NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Huge Crop Losses Due to
Drought Boost Prices and
Rouse Government.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
ROTRACTED drought and exces-
sively hot weather brought to the
farmers of the United States a mix-
ture of good and evil and aroused the
administration to the consideration of
relief measures beyond those
templated by the act creating the
eral farm board.
Poth ‘government snd private crop
reports led to estimates that the pew
COn-
fed
coin crop had been damaged to the ex
tent of at 00 000,000
and the that fell throug!
much of the corn belt during the week
"were sald to have late to
have much influence on the yield since
pollination had failed.
Private reports by
Ing experts of the Middle West
cated that a large part of the
was beyond any material recovery.
In Ohio the corn was deteriorating
rapidly, and In southern Indiana it
was badly damaged. In Illinois
situation was at its worst In the
southern part of the state. The crop
in northern and western Kentucky
was sald to be entirely ruined, and the
condition In Missouri and lowa was
not much better. Throughout the
whole drought region, also, pasturage
and all fodder crops were burned up
to an alarming extent.
On the other hand, these bad crop
prospects led to a sensational rise in
the prices of grain on the exchanges,
and within a few days there was an
estimated increase of about $6850.000.-
000 in the theoretical value of farm-
ers’ products. The market in Chicago
went wild and corn led In the swift
advance, followed by wheat and the
other grains. For the first time in
five years the public came in on a big
scale, and there were heavy buying
orders from foreign countries. It was
believed there would be a heavy sub-
stitution of wheat, oats, rye and bar-
ley for corn as live stock feed, and
consequently the demand for those
graing was large. Also the estimates
of the Canadian wheat crop were
slashed as a result of damage by
drought, heat and black rust. The
yield of rye in Europe, exclusive of
Russia, will be far below normal, and
the Prussian oats crop Is greatly
reduced.
least bushels,
rains
come too
one of the lead-
indi-
crop
the
PRESIDENT HOOVER conferred
with Secretary of Agriculture
Hyde (0 plans for a government pro-
gram, % aid the farmers threatened
with ruin by the drought, and he
asked both Mr. Hyde and Chairman
Legge of the farm board to make ree-
ommendations within a few days. It
was stated at the White House that
the President had received prompt
and favorable response to his appeal
to railrond executives for co-operation
in reducing rail rates for the emer.
gency movement of live stock and feed
in the stricken areas,
The farm loan board said it was
willing to do all possible to extend
credit through the intermediate eredit
banks, the farm land banka and Joint
stock land banks. From congression-
al quarters came many requests for
help, and to those was added the of-
fer of Senator Robinson of Arkansas,
the Democratic leader. to undertake
a refund by congress to the farm
board if the latter would divert all
its available funds to drought relief.
“The measures of assistance that
the farm board and the other agencies
of the federal government ean and
should undertake are being deter.
mined” said Mr, Hoover. “It is too
early to determine the precise charac
ter of relief; much depends upon the
further spread of the drought: but
no stone will be left unturned hy the
federal government in giving assist.
ance to beal authorities”
N OTHER ways the drought had
serious results. There were no-
merous destructive forest fires In
both the West and the East: the
milk shortage in many regions was
serious; and the water In the
Mississippi river was so low
barges and towboats were stuck on
sandbars and mud flats all along the
Father of Waters, At the same time
the levels of Lakes Michigan, Supe
rior and Huron were higher: whieh
led commentators on the lake di-
version controvérsy to think that the
policy of the government has resulted
in giving the citizens who use the
Great Lakes more water than they
need, at the same time depriving the
manufacturers and farmers of the
Mississippl valley of sufficient water
to float their cargoes to the sea.
\ JHEAT prices and drought did
'¥ not have much effect on the Re.
publican primaries in Kansas as many
persons had expected. Gov, Clyde M
Reed, who the
cause of the severely
criticized the
farm board, was defeated for renom
nation by Frank Haucke, farmer,
World war veteran, and former state
commander of the American
Senator Henry J. Alien, who was aj
pointed by Reed and
staunch of the
nominated for
15633, and
unopposed for re
sought {to 3 on
farmers
policies of the federal
Leg On.
Governor
supporter Hoover
ministration, was
senate term ending In Sen-
ator Capper was
nomination for long term.
On the Democratic ticket Harry H
Woodring will oppose Haucke for the
governorship, and Jonathan M. Davis,
former governor, will try to defeat
Senator Capper.
the
§ YUTHERNERS who voted for Hoo
ver In 1028, through Horace Mann,
formally announced their rebellion
against the administration of southern
federal patronage and political affairs
generally by Postmaster Walter H.
