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The Huron Expositor, 1936-11-06, Page 61 • Nee 4i0 5 • Asia, tbe F.I.ome of the aitious Five Year Pian ; By A. .R, Turnbull • . • , (OontinnedfromFoge-i) The day before our arrival, a mass meeting of the passengers wale held in the dining saloon when the cruise director 'gave us a short tall on all the -ipeculiarities of going ashore in the Union, Only those who had book- ed shore excursions could leave the ship All the oxenrsiona werct .1/1_ charge of the Intourist Bureau which is the Soviet Government agency for travel in the Union. I suppose it would compare with Thos. Cook & Son of 'London, (mein that it was di- rectly under the control of the gov- ernment. • I -might mention here that thereis no Private ownerships of any kind in the Union. ,All land is eablic p:operty and the Government ha e full control over all means of peoduction. This is the social organization of the country and prevents the exploitation of man by man. Personal ownership is Whited to personal effects purchas- ed by their income from work. So far as I can see, it, really means that over working person ie what we would call a civil servant. The cruise director explained our Visas to us. Everyone entering the Union •must have a visa in addition. to a passport. Our visas were only temporary, covering our stay in the country only as members of the cruise. We could stay no longer than the four day reriod. These visas, were only giver., to those of us who had purchas- ed tickets Tor the pre -arranged excua sions, hence the ruling that no one could go ashore except as in one of the organized parties under the di- reet supervision of the Intourist. Our cruise director, while Russian by birth, was well educated and a charming man and had lived in Eng- land several years as a memlber of the cruise -department of the C.P.R. He spoke Russian very well aid had a real good knowledge of conditions in the Union and passed on many useful tints: He explained to us about the Russian money, how we must telly change our sterling for small amounts of roubles for if we did not spend all the roubles pur- chased we might just as well throw the balance away as the money was It took the shore men nearly an, - hour to tie up the ship and prepare 'the gang plank for passengers to go asihore. In the .meantime we had our first views of the country. On the quay a brass band was welcoming us to Leningrad. There were about 25 musicians dressed in dark trousers with white jackets and caps. Once in a while they played a faniiliar tune. The workmen in the lumber ,yards were aleo lined up to see us come • ashore. Farther back from the 'quay was the Intourist Office, a small frame building through which all visitors must pass. no use . outside the country. We couldn't even exchange it back to sterling again. It was a simple mat- ter to purchase roubles for exchanges could be made at any hotel for any amounts, no matter how small—may- be only a few shillings. The rateof exchange allowed was 22 rouble§ le sterling. pound, -which-rate we found made everything very expene Mee, It was 11.15 beforoave could leave the ship On leaving we gave up aur passports to the Soviet officials who ihad come _on board and in return were each handed a small card to be used as a temporary visa. We were asked if we carried cameras, where- upon our visas werestamPed accord- ingly. They were very strict in this regard as it was their desire to censor all pictures taken before they • left the country. On going ashore we passed through the office which re- sembled an ordinary railway station. There was a lunch counter, 4 reading room and a shop where one could pur- chase souvenirs. On passing through the office we found about' 40 Lincoln touring cars, all seven -passenger models, lined up to take us to theeeity which was some four or five miles from the quay. Ou,r shore excursion tickets, showed the number of the car in which we were to travel. -My car was number 25, se I proceeded to find it, This was eas- ily done --and I took a seat. There were four others in it, only one of •whom I knew even 'by sight. It did seem odd that I didn't know' them all for we had been fellow passengers on the same ship for 10 days, but it is extremely •difficult to know everyone as one who has travelledwell knows. The cars travelled in groups of three, each group being ia charge of a guide. The guides were all young ladies who. spoke English quite well. Our guide .