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B -'11 11- mJi ? SB j?1? .pill .? '?BRV;'BBE M ? gfll- ? -y -B pi ? ] jS B : fjft B ~ : ? *h ? r , ?i ~ * ?? .J?J..-,..? r / P-TJIUT,! .1? PITT POirNTY NORTH E 4E OY&XJH& SS. 1S2? J^r; No. 30 MJ|9V lk< .? ' i"^'1^ KB s K JB J^^BiflkSnCVfc ? ^^?^^H^H-a^Hr Jii^^' (???ISl.B l>; 11 ? KM V Ml 'V r*?o - ??-'(I!bHMB' ''HiIMW.? ftSX -&? mm ? ' C ~ ? p m.MK? at- :*~?. nfimmd Worid First - Dmj It IS dpeaed For Traffic; Great Engineering Feat. ' ' ?-'?>?. - - ? ?;7*> New York. Nov. 25?Fifty feet be neath the silt and sand of Hudson river bed two mcasttwus ami gigantic east-iron tubes Ke today-through which man drives his newest mo^fi! automobile without wetting a tire. For seven years thofce twin "aer pents" have been evjiving?taking their toll of human life and bram? unta now they are finished, and-we lookupon one of the greatest engineer ing feats of the ages. These great tufed are the Holland Tunnel?the reatest subaqueous high way ever constructed. They are so named afe* the man. Clifford Mdbum l Holland, who conceived the great dream?engineered the great f^t? but did not live to see the great tubes , meet in mid-streat, varying but a mere fraction of an inch from his stupend ous calculations. Mr. ^Holland died October 2?. 1924?just three days be fore the "tapping through.* Th- opening of this new transpor tation makes it possible to drive into New-York City from the west and south wibont being ferried across the great Hudson. It relieves a traffic congestion which has hourly grown vorae during the last ten years It joins Manhattan island and NeW Jer sey with five minute service for pri vately owned vehicles! Ills *?:&**' est underway highway ever bmlt ... The length of this engineer ing accomplishment is 9,250 feet; the length of the tunnel actually, und?* water is 5,480 feetg-?r one mile and 200 feet. Forf^-two blowing fans anc the tame number of exhaust fans are used to ventilate the tubes. 3 J 15,000 cubic feet of fresh air per minute are the tunnels maximum demand. - Th* engineer's estimated capacity s of the tubes, both going and coming, was rehides per day. But dpr- , ing the ^krhours of the opening day, November 12th?52,285 vehicle made - as President Ceolfclge, in Washington, Mimd a button which automatically opened tfcf flag drapped entrances on eaeh side. - ,, The eost of the tunnel highways was $48,?M?. The toO charges for gptomobim is 50 cents for passenger m ftiM for trucks of lesserton naga M?I |l-50 .for buses. $9,000,1)00 annually k expected to bethe revenae m1eT which it k said there will be no )iv? **?*??**> * building of the tunnel, including Br, Holland *?d Milton H- Freeman who *w?eed*d him-both of whom"rtu oSy worked themselves to death. Pverv nhnjit danger?fire, ex Kbs poison coffiaions. etc.. Jm been# anticipated and overcome There are but four under-watmrWgh wa^s for vehicles in the world?two a Engtead, one m Germany and one to Scotland. But the longest ot these to bat?therd the length of the Holland TmHU p * last a hundred T#lSreJ09 twe double li?a o* caw with ease . | the world' nnlMfl ftfii sppHCflyWB ? Jmnarv 1st* 1928* tBcy . wiu 1 - 5I0 Z obtafa^y^^ insurance. y?f3* V^tcrsos : - District Meeting , ? mm ? ? ??' ?*- -- On Hand And Make Meetugg Big SM??? , Op December the 8th .