Brown, Mr. Mann's statement, which
was issued on the eve of a meeting
of the Republican national executive
committee in Washington, outlined
plans adopted by a group of promi.
nent southern Hoovercrats to incor.
porate in “all-southern™ Republican
organization and throw off the yoke of
northern “patronage carpet-baggers™
as well as of “designing political hi
jackers.”
Hoovercrats representing ten south-
ern states had met in conference In
Savannah and adopted resolutions ex-
pressing resentment at the refusal of
the administration to recognize Mann's
services and leadership. They agreed
to meet again In Atlanta on August 15
to perfect their organization. Because
of the heavy Hoover vote In the South
in 1928, the ten states represented in
the Savannah conference will be en-
titled to 207 delegates in the 1932 Re
publican convention, 100 more than
they were allowed In the Kansas City
convention,
The Republican executive committee
accepted the resignation of Clandius
M. Huston as national chairman and
elected Senator Fess as his successor,
Robert H, Lucas was made executive
director, and he quits his post as In-
ternal revenue commissioner to give
his full time to the work.
REAT interest was felt in a con-
ference which Gov. Franklin D.
Roosevelt of New York held with
John J. Raskob, former Gov. Al Smith
and other party leaders. It was un-
derstood that Mr. Roosevelt would
seek re-election on a “dripping wet”
platform and would make a leading
issue of public electricity rates. The
belief was that Mr. Smith would place
Mr. Roosevelt In nomination at the
state convention.
Republicans of New York state
seem badly split as to the liquor ques-
tion. The wets, led by former Sen-
ator James W, Wadsworth, Insist up-
on a declaration for repeal of the
Eighteenth amendment, declaring they
will accept no compromise. The drys,
on the other hand, are as firm in thelr
stand and threaten to form a new dry
party if the wet plank Is adopted.
EFORE a crowd of 5,000 persons,
two negroes were lynched by a
mob in Marion, Ind. They had been
arrested for murdering a white man
and attacking his girl companion, and
were sald to have confessed. The
sheriff, police and fire department,
tried In vain to seatter the Iynchers
with tear bombs and fire hose streams,
RESIDENT HOOVER announced
the appointment of Maj Gen,
Douglas MacArthur to be chief of
staff of the army to succeed Ma), Gen,
November. General MacAr-
head of the army
partment in the Philippines, Is now
on temporary duty in China, He Is
fifty yeurs old, the youngest army offi
cer of his rark In active service, and
was advanced over the heads of sev
eral older officers, the President said,
because he is the senlor major gen-
eral whose age would permit him to
serve the full four-year term as chief
of staff. He graduated from West
Point in 1903 and his career, especlal-
ly In the World war, was brilliant.
At the same time the President ap-
pointed Brig. Gen. Ben H. Fuller to
be edmmandant of the marine corps
to fill left by the death
of General
R FAL forelgn Intervention in China
may soon result from the bloody
» Communists in
! tires in
thur, who Is de-
ngs of the Ch
province, {f it
wt. The
eyelins *
senaing a
of soldiers up the
which
is not already
Diritish are leading the
number
angtze to Hankow,
by the Reds,
placed of a
iser ready to be landed If necessary
British property. The
American gunboat Tutuila left for up-
Palos, and the
1 of the Asiatic fleet,
with a destroyer division, was on the
way from Shanghal, Ja-
pan salfo was in action, sending & num-
ber of destroyers with landing parties
of marines to Hankow, Klukiang and
other river ports threatened by Com-
munist invasion,
The Nationalist government had ad-
mitted its Inability to guarantee pro-
tection for foreign residents of Han-
kow, though It was sending additional
troops to that region and had reoc-
cupied Changsha. The Communists
were still entrenched in the hills about
the city and were continuing their
sanguinary course, having already
siain two thousand Chinese residents
of the place and captured four thon
sand. Outrages against British Na-
tionals included the sending of a se-
vered finger of Miss Edith Nettleton,
missionary, with a demand for $50,000
ransom for herself and Miss Edith
Harrison, held captive a month, to the
British legation.
iderable
was threatened
pg were (oo be
io protect
river to reinforce the
$
flagship Pitisbur
Tsingtao to
NEMPLOYMENT dn Great Rrit-
ain has reached the Wighest point
since July, 1921, the number regis.
tered as out of work being 2.011.467.
Last week hundreds of rallway em-
ployees were laid off because of the
falling off In traffic. Official reports
show that unemployment in Germany
Is decreasing slightly, in France is
negligible, and has decreased in Den-
mark, Sweden, Holland, Italy and Aus.
tria.
In the United States the situation
was brightened somewhat by resump-
tion of work in the automobile fae
tories of the Detroit area and other
places and by several of the biggest
railway shops. The Chicago region
saw good prospects for a revival of the
building industry,
OHN HENRY MEARS and his pl
lot, H. J. Brown, who intended to
make a record-breaking airplane flight
around the world, have had to post.
pone it, for their plane was wrecked
as it was leaving the runway at Har.
bor Grace, Newfoundland.
