Lindberghs Still Hope
HE senate will rewrite the blllion-
dollar tax bill passed by the house,
Chairman Reed Smoot of the senate
finance committee announced. After a
long delay In getting down to busi
ness on the budget balancing measure,
action at last appears in sight.
Many of the soak-the-rich provisions
of the tax bill may be eliminated In
the upper house's revision,
Smoot's
bitter partisan debate in
committee,
For nearly two hours, Secretary of
the Treasury Mills and Senator Harrl-
gon, Mississippi Democrat, sparred for
polit advantage the
measure.
Harrison sought to have
mit 4 tax program which
labeled an administration
declared that the
its origin
to the
mittee, and rejected.
Millls promised to the
committee two new proposals, minor
modifications in the treasury’'s first pro-
gram he Indicated, would be
for lower taxes on home consumption
of gas and and for a tax
on wort and malt.
He also told Harrison he
point
tax
action, he
sldered as
gram,
opposed to the house hill
bs
He gene
*
announcement followed a
t
ical over revenue
Mills
could be
bill. Mills
sticks to
sub-
treasury
house ways and means com-
submit to
These,
electri
would
the he
out sr flaws In
nse
bill and suggest
warned,
offering a
because the treasury
ral
tax as carried
the ways and
ceptable to th
He st
like to
fterated
ury would
accept a 115
sale tax,
O00 O00
Mills was optimistic
econ:
propriations
"definitely in sigh
between the President and the
economy
TEE senate banking com:
advised by Richard
{ 1
si if
over the federal
slash of 22
my drive, saying a minimum ap-
NOK is
after «
onferences
house
ittee was
Whitney,
president of the New York Stock ex-
change, and bond
that stock values
at
Richard
Whitney
any
He con
1 3 mmittee
ber that stock market and bond
the peak of high prices
dropped £43,000,000,000,
losses
in 1920
Y's estimates were made
at the of the second day
of the committee's attempt to pin re
sponsibility for recent
losses upon the activities
street bears engaged in
operations. At the of the
day's hearing the investigation was
adjourned until Monday, when Mr.
Whitney Is expected to place be
fore the committee a complete record
of the short during the last
week together with a list of the prom.
inent bears who have been on the
short side of the market,
Mr. Whitney vigorously denied that
short sales had anything to do with
the recent drop in securitics values,
asserting that widespread liquidation
and unsettling business developments
rather than bear raids were respon-
sible for the drop. He asserted, and
produced figures to prove his point,
that during the first week of the
April decline, the reduction In stock
prices was accompanied by a decline
in the short interest or short sales.
In response to questions, Mr. Whit.
ney sald he thought between fifteen
and twenty milllon persons were trad.
ing on the stock market when the
erash came In 1029,
ESPITE the fallure of the kid
papers to restore the Lindbergh
baby after the $30.000 ransom was
pald by Colonel Lindbergh, the be
Hef persista in official circles that the
child will be restored to its parents
The optimism seemed to spring
chiefly from faith in the ability of Dr.
John F. Condon of the “Jafsie” con
tact to reestablish communication
with the gang which is believed to
be holding the baby, stolen from his
parents’ home near Hopewell, N. J.
on March 1
Doctor Condon is reported to have
told the members of some of his
Lasves at New Rochelle college that
Ade Lad recognized the penmanship in
all the notes from the Kidnapers as
the handwriting of a former pupil.
It was supported, too, by the grow.
ing conviction that the kidnapers as
well as the baby's father were double.
crossed by the mysterious Individual
who received the $50,000 In currency
from the hands of Doctor Condon on
conclusion
stock market
of Wall
short IH
selling
conclusion
sales
the night of April 2 In a lonely cor
ner of St. Raymond's cemetery In the
jronx,
No word has come from the criml-
nals, however, since wns
pald,
In order that Doctor Condon ean
pursue his efforts to recover the baby
free of official interference, represen.
tatives of Colonel Lindbergh have re
quested Bronx officials not to question
him, They agreed to heed
quest,
the money
the re-
A new and puzzling angle was In.
