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Friday, September 20, 1935
No Citrus Marketing Agreement
This Year?
While the AAA has made no formal announcement
ef the fact. It appears from a perusal of the situa
tion that there will be no Texas Citrus Marketing
agreement in effect during the citrus shipping sea
eon which opens on the first day of October.
Obvious enough are the reasons for reaching such
a conclusion. The amended AAA rules and regula
tions Just squeaked through the last session of con
gress in its closing days, and until those amendments
were passed and became law. the AAA quite natural
ly was as much at sea as anybody and in no position
to formulate plans for the future.
Under the amended AAA it appears that those sec
tions of the marketing agreement law that were
ruled unconstitutional in federal district court here
and that would come under the famed NR A decision
of the 8upreme Court have been bolstered and that
It will now be possible to consummate a marketing
•gTeemer.t with teeth, one that will stick in the courts
of the land.
While California citrus growers have adopted the
marketing agreement under which they operated
last year as a temporary measure until a new agree
ment may be reached under the amended provisions
of the AAA. no action has been taken here in the
Valley and probably will not be taken for the com
ing season
For one thing, this section is. faced with a short
crop, and for another thing, the time is entirely too
short to perfect such an agreement and to secure
the necessary approval of the requisite number of
citrus growers and shippers as required by the new
law.
California, faced with a good crop, and knowing
from experience that control of citrus shipments pays
big dividends to the grower, will operate this coming
season under a marketing agreement, a hearing on
which will be conducted the 30th of September The
chances are that Florida will also onerate under an
agreement of some sort. Although the naming of a
atate control committee may obviate the necessity of
a formal AAA agreement, the effect will be the same.
Although considerable dissatisfaction was apparent
in the Valley last season with the agreement under
which this section operated and with the workings
of the Texas Citrus Control committee, it Is still sig
nificant that shippers of 80 per cent of the fruit ton
nage that left the Valley abided bv the agreement
and were convinced that It was working for the best
Interests of the Industry.
However, with no agreement this season, the Val
ley should right now be thinking of the seasons to !
come when, nature willing, the potential crop of this
section will be moving to market to the tune of some
90,000 cars. Control of a crop of such dimensions is
an obvious necessity.
Let the agreement go this season. With a short
crop and the limited time remaining, such a course
is necessary.
But begin right now preparing for the season to
follow, that of 1938-37. and have the stage set for the
consummation of an agreement In plenty of time
for the opening of that season. 1
Leaving a Bad Taste
E. L. Doheny is dead, leaving behind him another
picturesque chapter in tha famous American story,
"From Rags to Riches." This man, who set out
from his Wisconsin home upwards of <0 years ago
possessed of nothing except energy and ambition,
made himself one of tha world's great masters of cap
ital and showed once more what can be done In
America by one whose acquisitive instinct is properly
developed.
Yet his story Is not one which Americans win en
joy reading. He will be remembered because of the
oil scandals. He will have his place in tha history
books, but it wont be the sort of place a sensitive man
would care to fill.
There used to be a saying The king can do no
wrong." A certain kind of American capitalist seems
to feel that a rich man enjoys the same privilege.
Doheny will go down in history as a representative of
that kind of capitalist.
/ j
Build up Child Against
Recurring Pneumonia
By OB. MORRIS F1SHBEIN
Editor. Journal of tha American Medical Association,
and of Hygeia, the Health Magazine
Diseases that affect the lungs do not seem to pro
duce a permanent resistance such as is produced by
other infectious diseases. For example, one attack
of scarlet fever, diphtheria, or of measles usually gives
the person sufficient resistance to that ha will not
have such attack again. But such diseases as Influ
enza, pneumonia, bronchitis and other Inflammations
of the lung do not seem to give a resistance that lasts
long, and many persons have these diseases several
limes.
The usual advice relative to prevention of pneu
monia is to do everything possible to build up re
sistance of the person concerned. For a while it was
thought that vaccines could be given to Increase re
sistance against pneumonia—that is, mixtures of the
germs that cause pneumonia, suitably killed so that
I they would not reinfect.
