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9> ($ - ^ By Edward New Housing Program of the Administration rpKPlKAL money totaling $076,000.RgB"*"' will l?e spent in the next four \ears 011 low ? ?st rent and slum clearanee construction projects, provided ? t h e administration's housing hill, introduced h.v Senator It?>b? ert F. Wagner of New jfl Vork. is passed by s congress. Mr. Wagner hopes it will he put ^ J t h r n ti g h during tiie i?j|| The measure is a Sj^v ^jpSj * curn promise of the many proposals made hy the various relief en. agner und housing agencies of the New Pea) and was drafted after a series of conferences with President Koosevelt- It would create another, bureau, with, five directors, including the secretary of the Interior in his ex officio capacity, receiving $10,(Mm) salaries. The authority could employ officers* agents, counsel and other personnel without limitation as to number or, compensation and without regard for the civil service laws. This authority would supplant the existing housing division of the Public Works administration. The authority would he empowered to make grants not to exceed 45 per cent of the total cost and loans for the remainder to any public housing agency for the acquisition of land , and the construction, of "low-rent" ( housing projects. The loans would ( be repayable over a period not to ex- | ceed (10 years, at such rates of inter- , est as the authority decreed. In addition to the loans and grants, tlie authority could develop and admlnis- j ter so-called demonstration projects, which "as soon as practicable" would be sold to public housing agencies. 1 Senate Begins Impeachment ' Trial of Judge Ritter RKSOLVIXC* itself Into n court, the : senate began the impeachment s trial of Federal Judge Halsted, L. Kit- r ter of Florida?the twelfth such case c in 137 years. It was ^r believed the trial would c last at least one week. ^ The defendant was 1 represented by Carl 11 s T. IlofTman of Miami ,.y^. J and Frank It. Walsh ** s of Washington and I IpJ New York. The prose- ? ... I cutlon was In charge o f Representatives ' '' J| Summers of Texas. wjjB Hohhs of Alabama and l'erklns of New JudBe mtter Jersey. ! Judge Ritter is charged In seven 1 impeachment articles voted by the c house with allowing A. L. Rankin, a t luriuer law puriuer, exorimani receiv- I ership fees, with 'corruptly" receiving I $4,500 from Rankin, with violating the judicial code in practicing law while e on the bench, and with evasion of s taxes on part of his 1029 and 1930 In r comes. <] Wallace Reports Some Big AAA Payments 1 DUB to the insistence of Senatoi f Vandenberg for publicity on large AAA benefit payments, Secre- J tary Wallace has begun telling about t them. He made a partial report, ( withholding the names of recipients with three exceptions. This revealed that the largest cotton rental benefit payment, $123,747 for 1934, went to a Mississippi company beaded by Oscar Johnston, an AAA official. Among the largest cotton payment recipients In 1933 were the Mississippi state penitentiary, which received $43,200 for controlling production on it9 cotton acreage, and $25,500 to the Arkansas state prison. Among other large payments reported under various crop control programs were: Sugar?$061,064 to a Puerto Mean corporation: $862,460 to a Hawaiian producer; $92,237 to a California beet sugar producer: $65,505 to a Colorado beet sugar grower. Corn-hogs?$150,000 to the 'largest hog farm In the world," located in California; $49,194 to a farming company In New Jersey; $19,098 to a Massachusetts producer. Wheat?$29,398 to a California farming concern for the second 1934 and first 1936 period?; $26,022 to the "operator of a number of farms" In Washington state; $23,^45 to a California bank, owner of h large wheat acreage; $22,325 to a "large Montana ? farmer." k ^ The Cherokee S< - / - QveanZd virieur(^ W. Pickard (& Western Newspaper L'r.ion 1 T - 1 = Cotton?$115,700 in 1JKM to an Arkansas concern; $S0.(KK) the same year to another Arkansas company. Tobacco?$41,454 to a Florida concern: to a Connecticut producer ; to a South Carolina grower; S15.450 to a Kentucky grower. Supreme Court Hits at Arbitrary Power IN A decision concerning a specific * action of the Securities Exchange commission the United States Supreme court ruled against the SEC. and in its pronouncement It uttered a significant warning against the exercise of arbitrary power by governmental agencies. Especially censured were the "fishing excursions." often undertaken hv commissions and congressional committees. Said the court: "The philosophy that constitutional limitations and legal restraints upon official action may he brushed aside upon the plea that good, perchance. may follow, finds no countenance in the American system of government. An investigation not li'iciwt nunn rtuu>! rin.l In l? i'lt. ? Him ^Killliua 19 (| UIIC as objectionable as a search warrant not based upon specific statements of fact. Sncli an Investigation, or such a search, is unlawful in its inception and cannot he made lawful by what it may bring, or by what it actually succeeds In bringing to light.'