Jected into the mystery dis-
patches from London quoted an ar-
ticle In the Dally Mail that some of
the ransom bills had been found In
the British capital.
when
Colonel Schwarzkopp revealed that
efforts to trace the ransom
not provided a clew. A
questioned
hattan
bills had
woman
for several hours in Man
in the bellef that it wns she
who tendered one of the bills in pay-
ment for purchases in a Greenwich
(Conn.) bakeshop Monday night, Bat
she finally was released with apolo-
gles,
was
LANS for retaining the full fight.
ing strength of the
fleet in Pacific,
remain unsettled in
United States
while
the Far East, are
being considered by administration of
ficials. At
well as the
in Pacific waters, lers,
call for the return of the
fleet with {its
cruisers in May.
will
the conditions
present the scouting, as
battle force, Is operatir
8
however,
scouting
eight incl
It is expected
be cand
big 1 gun
these
orders eled,
The State department, it Is reported
notified Navy department officials that
if practicable like to
the scouting retained the
Pacific Hawalian and
west coast maneuvers which were con
cluded several The
standing is tha
t
officials took the position that main
would have
the
weeks
t
BRO, under
hie State department
tenance of the fleet at its full strength
in Pacific water ould
ficial effect on th ar e
tion,
hene
situa
have a
istern
PRESIDENT PAUL YON HINDEN-
berg who was re-elected rresident
of Germany in the run-off election by
in overwhelming majority, issued a
wroclamation accept-
>
election and
r
ing the
thanked the
people for
newed expressions of
confidence. He
pledged hims “to
continue to
German
their re
President
Hindenburg
fixed y our fatherland to
d=
freedom sn uality externally, and
desire to
home.” he
four-year-old
appealed to
unite,
president
agnin thie Ger.
man
urgently
people to
“1 implore all German men” and
men, whether they voted for or
against me, to cease their wranglings
and close thelr ranks™ he said,
“Again, a8 seven years ago, 1 appeal
to the entire German people to
operate, It is necessary to unite all
powers in order to surmount the pres
ent confusion and distress. Only by
standing together are strong
enough to master our fate, There
fore, In unity, let us go forward with
God."
Lat
we
A PoF HITLER has been ordered
by the German government to dis
pand his army of 400,000 national so
clalist shock troops and to end ter
rorizing activities for whicl. It holds
them responsible. This sudden blow
at the strong Fascist organization
came In the form of an emergency de
cree signed by President Von Hinden-
burg. This decree dissolved immedi.
ately all “quasi military organizations”
of the national socialist workers
party.
A minimum punishment of a
month's imprisonment Is provided by
the decree. to which may be added
a fne, for any participation In the
dissolved organizations or support ac
corded It.
HE panic which swept over por
tions of Argentine and Chile as a
result of the eruption of nearly a
score of volcanoes in the Andes moun.
tains quickly subsided as the fire and
ashes which had belched from the
craters diminished. Scientists immedi
ately began an Investigation in an ef.
fort to discover what had caused the
phenomenon. Several parties of sels
mologists made air surveys of the
voleanie regions,
Meanwhile, the great area over
which the ashes fell—extending the
entire width of the continent from the
Pacific const of Chile to the Atlantle
coast of Argentina and Uruguay and
about 400 miles wide-looked as If it
had been visited by a hea y snow.
storm. At some points the ashes were
reported to be lying 14 Inches deep.
HE battle over immedinte eash
payment of the soldiers’ bonus
flared in both houses of congress Tues.
day as the house ways and means
committee began hearings to deter.
mine whether the public should be
asked to assume an additional two
billlon four hundred milllon dollar
cash burden to enable the World war
veterans to cash thelr adjusted com.
pensation certificates,
The advocates of
mitting veterans to cash in thelr
bonus certificates at once disclosed
that they hope to float the bonus law
through congress as “a rrosperity
measure” rather than as simply a bill
to advance veterans upwards of two
billions in Spokesmen for the
bonus law asserted its passage would
start the United States back toward
prosperity by increasing money in ir
culation, boosting prices and reducing
the value of the dollar,
Shortly after the bonus
had had their say the movement for
full payment of the bonus was assailed
in three quarters. Senator Joseph T,
Robinson (Dem., Ark.), senate Demo-
cratic leader, issued a statement in
which he asserted that payment of the
adjusted certificates
would
Ma
legislation per
cash,
andvocntes
compensation
harmful
Jority Leader Henry T. (Dem,
IL), and Representative Hamilton
Fish (Ilep, N. Y.), also attacked the
bonus laws,
produce results
{niney
BUTLER of the
court
decision
a further
wuard around the Amer
home against
ican
unlawful searches and
The
the
court's decision
¥
l
seizures,
affirmed circuit
that
the prohibition
who raided,
arrest
New ‘ork iremises
f ani M. Let
on 2 mere
warrant, the
wi ii auiine
aris, 1 by them
8 headquarters for
receiving bootleg
' 1
i
Pierce Butler -
the pa
ere
g The
of
but
e of
the
3 other
committed In the
flicera. The mere so-
the room in
e other uses alleged
from
rog
of a
sufficient to
nul
JIRESIDENT HOOVER
ir laosevelt won
and G
not appea
th President
Governor Roosevelt were
by the action of
Hoover and
strengthened three
state conventions,
In Missouri the
instructed
Republican con
vention the state
delegation of 45 to vote for Hoover.
