New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 16, 1930, Page 7

AROUND THE WORLD WITHTHE EUUAT[]Rf Imaginary Trip Reveals Number of Surprising Facts Washington, D. C., May 16 — British scientists are exploring the equatorial regions of West Africa. | An imaginary trip around the world | along the ator develops some | surprising facts, says a bulletin from the Washington, D. C. headquarters of the National Geographic society. | “For example: . Snow falls within sight of the Equator. The Equator crosses no deserts. The Equator does not touch con- tinental Asia. Less than one-fourth of the Equator traverses land | |the mouth of the Amazon, the world's ‘hot line' traverses Mexiana island and then plunges into 2,000 penctrable in places as the jungles of Afric “Soup Bowl” Haircuts “Fquatorial South America is the | land of Indians of yellowish and | reddish hues with the straight hair | | which is cut as though soup bowls | | had been applied to the natives' | heads as guides for barbers' scis- sors. The largest animal {s the| tapir, and ant caters are abundant. The natives know nothing about lions, elephants and hippopota- muses. “Some of the Indian tribes mum- mify the bodies of fellow tribesmen. They believed that the body of the deceased contains an element that if preserved will insure his return to this world in a living form. They destroy the bodies of enemy captives =0 that there is no possibility of their | reincarnation “While hunting is the main means of supporting a native family in Africa, many Indians in the equa- torial regions of South America are BURDENOFDOLE miles of jungle land, almost as im- | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, _— FRIDAY, MAY borrowing limit It finds GROWING HEAVIER - |British Taxpayers Face Ever|ci;s Increasing Taxation London, May 16.—Largely copy- ing the social insurance legislation | of Germany and adapting it to Brit- ish needs, Great Britain has toduy as complete a set of laws for ill health insurance, old age insurance nd unemployment insurance as 07 ny nation in the world. And th | greatest burden has been this mat. ter of doles for the employed. Since the dole put into fect it has cost the ional treas- ury the stupendous total of a little over a half billion doll t In addition ‘o this. there are the | shall t many millions contributed by 1aw |t an 1, vn ability- neerned nybody * !'Inpl’unl.& Lions and Cannibals collectors of latex from the rubber |to the fund by employers of labor |labor t “The Equator cuts Africa nearly |trees of the forest Some of this and by the thrifty working p in half. traversing the middle sec- | latex (crude rubber) ultimately rolls | who bought unemployme tion of Kenya, severing the northern |over the roads of America in auto- stamps at their loc third from the Belgian Congo and mobile tires, cushions t heels of office hisecting the tongue of French American shoes, stops American Unemployment Still Rising Cquatorial Africa which, with An-|bottles, and embraces a host of | And no relief is in s gola, nearly squeezes the Belgian things in the form of rubber bands. | iast figures on unemploy Congo off the Atlantic coast Jivaro Head Shrinkers “In the 2,300 miles across Equa-| “At the eastern base of the Andes torial Africa there are no deserts'the equatorial traveler meets the Ji but torrid jungles, some parts of | varos, natives who are proud of thei which are so canopied by trees in- art in shrinking human he o the terlaced by vines that only pencil- | size of an oiange, with the hair and | (g1a) llke rays of sunshine penetrate. In | skin 175,000 his region the traveler meets with| “From their hot jungle homes, t 361.90 naked, black, kinky-haired tri Jivaros can see the snow el men, and such unfriendly beasts as|Andes of Ecuador and wes e wild elephants, lions, and hippo- |zil. Quito, capital 2 potamusee. nestles in the A Equatorial Snow miles south of t “Mount nzori and nearby| * peaks of Uganda offer a respite from | P the heat Mount Ruwenzori, close pagos Islands and to the Equator, 1 snow d and p to the East 1 from its summit ti er looks and Sumatra, missin, rest point of SRR S Ten per cent of th only ment figures mounted unemployment insuranc all shot to pieces. Io vieeks ending "8 employment - Mongolian, Hi ar Malayan | ceived some . blood oves and “From ¢ v h e And there Equator touches in e fou cks over §7 : Getting Fond of 1dling RO TR N X TR et i the re s | strikes Ken to the cast of the r “Betweo. the wester s el Civil Africa and oast of So - | stages in B C e t ca, the Equator crosses no I disappe . he Tce Age. jc vative governme We Give You Style We Give You Quality WE GIVE YOU VALUE Far in Excess of the Price o ; 310 Men's and Young Men's E $1.50 We Lightweight i 2 PIECE SUITS Worsted Crash $16.50 L R Men’s and Young Men’s Men’s and Young Men's SUITS KNICKER SUITS Newest Fabrics and Shades Sport Fabrics and Shades $24.75 $29.75 $24.75 $29.75 $34.75 $34.75 Extra Pants $3.23 With 2 Long Pants With 1 Knicker, 1 Long TROPIAL WORSTED A 81975 Men's and Young Men's o WHITE FLANNEL TROUSERS $6.00 STRAW HATS PANAMAS $4.85 MEN'S FURNISHINGS GQLF HE)\L 5 INTERWOVEN SOCKS | .\'lilRT.\' 95°i 144 s | - 3] 1 32.43 5.295 | 50( SEALPAX JERSEYS SEALPAX ; _— 5 ] Q [ JERBL\.\ nd SUITS | KNIT Regular and Speed Model SHORTS SHORTS | UNON U, 50° | 50°w75° g5 RAYON UNION SUITS 31 43 $9.95 Men's and Young Men's White, Linen and Gabardine KNICKERS $3.00 " Men's and \oun'v Men's Striped Worsted FLANNEL TROUSERS Axminster Rugs “’-79,50 SAILORS $1.95 5245 $2.75 MILANS $2.45 $3.45 $4.35 VENEERS 3-Pieca Sealpax Nainsook | Suite UNION SUITS i Button Front or $75 (( | $9.50 89.95 $9.45 | Twin Button . 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