Evening Star Newspaper, September 10, 1930, Page 7

PRUDENTIAL BUILDING ASS’N 1331 G St. N.W. SAFETY £ ike King is Dead ) —Lgng Live the King” 1S PAYS PRICE FOR LAND GIFTS /Dr. Gray Tells' Agricultural| Conference Control May Be ‘Gained by Education. Uncle Sam gave away too much land add will have a hard job getting it back, | Dr. L. C. Gray of the Bureau of Agri- ciiltural Economics told the Inter-Amer- ican Conference oh Agriculture, Forestry | | and Animal Industry meeting at the| | Pan-American Union today | | Back in the homesteading days the | | Government gave away good land, poor | | land and indificrent land and now is | | paying the price of its fil-advised haste, | | Dr. Gray indicated. { “In fact,” he sald, “the -existing economic instability and disorganization in extensive rural sections of our coun- try are essentially the outgrowth of a land policy which threw enormous areas into private ownership far beyond the Feegs of the population for agricultural and. “Unfortunately, practically all the potentially agricultural land is now in private ownership and the Federal Gov- ernment lacks power of direct control | of land utilization through ownership, and is constitutionally handicapped for the regulation utilization or settlement of private lands.” Control Through Education, Such control, he believes, can be at- tained through education and reaquisi- | tion. For tnis purpose, he said, it is essential to have an ecqnomic ¢! fication of the areas of doubtful a cultural utilization, which repr about a third of the continental United | States. . “An economic classification of land,” he continued, “would supply a large amount of data concerning the physi- cal Ggndition of land resources in sub- marginal areas, and would result in a decision as to whether reorganization or abandonment should be the pro- | gram in areas where farmers are un- | able to maintain a satisfactory standard | of living. It would indicate the areas | which are capable of successful land | settlement and automatically hinder many ill-advised land settlements.” Enough land to support a nation, ex- ceeding the total arable land of Japan, has been tendered useless for cultiva- tion in the United States through gul- lying, or has been so severely washed that farmers cannot afford its cultiva- ton or reclamation, said Dr. H, H. Bennett of the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils. A minimum estimate of ap- proximately 17.500,000 acres have been destroyed in this way, he pointed out. Lands Not Inexhaustible. “The Nation is fast coming to the realization,” he said, “that its agri- cultural lands are not inexhaustible and that the losses bear heavily on the shoulders of many thousands of farm- ers. Plant food extracted from the land by crops can be restored in the form of fertilizers and self-improving crops, but the materials of fertility re- moved by erosion cannot be restored, because the washing process takes the entire body of the soil, plant food and all. Recent estimates indicate that the amount of plant food washed out of the fields of the United States every year is 21 times greater than the annual loss by the crops -taken out of the fields. ‘The Mississippi River alone discharges annually into the Gulf of Mexico 418,- 000,000 tons of suspended matter and 132,000,000 tons of dissolved matter. Even the amount of land destroyed by gullying, Mr. Bennett continued, is small compared to the vast area that has been subjected to costly impair- ment by “sheet erosion,” that slower ss of erosion, as distingnished from gullying, which removes a film of soil from fields whenever it rains enough for wader to run down hill. Operates on Top Soil. “Erosion,” he expiained, “operates chiefly on the top soil, the most pro- Group attending Pan-American Conference on Agriculture, now in session here, to whom the advantages