Evening Star Newspaper, July 23, 1935, Page 6

A6 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1935. CROPS QUTLOOK G00D, SAYSAAA Recovery From Drought Conditions Noted—Less Relief Extended. 23y the Associated Press A remarkable comeback from 1934's disastrous drought was reported today by the A. A. A. officials said the Na- tion practically has recovered from the | calamity. A year ago today, the headlines were telling of scorched plains, damaged | crops, Government purchasing of cattle to prevent them from starving. Now conditions are much better. | Thousands of families who depended | on Government relief for the neces- sities of life have returned to a self- | sustaining basis, officials said. In ad- dition, the Resettlement Administra- | tion reports that 290,155 farm families | have been taken off the relief rolls to | be placed in the rural rehabilitation | classification 1 On February 1, 1935, the Govern- Washington Wayside} Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. ASSAULT WITH BLADES. TH!.’RE'S one in every office. Last week a Government em- ploye appeared at the office of Assist- ant District Attorney David A. Hart and demanded an assault warrant PHONE BOOK FUN. UN with a telephone directory: F The easiest number to re- member ought to be that of James W.Adams, division man- ager of the American Telephone & Telegraph Co.: Adams 1234. against a fellow employe. George Washington University takes “The man assaults me every day,” up 20 lines in the took to list as many | the worker declared. “My life is in branches—yet every number is the | danger and I, think it is the duty of same; the F. C. A. takes up 11 lines|the authorities to protect me through with all numbers alike. the prosecution of my assailant.” There are but two numbers in Wash- | “Sounds bad,” Hart declared. “What ington that can be called without lift- | does he do to you?” ing the finger from the dial—one be-| “Why,” said the man, longs to James T. Motter; the other is | the electric fan on me.” DE 3333. 1 “It's out of my jurisdiction,” de- The District Building’s exchange is | clared Hart as he turned to the next National, but the Capitol's is, too, to | case. make things right. | The Government Printing Office has consecutive numbers from Dis- trict 6840 to 6851. “he turns F e e ] SYMPATHY NOTE. Pity the poor Turk! After years of emjoying a holiday Test from business and care every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, he now will have to be satisfied with Saturday ment’s charts showed a drought area | covering 1480 counties in 25 States, | Now the area has been narrowed to 131 counties in five States—Southwestern Kansas, Eastern Colorado, Northwest- | ern Oklahoma, the Texas Panhandle | and New Mexico. 8,279,000 Cattle Purchased. From June 1, 1934, when the cattle buying program of the A. A. A. was | bsgun as a relief measure for drought | areas, until February 1, 1935, the end | ot the program, the Government | bought 8279.000 head of cattle from | 696,000 farms in 24 States. Cost of the cattle was $111,541,000, or $13.40 per head Those cattle found edible were | killed and canned with the exception of about 1,000,000 head still held in pastures and ranges. In addition, the Government bought 8.608,700 sheep in the drought sec- tions, for a total cost of $7,219,152. Abundant rains in the Spring, good growing conditions, and prospects for | ample food and feed crops this year | have resulted in predictions by | A. A. A officials that there will be no : danger of a food or feed shortage this | Fall and Winter. They say the agri- cultural sections rapidly are approach- ing normal conditions. | | | | | | §25,000 Families on Rolls. However, the rural problem is not eolved. For example, Resettlement Administration officials reported a total of 825,000 rural families still on relief rolls. | The Resettlement Administration reported that during the year ended May 1, 1935, costs of the 290,155 farm families under supervision as rehabili- tation clients were $29,234.691, or an average of $101 per family. | The States which had the largest number of rehabilitation clients were | in the South and in the Middle West. | where the effects of the 1934 drought were felt most heavily. H Officials of the Resettlement Ad- ministration say the generous crops | and improved pastures and ranges | which are now indicated will be of | considerable help in removing the balance of the Nation's farmers from | relief rolls. An official predicted that a vastly improved situation will be noted when crops are harvested in ! the Fall, | FLOHIbA POOLS EFFORTS TO ADVERTISE STATE Gov. Sholtz's Committee to Seek $390,000 for Joint Campaign to Promote Section. By the Associated Press TALLAHASSEE. Fla, July 23— Goy. Scholtz's State Advertising Com- mittee completed its organization here yesterday and fixed $390,000 as its goal in a campaign to raise funds for a Nation-wide program to advertise Florida next year. | An executive group, conferring with | Scholtz, adopted the name of “The | Governor's All-Florida Advertising | Committee,” and agreed to ask county | commissioners for a 10-cent contribu- | tion for each