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It Seems io Me HtWOOD BROUN 'VTFTW YORK. July 27.—80th my cars are bent to J. w hear a hat the editorial commentators of this roun ? ry a ill sav about the rebellion of a group of employers in Minneapolis. I wonder whether it will be pointed out that thev gentlemen have set themselves in opposition to the might and majesty of the federal government and aLso have ought to undermine the authority of the Governor of their own community. And. I am curious to know whether grave concern will be expressed as to the possible starvation of the citizens of Minneapolis by the refusal of the owners of truck fleets to accept the mediation offered by the board set up in Washington. Here Is the new? report as printed in the New York Times which I trust will be accepted as a

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visions and absolutely rejected the sixth. Before the employers announced this decision the advisory committee issued a statement attacking the Governor for his threat of martial law." And will there be immediately one clear call from lovers of Americanism that this rebel group of employers be scotched and uprooted for the .sake of law and order? Will vigilantes warn the Ir be is that the community will tolerate no challenge to the authority of the federal government? But what s the use of asking silly questions? You know as well a 1 - I do that nothing of the sort will happen It boils down to this. If a group of "workers wants higher wages or better working conditions they generally are attacked as Communists and told to go back where they came from. And, incidentally, i think that Miss Frances Perkins should be asked to ascertain through her agents whether anv of thev employers who defy the action of Washington is of foreign birth and therefore subject to deportation. May I add parenthetically what a wet smack Miss Perkins has turned out to he if a group of employers tries to lower wages they are immediately hailed in certain quarters as patriots who are defending the sanctity of the American constitution. ana Those A able Individuals TIEFORE anybody objects that I am a bitter parti1* san talking stuff and nonsense, may I call his attention to some paragraphs from an editorial in Mr. Hearst s New York American. Mr. Hearst was verv articulate about the red menace in California and the necessity of purging all unions of radiral influences. The editorial in question was called Vexations of the NRA and. as ill luck would have it. I began at the bottom and star ed to read up. In the ronriuriing paragraphs I found. "It is gratifying in the highest decree to And that we have men in detarhed and distant communities acting independently. but simultaneously, for the vindication of lights which they believe to be theirs under the Constitution of the United States. It is essentially an American stand which they are taking. They are conducting themselves in the mast approved American fashion. Here is convmnng and refreshing evidence of the survival among us of a spirit which never mils! be allowed to die." Naturally, these stirring words aroused m.v attention. I wondered who the heroes were and what thev had done to merit this warm and obviously sincere praise from Mr. Heart's newspaper. Naturally, I assumed that these preservers of the great American tradition had performed some service to promote the general welfare, to lessen misery, to advance ihe bright ideal of human equality voiced by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence. And so I turned my eyes to the beginning of the editorial. Fo my rhagrin. and. may I add. surprise, the glamorous heroes of Mr. Hearst's newspaper turned out to be "a Baltimore firm of manufacturers." who "filed a sun against General Hugh S. Johnson, the administrator of the national recovery act. to enjoin the administration from depriving the petitioneers of ns blue eaele for failure to raise wages as ordered by the federal officials." • am Father Haas a Communist? MR. HEARST'S newspaper says that this is the •{pint which never must be allowed to die." Frankly I ran comfort the editorial writer by saying that it isn't likely to. As far as I can see. the spirit of greed for dividends isn't even sick. Still I think I would object if the children in the schools are to be taught that the American revolution was fought to keep people from asking for higher wages or that Patrick Henry said. "Give me wage cuts or give me death." I gravely suspect that some very simple explanation will be found to justify the Minneapolis employers. I suppose it will be that Father Haas is a Communist. Onlv today T realized how far and wide seditious literature has gone. I was reading a novel by Charles Dickens and as earlv as the second chapter I found that here was another of those dangerous agitators and that he was bent on celebrating activities of a decidedly Communistic character. Oliver Twist asked for more. tCopvricS’* 1934 bv The T!mi

