Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 173, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 November 1934 — Page 17

It Seems to Me KEYWD BROUN I _> F is going to bf a Thanksgiving column this ■ this *.oar it will have to tie today You may well a k my friend. *hy there should be such an essay and th* onlv answer is tha* it happens to be tradition and custom. Two moods are open. There is the comic column about the dinner and the turkey and s he solemn one concerning wintry forests and the P.igrim father- In my usual indecisive fashion I am gotnv to try to split the bracket. For this there may be some excuse. I doubt if

anv historian is likely to bob up with a book called Fun on Plyd ith Ri and yet it ,s distinct* ly possible that the Puritans were less sour-visaged than their descendants have generally asumed We do know from the records that a casual cleriral conference in the early days of Massachusetts could get away with an amount of liquor which would stump a ba eball writers’ banquet. The human organism being what it is not all that rum could have roared its way through the frame of every psalm singer without some

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consequent effect of uplift and elation. I'll warrant there were nights when John .'Jden could not so much as pronounce ‘•Priscilla." let alone speak for himself. m m m Stockade Has t tility j t )uu been aid ihar the white man killed the Inf riian with firewater rather than with firearms h i in the early days there were occasions when the aborigines got a distinct break because of the mines.- of the rum There were nights when certain stalwart Indian fighters from Miles Standi -h up and down couldn't hit a brave with a blunderbus at twenty paces. Life v as not always gum among the w itch burners Before ome student corrects me I hasten to add that I am aware of the fact that no witch actually was burned in Salem. I but use the phrase. And, anyway, they did ''press" one to death. Grim enough in all conscience was the land of the first Thanksgiving. Gratitude has been defined as a lively expectation of favors to come and something of that spirit entered into ‘.he humility of the Puritan prayers which ascended up to heaven. These folk who eked out a dangerous living along a rorkbound coast were bv no means truly content with that state of life to which time and tide had chosen to bear them Their festival marked a recognition of -ome slight improvement in their lot. They were not content. Quite unfairly our forebears have been accused of being conservative to the degree where men see no visions and no dreams are dreamt. History can prove it false. There would have been no push into the wilderness with its revolutionary* consequent had our ancestors been tame worshippers of a stiatified society. They* gave thanks but kept their fingers crossed in the determined hope for better things. a m a That Hum W ax Red AND it seems to me that some such formula is . the only appropriate one for Thanksgiving day of 1034 It would be grass to expect rejoicing from the millions who have nothing and surely there is a callousness in saying with whatever piety vou I’ve got mine and so I should be thankful. Let us rather be thankful for unrest and ferment in America. Some of the pains and pangs are symptons of new growth. The old order changes. Slowly but inevitably industrial democracy approaches Indeed in some rcspeefs we move toward the new day by treading well mbered paths which have been for a while descried Those who celebrated the first Thanksgiving would be purded at some of the doctrines of the sanctitv of private enterprise which have grown up Mini their day They had the will to co-operate but larked the means and natural wealth to make a life of mmtort. The only public utility 1 can think of among the Pilgrims was the stockade and they were wise enough not to let some single individual or little group claim title and chant" admis-ion of all desperate ones when the Indians were on the warpath. In fact the Indians themselves knew a good deal about co-operative effort and they would have swept the settlers bark to oblivion had each individual Puritan adopted as his motto such a slogan as “nobody is some to tell me how to run my business.” Oui ancestors did not need a Section 7-A to convince them of the right and the bounden necessity of organization. Their manners were terrible and their morals very stuffy. They had indentured servants and sermons much too long But at the verv least there ran through the commonwealth some recognition of human eomraddiip. So here’s to vou. John and Captain Standish. and pass along a kiss and a cocktail to your little friend Priscilla. (Copvneht 1934 bv The Times!

