Evening Star Newspaper, February 27, 1931, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1931. U 5 WATERWAYS PLANS DEFENDED Rail Official Answers With Charge of Unfair Competition on Part of Government. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 27.—A vig- orous defense of the Government's pro- gram for iniand waterways develop- ment. together with charges that it rep- resented “futile and unfair competition | of Government-subsidized transporta- tion with carriers by rail,” were heard | last night by the New rk group of the National Security Owners' Associ- ation Seeking information as to the effect, if any. the inland waterways develop- ment may have on railroad securities, the association heard what was tanta- mount to a debate through the ad- dresses of Maj. Gen. L. Q. Ashburn, chairman of the Inland Waterways Cor- poration, and D. B. Robertson, presi- dent of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. Mr. Robertson said organized railway Jabor did not believe the appropriation of Government funds in the interest of waterway transportation was justified under existing conditions. but in event their vigvs were overriden, contended that wnq‘rwn should complement the railroad as constituting the main artery ©of American commerce. Maj. Gen. Ashburn said the whole tnland waterway program of the Gov- ernment was designed to demonstrate that through proper co-ordination of rail, water and motor transportation a better cheaper form of transportation could be established, and, with this ac- complished, the Government could step out of the picture to let private capital carry on. FLIES TO SEE NEPHEW Maj. Warner and Wife Use Plane on Way to Havana. MIAMI, Fla., February 27 (#).—Maj. Albert Warner, of Warner Bros, film producers, and his wife, took off at 8 8 m. in & plane for Havana to be at the bedside of Lewis Warner, 22, mephew of Maj. Warner, who is crit- Scally 1l ‘The Wamners left Los Angeles at 15 on Wednesday, made five stops on the way, and arrived here at 1:30 a.m. today. H. M. Warner, father of Lewis. left Florida several days ago for his| wson's bedside. Judges: Knows Land Reclamation she has traveled by train, airplane and | auto. | Although unemployment and the drought have brought distressing condi- MISS MAE SCHNURR IS U. S. EXPERT. ren in the East, Miss Schnurr says. BY GRETCHEN SMITH. In an office on the sixth floor of the | in the very prime of life, she finds her- Interior Building. adjoining that of the commissioner of the Federal Bureau of | Reclamation, there sits behind a desk, an | Woman—administrative assistant to the attractive, smartly dressed young woman | commissioner of the Land Reclamation in her early 30s, who can probably tell | Bureau, a more about the vast land reclamation | Partment, work steadily pushing forward in the | Pervising the great Hoover Dam project. Western lands, than any woman in the | United States. Although ker looks belie the fact, Miss | coa: | Mae Schnurr has been working CHARLES DANA GIBSOR Famous Illustrator and Publisher of ““Life” RoOY W. HOWARD, Chairman of the Board, Scripps Howard Newspapers . RAY LONG, President, International Magasine Compa ny, and Editor of “Cosmopolitan™ . Arp STAFY s, Coast cities and the farmlands of the reclaimed areas, continue to thrive and | prosper, having' fortunately escaped the | >vils which have fallen upon their breth- | | Although born and educated in Phil- | adelphia, Miss Schnurr has made a ftensive study of these reciaimed lanas | Grieve for Loss of Member in the West and their economic value to residents o1 the East. who Died FrOm Stab Wounds. “It is commonly believed in the East.” Miss Schnurr said, “that the reclama- tion of Western lands is only of bencfit to the West. That is a mistake. Two | hundred and fourteen cities and towns | e have been created by the irrigation of | arid lands. A purchasing powrr is de- | BY 3 Btafl Correspondent of The Star. veloped that vitally affects the East.| BRANCHVILLE, Md. February 27— | The factories of the East work directly | With their fire house draped in mourn- | or indirectly for the farmers of the|INg in honor of Claude L. Hughes, for- West. Mail-order houses could not ex- | Mer trustee and active worker in the | ist without the business that comes to |local Fire Department, who died in | them from the rural communities and | Providence Hospital, Washington, yes- of this business, a large share is con- | terday of stab wounds received in a tributed by the Federal reclamation | duarrel with a neighbor, members of 4 = | the Branchville Fire Department today projects.” Will Not Cause Overproduction. “It is also a mistake,” continued Miss Schnurr, “to believe’ that reclaimed land will cause overproduction of farm products. Many of the products rais on these