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Ingrid’sIsIeOfRomance \ Is Isle ‘Without Hope’ To The Stombolese By JULIES HUM! NEA Staff Correspondent STROMBOLI. Italy — (NEA) — 1 The eight-square-mile island of Stromboli. which the natives ca'i j "Island Without Hope.” is only 50 j miles from the Italian mainland 1 but its inhabitants look tow ard the: distant United States for salvation The bright light of Hollywood; , snone briefly on Stromboli's lava; and cactus \rhile the world ogled! the romance between Ingrid Berg man and Italian movie director Ro berto Rosselini., Then the spot light faded, leaving the island as desolate as *t was when Rosselini * picked it for a movie location be cause it offered conditions worse than in a cencentration camp. j Marooned by nature on the only constant active volcano in the world, vthe population within the last 20 years has dropped from 4,000 ■ to 750. leaving behind a ghost vil- j lage of empty quake-scarred houses Jn which weeds and cactus have 1 replaced the furniture. : IGNORED i | crow vty - 1 \ A Soppy marriage and irrctiifvi ; car••r can b* ■ yoyri! Tha ial« "(acomtnKfion Method'' oflon cor i rocti crom *yo* in on* Woy! Ova 9,000 luccanfvi Iraotmaeii. ail agai. i fRfi ROOKiir 1 ttrtlli tvM ettermm Oea OB fWa W ow PfHt ImtHttfioa. WrWa— ; CROSS ITS FOUNDATION lot GfoHom lldf-. Jacksonville, Florid* i SOPffi-PMOC HEARING AID Enjoy the miracle of better Hearing. Super-Fonic i* guaran teed to give you ttte avaxhnwe* Hearing o< Hearing aids setting «p la S 195.00 AH-in-one, ma* ond hghtweight Super-Fonk m •♦ted to your personal need*. S vofowtepd for on* year ONLY * 79 “ FtEE DEMONSTRATION COMPUTt $99 VtCt AMP ; tATTfRIIS FOR AU MARK 5t NfARINO AIDS. Dr. LeRoy S. Harris Doctors Buildint | Griffin t SAUL’S “BIG VALUE” SALE! 1000 YARDS Sanlorized-Woven-Fast Color CHAMBRAY SOLIDS 25c YARD STRIPES A Saul’s Semi-Annual Sale of This Extra Fine Quality Chambray. Ideal For Ladies And Childrens Dresses And Play Clothes. REGULAR PRICE 59c YARD SAUL’S NEW LOWER PRICE FOR THIS WEEK-END JUST 25c YARD SAUL’S HILL GRIFFIN, STREET GA. Complete Outfitters For The Entirp Family Moat of the Stromboli's emigrants have settled in New York where they have formed the “Unione Strombolese," an organ! sation which is collecting funds for the gradual evacuation of all the is landers, a process which might Lake up to 20 years, The exit yf the Strombolese start ed shortly after the volcano s ast major eruption in 1930. when six were killed by a huge tidal Ever since, the island's two parish priests have fought a losing battle trying to oersuade the people to hang on to the constantly rumbling and smoking mountain which rises 3.000 feet out of the Mediterranean Despite the priests' lack of sur cess.there is no doubt that the 750 Strombolese are the most con scientious church-goers in Italy To them the church provides the oniv pastime, on an island devoid of bars, cinemas, automobiles, or even bicycles. Most of the inhabitants have never seen a train The week * p**' 1 ** of the maUboat - from Messina to Naples, i.; a social event attended oy the Island's tour policemen. th» priest' and most of the population. To survive on the barren land the inhabitants must work hard and long, /'though most of the na fives are fishermen, the fishing sea - son lasts only two months, -j-v,e Island provides a pitiful crop of grapes,, from which the islanders make sweet "Malvasta” wine, s speciality for which main'anders pay up to 2,000 lire ($4) per bottle. Only livestock on the island are a few bony goats who yrgae.the wild cactus. Although most of the older peo ple of Stromboli are resigned to fate, the 280 children bom on the island within the past 10 years might yet see a brighter future. Their names are registered witn the Stromboh Union in New York for eventual emigration. Mount Rainier. Washington, i* the fifth oldest U. 8. national park It was estao.ished by act of Con gress in 1899. Wm St. Andrews PUTTING COURSE Open Daily 18 HoI«* - -Mile of Fairways Located Intersection Solomon _______________ Straat and Highway 41 , Ore M.1. Mila North N-rfL of -j r Griffm. •«;„ Owned and Operated by W C t. CURRY niDDV Admiaaion 25c Per Parson Report Exaggerated, *.Dead’ Artist Says MANHATTAN, Kan. —0?'