JoRACTLY five years after Charles A. Lindbergh complete] hit epoch- making flight from New York to Paris, Amelia Earhart, who is now Mrs G. P. Putnam, iended In Ireland after the first solo flight across the Atlantic ever made by a woman. The intre- pid young aviator had started for Paris, but a burned out ex- haust manifold and other motor trouble led her to descend at Cul- more near London- derry. She had made the distance from Har- bor Grace, N. F., in 14 hours and 54 minutes, and landed without injury to herself or her plane. [It was her second cross ing of the ocean by plane, but the other time, in 1028, she was merely a passenger with Wilmer Stulz and Leu Gordon. “I made this flight just for fun,” sald Mrs, Putnam after landing, and she ad- mitted her achievement meaat nothing to aviation. Nevertheless, she was the recipient of innumerable congrat- ulatory messages, from President Hoo- ver and Prime Minister MacDonald among others, and when she flew on to London in a borrowed plane she was given a great ovation. She was the guest of Ambassador Mellon who, with members of his embassy staff, met her at the Hanworth alrdrome. Besides being the first woman to fly the Atlantic alone, this young Ameri can girl set a new speed record for the crossing and also bettered the dis tance record for women set by Ruth Nichols at 1,977.6 miles. Her distance was 2,026.5 miles, Mrs. G. P. Putram EGALIZED beer lost another fight, and won't have a chance again until the national conventions meet in June and go Into spasms over the wet and dry planks for their plat- forms. Following the example set by the senate, the house rejected the O'Connor-Hull resolation legalizing and taxing 275 per cent beer. The vote was 00 to 228 and technically was on the motion to discharge the ways and means committee from fur ther consideration of the bill, which if carried would have brought the measure before the house. The two parties were nearly evenly split in the vote, On Wednesday the senate again swatted beer, rejecting by a vote of 26 to 53 the Bingham amendment to the pending tax bill which would legalize beer of 2.75 per cent alcoholle content and tax it at the rafe of two cents a pint. Senator Borah did most of the talking against the proposed amendment, which was defended by Senator Bingham, SOME peculiar things are resulting from the prohibition controversy. The Democrats of Texas, formerly very dry, In thelr state convention adopted a resolution proposing resab mission of the Eighteenth amendment to the states. The measure wae car ried by a vote of 851 to 5/04 after what amounted almost to a riot. Pres ident Hoover. it was reliably reported in Washington, abandoned his attitude of aloofness and took an active part in framing a mildly moist plank for the Republican national platform, so mild that it probably would not seriously offend the drys and probably would not satisfy the wets. Deets Pickett, Democrat and dry leader among the Methodist reformers, announced that Franklin Roosevelt's moderately wet pronouncement would be satisfactory to the dry Democrats hecause that probably was as far as he ever would go. ENATOR WILLIAM E BORAH of Idaho says he Is oot going to at tend the Republican national conven. tion, and there are indications that he will sulk in his tent throughout the campaign. His determination to stay away from the gathering in Chicago was something of a hlow to the drys. who had counted on him to lead thelr forces In the convention and to Intro duce thelr dry plank. Ss— RESIDENT HOOVER volced his opposition to the Democrdtic pro- posals of big government bond issues for construction of federal public works as a measure for relief of un employment. In the same statement from the White House he further urged his own plan of legisiation to permit loans by the reconstruction finance corporation to states for rellef of destitution and to public and pri- vate agencies for (ncomeproducing projects. Huge outlays for federal public buildings and similar works be said would be wasteful and destructive of the public confidence essential to economie recovery. The Democratic leaders indicated they would fight the President on this issue even wt the risk of prolonging the session of congress, which already appears likely to run on until after thenationalconventions have held. Senator Barbour of New Jefsey, Re publican, Introduced a bill earrying out Mr, Hoover's ideas, [It would pro vide the reconstruction finance cor poration with $1,500,000,000 additional capital for loans for self-liquidating projects that would furnish jobs for the unemployed. S8epator Bronson Cutting, the “pro gressive” Republican from New Mex. Ico, followed with a bill providing for Just the kind of relief ald which the President had opposed, anc in Intro ducing it Cutting made a caustic at- tack on Mr, Hoover, The Cutting bill carries three billion dollars for road construction and two blliions for rivers