* The decision was concurred In by six justices: a dissenting opinion handed down by Justices Cardozo, Branlels and Stone, agreed with the warning of the abuse of power, hut conended that the net of the SEC, held inlawful by the majority, was a legal ind just means of stamping out frauds n security sales. Tornadoes in the South fCill Scores of Persons rORNAPOKS tore across Mississippi. Alabama. Georgia, Arkansas, ind Tennessee, leaving death and detruction in their wake. About 400 >ersons were killed and hundreds of ithers injured, and the property losses an up into the millions. The little Ity of Tupelo, Miss., suffered the nost. with nearly 200 on the death 1st and more than a hundred homes mashed Into kindling wood. A few hours later another tornado truck Gainesville, Ga.. and in three ainutes had nearly ruined the busitess section of the town and killed nore than 150 persons. In fires that ollowed the storm the bodies of many rictims were burned beyond recognlIon. The mining communities near Coumhia, Tenn.. to the north and east of Tupelo, counted seven dead. Red Bay. eastward In Alabama, lost five lives o the merciless wind. Near-by looneville, Miss., had four killed and Jatesville, Ark., suffered one death. The tornadoes struck while the southeast was reaching n tiual total on torins which smashed through that eglon a few days before, causing 43 leaths in Georgia, the Carulinas, Ala ama and Florida. ^owden May Be Keynoter or the Republicans LEADERS of both major parties are perfecting the arrangements for he national conventions and picking Hit the chief orators for those occa_ ?sions. The Republlc\ ans have tentatively ' selected Frank O. Low t ('eo> former governor j of Illinois, as temporary Chairman and .- keynoter of the gath' er*ng Jd Cleveland. If |HHO| ihis choice stands it Is presumed the permanPnt chairman will be an Easterner, possibly Walter Edge of New O. Lowden i??rsey, former ambassador and senator. Some Western governor Is wanted by he Democrats as their keynoter and he honor may be given to Paul V. McS'utt of Indiana, C. Ben Ross of Idaho >r Clyde C. Herring of Iowa. For pernanent chairman at Philadelphia Senitor Robinson of Arkansas Is likely to >e picked. The speech putting Presllent Roosevelt In nomination for a tecond term may be delivered by Sendor Wagner of New York. New York Republicans of the Old [Juard persuasion scored a decisive rictory over Senator Borah in the primaries. and the Empire state delegation to Cievelund will be unpledged to any candidate. The triumph of the conservatives was complete. "' "T < *-k :out, Murphy, N. CM Thi \BRISBANE THIS WEEK. B Ethiopia Rains Bombs Six Marriage Troubles Marilyn Miller Is Dead Another Big Question Addis Ababa is bombed by Italian planes from more than a mile above the city, natives : that could not pos3 sibly carry one3 quarter of the distarue. Correspond3 ents with receiving S S4'ts listened to the to each other 3|| by radio, llaile So !' - *..'.1 " 3S^^^| Inssie, li u r r y i n a home when they called. That war Arthur Iiri.'h..,., should be over soon Dr. Alice E. Johnson, psychiatrist of Philadelphia's Municipal court, gives six reasons for marriage failures. They are: Different family backgrounds of husband and wife; relatives interfering, especially niothers-inlaws; infidelity; incompatibility; alcoholism. and a desire to "dominate." There Is a seventh reason, to be found in the nature oi man, who is still 98 per cent in the age of barbarism. Marilyn Miller is dead, only thirtyeight years old. The little town of Findlay, Ohio, or the bigger town of New York, might well erect some monument to her memory. She contributed a great deal to human cheerfulness and happiness, and it may l?e SJlifl n f hop .iJ h!n,n?o1 I-.I'???