NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Flight of Yancey and Wil- liams Across Atlantic— Big Postal Deficit. By EDWARD W. PICKARD NCE more the Atlantic ocean has been conquered by America aviators. Capt. Lewis A. Yancey ant Roger Q. Williams were the heroes of this achievement, having flown fron Old Orchard Beach, Ma to the vicinity of Santander, Thoug! they fell short of their Rome—by 000 miles the flight across the ocean was considered a great feat. It was made in the Bellance plane Pathfinder in 3134 hours and except for about two hours the airmen were unable to see the water because of dense fogs. Head winds exhausted thelr supply of gasoline and they were compelled to land on the Spanish coast just a little beyond the place where the French transatlantic plane Yellow Bird was forced down recently. Spanish officials and citizens gave them a hearty welcome and hunted up a supply of gasoline with which, next day, they completed their flight to Rome. They landed at the Littorio fleld there and the officials and people greeted them uproariously. Even Premier Mussolini was at the field to meet them, but as they were late In arriving he had left just before they landed and soon afterward received them at his residence. They were mde the guests of Italian gov- ernment and treated royally. The Chicago Tribune's amphibian plane 'Untin' Bowler, which started from Chicago to blaze a route to Ber- lin via Greenland and Iceland, was held up for days in the Hudson Bay region and on the tip Labrador by unfavorable weather conditions. Ag Its pilots were In no especial they wisely lined to take long chances. At Port Burwell the work of refueling exceedingly difficult, and the plane was In constant danger of being demolished by floating lee. Two air-rail services between New York and Los Angeles were inaugu- rated last week. One carries passen- gers by the Pennsylvania railroad te Columbus, Ohio, and thence by plane to the California city, The scheduled time for the trip is 48 hours. The other route is by the New York Central to Chicago, by the Santa Fe or the Alton to Kansas City, and from there on by airplane to Los Angeles, with a sched- uled time of 46 hours. The services started from both ends of the routes. destination— nono- the of 1 har hurry dew was ORNIER works In Germany has Just completed a seaplane so huge that it makes even the Germans gasp In amazement. IC is designed to carry 100 passengers and is said to be three times the size of the big American NC4. It has three decks and a navigatirg bridge for the crew. The pilots, according to Doctor Dor- nier, the designer, will have nothing to do with the motors, but simply sit on the glass encased bridge carrying out the captain's instructions. The mechanics will be directed by the chief engineer. Should half the mo- tors fail simultaneously the plane can confinue its flight with the crew repairing the damage while the pilot calmly remains at his post. The con- structors are convinced the ship, with its Inch thick sides, will be able to ride Indefinitely in the heavy Atlantic sea, URING naval maneuvers in the Irish gea the British submarine H-47, a small vessel, collided with the big submarine 1-12 and sank in 300 feet, carrying ull but two of the crew of men, Two men were lost from the larger craft. Of courge steps to rescue the imprisoned men were une dertaken at once, but the depth and bad weather made thera unavailing. The wreck was located and another submersible dived and tried to com. municate with the crew of the H-47 by code signals with a bell, but no re- sponse was heard. ROTESTS aguinst the rates pro- posed in the house tariff bill have been received from 38 nations and ve 23 have been submitted the senate finance committee, is laboring over the measure during the congres- slonal recess, Denmark's protest centers principal- ly on the new rates on hides, skins, and natural flint; Belgium's on glass, cement, bricks, leathers, and cheml- cals: France's, on the general tariff situation and the balance of trade; Italy's, on virtually every commodity imported from that country; Nether lands’, on diamonds, bulbs, straw. board; Spain's, and peppers; Switzerland's, watches and embroider to which cork les: Great Britain's, wool and gh 1 | stock and vegetables, Mexleo's, live H AVE you query heard try on Wednesday would display one of sized bills, the gan on that day of these #41 one of the ose 7 was all over the ¢ , and the qt little bills ents bil them, and for a time the bank ployees had trouble with the cu until ips tomed to it. Treasury the new hills will be found more venient and will reduce the danger of counterfeiting. Of those that have been pu the $1 bill bears the portrait of Washington ; $2, Jefferson; $5, Lincoln ; $10, Hamilton ; $20, Jack- son, and $50, Grant. In each case the back embellishment is appropriate. em- rrency accus. officials hope their fingert ing became con out, RESIDENT HOOVER Is sald to be considerably disturbed by a report from Postmaster General Brown indi- cating that the Post-Office departmen faces possibility of a defleit of $137,000,000 for the year 1820. The annual losses have risen from $13,000. 