PRING tornadoes that swept across
five southern states took a toll of
more than three hundred lives and
caused property damage that will not
be estimated for a long time. Other
hundreds of persons were injured aud
a great many were rendered homeless.
Alabama was the worst sufferer, the
deaths in that state reaching a total
of at least 246. Thirty-five were killed
in Georgia, eighteen In Tennessee and
two each in South Carolina and Ken-
tucky. As communications were brok-
en down over wide areas the lists may
be enlarged later. To add to the dis-
tress a wave of unseasonably cold
weather came, and farmers io the re
gious hardest hit faced the prospect
of a planting season without imple
ments live stock or shelter,
The National Guard wus called to
the relief work in Alabama and tents,
cots and blankets were hurriedly dis
tributed to the sufferers, while welfare
agencies eollected food and clothing,
Gov. B. M. Miller formally enlled on
thie people of the state to contribute to
the relief of those in the storm areas
and the Red Cross, of course, was on
the job promptly.
N INSURGENT
£600.000.000 general m
killed
cturers’
sales tax provisions of the billion dollar
tax bill In one of the
ular sessions In years.
It marked the revolt
of both Democrats
and Republicans from
party leadership.
The tax
tion was knocked out
of the bill by a vote
of 223 to 153. wild
cheering by the antl-
sales tax forces greetl-
ed the announcement,
Having adopted
amendments boosting
the individual income
and estate taxes and
having restored “double taxation” on
companies with plants abroad—all
estimated to yield around $100,000.
000 in revenue in 1083—the house im-
mediately took steps to raise the $500.-
000,000 necessary to fill the hole in
the bill caused by killing of the sales
tax.
In throwing out the sales tax sec
tion, the house under lash of insurg-
ent Republicans and Democrats, led
by Representative La Guardia (Rep.)
of New York, and Representative
Doughton (Dem.) of North Carolina,
bowled over the regular leaders of
both parties and overturned the pro-
gram of its ways and means commit
tee,
As a result of the action of the
house in wrecking the tax bill, eon-
gress probably will have te adjourn,
over the Republican and Democratic
national conventions in June, return
ing In session to complete the legisia-
tive program, Senator Robinson of
Arkansas, Democratic senate leader,
sald
Majority leader Henry T. Rainey
(Dem. IIL) said after adjournment:
“The house has rejected the Demo-
cratic bill and now Is compelled to
turn to the Republican bill proposed
by the treasury in order to balance
the budget. It will be necessary to
provide for more than £300,000.000 of
revenue to take the place of the sales
tax.”
house the
tnuil
most spectac-
sales eC.
Bes
Rep. La Guar
dia
jrtOR FRANK MURPHY, of De-
troit, announced last Thursday
his plans to have the city of Detroit
stop paying interést on the $400,000600
debts owed by the city. The announce
ment was made following a long tele.
phone conversation with Senator James
Couzens, who was said to have ap-
proved the plan,
VER on the senate side there had
grown & group known as the “ten
per centers” who, under the leadership
of McKellar of Tennessee, undertook
to do things In the way of government
economy. This group Is alrendy so
large that It dominates the senate and
on Tuesday that body by a vole of 50
to 20 sent back to the committee on
appropriations the $124,000000 state,
Justice, labor and commerce appropri
ation bill for a mandatory cut of 10
per cent. Chairman Jones of the
committee, who opposed the move,
said he would take this as a mandate
to make similar cuts In all the supply
bills, Senator McKellar thought it
would result In a saving of at least
$25,000,000 to the government. Ap
propriations for Interest on the public
which together amounts to more than
£1,000,000,000, alone are fo be ex
empted.
ES of prohibition In the senate
are following the example set by
the wets In the house and paving the
way to obtain a record vote, and the
dry senators say they ean have it. On
behalf of the wets Senator Tydings of
Maryland offered a motion to dis
charge the judiciary committee from
further consideration of resolutions
for repeal or amendment of the Eight
eenth amendment, and In support of
this he presented a petition signed by
twenty-four members. Wishing to give
others a chance to sign, Mr. Tydings
said he would not press his motlon
until March 81. Under the senate
rules the petition is unnecessary. Sen-
ator Watson of Indiana, the Repub
lean leader, signed it with the under-
standing that this did not commit him
to a wet position, The ofher signers
were twelve Republicans and eleven
Democrats,
EPRESENTATIVE ROYAL C.