Today s Science BY DAVID DIETZ

C GEOLOGISTS of the Tennessee Valley Authority I hope to find potash, manganese, phosphate and bauxite deposits in the area which will increase the dominant position of the United States in the mineral world, help free her from dependence upon foreien sources for important minerals, and help establish new industries in the valley. While the work of building Norris and Wheeler dams continues, this geological search is being carried on under the direction of E C. Ekel. Possible potash sources are regarded by the TV A geoiogistts as the most important phase of the work. The United States is largely dependent upon foreign supplies of potash, German. mam \CCORDING to Mr. Eckel, there is a possibility . of finding excellent potash fields in both northwest Georgia and western North Carolina. We ran hardly hope to develop potash deposits which can replace the great German deposits." he says. ' But there us an obvious public utility in locating possible potash sources which could, under emergency conditions, supply at least a fraction of our normal requirements. “Northwest Georgia and western North Carolina both afford possibilities of this sort. In the course of recent field work. TVA geologists have reexamined and very carefully sampled the potashbearing shales in Bartow county, Georgia, and the sencite schists of Pickens county. • It is found that the Bartow county shales carry in some localities from 7 to 9 per cent of potash, while a good many of the sericite schists of Pickens county carry from 10 to 13 per cent. As regards western North Carolina, similar sencite schists are found in certain areas, while in the Spruce Pine region there are extensive deposits of. potash-feldspar which, when pure, may carry- as high as 14 per cent potash." a a a REGARDING other minerals. Mr. Eckel says that it has been known for a lone time that eastern Tenr.easee contains a very extensive series of lowgrade manganese deposits of large tonnage. 'The difficulty has been to work out some method >v which this mass of mineral can be turned to the commercial profit of Tennessee land owners and operators." Mr. Eckel says. “During the past two months geologists have examined most of the manganese depo6iu in northern Tennessee, with a view of developing a way of unhang them profitably."

journal of no Communist leanings: "Governor Olson declared martial law after noon when he was informed that the employers refused to accept in full the revised settlement terms proposed by the Rev. Francis J. Haas and E H. Dunmean. federal mediators. . . . The members of the striking truck drivers’ and helpers' unions, meanwhile, had voted complete aceptance of the plan bv 1 SWi to 147. . . . Replying to the proposed settlement plan, the employers' advisory committee. which represents 166 truck fleet owners, asked modification in three of the six pro-

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FANNING THE EMBERS OF WAR

Former Glory in Historical Dust, Austria Again Holds Spotlight

BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Srripp-Hord Foreirn F.ditor WASHINGTON. July 27.—Austria. twenty years ago tomorrow. started the World war that took 9.000.000 lives. Today, that same country, defeated and shorn of most of the territory and the glory that was hers at that time, again threatens to set Europe ablaze. Too small to defend her own frontiers and too torn by internal dissent ion and economic desperation to maintain domestic order. Austria is at the mercy of her more powerful neighbors. Naz.i Germany has announced definitely the intention of annexing Austria, sooner or iater. France has made it equally plain that she is ready to tight, if necessary, to maintain Austrian independence. Premier Mussolini, with his eyes on Austrian rioting in 1927. frowned and blurted out that anew European showdoxn was bound to come and that when it did Italy would be among those present. Under no circumstances does Mussolini intend to see a bigger and more powerful Germany camped at Brenner Pass. Italy's northern gateway. And that is what Germany's union with Austria would mean. n n a TO help Austria maintain her independence, Mussolini has taken Prince von Starhemberg under his wing and helped finance the Austrian hetmwehr, now more than 100.000 strong. If that is not sufficient, the Duce has indicated clearly that he is prepared to take direct action. Italian troops are waiting at Brenner pass. Czechoslovakia and Jugoslavia are equally opposed to Austro-German unification. The former country

THE NATIONAL ROUNDUP a a a a a a By Ruth Finney

WASHINGTON. July 27.—1f the drought lasts another tw'o weeks, American agriculture will start next year free of most of the surpluses that have kept it poor. .. This is the prospect seen today by Agriculture Secretary Wallace as he studies weather maps, temperature charts and production and acreage figures.