• was a married woman, Mrs. Madsen, by name, about 38 years of age. She 'was a school teacher and was married to an American who had come over from America to study and do re- search. She would ride in one car for a- while and then transfer to an- other, so that every one in our' group had an opportunity to question her on any of the sigthts we saw.' NOXACORN Is* Mina caamaar sods] features; make comfit roe get the ' YELLOW TUBE AND PACKAGE.. Nolecern 51 said .44111r Meeks Your Awe reaurredorslew refunded at dm awes. 354--ged Noitemoto today • Aberhart's Drug Store dome with passengers. Other Street traffic noticed were the horse-drawn' carts. There were very few motor cars other than oar own. fleet of Lie - collie. All the ether care Were Model "A" Ford taurin.g of about 1930 make, These 'belonged to the governmeM who own• practically all the care in the Uaion. Raving arrived at Leningrad twe hours later than schedule, oar sight- eeing drive before lunch waseeonsid- erably shortened. Our first stop was at the Museum of the Revolution (former Winter Palace of the days of the Czar). Among the articles of interest in the Museum were many pictures depicting the life of the peas - ea primate_ .the Revelation in_ 1917. These pictures all showed the poverty of the peasants in, contrast with the wealth of the nobility. Our guide tried to tell us in detail the ac- tual process of the Revolution. It was, in our opinion.; a lot of prop- aganda as it seemed to be her wish to convince -us of the justification for revolting. After spending most of .an ho* here, we were driven to the Summer Garden .(former Palace of Peter I). Here we found quite a large park, full of children, ages ranging from 4 to 12 years. They all seemed quite happy and were playing all kinds of games. They -followed us all through the park and were delighted. to have their pictures taken with an Ameri- can friend of mine who wished to be taken with a group of therm At one corner of the .park was the Palace, a small building compared with other palacesin the city. It was furnished very simply with what was supposed to be the original furniture of years ago. The •place was maintained as a Museum. I had quite a cleat with our guide about the children. Being a school teacher she could give one a good idea of how the children were brought up. I inquire& about the lack if class distinction and how the children were taught equality. The children, she said, were all treated alike and were growing up with the thought that all, were equal and all had the same privileges. The teacher told me .of an interesting experiment she tried out. In her class were 12 children and to one of them she gave an orange. This lucky child did not proceed to eat the orange ,herself, but automatically cut the orange in 12 Pieces -s6 that all would have an eq- ual share. This-, our guide said, was characteristic of the young genera- tion in the Union. From this Garden we motored to St. Isaac's Cathedral, 'a fine edifibe with huge granite columas around the entrance. It was at one time the Imperial church, but now turned inte an anti -religious .museum. Religion has practically disappeared from Russian life due to the fact that to the Russian workers the church was one of the chief agencies of the Czarist oppressioaa Priests made themselves conspicuous by siding against the, Revolution. Church pro- perty was confiscated along with all other property. However, the prac- tise of religion is permitted', but the teaching of it is Jaot allowed in schools •or permitted legally' in priv- ate to people under 18 years of age. The churches are now public build- ings, a few, still used for services, many used for schools and museums. The restrictions on religious learning is resultiag is a universal indiffer- enee on the part of the younger gen- eration to this subject. They are just not interested, which does seem to be We drove off very soon toward the city. The road was cobblestone but the big cars seemed to run over it very smoothly,' mu -01i to our delight. My first impressions from the 'Streets, were anything but favorable. The buildings were mostly built of stucco over brickwork and in many cases the stucco was cracked and peeling off revealing the . brickwork beneath. The streets were full of people for the most part poorly dressed, as com- pared with our standards. The people looked unhappy and very rarely did one see a smiling face. On menden- ing this fact to our guide, she said everyone was much happierqsinee the revolution. Since that time cenditiOns for the masses had been steadily im- preying. As we motored through the streets we came across some streets where trams were rimming. These looked rather ancient and in need • of paint. They were crowded to the eetei7ltriea„..t..• e:.4";,..-.4:e7.eaSe.:s.:,•,les...,.„ .„. 