Evening star. [volume], June 16, 1940, Page A-13, Image 13

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’ Guiana Is France's
' Biggest Possession
. In New World
, Sf. Pierre and Miquelon
And Islands in Indies
Also Under Tricolor '
Premier ReynaucTs reference to
the possibility of France continu
ing the war, if necessary, from her
American possessions, involves the
following French colonial outposts
In the New World, sa£s a bulletin
from the National Geographic So
ciety:
French Guiana, on the north coast
cf South America, smaller, less pop
ulous and less developed than Neth
erlands’ Surinam and British
Guiana to the west, French Guiana
has an area slightly larger than
that of Maine. It lies between
Brazil, on the east, and Surinam
(formerly Dutch Guiana) on the
west. The Tumuc-Huma' Moun
tains bound the territory on the
; south. Like the regions on either
side, French Guiana rises gradually
southward from a strip of alluvial
plain and an area of “swamp savan
nas" to heavily forested areas and
mountains in the center and south.
River valleys deeply trench the
country. Settlement is centered in
the wet. hot coastal strip, which,
since 1930, has constituted the
province of Guyane. The popula
tion estimate of about 25.000 ex
cludes the Indians and Negroes of
the forest. The coastal population
is mixed European: the langauge
a colorful patois derived from sev
eral tongues. Off the coast lies the
famous penal colony of Devils
Island.
The colony’s resources arc mostly
Undeveloped. On the coast, many
people are engaged in farming.
Cayenne, on a coastal island, is
the capital and chief city.
Two Large Islands.
The French West Indies (islands
In the Caribbean) consist of two
large islands, Guadeloupe and Mar
tinique, and several smaller ones,
chief among these being Desirade.
Marie Galante, St. Bartholomew
and the northern part of St. Mar
tin. (The southern part belongs
to the Netherlands.) All are in the
Lesser Antilles, southeast of Puerto
Rico.
Martinique. the southernmost
French island, is a mountainous
mass of volcanic origin. Mont Pelee
(4.200) feet, in the north, staged
n violent eruption in 1902, which
destroyed St. Pierre, at that time
the largest city, killed 40,000 people
and did enormous damage. Fertile
valleys and deep-forested gorges
are cut into the steep mountains.
Rainfall is heavy and rivers nu
merous. The island heights are cool
and invigorating, in contrast to the
hot, unhealthful lowlands.
Sugar cane is the most important
crop and sugar refineries prepare
the finished product. Rum. coco,
coffee, tobacco, vanilla, pineapples
and bananas are leading exports.
Most of the 235.000 people are Ne
groes. Fort-de-France (population
about 43.000) is the capital and com
mercial metropolis. Josephine. Na
poleon's empress, was a native of
Martinique.
Sugar Dominates Trade.
Guadeloupe, lying between Domi- i
rhea and Antigua, consists of two
distinct islands separated by a nar
row strait. The eastern island is
low-lying Grande Terre; Basse
Terre, on the wrest, is larger and
mountainous. Highest peak on the
island is volcanic Grande Soufriere
(4.900 feet), from which there were
destructive eruptions in 1797 and
1843. The leading port and trade
center is Pointe-a-Pitre (popula
tion. 30.000) on Grande Terre. Total
population of the island is about
270,000, mostly Negroes and mixed
bloods.
Sugar and its by-products domi
nate the export trade, but cacao,
bay and other tropical plants and
fruits are grown in quantities.
Guadeloupe is the administrative
center for the surrounding "neck
lace'’ of smaller French West In
dian islands. Both Guadeloupe and
Martinique were discovered by Co
lumbus.
Long Fishing Centers.
St. Pierre and Miquelon, two ad
jacent islets off the south coast of
Newfoundland, were settled by the
French in about 1660, passed back
and forth between the French and
the British for a century and a half,
and were finally • restored to the
French in 1814, with the stipulation
that they were not to be fortified.
They are barren and rocky and
8re frequently shrouded in fog, par
ticularly in summer. Always an
Important base for the Grand Banks
fisheries, the islands have suffered
diminishing prosperity as the fish
ing industry has declined. Mique
lon, the western and larger, is a
double island united by a narrow |
shingle bank 5 miles long. St. j
Pierre, the capital of the colony, is I
on the island of the same name.
It has a harbor and contains most
of the 3.500 people inhabiting the
two islands.
During the prohibition era in the
United States large amounts of
liquors were consigned to St. Pierre
and Miquelon and ‘'bootlegged”
along the American coast.
Chest Physicians to Urge
X-Raying of Military Men
Murray Kornfeld of New York,
executive secretary of the Ameri
can College of Chest Physicians.