If, however, the disease itself does not bring about
resistance of any permanent duration, there does not
seem to be any reason to believe that a mixture of
killed germs would be any more beneficial. For that
reason most doctors do not recommend vaccination
against pneumonia.
There are. however, other ways of building resist
ance against diseases which should be employed, par
ticularly in such cases as the one described. In the
first place, it Is desirable for such children to avoid
exposure to inclement weather as, for example, severe
cold, dampness, snow, and drafts.
Next, they should have plenty of nourishing food,
particularly food providing adequate substances for
growth o fthe bod}’, as well as for energy. This means
that the child should have the right amount of pro
tein food and not too much of the sugars and that he
should have plenty of vegetables containing vitamins
A. B. C and D.
It must be remembered that vitamins A and D
are found largely in cod-liver oil and halibut-liver
oil; vitamin C in orange Juice And vitamin D in whole
grains, fresh vegetables, and yeast.
If the child receives adequate amounts of these vit
amins in the diet and receives In addition some cod
liver oil or halibut-liver oil. he will probably not re
quire any excess vitamins in the form of medicinal
preparations.
It is important for such child to have plenty of
fresh air and warmth and perhaps to have a brief
period In a warm climate during which he will be
given every opportunity to develop a good condition
of the lungs.
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A child who has had pneumonia twice, and who is
therefore, apparently of the type that has not a great
deal of resistance in his respiratory tract, should ob
viously be kept away from people who are ill with
pneumonia and who offer a new source of pneumonia
germs.
More important than exercise for a child of this
type is an adequate amount of rest. Furthermore,
everything possible should be done to take good care
of the slight colds which a child of this type may de
velop on various occasion.*.
Definite precautions should be taken against fa
tigue and chilling, particularly in the early fall and
late spring periods, when pneumonia is most fre
quent.
Those words "freedom” and "opportunity” do not
mean a license to climb upward by pushing other
people down —President Roosevelt.
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WASHINGTON
By Ray Tucker
Safeguard — The consumer may
come into his own if Dr. Walton
Hamilton can put over his program
for setting up an independent federal
agency charged with keeping an eye
on ultimate prices.
Dr. Hamilton, who heads the con
sumers' protective agency originally
established under NRA, Is quietly
bringing Into one central group all
the departmental agencies which are
supposed to watch over buyers’ in
terests. Then he hopes to create a
small board of review to pass upon
complaints which may be referred to
Washington by this inter-depart
mental board or by regional bodies
set up throughout the country, lo
cal. city and state councils.
What he has in mind Is eventual
creation of a body which will have
the Independent status of the Fed
eral Trade Commission. Its function
would be to safeguard the consumer
against unjustified prices as the
Federal Traders protect them against
harmful products and practices. He
has powerful backing for his idea,
but it will probably be a long while
before he makes good on it. Rising
prices usually mean political pros
perity.
• • •
Quit — Although It has been slow
In leaking out, 8ue White's resigna
tion from Dr. Hamilton's council
discloses the difficulties the New
Dealers face in evolving a practical
program for checking the rise in liv
ing costs
Miss White Is a loyal political sol
dier, formerly connected with the
democratic national committee, and
would not have stepped out without
some provocation As a consumers'
protector she had helped to build up
the na’ionwide system of consumers*
councils. They were supposed to re
port the trend of prices, forward
complaints against excessive in
creases and furnish a yardstick for
comparison.
Miss White thought they could
perform a real and immediate func
tion. But the Hamilton plan seemed
to her to Jeopardize their activities.
Her superiors took the position that
he county grouns' Investigations and
complaints would aggravate dissatis
faction and undermine al efforts to
work toward a permanent solution.
They didn’t want to stir up trouble
wmle setting up a long-range pro
gram. Sc she quit.
• • •
United — Private transportation
interests — railroads, trucks, air
lines. waterways and pipe lines —
have orcan^eu to beat off the threat
of government ownership of pasaen
ger ard freight facilities It marks
a desperate last stand by these rival
interests to keep an aggressive New
Deal from laying hands on them.
The new organization which will
soon be bom amidst a blare of trum
pets, has built from the “grass roots"
up after twelve months of prepara
tion. It will represent individuals,
corner grocers, big shippers, bond
holders and transport interests. It
will set up a research division to
study how to divide a constantly
dwindling total of business among a
constantly increasing number of
competitors so that all may survive
and attract new capital. .Then It
will carry its campaign into every
state and congressional district.
