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Friday, Juno 27, 1941
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WHO’S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
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PROTECT HORSES
IN HOT WEATHER
Washington. D. C.
GOOD NEIGHBOR CO-OPER VHON
The United States is getting much
better co-operation from some of our
South American neighbors than has
leaked out to the public.
When Portugal protested to the
United States against Roosevelt’s
By J. L. EDMONDS
By LEMUEL F. PARTON
fireside chat hinting the seizure of
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(Consolidated Features— WNV Service !
the Azores, the Brazilian govern­
llliaoit. Callfgt ol AgncuHura.)
ment immediately got in touch with XJEW YORK — Frequently cited is
“Be kind to and as considerate
the U. S. state department. The ■I ’ the vast difference betwean the of your horses as you would want
Portuguese had sent the Brazilians World war bi-plane and lite flying to be treated yourself.” is a safe
a copy of their protest, and Brazil fortress of today, and frequent­ rule to follow in handling work
asked us what reply we were going
ly asked is
during hot weather.
Col. Old a,‘Ferry' whether ad­ stock
to make.
Essentially the same rules which
Ambassador Caffrey in Rio de Ja­ Chief, Master of
ministrative apply to the human being in hot
neiro immediately showed Foreign
personnel of weather also apply to the farm
Minister Aranha a summary of our Flying Fortresa
the air serv- horse.
Plenty of water and the
proposed reply, and Aranha volun­ ice has kept up with this technical proper feed, careful driving, suf­
teered to send Portugal exactly the advance. Is a good administrator ficient rest and the prevention of
same answer—telling them it was also an up-to-date flier?
overheating are the principal pre­
vital to the safety of the Western
Col. Robert Olds, newly in charge cautions to observe in caring for the
hemisphere that the Azores be in of the air corps “ferry command." hard-working horse in summer.
friendly hands, and that Brazil could to start bombers on the way to Brit-
When horses are doing hard field
not afford to see the islands taken ain. is picked by informed onlook- work during hot weather, a barrel
by the Axis.
ers as a shining example of the for- of water and a pail should be taken
This message was sent: which ward moving officer. He learned to the field so the horses can be
means that Brazil will co-operate to fly during the World war. but he watered once an hour.
with the United States if and when knows the big bomber of today the
Since the freely perspiring work
Mayor LaGuardia of New York city (right), national director of
the time comes to occupy the way Fritz Kreisler knows his Addle. horse has a high salt requirement,
civilian defense. Is shown giving New York city police officials
Azores.
he will stand the heat better when their tinal instructions for the registration of 8.3.000 air raid wardens.
It was only two years ago that
Argentina also has been more co­
liberally supplied with salt
Registrations were held in all police stations under police supervision—
the
colonel
brought
a
flying
for
­
operative than ever despite the die­
In extremely hot weather it may 1
tress
across
the
country
in
10
the first activity of its kind in America.
hard efforts of our Rocky Mountain
be necessary to reduce working
hours and 45 minutes, then a
congressmen to prevent the impor­
hours and lighten the load.
The
record
flight
for
a
military
tation of Argentine canned beef. Ar­
noon rest period may be lengthened
plane.
In
between
wars,
he
has
gentine sentiment is overwhelmingly
or work begun very early and
been busy every minute and has
anti-Hitler and pro-Roosevelt The
stopped before noon. Some farmers
come
all
the
way
through
with
Argentines are much stronger for
have successfully worked their I
changing
flying
techniques
and
Roosevelt than for the United States,
horses at night.
skills. He frequently has been
and have their fingers crossed as to
Like human beings, horses that
mentioned
as
of
the
type
of
men
what may happen after Roosevelt
are “off feed” should not be expect­
who
should
command
a
separate
leaves office.
ed to do a hard day's work in sum­
air service.
Dakar and Robin Moor.
mer, since it is too risky. Instead, i
For approximately one month,
A friend of Colonel Olds described such horses should be kept in the
however, all White House advisers him to me today as a Hollywood barn or on pasture where there is i
have agreed that the Azores were ideal of a flying officer, minus the shade.
far less important than Dakar and exaggerated
showmanship
and
When the sweat “dries in." and !
the coast of West Africa. That is swank of the screen air-devils—trim, the horse starts to pant and gets
what makes the sinking of the Robin natty, alert, clear-headed, courteous “wobbly" in his gait, he has been
Moor by a Nazi submarine so dou­ and personable. He seems to have overworked. The careful horseman |
bly significant
stirred up more enthusiasm among will stop and rest his team before
Despite the menace of Dakar, his friends than anybody this de­ this stage is reached.