of American dustrie: W. Rucker of Buenos Aires. | fiber flax, grown in the Northwest, were explained by R. W. Dunlop, Assisiant Secretary of Agriculture. Left to right: Dr. A. F. Wcods, directcr of research of the Department of Agriculture; Mr. Dunlop, D: Buenos Aires; Dr. John R. Mohler, chief of the Bureau of Animal Indust M. F. Suarez, director of animal in- Department of Agriculture, and Dr. ductive pert of the land. ‘This is the humus layer, the most vital part of the soil, from which plants get their prin- cipal nou yment, When it is washed out clay subsoil is generally exposed, which is stiffer and more difficult to till, contains less organic matter, absorbs water slower and loses it by evaporation faster in time of drought.” Much of the loss can be prevented, Dr. Bennett said, but at the cost of “a vast_emount of research and a tre- mendous amount of awakening on the part of farmers, bankers, merchants and others to the seriousness of the| problem.” Banks in some sections, he said, now arc making farm loans on valuations based on only the top six inches of soil. Mortgages are subject to foreclosure if it can be shown that this top =oil is being lost, and hence farmers are forced to build terraces’to protect it. Soil surveys of all the American countries to be used as guides to settle- ment and for prediction of the possible agricultural production of the future, to be made in comparable terms, were proposed in resolutions presented to the conference this morning. ‘The delegates were received by Presi- dent Hoover at 12:45 o'clock today. EIGHT D. C. BOYS ENROLL Will Compete for $1,800 Scholar- ship Offered by Gas Company. Examinations for a gas engineering scholarship at Johns Hopkins Univer- sity, offered by the Washington .Gos Light Co. were being taken today by eight Washington boys. The scholar- ship is worth $1,800 for four years. The appointment to the scholarship will be for a year, the holder being eligible for reappointment from year to year if he conforms to requirsments in character; industry and. ability. The cost, of tuition, laboratory Tees and other incidental expense is covered. s 2 In Bombay presidency of India local boards are purchasing tractors and will plow private fields by contract. ' PIGGLY - WIGGLY | FRESH FRUITS & VEGETABLES To Eat Today & Can For Later On Another carioad of these fine Damsons now in our stores—buy them today. New York State Seckel Pears mmlocy.“thulmwlunnbefimmnmfl Please accept Thursday morning. New York State Peaches - - Fancy Freestone Elbertas—the quality of thesq Peaches is much better usaal. New York Bartlett Pears . . e 25c | Prunes g o Fresh Prunes ‘Washington—for ing or preserving. Good basket Pears for eating and canning. Fancy Crabapples Fine for making jelly. Basket Concord Grapes Buy these Concords for use in making grape juice. Stringless Beans 3 Fresh Lima Beans Fancy Carrots. . ........2 Pnches 15¢ New York Celery........2 " 19¢ Iceberg Lettuce. . Ripe Tomatoes...........3 ™ 25¢c Fresh Peas in the Pod. Jelly Glasses. . . . . Half and third of pint sizes. Jar Rings.,........ Good live rubber Certo ...... B e sure jell—for mpking good jelly. SvanBentolic S e . T Dum 3ge Gulf Wax Per Dozen 70 rings. Jar Caps. Vinegar . Pint, 9¢; 12-Quart 29c from Lbs. for 25¢ 25¢ 25¢ 25¢ 59¢ 25¢ 2 . 20¢ Lbs. for 3 Lbs. for ‘A Lbs. 'for Basket Lbs. for Cocking Apples..........5 s 25¢ Yellow Onions...........4 ™ 19c White Onions. Yellow Sweet Potatoes. .. .4 "= 25¢ Red Sweet Potatoes.......3 s 25¢ O Per Package ](¢ Gulf brand paraffin, Mason caps. O O tbogc, - quart, 15c; half gallon, 28c. Mason Fruit Jars................ Pt Dowen GQc . Quarts, Dosen 790 3 Marriage Licenses. | . Thaddeus W. Mermel, n Suchomski d L. Buckey. | Lttt 25, war | Albert Stewart, 21. and May E. Griffin, 18; | | Rev. Luther Coleman. Harry Gieber, 25, and | both of Baltimore. Md.; Rev William _J McKinley, 24, this city, an: Chicago, Tl Rev. Ruth Lebowitz, 21, v. J. T. Loeb. 31" and ' Mary E. | Hillyard, 26: Rev. Hugh A.' Dalton. John M. Hoffmi A." Ehrmantraut, tingls. . 