Though the sponsors dont admit
it publicly, they fpar that FDR has
designs on them, and may move to
take them over when and if their fi
nancial difficulties force them to sur
render. A clever railroad lawyer
has discovered that the Wheeler bill,
Instead of providing simply for gov
ernment ownership of railroads, de
mands federal ownership of **»li
transport lines." That’s why these
traditional enemies have united —
for the first time!
• • *
Time — New Deal lawyers have
changed their pace in advancing to
ward the supreme court trenches.
They want to hear the bad — ur
good — news as soon as they can.
Instead of delaying the march of
crucial cases — the processing tax,
slum clearance, TVA, Wagner and
Guffey laws — toward the high tri
bunal for final adjudication, they
are cooperating to get quick trials
TV A s solicitors move in refusing to
oppose a test action was the tipoff.
Behind the scenes D of J legal lights
are working furiously to prepare ap
peals. They look for a decision on
some major measures before Christ
mas.
Whereas government attorneys
waddled deliberately in the first two
years, they now believe a speedy de
termination will prove advantageous.
If the court cracks down again, it
will permit congress to try to revise
the laws in question without undulv
prolonging the next session. If
President Roosevelt decides to ap
peal from the court to the people in
a big way, as he has hinted, the ear
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Qt BLUE DOOR
>4, 13acW r}iacK.
BEGIN HIU TODAY
BUTH WOODflOIt. pretty. high
aptriMjM af IE ta muO a<
la aa aM etaae haaaa with a Mae
4«af ta tka Httla laws af Worth
elite. Tka ameer aM earrtaker.
BERTHA GIHBB. alee kaawa aa
PENNY. thlaka Rath la MAINE
CHALMERS, wkaae greed father
kallt tka haaaa.
Bath, aerdlag aka Iter a ad fcae
tag fa Ilea la leee with the roams
aeaa meat doar. JOHN HrVEILL.
deaMee ta atay aa a while. Baa
lag aa HBalae. Blaise. aeeaawhile,
at Grayeaetle Callage, eawe la a
eo rarity mere flag ta ete tka leee
ef her rhlldhaad here. Jake He
Weill, the glaaa la ga la Wortk
vtlle. _
A aaa kaawa aa JOHH mini
aaeaaae frata aa —Tka. kaye a
aeeil ear aad etarte far Wertk
aflle.
Jaka MeWetn kaa fallea to leee
with Bath aad wen-tee abaat har
kalag alaaa with Bertha Gtbhe to
the aid haaaa. Bath la eat dla
enaeerted by tka gaeer artlaae af
aid Banka ar by tka straage
aolaae eha been la tka haaaa at
Bight.
Blalaa gaae ta Haw Yark aad
krr at other. GWEN DEAL, tells
her that har aacla. DUNCAN
HINTEB. baa aaeaged fraai aa
toeaaa eerie— aad te thoaght ta
ba to Hew Yerk. This —wi la
kept fraat HIGATB DEAL. Gwra'e
huebaad. slaea ba hataa Daaeaa
aad waa tka aaa wha aaaeed hi—
to ha aaadaed- Blalaa la to taee
with a easier at Aaaapelle. DEW
MS DAVIS. hat aaraaregea the
attrntleae af TEDDY TAW H*R
RIHGTOW.
BOW OO OH WITH THE BTOBY
CHAPTER XX
irRS. McNEILL. arriving home
* few days earlier than she
had expected, took a taxi from
the depot to her home on Gar
field avenue.
When she reached home she
was given a welcome by Susis,
the colored cook who had served
her for almost 10 years.
Mrs. McNeill exclaimed, “How
nice everything looks. Busts! 1 j
don’t believe I’ve been missed at
alt How s Mr. John?"
"If M’s his appetite you’re
askin' about/' answered Susie, “it
ain't never been better. But he's
doin' a powerful lot of galavant
in’. Ha ain't home any longer
than U takes to eat his meals
and spruce up."