The Florida Republican convention
pledged nine delegates at
Hoover. District meetings gave
four more and two other district dele
gates remain to be chosen.
entire
Kentucky's entire Democratic delega-
tion of 26 was instructed by the state
before the national convention,
Jr RARCE does not take a fancy to
the American proposals for
armament
Gibson, the
Premier Andre Tar
dien of France, rep
resenting his govern
ment, bitterly assailed
the plans at the Ge
neva conference,
Mr. Gibson pro
posed that tanks, big
guns and gases be
abolished in the inter.
ests of security, but
he made no mention
of battleships, “the
most obvious aggres.
give weapon,” sald M, Hugh Gibson
Tardieu, Abolition of certain
of aggressive arms will
sarily provide security, he sald, but
might, on the contrary, be disad.
vantageous to an invaded country.
The only means to security, he de
clared, is common action against an
Aggressor,
This was
restatement
American representative,
generally accepted as a
of the French proposal
for placing offensive forces at the
disposal of the League of Nations.
In any case, the premier reminded
the conference, this disarmament
that nonmembers of the League keep
this In mind.
Mr. Gibson's proposals were in line
with plans worked out by Norman H.
Davis In conference with President
Hoover and Secretary Stimson,
(® 1932, Western Newspaper Union.)
Ewes Is Advised
Addition Found Profitable
During Last Weeks of
Lamb-Carrying.
In periods of low prices it is essen-
tial for sheepmen to save every lamb
born, according to IL. A. Kauffman,
extension specialist In sheep for the
Ohlo State university, who says that
no other factor {8 as important in de-
termining income from the flock than
is the percentage of lambs born and
raised,
Lambs born from vigorous, healthy
ewes, he points out, have a much bet-
ter chance of reaching maturity than
from weak, poorly fed ewes, If
no graln has been fed the éwes, some
can well be added to the ration dur-
ing the last few lamb is
carried. This helps insure a
well-devel pe i i an a good
of milk
The kinds
be fed depend upon the hay availa
and the lon of With
high quality legume hay,
cient, However, a mixtur
preferable. One pound
ple to seven or «
will suffice. Wi
protein Is needed, an
to feed
those
weeks the
strong,
flow
and amounts of grain to
hie
condit the ewes
pounds of gral
Among the |
Kansas Producer Shows
How to Make Beef Pay
Fred M
n
was
Reduced Pork Costs
fed limited ratios
t
he ufilization of
3
Pigs
more off
8 prove
ient in rati
thelr feed than did those fed a full rm
tion, requiring much less feed per 100
pounds of gain
what leaner carcasses in
on hy the burean of anim
United States Department
ture The results indicate that the
limited feeding of swine may he a
practical and eflicient method of re
ducing pork production costs when the
labor cost and market situation are
favorable, or when a predominance
of leaner cuts of pork are desired.
Prairie Farmer,
and producing some
tests carried
al industry,
of Agricul.
Soil for Garden
Light sandy soils are benefited hy
working clay and humus into them
They require attention In this regard
for several seasons, They must be
dug deeply and unless the slope of
the ground provides natural drainage,
the main hope of getting them into
really first class shape Is under drain-
nge, However, they ean be worked
into condition to grow good vegetables
or flowers without this expensive work,
Htudy soil needs now and be prepared
{to build it up when you start garden
operations this spring. Good soil is
the first requisite of a good garden,
No Gain From Yeast
Feeding yeast to hogs does not in.
crease the rate of gain or decrease the
vost of producing pork, the first year's
experiment on this problem at lowa
State college shows, Various mixtures
of yeast culture feeds with grain were
tested In fattening spring pigs. No
such mixture Increased the rate or
economy of gain and some actually re-
sulted In a lower rate of galn and
caused more feed to be consumed per
100 pounds of pork than did the check
tot. —~Prairie Farmer,
| Good Results From
Changing Hog Lots
Colorado Farmer Found It
Saved the Pigs.