~ ! I referring to the death of the groat actor. Gnrrick, that her death "eclipsed the gayety of nations and Impoverished the public's stock of harL ??ss pleasure." A lady who signs "R. A. G." Is interested in very serious things. She writes: "The more T hear of those big armies, the more I am reminded of the huge population of hell. What is your idea of hell?" That big question may be answered later. An aged colored man once told his pastor: "I don't believe in hell, because I don't think any constitution could stand it." "It worries me," says the lady, "that so many men are afraid of poverty here upon earth, and not afraid of hell." Miss B. A. G. is certain that hell Is real, a belief that must be comforting to those anxious to have the wicked punished. Winthrop W. A Id rich, head of the Chase National bank, biggest In America, knows about money, as did bis father before him. the late senator from Rhode Island, who invented the Federal Reserve plan and put it through. Mr. Aldrich thinks It would not be a good Idea to turn money loose and encourage a speculative, stock-gainbling boom, lie remembers 11)29. Under certain circumstances "the prospect of inflation is very grave indeed." says Mr. Aldrich and warns against "the erection of a top heavy structure of credit again/' An offensive and defensive treaty between Japan and Germany, like the one between France and Uus9la, is considered a certainty. It should be possible for nations that want to survive and prosper to get together and let others that must tight kill each other off until they tire of it. This country, at least, should carry out that plan. Japan and Russia have passed from the "warning" stage to border lighting on the Russian side. Planes, war tacks and heavy artillery are taken across the Manchukuo border by Russia, and that "looks like business." Russia will soon know how much Mongolia will be worth as a protection against Japau, and Europe may soon know the value of Russia as a protection against Asia. The Canadian Preeu news service says Canada's wealth has shrunk almost six thousand million dollars since That will be only a temporary shrinkage. You know that England Is worried about something when you read that she now demands that the league es tablish an oil embargo against Italy. A little late, but it is explained that England is outraged by Italy's use of poison gas against the Ethiopians. Mussolini used something worse than poison gas agalnat England when hs occupied the Lake Tana region. ? Kins Features Syndicate, lac. WNU Servlca. ursday, April 16, 1936. i ^ How an Exper Prepare! by the National G??>craplilc Society. Washington. 1>. C.?WNt' Service. TI1KUK are some 800,000 bees In I t lie United States, producing about 100,000 tons of marketable honey annually. And yet the oee is not a native. There were no bees in North Amerca when the Spanish explorer* arrived. Settlers coming in later expedii as brought them, and at frst the In 1 in ns called them "the "white man's ly." Since then they have followed nan In his migration and'settlement ?f every part of the United Spates and Canada. Until recently these insects' chief asefulness to man was their production of honey nnd beeswax?no mean serv-j Jce, since for centuries honey was virtually the only available sweet. But now, as pollinatins agents, they perform a far more important duty. In the pioneer stages of American agriculture, bumblebees and other native pollinating Insects that fed upon nectar and pollen were plentiful everywhere. But the planting of vast areas which once wore forests, prairies, and swamps with fields of grain, orchards, and gardens upset the delicate balance of nature. Widespread cultivation of single plants in huge acreages brought about an abnormal condition of Insect population. Injurious species, afforded an enormous food supply, prospered nnd multiplied until now serious insect pests menace almost every important crop. Insecticides must be used to protect farm crops, particularly fruits. Unfortunately, these materials kill not only harmful but beneficial insects. The toll includes honeybees nnd other wild bees, as well a: the efficient bumblebees?all the insects that carry pollen from one blossom to another. Plants Need Pollination. Even yet we scarcely realize the dependence of many plants upon insects to effect pollination. The Gutting of wood lots and the clean cultivation of our fields have added to the difficulty of survival of our useful insects, with the result that more and more dependence has to be placed upon the honeybee, the only pollinating insect that can be propagated and controlled. Some plants bear only male flowers. | wiucn produce pollen but no fruit, and female flowers in the same species occur on a separate plant. To set fruit, pollen from the male plant must be carried to the female flower. Some plants simultaneously boar both male and female flowers, but still require cross-pollination to set fruit. Then there is a third class in which both sexes occur in the same blossom. Some of these plants can set fruit with their own pollen. Hut In many plants pollen from another is necessary tc set a full crop o* fruit or seed. Although the honeybee is by nc means domesticated, it is easily controlled. Consequently, millions already are being moved from one section of the country to another and placed in orchards and on farms. Hee men In the ! South even offer for sale a pollination | package, a wire cage filled with