THE BURNSVILLE EAGLE VOL. 39. BURNSVILLE, N. C., RIDAY, JUNE 26, 1931. MAY VISIT CANADA Prince of Walee London.—It Is reported liere that the prince of Wales with liis yonnKesi brother, Prince George, hope.s to visit his Canadian ranch at High river in Alhertu this fall. HYDE WARNS FARMERS OF MARKET’S DEMAND Secretary Appeals for Ameri- can Standards of Living. Manhattan, Kan.—American farm ers can conquer the world in any “of our great agricultural products," but to do so they must sell on world mar kets at world prices. Arthur M, Hyde, secretary of agriculture, declared here. “That means,” continued the sec retary, speaking at the seventh an nual trade conference of the summer session of the American Institute of Co-Operation, “that southern planters shall measure their living standards against those of India and China; and tiint wlieat growers must meet Hussian standard.s of living. ■■Whether we shall continue to pro- -duce price-hreaking surj'luses there fore to how we want to America’s buslness^^P^^P In cidentally the production of wheat and cotton. Primarily we seek to produce happier and better people.” Atiiprlcnn cotton faces severe com petition. said the secretary, with con sumption of cotton grown In the Unit ed States. ‘Tty reducing our costs and producing a higlier quality of cot ton. we probably can maintain our foreign market,’^ he said. Wheat is the most vulnerable of American agricultural products, even though It is only a small per cent of the total value of agricultural pro duction, the secretary said. •'Boiled down," he said, ■■we can probably continue to profluce tobacco, lard (and to some extent pork), rice, apples and citrus fruit for the export market, and, unless foreign expansion becomes too great, sell them at a profit." The American farmer demands and mu.st have an American standard of living, tlie .speaker said in conclusion, “but tlie farmer himself must not defeat it. His production plans must start with consideration of tlie eco nomic domitiid of the market." Report Soviet Planting Is 75 Pet. of Schedule Moscow. Despite unfavorable weatli- r ciuidllions which caused a delay In starting, the spring missariat reported that ISS.oliO.tNN) acres liaI hoen plant ed u)! to .lime 1. which is T.'i.fi per cent of the tlve year plan scliednle. If Hie cool weather continues the .■icnving sliould he eompieteil within a few (lay.s, .\t [iresent 2ri,.'KH) acres of wlieut are planted, iilnnit TS.t) per cent of the plan; 7.>tl2,--)()0 of corn. (12,.' per cent; '•otton, or tOH.S [ler cent, and •2.',00() tobacco, 11.1 per cent. The total sowing compares with lT4.-lT2.r.OO acres in the same pe riod of 10:w. Road Building in 1931 to Cost $1,500,000,000 New York,—A $1..'H)0.(H>0.(XH) road htilldlng program Is being carried out In -America this year, the .\merlcnn .Automobile association reports follow ing a national survey. More than Od.dOd miles of highway will be Improveil In the 45 states cov ered by tlie survey. Louisiana’s plans for the year call for linprovements of 3.200 miles, the association found. N'ew York ranks second to Louisiana, with a proposed expenditure of $('>0,(XX).0(X), Illinois and Tennsylvanla follow closet.v. Five Killed in Pit Under Street I'hlladelptila.—Five men working In caisson holes. 70 feet below the street level were killed In a cave-in and n policeman was fatally injured when a patrol wagon, on route to the scene, crashed Into a truck. Four Killed When Aute Skids Charleston, W. Va.—Four personf wore killctl and live were injuresi when an automobile skidded on a wet high way near here and hit a telephon* pole. NATION FACES SHORT SPRING WHEAT CROP American Yield Estimated at About 185,000,000 Bu. Chicago,—North .America faces a ear spring wheat crop failure, ac- - )rding to reports by the United States and Canadian governments. The condi tion In botli countries is the lowest ever known. A condition of C7,0 for spring wheat was shown for tiie Amer- I Northwe.st, tlie lowest In over CO years, being 10.8 points below Inst year and nearly 20 points under the average of the past ten years. The C.anadian condition was placed at 80. the lowest since crop reporting started in liXXi. and compared witli 07 last year. Wliile no estimates were ottlcially made on the .siirlng wlieat crops