WHITE
MOUNTAINS
Looking Up at the Old Man of the Mountain.
"Second Greatest Show on Earth"
Barnum Called New England Range
Prepared by National Geographic Society,
L Washington, D. C.—WNU Service.
INCE 1866 visitors to the
White mountains have
ascended Mount Wash
ington, New England’s high
est eminence, to scan the
sea of northern New Hamp
shire peaks. Soon another
grandstand will be ^’oilable
when the new tramway to the
top of Cannon mountain
which will whisk passengers
2,025 feet above Franconia
Notch begins operation.
"This is the second greatest show
on earth,” P. T. Barnum said when
he stood on the summit of Mount
Washington and scanned the jumble
of peaks and ridges of the White
mountains, spreading from the
waistline of New Hampshire to Can
ada and from its Maine border to
the Connecticut valley, which sep
arates this Granite state from Ver
mont.
Many New Englanders, dyed-in
the-wool White mountain fans who
Insist that nowhere has nature en
dowed a region with such fascinat
ing heights, on first thought ques
tioned Barnum's judgment. To
them, the White mountains’ show is
second to none.
However, when they recalled the
showman’s love for his trained ani
mals, gaudy trappings, and strange
creations of nature that drew mil
lions into his acres of canvas, they
felt that his exclamation was the
highest praise.
Origin of the Name a Mystery.
How and when the White moun
tains got their name is as mysteri
ous as many of their often-told leg
ends. ‘‘White mountains” appeared
in a manuscript as early as 1672;
and even before that time they
were called the ‘‘White hills” by
mariners on the Atlantic, 60 miles
away, for whom they formed an
important landmark.
To modern eyes, too, the name !
seems apt, whether it be derived
from the white mist that often hangs
over the higher peaks, from the
whitigh-gray effect of the sun upon
rocks of the mountain tops above
the timberline, or from the snow
that normally covers the peaks of
the Presidential range for eight or
nine months of the year.
The White mountains are divided
into two distinct areas.
Between Plymouth on the south
and the vicinity of Gorham on the
north is the high mountain region
where every year more than two
million men and women enjoy test
ing their leg muscles among New
England's highest peaks, motoring
on excellent highways, and utilizing
the scores of recreational facilities,
or just looking up from spacious
hotel verandas toward the lofty em
inences sweeping from quiet val
leys.
Beyond Gorham is a challenging
wilderness with Dixville notch its
crowning glory and Berlin its only
large population center. Here is the
paradise of the sportsman searching
streams and lakes for trout, salmon,
pickerel, horned pout, perch, and
small-mouthed bass. The forests
shelter bears, deer, and ruffed
grouse.
It is the high mountain area that
has been the White mountains' chief
lure to vacationists for more than a
century.
Praised by the Great.
“We know our mountains are not
the highest in the East," a resident
recently remarked to a visitor.
"Mount Mitchell in North Carolina
and several peaks in the Great
Smoky Mountains National park
■lightly top Mount Washington. But
the Impressions of Hawthorne. Whit
tier, General Grant, Webster, Mark
Twain, Winston Churchill, and
scores of other men outstanding in
politics, literature, and the arts of
their day certainly warrant the en
thusiasm of those of us who see
the White mountains in every
mood.”
“But Grant came to the moun
tains for relief from hay fever,”
said the visitor.
“That is true, but he, like many
others, then and now, came here
without knowing the mountains, and
left with an indelible impression of
their lofty summits, their tree-clad
slopes, their cascades, lakes, and
scenic curiosities, and their legends
that have inspired multitudes of
artists, writers, and just plain peo
ple.”
Darby Field, a son of Erin, was
the first man to conquer the heights
of Mount Washington, highest peak
in the White mountains. It thrusts
its summit 6,288 feet above the sea
and a mile above the valleys at its
base.
It was just 22 years after the May
flower had deposited its human
cargo on the shores of Massachu
setts when Field struck out from the
coast on one of his many trips into
the unknown wilderness that lay
immediately behind colonial vil
lages.
Some settlers feared to wander
far from their settlements, but Dar
by Field was one of those bold ad
venturers for whom even the hard
life of the colonist was too tame.
