Florida Extends
Nation’s Editors
Her Hospitality
Scribes Visit State During
National Convention
At Jacksonville.
By RUSSELL KAY
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
JACKSONVILLE, FLA.—
Why do people go to Florida?
What do they see, what do
they do, how are they enter
tained while there?
These and many other ques
tions concerning the state that
has become known as the
"nation’s playground” were
answered for hundreds of edi
tors and publishers of the na
tion recently, who attended
the National Editorial asso
ciation convention at Jackson
ville and toured the state as
guests of the Florida Press
association.
Florida, alert to impress this dis
tinguished group, proved an admira
ble host. The three day convention
period in Jacksonville itself was a
gala occasion, climaxed with a ban
quet given in their honor by John H.
Perry, who also arranged for a
coast to coast salute on the National
Farm and Home hour, originating
from his Jacksonville Journal sta
tion WJHP, conducted by the Wash
ington news commentator H. R.
Baukhage.
Convention sessions were broken
with interesting side trips that one
afternoon carried the group to Jack
sonville Beach for a dip In the At
lantic and a fish fry, another to St.
Augustine where they visited Old
Fort Marion, famed Marine Studios
and other points of interest and
again had supper on the beach.
Tour of State.
Determined that the group should
really see something of Florida be
fore leaving, Florida newspaper
folks took the visiting scribes on a
seven-day •11-expense tour of the
state.
There were shown the University
of Florida at Gainesville, beautiful
Silver Springs near Ocala where,
from glass bottom boats, they
viewed an underwater fairyland,
watched the filming of scenes for
the forthcoming screen version of
“The Yearling,” saw Ross Allen
milk rattlesnakes at his Reptile in
stitute and visited the Seminole In
dian village.
Journeying on they traversed the
scenic lake and hill section with its
thousands of acres of citrus groves,
stopped briefly at Leesburg and San
Lando Springs to arrive at Orlando,
central Florida's largest city and hub
of the great citrus industry.
Guests of the city, they enjoyed
a reception and banquet and found
excellent hotel accommodations that
Insured a restful night.
Visit Bek Tower.
The second day carried them to
the Bok Tower near Lake Wales, per
mitted a stop at Waverly to see the
world's largest citrus packinghouse
In operation and arrival at beauti
ful Cypress Gardens at Winter Ha
ven, where they found a delightful
luncheon awaiting them which was
enjoyed in the enchanting gardens
as they witnessed a special pro
gram of aquatic sports, acquaplan
ing and speed boat races.
At every rest stop along the route
and with every meal, the scribes
were loaded down with baskets of
Florida’s choicest oranges, grape
fruit and tangerines. Citrus juice
Just seemed to flow without end for
all who cared to drink.
Leaving Cypress Gardens the tour
touched Winter Haven, Lakeland and
Plant City. Here Hon. Nathan
Florida extended a warm welcome to
visiting editors. Two fair Floridans
(upper left) conduct a tobogganing
“demonstration," while others (lower
left) display their charms between
stalks of sugar cane. Believe it or not,
but a native squaw (upper right) learns
all about the convention from Bob
Ripley himself. In a more serious vein,
Governor Spessard /,. Holland formally
welcomes the delegates to “the land of
sunshine."
Mayo, Florida’s agricultural com
missioner, welcomed the group and
escorted them through the world’s
largest state farmer’s market and
ladies of the community served
fresh strawberry shortcake.
Welcomed in St. Petersburg, the
"Sunshine City,” with bands and
banners they toured the city and
were guests at a banquet provided
by the local daily papers. Times
and Independent.
See ’Peerless Pinellas.’
The next day traversing the
"Peerless Pinellas” peninsula they
lunched at Clearwater on the Gulf,
visited the sponge fisheries at Tar
pon Springs and enjoyed a recep
tion at Dupree Gardens, arriving in
Tampa in time to view McDill field,
the new southeastern army air base,
and attend another banquet at which
the Tampa Tribune was host.
Turning south through rich citrus
and truck areas they saw the towns
of Bradenton, Sarasota, Punta Gor
da and arrived at Ft. Myers for
luncheon, guests of the Chamber of
Commerce.
Then across the mysterious Ever
glades via the Tamiami Trail to ar
rive in Miami for a supper at the
swanky Royal Palm Club.