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MOSS, klatainer " /Winfield (Sub.Agency) Open Tuesday ind Friday ,•; accoonts., are welcome!, e 14 IN EVERY PACKAGE r'qArA Buckinqham FINE CUT and, ballflagfax from.. preeperetia, , At: eight 1 went to. reettairant Car fOr some feed. Here r was served °ea' fee .in a glass OrMeWbet fle that Us- ed for ice cream, Sodas at hone. The feed voneiet`ed of biscuits ead pafitry. We arrived. at •Moscow at le o'cleck sharp. It was a :bright Burley Mora- ing and everyone seemed; to be in good spirits. Outside the station was another fleet of Lincolns bearing the selme nunibers as in Lenuigiad. I lizel the same companions as in Len- ingrad. - Our new guide was a young lady. a cheery sort of person. As 8, matter of feet all the guides 'of the Motorist Bureau are ladies. We vd.ere driven to our hotel. The streets were erewdea with people- asein-Leningrad, but. they did look • more prosperous. The buildings looked better. We were held up on our journey by a parade of young athletes who were ou their way to the Red' Square to take • part in a big physical culture demonstra- tion. We finally reached our hotel, called the Metropole. - My friend Glegg and 1 were to share the same room, BO we went up immediately to see it. We had quite a pleasant sur- prise as we found we had a large drawing. room well furnished with rich old-fashioned furniture. Off this room was a small alcove with two beds which could be shut off 'by meat of a curtain. We also' had a priVite bath. Everything was quite clean and tidy. We had a hurried wash and then went down to the restaurant for breakfast. It was quite a good meal —fruitsalad, Oast, scrambled eggs, preserved fruit -and ..coffee ---a break- fast much like that served in London.. In the centre of the restaurant was a huge fountain with running water and we were surprised to see lisle in It a good two feet long. Following breakfast we returned to our -imam to do some more investi- gating and to unpack. Outside of. our window was a narrow balcony which ran around the .whole building. We went out on this to see the street sights and we 7saw plenty. It was.e wide street with tram lines and was literally full of young Russians pre- paring for the big youth demonstra- tion. There were hundreds of bicycles decorated in fancy colors. Our hotel was close to the Red Square,"hence ,the opportunity to see the groups- be- ing lined up. There were girls as well as boys, ages ranging, I would judge, from 17 to 22 years. It cer- tainly was a thrilling sight in the bright sunshine. ' We moved 'along the balcony to the corner of the hotel where we had a view of two streets. They were both full of activity. I took many pictures. which have turned out very well. As we stood there admiring the wonder- ful sight; a, window behind me open- ed and a fellow tourist and his wife hailed us. They were excited over the room 'they had been given and wanted us to see it. We stepped in- side and found' it to be a complete suite. There were two drawing rooms, one of. which was quite large, and 'among the furnishings was a fine old grand piano. They had a separ- ate bedroom and also a bath room. The furniture was old, but in good condition, and one Could see that it must have cost plenty when purchas- ed years ago. At 11 o'clock we left the hotel by • motor car to pay a visit to the Metro, Moscow's recently completed under- ground railevay. We were thken. to one of the stations and •made our way to. the level 'of the trains. We went down by stairs but I believe in • some stations they have escalators. The trains did not seem as far under- ground as the London tubes whose , average depth is about 100 feet. The station was crowded with people but fortunately •special cars were 'reserv- ed for our use. The 'cars, were mod- ern in construction with comfortable seats, upholstered with a kind of leather material. We must have rid- den about five stations before get- ting out. As passed through each station I noticedthat they were beau- tifully constructed of colored marble, each station being of a different °pi- er.On making inquiries from our guide, 1 found there were 20 stations' in all, each of which was designed by a different architect. 'The Work on "construction was done not only by regular workers but also voluntary helperin order to get the work fin- ished in time. The people are all very Proud of their railway and they have reason to be, as it is a fine job, not only efficient in. its running bit aleo beautiful, each station looking like a marble. palaoe. On coming to the surface again, we foulnd OUB motor cars waiting for us and we went on a sight-seeing tour of the •city, particularly the outalcirte„ where all the factories were and also the tenement bowies for the worker. We passed along some beautiful wide .streets paved with asphalt. We aleo passed over some narrow cobble .etone Streets .badly in need of repair. Here and there repairs were being made and' among. the laborers were wenaen workin,g along with the men doing, their Share of the work. In the Nil-. ion .otre must remeraber that Women are on an -equal footing with men and are not debarred. from any type Of work, manual 'or •otherwise. In re- ality, Ake proportion of women at workin the heavy industries is smalk, the majority of thein being in the textile induetries. The Union is rap- idly becoming a manufacturing na- • tion. One hears and has h eard so much about the Five Year Plan. This is really a gigantic feat of organiza- tion to regulate the production of the nadon, to make certain that the basic necessities •of the