HIGHWAY WORK
BEING RUSHED
Mexico Expects Comple
tion by July 1, 1933,
Experts Report
Mexico City —tUP)— The Pan
American Highway from Laredo,
Tex., to Mexico City, will be coml
pleted and in good condition by
July, 1933, the Secretary of Com
munications General Miguel Acos
ta, told the United Press in an ex
clusive interview. Provided nothing
interferes with these construction
plans, the Mexican capital expects
next summer to entertain thousands
of tourists who select this cool
and refreshing mountain valley for
their vacations.
A few hours after leaving Mon
terey, the motorist on the Pan
American highway begins to ap
proach some of the most impres
sive mountain scenery in the
Western Hemisphere. After as
cending to approximately 10.000
feet above sea level, the road
drops down to Mexico City, where,
at 7.300 feet, the summer weather
is delightfully cool and the most
intersting parts of the country
conveniently at hand.
Pleasureable Road
Several parties of motorists
traversed the road form Iaredo
to this city this year, before the
rainy season began, and in gen
eral they found the pleasures of
tire journey over-balanced by the
disadvantages. The road Is rough
in the dry season and practically
impassable during the summer
rains, while the accomodations
for travelers are primitive where
they exist at all. The Mexican
government. General Acosta told
this correspondent, is eager to
disseminate as widely as possible
this information regarding the
present condition of the road for
it Is desired above all to avoid
giving disappointment to visitors
who might attempt the trip under
a misapprehension regarding the
facts.
Under the energetic direction of
General Acosta, the communica
tions department lias concentra
ted all its construction work on
the main artery to Laredo. Every
effort is being made to avoid fur
ther delay in its completion.
Texans Interested
Texans interested in the com
pletion of this part of the Mexi
can highway program are already
planning a celebration at Laredo
to commemorate the completing
of the road. President Ortiz Rubio
has indicated he will attend R
possible. When an outomobile can
be driven quickly and comfortably
from Laredo to Mexico City, a
new era in the relations between
the southwestern United States
and Mexico is expected to begin.
After completion of the Laredo
highway, General Acosta said, the
government will push completion
of the surfacing of the highway
to Acapulco.
Nicaraguan Predicts
Building of Canal
Detroit —(UP)— Nicaragua be
lieves that eventually this coun
try will construct the much talked
of canal across that country, util
izing the San Juan River and
Lake Nicaragua, Dr. Salvator
Guerrero Montalva, of Managua,
said here.
Dr. Mantalva said the canal con
necting the two oceans would be
highly beneficial to trade as the
Panama Canal is inadequate in
normal times. The canal would
cost only a comparatively small
sum, he said.
Dr. Manatalva, a professor of law
nnd member of several financial
institutions in Managua, went on
to say that Nicaragua’s foreign
debt is one of the smallest of the
Hispano-American countries. It is
about $4 per capita, next to Ven
ezuela, the lowest, he said.
Mountain Lakes
Feature State
Harrisburg, Pa. —(UP)— Moun
tain lakes feature Pennsylvania’s
scenic attractions to visitors and
residents of the state.
The Department of Internal Af
fairs pointed to Eagles Mere Lake,
in Sulivan county, as a beautiful
illustration of the state lakes.
Eagles Mere Lake is 1,998 feet
above tide, in the center of an
area where the highest peak,
North Mountain, is 2,400, feet.
Hunters Lake and Highland
Lake also are in%the same area.
A fall Visitor.
In even tide in August, sounds
The cricket's mournful plaint:
And long the vine at length there
shows
A stain of yellow faint.
Another sign out here foretells
That summer’s on the wane;
Across the lake appears once more
The awkward, south-bound crane.
There're only just a few each year:
All motionless they stand
In shallow water, or perchance,
Along the marshy strand.
And when in solo flight they pass,
And give their raucous call
In watches of the niyht, T know
That it is almost fall.
—Sam Page
Oregon Claims Record
Auto Toll Reduction
Portland. Ore. —(UP)— Oregon
claimed a record reduction of
automobile fatalities during the
year ending July 1, according to
figures compiled by Secretary of
State Hall Hoss.
During the period 210 persons
were killed. 97 fewer than during
the preceding year and a reduc
tion of 31.G per cent. A vigorous
1 safety drive was waged by state,
county and city authorities during
the period.
Femininities By Gladys
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AND GLOVE .BORDERS’.
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OF WHITE GPE.PE PAS EPAULET?
OF FLAME COLORED COQUE
FEATHERS.
GLAOYF PaKkUZ*
Qjlorifying
Yourself
By Alicia Hart
L(«3 SHAMPOO GIVES HAIR A
GLOSS
Once in a while there comes an
occasion when you want your hair
to be especially attractive. You want
ft to shine like an aureole, and
tell yourself that you know, now,
why the prophet referred to wo
man's hair as her crowning glory
since your own locks, all of a sud
den, are doing a fade-out on you.
Cheer up! All you need is an
egg.
For eggs play as healthy a part
in the hair schedule as they do on
any breakfast table.
Break a fresh egg into a cup.
Stir it lightly.
Now take plenty of warm water.
