Show MOUNT BLANC BORE PLANNED Motor Road Tunnel Meets With Approval of Mussolini TURIN UP The UP-The The monarch o of the Alps Mount Blanc Is to have a motor motor mo mo- tor tunnel that will be about nine or 10 miles long The plan has been put before the Duce who has approved ap approved ap- ap proved without pledging the government government govern sovern ment in the matter of expense There have been several schemes chemes in the the- past to run a tunnel through Mount Blanc which would v provide a quick and useful new means ol of communication between France and Italy and Switzerland The last project project was for a railroad tunnel between the Valley VaHey of the Avre In France and the Valley VaHey of in HaJ Italy The scheme for a motor road ismore is iE ismore more practical though though inevitably inevitably also very costly The existence of ot toe tunnel also would constrain local au au- to build new or improve old roads so as to take advantage of the new communication The plan which is likely the work o of the Swiss engineer Anthony Bron contemplates a road bored through Mount Blanc which would run from on the French sl side e 01 ot of Mount Blanc to on the Italian Ital Ital- ian side The tunnel would provide a marvelous marvelous mar mar- encouragement for tor winter sports sports- allowing its votaries to travel to and fro Iro between France Italy and Switzerland quickly and easily to the most suitable sports grounds at al any given time of of the year ear |