MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, JULY 24. 1935.
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F'
PLUMB PROVES HER PERFECTION
Five Billion Francs Spent in
Constructing Modern Eor
tifications Descend
150 Feet Into Earth
By Waverley Lewis Root.
United Press Staff Correspondent,
PARIS (UP) France's long line
of reinforced concrete which follows
the sinuosities of Its northeastern
frontier Is stocked with a full supply
of arms. The Maginot Line la ready
for the next war.
Deputy Andre Beaugitte, Just back
from an Inspection tour of the new
; fortifications with Minister of War
Jean Fabry, said:
"I asked last year: 'When will
France finally be ready to meet a
brusque attack with a brusque re
sponse?' Events have now answered
my question. From now on we no
loncer fear a sudden Invasion."
The arming of the frontier Is not
quite complete. Blockhouses have
still to be constructed at Montmedy.
Valenciennes and Maubauge. Then
the Inst holes In the line which
France hopes Is Impregnable will
have been plugged.
Person niiel Mut Re Trained.
Technicians must be trained also
to man the fortress, now under
staffed. Two year military service
will help do that. For France's
modern defenses are not mere para
pets behind which may be placed
any man with a gun. They are fac
tories of death, and they need engi
neers to insure production.
Tn the casual eye they would not
erm Imposing. Across the Rhine,
perched on high fir-covered hills,
are the forts of another age. Tow
ering castles of medieval stone,
thrown Tip on the highest hills, they
were strongholds once; they would be
targets now.
ObM ructions Barely Visible.
On the French side of the Rhine
re seen low sunken constructions of
cement, barely protruding above the
surface of the ground. In the soil
of the frontier are sunk 5.000.000.000
francs of the French taxpayers mon
ey. They are represented by those
squat constructions the lid of the
hive underneath.
Approaching one of those lids the
visitor hears a humming sound be
neath It. . That Is the voice of the
great dynamo far down In the fort.
It operates the elevators that descend
150 feet Into the earth. I runs the
narrow-gauge railway that circulates
below the soil. It supplies power to
the mechanical hoists and carriages
that bring shells from the bottom of
the works to the very breeches of the
big guns.
Uniforms and salutes have not been
(abandoned here, but a suit of over
alls and a handful of cotton waste is
more at home. In these long galler
ies tunneled molelike under the
earth, men are waiting for the Inev
itable wave of fcldgrau. It may come
when It likes.
Named After Hero of Line.
"From now on we no longer fear a
sudden invasion."
The Maginot Line is ready. It Is
named in honor of Andre Maginot,
minister of war who died In 1932.
Maginot was the dominating French
figure in the occupation of the Ruhr
valley and was a strong adherent of
constant surveillance of the Rhine
land. His life after the world war
was dedicated to making France
strong. He defended military pre
paredness once with the statement:
"We must not brandish our sword,
but we must not break it across our
kneees."
Maginot's service as ft potlu In the
war awoke In him strong militaristic
impulses. He made constant de
mands for reinforced armaments and
Increased military equipment.
The veteran was a hero tn the
trenches as an enlisted man. Re
peatedly he led raiding parties be
yond the German lines. He won the
Military Medal and was elected to
the. Legion of Honor.
Despite severe Japanese competi
tion, American radio receiving sets
have been able to maintain a strong,
position in the Manchurian market.
FREE'S GARAGE In new location,
801 N. Central. Phone 1388.
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Entrants In the perfect body contest in Hollywood, among other
tests, must have shoulders and hips that align correctly, according to
modern standards. A plumb line is used for the test. Dr. Gordon M.
Goodfellow Is shown grading Miry Bovard, while Evalyn Arden and
Martha Schmidt await their turn. (Associated Press Photo)
DOVE PAYS VISIT
ARNSP1GER HOME
A merry Christmas is in the
offing for the Olen Arnsplger fam
ily; that is. If preliminary surveys
on the part of Old Santa mean any
thing.
The Arnsplger family was sur
prised Sunday morning to hear a
cooing behind the fireplace screen,
which, when removed, dlsclofied a
white pigeon that had fluttered
down the chimney. A green band
fastened around one of Its legs lead
the Arnsplgers to believe that the
pigeon was of the carrier variety,
but as local stocks of carrier pigeons
are few, it was undetermined where
the little feathery chimney-faller-
down had come from.
Unconcerned about its sudden
sooty descent and apparently accus
tomed to frequent fireplace Inspec
tions, the pigeon contented itseli
for a while In the Arnsplger house
hold, accepting the family's solici
tations.
Mr. Arnsplger took it outside to
release it. and last seen, it was
winging eastward. The rest of the
family regret that they forgot to
fasten a list of their Christmas
wants to this apparent early bird
messenger from Santa Claus.