19: Elmore F. per, 20; Rev. Gabler. Eugene Famiglietti. an Jr.. 30, a 21; Judge Robert nd Catherine E. Mat- and Jennie M. 29, . Allan_F. Poore. 8t. Clair, 22, and Virginia Jas- Thomas_W. Cooke. jexander Murphy. 21, and Ruby G. Bowie. o, both of Cross Roads, Md.; Rev. Edward | 24, and Jenora Ro- berto, 26; Rev. Joseph T. Kennedy. HIS ELECTROLUX, Gas Refrigerator, func- tioned perfectly all during and after a fire in the house of Mrs. C. M. Yancey, 3606 Garfield Street N. W. The fire started in the cellar about noon on August 28. It burned through the floor up into the kitchen, doing several hundred dollars’ and tris, 34, Almena, Kans., Rev. Enos H. Ha Gladys Fat, Muskogee, Okla.; on, 27, vd. | rus B, Wright, jr. 21, and Bertha M. | Stratton. 18. both ‘of Roseland, Va.; Judg | Robert E. Mattingly. Hollie | Tingler, 18, | Rev ‘Copenhaver. Lockhart, 27, and Gladys E. both of Blue Spring Ruf, Va.i I Abner Theima | Rey. Ge Jost 1 C. Pavne, 25 Silver Bpring, Md : er. s, 25, and E. Virginia El- G. Johnson. 26, "this city, and Dun- , La Plata, Md.; Rev. ‘{!qi both of Richmond, Va.: Rev. John E. riges Bovd Y. Swift, 27, Partiow, Va. and Eiva worth of damage. Immediately after the fire Mrs. Yancey opened the ice box door and found that the temperature inside had not changed. Mrs. Yancey took out frozen ice cubes and made ice water for the firemen. Soon after Mr. H. J. Nachman, head of the Service Department of the Washington Gas Light Company, arrived and made a thorough ,examina- tion of the refrigerator. With the exception of . Whiteside, 31, this eity, and PICCARD EXPLAINS 'NEW POWER HOPE Scientist Expects to Find Source of Cosmic Energy on 10-Mile Balloon Ascent. | By the Associated Press. ] AUGSBURG, Germany, September | 10.—Auguste Piccard, professor of physics | at the University of Brussels, today ex- plained to the Assoclated Press why he | hopes to find new sources of energy, at present undreamed of commercially, cn his proposed 10-mile balloon ascent to study cosmic rays. His take-off awaits favorable weather. He said the new source consisted in the hoped-for development of energy by “atomic transformation,” as opposed to the present development of energy by “chemical reaction.” Atomic trans- formation consists of the changing of the number of electrons in an atom, as is done when the radium group gives off Tays and is changed by radio-ac- vity. “Science knows that cosmic radiation | exists, but isn’t clear about its nature | and origin” sald Dr. Piccard. “Most likely it originates in atomic reactions, in other words, in atdmic transforma- tion. Atomic transformation constitutes the source of the energy of the future, for it yields a millionfold the energy produced by chemical reaction. “Let mo illustrate. One gram (15.43 ‘Troy grains) of aluminum, atomically transformed, yields as much energy as the combustion (chemical reaction), of 500 kilograms (more than half a ton), of coal. “Cosmic radiation is further impor- tant beoause it may prove the source of the so-called heaviside stratum which plays a role in wireless telegraphy. The heaviside stratum is a strongly ionized stratum which reflects electric waves lke a mirror.” . Rosson, 20, Rev. Huston Maddox. 