bees. The grower distributes the requslte number throughout his orchards, opens the cages, and leaves the rest to the bees. Hundreds of full colonies ar? rented to orchardists during the peak of the blooming period. The bee has also largely replaced the camel's haii brush in pollinating cucumbers under glass. Were it not for the work of the hon eybee, most of our apple, pear, plum, and cherry orchards would bear poor crops, the growing of certain forage crops would be unprofitable, and the variety and quantity of onr vegetables would be materially reduced. Pound in Nearly All Countries. Honey and beeswax are produced over a wider geographical range than any other agricultural crop. There l? scarcely a country in which honeybees are not kept They Inhabit the Tropic and Temperate so nee, they are found in the deserts, on the mountains, In the plains, and in swamp#, and as fai north aa Alaska. - E-v- L BIEES t Handles Bees. | Scattered over the world are several I distinct races, such as the Italian, Car! niolan, Caucasian, and Cyprian. All | races, everywhere, react In almost the same manner. If honeybees ure properly handled, there is no more danger in caring for them than in raising chickens. However, the belief that bees learn to know their master and will not sting him is with'lit foundation. During the active season the average life of a* bee is six weeks. The first two weeks are lived almost exclusively within the hive, 'but thereafter the Ih-cs pass most of tlie daylight hours in the fields when the weather Is good. In search of pollen and nectar. Since the beekeeper rarely opens the hive more man once a week, there is little opportunity for the bees to become acquainted with their owner. Some persons are so constituted that one sting may prove highly dangerous to them and require immediate medical attention, but these cases are rare. During the active season, a normal , colony contains one queen, a fully developed female; thousands of unreproductive worker bees, which are females only partly developed ; and several hundred drones, or male bees. The queen is endowed with great powers of reproduction, since she can even produce male progeny without mating, but she cannot produce female bees, workers or queens, without going through the marriage ceremony. Thus, the maligned drone Is indispensable to the completion of the immortal cycle of the honeybee. Queen's Wedding Flight. Upon the wedding flight of the queen depends the subsequent development of the colony. On a bright spring day the virgin queen emerges from the hive and soars away to seek a mate from among the hundreds of drones cruising about In the warm sunshine. Blissfully, perhaps, the drone is seeking an encounter that will cost him his life, but insure the perpetuation of his race. A moment after mating the drone dies and the newly mated qoeeu at once becomes a widow. But this one mating enables the queen for the rest of her life, three or four years, to perform her maternal duties. A few days after returning to the hive, she begins egg laying, slowly at first; but at the height of her career she may lay as many as 1,500 eggs a day and maintain this rate for ?ays at a time. She lays two kinds of eggs. One kind is unfertilized and hatches lute a drone, or male bee. Mating has 110 Influence upon this part of her family. 1 Her sons are not the sons of her mate or husband, and are consequently fatherless," but they can claim a grand1 father. 1 The other type of egg Is fertilize* by the queen with a male cell, of which she retains an almost unlimited number in a special organ of her body. The fertilized egg hatches into a female bee. usually a worker. 1 Thus both workers, or neuter bees. and queens come from the same kind 1 of egg. Yet the two show marked differences. The queen has the function f of reproduction; the worker bee has 1 not. The queen bee possesses teeth on her mandibles, or jaws; the worker i bee has smooth jaws. The worker bee has pollen baskets; the queen lacks 1 them. The worker bee has a straight, barbed, unretraciable sting; the queen has a curved, smooth sting. The worker bee loses its life after stinging, but the queen does not. A worker bee takes 21 days to develop from the egg to the adult, while f a queen, who is much larger, requires f only 15 or 16 days. Tl?e colony itself 1 has the power of 'determining whether a fertilized egg shall develop Into s queen or a worker bee. I During its normal existence, only one ^ i queen Is necessary to roaimaln the i population of a colony. Unlike the \ worker bee, who lives but six weeks, ; the queen may live two, three, or more I years, but eventually she also becomes \ old and decrepit. Then a new must be raised to carry on the life the colony. .
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