He was accompanied by two In
dian guides. On a June day in 1642,
Field stood on the rummit of Mount
Washington.
As the Colonies grew and demand
ed wood for building, for paper, and
for other manufactures, lumbermen
carelessly swung their axes over
the White mountain slopes and
stripped them of their trees. All but
a few thousand acres of primeval
forest were cut over.
The forests one sees today are
largely second growth, but no long
er are they In jeopardy.
"Great Stone Face.”
Mount Washington is admittedly
the dominating feature of the White
mountains and nearly every visitor
to northern New Hampshire hopes
to stand on its summit. But if your
time is short and storm clouds
thwart that hope, there are scores
of other features that are well worth
a ramble among the heights.
Chief among these is the Profile,
popularly known as the "Old Man
of the Mountain," or as Hawthorne’s
"Great Stone Face,” peering from
the rugged granite ledges of Profile
mountain above the highway
through Franconia notch.
It was a man’s appetite for par
tridge for breakfast that led to the
discovery of the Profile in 1805. Na
thaniel Hall was a member of a
road-building crew. Early in the
morning he shouldered his gun and
left camp.
With only a well-browned par
tridge on his mind, he silently crept
along the shore of a small lake, his
eyes penetrating the undergrowth.
For some reason unknown to Hall he
looked up—and for a moment was
stunned by “the most wonderful
face’’ he had ever seen.
News of the discovery spread
rapidly over New England. The
road Hall was working on was
pushed through the notch. Men and
women came on horseback, by
stage, carriage, and cart. The
popularity of the Profile was one of
the factors that influenced the build
ing of a railroad into the Franconia
region and the erection of the fa
mous Profile bouse, since destroyed
hy fire
SEEN
HEARD
around the
NATIONAL
CAPITAL
jBy Carter Field ^
Washington.—The strong stand
taken by Joseph P. Kennedy as to
what must be done about labor dis
putes in the merchant marine if the
United States is ever to get one has
been completely scuttled through
the influence of Secretary of Labor
Perkins and the national labor rela
tions board while Joe tells reporters
he will wear long pants to the court
receptions.
The senate commerce committee,
which at first adopted the recom
mendations of Kennedy for compul
sory mediation of labor disputes of
water carriers, and a prohibition of
strikes until after the mediation
board had acted in such controver
sies, cut his stiff, mandatory pro
visions from the new shipping bill.
The senate followed its committee.
Though striking out the substance,
the senate curiously enough re
tained the shadow. For in the
‘‘shadow” were some lucrative
jobs, nice $10,000 commissioner type
jobs of the lame duck variety. Copy
ing the railroad mediation board,
the proposed new board (of course
the house may strike this out in
conference) would have no real pow
er at all. More astonishing, it is
deliberately short circuited by a
direct statement that the national
labor relations board is not deprived
of any of its functions!
The substitute provisions provide
only for mediation in case both par
ties to the water controversy favor
it, and are not compulsory in any
sense of the word. They are much
more in line with the mild treat
ment of striking seamen and dock
workers recommended by Secretary
Perkins than with the views ex
pressed by Joe Kennedy.
It was shortly before Kennedy left
Washington to take his diplomatic
post that he, as chairman of the
maritime commission, and Miss
Perkins as head of the Labor de
partment locked horns before the
senate commerce committee, of
which Senator Copeland, of New
| York, is chairman. West coast ship
ping was tied up very generally by
strikes at the time.
As Kennedy Saw It
Kennedy argued that the railroad
mediation board, which functions
satisfactorily in the settlement of
disputes involving rail carriers,
might widen its scope of jurisdiction
to cover disputes involving water
carriers. He recommended that the
provisions against strikes by the
railroad men until after the media
tion board had acted be made ap
plicable to the seamen.
Miss Perkins pleaded for main
tenance of the “status quo,” argued
that tolerance must be shown to
the various waterfront unions, be
cause they are comparatively
young, declared that the shipping
industry was not "ripe” for com
pulsory arbitration, and contended
that anything savoring of it would
be more harmful than helpful. Pres
ident Roosevelt, consulted by sena
tors, refused to take sides.