Mrs. McNeill looked pleased
She said. “I always thought John
would be socially inclined if he
ones got started. Where haa he
been going, Susie?”
“Now you're askin' me aum
thia'!M replied Susie. She rolled
her eyes importantly, enjoying the
remarkablenees of the news she
was about to impart. “Ke’a been
goln’ ovah to tha old Hunter
house!"
Mrs. McNeill stared tn amuse
ment, her well-bred mouth ac
tually gaping. “What do yoa
mean by that. Snsie? What on
earth doaa ha de there?”
“He hangs aroun’ a young
Indy." Susie informed her.
“Who Is the girl?" Mrs. Mc
Neill asked. “Yoa don’t mean the
Chalmers child, do yoa. Susie?”
“Yes m.'* said Susie, nodding
“Dat’s who 'Us, all right. He call
her ’Elaine' when he yell at bar
one mornln' from the yard. Ebe
and me recollects her from s
chile, bet we nls't had a good
look at her since she’s bees heah.
Seem like she done eome all by
herself to take a rest. Mr. John
tola me not to talk about It to
anybody, an’ 1 ain’t"
• • e
m TR8. McNEILL was calculating.
^ “Elalna most be about 20
years old now. Do you mean the
girl baan't ssan anybody bat
John. Baal#?**
“Roams Ilka aha ain’t.** replied
Basie. “Maybe she's dona eaaght
the solitary bag from erasy Bar
ths Gibbs."
Mrs. McNsfll laughed, tbeo
grew sober. “She's got no busi
ness being alone to that bouse
with Bertha. I’ve an Idas aha
earns without her mother’s eon
sent. 1 must look Into M. Susie.“
John arrived last to time tor
dinner: almost before the soup
waa finished bis mother waa ask
ing him questions about Halos.
Hla reticence surprised her. Goa Id
Basis be right about hla being
“daffy" ovar the girl? Sbe said,
"John. 1 must as# bar! She’s sot
no Sarin— Si tha world being
in that house Whatever Induced
her to corns? Just u whim?"
“It seems ao." answered John.
"She needed a rest"
Mrs. McNeill Mid. To afraid
I wouldn’t recognise her now. 1
recall her aa a handsome Imperi
ous child. How is Berths reacting
to It all. John?"
“More reasonably than you’d
expect." John replied. “But I feel
darn d uneasy about tt, lust the
same 1’va just been thinking.
Mother, eonidn’t we ask her over
here to finish out her visit?"
“Of course we could eon." she
tokl him. "I’ve been planning the
same thing myself. Go over after
dinner and bring bar to me I
think I can convince her that she
ought to come to ue~
Rath was not prepared for
John’s request that she ran over
to see his mother with him. It
threw her into a panic. 8he ex
claimed, “Why. Johnl I didn’t
know yonr mother was at home.**
-She came back today.- John
told her.
He did not let her waft to
-primp,- as be called it, bnt
seised her hand and drew her. run
ning. after him acroas the lawns.
• • e
MRS McNEILL met them in the
hsll snd kissed Rath mstter
of-fsctly as shs greeted her. She
said. “You’re a dear child to
come. John says yon haven't been
seeing people, bnt I felt yon
wouldn't mind seeing me.” She
wss leading Rath into the big
living room and seating her on
s divsn as shs talked. The girl’s
panic was vanishing. Shs had
been accepted as Elaine, even in
the clear lamplight Perhspe there
was nothing to fear, after all.
She looked shyly at John and his
beaming smile reassured her.
He said. -Mother’s got a plan.
A swell one—
-What is It?" Ruth asked, her
voice a little flattery.
-It’s this." said Mrs. McNeill.
"You're to go back and pack yonr
olothea and come to ns at once.
Tou’re not to slay another night
in that desolate old barn. It's not
practical. It’s not even safe."
Rath answered, surprised and
touched. "Oh. but I couldn't do
that. I couldn’t."
Mrs. McNeil! asked pointedly,
“Does yonr mother know you are
here. Elaine?"
-No." answered Ruth, flushing
hotly.
"And do you think she’d ap
prove of your being hers alone?”
continued Mrs. McNsill firmly.
“No. 1 suppose she wouldn’t.’'
