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Show Midvale, Utah, Friday, May 10, 1935 THE UTE SENTIN EL PAGE TWO Pol and Is Gro win g Ag gre ssiv e Na tio n Land surrounde d by nations jealous Taking Its Place in Sp~t of land that had once been theirs. light of World Affairs . · Today peaceful relations have been establishe d, particular ly with GerWashing ton.- Poland's strategic many and Russia. It Is significan t position between Soviet Russia and that the last year these two na militant Germany brings tbl!i ag- tlons, together with Great Brit· gressive European nation more and ain, provided the best markets for more Into the spotlight of world af· Polish trade. 61 Pllsudski remains the arbiter fairs. "Twenty years ago the name of and hero of his country. Poland C'ould not have been round Economic Progress. on any map of Europe," says the c progress has kept step "Economi National Geograph ic society. ••To· De vasgrowth. pollttcal with day it Is the sixth largest nation In ted. reconstruc been have Europe, with a steadily increasing tated areas ag, mountains to s populatio n that will soon reach 40,· From marshland back brought rlculture has been 000.000. leYels. l!"actorles Idle ''Once before Poland was a great to pre-war have been rehabllldestroyed or power. In the Sixteenth and Sevhas been stacurrency The tated. enteenth centuries Its territory exhas been mileage [{ailway bllized. tended from a point within fifty gauge uniform a miles of Berlin to the meridian of increased , and Poland bind the Sea of Azov, and from the adopted so that ralls tearing it apart. Khanate of Crimea nearly to the together instead of horseman ship whose Pole, "The Gulf of Finland. In those days Wart the world, throughou admired Is saw, next to Paris, was the most dash nnd with air the to taken has brilliant city in Europe. War· linked Orlinski ('aptaln spirit. Divided by Powers. n.ayski Colonel :Saw with Tokro. c ap t a 1n · •'Then came weak rulers and tn- c 1rc 1e d E'urotle 1n th e a1r. t ternal dissension that paved the Skarzynsk l and Lieutenan Markleway for Prussian, Russian, and AUS· trlan expansion . In the three dis- f dll~~~~~~ :~1=~~ ~~~~out~:s~t~~~:r~ then legallzed the 9 between them, proceedin gs by the congress or VI enna In 1815. ''The state had ceased to exist, but the people never lost their fierce nationalis m. After a century and came the proud a half of oppressio n n18 da Y i n N ovem ber, l v • w h en a•J arshal Pllsutlskl returned to \Varsa w h..,. Of t ..... to be acclaim e d as Chief · Th"' te t h 1· p t ·' Dew inde P e nuen .o IS s a · stablished the "II treaty Of "er " sa1 es e l o f tl1e new na weSte rn b oun d ares tl on, an d a ft er a ser i ous s t rugg 1e bor d er was wi t h R ussla, the eastern f 1n..,... t t 'l fi xe d b Y th e I• ;;a rea Y o u-.L.o "Under Pilsudski 's leadership Potand has developed rapidly, despite tremendo us handicaps . Long years of fighting had devastate d the land. Russia, Prussia, and Austria each left the stamp of Its dominatio n. different s~·stems of governme nt, ed· ucatlon, and law. •·The versailles treaty left Po- Dim es Flo od Ma il in Ch ain Let ters wtcz rua<ie tile tuur ot Africa ln 1931. The Polish air line, Lot, cov· er9 the whole of eastern Europe from Tallinn to Salonlka, and there Is a regular Internal service be· tween Warsaw and all important In 1934 direct sen·Lce was clUes. opened between London and Warsaw and Warsaw and Moscow. "A new railway from Upper SItesta along the Polish Corridor to the new Baltic port of Gdynla assures Poland's economic freedom. In less than a decade a dowdy fishln~ villa;:;-e was turned into a modern city whose harbor can accommo date 50 vessels at a time. densely populated than "~lore Pennsylva nia, Poland Is still an agricultural nation; and the consequent elasticity of its tabor sup· ply, the economic Independe nce of Its peasants, and the modesty of their needs give It social stability In spite of the rapid growth of urban and industrial life. "!\lonoton y Is the keynote of PolIsh geography . Rolling plains that connect the lowlands of Germany with the Ru3slan plains form the main part of the country. Through the central portion flows the slugglsh Vistula. Yet In the south there are Idyllic mountain retreats of rare beauty. Through the unusual Krakow Protocol, Poland and Czechoslovakia agreed to turn the whole Tatry mountain region Into one sp 1en did t n t erna tl ona 1 park-a buffer park Instead of a buffer state." Scheme Piles Up Busine ss for Denver Post Office. Denver.