New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 10, 1928, Page 7

RALS WILL TANE WILD OF RUSSIA Eastern Section of Country fo! Be lmpro_ved Washington, Aug. 10.—P—The Soviet government apparently 1as decided to win its “wild easl” with railroads. By 1930. the National Geographic Bociety eays, steel rails will bridge a thousand miles of semi-dwArt| linking Russian Turkestan to Si- | beria. Frunze (formerly Pishpck) and | Semipalatinsk, termini of the pro- jected ruilroad, are strange names to American ears. Yet Americans should be able to understand Tur- kestan better than any other peo- ple, for the “winning of the Land of the Seven Rivers” is much like the winning of America’s own West. Kirghiz instead of Comanches, snow-capped Tien Bhan instead of the Rockies, salt lake Balkhash in- stead of Great Salt Lake, tigers and panthers instead of mountain lions, deer instead of buffalo, yurts in- stead of tepees, Cosgacks instead of United States army scouts, ko- doki instead of land agents—the same pioneer story in different words. Substitute St. Louis for Frunze, Alma Ata (formerly Verni) for Omaha, kopal for Cheyeune, Berglopol for Qgden, » tinsk for Reno, and Novo Sibir (formerly Novo Nikolaevsk) for Ban Francisco, and one has an idea what this new railroad means to Central Asia. One town already | has moved 50 miles, bageand Bage, homes, post office and tav to be on the railroad. When the old Russian govern- ment opened the fertile valleys of eastern Russian Turkestan to colo- | TRAINS GAIN IN SPEED Freights Now Travel 12.8 Milcs an | (hat treight trains which once aver- {eged 10 now 10 Miles loaded. Hour in Comparison to Former oYrk, Aug. 10.—M—The! freight train, once popularly com- 4 onr, with the turtle as to speed, | celerated its pace an esti- per cent in ecight years. It travels at 12.8 iiles an hour where once it made only 10 as an And it contains about 1)\ cars, instead of the 36 of a decade | “Railroad Data” points out, hov ever, thit while speed, capacity efficiency have been inere number of empty ears per train has grown more rapidly than the load- This fact is nization a few years before the world war, in poured land-hungry | peasants from kuropean Russia. Some high officer weuld cormand, lant 20 villages in this valley this year,” and no sooner had the engineers laid out the streets than the stream of covered wagous from the west would wind into the new domain. Turf houses and trees houses can be dated by the growth of their windbreaks, so the sian colonists’ dwellings are as old as their waving poplars are tall. Central Asia is 1o dreary exile prison, although Dostoievsky, the | author was condenimed to Scini- palatinsk and Trofsky to Alma Ata Vor thonsands of Russians it is a land of hope, They expect the new railroad, which will pass along the foothills of the Tien Shan and then turn north around the cast end of Lake Balkhash, to do for them what | transcontinental trains did for the United States. A railroad will en able them to send ouf wheat, bar rye. rice and apples from their irrigated farms and wool and mut- ton from their illimitable pastures. | Like 2he [ndian, the Kirghiz fades hefore the polonists hecause he will his wives. Many of the nomads who still insist on passing from the Jowlands to the uplands as the sea- sons change have been forced over the horder They live in demountable felt huts a0 vurts and reckon their alth in horses, oxen, goats and sheep. Nominally Mohammedan, the Ki wear turbans, hut the | women never attach veils to their | bu'ky whiie headdresses Central Asia lhas developed a | greot intercst in the New World, | probably because 1t has more in ecommon with the Ameri than with Europe. Erect Cost fat- faced peasant, swarthy Kirghiz and the yellow Chiness Mohamme- dan gather in stuffy halls to sce niovies of the American wild west. And the article which gives officers guarding against Chinese smug- glers the most trouble is Havana cigars. EPISCOPAL CHURCH HAS WAR RECORDS Seven Cabinets Containing Date! Slored at Washington | | net settle down in one place \\uhi | we Washington, Aug. 10. (P—On the heights oo Mount Si. Allan, where stand the tombs of Admiral Dewey end Weodrow Wiison, the Protes- tant Lpiscopal church has st its service flag and the world war rec- | of 105,102 Episcop: ven cabinets containing the are stored temporarily in the offices of Washington cathedral. for possible display in the library of the edifice when that portion ‘is completed. The service flag, Wi one star for euch 1000 memd who took part in the conflict one gold star for all who died etands in the ambulatory of Bethl hem chapel, that part of 19 eathe- | dral where are th tombs of Wilsor &nd Dewey Presentation of the flag and rec- ords and selection of Washingi cathedral as their official custod was made by the Rrotherhood of | §i. Andrew, national organization of boys and young men in the Epis copal church. In the group accepting the war | gervice testimonials was the Right Tev. James E. Frecman, bishop of | Washington, whe as a special rep- resentative of the secrctary of war in 1917 and 1918 addre than 600,000 men in the training | camps and who is credited with contrib g greatly to the wiorale of American troops. Gen. John L. | Pershing who fen vears ago was devoting his energies to the final offensive of the wap, is directing a nation-wide campaign to hasten | completion and endowment of Washington cathedral. i