The next day was devoted to sight
seeing in the greater Miami area
and included breakfast at one of
the famed beach hotels, luncheon
at Coral Gables and supper at the
Pan American International airport,
where they witnessed the arrival of
clipper ships from South America.
Here the party was divided with
a portion of the group boarding a
steamer for a side trip to Cuba,
while those remaining continued the
Florida tour antj the following day
breakfasted at Hollywood Beach,
visited plantations of the United
States Sugar corporation at Clcwis
ton, where they were luncheon
guests, skirted the shores of Lake
Okeechobee to arrive in West Palm
Beach where they were guests of
the city.
Along East Coast.
Following a sightseeing tour of
the Palm Beaches the party jour
neyed northward up the Florida east
coast, stopping for luncheon at Mc
Kee Jungle Gardens near Vero
Beach.
Bands, reception committees and
a variety of souvenirs were waiting
all along the route and while stops
were of necessity short the visitors
were given an opportunity to see
Agricultural Outlook Improves
The agricultural situation during April is graphically explained in this map
issued by the bureau of agricultural economics, United Stales department of agri
culture. The general outlook is very favorable.
College Students Speed Studies to ‘Beat’ Conscription
EVANSTON, ILL.—The increasing
influence of the conscription act will
have widespread effects on higher
education, according to Dr. Shirley
A. Hamrin. director of Northwestern
university’s summer session and
university college.
"Because many students will not
l>e able to complete a four-year col
lege course before they become eli
gible for selective service,” he said,
"many will take three years' in
tensive work, including three sunt
mer sessions, in order to get their
degree before they become 21 years
old,"
Since the deferment of college stu
dents of draft age ends on July 1 of
this year, students will not be able
to predict their own status in the
future. This will undoubtedly have
some effect on enrollment. Dr. Ham
rin said. He predicted, however,
that unless war is declared, there
will be little, if any, in regular
year registration.
the towns of Melbourne, Cocoa,
where a reception was staged and
refreshments served, Titusville,
New Smyrna and at Daytona Beach
completed the tour with a delicious
hot chicken dinner served the party
in a spacious grove at Farmer Dans
which followed a spin on the world
famed Daytona Beach and a recep
tion and cocktail party.
Here the party broke up and the
visitors were carried on to Jackson
ville where trains were waiting to
take them to their respective states.
Those who took the side trip to
Cuba had an equally enjoyable
time and were wined, dined and en
tertained during their three-day stay
on the island.
All agreed that the Florida con
vention and tour was the most en
joyable and interesting in N. E. A.
history and asserted that if their
experience was typical of Florida
hospitality and entertainment they
could be depended on to return.
It was the first time the National
Editorial association had conven
tioned in Florida for 20 years.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Urges Compulsory
Service for Girls
Eleanor Roosevelt in a current
statement recommends that a year
of compulsory service for girls be
considered as part of a permanent
home defense program.
Here is the manner in which the
First Lady presents her ideas on the
subject:
‘‘I personally hope that a year of
compulsory service will also be con
sidered for girls I do not. of course,
think of girls as taking the same
training, or doing the same kind of
work that boys will probably do, nor
do I think of them serving in camps.
However, just as there are boys
whose interests and capacities va -y.
so have girls interests and capaci
ties. I think the opportunity should
be offered to girls to work and train
themselves along many different
lines.”
The above statement appears in
the current issue of the Ladies Home
Journal.
Specifically Mrs. Roosevelt sug
gests that the girls do their year of
service, in large part, in their own
communities ... in hospitals . . . I
in home economics school courses
... in farm-management courses
in rural areas and in optional
courses in mechanical training in
resident centers such as the Nation
al Youth administration’s . . . "If
a girl wished to go there, she could
obtain training for a job, in case of
an emergency, ordinarily filled by
a man. And there is mechanical
work suited to a woman’s ability in
many peacetime industries.” she
explains in advancing her idea.
“If we compel our children, for
their own good, to go to school, I
see nothing undemocratic in giving
the people of the country an oppor
tunity to decide at the polls whether
they believe a year’s service at a
given age for the boys and girls of
the nation would be of value to
them as Individuals and to the na
tion as a whole,” she states.