Your Health H\ OR MORRIS FISHBEIN

'T'HERE are certain types of persons who develop, I somewhat late in life or occasionally during childhood, an excessive amount of action on the part of a gland which is located in the skull. This is known as the pituitary gland. A part of the pituitary eland delivers into the , which is associated with a stimu- , *o growth. When the amount of this substance is excessive, growth is speeded up and the period of growth is extended. Under such circumstances men grow very tell and large so that they H lid to be gistrcondition is called mcant.sm. In many instances the condition is a>soctated with a tumor of this • e Odd to be weakly and of inferior intelligence and seldom do they live beyond 40 years of age. a a a INHERE are other cases in which the gland fails to deliver adequate amounts of the growthproducing substance into the blood. In such cases the person tends to be much smaller than normal. Fhe failure to grow affects not only the bones, but also the organs and other tissues of the body, so that these dwarfs might be quite well proportioned. Sometimes they may grow very slowly. Associated with these disorders of growth may come other changes in the body, depending on the . which the glandular substances are delivered by the glands. One condition is called acromegaly. In this condition the lower jaw becomes enlarged and protrudes, eyebrows get prominent, the teeth become separated due to the fact that the jaw bones grow too long, the hands and feet get large because all of the small bones grow too much, and the spine develops a forwarding bending. a m a nose and hps become large and the skin gets coarse This condi'ion usually on between 20 and 40 years of ace. and may affect both men and women. If it is determined that there is a tumor of the gland when these changes begin to take place, it is sometimes possible to perform an operation and stop the changes. It is also possible in some cases, by the use of the X-Ray. *o stop the overfunctioning of the gland. Most of the glands of the body are associated in their activities, so that when one is disordered, others may also be disordered. For this reason, activity of the thyroid, the adrenals and the other glands shorld be investigated at the same time.

Questions and Answers

Q—Who said: “You may fire when you are ready. Gndlev" and under wha circumstances? A— The command was g:\en by Commodore Dewey to his flag captain. Charles Vernon Grid’ey. May 1. 1898. at the opening of the battle of Manila bay in the war wuh Spain. Q— Does former President Hoover have the mail franking privilege? A—No.

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ROYAL LOVERS INSEPARABLE PAIR

Happy in Romance, Marina Changes Demeanor to Matck Position

BY MILTON BRONNER VI S Service Stiff t'orrevnondent lON DON, Nov. 29—The whole of Great Britain, which loves a love r match, is delighted with the marriage of its ’’Gayest Prince,” George, the duke of Kent, and pretty Princess Marina of Greece. Not only is it a love match with no stain of parental opposition or political scheming, but it is to be a truly royal wedding, the first in a long time. Os the king’s four sons, only the duke of York has taken a wife, and she was a commoner. But Marina is of noble blood, even though her family has been exiled from its country. The intimate comradeship between Prince George and his eldest brother, the prince of Wales, hac. contributed to the uneasy feeling that. F. G might not marry at all. For Wales seems definitely to have settled into bachelorhood, and both he and George have upset dozens of romantic rumors when their names were linked with those of eligible girls. "* But with all the gossip and the guess.ng, no busy tongue correctly foretold the course of events which were to begin three months ago and swiftly culminate in a betrothal. It was known that Prince George was scheduled to represent King Georgo at the Melbourne (Australia) centenary celebration, and there was mild surprise w.-.en his next elder brother, the duke of Gloucester,

suddenly was subsituted. P. G , it turned out, was going instead to visit the Prince and Princess Paul at their summer home on Lake Bled, Yugoslavia. This excited some comment because it was known that Princess Marina would be there. However, the two were second cousins and frequently had met before. For the last six society seasons, Marina has visitec". London and dashed about in a whirl of parties. She frequently was seen dancing both with George and Edward, but Mayfair's unofficial observers had attributed such attentions to mere cousinly courtesy. If either of the princes was smittten with the fair-skinned, brown-haired, talented Marina, they kept their feeling well ooncealed from their family and friends. And, just possibly, from each other. s a a tt IN fact, it may have been that the round of Mayfair activities had prevented P. G. and his attractive young relative from discovering how many tastes they shared. If so, the propinquity afforded at beautiful Lake Bled worked quickly to enlighten them. Golf, tennis, motoring, hunting, fishing, dancing, music, books—all were common hobbies. Prince George is a fine amateur musician. Often he has played the piano for dancing at intimate little parties, and sometimes he accompanied himself in songs. He is acknowledged to be the best-read man of the royal family. and has collected an especially large library of the French literature. The latter matched Marina's enthusiasm for French poetry.

