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Show SOUTH CACHE COURIER FamedFishingPortPays Annual Testimonial to Victims of Sea it St, : - ; - floral Ceremony Recalls Stirring fishermens Saga . WNV Features. on the waves;' Scatter flowers found their There our fathers BrotCZ'onsandhusbands sleepy Strewyour garlandso erthedeep. To the strains of this hymn, cast garlands of flowers are L the ebbing tide as Gloucester Mass., picturesque heroic traditions, with lavs its annual testimonial to who have lost its fishermen Each year, sea. at their lives new names of lost ships and men are added to the rolls tor fishing, into one of despite all its and its growth Americas largest industries, is Still a rdous occupation. food on a Assembling " f-- semi-circul- ar Vi'i t ;; - w ..AC' ' v! v v ' r- - C' - AMERICAN HARVEST SCENE . . . Largest wheat crop in the United States is being harvested as farmers throughout the land strive to store the overflowing abundance of grain in their elevators, which were a farmer quickly filled to capacity. A shortage of grain cars also added to the difficulties. In the photo, on his combine is harvesting his wheat crop at the foothills of the Colorado Rocky mountains near Pueblo. He weaves irregular patterns because of the uneven topography. haza- terr- Gloucester ace reaching out into widows and. children of 1,ay the reverence while fishermen pause in beautiful tribute is paid a simple but who have found to the fishermen in the ocean last place resting their that breaks on the nearby ' shore. In accordance with tradition, the afternservice is held on 'a Sunday oon in the month of August when As a rule, the tide is going out. there are only two Sundays in the the tide permits month when but in the the ceremony, holding last 17 years only one postponement The ebbing tide was necessary. runs rapidly and carries the flowers strewn upon the water out into the harbor. Pause at Memorial. parade, held in conjunction with the memorial rites, halts at the Fishermens Memorial, a silent but enduring testimonial to Gloucester who have lost their lives fishermen A at sea. The figure of the fisherman guiding his craft through storm and stress, planned by citizens of Gloucester as a permanent memorial of ... All the romance, the fascination, the OF A CITY glamour and the traditions of the struggle with the sea that have made Gloucester, Mass., a famed fishing port are symbolized in the Fishermens Memorial, the citys tribute to the thousands of fishermen who have gone out from Gloucester since founding of its fishing industry in 1623, never to return. SYMBOLIC ermen who have lost their lives on the great waters. Founded as a fishing pork in 1623, observance just three years after the Pilgrims the 300th anniversary of the Massachusetts Bay colony in settled at Plymouth, Gloucester made its first shipment of fish in 1923, typifies the indomitable spirit of Gloucester, long famed as a that same year to Bilbao, Spain. There is no record of the amount fishing port. of that first shipment, but today A spirited statue in bronze, some 225 million pounds of fish are the heroic figure gazes intently.-ou- t landed at Gloucester annually. It across the harbor to the ocean beyond, symbolizing the ranks as the largest as well as the oldest fishing port in the United romance, the fascination, the States.'" glamour and the traditions of Codfish Aristocracy. the struggle with the sea that In Colonial America the fishing have made Gloucester famous. Typical of the rugged character industry was so important that the of the figure, the base on which the merchant class of the New England d states commonly was referred to memorial stands is a In block of granite, quarried as the codfish aristocracy. in those early days the cod was known from the famous Blood Ledge and in 1784 A single panel as the Sacred Cod, nearby Bay View. holds the of repre107th house Massachusetts the the from inscription Psalm: THEY THAT GO DOWN sentatives ordered that a represenTO THE SEA IN SHIPS. as tation of a codfish in gold The figure is that of a helmsman a memorial of the importance of and the pose shows him fighting codfishing to the welfare of the comhis craft up as to the monwealth should be placed in the wind as possible to clear some dangassembly room. erous reef, his eyes being fixed on The early fishing voyages the sails to detect the first indicatwere full of danger. Indians ation that they are beginning to spill tacked the crews. The French the came down from the North to wind, every muscle being strained to hold the wheel firmly bombard them. The fight with until the the sea, then as now, was a peril is past. Started in 1909. battle never ended. Although there were prior memorNever a storm lashes the waters ial services in Gloucesters hist- of the North Atlantic into a fury but ory as the community, oversome of the fishing men of Glouwhelmed by some of must fight for life. Not a cester great tragedy the sea, felt impelled to express its year passes when the great sea does sorrow in a public ceremony, the not take its ruthless toll of men and present fishermens memorial serviships. ce was instituted in 1909 under auspTwo major disasters have taken ices of Gloucester fishermens in- a terrific toll in Gloucesters fishing stitute. It has been held annually history. In 1716 five fishing craft, since then, always h of the tonnage comprising retaining