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Farm Program Modified Because Of Drought Food And Feed Quotas Raised Farms With Less-Than Normal Production Can Increase Soil-De pleting Crops. (By Jesse S. Cottrell) Washington, July 1.—The Ag ricultural Adjustment administra tion announced today that the soil conservation program for the east central and soutly^n States, in cluding the Carolinas, has been modified in an effort to increase the production of food and feed crops in drought areas. On farms where the production of food and feed crops is less than normal in 1936 because of the drought or other unfavorable weather conditions, farmers may grow all the food and feed neces sary to bring their production up to normal without affecting pay ments, provided they comply with other requirements of the program. For example, a producer on a farm which had a general soil-de pleting base of 100 acres might have an acreage in 1936 of crops in the soil-depleting base of more ithan 100 acres and jet receive payment for diversion from the soil-deplet ing base for cotton, tobacco, or peanuts, for carrying out soil uuiiuiiig practices, 11 tne excess acreage was necessary to offset the loss in food and feed crops because of the drought. The program ori ginally provided for deductions of the acreage in general soil-depleting crops in 1936 exceeded the general soil-depleting base for the farm. The producer, however, would not receive payment for diversion from has general soil-depleting base if the planting of food and feed crops, other than annual grasses, small grains and sorghums, result ed in a general soil-depleting acre age equal to or in excess of his gen eral base, -i. The modifications in the conser vation program relate to any farm in the regions to -whj^h they ap ply where county committees deter mine that unusual weather condi tions have reduced the prospective production of food and feed crops below normal. The general base is, roughly speaking, the average plantings in the past of all crops except those like cotton, tobacco, and peanuts, which have special bases that are also determined by past plantings. "Reports from the South and Southeast,” said J. B. Hutson, act ing administrator, "indicate that there is a deficit in food and feed crops in drought sections and that this is particularly true of hay and forage crops. If rain falls, there is still time to plant sorghums, cow peas, Sudan grass, other grasses and legumes, sweet potatoes and fall vegetables. Some rain, however, is necessary for the revision to accom plish real results. "Modifications of the program in other drought areas are under con sideration.” Salisbury Car Strikes Officer Sergeant John A. Wagoner of the city police force was painfully injured Saturday when struck by an automobile driven by Bill Rog ers, 16, of this city. The officer was directing traf fic in the 100 block of South Main street when hit. He was taken to the Rowan general hospital un conscious but soon regained con sciousness. After staying at the hospital overnight, he was allowed to return to his home. Rogers, who told officers he does not have a State driver’s li cense, parked the car a short dis tance from the accident and ran to his father’s place of business nearby. The father, A. L. Rogers, took the boy to police headquart ers, and he was later released under bond pending further investigation. The youth said he did not see the officer until directly on him be cause of heavy traffic. He said he was driving at a slow rate of speed. Trouble with plant diseases and fertilizers is reported by commer cial bulb growers of New Han over County who have asked for control. TIMED CAMERAS REPLACE BULLETS IN NAVY’S SHAM AERIAL WARFARE Pilots ia Combat Practice Fire Away at Each Other With “Machine Gun Cam eras”—Watch Shows Exact Second of ‘Killing’ A MACHINE gun camera, fitted with a watch that records the exact moment of scoring a perfect hit, is the unique device now being used in Navy airplanes to test a pilot’s speed and accuracy of gun fire. This equipment invests sham battles with all the reality of actual fighting aloft, for it provides a highly accurate comparison be tween two combatants. Except for the substitution of film for bullets, practice battles are war "to the death.” The Fairchild Gun Camera, shaped and operated precisely like a machine gun, is of the motion picture type and contains a second recording Hamilton Watch. An other device marks each individual section of film with thin lines—^ both concentric circles as on a rifle target, and cross lines similar to those in a surveyor's instrument. Thus, pictures taken of an “enemy” plane show the exact point at which it would be hit with bullets. In sham combat, planes dive, cir cle, and mahoeuver each other into position just as they would in a real "dog-fight.” When the "enemy” comes within range, the pilot or gunner then presses the trigger of the machine gun camera, which takes a motion picture of the op posing airplane. After a burst of shots has been made, and when the gunner thinks he has made a per fect "hit", he releases the trigger and the camera automatically changes focus to take a picture of the watch. When the airplanes re turn to the ground the films ar« developed and projected on a screen, revealing the progress of the battle and showing the precise time of the first successful shot. The pilot whose first hit is regis tered a few seconds later than that of his opponent may then imagine himself actually losing the battle, falling to his death in a smoking, flame-ridden airplane. (Above) The