1924 to this huge sum, which in- cludes $42.000000, which the ment m to raliroads as sult of a decision of Mr. Hoover ve survey the xx) in depart ust pay the cou has } of the entire posts claims, exhausti order service to determine the causes of the big losses, One step which could be taken by and sur the President without legislation of in for transportation of the the advance of would be a tract price mail and increase in alr mail rates. In other quarters it was said he would be urged the contention that modernization of the Post-Office department's account. ing methods would wipe out a large portion of the deficit, Under the present system, the Pos. tal department Is required by law to handle hundreds of thousands of tons of congressional “franked” and de partmental “free” mail matter annual ly. All of it must be accorded first. class handling and the system does not permit the department to take credit for the free service its ac- counting. in vey sey ot Lan competion reduction con- alr a reiative to consider in REMIER POINCARE'S gre: for political life began with opening of the debate In the French parliament over the ratification of the debt agreements with the United States and Great Britain, If the cham. ber of deputies refuses to ratify, as Poincare demands, the government must resign. The premier insists there must be no reservations, but the for. eign relations committee voted for the insertion of a declaration that France never should be called on to pay more than she receives in reparations from Germany. The opposition also favors a reservation providing for a mora- torium whenever the capacity of France to pay Is not equal to the in stallments due under the debt accord. The ultra-nationalist group In the chamber, the strongest foe to ratifica- tion In ang form, refused to delegate Louls Marin, who has been their lead. er, ng thelr representative in the dis cussions, and this was taken to mean that they had decided to support Poin- care, In that ease, It was predicted, the premier would be able to muster a small majority and the ratifica- tion would be signed by August 1. ‘remier Polncare aims at ratifiea- tion outright by decree, thus main taining the principle of France's good faith in paying up its debts, Then he hopes to get the chamber's ap- proval for a separate bill embodying reservations, the principal among which is the clause making France's payments to America dependent on Germany's payments to France, France has replied to England con- it battle the ——— 8. n, Chester, J. 3 first of the Street 8. authorized N. car strikers und cerning the plan for a conference on August 16 to put Into operation the Young plan for reparations, guardedly approving the British view that there should be but one conference at which the ministers and experts could deal simultaneously with all political as well as economic and financial Issues. But France still thinks the conference should not be held In London. Hugh Gibson, American ambassador to had another conference in London with Ambassgdor Dawes on but lelginm, the gubject of naval! disarn no further anno The British mment neements were Revere tests ol 10pLea ANIAN it 10 0 rd po tatorshiy made and doc it was sald, were signed of iments were sel the “In the name his majesty, King arol 11.” in that the was of the conspiracy and bad given to it. —— +d zed diecating aware his prince consent UPTURE China and Soviet as the certain the old feud Manchurian unit of railway The district of Harbin arrested between Nationalist Russia result of a PN vrei ro concerning if Been renewal of control of the Trans-Siberian governor of the 174 Soviet officials and employees of the Chinese the system, ren R $ i ib 1 bor. eles replaced Eastern railway and p f pow + 37 of them across der [8 the those arrested were Russian unions and other cies ore. § OHETHIN of a sensation was \ ited when customs officials in San Francisco the Kao, wife of seized and broke open baggage of Mr= Ying the Chinese consul in that city, on her from China, and took opium valued at a million dollars from her seven trunks and four suitcases The search of the baggage, which Mra Kao's attorneys said lated diplo matic rights, was conducted by per mission of the State department, At this writing It has not been decided what action to take against the wom an and her husband, Mrs. Kao sald the contents of the trunks were the property of friends in China, who influenced her to use her diplomatic privileges to bring bag- gage Into this country, She under stood at the time, she declared, the baggage contained “presents” for friends of her friends in this country. vice arrival vic TEW ORLEANS has been strug i gling with a bad street car strike. In riotous clashes with the police sev. eral of the strike