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DAILY WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND By Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen

WASHINGTON. Nov. 29.—The first real break within the securities exchange commission is pending on the question of leniency with financial houses. It finds granitelike Ferdinand Pecora and Robert F. Healv, from the Granite state, standing adamant in favor of a rigid regulation. On the other side are a majority; Commissioners Kennedy, Landis and Matthews. Tlie point at issue is complicated, but it sets an important precedent for the future. It arises through a proposed bond issue by the North-

TECH SENIOR WRITES PLAY IN LATIN VERSE Work to IV Produced Dec. 7 in Auditorium. “As the Gods Will,” a Latin play in blank verse by Mary Mae Endslev. Tech high school senior, will be produced in the school auditorium Dec. 7 with the entire Latin Club participating. The cast of the play, chosen from Virgil's “Aeneid,” will include Ruth Collier, Viola Francisco. Vergil Heistand. Allan Gripe. Geneva Senefeld, John Goddard. Georgia Plummer, Dale Willman and David La- ! Mar. Miss Ruth Stone, club sponsor, and Miss Ruth Bozelle. English teacher, will serve as director and assistant director, respectively. POLICE HEAD -REGRETS’ SCHULTZ WASN’T SLAIN Terror of Bullets Made Gangster Surrender, Chief Says. Bn t niti it prrtt NEW YORK. Nov. 29— Police Commissioner Lewis J. Valentine commented today that Ins “only regret” in the surrender of Dutch Schultz yoeterday is that he ’was not carired into New York in a box.” "That's what he was always afraid of. and it was the terror of bullets that made him surrender,” the commissioner said. “Our detectives. working with the federate on the case, were hot on his trail. ROOSEVELT TO END VACATION WEDNESDAY President to Confer With Aids Before Departure. ! By I'aitrtt WARM SPRINGS G*. Nov. 29 President Roosevelt will depart from Warm Springs for Washington next Wednesday, he said today. Meanwhile, he planned to see a number of administration aids, including Postmaster-General James A. Farley. James A Moffett, federal housing administrator; Harry Hopkins head of the FEAR; Henry Morcenthau Jr., secretary of the treasury. and probably Harold L. lekes. secretary of the interior. AVIATION DAY TO BE OBSERVED ON DEC. 17 Commerce Department Asks Plane Owners to Aid. fiy ( Prill WASHINGTON. Nov. 29—Department of commerce officials today announced that all air plane owners and pilots will be asked to take the air for half an hour at 10:30 a. m. Dec. 17. in celebration of national aviation day, They urged ; planes circle in a counter clock wise (direction and then return to the air ports lor public inspection.

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Lake Bled turned out to be an opalescent gem set in the snowclad Slovenian Alps. Everything seemed gratefully remote from the problems of troubled Europe. Cool winds bore no hint of international jealousies or political intrigue as they filtered through the mountain passes. The majesty of the place was the sort to make a man and a girl forget that they held royal titles. There was plenty of summer moonlight. And the night, as minstrels have sung for centuries, was made for love. a a a AND so it was just a week after George’s arrival that he made up his mind to ask an important question. Perhaps there was already a tacit understanding. reached during a stroll on the moon-flooded estate. Anyway, there was less of romance than you’d have expected in the actual proposal. Marina happened to glance at her hands roughened by strenuous sports, and observed that she'd better take time to do her nails. George said he’d have a manicurist sent at once from the hotel. Marina -told him not to bother; she’d fix them herself. And so, as Princess Marina of Greece applied herself to filing and buffing, Prince George of England took a deep breath and popped the question! She accepted. And that, so far as the man and the girl were concerned, was that. But under the prying curiosity of the world, it was something else again. The two had to remember, now, that they were not just ordinary people, and that there was a good deal of formality

ern States Power Company and involves the question of the type of financial balance sheet which cveiy firm must be required to show the public. Past practice of most firms has been to list assets at their “value” rather than at their "cost.” Frequently the increased value of property is listed *as “surplus” making it appear that the company has accumulated a tremendous surplus. Pecora and Heal.v contend this is misleading to the investor. They believe it more fair to lis the "cost” of a company’s property, and then in addition give an appraisal of its "value.” The other three commissioners are not inclined to bow to Wall Street, but they claim that too great a burden would be placed upon industry in showing all figures. There is an honest difference of opinion between the two groups, and it looks as if the Northern States Power Company decision would bring forth the commission’s first minority opinion. a a a SECRETARY ICKES, asked if he had not made a grammatical error on page one. chapter one, of his book. “The New Democracy.” resorted to a small-red-backed dictionary on his desk. The question was - Should it be “sunk" or “sank,” as used in the sentence: “They subdued nature, they fought back the Indians, and generation after generation their roots sunk more deeply into the soil of the new land.” His red-backed dictionary told him that, though “sank" is preferred. "sunk" is allowed. "Honest” Harold grinned. He patted the book. "It's a good book. I'd be sunk without it!” a a a THE other day the department of justice received from an agitated woman in Massachusetts the following letter "To whom it m?.y concern; Can vou tell me whether or not it is legal by the laws of the United States to send dunning messages on the back of a postal card? In other words, is it lawful to dun other than with a sealed letter?” After due and deliberate consideration. the legal lights of the department dispatched this answer: “Dear Madame: “Generally. and broadly speaking, it is not legal to dun via postal card. "Section 212 of the criminal code of the U. S. which refers to lascivious, derogatory, or obscene’ matter upon wrappers of letters or cards, in our opinion applies also to dunning messages. "Therefore those who dun by postal card are liable to a fine of not more than *5.000 or five years in jail or both.”

