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PIATTSMOUTH SEMI -WEEKLY JOBfiNAL PAGE EETES THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1937. y Radio Broadcast of Sun's Planned From Lonely i i i f i iul . Tropical l p .-.Hawaiian isianas tit E m l " Eauator ht--- - "-:'''P s rvEnderbury and - . m Beginning of Total V- . V V - -. . ""l PL v j ..cX,, io H . sJ I . w . ts -si" VU I .x New ZealftjYd 1 . : By CHARLES G HEXHAM International 1 mint rated News Feature Writer XEW YORK. Three men, in pur suit of a 13-minute radio broadcast, are traveling almost ono-third of the (Iktoncf. arninii! 1 h i rlnhf? in tjrder to " , . . . , -... witness the lonsrest total eenpse of the sun since the year C9 9 A. D. Soon after sunrise on the morning of June S, George Hicks. Walter Brown and M. S. Adams of the Na tional loui,!rstir7sconipany will at tempt a broadcast from the lonely little Plrbenix islands in the mid Pacific ocean. Should the sky be overcast, the ex pedition will be a failure, but sci entists from the U. S. navy and Na tional Geographic society are join ing the radio men in w hat may prove to be merely an extended spring va cation. . The coming total eclipse, of great scientific interest, will sweep across a giant arc 8.800 miles' long, but in all that vast distance there are but two spots where it can be ob served satisfactorily. These are the two uninhabited islands of Canton and Enderbury, part of the Phoenix group. End Before Beginning? Engineers have made elaborate plans for Announcer Hicks' second-by-second broadcast of the magic spectacle, which no man has wit nessed in the last 45 generations. The l S. mine sweeper Avocet will carry the men and equipment to the islands where short-wave broadcast ing will be undertaken. A feature of the eclipse which will puzzle the layman is the fact that it begins on June 9 and ends June 8. This is true because the sun's shadow will cross the international date line from west to east, making it appear tbat the phenomenon ends before it starts. ... . . . - Moving at a speed of about 25 miles per minute, the giant shadow ill swe'p eastward at a velocity that would carry one from Los An-,t-1c-s to New York- in less than two lours. Completing its journey by . F'.inset. the shadow will have moved from Australia to Peru. Scientists accompanying t'ae cx- clition will check movements of the siii! and moon to determine whether they are measuring the length of the ('ay and year correctly. Also, they will study chemical composition of the tu-.n. Milium, the safest known ..trfrbip i.if.atvr, was discovered initjon) ln Flattsmouth. mm i -. 3 Mother-think of it! Nine tenths of all the hospitals im portant in maternity work now give their babies a body rub every day with Mennen Antiseptic Oil! Why? Because this treatment keeps the baby MEhnM afniiiepUc OIL - E ifl m C o 5 - c r? L---- ;"f Total Ecf ,- . , Canton Islands y O 1LE3 V- C 1IS H C O CISA IV Endofjotal . . Tropic -of Capricorn SOU.THl --nrmir of -- . VMJ' .' o en" DRAWN BY the: national geographic society Pathway of eclipse . -.; r . -n; r -r, IT. S. Avocet the sun's atmosphere before it was found in the earth. If the show goes on as predicted, the broadcast will be heard in the United States at 2:15 p. m., E.S.T. Stenographers in New York will re cord transcripts of the comment, and these will be part of the permanent 1 r scientific report of the expedition. A CHOICE OF CITIZENSHIP , London. Mrs. Charles A. Lind bergh is almost ready to leave the ma ternity hospital where she gave birth to her third baby boy May 12, mem bers of the hospital staff said. She and the child are convalescing in a seventh floor room of the fashionable nursing home, where the flying col onel comes to see them regularly. The jam of coronation day traffic, it was learned, almost kept Mrs. Lindbergh from reach ing the home before the baby was born. She and the colonel, motoring from their home in Kent, had to make a wide detour and ar rived just in time. Colonel Lind bergh and their other surviving son. 4 year old Jon, were said to be liv ing temporarily in London. (Washington authorities said the child, being the son . of American parents, but born on British soil, would be entitled to both British and U. S. citizenship all his life unless he chooses one or the other nation as his own when he reaches 21). DIES OF TETANUS Stella, Neb. John Gillispie, farm er near here, died from tetanus, caused by a scratch on his arm suffered- while at work. The disease