Frank Austin, Colorado farmer, has
found that it pays to change his hog
lots frequently, if large litters of
healthy pigs are to be grown success
fully.
Two years
couraged
dis-
told
extension
wns almost
sing, he
ago he
with hag ral
i
George Henderson, county
agent at large for the Colorado Agri-
cultural
been producing
returns were
He got of m
one of t!
to move acer
colleg
very
few
ground,
ten
“Th
when
healthy,
to sell
Clover Yield Increased
by Cutting First Crop
&
er seed ean be
first crop
pef Cattle Sta
3 Fis w
ARNE HM OAR 0
3.04%}
Hr one
two-fifths
regs 10,000 beef
one and nine
cattle, or
one beef cattle to every
tenths persons,
California has 1.205000 beef eattle,
beef cattle to every four and
pe r|ons
or one
geven-fenths
The tw
dominating position in agriculture In
the maiter of beef cattle, having 24.
633.000 beef eatila or 681% per cent of
all the beef cattle In the country.
enty central states hold thelr
The feeding value of barley Is higher
than that of oats, pound for pound.
* . »
Leaving machinery tanding out.
doors increases farm expense and cuts
down profit,
oe
All beds for new planting
prepared as soon as possible,
should be spaded deep and
well pulverized condition,
* - -
should be
The soll
left in a
Wisconsin's wool clip of 1631 was
2.102.000 pounds, or 3% per cent less
than in 1830. There were 425.000
sheep shorn last season, 5,000 less than
the year before
. "0
During the past 14 years the num-
ber of horses in the United States fell
from 21L5635,000 in 1018 to 12.679,000
in 1032,
. & 9
If temperature sad other factors are
the same, a plant grows faster at
night than in the daytime; the differ
ence may be considerable,
- Le .
With fertile =oil at least 20 bushels
of potato seed may be used profitably
to the acre, using one and one-half
ounce pleces spaced 10 to 11 Inches
in the row.
2
OHMS ; ARIS
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a ASSIS
(QO Ly MeClure Newspaper Byudicale. )
{WELD Bervice)
slowed
freight to a stop
the out-
Jefferies
station on
Bob
the
oment gazed ahead,
small
of Bt. Albans.
himself from
and for a m
in his path, vast
forest burned
The
form, a sli;
fiercely,
night agent wid on
mper in his
Bob,” he called
The engine
“Yen? ut
I get throu
the revol
it's the ]
The night
anxiety
oF
e
train as yo1
Jefferies
wy 1 -
Well, ot
vied
tern sky
ing light of the
the
across the road,
sweat from
A small chure
through the mist
tle gate, Ww
graveyard
tne 160
ing
med
tered the building
a match
’ 1
the
His eves gleamed as
veyed interior of the sing
loging the do
his barn
afternoon sunlight, a few hours later,
the grounds of the
packed with humanity,
{inhabitants of St.
traced steps to the
cemetery
Most of the
were there,
Two
school had
wore
Albans
from the oldest to the youngest,
their
burned to the ground, snuffing out the
days previ iy
lives of eight pupils and their teacher,
The children stood in groups around
coffins had just been placed. EI
the caskets were small and of u
ght of
form
length. The ninth, however, was full
size and containing as it did, the
charred, unrecognizable remaine®* of a
young woman, bore mute evidence to
her desperate courage. And yet, to
those who lowered It, this larger cof.
fin had seemed exceedingly heavy!
Careful hands had carried the
kets from the small building close by.
The grave was slowly filled in. On
the edge of the crowd a tall, bare.
headed stranger watched the ceremony
intently. He saw a line of little girls
approach and place flowers on the long
mound of fresh earth,
The stranger turned swiftly, as a
voice hissed in his ear. “You are un-
der arrest! Come quietly!”
“Now teil me,” threatened Jefferies
when they reached the roadway,
“Where is your companion--the one
who wounded the girl at Barton?”
Ryerson's heart leaped. Wounded
not killed! “We separated last night”
he Hed slowly. “1 never saw him
pain, He ran into the woods In that
direction.” He pointed to what was
only blackened, smoldering country-
side,
Jefferies nodded slowly to the de
tective at his side. Then turning te
Rycrson, he sald gruffly, “Let's go!”
Silently, the three men turned down
the road to the station.
cae