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The Duke of Kent and His Bride in a Recent Picture

to be arranged before their engagement could be announced. Even then, they almost fumbled their secret. Their happiness was so apparent that it quickly was observed and led to rumors that they had reached an understanding. P. G. diplomatically denied these reports, because he was obliged to await an answer to his

3 HOOSIER TEACHERS ATTEND CONVENTION Manual Instructor Present at English Council Session. Miss Jesse Moore, Manual high school English teacher, attended the twenty-fourth annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English which was held today at the Mayflower hotel, Washington. The session's general topic is "Tradition and Innovation in the Teaching of English in Time of Accelerated Social Change.” Two other women from Indiana will participate in the convention. Miss Rowena Harvey, South Side high school, Ft. Wayne, is a member of the steering committee for the conference on school journalism, and Miss Margaret Southwick, English director, Gary public schools, is state representative for the public relations committee of the national council. OLDEST ELK IS DEAD Robinson (111.) Lodge Member Passes at Age of 102. >/ft/ / nit i it /’/ i s* ROBINSON, 111.. Nov. 29.—Joseph J. Ford, oldest member of the B. P. O. E. in the United States, was buried here yesterday. Mr. Ford several years ago predicted he would live to be 102. He celebrated his 102nd birthday last July.

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“I don’t care if she is your grandmother; I couldn’t stand Joy and let her ruin that turkey.”

telegram asking the king’s consent to the engagement. tt B B ROYAL approval arrived on Aug. 28, and simultaneously a formal announcement was issued. After that the pair were inseparable. They golfed and fished and gayly motored together.

I COVER THE WORLD BBS BBS By William Philip Simms

~WT ASHINGTON, Nov. 29.—Reports from European capitals lead to S * the belief hpre that events both inside and outside Germany are rapidly pushing Adolf Hitler toward another grave crisis. Without, the political and economic encirclement of the Reich is noticeably tightening. Within, denials to the contrary notwithstanding, * friction between the army and the Nazi schutzstaffel is reported to be nearing the explosion point. Herr Hitler is viewed as desperately in need of presenting his followers with a brilliant success of some sort before the winter is over to win his waning presitge and stave off trouble.

Rumors of a deal between Berlin and Paris to dispose of the crucial Saar problem in Germany’s favor are. therefore, not entirely discounted. despite a flat turndown of a similar offer from the Fuehrer a year ago. in October, 1933, Chancellor Hitler proposed to France that the Saar be returned without resorting to the plebiscite scheduled for Jan. 13, 1935. France refused even to consider the suggestion, saying itfwas a league problem. a a a THE new German offer is understood to include early payment for the 5150.000.000 to $200,000.000 Saar coal mines with the French money * now in German hands, or otherwise to French satisfaction. From London comes the news that under the presidency of