or the acreage, local statistician.s figured ttiat the American crop was around 183.000,(XX) bushels, the smallest In over 20 years with tlie exception of 1010, wlien It was 150,000,000 Imshels and compared with 247,000,000 buslieis harvested last year. A total wtieat crop of around 27.5,- 000,000 buslieis was suggested by the Canadian government report. Lust year's harvest was 308,000,000 bushels. Based on the official and private construction placed on the conditional figures of both winter and spring wheat the aggregate yield for North America would be around 1.100.000 000 bushels, or 1-10.000,000 bushels less than last year’s harvest. As the trade sees It, should the final han-est be approximately as small as the total suggested It would force a radical readjustment of world’s ideas as to the supply and demand situation for the 1031-32 season, especially as Australian acreage is esllmateil to show a decrease of 30 to 35 per cent from last year and a reduction of 5 to 20 per cent Is looked for in Argen tina. Condition of winter wheat on .Tune 1 of 84.3 was 0 points lower than In May. There were losses In practically all states last month, particularly In Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, ‘and Texas, due to cold weather ami freez ing temperatures at time.s. In tlie Mid dle West conditions held up well. Condition In Indiana was slightly im proved. Nehraskn lost 14 polnts. Knn- sas 9 points. Colorado 10. Oklahoma 5, and Texas 11 points. Kansas crop Is estimated at 107,- 770,000 bushels, comp.ired with 17G.- 708,(XX) bii.sheis last month. Nehra.ska dropped 3,200.000 bushels, while Texas 'gftiiK'tl' over 'bulhels.' 'Heavy losse.s, due to drought, arc* reported from the west coast. A rye crop of 0,000,000 tiushcls leas than lost year was suggested by the American government report, the Indi cated yield being placed at 44,(KK),(KX) bushels, compared with 50,000,000 bush els harvested last year. Condition of oats was placed at 84.7. against 83.2 last year and a 10-year average of 82.0, but no official estimates were made on the crop or acreage. On the basis of the private returns a yield of around 1,40>.(XX),(XK) bushels was sug gested. or practically tlie same ns last year. Condition of barley was about the same n.s the average of the past 10 years, wlille of hay and pasturage It Is lower. Urges Equal Rights for Women of Entire World Toronto, Ont.—Nationality riglits for women of Hie world over was tlie subject of discussion at the conven tion of the Women’s Clirlsiian Tem perance union in session here. Tlie union assisted in drafting a report which will he- presented ni Geneva .Tilly 2 for adoption at the I.eague of Nations. It iiidor.ses the extension of the nationality rights enjoyed by the women of Belgium, Finland, France, Norway. Sweden and the United States to women of nil other eouiitrie.s. “The bnrrier.s of office are fast be ing leveled n.s we .see women of evcr.v country opening doors long closed to woniniikiiid,’’ deeiarod Mrs. .\niia De Yo. leader of Hie W. C, T. U,, of Evanston. III. “But the unsolved proh- leni which we sliare in coniiiion is that of liulepeiiilent cltizenshiji." Wisconsin Assembly O. K. on Chain Store Tax Bill Madison. Wi.s.—Following on tin! lieeis of a special message delivered by Gov, I’hilip I.a Follette to the leg islature tlie .state aa.seiiibl.v voted pas sage of the Flier chain store tax bill which is Identical to the Indiana law recently declared constitutional by the liigh court. Farmer-Labor Mayor Is Elected by Minneapolis Miiiueapolis, Minn. — Miiineai>«)ls voters, for the secoml time in the city’s history, elected a labor-indorsed candi date for mayor. Wlllinni .Anderson, an attorney, won an overwlicJuiing victory over George F, Leach, former mayor. In the municipal election. SpanuK Mob Lynche* Ex-Mayor Madrid.—Fernando I'itado. foriner monarchist mayor of the town of So latia. was lynchcil In his home by a nvib after he refiiseil to turn over his office to a newly elected Bepublican Priett I* Real “Sky Pilot” AVastiiiigton. — Father Gtnirge W. Woodley, a priest stationed at Fair banks, .Ala.ska. has secured a pilot’? license and plans to fly to the differ ent places Iti Ids parish. Here’s First Television We jing made man .Ht wife by Dr. F'rnnk Du Vail and Grace Jones being Kdwin Keigwin (center), In New York in the first tele\1sfn ceremony ever witnessed. The television “eye" broadcast the sight of tl« bride and groom while the radio broadcast the synchronized “I do's” World’s Oldest City Is Rocked Nackhichevan, Founded by Noah, Scene of Violent Earthquakes. Washington.