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a to FINANCE CLASSIFIED NOVEL, COMICS SPORTS SOCIETY BROOKLYN LETTERS TRAVEL DAILY EAGLE NEW YORK CITY, MONDAY, MARCH 14, 1932 4 17 Fascist Edict Dooms Cupola On Synagogue Rome Resents Rebuilding Board's Destruction of the Landmark By ROMULUS (Special Correspondent of the Eagle) Rome, Fed. 29 The commission appointed to work out the final plans for the rebuilding of Rome in its great historic zones has notified the trustees of the Jewish Synagogue, near the banks of the Tiber and 0.1 the edge of the former Ghetto, that its cupola must come down in deference to the commission's esthetic and architectural scruples. It is not known at this time whether the trustees will comply with this demand of the commission, whose "piano or "specifications for rebuilding" has become a nightmare, not only to the persons owning property in any of the affected zones, but also to those friends and lovers of Rome, who do not look upon the Fascist "regulators" as the chosen instruments of Providence. Landmarks Vanish Too many treasured landmarks of medieval Rome and of the last three centuries are disappearing before the onslaught of busybodies afflicted with vandal instincts. That there is widespread resentment against too much tinkering right among the Romans themselves.

was made manifest by an exposition in the Museo di Roma intended as a demonstration of Italian art in the 19th century. To make room for the exhibits. all the pictures of what is now called "Roma sparita" (vanished Rome), were crowded into a corner on an upper floor of the Museo, where it was felt nobody would look at them. To the pained surprise of the promoters of the exposition, 8 steady stream of visitors crowded up to the obscure corner, giving the rest of the exposition only the most formal and passing attention. Every little sketch that served a touch of this romantic Rome sent the eager spectators into ecstacies.

It was an American painter of note, who more than half a century ago had remarked that every change in the landscape of Rome is bound to be an artistic loss. Scene of Noted Events The synagogue the commission now wants to lay its hands upon and the venerable ruins of the old temple, are comprised within the zone lying between the Tiber and the Forum. They call the synagogue the new one, thought it has now served two generations of worshippers. Nowhere, as Dante put it, are the very stones of Rome more worthy of veneration than there. Even since these words were spoken by the poet some of the most memorable scenes and events have taken place in this very corner Cola di Rienzo was born and whence he marched his cavaliers of the Holy Ghost to the famous banquet at the Lateran.

From the very dawn of history, Jews were found in the section that was later under rule of the Popes, turned into the Ghetto. For the most part they were then, as for the most part they still are, small tradesmen and mechanics, peaceful, law abiding and strictly orthodox. They have always lived on the shores of the Tiber, where far back as the days of the Caesars, they enjoyed special fishing privileges. 5 Percent Rate Is Demanded for First Mortgages Associated Builders of Kings County Make Request to Banking Head The Associated Builders of Kings County are seeking the support of the State Banking Department for movement they have initiated to try to induce savings banks to reduce their interest rate on all first mortgages a maximum rate of 5 percent. In a reslution adopted at a meeting last Wednesday and forwarded yesterday to Banking Superintendent Joseph A.

Broderick, the association states: "The savings banks are now payIng 3 percent on their deposits accumulating enormous surpluses. They can do business and a substantial profit by loaning money at 4 to 5 percent. Why not pass some of this on to the property owner, so that he, in turn, may pass it on to the rent payer? "The largest fixed charge upon rial property is the first mortgage interest item. The present attitude of savings banks towards the holders of real estate and tenants occupying same could be most encouraging. "Savings banks are mutual institutions owned by the public.

Their profits and surpluses are public funds. At the present time, the savings banks should not a to Increase their surplus funds at the expense of the holders of real estate because this must be reflected in rents. "The State Banking Department permits the investment 2-3 percent of their deposits in real estate first, mortgages. Due to the insistence the banks in demanding high interest rates on first mortgages. the owner of propmust demand higher rents the occupants." EVEN AGROUND A PILOT SOMETIMES HAS TO JUMP 'The blazing plane of Frank Jaster burning in front of a hangar.

at Floyd Bennett Field. The fire was started by a backfire of the motor. Jaster leaped to safety as the gas tank exploded. Bidding Error Cost Culbertson 2,000 Mrs. Culbertson Bid 7 Hearts and Lost When She Could! Have Made Contract in No TrumpExperts Disagree on Bid By SIDNEY S.