The effect on farm purchasing power and therefore on industries which sell to farmers should be pronounced. This June gross farm receipts amounted to $440,000,000, an increase of sl7 000.000 over receipts last June, and the two biggest mail order houses in the country reported corresponding increases

NOTED CARTOONIST SUCCUMBS IN N. I Winsor McCay, 62, Dies of Cerebral Embolism. B'J Vnih'4 Pres* NEW YORK. July 27—Cartoon lovers the country over today mourned the death of Winsor McCay. Cartoonist for Hearst newspapers. his later creations were serious. but millions recalled comic strip characters that made him famous. Mr. McCay died suddenly at 62 yesterday. He was stricken with cerebral embolism. He left the comic field shortly after the World war. and with it “Little Nemo." Little Nemo made his bow in the old New York Telegram, where Mr. McCay began work in 1902. Later his famous Dinosaur Gertie" frolicked on screens. Gertie s doings meant 10.000 individual drawings. Mr. McCay executed them all in spare time.

NEW BOOKS RECEIVED BY BUSINESS LIBRARY Labor Relationships Discussed in Woll Work. Labor in its relationship with other parts of Americas industrial machine is presented in 'Our Next Step: A National Economic Policy.” anew book by Matthew W. Woll and William E. Walling, received today at the business branch library. Other new books on the shelves at the library are "The Economics of Air Mail Transportation.” by Paul T. David: "A Statistical Study of Profits.” by Raymond T. Bowman; "Power Supply Economics." by Joel D. Justi and W. O. Merine, and "Three Profiteers,” by Ulysses S. Lesh.

PRINCE OF WALES IS AUTHOR OF -THRILLER’ Edward Writes Book on Hunting in East Africa. Hi/ 1 nitfil rrrtt LONDON. July 27.—T0 his long list of titles—“ World's best dressed man. big game hunter, amateur steeplechase jockey, traveling ambassador" —the prince of Wales today added another—" Author.” His first literary effort, described, as a “thriller.” records the pjince's adventures as a big game hunter in East Africa. The book will be published in November. with the first autographed copy presented to the author's mother. Queen Mary of England. FIELDHOUSE NIGHT SET AT SCOUT RESERVATION Games and Musical Offerings Are cn Program. Fieldhouse night will be observed tomorrow night at the Boy Scout reservat ion. John Moore, camp counselor. announced today The program will include a bicycle relay by divisions, a musical presentation bv Scout George McCullough, and demonstrations under the direction of H T. Vitas, camp director. Assisting Mr. Moore in arranging the program are R. D. Hammer and Eric Wadleigh.

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would be almost surrounded by a neighbor one of whose aims is Czechoslovakia's dismemberment. The League of Nations is involved and through the league, Great Britain and other countries. The league has twice saved Austria from financial and economic destruction and now it may be called on to save her politically. In a large measure the great powers, members of the league, are responsible for Austria's tragic predicament. From an Eden-like area of 260.000 square miles with a population of 51.000.000, the treaty of St. Germain trimmed her down to 32,000 square miles or about half the size of Georgia, and a population of 6,--500.000. Ninety per cent cf Austria's present population are Germans. Not all of them want annexation but, in desperation, they insist annexation is necessary if they are to survive. a a tt IN 1923. in Vienna, the then President Heinisch led me to a map hanging on the wall of his office. "Look at that!" he exclamed with passion, putting his finger upon the porpoise-shaped map of Austria. "That is not a country; it's a sish — a f'ish out of w-ater. And a fish out of water can't live!" His metaphor is apt. Austria is like a large goldfish in a small bowl with very little water. Thirty per cent of her population live in Vienna. She is largely industrial. She lacks food to feed her population and raw' materials to keep her industries going. She is surrounded by tariff walls, trade quotas and exchange restrictions. Politically, economically and fi-

