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Let's Face Facts Boom in Farm Values Looms Up as Menace To Economical Farmer By BARROW LYONS V*"' SfjflF CorfiponJenl Country America is headed direct ly into a land-boom spree, if some thing isn't done to stop it. Average farm land vaiues rose nine per cent In 1942 over thus.* •>X 1941. In 1943 the rise was 15 i r cent —a boost of 25 per cent .'i two years—and values are still g ng up at a rate of at least 1 per cent a month. In some auua the upward push has been even greater. It; Kentucky, for instance, crop ei; troN fer to- Borrow Lyons '' ' u '' ' t. ■ qt.. l of t ■ i faiw- 'f war fa t • > wot kera for on t' «• .iui iti e :r.i re..se in produce values 'Heart a rise of 3d per cent to 50 per c« :>t in farm iuti.i during the .-.ante i etiod. Tito great rise in i 1 r: i s of farm commodities 1 as in luo d many pur chases for qu. k pr.'iit. A California land dealer reported t o sale if a 1,000-aere riee farm at s">o an acre— that's sai,OUO—but the farmer who bought :t was able to obtain more tlian $50,000 for has ei 'P n one > • ar. A vineyard near Fresno valued at $2OO during t e depression sold re cently fir il. Kven the land br. kers .ire worried tbout the situation, desi ito down payments ct ore t.i r.i f.e selling price. No one expects firming to continue t ■ be as prohtab.e as >t is now f. r ait indefinite rem.! > r of yoar«. even if farm p.re • e pr.e, s remain en a hig!i level. Tito day witi'Ti it will t•• ha r.i for ' any pur chasers to e ! ti'aie p.ivti'i ts .it t e rate contra ted fir is !■ n. >i» by conservative land dealer:'. War Bonds Preferred Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wiekaid has ur.'od npi .itedly farmers who ate making n. ney to pay off mortgages and invest it in war bonds, rather than in more land if b> doing so th.ev bid up tne price to a point where it would be come unprofitable to farm during pe riods of depression. i special!}. if tne buyi r must g:ve a heavy mortgage. It is clear that every farmer vv ,o so bunions himself with large in stallment payments w;.l have to niri t the competition "f those who have p.ml .:T mortgages out of t e SH4 billion ineiitiH- farmers have re ceived m the last two years. During a trip I nade t rough the Middle West and South last winter I discovered that the mi st progres sive farmers were very well aware o.' this situation, which is happening lit greater or lesser degree in nearly every part of the country. They were particularly resentful of the men who have had comparatively little experience in farming, but now see a chance to make a quick cleanup on high markets. Not only do these newcomers pay too much for their land, but without the perspective of years of experi ence, pay much higher wages to their help. This makes it especially ditlieutt for the experienced farm ers to keep good farm hands, i spe cially in the face of demands of .selective service and the compe tition of munitions industries The Farm Credit administration is dimg what it (mii to retard the pres ent tendency Throughout the coun try it has refused to make loans based on sales at exorbitant prices. Its loan business h.is been greatly curtailed, and tenant farmers con templating purchase are being ad vised to figure with t care what they can reasonably ,jcet to earn on a farm over a period of years and to base Uieir purchases on sue it calculations, rather than on present commodity prices. It has even been suggested that d«vvn payment of half of the price should be a legal requirement for an* farm purchase. Refuse to Match Speculators There is little the individual farm o~ can do to check this growing menace, except to hold on to his farm and refuse to meet the com petition for acreage of speculative farmers. But there ts a good deal each can do, if he will inform him self of the situation in Ms own area and then let his congressman know about it. He might also write directly to Senator Josiah W. Bailey of North Carolina, who has been named chairman of a subcommittee of the seaate finance committee named to ' .insider two bills introduced by Senator Guy M. Gillette of lowa. • • • The other members of this group are Senators Robert M. La Follette Jr. of Wisconsin and Harry F. Byrd of Virginia. The Gillette bills would tax the profits from the resale of farm land within two years of pur chase of 90 per cent, with diminish ing taxes on resales up to six years. Public hearings have not been held on these bills as yet and the subcommittee has made no report. A show of public interest in the mat ter undoubtedly would get soms action. Seabees Open Ice Cream Parlor Destined fur the scrap heap because many of its parts were worn out and could not he replaced, an ice cream manufacturing unit of Guadal canal was salvaged and put in order by a naval construction battalion and now is turning out ice cream twice a week for Seabees and the marine unit to which they are attached. Peking a Strike at a Jap Pillbox A Jap