Evening Star Newspaper, October 2, 1929, Page 22

HAVRE PAYS HONOR TO MYRON HERRICK French Seaport Changes Name of Street as Tribute to Late Ambassador. ‘Havre, France, has honored the late Myron T. Herrick, Ambassador to France from the United States, by changing the name of one of its streets. The former Rue St. Quentin, which runs from the Boulevard Francois I to the public gardens in the center of thé clty, will in future be known as Rue Myron T. Herrick. “Havre, or, to give it its proper name, Le Havre, has been sighted by many thousands of Americans, yet is known to few,” says a bulletin from the Na- tional Geumphic Society. “The port is one of the most important doorwnys to France for transatlantic travelers, being the destination of some of the largest and faStest ocean liners. But always, when a great passenger ship has nosed into its berth in one of Havre's basins, & boat train is standing near the wharf, steam up. Most of the passengers climb aboard and are whisk- ed away to Paris, 142 miles distant, with only fleeting glimpses of Havre. “As a matter of fact, there is little in Havre that would interest the average traveler, yet it is of great interest to the economist, to the student of com- merce and to thousands of French and American business men and factory owners, for Havre is second only to Marseille as an entrepot for the com- merce of the Seven Seas and is of ticular importance to many Amer cln smppers because of its proximity to “The town has had several names. First it was a tiny fishing village whose name has been lost. In 1516 Francols I of France ordered his engineers to cre- ate a port at the site of the village and it was named Francoisville. During the fishing village days a chapel had been built to Notre de Grace. As the g:lrx passed the new harbor came to known as Le Havre de Grace (the Harbor of Grace) because of the chapel. For a long time now it has been known simply as Le Havre, but its old name has been perpetuated by being given to a little town at the mouth of the Sus- quehanna River, in Maryland. “Havre lies on the estuary of the Seine, practically at the point of the peninsula which marks the meeting of the river and the sea. The port con- sists largely of inclosed basins, for there is a considerable rise and fall of the tide. The basins have been carved from the low land on the north shore of the estuary. ‘There are now 14, some of | them quite lll'g,e Hundreds of mil- lions of francs have been spent in the - creation of the port since Francois or- dered it built and the development still continues. When the work planned has been completed Havre will be, in dock_ and quay space and in the excell of its other habor facilities, among he‘ world's greatest ports. *“The Harbor’ is an appropriate name for the city at the mouth of the Seine, | for interest is centered in its shipping, and most of the 165,000 inhabitants de- | g:nd. directly or indirectly, on the har- | r for a livelihood. The city itself is modern, progressive and bustling with business, but away from the wharves it is little different in these respects from scores of other thriving cities. The Rue de Paris, which leads from the quays of the outer harbor to the public gardens, 1s the busiest street. It crosses the large Place Gambetta, which is rimmed with cafes. Near the port the city is on low land, but northward it rises to a pla- teau, on which are the residences of the wealthy citizens of Havre. “Westward two and a half miles are high chalk cliffs, on which is situated | Ste. Andresse, with its bathing beach | || below. When the Belgian government | found it necessary to leave Belgium | during the World War offices were aezl up at Ste. Andresse, which thus became the alien capital of Belgium. The Bel- gian Parliament met and transacted the business of its kingdom in the Hotel des Regates of this little cliff-top resort.” [ER— LAND GIVEN BACK. Porto Rico to Receive Geronomi Tract in 891 Years. SAN JUAN, P. R, October 2 (#).— ‘The title to the San Geronomi Military Reservation, including the portion held by virgil Baker, retired naval officer, under a 999-year lease from the Navy Department, has been transferred to the | people of Porto Rico, Acting Gov. Bev- erly announced yesterday, after receipt | of a proclamation signed by President Hoover and Secretary of State Stimson. The leasehold will revert to Porto Rico at the termination of the contract 991 years hence. Col. Theodore Roose- velt, who as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, signed the Baker lease in 1921, and who recently was appointed gov- ernor, has announced that he will in- vesflnw the whole transaction. has been charged that Lieut. Oomdt Baker obtanied his lease of ex- tremely valuable ground for a nominal sum. e DOLORES EXPECTS STORK. Mrs. John Barrymore Announces Her Retirement From Screen. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., October 2 (#).— Dolores Costello, motion picture actress, in private life Mrs. John Barrymore, yesterday announced her retirement from the screen—for the time being, at least. The reason, she and her husband said, was the expected arrival of an ge{x‘; or heiress in the Barrymore house- old. HAWAIIAN EARTHQUAKE . ACTIVITY DECREASES Scientist Remains at Volcano Hua- 1alai, Expected to Erupt, Though Dormant Since 1801. By the Associated Press. 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