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Show V SWISS CONSTRUCT OWN NAVY AT LAST TO REPEL INVASION ' ZURICH. Switzerland mR The "Swiss Navy" is no joke any more. . . - . ' : Imagine apeedboats , carrying anti-tank guns and heavy machine ma-chine , guns roaring across pic-turesque pic-turesque Swiss ' lakes, beneath towering mountains. There are no battleships or aircraft carriers In the Swiss navy, of course, but only because they are not needed. What neutral Switzerland must have to defend itself in case of war, military authorities say, are fast craft to patrol the four big lakes, iormins part oz witier land's frontier. They would have to, prevent foreign agents enter ing the country by means of rub ber dinghies or planes. But the Swiss navy is ready also for battle on the many lakes inside Switzerland, especially the fjord-like lakes at the approaches to the famous "Reduit," the mighty system of underground fortifications, factories, warehouses ware-houses and even airfields in the center of the Swiss Alps. Lake Invasion Feared Swiss military authorities anticipate an-ticipate that a potential aggressor aggres-sor of Switzerland would try to "jump" the country's border for-; tlfications by putting planes and gliders down on the bigger lakes inside the country. Therefore, units of the Swiss; navy are trained also on these ' Dovton 'Nearly' Wins DAYTON.O.(U.R If the Wright brothers had fought the way the City of Dayton and the Post Office Of-fice "Department have been fighting, fight-ing, there probably wouldn't have been any airplane to commemorate. The Dayton philatelic society asked the Post Office Department to make the original sales of a Wright brothers' commemorative tamp at Dayton. The Post Office Department said, "no." r . , Dayton boosters and the stamp club wondered why, since the Wright brothers lived and worked most of their lives in Dayton. The Post Office Department said the stamp is to comment orate not only the Wright bro - thers, but also the first heavier ' than-alr flight at Kitty Hawk, N. C Dec. 17, 1903. - Therefore the first stamps will go on sale at Kitty Hawk. The Dayton groups were really riled over that They bombarded the Post Office Department with letteri and arguments, but to no avail. lakes well known to tourists, such as the lakes of Lucerne, of Thun and of Spiez. Whoever has seen one of these lakes with almost perpendicular cliffs in certain parts rising direct from the shore up to snow-capped peaKs, can easily imagine tne functions of the Swiss navy. Their speedboats, suddenly whizzinff out of their cavern along the shore and firing from xneir iwo-incn anti-tank guns, miffht easilv sink encmv nlnn or even hamper tanks and supply units near tne lane side. The Swiss military authorities, after satherina exnerienr from the last World war, now have createa tne first regular units of the Swiss navy Its members do not ha bottom trousers or any other colorful paraphernalia, but are. as all other Swiss citizens, members mem-bers of the Swiss armed forces. They wear the standard green-gray green-gray uniform and keep it, together toge-ther with their individual carbines, car-bines, at home after their basic training. Training Started The first training course for "rookies" is Just being held at Brunnen on the Lake of Lucerne, whereas up to now units of the Swiss navy consisting of soldiers reassigned from other army units, or were part of the home guard. The equipment of the Swiss navy, according to military authorities, auth-orities, is comprised of heavy speedboats as f lready used by the Swiss customs patrols on the border-lakes, and of bigger, but somewhat slower, transports. In case of war, the pleasure speedboats of private owners would be requisitioned. The men are given special training as boat commanders, wireless operators and gunners. They must know "their lake" and although they all must e excellent swimmers, they are given "Mae Wests." The boats which are to be used for tactical offensive and defensive, defens-ive, have one anti-tank gun and one or two machine guns each, andl are equipped with powerful searchlights and padio sets. . The transports are built to carry regular army units and supplies. The waterways might, und;r certain cer-tain circumstances, remain the only means of comminication, once .the roads and railroads along the steep shores of some lakes would have been blown up to slow down the enemy's advance. Fear of Punishment for Losing Bool Causes Boy to Leave Home Two Days MINNEAPOLIS; Dec. 17 U.R Nine - year - old Philip Cook, who ran away from home because he couldn't find a schoolbook, was found safe Saturday in a public library. He readily admitted his identity to police who had been scouring the city for the child since he was reported missing late Thursday. Philip said he "knew everyone was looking for me," but that he stayed away from home because he feared his father would punish him for losing the book. The father, Floyd Cook, said it was just a "silly notion." no-tion." When Philip failed to return re-turn home Thursday, Cook learned that a teacher at the . . parochial school where the boy attends fourth grade told Philip: "Don't you come back until you bring your book.! The boy told officers he spent two nights in the closet -of an apartment building al- most directly across the street from his own north Minneapolis home. MENU PROBLEM SOLVED GARDNER, Mass. (U.R) Robert Wetmore solved a temporary eating eat-ing problem cheaply when he shot a 150-pound black bear. Not only did he get his meat for nothing but he was eligible for : bounty paid in New Hampshire,; where the bear was killed. SUNDAY HERALD Sunday, December 18, 1949 1 1 world s Best Hobby Horse Real Tail Special Spring Strong Son Tested Usftfnl - Ages 1-6 Vv ; Pinto1 Pony ... $14.95 U.S. Pt. D14817T CD.Madses 4 Toy tti E. 1 N. Trove, Utah ' V Southern Dialect Is Best, Says Professor CAINSVILLE, ria. (U.R) A - University of Florida professor thinks a natural southern voice sounds better on the radio than a flat western tone or northern tone. But the drawled "kaint," "you 'all," and "honey-chile slangs are definitely taboo, according to Dr LesterHaie, director of the speech and hearing, clinic in the university's speech department. Dr. Hale says the standard southern speech is the most nui ; leal of any regional dialect but you have to combine good diction with it. He cites a Floridian, Red Barber, Bar-ber, network sports announcer, as an example of the true southern voice. v. , v , Dr. Hale believes that radio, a In an attempt to create a standard , American dialect, is developing a new hybrid speech that is not -American" at all. . Disaster Upon Disaster But County Survives DOUGLASVILLE. Ga. (U.R) First the boll weevils ate up the ; cotton crop. ' Then the mill, the pants facti ory and every : industrial plant in Douglas County shut down. One lire burned down the "new church at Llthla Springs and another an-other would have burned down Douglasville if the wind hadn't changed. In earlier years, county leaders - said, such a combination of disasters dis-asters would have wiped out everyone in the county. Diversified Diversi-fied farming, however, brought brought enough income to take enough income to take the county into the winter shaken but still moving ahead. a p Ex-Marine Wants Large Profit for Chinese Rug COLUMBUS, Ga. 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