POTASH FIELDS
AID SOUTHWEST
San Angelo, Tex. —(UP)— Pot
ash. a mineral long obtained
chiefly from Germany and France,
now is being mined successfully
for the first time in the recently
discovered potash-bearing Permi
an basin of New Mexico and West
Texas.
The largest of two companies
now producing potash has an an
nual output of approximately 40
000 tons. A second shaft is being
sunk, and is expected to double
the output. The other company is
operating on a smaller scale.
The Permian basin is 600 miles
long and 300 miles wide, and lies
In eastern New Mexico and West
Texas.
J. F. Hinkle. New Mexico land
commissioner, estimates that in
Eddy county. N. M., alone there
is a potential yield of 20 million
tons of potash. Engineers believe
there is sufficient quantity in the
entire basin to present exhaustion
within a century.
The United States now’ con
sumes about 400.COO tons annu
ally. The current price is $10 a
ton.
Potash also is being produced
from the saline beds in California
and from the residue cf molasses
factories in Baltimore.
Business Man Was
School’s Godsend
Moscow, Idaho. —(UP)— If Mos
cow high school was to nominate
anybody for patron saint of the
institution, that person would un
doubtedly be Jerry Gelwick, local
business man.
Moscow had wen its district
basketball championship title, but
was without funds to go to the
state basketball meet at Pocatello,
Idaho. So Gelwick scraped up
$200 and sent the lads to the
tourney.
When they defeated Moreland,
43 to 32 in the finals, they won
wick’s faith in them. And if it
the title and substantiated Gel
hadn’t been for Gelwick, the lads
wouldn’t have been able to bring
home the state hoop bacon.
Officer Has System
To Still Rooster’s Crow
Colorado Springs. Colo. —(UP) —
An expert at making roosters keep
quiet, during those early morning
hours, is the qualification of Offi
cer E. W. Teater.
Officer Teater has been called
upon several times to still the
voices of the barnyard alarm
clocks and thereby enforce the
anti-noise ordinance.
The system Officer Teater uses
Is to have the loud mouthed roost
er placed on a perch near the top
of the chicken house so he cannot
straighten up. A rooster needs
plenty of room in which to do his
crowing, Officer Teater said.
.
Cheap at Any Price.
Prom Answers.
She: Penny for your thoughts,
darling. • i
He: I was just thinking of go
ing. {
Father (yelling down from up
stairs) : Give him a dollar, Deris
Spring Ensemble
This neat Spring suit, worn by
Muriel Evans, M-G-M player, has
been favorably reported upon by |
the fashion arbiters of Hollywood.
It features the longer length of
jacket, and a novel tailored skirt.
Tha white silk blouse tucks under
the skirt.
Records Reveal That
Puritans Had Bootleggers
Plymouth. Maas. —(UP)— The
Puritans had their btotlcggers.
Yellowed court records on file in
this ancient town so rich In Pil
grim history show that on Septem
ber 14. 1638. Captain Myles Stand
iah arrested one Stephen Hopkins,
charged with selling wine, beer
and splrituoua liquors at excessive
prices. |
Governor William Bradford
fined Hopkins five pounds. >
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Evening Novelty
This charming evening ensemble is
of cclanese lacquered chiffon, a new
cire fabric printed in a floral design.
It is one of the new Spring models
exhibited at n recent fashion show
in New York. Note the novel arrange
ment of the shoulder sleeves and the
train-like skirts. A capelet of cela
nete taffeta accompanies the town.
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Mississippi Town
Has Monthly Barter Day
Starkville, Miss. — (UP) —
"Barter Day,, will be observed in
Starkville on the first Monday in
every month, at which time citi
zens of this section are invited to
bring to the city anything they
may have to swap.
The first "Barter Day,” pro
claimed by Mayor E. R. Lord, was
observed on April 10.
Motorists Are Warned
Of “Traffic Ostriches’*
Harrisburg. — (UP) — Spring
Showers bring "traffic ostriches,”
declares Walter M. Mathews,
chief of the safety division, Penn
sylvania department of revenue.
“Traffic ostriches,” Mathews
explains, “are pedestrians with
heads hurried in umbrellas and
view blocked who calmly make
their way through traffic possessed
of a strong faith in the motor
driver and his brakeg. Such pe
destrians are accident hazards on
the sidewalks as well as on the
street,” Mathews says.
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Account Book Lists
1726 Funeral Charges
Middleboro, Mass. — (UP) —
Mourners who attended a certain
funeral here back in the early
18th Century must have absorbed
the full spirit of the solemn occa
sion.
A family account book kept by
one Jacob Thomson in 1726 lists
these funeral charges, the
amounts being in pounds, shil
lings and pence:
To Thomas Tomson sons for 4
gallons of wine and six pounds of
sugar procured by him for the
funeral — 2-1-6.
