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Show THE BULLETIN f1 t MOST ANCIENT CITY i . Ruins of a city 0.000 the "oldest city In 'years : the world" have been unearthed In the .Tepb Gawra prehistoric mound In northern Iraq. A report from Charles Bache, field director of a Joint archeological expo :dition from the American School of Oriental Research and the Museum of the University . of Pennsylvania, recently disclosed the discovery of, the fruins. Work on the moimd was be-gun in 1027 under Dr. Ephraim A. iSplesrrn, director of the Oriental lie- t .i. search school at Bagdad. J. The new And Is the eleventh city to bef'uncovered in tlie excavations. Trial ) diggings have Indicated that as many as twelve additional "layers of beneath this city, and give promise of pushing the ancient veil of civilization back thousand years before Christ i The most modern town In the mound j was last Inhabited about 1500 IS. CL.JJL i la located 15 milea from the modern j city of Mosul, across the river from i the ruins of the ancient biblical city of Klnfcvch, 500 miles northwest of Cr of j the Chaldees. j llany evidences of the domestic and Industrial life of the Inhabitants of the l city were uncovered among the ruined walls of a temple and several private houses There were fragments of pottery,' spindles and' iloorn weights hammer stones hones knives hide scrapers combs, mortars ;and receptacles for kohl, which the women nsed as a beauty aid. In several nnrliled tombs the searches found precious stones and other valuables placed Inside wooden coffins .which bad !een sealed In graves reenforced with mud brick and reeds Included In the latter find were such . Items as weapons, rosettes beads gold ornaments a wolfs head made of a r natural alloy, and such prestones as cious and obsidian, turquoises und Philadelphia. old In fact, : C,000-year-ol- New Theft Excnee Yaklms Wash. A series of automobile thefts were solved when police three-quarter- Washington. So said Dr. Truman Mlchelson of The practice Is supposed to have been confined to the Aztec and l'awnce Indians but actually was widely diffused throughout the con- knife. lapis-lazul- i. In the famous "Morning Star" rites of the Pawnees a maiden was sacrificed. The llurons burned maidens at the stake, Doctor Mlchelson asserts ; n, Patent Granted for New Variety of Peach Tree Washington. A patent for a new variety of peach tree, said to be drouth and cold resistant, has been Issued to Donald 8. Byers horticulturist, of Clyde,- Ohio. . ; young building with many rooms Kitchen and dining room are In the basement, recreation rooms and offices on the first floor and sleeping quarters on the two top floors 'Arnold Serwer, University of Wisconsin graduate, who is In charge of the work, said the house was in pretty bad condition when we caiue in, but were working on it hard." He believes the work will be completed In n month or so. ' - comlmt drouth and cold. Byers will be the same protection as a person With a patented mechanical Invention or chemical formula. The new peach tree la known as the "Hardee" variety. It wag developed from a species found In northern Ohio, near Lake Kris Widespread attention was accorded the trees last summer when they bore a full crop after the severe winter of ed 'transients are engaged In a project here which may result In solution of the country's boy transient problem. Under the supervision of the Washington transient bureau, the boys have been given the Job of making their 6wn horns They are reconditioning the old Grand kouss The project Is a rambling, three-stor- y 1933-5- 4 cod-liv- had wiped out virtually all of Ohio peach crop. the Michigan and WITTY KITTY By NINA WILCOX PUTNAM n U. S. Enjoy Lowest Fares era?-;ele- " rs The girl chum says tha worm Mvir 'gsta credit from tho posts for having arrived in tha spring ahead of tha I robin. er j i Airplane Travelers in Chicago. Airplane travelers in the United States pay lower fares than do air passengers . In ; foreign "countries land also travel at much faster speeds ) shows a survey completed by United ;A!r Lines . With fares European passenger Into American dollars at ; translated current exchange rates foreign pay an average of eight and one-half cents a mile, with fares of ten cents a mile not uncommon abroad, st j -- a plant specifically grown to Own Home in Capital Twenty-fou- r ar south-southea- It. was the first patent granted for Transient Boys Make Washington. . tinent, he said. In the Aztec rites the heart of the victim was cut out with a stone ! car-nella- The savage the Smithsonian institution. 6,000-yeur-oh- semi-precio- e' tree of offering human sacrifices to the gods of war was widely In effect in North America at the time of the coming of the white man. I ' Yakima Human Sacrifice an Old Indian Custom al gold-silve- n Wel-ilngwo- ' - d youth had been stealing cars to convey hie sweetheart to church. d ser-jer- ' mid-ocea- trans-l'aclfl- c co-ed- seventeen-year-ol- state alienist, Aviation brings another place. Wake island, into the news headlines Recently It was announced that Wake, lonely Island possession of the United States stawill be developed ns a Canadian Tramps 27f000 air tion If a proiHwed Miles Around the World route comes Into existence. After walking 27,000 miles London. mere "Wake Is the largest of three 23 Pacific countries, Henry W. Wei--, vast In clustered the through specks about 2,200 miles from Honolulu on a pngworth of Canada has "dropped In" to see Britain. direct line to Manila." says the Naless Is "It Weillngworth started hla walking tional Geographic society. than two square miles In area and Its tour with a few dollars and, he detwo nelghlmrs Wilkes and I'eale. have clares. never spent them. During his s travels he has worked hla way by writ- -. a combined area of nearly of a mile. Ing, lecturing, acting as an engineer and doing odd Jobs. Without Fresh Water. , Before ho took to bis travels, "Although discovered by the British waa in an architectural ofIn 1700, Wake has never attracted perfice.' He waa forty-fivyears of age, manent settlers; In fact, few people and was told be was "too old" and have ever set foot on Its shores and asked to retire:' He decided that be remained to explore It To students Just young enough to take h long: "was ..of geography, the Island has been hardj vacation. walking ly more than a name on a list of the United States possessions; to readers of travel tales, It is known only as one Goat Serum Discovery. of the land spots glimpsed from the Lessens Smallpox Scars rail of an no. 