pillbox has been located on Bougainville island, and Sergt. Charles 11. Wolvcrton of the 37th division sticks out his tongue as he takes aim before letting a grenade fly to its target. These are two of the soldiers who beat back Jap counterattacks in the Kmpress Augusta Bay area in March, taking a toll of about 7,000 Jap dead. Kail Kev Loss Perils Ilonan Province \:z JS B :^%^\Yangtt9 H — Two critical situations face Ctiina as Jap drive along the Peiping- Ilankow railroad 1 > has resulted in the taking of Chengchow by the euemy (2), key points on the north-south line. As the map shows, Cheng chow is on the northern rim of the Honan province, a great food-raising area. From Chengchow the rail line cuts across Chinese territory (indi cated by dark areas). THE DANBI'RY REPORTER. QANBIRY. N. C„ Till RSI)AY. MAY 18. IftM Watch Skies raKL*- mm mr ma KL HC;.' This photo was made as General llisenliower (arrow) was on an inspection tour of an KAF bomber wing, somewhere in Kngland. With him at the control tower are, top left. MaJ. Gen. L. 11. Hrereton, t'SAAF; top right, air marshal Sir Arthur Coningham; center left, group captain C. K. Dunlap. The general at lower left is unidentified. Sewell Averv Family Hp, si » agr. 'yR J/gj ' *** * Mxr ' : % * MBi Mm Wm .1' / "1% fc ? Sewell Avery, chairman of the board of Montgomery Ward & Co., Mrs. Avery, and their daughter, Nancy, shown after the annual meet ing of the stockholders of the com pany, in Chicago. The Ward plant was seized under President Roose velt's orders. Behind Firing Line As if they didn't have enough shooting, these American doughboys who came back from the front line at Anzio beachhead for a rest, bang away at targets on the rifle range, somewhere in Italy. Miss Pan-America, *44 Lovely 19-year-old Virginia War len of Aliaml, Fla., holds huge tro phy presented to her, following her selection as Miss Pan-Ameriea of 1944, at a contest held in Miami. Things Fete New Yorkers Know About New 1 ork: New York isn't all stone and steel. Staton Island is dotted with small towns and fertile farm lands, by cracky . . . There are about 600 Indians in our burg . . . The Stock Exchange has its own medical dept. and tailor . . . Most odorable spot in town is Front street, where the city's supply of coffee is roasted . . . You can find almost anything in Manhattan, including a lighthouse— at Fort Washington Point . . . New York's most expensive real estate is supposed to be Nassau street —as much as $325 a square foot has been shelled out for property there. , . . Meals in the city's hoosegows are planned by expert dieticians. No room service, however. The tiny cemetery on Tenth street was the st one of our town's most macabre crime. The bones of a rich New Yorker, buried there, were once stolen and held for ransom. The re mains were eventually recovered nit the skeleton-nappers were never arresu d . . . On Second avenue there is a 3. P and lit cents store. Don't know the reason for the un usual prices . . . The stone fortifica tions that were used during the ({evolutionary war can still be found near H'way and l'JOth street . . . Six different streets n.eet at Sheridan square . . . Oddest-named shop is the Chinescatery called Hang Far Low . . . The clock tower at the north end of Battery park sounds the signals for tl e watches kept on shipboard . . . Wall street is only about si vi n blocks long, but it's the financial heart of 4!) States. For some unknown reason, above 51'tli stn i t several avenues suddenly change their names. Kighth avenue becomes Central l'ark West; Ninth avenue becomes Columbus avenue; Tenth avenue becomes Amsterdam avenue; and Eleventh avenue be coir.es West Knd avenue ... No one need go hungry or homeless on the streets of New York. The Dept. of Welfare is ready to provide food and shelter for all unfortunates. Then how come there are so many pan handlers? . . . Haunted house leg ends have grown up around the ancient brownstone mansion that adjoins Woodlawn cemetery. No one has lived there for more than a cen tury and it's completely furnished. Five stories below street level sub terranean vaults at the Federal He serve Bank are barred by doors weighing as much as 90 tons. The best air raid shelter in town . . Juvenile delinquency isn't new. Ac cording to Police Dept. statistics, 50 per cent of the city's lawbreakers have always been under 25 years of age . . . Mayor LaGuardia has a tiger skin in his home to sym bolize his victory over the Tam many tiger . . . Among the Weather bureau's unusual duties is collect ing pollen to aid in the study of hay fever . . . Plenty of amusement spots in our town—over 700 legit theaters and movies. You don't have to leave New York to enjoy natural scenery. The eye filling sights along the Hudson are as beautiful as anything you'll find in any part of the world ... A few New Yorkers who love to go to fires have private fire alarm boxes in their homes . . . Most popular part of the public library is its record booth where you can hear recordings gratis. You must make reservations two weeks in advance . . . For its post oflice in the RCA building, the gov't pays Radio City $l.OO a year rent . . . There is a deserted the atre under Carnegie Hall . . . Swankiest elevators in town are at the New York Central edifice. Deco rated with red Chinese lacquer and sky-blue ceiling . . . 