-the* North Eastern District Welfare Association which comprises twenty-eight counties wBWwld its conference irf^NfW sincerely ^ .that wdlbe with us, ami that you will voo as many people-who w 2fl in our work as is possible. We tew tried 6 arrange a progrtuB whtch will be both "interesting and instructive, viewing our work from the standpoint afMaymen as writ as Welfare Worker. There will be plenty of time for discus- ? man, so that if there ^ problems that come up which are not on the pro gram, you may feel free to discuss them. - 1 We feel that you owelt4jft-youlMP, and to the Conference,* tiffay ?Wjfo-M your daily routine for one days time in order that you may come in con tact with other workers and other peo- ? pie, and jrom them Sgg and inspiration. believe you will ^benXi'in this wayaa^uch as you gain-from tffe arranged program. Wf also think that >W ccmmun.ty w? trinm. ferencei-Corfiii yews, t. Secretary, .. Mm- J?h? ? President, Not? Eastern Welfare Association. Canton, Nov. 24.?Btfael, Mfcwe- i years-old daugher of Mr.and ] E. Parker, of Canton, <Ufid at Meri; < wether hospital in ? night at 8:20 o'clock of *^*3^ ed about 4 o'clock Tuesday ***** ' when her clothing became ignijfctf 4 from an open fire in her home. | The little girl's clothing was buni- . ad almost cowflletply off ?r bodMj %r mother, ? I house when she 1 I ea by five brother|?d skfe** __ -y-" ? ? M Obftt i Y ^ I ? " ' I Well as Famishing Much En \ tertounment For The Whole j Family; Prizes Offered. l iBlendid f?at?n, whisb if new. by the A rarapMlJJ of ad TOdinj, swh as ^ writing original alc^ans or mottos for J stores. Al the same time the feature '?? **. th. ability of hounds of good rnd spellers. P*"'5 ] |?|11I|: " by the ^ I days to locate tjioni,. prepare yoiir slo" , . ? j .? ' #_? ivilltT n-f 1|Wif ; Each week we.wl hase. w?e ?*?-1 S^iT'. ?? ???? - %r: .?? ? -_lr_ ?? v.. V -?? Lv^,.J orw*ilc*ri wnr?i * n^ncfi jnttwwTi(t an an f .JP^. y ? f - * ' "'' I : vr~ y ? IB. C ^ IO -VkwJPfi ^iflH^ul lr Inpniwl ThiR V '?" -^Htj1^ -vf:.' ^ , ^2B^ vantage of The | \ ?r ^RbML'flMHl^^Hj^^H ? :--syy'^ ? .' ' il. .irm eisewnere in inis issue snu &xwiiu ... , ^ W FtiivlkK IKi/rfi' WWnf Iq o rwsflt i>" ?'vA ? A v^ ' j ? - .,77^ l\OlT-6 i ?v ?? _ Q'ja# ^<1 rrrnft ^yifa ? 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Bowie oi the .???#** t bureau cited reports" fiom ships at sea c to the effect that there had been no v jtorm near where Cffles suid he found ' >ne. ,e Giles c joeiated Press on arrival here last, c light and then denied himself o visi~ ( tors later, t "You can quote rae as saying that I is a foreigner to this Country I am a ioroughly disgusted with the action 4 : ' ? - ? w&> | W #ould -n^Wrebsern^^Si^s & HHttgld they be charted on a>} weather map, I did not fall in a squall. i At t|^4>M Af^iay bump U. Fas 1 Qyjng at aboqp. 1,000: feet. I was be- J tween two layers rH \ clouds,: and at I Smes it was misty. I suddenly felt"the , jpip drop straight down. I had "hot ; ,-ontrol of her. I passed through the :: iow tratarof doudftlMftfift*ittiferaely mto the sticks, Charts* food^a^d oth- .? sr loose artielee^in the cockpit were a bo something? so I hung onto thestick. r bhen the plant- complete^ lli loop 1 1 iad throttled the engine down during ; the fall, and uow the motor started ? to pick. Up." ti-'.y * %' hi . * . ? ? ] The Poor Simp 1 ?3PS??aSSJi; pp$. some onefc going t? .sde' that c hole in your neck.' . - BtrE33PI**-7^ '? *?>?:?.6 -- ,* .4 '*? ' - " ? ? ? rt I | - Brother of Deceased Premier Is | FormeT^oIicies?Carol Oppcft - dtioir Weakened. ;v/-.\ ' Bucharest, RinBAnia, Nov. 24.?Ion " si Bratiinu, lor more han a quarter 't;a century a dominating personality n-the politic? life: of Rumania, dted'. sariv todav * ? * ? 