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4QN BOARD THE BYRD FUAG
^ SHIP, JACOB RUPPERT:—
[By Mack ay Radio) Whew! That
Kras some crossing of the Pacific,
wasn't it? From Norfolk, Va„ to
Wellington, N. Z., and then smack
nto the ice pack bordering on the
;reat Antarctic continent (if jt is ft
jontinent)—all in a week. Well, any
iow, here we are right in the mid
( file,of a most amazing world of ice
bergs, ice cakes, seals, whales and
silly looking penguins! The sudden
change from America and New Zea
land is more than my mind can
take in all at once.
In last week’s story we were just
-leaving NorroiK. i
have sent to the
club editors b j
mail and radic
twelve stories ol
our adventures or
the long trip. Yor
will p r o ba b 1 3
never see those
stories. Too muct
is happening witl
us and we've gol
to come up tc
Harold June
idate with this series right now.|
1 Two great events occurred here
'On December 20 and 22. Admiral
(Byrd made a magnificent four-hour
,, flight of discovery over the ice of
jKoss Sea in the big Condor plane.
And Klondyke had a calf! Some
'excitement!
, First, I’ll tell you about the Ad
miral’s great flight on the 22nd.
, He had been dreaming this flight
‘for years. Already our great steel
jBhip had gone further south into
Ithe ice than any ship in history.
ICommodore Giertsen advised re
treating to open water. Admiral
iByrd had seen a big open bay in
jthe closely packed ice and we cir
cled around to its entrance. Then
|he notified Harold June, chief pilot,
• William Bowlin, relief pilot, J. A.
iPelter, mapper, and Carl O. Peter
|sen, radio man, to get ready. In the
(most beautiful and fantastic scene
lever dreamed of, the huge 6-ton Cur
tiss-Wright Condor plane was hoist
ed out on the big boom and dropped
, gently into the calm water and then
the 46-foot Matthews motor boat
cruiser was put over and took the
• plane in tow.
' Under Commander Noville, execu
tive officer, great red drums of
‘Tydol gasoline were rolled up on
ideck and 400 gallons put into the
|plane by hand. Then the cruiser
itowed the plane out into the ice
,lined bay and cast off. This was
10:30 a. m. Up and down the bay
June ran the flying ship, warming
the engines. Then, like a magnifi
|cent sea bird, she took the air and
■ circled for almost an hour over the
jRuppert, while compasses, radio
(and other equipmenh-were cheeked
‘and tested. At 11:40, the Admiral
jsignalled ‘‘We are heading south,”
iand off they went, at 1500 feet. It
jtook only fifteen minutes for the
(Condor to disappear in the distance.
At 2:55 she was over the ship
(again after one of the most imDor
tant exploration flights ever made—
from 66.31 South 149.5 West along
the 150th Meridian to 70 South—
, 350 miles further south than the
; record made by Captain Cook on
: the same meridian in 1773. Mark
Cotton growers in North Caro
lina will receive an average of
$11.15 an acre for withholding
land from production in 1934, say
State College specialists.
Beaufort County farmers used
900 pounds of the government pre
pared red squill bait as a rdt con
trol measure in the county last
week.
A carload of 24 mules bought
cooperatively for cash by farmers
of Alamance County saved the
purchasers approximately $50 per
mule.
this on your map when you get it
in the near future.
The Admiral saw no land, but he
saw miles of open water behind an
ice pack not nearly as big or tough
as it was supposed to be. So with
new flights for guidance, it may be!
that we shall get our big steel ship
further south safely than was |
dreamed possible. It is now Decem
ber 26 and we have drifted around i
for days in a thick fog.
And maybe this whole ship load ]
wasn’t excited about Klondyke last 1
nroolr f nri tVio W O had <311 d
denly plunged into an ocean of ice
bergs. The first I had ever seen.
Never will I forget it. We passed
more than a thousand in sixteen
hours—like huge ships or glistening
apartment buildings. In the water
between there were thousands of
shiny white broken pieces of bergs.
Admiral Byrd and Commodore
Gjertsen told me they had never
seen so many at one time in all
their trips. The Admiral said, “Only
an undulating and extensive barrier
coast could produce bergs in such
large numbers. Somewhere here
abouts is a barrier which may be
considerably larger than the great
Ross ice barrier fronting on the
Ross Sea. If that’s the case- and
we’re lucky enough to find it, the :
eastward search for the coast of
the Antarctic continent may be
ended.”
