Evening Star Newspaper, May 17, 1931, Page 4

PARLEY TOSTUDY WHEAT PRODUTION United States to Be Repre- sented Among Ten Coun- tries at Conference. (Continued From First Page.) acreage down to a point where it would practically _eliminate the exportable surplis and provide for the.domestic market aloné would require a 25 per cent reduction of acreage. The cam- paign of educstion this year by the Farm Board to bring about a cuttail- ment of wheat acreage will not really be fairly judged until the Winter wheat planting for the 1932 crop is made. U. S. Exportation Not to Cease. It would not be fair to say that the American wheat growers or the Govern- ment is contemplating relinquishing en- tirely export wheat business. The United States is wot anxious to step out of this | foreign business and turn it over en- tirely to its forelgn competitors. But it seems clear that if the American pro- duction of wheat ever did get within hailing distance of the domestic con- sumption of that commodity, the pro- tective tariff on wheat levied by this Government would become immediately effective, 42 cents a bushel. Just what the American farmer will have to take for his 1931 wheat crop | cannot be predicted today. Weather | conditions in this country, in Argentina, | Russia and other countries will have its | effect on the price of wheat. Some be- lieve that wheat prices will go below those for the 1930 crop. Progressive Committee to Meet. | Senator Borah of Idaho announced last night that he planned to call a| meeting of the Farm Committee of the | Progressive Conference some time after | July’1, to he held in the West, perhaps Chicago. The Idaho Senator is chair- man of the committee, which is com- posed of a score of members, and was | appointed at the March meeting of Progressives held here. Senator Borah said that he did not know just what kind of program for farm aid, particularly for the solution of the exportable surplus problem, would be worked cut. He himself been an advocate of the so-called “debenture plan,” rejected by President Hoover. Senator Borah did say, however, that he regarded the answer of Chairman Stone of the Federal Farm Board fo the pro- of Mr. Wilmer sound, although e criticised the board for not advanc- ing an alternative plan. Wheat to Be 1932 Issue, ‘What happens to the American wheat crop for 1931, particularly with d to price, is expected to have no little bearing on the national political cam- paign next year. The Democrats have assailed the Federal farm marketing act and the Farm Board, set up under the Hoover administration. So far, friends of the board assert, the Democrats have advanced no adequate plan of their own to meet the exportable surplus proolem. But if the price for wheat to the farm- ers is low, or lower than it was last year, the party in power is almost certain to be the butt of the farmer’s resentment when it comes time to go to the Former Representative . Fort of New Jersey, who played a prom- inent part in drafting the act which created the Farm Board, came to the defense of the board in a statement is- sued last night through the Republican National Committee. ‘The board, he said, had been attacked mainly because of its efforts to stabilize the prices of ‘wheat and cotton through its stabiliza. tion corporation activities, buying up millions of bushels of wheat and a large uantity of cotton. Mr. Fort insisted that hundreds of millions of dollars had been saved to the wheat and cotton at the time hundreds of banks would have failed in the West and South, with disastrous consequences to many communities and to the country at large. He said that last year Rus- sian wheat was dum into the world market for whatever it would bring, and prices started a nose dive. Board Saved Banks. _“Banks west of the Mississippl,” con- tinued Mr. Fort, “were carrying over 100,000,000 bushels of wheat, and prob- ably as much more east of the river. In one -day 62 losed in one State alone, and verywhere. If those wheat oans had been called, the price would have broken to 50 cents a bushel. Bonds were almost unsalable, except at tre- mendous sacrifices. “The day after the 62 banks closed the THE SUNDAY Prepare for Exhibit PUPILS MAKE READY T been launched in the building of ing students of the city. FOR BICENTENNIAL. HE school gardens department of the District will stage an elaborate resentation of accomplishments at the Wheatley School during the gleemennhl of George Washington next year and preparations have garden furniture by the mannal train- Miss Esther Scott, director of school gardens in the public schcol system, is in training in the system, is overseeing the garden furniture manufacture. charge of the garden display, while J. Elmer Zearfoss, director of manual ‘The photograph shows R. H. Darby, one of the manual training instructors, directing a group cf young bullders. —Star Staff Photo. Chicago—an average of about 151! cents a bushel. After the formation o!