Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 306, Decatur, Adams County, 28 December 1936 — Page 5

(tow PRODUCE IN FACTORIES Exhibit Shows How Vegetables Are Grown Chemically Chicago. Dec. 28 — <U.R) The farmer's most potent enemy of id,, future may be no mere invasion (l s chinch bugs and grasshoppers nor drought, nor floods, but lhe chemist who has discovered jiow t'> produce vegetables in fa>lories. This was contended today as jociologists. economists, and political scientists representing lit. groups met jointly for u three-day session to pool information over a wide field. The American Sociological so- i e ty, in its rural section, presented an exhibit startling enough to frighten a.ny dirt farmer, it was labeled “the chemist conquers the farmer’’ and told of "foods produced by the factory method." "Dr. W. F. Gericke, plant physiologist of the University of California. grows strawberries and tomatoes without soil,” exhibit literature stated. “They grow 15 to 25 feet tall and are ready for :

A Three Days’ Cough Is Your Danger Signal I No matter how many medicines | you have tried for your cough, chest I cold or bronchial irritation, you can j, get relief now with Creomulslon. | Serious trouble may be brewing and 1 ' you cannot afford to take a chance 1 1 with anything less than Creomul- , slon. which goes right to the seat . of the trouble to aid nature to soothe and heal the inflamed mem- i branes as the germ-laden phlegm ! < is loosened and expelled. , Even if other remedies have I failed, don't be discouraged, your 1 druggist is authorized to guarantee | Creomulslon and to refund your i money if you are not satisfied with t results from the very first bottle. 1 Get Creomulslon right now. (Adv.) '

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By MAURICE MERRYFIELD International Illustrated Newi Writer CLEVELAND, O — Rising wuges and a scarcity of trained farm hands seems to be providing an answer to the old question of How you gonna keep him down on the farm". In other words, that typically American institution known as the hired man is enjoying a wave of prosperity. It was not long ago that there was a general exodus from the country to the city. Thousands of young men. some of them sons of farmers and others hired men, were lured away from the dairy, grain and livestock belts by the shorter hours and higher wages offered by Industry. But now there is a reversal of this trend under way. Many who found life in the big city a pretty tough proposition during the depression years are returning to the rural life. This “resettlement’’ of the farm regions by many urbanites also includes thousands of families who have purchased small | fruit or chicken farms, or enough land for a sizable garden, located | just outside the town or city where they work and yet near enough so they can commute and enjoy the i advantages of the country while : beeping their city jobs. Farm Hands in Demand Recent federal surveys have. shown a considerable shortage of | skilled farm hands, men with experience and knowledge comparable to that of the hired man who was such an important part °f the agricultural picture in the sighties and the nineties. There is usually an available, supply of farm labor which can oe : drafted from the army of ''drifter* i

'market long before the noil product. Soil culture bus produced 12 11 ton. per acre. (Factory culture i toM per acre. ’ Wei chemical food i supplied I In shallow tanks and artificially Jlii'iUed. Nothing is Jett to chance. I There is no plant disease, no poor of food elements, tn, excrea or lack of light. Plants grow more quickly, the quality is better. ‘England, Germany, and Denmark have begun similar production. What is the future of the gardener ami the (twiner? Conflict between agriculture j and industry was displayed in a chart presented by the national, iorum. in which it was contended ! that between 1929 and 1933, farm i machinery prices dropped only six per cent, while farm produce prices dropped 63 per cent. "The farmer sold cheap and> bought dear.” the chart related. “That will wreck anybody.” Although farm machinery prices dropped only six per cent dining the period, it was contended, itsj , production fell off So per cent, | "Because prices were kept high. I sales decreased,” the chart con-' eluded. The reverse was true of farm production, which fell off only six tier cent while prices dropped to 37 per cent of normal, i according to the chart. o U. S. INCOME ffONTJNVEp EKQM J»XGE jE£E) 000.000,000. Possibly cognizant v>f the double i entry criticism, Mr. Roosevelt ; I simultaneously announced that with the start of the current fiscal year, certain classes of expenditures of expenditures had been shifted I from the emergency to the regular category. These included agricultural adjustment administration, civilian conservation corps and public works. Almost coincident with announcement that regular budget expenditures would be kept within federal income, the supreme court destroyed the balance by outlawing

I who travel with the sui and plan their wanderings so as io arrive in s | the right sectors for the harvest ! I season. But the dependable "alli around" hired man whom the l farmer of yesterday considered one . of the family and a person of ability and importance has diminished in numbers to a point where I his services are again much in J demand. Rising prices of produce an* crops have made it increasingly 1 profitable for the farmer to make ' I the most of his acreage and nas ’also made it possible for him to I meet the salary schedules offered ’I by industry. As a result, trained ; farm hands today are at a ’ 1 premium. Earned $25 a Month! In the old days the mred man came to work in the spring and I stayed on through the summer months into the autumn untill the harvest was over. His wages ranged from S2O to $35 a month “board and keep", and feed and shelter for his carriage and horse. Fourth of July ami a day at tne county fair were understood to be s U holidays. Usually ne nad Saturday night off and sometimes was able to drive a bargain which included Sundays oft except tor chores. Hours were long but life had its "pastoral Th rX e r P rura> 3 j w-hich the hired man with his fast j horse ami shiny buggy cut no mean f ‘ S nuring the winter months many attended 8 school, fitting themselves attendee professions or some tor one of the pror . cvcntua|)y other position w I . lcultural took them out oMhc fi J d£ _ win(?h arm - re now leaving to return many ate now ■ » |to farming!