HOLLYWOOD HATS
TO APE ANCIENTS
HOLLYWOOD, July 24. (UP)
The monk's skull cap. "halo hat" and
"bishop's beret" will be the Holly
wood touch in ladles' head wear this
J fall, according to fashion announce
ments today.
Latest designs shown In the fall
3tyle market opening July 39 hark
back to the period of the Italian ren
nal&sance In the 15th and 16th cen
turies for new Ideas.
Jean Muir, blond actress, was first
to show the new "halo hat". & dark
aureole brim over close-pulled hair.
The "halo effect" will be found In
most designs, displacing the "shovel"
effect of last season, according to
style spokesmen.
Styles forecast In the annual fall
market show at the Blltmore hotel
Indicate a sharp swing from th racy
tilted "shovel hat", worn over the
right eye, to high-crown sport hats
and eccleslatlcal afternoon and eve
ning designs.
Colors will follow renaissance
painters titian red. Veronese green,
with black predominant from halo
hats to monk's caps. In the beret
types the fullness will be pushed back
over the forehead, to give the halo
effect.
THE DALLES TEACHER
ENDS LIFE WITH GUN
THE DALLES. Ore.. July 24. (AP)
Frank Heckman, 32. Instructor at
The Dalles high schocl, died shortly
after noon today as a result of a bul
let wound, apparently self-inflicted
Death occurred at the home of Ms
parents here.
A note explaining his despondency
over ill-health was declared to have
been found.
FLOOD WATERS SWEEPS
THROUGH KOREA TOWNS
TOKYO. July 24. (AP) Flood
waters were reported flowing tn
Korea today, with four persons killed
and several injured under collapsing
walls.
Heavy rains which have been fall
ing since Saturday In the vicinity
of Seoul, Korea, flooded parts or
the city, dispatches said, and the
river was still rising, endangering
other sections and nearby villages.
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STATE OF OREGON
GREAT SHOPPER, IS
PROVEIlf LISTS
48,000 Orders Go Over Desk
of Purchasing Agent in
Year Cadavers Cost
$15 Each Skeletons $75
SALEM. Ore. (UP If there's
anything the state of Oregon doesn't
buy. Purchasing Agent Daniel J. Fry
would like to know what it is.
In a year 48.000 orders go over his
desk. They list everything except
diamond rings and fur coats. (The
state does buy diamonds, though
drills for the highway department.)
A cross-section of one day's pur
chases shows such variety as: bad
minton and croquet sets for the slate
system of higher education , bahy
shoes for the Fairview home, road
oil, 15 rabbits for the University of
Oregon medical school, hospital sup
plies, food galore, building materials,
office equipment and auto accessor
ies. Cadavers Cheap.
Life Is cheap. Fry has discovered.
He buys cadavers for the medical
school at $15 each and human
brains for $2.50. But skeletons are
expensive. They're $75.
Biggest purchase item every year
is road oil. It runs to $250,000. Yel
low paint to center-stripe highways
(10 gallons to the mile) costs $40,000.
The state once spent $45,000 for a
radio. That was the equipment for
KOAC. bought second-hand.
In 1917 the state bought a pav-
I lug plant for $13,500 and saved $1.-
000.000 by never using it. Very ex
istence of the equipment forced con
tractors to cut their prices for build
ing roads. The state later sold the
plnnt.
Once Owned Railroad.
Few persons remember It, but the
state once owned a railroad. The
system included one engine, four box
cars and four flat cars and tracks
between The Dalles and Celllo. The
line was the Celllo Falls railroad,
sometimes known as the state port
age railroad. The federal govern
ment used It for two years. Then on
August 23. 1917. the state sold it to
the late H. Stelnbock. Salem junk
dealer, and D. Samuels for $59,000.
Xtltt Btnru f Vint- Hlln hnnl. anll II..
rolling stock to Russia, but because
of the war and revolution never got i
a penny. j
Biggest pices of machinery bought
by the state are the $12,000 snow-(
plows that cut through drifts on Mc- i
Kenzie pass. Smallest are microbes '
for medical students.
Rowboats for state game wardens. I
tire engines for institutions, snow
shoes for highway employes are some
of the weird purchases.
And once a Chicago firm was or
dered to ship 300 grasshoppers to
Oregon.
Upholstering, repairing. P h o a e
P69-R. Thibault.
Postcard Arrives
Six Years Late
SALEM. July 24. ( AP) Oregon's
postal system may be slow, but sure.
A postal card mailed to the secretary
of state August 20. 1923 from Astoria,
reached the effices today, almost six
years late.
The card, sent by J. D. Hallberg,
acknowledged receipt from the then
Secretary Hal E. Hom. of a state war
rant. Earl Snell, the third official
since then, was the recipient.
MrCracken county, Ky ended lt
fiscal year with a cash balance of
$10,000 and all bills paid.
Ethiopia became Independent to
wards the eleventh century, havlnf
been an Egyptian province be fort
that.
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