Show Mystery 1927 on Rocks Stirs Village Hopes Weird Spectacle Recurs Each Year and Gives Rise to Legendary Prophecies MUNICH March f P United Press Each spring from time Immemorial rial Inhabitants of the town of Oberstaufen nestled in the Bavarian Bava- Bava nan rian Alps have seen the digits 1927 appear on the gaunt rocks on the mountain chain When the snow melts this ous sign vanishes The weird spectacle spectacle spec spec- recurring each year has given rise to legendary prophecies regardIng regardIng regard regard- Ing the ominous year 1921 Sometimes the figures are even discerned until late Into the sup sum mer Scientists have attributed the phenomenon to th the effect of dampness dampness damp damp- ness caused by melting melling snow upon the corroded rocks Stone protuberances protuberances pro pro- and sparse vegetation favor the periodic recurrence of this mIracle The local population is inclined to ascribe supernatural portent to this signal Grandmothers bending lover over their wheels spinnIng long ago drew significant conclusions from the sight of the 1927 1921 high In the Alpine wilderness The nearer the year 1927 came the rosier the hopes attached to It Engagements Engagements Engage Engage- ments marriages and births were frequently predicted for 1927 on the basIs of this strange apparition During the war it was widely believed be- be that the hostilities would last until 1927 1921 Now that tha 1927 is at last well under under un- un der way curiosity in this neighborhood neighborhood neigh neigh- has Increased Peasant lads assert that they will find brides this yeal young married couples reckon with the arrival of their heirs before before be- be fore the year has passed and artists await fame In 1927 |