spread thru his system rapidly and he died soon after he was taken to a hospital at Auburn. Gillespie was employed at one time by the Missouri Pacific railroad at Howe as a section foreman. UNHUET IN UPSET Falls City, Neb. Deputy Sheriff Ralph Ramsey escaped injury in an automobile upset which wrecked his car near here. Driving over the crest of a hill, Ramsey said he swerved ! sharply to avoid a road grader and a farm wagon which were passing each other. His car overturned three times. Small factories . will find wel come and the opportunity to ex- o r. H f (hunitnh ntuan rorc-r--.r.' safer from his worst enemy, germs helps protect his skin against infection. Give your baby this greater safety. It's so important! Buy a bottle of Mennen Antiseptic Oil at your druggist's today. $ - .V I . i - - "'-TeVi ' J.Ti.--' ,,. j ' Eclipse Pacific Isle CO ir W CO - s . - 'AJS I I ve-: AMERICA -k. . r 3 s f Cass County Farm T v t Bureau Notes t Copy furnished from Office of County Agent Wainscott Distributes 20 Tons of Grasshopper Bait The Farm Bureau purchased ma terials, mixed and distributed more than twenty tons of hopper bait to Cass county farmers last week. The Farm Bureau decided not to wait for the government bait mater ials, fearing that it might be too late in arriving to do the most good and a possibility that there would not be enough materials allotted to Cass county to do the job. The formula being mixed contains about 60 pounds bran. 40 pounds sawdust, one-half gallon sodium arsenite, one-half gallon molasses, and four ounces amyl acetate. The j bait is thoroughly mixed, sacked and delivered to various places in the county. According to reports from hundreds of farmers coming to the office, the hopper situation is much worse than it was at thi3 time last year. The Farm Bureau will continue to make and distribute bait as long as orders come to the office. Soil Conservation Checks are Distributed Over $100,000 was paid to Cas3 county farmers for participation in the 1936 Agricultural Conservation program, at the Farm Bureau office last week. Many of the checks have not yet arrived, however notices will be mailed to those who have not re ceived theirs as soon as the checks arrive at the office. Nebraska Council Program Miss Grace Frysinger of the IT. S. Department of Agriculture, regarded as one of the leading authorities in homa economics the world over, is to be one of the chief speakers be fore the Nebraska Council of Home Demonstration clubs at North Platte in June. She will be heard by sev eral Cass county women attending the two-day program. Announcement of the appearance of Miss Frysinger was made this week from the college of agricul ture by Miss Mary-Ellen Brown. The Washington woman speaks on both days. Miss Frysinger had charge of the international meeting of the Associated Countrywomen of the World held in Washington. Club Week Four 4-H club boys and girls leave this week end for Lincoln, where they will attend Club week at the University of Nebraska college of agriculture. May 30-Jure 4. They are Virginia Pollard, oi' Nehawka"; Robert Wagoner, of Cedar Creek; r 1- I'M A NEW WOMAN 1 THANKS TO FURSANG j l 4 - 'Si v... ' . ' "v 1 Merle Eveland, of Elmwood. and Marie Anderson, of Nehawka. One of the big 4-H club meetings of the year, more than 350 farm boys and girls and local leaders from all parts of the state will take part in Club Week. Throughout each day they will attend educational and recreational meetings. Banquets, picnics and dinners are planned for the evenings. Friday the delegation goes to Omaha by special train to inspect the livestock industries. Soil Conservation Tour Contour cropping, buffer strip ping, pasture furrows, and all types of erosion control and soil conser vation practices will be on exhibi tion June ISth for Cass county farmers to inspect the work. The practices will be viewed on a tour scheduled to start from Weeping Water on June 18th. The Cass Coun ty Farm Bureau is co-operating with the Soil Conservation Service in the sponsoring of this tour. All farmers 2nd interested parties are invited to attend. The tours, held around the area being worked by the CCC camp, will give farmers and other land owners an opportunity to see control prac tices in operation that may be ap plied to their own farms without the aid of trained technicians. Net ra ska Erral Church Leadership Institute For a number cf years a need has been felt for a closer understanding .nd relationship between the various orgn nidations