sympathizers have been killed and many hurt, and cars and other property have been de stroyed. The street car company ob tained a federal court injunction against the strikers and the United States marshal swore in and armed Sanitation Urged for All Sections Clean-Up of Fallen Fruit and Destruction of Dumps to Kill Pests. (Prepared by the United Biates Department of Agriculture.) Discovery of the Mediterranean fruit fly in Florida and Infested Florida cit- rus fruit In several other states re- cently has centered the attention officials of the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture on wide-spread clean-up measures in orchards and fruit packing houses, A Clean-Up Is Necessary. Clean-up of fallen fruit and destruc- tion of fruit dumps and rejects is par- ticularly necessary this year not only because of the fruit fly but also be- cause of other common pests, accord- ing to Dr. C. L. plant quarantine and istration, control admin- disposition of packing house culls is probably seldom made, Doctor Mar- latt says, but the necessity is clearly apparent and he bas urged all de- partment inspectors to give wide pub- licity to the need for the practice and if possible to secure its general adop tion, The reports of finding Infested Flor- ida cltrus fruit received from other states mention the finding and destruction of such fruit, Doctor Mar- latt says, and make no mention of any clean-up of storage places and prem- iges, Doctor Marlatt is anxious that fruit handlers, dealers, and the pub lie generally thoroughly cleaning cars, storage rooms pinnts boxes and other end the Immediate surround! igs shuns or other places where hus been kept. Reduce Risk of Spreading. fruit fy much redu Doctor Marlatt says, by making that all and other containers are thorou; i followed Ly very of all dirt, dust, an be bencath the boxes. Such ngs should be carefully taken and burned. Applications water, or steawy to all ple be nfested with larvae fral only and in refrigeraiing con'niners, in such fruit Risks of spreadin Lie a other pests can be hoxes careful sweeping d trash which may sweep . up of oll, boiling likely the ces fo the of fiy are advisable, Quantity of Grain to Be Fed During Summer of the greatest problems in pork production Is that of determin- ing the quality of grain to be fed dur ing the summer to growing pigs. The most common practice Is to grain to the that allow for a slow rate of growth, ns it is as mt with in feed One amount will concentrates high Cost ns on a full be of nu More ade source her feeds, those ently is log considera in to Sram tions return as possible per Take Money Raising Pigs by Saving Them way is tO gave th iz lost ure to make money rails. m. Every little increases the cost of Very commonly one-third to one-half the pigs farrowed die Be fore weaning time. A pig at farrow- ing time is worth or has cost approxi: mately three dollars, and it pays well to keep as many of them alive as pos gible. Aim to be on hand when the sow farrows to see that everything goes well and that the little pigs get their first meal as soon as possible. Then be sure they keep warm. Have a guard rail around the pen or a protected corner with most of the bedding in this protected place. those saved, aaa aaa ae re AR I aa ay $ Agricultural Notes PP DDD Mow the iawn with the blades set high and sharp. * * » Don't expect to ent asparagus from a newly set bed. Let it grow and es tablish Itself, LE thinned Too See that vegetables are properly all over the garden. thick stands ruin the crop. . » » properties. Both government and civic concilintors were busy trying to set tle the affair. The men offered to re turn to work if the company recognize their union and new con tracts were made, and the company would us individuals, OSKIP in Washington concerning President Hoover's selections for is that of John N. Willys of Toledo automobile manufacturer, will be gis given the post in Rome, It was admitted at the White House that Dr. Hubert Work, retiring chairman of the Re publican national committee, has been offered the place of ambassador tc Japan, and no one doubts that Senator Edge of New Jersey Is to be ambassa- dor to France, There are no guesses us to who will be sent to Madrid and Berlin, clover ia a biennial and If It is to be | each year. « "0 Relection of seed corn In the field stalk and root roils . » . Sweet clover seed for spring seed. ing should be secured early so that germination tests may be made and the need for searification determined. 