The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 15 January 1940 — Page 3

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On f f notor c«B and modern roads. Death | Valley Ktifc everything the name imiancWf* Fl**! named "Tomesha” by the 1 '[nd'aaa, meaning "ground afire”, it

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| S tt Ir ater became known as the “Valley of n lat yeath" due to the harrowing exper- ^ encea ot the emigrants of California’s "■brui joW Rush Days of '49. Today, it is ' rir jart of our modern civilization but

with me l* 11 ® on >y to draw upon his imagt0 1 nation as you drive along the valley 3 C u t loor to see weary oxen, half dead -'rom the la< k of food and water, . “ Jl^loding along, pulling ramshackled •Ol^s, wagons covered with tattered canvas and asemted by unkempt men ‘on a md women from whose faces the Tut nope of life almost vanished but are still being driven forward by the magic power of Gold. T could not help

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but wonder what I would do if suddenly my car would turn into an oxen team and I would be faced with the same difficulties that confronted those men and women of almost a century ago. Created by Presidential Proclamation on February 11th, 1933 and enlarged to its present dimensions on March 26th. 1937, Death Valley National Monument now embraces an area of almost 2.000.000 acres. The valley itself is approx'mately 140 miles in length and from 4 to 16 miles in width. Until recently it held the world’s record for high temperatures; 137 degrees in the shade has been recoided at Furnace Creek and in the deeper part of the valley it has probably been hotter still. However, during the winter months, from late October until May, the climate is ideal, so plan your trip accordingly. Here also is the lowest dry land surface in the United States and the third lowest in the world, "Bad Water,” 280 feet below sea-level. Nature, as though to compensate for this lowly trick, also gives Telescope Peak, towering 11,325 feet above the valley floor. The Monument is adequately taken care of by the National Park Service and is the second largest area in the United States so administered. To see its many points of interest requires from four to seven days. However, there are accomadations for every type of traveler, so tha 1 : presents no obstacle. To me, the most outstanding sight of all was man made; a castle costing over $3,000,000, built in a remote section of the valley, 60 miles from the nearest town. Started in 1926 as a Japanese castle by its owners,

Death Valley Scotty, who In my op’nion is the number one mystery man of the United States, and A. M. Johnson, his partner it was lat- * torn down and rebuilt along Spanish lines. Lavish in its construction, furnishings and equipments, it is believed by many to be erected over the shaft of a fabously rich mine that is the source of Scotty's wealth. In any event it is a sight to behold with its towers, pools and plazas. Twelve buildings, all connected by underground tunnels, 50 rooms, 14 fireplaces, a 287 foot swimming pool, not as yet completed, a *75.000 organ, a gigantic tower wherein chimes toll the passing of each quarter hour. Truly a fantastic sight in a fantastic part of our country.

Barkley Asks Congressional Help SAYS HE HOPES SESSION WILL KEEP EXPENSES WITHIN ROOSEVELT PROPOSALS

WASHINGTON. Jan. 15—(UP) — Senate majority leader Alben W Barkley, D.. Kv , said today in an interview that he hoped Congress would keep federal expenditures within President Roosevelt's budget recommendations and avoid the necessity for new taxes or a boost Jn

the national debt limit.

Barkley's desire was expressed

Unfortunately for me, both Scotty ( ^oinservative Senate Democrats disand Mr. Johnson were away during j ouase( j informally plans to carry out my visit, so I refused an invitation Ml . Roosevelt's ' plea that Congress for luncheon in the castle and drove stay withln hi8 budget estimates. One

proposal would forbid by resolution Senate consideration of any appropriation bill that exceeds budget fig-

ures.

away. However, I'm stilling wondering. There might be a mine under

that castle at that.

DR. G. W. McCUNTOCK Registered Podiatrist, will be at the It & S Boot Shop WEDNESDAY, JAN. 17th Treatments for Weak Arches, Ingrown Nails, Planter Warts, Athlete’s Foot. Corns and < ullouses removed. Bunions. Hours 9 a. m. and 5 p. in. ( all K & S Boot Shop for Appointments PHONE 81

NEW POST — Breckinridge Long, recently named Assistant Secretary of State by President Roosevelt, to succeed George W. Messersmith who goes to Cuba as Ambassador. Mr. Lon.} was third Assistant Secretary of State in the Wilson Administration, Ambassador to Italy

for the first three

years

of the

present Administration and is now in War Problems Division

of State Department.