‘ the Farm Board, the spread dropped 10 | 5 cents and since the action, of the Farm Board in November, wheat has been about 25 cents higher in Chicago than in Liverpool. In other words the| action of the board in November has| made a difference of 40 cents a bushel | to the American farmer. And on a crop | of eight hundred-odd million bushels | that is quite a little money. | “But ev:n that is small compared to | the havoc which would have been‘ created among business, and banks, large and emall, if the banks halalngi wheat loans had had to,liquidate either | wheat or bonds in November, 1930. It | is my firm conviction that the Farm s operations last Fall | in wheat did more to prevent a complete | disruption of our banking and business | structure than any other one thing.” Reports from Russia, the world's largest ,wheat producer, indicate that Spring planting is being speeded. The Department of Agriculture here, how- ever, says that bad weather conditions have hindered, and that the acreage | planted is not so large as last year, | when it was reported that Russia’s pro- duction of wheat was 1,097,000,000 bushels, or 246,000,000 bushels more than the United States. However, if Russia determines to export as much, or more, wheat than it did last year, it ly will do so with much effect upon the world market. Wheat Production Expanded. During the World War Russia ceased to be an exporter of wheat and the countries of Central Europe, too, were unable to export wheat. riod there was a great expansion in wheat production in other countries, among them the United States, the Ar- gentine, Canada and Australia. But since the end of the war, the and the nations of Central Europe have come back into the wheat market of the world, and the consequence is that the acreage of wheat the world over has increased enormously. Buggestions have been advanced that at the London conference of the wheat exporting nations some kind of plan be worked out to divide up the export market. But there has been little hope for such an t. ‘The Federal Farm Board will be represented at the conference by S8am R. McKelvie, mem- ber of the board. A. W. ATWOOD TO SPEAK Feature Writer to Address Bank Group in Los Angeles. Albert W. Atwood of Washington, editorial and feature writer for the | Saturday Evening Post, will address the California Bankers' Assoclation at the | final session of its annual convention in Lios Angeles on May 23. His subject will be “Wholesale Mea~ tures of American Business and Bank- ing.” Mr. Atwotd, through his exten- sive studies, is one of the leading | COMRADES SUPPORT KENTUCKY MINERS Bell County Action Follows Meet- ing at Which Governor Is De- nounced as Failing Contract. By the Associated Press, PINEVILLE, Ky, May 16. hearing their leaders assail Gov. Flem D. Samj for “his failure to keep env parc of his contract,” miners of Bell County today agreed to back their Harlan County comradss in their fight for removal of armed guards at coal mines. Eight hundred workers assembled the court house and listened to La rence Dwyer and Ben Williams, repre- sentatives of the United Mine Workers of America, criticize the Governor's use of National Guardsmen in the Harlan coal fields. ‘The verbal attack hinged on what er said was an agreement made wit the - Governor's prior to the order sending the soldiers to quell disorders. Burchett, miner, urged the Bell cou?.tg miners to quit work until “the Harlan guards are removed” and hundreds of hands went up as an indi- cation of agreement. 