DECEMBER ZO, 1923
U. S. FLYERS TO i
CIRCLE WORLD
Trip Will Show Ease of Communication
Between the
Continents.
Washington. ? Secretary of War
Wseka has formally approved the
project f??r a Uigi^t of four or five
j army airplanes around the world next
/ spring and summer.
This flight, the most ambitious nn
dertajdn*; of the nrniy air service. Is
intended to demonstrate the feasibility
with which aerial communication
way be established between the various
continents aad to obtnla data
concerning the operation of present
type airplanes under varying climatic
jmnSHnna
At now planned, the personnel for
the fight will consist of four commlsafoaed
offlcere and four eallsted men. j
wo 11 qualltVd for a letig and arduous
flight. The selection of personnel fa 1
now under consideration by MnJ. G?r?. j
Msaon M. Patrick, chief of the air j
service. and hU associates.
Await Foreign Approval.
Until authority boa been received
from all foreign government* whose
territory will be visited the exact
route of the flight will aot be deteeVfeed.
The route tentatively mapped
dftt follow*:
l>eav? Washington about the raidMto
of March anrl proceed to Seattle.
?*p*rt trom Seattle about April 1, flyykc
northward along the ooaat of Canada
and southern Alaska.
They will fly acroee the Aleutian
tnda, down through the possesions
Japan. along the shores of China, I
uch Indo-Chlna. Slam and Burma.
IJffroaii India, up the Persian gulf, j
across Turkey and Euro?>e t<> England,
fkgnee north through the Faroe Islands
j&t Inland, thence to Greenland and
TOtbwnrd along the eastern shore of
continent to Cape Farewell, Greent
npd. from which point a direct flight
MAI be made to Hamilton Inlet on the
"Wborador coast, thence southward
Snnc the Canadian shore and op the
!&, Lawrence river to Quebec and
Montreal, from which point the flight
MDl proceed to Washington, thus corajfietlcg
the circumference of the globe
^Sa the air.
. ' TMa Itinerary hat been worked out
fptatlvHy lu the cxpeotMtion that it
Jv?l> enable the flyeru to dodge the
^pLlziy seasons in tho United State#
Mid India And Insure fiigitf over Ico- '
Inpd and Greenland during August |
|pd September.
Pilots Wilt Study Haute*.
L JDx luting airway facilities wtU ba
ttpowed In the United States, soufhE&ti
Japea and between India and
jupndon. The taterreniag Sections ot
fflH long routs will h? givao farther
lyOdy by experienced pilot*. wAo will
ttecood over tho route prior to tho
Hrlval of the flight,
f* A patb-flndlng eor^edldon o? two of- |
1 jfltera baa been In the field for aoma
Hqo Lieut. Clarence EL OremrLa* la
Sw tn Otwnland. invootlgntlmg farflHia
for aviation there Lies*- OUf|r
jjjrf C. Nutt. now in tho Philippines,
gui visii inpun in iuak* piwimiuar| ;
Krangetrii'Pta u? aoon at the wishes
JK the Tokyo government have been
ttdt* known to the StMte department.
p pdeanwhlle, n detailed atudy of the
ante la being made In the ortV?- of
^Mp^ral Patrtck. the United States
guard Is obtaining dura on faBmties
between Seattle and Attn laBed
in the Aleutian greop, which Is
HB point of departure of the flight
SKro United States territory,
f. fecial attention la being given to
SdNtber conditions along the proposed
jjjflfcLa. with a view to making availa?le
every possible facility to the
?r flyers.
^phe planes choeen tor the flight are
QMuglas world-cmiseitk designed and
filllt by the Douglas Airplane oom
ffi&fcr. Santa Monica, Qjtl. They wfll
9ft powered with Liberty mo tots. At
Battle the planes trial be equipped
JtflEh pontoons for water landtag*.
JpjWefent plan* contemplate removing
pontoon* at Tokyo and using landWi
gear from that point on.
^fculls Possibly Indian Link.
Avttfon, Santa Catallna Islands.?
roll* recently unearthed at Santa
A^rhara by the S:\Jtlisontan InstMuWto
expedition may prove to be a
^pnnertlng link- between early AsljttHp
trtbea and the American Indian,
Hither thnn the "missing link" bewk>n
the Indian and toe wan of the
ifcwnderthal period. Ralph GUdden,
/ ujB^iropolojrist connected with the
8 / [Si* Foundation of the American Inj
SSt said
4 " i
Kaiser's Pioture
in Concealed Room i
i
Boui'uir.'i'ton.?Behind a panol I
tr tb* main hull of The I.evla- ,
{baa, ou of tbs Hoar's stewards J
^iatL .red on a rttoant trfp a I
9ptf aqolppad barbar shop in J
vibEfc vara scattsead a nonpar
i ?(elc;iire poatautfc at Kalaar 1
Wmolio, tha crow* pitnca and r
tM^Vkar toraar rcymi person j
, Mrta of Qarmanj,
a Oaa of tka T aslathaii's offl
oad axpraaasri awprtae that {
Alttortcau naval man bad never
SaaevarMl th? secrat room when
fcaj tkor?a*Wj mrdMd the
I dvy bafora nstng W as a war
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U.S. POST OFFICE
IS 284 YEARS OLD
First Station Organized in 1639
at Boston to Sell Wine and
Strong Water.