Then the committee senators pro
ceeded to exercise their own judg
ment. They sided with Kennedy. But
after this decision something hap
pened. John L. Lewis is not without
resources when it comes to pulling
political wires. Especially as every
one in Washington knows that he
has it in his power simply by sulk
ing after this week's Pennsylvania
primaries to return anti-New Deal
Senator James J. Davis to the sen
ate, and throw the state govern
ment at Harrisburg, with 30,000 em
ployees, over to the Republicans.
The admirals who were so
anxious to get a real auxiliary fleet
for the navy in the event of war are
frantic over what has been done to
the bill. They frankly admit, in pri
vate, that the building of a merchant
marine is impossible under the sen
j ate bill, or without something like
the Kennedy recommendations.
But there seems no prospect of
| Kennedy and the admirals having
their way, despite the President’s
j very definite desire to do everything
possible to strengthen the navy, ev
erything of course except to antag
! onize the labor leaders.
Real G. O. P. Problem
Connecticut is one of the real
problems for the Republican party,
and of enormous interest because it
is typical of a great many other
states, some of which have more
and some less electoral votes. It is
a tower of strength to the New Deal,
and a staunch bulwark against the
menace of the LaFollette move
ment.
The disease from which the Con
necticut Republicans are suffering
is the same malady which affects
the Republicans in New York, Penn
sylvania, New Jersey and Rhode Is
land. All four of these states wrere
always regarded as just about sure
Republican in a presidential elec
tion, despite the prognosticators’ sil
ly chatter during campaigns, that
i Ncw Y«rk was ‘ pivotal” and doubt
ful.
They were the backlog—especially
it New York was excepted—of the
Republican end of the balance of
power, when joined with Maine,
New Hampshire. Vermont and Mas
•achusetts in the Northeast, and IV
linois, Iowa and the whole group of
so-called Mormon states—Utah,
Idaho, Nevada—in the mountain re
gion. The Democratic end of the
balance of power, of course, was
the solid South.
The disease which has hit the
Republicans of the Northeast, and
most of the other one-time Repub
lican states as well, is loss of lead
ership.
For years J. Henry Roraback was
the dictator of Connecticut. He was
the Republican boss, national com
mitteeman, and what have you. No
one thought of doing anything in
the Republican party without con
sulting Henry. There were little
centers of dissent, notably in New
Haven, where the rebels even dared
to select their own congressman.
But Roraback’s ability began to slip,
and, so great had been the fear of
him, that despite this slipping, ob
vious to all who knew him, no one
dared to take the initiative toward
perfecting a new organization.
Made It Tougher
To make the problem tougher for
aspiring Republicans, it so hap
pened that even before Roraback’s
slipping had become apparent, Con
necticut elected a Democratic gov
ernor who was a great personal
friend of Roraback’s. Roraback
praised him publicly. So as that
once great political mind weakened
the Democrats were developing pat
ronage as well as organization.
Finally Roraback died, but he did
not leave a strong successor. There
had been no regent during the pe
riod of disintegration. New would
be leaders, so to speak, started from
scratch, with more interest in their
personal advancement than in build
ing up a strong organization.
At the present moment there are
three distinct factions aspiring to
state control of the G. O. P., and any
number of little groups not allied
with the Big Three. No one of the
Big Three would be pleased at the
success, even though it meant the
election of Republicans in place of
Democrats, by any of the other
forces.
Were They Surprised?
Utility officials and army officers
alike were flabbergasted by reports
of the President’s conference with
Assistant Secretary of War Louis
Johnson and Power Commissioner
Basil Manly as to a proposed new
survey of the national power situa
tion, from the standpoint of national
defense.
The President said this matter
had never been studied from that
angle, and that it is not so much
a question of additional power as it
is tying in existing power lines that
are not connected. He said if any
thing should happen the District of
Columbia could not borrow power
from Baltipnore or vice versa. In
the city of New York, he said, there
is no physical connection between
one side of the Hudson and the
other.