of 25 5 per cent and 19.6 per cent in their sales. In southern and western districts retail and wholesale buying of all kinds went up. Federal reserve banks in farm districts reported increases well above the average for the country. This is the situation as outlined by Secretary Wallace: The hog surplus will be out of the way by Jan. 1, possibly before that time. Corn production may be nearly normal in relation to livestock. The drought may force AAA to buy 7.000.000 head of cattle, and if this is done the cattle surplus will be wiped out. The wheat carry-over to next year will be about 125,000.000 bushels, much smaller than it has been for years past. Cotton and milk surpluses remain to be dealt with, but the prospects are for reduced milk production by next winter in all except eastern areas. tt a a ONLY within the last ten days has the drought menaced corn crops. Tasseling began on July 15 and already the tassels have been destroyed in Nebraska, Kansas. Missouri and Southern lowa. Rainfall and temperatures of the next week will tell the story for states east of there. This development might have meant a fed shortage had it not been for AAA policies. There are 50.000.000 more bushels of corn on hand now than there would have been if AAA hah not slaughtered little pigs last fall. Also there are more acres in pasture and hay than there would have been if production of basic crops had not been limited. Unemployed men may be put to work harvesting hay on unused fields surrounding eastern cities in order to further increase the supply of feed. Farmers whose crops have been destroyed are also better off than they would have been without AAA. They are receiving checks from the government even though the drought has taken crop reduction out of their hands. Twenty-nine million dollars went to farmers in crop payments in June. a a a AAA may shape its program for increasing farm incomes along entirely different lines next year, though Secretary Walace doesn't expect to have to stimulate production. He is making no plans for the future until the next two weeks are over and the fate of the corn crop and of livestock is certain. Next year's wheat plans will not be made until after the international wheat conference has reassembled in August. Secretary Wallace thinks the entire 5500.000.000 appropriated by congress for drought relief will have to be used. He also expects to use most of the broad discretionary powers conferred on AAA in meeting crises which may arise if the next two weeks are dry.

2.500 ATTEND CHURCH FISH FRY, CARNIVAL Rain Fails to Check Crowd at Presbyterian Gathering. Twenty-five hundred persons attended the carnival and fish fry of the Washington Street Presbyterian church at Washington street and Belle Vieu place last night. FYsh fry kitchen managers estimated that they sold 1.000 fish dinners and sandwiches in spite of the fact that ram thinned the early evening crowd at the festivities. Leaders in the popularity contest were Miss Betty Jean Miller, Miss Jean Streighthorst and Miss Ruth Fisher. The carnival will continue tonight and tomorrow night.

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At Padua, air corps base near Venice, Italian war plane concentration was ordered by Mussolini. Photo sho' squadrons of Italy’s air force in formation flight.

nancially, Austria’s plight is desperate. A tightly packed-in population morbidly is looking for a way out. If not now', then eventually, they a,e going to blow up. And as every important country in Europe is directly or indirectly interested in her fate, all will be involved. a a a Chancellor dollfuss sat on the lid longer than most people expected he could. His passing will not cure Austria's ills. A retifrn to the Social DemocratChristian Socialist regime will not cure it. Nor a regime of Nazis. For the Nazis will try to turn Austria over to Germany and again the fat will be in the fire. On the sidelines, waiting and hoping to be called into the game, is the young Archduke Otto, son of the late Emperor Charles of Hapsburg. Some, inside and outside Austria, would like to see him on the throne at Vienna, believing a monarchy might biing calm to his fevered land. Realists, however, see in Otto little more than a very faint hope. They say the w'orld war Balkanized Europe. Somethow it w'ill have to be de-Balkanized. Until then the spectre of another smashup will continue to hover over the old world.

MORALS TRIAL ENDS IN JURYDEADIOCK Hollywood Case Retrial Is Set Tentatively for Aug. 20. B>,' United Prrx* LOS ANGELES. July 27.—Retrial of Dave Allen, casting bureau manager, and Gloria Marsh, film extra, on charges of participating in an immoral Hollywood orgy was set tentatively for Aug. 20 today after the first trial had ended with the jury hopelessly deadlocked. The panel, which had been deliberating since late Tuesday, was discharged at 10 o’clock last night by Judge B. Rey Schauer. Foreman W. F. Cox revealed that the jury stood eight ta four for conviction throughout. GEORGE H. VOIGHT, 75, HOOSIER EDITOR, DIES Heart Indirectly Causes Death of Jeffersonville Man. By United Prms JEFFERSONVILLE. Ind., July 27. —George H. Voigt, 75, prominent Indiana Democratic leader and publisher of the Jeffersonville Evening News and the Clark County Journal, died at his home here yesterday. Heat which aggravated complications that resulted when he was struck by an automobile five years ago was blamed for his death.

SIDE GLANCES By George Clark

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Between 50,000 and 100.000 Italian troops were reported concentrating along the Italian -Austrian frontier.

The DAILY WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND By Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen -

WASHINGTON, July 27.—The currency inflation clamorers are at it again. The Committee for the Nation, which went into deep silence after the dismal flop of its Wirt-Red-revolution scare, has started up its mimeographing machine and is once more pouring out a hot stream of inflation clamor. The bombastic fulminptions of Senator Elmer Thomas about the European junketing of Governor George L. Harrison, New York federal reserve governor, w'ere part of this revived agitation.