strip of film on which is recorded the "hits” and “misses” of the machine gunner. The Special Hamilton Clock records instant of hit. S-- - Hints for Picnic-goers Canned Beer Easy To Take On Auto Trips For the millions who will take to the highroad this summer in their cars, canned beer seems a special blessing. Beer is favored mostly by the masculine taste, of course, but it makes a healthful, cooling drink for the whole family. The woman who remembers to put it on her shop ( ping list when planning the tour will find it a popular item in deed. A case of your favorite brew, packed in this style of container, is light, easy to carry, and so compact that it can be stowed anywhere with very little loss of needed space. When thirsty, all you need do is pause a while beneath a shady tree, flip the cap off a can of beer, lick your lips, and take a long, deep quaff. It is a handy beverage tor other kinds of outings as well. Perhaps you are thinking of picnics, a fishing or hunting trip, a canoe trip, a boating week-end, or any one of the other back-to-nature excursions that people are going in for nowadays. Whatever your particular holiday plans are, a can of beer is sure to fit in well with them. - One thing worth keeping in mind is that the “cap-sealed" type of can is the one best suited to outing needs. With that style, the only equipment needed is an ordinary can-opener. But should you hap pen to forget one, almost any tool in your auto mobile or fishing kit enables you to snap the crown off the cap-can in a jiffy. No glasses, no fpecial openers. The “cap-sealed” can is easy to pour' from, easy to open, and easy to drink; from. - And if you want to be regarded as; an inventive genius, you will try this simple but effective way of making, your own beer cooler. Merely see, that the car stops alongside a stream, river, lake, or ocean. Tie a string around the can of beer, lower it into the water, wait a few minutes, and lift it out as chill and delicious as if it had been in the icebox at home. Se metal in the can is responsible ' thi* rapid conductivity of the water's temperature, oj course. But, whatever the reason, it does the trick. Earl Browder Is Nominated By Communists Negro Is Selected As Running Mate Convention Is Held In Madison Square Garden ' I New York.—In frenzied accla mation, Earl W. Browder, of Kan sas Mlonday, was nominated as the Communist party’s candidate for President of the United States. | James W. Ford Harlem negro, was similarly chosen as the candi date for vice president. Twenty thousand spectators packed in Madison Square Garden joined the party’s 710 delegates in creating a bedlam with their lungs and mechanical noise-makers to rival recent demonstrations of the major political parties. Ticker tape was showered over the convention floor and shouting and blaring of horns as Robert Minor, communist candidate for governor of New York, rose to nominate Browder. Twice Minor stated his speech only to have three bands march out in the aisles lead ing parading delegates. . R. A. Buys Large Tract In N. C. Raleigh. — Announcement was made here that final approval has been given by officials in Washing ton jo the purchase by the Reset tlement Administration of 10,000 acres of farm land on both sides of the Lumber River in Robeson county. Homer H. B. Mask, re gional director, wHo made the an-j nouncement, said the tracts would be divided into one and two horse farmsteads. While primarily an Indian pro ject, Mack explained, a section of the area will be set aside for white families. The nearest town tfo the 'land is Pembroke, a railroad jUnc-j | tion between Wilmington and j/Hamlet, which has been for many , years the center of the Croatan /settlement in Eastern Carolina. APDfRM WpM Charl'Ormond William/* President of National Podaration of Busin*** and Prof—atonal Woman’s Clubs, Inc. When the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace decided to enlarge its field tof activities and re cently established an office in Lon don, England, two women were put on the Advisory Council. They are Mrs. Mary Agnes Hamilton, Governor of the British Broadcast ing Corporation, and Mrs. Neville Lamrence, daughter of Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of the En dowment. Mrs. Hamilton is a nov elist and biographer and is, perhaps, best known in the book world, as the author of “Murder in the House of Commons.” Mrs. Lawrence, ap pointed honorary secretary, was graduated from Barnard College. Soon after leaving college she be came interested in politics. She is closely related to the Schuyler and Van Renssalaer families. Her hus band, captain Neville Lawrence, is the younger son of Sir Walter R. Lawrence of London. * * * Optometry, a science which has heretofore interested men rather than women, is especially suited for women, according 'to E^r. Clare Vial-Lawson of Weiser, Idaho, one of the leading members of this profession. She has shown tre mendous interest in the Better Light-Better Sight movement and it is largely due to her influence that electric lights have been in stalled in the grammar schools of Weiser. Dr. Vial-Lawson has re cently been elected president of the Idaho S. W. District of the Business and Professional Women’s Club. * * * Examples of the "indomitable spirit in America among the sup posedly sacrificial sex,” include Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Mary Van Kleek, of the Russell Sage Foundation, and Mrs. Robert Low Bacon, of the Women's National Republican Club, according to Mrs. Mary R. Beard, Amerian his torian and author. Mrs. heard