THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1933.
THE JOHNSTONIAN—SUN, SELMA, ^
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Professor Piccard Plans New Flight Into Stratosphere
From Soldier Field at A Ce»tury of Pi egress Exposition
i Death Claims Aged
Citizen of Johnston
-Chicago, April 00.—Last summer
Professor Auguste Piccard captured
■the world’s imagination by soaring
■53,856 feet above the earth into the
stratosphere — in a hermetically-
scaled aluminum sphere. He reached
the greatest height ever attained by
■any living being and brought back
a startling description of the strange
world that lies beyond our atmos-
-phere.
Because the ascent was made
from the Bubendorf aerodrome near
Z-.n-icli, Switrerland, only a few
thousand people witnessed this his
toric event.
This summer, however, when the
dariiK' Swiss scientist-adventurer
n-.-ikes his next expedition into the
flratosphere, he ■wilt probably start
Soldier Field on the ground.s of
A Century of Progress—Chicago's
1 :'■;: World's Fair—in the presence
of hundreds of thousands of spoc-
ta.ors.
Discusses' His Plans
Plans to make the World's Fair,
V, ,:ich opens on June i, the starting
print for his next scientific excursion
V, ere disclosed by Professor Piccard
v.licn he visited A Century of Prog-
li^s recently with his brother, Jean,
• as guest of Prof. Henry Crew, chief
of the Exposition’s pure science divi-
■sion. Conferences are now being
’ lield with American rubber and
metal manufacturers.
I'lie grounds of A Century of
P'
Wm. A.. Isee Dies Suddenly At His
Home In Pleasant Grove Town
ship .At Age of 76 Years; Funeral
Saturday .Afternoon.
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At the l‘ft. Pr'fjc^-HC L'
cui'd’tt balloon t; ih"ain ; ■*'
it will appear h ken A rwrr i >■
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the Bubendorf A'-roc.Vom* rear
Zurich hid ^i.bor-',
Professor Piccaid (pi6 f,;-
ure from tbs lift) cfijcusiw.;
the propose I fUght with .r-'i
brother Jeen (left-'- Prof.
thnr Compicr and Prof. Ilinr,! '
Creio (right). Tkry ars siand-
iug in the bolec'vj ote/iboai'-t/■
the great hall of thajiall of
Science,, when P’Of. Pwcird s
stratosphere gondola is li Is ei'-
hibited this siiriv,i,er,
■William A. Lee, a prominent
farmer of Pleasant Grove town
ship, died suddenly at his home f ri-
day afternoon. At the noon houi
Friday he appeared in good health
and ate his dinner as usual. Mem
bers of the family returned to their
work after dinner, and later when
they went back to the house they
found Mr. Lee dead. He was 76
years, three months, and 26 days
old.
The funeral was held at the home
Saturday afternoon at four o’clock
conductei by his pastor, F>lder
Rhodes, assisted by Elder L. H.
Stephenson and Elder T. F. Adams.
The pallbearers were sons and
grandsons of the deecased: G. Willie,
Ervin, Clarence and Denton Lee, and
■Valmond and Warren King. Grand
daughters of the deceased acted as
flower bearers. The floral offering
was unusually large and beautiful.
The large crowd attending the fun
eral was evidence of the high esteem
in which the deceased was held.
Interment took place in the family
cemetery near the home.
The deceased is survived by three
sons and six daughters as follows:
G. Willie and Clarence Lee, Mrs.
Bessie King, Mrs. Claude Stephen
son, Mrs. Ruth Williams, Mrs.
Mamie Langdon, and Mrs. Myrtle
Ogbum, all of Pleasant Grove
township; Ervin Lee, of Raleigh, and
Mrs. Elg-ie Collier, of Micro.
Hephzibah News
Juck Brothers Plead
Not Guilty Kidnaping
Provincetown, Mass., May 8. •
Kenneth and Cyril Buck, Harwich-
port brothers, pleaded not guilty
today in the kidnaping of 10-year-
old “Peggy” McMath and were held
in $100,000 bail each for a hearing
May 22. f f
The district court on the tirst
floor of the old town hall was
crowded with Cape Codders as the
brothers, arrested Saturday after
the child had been .safely returned
to her parents and the $60,000 ra'i-
som had been recovered in Kenneths .
home, appeared before Judge Robert
.A. Welsh, 32, Massachusetts’ young
est jurist.
Kenneth, 28-year-old unemployed-
chauffeur, created ' a furore shortly
before his appearance in court by
telling reporters there was “another
party” involved in the kidnaping, but
that he was Vltholding his identity
because he was afraid of what
might happen to his wife.
The young confessed kidnaper
later retraced his statement and
detectives reiterated their belief no
one else was involved.
While awaiting arraignment Ken
neth was asked: “Is it true that
there is some one else in on this
case?” ' ‘'7
“Yes, there is,” he replied, and
began to sob.
