New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 14, 1930, Page 19

HEAVY RAINS END DROUGHT IN WEST (Continued From First Page) preliminary meetings and discus- sions with farm board and agricul- ture department officials. The gov- ernors as they went from their hotels to conferences saw umbrellas and rain coats. Storm Holds Legge Up By another paradox, the farm board was informed its chairman, Alexander Legge, might be kept from the conference with President Hoover this afternoon because of rain and storm. Legge, flying here from the west, was forced to take a train at_bay-| ton, Ohio, because of bad weather. He planned to take another plane at Altoona, Pa., but if storms still threatened he will continue by rail. In that event he would arrive too late for the conference which was| set for 2:30 p. m. The extension of credit to farmers | In the dry sections to enable them to carry on operations and prepate for | enother crop year drew more atten- tion than any immediate action to velieve sufferi Leslie Asks for Money Governor Leslie of Indiana sound- ed the alarm on the crisis confront-| ing the farmers. He made no pro- position, awaiting the outline of a program by the president, but he said “it is money we need and must have.” “The farmers for the most part have nothing left to put up even as security for a loan,” the Indiana | must | money if he is going to try and | republican ated, “and we hav carry on again There were Hoover was going to next year. indications President make some comment on this subject to the con- | ference. He has been busy seeking a program of cooperation between the government's intermediate credit system and the strong banks of the nation which would permit work- ing out of some credit system for the stricken farmers, Paul Bestor, federal bureau commissioner, was called to the White House for a talk on available credit facil None of the governors called at the White House in the forenoon. Price Action Unlikely Reports the gover paring to move a sons who might boost price count dro ed in official quarters 1t was said no authority existed for the gov- ernment to act in price matters un- less there was some violation of the anti-trust law. Governor Hammill one of the few to bring with an optimistic note. He said recent rains in’' JTowa had improved condi- tions noticeably and he believed the corn crop would be 70 per cent of normal at the worst. Governor Conley of West Virginia maid counties in his state had suffered “directly or indirectly” from the drought but added West Virginia was sound ‘“economically, indus- trially and financially.” Conley said that rain which fallen in the last 24 hours would of lowa was have a beneficial effect on the fruit| crop but might be too late to save the corn crop in some counties. Wheat for Hog Feed Fort Worth, Texas, Aug. 14 (P— A carload of best grade Texas wheat was shipped to Linden, Tex. today | to be used as hog feed. The wheat | sold at 97 cents a bushel and is mc cheapest feed on the market, the grain firm making the shipment sa!d. | Baltimore to All Neighbors nore, to supply water to drought Maryland communities whose supply is low. Mayor William F. Broening has sent-telegrams to all ers offering them water if transpor- tation arrangements are the recipients. Cumberland, Frederick, Annapolis and a number of other chief cities have been on restricted consumption for weeks, and more serious condi- | ve been reported from smal- | tions ler towns and rural sections. . A fight by several hundred men on forest fires, chiefly in Washingfon | county, continued today, as reports of additional Dblazes were Four hundred fires since July 1 were reported by the state forester’s office to have burned over 25,000 acres and 1,060 destruction. q Factories Shut Down Gloversville, N. Y., Aug. 14 (UP) ~—With half of shut down by a shortage of water, Gloverdville today considered the| offer of its sister city, Johnstown, to ap the latter's water mains. Johnstown, only a féw mjles away, has more water in its resefvoirs than it can use. Gloversville has only enough to last 16 more days at the present curtailed rate of consump- tion. Managers of the city's two-score glove factories said further curtail- ment would mean a loss of $50,000 & day to their industry. Storm Delays Legge Altoona, Pa., Aug. 14 RVeather conditiéns prevented Alex- ander Legge, chairman of the fed-| eral farm board, from making the trip from 'Altoona to Washington by airplane in time for the Hoover drought conference today Chairman Legge arrived here by train at 10:09 a. m, S5 TAEAn army plane was ready at Stultz field to carry him to the capital farm board head remained on the train. A heavy rain was falling here. Another army plane was waiting at Harrisburg in case the weather is better when he arrives there. Rain Saves Crop Remuoants Chicago, Aug. 14 (UP)—Rain worth millions of dollars saturated & wide area of the drought-stricken central west and south today, sav- ing the remnants of crops affected by intense heat andMone of the mos protracted dry spells in the nation history. The downpour covered the Ohio | bringing relief and re- joicing to farmers in Kentuc] Tennessee, southern