“I believe that girls, if it is de
cided to require of them a year of
service should be placed on exactly
the same footing as men, and they
shbuld be given the same subsist
ence and the same wage.”
"Of course, if a girl lives at home,
what is allowed the boys as a sub
sistence in camps should be allowed
to the home for the gisJ’s subsist
ence. and she should receive the
same cash remuneration which the
boys receive. The difference in the
type of service rendered makes no
| reak difference, and they are entitled
| to equal remuneration,” she explains.
BRIDGE
OUT!
ss
By BARBARA BENEDICT
(Associated Newspapers.)
WNU Service
IT WAS bad enough, Natalie
thought, to be lost without
meeting Chris Rhodes. Yet
sight of his lean, straight figure
as he rounded the trail was re
assuring. All the fear that had
gradually crept into Natalie’s soul
as night shut down and the terrible
hopelessness of being alone over
came her, vanished as Chris rode
slowly to meet her. His dark face
was unsmiling and grave.
“Hello,” she said, attempting
lightness. “Min^ telling me how far
it is back to the hotel. I--rode far
ther than I intended.”
“It’s a good ways,” Chris reined
in and removed his hat. He was
a handsome youth, and rather mys
terious. “I guess you’re out of
luck,” he went on. “The bridge is
out at Mile creek."
Natalie paled. "The bridge is
out? But I came that way this
morning!”
"There’s been a cloudburst In the
mountain,!. The creek swelled to ab
normal height and carried the
bridge away.”
"Does that mean we’re — ma
rooned here?”
"I’m afraid it does.”
"How long will it be before the
bridge is repaired?"
Chris shrugged. "A day, possibly
two.”
The full significance of the situa
tion struck Natalie with startling
suddenness. Fifteen minutes ago
she had experienced some of the
horrors of being lost and alone in
the great north woods. Now a new
problem confronted her. She was
no longer alone. She was with a
man who, she had every reason to
“Hello,” she s&id, attempting
lightness.
believe, hated her. She knew noth
ing about him; he had no friends or
relatives at the hotel. He might be
—most anybody.
Even in the face of what might
happen Natalie sensed a certain
thrill. Whatever Chris Rhodes’ an
cestry, he was handsome and soft
spoken and romantic looking. More
over, he had been indifferent to all
of Natalie’s mild attempts at flirta
tion. She wasn’t used to being
shown indifference. Most men wor
shiped her.
Chris Rhodes was different. His
attitude was cold and aloof. He
failed to respond when she smiled
at him.
Chris had dismounted and was re
moving his saddle. Natalie watched
him in mild astonishment
"What are you doing?" she asked.
"Might as well camp here as any
where. Better climb down and start
gathering wood for a Are.” His
casual acceptance of the situation
chilled her. An angry retort leaped
to her lips, but was never uttered.
Instead, she slid to the ground and
began breaking dead limbs from a
pine tree.
Chris unsaddled both horses, built
a Areplace of stones and started a
blaze. By the time it was going
well he had brought water from a
nearby spring and set coffee on to
boil.
“I always carry an emergency
grub supply in my saddle bags,” he
said. as if reading Natalie’s
thoughts.
Night had shut down by the time
supper was ready. Natalie was
famished and she ate ravenously.
Later she washed the dishes, and
found when the task was Anished,
that Chris had built a lean-to shelter
of spruce and Ar boughs.
A white half-moon appeared over
the tops of distant pine crowns,
bringing with it a breeze heavy with
the scent of pine and balsam. The
Are burned briskly; its light and ra
diating heat was warm and comfort
ing.
Natalie hugged her knees and stole
a look at Chris. He was seated
with his back to a pine tree, a pipe
clamped between his teeth, his so
ber eyes on the Are. Natalie knew
again an odd littie thrill.
On sudden impulse she said, “You
don’t like me. Why?”
He studied her gravely. "On the
contrary, I’m quite madly in love
with you.”
The simplicity of his statement
startled her. For a moment she did
not reply. Then abruptly she
laughed. “You’ve certainly been
keeping it to yourself. Ba<4c at the
hotel you were almost rude.”
“I’m sorry. I didn’t intend to be.”
He looked at her squarely. "It
wouldn’t have done much good back
there. I’d have been Just another of
vour worshipers. Out here it’s dif
ferent.”