By George Clark

They drove into Salzburg to attend concerts, of which both are extremely fond. They went shopping. and walked along the streets hand in hand while the populace beamed. By Sept. 7 it was necessary for both to begin preparations for the wedding. So they left together for Paris, stopping en route in Munich and exploring the city incognito. Theh came a few more delightful days together in Paris, and finally the prince left his fiancee and returned alone to England. Here his first job was to select a magnificent sapphire and platinum engagement ring. A few* days later a tremendous throng gathered about London station. The princess was arriving. Onlookers cheered as the train drew' in, and as Marina stepped from a coach. The cheering grew as the popular prince dashed up and kissed her. Kissed her w'ith an ardor untempered by the stares of the excited crowds. B tt B ON Sept. 17 her first formal meeting with the bridegroom’s parents took place at Balmoral castle. Next there were a few gay days of motoring and sports, including deer stalking. One afternoon the two danced a Highland Reel, and George's instructor was none other than Queen Mary herself. The gayest prince proved an apt pupil, for he is expert at all the modern dances. It's likely that the future moth-er-in-law dropped a hint or two regarding Marina’s public demeanor. for the princess no longer smiled brightly for photographers, or held a lighted cigaret. After their return to London, however, they were constantly together on shopping trips, and George bought his fiancee some exquisite jewelry. They drove by moonlight along the Thames; attended a few parties, and were almost mobbed by thousands of cheering women w'hen they lunched at a London hotel. Now and then Marina found time to sit for a portrait which she intends as a gift to her fiance. Then she had to dash off to Paris to complete her trousseau. Telephone calls and huge bouquets of flowers from the prince follow'ed her everywhere on her rounds. And finally, her preparations completed, she was able to return to London, to live at Buckingham palace until today—the wedding day.

Samuel Untermyer of New York, the new, anti-Nazi, international, non-sectarian council plans to tighten the world boycott of German goods as a further blow' at Hitler. Germany’s exports continue to decline. Payments on external obligations practically have ceased. Foreign exchange is insufficient to buy the raw materials necessary to keep her industries going. The Nazi program of national recovery, therefore, is obliged to slow down. Gold reserves are practically nil and credit abroad virtually has collapsed. Within the Reich the national life is rationed and regimented, in many ways, such as it never was in war time. a a a AGAINST this background observers report growing political discontent. A similar condition led to the Nazi terror of last June, when Brown shirt leaders were executed at the direct order of Hitler. Asa result of this coup the Brown Shirts, upon whose shoulders Hitler had ridden to the background in favor of the Black Shirts or schutzstaffel. and the reichswehr. or standing army. Today the clash appears to be between these two organizations, with the betting on the army. The rechswehr, which the treaty of Versailles permits to have 100.000 men, now has several times that number. It is unquestionably the finest-drilled body of its kind in the world. Germans confided to me in Berlin last May, before Hitler's blood purge, that when the crisis came the fuehrer would turn to the reichswehr. Eventually they foresaw' Germany under rule, with Hitler, perhaps, as a figurehead. Today the Black Shirts and reichswehr are jealous of each other. And the Black Shirts have increased, both in strength and prestige, since the executions of last summer. Observers foresee a coming trial of strength, with Hitler obliged to choose between them if he remains in power. AIR PIONEER, a7d~OF CURTISS,_DEAD AT 74 Long Island Hotel Man Helped Plane Inventor. By Unitrti Prrtt MINEOLA. L. 1., Nov. 29—Peter F. McLoughlin. 74. aviation enthusiast. and known as the ‘man who made Glen H. Curtiss famous,” died yesterday after a long illness. McLoughlin, bom in Brooklyn in 1860, was proprietor of the famous Silver Dollar hotel at Coney Island. Thirty years ago he moved to Mineola, and opened the Prairie house, .where he met Mr. Curtiss and allowed him to pitch a tent to hoi je his plane the “Gold Bug.”

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Fair Enough ISIMHMIfIt Nov. 29.—You never would have thought that the staid and rather stuffy community of Boston. Mass., would look to the gambling industry for leadership in life but you have only to regard the financial returns of the two New England race tracks for the last season and the present status of racing in Massachusetts to realize that this is what Boston has done. Massachusetts has ratified a law by popular vote authorizing the establishment of two horse tracks and four dog racing tracks within

the state as of next summer. This was done in response to some missionary work conducted at an old, derelict race track at Salem, N. H., known as Rockingham Park. The track was built more than thirty years ago by the late John W. Gates and abandoned after a few days when the honest farmers of the region rose up and declared that they would not have any New York dudes in fancy vests coming into their midst and setting their laws at naught. The track lay there, going to weeds and used only occasionally