But at ten o’clock in the morning
our i nougn is were latien viuieuuy
off of icebergs and everything else
except Klondyke. At that hour she
increased the population of the
Byrd Expedition to the extent of
one full-blooded Guernsey bull-calf
It was a hectic time on the Jacob
Ruppert and it was a huge event
for Messrs. Cox and Clark, two of
our ex-Navy men. For weeks they
had been consulting charts, calen
dars. the ship's log book and Cap
tain Verleger, because they had
promised the donor of our three '
cows that the first calf would be
born within the Antarctic circle
This would have happened except
for a couple of days of fog and the
terrific gale that slowed us down
last Sunday, and they missed it by
247 miles!
The happy event took place in
the cow shed on deck next to the
studio of David Paige, our artist.
An able seaman, Fred Dustin, was
first to know of it. We were all
watching a berg four miles long
when he yelled "Oh boy, oh boy, oh
boy!" and went racing for the
Messrs. Cox and Clark and Dr. Shi
rey, our medico. Commander
George Noville tells me he is very
fond of veal chops.
1 understand the maps we are go
ing to send without cost to every
member of the Little America Avia
tion and Exploration Club will be
ready by January 10th. Those al
ready members will receive them
automatically. Non-members should
become members right away, at no
cost, by sending me a self-ad
dressed stamped envelope at the
Club’s American headquarters. Ho
tel Lexington, 48th Street and Lex
ington Avenue, New York, N. Y„ sc
they can mark this flight on tl»e
map.
Four-H club members of Ca
tawba County produced products
to the value of $8,493.76 and se
cured a labor income of about
$4,000 from these producas in
1933.
Over 75 per cent of the tobacco
growers in Pearson County have
signed reduction contracts. No
grower, so far. approached, has re
fused to sign.
Ride ’Em Cowboy! Follow
"Way Out West,” one of the
brand-new comics in BALTIMORE
SUNDAY AMERICAN. Buy
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Present Monetary Policy
Aids Tar Heel Farming
Both the economic and the
nonetary policies of the federal
government are bringing marked
mprovements in southern agricul
sural conditions, according to Dr.
j. W. Forster, head of the depart
nent of agricultural economics at
M. C. State College.
In North Carolina alone, he said,
she gross farm income for 1933 has
seen estimated at more than $200,
300,000, as compared with $140,
300,000 in 1932—an increase of 43
percent. Due to lower production
costs, the net income was 73 per
cent higher in 1933 than in 1932.
Tobacco farmers of the South
got $19,300,000 in equalization
payments and- increased prices re
sulting from adjustment activities.
A.n add'tional $4,000,000 will be
paid in 1934 to thoise who signed
reduction contracts. Payments to
cotton growers are expected to
reach $100,000,000. These are'
seen largely as the outgrowth of the
government’s economic program.
The monetary policy of the fed
eral government in abandoning
the gold standard and boosting the
price of gold has brought about a
general rise of domestic prices as
well as an increase in the prices of
foreign trade. As the value of
foreign moneys increased, the prices
offered by foreign buyers for Am
erican farm products rose also.
Still further rises are expected in
the future to accompany the rising
price of gold.
As an example, Dr. Forster
pointed out, when the British
pound was rated at $4.13, the av
erage price for export tobacco was
about 10 cents a pound. When
the rate advanced "to $4.53, the
price rose to 11 cents a pound, and
when the pound reached a valua
tion of $5.15, the export tobacco
price jumped to 13 ..cents a pound.
Increased prices in cents per
pound could be paid by British
buyers without spending additional
British money, he said, since the
pound had increased in exchange
value with the American dollar.
I AJAX KT
Tom and his 'wife had always
had a goat. Even after the village
became a suburb of the town, that
goat would frclic around the
street. In a playful set-to with pe
destrians he always left them in a
heap on the sidewalk, and the goat
became very unpopular. One day
the tax collector presented Torn
with a tax bill for $8 on the goatr
Great consternation ensued, the
owner insisting that even the tax
collector must know that the goat
was not worh $8 (as prices were
then).