and harbors work as well as publie buildings and other federal works (COMMITTER hearings on Repre sentative Fred Britten's bill to place the Hawallan Islands under an army or navy commission began and attracted a large number of withesses and spectators. Among the former was Mrs. Granville Fortescue, mother- in-law of Lieut. Thomas Massie and his co-defendant In the recent sensa- tional murder trial in Honolulu. Test! mony was heard from Gen. Dougins MacArthar, chief of staff; other army and navy officers, and Floyd Gibbons, war correspondent, LEVEN men of great national prom. inence sent to the Republican and Democratic leaders of the senate and house an earnest appeal to “lay aside every form of parti sanship® -nd, with their party followers, to unite to balance the federal budget. The signers of this letter were: Nicholas Murray Butler, presi- dent of Columbia uni versity, Republican; Alfred E. Smith, Dem ocratic candidate for the Presidency In 1028; Gov. Albert CQ Ritchie of Maryland, N. M. Butler Democrat; Gov. Wilbur L. Cross of Connecticut, Democrat; Gov. Joseph B. Ely of Massachusetts, Democrat; Alanson B, Houghton of New York, Republican; Frank O. Lowden of Ill nois, Republican; William H. Crocker of San Francisco, member of Repub lican national committee; Charles Na. gel of St. Louls, Republican; Roland 8S. Morris of Philadelphia, Democrat, and John Grier Hibben, retiring pres ident of Princeton university, Repub lcan, Replies from the party leaders were prompt but scarcely satisfying. Sen ator Jim Watson, majority leader of the senate, sald: “The letter is three months too late. We have done every. thing they suggest toward a balanced budget, but we are hindered by special Interests There have been no signs of partisanship at any time.” Senator Harrison of Mississippl, Democratic floor leader on the tax bill, sald: “There has been no partisan ship In the house or senate on the problem of balancing the budget. This legislation will be achieved without any spirit of partisanship.” Other senators took occasion to praise themselves and thelr opponents for nonpartisan and wise action, and then all went ahead with their scrap ping over the tariff features of the revenue bill. The fight over these was sectional If not partisan. RESIDENT P. B. CAREY of the Chicago Board of Trade went down to Washington and conferred with Sec retary of Agriculture Hyde and took occasion to make the fiercest attack on the federal farm board and its do ings that has been heard. He called the board's record a “ghastly smear” and said ita result had been the almost complete abolishment of the open, com. petitive market which required 75 years to establish. He declared wheat could and would advance If the board were forced by congress to desist at once from its “senseless efforts,” and sald be could appoint a committee of six members of the Chicago Board of Trade who “in a short time, and with absolutely no drain on the taxpayer, could and would dispose of all the government wheat for cash at & steadily advancing price with the In evitable favorable reflection on the general condition of the country.” Mr. Carey selected a rather unfa. vorable time for his attack, Inasmuch as just then the wheat market showed a decided tendency toward higher prices. J. O. Stone, chalrman of the farm board, seized his advantage and replied sharply to Mr, Carey's assault, He sald: “Wheat Is the only great major commodity svhich for the last five months bas shown a definite np ward tendency. Its Influence under the present favorable statistical posi tion may well lead other commodities gained by narket manipulation.” Mr. Stone challenged the Chicago “grain gamblers,” as he called them, to explain how It Is that wheat has been held from 5 to 15 ¢ a bushel above the world ; this, he averred, Is the result of the farm board policies, meeting In opational convention in Milwaukee, nomi nated Norman [. Thomus of New York for President and James H Maurer of Pennsylvania for second place on the ticket. Mr. Thomas, who was the party's candidate in 1928, sald his eampalgn would be a war against the Republican and Democratic par: ties and agalnst “the kingdom of pov- erty.” Before the nomination, which was by acclamation, Mr. Thomas de feated an attempt to commit the So cialist party to confiscation of the principal Industries of the gpation. The Communist party was to hold Its convention in Chicago May 28 and 20, and there seemed no doubt that it would nominate William Z. Foster for President and James W. Ford of Alabama, a negro, for Vice President. SOCIALISTS, HEERED on by a throng of Tam 4 manyites and by the Democratic minority members of the Hofstadter legislative committee, Mayor Jimmy Walk. er of New York con- fronted Counsel Same uel Seabury and un- dertook to defend or explain away numer ous alleged facts that had been brought out before the committee and that implied grafting. The dapper, wise-cracking