"Well then!" said Mrs. McNeill,
as if that settlsd It. "Do you want
John to tell old Bertha Gibbs
your* coming. or would you
rather do It yourself?”
Beth replied, lifting bar chin
stubbornly. “If it’s Berths you’re
thinking aboat, lire. McNeill,
she's ns harmless as a child.
John's warned me about her eev
erml times'* (with a quick emiM
at him) “hat I've always con
tended she's all right. She's Jest
eccentric and childish.”
Mrs. McNeill Mid reasonably,
“We are la n position to know
more shoot Barths Gibbs than
yoa do, Blaine. She's quits det
ultely off. Not violent. I grant
yoa, bet off. She's aarsed gredgee
against certain people for year*
Yoar stepfather among them.
Yamr mother,* too. possibly. No
doubt you know why. She woe
shiped yoar Uacle Duncan.”
“Yea." murmured Ruth, though
what Mrs McNeill had Just said
made no sense to her. She was
thinking. “I can't some over here
and stay. 1 won't There's a limit
to my oatrageoas nerve." With
all her strength she would resist
them. She allowed her determina
tion to show in her face as she
looked at Mr* McNeilL She said,
sxactly as ths imperious Elalns
Chalmers would hav# said It,
"You’re kind to ask me to come,
but I'm quite all right whoro I
am. It's an adventur* I wouldn't
mlos.“
VARS. McNEILL said, with a
little gesture of defeat but
not resentment. "Then stay on for
a while, dear, and talk to me. I
remember yon as a little girl, and
yet I don't remember yon either.
At least you're not turned out m
I thought you would.**
Roth supplied with a smile,
“I'm not m large as I promised
to be, and my hair's darker. My
mother’s hair turned dark. too.
though not so much—** She was
quoting Penny almost word for
word.
Mrs. McNeill nodded. “It's
good to see one of the Hunters
back again. There’re been Hunters
here for generationa Worthrille
misses them now. Is your mother
well?"
“Tea. thank you." Ruth re
piled.
Mr*. McNeill was thinking.
"She's surprisingly simple and
unaffected. And so pretty! No
wonder John’s Infatuated. I can
see he It He doesn’t take his
eyes off her ... he rMlly mustn’t
fall in lore with her. She
wouldn't hare him. or. if she did.
it wouldn't work. WMlth’s a
barrier to the normal Ilia It
never brings happiness—"
Yet. through and around these
thoughts, they wore a web of
polite conversation there in the
gracious big parlor, autumn
flowers nodding from sedate old
rases and polished floors reflect
ing the lamplight.
All the while Ruth was think
ing, "Elaine and John should
marry, after all It wouldn't mat
ter about all her money. John’s
background is as good as hers
... it would Join the two houses
together again. 1 believe it’s in
tended. When she comes, all that
will begin to happen—”
And then she thought of a hall
bedroom somewhere, with a gas
plate in It for eooking. If she
were lucky, she would be living
in such a place while John and
Elaine were becoming acquainted,
i (To Be C«nt!meed>
lier the judicial rebuff the more time
he will have for his campaign.
• • •
Regular — The GOP can now
cross Carter Glass and Harry Byrd
of Virginia off their list of potential
democratic troublemakers in the 1936
presidential campaign. These two
distinguished sons of the Old Domin
ion may not warm to the New Deal
—but they won’t desert the party.
For some months the administra
tion seemed to withhold patronage
from these two senatorial critics.
Anti-New Dealers concluded that
Jim Farley v.*as seck.ng revenge lor
their opposition to White House leg
islation. Perhaps so, but the real
trouble was that the two senators
could not get together on nominees
for important posts. Now. through
the conciliatory activities of Virginia
officeholders of the Federal Farm
Bank and W. Forbes Morgan, it is
understood that differences have
been composed.
There are even more cogent rea
sons for their continued party regu
larity. Messrs. Glass and Byrd are
not the type to abandon convictions
merely because of patronage bless
ings. Mr. Byrd will remain a pos-'
sible presidential nominee for some
years and cannot afford to surrender
his party status. As for Mr Glass
well. his daddy lost an eye when
northern carpetbaggers invaded Vir
ginia in the reconstruction days.