people were mantle factured. This action. was very nee- essary following the famine which oc- curred. in 1919. A vast system of. electrification has taken place 41,nd factories have sprung up rapidly. This means the concentrating of peciple in new localities and the housing prob- lem is Acute. Apartment houses have been built near the factories for the use of the workers.. • i continually questioned our guide at every epporthnity and she eval always very Willing to answer any query, She advised that the average working day was I, hours, ' There Wite a stir -day Week arid every sixth MP Wee a, day of, rest. The days. of the ltteek ash we, know thein have beth abatidetted and now Atri, one rtiehOlit eXaent daits: •.the • InOtith, ifdildite ars' the :gat, 120, nth; Otic afrd gOth 41•ffiiii mo1ff iota ae big mistake. Following our visit to the Cathedral we crossed the square to the Hotel Astoriawhere we were to have lunch. This hotel seemed quite modern and was, I would judge, one ef' the best in the bity. The dining roam was large and at the front was a stringed orchestra who played during lunch.. Among the tunes played were "Ola Man River" and "Auld Lang Syne," for our benefit, no doubt. The meal was typically Russian with plenty of "caviar, followed by fish, then chicken with vegetables and with' ice cream for dessert. The meal really re- sembled. one at home aside from the caviar Which Isn't so plentiful. One thing that struck Me as well as ev- eryone else, was the loudness of the music. It was simply deafening. Af- ter hearing two or three orchestras play in the same manner we were convinced that it must be the custom to Make 'lots of noise. After lunch we yisited the Kerma tap: chief .of the Leningrad Museums and one of the richest -treasure houses of art in the world. The galleries and halls of this museum. covered a total distance of about two miles and contained a fine' collection of . pic- tures, drawings and engravings. In the Museum was a special • strong room called the- Gold Room in which was kept a collection of crown 'jew- els. This room was ,earefully guard- ed and after we were admitted the -entrance was locked. Here we found cases and cases ,of magnificent jew- elry of all kinds—broaehes, pins, neck •laces, jewelry boxes, farcy clocks and many -other oranamental articles made. of gold. In one case were several horse blankets studded with diam- onds. This, to me, seemed the h•eight of extravagance and made one won- der -how the workers of the land had suffere&sto provide such luxuries. In a way onel could scarcely blame the people for revolting' under such con- ditions. We epent an hour or so in this Museum and then motored to the Fortress of Peter and Paul. ,'he Fortress had been used for the last 200 years ae a, state political prison. Within it€ walls was a church which was used at a family burial ground. Oa entering this church we saw the stoke coffins, ranged side by side, of the Czars and others of the royal family. -From the church we were taken across the court to the old pri- son in which prisoners were kept .in the days of the Czar prior to their banishment to Siberia. or to. the gal- lows. 'Phe cells looked very dark and dismal and' in a few were the or- iM'nal iron beds used by the prison- ers. Why we were ever shown this place was difficult to understand, but 1 imagine the- idea was to impress on us how cruelly the prisoners were treated under the Czarist regime. The afternoon was just about over by this time and we were taken back to the ship, arriving about 7 O'clock, a weary group of travellers. The day had been very trying due to the sul- try weather 'and, moreover, we had seen very little to make us rejoice. Frankly I was wondering to anyself •why 1 had ever decided to see Rus- sia.' I mould tilt hope that Moscow was more enjoyabli. We had dinner on board at 8 and at 11, all of us who were making the trip to Moscow, boarded the Lincolns again for the railway station to catch our train. • ft was Only a 20 -minute drive to the station Which was. crowded with travellers even at that late kour of the night. We had a special train and our guide, who was on the job again, directed us to the proper plat- form. There were 10 coaches oi the train, one of which was a restaurant car. The coaches were of the corri- dor type with compartments for sleeping. I found. my cortlpartment which 1 was shating,.ewith a young Fuglisa engineer terethe name of Glegg. 1 had .the-'1Ower berth which was across- .the'`f coach, whereas the upper was '' lengthwise., Just inside the entrance 'was another‘door lead- ing into a small washeresent which we shared with the persons in the next compartment. The arrangement was that while we were using the room our neighbour's door was locked and vice versa. This, seemed to me to be an ingenious arrangemeat. One thing that amazed me about the coaches was their height. There was actually 10 feet clearance from the, floor to the roof and one could very nearly stand' tip in the upper berth. The berths 'tvere. quite Comfortable and the linen clean. The compart- meats were Well illuminated by elec- tric Jights. The train pulled. out at midnight, just a :half-hour before "The Red Ar- row," the crack Soviet train which, was'on the mart track. The distance between Leningrad and Moscow is 680 kilotaetere (about 400 miles) and is covered by the Red Arrow in . 