4 D. A V. GETAAU;(ILIARY ‘The lgdlu Auxiliary of Rea Chap- No. 8, Disabled American Veterans, , with Mrs. J Murray as commander. At the first session at the Army, A V. Other officers have been named as follows: Mrs. Anna C. Earle, senior vice oommander; Mrs. Anna C. Zetts ; Mrs. Clio M. e day; soclal and welfare chairman. ! The chapter also plans to raise funds | delegates to_the annual con- Vontion wi Wilkes-Barre, Pa. SIS HYATTSVILLE & NURs OAKWOOD RD. PHONE-HYTS. 464 Landscape Conlnd'on mes. ks, Screens, ISIGN LAW DRAFTED FORD. G. GLEAN-UP Drastic Regulations Changes Are Urged by Engineers to Commissioners. _ (Continued From First Page) lowing 10 recommendations for the pro- jposed regulations: 1. Revocation on July 1 of all out- standing authority and permits for the erection and maintenance of bill- boards, fence signs and wall signs, and in lieu thereof an approved list of bill- boards, fence signs and wall signs is established to which may be added no billboard, fence sigr. or wall sign site and from which shall be permanently stricken any billboard, fence sign or wall sign abandoned for any cause whatsoever. 2. Limitation in the cize of replace- ment signs in residential district to 40 square feet. | 3. Absolute prohibition against pro- miscuous mcking} mlngnfilnr puung.gf signs or posters of a miscellaneous char- Ilg:er on walls of buildings, on barns, trees, fences or other structures. 4. Prohibition against display of signs, other than real estate 'signs, in any part of a vacant bullding, store or premises, visable from the public high- STAR, WASHINGTON, 0. @ MAY 1% changes respecting real estate signs on ymer%atu- rent or sale, they would restrict size of such signs. Where located within a residential zone within the city limits, the area of the sign would be 48 square feet. In outly- ing and unsubdivided sections of the District, signs not exceeding 100 square feet would be allowed. Truck Placards Ban Asked. ‘The regulations are aimed also at the nuisance of the “moving billboard.” As an example, the committee points out, it would be illegal for a moving van' to display on its sides an adver- tisement of cigarettes. To safeguard legitimate cigns on trucks, the proposed regulations would read: “The pro- visions of this act shall not be held to apply to signs displayed on vehicles a¢ vertising the bona fide business of the owner.” But otherwise, no sign could be carried or transported on any public space. Under the proposed provisions pro- hibiting tacking or placarding of small signs on stores and other places of busi- ness, the committee aimed at one of the chief abuses which the District Com- missioners sought power from Congress to eradicate. It has been estimated that strict enforcement of such a regulation would result in the removal of approxi- mately 10.000 of such signs, a condition with which ths commissioners hereto- fore have beren unable to cope success- fully. A majority of these signs ad- vertise products which are no ldnger sold on the premises, an investigation has shown. The scope of this prohibitive section would not be confined to business. sec- | tions, but would apply equaily o all |such signs “visible from the public | highways" on the walls of buildings, | fences, barns and trees, except as other- | wise exempted. In this way, the com- mittee hoj to clean up the outlying After | representatives | 'mpted from permi | *|change the bills of their acts and In-‘ June | sections of the city. Exception Made for Stores. Bigns other than door plates would ‘be banned in all zoned residential dis- tricts, but an ‘excepticn would be made in the case of trades places established before the zoning law went into effect. Replacement signs would be auth-rized for such places, provided, however, the :m; shall not exceed 40 square feet in rea. Temporary signs used during con- | struction or alteration of buildings, giv- | ing the name and address of the general contractor or architect, would be per- signs. mitted, provided th oved uj 9. Limitation in sign ares on shoW | completion of nuufl::' o‘;';'mam Pod windows to 20 per cent of the total area 1 conform to requirements. of such windows. 10. Provision for requiring persons Would Limit Roof Signs. engaged in the business of sign paint- All applications for permits to erect ing to display licenses and permits when ' roof or wall signs on buildings falling called for by representatives of the of- (within the provisions of the so-called fice of the inspector of buildings or any Shipstead act would be submitted to member of the Metropolitan Police De- | the Commissioners for their action. partment. ‘,Z;I;ls zommll wn.lx hrecgmmended lg ler to comply with tI w whic] Repair Problem Left Open. | authorizes the Commissicn of Fine Atts The committee, it was explained, left | to pass on all structural additions fa open the question of repairing and re- | ing public bulldings and parks Fur- | conditioning billboards already author- | thermore, the proposed regulations de- ized