—Nakhichevan. Trans- Caucasian city recently sliaken by earthquakes does not sound funiiliar, but may be It should! Nearby is Mount Ararat, wliere Noah Is reputed to have grounded the Ark. Tradition has it that the prophet founded Nakhichevan —the name meaning ’’he descended here"—as soon as the waters receded. Citizens of Nakhichevan therefore claim that theirs is "the oldest city In the world." “In the present-day world Nakhich evan Is the somewhat drab, dusty lit tle sun-baked capital of a tiny self- governing Soviet republic, of the same name, strung along the Persian bor der near the common ’corner’ of So viet Russia, Persia ana Tiirkev’’ ••v« a bulletin from the National Geo graphic society. A Part of Azerbaijan. “The republic of Nakliichevan Is geographically the southernmost of Soviet republics west of ttie Caspian sea, Governmentally It Is at the bot tom of a kind of 'house that Ivan built.' Almost surrounded by Hie So viet republic of Armenia, It is, never theless, a part of tlie Azerbaijan S. S. It., which in turn Is a unit of the Trans-Caucasian Socialist Federation of Republics, wlilcli us a united entity forms part of tbe Union of Soviet So cialist Republics. Nakliichevan never- heless bears the proud title of ‘auton- moQS.' “Althougli Hie main occupations of the 105.1KX) Tatars and Armenian peas ants of the republic are farming and cattle breeding, Nakhichevan Is best known tliroughoui Hie Soviet world as a [Aoducer of natural salt. Twelve miles from the capital are the rich Lenin salt mine.s, producing a grade of rock suit noted for Its purity. The salt is brought to the city of Nakhich evan by motor truck, and shipped by railroad north Into other Russian states, and south Into Persia. “Nakhichevan is one of the newer political divisions of the Soviet Union. Along with the rest of Trans-Caucasia It seceded from Russia and became part of three entirely Independent re publics In 1917. Constant strife and armed confilct followed until April, 1920, when conquering Soviet forces proclaimed Azerbaijan a part of the Soviet Union.^ l’'be other parts of Trans-,Ciiuca.‘-iB|B|F!;I'*»4-wp'l, Nnk- nlenevan destibyed during fighting between tiie Armenians and the Tatars in 1918 and 1920. Twin Peaks of Mount Ararat. “Today Nakhichevan is a city of about 12,000, built along tbe rocky slopes of tbe River Aras. Stone houses with wide roofs climb from tbe river to the foot of bni.sh-covered hills in the background. Along Hie sky line rise the noble twin peaks of Mount •Ararat, the taller 17,(MX) feet high. "Noah's grave near Nakhichevan's city limits, is shown to visitors, and it stands In high veneration both with the Armenians and Tatars, neither of whom seem to be aware that a similarly honored burial place also exists in the Holy Ijind, where It t» regarded as a holy spot by Moslems, •The ground which trembled to earthquake shocks In Nakhichevan has known the beat of hosts of marching men through the ages. The mighty armies of Cyrus. Darius, Xerxes, Al exander the Great, and Hannibal fol lowed the banks of the River Aras on their campaigns of conquest and sub jection. This highroad into Persia has been the scene of untold slaugh ter and misery, and more than forty- great battles have been fought In the vicinity of Nakhichevan by forces seeking to control It.” 16th Century Furniture Styles Are Coming Back Chicago.—The newest furniture for American homes this fall will be four centuries old! At least, that’s the Impression of furniture men from all parts of the country who attended the National Furniture market and style show at the American Furniture mart here. They mean, not that all the old beds and chests will be resurrected, but that Sl.xteenth cwitury furniture styles are coming into popularity. Kngllsh designs, based on the .Ta- cobenn. Gothic and Elizabethan furni ture of the Sixteenth and early Sev enteenth centuries, was very much more noticeable in the manufacturers’ displays this summer tllan formerly, it was said. .Although Early American is probably si'll tbe volume leader of all period furniture, the Old English styles are gaining ground. The English furniture was chiefly made of oak and this wood Is used for the reproductions. The orkjlnal pieces were also massive In size, and although the Twentletli century rep licas retain the sturdy appearance of tl>eir predece.ssors, they are much smaller, scaled down to meet the re quirements of modern homes, which do not contain hnronlal banquet halls nor castle courtrooms. Boys Hunting for Gold Find Indian Cemetery Alma, Neb.