mentioned this trio of outstanding women at a Y. W. C. A. dinner given during the recent National Conference of Social Work. * * * An American college will soon be opened in Mexico City, according to Dr. Adrienne C. Gobert, found-! er of the new college and for whom! it will be named. The faculty will be drawn largely from the Un iversity of Mexico. Dr. Gobert has had a world-wide academic ex perience. * * * Repairing holes which cannon have made in the nation’s flags is the work of Katherine Fowler Richey, wife of Commander Thomas Richey of the United States Navy. She took up the work started by her mother who was an artist and an expert in needlework. She helped her mother in restoring the historic flags of the Naval Academy. Mrs. Richey does this work from patriotic fervor. At present she is directing women under the auspices of the women’s division of the WPA in repairing and preserving the flags tjo be hung in the chapel on Governors Island, New York. BOY DISCHARGED AFTER NAIL TAKES FROM LUNG Philadelphia. — Three-year- ol d Kelvin Rogers, who traveled half way around the world for a seven minute operation was discharged from Temple university hospital. A nail was removed from his lung. The hospital said the lad who shipped from Australia was in "ex cellent condition.” The nail was removed from the lower right lung through a bronch oscope in the clinic of Dr. Chevalier Jackson, who perfected that instru ment. WOMAN TREATS WOULD-BE PURSE-SNATCHER ROUGHLY Tampa, Fla.—A police car sped to a corner in answer to a woman’s screams for help. "Purse snatchers!” she cried, "two of them.” "Did they get your purse?” the officers asked. "They certainly did not,” she re plied vehemently, "I tore the shirt sleeve off one of them and kicked the other on the shins so hard he could hardly run.” Textile Rise With Cotton Inquiries Up For Raw Lint * Purchases by Domestic Mills Increase Slight ly; Cloth Sales Smaller Washington.—The sharp advance in the price of cottfon during last week, bringing it within the 12.35 cents range, stiffened the price of cotton textiles throughout the Piedmont region, the Bureau of j Agricultural Economics announced ' in a weekly summary tof conditions,' in the cotton textile market. Generally, inquiries for raw cot-j ton from domestic mills were nu merous and the volume of purchases; increased slightly despite the con-1 tinued scarcity of available supplies of the medium tjo higher grades! needed for immediate use. Forwardings to domestic mills were somewhat larger than in the preceeding week and larger than the average for the corresponding weeks in the three preceding years. Forwardings of 5,760,000 bales for the season to June 26 were about 28 per cent greater than for the corresponding period last season and 11 per cent larger than in the cor responding period in 1933-34. The sharp increase in forwardings to domestic mills this season was due mainly jo an increase in mill ac tivity. Mil! stocks wer? on!y slightly larger at the end of May 1936 than on the same date last year. The comparatively high rate of | RELEASE YOUNG TROUT j .Raone.—C. E. Smathers, manag er of the state fish hatchery at] Rutherford, announced 3,000 fing erling trout were released in the Watauga river near here. CLEVER COMMENTS A page of brilliant sayings by the late G. K. Chesterton, great author and conversationalist. In the July 12_ issue of the American Weekly, the big magazine which comes every Sunday with the BAL TIMORE AMERICAN. Get your) copy from your favorite news-;] dealer. 11 business activity, coupled with th< substantial volume of unfilled or ders for cloth on mill books, are ex pected to offset to a considerable :xtent the usual end-of-season de fine in the rate of mill consump tion. Industrial production during May was 101 per cent of the 1923 15 average, according to the Fed :ral Reserve board’s index, against 100 in April, and 84 in May, 1935 Sales of spot cotton reported ir the 10 markets increased and in quiries for new business were more numerous than in the previou: week. Forwardings of cotton U domestic mills increased and tradi reports indicated that industrial production was about the same as the comparatively high level re ported during recent weeks. The high rate of buying activi ty in unfinished cotton cloth mar kets slackened somewhat, but the volume of sales for most kinds of goods was reported as substantial and prices were firm. The volume of finished goods moving into wholesale and retail channels con tinued to increase, according to press reports. Exports of raw cot ton decreased substantially but ffor wardings of American cotton to foreign mills increased to some ex 1 tent. Prices of American cotton in Liverpool advanced mJore than In dian in that market. HERRINGTON'S as lQcib. Dill or Sour C% • A ■ pickles 2 25c PHILADELPHIA CREME r% C J A CHEESE 2for 16C Boiled M HAM, 1-2 lb. 24C 1 lb. Box A CRACKERS, SC A large assortment of cold lunch meats at popular piiecs especially for the fourth. HERRINGTON'S ENGAGEMENT EXTRAODINARY! FRED KIRBY (Radio’s Hill-Billy Singing Star) HAPPY SAM FOWLER (Sensational Hill-Billy Comedian) AND THEIR W.B.T. RADIO SHOW MUSIC! SONGS! COMEDY! You've Heard Them On The Radio, Now See Them On The Stage at 1:30 - 3:30 - 5:30 - 7:30 - 9:20 SATURDAY ONLY 1 Night 25c] Children ' Always 10c , • 11 P. M. Action Thriller of the Railroads “Phantom Express** --s20c-1 On The Screen j His life in his hands... and a girl in his arms! UnyCnkbftoyMriftrtw ' ftanla RmI • Jmw IMw 1 Frank Merriwell Serial Comedy
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