^ Paris Getting Ready for Exposition of 1937
There Is going to be a big exposition in Paris. France, in 1937, which is likely to attract many Amer
icans. It will be built on the ground shown in this picture, the site where the Trocadero formerly stood.
In the background is seen the base of the Eiffel Tower. •
Kidnaper Confesses, Sentenced to Penitentiary
Speedy Justice
Meted Out to
Thos. H. Robinson
Thomas H. Robinson, Jr., seen
above leaving an airplane at Louis
ville, Ky., between government
agents, pleaded guilty to the charge
of kidnaping Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll
and was sentenced and put In the
penitentiary at once. He was caught
atGlendale,Calif. An alert drug store
clerk penetrated his disguise as a
woman, notified the authorities and
soon G-Men took him into custody.
The capture of Robinson wTas the
climax in a series of arrests of pub
lic enemies, including Alvin Karpis.
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Birds Go on Big Spree
f From a Feast on Apples
Yakima, Wash.—A flock of birds
went on a drunken spree here
recently, with apples that had fer
mented on trees in an orchard.
Many of the birds could not fly aft
er pecking at the apples, while those
that could, flew sideways or upside
down for short distances. The birds
apparently enjoyed being Intoxicat
ed, as they kept coming back to the
apples for additional tippling,
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Red Cross Nurse Highly Honored
Two thousand delegates to the American Red Cross convention in
Chicago saw Red Cross Nurse Mrs. Elsbeth II. Vaughn of St. Louis re
ceive the Florence Nightingale award for her long record of nursing
service. She was presented with the medal by Admiral Cary T. Grayson,
national chairman of the organization.
AMERICAN BEAUTY
The title of American beauty nt
Haskell Indian Institute, Lawrence,
Kan., has been bestowed upon Ar
lene McLaughlin, a Sioux Indian
maiden from Wakpaln, S. D. She
is pictured in her native costume.
California Coeds Learn the Art of Carpentry
* As further Indication of the Invasion of women Into what has heretofore been considered the realm
of men, fifty co-eds at the University of California at Los Angeles are taking a course In carpentry. The girl
students pictured above during class will be able to qualify for work with hammer, saw, drill or chisel.
Scenes and Persons in the Current News
1—Annual Inspection of the capitol police In Washington by Capt. William S. Orthmnn, center, their
commander. 2—Air view of the new $0,000,000 inland port at Brownsville, Texas, Just officially opened. 3—
Leon Blum, leader of the Socialist party of France and as such the head of the country’s new government.
Banker Is Accused
of Complicity in
Mail Robberies
Oliver P. Arnold, assistant vice
president of the Denver National
bank of Denver, Colo., was one of
eleven persons arrested for com
plicity In extensive mall robberies.
The chnrges were brought by Unit
ed States post office Inspectors.
Plan for Pan-American Hospital
This Is an architect’s drawing of the proposed Pan-American Post
Graduate hospital which will he constructed In New York at a cost of
about $7,000,000 and which will be ready for occupancy In 1038. Slmilnr
structures will he built In Centrnl and South America. The New York
institution will lie the first of its kind in this country nnd will have on Its
staff students, physicians and surgeons from Latin-Americnn nations.
Only Boulder Dam Is Higher Than This
Owyhee darn, main feature of the Irrigation works of the new Owyhee
federal reclamation project on the Oregon-Idaho border, is the second
highest dam in tire United States, second only to the great Boulder darn.
It Is 40") feet In height and creates n storage reservoir of 1,120,000 acre
feet capacity which will serve 112,000 acres of land. Boulder dan*, on the
Colorado river is .'i.'.O feet high and has a power plant capable of develop
ing 1,000,000 horsepower. One of the greatest engineering projects of its
kind In the world, Boulder dam owes its Inception to President 'Theodore
Roosevelt In 1907.
D. Leigh Colvin
Nominated by Drys
for the Presidency
Tlie Prohibition party In its na
tional convention at Niagara Falls,
N. Y., nominated P. Leigh Colvin of
New York for President of the
United States.
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Largest Library
The Library of Congress is the
largest in the world.
Hoboes Getting Mulligan at Their Convention
Delegates to the convention of the Hoboes of America In Louisville, Ky., are seen with their cans,
getting mulligan. Harry L. Hopkins, WPA administrator, wus honored by the convention with the title, “Supreme
Sir Knight.” He had previously held the lesser title, "Sir Knight of the ltoad.” “Jeff” Davis was re-elected
“King of the Hoboes” without opposition. The delegates voted to hold their 1937 convention In St Louis.
