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United States Underpopulated There la no danger of overpopulation or of a re sultant food shortage in the United States, according to Dr. O. E. Baker, economist of the United States department of agriculture. A recent statement issue by him setting forth the fact that it is unlikely any increase in the farm acre age of the nation would be needed or desirable dur ing the next decade, makes this statement: "After 1940 the country will still have available aome 500.000,000 acres of potentially cultivable land, an area greater than the total cultivated land at present. Less than half of this amount would need to be added to the existing crop area in order to sup ply a population of 200.000.000. “As acre-yields of the crops are likely to Increase, and the increasing production of meat and milk per unit of feed consumed by farm animals is likely to continue, it may be'that not more than one-fourth of this 500.000,000 acres of potential crop land ever will need to be used for crops, unless the United States should be called upon to contribute increasingly to the foreign demand for food and fibers." This writer says over expansion is one of the most vital causes of the distressed condition of agriculture, but that this is true because of the development of modern farm machinery which has Increased produc tion out of all proportion to the increase in popula tion. There is tendency always to increase the land in cultivation more rapidly than is nedeed. and he fears this will continue and produce recurring periods of agricultural depression, unless this expansion is pru dently guided by ftie government. Land now lying idle in farms is sufficient to care for the needs of the country for many years, he says. Legal Minds on the Firing Line Members of the Texas Ear association have ef fected a permanent organization to promote the adopt tion of the proposed constitutional amendment to be voted July 16 increasing the membership of the su preme court to nine members. Hon. E. G Senter. “the wasp of Texas politics ” has fciven his approval to the nine-judge amendment. Yhere should be a thorough organization of the friends of the two constitutional amendments to be voted on in July. There should be a nine-judge su preme court. There should be a salary of $10,000 for the governor of this commonwealth. These amendments should appeal to the sane men fcnd women voters of the commonwealth. They are worthy of unqualified support at the ballot box. Kerrville in the Air Landing Picture % Kerrville is a prosperous little city in the hill Country- Kerrville has citizens who are men of vision as well as men of property. Kerrville has builders who move with the building procession. L. A Schreiner of Kerrville. a scion of the noted pioneer family bearing the name, knew that Kerrville needed an air landing port. He deeded to Kerrville 11R acres of land, leveled and provided with runways for the convenience of the air flyers, not only of Texas but of America. All the Schreiners talk with money. They use the coin of the realm instead of noisy chat ter. Another Big Theater For Texas Contract has been M for a $300,000 theater, this fn the city of Corpus Christi. It is said the stage will be 35 by 65. The auditorium is to be 60 to 130 feet: a mezzanine floor is planned and the balcony will bring the seating capacity to 2.000. The second largest theater or playhouse In the world was dedi cated the other night in the shadows of the Alamo. A Methodist minister officiated. Not many years ago he would have been driven from his pulpit by in censed parishioners. Time changes all things. Where Gann Was Seated • Ambassador Sir Esme Howard of Great Britain gave h's first dinner at the British embassy for Mrs. Edwrd Everett Gann, the sister of the vice president of the United States. Mrs. Gann was seated on the right cf the British ambassador. She was accom panied to the affair by Vice Pres Charles Curtis and Mr. Gann. Mr. Gann Is the husband of Mrs. Gann A Washington correspondent lets it be known that where Mr. Gann was seated was not disclosed, “but an embassy social secretary' said he had quite a good place and was very happy." Mrs. Gann was very' happy. She was on the right Of Sir Esme. Mr. Gann is a Kentuckian. Mr Gann had a good place at a table somewhere on the fringe of the big table. He is a very poor copy maker. He never rushes Into print. He never seeks reporters. He docs not love the spotlight. He carries his load meekly and modestly and neither the stress of circumstance nor the pomp of power forces him to unlimber his tongue. He is a blue grass and not a com flower product. Hail Stones in Missouri Tlail stones, some Weighing aporoximately a pound, gelted sections of Missouri, destroyed crops, riddled automobile tops and smashed plate glass windows In towns and hamlets. Artificial ice men must have watched their receipts slump on the fated day or else there are-gifted newspaper liars in old Missouri. How comforting to reflect that the ordinary car you have Is the wonderful one the ad describes.