The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-04-30
sAUK CENTRE HERALD, Sank Centre, MINI.

| Sir james Jeans British astronomer physicist and
mathematician, arrived in New York, bound for
Mount Wilson, Calf On May 20 he will be in Phil
adelpha to receive the Franklin medal highest award
for physical sciences in the United States. It is
hoped the nation win indicate knowledge of the fact
that Jeans is here, and he at least interested
it would be in the arrival of another giant man.
Primo Camera, or somebody with big title and a
small brain.
The difference between Jeans and the average
man is the difference between eagle and hen. The
hen knows about her barnyard. The eagle knows
many mountain ranges.
The average citizen knows this little earth. Jeans
knows the universe Every intelligent should
read his books "The Mysterious Universe" 1.-THE
Universe Around U.s." "The Stars in Their Courses,
published by Macmillan, and Eos" published by
button and company. Read those books and you
will know something about the universe in which
you and your solar system are like one grain of
sand on the shores of the Pacific. Don't be like a
rat in the bottom. of ship, not even knowing which
way the ship is headed.
Your sun is on its way to the blue star Vega and
you going with it.
France is shipping gold to the United States and
our reserve bank is struggling "to curb the gold
influx"
Shipping gold here improves Europes financial
health, raising the exchange value of the pound and
the franc Explain that if you can It is like the
old idea OF bleeding man to cure his disease.
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York reduces
its bibuying rates to the lowest levels in history
to stop the gold influx forcing dealers bankers
ceptances to slash their rates. indicating cut
the rediscount rate.
All this is pleasant for those who borrow money
on call to do their specializing. It makes you wonder
what finance and the gold standard" really
Friends in Europe are realizing that Americans
can really fly. They learned when Lindbergh landed
in Paris and agin recently when Capt. Frank M.
Hawks decided to what he could do about a
flight from. London to Rome. The record held by
the British Wing Commander Kingsford- Smith was
little twelve hours.
Hawks flew the distance in less than half that
time, hours and 20 minutes He left London at
$50 A. NJ. reached Rome at 1850 stayed for lunch,
left Rome at 1:42 P. M, and because of 1eaky gas
pipe landed IS miles south of Paris at p. M.
We decide to recognize the new government of
Spain. Our ambassador at Madrid made polite bow
at the Spanish foreign office. Nobody knows how
long the republic will stand, and nobody knew
how long republic would stand when we invited
King George out of the country. The least it seems
that republic do is to recognize another and
try to look happy about it.
Russians take good many things seriously to
which pay comparatively little attention here.
Some 99,610 have been expelled from the Boshevik
party, some because they Immoral" others be-
cause they friends of Trotzky
If you cheating the government in Russia,
they stand you up and shoot you down. If you
commit murder they send you to Jail for ten years
in this country, if you cheat the government you
often go to Europe yacht. You always do if
you cheat big enough scale.