Will come to Washington Tuesday to
confer with Army, Navy and Vet
erans’ Administration officials on
the possibility of X-raying all
members of the American military
forces and the organization of pri
vate medical units as auxiliaries of
the military medical units, it was
announced yesterday.
Dr. j. winthrop Peabody, presi
dent of the District Tuberculosis
Association, was appointed a mem
ber of the Military Committee of the
American College of Chest Physi
cians at the organization's annual
convention last week.
A similar military committee for
the organization of private auxiliary
units has been established by the
American Medical Association.
Seventy-two such units already have
been organized throughout the
country.
The proposal to X-ray all service
men has been urged by members of
both the American College of Chest
Physicians and the American Medi
na Association. Dr. J. Arthur Myers
told the latter group at its conven
tion that World War veterans af
flicted with tuberculosis have cost
the Government more than $1,000,
000,000 in compensation alone.
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JULIA PFAFF,
Brightwood.
HELEN FURR,
Mount Pleasant.
ELIZABETH HODGKIN,
Bethany.
ORVELLA HUGGINS,
Acacia.
LOUISE DONY.
Electa.
BETTY WHITE,
Washington Centennial.
WINIFRED SMITH,
Bethel No. 2.
LUNA EREZA,
Temple.
GLORIA CALDWELL,
Bethel No. 3.
LOUISE WEIGEL,
Bethel No. 6.
QUEEN i< VV1EI) FOR "NIGHT OF THRILLS ’-Miss Huggins has
been chosen "queen" of the Night of Thrills benefit for the
Masonic and Eastern Star Home to be held Friday at Griffith
Stadium, officials announced last night. Shown with the “queen"
are other candidates nominated for the title. Six who will serve
as attendants are Misses Smith, Dony, White, Ereza, Furr and
Caldwell. The event is sponsored by the Association of Worship
ful Masters, 1940, and the Matrons’ and Patrons’ Association,
O. E. S.
Turning From Drink
Requires Honesty
With Self
Alcoholics Anonymous
Member Says Thesis
Is First Reform Step
(No. 4 of a Series.)
By ROBERT A. ERWIN.
An alcoholic must be honest with
himself before he can have any hope
of recovery. This is one of the pri
mary theses on which the organiza
tion of Alcoholics Anonymous is
based and on which much of the
organization’s success has been at
tained.
Putting this into practice, numer
ous members have recounted their
individual case histories before their
brothers and sisters in the Washing
ton A. A. chapter.
One interesting case is that of
young Mr. X. He is an attorney in
a Federal bureau. When his day's
work at his own desk is done he
takes up his avocation of helping
rummies on the same road to recov
ery that he has traveled.
A False Pride.
"It’s false pride," he affirmed, ’'if
you don’t admit that Old John Bar
leycorn has you licked. Not until
I admitted that did I stop drinking.
A friend gave me a copy of the book,
’Alcoholics Anonymous.’ At the
time I had not been drinking for a
month, but I was not very happy.
I had just spent two months in a
■goony roost,’ That’s one of our
names for an institution for alcohol
ics. Then I had started drinking
again.
"Anything that smacked of relig
ion sounded like rules to me,” Mr. X
continued, "and if you don't follow
them you're out of the club. The
first meeting I attended some one
walked up and said, 'Hello, rummy.’
That appealed to my sense of humor.
As for religion. I found I could suit
myself about that. Now, I am con
vinced that religion is the corner
stone of the whole thing.
“You have got to want not to
drink,” he said. "With me. it was
a gradual process. Some of us. of
course, have got all fired up with
this thing right away and have
stayed quit. As for religion. I have
a simple faith, and as you know, we
have no connection with any par
ticular group.”
Must Make Amends.
At this point, Mr. X took up two
points in the 12 steps that a con
firmed drunkard follows to become
a working member of Alcoholics
Anonymous. They are: "To make
a list of all persons we had harmed
and become willing to make amends
to them all” and “to make direct
amends to such people wherever
possible, except when to do so would
injure them or others ’
"If you go to a chap you have
wronged, when he thinks you are a
heel,” Mr. X pointed out, "and if
he still thinks so when you leave,
you’ve lost nothing You can't quit
alcohol or anything else if something
is biting you I admitted my wrongs
and it was like a spring house
cleaning. In other words, I got the
beer bottles out of the way and put
away the dice. When you do that,
though, you can't sit back and do
nothing or the house will get dirty
again. This thing is a continuous
proposition.
Had Wrong Idea.
"I had the wrong idea of what
religion was,” he concluded. "There
i is some Power in this world to help
you If you want to lead the right
kind of life.”