-" Send-a-D ime" chain letters are pouring Into the post office here In a new scheme which has sprung up virtually overnight . Postal rnspector Roy E. Nelson pronounc es the letters a violation of the lottery laws and the law probibltin;.: the use or the malls for ft·aud and threatens to arrest the originato rs of the scheme if they can be found. The letters are headed "Prosper· lty club-In God We Trust." They contain a list of six names and ad· dresses. The recipient Is instructed to send a dime to the person at the top of the Ust. He then Is told to add his own name to the bottom of the !1st and make five copies of the letter and wltb the new list send them to friends. The friends are supposed to keep the chain going. As the progressio n continues the name at the bottom or the list works to the top. Dimes Are Pyramide d. By the time this occurs, if the I LI-GHTS QF N'C"'W YQRU' ---------------..1I to other cities throughou t the conntry. ft ts .!'iald that the idea orlg· J..:.., lnated In New York, amon~ relief workers, but this has not been confirmed. blll dollar by Lexington 2-llUO. And there Isn't ways gives th"e barber a Postmast er J. 0. Stevie anan hour day or night that Lexington and never takes any change. .l\lany a 12 to 14 per cent Increase nounced been have other regular patrons 2·1100 does not answer. receipts so far over the postal In going there for years. • • • last year, a good porperiod same • • • he attributes to the The service started first as a which of tlon matter ftrst C'ame The letters. chain "bar avenue Seventh those One of convenien ce for physician s who desired to have their phones answered and grill places" has settled the to the attention of authoritie s when while they were out ot their offices. matter of the sales tax-gene rally postmen began to complain of inent with the known as ''the nuisance tax"-ln a explicable Increases in the mail they Through an arranrrem ~ only does very handy manner that does away were handllng. not telephone company the doctor's telephone :log, but also with the bother of coppers. A sl;n If the doctor to the window announce s, "CockLe-vinrrton 2 1100 Joan Is a Prodig y doesn't answer, then the other nqm- tails, 24 cents; sales tax, 1 cent; ber does, making appointm ents and total, 25 cents." • acting as a secretary. Gradually the service was Increased until now Noticed a headline, "Bridge work It includes several hundred classlfi· for 350 men." Into my ears came services the words, "Open just a little performs and cations ranging from locating subscribe rs In wider, please," along with the sharp theaters to giving sales talks. Also buzz of a drill. But It seems the it handles the telephone calls of 350 are not to call on dentists. They those who do not wish to be dis- are to be given employme nt on the turbed, calls going to the company new Trlboroug h bridge. C. Bel! Syndlcate. -WNU Sorvlee. at the hours specified. ~ \,. ---.------------------------------Though not as famous as Spring which almost every one knows Is the telephone number of Xew York pollee headquart ers, one of the most frequently called num bers in New York city is Lexington 2-1100. For that, there is a reason . Lexington 2-1100 ls the sole contact of many str.ge, screen and radio stars with the publlc or even their It also employers or mana~ers. serves as a general secretar.Y for a long list of firms and individuals. It Is the New York office of a number of out-of-tow n business houses and business men. . Hadio broadcast ers often give that num· ber to listeners who desire further informati on concernin g the product Alany who call being advertised . the telephone numbers of physl clans and surgeons, as well as artl!rts and writers, are answered 7-3100, Off Soon on a World Cruis e 4o "' • By L. L. STEV ENSO N • • • • • • One of the subscribe rs Is Julian Street. By hiet arrangem ent, his home telephone does not ring until 5 p. m., the service handling all calls up to that hour and then reporting them to him. Mr. Street tinds telephone calls break his concentration to such an extent that even it he talks only a few minutes, he loses at least an hour getting back to