Wearing Beard rrlv-nl- s more Little-Gthan A 1,S0t) steamship Cambridge University receipt showing that two cen' . each year, ; , turies ago Russians had to pay a Th.e little go at Cambridge unitax for wearing beards Is exhibversity Is a preliminary examinaRed Cedar ' White, at Firtt ited In a Soviet museum. The retion or a general .nnture token by s The wood of the red cedar, nil Cambridge undergraduates (unceipt, stamped n a square copper ' ' ' : vlrglnlana, less excused because certain .other plate, said; were-appointe- -' . ' Scattering Blessing , The joy resulting from the diffusion of blessings to' all Around us the purest and subllmest thaf can ever enter the human 'mind,' am! can bfi eo'oce'lved only by thoSe'whn have experienced lb Next .to th consolations of divine grace, U the nxlst sovereign balm to the miseries of life, both In him who Is the object of It, and Irt tdm .who. exercises It. '.- - r. T . 1 - - - 1 e King Edward VIII of England, who frequently uses airplane. 2 North transept of Westminster abbey In which funeral services were held for the late Klrg George V. 3 Neusirn Pasha, who resigned as premier ' of Fgjpt because of increasing anti Ilrltlsh sentiment In that country. 1 Hell Freezes Over at Last Aga, Kiian Celebrate 50lh Year as Monarch- " T . . - ' Th Doublet . doublet was a out. ef garment something of the nature of a jatket with sleeves, and some times with Short Bklrts, belted at the waist.. If came Into use toward the close of the Fifteenth century and was worn by. men until th middle of the Seventeenth century. - A -. inchest of all monarch Is the Aga Khan, shown In the roboa of the spiritual head of the. Shiah Imaml Ismnllls and of the Khoja - Can-nd- out. ' ' , , t r4 -- ' y ' rf - .1 n ? . ' , '. s ' ' ' '' v yZ'Zy, y ' - W,. . ' .. P i i ,,t .-- ',7. ltaDor !q VI j - i lake In t,he British Isle, embracing an area of 153 square mUes. Its wa ters touch five counties. Although ten rivers run Into It, but one rnns Junl-prrn- 'tsrs'-s'''"'- g Largest British Isle Lak , ' '' fXTRi) LlCUMUTV close-fittin- Loch Neagh Is the largest o y . Is puce because th leaves of the trees act as a filter, catching most.ef the dust and tmc terla that w.ould otherwise pollute It. Moreqvef, a forest has a definite the land hygienic Influence arouqd'. It, St fact that has beer confirmed by a dumber tf Tillages In India which have never been attacked during 'cholera epidemic In theip district due to their being Burrolindbd by denkei. protecting ' woods. Colliers Weekly. ,. , of-th- e western-p- x. ... -- .Forest-air- , Lands" 'is' the name gh'etv United ft Hfates to .certain .sterile regions. They arq characterized by an al-- , .most entire absence- - of vegetation, and, by .the labyrinth, of fantastic, the sofjt strata of forms, 'Into and sands gravels have beon days, cafved through' 'the action', of wind and water. . The beat" examples are found .'east of tiie Jllack hills In South Dakota, though simitar formations occur. In Wyoming, Colorado, Arleop'a, New. Mexico and Iti . : . Foretl'Air Pur Lnd.w. Bad Th . : g 'y' , Chalcedony pebbles, p ' '' ' 't s, TSffS W m'gWitytt , f ' ' yojt V'a ''4 (. 'I fa . ,& Youve often heard the expression when hell freezes over," but this time It's literally true. Hurled under six Inches of snow Is the little set tlement of Ilell, Mich., a name given by one of the early settlers wli'o was arrested for not paying his taxes on whisky be was distilling there; lie christened the town Hell and Ilell It has been ever since. The photo graph shows a dam at Hell frozen oer. Although the little river Is not . . named, It presumably Is the Elver Styx. . , , , . GDQJOQ (HHF rwmm: community bt western India, lie the golden Jubilee of 'bis reign. His word 'Is dlvlnd TASv to many millions of his subjects. : ;; mBSnppWEDB ' Cotton Gin Wrecked Lv a Furious Tornado t "ssy iHmtu . This cotton gin machinery was toppled over and completely destroyed by the mail tornado that swept through the Sand mountain section of Alabama. Four lives were lost. Property damage ran Into tile, thousands. -- Rescues Two Froiji Plane Afire; Rceefves Award . . California Governor and Bride; . ' . . U o.. ... Electricity, undei out n&v with iijcreasingly popular favor , Low-tfo- st Half-Pric- ' Plan, is jfteetinsf e . . . i , ,, In December 3,4.000 of oUr rpsidvntigl ctnd cammeradT cysta. :imrssavAd more than $17,000 by taking advantage of" s ' ' HaU-Pha- more oitfielr .burdensome task? to Eleo " fi'ic Servants using morp electricity at a reduce price t they are enjoying the greatest value they 'ever Tecetved Electricity-v- Llput. Robert K. Glovannoll of Lexington, Ky who-I- on duty with the army air corps at Dayton, Ohio, was elected to receive the Cheney s ' , . by sKifting . .. ..,' . d Merchants realise the business -- building value hetten home is lighting, lighting being improved for eyesight proteo- the . vacuum cleaner is replacing the dd broom . tion'.,. .j washing and ironing .... methods of making toast and coffep, end many other household jobs are feeing performed eleatncally ' . . electric cooking, refrigeration, and water heating are add- . ' , ,, ing matenally to the joy of living. You. too. can secure the benefits of increased use of Electric Servants at a real saving It's a bargain you'll appreciate Decide NOW to let electricity do more for you end award for 1D55, In recognition of his extreme bravery" In the rescue of two men from a burning plane at Dayton on October 30. . a . . i . . It costs so little does so much. LET'S TALK IT OVER Gov. Frank F. Merrlain of California Is shown above with his bride, who was Mrs. .Jessie Stewart Llpsey of IOng Reach, They were married the other day at the Mission Inn In Riverside. UTAH POWER & LIGHT CO. . 's' ' , |