Johnson of South Dakota, a Re-
publican who used to be a dry, went
to the White House the other day to
discuss legislative matters with Pres
ident Hoover, and in
the course of thelr
conversation he told
the Chief Executive
he belleved the peo
ple had a right to an-
other vote on the pro
hibition question.
leaving the confer
ence, Mr. Johnson
sald to the corre
spondents that less
than per of
the voters of the coun
iry had had an oppor-
tunity to register thelr views on the
national wet and dry question. He
said that census bureau officials had
told him that 20,000.000 Americans had
reached voting age since the Eight.
eenth amendment was adopted
“In addition,” Mr. Johnson
“there are the 4,000,000 veterans of
the World war who did not have a
chance to vote on prohibition. "he
women never have had an opportunity
to express thelr views through the bal.
lot. This Is a democracy and the peo-
ple of this country are entitled to a
referendum on prohibition.”
The Johnson expression of opinion
came at a time when renewed pres
sure is being brought on the White
House by wet Republican leaders to
influence President Hoover to agree to
the insertion of a wet plank in the
Republican platform,
cent
0
rb
R. C. Johnson
said,
[Hjor= for the safe return of Colonel
Lindbergh's kidnaped baby re
vived with the entry into the case >f
1. Wallace Caldwell of Chicago, a real
estate man and member of the board
of education. He made several hasty
trips to Hopewell to confer with the
colonel and, while refusing to make
public hiz plans, told the press: “I
possessed such information as I be
lieved would be of value, and [ turned
it over to the family. "he situation
is extremely critical and 1 desire to
give every possible assistance.”
Mr. Caldwell was believed
acting for the "Secret Six.” anti-crime
group of Chicago, but this he would
not admit. He is a wealthy man and
is Interested in crime solution In an
amateur way, and was thought to
have obtained his Informataon con
cerning the Lindbergh case by chance.
to be
J W. DULANTY, high commissioner
* for the Irish Free State in London,
notified J. H., Thomas, British secre
tary for the dominions, that Presi
dent Eamon de Va
lera Intends to abol
ish the oath of allegl
ance to King George,
which Is taken by
members of the Irish
parliament, believing
the Irish people made
this mandatory by
their vote at the re
cent election. Mr.
Thomas told pariia-
ment he had “grave
information® from
the Free State, but
did not present the
details, Instead he went to Bucking.
ham palace and conferred with the
king for forty minutes and then joined
the cabinet which took up the matter,
Mr. Thomas then returned to the
house of commons and announced that
the government was determined that
the Free State should not abolish the
oath of allegiance, and had sent word
to Dublin making the British stand.
point “clear beyond the possibility of
8 doubt.” He sald the same stand
was taken regarding the land annul
ties,
President De Valera had declared he
would also abolish the land annuities,
which amount to about $10,150,000 and
on which Ireland now owes the Brit
ish government $380,000,000, These
annuities consist of money advanced
by the British government to enable
Irish farmers to buy holdings from
landlords on a ©0 year purchase
scheme,
President
De Valera
BS h i
Aro HITLER wasn't being given
much chance in his attempt 10
win the German Presidency from Paul
von Hindenburg. He was refused the
privilege of broadcasting his speeches,
and then thirty Nazi newspapers and
periodicals were prohibited from pub
lishing because, it was alleged, they
were endangering the republic by thelr
attacks on the government. They had
printed Hitler's proclamation denounce.
ing the raids made by the Prussian po.
lee on 160 Nazi offices. Political feel:
ing In Germany was running high and
the course taken by the government
was not winning It any more friends
Prac prospects in the Orient grew
brighter during the week, though
there was a chance there would be
further fighting before an agreement
was renched by Japan and China, Par
leys were proceeding quite nicely
when Gen. Chiang Kuang-nal, repre-
senting the Chinese government,
walked out of the conference insulted
because the Japanese representative
was Gen, Kenkichi Uyeda, his inferior
in rank, Instead of Gen. Yoshinori
Shirakawa. The Interruption was be-
lieved to be only temporary and the
negotiators, Including neutral foreign
diplomats, continued hopeful,
However, it was reported that the
Japanese, instead of preparing to with.
draw from the Shanghai area, were
digging new trenches and erecting new
barbed -wire entanglements, nnd there
was complaint of the acts of
scouting planes. For their part, the
Japanese accused the Chinese of try-
ing to advance into the zone of occu-
pation, and sald they were prepared
to take strong measures to prevent
this
The revolt In the new Manchurian
state was growing dally In strength
and there were many fights between
Japanese troops and the Chinese who
they call bandits. The Ianiter are un.
der command of Tsing Hal, war lord
of Kirln provinee on the Soviet border
who captured the city of Fu Yu.