He’ll stay democratic some way.
• • •
Backers — Republican friend* have
warned Colonel Frank Knox to fold
up his presidential lightning rod for
a while. They have told him it was
simply attracting bugs and moths
and trouble.
Veteran politicians friendly to the
Chicago publisher criticize his tac
tics. They say he is making too
many speeches, expressing too many
serious ideas and accepting the sup
port of certain Old Guardsmen who
cannot deliver delegates. The Mid
dle West's resentment toward his
proposal for a bounty as a solution of
the farm problem apparently con
vinced him that they knew what they
were talking about.
The Chicagoan seems to have plen
ty of financial backing. Many GOP
ers have rallied to his supoort. in
cluding ex-Senator Jim Watson of
Indiana. ex-Senator George Moses
of New Hampshire and Bob Lucaa
of Kentucky. But nowadays too
much money and too many ex-Sen
ators may be more of a handicap
than a help to a presidential candi
date. He must pick his “angels” and
his apostles with care.
• • •
Contest — The old Constitution
was trotted out in score* of com
munities Tuesday with fervent warn
ings against New Deal attacks upon
the aged and infirm charter. Pres
ident Roosevelt seems to take delight
in throwing a chill into constitution
ists by hinting that it needs rewiring,
but when pressed he blandly suggest*
that It’s up to the people — they mn
amend the Constitution if they like,
and that's all.
What the constitution;#, ardently
hope for Is a smashing decision Irom
the supreme court — something that
will give the New Deal a permanent
breathing spell. If the court should
fail them now, or divide substantially
tifty-fifty. It would be just too bad
for the growing element that It is
trying to steer the next campaign
Into a contest b- tween the New Deal
vs. Americanism.
• • •
Vote*—European soundings as to
America s attitude on the ‘economic
boycott of Italy" get nowhere, ac
cording to state department infor
mation . .. Lots of discouraged offi
cials in the public works administra
tion . . . enthusiastic and increasing
personnel under Rex Tugwell. who
wins out in the scramble for fundi
. . . The supreme court doesn't use
the Government Printing Office —
it hires a little job printer to print
its decisions, and he doesn't leak.
Correctly Speaking
A sentence or a short passage
which the writer wishes to make
especially emphatic may be para
graphed separately.
One^minute Pulpit
And he that reapeth receiveth
wages and gathereth fruit unto life
eternal: that both he that soweth
and he that reapeth may rejoice to
gether. — St. John 4:36.
Sally s Sallies
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A wcH-ipf armed woman m one wheat
servants have worked in the netghbodioed
Ufa*
Barbs
Another baby with an amazing
vocabulary has been discovered. In
addition to debts, the next genera
tion may have to put up with a
bumper crop of filibustered
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What Germany needs la more
humanit-Aryans.
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Just from what Is said of them,
those barefooted Ethiopian tribes
men are not ones with whom to play
"this little pig went to market."
Dinner Stories
NOTHING DOING
Dawn found an Englishman, an
Irishman and a Scotchman, the three
survivors a.* a shipwreck, drifting
helplessly on a raft, In the middle of
the ocean.
Night came and still no sign of res
cue.
When all looked hopeless, the
Irishman knelt In silent prayer.
Quickly the EngUshman snatched
off his hat as a mark of respect,
and the Scotchman took a flying
leap into the sea.
He thought the Englishman was
about to make a collection!
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Q. When doe* the rainy season be
fin and end In Ethiopia? ?. O.
A. The regular annual rainy sea
son lasts from the first of June to
the third week In September. In
tome parts of the highland country,
what are known as the little rains
xcur spasmodically In May. How
sver, the country in general la dry
Croat October to May.
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Q. Do actors often receive injuries
when playing In battle ecenee such
ss the ones in The Crusades? H. B.
A During the Battle of Acre in this
picture there were seventeen minor
Injuries, the director, himself, being
hit by an arrow.
... .
Q. What Is the meaning of the j
name Matacmmbe with reference to *
the Matecembe Keys tn Florida?
J. N.
A. The name is derived from the
language of the aboriginal Indian
inhabitants and means place of
torrows.
• . •
Q. How many state* have laws pro
hibiting hitch-hiking? R. K.