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I>aughter XVith Star on Holiday r ‘ ... £ tRJREW! I B V 'T*' I '!*• / Ii i * f Jr ' V RMA x 'Mr IV ' x .JKt **- ' r <- Astor with daughter 1 Most prized of the Christmas gifts enjoyed by Mary Astor, screen star, was the companionship of her daughter, Marylyn, who was the center of a bitter court battle last summer between Miss Astor and her ex-husband, Dr. Franklyn Thorpe. Mother and daughter are shown at the Astor Hollywood home where Marylyn spent the day.

the AAA processing taxes, thus substantially reducing treasury rvenue. Later in the session congress authorized immediate cash payment of the soldiers’ bonus, further throwing the budget out of line. — o WHEAT PRICES (CONTINUED FROM rAGE ?. N .*?L pmyed that prices could go no higher and in the ensuing disorder on the floor the cost of a bushel of wheat slipped downward. A similar break in prices at Winnipeg was pointed to by observers as the probable cause of the desire of Chicago traders to pocket their profits. Other grains followed wheat into higher ground but broke later as the wave of profit taking in wheat spread to other cereals. ENGLAND HOPES (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONB) cuts based in the Balearic Islands I off the Spanish east coast, had returned “for the Christmas holidays" and that his whereabouts were unknown. The implication seemed to be that he would not return if all went well. There was in addition an unconfirmed report in diplomatic quarters that Italy already had started exacuation of the Balearic Islands as the result of its •imminent agreement on Mediterranean cooperation with Great Britain. Italian officials never had admitted formally the presence of ••Count Rossi” and other Italians at Majorca, the big rebel base in the Balearic's. But private forces have given circumstantial reports of their activity, and identified ‘Count Rossi” as Arconovaldo Bonaccorsl, a lawyer of Rome. He commanded mixed forces in Ma. jorca, a majority of them said to, be Italian •'volunteers.” (There were persistent reports Hom Spain several weeks ago that a gigantic attack was to be made on Barcelona, the great port of Catalonia, beginning January 2, with Italian airplanes from the Balearics in the lead.—Ed.) Recapture City Madrid, Dec. 28.— (U.K) Govern—onvn I

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ment troops recaptured Usera in hard week-end fighting and prepared today to inaugurate the eighth week of the siege of Madrid by , trying to drive a wedge toward Carabanchel Alto. 1 Cuccess of this maneuver would split the insurgents on a line be-, tween the Getafe area and the Boadilla-I’onzuelo front, and put loyalists in a strong strategic position to launch flank attack on either side. The government troops advanced about one mile on the Carabanchel-Barrio-Usera sector as a result of the surprise attack Sunday, indicating preparations to take the offensive away from the insurgents are about to Retranslated into concrete action. A strong insurgent counter-at-tack past the bridge across the Manzanares river, near the north station, was thrown back. The battle for Usera took four ‘ hours. The attack began at a i point in the Carabanchel sector known as El Basuerero. Au advance artillery barrage punished the insurgents severely, loyalist officers said. Troops directed by Col. Mena occupied the extreme position on the right side. The advancing troops found several abandoned insurgent tanks. Loyalists sources said the Usera position was important strategicially as it dominated the whole sector and made a further advance into Carabanchel, now held by the insurgents, comparatively easy. Both sides suffered heavy losses. AT the same moment that the government militia was making its desperate fight to repossess the north station and repulse the enemy counter-attack, holi da y crowds strolled along the Calle Castellana, children played under the trees, and case patrons calmly sipped beer. —— — <y Marriage Fees Reduced Warren, 0.. (UP) —Trumbull county needed only 60 more marriages to break its six-year record for December —so Municipal Judge Ralph R. Speak announced that he would perform the marriage rites for sl-s;'. one-half the usual rate. —o Glass Hospital Planned 1 Melbourne — (UP) The ’arg'st ■ hospital in the Southern Hemisphere is to be built here, construct-, ■ i d of glass whereever it can be subiiitituted for solid walls. The central | section alone will have more than , 3,500 running feet of sun balconies. o Curfew Bell to Rust | Elyria, O.,—(UP) - The remodel-[ j lug of Elyria's central fire station I will end the city’s 28-year-old 9. I o’clock curfew ordinance. Present | remodeling plans specify removal of I the station's belfry, housing the. I “curfew” bell. o Schmidts Outrank Smiths Milwaukee (UB) The Germa-j nic influence in Milwaukee is em-j phaslzed by its newest telephon*' directory which lists 454 Schmidta ! the largest name group in the book, outranking the Smiths, Jones and Johnsons. Squirrels Short Circuit Wire Woodbury. Conn. — (UP)— Squirrels, sharpening their teetli on the antimony alloy covering of a telephone cable, caused disruption of service between Woodbury andl Bethelhem for two days. Five holes were chewed in the cable covering, allowing moisture to seep in and short circuit the wires. — o Trade in a Good Town —