An over­
presidential advisers have been wor­ partment has back-trailed for a long heated horse should be put into the
ried as to what we should do about time.
shade, and cold water or Ice bags
it To take Dakar from the French
One of Colonel Olds' most dis­
applied to his head, spine and legs
and to hold it against all comers
tinguished air exploits was when
Serious cases of overheating are
would require more men than the , he led six flying fortresses on a
even difficult for experienced vet- j
50.000 in the U. S. marine corps. It
round trip to Argentina, in Feb­
erinarians to handle. Prevention is
would require an expeditionary I ruary, 1937, for which he re­
therefore
especially
important. I
force from the regular army.
ceived the Distinguished Serv­
Once the horse is overheated, even
And while such troops are avail­
ice cross. His is the highly spe­
though he recovers, he is seldom
Ben Cohen, legal adviser, American rmbassy In London, and Col.
able. the bottoms to transport them
cialised skill of mastery over
able to do hard work during high William J. Donovan, who had been on special missions abroad as they
are something else again. Once be- ■ the newest and biggest bomber,
| temperatures.
entered the White House to report to the President, accompanied by
fore, the British urged us not to get
no matter how many cannon or
Secretary of Navy Knox. L. to R.: Richard A. Mahar, assistant to
mixed up in the South Atlantic be­
how many extra push-buttons on
Colonel Donovan; Colonel Donovan, Sec retary Knox, and Hen Cohen.
cause it would divert our navy from
the dash-board, He is a native
the all-important North Atlantic.
of Norfolk, Va., but joined the
The sinking of the Robin Moor,
air reserve from Woodside, Md.,
however, has played directly into
The government’s recent appeal
in 1917.
the hands of those who have been
for increased swine production as
urging the President to adopt the
E ONCE saw two sports writ­ an aid to national defense has had
strongest policy in the South Atlan­
ers looking through the paper. one quick result in most rural com­
tic and, if necessary, land troops on Another sports writer had char­ munities—farmers are exerting new
the bulge of Africa.
acterized a famous athlete as “a vigilance to guard against prevalent
• • •
big squir­ swine diseases which annually take
A Sporta Writer rel
CATHEDRAL OF AGRICULTURE
• headed a toll of nearly 30 per eent of the
Paul H. Appleby, diminutive, di­ Never F or get a stumblebum nation's hog population.
dactic undersecretary of agricul­
Hog cholera is being looked upon
who ought to
ture, made a flying trip to Nebraska How to Get Tough be arrested as “public enemy No. 1" in the cur­
the other day which had some in­ for getting money under false pre­ rent drive to reduce swine losses,
teresting inside background.
tenses.” One of the sports writers because cholera kills more hogs
Purpose of the trip was to set read this passage and remarked than any other single disease.
up what some agricultural hands reverently, “That guy is certainly
Veterinarians and livestock of­
call a "Cathedral of Agriculture” in powerful writer!”
ficials are urging utmost possible
Lincoln, Neb.
What Appleby was
vigilance against fresh epizootics
Not having to mind libel laws,
working on was a plan to pool all of
this season, and prompt control
or pull their punch on the type­
the different federal agricultural
measures wherever cholera may
writer,
sports
writers
frequently
agencies under one roof and under
make its appearance. Symptoms of
become the most released and
one director at Lincoln.
the disease include sluggishness, a
uninhibited
of
catch-as-catch-can
These were to include the AAA,
tendency to pile up. partial or total
literatteurs. In other words they
Rural Electrification administration,
prostration, fever, and scours. At
never
forget
how
to
get
tough.
soil conservation, farm security, ex­
the first signs of such symptoms a
It
is
one
of
them
who,
as
their
tension service, farm debt adjust­
veterinarian should be called.
craft would have It, has put the
ment, and so on. The plan was to
"The best insurance against this
slug
on
the
Bund,
in
New
Jer
­
make the state of Nebraska a guinea
No. 1 swine killer is to have pigs
sey.
He
is
Atty.-Gen.
David
T.
pig to test the idea. All of these
vaccinated against cholera around
Wilentz, prosecutor of Bruno
different farm representatives would
weaning time." says the American
Hauptmann,
who
broke
from
the
then report to one director in Lin­
Foundation for Animal Health re­
post as a sports writer for news­
coln rather than to Washington.
port. “When pigs are young they
papers
in
Plainfield
and
his
na
­
However, the proposed Nebraska
require less serum and virus, and
tive Perth Amboy, N. J.
director was Cal Ward, regional
the immunization generally lasts un­
supervisor ef farm security. And al­
Wilentz drafted a bill to put the til they are ready for market.
though working for a Democratic Bund out of business in his state Cholera generally strikes so swiftly
administration, he is branded as a and it has been passed unanimous­ and kills so quickly that there is
staunch Republican. His selection ly by the state legislature. This little that a farmer can do, once his
therefore caused opposition from va­ first overt state move against the hogs are down with the disease,
rious federal farm representatives Bund is attracting national atten­ That is why immunization is the
in Nebraska who didn’t want to join tion, as the high concentration of de­ best insurance against cholera
Family of Capt. Edward Myers, skipper of the 8. 8. Kobin Moor,
any “Cathedral of Agriculture” un­ fense industries there might make losses.”
sunk in the South Atlantic by a German U-boat, view his picture at the
der Cal Ward.
the region an Achilles heel for sub­
Myers home in Baltimore, Md. The picture was taken before the rescue
Chief objector was Fred Wallace, version or sabotage.
of the second boatload of survivors, at Cape Tower, Union of South Africa,
chairman of the Nebraska AAA, and
The attorney-general doesn’t look
which included Capt. Myers. Shown are, Edward Jr., 16; Marie, 13; Flor­
it was td bring him into line that tough. He is slight in stature, ultra-
ence, 10; and Mrs. Josephine Myers.