mayor kept the crowd In a roar by his sharp re. torts, and his attacks on his attacker, and emerged from the first day's hearing with his ‘head pnbowed though somewhat bloody. Much the examination centered on the grant. able Coach company. The outstanding developments were: The story of an adventure high finance with Paul Block, newspaper publisher, the Wall penny. The marking for a number of mysterious and plained letters of credit lssued by Mayor Walker in which no names were made public, The revelation by Mayor Walker that he was being pald out of the trading every few weeks during 1027, street without putting op a in cash and putting it In a safe In his self and Mrs Walker™ The Inability of Mr. explain why one of Coach company's backers should have Walker a 10.000 letter of credit which he personal expenditures” £10000 pool and that It pened to be issued by the Equitable Trust company.” that were Investigating Mayor years 1028 and 1020 i. JOSEPH |. FRANCE of Mary land aspirant for the Republican the con is all gon's thirteen delegates to vention—and probably that to Mr. Hoover. The ten Oregon votes in the Democratic convention will be cast for Franklin D. Roosevelt. HERE that is good reason the Lausanne conference on fore early next year. The French are ready with a proposi tion, Britain Is said to fa porary «sxtension the Hoover moratori am, and if this Is adopted the repara- tions problems will be turned over to ex. pert commissions which may or may not report In the fall Edouard Herriot, who M. Herrfof Lil be the boss of the French government, either as pre mier or minister of foreign affairs. de clared he fully approved a statement by Senator Paul-Boncour that France's program remains national security, ar. bitration and disarmament, in the or der named. His policy as to repara- tions, he sald, was: First, maintain European solidarity; eecond, permit no rupture In the equilibrium between credits and debts at the expense of the French taxpayer, Although receptive to the suggestion of armament reductions, the radical socialist leader strongly approved the plan presented at the Geneva confer ence by Andre Tardlen. This plan calls for International security through an international police force to be su pervised by the League of Nations, DMIRAL MAKOTO SAITO com pleted a Japanese “combination” cabinet to replace the government which retired upon the assassination of Premier Tsuyoshi Inukai. Gen. Sadao Araki, Nationalist lender, was retained In his former dominant post of minister of war. Admiral Salto himself will temporarily be minister of foreign affairs, There will be no great change in policies, Gen. Yoshinori Shirakawa, com mander In chief of the Japanese Im perial forces at Bhanghal, who was wounded by a bomb on April 20, died after a relapse, (8 1922. Western Newspaper Unlon.) Fertilizers Show Nitrogen Content Change in Labeling Regula- tions Affects North- eastern States. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture. )—~WNU Service, An important change in regulations for labeling fertilizers which will af- fect farmers of twelve northeastern states is the transfer from ammonia content to nitrogen as the basis for labeling, This change became effec- tive January 1 in the New England states and in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, says . Dr. Oswald Schreiner, chief of the division of soil fertility, bureau of chemistry and soils, United State Department of Agricul- ture. Doctor Schreiner believes the change is desirable from most points of view, He points out that nitrogen in the ammonia form Is present in only a Tew of the fertilizer materials which are commonly used, although nitrogen is present in several different forms in such fertilizer materials as cyanamid, calelum nitrate, nitrate, ammonium phos- phate, tankage, fish meal, cottonseed meal, and other animal and plant by- It is thus desirable that the name of the element nitrogen, and not the equivalent’ In one of the par- ticular forms In which It occurs, should appear on fertilizer labels. The fact that 1 per cent of nitrogen is the of 1.22 per cent of am- monia has also led to some confusion because of the indiscriminate use of the two terms as applied to fertilizer content, says Doctor Schreiner, The new regulations require that the percentages of plant food be all mixed fertilizers simplified statement of the guarantee showing only the net weight and name, including the analysis, phosphoric acid, and of potash, and the name and address of the manufacturer. Value of Corn Silage An lowa reader writes as follows: “What is a fair price per ton for corn silage, when timothy ls selling for $10 to $15 and alfalfa for $22 per ton?" There are several methods for ar A ton of average corn belt silage usually is worth six bushels of corn snd 300 pounds of loose hay. However, it is often figured that silage from & nor. mal corn crop is worth one-third the price of good quality legume hay per ton, even though this places a slight- the silage than its actual amount of food nutrients would indicate, This latter measurement is used for silage to be fed to cows In milk Where the corn was rather low yield. be remembered that stalks usually have a higher feeding value when the ears are not fully developed.