The German aviators, Hirth and
Weller, who were on their way from
Berlin to Chicago by way of Iceland
and Greenland, reached Reykjavik,
Iceland, safely, but abandoned their
project for want of a suitable landing
place in Greenland and because their
supply of gas did not arrive,
Capt. Frank Hawks set a new ree
ord for flight from New York to Los
Angeles, making the distance In »
swift little monoplane in 14 hours, 50
minutes and 43 seconds, with five
stops for refueling. His average speed
was about 170 miles an hour.
FFICIAL buat unrevised census
figures give the total population
of continental United States as 122.
T0472. The outlying possessions
bring the grand total to 187.501.501,
this including an estimate for the
Philippine Islands where an enumer-
ation has not been made for several
years. The proportions of population
east and west. of the Missiseippl have
shifted less than one-half of 1 per cent
In ten years, being respectively 60.0
per cent and 304 per cent.
(0. 1920, Western Newspaper Union.)
MorHER
PROBLEMS
- ST © 2
Ly Mrs. Dorothy Coffeen
Cultivating Insincerity
“HERE is a
The
looks sa
wham ve all
vou
persan
Know, oie Who tells
well
sirazss
hair Yar) re con
tishevel
“ih,
when
scious it is
the
dear, 1 wonld tove to go to your purty,’
und then wt the
that Is so
the very utterance :
ling In
tent one who sauys¢
Inst minute
eX CUse feeble it
one of “those
first
row;
paid to go to
and ut
the front
und profess
vel heltind our back
eter or condemns it with faint praise
Ingincerity—there is no
sling”
sits In
claims
the opportunity
the one who
friendship
more
other so widely aracticed
Hunted In a
other day,
seed] of It child's
only the
Gertie and Helen were playing hap
pily Helen's
“Helen
now, Gertle
together when
into
hier
run
Cie the room, fist
you'd
said
Helen
‘Why do | have my supper now
Mother? It isn't dark yet,”
“Oh, you aren't polng to
Helen Mother just wanted
tay quietly alone for awhile,
told Gertie that
hve
better
Noa
SUpper
along tome,” he
Gertie ran home und
used
have ft
you to
I just
Just told Gertie that, when she could
huve heen
Just us
tid not
honest und
not! You
sincere
well us gee, she
to adult small
tie
Helen herself would later use the sume
und for than
ut Mother had show n them to her.
Another example woeurresd
example even In such
Ways as speech or munners. LI
no other reason
today
mothers
to have
iwi, Thelr
el, of
nul listen
{ween
ile
He most
Atter
children
them,
und moved on Thought
they
bh
sincerely enough each pair
Nn critical tinent of
. betray her confi
hem Individually
The children
andy although
net
Ht pre
1s rhed
prob
why
they
did quite understand
and quite another be
hind thelr backs, they naturally felt
the same despicable practice,
fening to grown ups,
insincerity
will avoid it, too,
« oo»
Teaching Orderliness
Avoid
and
every
1
now pick up the dolls
’
orderly is eventually and
of the prodders, however,
isn't 11?
around and around Robin Hood's barn
Funny,
time
We
be over by the
think about it. may nag
done? Shall
order to save our dispositions? Shall
onr energy? If we do, well
and we'll also help
will never be able to overcome.
age for habit formation.
problem is divided into two equally
important parts, The first has to do
with the elimination of our loquacious.
ness, our liberality in the use of just
plain chatter, our persuasions. our
pleadings and our threats which we
never bother to carry out. Few words
are needed when one wishes to be
most convincing and never more true
is this than in dealing with children.
Have you ever tried the experiment of
looking a dangerous animal straight
in the eye to keep him from attack.
ing you? Probably not, but try it on
Jour six-yearolds. Look squarely in.
to those teasing young eyes and say,
“Son, daughter (whichever the case
way be), pick up your toys, Nothing
else can he done until they are all
buck in their places.” And mean it!
The second part has to do with hon.
esty in our demands. If we're going
to insist upon order, we'd better not
be too insistent unless our own bu
rea drawers will bear Inspection, We
huve no right to pose as dictators of
a principal which we do not practice
und children are quick to observe
this form of hypocrisy,
If we ure convincing and honest,
we will have Hrile trouble In obtain.
ing uot only order, but any other gual
ity desirable. The reason why we
have to pag so much Is usually » nck
of one or the other of these neces
syry nitributes of discipline,
HB. 1030 Western Newsunper Unions.)
The cars have accommodat]
”
ice,
over to the curb to discha
SUDDEN STOP IS
Expert Suggests That Driv-
ers Use Their Brakes
With Moderation.