50,000,000 pounds of food pour into New York every 24 hours. Broadway is the city's oldest street. It was down early Broadway that a courier dashed shouting the news of the Battle of Lexington . . . More crimes have taken place on the Main Stem (between 47th and 4!) th streets) than in any other spot in town. No one knows exactly why. . . . There is a huge warehouse in Radio City's sub-basement . . . The opulent house at 73rd street and Riverside drive that receivables a castle was erected oy Charles M. Schwab and cost two and a half million ... A unique subway sta tion is the one at 190 th street. It's carved out of the side of a cliff . . . No trick is missed in an effort to improve radio programs. NBC's studios are coated with a special sound-insulating glue . . . Inside the Brooklyn Bridge abutments are large catacombs. A department store used to cache its liquor there. Exotic East Indian merchants can be found on lower Fifth ave nue. They sell "priceless" gems. One merchant is named Mohammed Ali . . . The Bowery Diamond mar ket is one of the burg's picturesque sights. Diamonds worth millions are bought and sold on the sidewalk in the midst of the poverty-stricken sector . . . George Washington's love for the drama helped make New York a theatrical center. When he lived in the Big Town, Gen. Washington rarely missed a first night. RHEUMATIC PAIN Ini ni Sssll voir Day—lll afttr H is* Don t put of/ getting C-2223 to re lieve r«' n ot muscular rheumatism and other rheumatic pains. Caution: Use only as directed. First bottle purchase price back if not satisfied. 60c and $l.OO. Today, buy C-2223. DON'T LET CONSTIPATION SLOW YOU UP • When bowels are sluggish and yoo frel irritable, headachy, do as million* do chew FEEN-A-MINT, the modem chewinß-Rum laxative. Simply chew FEEN-A-MINT before you go to bed, taking only in accordance with package directions sleep without being dis turbed. Next morning gentle, thoromh relief, helping you feel iwell again. Try FEEN-A-MINT. Taste» good, is handy and economical. A generous family supply FEEN-A-MINT io A Bomber Reports From the Dutch we Ret this re port turned in by a Netherlands pilot after he'd bombed a Japa nese airstrip in occupied Nether lands East Indies: "Beg to report honorable airstrip has lost face." Thrrr'» food rfißon »hy PAZO oiat mrnl haa brcn uied '»F MO many millioni •f nuffrrrm from aimple Piles. Firat. PAZO ointment sooiht-N inflamrdirrM rflie»fa pain and Itching. Second. PAZO oinlmrnt lubricates hardened, dried parts— help* prevent cracking and aorenena. Third, PAZO ointment tends to reduce ■welling and check liteedinff. Fourth, it'a catty to uae. PAZO oint ment'n perforated Pile Pipe makea ap plication aimplc. thorough. Your doctor can tell you about PAZO ointment. I'se Indian Dialects The army often uses Indian dia lects for messages since the ene my is unable to decipher them. Caaiiajf A Sooth,nc C 111 lIP ANTISEPTIC WnLV b Used by thousands with satisfactory f©- aulta for 40 years—six valuable ingredi ents. Get Carboil at drug stores or writ* Spuilotk-Neal Co., Nashville, Tenn. SNAPPY FACTS ABOUT h) RUBBER m —- Natural rubber li (till some thing of a mystery, cvon after years of laboratory experi ments. It has carbon and hy drogen, but thoro are other qualitiei which hava not at yet boon determined. Before the war, 60 per cent of the tires and tubes made each year were used ai replacements, ond 80 percentof thenewmotorvehidessold replaced those annually (cropped. Brazil rubber tolling at $3.06 • pound in 1910 stimulated the development of the Mid dle East plantation! to tho ex tent that 3,000,000 acros wero under cultivation in 191S, providing tho bulk of tha world't suppliet. rellete distress of MONTHLY Female Weakness Lydla E. Plnkhnm's Vegetable Com pound Is made especially lor women to help relieve periodic puln with Its weak, tired, nervous, blue feelings —due to functional monthly dis turbances. Taken regularly—Plnkhnm's Com pound helps build up resistance against tueli symixoins Here is a product that helps nature and that's the kind to buy I Fiirnoua for almost a century Thousands upon thousands of women have reported benefits Follow labui directions Worth trying* LYDI«f.PIWKHAirSSSVaS, TOR ITCHING OF MINOR SKIN RASHES got this medicated powder. Contains in gredients often recommended hy many specialists for simple rashes, diaper rash and chafing. Mexsana soothes and forms ©oat of protection on tender skin. Costs littla. Always demand Mcxsano. SAVE YOUR SCRAP Ji\ IO HEIP GAIN IWICTORY . VVW Old METAL, RAGS, RUBBER and PAPER
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