—Wal- lace's Farmer, Oats and Peas The following varieties of Canada Chang, Cloveriand, Alberta White. The common rate of seeding is two bushels of oats and one bushel of peas to the acre. Any soil that will grow good oats will give good results. On land lacking im fertility or on sandy soil, the Golden Vine and to half a bushel and a peck of vetch seed substituted for the peas. Some times the vetch Is added without re ducing the amount of peas: sometimes winter vetch is used, sometimes half winter vetch and half spring vetch, Unless the fleld has successfully grown peas or vetch it is a good idea to inoculate the seed before plant ing. The same Inoculation can be used for both peas and vetch.--Amer- ican Agriculturist, Salt on Asparagus Asparagus will stand salt applica- tions heavy enough to, kill many weeds. Enough to make the ground white as with a heavy frost would be needed to have much permanent effect on weeds, The better plan is to have the plants far enough apart so that it is possible to get around each one with a hoe, and hand-pull the weeds In the clump. There has been wide difference of opinion about the use of salt on as paragus. At one time salting it was common practice, the Idea being that it was good for the asparagus. New few do this. With suitable soll and plenty of plant food, good asparagus can be grown with or without salt.— Rural New-Yorker, Good Feed for Sheep The place of soybeans on the farm as a hay crop has been demonstrated. Feeding trials with breeding ewes in which soybeans and alfalfa hay In various quantities and combinations were compared indicates that either of these hays alone or any combina- tion of them makes a good feed for sheep. In no place during the feed: Ing trial did any significant difference exist between soybeans ahd alfalfa hay In féeding value, according to the Rural New-Yorker of Vegetable Patch Gardeners Pay Big Toll to These Enemies. A tax of four or five million dol- lars is collected annually in Illinois by Insects that damage vegetable crops, according to a circular which the college of agriculture, University of Illinois, has issued as a means of helping gardeners and truck growers save these losses, paying more attention caused by Insects than few years ago and they will have to fight these pests even harder in the circular, No vegetable crop Is with out its pests. Damage ranges from 10 per cent or less on some Crops to U0 per cent or more on others, caslonally an entire crop Is lost Both spraying and dusting systems found most effective In combating the more common circular, tion of each insect are given in order that the grower may apply control measures more intelligently. Each in- sect Is considerea in the order of its importance under the crop upon which it i» usually most abundant and destructive. Oats as Starting Feed Said to Prevent Bloat Outs as a starting feed for beef cat- tle prevents bloat, according to infor- mation obtained by Louis Vinke, Mon- tana State college. ducted with and alfalfa. The greatest number of bloat cases occurred in the group fed barley and alfz!f=. In most cases the critical period occurred when the cat- tle were receiving from five to seven pounds of grain a day. Onts as a starting feed proved 100 per cent effective in preventing bloat at Havre and Bozeman during two years Similar experiments at the Colorado experiment station confirmed these tests, The plan which seems most effec. tive among several tried is to start the steers on two pounds of oats = head a day. As the appetite develops the critical period is past. Then the fattening grains are gradually substi- tuted for oats, This change requires about two weeks —Capper's Farmer. Taking Care of Wool Wool growers are again urged to exercise care in preparing the clip far sale. One of the first steps is to keep the fleece as clean as possible before it is taken from the sheep; keep the animals away from straw stacks and out of burry weed patches as much as possible. Shear only when the wool is dry and in a clean place. Clip off the tags and stained wool and keep out dirt and chaff. Roll the fleece with it In one plece. Tie each fleece sepa. rately with paper twine. Never use binder twine or string. Pack the dead, gray, seedy. burry wool and tags separately. ~Exchange, Sudan Emergency Crop Sudan grass is a good pasture and hay crop for emergencies. Since it is 8 hot weather ==, it should not be planted until after the corn Is in. Sudan can be drilled In rows or broadcast and will provide an abun- off the first crop as soon as the first heads appear. sect damage than some other Crops