The drive will really warm up when the President returns to the White House. Its immediate objective is to prevail upon Roosevelt to jack up the price of gold to the maximum permitted by 1aw—541.34 an ounce. The Committee for the Nation warns that unless this further devaluation of the dollar is consummated without delay wholesale repudiation of private and public debt is inevitable. What the inflationists really are aiming at is the next congress. When it convenes the administration will be confronted with the great problem of devising ways arid means of paying the huge recovery bill, plus raising large sums for further public expenditures. That this last will be necessary, no one in authority doubts. Two alternatives will be open to the government: <1) Increased taxation: (2) inflation. Currency inflationists are made up of two elements: the higher

bracket income class, such as the committee for the nation, which is opposed to boosted taxes, also the debt-ridden farmer and middle class, who can’t afford new burdens. Both want the financing done via the inflation route. United they make a well-nigh irresistible force. They forced concessions from the President tthe silver purchase bill) last session. There is every likelihood they will do so again. tt a tt NINE Washington taxicabs are operated by women. For the most part they are wives of disabled drivers carrying 6n their husbands' work. In one case the wife drives a cab twelve hours, her husband the other twelve hours round the clock. Asked if many women drive their cabs at night, one young chauffeuse replied: "No, only the older ones." a a /'’VF all the municipal clamorers for PWA funds, Detroit’s Mayor Frank Couzens, son of Michigan’s multimillionaire senior senator, has been the most vocal. The auto city has received only $300,000. Young Couzens claims this is far below what Detroit is entitled to. Secretary Ickes agrees, but says local red tape is solely responsible. "I sometimes wish,” he remarked, "that all local statutes could be abolished. Then maybe we could terminate some of these incessant dialogs betwen municipal authorities and the PWA.” "How is tne Detroit dialog progressing?” he was asked. "Dialog!” Ickes replied. "That's no dialog. That is a monolog on the part of Detroit.” (Copyright. 1934. by United Feature Syndicate. Inc.i

JURY FAILS TO AGREE IN 51.000.000 FRAUD Nevada Gamblers Escape Conviction on Swindle Charge. B>t I'nitrd Pm* NEW YORK. July 27.—William J. Graham and James C. McKay, Nevada gamblers accused of mulcting $1,000,000 from forty-two persons in an international swindle, had escaped conviction on fraud charges today because a jury deliberating their case failed to agree on a verdict. The jury, which repeatedly informed Judge Carroll C. Hincks it could not reach accord, finally was dismissed last night. It debated fifteen and one-half hours. The jury decided that John J. Egleston. gambler of Worcester, Mass., was guilty on one of three counts charging mail fraud. They were unable to agree on other count*.

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fair Enough mliw NEW YORK. July 27.—The mismanagement of John Dillinger's lying-in-state and funeral will have to be excused on the ground of unpreparedness and inexperience. The government posse gave no notice of their plan to kill him. When it did happen it was all so sudden that the crowds were pressing into the morgue, free of charge, before any one with a level head in the crisis could get tickets printed and install turnstiles. Probably some sort of amusement license would have been required, too. and a de-

tail of watchers from the department of internal revenue to collect the government’s tax. The sad fact remains, however that Dillinger's father has suffered a serious loss of potential revenue. The coroner of Chicago. Frank J. Walsh, seemed to recognize the tragic wrong which had been done the old man when he consoled his other son. Hubert, with the advice that John Dillinger's estate of $7.80, was not ordinary money. "I advise you not to spend this," Mr. Walsh said. "A lot of curiosity seekers would pay money for this. Put a sign in a