Mr. X. of course, Is Just one of
the many Washington A. A,'s and
younger ttfan most. He has his job
and Is keeping it while some more
unfortunate members are suffering
unemployment because of having
been victims of alcohol. By nelping
others and themselves as well, they
are on the way back.
Secretaries of State
Elect Utah Official
Br the Ajsociited Press.
SET ISLAND, Ga.. June 15— E.
E. Monson, Utah's Secretary of
State, was elected president of the
National Association of Secretaries
of State today.
Other officers chosen included
Thad Eure, North Carolina, vice
president; Miss Sophia O'Hara,
Pennsylvania, corresponding secre
tary; Edward J. Hughes, Illinois,
recording secretary, and Earl W.
Snead, Oregon, treasurer. Mr. Mon
son succeeds John B. Wilson of
Georgia.
Next year's convention site will
be selected at a later meeting of
the association's Executive Com
mittee. Missouri, Florida, Iowa,
Utah and Indiana put in invitations.
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partments we find certain models that the makers are discontinuing—namely, Bedroom and Dining Room Groups and Living Room Pieces. These, with
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Bedroom Groups
While these are models that will be discontinued,
they are exceedingly popular—and, of course, the
product of master craftsmen, and made exclusively
in the genuine cabinet woods.
\
American Sheraton Group. Honduras mahogany, inlaid with
delicate satinwood lines. Eight pieces; twin beds, » »
Yellow Tag means you save $65_ ^
Chinese Chippendale Group. Fine fret work and figured
crotch mahogany. Eight pieces; twin beds.
Yellow Tag means you save $59
American Hepplewhite Group. Graceful curved fronts; eight
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White Tag means you save $74_ smtm
French Provincial Group. Constructed of imported French
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beds.
Green Tag means you save $300___
Duncan Phyfe Group. In genuine Cuban mahogany; beds
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American Colonial Group. Designed especially for the
smaller room. Low poster twin beds; solid Amazon
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NOTE—M«ny Boudoir Chairs and Chaise Lounges are
included in this event.
THE TAGS TELL THE REDUCTIONS
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Table and Floor Lamps
We have gathered into one collection or group of one hun
dred or more decorative Lamps—Floor, Table and Boudoir.
Reductions 25% to 40%
Sofas Love Seats Chairs
Each piece conforms strictly to Sloane specifications
—exposed parts genuine cabinet woods; horse hair
filling; genuine down cushions. And tailored in the
finer fabrics.
English Chippendale Easy Chair *75
Blue Tag means you save $50
English Roll Back Easy Cha "... »63
White Tag means you save $22_
Chippendole Wing Chair £0/1
Yellow Tag means you save $9_
Hepplewhite Love Seat $PP
Pink Tag means you save $80_
Nineteenth Century Directoire Sofa
Pink Tag means you save $90_ V
Queen Anne Arm Chair
Blue Tag means you save $15_
American Hepplewhite Sofa §1 Ogx
Yellow Tag means you save $32.50_ iaBV
Chinese Chippendale Wing Chair
Blue Tag means you save $28_ ** •
Victorian Easy Chair $/$ P
Green Tag means you save $32_ ***
Queen Anne Club Chair ' S7/f
White Tag means you save $24_ • ^
Secretaries—Bookcases
Faithful in design, and genuine cabinet wood con- 1
struction.
Governor Winthrop Secretary-Desk #fi7
Blue Tag means you save $33_~_ P#
Governor Winthrop Desk
Blue Tag means you save $25_ PP
Breakfront Bookcase ST
Blue Tag means you save $50_ OP
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genuine Honduras mahogany construction and in Chippen
dale, Hepplewhite, Duncan Phyfe, Colonial designs.
331/3% Reduction
Dining Room Groups
Groups of Ten, Seven, Six pieces, in authentic models
and true to the Sloane construction specifications
of genuine cabinet woods.
Early Colonial Group. Chinese Chippendale influence. Solid
maple-construction. Seven pieces.
Pink Tag meant you tave $95-IT_
American Sheraton Group. Genuine Honduras mahogany.
Sideboard, China Cabinet, Server, Double Pedestal Table and
six Sheraton Chairs.
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French Provincial Group. Walnut and butternut construction.
Seven pieces. £±£k
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English Chippendale Group. Genuine Honduras mahogany
construction with delicate carvings and moldings. Seven
White Tag meant you tave $68_
English Queen Anne Group. American walnut construction
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Included you will find Corner Cabinets, Drop-leaf Tables,
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Look for the Special Tags
Draperies
More than fifty pairs of Draperies, ready for hanging; in
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