Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 303, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 February 1936 — Page 19

FEB. 27, 1936

DUST STORMS GOME BACK TO MIDDLE WEST Experts Are Pessimistic About Future; Condition in Panhandle Critical. BY THOMAS L. STOKES Timti Special Writer NORMAN, Okla, Feb. 27.—A pinkish gray haze is sometimes visible over Oklahoma these days, blown up from the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandle, to portend a recurrence of the dust-storm tragedy which dramatized to the nation a few months ago a lost heritage and a major problem. Already in recent weeks two serious dust storms have occurred in the Panhandle as the wind whipped up the top-soil of that now barren area and spread it over Oklahoma. The situation in the Panhandle is “extremely critical,” said Herb Cavett, director of the Agriculture Department's soil erosion control program in Texas County. Harry F. Wahlgren. chief of the Weather Bureau at Oklahoma City, said: Panhandle Soil Dry “Unless heavy rains fall, it appears we will have another series of dust storms when the March winds set in. The Panhandle soil is dry.” Recurrence of storms in this area so early in the year directs attention to the problem with which President Roosevelt and Secretary Wallace arc trying to cope in the new program that will provide for withdrawing bare lands from cultivation and planting grasses or legumes to hold the top-soil in place and restore fertility. Back and forth I have crossed the dust bowl area in Kansas. Nebraska, eastern Colorado and Kansas. The first time it was covered by snow, 'yhree heavy snowfalls in some Phfts of the dust bowl have helped tremendously, but it will take more than rainfall in one season to meet this national problem. Snow Gone on Return When I returned across the Colorado and Kansas dust bowl area the snow was gone. Miles and miles of brown land lay exposed, with a dry sort of grass growth in some places, others scooped bare, and, very rarely, a struggling carpet of green grass. I passed through towns which were nearly inundated with sand a few months ago. It was a desolate spectacle. The Oklahoma and Texas Panhandle is probably in worse shape than most other areas. Sand dunes as high as the barns dot the land about Guymon, Kas. Dr. Paul Sears of Oklahoma University here, author of “Deserts on the March,” a book which portrays the problem graphically, said he found on a recent visit to the Guymon area that Russian thistle is the type of carpet which is sprouting in that area. This is very unfortunate, he explained, since the thistle breaks off at the ground under a wind and therefore is of no value in holding the top-soil. Suggests Solution for Problem The only solution of the dust bowl problem in that area and some others, he said, is to grow grass there for from 10 to 50 years. I suggested that this, perhaps, could not be a political solution, and he smiled and agreed. He thinks it will take a long time and careful planning. Emergency prevention measures have been handicapped in the Panhandle region, first, by lack of necessary funds to terrace the land and, second, by freezing of the heavier sub-soil under the top-soil. One editor in the area, Giles E. Miller of the the Panhandle Daily Herald, of Guymon, has opened a campaign to force contouring and terracing and has planned countrywide meetings. Farmers say they can t help themselves if their neighbors don’t stop erosion, as the drifting soil chokes out all vegetation. Doomed to Disappointment People in the dust bow! have waked up to the problem, though some still believe it ban be rectified fairly quickly and without extreme measures. In this they are doomed to disappointment, according to Dr. Sears, whose book explains how wasteful measures over a long period have finally produced the tragedy. 1 He shows how the land was overcultivated in the desire of farmers, when the price of wheat was high, for quick profits. They opened up wide areas, grew wheat year after year, provided no grass or other cover to restock the soil and to tie down the top-soil. The process of restoration naturally will be slow.

NEGRO TEACHER WILL BE BURIED SATURDAY William Grubbs’ Rites Are Set for 2 in Baptist Church. Services for William E. Grubbs, Negro, a retired school teacher, who died Tuesday at his home. 2829 Highland-pl. are to be held Saturday at 2 in the North Indianapolis Baptist Church. Mr. Grubbs, who was 68. taught at Hearne Academy, Texas, and Tuskogee Institute before coming to Indianapolis. He formerly was principal of Schools 34 and 42. Survivors are the widow, Mrs. Ethel Harris Gruggs. teacher in the Washington <D. C.) schools, and seven children. Ivan, Adrian, Malvern and William Jr.. Mrs. Hazel Murphy, Mrs. Sofronla Montgomery and Mrs. Albertaa Buchner, all of Indianapolis. Immediate Relief for Barne It aeems almost miraculous the way Resinol Ointment takes the soreness out of an ordinary burn or scald, soothes the pain and helps to heal the injured parts. Apply it at once, freely, but with a light touch. Cover with soft cloth and the Resinol medication will give amazing relief. Buy a jar of Resinol Ointment 'rom any druggist. For free sample write Resinol, Dept- 77, Baltimore, Md.