MORE DROUGHT AHEAD IN WEST STUDY SHOWS Weather Cycles Indicate Scanty Rainfall For Several Years More Washington.— (U.R) The North Central States probably will have several more years of drought before the weather pendulum again swings toward increased precipitation, according to studies made by the Smithsonian Institution. But after 1940 there should not be another major drought until about 1980. This theory of weather cycles, based on observations extending over a century, indicates that droughts in the middle west occur every 23 years and become very intense, like the present one, each 46 years. The theory was propounded by Dr. Charles G. Abbot, secretary ot the Institution, alter a detailed study of the water level of the Great Lakes from 1837 to date. No Dust Bowl Thus, if Abbot is correct, it appears that fears of the north middle west becoming a permanent desert are groundless, except so far as the “dust bowl” may be caused by plowing up land. Tho region has experienced alternate periods of dryness and adequate rainfall for centuries. “Temperature and precipitation variations at any particular pTSce ■on the earth’s surface have a i marked tendency to repeat, themselves every 23 years, which is double tho 11%-year sunspot cycle well known to astronomers,” the I Institution said. “This actually has happened in the north central United States, the water level records show, in the four 23-year periods since 1937.

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Tho general contours of the curves | of tho water level variations tor' euch ot the 23-year intervals are very similar. "It so happens that tho most extreme variations repeat at 46-yoar intervals, or double the 23-year cycle, in that particular area." Study Lake Huron Detailed studies made by Abbott of Luke Huron showed that In 153738 its level was very high, indicating heavy rainfall. Then It declined steadily until the 1848 drought. Rainfall then increased steadily for live years. Then there was a minor decline, followed by another upward swing until the end ot the ; 23-year period. The next cyclo camo between 1860 and 1882. It followed the same course as the previous ones, but Its extremes ot wetness and dryness were less marked. Serious drought came in 1898-99. “The present 23-year intervals started in 1929," the Institution said. “According to the 46-year hypothesis, the region should have been getting dryer ev>r since. It has. If the cycle continues true to form, the low point should be reached some time between 1938 and 1940. followed by a rapid upswing. Most encouraging is the hope held out by the cycle pattern that there will not be another major drought, after this one is overcome, until 1980.” o Cat Killer Uses ecoy Tokyo—(UP)- A man dressed in a kimono who was chasing a cat with a clult in his hand was questioned by police. He fonfessed that using a sparro' wwitn clipped wings as a decoy, he had killed scores of cats and sold them to a maker of samteen. the stringed musical instrument used by the geisha. {j 1 Alimony Payer, 97, Protests lats Angeles, — (UP) — Hosea Quinby Mbrton, 97. believed to be ■ I the .’odest alimony payer in the] United States, will still be obliged ' to give his ex-wife, Mrs. Saralt F. Morton, 72. $35 a month out of his SIOO a month pension. He asked for

House of Fire in Madrid “| I B tl • ■ W 5 -J Jd ' A raging fire followed the explosion of an aerial bomb on this Madrid dwelling house, one of the many destroyed by a rebel air raid. In the foreground a resident of the house is shown attempting to salvage some household belongings.

.a reduction because of the neces-j sity of paying a niece who cares for . him. o Children Play With Shrapnel El Paso. Tex. (U.P> A reminder of the 1916 .Mexican revolution has been uncovered here. Set gt. H. I S. Bernhardt found a group of children playing with an unexIploded shell, probably one hidden in this city during the revolution. I o— Cat Saves Family From Fire Davenna, 0., —(UP)— Mr. and I Mrs. Perry Hollister’s cat. Squawk-! er, lived up to its name when fire ■ broke out in the Hollister basemen’. > The cat’s meows awakening tho fa-

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i mily, were credited with saving tho . lives of Mr. and Mrs. Hollister and their two children. o Old Harness Prized Balsam Lake, Wis. — (U.R> —Nels Ahn returned from a visit to Sweden with an old harness used in that . country In 1600. He also brought with him another harness used there in the early part of 1700. Former Slave Weds Pasadena. Cal. —tL’P) — Green ( Tyrus, 88, former slave has married Arabe'la Green, 74. Tyus says his hardest luck as a slave was being sold to a man who couldn’t afford to pay for him.