HAT the power question will be a
major Issue in the Presidential
campaign 1s the substance of a
luration signed by fifteen senators and
twenty-two representatives, and they
asrert that the trust” Is try.
ing to Influence the selection of can
didates,
The
dec
“power
with the names of
the signers, appeared on the frontis
piece of a booklet issued by Judson
King, director of the National Popular
Government lengue, giving an analysis
of the power stands of ['reshilential
candidates,
statement,
pded Senators John
Brookhnart,
Republicans;
McKel
Long
Farmer
The signers incl
son, Norris, Nye, Frazier,
Cutting and Howell,
Walsh Montana, Wheeler,
lar, Dil, and
Democrals, and Shipstead,
Labor,
‘The analysis of the Presidential enn
didates, which not Included in
the section endorsed by the legislators,
described President Hoover as a “pow
er-irust President”; classed Governor
flitchie of Maryland and Newton D
taker as also on the “power trusi”
side. termed Alfred E Smith as on
middle ground and listed! Speaker Gur
of
Costigan Gore
was
“public Interest” side.
OWA'S Republican convention elect
the national convention and pledged
the support of the Republicans of the
state to the President. Elsewhere in
the Midlle West the anti-Hoover lle
publicans were active. In IH
nols they were preparing te put up
slates of candidates for delegates who
will oppose the candidacy of Mr. Hoo
ver or of any man who Is not in favor
of repeal the Eighteenth nmend
ment and of the reduction of cost of
government so as to lower taxes, The
leadership of this group, especially in
Chicago, bowever, 1s not of a char
acter to enhance their chances of soc
Coss,
more
of
ISPATCHES from Washington
sald it was learned there that
the [La Foliettes were planning to en
ter Senator George W. Norris of Ne
braska In the Wisconsin Republican
primaries of April 5. Neither they
por Norris believes for a moment the
Nebraskan can win the nomination,
but the La Follettes seek to have a
delegation that will pot vole for the
President's renomination. This was the
strategy they folldwed in 1008
Franklin DD. Roosevelt won a big vie
tory in the Georgia Presidential pref.
erence primaries, defeating by a vote
of 10 to 1 Judge G. H. Howard of Ar
lanta, who ran for Speaker John N.
Garner.
WO house committees, those on ap-
propriations and on economy, are
taking great interest In the movement
to close up or curtail the activities of
surplus shore properties of the navy.
Seven stations now are under con
gressional fire. Whether they are
basis depends largely upon the ques
tion of whether the congressional de
desire to cling to its pork barrel sta.
tions and yards,
The properties under discussion In.
clude: The Boston navy sard, the
Charleston navy yard, the Portsmouth
(N. HH.) navy yard, the naval stations
at Key West and New Orleans, the am.
munition depot at Baldwin, L. LL, and
the Newport naval training station.
It is estimated that curtailing activ.
fties at these stations eventually
would restlt In annual savings amount.
ing to several million dollars,
HAT troublesome old question of
American adherence to the World
court Is up again before our senators.
in a letter to the senate foreign re
lations committee Secretary of State
Stimson sald he belleves the revised
protocol for American adherence “ful
ly accepts” the sennfe's reservation
against advisory Jurisdiction by the
court.
When this was read to the commit.
tee by Chalrman Borah there wns a
storm of debate, and It was decided
to ask Mr. Stimson to appear for ques.
tioning. Senator Johnson of Call
fornia, who Is one of the hottest op
ponents of the World conrt, sald Mr,
Stimson's statement was at varianes
with what he has sald heretofore,
(© 1022, Western Newrpaper Union.)
Calves Do Well
on Dry Mixture
Calf Starter Lets Young
Animals Feed Selves,
ana Saves Money.