— A Manhattan newspaper in an article about Kansas artists referred to Charles B. Rogers, professor of art at Bethany College. Lindsborg. "Charles Rogers," the article read. ‘was another outstanding man in fhe art world during his lifetime. Not long afterward came a reply from Rogers. "I’ve been in this art profession ’ 20 years, which is long enough to | kill most people.” he wrote, "and some of my enemies claim I am dead in part. Others wish I were, But my friends Insist I'm very much alive.” Rogers said he wouldn't mind the report if it resulted in an immed | late demand for his work—at high prices. But, he said, such was not j the case. Church Of 1681 (’ailed ' Oldest In Bay State HINGHAM. Mass i/p _ -phis South Shore (own boa-ts tlie tildes' church In Massachusetts. The Old .Ship Clinch 'Unitari an) on Main Street has been In j constant use since it was built bv j ship’s carpenttrs in 1BE1. Architects . av it 's the only 17th century church now standing in the state. It i« of severe design. The ^ roof is built like a truncated pyra n ‘ M . topped by a belfry and * ! "lookout" that gives the' building ! its name. __ v \ 'j k i -T V * 3 ■>.’i.... • * mm * : ’*‘1 ,fjj| «' m 1 Rusty, a cairn terrier pup, waits in the radio room of a cargo P' 10 , a " e in Ne and ^ Y his ° Tk for his mistress, flight new | the Duchess of Windsor The dog was bred bv Elizabeth Braun, of Pittsburgh, Pa who wa * contacted bv the duchess who " w * P ictu ' e of one of th « terriers , in a magazine. ■ m u if ■ j I II I i > t| * !*- * •* i - % > r I WuM. A railroad station gets a train ride, as a replica of al) old Chicago station is moved to a new site on the Railroad Fair grounds in Chicago. Waving the engine on is M. J. Niesavage, trainmaster of the fair, which reopens June 25. The girls hanging out the station windows are just along tor the ride. , ) ■ j j Griff in Bride Can Learn i j Griffin Brides— BUI Griffin brides may have to go to Sew York to do it, but here s a chance for them to learn how .0 cook the pleasant way—on their honeymoons. Mack Weiner, resort operator, be lieves a bride should learn how to run a kitchen at the same time sheL finding out how to run a husband. Weiner ‘presides at White Roe Lake at Livingston Manor, in up state New York. The resort caters to honeyniooners. 'and is typical ot most mountain playgrounds except for one thing. j Weiner has started an intensive cooking course for brides, a course which he says grew out of "my own sad experience •Immediately after I married.” i Weiner said. "My wife was a per | feet dream girl to look at but hupe | less when turned loose in the kit chen. "At first we just joked about her poor cooking, but’as time went oy, mealtime became an explosive oc casion,'' he elaborated. He said lhat after a few months of bicarbonate of soda and fanni, quarrels, "I took matters in hand and started t eaching the missus what you do with pots and pans." Happy Ending “I dug up all my old textbooks,' he continued, "and proceeded to conduct a home experiment in do mestic science.” Weiner said the story ended hap- 1 pily, for his wife eventually t>e came a kitchen artist. But the whole tiling caused him to open the cooking classes at White Roe last year for the first time so oih*?r T ' r Y Kl NeWS \aj Want * Ads! a j , Yessiree! It's the BEST I*BY CLEANING IN TOWN! [ ■ ‘A: E li Appdovia^s. S’ M w mvici HftrS WHAT YOU OfT WITH OUR Sanitone Service * 1 ★ IfOTS GONE—McRE DIRT RIMOV6D ★ MtQMTBR COLORS ★ NO DtY CUANM9 ODORS it HTTf« FRESS — MOlD$ k ONCER $r 8CRSF1RATTON STAINS ANO ODORS REMOVED BUNN’S Izftunderers & Cleaners 224 SO. HILL ST. PHONE *2*1 We Have A liberal CASH and CARRY Discount. • 9 I f