Evening Star Newspaper, June 19, 1932, Page 81

THE JOLLY - ! TS LOWN - DRAWN 8Y KATHLEEN BADER . 103 W 19 ST, WiLtMINGTON DELAWARE- AGED 11 ETURNING FROM HIS VOYAGE TO CELAND IN 1477, COLUMBUS WENT TO PORTUGAL .WHILE LIVING IN LISBON KE MARRIED FELIPA MONIZ DE PERESTRELLO, WHOSE FATHER NOW DEAD; HAD BEEN ONE OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHED SEA CAPTAINS INTHE SERVICEOF PRINCE HENRY OF : S < IS o A\ S ALL THE NAVIGATORS SEEICING A NEW SEAROUTE TOTHE EAST WERE TRYING TO SAIL IN THAT DIRECTION.COLUMBUS HAD AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT IDEA. HE BELIEVED THAT,IF THE EARRTH WAS ROUND AND THE ATLANTIC THE SAME OCEAN THAT WASHED THE SHORES OF CHINA,, HE couLD REACH ASIA BY SAILING TO THE WEST / THE PAPERS OF THE LATE CAPTAIN PERESTRELLO,HIS WIFE'S FATHER YIELDED CoLUMBUS INFORMATION OF A STARTLING NATURE.AT ONE TIME PERESTRELLO BEEN GOVERNOR OF PORTO SANTO, ONE OF THE MADEIRA ISLANDS ¥=247%% . [@icTurESs IN THE MAP-~-~~ GEOGRAPHY GAME~+ Island of MAut (Hawanan 13) THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JUNE 19, 1932. ONTARIO CANADA (SOUTHERN PART, DRAWN BY 1EF RNERQ MINNESOTA. STANLEY NEMANk Faus fi, ALTHEA JoAN SHEPSTONE= 144 S MANISTIQUE AVE-, DRAWN BY FRANK MORGAN . 436 EAST 20T 5., LOS ANGELES CALIF: AsouT THIS TiIME CoLuMBUS DECIDED TO GIVE UP COMMER CE AND DEVOTE HIMSELF TOTHE EXPLORATION OF UNCHARTED SEA THE QUESTION OF FINDING A NEW WATER ROUTE 10 INDIA AND THE FAR EAST WAS STILL UPPERMOST IN MENS MIND'S AND THIS ENTERPRISE- BECAME THE GOAL OF IS AMBITION. His IDEAS WERE HAILED wiTH DERISION, BUT HE WAS CONVINCED HE WAS RIGHT AND WAS WILLING TO RISK HIS LIFE TOPROVE IT. ©.1932, 8y 7.CanqoLL MAuSHRLD. AMONG THESE PAPERS WERE REPORTS STATING THAT CURIOUSLY-CARVED> STICKS, STRANGE PLANTS AND EVEN BODIES OP DROWNED MEN, LNLIKE ANY EUROPEANS, HAD BEEN WASHED ASHORE AT PORTO SAWTO AND GTHER ISLANDS, AND MUST HAVE FLOATED> ACROSS THE ATLANTIC FROM SOME LINKNOWN LAND IN THE WEST! Agep 1172 DETROIT,MICHIGAN 173275 w. 5242 57, CLEVELAND. OWHIO OF PEOPLE CLUNG TO THE ANCIENT BELIEF THAT THE EARTH WASFLAT AND THAT, IF YOU CAME T0O CLOSE TO THE EDGE, You WoulLp> FALL OFF INTO SPACE — - Y)Y CoLuMBUS, AS WELL ASTHE MOST LEARNED MEN OF HIS DAY, KNEW THAT THE EARTH WAS A SPHERE, BLIT THOUGHT T MUCH SMALLER THAN ITREALLY IS. EAGER 7O SECURE EVERY BIT OF INFOR- MATION THRAT MIGHT PROVE HELPFUL, COLUMBUS IS SAID 10 HAVE WITH TOSCANELLI, THE FLORENTINE ASTRONROMER TOSCANELLI SENT COLUMBUS AN"UP-TO-DATE" MAP AND A LETTER SUPPORTING HISVIEWS. L1SBON BY HIS ELDER BROTHER BAR- THOLOMEW.THE LATTER A MAPMAIKER OF GENOA, PROVED OF GREAT ASSIST- ANCE YO CHRISTOPHER IN HIS INVESTIGATIONS . ... ... .. .-, . - \:-75; (A VamNG--J}&j P DRAWN BY JoHk COLVIN ~AGED 13 1237 S. 32°2 57 PHILADELPHIA PA — ¢ UNKNOWN TO EUROPEANS.NO EURO- PEAN EVEN DREAMED OF THE EXISTENCE OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE ! MosT SAILORS BELIEVED THE ATLANTIC WAS INFESTED WITH TERRIRYING SEA MONSTERS AND FEARED YO VENTURE FAR FROM SHORE, TOSCANELLIS MAP = MUCH SIMPLIFIED:. TOoSCANELLI, LIKE COLUMBUS, UNDER- ESTIMATED THE SI12E OF THE WORLD. ONHIS MAP HE PLACED JAPAN (CIPANGO) INTHE POSITION OF MEXICO . THE SHADED WESTERN HEMISPHERE HAS BEEN SUPER- IMPOSED> ONTOSCANELLI'S MAP TO SHOW THE TRUE WIDTH OF THE ATLANTIC. CoLUMBUS WASTOO POOR TOFITOLT A SHIP, AND> FOR SEVERAL YEARS HIS DISCOVERY PROJECT MADE NO HEADWAY, MEANWHILE PORTUGUESE EXPLORERS WERE CREEPING DOWN THE AFRICAN COAST. 