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18 TECHNICAL HIGH GIRLS GIVEN AWARDS Red Cross Certificates Presented for Home Hygiene. Eighteen girls at Technical High School have been awarded Red Cross certificates in home hygiene and care of the sick, Miss Rowena Harrison, school nurse, announced. They are Mary A. Belford, Magdaline Bohn, Louise Colbert, Irene Duvall, Marjorie Everett, Dorothy Hamilton, Dorothy Hickman, June Mathews, Esther L. Miller, Frances Morgan, Jean Morris, Phyllis Pfeifer, Helen Ridpath, Mary May Rockafellow, Rosemary Roys, Martha Shilling, Ethelmay Shipman and Kathryn Stoeffler. APARTMENT OWNERS TO HELP REDUCE SMOKE ♦— Mary Malloy Named Chairman of Publicity Committee. The Apartment Owners’ Association of Indianapolis today began efforts to reduce the smoke nuisance in the city. The association, in a resolution yesterday, agreed to work more closely with the Indianapolis Smoke Abatement League. Miss Mary Malloy was named chairman of a committee to outline a campaign to educate the public on the value of living in apartments. Maxim’s Widow Is Dead Rii United Fits* HARTFORD. Conn.. Feb. 27.—Less than two weeks after her famous inventor husband died from throat infection, Mrs. Hiram Percy Maxim, a pioneer suffragist, died last night from lobar pneumonia. She was 70. m mk imvi n Distressing cold in chest ot throat, never safe to neglect, generally eases up when soothing, warming Musterole is applied. Better than a mustard plaster, Musterole gets action because it’s NOT just a salve. It’s a “counterirritant"—stimulating, penetrating, and helpful in drawing out local congestion and pain. Used by millions for 25 years. Recommended by many doctors and nurses. All druggists. In three strengths: Regular Strength, Children’s (mild), and Extra Strong. Tested and approved by Good Housekeeping Bureau, No. 4867.

LE6ION URGES DRASTIC LAWS AGAINST REDS Issues Pamphlet, Favoring Exile, 10-Year Ban on Immigration. Congress today was urged to pass laws to curb Communism, in a booklet issued here by national headquarters o:; the American Legion. The booklet advocates the following legislative program: Close all immigration for 10 years. Make it mandatory that all aliens be deported if they propose to change or overthrow the government l<y force. Fingerprint all citizens. The report termed “education the greatest weapon with which Communism may be combatted successfully.” It charged that Communism has directed itself at the nation’s youth. “In one year the Communist Party fomented strikes in California agriculture that involved more than 50,000 workers,” the report said. The committee, which conducted the investigation and wrote the booklet, reported the Communist Party had a place on the ballot in 33 states in 1934, in contrast to only 16 states in 1928.

DONNAN WILL PROVIDES FOR SCHOLARSHIP FUND Former Teacher’s Estate to Assist Grade, High School Pupils. A scholarship fund is established by the will of Miss Emma Donnan, 3269 N. Pennsylvania-st, who died Feb. 14. The fund is to go to the graduate of Lincoln School 18, where Miss Donnan taught 21 years, “who makes the best record in moral character and scholarship in his or her grade.” The will also provides for loan funds to pupils of Shortridge and Crispus Attucks High Schools; a sum equal to one-third interest in the Donnan family residence to the Indianapolis Home for Aged Women as a memorial to her sister, Miss Laura Donnan, and SSOO for establishing and maintaining a library at Lincoln School. The will, probated yesterday, leaves the estate as a trust fund to a nephew and niece during their lifetimes, after which the trust fund is to be divided between the scholarship and loan funds.

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