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LS TOBACCD PROBE URGED BY SEATE George Advises Georgia Growers to Hold Crop Pend- | e {Says U. S. Has Not Used ing Price Inquiry. By the Associsted Press VIENNA, Ga., August 2—Senator ‘Walter F. George said here today that the Georgia tobacco growers should slow up the marketing of their crop until the investigations promised by the Government are under way. “In my opinion,” said the Senator, “once the governmental investigations get under way there will b» a marked tendency toward a readjustment of prices more nearly in line with the value of the tobacco crop. “Circumstantially, I think there is a very good case for believing that buyers, while not acting he result of any express agreement, yet realize that busi- ness conditions today afford a rare op- portunity for buying tobacco far below Production costs. As a matter of fact, & vigorouls investigation may show even more.” ’ Asks U. S. Inguiry. Senator George stated that he had requested the United States Iepart men of Justice and the Federal Trads on to Sfistl&uw mdepeafl:_t investigations of alleged agreemen tween buyers which have precipitated present marketing prices. He has requested the Federal Depart- ment of Az‘l&c\mure for experienced in- spectars, graders and classers to be sent to the tobacco belt in order that there may be no doubt as to the quality of the present crop. “I believe that the investigation will be made at once” said the Senator, “gnd this with the survey and any help | the Federal Farm Board may give will effect a real readjustment in prices. “There can be no doubt that the average price paid now is actually be- low the cost of production, and in the nature of standard conditions in the ustry, this is absolutely in- tobacco ind excusable. The quality of the present erop is on & with that of previous years. mnuml;un:m h;v;’ no r{;e?'x" carry R bermore, they have made great profit, for the current business de- Pression has not affected their industry. Advises Slow Pace. ia growers to slow MOFFETT ASKS PUBLIC TO AID MOVE FOR PLANES ON CRUISERS Machines Are Weapons and Projectiles Combined, Ad- miral Declares. Tonnage Allowed in 1922 Agreement. An urgent appeal to the American | people to insist upon the building of | airplane carriers up to the limits of the | naval treaty and for the construction of | landing decks on existing cruisers and | cruisers to be built under the terms of the treaty was by Rear Admiral | Willlam A. Moffett, chief of the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics, in & speech at | Bay City, Mich, during the past week. “The potential power of the carrier,” Admiral Moffett said, mation or comprehension. The gun has been the supreme and primary weapon | weapon. a gun and a projectile com- bined. Not only this, but the projectile is a human one, an intelligent weapon that can change its d'rection at will. creover, it is not only a projectile but a torpedo, a mine, 8 bomb, & scout and a radio base. And it has s roughly 10 times that of a gun. only limit is its range, but, as I have pointed out, by aircraft carriers we overcome this = 69,000 Tons Allowed. The Washington naval treaty of 1922, | Admiral Moffett pointed out, gave this country the right to build 69,000 tons of aircraft carriers, not a ton of which, he said, has been used. Only one 13- 800-ton carrier has been authorized by ress. | “There is nothing more impo: in | national defense today,” Admiral Mof- fatt declared, “than building up to the limit thue‘lll’c tonnage | purpose zel is to earry into action the maxi- mum number of effective weapons. A battleship carries from 8 to 13 guns of major caliber. The carrier’s limit is the number of airpianes it operates.” ID&: in marketing their crop, the San- ing decl O e armly convinced that it 16 & wery great mistake for any line of in- dustry, whether it be tobacco or any other, to supply its raw materials at ruinous prices. Such & policy will actu- ally retard the upward swing of business instead of aiding it in any measure, however “Warehouses in the belt can accom- moda large part of the year’s crop. we ‘ pl:fild their: tobacco and Government to investigate TOWN HAS 310 FIRES May Record Costs Cluj, Rumania, Damage of $11,500,000. tistics today to have markable number of onth of May. he dam Je dofe is estimated st 1,500,000. Many of the fires were result of arson. 4 , Ireland, may Supply poor 1 n with free text ited 48,000 tons for . ‘g’We now have catapults for launch- ing nlrpl-f:ls o;n OI:; gment cruisers cu-rylnf om two our u!gllne& Admiral Moffett explained. jut the use of catapults has one t disad- vantage, the planes cannot be recovered by the cruisers without stopping and unless the weather is fairly smooth. ‘Would Increase Value. “The placing of a landing deck on & cruiser will permit the recovery of plane, because they can take off from the landing deck and return to it re- shall not be turned into aircraft carriers, but that they shall continue to be pri- marily and essentially cruisers. “I ‘believe,” he cantinued, “that the fitting of landing decks greatly increases the value of 6-inch-gun cruisers, es- pecially for commerce protection. It can readily be seen thit a 6-inch-gun cruiser with aircraft having a range of 200 miles would maké an ideal vessel for the protection of commerce. Cer- to launch a projectile. Aviation is a/ mmly in the case o of the type now being Navy at Akron, Ohio. STOCKS AT STANDSTILL Market Bomm on Bmallest Turnover in Four Years NEW YORK, August 2 () —Wall Street all but ignored & cranky stock market today. Sales on the New York Stock Ex- change were only 366,090 shares, the smallest Saturday turrmover since May 8, 1926, when the transfers for the two- hour session were but 206,800 shares. The previous Saturday low record for 1930 was made on June 28, with a turn- over of 586,500 shares. The largest turnover ever recorded in a short week end session was May 3 last, with aggregate trades ~of 4,867,630 shares. Prices were generally firm but fluctions narrow in today's sluggish trading. Such issues as United States Steel, Radio, American Can, General Motors, General Electric and Westing- house closed 62 cents to $1.12 higher, while Consolidated Gas mounted REAR ADMIRAL W. A. MOFFETT. 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