having to do with rural people. Not enough emphasis hr.s been given to spiritual values in these organizations. In an effort to bring about a closer correlation of plans and efforts. Dean W. W. Burr of the college of agriculture called together a group of men from the "arr.pus aril it was decided to at tempt a Rural Church Leadership Institute, to Le held on the Agricul tural College campus June 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18. A general committee was appointed to work out the unique program, and to this com mittee were added the services of Rev. John C. White. Rev. W. L. Ruyle and Rev. Ray Magnuson. The co-cperation of the Nebraska Coun cil of Churches was' also secured. The program planned for the In stitute includes special addresses, disrussicn groups, community sing ing, recreation, seminars, devotional assembly, field trips, music and dra matics. W. H. Brokaw, Director of the State Extension Service, is scheduled to speak, also A. Drum mond Jones, from the Washington Extension office, who' "will deliver an address and lead several discussion groups. James F. Lawrence, Mar keting Specialist of the Nebraska College of Agriculture, will tell about "Co-Operatives that I have iVisiU'd in Europe." '' Every rural minister is invited to attend. Ministers' .wives and a few- laymen will be .welcome at the in- j stitute. Enrollment cards and fur ther information regarding the pro gram, etc., may be obtained at the Farm Eureau office if desired. These cards must be returned by June 5, so that arrangements may be com pleted for housing the delegates. local Leaders Have Program at Club Week Monday, May 31, the opening day of the twenty-second annual 4-H Club Week at the Agricultural Col lege at Lincoln, will be local lead ers' day and the program is arrang ed to interest not only those that are registered for the entire week, but every local leader, of a 4-H club and all the public who have been taking part in any of the general Extension programs. Those who can not attend the full week are in vited to attend Monday, May 31, from 10 a. m. to 9 p. m. Change Dates for Organized Agricultural Meeting Attention of Cass county farm peo ple to the change in dates of Orga nized Agriculture to December 13-17 for this year has been called to mind this week. The meetings usually are held the first week in January. The change was made in attempt ing to get away from severe weath er usually coming the fore part of January. Present plans call for the regular schedule of meetings to be moved up to the first three days of the week with the Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation meeting Thurs day and Friday. Tallowing on Contour Improper summer fallowing may cause great soil losses, experimental work has shown Cass county farm ers. In a recent test, 105 tons of soil were lost annually per acre on ordi nary summer fallowing where the average annual rainfall was 32 inches. In direct contrast, contour listed corn fields lost only one-tenth as much soil as the old method of summer fallowing. By blank listing on the contour, Cass county farmers can use their present machinery and yet greatly lessen their soil losse3 v. liile summer fallowing. Many are doing so under the 1937 Agricultural Conservation program. The basin listing attach ment further minimizes soil erosion losses. Slopes cf 3 per cent or more reauire contour operations if Berious soil losses are to be prevented j Yes, Pirs"5ngcontains, in properly v Zr balanced proportions, such proven elements as organic copper ana iron. Quickly stimulates appetite and aids nature in building rich, red blood even in cases of simple anemia. When this happens, energy and strength usually return. You feel like new. Get Pursang from your druggist. ' e?3 I iM I Laughing Around the World With IRVTN S. COBB Working While Others Slept By IRVIN S. COBB A WELL-KNOWN public lecturer occasionally tells this story on the platform as illustrative of the enterprise and instinctive commercial sagacity of the young: Amer'can. He vouches for it as an actual personal experience. His version of it runs somewhat as follows: "Two summers ago I was motoring1 up in New England. Taking a short cut over a dirt road late one afternoon I ran into a miry place and the car bogged down in it and stuck fast. Providentially, as it would seem, a farmer boy immediately hove in sight, leading a team of big horses. I entered into negotiations with him and the upshot was that for a dollar he agreed to undertake the job of rescuing me from my predicament. The price seemed reasonable and we closed the bargain. He hooked his horses to the axle of the stalled automobile and soon had my car upon the ground. I was struck by the brightness of the lad and the skill he had shown in extricating the heavy machine from the mire. After I had paia mm I led him into conversation, taking occasion immediately to compliment him upon his smartness. " 'Well,' he said, 'I've had considerable practice Mister. Your'n makes the sixth car I've pulled out of this here mud-hole today. "'Did each one of the owners pay you a dollar?' I asked. " 'Yep,' he said. 