Caution must be taken not to turn of 20 to 30 pounds per acre~—~Prairie Farmer, Agricultural Notes Clean up the farm woodlot during spare hours. - - * The best silage is made from corn that Is glazed before the corn Is cut. . . » For best success with orchards and small fruits, protection must be pro- vided. A good shelter belt of trees is an asset to any farm, . = » Use bacterial cultures sold for In oculating legumes while they are still fresh urges the New York experiment station, . . Illinols has 568 herds of cattle ae credited as being fees from Bang dis ease. More than 750 herds are now enrolled in a cleanup project under the supervision of the University of Mllinols department of agriculture, . » » Potato seed should be warmed thoroughly before planting. a. a 3 Wisconsin tests sow that st MARJORIE DUNCAN Famous Beauty Expert Stretch to Health and Beauty HEAL and beauty are just up above and yours if you will stretch for them. Stretching is one of the old, old reliables as true to day as It was back In old Noah's time when the &nimals practiced this splendid exercise. "Tis the most nat the muscles, awakening the system, sending the blood coursing through veins. Animal: stretch. Bables stretch long before the; know ft is And just as soon as mechanism does func- the thinking Perhaps It is the stubbornness in our nature that does Perhaps It is the of laziness in us, Or perhgps, again, it is a human revolt against doing any- thing that is “good for your health” A woman noticing a sudden bunch. ing and bulging at the hips is quick to do something about trimmi unwanted a ercise. Or if she Is not w rush to ery for quick reducing. But certain | that the discovery of a bit of fat sen her into sudden action, | ] to stretch keep ber, (0 preserve flowing line of her figure, or to ward off any and very slowly 8 your bidding The slowness is certainly near enough to the "not at all” There's no pudginess known to ani- fly because they not natural incli- nations that are for the health” They stretch to health and they stretch to beautiful sleek lines, too, For the woman who wisely would stay healthy, for the woman who val ves her beauty and for the who Is too lazy to do routine of exercise, veritable boon. The best time to do the stretching is in the morning upon awakening. And if you haven'l already started, the best time to begin morning. Begin the stretching the very second your eyes are open. Or if you wish take one wee second to blink the eyes twenty Then stretch-—luxuriously, lungs plenty of fresh alr, every corner and crevice, New vi tality will be yours. Your skin will take on a clearer tone, your eyes a dominance the POuUnGs awas adopt « to the the svelte, extra ounces gee hos doe she ch have been “civilized” above “good wo stretching is tomorrow some times, Give your Wash out It is as important to stretch the lungs and chest cavity as it is to limber up the muscies. Even be- fore you start the stretching take 2 full minute to breathe in-—very deeply—to the count of ten, then slowly exhale. Imagine a definite object just a bit beyond your reach. When standing up and neck, res r for it. When sitting, stretch from the waistline—up, up. In bed, toes down, head up, arms at shoul level—out, here's health and ty just beyond rour finger tig i it is all we head stretch jer WE, “3 + sohine ¢ mia Rreiching for. Keeping and Looking Cool ) KEEP feeling cor mer ifortable d the hot sur To actu is ishment. g : yet a gres omen have learned to the meter when It registers O06 in the s True that to ever) i y ive the lle Rive 15 i th lion people who look all “hot and both ered” only about one hundred look re freshingly cool and lovely. St there are a few simple things to re And doing them you The intimate details of personal deodorants, anti-perspiration remedies and the removal of superfluous bhalr are most important summer notes, Now let us see what else we can do during the summer. There is a de lightful young lady 1 know who is immensely popular because she always looks as refreshing as a cool breeze Here are some of the secrets of her SUCCess. She rests for a short period every day. The word rest may not sound as refreshing as a cold plunge, but try a ten-minute nap In the afternoor of a hot summer day. Relaxation Is a boon to beauty. 1 have known a great many men and women to take a cooling and re freshing plunge and feel “new born.” Five minutes later they are running shout again raising the temperature of the body. plunge hat the rerteaing oie $0 t ect will be prolonged. Fresh clothes—both outer and un der garments changed very frequently are another secret of summer dainth ness. Undergarments are so easily laundered, there is small excuse for not changing dally. Dresses should be light In weight, simple enough to be comfortable and light In color. Avold tight clothing, too. Very often it is the simple, easilylaundered en-
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