Illinois and In- diana, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia Precipitation averaged nearly an Inch over the central western states, while from the three southern states river vall farm loan | him | had | Aug. 14 (A—Baltimore | mayors and county commission- | made by | made. | its glove (aclanes" @ —| but the | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1930. came reports that the moving storm had dropped .11 inches of moisture and probably would continue. As the long prayed-for rains soaked the countryside south and cast of Chicago, word came from Washington that Governor Louis L. Emmerson of Illinois had request- ed emergency permission to divert an increased flow of water from Lake Michigan into the Chicago sanitary canal for at least a week or ten days. Downpour’ Becomes General The drought has created a serious sewage disposal problem in Chicago because of the drying up of drain- age canal waters, the governor re | ported to Segretary of War Hurle | who promised a decision within 24 hours. # | During the day the rain' became |more general and the weather bu- [reau received notico that showers {had begun to fall over central | Pennsylvania. Amounts of rainfall already re- | corded for the central west region | showed .96 inches Vlnd .70 inches at |1.24 inches at Terre Haute, 2 inches at Nashville, Tenn, 1.04 inches at 1L Ind.; and pringtield, | Hearing of Food Prices | New York, Auz. 14 (A—Public | hearings on charges that a combi- | nation of dealers in foodstuffs ang | | dairy products has been formed to | | raise price levels jn these commodi- ties was ordered today in state su-’| preme court. | | The hearing “was ordered on ap- | | plication” ot Attorney Generml Ham.- | ilton Ward, who announced today that he was taking official notice of | charges that such a compbination | had been formed John Holley Clark, Jr., was named referee. The first hearing will be | held Monday. The inquiry will be state wide, Mr. | Ward said. In addition to the public hearings, | |the inquiry which resulted last year |in the dissolution of the New York | milk chain at an estimated annual | saving of $500,000 to consumers was ordered r(omned Larry Fay, former | night club®operator, and 140 milk | dealers are under indictment for | conspiracy to violate the general| business laws as a result of that.in- | quiry. rpical Hoover Plan Washington, Aug. 14 (UP) — A typically Hoover plan for setting up a voluntary drought relief organi- zation has been prepared by the | president for submission today to | the 12 state governorsfor their rep- | resentatives who will gather with | him around the cabinet table at the White House Each governor or his repréeenta- tive will be requested to appoint a | drought commissioner from his state to cooperate with the federal gov-| e Red Cross, the rail-| roads and affected areas. | | These 12 commissioners will com- pose an unofficial federal commis- sion. Other states will be invited to | participate if necessity in their dis- | trict requires. It was a somewhat similar set-up h President Hoover/-pérfected for the Mississippi riter flood relief work in 1 | Will Summarize Harm | At the conference with the gover- | nors, Mr. Hoover is expected to make public a new and more com- prehensive report on the extent of the drought damage. The survey, compiled for the president by the | agriculture department and fts| | county agents, is designed to show | just what {8 needed in each com- | munity and how much relief may | be necessary. It will be sq detailed as to show the situation in each county. With swift action from the gover- | nors {n making the appointments, | the new commission may be enabled | to begin work early next week. | All but two of the 12 state execu- | tives invited have announced they| will be present at the conference. | | The exceptions are Gov. Harvey Par- | nell of Arkansas and Gov. Flem .D. Sampson of Kentucky. Parnell has appointed H. T. Harrison, Little Rock attorney, and T. Roy Reid, as- sistant director of extension work | |at the University of Arkansas to| represent him. Sampson has desig- nated Senator Robsion,: republican, Kentucky, to act for him. | The governors who have stated their intention to be present are Henry S. Caulfield, Missouri; Lou L. Emmerson, 1llinois; Harry §. Les- lie, Tindiana; Myers Y. Cooper, Ohio; William G. Conley. West Virginia John J. Pollard, Virginia; John E. Erickson, Montana; Clyde M. Reed, Kansas: John Hammill, lowa; and Arthur J. Weaver, Nebraska. | Plans Dinner Mr. Hoover will ask all his guests | to remain for dinner so that confer- | ence mayabe concluded tonight. [ Besides the president, there will be | three representatives of the federal | Government — Chairman Legge of the farm board, Secretary of Agri- culture Hyde and Paul Bestor, farm loan commissioner. Administration leaders are confi- dent the conference will accomplish the purpose for which it was intend-| ¢d. They are most interested now in reports of profiteering which have| | come to them from various sources. Scoffs At Reports Hyde has taken the position the| ports of profiteering are exagger- ated. After hearing Rep. La