resident of their coun- | ties, a total of $160.000. Hotel and apartment owners will be asked for $25,000; real estate concerns | for $10,000; the All-Florida Committee | of Newspapers for $20,000; transporta- | tion lines for $25,000, and chambers | of commerce, banks, various industries | and interested citizens for $150,000. | afternoon and Sunday. Reason is that Mustapha Kemel, according to the Commerce Department, has de- cided Sunday is the legal holiday. Formerly the Moslems shut up shop on Friday, the Jews on Sature day and the Christians on Sunday. To avoid conjfusion, everything ex- cept pleasure stopped during those three days. Now pleasure will be The exchange of the Bureau of Ani- | mal Industry is, appropriately, Green- wood. John R. East’s number is West 0133; Lieut R. S. Lamb’s is Shepherd 3099. The lowest number in the book is that belonging to Elmer W. Reese, Cleveland 0001; the highest one is the property of Mrs. Harry C. Whiting, Adams 10496. * % SOUTHERN ARCHITECT. Waddy B. Wood, designer of the new Interior Department Building, is the first Southern architect to Teceive the distinction of being se- lected to design a major Govern- ment structure in the Capital since Robert Mills. Wood is a Virginian, while Mills, the fjather of Wash- ington architecture, was from South Carolina. Like watches teeth and _old. : For_over 30 v have been buving old sold and waying SPOT HALF-YEARLY / CLOTHING and MEN'S FURNISHINGS featuring Substantial Reductions in every department Remember, EVERY ITEM in the sale is from our regular stock . . . and every reduction offers a genuine saving! CLOTHING .. HATS .. SHOES and FURNISHINGS are dil included DON’T MISS THE SAVINGS! Budget Plan or Regular Charge Accounts % %'Sol HERZOG e #« Corner F St.at 9th No Down Payment Necessary Pay as Little as 20c a Day on General Electric Refrigerators Performance is what you expect in electric refrigera- tion. The General Electric mechanism is entirely sealed in steel and requires no atten- tion—not even oiling. All the important features neces- sary to a high-grade re- frigerator are offered in the 1935 General Electric refrigerators. Model shown is $139.50— other models in Monitor, flat and lift tops at equally low prices. Five-year Guarantee at $1.00 per year included in price. Plus Small Carrying Charge If Sold on Budget Plan Tulins Lanshurgh Furniture (o, 909 F ST. N.W._ confined to Saturday afternoon and all day Sunday. 2 * * % % . IDENTIFICATION. TH! telephone in the newspaper classified ad department rang sharply. The girl answered. “I'd like to give you a lost ad,” said the low, cultured woman's voice at the other end of the wire. “All right. Are you listed in the telephone directory?” " beg your pardon.” . “Are you listed in the telephone di- rectory? We have to know to deter- mine if you are a permanent resident or a transient.” “Well =1-11," drawled, “No. But I am listed in the Social Register.” * o ox % WANT TO REDUCE? Col. Joseph M. Heller, United States Medical Reserves, has a new the woman's voice | exercise he prescribes jor all those who want to get thin. It is this: “Place your hands flat on the table, palms down, count three and push back your chair—away from the table.” * ok x x UNCERTAINTY. H! 18 a man along in years. About three or four times a week he comes to town from nearby Virginia. Always he rides the same bus. But he’s never quite sure of himself. He stands at the corner until the bus stops and the driver opens the door. “Does this bus go down K street northwest?” he inquires meekly. ‘When the driver gives an affirmative answer, he boards the bus. That performance has been repeated day after day and week after week for several months. It almost be- came a ritual. But a few days ago the white-haired gentleman, appar- ently as tired of the routine as the driver, finally cast it aside. | “This bus goes down K street, | doesn’t it?” “Yes, sir,” answered the driver. “I knew it,” he sald with a firmness | and finality appropriate only to an ultimate and lasting determination. % » UNDERSTANDABLE MISTAKE. OSTAL workers here recently re- ceived a letter addressed to “Hon. ——— Isaac Gans, Washington, D. C.” It was sent to the House of Representa- tives. From there it was forwarded to the District Building, where Mr. Gans has office as a member of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. “Looks like some clerk thought I surely must be s member of Con- gress by this time wfter all these years in city affairs,” said Mr. Gans. Mr. Gans has served on'& long list of boards and other agencies in his long career in civic activities. Among these are the Board of Education, Board of Indeterminate Sentence and Parole and a veterans’ appeals board. s APPEAL PLANNED | Alabama Power Attorneys to Fight Control by Power Body. Oswald Ryan, general counsel for the Federal Power Commission, said today Alabama Power Co. attorneys | told him they intended to appeal the | decision of the District Supreme Court upholding the commission’s right to | control the capital structure and ac- | counting companies subject to juris- | diction of the commission. 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