LENZ The following between Mr. and Howard Schunken. ultimate man in named pair winning hand was played in a match of ten sessions Mrs. Ely Culbertson and George Reith and In spite of the many rubbers played, the of victory was exceptionally small, the last by 200 points. The following hand was by fir the most interesting one of 'the match and as the loss on this hand, caused by an en ror in bidding by the Culbertsa ns, amounted to over 2,000 points, it may be considered the d'ecisive hand of the match: C.

Reith None 0 Q10 E. Culbertson NORTH Mrs. K-10-x A-4 0 1-x EAST 2 0 Ax SOUTH D. H. Schenken 0 I North and South were using the One-Over-One system; last and West were using the Approach Forcing system.

The bidding (E-W vulnerable). West North East South 14 (1) 2 (2) 7 9 (3) Pass Pass (4 (5) Pass (6) Pass (7) Pass (1) A borderline openein bid. Many experts would pass thiN hand when vulnerable. (2) An interesting bluff) bid. North's side was not vulnerabe and he reasoned that if he should ultimately play the hand at spacks or Diamonds, any set could not bey very costly.

(3) It certainly looked like a sure grand slam in Clubs and was; (4) A very fine sacrifice bid. Even en should the hand go down six tricks, which was improbable, because of its distribution, it still' would bel a saving compared to the vulneralile slam which the opponents could have scored. (5) No two experts have fully agreed as to how this extraordinary hand should be bid, though most of them insist that East should have made an "informatory pass" over the seven Diamond bid, leaving it to partner whether to double or bid seven no-trumps, depending on whether he held the Ace or KingQueen of Diamonds. It is doubtful whether East (Mrs. Culbertson) should have passed.

When she bid seven Clubs, she did SO with the assumption that her partner must hold the Ace of Diamonds for his bid. Then why not have the courage of her convictions and bid seven no-trumps herself? We do not see how Mr. Culbertson could have done so, being entirely in the dark as to whether East was blank in Spades or had the Ace. (6) With all due credit to George Reith. this pass by Howard Schenken was the master bid of the entire auction.

Hearts was the only bid which suited his hand and he wise not to warn the opponents with a double. (7) We cannot approve of this pass. Obviously, North has at least six Spades and six Diamonds, therefore cannot have more than one Heart. East, having shown the Heart suit only as a last resource, should not have more than five. Therefore, South must have at least five Hearts.

So, a seven Heart con- Coal Regulation Urged by Davis To End Poverty Senator Sponsors Bill for Production Curb to Stop 'Cut-Throat' Competition Washington, March 14 (P)-Regulation of production was held todday by Senator Davis of Pennsyl-. vania to de the only salvation of the bituminous coal industry. Testifying before a Senate committee, the former Secretary of Labor urged a favorable action on his bill for coal production stabilization. He said it was an emergency economic relief measure bound to resuscitate one of the nation's fundamental industries. Designed to eliminate "cut throat competition" in the industry, the measure would legalize regional associations of operators and agreements by them on production and price of the fuel so long as they are "in puolic interest." It also would waive anti-trust law restrictions against such combinations by making agreements subject to approval of a Government commission.

"By the principles embodied in the bill." Davis said, "I am convinced the industry not only be fit but the which stalks stabilized and operated, at a prothrough coal mining communities can be abolished and several million dependents can be restored to the ranks of American consumers. "The purchasing power thus developed would also assuredly start us on the way out of the existing depression." He contended the bill attempted to carry out in a legal manner what operators are now trying to do on their own in the establishment of regional sales agencies. Benet, Poet, to Wed Lora Baxter, Actress William Rose Benet, poet and critic, and Miss Lora Baxter, the actress, will be married tomorrow at the Little Church Around the (orner, Manhattan, it was ann ounced yesterday. Stephen Vinqent Benet, poet, brother: of the bridegroom. will be best man and Miss Dorothy Baxter will attend the bi fide.

tr: ict was almost an impossibility, wi In the additional danger that Nc rth, if holding one Heart, must be void in Clubs, and a Club lead by Soul would defeat the contract right: then and there. Should North have one Club, then he had no Heants, which, of course, increased South's Heart holding. Consequently, the: seven Heart contract was out of tile question, whatever North's gs might be, There was, however, a possibility of seven notrump provided East held the Ace of Spa des. The, seven Heart contract was set four to ticks, while seven no trump could have been made without difficulty. Mme.