Appleby flew out to Nebraska.
fastidious in dress, has slick black
Appleby had first ordered Wallace hair and ingratiating manners. He
A silage crop can be grown, har­
to Washington. But Wallace refused. is a master politico, with a tar­
Even after Appleby flew out to see bucket memory for such small mat­ vested and put in the silo for about
him, he could not make Wallace ters as a constituent’s lumbago of $2 a ton.
• • •
budge. “I’m interested in an agri­ 10 years back, and he is also the
A cow must eat 100 pounds or
cultural program, not a lot of bu­ Flo Ziegfeld of courtroom showmen. more of grass daily to produce 20
reaucracy," Wallace said.
to 25 pounds of milk.
His histrionics In the Haupt­
• • •
Appleby stayed an extra day,
mann trial caused some com­
Since the beginning of 4-H club
finally flew back to Washington. His
ment, but the news men gave
work on a nation-wide basis, it has
"Cathedral of Agriculture” for Ne­
him an “out.” They said be
reached over 8,000,000 rural young
braska definitely side-tracked.
hadn't circused up the proceed­
people.
Note — Secretary of Agriculture
ings any more than was neces­
• • •
Wickard has been looking around to
sary to win his case. He knocked
Hens lay about as many eggs dur­
find a new berth for his undersecre-
off newspapering to work his
ing March, April, May and June as
tary—outside of the agriculture de-
way through the New York Law
they do all the other eight months of
partment.
school.
the year.
• • •
Army Movies.
Cows graze only 8 hours a day,
HE rising prestige of Carlos Sa­
Movies are the top amusement
avedra Lamas in the Argentine no matter how luxuriant the pas­
of the boys in camp and the army is good news for this country. Re­ turage, and spend 12 hours lying
gives them all they want—at bar­ cent dispatches reveal Sr. Lamas down, and 4 hours standing or walk­
gain prices.
definitely on record as favoring clos­ ing around.
• • •
For this purpose the war depart­ er political and commercial co-op­
ment has organized the Army Mo­ eration of Argentina with the United
Bulls should be confined in pens
tion Picture service, which in a States.
as a safety measure, but to insure
few months has become one of the
In 1037, as foreign minister, he their value as herd sires, they
largest theater chains in the coun­ made a forthright stand for Argen­ should be fed hay and silage of as
High government officials led the discussion In a “National Housing
try, with about 300 theaters in op­ tine support of the Monroe doctrine. good quality as is available on the
eration. There is at last one movie He is the author of the Pan-Ameri­ farm. The weight of the bull should inventory” at the convention of the national committee on the housing
theater in every army camp, with can anti-war pact and the builder be controlled oy regulating the quan­ emergency. Principal speakers at the opening session were, I. to r.,
shows seven nights a week, plus Sat­ of the ABC entente between Argen­ tity of grain and roughage not by William 8. Knudsen, production chief; Mrs. Dorothy Rosenman, com­
mittee chairman; and C. F. Palmer, co-ordinator of defense housing.
supplying feed of poor quality.
urday and Sunday matinees.
tina, Brazil and Chile.
Plenty of Water, Rest Help
Prevent Overheating.
Bark From Missions, See F. I). K
Veterinarians Urge ‘War’
Against Swine Diseases
Viscount Halifax, British ambas­
sador io the U. 8., and Wendell L.
Wlllkle (rear) shown In the aca­
demic precession at Yale university.
New llaven. Conn. Both were given
honorary doctor of laws degrees.
Halifax was honored as “an envoy
of the people from whom our Pilgrim
Fathers sprang” and Willklc as “a
gallant loser.”
The Knockout
Joe Louis, after the hardest fight
of his championship career, looks
down on Billy Conn as Billy sags
down to stay down lor count of ten,
at Polo Grounds In New York.
More Power to U. S.
W
•
Farm Notes
Speakers Address Housing Committee
Two new destroyers, the U. 8. 8.
Fitch and the U. 8. 8. Forrest, were
launched within a few* minutes of
each other at Boston navy yard. Im­
mediately after the launching, keels
for two new ships were laid on the
ways Just vacated. The Filch, shown
above, was sponsored by Mrs. II.
Waller Thomas of Salt Lake City,
Utah, and wax named In memory of
her grand-uncle, commander Leroy
Fitch.
Honored
T
i
Brig. Gen. Robert Eichelberger,
West Point head, presents trophy to
Cadet William G. Gillis, of Cameron,
Texas, for rendering the most valu­
able service to athletics.