"I have my authority right here,”
insisted the collector, reading from
his instructions: 'Charge $2 a foot
for anything abutting on the side
walk.’ ”
Cooperative sales of chickens and
turkeys by Chatham County farm
ers have brought them about $8,000
|in cash during the past monfn.
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G. T. White of Yadkin County
built and filled a 65-ton trench
silo this fall at a cost of only 57
cents per ton of silage stored, he
reports.
_Buy in Salisbury—
At a meeting of earlv tr et, po
tato growers at Washington, Beau
fort County, last week an agree
ment was signed to reduce and, as
far as possible, to prevent an in
I crease in acreage to the crop this
I season.
Science says Today
use a LIQUID Laxative |
; If you wont to GET RID of Constipation worries— !;
Any hospital offers evidence of the
harm done by harsh laxatives that
drain the system, weaken the bowel
muscles, and in some cases even
affect the liver and kidneys.
A doctor will tell you that the
unwise choice of laxatives is a com
mon cause .of chronic constipation.
Fortunately, the public is fast
returning to the use of laxatives
in liquid form.
A properly prepared liquid laxa
tive brings a perfect movement.
There is no discomfort at the time
and no weakness after. You don’t
have to take “a double dose” a day
or two later.
In buying any laxative, always
read the label. Not the claims, but
the contents. If it contains one
doubtful drug, don’t take it.
Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin is a
prescriptional preparation in which
there are no mineral drugs. Its in
gredients are on the label. By using
it, you avoid danger of bowel strain.
You can keep the bowels regular,
and comfortable; you can make
constipated spells as rare as colds.
The liquid test: j
This test has proved to many men
and women that their trouble was
not "weak bowels,” but strong
cathartics:
First. “Select a good liquid laxa
tive. 2. Take the dose you and is
suited to your system. 3. Gradually
reduce the dose until bowels are
moving regularly without any need
of stimulation.
Syrup pepsin has the highest
standing among liquid laxatives,
and is the one generally used. It
contains senna, a natural laxative
which is perfectly safe for
the youngest child. Your
druggist has Dr, Cald
well’s Syrup Pepsin.
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I MOTOR CAR IS KI^IG. New York's most popular
I topic was the new 1934 cars during the auto show, to
vhich celebrities and plain John Citizen flocked in
great numbers. Here are some of the high spots of the
show: right, the cameraman shows some of the
-crowds which jammed the exhibit.
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AL SMITH MEETS NAMESAKE. Al
Smith of New York met Al Smith of
Detroit during the show. Detroit’s Al, a
veteran employe of the Fisher Body Cor
I poration, hasn’t missed an auto show in
! thirty-five years, but this is the first time
he ran across fiew York’s Al. Looks as
though Al has his eye op that car in the
——v-next picture! .
THEY COULDN’T GET PAST. Lyda
Roberti and Tamara, stars of "Roberta,”
•v were busy inspecting gadgets and motors
at the show until they found this minia
ture style show with tiny mannequins
dressed in latest fashions—and there
they stayed. Photo shows Miss Roberti,
_ Margit Nilsen, ex-Vanities dancer who
designed the style show, and Tamara.
THE PRESIDENT’S
DAUGHTER, Mrs. Anna
Roosevelt Dali, put off
her return to Washing
ton from a shopping ex
pedition long enough to
inspect the new cars.
The most interesting ex
hibit in the show, she
said, was the tiny Napo
leonic coaches built by
young members of the
Fisher Body Crafts
man’s Guild. She is
shown inspecting the
coaches with W. A.
Fisher, sponsor of the
foundation.
WRAP IT UP! That’s what these stars of “She Loves
Me Not” are saying as they rest for a minute on a
shiny new streamlined LaSalle. Polly Walters, New
- York^s stagesensatiog, is at the wheel._
Nagging Pains
are WARNING SIGNALS
TEMPORARY pain relief remedies
may save you much suffering at
the moment, but putting a mask
over a warning signal does not
clear up the condition it was tell
ing you to avoid.
When periodic pains, due to a
weak, run-down condition, dis
tress you, treatment for the cause
of the trouble should be started
without delay, s ®
Take Cardui to build up against
the nagging symptoms of ordinary
womanly ailments. It has been in
use tor over 60 years. So many
women praise CARDUI, It must be
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