“T am between them and my
wife,” he said, “and I don’t know
what to do. I know I didn’t do it
and she knows I didn’t do it. I am
between them and my wife and I
can’t say anything.” , „ . j
Asked if the “_someone else had
left him to take the Blame he re-
plied:
“Yes, they *an away and left
fne.”
He answered “No,” when asked
if the person or persons he referred
to lived in Harwichport.
Prior to that Kenneth had com
plained of feeling sick.
“I feel sick,” he said. “I have had
no sleep, I want a lawyer and I
don’t want to say anything until I
do get a lawyer.”
At first Kenneth said two other
men were involved but later chang-
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■ae’uicrtfrift'fll - pr'.'Inat Profes-
«.■■• P'.r.iaid'i lliglii ia admirably
0‘digued 10 dramatitc.
I.i'ad.Lvloa 10 thii ClUcago is the
L. ,iv' ct Irefcasoj Iflbar Compton,
■v.i.r.ivr oi I'eo Nobol prlaa lor liis dis-
vo’-c,'/ -f lb* mys'.erloaa cosmic
i:.--r,' 'iii-eh continuously bombard
■Ike earth from outer apace and
-wl.icli may provide man with a new
source of energy after his present
fuel resources are exhausted. It is
the observation of these mysterious
rays that is the, object of Professor
Piccard’s flights into the strato
sphere.
The tremendous, startling possi
bilities involved in a successful solu
tion of sources of energy that can be
transformed into heat and power may
be grasped mentally, by Professor
Piccard’s illustration: “Calculations
show that energy liberated from t'ue
modification of atoms contained in
six drops of water would suffice to
light up a city for several hours.’’
Answo-.-3 Queric»
III making tentative plans for the
flight, Professor Piccard replied tc
queries of those curious to know just
what the upper region, 10 miles or so
above Chicago, looks like.
“The sky is beautiful,, ten miles
up—a bluish purple—almost black—
but not quite dark enougii to see the
The practical side of Professor
Piccard’s expeditions into the st.,lt-
osphere has already been demon
strated, he points out, Stratopmues
are already being eonstraeteJ in va
rious countries on T’v.ic pi''J devel
oped in the aiu.aiiiara spheis ■mud
ca his last voyage. A aight btUvci u
Xow York and Paris ■•viii undo-JO.-
edly be made in fioi.i tlx 'o sight ■
hours by use of this 'Jew v’'U'-e. ho
predicts.
The aluminum goo-iula in 'whiii
Professor Piccard auared abo»» ll*»
earth at Zurich, Augu^-it Is Itf33. ml-'
be Shell by visitors to the Eipusitloo
ill the Hall of Sciencr. U is a g'ob*
about six feet in llAiuoier, tteimet-
ically sealed, eq-iipped “eith obsurtx-
tioii windows, pxrMhvtn »a» breath
ing apparatus.
daughters
Those lovely ladies from all over
the country who compose the
Daughters of the American Revo
lution have been holding interesting
session in Washington.
'The Daughters have recorded their
customary views insti-ucting the
national Administration and Con
gress to boost for a big Army and
a big Navy; which seems to have
become their standardized method
of emphasizing the perfection of
their patriotism.
In recent years the policies of the
United States' Government with
reference to the Army and Nay
'has been subjects of worldwide
negotiations and have favored peace , .
and disarmament. The processes of j worth full face-values
the negotiations which are attract
ing Prime Ministers and the best
statesmen of the World to Washing
ton seem to be somewhat over'the
heads of the Daughters who insist
upon resoluting in terms of the
American Revolution of 1776 instead
of the light of 1933. But outside of
their amateur dabbling in politics
-the Daughters always do a fine job
.at their yearly meetings.
of money.
Bryan on the Democratic ticket
went down to his first defeat w-ith'
his famous battletcry: “You shall
not press down upon the brow of
labor this crown of thorns, ' you
shall not crucify mankind upon a
cro s of gold.” He was for the white
metal, silver. But he bet on the
wrong colors.
Evidently gold has been a habit
more than a necessity during^ most
of these long years, and it is not
surpri.sing that so many public men
have been converted to the argu
ments of the silver producing States.
Let us hope that the pre-ent
Administration and its ■ advisois
really do “understand’’ the intricates
of the situation and that Uncle
Sam’s money will continue to be
ling,” says Dr. Knapp.
He compliments the cotton ^.=sicia-
tion, the extension service and
others for the efforts made in the
last few years to improve the grade
and staple of Tarheel cotton and
says this work is having a most
beneficial effect. One of the great
things to do now is for communi
ties to unite in the production of
one variety after testing those
which might be adapted to that
community. One-variety communi
ties can be found much more fre
quently than heretofore but a fur
ther expansion of this effort is
highly desirable. Dr. Knapp says.