Guardia, | republican, N. Y., charge late yen-i terday that vegetable prices were be- | | ing increased 25 to 30 per cent in| New York City, Hyde asserted price | increases for certain kinds of foods| were ‘unavoidable. “Although no food shortage exists in the sense that there would not be enough to eat,” the secretary | said “there will be a diminished | | production of vegetables and fruits. | For instance, the burning of the New Jersey tomato crop will justify some increase in prices in New York.” La Guardia has indicated he will organize a movement to resist price increases unless some relief is prom- ised the consumer. He was a leader in the buyers' meat strike of 1924. Warner Bros. to Offer | New Shares of Stock | New York, Aug. 14 (®—Tt was re- | ported in Wall street today that | Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. soon | will offer atockholders rights to | purchase on: new share at $20 a| | share for each four shares of stock | held. FOR BEST RESULTS USE HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS MRS, . G, HODGE | Prominent | Henry | Winthrop |lite in this city | Pine Meadow in her la member of | Grikis, | Pietnik, | Josepn Food For Endurance Fliers [ Mrs. Dale: Jackson (left) and home cooked food for their hushand:s ance flight record in their DIES AT AGE OF 86 - Resident Widely Known Here and in Berlin Mrs. Frances G B. Hodge end n Harris F. Hodge, commerc ager of the New Britain Ga Co., died yesterday afternoon o'clock at the home of her da ter, Mrs. Charles Johnson of street after two week was 88 years of spent many years of her and Berlin. Hodge w Light at 4 illness. She and had Mrs. York Hodge vouth the Episcopal Portland for Besides her daugh son, she is survived b daughter, Mrs, Nelson H. Minor of Eerlin: two sons, Harris F. Hodge and Charles H. Hodge of this city: three Mrs. Harriet Brown of Waterbury, Mrs. Catherine Wilcox |of Pine Meadow and Mrs. Asa T Burdick of Springfield: 13 grand- children and 14 great-grandchil- dren Funeral services will be held tb- morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harris F. Hodge of 55 Vance street. Rc William R pastor of the First | Baptist church will cfficiate. Burial will be in Maple Hill cemetery, Berlin. church in Mrs. John- sister Fuvnerals Funeral services for Joseph Yuni- | ski, aged 51, of 42 Smalley street, who died Tuesday, were held this| morning at 8 o'clock | drew’s church. Rev. T pastor, was the ce a requiem high mass. B St. Mary's cemetery. al was \\LR\DQL\\\ Funeral services for Wladyslaw aged 49, of 66 Overlook who died Wednesday, PIET\IK avenue, were held this morning at §:30 Holy Cross church. Rev. Stephen Bart- kowski, pastor, celebrated quiem high mass The pall bearers were B. F inski, P. I Scully, Thomas To Carl Kowlskl, Leo Habers Tenski Rev. Vic commiital - | Burial was in Kay read the the grave St. Mary's cemetery Assuciated Press Photo Forrest O'Brine packing , who regained the endur- plane “Greater St. Louis.” M D ——— ! Birth Record Brita as ‘born at al to Mr. n of 475 eral hospi HARDENBURGH WINS AGAIN 4 (A—Tho old, Ha onship in the Shenecos- r the defe Ne ford club toy year ting ork, n extra A1d< Drougfit Relief Ass Stone, iated Pres Jam vice cha lock to take of Walter Picki Lindberghs At Politics Meet | Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh pa at Williamstown, Mass., where the famous flier ad- | admirers Associcted Press P).ala ng through a line of dressed the Williams college institute of politics. Disorganized Bear After Repeated Mob Retreats Efforts to Sink Prices Through Recent Levels General Price Reduction | Takes Place f)uring the Early Hours of Selling Today. New York, effort Aug. 14 (P—After an- other to depress pricas throu recent resistence leve e diso#ganized mob of hears lost retreated further in reduced 1 rly hours were well rou some important be offerir market around Most early losses more than car spots t her and there. was little inclina- the rally and when the -d dull in the last hour ped off again and gains of were largely elim- moderate short selling. was particularly ng more than 5 points dvances of about a 1 and American American eavy and J. 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In the issues to add dollar bonds. there ed in estors, leading erican Western and New 2s s014 Ches- enera 4 of the year. 4 ,mton \la\ lnzfl Tomorm\\ WINSTED OP! CHOIGE BONDS GET T0 PEAK FOR YEAR ity of Detroit Offers $15,000,- - 000 in Municipal Issue bid for |city of York tions showed a ty ho st price al De! roit HORSE New Orleans, PEN asturo cane' ber ot U. 8 to be sold at a OBSERVES Mary fornia H today to railroad ly above Other- the Mrs Gah Ca Maple da of dre and g and friends came happy returns of i about $2 ipal issues. The offered $15,000,000 | La pensioning of New veteran horses has come fron Miss Sally Scofield, government mail horses ann by Stan ot Ost ons, will vard G. Me- e Groton pelice rning at 1f rival those who the coroner ERA HOUSE 4 (P—The Wir build- SION PLEA (UP)—A plea or. #aid that a num- ustion 79TH BIRTHDAY of San Fer- a resi- Il celebrated her on Sun- grand- reat-grandchildren to wish her many the day. berg formerly reary