—Bir jningam New*. -vmr ~ ** - — MR. ELMER TWITCHELL, STOWAWAY EXTRAORDINARY Flagpole Kelly, who planned to spend a week atop the flagpole on one of the city's tallest buildings, had to abandon his climb yesterday when only half-way up the pole He had put on a light summer suit, a little oversized, for the climb and noticed as soon as he began the ascent that there was something wrong. “I Just couldn't get any altitude,'' declared the cham pion flagpole-sitter. "I felt heavy. There was no lift to me ” Well, to make a long story short, Mr. Kelly ex amined his suit and found Mr. Twltchell inside of it. This made Elmer the first flagpole-sitting stowaway in history .and he was disgustingly Jubilant today. "We did it!" he cried. “A lot of people thought Kelly and I would never even reach the flagpole, but we fooled them, all right, all right. It’s great to be an American. Three cheers for the red. white and blue!" *Td like to punch him in the nose,” muttered Flagpole Kelly at this point. "I never had any doubts we would do it." said El mer. "All it called for was determination. That and a little red-blooded Americanism. I set out to make a place for myself as the first flagpole-sitting stow away in history and I made good. I always wanted to be like Columbus. Drake and Lindbergh.” "For two cents I would sock him in the eye.” de clared Flagpole Kelly, who was in very ill humor. "It is true that by getting into Mr. Kelly's clothes before he put them on. I was imperiling his mission, perhaps.” went on Elmer, "but the risk was worth it. What if he could have climbed to the top of the flag pole safely without me? Half a flagpole is better than none. I flipped a coin with another fellow to see who would be the stowaway. I forget his name. It was Harry Thaw or something like that. I won be cause Thaw was near-sighted. Well, Kelly was a little peeved when he first discovered me in his suit, but he forgave me completely and we are great pals now. aren't we. Kelly?” "If you knew what I was thinking, you'd fall in a dead faint.” replied Kelly. "Long live America!" cried Elmer. "It is the na tion of pioneers. We lead where others follow. Fifty thousand dollars for my story? Don't be a sap. Yes. I would be a wow in vaudeville and will appear for $10,000 a week and expenses. My autograph will cost you fifty smackers. You’ll have to pardon us now while we write a book. Kelly and I are pals and part ners. What’s his is mine and what’s mine is nobody's business. Am I right, Kelly?" Kelly dropped to his hands and knees, growled and bit Elmer in the fleshy part of the leg. • • » » THE BIG ANNOYANCE Bill Foster reports that Eddie Roush, the old-time printer, is disturbed about the new issue of dollar bills. “Just think of the inconvenience the new bills are going to put Scotchmen to.” says Eddie. "They'll have to take up every carpet in the house to make ! the change from old bills to new.” • • • • Bootleggers' slogan: From jags to riches. * • • • PUZZLE Oh. this is a problem that drives me to drink— 'Tis too deep for wise men to measure: Why people go motoring Sunday and think They're getting diversion and pleasure? IW&skiinigtoim Leftfter By HERBERT C. PLUMMER WASHINGTON. June 29 —One of the very few survivors of the old south m congress—a 75-yar-old member of the senate—has made the most recent at tempt to wipe out any trace of bitterness that may exist between the north and south. He is Senator Lee S. Overman of North Carolina, for 26 years a representative of his state in the sen ate and the second ranking democrat of that body. Senator Overman asked his colleagues to approve a plan which he believes will perpetuate the memor able saying of Gen. Grant at the close of the Civil war: “Let us clasp hands across the bloody chasm." • • • • A SYMBOL There is being constructed in Washington a bridge ! across the Potomac river. The bridge will be sym j boltc of a united nation. It stretches