for dirt-track automobile races until 1931 when Lou Smith of Florida moved in and sampled the moral quality of region once more with a horse meeting conducted on the so-called certificate plan. Mr. Smith's meeting was stopped, too. but he persevered in 1933 and this t me found public opinion more tolerant. Since then racing has received legal sanction in New Hampshire. 800 Mutuel Traffic Amazing Rockingham track is only thirty miles by train and good motor road from Boston and its patronage, in the last tw'o years, has been drawn largely from Boston, although the honest hayshakers and milk farmers of the surrounding country and the mill hands of the factory cities and towns have contributed largely to the improvement of the breed of the gambling horse. It has been the wise policy of the management, also, to distribute petty official jobs among the local statesmen and their cousins and their aunts and to ingratiate the horse running business with the farmers by purchases of hay and oats. No doubt much of the pay roll and the feed bill is gambled right back into the mutuel windows of Rockingham Park as the sporting blood of the entire section has been aroused. The volume of the mutuel traffic in the season which closed on -Jov. 12 at Narragansett track in Pawtucket, R. 1., has amazed promoters, politicians, reformers and even the people themthemselves. Not in the lives of the present generation had there been an opportunity to gamble openly in New England and when thp opportunity did occur, New England went crazy. The citizens bet $41,957,000 at Rockingham and Narragansett in 121 days of racing this year. B B U *Leggers Were Leading Lights course, horse racing Is primarily an underworld sport. It is controlled to a large extent everywhere in the United States by a syndicate of gambling rooms which are connected by a telegraph system which furnishes the returns and odds and accommodates the flow of money from the pools'in widely scattered cities to the mutuel windows. And. in New England, much of the initiative was provided by a group of sterling sportsmen, notorious with the police in all racing cities, known as the bootleggers. New England, particularly Baston, has been for years, and continues to be. the best sales territory in America for the Irish hospitals sweep. Boston has a large Irish population and the family connections of many of the Boston Irish on the ould sod provided an access to the sweep which resulted in huge sales un this region and some notable winnings, too. The susceptibility of the New England farmers, however, was a bit of surprise. The Boston Irish' always have been liberal in their views t the Yankee farmer never had given any outwa.u sign that in the secret recesses of his soul he had backslid from the teachings of the Puritans and Calvin Coolidge until the bootleggers came along and asked him to guess under which shell the little pea was hidden. An old member of the bootleggers sat in his office scanning his return on the season a few days ago when another old bootlegger walked into ask him what he thought of New England now. "Boy,” the first bootlegger exclaimed, "we arc in. We aren’t on the lam any more. From now on we are leading members of the American turf.” (Copyright. 1934. bv United Feature Syndicate. Inc )

Today s Science DAVID DIETZ

THE bridge was man's first successful attempt at flying. It represents his first conquest of the air. Ancient man stood upon the high bluff of a river and w'atched the birds fly across to the opposite bank. He dreamed of doing the same. The bridge was his answer. Most notable of the bridge-building projects of recent years are the two now under way in California. One is the Golden Gate bridge, connecting San Francisco and Marin county, the longest singlespan suspension bridge in the world. The other is the double-deck San FranciscoOakland bridge which will be the longest bridge ever built over a major navigable body of water. The Golden Gate bridge will be 4.200 feet long, three times as long as Brooklyn bridge and 700 feet longer than New York's new George Washington bridge. The San Francisco-Oakland Bridge really consists of two suspension bridges, a tunnel, and a series of cantilever and truss-span bridges. a a a A 500-FOOT tunnel goes through the rock of Yerba Buena Island. The remaining part of the bridge will include five 504-foot spans, a 1,400foot cantilever-type bridge and fourteen short spans leading to the Oakland approaches. The other bridge, the Golden Gate span, will have a clear span of four-fifths of a mile in length, the longest in the world. The towers which support this bridge are 121 feet wide at the bottom and 748 feet high. The concrete which went into these towers would build a five-foot sidewalk from San Francisco to New York." The wav in which New York has rebelled against nature and reached out to the mainland from Manhattan island is one of the great romances of the Machine age. nan SOME of the notable suspension bridges in the world are: The Delaware bridge in Philadelphia with a channel span of 1,750 feet, which was completed in 1928. The East bridge in Brooklyn with a channel span of 1.596 feet, completed in 1883. Some of the notable cantilever bridges are: The St. Lawrence in Quebec with a channel span of 1.800 feet, completed in 1917. The Firth of Forth in Scotland with a channel span of 1.710 feet, completed in 1890. The East in Queensboro with a channel span of 1,182, completed in 1909. The Monongahela in Pittsburgh with a channel span of 812, completed in 1904. Some of the notable steel arch bridges are: Sydney harbor in Australia with a channel span of L 650 feet, completed in 1932. The East in Hell Gate. New York, with a channel span of 978 feet, completed in 1917.

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