DATES ARE SELECTED
FOR FARM CONVENTION
large number of leading North Car
olina farm women to the annual
meeting always held during Farm
and Home week and there will be
an additional number to attend the
annual short course scheduled by
the' home demonstration department.
L. H. McKay of Henderson coun
ty is pre.sident of the Convention
tills year and Mrs. Dewey Bennett
of Forsyth County is president of
the State Federation.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Starling, Mr.
and Mrs. Adam Woodard spent Sun
day with Mr. and Mrs. Hylliard
Phillips near Smithfield.
Mrs. Minnie Braswell attended the
' convention at Erwin Friday and
I Saturday. .
Mr. and Mrs. Fate Bra^-well spent
the week end with Mr. and Mrs. j
Henry Bradley in the Daughtry sec- j dumped the kid on my
tion. I 'hand.s,” he sobbed.
Miss Thelma Pittman and Pauline gf kidnaping and extortioa
Woodard, D. A. Pittman, W. G. brother, 13 .years lus
Woodard spent Sunday with Ophelia
Capps in the Creech section.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Sumerlin and
family spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Gid Creebh and family.
Miss Louise Brown of Princeton
and Miss , Gladys Braswell spent the
week end with Miss Ella Braswell.
Mr. and Mrs. William Woodard
and little daughter, Mary Beth, of
the Woodard settlement, spent Sun
day with Mr. and Mrs. Larkin
Creech.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Thomas and
little son, J, D., of near Rains Cross
Roads, .spent a while Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. John Hollomon.
Miss Ida Braswell spent the week
end with Miss Cora Lee Worley, of
Princeton.
Miss Thelma Allen spent the
weekend with Miss Bessie Woodard.
Miss Dorett Sumerlin spent Sun
day with Miss Ruth Creech.
Investijgation Of
Dirigible Crashes
UNCLE SAM’S MONEY
NEW FARM BULLETIN
TELLS ABOUT COTTON
If Horace, the Ancient, knew
what he was talking about when he
wrote that “gold will be slave or
jnaster” the World is due to find
but whether the United States isto
tiontinue to be slave to gold while
France and our own hoarders are
conering the yellow metal, or
•whether we are masters o
financial distinics.
Most pople were quick to
that they “didn’t understand’ what
all this “inflation” talk is about.
And' likely few have yet compre_
bended the intricate subject ot
money, since the wisest of states-
-men have been caught guessing
wrong most of the time for the past
three years. -
Way back in 1896 the partisans of
gold won over the hesitating 9-
publican party with the help o i
liam McKinley, presidential riommee,
who told the pUtform makers to
declare in favor of a single standard
More cotton i.s consumed by the
textile mills of North Carolina than
is produced in the State though the
gradual improvement in staple
length is resulting in an increased
usage of home-produced cotton.
These are two of the facts de
duced by Dr. Joseph G. Knapp,
associate agricultural economist at
State College, in a study, he has
been making of the home market
for North Carolina cotton.. Addi
tional facts of interest both to
growers and those who deal in the
fleecy staple may be secured from
reading the recent Experiment Sta
tion bulletin 284 in which Dr. Knapp
reports the results of his study.
The chief competitor of the North
Carolina grower in the trade with
his local textile mill is the grow
er located in either of the three
states of Mississippi, South Caro
lina and Georgia. Farmers
states are making special efforts to
produce the kind and quility of
staple desired by the North Caro
lina textile mills.
“The cotton mills have suggested
that North Carolina farmers can
better meet the needs of the mills
by increasing staple length, by e-
reloping a greater uniformity o^
The 31st annual gathering of the
.North Carolina State Farmers’ Con
vention will be held at State Col
lege during Farm and Home Week,
July 24 to 29, inclusive, according
to an announcement from Charles.
A. Sheffield, secretary.
The meeting this year will likely
be the most notable gathering in
the 30 years of the organization.
Through the efforts of Pre.sident E.
C. Brooks, the American Institute
of Cooperation will hold its shoit
course and public meeting at the
college this summer. The open meet
ing will be held at the same time
as the farmers’ convention. Dean 1.
O. Schaub has said that annual con
ference of home and farm demon
stration agents will be held at the
same time and Director T.
Browne has stated that the voca
tional teachers of the State will
meet during the week for this an
nual short course.
There is also a possibility that
a school for Grange Lecturers will
be held at the College during the
week. The Institute of Cooperation
will attract leading educators from
all parts of the Southeast and in
addition, the officers of the Inst--
Senator King, Of Utah, Chairman
Of Committee Named To Inspect
The U. S. S. Macon, Primose In
vestigation Of Akron Disaster.
Akron, O., May 6.—A sweeping-
investigation not only into the ^ U.