If the boys feed the calves there is
little to choose between three of the
common calf feeds, Churles H. Craw-
ford, of the New York State College
of Agriculture, explained to dalrymen
at farm and home weck at Cornell,
Skimmnilk, reconstituted skimmilk, aud
dry calf starter cost about the same
for Ingredients, but the labor required
to feed calves with the different feeds,
Experiments in Ohio, he sald,
showed it took most labor to feed
calves skimmilk, nearly as much labor
for reconstituted skimmilk, but only
half as many hours when dry caif
starter was used.
Dry calf starter, he explained, is a
comparatively new feed made of feeds
which are so balanced that young
are able to thrive when the
In nearly three years
experiment at Cornell, calves
old, that received dry calf starter un-
til they were sixteen weeks old, have
made steady galn from birth until six
months of age. Eighteen Holstein
calves fed the dry mixture made an
average gain of 1.54 pounds a day
from birth to six months old, Indi
vidual calves in this group gained as
much as 1.84 pounds a day.
The dry calf starter used at Cornell
contains: 25 per cent yellow corn, 80
of rolled oats, 15 of wheat bran, 8 of
linseed oll meal, and 22 per cent of
dry skimmilk., Copies of the feeding
schedules used in feeding the calves
are available, free, on request to the
department of anima! husbandry at
Cornell university, Ithaca, N. Y.
Hog Raisers Differ on
Early or Late Weaning
Hog feeders are not unanimous in
their opinions as to what is the best
age at which to wean young pigs, and
it Is evident that the differences co-
incide quite closely with the general
plan followed. Those who
self-feed are usually definitely In fa-
vor of leaving the litters on the sows
for at least eight and sometimes ten
weeks, Feeders hand-feed, and
particularly those who feed soaked
feed are more apt than not to prefer
to wean thelr pigs at an age of from
four to six weeks
who
Nor Is the practice of early weaning
entirely a matter of following a cus
tom of earlier days, for it Is a very
common experience with hogmen who
breed the more prolific breeds, that up
to the age of four or five weeks a lit
ter of twelve or fourteen pigs appears
ns thrifty as could be wished for, only
to have them from that time on begin
to glow up In growth,
blooms, and perhaps up Inio
five or six husky ones while the rest
seem to stop growing altogether. Such
a litter weaned as soon as these symp
toms first appear will gsually come on
far better than If left on the sow for
another two or three weeks,
jose their baby
divide
Test the Apples
When planting new varieties of ap
ples in the orchard, it sometimes hap
pens that we get a variety that does
not sult us Instead of walting for
the young tree to come Into bearing
to find this out, we save a few of the
prunings from each young shrub and
graft them by top-working onto a
thrifiy tree of hearing age. In this
way J get a sample of the new ap
ples In about 20 months, and if they do
not sult me 1 grub out the young tree
and replace it with some other va.
riety.
This plan enables us to keep our or
chard free of undesirable varieties,
true fo name. The
grafting Job can be done hy any farm-
proven successful with us In all va.
New Yorker,
Keep After the Worms
During the past few years a great
deal of Investigation work has been
“We have discov
ered,” says Dr. A. W. Billings of the
Minnesota College of Agriculture,
“that It Iz almost impossible to raise
turkeys and chickens together. The
en acts ag a carrier of the germ of
blackhead. If {urkeys on a blackhead
infested farm are housed with the
chickens they are nlmost certain to
die--at least a large percentage will,
“Chickens and turkeys may be af.
fected with three kinds of worms:
Tape worms, the common Intestinal
round worms and the little hair-like
worms found usually in the caecum
or blind gut”
Enemies of Corn Borer
While we do not hear so much
about the fight against the corn borer
as we used to the battle keeps on
year after year with the Department
of Agriculture entomologists planning
the most effective ways and means of
attack. Since the discovery of the
borer In this country, back In 1910,
more than 2,000,000 parasite enemies
have been liberated In the Infested
areas and at least 12 of the 20 or
more varieties have become firmly es
tablished. Michigan Farmer,
Lists Soybean and
Alfalfa Varieties
Advice Given on Record
and Performances.
Low soybean and alfalfa seed prices
this year may result in more of these
two crops belng grown, according to RR,
D. Lewis, extension specialist in farm
crops at the Ohio State university.