♦d to Sweden and Norway against 1 their aid to Finland and that the replies were regarded as unsatisfactory The full exchange was broadcas f to the world over the Moscow radio | and at the same time disseminated j by the official Tass agency. It disclosed that Sweden had rejected the protest openly and that Norway had | rejected it tacitly. Russia's protest was made on Jan- | uary 5 through the Russian ministers | at Stockholm and Oslo. Tt was a ] protest against the d spatch of vol- j unteers to Finland, the shipment o” j trans-shipment of war material to j Finland, and ant -Russian newspaper;

articles.

How serious the representations were was shown by a paragraph I from the representations to Norway: I “The government of the Soviet | Union deems it urgent to declare to | the Norwegian government that the j above actions of Norwegian author- j ities not only flagrantly contradict j the pol'cy of neutrality proclaimed | by the Norwegian government hut may lead to undesirable complications and disturb the normal relations between the Soviet Union and

Norway."

WESTERN POWERS TENSE. f f'onf I tiiieil **ifu** On***

Netherlands and Belgian precautions might have been due to an expects- j

tion that Germany would start a new I COPENHAGEN, Denmark. Jan. U>

phase of the war with great inten- (UP) An unconfirmed Stockholm

sity most likely by totalitarian [ dispatch to the Berlingske Tidenile aerial-warfare. j I’eported today that Russian troops

had been landed by parachute behind

HELSINKI, Finland, Jan. 15— (UP)- Russian airplanes swept over southern Finland today in what Finns charged was a vast campaign to demoralize the populace. Large numbers of planes were reported over the south coast shortly after daylight. They came from bases in Esthonia, half an hour’s flight across the Gulf of Finland. The temperature was 16.6 degrees below zero, regarded as favorable for bombing. Many Helsinki residents left their homes at 8 a. m., as soon as shops opened but before dawn, to do their shopping before the expected arrival of Russian planes over the capital. MOSCOW. Jan. 15 U T P) Russia announced today that it had protest-

the Finnish lines Isthmus and had bridges.

in the Karelian blown up several

BRUSSELS. Belgium. Jan. 15 (UP) King Leopold assumed supreme command of all the armed forces today, as his father King Albert had done in the world war. The army staff took over the direction of all military operations and formed a general headquarters. The calling up of new men to the army over the week end had brought the country to "stage D." preceding general mobil’zation. Selected auxiliary mililtnry services were removed from the fortified Liege region and hundreds of civilians evacuated the Eupen, Malmedy and St. Vith areas oast and southeast of Liege on the German frontier.

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THE CENTURY READY TO "HIGHBALL,’* as they say in railroading! Engineer Walter L. Bronson (above) swings up into the cab of Nunilx-r 5 i )9, one of the big Hudson type locomotives which flash at 80 miles an hour across the lundsca|>e Ixnveen New York and Chicago in a day-in, day-out epic of modern railroad speed.

TAKING IT EASY, Engineer Bronson says: "No speed for me in my cigarette. That slower-burning feature makes sense to me. I’ve been a Camel smoker for years. I know Camels arc milder and always taste swell. And-on the side—I don’t object a bit to getting those extra smokes per pack.” Camels

TJERE’S EXTRA MILDNESS, EXTRA COOLn NESS, AND EXTRA FLAVOR. Camels are slower-burning. They have thoroughbred quality through and through. Finer, more expensive tobaccos are used, in the first place. And these choice tobaccos are combined into a matchless blend. Next time you smoke a Camel, notice how slowly it burns. That is your clue to true cigarette enjoyment—the "extras” of mildness, coolness, flavor ——extra smoking in every cigarette. Camels burned 259f slower than any other cigarette in recent tests (details at right). You'll always rejoice over the day you switched to Camels!

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WOULD SELL TO FINNS—It’s okay with Representative John D. Dingell of Michigan to aid Finns in materia! way, so he has introduced bill in Congress to authorize sale of 10,000 new Garand automatic rifles to Finns at price not to exceed $1 each. Born in Detroit, he is of Polish extraction. "I’m officially neutral,” he said, "but I don’t care who licks the Russians."

SCREEN STAR CHEERS H00SIER PARALYSIS VICTIMS

Jane Withers, not looking at all like the haremgirl the movies portray her, is shown here trying to L what startled infantile paralysis victim to us“ hi cru visited the Riley Hospital for Crippled Children at In the interests of the light against infantile paraly i which are provided through the Committees for the C the President’s Birthday. Jane said she hoped “every nate something in this light by helping celebrate th< birthday.”

THIN MAN’S BRIDE — Film colony received surprise af announcement that William Powell, screen "Thin Man," had been married to Diana Lewis, screen actress. He’s 47; she’s 2 I. They are shown at Las Vegas, Nev., after wedding.