reclaimed farm lands cannof be successfully produced in the East. For instance, the successful raising of sugar beets and long- staple cotton can only be done on irrigated land. An extensive production of sugar beets on these reclaimed lands should eventually cut down the impor- tation of sugar cane into the country. Another point is that many farni prod- ucts can be rhised in the Southwest at a season when Eastern farms are not producing. and the shipment of these Western products to Eastern markets at such a time in no way affects the sale of Eastern farm products. “As to the cost of these reclamation projects,” Miss Schnurr explained, “the cost of irrigation is repaid by the water users directly benefited in annual in- stallments over a period of years Many of the lands reclaimed in the | past were paid for by the sale of public lands; later there were added proceeds from ‘mineral and oil leases and taxes | for power.” The money which the Government is advancing_for the construction of the Hoover Dam project, pointed out Miss Schnurr, will be repaid to the penny at 6 per cent interest. Warns Against Exodus. Though the West sirable opportunities to young men equipped with sufficient training, ex- perience and financial backing to tide over the first months in a newly opened country, against a wholesale exodus of East- erners to the reclaimed lands still un- der development. Describing the monstrous dam, work upon which will probably be started this | Uncle Sam for 15 years. until now, | self occupying one of the most impor- tant Government positions held by a division of the Interior De- which is directing and su- Miss Schnurr has just returned from | a transcontinental trip to the West , and to the reclaimed lands of for | Western deserts, where for over a month " The CAMELS are coming . N PRIZES For the best answers to this question: What significam chunge has recenflx wrapping of the CAMEL Eackuge containing 20 cigarettes are ifi udvcnfages to th_e smoker? g_IE what First Prize, $25,000 Second Prize, $10,000 For the five next best answers . . S~ For the five next best answers . . i For the twenty-five next best answers . S Conditions Governing Contest: 1 Answers limited to 200 words. 2 Write on one side of paper only. offers many de- | Miss Schnurr warns | been made Third Prize, $5,000 | prepared to pay final tribute to their | | associate at the funeral services to- | morrow, | 'Six of the firemen will serve as active allbearers at the services, while the emainder of the fire company will be | onorary pallbearers. Following the | {local services, the body will be taken to Baltimore County for burial. The firemen recalled sorrowfully to- | day that recently Mr. Hughes expressed the wish that, in the event of his death, his remains lie in state in the fire house. It was found impossible to cgn- | ply with this wish, however, the mem- bers said. Mr. Hughes was the first member of | the local fire company to die since the | department was organized eight years ago. Out of respect to his memory, the firemen have canceled their weekly Sat- | urday night benefit dance. However, a | minstrel show, carded for March 3, for | |the benefit of the department, will be | held as scheduled, Wet Platform Adopted. FLINT, Mich, February 27 (P).— | Michigan Democrats, assembled in State | convention here, yesterday adopted a | platform including a plank calling fori a Nation-wide referendum on repeal of | the eighteenth amendment. The party platform contained a similar plank in | 1930 | year in upper Black Canyon on the Colorado River. Miss Schnurr said that | when finished, the dam will be 735 feet | high. 180 feet higher than the Wash- ington Monument. The reservoir back of the dam will be 110 miles in length. It will lake seven years to complete | the work, and it is expected that 5,500, | 000 barrels of cement will be required in | its construction, more than the bureau | has used in 29 years of construction activity. in the « $1000 each . § 500 each « $ 100 each 3 No entries accepted that bear a post-mark later than midnight, March 4, 1931, 4 Contest o Tobacco Company and their f: es. S In case of ties, full amount of award will be paid to each of the @ It is not necessary to buy a store that sells cigarettes ing 20 cigarettes. Au to everybody execp:i employees and executives of R. J. Reynolds tying parties. ckage of Camel cigarettes in order to compete. Any permit you to examine the Camel package containe must be addressed te Contest Editor— R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Winston-Salem, N. C. Contest open only until MIDNIGHT, MARCH 4, 1931 (Winners will be announced as soon as possible after cgntest closes) J PRICE ERY Co it ol oo Bl e COUNTS e e SN\l . VY. 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