Because of the fine record and per-
formance made by soybean seed avail-
be preferred in 1032 for hay or grain
production, b= %glleves, There is a
specially selected strain of Manchu
from other states, Peking, Virginia,
and possibly Wilson are superior hay
beans for southern Ohlo. Only soy-
bean seed that has been tested recently
for germination should be purchased.
Alfalfa seed prices also are very low
in 1032 and in some cases may be ob-
tained as reasonably as red clover, On
suitable solls some of it may well be
included in the regular hay mixtures.
Pure stands may be seeded at
age and line forecast successful
sults,
stands, Lewis recommends the varie.
gated wmifalfas. Of these, the new
Hardigan alfalfa from Michigan is su-
perior. Grimm 8 a close second.
Good Growth of Alfalfa
Depends on Many Things
gure a good stand and growth of
falfa. Many fields
been unprofitabie they
not and
Unsuits
prospective
because
enrefn selected
atl are most common,
requires a good loam
is well drained. Usually it does
do well on clay and most sand soils
underiald with gravel to
ia useless to sow alfalfa on sour solis.
with limestone. Alfalfa feeds heavily
on phosphorus and potassium, and as
a crop of alfalfa Is left for three or
four years, it is essential that the soll
well supplied with these plant
foods,
In selecting seed, get clean seed free
from The seed should have
been produced In a climate ns severe
as where the crop is to be grown.
Seed produced In mild climates should
not be used. The seed should be se
cured well in advance, ns last minute
purchases may be disappointing —
Pralrie Farmer.
he
weeds,
When Burning Trash
Many farmers are tempted to burn
the weeds and trash along thelr fences
seeds and the eggs
Such burn-
is some extent, although
to destroy weed
and larvae of ect pests,
3
ing will helps
should be kept In mind, however, that
burning off & heavy growth of grass
or weeds under a galvanized barbed
or woven wire fencing will generate
heat enough to melt or blister the zine
galvanizing and will materially shorten
the life of the fencing. If it seems
necessary to burn the fence rows, it is
advisable to take down the fencing,
burn the trash, disk the fence row
thoroughly, see that the corner posts
are solid and well braced, then re-
stretch the fence tightiy.~—American
Agriculturist,
Alfalfa for Ewe Flock
Alfalfa hay is a wonderful help to
the stockman In avinter, not only be-
eanuse of its nutritive quality, but on
account of the mineral content, which
prevents what is commonly known as
“calcium deficiency” in the ration, This
is an Important matter with the
ewe flock. They may rob their bodies
of lime In growing the lambs and, the
first one knows, they are down and
perhaps dead. Correction of such
troubles before they even start Is the
point of importance, Alfaifa or good
clover hay, and turnips or other suit-
able roots, are the best winter Insur-
ance for the flock.—Rural New Yorker.
Around the Farm
It pays to use good seed because it
means larger yields of better quality
crope,
*. &
Ewes should be fed liberally enough
to bring them up to good condition be
fore lambing time. Keeping down feed
costs on a flock of ewes may be the
most expensive way they can be han
dled.
*. * »
Economists believe that properly
cared for farm manure will save
enough in fertilizer bills to pay the
taxes, Store it in a concrete lined pit
with a roof over it and apply on the
fields as soon as possible,
* .
Winter activity of bees to generate
heat In the hive makes them age too
soon,
. * »
A farm business without records Is
like a clock without hands. You ean:
not tell whether it is gaining or los
ing nor even where it stands at any
time.
ee * »
Karakul sheep, valuable In the fur
trade, might well be raised by more
farmers in this country, particularly
In the Southwest, says the United
States burean of animal industry,
“+N hard times it’s possible
to meke a husbend save
money. But it’s hard to make
him like it. I've found a way.
“John used to smoke at lcast
a package of ready-made ciga-
rettes a day. I suggested that
be roll his own, when hard times
came. He sneered at the idea.
“I bought a package of Tar-
get and made John try it. Now
he says he won't smoke
thing else, because Target is
real cigarette tobacco, just like
the ready-mades use. He say
those forty gummed papers you
get free with every package
would make any dub a good
cigarette roller.
“Well, John's happy, and
I'm happy, and we save at
least 50¢ a week.”
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not necessarily to be orators
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