Schumann-Heink Sings Non-Professionally in Church A congregation that packed Plymouth Church, Orange and Hicks last night heard Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink, for many years an outstanding grand opera star, sing two religious songs. Her first song was "The Lord Is Mindful of His Own," from Mendelssohn's "Saint Paul." That was followed by "Oh, Rest in the from "Elijah," also by Mendelssohn. It was said to be the first time Mme. I 511 Captains Enroll Here in Block Survey H.

P. Davison Accepts Leadership of CityWide Speakers Bureau During the last two days 511 block captains have enrolled with the Brooklyn Block Community Organization, it was announced today headquarters, 215 Montague St. H. P. Davison, partner in J.

P. Morgan has accepted the citywide chairmanship of the blockal aiders' speakers' bureau. Coincidentally, the State Department of Labor reportea that 2.604 men and women registered at the Brooklyn office of the New York State Employment Service last month as compared with 1,649 in February, 1931. The men last month's registrants numbered 1,736 as against 1,042 in February, 1931, and the women totaled 868 as against 6071 in February of last year. Calls for help last month were 1,110 as compared with 1,393 in Februrary, 1931, and placements last month fell off 50 percent as compared with February, 1931.

Placements were 592 as against 1,120. Three block organization rallies are scheduled in Brooklyn for today and it was predicted that by the end of the week the 5,000 block captains needed for the drive in this borough- would have enrolled. day's rallies are at St. Ambrose's Church, DeKalb and Tompkins Lewis St. John and the the Baptist 17th Church, D.

at A. Democratic Club. Ten new block organization offices with full staffs are scheduled to be open by tonight. They are as follows: Bensonhurst, 1904 86th Flatlands, 4714 Avenue Borough Park, 5210 New Utrecht East Flatbush, 1469 Nostrand East New York, Pennsylvania and Atlantic Aves. and 3162 Fulton North Park Slope, 258 Bushwick, 1030 Gates South Brooklyn Heights, 214 Court and South Greenpoint, 280 Graham Ave.

Upward of 40 meetings are scheduled for the week. William R. Howell of 2854. Harway Ave. has accepted the district chairmanship for Bensonhurst and Jacob Zeiger of 1719 Pitkin Ave.

has accepted the district chairmanship for Brownsville. Relief funds contributed by city employes since Nov. 1 last totaled $1,017,672, according to the Arst financial report of Mayor Walker's committee. The Welfare Council of New York City in a report made public today asserted "the new poor" had been demoralized by the relief received from various sources. "It is evident," the report stated, "that social workers last Winter had exceptional opportunities for verifying anew the long-recognized fact that it is easier to pauperize people by charitable relief than not." The American Legion today will urge upon Congress passage of the Federal highway construction appropriating 000,000 for road work.

Church Brotherhood To Be Organized Here The Rev. Edward Eells, retire Congregational minister of Hartford. conducted a preliminaryary meeting at the Central Y. M. C.

A. yesterday for the organization of a Brooklyn group of the Brotherhood of Believers in Christ. The meeting was conducted as an open forum and discussed Christ's prayer for unity. The Rev. Mr.

Eells plans another meeting at the Y. M. C. A. next Sunday to discuss the triumuhant entry of kindness into the world.

Frog Was Swallowed By Snake, but Got Out March of Jobless In Mineola Fails; Only Two Appeal Woman Asks Assistance for Family--Secretary of Unemployed Council Heard Special Correspondence of The Eagle Mineola, L. March 14 -The much heralded march the unemployed on the Board of Supervisors here in the Nassau County Courthouse fell flat this morning with only two of the 100 massed on the front steps appearing before the county authorities. They Mrs. Alice Perry of Arcadia East Hempstead, and William Anthony, general field secretary of the Unemployed Council of Long Island. Mrs.

Perry said her's was a personal case. She said her husband lost his job with the Long Island State Park Commission and her children were starving. The board referred Mrs. Perry's complaint to the Welfare Officer, Robert Campbell, and advised her to return Wednesday for a port on aid given her. Anthony made a long address on the mishandling of the unemployed.