from the Lin | coin memorial on the Washington side of the river to I Arlington national cemetery on the Virginia side. Senator Overman asks that there be placed on | the north end of the bridge a heroic figure of Ulvses | S. Grant, facing south. And at the south end of the I bridge he would have placed a heroic figure of Robert E. Lee. facing north. In the center he would have two figures of women j clasping hands, representing the north and the south. The request is contained in a resolution adopted by the senate. It will be forwarded to the Arlington me morial bridge commission and a report made at the next session of congress. If the plan Is acceptable. Senator Overman will ask that congress appropriate the necessary funds. • • • • A BORAH STORY Now that the new cabinet is on the job and the continued status of Senator Borah as chairman of the senate foreign relations committee is definitely determined, the following story can be told: Not many months ago. Mrs. Borah, who is famous ; in Washington for her wit and repartee, was the guest i of honor at a dinner given in Boise by one of the | senator’s staunchest supporters. The dinner table conversation drifted to the sub j ject as to who would be President Hoover’s secretary I of state. One of the guests, with more frankness than I tact, said to Mrs. Borah: “We hear that Senator Borah has been offered the ! Secretaryship of state in the Hoover cabinet.” The other guests were plainly shocked, but Mrs. ! Borah showed no embarrassment. “Yes. that Is true." she said with a smile of inno , cence. “Billy has been offered the secretary of I state—" The host shifted uneasily. But he didn't know his j Mrs. Borah, who paused slightly for effect, grinned a bit mischievously and concluded: “—by everybody except Mr. Hoover." Battle on in Henry Ford’* Town Two hundred additional pro agents have been or dered by the big chiefs at Washington to reinforce prohibition and customs forces in the Detroit area. These additional agents were transferred from posts in every part of the United States. Detroit has more than a million souls. Henry Ford is the high card and the high king of Detroit and a vast territory. Ht has let the world know that prohibition is here to stay. That it isn't a noble experiment but a fixed in stitution to remain for ever. If so. there must be a small minority in the city oi Detroit in the throe* of Sahara desert thirst. RUB A DUB DUB, THREE MEN IN A TUB! (--^ A DRAB LITTLE MOTH FLICS TO HAPPINESS v '/T ^ ... J ^ By Alma Sioux Scarserry, author op*hake up*etc. _ c««t»a,.»■!!&&. j READ THIS FIRST: Vivian Matthews, shy and un- , happy because she was a doorstep baby, is called a 1 flat tire" until! Kentworth Hillman Johns. Jilted by j "Dovie" Jansen for the count Von j Popper, marries her. It is wllh the i understanding that it is to be pla tonic, and at the end of a year she is to receive one hundred thousand dollars and a divorce in Paris. Mann Barkow, New York artist, paints Vivian, and teaches her to fly.; "Dovie" mysteriously returns with- I out her count, and contrives to cap- 1 ture Kent. A mysterious Manger j calls and asks Vivian a great many questions about herself, promising to return in a few days. Is she to know whom she is at l^t? • NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY) • • • CHAPTER XXXI For several days after the lawyer* : call Vivian went around in sort of a daze. Every time the door bell rang she jumped. When she was j called to the telephone she thought! it might be he. Celeste noticed her nervousness and was worried. Even Kent saw an undercurrent of excite ment in her eyes and wondered about it. Dovie had, of course, explained her running from the room the night he kissed Vivian as jealousy because she loved him so much. It mace everything all right, in a way But his interest in Vivian was keenly awakened by the kiss, and he was always conscious of her wnen they were together. Celeste, too. piqued his interest. Several times he had pondered over the idea of asking her out to see if she would go. It was impossible, he thought, for a girl to be as attractive and have the eyes and mouth Ce leste had and not be willing to slip out on a party—if he knew any thing about women. But every time he went near her she froze him. In his conceit he wondered if she were posing—trying to make herself more attractive to him. He felt as free as though he had never gone I through a marriage ceremony with Vivian—and saw no reason why he shouldn’t go out with any