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Friday. April 27. 1936
Power Lawnmower
Use Shows Increase
Chicago U.R) A survey
ihows that there are almost 10,
000,000 power lawn mowers in
use in the United States.
The total of 9,770,000 at the
end of 1955 represents an in
crease of 27 per cent over 1954,
when there were 7,660,000 man
icuring the nation's lawns.
The power lawn mower busi
ness is largely postwar develop
ment, and has boomed wth sub
urban expension. In 1946, the
first year for which figures are
available, 140,000 power mow
ers were sold.
In 1955 sales of all types to
taled about 2,400,000 units. At
an estimated average price of
$100, this would amount to a re
tail volume of $240,000,000.
R. T. - Lueloff, president of
Power Products, said a consum
er study by his firm indicates
2,500,000 homeowners will buy
power mowers in 1956, and that
nearly half that number will
have owned one previously.
Is That So?
Over the Big Island, with Ha
waiian' Air Lines "You're now
flying over the Hamakua coast,
better known as the Scotch
coast," said our purser. "Below
us is the most productive soil
in the world. As much as 300,
000 pounds of sugar cane have
been grown per acre on these
plantations."
"He could have added that
from an 18-mile square area,
slightly larger than that of New
York City, Hawaii produces
over a 1,000,000 tons of sugar,
about one-fourth of all the sugar
manufactured in the U.S.,"
pointed out my fellow passen
ger, Roy Leffingwell, of the Ha
waii Sugar Plantations associa
tion. "It's Hawaii's main indus
try . . ."
"I understand Army and Navy
dump more solid cash ..." I
started to say, but he pointedly
ignored my barb.
"You wouldn't think, looking
at it from up here, that some of
that cane below us grows 24 feet
high, would you?
A Nichol's Worth of . . .
Comment On This and That
By HARMAN W. NICHOLS
United Press Feature Writer
Washington (U.R! The Navy
thought about most things ex
cept enough hair-oil for the men
who went on
Operation
Deep Freeze in
Little Amer
ica. A traveler
friend of mine
who just re
turned from
the Antarctic
expedition said
Barman Nichols to make it
clear to you folks back home
that the situation didn't ap
proach mutiny. But how did the
Navy know in advance that the
boys aboard the many ships
would start growing beards
which need a grease job once in
awhile? They look better and oil
takes away the itch.
The , men, of course, weren't
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Alabama Negro's
Home Dynamited
Birmingham, Ala. (U.R) A
dynamite blast slightly dam
aged a Negro dwelling located
between two white homes here
last night and shook the entire
neighborhood, police reported
today.
The explosion tore a big hole
In the yard and damaged three
front windows of the home of a
26-year-old Negro mail carrier
who had lived among White
neighbors without previous trou
ble for some three years, police
laid.
"We haven't been able to de
termine how much dynamite was
used," a police spokesman said.
"It rocked houses all along the
block."
The occupants, John H. Sar
gent, his wife and two children
and his wife's parents, all were
uninjured, he said.
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going anyplace. There were no
women folks aboard and none to
expect. But a man who is grow
ing his first beard likes for it
to look pretty. Mostly because
his buddies have cameras and
mama and the kids back home
wouldn't want to see the old
man with scraggly fuzz on his
chin.
Anyhow, according to my in
formant, the hero of the occa
sion was Dr. E. N. Ehrlich of
Oak Park, Mich. He mixed up
an unholy beard-oiling concoc
tion, which wore the smell of
witch hazel. The doctor, in or
der to avoid a fuss with the pat
ent office, didn't reveal his
secret.
Not Competitive
He figures there isn't much
market for it outside of Little
America anyway.
Later, the traveler said, there
was another flurry of worry in
the expedition. The men were
reminded that you can't get
away from income taxes even
at the South Pole.
Uncle Sam, it seems was
thoughtful enough to fetch a big
supply of federal forms and
enough state forms to take care
of all hands.
Idea of this junket, of course,
is to establish bases all over the
Antarctic continent. That work
is progressing nicely, according
to my returning friend, who was
glad to get away as soon as he
did.
"August begins the rough sea
son," he told me. "In fact, soon
the sun will go down and doesn't
come up again for a long time.
In August when we are sweating
it out here, those boys in Little
America will be bundled against
temperatures that will run from
80 to 100 degrees below zero."
' Tons and tons of cargo were
hauled to Little America. There
were washing machines, port
able generators and the like.
Baiter Up
Recreation centers have been
set up where the men can have
at billiards, ping pong and if
they wish play baseball on the
ice. When my friend was there
he watched a game. A man clob
bered a Ruthian ball, but the
ice at that time was so slushy
that the poor guy got thrown
out at first base.
"The fellows have their own
fun," he said. "As soon as they
learned that Grace Kelly was
going to latch onto her prince
in Monaco, the fellows got to
gether arid had a mock wed
ding." It must have been a scream.
The boys hooted and hollered.
My lad reported they borrowed
a table cloth, smeared some red
paint on "Grace," ho spent half
the night learning how to say
"Oui, Oui."
"It was not to discredit a gal
who had been a Navy favorite,"
the sailor said. "We all love her.
She's pinned up all over Little
America. But at this late date,
we'd like her to know we were
thinking of her."
By EUGENE BURNS
Ranger-Naturalist
"It takes a barrel of water to
grow cane," he volunteered.