S. S. Akron disaster but also into
the military and commercial value
of dirigibles in general was promi.-^-
ed today by Senator Vf. H. King of
Utah, chairman of a joint resolu-
tions committee, which arrived here
today to inspect the U. S. S. Macon.
Not only will the committee in
vestigate the disaster that took a
total of 73 lives off the coast of
New Jersey a few week
ADVERTISING OPINIONS
When is an advertisement adver
tising ?
According to the Better Business
bureau of ’fulsa, Okla., it is when
the matter is printed in a news
paper.
In order to ascertain the opinions
of a number of people as to the re
ception given modern forms of pub
licity the bureau sent out letters in
the TuLsa territory, receiving more
than 1,000 an.swers. In reply to the
question: “What form of advertis
ing influences you most in making
your purchases,” 817 persons called
newspapers the best medium. They
constituted 80 1-2 per cent of those
an-'Wering. One and one-half per
cent found billboards the most ap
pealing and 10 1-2 per cent favor
ed radio. Only one per cent reguard
ed circulars as influential and no
one approved of circulars or cards
, f fSo ‘ placed in automobiles. Seven hun-
will also go over the eaus^es of e seventy-eight persons an-
disaster to the Shenandoah wrecked ^ miestionnaire said they
in 1925, Senator King declared.
senior, was charged witli -extofi-.im
alone.
A special session of the grand
jury will convene next lYeeK :ind i’
indictments are returned on the
basis of what police claim are con
fessions by both men the u.-iual pre
liminary hearing will be eliminateo-
The high bail was set by Judge
Welsh after District Attorney Wil
liam C. Crossley had told the court
that “if the commonwealths con
tentions are true, kidnaping is worse
than murder in many cases.”
Judge Welsh, in setting the bail,
said kidnaping was- “one of the
most heinous crimes there is because ■
of the worry and mental strain in- /
Dieted on those to whom the vie-''
tim is dear.”
Kenneth asked for a week’s con
tinuance so he might obtain a law
yer. An adjournment of two weeks
finally was agreed upon.
T have no lawyer and 1 don’t un
derstand anything about law my-
elf,” he said. “I don’t know what
to do.”
Cyril, a garage man, said he saw
“no reason why any information i
have should be concealed now,” and
added;
“I don’t see why what I have to
say can’t be said now. 1 gladly offer
to give any evidence 1 hav'e right
now.”
The district attorney, after C'-:-
plaining to the prisoners their lega..
rights, said he was ready to pro
ceed. Kenneth objected.
“I’ve had no way to get word to
anyone that 1 wanted a lawyer,” he
said. He sat down and began to cry.
Cyril ,declaring he wanted to “get
it over with,” asked , the court foi-
permisr-ion to have a lawyer.
“I don’t feel that I really need a
lawyer, but I am not familiar with
legal procedure,” he said.
Police charge Kenneth took “Peg
gy” from the Harwich grammar
school by a ruse on May 2, carried
/
Brutal Russian Police Methods,
How Confessions Are Obtained
by Torture Explained in The
American Weekly, the Maga
zine Distributed with Next
Sunday’s BALTIMORE AMER
ICAN. Buy it from your favor
ite newsdealer or newsboy.
BUS TRAGEDY STUDIED
swering the questionnaire ' y^gr to a Cranberry shack and then
read only 12 1-2 per cent of the i ^ vacant house; that Cyril posed
circulars received. -
There is no reason for thinking
r, i-HP nTTieers ui w.v- - Rowan county citizen-s, relatives
tote plan to bring to the CoHege and n i^ors
that the Tulsa residents are more
interested in newspapers than citi
zens of any other part of the coun
try or that their reaction to adver
tising in various forms differ mater
ially from those of other intelligent
people. Business men with an ad
vertising budget to apportion might
do well to consider the figures un
covered by the bureau.—York (Neb)
New I’eUer.
group of outstanding speakers
At present time, it appears that
the Convention this summer will be
the greatest of its kind ever held
at the College, Mr. Sheffield says.
The State Federation of Home
c> .
were killed in the school truck col
lision about ten days ago, appeared
before the house and senate oppro-
priations committee Tuesday after
noon urging the legislature to throw
safeguards' about truck transporta
tion in their county.
as the “contract man” for the kid
napers in the deal which caused Neil
C. McMath, the girl’s father, to
give up $60,000 for her return.
The child was returned last Fri
day, the Buck brothers were arrest
ed and the money recovered.
Contrast between the brothers to
day was evident. Kenneth was nerv
ous and trembled as hi.s red hair
glistened in the sunlight, while Cyril
much taller and with black hair
streaked with gray, sat stolidly.
A large increase in the amount
of ground dolomitic lime>tone used
in fertilizer this season is reported
limestone is used as filler and as a
supplement to the usual plant food
materials.
Tobacco grow'er.s who tried the
straw covering for . their tobacco
beds this season are reporting ex
cellent results.
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