girl he felt like going out with as long as no one saw him go. That could be easily arranged. He could, of course, never love any girl but Dovie—but there was no reason why he should tie himself down and be a darned old deacon. It was early May. Spring was In full sway. The apple and cherry and peach blossoms made a para dise of the Johns estate. In the back was a huge orchard, with squat | trees, pruned to the ground to keep ' the wind from blowing them down. Despite the fact tna: she was eagerly awaiting another call from Lawyer Cromwell, and that Kent paid her very little attention—Viv ian felt spring creeping into her heart Every day found her in the air. flying by the hour. Bark said every day that he must get back to New York, but kept putting it off. He had never accomplished so much work. A series of paintings that he had wanted to do for years were completed. It was the first time he had ever really settled down to work so many hours a day. He found it lmnossible to believe, when he thought it over, that he had been away from the gay life and buried in a Kansas hamlet for nine months. But he felt like a new man. When he remembered that he had ! followed Vivian to the wilds of Rar« ! sas because she looked like another j interesting conouest. he smiled How differently it had all turned out. Here he was. waiting day after day j for her promise to marry him. Mann ! Barkow, who had never thought of ! marriage before. Three months , more and she would go to Paris foe ! her divorce. He would follow her there—and he felt certain she would marry him then. It was so warm one afternoon that Vivian decided to wear her white flying suit. Mann had given it to her when the picture was completed. She sailed down the stairs singing happily, and met* Kent in the hall way. He stopped her, admiration in his eyes. "Do you know. Vlv, you've never | asked me to take a ride in your j Moonshine’?" "Well,” ehe shrugged, "you didn't I seem to be Interested. I thought maybe you were afraid to go. Maybe you thought I might not know enough about flying to take you up.” j ' Ah," he winced, "you don't think I'm yellow as that, do you? If you can take a chance I can. ’ "You mean—you are inviting yourself! That you really want to go up with me?” •Yep.” She took his arm and dragged . him through the door. ’ Come right along. Nothing could ! possibly delight me more. Why didn't you ask me sooner?" "I thought.” he told her. “that you and Barkow might not want to be interrupted. It seemed a private cori>oration. "Oh. well. We wouldn't have minded once in a long, long while." she teased "Providing you didn't hang around too long." Bark" was surprised wnen ne saw Kent with Vivian. And he was a little disappointed. It had begun to look as though the little lady’s hus band was opening his eyes. But ne had so much confidence in the abil ity of Dovie Jansen and her mother to put over almost anything they started that he soon forgot tf. He greeted Kent warmly. "Well, Johns, I'm glad to see an ; other member of the family is be coming converted to m.v favorite I pastime. You’re going up. of course. ' Yes." he tried to be equally cor ; dial. "I thought Vivian ought to ! know enough about it by this time i so that I would be safe. I’ve never been up. you know. Can she fly?" "Can she fly?” Barkow loughea ! She is a second Lindbergh. There isn't a woman flyer in America who can touch her.” Kent laughed uproariously. Bar kow looked serious "I mean it, Johns. She ought to ! have been a bird.’ "Well.” he exclaimed, and Vivian saw that he looked at her with new 1 admiration. "I’ll be darned. Con gratulations. Viv.” She curtsied—and they pushed "The Moonshine” out of the hangar. 1 Nevertheless, Kent had a sinking sensation when he climbed into the ! plane. He didn't believe ne was go j ing to be such a good flyer. If it ! had been anybody but Vivian he I might not have felt that way. He looked at her. so confident be side him as he saw the ground re cede from them, and strangely the thought that was uppermost In his mind was that it was a funny old .world. Here he was, in the air with Vivian of all people on earth—with his life in her two white hands, a year ago how impossible it all would have seemed. He was married to her. Actually married to her! And they were foating through space above Bender. Thank goodness they were strapped in tightly! When Vivian banked the ship over to point down and show him their home, breath takingly beautiful, and a riot of spring colors in the May