To Deacon Bosworth for mak
ing the coffin 0-8-0.
To James Bryant for 3 gallons
of rum for funeral—1-4-0.
To William Thomas for digging
the grave—0-3-0.
Pajd for a pair of gravestones—
4-2-0.
Total—7-19-6.
500,000-Y ear-Qld
Crab Is Displayed
Philadelphia — (UP) — A crab
500,000 years old is now on dis
play in the Academy of Natural
Science cn the Parkway.
The fossilized crab, embedded in
a stone, was picked up on the
beach at Beach Haven, N, J., near
the spot where the ne.vy blimp —3
crashed while searching for the
Naval aircruiser Akron.
Dr. Henry A. Pilsbry, curator of
the museum, said the fossil is one
of the finest ever seen.
According to Dr. Pilsbry the
crab was deposited in a warm
stage of the Pleistocene age dur
ing the days when the saber
toothed tiger, the mammoth and
other huge animals roamed the
earth.
Famous Painter’s
Birthplace Restored
North Kingston, R. I. —(UP)—
The birthplace of Gilbert Stu
art, famed portrait painter of Co
lonial times, has been restored by
the Rhode Island Historical So
ciety.
Norman M. Isham, who direct
ed the work, made researches in
England and America to secure
accurate information concerning
the old snuff mill at the Stuart
birthplace.
The mill has been restored as it
Nobel Winner Back
Dr. Irving Langmuir, American
winner of the 1932 Nobel Prize foq
chemistry, pictured as he arrived at
New York on the liner Rex after an
extended stay abroad. Dr. Lang«j
muir was the guest of King GustaVj
of Sweden during his stay in tkafj
country.
was in Stuart's time and snuff hat
actually been ground in it.
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All to Ills Credit.
From Answers.
Sandy seemed worried. There was
obviously something on his mind.
"What is it?" asked his friend.
"I want ycur help,” replied San
dy quietly; “In fact, I want you to
come and choose a suit for me.”
His friend smiled modestly.
"But I don’t think my taste is
any better than yours," he replied.
"Na, perhaps not,” said the Scot,
“but I'm thinking your credit is.’*
In the News.
From Humorist.
Wife: Good heavens! It says in
my paper that a young film actress
is going to make a parachute de
scent in mid-Atlantic. Where does
she hope to land?
Husband: On the front page to
morrow. I expect!
Such Dumbness!
From Tit-Bits.
Laura (who has just heard of
her rival’s engagement): I—I didn’t
quite get your intended’s name.
Norah: No, my dear, but you tried
hard enough, didn’t you?
An Angry Lamb.
From Tit-Bits.
First Clerk: How did you mak«
out with the boss about a raise?
Second: Oh, he was like a Iambi
“What did he say?”
"Baa!”
French Dirigible Wrecked on Test Flight
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°n the very day that the U. S S Akron crashed off the New Jersey coast, the French dirigible, E-».
crashed near (juerande, France, as shown here, inj uring two of Ita crew of twelve. The airship was on
a test flight when engine trouble forced her down.
Autoist Asked Charity
Office for Gaa and Oil
Texarkana, Ark. — <UP) — Mrs.
2. B. Hicks, secretary of the
United Charities, has had several
exasperating demands made upon
her by person; seeking charity,
but a recent one was almost too
much for her, she raid.
8hn declared a man drove up in
front of tire charities office in a
.'nckarci car. and insisted upon be*
\«ig supplied wlih gas and oil to
complete a Journey from New
York to Houston. She ta.d his car
contained a 5100 radio. In It he
was traveling with his wife, who
was wearing several diamond
rings, a son and three grand
children, according to Mrs. Hicks.
The family left Texarkana
without receiving aid from chari
ties here.
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Buyers A.void
New York Tobacco
Elmira, N. Y. — (UP>— One hun
dncl thousand dollars worth of
leaf tobacco is hanging in the
warehouses oi tobacco growers m
Big Plats, near here, with no talc*
era. even at the cut price of three
cents a pound.
Last year nine cents was the
average price, but so far no buy
ers have been Interested In the
local crop, which is usually sold
, In lVccmber or January. Tobacco
Is one of the Chemung county's big
gest money crops, and the county
ranks second in New York Slat*
In production.
The Prtbilof Islands seal lierd. n«w
rated the most valuable in the
world, inerraaed 8 24 per r»nt. lit
numbers the Uat seer.
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Roosevelt's New Conservation
From New York World-Telegram.
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Muscle Shoals Is the key to a new power policy in this
country, a new idea of conservation, a new understand
ing of public resources and how they should be handled.
At all events that is the way President Roosevelt seems
to think of it.
“If we are successful here,” he says, “we can march
on, step by step, in a like development of other great ter
ritorial units within our borders.”