Others of world war preminence. | who are associated, inel Maj. | Gen. George Barnett. Rear Admiral Cary T. Gravson. F. Trubee Davi- 0, . present assistant seeretary of war for aviation; Maj. Gen. Grote Huteheson and Maj. Gen. Charles P. Summerall. e planted. Just as Dakota furm- | o Chinese Turkestan, | a | New 5-Piece A charming Breakfast Set in 2 quaint design! Beautiful color with handsome decore- tions on each piece! Tie drop-leai Table and 4 chairs are included in this set! A timely opportunity to save on thist Open All Day Sa_turday Till 9 P. M. Bed, Spring, Mattress 22° $1.00 Weekly This complete bed outfit! Buy this for your home — summer cottage or spai room! The bed—thick mat- tresp end comfortable springs ingluded at ona low price! Come to-morrow for this value! B NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1928. - PROFESSOR WOULD EXTEND H. 3. WORK School's Usefulness| Would Be Greater Boulder, Colo.,, Aug. 10.—(#—The | typical high school in this country is organized cxclusively for the | » preparation of the few and not !he where needed. complish this have relatively than previously. is necessary | whe influsnce local school authori- cmpty cars to | institutions of higher learning. school” he |, ) aimic fields, in order to keep | open the avenue of higher educa- | tion should they wish to use it in the future.” . Hopkins advocatia leeping | he pr. would make changes in their con- (:allo-Romun v‘se [tent so as to meke 1t of greater use | value. “The reacon for such a condition | jeademic subjects so as to mect the may be secn in college entrance re- | peeds of pupils with different inter- —2A which practically com. pel small schools to teach only aca demic subjects; “has 100 pupils Ita program consists almast entirely of the aca- of English, foreign | language, mal!\emnur& history, and ! The content of | ! | each of these is organized exclusive- ly for college preparation. carried 7.400 tons one y they carry 4 mile every hour, | about one-third. demic subjects AUTO OUSTS TOP I Aug. 10. (UP)- | tomobile 18 causing | disappearance of the {cording to a London hat m The tall hats are impossible | clares Dr. for motoring, he said, and soft hats | fessor of education at the University back- |of Colorado. Dr. Hopkins explained at a meet- ing of educators that it is his belief ests and abilities; introduce mor extra-curricular activities of the state laws and reg- | semi-intel demand aqdemic | subjects for hizh schoel graduation; high school principals who are conservative and too loyal to (mm'.i""‘“' turer. I'homas Hopkins, | athletic type: | sionally trained ligh 100 | ¢rs, who are open-minded enough to | here, are crowding them He said that the top hn scribed as efforts | will never be so popular as it 50 to distribute cars that they will| ground. betore the war. any changes; Cholce of Patterns Breakfast Set 428" $1.00 Weekly . ] Fern Stands Pinished in greon— daintily designed! fine special for to- Waffle lrons Heavy iron — com- ions end dflci with the base! = Spring seats! Temarkable chalr n, a very low price. FOR AN EVENING APPOINTMENT PHONE 2-79.. mmmm:ummmmmm tent of each and the methods of |ents of the favored few, who want new attitude teaching should be adapted needs of the 92 per cent of pupils | who do not go to college, instead of per cent who how attend | ties, and pupils themselves, three- | =g | fourths of whom elect 75 per cent fof t cir high school unit from the cludes. ent academic subjects, but He would “add more nonJ ual rether thun the vatic employ more profes- | pos the present situztion unham- Living Room $149z | entire room—bheautifully and com- letely furnished—at a price that you would pay for the 3-pe.suite alone! In- cluded are the Divan—Wing Chair —Cogswell Chair — Magazine Rack — Bridge Lamp — Table Lamp — pair Book Ends — End Table — Occasional Tahle — Table Scarf and 2 Fancy Pillows! Uy toward the problems |is a chariot race, the sther s to the | their children to go to college and !of secondary education on the part |torial combat, Jt was of higher instity- jan eld Gallo-Roman | near temple of T s, Morcury on thée Roman road from Portiers te officials | school can not organize its work n terms of the welfare of the majority then the question of | supportiag it by tuition rather than | public moneys is pertinent, The excavations pulchres containing a vaviety of ob- Jects, dating probably to the closd he con- | of the rirst or beginning of the sece ond century. Other objects feund | necklace of 14 beads of glass pasts, | tear bottles, other small glass bot- | ties. & buckle, and 2 bronse incenss revesled 83 ve- of its pupils, Dug Up in France ve-Gironde, France, Aug. 10 UP n glass vase of the man pe rviod orid near Portiers. cssion of chool teach- | zouche of the College Universitaire T PLAN BOOM 10 (UP)—Instal- ment plan buying of autemobilet has been found in exca- It is in the manager of one of the big automo- bile ag=ncies of the country said re- | cently that at least 56 per cent of his sales were conducted on thie e vase, in good state of preser- | pered by traditicn, and obtain & vation, shows two bas-reliefs. ‘ompletely Fuinished Bedroom $139¢ A charming and comfortable Bedroom outfit—complete in every detail! The full size Bed—Chest of Drawers— Dresser — Vanity — Bench and Chair—each piece finished in fine The Spring—Mat- tress — 2 Pillows — Boudoir and Shade are Axminster R Cholce of Pl'ltem