—Lure of possible hid den gold nuggets valued at $60,(X)0, coupled with the curiosity of thrge slxteen-year-old boys, led to the dis covery of an Indian burial ground liere, with the result that excavations are being conducted this spring on the hillside filled with human bones and rel!c.«. The youths were Inspired liy the’tale that three white men had burled 160,- Callforiila gold Helds. Indians at tacked the trio of pro.spectors, killing two, while the third lied, leaving the treasure behind. Tlie legend has been told tor decades, wlih occasional expe ditions into a valley near liere. When the youths, armed with spades and a screw driver, attacked tlie soft earth on Hie highest knoll at tlie val ley, Hiey discovered human bones, a skull or two and several sea shells, beads and pottery. The hoys found that the bones and “Indian Jewelry" were so brittle that they crumbled to dust when touebed. Tliey reported tlieir find to A. T. Hill, curator of archeology at a Hast ings (Neb.) museum. Memory of Great Physicist Honored in England The hundredth anniversary of the birth of David Edw ard Hughes, faniou.s physicist, was appropriately observed the other day in England. Hughes Is shown above with the first type-printing telegraph, which he Invo'nted In 1855. He was also the inventor of the microphone. AIRPLANE CLOUD CHASING REVEALS RATE OF GROWTH Meteorology Society Learnt Ways to Fathom Weather Secrets From Air. Washington.—Chasing clouds in an airplane to learn how fast they grow and CO obtain other Intimate secrets barred to earthbound weather men is the new kind of meteorology that was described before the meeting of the American Meteorological society here by Dr. J. B. Anderson, of the naval air station at Anacostia, D. C. Doctor Anderson wanted to learn something about the birth and growth of clouds in the more or less per manent layer that hangs over the I'a- clllc coast of the United Slates. He was especially curlou.s to find out the Tite at which they plied Ihemselve.s ip into the air. He found that to eep his plane even with the top of one cloud he was studying he bad to dim*) two or three hundred feet a minute. How to get other weather data from the upper air without the expense of going up after it in an airplane was described by Dr, .1, Patterson, of the Canadian meteorological service. To ronto. He has devi.sed an apparatus that wUI fla.':Ii back signals of temper ature and pressure from an ascending small balloon as long as the observers can keep it In sight through a tele scope. Hitherto similar apparatus has been carried up arranged to record its ex periences with a pen on a slowly mov ing strip of paper. But to get the story the weather man would have to wait until the balloon came down again and Hieu depend on the chance of the apparatus being found and sent hack by .some fnriiier or woodsman, The new devire Is equipped with red and white electric lights fed by a ffashligbt battery. The mechanism Is arranged in such a way that the or der of flashing on and off of the lights will tell the observer on the ground whether the balloon is passing from warm air to cold, or vice versa. Sim ilarly. another light signals by Its flashings how much the barometric pressure Is changing as the balloon rises. Doctor Patterson pointed out that this device should be especially useful to meteorologists in polar regions or other unpopulated parts of Hie world, where the ordinary registering instru ments are useles.s through the Impossi bility of getting them back again. Pot Shot at Cat Blows Up House in Arizona Ajo, Arlz,—Two boys who took a shot at a cat here r**cently received the surprise of their lives when a house hit by the bullet blew up. The house was filled with dynamite and the blast was heard for five miles Flying timbers broke one boy’s arm The cat was not injured. EUROPE AWAITS U. S. IDEA ON DEBT ISSUE WOULD DEPOSE DICTATOR Looks to America for Help in Economic Tangle. Washington.