The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-04-30

mathematician arrived in New York. bound for
Mount Wilson, Calf On May 20 he will be in Phil
adelphia receive the Franklin medal highest award
for physical sciences in the United States It is
hoped the nation will indicate knowledge of the fact
that Jeans is here and he at least much interested
it would be in the arrival of another giant man,
Primo Camera, somebody with big title and
small brain.
The difference between Jeans and the average
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 man should
read his books "The Mysterious Universe" "The
Universe Around U.s." 1.-THE Stars in Their Courses"
published by Macmillan, and Eos" published by
Dutton 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
rat in the bottom. of ship, not even knowing which
way the ship is headed.
Your sun is it's way to the blue star, Vega, and
you are going with it.
France is shipping gold to the United States, and
our reserve bank is struggling ITO 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. 1t is like the
old idea of bleeding man to cure his disease.
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York reduces
its blbuying rates to the lowest levels in history
to stop the gold influx, forcing dealers in bankers
ceptances to slash their rates. and indicating cut
the rediscount rate
All this is pleasant for those who borrow money
call to do their specializing 1t makes you wonder
what finance and the gold standard" really
Friends in Europe realizing that Americans
really fly. They learned when Lndbergh landed
in Paris and agin recently when Capt. Frank M.
Hawks decided to what he could do about
fight from. London to Rome. The record held by
the British Wing Commander Kingsford-Smith
little over 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 11:5O, stayed for lunch
left Rome at 1:42 P. NJ, and because of leaky gas
pipe, landed IS miles south of Paris at p NJ
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 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 99610 have been expelled from the Bolshevk
party, because they immoral" others be-
cause they are 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