A. Fourteen states and the District
of Columbia now have such laws.
They are: New York, New Jersey,
Connecticut, Delaware, Maine. Mich- *
igan (local ordinances), Minnesota.
North Dakota, Pennsylvania. Utah,
Virginia. Wisconsin, North Carolina,
and Illinois.
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Q Is there an estimate of how
many ears were used by tourists to
take summer trips this year? H. ft.
A It is estimated that 9.750.000 ^
cars carried nearly 35.000,000 person 1
on summer trip* *
Q. What is cross'-fox? R. ft. .
A. A cross-fox is simply a color
variety of the common red fox. hav
ing a more or less definite dark
cross-shaped mark on the back and
shoulders.
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Q Did Ancient Rome have an ar
chives of its state records? L. C.
A. A large building on the slope
of the Capitoline Hill, facing the
Forum, was erected in 78 B C. for
this purpose. It was called the Tab
ula num.
Q. Whst is the population new of
the town where Shakespeare was
born. R. X.
A. Stratford-on-Avon has a popu
lation of about 12.350.
Q. How high 'are the Victoria Falla
in Africa? V. G.
A. The Victoria Falls in Southern
Rhodes.a on the Zambezi River are
a mile wide and from 250 to nearly
350 feet high. The river forces It
self through a hundred foot outlet
into a yawning gorge that winda
away for forty miles. The railroad
bridge crosses the gorge neary 400
feet above the water level.
WWW
Q. How many Uvea were M la
Germany during the War? A. F. L.
A A correspondent of the London
Economist estimates that Germany
Jnst 2.000.000 in the world War. of
whom 25 per cent were between the
ages of 19 and 22, and 60 per cent
between the ages of 19 and 29; that
800.000 civilians died for lack of
food; and that there wa* a decrease
in births amounting to 1^U),000.
Q Who was Mother Biokerdykt?
J. J. C.
A. Mary Ann Ball Blckertiyke waa
an American Civil War nurse. In
i°61 sh- was assigned to field hos
pitals at Fort Donelson; later she
was on duty on several warships on
the Mississippi. She also served with a
Grant’s army at the siege of Vicks- I
burg.
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Q How many families from the
United States are In Matanuska Val
ley. A lasts? C. J.
A. One hundred ninety-one Ameri
can families are living In this coop
erative farming colony.
• *
Q. Who la the highest paid actor
in the colored race? A. W.
A. BUI Robinson, the 57-year-old
tap dancer and actor Is said to com
mand the highest salary of any
negro male performer.
Q What kind of pie Is In great
est demand in bakeries? P. E.
A. Apple pie. More of it la sold
than any other, and It la believed
that it leads among home-made plea
In this country.
Q. Is the pic tare In the Victor ads
that of a real dog? K. C. k
A. The dog used as a trademark r
belonged to Francis Barraud who
painted the picture. Officials of
the company bought the painting
and later awarded Berraud a pen
sion in appreciation.
Q. When was Yugoslavia officially
given that name? E. G.
A. By a royal decree signed Oc
tober S. 1929. by King Alexander, the
name of the Kingdom of Serbs,
Croats, and Slovene* eras changed to
the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, an ap
pellation long In popular use.
Q How old Is the evangelist, Billy
Sunday? H. W.
A. He was bom In 1853. so Is seven
ty-two years old.
• • •
Q How tall was the I>uie of Wet
ilnrton who met Napoleon at Water
loo? S. S. S.
A. He was 5 feet 9 Inches
• * *
O Who discovered that ftnrst* f «
nrtata had permanent Indlrldoalityl
E. R
A. This wts nut forward selentlfl
esllv bv j. e. Purtfeite. a professes
of phvsiology. In a paper read be
fore the University of Breslau, to
1823.
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Q- Whv b Selassie called King of
Kings? A. P.
A The title King of Kings refer*
to the fact that Ethiopia Is »n enmlr*
made up of several kingdoms Be
side* betas emperor. Halle Selassie la
King of Shoa.
• • •
O Why Is the eroews sa called?
l. r.
A Its name comes from the Greek
word for saffron, which 1* obtained
from its stamen*.