Make sure that it isn’t hot. Dip
your hair into it. Saturate your
scalp and every strand of hair with
the moisture. Now pour the egg
onto your hair, and massage thor
oughly. Keep at it, until you look
like the character in a slap-stick
comedy, at whom some one has
fired a battery of eggs. Don’t stop
even then. Make sure that the eggs
does its work.
When you are sure that is has
been successful, rinse it out with
warm water. Don't have your
water hot. though. It will cook
the egg’ And that wasn’t the pur
pose of the shampoo.
Keep rinsing until the water
runs clear. Make the water cool,
then cold. There Is something de
lightfully refreshing and rejuve
nating about it.
In the last rinse, the juice of
one lemon, strained, will add
a bright, crisp touch to your hair.
However, if your scalp has a ten
dency toward dryness, rely on the
egg alone, for lemon has astrin
gent properties.
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Cannes College Opens
For World Students
Cannes —(UP>— The Interna
tional College of Cannes was in
augurated here recently in the
presence of government and uni
versity officials.
The mayor of Cannes. Dr. Gaz
agnaire. presided, and an explan
ation of the aims of the new ed
it ge was made. There will be pre
paratory, middle and superior
courses, complemented by lec
tures on French literature, com
parative literature, history and
civilization and the history of art.
Certificates a3 well as diplomas
will be issued under the seal of
Fl?.sk Toler Flourished
Back in 143 B. C.
Ann Arbor, Mich. — (UP) —
liquor flasks, rat traps and mar
ket backets, all made of stom^and
dating back to 143 B. C. have been
unearthed by Dr. Leroy Water
man, of the University of Michi
gan, at Seleucia in Mesopotamia.
Dr. Waterman, heading a Uni
versity of Michigan expedition in
connection with the Cleveland
and Toledo Art Museums, said
that undoubted the design of
Lest He Forget
As a mark of gratitude for the
preservation of his life, Henry
Wacker, veteran Akron, O., aviator,
takes out this scorched and aging
parachute and airs it once a year.
On July 11, ltH9, Wacker and five
others were in the blimp “Wingfoot
Express” when it burst into flames
over Chicago. Three of the blimp's
passengers were killed, but the
’chute saved Wacker. Ten others
were killed when the wreckage
crashed into Chicago’s Loop.
the University of Marseilles. At
present there are students fr#m
almost all nations including sev
eral from America.
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Buffalo Bill’s Cook
Attended Dedication
Cody. Wyo. —(UP)— James Ly
man Brown, 92. the first cook for
Col. William P. (Buffalo Bill)
Cody, was present at the dedica
tion of Cody Peak recently.
Brown, whose home is in Dan
ville, Ind., made the 2.000-mile
trip here especially to attend the
ceremony.
The aged chef first worked for
; tire famous scout in 1870. and was
| in his employment for many years
j Kro.m was with Cody during his
lamous trips to Europe to perform
before royalty.
the present day liquor flasks was
copied from the antique contain
! ers.
The rat traps, made entirely ol
| stone, differed materially from
current models. Dr. Waterman
' rc ports. They were made of a hol
low stone tube with a large piece
or flat stone at one end. Opposite
the flat rock the bait was placed
and when rodents touched it the
stone fell, miking them captives.
Exports cf America products to
i Russia last year dropped 60 per c*nt
[ o\ er the previous year's shipping.
Where Forty Horses Died in Flames
This black expanse of ruins fa all that greet* the eye
at the site of the Metropolitan Driving Club etables,
Brighton, Mass. A stubborn 3-alarm fire, which defied
firemen for more then two hours caused damage esti
mated at $150,000. Forty thoroughbred horses per
ished in the flames. Thirteen were saved.
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Having Her Ups and Downs
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[t takes practice to learn the art of jumping from an airplane and ar
riving on terra firms in one piece. That is why Edna Newcomer, of
Williamsport, Pa., called the ‘‘Flying Nurse,” is having daily rehearsals
it Roosevelt Field, New York. She plans to make a leap over Florence,
Italy, when the plane in which she is to fly the Atlantic with Bill Ulbrich
reaches the Land of Mussolini.
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Best of AL
H ~ II III — imrirn
Dorothy Poynton, Los Angeles stu
dent and veteran of two Olympics, is
the world’s greatest nigh diver. She
tvon the crown at the Olympic Games
by defeating a great field, including
Georgia Coleman of her home city,
who won second place. Georgia won
the springboard title but had to con
cede the high dive crown to Dorothy.
Her Blue Heaven
1- or the first time in several years,
Mary Ellen Berlin, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Irving Berlin, is photo
graphed as she enjoyed a dip at
Loon Lake Beach, N. Y„ where she
is vacationing. Mary Ellen, who
has been the inspiration of many af
ber father’s famous melodies, is now
$ve and a half years old
Lucky It Was Only Smoke!
The hole to which this boy is pointing was made ia the roof of a dwelling
in Canarsie, L. L, by a 9-pound smoke bomb, dropped by a Naval Reserva
“hell diver.” The tea fliers were engaged in target bombing practice en
Center Island when the accident occurred. Jt is believed a miteaiculatwa
fat the use ef |he dropping devise was te blame.