He was asked to give the board specific instances so that action might be taken, but he refused to offer a list of names, instead speaking of corruption in the county government. Hotel Guests Flee New London Fire New London, March 14 (AP) -Fire destroyed the annex of the Mohican Hotel, traditional gathering place of Yale-Harvard crew race fans, last night and forced guests to abandon both that structure and the main building. Six firemen were overcome by smoke. Total damage was estimated $200,000. The annex, comprising apartments for permanent residents, was occupied by about 35 guests.

Food Supplies Reach Ship Caught in Ice Leningrad, March 14 (P)-A message received here today from the icevreaker Krassin said it had reached the steamship Lenin, which has been held fast in the ice at Vaigatch Island for more than a month and delivered supplies of coal and food to the ship. Lad Cut Snake in Half and Brooklyn Woman Put Frog Back in Berkshire Brook to See It 'Smile and Swim Away' "Oddities in the News." Submit suggestions to R. W. Thomas, Oddities Editor. Send the facts--don't write the story.

The Eagle will pay you for suggestions used. By MARY O'FLAHERTY From a Brooklyn woman Berkshire hills, Massachusetts, lyn people spend their Summers, credence to the one about Jonah. The principals in this instead of being a whale and a man, are a snake and a frog. And whereas there is no record of any evidence for the Jonah tale, Mrs. Carl Rath of 405 9th St.

swears by this one. Mrs. Rath was walking along a brook Pittsfield last Summer when a six-inch frog swalnear. lowed by a snake, watched it proceed through the snake's body, saw it shiver and lie still and then saw it rescued and sent nopping happily away. In the vicinity of the brook lots of harmless snakes (harmless to all except the frogs apparently) crawl just waiting ensnare a jittering frog, says Mrs.

Rath. A snake's daily diet consists of one frog, when he can get it. And he usually does, according to Mrs. Rath's observations. Last Summer one hungry snake suffered a sad loss all because Mrs.

Rath's mother, who humane Stories of Old Brooklyn Ferry Trips In 60's Were Adventurous Collision between two Fulton ferryboats on Nov. 14, 1868. Collision in 1868 Resulted in Fatal Injuries to Pas- and 'Regulations' Were DemandedJumpers Got Thrills and Bruises By MAURICE E. voyage from Brooklyn good old days was quite from danger. depicted realistically Frank Leslie's Newspaper of November, 1868, happened at the New York slip on Nov.

14 of that year and resulted in fatal illness to several passengers. During Rush Hours The ferryboats in collision were the Hamilton and Union, both of same line. It was during the early morning rush hours, at a period when most employes, even those who worked in offices, had to start their daily tasks at 8 o'clock and excuses taken. The no, description accompanying the picture did not mince words, and the "mismanagement" of the ferry was roundly scored. It was even ninted very strongly that "popular sentiment will insure an impartial judicial investigation that will show whose negligence or incapacity has caused this misfortune, and possibly some effort may be made by the authorities to regulate the number of passengers carried by the ferry, as is done with ocean ships and steamers." Bleak and Blustery There is little doubt that the day the accident happened was bleak and blustery, and that the strong East River current made it difficult for those usually reliable grizzled pilots control their craft.

The "ladies' cabin" was undoubtedly crowded with "gentlemen" who could not be blamed for intruding, as they wanted to escape suffocation from the fumes coming from a few hundred clay pipes, stuffed with "Sailors' Delight," or cut plug that smelled like burning oakum, and must have tasted even worse than that. It was customary before the folding gates were installed on the ferryboats, for all the men and boys beard to crowd to the edge of the front deck. Many Land in Water sengers Boat The ferry versa, in the not at all free An accident, There was always keen rivalry to see who could make the first jump from the boat to the floating platform, and many a fresh "laddiebuck" miscalculated the distance, or overestimated his jumping ability, and landed in the "sudsy" ripples created by the paddle- wheels. It was not until a number of foolhardy passengers made it easy for their folks to collect their life insurance that the folding gates were put into use, which compelled even the most expert jumpers to wait till the boat was chained to the float. the Leslie's record of this collision it is stated that "the impact threw a horse into the ladies' cabin, carrying away the door posts, adding greatly to the terror and confusion." Fainting was quite the proper thing to do in those days, when a young woman's nerves were unstrung.