Boston.?Two hundred und elgbtJFfour
jcun ago the tlrat poet office is
the United States was established In
Boston, and the celebration of tho
anniversary thla month recalled the
manner of its founding
It had been the custom in thoas
dajs for tlu- citizen* of Boston to
troop on board the packets which arrived
from overseas In Qusat of let
tern and other tidings fiom England.
That vu all very wall for a while,
but as the population grow tho habit
bouame a auisauce to tbo skippers,
who objected to tiering their decks
na<^ Impromptu delivery offices and
the none too spacious quarters below
crowded with man and woman.
Flret Postmaster Namod.
So the general rourt to* tbo Maaooefcosetta
legislature always has been
called) stepped In. In 1S38 It ruled ,
that Richard Fairbanks (on tho site j
of whoue home tho Boston Globe i
building cow stands) was bo take
charge of and distribute letters from
abroad.
Tor preventing tho miscarriage of
letters," the quaint older read, "said
It Is ordered that notice ho given that
Richard Fairbanks his house In Boa
ton la the place appointed for all let
tere which ure brought from heyoad
the eena. or are to be aent hither,
are to bee brought unto An hoe Is
to take cure that they bee delivered
or aer.t according lo their directions,
and hee Is allowed for every auca letter
a penny."
Given Liquor Permit.
John Wluthrop was goverDor when
Fulrbjiiks was appointed. The latter !
had a permit to sell "wine and strong
water" and over Ms bar tbo men of
Boston sipped their ale and read their
mad and talked of the tidings from
far away
Kalrbanka acted as postmaster i:ntfl
1617. In January. 14V7H. the general
court tonde provision for a domestic
povi.il service, the carriera to be paid
three ponce per mile for their services.
Twenty years later the Amert
can post office was eBtabllahed and In
1CT?5 a coach and mail nerrice was begun
betvrocn Boston and Hartford.
Gypaiei, Beggars Barred
by Constantinople Police
OmstantlDopIe^?Slrvoe the mantelpoi
authorities have taken central of
this dry they have effected the abotV
tton of many abuse* that went ontoacbed
during tha rears of tho allied
occupation.
Meet atrikiag la the cruaade agaluMt
beggars who have elwaya lnfetged
thla place. Under atrlct police efforts
they bare begun to dlseppenr. and It
to now possible to walk the etreer*
wltliont filthy men women and children
tugging at one's cont In Importunate
Impudence. Now the order la
ut that the dtr la to be rid of Its
arrnotMO n ho nr# roM
majority of the beggars, sneak-!literal
and pickpockets that bare I nf eared
the tlmrousrlifarea
London Police Showered
With Gifts by Admirers
London.?The In'ereet and courteny
shown hy the London police In the
welfare of the public constantly bring*
Its reward. This U. usually expressed
In bequest 8 to police men"? fund*, hoe
pitnls and home# by psreo&a of varying
circumstances, who at one time or
another have been *Wed by polios
IPRES
IFOR
0?g?S%t?SSg!!e
..
Special Prices f
Suits, Overcoats
j
Railroad men who
every day buy clothing
say they buy high clae
to tifteen dollars less
j same goods in Johnso
CHRISTMA;
Wives and sweeth
store the very thing f
1
Boone Clol
f'rtE WATAUC
i
Scvcu Si'ntraM Scrmeni
Glory to Goti in the highest and i
' --n earth jkoci-. goo w'-\] toward men.
J ?The Christmas Angels.
r r
I The feet of the hbmhlest may walk
in the field
Where the feet of the holiest have
trod;
This?this is the marvel to mortals
i revealed j
When the silver trumpets ??f Ch? .-tmas
have pealed
| That mankind are the childre nof
God.?Phillip Brooks.
! Therefore, Christmas men. be ;:rv.
i Wealth or rank possessing,
I Ye who will bless the poor
[ Shall yourselves find blessing.
?John Mason Neale.
* *
Ring in the valiant man and free,
The larger heart, the kindlier hand;
: Ring out the darkness of the land.
Ring in the Christ that is to be.
?Tennyson.
* * *
Fear not; for behold, I bring you i
good tidings of great joy which shall j
be to all people; for unto you is born
j th's day in the city of David, a Saf
vior. which is Christ the Lord.
Luke 2:10, 11
? * *
j I heard the bells on Christmas day I
I Their old familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
1 Of peace on earth good will to men. |
?Longfellow. I
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Let not the useless sorrow
j Pursue night and morrow;
; if e'er you hoped, hope now.
Take heart?uncloud your face
And join in our embrace
Under the Holly Bough.
?Charles McKay j
"lie joined the Co-Ops'* reports
! county age. I Kope Elias in telling
. bout one Mecklenburg county fari
mer who found he would get over
j .S 100 more for his cotton hv having
, it properly graded by his own paid
j grader and sold through the Association.
Thirty business men gave a verdict j
in favor of North Carolina kraut
when they compared it to one of then
| leading commercial brands being sold |
in the state, reports county agent
11. Steele of Watauga County.
Seventy live acres will be added
to the state's pecan area when one
Anson county farmer plants the 1,000
trees that he has recently ordered.
reports county agent J. W. Cameron.
The movement is spreading.
Growing children need whole milk
for growth and development. Substitutes
will not take its place, say
home demonstration workers of the
State College and Department of AgWhen
hugs and worms are most
plentiful in spring, hens lay heaviest.
; In winter when this animal food is
i not available it should be supplied
by using such substitutes as meat
scrap', fish meal, milk ??r high grade
; tankage, recommends A. G. Oliver,
! poultry extension specialist.
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