21. Chase, Md., Dooley, 19, Cardiff, Md. er. Wesley Schiotzhauer, 21, and hra B Chaplin, 21, both of Douglas, Ariz.; Rev. Bernard Braskamp. Horace M Henninger, 28, Chicago, IIl, and Gertrude Parks, 18, Silver Spring, Md.; Rev. Thomas E. Boorde. ‘W. Handley Stinson, 22, this city, and C." Alvater, 31, Clarendon, Va.: . F. Allen Parsond. and Ada Johnson, 39; Rev. W. Westray. Louisa, Va.; + and Rev. | By the Assoctated Press. | | settlement, this Fall a large number of | | controversies growing out of the World | | them in this country, were requisitioned WAR-TIME CASES N SUPREN COURT & Russians Ask Right to Sue} on Shins Requisitioned by | U. S. Government. | Twelve years after the armistice, the | Supreme Court will have before it for ‘War, several of them international in| character. The mounting docket of cases await- ing disposal after the court reconvenes | October 6 includes requests for settle- | ment of war contracts, and of the requi- | sitioning of ships, the disposal of alfen property, and the interpretation of laws affecting veterans. Russians Ask Right to Sue. Russian corporations are asking the highest tribunal to decide whether they have a right to sue the United States for ships which, under construction for | %\; the Government during the World ar. Italians also ‘are demanding compen- sation for vessels taken by the Govern- ment, while firms using water power at Niagara Falls seck to collect from the Government money claimed to have been lost when prevented from running their establishments during the period of war preparation. erman claims for property seized during the war continue to come to the court, as well as suits by German own- ers for royalties collected on their patents during the hostilities. An effors will be made to have the court decide whether war-risk insur- ance is liable for the debts of veterans, and determine the authority of Federal Courts to act in insurance matters pending before the Veterans’ Bureau. The authority of the director of thé bureau to reduce permanent disability ratings after the passage of the emerg- CLAFLIN Optician—Optometrist 922 14th St. N.W. Established 1889 ency officers retirement ect in 1928 also questionsd. 4 ks ted m Bare nett, a Creek Indian, who at the age of 78 maried a white woman luc:fitd ttempting to it money, not a preven! the payment of approximately $215,000 f his funds as attorneys' fees. * Firemen Watch Blaze. Firemen called from all parts fast, Ireland, recently stood idle watched a fire burn itself derground electric cal flames shot several an _open manhole, had bzen blown pavement was heat. Many business ter of the city were plunged into ness. Owing to the nature of the biaze ths firemen could not fight It. ISR R Bisuiisie Italy’s wheat crop this year is esti- mated at 5,000,000 tons. N their time, play many . parts...and few are the roles that do not demand that well-.groomed look. After all. the “world fs tag 7 clean things clean things for HOME LAUNDRY Phone AT lantic 2400} UGGED DESIGN of the freezing unit and the heavy double insulation of the box account for this seemingly impossible occurrence. A~ harmless refrigerant hermetically sealed in a cold drawn steel tube, a tiny flame, and a trickle of water take the place of all moving parts. They operate silently, year after year, keeping your food the Duco finish, which the flames had scorched, Electrolux, the Gas Refrigerator, was found to be in good condition. It is now functioning per- fectly in the window of our main show room at 419 Tenth Street and has not been touched since the fire, 3 Drop in at If you are thinking of buying a refrigi you should see Electrolux before deciding. any of our sales rooms. WasHiNGTON GAs Ligrt Gompany GEORGETOWN GAS LIGHT CO. WEST 0615 cowmws.‘ BRANCH-3310-14” ST. UMBIA 9513 CLARENDON 75 CHEVY CHASE BRANCH 5632 CONN.AYE. CLEVELAND 7405 at a safe temperature, even under the most trying conditions. The cost of operation (4 to 10 cents a day, depending on the size model) ‘is. less than any other type of automatic refrigerator and about half what you now pay for ice. Simplicity of design, gives Electrolux, the Gas Refrigerator, “natural \ advantages” over other makes. FaTl r%r, Ten dollars down and the balance in 18 months. A\ Tune Ir On DANIEL BREESKIN On WRC Saturday Evening At 6:15