—On the Hoover admin istration world attention is focused, looking for a sign that .America again Is ready to lend aid to a new attempt iron out the tangle of reparations, interallied debts, disarmament, tariffs, budgetary deficits and all other ele ments ’Involved In the iiitcrnationnl lomic crisis of 1931. roiu the recent -Anglo-German con ference in Britain European observers drew tbe Impression that a new move bad been set afoot looking to “inter national coUaboration" to meet the sit uation. That plirase was construed as moan ing .American collaboration in a con ference where Germany’s World wa reparation liabilities to the former World war allies could be-reviewed simultaneously with the situation ns to the war debts owed by those allies to their former wjr associate, the United States. The conclusion drawn by European observers was that Chancellor Bruen- Ing and Foreign Minister Curtins of Germany had been Informed that there could be no scaling down of reparations unless there also was re duction or abatement in war-debt pay ment schedules for the former allies. Presumably it was left to German initiative to Oiid a way to Induce Washington to consider some action of that kind. Both In Europe and,in Washington it is recalled that President Hoover, welcoming delegates to the Interna tional Chamber of Commerce conven tion in Washington about a month ago. charged the economic depression largely to tax burdens due to mainte nance of great armies. He urged ac tion to curttril such armaments at the forthcoming League of Nations’ spon sored conference. Mr. HooA-er’s Insistence on further arms limitation lends color to the Idea that he is prepared to go far to attain that end. It remains, to be seen whether the new phase of the reparations tangle, terystallizing in the German govern- 'ment’s struggle with Increased taxa tion In the'face of rumbles of polit ical revolt under any added burden, offers Washingto)! an opportunity to trade some form'.of war delit revision f,.P baulccd by Hie Kellogg-Briand universal treaty against war as an agency of national policy, actually cutting down tbe armies and military tuxes of the world. There have been no Intima tions. however, from official sources to that effect In Washington. Those believing that Mr. Hoover and his advisers liope to exert pres sure on the coming arms conference by urging on congress some recon sideration of Hie allied debt question base their argument on the general picture of the disarmament situation. Decided Not to Impeach Governor of Tennessee Nustivllle. Tenn.—Tlireats to im peach Gov. Henry H. Florf'iii as an outcome of Tennessee's finnncln! detm- cle of last fall were ended here ns Hie lower house of the general as sembly rejected seven proposals Cor Impeacbment, 53 to 45. Tbe articles were voted on for adop tion, hut failed, 40 to 50. A few days ago Hie first of tlie eight proposed counts was also defeateil. Dr. Getulio Vargas. Belem, Para, Brazil.—Elements hith erto indifferent to politics have be come alarmed, and many wlio loyally supported Provisional President Ge tulio Vargas in last October’s revolu tion are calling for a constitutional gov ernment, convinced that only such a move will stimulate business and over come a threatened breakup of the fed eral union. FARM GROUPS PLAN ‘UNITY’ CONFERENCE Session to Be Held June 29 to Promote Co-Operation. 100 Per Ct. Increase in Paroled U. S. Prisoners AVushlngton.—Statistics published by Hie Department of Justice indicate that the government is becoming more lenient in its handling of federal pris oners, Official figures show a 100 per cent increase during the last year Hie number of prisoners out on pnrole and probation. In tlie last week of .'lay. 1931, there were 39,993 persons under federal sen tence. compared willi 31.407 for tbe same date a year ago. Of Hie 39,993 under federal sentences, 29,089 were in prisons and Jails, 2,451 were on pa role and 10,853 were out on probation. .A year ago only 1,447 were on pa role while 4,122 were out on probation. Tlie abnormal increase in tlic num ber of paroles and probation appllca- lions grunted has also helped to nllevl- iite crowded coiulilions in Hie govern ment iieiial jnstitutions. Clilcago.