by law. Under existing regula-| clare that no roof sign may be erected tions, whether enforced or not, the re| on any building which exceeds the limit conditioning of billboards is prohibited, | of height as established by the zoning the idea being to let them eventually law. Signs authorized for roofs would rot away. This was in accordance with | be limited to an area of 100 square feet, a policy adopted some ¥ 8go. | except where the area of the sign will Since the new law specifically re- | no: exceed one-fortieth of the area of quires annual license fees, it was| the frcntage wall. thought by the Drafting Committee the | The proposed regulations stipulate 42 question of reconditioning old signs | inches as the limit beyond the build- was properly safeguarded by recom- |ing line for projecting signs. mending that “no sign erected before n addition to Maj. Davison, the the adoption of these regulations, shall | other members of the Sign Committee Dbe repaired, altered, reprinted or moved, | are Col. Jcha W. Oehmann, building unless it be brought into compliance | inspector; Roland M. Brennan, chief with the requirements of all applicable | clerk of the Engineer Department; E. regulation: fee of 85 also would | W. Thomas, assistant corporation coun- be imposed. sel, and Capt. L. I. H. Edwards of the “For Sale” or “Rent” 0. K. Polics Department No fees would be required for signs less than one foot square, a provision | for the benefit of doorplates of the type used by physicians. But for all other | The following births have been reported to signs, with few exceptions, fees ranging | thg Jiealth Department in, the jast 24 hours from 1 ur;der gs square feet n(dsmce tand Marenret- W. Rals up to $10 for 100 square feet and over ster C. More. bos are provided, either upon erection, re-’ g P P pair or replacement. ' ngerieanos Theaters and motion picture houses would be exe; its to ways. 5. A new section known as section 1, giving complete definitions of terms used in regulations. Sign Painters’ Licensing Asked. 6. Authorizes inspector of buildings to | secure removal or obliteration of signs | which no lenger advertise a business bona fide conducted on the premises. 7. Submission to commissioners of all applications for roof or wall signs cn | buildings in areas falling within the provisions of the Shipstead act. 8. More stringent regulations on roof Birlhsr Rep;t;rt;i. v and A; ; £ boy: ornells and Bthel G- Bramidia. boy. illie and Bessie Rateliff. r} Willlam and Martha Mavyberry, girl. % and Sarah F. All boy. " Ciara Mitchell, sirl tures on established frames. | While the proposed regulations would Thousands - Build or Bargains Repfiil' Now WRECKING Buy and Save 1931—PART ONE. U. S. AR FORGE HELD INADEQUATE Experts Say It Could Not Defend Capital Against 200 Planes. force of 2,400 planes would be required to prevent at least a portion of the enemy breaking through. ‘The modern descendants of the first military plane, assembled here at its birthplace, are commanded, appropri: ately enough, by the pilot of that orig- inal plane, Brig. Gen. Benjamin D. Fou- lois, trained by the Wright brothers in 1909 as the Army's first pllot. Gen. Foulofs In that year was the entire fly- ing personnel of the Army. On Road to Obsolescence. ‘Though the planes assembled here represent the best the Army can gath- already are on the road to obsolescence as a result of advances made in the aviation industry and at Wright PFleld, material division of the air corps. just over the hill from Fairfleld. At Wright Pleld there now are in progress develop- ments which within a few years will make the planes of the first Air Division as obsolete as the original Wright Army plane, now hanging in the Smithsonian Institution at Washington. In the opinion of Billy Mitchell, com- mander of the Army's Air Force in France during the World War, there are only 100 planes of all those assembled here that are fit to go into action against a modern air force. The others, he belleves, already have been ren- dered out of date by aeronautical progress. The work now in progress at Wright Fleld bears out much of his argument. Efforts are being made there to greatly increase the speed of the bombers, now averaging 120 miles per hour or less, to increase the range and usefulness of the observation types, to step up the speed and power of attack and to increase the offensive and defensive strength and speed of pursuit. Army Reaping Benefits. ‘Though the maneuvers barely have gotten