It is quite probable that on this occasion the young men on board had to stop fondling their whiskers to give first aid to beauty in distress, and had their hands--and arms full until things quieted down, and the crinolined damsels came to, and whispered the proverbial, "Where am Ferryboat-riding is still indulged in willy-nilly, by Staten Islanders and a few Jerseyites, but none of them will ever know the thrills of taking a chance in attempting a six or an eight-foot leap from the deck to dock, and "making" it by a hair's breadth. Egyptian Consul Hurt in Auto Crash San Francisco, March 14 -M. S. Matar, Egyptian Consul for San Francisco, received cranial injuries and three other persons were cut and bruised when an automobile driven by Apostolos Macheras, Greek Consul here, collided with a truck last night. 1 Paris Taxing Dogs to Death To Raise Funds Owners Raise Howls as Hard Times Increase Pilgrimages to Pound Eagle Bares.

making a fiscal resource of them Berlin Tax Is Heavier 53 Rue Cambom. By GUY HICKOK Paris, March 7-If European dogs write a history of their race, they will put the third decade of the twentieth century down as the blackest in many dog generations. All over the Continent hard pressed local governments are levy: ing taxes on dogs LOO heavy bear. In Paris the dog tax ha, been boosted from $1.60 to $3.20 year, which means that many ers, already put to it "to join the two as the French say, lead their pups to the pound. cat race is the beneficiary, for cats are still tax free.

The city government expects 70,000 dogs survive paying theis taxes and to bring into the treasury some 5,600,000 francs. Dog owners of course have howled much louder at the doubling of the tax than the dogs themselves. And there have been many fervid protests the city fathers are bent on minating the pups rather than on McLOUGHLIN to New York, or vice an adventure and one J. S. Guggenheim Fellowships Given To New Yorkers Lewis Mumford, Mrs.

Ev. elyn Scott and Louis Adamic Among Winner in a drawing made for Fourteen New Yorkers are among the recipients of 57 fellowship awards announced today by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. The fellowships, awarded annually to scholars and artists, were established by former United States Senator and Mrs. Simon Guggenheim. The nermal stipend is $2,500, says the Associated Press.

Names of the New York appointees, and the purposes for which the fellowships were granted are: Miss Martha Graham, dancer-Studies of the native dances of Mexico and Yucatan. Mrs. Evelyn Scott, writer The completion of a novel. Lewis Mumford, writer, Long Island City-The completion of a book on "Form," by the addition of material obtained at first-hand in Europe. Louis Adamic, writer--To write a novel.

Peter Blume, painter Creative work in painting, abroad. Howard Norton Cook, artist Creative work in etching, wood engraving and lithography, in Mexico. Ernest Fiene, painter, etcher and lithographer-To study the works of the old masters in several museums in Europe; creative work in painting. Peppino Mangravite, head of art department, Ethical Culture Schools work in painting abroad. John B.

Flannagan, sculptor Creative work in sculpture abroad. Antonio Salemme, -Creative, Mitchell work in Fields, sculpture sculptor abroad. Creative work in sculpture abroad. Benjamin Greenstein, sculptor, draughtsman and and painting, painterture, drawing abroad. George Antheil, composer-Creative work in musical composition abroad.

Adolph Weiss, composer -Creative work in musical composition, abroad. Liner Fast on Reef, 224 Taken Ashore Hamilton, Bermuda, March 14 (AP) -The Canadian National steamship Prince David today lay on a treacherous coral reef 12 miles off St. Georges--her passengers and crew safely ashore. She was inbound when she struck the reef yesterday. It was believed the boat would be a total loss.

None of the 84 passengers or crew of 140 was injured. They were transferred to the Lady Somers of the same line and brought ashore here. ENTERTAIN ENTERTAIN Mr. Mrs. Narry McCarthy of 735 58th St.

entertained at their home on Saturday evening with a dinner party in honor Mr. McCarthy's birthday. One of the guests was Mrs. Fred Drew of Winthrop, Mass. DIES SUDDENLY DIES SUDDENLY Harry Barasch, 75, 1065 46th was taken suddenly ill last night and died before the arrival of an ambulance from Israel Zion Hospital arrived.