1IN 1484 DIEGO CAM DISCOVERED THE MOUTH OF THE CONGO. — 72,65 e T A CCCICCICIOCICIOICI G &4 = Many New Stamps NE sentence in the tax bill passed to bring the national budget to a balance meant a pericd of intense concentration of activities in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. The sentence in question provided the in- crease in postal charges from 2 to 3 cents on letters. Th? initial order from the Post Office Department called for 4,000,000,000 -3-cent stamps. One billion 1-cent stamps to be used with the present 2-cent stamps were re- quired and several hundred million 1 and 3 cent postage due stamps were ordered. Three hundred million 3-cent stamped en- velopes, enough to fill 100 freight cars, were required. It is estimated that the number of 3-cent stamps in the initial order would stretch two and a half times around the world. Alaska Ready for Pioneers pioneer still can find a land of promise where he can find excellent farm land at what seem to be ridiculously low prices in Alaska! ‘The associating of Alaska with extremes of cold weather is a popular fallacy, for along the coastal belt the temperatures are mild enough for many food crops. The Department of Agriculture estimates that there are 65,000 square miles of land suitable for farming in territory where the temperature ranges from 5 above zero in Winter to 85 to 90 degrees in Summer. This land now avaflable can be obtained for homes purposes at a cost of $125 per acre. Developed farms on a quarter section with some buildings can be obtained for as little as $1,000 to $2,000. The general climate of the coastal area in Alaska is about the equivalent of Norway, Sweden, Finland and the upper third of Rus- sia. The warm currents of the waters from Japan, conflict with the frigid waters of the Arctic Ocean and give a variety to the weather conditions. Among the agricultural products which may be successfully produced in Alaska are oats, wheat, barley, potatoes and various garden veg- etables. Dalry cows, hogs and chickens are also raised profitably. The cost of living in Alaska is relatively high, but the prices paid for farm products are on 2 level with the costs of living, so that the Lfe of the farmer is fairly attractive in this section. e Machine Makes Change Some busses recently put into operation, runw ning in and out of one of the Midwestern citles, are equipped with a device which makes change for any amount up to $1. In this way, the driver is relieved of the necessity of hane dling the money. All he has to do is o drive the vehicle and see that the passengers pay, their fares. The device presents several slots for receiving the different coins, and the piece to be changed is placed in the appropriate slot, Then, upon touching a button, the coins are dropped into a convenient hopper. The pass senger then deposits the necessary fare in ane other slit. When it comes to making change for a $1 bill, he hands the note to the driver and that official causes $1 worth of change to fall into the hopper, but this operation has charged up a dollar against the driver, ‘who must account for the same when he makes Lis report.