“Different?” A sudden terror
gripped her. What could he mean?
They were alone. Was he— The
screech of a bobcat, surprisingly
close, pierced the quiet softness of
the night. Instinctively, Natalie
clutched at the man’s arm. The cat
screamed again. Chris drew her
toward him. She felt the comforting
protection of his arms and buried
her face, stifling a frightened sob,
against his shoulder.
At length she drew away and
looked up into his face, conscious
that he was holding her close.
“No. Please! You mustn’t.”
He released her gently, and she
sat up, arranging her hair.
“What was it?”
“Merely a bobcat. Probably more
frightened than you."
“Oh." She paused. "You were
saying this was different.”
' “Isn’t it?”
“Why?"
He shrugged. "I could have kissed
you, yet I didn’t. Besides, there is
plenty of time to talk.”
“About what?"
"You, mostly. You’re different
from most girls. Those men back
at the hotel don’t interest you. You
try to make yourself think they do,
but you can’t. You rode off today
to get away from them. That's true,
isn’t it?”
“Yes."
“And you weren’t disappointed at
seeing me. Afraid, perhaps, but not
disappointed.”
“How—” she paused. Chris leaned
closer. “Natalie, I love you; have
loved you for weeks. I had to have
a setting like this to tell you—to
make you understand my love is dif
ferent and genuine. I couldn’t go
about it like those others—you
wouldn’t have thought me sincere."
• * *
It was late when Natalie finally
crawled Into her lean-to; still later
when at last she slept. She awak
ened to the smell of boiling coffee
and frying bacon.
Chris greeted her cheerfully. He
kept up a merry chatter during
breakfast, not once mentioning their
conversation of the night previous.
An hour later they were packed
and ready to depart. Natalie sup
posed Chris hoped to find workmen
at Mile Creek bridge and somehow
to get word to them of their predica
ment. For the first time she thought
of her parents and folks at the hotel.
Would their explanation of the
bridge be enough?
Trusting implicitly in Chris’ sense
of direction, Natalie followed him
along a dim trail, that led even
tually to the river bank. A hundred
yards below she saw a suspension
bridge and stared at it in amaze
ment.
“It’s the old one,” Chris was
saying. “They left it there when
they built the new bridge last year."
“And you knew all the time?”
He nodded. “I wanted to tell you,
Natalie. I wanted the proper set
ting. Will you ever forgive me?”
Natalie didn’t answer. She didn’t
have to. Chris folded her in his
arms, and kissed her upturned lips.
He didn’t know that Natalie had
been as aware of the second bridge’s
existence as he.
Churches Printed Own
Monies Centuries Ago
Jn these days when the govern
ment’s budget runs into the billions
and streams of pennies, nickels and
other small coins flow through the
land, it seems inconceivable that
churches once had to issue their own
money to get anything in the week
ly collection plate.
Back in 1790 after the Revolution
ary war there was a great scarcity
of small change. Many businesses
were handicapped and the churches,
too, for there was not a convenient
drug or cigar store where one might
change a bill.
But Dyrck Romeyn, pastor of the
old Dutch Reformed church in Sche
nectady, N. Y., and founder of Union
college, was not to be outwitted
when collections began to fall off in
his church. If there were not enough
small coins in circulation, if that
was the reason people were not con
tributing to the weekly collection,
then why not have the church issue
its own money? If a person had
nothing smaller than a dollar bill,
then the church would make change.
And that is exactly what it did.
Small paper bills, about two by
three inches in size, which many
may have heard referred to as shin
plasters, were issued. These small
bills, in one, two, three and six
pence denominations, were printed
on both sides. The face somewhat
resembled a promissory note; that
is, it read like this: The consistory
of the Reformed Dutch church at
Schenectady promises to pay the
bearer, on demand. Four Pence. By
order of D. Romeyn. On the reverse
side were merely three lines of type
reading: “Four Pence. Schenec
tady. Church Money,” contained
within a decorative border.
The bills were somewhat irregular
in size, indicating they were printed
on large sheets and cut apart per
haps by officers of the church who
used ordinary shears. They were
printed by C. R. and G. Webster of
Albany. That firm’s name is on
all bills.
