The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-07-20


domestic consumption.
The governments figures, which
completely upset calculations Of the
grain trade, Indicated the aggregate
Of the country's FIVE leading grain
crops will fall 450.000,000 bushels
short Of last years production and
1,5SS,0O0,0O0 bushels below the yearly
average for the period from 1927-S1,
The government estimated the total
wheat crop at 4S4,000,000 bushels,
which is 100000 bushels below the
forecast it made a month ago.
Even more sensational than the re-
port on wheat was the government
prediction of corn crop of 2,113,00O,-
900 bushels. Private authorities had
predicted a crop of 1884 100000 bush
els, and 1t was believed that the gov
ernment's figure would show little
change. The corn crop has been
counted on to make up the known de-
ficiencies In other feed crops. Last
year the corn crop totaled 2,330,000,-
600 bushels and in the five years from
1927 to 1881 the country produced an
average of 2,516,000,000 bushels year.
THE world civil service commission
i of the Methodist Episcopal church,
in session at Evanston, H., voted to
participate in the campaign against
dirty moving pictures that originated
largely In the Legion Of Decency or
ganized within the Catholic church.
This campaign is having its effect
on the movie industry and the makers
of film pictures have been deeply dis
turbed. Joseph I. Breen of Will
Hays Office has been made virtual die
tator of pictures in so far as their de-
cency is concerned. Ten of the larg-
est concerns making movies have
agreed to grant to exhibitors the right
to omit the exhibition of any motion
picture released prior to July Is, 1884,
against which there is genuine pro-
test on moral grounds" This is big
modification of the "block booking"
system that has prevailed, and at
Hays Office in Hollywood it was said
that it will cost the producers around
ten millions Of dollars.
TT MAY be that William P. McCrack-
1 en-, Jr., will not have to serve the
ten days in Jail to which the senate
sentenced him. The District of Colum-
bia Court of Appeals, by to vote,
decided the senate had not the juris-
diction to inflict such punishment.
The case will be carried up to the Su-
preme Court.
McCracken was tried by the senate
for contempt because he refused to
give the airmail committee copies Of
correspondence with his clients. He
claimed that as a lawyer he could not
produce the documents without per-
mission from his clients.
THOUSANDS of applicants for
i PWA funds are sure to be disap-
pointed, according to Secretary Ickes,
who says nearly all that administra-
TONS money has been allocated or
earmarked. President Roosevelt re-
Gently turned over to PWA about
$400,00O,000 of the maximum Of $780,
100000 which congress authorized him
to allocate for public works.
Ickes said the other $100,000,O00
might be handed over to the PWA
later, but that 1--WE are proceeding on
the theory that we will have $500 000,-
600 to SPEND in addition to the orig
inal $3,300,OO0,OOO appropriation dis
posed Of long ago.
EOR the first time in history news
Il paper office has been picketed by
editorial workers. This was done by
leaders of the American and New York
newspaper guilds to the Long Island
Press, published in Jamaica, L. /. The
Press says it operates all its mechan-
ical departments on union basis and
exceeds the requirements of the NRA
in every department" But Haywood
Broun and his colleagues aver it op-
poses the organization Of editorial
workers and has violated the collec-
tive bargaining provision Of the MIRA.
Therefore they are asking that the
government prosecute the Press.
COMMUNIST agitators who fostered
~ farm strike in New Jersey didn't
get far. The government conciliator
stepped in and, finding most Of the
trouble was due to the efforts Of the
reds, soon made arrangements for the
men to go back to work on terms that
did not differ from those formerly
prevailing. The Communists are
playing a big part in at least ten Of
the major strikes now in effect.
WITH its eyes on the coming con-
w gressional campaign, the G. o. P.
elephant is sitting up and taking no
tice. In other words, the Republican
party is showing signs Of distant
reyivification. It's national leaders
are busy these days. The party's
eightieth birthday was celebrated at
Jackson, Mich. with many speeches
and assurances Of future victories,
National Chairman Fletcher being In