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jShlp and Submarine Passage; to Orient Considered. Washineton. Naval anthnrlHwi i ietudylne the Dosslbilltlea of dlsnnrrh- tag war fleets, including submarines,' (across tne "top or the woria," through ithe Arctic ocean from Europe to the ; ar Bast ! The 400-year-old dream of this new iroute to the Indle9 has coma triiA. no. -cording to announcement by the Soviet government, navigation from Europe to tne raciflc, along the northern coast of Siberia, is now on a practical basis. ; More than 100 vessels plied the Icy eas along the northern coast of Eu rope and Asia, the announcement said. pefore winter closed In. Paying car-; goes were carried over the once-leg-, (enaary northeast passage. Had success come earlier to the Rus- fllans it' might have had an lmnortnnt bearing on the outcome, of the dlsas-' jirous Musso-japanese war. , In a cranky old Elizabethan shin Sir Hugh Willoughby sailed from Eng-.' land In 1553 on the first Important ex-' ipedition through these seas. One of ma captains, Richard Chandler, got as far as the present city of Archangel. Holland sent out an expedition In 1594, headed by the heroic Barents. 'This was the first of a number of ex peditions fated to failure of their main ipurpose, but successful in gaining; xnowieage. Success of the modern fleet was fore- .4kTiarinurofl Kit Hint A r AU. 0.1 1 -1 l !head of the Arctic Institute at Lenin-: igrad, in 1932. He set a two-month rec ord from Archangel to Japan. Aboard the Icebreaker Siblrlakov, he flailed July 23 to determine the com mercial practicability of the route. All the way he had good weather, he re ported, with temperatures never much below freezing. Heredity Riddle Solution Is Sought in Fungus Fly , Baltimore, Md. Out of the mouths of gnats, so to speak, may come an ,answer to the riddle of heredity if studies that Dr. C. W. Metz is making of sclara coprophlla a fancy name for what Is commonly known as the fungus fly are carried to a successful con clusion at the Johns Hopkins univer sity. Doctor Mets Is studying chromosome structure and behavior. Chromosomes, minute bodies containing tiny particles known as genes, found within certain plant and animal cells, are believed to be responsible for the repetition of parental traits in offspring. Unusually large chromosomes are found in the salivary glands of the gnats. Mot only do they supply a large species of chromosome, but they breed rapidly, reproducing 12 or 15 genera-, tlons within a year, which makes a great many related specimens avail-' able for study within a short time. Furthermore, it has been observed that gnats exercise an almost selec tive breeding process. Often a female will have only sons, a phenomenon which never has been duplicated. "Jhe male fungus fly transmits only characteristics Inherited from his mother, but the female passes on chromosomes from hoth nnrpnts" rw.i tor Metz explained. "We've found out what groups of chromosomes produce a generation of a single sex. But we do not know what forces produce the combinations of chromosomes." France and Switzerland Take Lead in Drinking Munich. The Englishman, the Aus tralian and the German nfnnd of thn .1. . 1 1 ' . . f uouom oi we ciass wnen it comes to drinking alcohol, it is indicated by JN'azi statistics just released to the Munich press. A list of European nations shows that the Frenchman and the Swiss drink, on the average, five times more every year than any one of thorn. These are the figures per head per year in litres (about one and three quarters pints) : France and Switzerland, five. Spain, Sweden, Czechoslovakia, four. Hungary and Austria, three and a half. - Belgium, Bulgaria, Holland, two. England, Australia, Germany, one. When it comes to wine drinking France is again in the lead with an average yearly consumption per bead of 100 litres. As for beer, Germany, for centuries the traditional home of beer, has to take second place to Belgium, where an average of over 100 litres is ab sorbed. Two Sisters Work Before Mast to See the World Vancouver, British Oolumbla-An attempt to work their way around the world In ships is being made by two young Vancouver sisters. , ' They are Clara M. Wilson, a school teacher, and Kathertae, a stenograph-, er. They started out on the "first lap of their journey aboard "the British freighter Harmatrls, on which they signed as members of the -crew.' 1 The Harmatrls will take them v to Sydney New South Wales. ,:- From Sydney they hope to catch- a' boat to India or the west const of Australia, work- their .way. to South Africa and up the east coast of Africa, and then go through Europe and Eng land, returning to New York and Mont real. ; f !--"- ; .- The sisters said they had no special motive for undertaking the adventure, except for . the desire to '- "see ' the wsrid." -vv. jv,. . .:; ... k.o ,t icXAS Prosperity Due to Forceful ; Leader, Tribe Claims. LlvlTlPHtnn IWlin- Thn onlv Inrtlnn I tribe in Texas, the peaceful A.abamas, has a; white chief. J Nekko SI, or Little Chief, known to I his business associates here as Clem iPaln, Jr., became director of the tribe at Indian Village following the death , of Big Chief Sun-Kee, seventy-five. Fain has been a friend and adviser ! of the Alabamas for many years, and I was so loved that he was given the j title of Nekko SI. Affairs of the tribe, which had drlft j ed from the land east of the Mississip pi a century ago, greatly Interested 1 Fain. 1 Advised Old Chief. Sun-Kee became chief of the tribe 25 years ago upon the death of his I predecessor, Chief John Scott Fain became his friend and advised the chief, When adversity struck at the foun dation of the band of 250 Indians In 1928, Fain advised Chief Sun-Kee, then sixty-seven, to organize the tribe formally and present a