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TELLS WHY CHICKS
DIE WHEN BROODED
Coccidiosis and Pullorum
Are Causes.
By C. M. Ferguson, Extension Poultry
man, tor the Ohio State University.
WNU Service.
When chicks die during the brood
ing season, the cuuse is usually coc
cidiosis or pullorum disease. For
pullorum disease there is no cure.
The disease Is transmitted from the
parent through the egg. It Is caused
by a specific bacteria, and may be
controlled only through a sound
program of blood testing of breed
ing llocks.
Coccidiosis, on the other hand, la
caused by a microscopic organism
that enters the chick's body
through the alimentary tract. It
may be picked up from contam
inated soil, contaminated feed, or
contaminated litter, and the most
likely source of the Infection Is
from adult chickens on the farm.
It Is very unlikely that this dis
ease Is often purchased with the
chicks.
The surest means of preventing
an infection Is to Isolate the young
chicks from the old chickens. Hens
should not he allowed to associate
with chicks, nor be permitted to
run over the ground on which the
chicks are being ranged.
Use of cinder yards, wire perches
and clean range all have their place
In fighting this disease, but In addi
tion, It is Important to take precau
tion against carrying the disease
organism from the adult Hock to
the chicks on the poultryman’s
feet For this purpose, wear rub
bers when caring for thp chicks.
Since coccidiosis organism re
quires warmth and moisture dur
ing the part of Its life cycle spent
outside the body of the fowl. It Is
good practice to keep the brooder
house as dry as possible by plac
ing water fountains on screened
platforms.
Finds Oil Dipped Eggs
Will Hold Fresh Quality
Many poultrymen heat the heat
In summer by dipping eggs In a
thin, white mineral oil. This seals
the pores of the shells and helps the
eggs retain their fresh quality.
Recent tests by the United States
Department of Agriculture show
that oiled eggs also stay fresh much
better In cold storage than unoiled
eggs. In an eight-month storage
test, the original grade was re
tained by (15.8 [ier cent of the eggs
oiled at a temperature of tit) de
grees K.; by 55 per cent oiled at
8(1 degrees, but by only 32.5 per
cent of those which were unolled.
Eggs given the oil, and vacuum
carbon dioxide treatment retained
88 per cent of their original grade
at the end of the storage test. This
method, developed by T. L. Swen
son. of the bureau of chemistry and
soils, was 35 per cent more efficient
than plain oiling and 173 per cent
more efficient than storage with no
oil treatment.
In the vneuum process eggs are
dipped in oil In an air tight cham
ber. Enough air Is pumped out to
create a partial vacuum Some air
also escapes from the eggs. When
carbon dioxide is turned into the
chamber, the eggs draw enough oil
Into the pores of the shell to form
a complete seal. Carbon dioxide
has a stabilizing effect on the egg
white. If air Is used, eggs do not
retain tlielr freshness.
The “Silkie” Bantam
The "silk*ie” bantam is the most
unique specimen of all poultry
dom, and is one of the oldest of
ttie over 1U0 varieties of bantams.
The silkie does not have feathers
like other fowls, but is covered with
a silky down, from whence it de
rives its name. Silkie bantams are
bred in white, black, golden and
partridge, but the most perfect are
the white, as they are the
original, and the variations of color
are yet in the making. Aside
from the plumage they are unique
in that their skin, fle.'ih. and bones
are a dark mulberry color. They
are good layers of medium sized
eggs. Their most valuable charac
teristic is their propensity to be
broody, and they are prized by
game and rare bird breeders for
hatching and rearing valuable and
tender birds. Silkie bantams can
not Ily.
Producing Broiler«
Under ordinary conditions it will
take between seven and seven and
one-half pounds of feed per bird
to bring broilers to the two-pound
weight, says an authority at the
North Carolina State college. This
will vary somewhat according to
the vigor and vitality »f the birds
In reference to their ability to uti
lize feeds. The management of
the birds during the fattening pe
riod will affect the feed require
ments. An Intensive fattening pe
riod will also make a difference in
the amount of feed necessary. The
figures given will, however, bring
the average bird to the two-pound
weight under ordinary farm con
ditions.