r' husbands won t have his troubles Weiner is a graduate of the ho tel management school, at Cornell University and is a veteran of the resort business both in New York and Florida Cobb Brothers Thank News Editor. The News—We would like wth * 1,k J' ou ior the part you had • hi the one day farm demonstration recently held on our tarm. We regret that more people were unable to see the demonstration j due to weather conditions. ever, we are pleased that almost every day we are having visitors. Wf want you to know that we plan to carry on a soil conserve lion program and trv to make this an ideal'farm. 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Storr returned to Ottawa after a two-week flying trip into the Arc tic to gain ideas. One of' his Jobs will be to do a full-page chart to explain how democracv operates. The first Look dealt with preven tion of diseases. It was a difficult | Job. The Eskimo has no Idea of the . theory of bacteria. All he knows is that he c .esn't feel well, The government .yet out to gel him to accept the fact that he gets sick because of .-mall animals he cant see. Friday, May 2'fl. 1949. $23-Million In Jap Reparations Is Paid By EAR,NIST HOBEBECHT United Prrm Staff Correspondent TOKYO -♦— The Japanese re parations question still is one of the major problems which the Al lied nations must settle, but more than $113.000 000 worth of machinery and equipment already has been distributed to China, the Nether lands. Philippines and the United Kingdom under the Interim pro ! gram That was revealed by Brig. Oen. (Patrick H. Tansey, who handles the reparations program for Oen. Douglas MacArthur. Oen. Tansey said thus far al most 17.000 items of metal work tng machinery and equipment had been distributed as follows: China. $13,529,199.25: Netherlands. $3,013,900.25: Philippines, $4,855 - 94?.00; United Kingdom, $2,480 - 089.75; total. *23.879,132.25 "Reports from these nations in dicate that the equipment already is contributing to the rehabilita tlon of their war-damaged reon cmies." Oen. Tansey said Under the provisions of the tr. terlm directive Issued by the U. S. government in Aoril. 1947, the four nations, other than the U 8 i which suffered most of the ravages of the Pacif'c War and made the ! greatest contribution* to the de | feat of Japan, were authorised to receiv^ 30 percent of the Japanese j industrial assets determined to be ! war facilities of excess to the j ' n< ‘ ed * of **»« peace-time economy of ; Japan. The four nations selected were 1 China, the Netherlands for the Dutch East Indies, the Philippines, and the United Kingdom for Ma- \ WISE DRY CLEANERS M- AND SHOE FIXERY " Walk the wise way FOR "SERVICE OF DISTINCTION. 2 20 MERIWETHER STREET D HC N GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS lays and Burma. By the terms of this dinettes Chtna was to receive 15 percent and the other nations were to fit five percent each. available to these nations," Oan. available to the* enatlons," Gen. Tansey said, “and 50 percent dt their machinery and equipment has beeft allocated and removed from Japan. An additional 30 par* cent has been claimed and will be removed shortly " Oen, Tansey said that pending j.final ■ settlement of the reparation* ( program, work has gone ahead on j completing the inventors and evaluations of a large portion, at the 870 plants now held in custody by the Allies. These plant! an estimated to have a value of Mtftc 000.000.00. . o I — - .......... ........ NOW IT CAN BE TOM* STATE COLLEGE. Pa. —» — When William 8. Hoffman. <M$jt at admissions’ at Pennsylvania State College, retired he bared Ma souk Hoffman admitted ke was the J*d dent who 40 years ago dumped a bucket of water on members of the university council aa they Aap d fF i* from a meeting. H. H. Jones fir Son MARBLE YARD Ktnea,. 1*79 Griffin'* «H4aat AH Typaa of Monamente From Simplest Marker* 1b Ornate Memorial* Estimates Gladly Fnrniahad Patronise Griffin Industry 325 Rut Solomon Street >