10 hOurs. Our train made the Journey in the sterna title an I Could, scarcely realize that wer., had averaged bitty Mlles heur. The road bed MASI/ have been very 'Ando& . I turned in Snot1 atter we left and had a • fair atom,. At 7 the next, mortal* t ivat up and looking, ift to 'te* the''010. trYtaite,fy . 4tet; Oat Mitt tiaintototit big, mit_J1.0400,i , of tratte tea .1011i Do You Remember (gontinned.lrent_frage devoted himselfaclusivelert� plat- form talks, He wasPopular with audiences and the demand for Ids talks inereased; so did lais prices Per then. He was elected President of the American ,Prese Humorists So, ciety; and widened the range of hie tours to cover the whole °gantry. Ile was always introduced to audiences as the eelebrated author of "Final - gin to Flannigan." He always had to recite it. ' In the days of the Lyceum Circuit he went over that circuit time and again a nd- when -the ehautauqua Circuit came along he Went over that, Ise. time and again. He has averag- ed two hundred talks a year in the past 38 years, and the preSent year is likely to be his top • for number of engagemients. He .remenibers that during one season in: the Middle West he spoke at seventy-seven Chautau- quas in seventy-seven &Vs. He hes- spoken four hundred and nineteen timed in Baltimore alone, over a per- iod of 25 years. Long ago he got tir- ed of reciting "Finnigin," but audi- ences always shout for it in the end, as they used to shout at De Wolf Hopper to recite, "Casey," and. Mr. •Gillilan always complies- In .his time the has addressed all kinds of meet- ings, from a convention of bankers to an assembly of convicts at Sing Sing; both groups asked for and got "Finnigin." :Me Gillilan moved from Baltimore to • Washington about ten years ago. He's been married for 30 years and has quite a family—a wife, two daugh- ters, a son, and several grandchia dren. You can usually' find him at the Press Club in - Washington, if he irrn't out on the road—which he prob- 'ably is. In 1924 her got away from it all by 'going to Europe with one of his daughters. His great desire when he was abroad was to meet Rudyard Kipling, who in those days was keep- ing pretty much to himself. ' GUM= wrote the famous author, ' asking for. an interview, but got no answer. So he wrote again. Still there. was no aesw,er. Thereupon the American sat down andwrote, a third communica- tion,- this time in -verse,. as follows: 74 44 1110 I liked your stuff. I like it yet. I'll read it again and again. • • To keen -one's love for omelet One need not meet the hen. There was, to be sure, no reply to this. But there was a sequel. Two years later, iri an address in London accepting the Gold Medal of the Roy- al Society of Literature, Mr. Kipling observed in the comae of his re- marks, "The time has passed when in order to appreciate an omelet one needs to be the hen." Strickland Gil-. lilan feels sure that his letters .to Rudyard Kipling didn't go astray. While his talks have always taken up most of his time, Mr. Gilulan has managed to write a lot of verses since "Finnigin." Someone who counts such things has announced that Mr- GMilan's verses are asked for oftener in the inquiry department of the Sun- day Times Book Section than those of any other living .writer., The in quirers are surprised, or some of them are, anyway, to learn that Mr. Gillilan is a living writer. Ho • sold some other poems to Life after "Fin- nigin," but a lot of others Were turn- ed down; he had set a stiff standard for himself in his fist contribution. Robert H. Davis bought a great many of h verses for Munsey's and the .old Argosy,and people could also clip them from the pages of the Indianap- olis Journal, the Chicago News, the New York Sun, and other trewspapers. The days of the Lyoeum and the Chautauqua are past—days when Strickland Gillilan treed to appear on the same platform with Bob Bulldette and Opie Read and dozens Of other entertainers famous 25 years ago and. longer. Now he appears mostly as a. speaker at banquets and ovbr the radio. There is one thing he par- ticularly likes about the radio. No audience sits in front of him, waiting for him to atop telling Many stories so that it can begin, stomping and clapping and shouting for "Finnigan." there are 31 days the last day or the month /lengthens • the first worlding week of the next :wrath by one. day. This was all veryvintereisting as it is such a change from "our notification of time. We drove through the streets until nearly one o'elock when we returned to the hotel. We had half an hour to put in