'slonal passing vessel ; to Tokyo. Dr. llldetake Yaol. governnavigators of passenger ships plying ment scientist. announced developbetween the 'waiian Islands and a goal serum which apparentof ment Guam, It Is mi y one of those 'very lessens the severity of disly greatly -. which dangerous Bpthey are In smallpox gasejL Doctor figurement warned to avoid. with the Institute of connected Yaol, "Yet Wake. i. .'though without fresh to make an offiexpects water. Is not as forbidding ns was Mid- Kphlemhihigy, of hla findings to announcement cial way island, westernmost of the HaIn April. circles scientific waiian group about 1.500 miles to the In his research lie treated 100 panortheast, before It became a cable sta- tients in a recent smallpox epidemic tion. Wnke Is clnd In heavy brash, and umbrella and hardwood trees, In Kumamoto prefecture and had "enwhile Midway was a barren sandy spot couraging results." until earth was shipped there so that Its harulfnl of residents, employees of Humble Fish Yield Rich a cable company, might survive. The nearest neighbors of the Wake group Vitamins, Tests Show are the Pokaakku (Taongi) Islands 450 inVancouver, B. CL A bllllon-dollmiles to the within the dustry from the deep sea may come to! Japanese mandated portion of Mi- the nets of British Columbia fishermen cronesia. as a result of tests being made with x medical product obtained from two! Mot Worth Charting.' Charles Wilkes.- commander of the of the humblest fish In British Coluih-- ! United States exploring expedition of hla waters. A vitamin A and D oil, blended from 1841, was probably the first person to oils obtained from the pilchard and. make more than a cursory visit to the livers, hes been perfected, it grayfish Island lie thought the Island so unIs believed. he did not chart It In important that Tests on school children of Prince his report he said: Wake's island Is have revealed that the on Is Rupert a low coral one of triangular form and more potent and quicker In superior, 8 feet nlmve the surface. It has a action than olL In the center which was large lagoon well filled with fi?h of a variety of .n species; among these were some fine Natives Can Go Abroad mullet. From appearances, the island must le at times, submerged, or the Underground in Hungary sen makes a complete breach over it; Budapest An ancient tunnel 25 kilthe appearance of the coral blocks and ometers long, which Is believed to date of all the vegetation leads to this conback to the Tartar Invasion, has been clusion for they have a very decided discovered near the former Hungarian Inclination to the eastward, showing town of Szatmar. A man who accidenalso that the violent winds nr rush of tally discovered the entrance explored water, when the island Is covered, are the tunnel and emerged In Chechofrom the westward. slovakia. "The island has been In possession of the United States Mnce JS99 when it was visited by the U. S. S. Droning-toCroesus Gold Mine under the command of Capt K. D. The Inst official visit to Wake Taussig. Is Found by Turks "was in 1922 when the U. S. S. Beaver Ankara, Turkey. A rich gold was dispatched there merely to note If mine which wus worked 500 yean before the Christian era by King any changes were taking place. There la now no anchorage for large vessels Croesus, lost ruler of Lydia, la said near the Island -- Small boats may ento have been discovered In tho Bos ter the lagoon between Wilkes and Dagh region of Anatolia. The provWake Islands at high tide." erbial wealth of Croesus, known to have been Immense, came In large part from trade. Nudism Is Just an Old The Turkish ministry for the naMassachusetts Custom tional economy Is investigating the Boston. Mass. Nudism la an old cusreported discovery, and the govtom at least In staid eld ernment may take over tho mine. Washington. lege wheu the administration approved a provision for women's smoking rooms In two dormitories Authorities said establishment of the smoking rooms will lessen fire hazards caused s smoking In their study by rooms practice that la still forbidden. a Briggs, : To Be Depot for Trans-Pacifi- c Women's Smoking Rooms Air Flights. Are Approved by College found i ernon was practiced openly. Called ranters," the nudists practiced their creed by marching up and down the main streets nnclad and Interrupting prayer meetings. One ease Doctor Briggs found waa in June,: 1057, when Lydia Wardwell and Deborah Wilson were tied to the whipping post and beaten because they came to a meeting "entirely divested of: their clothes." AS PLANE STATION dvlll-isiitlon".l- le i 9 PICK WAKE ISLAND Corvallis Ore. Women's rights conquered tradition at Oregon State col- L did a bit of historical research recently and discovered that nudism once Europs Scientists Hope to Find Earlier Layers of History. ! Dr. coutrasteu wun a fire of around six cents a mile In the United States Excess baggage charges in the United States are practically half those of UNEARTH RUINS OF i |