4"/ wuttjr. ^rhusr in* ^ or. a scant four nonths Rumtoia^has. lost a crowned ?3 "^uncrowned"' _king?King Ferdi i*nd dying last July soon after Bra ianu upbn whom he,depended great \ for advice had taken over the pit The premiej died af 6^43 o'clock this Doming from a complication of dis fetes which ?rovea ietaf af^er an cp tfation yesterday for an .abscess on 4a, throat and for the removal- of a ffia&ased gland on the left side of his ower jaw. He waf"'?3 years oM wbon't be-'impatient, I shall make ? rgood fight," were Jthe last words he vrote on a pad which he handed to his 'oung secretary, then .he lapsed into Jeep gfter renewed inhalations of ixygen until death; came.. . The cabinet was called into session mmedjately at the premier's house tndthe premier's brother Vintela was ippointed premier by the regency ouncil. He immediately composed a lew ..cabinet, consisting of former oembers and gave directions for the nibbling of guards throughout the apibd, Troops throughout Rumania eere-called t quarters. *? ? ' The death of "the; premier undoubt idly was hastened' by the acquitthig if Mihail Manoilescu recently, on a barge of conspiring to restore Prince 3aror to hte Rumanian throne. The rial was felt t have done irreparable njury ty Bratianu'S party, the liber is, and to have strengthened greatly he national peasants, his chief oppo lents, who'have always maintained a ynipathetio attitude toward former Irown Prince Carol, whose six-year id. son Michael is now king. Folitidal leaders, however, do not ?elipve that Bratianu's death envis- ?. g^Prjnce Carol's return although it u ^ undoubtedly enhances his position con iderahly. ^ ^Queen Marie was in constant tele ibonic cdmmunicatiofi with the dying vernier personally visited him _ S'te last nght. 1 ."Do you feel better?" asked the freen of the man who'more thai) any me was responsible for Carol's re- *" iuncjatioh.' ' The premier raised his arm and eebly grasped he queen's hand, say ng haltingly: "Yes, your majesty. How good and jracious it is of you to come here at tuch an hour/' Ion I. C. BratianU, familiarly cail d Ionei, a diminutive, to distinguish tint from his 'father, who was also ir^mier, came of a rich Rumanian fcidjly.long a power in politics of the Jalkan country Bora at Florica, the Bratianu fam ly estate near Burcharest, he fell,heir o a tradition of wealth and position. His father led the uprising of 1848 igainst the Turks, placed the Hohen ;oIlern family on the throne in 1868, ind b^mie theatret prime minister. . mmensely wealthy by their control if the oil and mineral resources of the oimfry?gradual!/ turned to conser vatism. 5 ?- i- ;, - / '. *S ? . Ioijel Bratfanu was premier ana lor fcte.'iAinieter in various cabinets. It rai p?a '4nat^cro "t&tirt whan the pressure against his . virtual dictator^ hip became too grave. But from his - ountry-home he stQl dictated the poli test?* the country, and was always^ eady'to return when his personal, jadership was needed. } Practice * "Are you. on the water wagon for "Well, you ougtftJn^Kjtow the feel ig.> Youfve hean.on a thousand times ?efoKf.'* : " ? y . : ?? . - ? OPENED if ? The ladies of-thO Episcopal Auxili-' ary announce the opemnj^Ny^ shop on Monday, December 5th, oyer Cannon's Store, with Christmas novel - iies and fancy hand made articles oq ^^bein 1 had vh tee selection ox suitable .and artistic
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