Of course the President was sim
ply illustrating to the newspaper
men the kind of inforniation he
wanted mapped out. Actually there
is a power line between Baltimore
and Washington intended for the
very purpose of permitting one city
to serve the other in the event of
some emergency.
Actually also New York city is
protected against failure of its nor
mal supply. There is a connection,
made for that purpose, with the
power lines of the Niagara and
Hudson company. Incidentally the
President was enormously interest
ed, about two years ago, when some
of the power companies cut their
connections at certain state bor
ders, notably the New York-Connec
ticut border, in the hope of escaping
federal regulation and the death sen
tence of the public utility holding
company act.
Here s Amazement
But this is not the amazing part
of the story. What really sur
prised the army and the utility
men was that there is a marvelously
accurate survey of the whole situa
tion right in the government’s pos
session. It was made by the army
engineers.
Unfortunately, this report is con
fidential. In fact, it is regarded by
the army as a very important part
of its war plans, and is kept on
tap with other plans for industrial
mobilization.
Why Assistant Secretary Johnson
did not mention this to the com
mander in chief of the army, the
President, when they were talking
about this survey, and emphasiz
ing its national defense aspects, is
rather a mystery to some, but is
explained, with political logic, by
others.
The President, these others point
out, is not in precisely a friendly
mood toward the army engineers.
He still remembers with some bit
terness the strength which the army
engineers developed as a lobbying
force a few weeks ago on Capitol
Hill. The engineers, whose friends
on Capitol Hill are legion, were
afraid that perhaps Harold L. Ickes
or somebody else in the adminis
tration might at some time per
suade the President to take the en
gineers’ functions away from them,
and transfer them to PWA or else
where.
So the army lads went u> work;
and when they were through the
senate reorganization corn nittee
actually wrote a provision into thk
bill, to the broad general elect
that the functions of the army ?n‘
gineers were not to be tampered
with. Furthermore, there was not
even an attempt on the floor of the
senate to strike out this notable ex
ception.
@ Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service^
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HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES
OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELFI
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“Death by Proxy **
By FLOYD GIBBONS
Famous Headline Hunter
Hello everybody:
There’s only one thing I know that’s less profitable
than being a burglar, and that’s just posing as one. And
Distinguished Adventurer Willard G. Stanton of Bloomfield,
N. J., ought to agree with me there. Once upon a time,
when Bill was a youngster of sixteen, he tried that little
stunt. Not purposely, of course. Bill’s intentions were per
fectly O. K. But it doesn’t make any difference what your
intentions are. If you look like a burglar, or if you act like
a burglar, first thing you know somebody is going to think
you ARE a burglar and treat you accordingly.
Back in 1907, when this adventure happened to Bill, he lived in an old
fashioned apartment house in Brooklyn. At least it would look old
fashioned today. At that time it was probably the last word in apart
ment houses. It had a stairway running up the center of the building,
and there were two apartments to the floor. The doors of the living rooms
opened on the stair landing, and the outer doors were fitted with ground
glass panels. The glass was opaque. You couldn’t exactly see through
it. But when you were on the inside looking out you could tell when some
one was at the door, because you could see a shadow of a human figure
against the glass.
Remember those panels. They’ve got a lot to do with the story.
Burglars Alarmed the Old Ladies.
Bill’s family had an apartment on the fourth and top floor of that
building. Across the hall lived two old ladies—retired school teachers—
jne of whom was slightly deaf. Remember that deaf old lady, too.
Bullets Whizzed Over Bill’s Head.
Between her and the glass panels, Old Lady Adventure managed to cook
up quite a thrill for Bill Stanton.
About three o’clock one November morning, Bill was awakened out
of a sound sleep by a loud, insistent pounding. As he came out of a
half-doze, he realized that the pounding came from the wall, on the other
side of which the two old ladies slept. Something was wrong in their
apartment! Bill jumped out of bed and went into his own living room.
Then he saw what the trouble was.
On the ground glass panels of the door leading to the hall he could
see two shadowy figures. They were over by the door of the old ladies’
apartment and they seemed to be trying to jimmy the lock. So that was
it! Burglars, trying to get in next door! The old ladies had heard
them and pounded on the wall to attract Bill’s attention.