'That's my regular price for this job.' " 'Then you've earned six dollars today ? Pretty fair wages for a boy your age, I should say'," I commented. "Before answering me, the youngster withdrew from my immediate vicinity and mounted one of his horses. " 'Well,' he said 'this has been a 'specially good day. I don't always take in this much; and anyhow, 'tain't as easy as you might think for me to earn this money. All day I've got to be hangin' 'round waitin for one of you city fellers to get bogged down and start callin' for help. That ain't the worst of it neither. Except when it rains, I have to be around here a good part of every night.' " 'What do you do here at night?' I asked. "lie drew his team off the road and started away through the woods. Then, over his shoulder, as he vanished, he replied: '"Oh, night-times I have to draw water and fill up this here mud hole so's it'll be all ready for business the next day'." (American News Features, Inc.) Scientists Baffled by Old Age Problem While .Mortality Checked, There Has Eeen No Certain Means of Ex tending the Life Span. t New York, N. Y. Old age has put present-day scientists to rout, accord ing to statisticians of a leading life insurance company. They say that no method as yet has been evolved by which the span of life can be ma terially increased, through extending the outstanding improvement in mortality attained durnig the past twenty years to include the group of persons past 75. They base their conclusions on the reduction in mor tality affected since 1916 among the insurance company's Industrial pol icyholders who number in the mil lions. While this decline has been "remarkable," it has not been shared equally by all age groups, for the improvement ranges from 75 per cent for young children to less than 5 per cent for the group past 75 years of age. "There are two factors responsible for this," the statisticians say. "First, certain diseases which were formerly common among children have been practically eliminated, whereas in the control of the degenerative con ditions characteristic of later life there has been little progress. Sec ond, death is inevitable. Those who do not succumb to acute disease or to external causes must sooner or later die from bodily deterioration. "And the span of life that is, the extreme limit of human longevity seems to be essentially fixed, not amenable to prolongation by any means known to present-day science " The decline of 75 per cent ln the death rate among children, ages 1 to 4, was accomplished, the statis ticians explain, because medical sci ence and practice succeeded in deal ing with the diseases peculiar to this period of life, such as diarrhea and enteritis and the communicable dis eases of childhood, while mortality from tuberculosis, pneumonia and accidents all common causes of death among children also showed outstanding improvement during the period. Deaths from diarrhea and enteritis were reduced by 90 per cent in the past 20 years, the death rate in 1916 having been 213.1 per 100, 000 as compared with 21.3 in 1936. The diphtheria death rate dropped during the same period from 128.4 to 10.3, while the rate for measles de- IBENTAL Hay Pictures 31- WE make them legible, angle the films properly, and develop then carefully. The prices are " fair and the pictures are yours. Dr. Joe JL SfiiboS Chiropractor Phone No. 3 Ees. 657-W clined from 89. S to 6.2. The tuber culosis death rate among these chil dren in 1936 was less than one fourth of that in 1916, while the rate for pneumonia was less than one third and the accident rate about one-half. During the safest, years of life ages 5 to 15 the mortality im provement has amounted to approx imately 50 per cent since 1916, due in large part to an 80 per cent drop in deaths from tuberculosis. The age group 15 to 35 also exper ienced a 50 per cent improvement