Muscle Shoals as it stands today symbolizes the old
order of waste, exploitation and political pull.
It was not a private enterprise based on private in
vestment or private property rights, yet private interests
have been able to check its use for 15 years.
The theory back of this curious situation rests on the
assumption that the people have no right to make use of
what they own, lest by so doing they interfere with the
right of great corporations to establish a virtual monopoly.
The people have been told that they ought to lose
$100,000,000 as well as abandon all their interests in the
Tennessee and other great rivers, so that private industry
can take charge.
Private industry presents individualism as sanction
ing such a sacrifice, just as though a combine or trust
should be regarded in the same light as the lamplighter
or candle dipper of Thomas Jefferson’s day.
We are no longer dealing with the individual when it
comes to heat, light and power but wdth large and power
ful groups, and we can no longer protect ourselves except
by the mobilization of public resources through public capi
tal.
As a matter of common sense Muscle Shoals, as Presi
dent Roosevelt proposes to develop it, takes us back to the
old idea of competition which big business is doing its best
I to kill, especially in the field of electric enterprise.
Muscle Shoals offers an opportunity to prove what
the production of electricity costs and whether there is
not an overabundance of water in the capital of some of
the great concerns now producing it.
If the project is properly carried out and if the Ten
nessee river is brought under anything like scientific con
trol we shall learn what can be done not only in the pro
duction of electricity but in flood prevention and affore
station through a well-planned hydrographic system.
We are really going to school when we tackle Muscle
Shoals—a school that should teach us much about some
of the bigger things which our national resources, techni
cal knowledge and surplus wealth make it possible for us
to do.
We are going to begin a new adventure in the hinter
land, a new struggle to harness nature, a new type of un
dertake which may lead to a new type of life for many
people.
If the rehabilitation of Muscle Shoals and the develop
ment of the Tennessee river prove successful they may
well change the general direction of our economic ant* so
cial ideals by introducing us to the possibilities of » Hind
which we still know little about. ____
Jig-Saw Puzzles
Aid German Teacher
Redwood City, Cal. — (UP) —
Miss Julienne Wolters, teacher in
the Sequoia Union High School,
near here, has discovered that
jig-saw pusy.les aid the teaching
of German to her students.
Miss Wolters had a large map
of Germany made into a 300
piece jig-saw puzzle. Each day
her puoils get better acquainted
with Germany by putting the
puzzle together.
“Sy the time the class assem
bles the puzzle two or three times,
the students will have a carnprc
hensive idea of Germany's geog
raphy," she explained.
Shamrocks Reflect
Love of Flier’s Mother
Reno, Nov. — <UP) — Each St.
Patrick’s day for the past 10
years, sprigs of shamrick from
Iceland, reflecting a mother's love,
have been placed on the grave
here of William Blanchfield, Reno
aviator.
Blanchfield lest Ills life In 1924
while flying his plane to drop a
wreath of flowers upon the grave
of a friend. The plane crashed,
and Blanchfield was killed.
Each year since, his mother,
who resides in Ireland, has sent
shamrocks for her son’s grave.
But the mother died, and now her
daughter, Mrs. Geraldine Deasy,
County Cork, Ireland, will con
tinue the custom.
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A Perfect Match.
From Tit-Bits.
Old Tom’s going to marry Miss
Flighty. She can ride, swim, sing,
dance, drive a racing car, and pilot
an airplane. Real all-rounder.”
' -They ought to r;et on fine. Old
Toni's quite a cock.”
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Turned Tables.
From Tiie Wheel.
Reporter: I’ve got a perfect
story.
City Editor: Did the man bite
the dog?
Reporter: Naw, a bull threw »
congressman.
Farewell Crime—Hello Beerl
Ending more than thirty-seven years on the force, Edward P. Mul
rooney is pictured as he handed his resignation as Police Commissioner
of New York to Mayor John P. O’Brien. Mulrooney resigned the posh
ia order to become State beer czar. He goes from a salary of $13,390
to $12,000. _
Language Professor
Met Student Demands
Austin. Tex. —<UP>— Mis* Lila
Casts, professor of romance lan
guages at the University of Texas,
has seen In her 40 years at the
school the "erase" for different
foreign language learning and haa
been able to teach them all.
Her father was the son of a
i French woman and a Spaniard,
her mother a German, and the
teacher was born and reared on
the Island of Jamaica. British
Wes', Indies Idas Casts has taught
French, German and Spanish,
and she remembers when French
was in demand because it was a
"society asset,” when young men
wanted it because they anticipat
ed service overseas during the
World, war.
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Doesn't Know Now.
From Humorist.
Smith <to beauty parlor pro
prietress): Has my wife ty-en here?
Proprietress: Whet is she like,
sir?
Smith: Well. I car. tell you what
she was like when she w. at in.