—National farm organlza- Hons will send representatives to a second agricultural "unity" conference to be held here June 29. The American Farm Bureau federation sponsored the original meeting. The call for organization of the Na tional Agricultural conference was preceded by a meeting on May 18. The committee named to formulate a program includes E. A. O'Neal, presi dent of the American Farm Bureau federation; L. J. Taber, master of tlie National grange: C. E. Huff, president of tlie Farmers’ National Grain cor poration; C. A. Ewing, president of Hie National Live Stock Marketing as sociation; J. G. Henry of the Ameri can Colton Co-Operative association, and Ralph Snyder, chairman of the Isntlonal Coinnilifee of'Farm zations. • The resolutions passed at the pre vious conference stressed the need for acceptance of true co-operative prin ciples by farm people: the correlation of efforts and pooling of resources by agricultural groups to Inform the pub lic concerning tlie federal agricultural act and In unifying activities in con nection with social and economic prob lems. Tlie conference, representing organ izations with more than 3,000.000 farm family members and co-operative or ganizations which last year marketed S700.000.0(X) worHi of farm produce, will seek to develop definite steps in building a national program for orgatv, Ized agriculture. Two Mexican Youths Are Slain by Okla. Sheriffs Washington.—Gov. William H. Mur ray of Okinlioma notified the State de partment (bat every effort is being made to discover Hie fads in tho shooting of two Mexican students hy two deputy slieriffs at Ardmore. The men sliot were .Manuel Gomez and Emilio Cortes Riililo, a cousin of Hio president of Mexico. Tlie deputy sheriffs were arrested and cliargod with murder. Tlie coniniuiilcation was sent after the Slate department hod called upon Governor Murray for a prompt invesll- galloii of Hie killings. Canadian Shoots Horses; No Water; Leaves Farm Regina, Husk.—After .sliootlng his 12 tior.sps, John Tlioinns, a farmer from soulliern Saskateliewaii. came to Re gina a few days ago on ills way out of Hie country. Ho called at tlie board of trade offices for road maps. He said that ho could not get enough water for the animals becau.se of the drought. lie bad been paying 75 cents a tunb for water, but the siiprffy had 1 short. The horses were suffering, he said, and "had to die.” Levels of 3 Great Lakes Drop 29 Inches in Year Ottawa, Ont.—The great lakes of Huron, Erie and Ontario are aliout 29 indies lower than at this time last year, owing to lack of rainfall. Tlie hydrographic service of the Dominion department of marine stated Hiut pre cipitation over the drainage area of Hie lakes during last autumn and win ter was about 50 per cent lielow nor mal. $22,000,000 Order to Be Placed by Pennsy. R. R. New York.—Tbe Fennsylvania Rail road company Is expecting to place orders in the near future for mechan ical equipment for 150 electric locomo tives recently ordered. Tiie cost of Hie electrical apparatus will be SIO.OOO.OOO. and Hie cost of the mechanical equip ment probably over 86,000.000. bring ing the total coat of the locomotlveg to more than 822.000,000. Ez-Juttice of Peace Kill* Self C’lmrleston, W. Va.—O. Willey, forty, former justice of tlie pence, was found shot to death In a woods near here witli a shotgun at his side. The oner gave a verdict of suicide. Seattle Water Front Burn* Seattle.—Fanned by a strong south west wind, a fire which swept through a dozen buildings on the lower end of Se.atlle's waterfront was brought un der control after raging about two Demand Por'o Rican lndependen San Juan, I’orlo Rico,—.\ policy of complete freedom for I’orto Rico, un der a republican form of govermnenl. was adopted by tlie Unionist party which decl.ared .American admlnlstra- tiuu has failed. Four Die in Burning Auto tiregou City. (Jre,—Trapped in a closed car when ii caught fire after be- ing btnick by a lienvy freight truck, two women and two children were •"irned to detuh near here. A woiam

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