under way, the Army already is reaping benefits from the concentration of its aerlal fighters. It has found operation of as great a force as that now gathered here presents problems which must be worked out in the field; they they cannot be solved on paper. They have found that to fly the present force even for the length of time required for a review entails an average of 210 miles of flyln‘g by each plane involved, be- cause of ground traffic problems. They have found that the most thorough ground ization is the price of suc- cess in fleld. Fifty of the most modern gasoline trucks are required to keep the 1st Air Division going and it is estimated that some 300,000 gallons of gasoline would be consumed during the stay in Dayton, all of which would have to be provided in the fleld in case of action. Engineering and command problems | of all kinds are crofrp\nl up which must be solved in the fleld. Some of them could not have been anticipated because there has been nothing in the experi- ence of the Army in its operations with smaller units to indicate that they e isted. It is the belief of those who have witnessed the preliminaries of the ma- Jewelers low cost of |er for national defense, many of them | "NQ‘w STERLING SILVER to FORMATIONS DEMONSTRATED, Holds of Gen. Foulols, e Miltary Types FAIRFIELD AIRPORT, Dayton, | Ohio, May 16 () —Military formations | are superior to all other types of forma- | tiop fiying, officer judges of the Army | air maneuvers ruled today following a | demonstration by two crack pursuit | groups. In a statement, Brig. Gen. Benjamin | Foulols, commander of the air forces, | e y flying as ' demonstrated by the 95th | | Pursuit Squadron of Rockwell Field, | Calif., was superior to an exhibition of other types, put on by 36th Squadron of Selfridge Fleld, Mich. Dog-fighting between two planes of each group caused consternation among the crowd as the ships soomed and | dived over the fleld. A number of distinguished visitors arrived during the morning, including Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, ace of the war-time air foree Representative | Edward W. Goss of Connecticut and | Thomas C. Cochran of Pennsylvania, | | _Gen. Foulols when informed of a| Washington dispatch that some phase | of the air maneuvers over Eastern cities | | might be called off because of fatigue, | | sald today that no such move was con- templated. e general said each dpllot is being watched and examingd daily, so that no members of the flight personnel would over-tax himself with long hours in the air. While several squadrons which reached the fleld yesterday and | | will the ground until/ | thoroughly rested. | . | Church Is Sacked. | PRAGUE, Czechslovakia, May 16 (). | —Unicentified ~persons entered and | sacked a Catholic church here last| | night, demolishing its ancient altar and | | carrying away gold and silver vesse! | | | 1218-1 | R. HARRIS & CO. today had long, strenuous flights, they | 220 N. Y. ANNUAL PARTY SLATED BY CATHOLIC ALUMNUS | Mrs. Bdward w. Holmes to Address International Federatiom at Breakfast Here. The International Federation of Cath- olic Alumnae will be at its annual breakfast next Sunday by Mrs. Edward N. Holmes, third vice president. The breakfast y, fo be held at the Mayflower Hotel, will follow the annua) communion mass at St. Matthew's Church. 1t will be given in honor of the 1931 graduates of Catholic high schools and academies. It is expected by the federation that about 200 girl graduates will become members of the organization this year. Arrangements for the breakfast are be- ing made by Mrs. E. Philip Schreier, 2854 Connecticut avenue. prEsmaite s, S HEADS ALUMNI CLUB Vernon H. Brewster Is Elected by Northwestern U. Group. Vernon H. Brewster, a member of the staff of the Natlonal Geographic Society, was elected president of the Northwestern Alumni Club of Wash. ington at the annual “candle ligh ing” ceremony Friday night. ster succeeds Judge Isaac R. was elected honorary president. Other officers of the club are Eliza- beth Haney, vice president; ., Miller, secretary, and !golmer. mué”"' oung, Aslatic represen Institute of Current World Affairs, en- kln:‘i.:md the club with a description of recent trip across Asia on the Transsiberian Rafiway. Three Rooms, Kitchen and Bath Electrical Refrigeration THE ARGONNE 16th and Columbia Road Reasonable Rentals L : : Ave. N. W. F St. at 11th is the time to Because: silver bullion. 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