Show Belgian Congo Capital Is I Marvel in Jungle Center Mention of the Belgian Congo presents presents presents pre pre- a mental picture of impenetrable impenetrable impenetrable jungle wild beasts and natives natives natives na na- na- na tives who feast on human flesh There are jungles wild beasts and tribes still inclined to augment their bill of fare with an occasional tribal enemy or unwary traveler in inthe inthe inthe the vast Belgian colony but the American soldiers just arrived at Leopoldville will be amazed that the colonial capital is a modern city with a normal population of Three hundred and fifty miles up the Congo river the soldier boy from Keokuk or Kalamazoo will find there electrically lighted streets palm fringed and lined with brick and cement buildings Invited to dine in a Leopoldville home he willbe will willbe willbe be cooled by electric fans Cans and served food from Crom an electric The capital is the nerve center of the colony's economic life Eastern terminus of the recently established trans-Atlantic trans plane route from Miami Miami Miami Mi Mi- ami Fla it also has air connection connection connection tion with every commercially important important important tant colonial settlement Usefulness of the air service is apparent in the quantity cf of r r gold and diamonds shipped from Congo mines by plane Falls in the se section sep sec tion of the river between the city and the Atlantic outlet drop the water water water wa wa- ter level feet Ceet and balk steamer navigation North of the city the Congo is navigable for Cor more than a thousand miles The colony spreads over an area almost third one-third as large as the United Sta States tes In square mileage it is roughly equivalent to the aggregate of Texas Arizona New Mexico California Nevada and Montana I 1 |