Evening Star Newspaper, December 25, 1928, Page 10

D. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1928. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTOX, FARM UNION HEAD WELL EQUPPE President Huff of Co-opera- tive Body Familiar With Plow and Pulpit. I Farmers’ Union Head I IBal)y With Toy Motor Cycle Lodged In Throat May Be Saved by Operétion By the Assoclated Press. CINCINNATI, December 25.—With Frank Brooks, 18-month-old Asco, W. Va., baby, in a “much improved” con- dition, officials at the hospital where the boy is confined, today said the re- sumption of an attempt to remove a toy from his throat would depend entirely on the lad’s condition. The child was brought here Friday night from Bluefield, W. Va. where physicians said a throat specialist would be needed to remove the toy motor cycle with a tiny man on it which the child swallowed a week ago Saturday. The toy came in a box of popcorn the child had been given. Physicians said the child apparently had little difficulty in breathing, but it is impossible for him to eat. The only nourishment he has had since he swal- lowed the toy is small amounts of milk given through a tube. ‘While the child remained in a condition, physicians apparently felt there was a good chance of performing ls“suceeuml operation to save the boy's e. Raze Fair Building. ‘SAN FRANCISGO (#).—The Egyp- tian Building, last remaining structure of the Midwinter International Exposi- tion here in 1894, is being razed to make room for an addition to the H. M. De Young Memorial Museum, in Golden Gate Park. CARDINALS GREET POPE PIUS TODAY Princes of Church Will Extend Per- sonal Christmas Messages to Pontiff. By the Associated Press. ROME, December 25.—Formal call upon the Pope of all the cardinals ot to present thelr Christmas greetings will be the outstanding event of today, Christmas eve, in the Eternal City. Headed by their dean, the venerable Cardinal Vannutelll, the princes of the church will go to the Vatican, where the Pontiff receives them in the Hall of San Carlo Alcorso, forms one of the ipal points on which the spokes- man of the Sacred College will dwell. . Bookmakers Plan Chain. In connection with their plan to establish a chain of branches through of the Consistory. Cardinal Cerretti, England, a firm of bookmakers has who is spending Christmas in America, is one of the few resident cardinals absent. The cardinal dean will begin the cer- emonies with a brief allocution touch- ing on the events of the year. This year the completion of the Pope's 50 years of priesthood, solemnly com- placed an order with the post office department for an exclusive line from their London office to each of the 68 cities in that country having a popula- tion of 70,000 or more. The government price for this is $500,000, which the bookmakers accepted with the request that the work be completed within six the Catholic Church resident in Rome | memorated last Friday in the Churctel weeks. By the Associated Press. SALINA, Kans, December 25.—The plow and the pulpit have trained C. E. Huff for the presidency of the Farmers’ Educational and Co-Operative Union of America. The new head of this agricultural or- ganization was born in a “dugout” on the prairies of Northwestern Kansas 46 years ago, when the nearest railroad ‘was 100 miles from his father’s home- stead. Huff spent all his life in the same community of Norton County until 18 months ago, when he came to Salina as president of the Kansas Farmers' | Union. Has Faced Discouragements. Farming in a region that receives little rainfall, he has known the dis- couragement that comes with crop fail- ures. While neighbors were moving to less arid climes, he studied how to re- tain more moisture in the soil. When some farmers, seeing their wheat de- C. E. HUFF. 20,000 PUPILS GET GIFTS.i Red Cross Juniors Donate $25,000 | for Porto Ricans. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, December 25 ends the old year with an old-fashioned izl AFTER-CHRISTMAS SALE! today by the Red Cross in the form of a $25,000 gift to continue free school ' | lunches during the coming year. This fund will care for the additional children made dependent on_school | luncheons by the hurricane. It was stroyed by drought, became so angry | raised by Red Cross Jumiors of the they cursed, Huff turned to preaching | United States. the Gospel, . en the Farmers' Union was or- . \éamx:d in )g;mmesmm m;lnsafls two Thief Gets Sleuth's Coat. ecades ago, he was among the first t0| Gape Town, South Africa, has a mys- Join. Later he moved to the little | terjous thief who specializes in over- fown of Oronogue, near the old Huff | coats. He is especlally active in the homestead, to manage the farmers’ co- | Technical School, and may be one of operative store, elevator and other busi- | the students, the police believe, Many ness enterprises. Meanwhile, he kept ; overcoats have disappeared, one boy re- up his work as a Christian minister. | porting that his has been taken, then replaced, and later stolen again. To Preaches Funeral Sermon. | - " Huff was vice president of the Kan- | o g ec';;{,s_m‘y;vf,fi’:"fi“é,vs’“iuflffig sas Farmers' Union when the presi- | down clues his overcoat also was stolen. dent, John Tromble, died less than two | Now the sleuth is running down his own years ago. After preaching a funeral sermon for his chief, he succeeded him in office and later was elected president in his own right. Since entering upon the duties of the highest office in the State organ- ization, Huff has directed co-operative effort among farmers in several activi- ties, including insurance, storage of ||| grain, marketing of live stock and buy- ing of manufactured goods at whole- gale prices for distribution through Jocal unions. |Coughs Stopped | Almost Instantly | Doctor’s Prescription Relieves | Without Harmful Drugs Almost_instant relief for coughs | is now guaranteed in the use of a | famous physician’s prescription called Thoxine which contains no chloroform or dope. It works on'an entirely different principle, has a ||} double action, relieves the irritation |and goes direct to the internal | | cause not reached by cough syrups and patent medicines. The very first BANK LOSES $1,200. Two Robbers Escape in Auto After Iowa Hold-Up. 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