Of other children of Poland, whose renown embraces the world, no European novelists have been more read than Henry Sienkiewicz, author of "Quo Vadis," or Joseph Conrad, who, born and bred in Poland, became one of the greatest English writers, no actress has had greater fame than Helen Modjeska, no musician is better known than Paderewski, All were ardent patriots. Only one woman was ever made a professor at the Sorbonne, that university which for -700 years has exerted great influence over Europe. That woman is Marie Sklodowska-Curie, born in Warsaw and the discoverer of radium. years is one of the most outstanding features of construction in recent years. In 1924, when the port of Danzig proved insufficient for Poland's developed maritime movement and the Polish State decided to construct a new port in the harbour of Gdynia, only a modest little fishing village existed there. The will and perseverance of the Polish nation transformed this little village into the biggest and most important port on the Baltic coast. The incredibly rapid increase of Gdynia's goods turnover in Poland's foreign trade is the best evidence of this port's great importance (and its necessity) for Poland.
In 1933 the goods turnover in the ports of the Polish custom area Gdynia and Danzig amounted together to 11,259,000 tons (Gdynia 6,106,000 tons and Danzig 5,153,000 tons), in 1934 13,561,000 tons (Gdynia 7,192,000 tons and Danzig 6,369,000 tons) and in 1935—10,835,000 tons (Gdynia 6,557,000 tons and Danzig 4,278,000 tons).
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