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Send no Special Offer Fee ee en ee ee en ee ae ee en Disease Germs Cannot Live in Mother's Milk | 8 hi own for some tims | fed on mother's no ive kn 1ilk were | fashion senses such as whoop- sterious (iin HERE Berne, experimented w and found this bactericidal very high If the milk is kept at a mean temperature this power may be demonstrated for sixty or Such bacteria as get into it are at least very much retarded in their development if not actually killed. The milk is even able to desiroy bacteria which do not nor- mally in it, Jolled milk has not this power. Doctor Schlaeppl has succeeded In filtering milk, obtaining a clear greenish liquid which con- tained albumin but no fat. The germs naturally contained in the milk stayed back with the fat, but power to kill bacteria remained in the clear fil. trate. This was germs to the them, witzerland, has milk from n that the milk power to a th ill ursing mothers bins degree, hours more. occur proved by adding Alten ‘ Qitrate . Which destroyed Canadian Metropolis Years bef 1 t men penetrated indians gave the place routes converg Toronto In to the means “place of 1 oting” the dian ia amazing progress of tation it ment where goods were | ng transpor has grown from a tiny settle ught for ex. 51 way to one of cities In and a gv center with a population of nearly 700,000, change Canada Interior Department A grade school class was discussing various departments of govern ment, The teacher called on a had not been attentive. “James, who is the head of the In- terior department?” “l think the stomach,” ceplied the lad. lad who How Poppy Became Symbol There is understanding some confusion and mis- in regard to the use of a symbol, by the Ameri the of For The poppy was first sold for war relief when Mme the poppy as can Legion and Veterans eign Wars, in this he conntry before armistice, Guerin dis posed of millions of them which had been by French orphans. The Veterans of Foreign Wars bought the last In 1020 the Ameri made of her stock. The Vet- Wars then had a drive. Later the Legion used poppy. oth organizations now poppies near Memorial day for aiging funds for needy veterans, and it seems that this flower has found a place in the American heart along but in 1921 had a daisy sale, erans of Foreign the sell Pepper Popular Black pepper is the most widely used of all spices. There was a queer medieval belief that black pepper came from a forest that had been burned over. When means of trans portation were not well developed, and when the monotony of a smaller choice of foods made spices even more desirable than they are now, there must have been a tremendous Inter est in the caravans from the East that made spices one of their chief commodities, Pepper they brought from the East Indies, although it is now cultivated in other tropical coun tries. It Is the dried fruit of a vinelike tree. -———————— money .Usethe coupon. —— Mead Somes Real Brain Capacity Not Matter of Weight acity does not Increase at least, as his Arthur Keith, of the #x- been of as far, as # real te different gkulls of a splendid we found that must, in my the of its beside it id been of a ct opinion, have father.” He measured it image lovingly with nd made a tio a palr of calipers, a lightning “He had more brain capacity than [ have. But what | would really like know what did he do with t?" The skeleton to be sent to the museum. —E R. Campbell in, Ix Croydon by “Hurry Up” Weddings One of ti most fame us marriage Alexander the urishing in the He us 8005) a ory was Rev, lie a fi a of year George's, h duke of Hamilton to the hegutiful Miss the Mayfair chapel with curtain at 12 m. in 1758 marriage put an end n Keith's hasty weddings and be re- nings at ng from a 30 a. the act % % 114 10 privale iile Noise May Grow J A great deal of the noise which as sails our ears in a busy city, for in stance, is not only due to the constants ly increasing use of machinery but be cause the type of building construction now used tends to prolong and trans mit noises. A bare plastered wall, for example, reflects noisex better than a mirror reflects light, together in a more than 95 noise will Ih fore, persist for several seconds, nf reverberation causes built ap and retained 8 room In such a way that nsity Is actually If you clap your bare plastered per of the be reflected from the wall, e sound of the hand clap will, there. This hands room. cent henomenon be increase. Rigid Tests for Drivers In Berlin for places ns bus drivers must pass a series of very rigid tests. When the applicant bas complied with all other requirements he is placed at a steering wheel and confronted with a moving picture screen in which appears a procession of busses and other vehicles, a run away horse, some old ladies scurrying back and forth and an occasional “jay walker.” If the candidate avoids ali these obstacles satisfactorily he gets the job, candidates Tree Belfries Many of the first Christian eburch bells were fastened in tall trees that stood near the church, writes Satie N. Coleman in his book, “Bells.” Even today, In some villages of Russia and other countries, the bell hangs os the branches of a tall tree in the churchyard. In lcelund the bell usual iy is placed in the “iych gate,” a cov ered entrance to the graveyard. The tree belfry once was common in Scob and and Ireland. i
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