Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 302, Decatur, Adams County, 23 December 1930 — Page 10

ALASKAN AIR LINES SHOWING RAPID INCREASE Natives Study Planes and Furnish Aid To Pilots Seward, Alaska. Dec. 23 —(UP) 1 Sky scrapers, technicolor and free i wheeling eights hold no significance for Alaskan natives, but the latest devieemjn air navigation form the chief hobby of many whose only means of navigation used to be skin boats ami dog teams. Terror and fear accompanied the first sight natives had of a “wonder bird." Tribesmen fled with their families from theirvillages. chanting and praying. But when they saw the big bird resting on its skies, they joined hands and danced around if shouting "moose-ptarm!- ■ gan!” Ben Eielson who was killed while ’ flying to the relief of the icebound ! motorship Nanuk was greeted by the natives as the first popular

i A i Merry Christmas X 1 re I' would be wonderfully iAa 7 , ' ’« I joyous to be able to shake • * eac h patron by the hand v"”* on Christmas morning and ||A extend our Christmas Greet- RTX X ‘Nu jfij 1 1 ing in person. Since this is ® Wt', / 11| impossible we take this NXvh y A/-VtfrJl I means of wishing for you ,J rM and yours a day of peace Wm'lv iw and c<,n t entnit> nt. with the * sincere hope that we may i i/ji Wet! have in some small measure, contributed to the joy and FSg jM merriment of the occasion. *1 gg| 3 MB Old Adams County Bank | i<i cS&M "v MRy*** i % W.wfe fv f its fcWWOWFW: Hr - : ~ W

“wonder bird driver.” He was ac I cepted as a member of the tribe, I land given the name of “MooselPtar-! , migan Ben.” Development ofavlatlon In Alas : ka has been rapid, and a net work lof airlines covers the territory I Commercial and private planes I have supplauteddog sled and native 1 boat to such an extent that "Wonder birds'' are common sights When a pilot is down the natives areipiii k to assist him. They bring their finest robes to cover the motor, protecting it against the sub'zero temperatures. They help re[fuel tramp down snow for a run-] way and stand vigil over a plane during a storm. The individual native is delighted with the instrument boar and becomes the pilot’s life-long friend if permitted to tinker with a spare spark plug or wipe off the propeller. All original fear has passed, and natives are fasiclnated by airplanes. o Skilled Labor A financier Is almost anybody who cun deal in money without go ing busted—Terre Haute Tribune. 0 Golfer’s Pun “A good caddie is a gem to t> i . poor golfer,” says a writer. A sort of diamond in the rough.—London Humorist.

CITY RECALLS WASHINGTON AS HE QUIT ARMY — Gave Up Command 147 Years Ago Today At .Annapolis - ■ Annapolis, Md.. Dec. 23 —(UP) One hundred and forty-seven years I ago today. General George Washing i ton surrendered his commisssion as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army. The ceremony took place in the State House here. The event was recalled today us AAnnapolis pushed its pie .s to aid In the celebration of ti e George Washington Bicentennial, the 200th anniversary of his birth in 1932. Farewell to Officers Washington had left New York City, Dec 4. 1783 after bidding farewell to his officers at the famous Fraum he’s Tavern. As he approacned Annapolis on December 19. his coming was announced by the homing of cannon, the clangig of bells, and cheers.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1930.

The following day he dined with the president, of the Congress, Gen. Thomas Mifflin, and with members of that, body and the principal mill tary and civil officers of the state. On Dec. 22, Congress gave him n j public dinner, followed by a bull | nt the State House. The next day, he appeared before | before Congress and tendered his commission. • Private Life General Washington left Annapolis immediately for Mount Vernon which he had seen only ouch since I he beginning of the Revolution. He j arrived on Christmas eve, prepared to resume a quiet life on the banks of the Potomac. Believing that he had retired to private lite for good, he wrote to Governor Clinton of New York a few days later: “The scene Is at last closed; 1 feel myself eased of aload of public care. 1 hope to spend the remainder of my days in cultivating the affections of good men and in the practice of domestic virtues. He spent three and a half years on the estate before he was called to preside at the Constitutional Convention at Philadelphia. Shortly afteiward the electors unaminmously chose him to he the first president of the United States. Get the Habit—Trade at Home.

BUSINESSMEN OF SOUTH STUDY I FARM RELIEF Several Plans Proposed to Cut Cotton Acreage Immediately By Merrill E. Compton United Press Staff Correspondent .Memphis, Dec. 23 - (UP) • Al campaign, just as vigorous as that being carried on by congressional leaders of the south in their effort to gain farm and drough relief legislatio nfavorable to this section, is! being conducted by business, farm and banking leaders of southern states. While in some Instances it does not parallel thew ork as outlined by ; federal autorifles, the rehabilitation I

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drive is a keen one. 1 Much attention Is being given to ' cotton acreage reduction plans ’ which exponents believe will lead to higher pi ices and which, they say ' will ultimately solve the piajority of 1 •the south's economic Ills, Garrett Plan Bankers of a half dozen south- ; ern states, including Texas leading 1 cotton producing state In the Union ( are being called upon to consider 1 the Oarrett reduction plan which i was lavored by leadiilg bankers at i a New Orleans conference. I The plan, introduced by .1. E. Gar- i rett, Corpus Christi. Tex., asks that ; bankers refuse loans to farmers i i who-will not reduce their acreage, i I The plan would extend over a per-j iod of five years, thereby leading to 11 a diverslflcatio nos crops and would 1

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not result in hardships upon any i one group of faimers, its evponents say. ' Leading Memphis bunkers are outspoken In critixizlng this plan, I saying it is ’discrimalory. Georgian Plan The "Georgia plan" is being given serious thought by farm leaders 1 who have met with officials of the Georgia State College, Athens, Ga ' Lirgctor .1. Phil Campbell of the agricultural division of the college is scheduled to meet with farm groups advising them regarding this ! plan. Ultimately he will address groupsin Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi. Texas, Louisiana. Texas and Oklahoma. This plan calls upoir bankers only i to lend money to farmers who adop- 1 methods favored by the extension

experts ami county . This calls for diversificatu'* 11 crops. 1 ""nation J. H. Barnwell, Sr„ nrMlll the Memphis cottm. the Memphis cotton ,- X( ; " ' “ he saw an optlmlgtle vl,. w , W tailure of banks through states which he sah| u „„ h) loans to cotton 1;il -„„. rs t| „. * during acreage in in: l ,] ' 1 Giant, The word "giant '' is , ally limited to pers, ;is XF 1 11" 1 fwt In hoi,"hl w ' ( Great Bank'. Beginning The Bunk of England « . ' 101'1 to linan.n Will! and Mary. 1111