window and say 'This money was taken from John Dillinger.’ ” ana Pistol Is Gone. Too THE old gentleman said he heard that some on* had offered SI,OOO for his boy's shirt and wisely claimed this garment along with the others. But even here, fate was against the unoffending old farmer. John was dressed licht when he died and his authentic wardrobe consisted of only this shirt, his pants, straw hat. spectacles and shoes. If he had only been able to lie low until winter! His pistol, certainly the property of his estate, has been claimed by the United States government and will be exhibited in a museum in Washington, If John Dillinger's father sets up a little museum at the Chicago fair he wall w'ant the pistol above everything else. But there is no justice for a poor old man. Dowm at Mooresville, Ind.. the same helter-skelter W'as repeated as crowds shuffled past the wirker basket through a free gate. Not so much as a souvenir program or hot dog concession existed to eateh some revenue for those to w'hom it was due. The photographic and movie rights went for nothing and the great tide which could have been taken at the flood suddenly went out, leaving only a few little pools on the beach. St tt tt Guards Always Needed IT was not so in the case of the late Floyd Collins, who got stuck in a cave in Kentucky that time. Mr. Collins, like Nicolai Lenin, was on view for a long while afterward and may be yet, for that matter, earning a living for his loved ones. I say he may be yet for he was stolen once and recovered. He kept w'ell and for years could be seen for the modest sum of tw'o bits, resting his eternal rest under guards. C. C. Pyle learned that it is best to keep such attractions under guard. In the astounding and amazing aggregation of educational treasures which accompanied the first of Mr. Pyle's bunion derbies across the American continent, his mast, amenable and satisfactory trouper was a silent Oklahoman, mummified those forty years and more, who w’as advertised in the billing as "The Western Outlaw." He was no such outlaw' as John Dillinger and could be seen for only a dime. Dillinger should be w'orth a dollar a look. Mr. Pyle’s outlaw was a humble chicken thief and a bungler at that. He had been shot by a farmer on a moonlight night, which is no time to steal chickens. For many years the local undertaker held him for charges while his relatives evinced a mounting indifference. ana Corpse Sold for SSO At last the undertaker came io regard him as dead stock and sold him to Mr Pyle for SSO. He was a good investment and Mr. Pyle used to say that he was the one trooper in the entire caravan who never bothered him for pay or complained of the food or the accommodations. But Mr. Pyle soon encountered the problem of the souvenir-hunter. They are a fascinating breed, the souvenir-hunters. They visit morgues, collect autographed baseballs and laundry lists and will carry off an entire house, splinter by sprinter, in w'hich an interesting murder has occurred. Thev offer SI,OOO for a dead bandit’s shirt and "good money” as the Chicago coroner put it, for the actual nickels and dimes found in the dead outlaw's pants. So Mr. Pyle placed a watchman over his chicken thief. The loss has been great, but all is not yet lost. Chicago has the souvenir-hunting temperament and the world's fair. (Copyright. 1934. bv United Feature Syndicate, Inc.)

Your Health BY DR. MORRIS FLSHBEIN

THE death rate from heart disease in the United States in 1900 was 132 for each 100,000 of the population. In 1932 it was 224 per 100.000, an increase of approximately 70 per cent. Some of this increase is due to the fact that, more persons are living longer, and thrt they must die of some disease or, at least, from a breaking down of the body generally. Since the failure of the heart is associated with death, it is reasonable to believe that as more persons live longer, more and more will die of heart disease. However, other factors are involved in this increase. One is the improvement in the ability of doctors to diagnose certain types of heart disease, such as those affecting the coronary arteries or the small blood vessels which supply the heart itself with blood. Another important factor is the increase in frequency of heart disease in persons past 30 years of age. nan IN previous generations many persons died of infectious diseases of childhood. Now thev tend to avoid these diseases or to recover from them, but sometimes there is sufficient damage to the heart to show itself in the increased number of deaths after 30 years of age. The various types of heart disease vary in different parts of the country. Rheumatic fever predominates as a cause of heart disease in the north and east portions of the United States, but is much less in the southern portions. In the wpstern and southern portions of the country, high blood pressure and hardening of the arteries are associated with the increase in heart disease. The figures show that heart disease is twice as frequent in the northeast portions of the United States as in the far south, while the middle west and central states are just between the two. a a a THAT type of heart disease which is called hypertensive, and which is associated with high blood pressure, seems to be increasing and is said to be incident to the increased strain and complexity of modem life. It is a remarkable observation that native Chinese seldom have high blood pressure, but develop the condition when transplanted into the life of the United States. Among African natives, high blood pressure is seldom seen, but the direct descendants of the African natives in this country have a higher incidence of abnormally high blood pressure than do white persons living in the same districts. High blood pressure, therefore, if to a extent a total personality reaction to modem cmiijaUon.

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