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Sunday. April 2. 1950
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THUNDERJET THUNDER Alr Force r-84 Tliundcrjct pulls up
from strafing run after pouring a "thunder" of lead Into ground tar
get at the Indian Springs gunnery range at Las Vegas Air Force Base,
Nev., during the opening round of the Second Annual Air Force Gun
nery Meet. First day's scores demonstrated a big Improvement In
pilots' prowess in dive bombing and ground strailng.
Patriotism, Profiteering
Blamed for Dust Disaster
Anadarko, Okla., Apr. 1 U.R
Farmers in the "potential dust
bowl" of southwestern Oklaho
ma today blamed patriotism and
short-sighted profiteering for the
disaster which threatens 150,000
acres of prairie farmland.
The chief villian is the lowly
Jjeanut, which robs the soil of
ts strength.
Peanuts have been a big crop
Inee 1043 in Caddo county
north of Anadarko. Now sixty
thousand acres of Caddo county
topsoil are blowing away in the
first major outbreak of wind
erosion here since 1936.
Uraed Bv Government
Peanut planting was urged by
the federal government starting
In 1943, and profits up to $150
per acre per year were guaran
teed by price support regula
tions. Uncle Sam badly needed
peanut oil during World War 11
to replace vegetable oil Imports
from overseas. Peanut glowing
was not only profitable it was
patriotic.
In other sections of the south
western plains, intensive wheat
cultivation is Blamed tor me
series of dust storms which slg
nal the crisis in the nation's
breadbasket. A ilx-m o n t h s
drouth in the vast area is the
Immediate cause of the soil
blowing.
Wheat Is the most Important
Caddo county crop, but it hasn't
raided the topsoil like the pea
nut. Made Good Money
J. A. Lane, an 82-year-old far
mer who has tilled the same
. ground since 1907, said he start
ed growing peanuts seven years
ago.
"I really made good money
on peanuts," Lane said, "never
less than $100 an acre. They
were needed for the war and I
needed the money."
Lane's 160-acre farm Is being
destroyed by the wind. He hasn't
been able to plant anything this
year. He's growing only sand
dunes row after row of them
along fence rows and around
farm buildings.
The U. S. conservation serv
ice has attempted to curb the
growing of peanuts since the end
of the war but at the same time
the peanut price supports have
continued.
G. C. Gardner, U. S. soil con
servationist for the alfectpd dis
trict, said a farmer in Caddo
county can snfely put as much
as a fourth of his land In pea
nuts if he will "strip crop." This
requires planting soil-holding
grasses or canes alongside the
peanuts.
"We've advocated It and en
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at our disposal," Gardner said.
"But hundreds of farmers just
won't go to the trouble. They
have been shortsighted pro
fiteers." Gardner said peanut produc
tion in Caddo county has drop
ped 50 per cent since the end of
the war, but it must decline still
further to halt wind erosion.
80,000 Chinese
In Philippines
On Illegal Basis
Manilla. U,R). Some 80,000
Chinese are residing Illegally in
the Philippines today and are
giving the government a head
ache. About 120,000 legally regist
ered Chinese are in this county
but Philippine army intelligence
estimates the actual number of
Chinese at 200,000. Unofficial
estimates have placed the num
ber as high as 300,000.
The problem of Chinese In the
Philippines goes back as far as
island history. Until recently, it
has been largely an economic
problem because the Chinese
have dominated many lines of
trade. Now it is also a political
consideration.
Filipino officials say many
Chinese communists have infil
trated the Philippines since the
civil war began in China.
That has aggravated the little
republic's own red menace to
some extent but the fears are of
what might happen in the fu
ture rather than what has hap
pened already.
"Visitors" Unwanted
Among the Chinese whom the
Philippine government wants to
deport to Formosa are about
4.000 who came here since
World War II as "temporary vis
itors." They do not want to go
back to China because the Chi
nese communists have in many
cases taken over their homes.
There is a smaller number of
Chinese who came here on tran
sit visas and remained in the
Philippines.
Jose P. Bcngzon, under secre
tary of justice and acting com
missioner of immigration, said
the government is planning to
deport the "illegal" Chinese to!
Taipei on Philippine naval pa
trol ships. However, some of the
Chinese are using every legal
and political means available
to prevent their deportation, and
others are hiding. i
Tough Job Ahead j
It will be an admittedly tough I
job to get rid of them.
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