work. • • • For quite obvious reasons, names can't be used, but here ls an anthentlc, though unrecorde d, bit of World war history. One of Uncle Sam's fighting ships was equipped with torpedoes which were driven by motors operated by grain alcotorpedo cost $10,000. I~acb hol. Sighting a German sub, three torpedoes were relea~ed simultane ously. Instead of speeding toward their mark, they went only about twenty feet and stopped, thus endangeri ng the vessel that had discharge d them. Investigat ion showed that the sailors had drunk the alcohol. Probably that is a record for costly imbibing. • • • What makeb me think or a woman barber at this point, ts something I do not know. Women barbers are not so common as they used to be, but there is one who has been practicing her art ln the hall section of Brooklyn Mrs. Margaret McMullen of Cambridg e, Mass., and little Anne Tomp- Borough 25 years. Business men last the for Wander kinEt of noston photograp hed aboard the famous schooner yacht . One has been customers her are Bird, which will soon leave on another world cruise carrying them and every mornshave a for tn coming nlso ( ·r. pt. anti 1\ll·s. Warwick Tompkins , Anne's parents. The child keeps Be al· opt>ned. shop the since ing long terms. tlJl • ~· •' 4 "'l;"q n!l thPRe chain ts not brol(en, the set or letters will have multiplied to 15,6~5 and the person at the top of the list gets $1,502.50 in dimes. The C'hains, of course, are alway 8 broken, but postal authoritie s report that one woman got $400. Many other stories are current. A poor seamstres s ts reported to have received enough to purchase a sewing machine. A wldO\V is reported to be paying off burial expenses for her husband. A mother Is reported to have paid off hospital expenses for birth of her child and to have had enough over to buy a baby carrlage. None of these reports are confirmed . '!'he letters have multiplied 80 rapidly that In the last few days al· most every family in tlle city has received one or more. Defended by Many. · Every one in the city is talking about the scheme and many are angry at postal authoritie s for InterThey contend that the ferlng. scheme tSJ harmless: that many nre benefltin g: that money 1s be"IDg PU t Into clrC'ulatlo n, and that the run people are having Is the bright note in the depressio n. 'I'he Idea Is spreading through the state and letters are being sent Fingerp rints Sent by Radio Aid to Detecti ves London.- Transmis slon of fingerprints by radio is the latest link between S<'ience and criminal detection-a link that is being more strongly forged by Scotland Yard every day. Experime nts were begun several months ago. Although not yet regarded as an everyday, practical business, considera ble improvem ent has recently been made in the results obtained. At tlrst the Images were blurred, even when sent from enlarged prints, but greater technical experience Is gradually overcomin g this drawback . Th~ time Is very near when In urgent cases, portable apparatus will be used to transmit fingerprin ts dl· rect from the scene of the crime to Scotland Yard records, It was pre-' dieted. As the technique of wire and radio transmiss ion Improves, It will be possible to send life-size finger· print photograp hs speedily over any distance, pollee believe. Joan Bishop of Chicago, eight years old, answered 23 of 30 questions or mental age that were compiled by the federal bureau of education. The young ladr was able to read fluently when she was She answered three years old. brain twisters that would stump most adults. She has never attended school, being tutored by a professor at Northwes tern university . She bas composed many musical scores and plays with technique . Depth of Lake Superior critics say she also bas an 1\Iusic::al Lake Superior ts the deepest of voice. excellent the Great Lakes, most of It being more than 600 feet, as compared to Largest Sp:1oish- Speaking City Lake Erie's maximum depth of 180 Buenos Aires, the Ar~entine capfeet. North of Copper Harbor, Mich., Lake Superior attains 954 feet, · but Ital, wllh nearly 2,500.000 populathe greatest depth ls about 20 miles tion, is the largest Spanish-s peak· o1T Otter Head, O,'t:arlo-1 ,008 feet. ing city In the world. A Sen tine l Rep res en ta ti ve Wil l Cal l On Nea r Fut ure Rela tive To Sub scri bing ou In The or The Pap er. |