Bill called out, “Who’s there?” and began rattling the door
knob. The two figures moved noiselessly to the stairs and be
gan to descend. Bill was sixteen, and impetuous. He ran out of
his apartment and started to follow the two men down the stairs.
“Right there,” he says, “is where my adventuring career
started.”
Bill Was in a Tight Place.
Bill followed the crooks down two flights of stairs, but they were too
fast for him. He was in pajamas, and he couldn’t very well dash out into
the street after them anyway. Not on a cold night in November. He
turned around and went slowly back up the stairs.
Bill got to the top and put his hand on the doorknob. The door was
locked. In his haste to follow the two men he had slammed it behind
him. In his pajamas and without a key in his pocket, it looked as if
he was going to have some trouble getting back in. He stood for a
moment considering his plight, and then, suddenly he heard a voice
coming from the next apartment.
It was one of the old ladies—the deaf one—and her tone was omi
nous. “If you don’t go away,” she yelled, “I’ll shoot.”
All at once Bill realized what a tight situation he was in. The old lady
could see his shadow through the glass door and thought he was one of the
departed burglars. He knew she kept a gun in her apartment and didn’t
have any doubt that she would do just what she threatened to do.
Shot At by a Deaf Woman.
“I thought I had a good pair of lungs,” says Bill, “and I
screamed back: ‘Don’t shoot. It’s me.’ But I didn’t count on
that old lady being deaf. Before I had a chance to get in an
other word I heard a loud report and a bullet came crashing
through the door. It was followed by two more. Then I dropped
flat on the floor, and while I lay there, three more shots imbed
ded themselves in the wall over my head.”
The shots stopped then, but Bill lay right where he was, afraid to
stir lest the slightest motion bring more of that hot lead his way. Then,
inside his own apartment, he heard his mother open a window and
start screaming for the police. Still Bill stayed where he was. Courage
is one thing, but when a panic-stricken old lady starts blazing away right
and left with a revolver, there isn’t any sense in giving her a mark to
shoot at.
Bill lay right where he was until the police came. Then he got up
again. He looked himself over and was relieved to find that he hadn’t
been hit by any of those wild bullets, but he found an ominous little
hole in the sleeve of his pajamas that showed just how close he had
come to having a funeral instead of just an adventure. "And now
adays,” says Bill, “when there is any burglar hunting to be done, I do
it by telephone.”
Copyright.—WNU Service.
Finland’s Name
The name Finland has nothing to
do with the fin of a fish, as one
might be excused for thinking at
first glance. True, the country has
a long seacoast bordering on the
Baltic, but inland there are many
lakes surrounded by marshes and
connected by glistening streams
and canals. Many years ago re
gions like this were called fens.
Thus the little country in the north
ern part of Europe became known
as fen-land, or marsh-land, and, as
the years passed and people spoke
carelessly, its name changed to Fin
land.
El Templete in Havana
El Templete in Havana dates
from 1827 and commemorates the
landing at Puerta Caranas of Don
Diego Velazquez in 1519. An obe
lisk bears an inscription commemo
rating the mass sung at the town
meeting held at the time in the shade
of a giant siba tree. A tree shading
El Templete is believed to be a slip
from the original tree, cut down in
'753.
Brides Sold by Weight
In some gypsy villages in Yugo
slavia girl brides are sold by
weight, the sale being held when
the girls reach a marriageable age,
says Pearson’s London Weekly. The
average price is between 2 pence
and 3 pence a pound, the higher
price being paid for girls who can
dance and sing as well as cook.
To prevent cheating, the gypsy chief
keeps the weighing scales under
lock and key, The sale of girl
brides is a recognized practice in
Yugoslavia, but only in gypsy vil
lages are their values assessed by
weight.
Caterpillars Can Hear
This statement has been made be
cause experiments have shown thal
these insects have the ability tc
hear; for certain sounds result ir
sudden movements of the body.
Hairs that absorb sound are pro
vided in place of ears. In experi
ments, when these hairs were coat
ed with shellac and noises were
made, the caterpillar did not re
spend
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