sun. he grabbed her arm. She shook him off. Why. he was affraid! It struck her suddenly that perhaps he had no confidence in her. Of course he wouldn't have! It made her furious. Her pride and her inferiority com plex struggled for a moment—ano she decided that he just assumed she would be dumb and incapable The wind struck the plane, and it gave a sudden Jerk and swayed over to the side. She could see Kent pale, and he started to take hold of her arm again. “Afraid?" she asked in hia ear. *’N-no,’’ he denied. Ail at once Vivian felt a little con tempt for his weakness. Why. he was afraid! He was a big. strong man—a man she had always looker up to aa a sort of god—and here he was, actually frightened pale be cause he was in an airplane. It gave her a sense of power— and she saw him in a new light. He wasn't such a god. after all. m some ways he was a coward. Flying was so natural to Vivian that she had absolutely no sympathy for a man who was a physical coward. Her lip curled. Kent had his eyes closed and did not see the look she gave him. But. one thin* he was certain of. Something terrible had happened For suddenly the plane lurched drunkcnly. and they were diving through space ... the ground com ing up to meet them. They were crashing! He moaned and lost con sciousness. (TO BE CONTINUED> Gir&lb Bag " I >■■ — ■ »■»■ — ■■■ !■ I »■— "* Who am I? In what plane did I fly the Atlantic? Who were my companions? What cabinet post did General Grant hold before he became president? Where Is Gretna Green? "All go unto one place; all are ol the dust, and all turn to dusl again.™ Where is this passage found In the Bible? Today's Horoacope Persons born on this day are home loving and gentle. They have high ideals and unhappy marriages ruin them. [Star Lore THE MAGNIFICENT TELESCOPE By Arthur DeV. Carpenter Among the outstanding mechani cal aids to the astronomer are the camera, spectroscope, radiometer but they would be of practically nc account were it not for the tele scope by means of which they be come effective, for the telescope brings the heavenly bodies withir their range of observation anc analysis. Remote spiral nebules millions of light years distant art sharply defined by the telescope and the camera makes the picture The telescope makes a star suffi ciently bright to permit the spec troscope to analyse its ehemlea structure. The delicate radiometer assisted by the telescope, registen the temperatur of a star or i planet f More tomorrow > Answers to Foregoing Questions 1. Wilmer Stultz; Friendship Lou Gordon and Amelia Earhart. 2. Secretary of War. 3. Scotland. A Ecclesiastes 111, 20. Health and Right Living BY ROYAL 8. COPELAND. M. D. 'j Former Commissioner of Health • —————————————————————— President Hoover has issued what might be called “The Child s Bill of Rights.” I quote it here: “The ideal to which we should strive is that there shall be no child in America: “That has not been born under proper conditions; “That does not live In hygienic surroundings: “That ever suffers from under nourishment; "That does not have prompt and efficient medical attention and in spection; "That does not receive primary instruction in the elements of hy giene and good health: “That has not the complete birthright of a sound mind in a sound body: "That has not the encourage ment to express in fullest measure the spirit within which is the final endowment of every human being.” Let us for a moment think about . this "bill of rights.” It asks noth- I ! ing that should not be the aim of all parents and expectant parents for their children. It insures for the child fortunate enough to be so endowed, an equal or more than equal chance to meet the problems of life. What does it mean to be horn un der proper conditions? What are these conditions? Healthv parents is the first essential! A home ' founded on right living, r'tht th rk ing. respect for society—this is im portant. To live in hygenic surroundings I —this is not an unfair demand, no matter what the wealth of the family may be. A home can be clean. the children clean—this should be the rule anyhow. Sun shine anc! fresh air are Important. In order not to suffee from un dernourishment the food mav be main, but it must be nourishing Today no child need be without [ those essentials of food which make for sturdv growth and a strong | body This should be the heritage of every youngster. To have promot and efficient medical care and medical inspec tion is the next requirement. There ( was a time when complete