plea to the government for aid. The tribal braves, numbering 49, formally elected Sun-Kee. then pniiort lunariey Thompson, as chief. Immediately Chief Sun-Kee left for Washington, where he was arranted an audience with Calvin Coolldge, then president. The chief asked for aid and obtained It Before the trln tn Wpahlmrtnn nhio w I aun-K.ee was grieved deeply over the poverty-stricken condition of the tribe. His band found It difficult to eke a bare living from the sandy loam near Indian village. Have New Outlook. The Indians were backward nnti hnfl i no funds to buy modern farming equip ment, Dut now, thanks to the courage of Chief Sun-Kee and th mlvlro r 'Nekko Si, they have a new outlook on life. Farms yield good crons from sandv soil, and Indian Village has new homes, a hoSDital and new rhnrnh - -" " 11 VI V.1 JJ1 buildings. The Alabamas no loneer hnvp to move to more fertile lands, as did their forefathers. When the orlirlnnl hnnd moved Into Texas it settled near Peach Tree village in Tyler county. Tha Texas war for Independence forced them to move, but they were friendly to Gen. Sam Houston and we rpwnrri. ed In 1854 by the land grant upon which they now live. Fain, the Alabamas' Little Chief, will i rule until next January, when the tribe 'Will elect One Of its own hlnnil tn nom on the work of Sun-Kee, beloved chief. Tuners .Are Needed in Jews' Harp Manufacture London. There Is a serious shortage of skilled tongue setters for Jews harps In Britain. This distressing fact Is disclosed by the current number of Industrial Brit ain, a Journal printed In English, French and German by the Travel and Industrial Development Association of Great Britain, largely for guidance of overseas buyers. Birmingham, which Is the only city in the world where Jews' harps are made, has been enjoying a "boom" in the demand for this basic product But prospective players all over the world who have been taken with the urgent desire to manipulate this in strument are being kept waiting owing to the way in which the lack of tommo setters Is holding up production. I iircw meu, who are responsible for iob adjustment of the metal strip which vibrates to produce the sound, have to be trained for several years. If the st. p is the merest fraction of an men out of adjustment the tone is ruinea. The demand Is coming principally from the United States. harp bands are becoming Increasingly pupurar. une Birmingham firm is producing 100,000 harps a week, and the head of the firm recently has re turned from America with' an order for ;60,000. Super Clock Will Vary Only Fraction of Second London. A clock that will not insn or gain more than a fraction of a second In a year . is to be Installed at the Boyai Observatory. It will be recognized as the world's super time piece. Controlled bv electricity lum will swing in a partial vacuum at a constant temperature, and a series of electric Imoul8ea will ha irlvAn nnr each time the pendulum swings. Tne electric impulses will control the dials and mechanism. Cut Out All the Fun, r Live to Ripe Old Age San Francisco. If you would en joy longevity, happiness and health, take the following advice from Dr. E. Payne Palmer, of Phoenix, and dont 5 tf Indulge la alcoholism .; Use tobacco excessively. Become excessively emotional. Submit . to , anger, avarice, ambi tion, vanity,', gluttony, or, nncleanll ness. ,', d i ; j. iL (- Attempt to avert parenthood, - Vanity, the doctor explained, usu ally affects-healthy In connection with attempts to acquire a graceful ngu.n ny injurious means The modern electric range is a 1 favorite with husbands who enjoy thick, juicy broiled steaks, and with wives who like to broil steaks the safe, smokeless way. Here's how it's done: Trim and wipe a porterhouse steak; salt and brush with melted butter. Ar range oo rack of smokeless broil er pan of Electric Range which Is so constructed that the fat is drained off Into a covered pan PERQUIMANS WEEKLY ADVERTISERS ARE AJNXllFUo TO SERVE YOU . . . 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This new Chevrolet is fast! It's spirited! It goes places as you want your new car to go! And goes with less gas and oil! All of which naturally makes it a much better investment. Then, too, the new Chevrolet for 1936 is smarter, safer and more comfortable to ride in than any other car selling at or near its price. . , Come in take a ride in this only complete louhfricedcar and get proof of its greater value. CHEVROLET MOTOR CO., DETROIT, MICH. 8', Nw Greatly Reduced G.M.A.C. TIME PAYMENT PLAN TlfltxMttfauaituiimtt fa G.M.A.C. Uttmy. Compart Omnhl'i low dtlimd pricm. LOADHORSESAND MULES ARRIVE IN tDENTON C. N. Griffin Receives Carload From West Edenton, N. C-, Jan. 9. Farmers in Chowan and adjoining counties will be glad to learn of the extraordinary mules and horses just received from the West by C. N. Griffin, local horse dealer. Mr. Griffin states that this group of horses and mules range in weight from 1100 to 1400 pounds, and are all thoroughly broke and ready for work. They are moderately priced and will make a valuable asset to any farm. Mr. Griffin's sales barn is located on Water Street, and his telephone number is 212-W. WITH LESS GAS I . . . less upkeep MASTER DELUXE SPORT SEDAN IMPROVED GLIDING KNEE-ACTION RIDE flic smoothtil, o fait rid of oil HIGH-COMPRESSION VALVE-IN-HEAD ENGINE giving cvnn better performance wirh even lew gat and off ALL THESE FEATURES AT CHEVROLET'S LOW PRICES 495 AND UP. LUtpric of Nw SfmvW Gmpt of Flint, Midugm, With eumpere, spare tin ort tin lock, thi lutprin it $tO mdduionat. Knmt Action on Mattrr MoMt only, $20 mdditionaL Prion tputod in fJUi odmrtiument anlulat Flint, Mu&xmm, and tubjfet to ckangt without Mftce, A Gmnul Mown Vahu. D HERTFORD, N. C.
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