To this the gentlemen at City Hall reply that Paris dogs do not know what misery is. The Park city fathers have been visiting other cities over Europe and, among other things, have learned what dogs can bear in the way of taxes. Berlin is the shining leader in squeezing revenue out of man's faithful friend. One Berlin dog costs its owner $12.50 in taxes. he is so doggy as to keep two them, the second one costs him $30, The third animal means another tax bill of $45.

And the fourth and all beyond cost $60 cach. If you nave four dogs about the house they cost you $147.50 in taxes alone, plug the soup bones you have to buy them and what you paid for the pups when you bought them. One might imagine that the result would be a dogless city, but in 1930 Berlin collected taxes on more than twice the Paris dog tion-on 142,163, to be exact-and raked in the tidy sum of $1,850,000. Times were hard in Berlin in 1930. It shows how warmly dog lovers may love their dogs.

There is something queer in the explanation City Council gives for doubling the tax on Paris dogs. "Not for budgetary considerations." they say, are they leving on the little yappers. Nothing so sordid as that. All they want that 5,600,000 francs for is to clean up the streets after Fido has taken his walk. The $1.60 tax thus far in force has made no noticeable improve: ment in the condition of the sidewalks, but that may be because the pups have thrived too heartily on SO low a tax.

There were only 49,000 of them nine years ago and they have grown to 70,000 since. Ask Death Penalty After New Assault Case Stirs Hawaii Honolulu, March 14 -The third assault upon a woman on Oahu Island within two weeks brought demands today that the attacker be hanged under a new law providing the death penalty for such offenses. The victim, Bernice Lum, 17-yearold Chinese girl, identified Joseph Young, burly Korean-Hawaiian, as the man who drove away her escort and assaulted her late Saturday night. Young was arrested early yesterday. Miss Lum said she and Gilbert Halm, another Chinese, had left a private dance near Waikiki and were sitting on some neighboring when Young approached and the slightly-built Halm to "scram." When the girl's escort obeyed, Miss Lum told police, Young choked and assaulted her.

Chief of Police C. F. Weeber led' the demand for the death penalty, "The only way to deal with this situation is to hang the criminals guilty of assaulting women," he said. John Fernandez, a Portuguese, recently was sentenced to life imprisonment the same day he assaulted a Japanese servant. woman.

Exactly two weeks before the attack upon Miss Lum, Mrs. Kathleen Hope, wife of a Naval man, was assaulted her home by a masked man she said she thought was an Oriental. The latest sex crime occurred the same day Seth W. Richardson. Assistant United States Attorney General, and a corps of Department of Justice agents sailed for San Francisco on their way to Washington, D.

after investigating Honolulu's crime wave. Richardson declined to reveal his findings. Most notorious of the city's recent crimes was the assault upon Mrs. Thomas Massie, wife of a Naval lieutenant, last September and the lynching of one of her suspected assailants. who spends her Summers in the where a lot of other Brookcomes a story which gives person, doesn't think God made his frogs to feed little snakes.

The scream of Mrs. Rath's mother when she saw a snake swallowing a frog aroused the Raths. They rushed to the brook. By the time they arrived all that could be seen was a pair of tiny green legs disappearing into the snake's mouth and the bulbous shape of the frog outlined in the snake. Andrew Teatsen, Mrs.

Rath's 17-year-old nephew, thought quickly. He grabbed a hatchet and chopped the snake in half. That stroke, besides ending the snake, also ended the family, interest in the snake. They turned to the frog. It lay as if it were dead.

It had been stretched before the final moment almost to the thinness of a pencil! But it was whole, none the less, and Mrs. Rath, knowing that frogs absorb water through the body cells, not through the mouth, placed it in the brook. Within an hour it breathed again, regained its form, smiled (sort of) and swam away. Tomorrow Queens Man Finds Civil Documents Lost 70 Years. Schumann- Heink sang non-professionally in a church.

She had come on the invitation of the church. The Rev. Dr. J. Stanley Durkee, the pastor, preached on "India Yesterday and and said of Mahatma Clandhi that he WAS "a devout man at exceeding piety, who developed from an atheist to a companion of Gc He concluded: "Gandhi w.

fall in some of his marching on." Know Long Island There are in Brooklyn 4.000 letter boxes and 300 branch postoffices in stores located throughout the Borough. In 1931 250 mail trucks traveled 3,000,000 miles..