before lunch, so my friend Collier, whom I mentioned in my last letter, and I wandered out into -the large square in ftont of our hoteto see if we could, get some close up snaps of the young athletes gathered there in groups, waiting for their turn to enter the Red Square. I had learned during the morning that it was Constitution Day, July 6th (dat- ing from July 6, 1922, when the first constitution of the Union went into forte) and that it was customary to hold an annual physicat culture par- ade on that day. We Were very lucky to be in Moscow to see the sight. All the participants ' looked happy and healthy. Many were tan- ned a copper color. It was 'a bright sunny day, mighty hot too, and here and there on the Square Were, small booths where ice cream could be pur- chased. In the demonstration were repres- entatives of every sport, organization in the country—swimmers, runners, cyclists, football, volley ball and ten- nis teams, all in Athletic dreas. 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Vottetipstion due to insuffidesat "btarie • ing on among whom . may be the fu- ture rulers of the land. As Collier and I moved among the scattered groups' waiting our oppor- trinity to 'get some pictures, one chap in' the crowd seemed to be keeping his eye. on 'as-and'1 was beginning 'to. wonder if we were wandering where we weren't wanted, In a few min- ' utea some of his friends gathered near him and he pointed to our cam- eras giving us' the impression that he wanted his picture taken, which. was Actually the case. We lined up . a group and took some pittures. 1 was in some of them while Collier was operating the camera. Soon we at- tracted. quite a large'. crowd around us, 'among whom were three girls who, we discovered', spoke quite good Eng- lish. We were both quite excited at finding some local people who •spoke our language. We must have talked for nearly 15 minutes and. had a jolly time, much to the amusement of about 100 •others who hadgathered, round by this time. Up 'until' this moment I had seen very little cheer among the Russian people, but this group certainly made ,up for it all. They seemed: to be in particularly good spirits and were getting just -as much thrill out of 'everything as we were as spectators. Asked the .firls if they had ever been out of 'Moscow. and if not, how they came to know our language. They advised that they had never been away from home but had learned' English at the Schaal of International Languages. I was am- azed at their command of it for we could carry on quite. an intelligent conversation. ' They were very later- eeted 'in where we came from and what our work Was. I am sorry now that we did not have more time, an it was a wonderful opportunity to find out things about the deuntry. 1 prom- ised oneof the girls, Uchina by name, to send some -pictures when I return- ed to London. This I have already 'done and received an aelmowledge- ment the other day. Her letter was; Of iouree, in English. She told me that she has now graduated from school and is teaching English in a ' school outside of Moseow. Her - pup- ils like the language very, much: it Is, really astonishing' he education is progressing in the tiniott.',: It is • a ' big task with such a huge population ,k but schools are being built tal every effort is' being made to ed cate ths young generation. . • ' After 'bidding our friends good-bye and -gond luck (they heartily. reCipro- sate), -we hurrieO1i1tO the -hot* tor lunch in the rentaurant. It seem- ed a long time sinee breakfast as w -e had seen, so much: Me. makeup of the lunch was similar to that we had in Leniagrad. An orchestra was playing, making each a. din that one could scarcely Carry on a conversa- tion unless at quite a,. distance frail the orchestra stage. • With lunch ov- er, we came out to the labbye'arfd happened to discover a printed notice fastened to one of the pillars. It an- nounced a picnic celebration for Americans in Moscow on. July 4th, . jest two days preakers. 1 found out that there wee about 200 Americans in the city and that about 75 attend- ed the picnic. • • . At 3 o'elock, and here I might men- tion that the time in Moscow is two hours in advance of English mummer time, Or 8 hours in advance to your time, we left for the Park of Cane& and Rest. On our way we pasts tt through a main street intersection and I noticed the newmethod of trref- fic control. It was an overhead sig- nal suspended from a stay in the Mid- dle of the intersection and consisted of a -large illuminated dial divided in- to sections, one largo csection for red, one for green and two smaller ones for Maher.. On the outside was an ;indicator which moved 'steadily around the dial. When the indicator was traversingthe green section the traffic could move and While in the red -section the traffic must stop. By this' device one could see how soon he could move on, an ingenious idea I thought. 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