The deacons of the church were
the custodians of the money. They
made change for people and re
deemed the shin plasters whenever
anyone wanted some legal money.
However, the credit of the church
was so good that the little bills were
in common circulation in Schenec
tady and were accepted at many
stores
ORCHARDS NEED
AMPLE NITROGEN
Vital Element Is Essential
For Heavy Growth.
By E. F. SERR
(Extension Horticulturist, Unirersitr ol
California)
Springtime is time for fruit grow
ers to think of nitrogen. Fruit trees
draw heavily on soil supplies of ni
trogen while making heavy spring
growth. Deficiencies are likely to
develop, especially when most of the
nitrogen is tied up in a cover crop.
Consequently, early fertilizer appli
cations are often needed to carry
the trees through in good condition.
The foliage of trees suffering from
lack of nitrogen is pale yellow rath
er than bright green in color. Usu
ally the individual leaves are also
smaller and the tree has a more
open appearance, the foliage being
relatively sparse in comparison with
the dense growth of normal trees.
The shadows cast by trees well sup
plied with nitrogen are noticeably
darker than those of trees whose
nitrogen supplies are low.
Supplies of available nitrogen in
the soil vary greatly throughout the
year. They tend to be high in late
summer and low in early spring.
This brings the low point in supply
jast when the trees need the largest
quantities in order to make spring
growth.
A late growing cover crop will in
crease the natural shortage of nitro
gen because it will tie up large
quantities used in its growth. This
may not become available to the
trees for a considerable time after
the green manure has been turned
under. When the cover crop is al
lowed to become mature addi
tional nitrogen will be tied up while
soil organisms are decomposing the
woody material. These organisms
actually take up more nitrogen from
the soil. This competition for nitro
gen from late growing cover crops
is especially important in unirrigat
ed orchards where summer rainfall
Is light or does not occur at alL
Nitrogen fertilizers applied early
enough so that the nitrates are
available in sufficient quantities dur
ing the period of rapid spring growth
have been found effective and prof
itable in many areas. Peaches are
especially responsive to fluctuations
in the nitrogen supply in the soiL
Broody Chickens Waste
Feed, Lower Egg Profits
A nest of broody birds is a sign
of poor poultry management, says
J. C. Taylor, associate extension
poultryman at the New Jersey col
lege of agriculture, Rutgers univer
sity. With the prevailing narrow
margin of profits in the poultry busi
ness, no poultryman can afford to
tolerate broodiness in his laying
flock, he reminds poultry owners.
“It should be remembered that
for every day a broody bird stays on
the nest, it takes three days to
break up her broodiness," Taylor
points out.
“Good management requires the
removal of all birds showing any
tendency to broodiness to special
pens or coops,” he sa>4. “All lay
ing pens should be inspected the last
thing in the evening for broody
birds. They can be readily identi
fied by their presence on the nests.
Brood coops in individual pens pro
vide a satisfactory way of confining
them, or if the number is large the
use of a summer shelter for con
fining the broody birds is very sat
isfactory.
“It is not advisable to restrict
any of the feed in an effort to break
up broodiness. Confining the birds
in small coops is all that is neces
sary. The important point is to re
move them from the nests at the
first indication of broodiness.”
Sudan Safe Pasture
If Caution Is Used
To farmers who are wonder
ing whether or not it is safe to
pasture cattle on Sudan grass,
W. L. Boyd, chief of the veteri
nary division at University farm,
St. Paul, advises that there is
little or no danger from prussic
acid (cyanide) poisoning as a re
sult of feeding this crop.
Exhaustive tests by members
of the veterinary staff have failed
io develop a single case of poi
soning where Sudan alone was
fed to stock. With sorghum or
cane, however, the situation is
different. Under some conditions
sorghum is a very dangerous feed
and even if there is only a little
of it mixed with the Sudan pas
ture trouble may result.
Feeding Iodine to Cattle
The most convenient method of
feeding iodine to dairy cattle is to
combine it with salt at the rate of
about one ounce of potassium iodide
to 300 pounds of salt. To facilitate
I mixing this small quantity of iodine,
first mix one ounce with eight ounces
of slaked lime or cornstarch.
Another method of feeding iodine
is to use the iodine tablets that you
can secure from the regular vet
erinary supply houses, dissolving
these in water as recommended.
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