"We figure about a ton per
pound of sugar. In fact, one of
our plantations pumps enough
water daily to supply San Fran
cisco and New Orleans put to
gether . . ."
"Where did sugar get started,
anyway?" I asked.
"No one knows, for sure. Per
haps India. South Sea islanders
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had developed a good two-inch-thick
cane of their own before
the white man came along. With
a soft rind, too, which made it
good for chewing. In fact, it was
their candy. Still is. The Polyne
sians brought cane along with
them to Hawaii."
I saw a ball of smoke rising
from a cane field and interrupt
ed to say, "Isn't that a cane field
on fire?"
Happens Every Day
For a sugar man, he seemed
singularly unimpressed. I re
peated: "Isn't one of your sugar
cane fields on fire?"
"Oh yes. Happens almost ev
ery day. You see, our growing
season is continuous ana we
harvest the year 'round. Takes
from 21-24 months to grow
cane . . ."
"But isn't this a standing crop
burning?" I protested.
"Oh. I get you." He tried to
keep from being condescending.
"Before harvesting, the cane is
always burned to get rid of the
leaves and trash which hamper
milling operations. The fire you
see down there doesn't harm
the stalks containing the sugar."
He went back to his favorite
subject. "About ten per cent of
the weight of that stalk will be
sugar. Pretty high, isn't it?
Years ago, I doubt if it would
have gone half that much.
Shows you what research can
do."
I pointed to some heavy equip
ment below us. "You're looking
at the biggest piece of transpor
tation equipment used in agri
culture," he stated with finality.
"Some of those rigs, which were
developed particularly for us,
haul up to 80,000 pounds of cane
per load. The eight tires on that
rig stand about a third higher
than a grown man.
"Then when the sugar cane
stalks are sent through the mill,
the huge rollers exert close to a
million pounds pressure to press
the juice from the cane."
"You said a while ago, In
dia . . ." He wouldn't even let
me finish my sentence.
Made Before Christ
"Yep, sugar was first made in
India, before Christ. From there
the Arabs spread the culture of
sugar cane through Asia Minor.
It reached its highest peak in
Egypt, where they made candies
and confections of it. Then dur
ing the Crusades, sugar cane
spread through Europe. Colum
bus brought it to the West In
dies." "Understand they've develop
ed sugar beets in Germany. Lots
around Idaho and Colorado. Just
as sweet as sugar cane, too."
He ignored that sally com
pletely. "You know, the largest
sugar refinery in the world,
turning out more than 6,000,000
pounds a day, is located on San
Francisco bay, Crockett. You
ought to visit it."
"That's a lot of calories.'
"Stored energy," he said
blithely. "Mountain climbers
and long distance swimmers use
sugar as a source of quick ener
gy. Nothing better. But to get
back to that calorie business;
there's been a lot of vicious
propaganda. You know there are
only 18 calories to the spoonful
of sugar."
"Level teaspoonful, you
ACCUSED of slaying his
parents, brother, at their
Mansfield, Conn., farm, Rob
ert Curgenven, 11, is now
undergoing psychiatric
tests. (International)
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Honolulu To Get Part
Of Far East Air Force
Tokyo (U.R) A portion of
Far East Air Forces headquarters
will be moved from Tokyo to
Honolulu in June, FEAF an
nounced today.
Reports from Washington re
cently said the Air Force high
command was considering move
ment of the entire FEAF head
quarters to Hawaii but that no
decision had been reached.
Ashland Kiwanis Club
Files Incorporation
Salem (U.R) Articles of
incorporation were filed here to
day for the Kiwanis club of Ash
land. They were signed by Alva
Graham, Oliver Green, Sidney
Ainsworth and Jack Eaton.
mean, don't you?"
He nodded and added: "If you
want to be that exact, it's a lit
tle under 18!"
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TESTIFIES Agriculture Secy. Ezra Taft Benson (above),
appearing before Senate appropriations subcommittee in
Washington, said that failure to approve a "sound" soil
bank plan might lead to further cuts m farm price support
levels next year. The hearing was on his department's
budget for next fiscal year.
Coos Hotel Ordered Into Receivership
Coos Bay (U.R) Circuit
Judge Dal M. King yesterday
ordered the Tioga Hotel Corpo
ration into receivership and ap
pointed a former employee to
manage what is one of the
largest hostelries on the Oregon
coast.
The court ordered foreclosure
on two suits brought by Coos
Bay Development Company for
about $38,000. Principal stock
holder in that firm is W. A.
Rushlight of Portland.'
Lee W. Scarlett vas majority
stockholder in the Tioga Hotel
Corp. He said the case would be
appealed. New manager is Mrs.
Emelent Cole who formerly
clerked at the hotel.
Consolidated Plans Headquarters Move
Portland (U.R) Consoli
dated Freightways, Inc., plans to
transfer its executive headquar
ters from Portland to San Fran
cisco Bay area's Menlo Park on
June 1.
J. L. S. Snead Jr., president
of the firm, said Portland would
remain the operations headquar
ters for the western region, em
bracing all highway routes and
terminals west of Fargo, N.D.
He said a new eastern regional
headquarters would be created
at Indianapolis.
He said the move of executive
offices to Menlo Park would
bring the policy level staff
closer together with the corpo
rations "princial financial roots
in the San Francisco area."
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