How long would your present auto
mobile last if installed a 350
horsepower engine in the chassis and
drove it wide open?
isn’t a the
uld impose such a load on an
hecause every driver
you
motorist in world
ordinary chassis,
knows that no standard
terrific siresses
could withstand the
imposed by so powerful an engine,
Stresses
motorists habit
their
fact
impose Equal
Nevertheless, many
siresseos on
y impose equal
" 1 er § :
without realzing it. a
manager of
3
'
a Detroit
ut hile concern, in
of brakes and broking
persons realize
must be dissipated to stop a
said. drivers
who know that it requires tremendous
i iS
CusKion
“Few how much
energy
car,” he “Motor-wise
horsepower to give rapid acceleration
never seem to think of braking in
similar terms,
“With hydraulic four-wheel brakes,
a car running at any speed ean be
brought to a dead stop in one-fifth
the time that it takes to attain that
speed, A 2000-pound car, there.
fore, would require an engine of 350
horsepower to accelerate to 30 miles
an hour in the same time that it may
be stopped when going at that speed.
“Some drivers who would not ex-
pect a standard chassis to stand up
with a 350 horsepower engine make It
a practice to use the brakes to their
full power for every stop. That is,
they maintain speed to the last possi
ble moment even when they know
long in advance that they must come
to 8 standstill, and then bring the car
to a sudden bait
Advantage in Making Stop.
“It is a great advantage to have the
ability to make. sudden stops in
emergencies, but it 18 a gross abuse
of a car to use this power harshly
every time,
“Drivers should use their
moderately for all service stops
When they see a red light a block
a head they should let the car slow
down gradually, bringing it to a stand.
still finally with gentle brake pres
sure,
"This practice, if followed regu-
larly, not only saves the tires and
brake linings, but guards the whole
chassis from undue stresses”
Check Up Repairs After
Car Has Been to a Shop
After the car has been to a repair
shop always cheek over some of the
things that have nothing to do with
the trouble that occasioned the serv.
fcing. This is Important where cars
are taken to shops that do not spe.
clalize in the particular make.
What happens in many cases is that
mechanics disconnect things and loosen
parts that do not need to be touched.
They are not quite familiar with the
preliminaries to the real work and are
obliged to éxperiment a little. The
things that are disturbed in this way
are not likely to be thought of when
they come to finish the work.
Where the authorized service sta-
tion does the work it is seldom that
anything is disturbed unnecessarily.
Any mechanic prefers to check over
his work a little but often he Is
rushed by the impatient owner.
brakes
Great Britain Clings
to “Keep to Left”
Great Britain still clings to the
“keep to the left” rule of the road,
despite the fact that the “right” is
generally accepted throughout the
world, according to the foreign trav-
el division of the American Automo
bile association,
Aside from Great Britain, other
countries which have the left rule are:
Alderney, Czechoslovakia, Gold Coast,
Guernsey, Hungary, India, Irish Free
State, Jersey. Malta, Northern Ireland,
Rhodesia end Sweden,
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Wire Useful to Remove
Broken End of an Axle
With some types of rear axies it is
difficult to the broken end
without taking the differential
housing cover. The picture shows how
this without
turbing the cover. A loop is formed
on end of the wire as shown. The
wire. of course, should be so stiff that
remove
off
to accomplish Job dis.
fa
MALL TYE FORMED ON wile
A Loop in a Piece of Stiff Wire Used
to Remove Broken Axle Without
Disturbing Cover.
the loop can be slipped down over the
end of the axle. The slip noose ar.
rangement will afford a sufficiently
good purchase on the end of the axle
to pull It out—Popular Science
Monthiy.
Jay Walking Barred by
Authorities of Paris
The authorities of Paris have adopt-
ed American methods for the protec
tion of pedestrians. Large brass studs
have been placed in the pavements to
show the pedestrian where he may
safely make a dash to the other side
of the street, and pedestrians are ex.
pected to use this space and no other.
The century-old-custom in France of
allowing persons to cross the road
where and when they will has been
abandoned, much to the disgust of 30.-
000 Parisians, who paid fines for cross:
ing the highways in the old-fashioned
way.
AUTOMOBILE FACTS
The Wisconsin traffic code gives a
cow in the road the right-of-way over
an automobile. The pedestrian gets
his under It. .
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“Fading” Is the term’ that describes
the lowered efficiency of the brakes
after they have been “on” some time.
Heat causes it.
- . -
Rust on the rims is hard on the
rubber of the tires. It should be re
moved and the spot covered with an
aluminum paint.
“0
With the average car speeds going
up, designers are making every eof.
fort to raise the point at which gaso-
line consumption is lowest,
La
Successful two-way radio demonstra.
tions are slightly reminiscent of the
early days of the automobile, when
proud owners bragged of “getting there
and back” In their machines,