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tomb for Columbui la now be
Inf built In Culdad TruJIllo,
capital of the Dominican Re
public. Theae viewa of the
concrete and' iteel atructure
are taken from a plaster
model. The real building will
be a kilometer long and 120
feet high in the form of a re
cumbent cross. The 21 Amer
ican republic! are working to
gether on the $5,000,000 build
ing to be completed by 19S2.
It will be a lighthouse, a mu
eum and library, besides a
tomb. History of each of the
21 republici will be carved on
the front of the structure by
sculptors from the countries
involved. The work was start
ed April 14, 1849. Pan Ameri
can day. The design was made
by J. L. Gleaves of Scotland
to symbolize the International
brotherhood of the Western
Hemisphere. The sponsors of
the project say It will be the
biggest memorial to a single
man since the building of the
pyramids. The light on the
top will be designed to guide
both ships and planes.
AP Newsfeatures
Despite Columbus, Some Still
Believe the World Is Flat
By HARMAN W. NICHOLS
Washington, Oct. 12 ) If you look around the world, you'll
find a lot of folks who hold that we live on a flat surface.
Christopher Columbus, among others, believed otherwise.
We'll bring it up to the minute, by reminding one and all that
today is Columbus day.
It was back in 1492 that Chris
got a yen to travel. He con
tracted the Queen of Spain.
According to available informa
tion, she hocked her Jewels or
dug into the royal sock and
got the old boy started, com
plete with ships and men.
He landed on our shores on
Oct. 12. 1492.
Eventually the man we honor
wound up in the pokey with his
legs in chains still crying that
the world was round.
There are many who, despite
the evidence, still claim It's as
flat as a cocktail table.
Aga Khan Conferred
Title of 'Highness'
Tehran. Iran, Oct. 12 U.R
Shah Mohammed Heza Pahlevi
has conferred the title of High
ness on the Aga Khan and con
gratulated him on his request
for confirmation of his Iranian
citizenship, it was revealed to
day. The Shah cabled the Aga Khan
Saturday that the Iranian gov
ernment always had considered
him an Iranian.
The Aga Khan, spiritual lead
er of 12,000,000 Ismaili mos
lems and father-in-law of Rita
Hayworth, was born in India of
Iranian ancestry.
Grangers Meet Again
Webfoot The Dayton-Web-foot
Grange's first meeting for
this season following several
months adjournment was held at
the Webfoot Grange hall. There
were 12 members present. A
short program followed the reg
ular business meeting. Refresh
ments were served.
Mrs. Roosevelt
Observed Birthday
Lake Success, Oct. 12 U.R-
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt observed
her 65th birthday "on the job'
at the United Nations Tuesday
and disclosed that she is on a
reducing diet.
Top officials of the UN con
gratulated her and praised her
work in the organization when
she took her place in the social
committee room.
The National Geographic So
ciety, which knows almost ev
erything, raised the question
after almost 457 years of debate.
There Is still debate.
I went over and fished through
the records.
People in the Ethiopian hills
believe the earth is like a pan
cake. That's according to Amer
ican oil drillers who are work
ing in Ethiopia and keep in
touch with National Geographic.
These oil men reported that
the natives of Ethiopia are con
cerned "lest recent deep-drilling
operations puncture the earth's
plane, letting oil leak into the
void underneath."
As a matter of fact, the primi
tive people on earth atill regard
it as flat.
Take the Waduman tribe in
the north territory of Australia.
The people follow the sun
When it sinks, the folks duck
into a hole and they find dark
ness. Which to them means an
even keel and something that
won't roll them In the middle
of the night.
Tsimshian Indians of British
Columbia live on what they con
sider a flat earth surrounded
by the rolling sea "and sup
ported by a man who lies on his
back and supports a pole on
which the earth turns straight
wise." In olden days many fathers of
the church, including St. Augus
tine and Thomas Aquinas, ac
cepted the theory that the earth
was a vast plane. They relied
on the words, translated, of
Isaiah, Job, and Moses, which
appeared to describe the earth as
flat. "Greater in length than
in breath, with heaven, embrac
ing the universe, as a vault join
ed to the earth."
Columbus was quite a church
man.
He followed religious writings
which led him to believe he
might reach land east of India
by sailing West about 8.900
miles. As you know. If you'll
look Into the books, he actually
sailed 2.230 miles.
Anyhow, our man Chrii blaz
ed the trail. He made It easy
for others to follow.
A few years later. Amerlcus
Vespucius made a turn around
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Nickles Assure
Boy's Education
Del Mar, Cal., Oct.. 12 U
Five-year-old Renwick Nich
oll got rid of all hia nickels
today 80.287 of them to be
exact.
Renwick's father, Owen W.
Nicholls, manager of the Del
Mar hotel has been saving nick
els for him since the boy's birth
Today, on his fifth birthday
anniversary, Renwick presented
$3,014.35 In nickels to R. E
Anderson, vice president of the
Solano Beach branch of the
Bank of America. The nickels
purchased an insurance endow
ment policy to be used for Ren
wick's education.
The nickels were saved in
coin bags and milk bottles.
, Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Wednesday, Oct. 12, 1949 13
the Gulf of Mexico and steered
northward nearly to Chesa
peake Bay. The makers of maps
put his name on the land.
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