in mortality, with the greatest decline in the death rate 75 per cent hown in tuberculosis, while puerperal causes came next with a drop of about 55 per cent. Tuberculosis, however, is still the chief cause of death among that group. While a sizable decline in the death rate occurred among the group 35 to 55, during those years the dis eases of old age begin to put in their appearance, and cancer, diabetes and the degenerative diseases are import ant causes of death. From age 55 to age 75, the mor tality of the policyholders has de clined less than 20 per cent in the 20 years since 1916. At this time of life, heart disease ranks as the first cause of death, and is responsible for over one quarter of all deaths. Cancer, cerebral hemorrhage, chronic nephritis, and pneumonia also rank high. "But beyond age 75," the statis ticians state, "there has been less than a 5 per cent decline in the death rate since 1916. The mortality from cancer, heart disease, and accidents has actually increased during the period 1916-1936. There have been drops, however, in the death rate from influenza, pneumonia, cerebral hemorrhage and chronic nephritis. But there is, of course, little chance of any considerable improvement in the mortality in late life where the degenerate diseases predominate." Plattsmouth Is the Ideal large town shopping center for all Cass county people. Values here are the equal of those found anywhsre read the ads for bargain news. Star Sinrle-ede Blade solve the mystery of good shaves. Made sine 1880 by the inventors of the original safety razor. Keen, lonj?-, lasting, uniform. 5S STEELE Heavy Hatching is Reported in Various Regions Farmers Advised to Mix Own Poison Where the Federal Allotment May Fall Short. With Nebraska receiving a definite allotment of poison bran mash for use in fighting the grasshopper inva sion, the "war" moved ahead thru out the state, declared O. S. Hare, extension entomologist at the college of agriculture. The Minneapolis regional office has allotted the state 5,940 tons of bait materials consisting of mill run bran and sawdust, and 59,400 gallons of sodium arsenite for use in the eradi cation campaign. The major ship ment is expected this week. Mixing of the poison will be done at either the county or regional points under th direction of agricultural agents. Hatching of the hoppers over the state continues, altho the hatch Is still delayed because of weather con ditions. He received reports of ex tensive hatching in Banner, Kimball and Dundy counties. The presence of millions of lit tle leaf hoppers or jumping plant lice is disturbing some Nebraskans, the entomologist also reported. The leaf hoppers do not damage crops but are sometimes mistaken for grass hoppers. No control of these pests is necessary. Norfolk. With Grasshoppers hatching in large numbers and re ports of alfalfa fields being damaged, Madison county farmers are enlarg ing their organization to combat the pests by use of poisoned bran, Agri cultural Agent J. H. Williams, Bat tle Creek says. Farmers are beirg advised to buy their own materials for poisoned bait and not wait for the federal allot ment. There are 2,000 farmers in Madisou county and if each one gets one sack of bran five carloads would be needed. "The county won't be able to get more than two cars of federal bait at the most, and that won't be enough to meet the demand," he said. North Platte. Grasshoppers are now hatching in great numbers in Lincoln county, says County Agent Kellogg. He will make several en gagements to speak to farm groups in reference to the destruction of the pests. The hatch now taking place Is one of the greatest in the history of this section of the state. Kellogg is be ing advised by farmers in every part of the county. Farmers listing corn the past week have reported clouds of the tiny in sects covering the fields. A Wallace farmer reported that the grasshop pers had already destroyed a field of sweet clover on his farm. "Many of the farmers," Kellogg said, "contend that the hoppers are hatching In such great numbers, due to the drouth and ideal hatching con ditions, that the situation i3 hopeless. But these insects can be destroyed, or at least controlled, if each will do his part." Improving our rzrm-to-market roads will be of direct benefit to everyone in Cass county. .aDL-iaa. MIL g g Protect your grow ing crops with good Hail Insurance Wheat Oats Cora We write every hind of 'good insurance! Call, or See INSURANCE- ANb BONDS Phone- 16 Plattsmouth