its major characteristic of a brief but impof the port, and 20 men, estimated ressive loving tribute to the fish- - as a fifteenth part of the entire pop rough-finishe- sea-gree- n ... close-haule- d one-tent- SEEING ulation, perished off Cape Sable. Another great storm in 1776 foundered nine schooners and took the lives of 40 men. Huge Loss of Life. From 1830 to 1944, a period oi slightly more than a century in Gloucesters history, 945 vessels were lost and with them were snuffed out in the waves of the sea the lives of 4,876 men. Ever since 1623 tales of the . daring, courage and resource- - , fulness of the Gloucester fishermen in their everlasting struggle with the sea have added stirring chapters to American history. These sagas of hardship and heroism, oft repeated but ever inspiring, still may be heard along the colorful Gloucester waterfront. Although Gloucester long has been a mecca for summer visitors and artists colonies, its summer population nearly doubling the normal figure of 25,000, it has remained, at heart, a small town fishing port. The majority of families are directly or indirectly dependent upon the success of the fishermen for a livelihood. Their financial status fluctuates with that of its fisheries. Throughout the years Gloucesters citizens have continued as a closely knit unit. A tragedy at sea still casts a pall over the entire port while a celebration by the fleet means a rejoicing for all. ago, Now, as three centuries Gloucester takes pride in the feats and accomplishments of its fishermen, and once a year during the ebbing tide of August the townspeople gather to pay tribute to THEY THAT GO DOWN TO THE SEA IN SHIPS." 324-ye- ar nils . . The body of Sgt. Clifford Martin who, with another British sergeant, Jewish underground fighters in Palestine, is shown being cara mine field-bin fclervyn ried by fellow sergeants passing mourning party of men of his regiment. The two men were buried in a British forces cemetery near Lydda, Palestine, where St. George of England was martyred in the year 303 A. D. Violence and implacability of the Jews battle to secure Palestine as a homeland has attracted the intense interest of the whole world. BURIA IN PALESTINE Paicer-was-hange- . d y STARS Boys Design Own Astronomy Devices Distant stars day may lose Sir mystery for a group of here whose novel obby prompts them to gather one Sht a w6ek for a practical kind TOLEDO, OHIO. nd nebulae some h reflecting telescopes, ing apminiatures of the power-lade- n asparatus with which modern-da- y tronomers are piercing the myster, ies of space. ' For tools, the boys each garnered a lard can, a length of iron pipe, ey are seven a flange, a piece of small pipe and boys from disc of glass. vocational high school, and a mounted half-inc- h .eir. work although they hardly For the glass in the mirror itself, assify it as such consists of build they visited the nearby Libby- six-inc- teen-scientis- ts er todCHFUL STAE GAZERS . . . These teen-ag- e lads; Glenn Brown in Toledo, Ohio, school age,e Mocamber vocational high re Putting the finishing touches to a home-bui- lt reflecting telescope. Owens-For- d Glass company and h circucame away carrying of lar discs of glass, an inch thick, given them by a d foreman as it came rolling off the machines. All this and mathematics, too, is the slogan of Rollin Kontak, Milam Bokan, Jan Hortan, Bob Hagele, Glenn Brown, Frank Hischka and Ed Elwing. They mean, they explain, that to make a mirror with a parabolic surface is a trick that brings into play not only a knowledge of glass but frequent brushes with the textbooks. Under direction of Harold Ewing, instructor, the boys are performing the intricate tasks entailed in grinding and polishing the discs of glass, then converting them into mirrors. Finally, the mirrors will be installed in tubes whose eyes will reach the sky. They get no school credit for the work, but, as one small chap puts it, its more fun than attending meetings and talking. What can they see when they finish? Why, they predict knowingly, theyll be able to study Saturn and its rings and the four moons around Jupiter, or they may be able to pick up a stray comet. A close study of the moon will be a breeze. That makes it all pretty worthwhile, they figure. six-inc- three-quarte- good-nature- rs GENIUS COMES YOUNG . . . Ferrucio Burco, eight yeprs old, is just like other boys except for one thing.. Hes a genius, or so many music critics say. The Italian boy, shown here with Italys elder statesman Vittorio Orlando (right), is one of the worlds youngest concert maestros. He conducted his first piece when he was four years old and elicited raves from the critics. Since then he has conducted more than 45 concerts. ... defender in young doe, wounded by hunters, Laddie, collie pet of Mrs. Warfound a true nurse and ren Lewellen, shown here with the animals at her farm near Bedford, Mass. Doe was brought to the farm by Mrs. Lewellen and her husband aftr the found the wounded animal in a nearby wood. DOG IS DOES PROTECTOR A READY FOR THE PAN . . . Customers at a Brooklyn fish market are admiring the star attraction, tuna that was a huge caught off Long Island only after it had ruined $500 worth of trap 803-pou- material. MODERN PORTIA . . . Mrs. Florence A. Quinn of Brooklyn is the first woman ever to be named as a criminal law investigator in Brooklyn, which sounds like a big achievement. |