exam ir-and wer*» rmlv »Ithln the reach of the favored few j Today fortunately, this is not the i rase. For those who have no means i to employ physicians the endow ' ment of great funds for child we! [ fare, the child health clinics, un ! der the supervision of the health departments of all the hlg cities and 1 the local hr*nital clinics. Insure ( proper care for every man woman and child. i There is no reason whv the bill of rights should not be enforced for every child We are happy It is so. ANSWERS TO HEALTH QI*ERIES C. W. H Q—What can be done i for itching? I am a man seventy i years of age and this occurs in cold weather. A —This condition may he due to constipation, auto-Intoxication, in testinal disturbance, poor nutrition, overeating or to some food poison ing. tit L M C. Q —What causes large spots of the skin to remain un tanned? A.—This condition Is due to loss of pigment and there Is nothing that can be done, unless you stain the spots in order to make them less noticeable. * '• I Skin trouble*—pim ples, boils eczema and that tallow fcomplexion — all foretell a body weak ness — a deficiency in red-blood-cells. If you desire 4 clear skin, you must keep your blood in good condition, “S.S.S. has brought me health and happiness1* WITH the last blemish gone, confidence Teturns. | More friends—more invitations— more good times. With the joy and pride of possessing a clear skin, self-respect increases. Everybody wants to be attrac tive. It is a just and natural am bition. But no one can be at tractive without a clear skin. Skilled physicians recognize the appearance of pimples, boils, ec zema and other skin eruptions as being an indication that the body’s power of resistance is low. Rich, red blood builds and sustains The sure way to remedy this condition is to restore the red blood-cells to normal. This is why so many thousands have been enabled to free them selves of these unsightly blemishes and painful skin annoyances V? taking a course of S.S.S. S.S.S. helps Nature restore the blood to its normal state. Healthy blood nourishes the body and works against infection and dis ease. Without plenty of rich, red blood there could be no strong, ' sturdy, powerful men, or healthy, beautiful women. S.S.S. proven record over 100 years If you are troubled with * called skin disorders, take a feskt bottles of S.S.S. Seek energy, vitality and a clear skin through the remedy, which is made from fresh vegetable drugs, and has stood the test of over 100 years. , All Drug Stores sell S.S.S. in two sixes. Ask for the larger size. It is more economical. 11 _ Mi J mt t-K.9. Cm. - I » , a clear skin, comts from wiihJfi ERNEST L. Q—What cause* premature grayness and what can be done for it? A.—Premature grayness may ba due to serious Illness, heredity or a sudden shock. There Is really noth ing that can be done other than keening the scain «nd hair in feet condition all the time. A stim ulating ointment la reconunenaeu. M F. Q—What do you advise for e fallen stomach. I am 58 years of age and suffer with terrible gases? 2. What will dear up heed noises and buzzing in the ears? A.—A properly fitted abdominal support together with careful diet and general care should bring about the improvement. 2. This may be due to nasal ca tarrh. to nervousness or to abnor mal blood pressure Examination should locate the exact cause and then proper treatment can be ad vised. In the meantime keep the nose and throat clear. • • • MISS R. s Q—What can be done for pimples? 2. Whet can be done for a run- J ning rose? I always seem to have I a cold. ' 3. What causes excessive perspi ration? A —The diet must be corrected, avoiding too much sugar, starch or coffee. Eat only simple food. Con stipation should be corrected. 2.—You may be troubled with nasal catarrh. For details send a self-addressed, stamped envelope and repeat your question. 3—This is due to nerve stimula tion. After bathing use a sedi tion of alum, two draehms to a pint of water. This should help the condition. You should have treat ment for the nervousness. • • • E. F. P. Q—What causes pim ples on my tongue which smart and bum? A.—This condition Is probably due to hyperacidity, an acid condi tion of the stomach. This can be corrected by proper diet. SHDFTIY MAKES SUM I - - | on your home and hminaaa afford* necessary —emffy.' Without it tout home nJ business tmchf suddenly be come vafariiraa.^ Make cute ocm tharyou srel property insured. We can Mpt~; . W. B. Clint Complete Insurance Service Phone 6 Phone 6