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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-05-16

During the past nine years locust
swarms have been devastating vast
areas In Africa and western Asia,
and since 1929 experts have been
studying means of controlling the
insects. Recently, at an international
locust conference held In London, 1t
was resolved that the locusts could
be halted through the control of
their breeding grounds. or, IL they
are already In migration. through
their destruction In flight.
Agricultural development In Africa
has been considerably impeded by
the depredations of the locusts,
which have caused losses of approx
mately 100000. Investigations
have now disclosed that each species
of locust lnhabits exclusively d def
Mite zone of vegetation and that It's
migrations are governed by the sea-
sons. Many of these breeding re-
eions have now been located. The
desert locust. for instance, Is known
to breed In the remote lands south
of the Sahara and to migrate north
ward to the fertile Mediterranean
coast of Africa.
Once the breeding areas have been
found, the conference reports. the
next step in control Is To establish
field stations where the life habits
of the insects will be studied. Esvf
dence already gathered tends tt
show that swarms form when the
life cycles of solitary loeusts are
accelerated. causing Il rapid multi
plication of numbers.
AS swarms gather preparatory tt
flight, If their migratory courses
have been discovered as we'll as
their breeding sources 1t is thef
possible. recent experiments in AT
RIGA Indicate, to destroy them Will
poison dust sprayed from airplanes
Locusts make no effort, It has beer
shown, to avoid a cloud of sodium
arsenate dust blown across theil
line of flight. Nor does the passage
of an airplane through or across
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-05-16
Raid Uncovers Crime Ring Headquarters
Palatial Home
in Rhode Island
Houses Gang

Devices reminiscent of movie thrillers
were found by government agents
when they raided a palatial home at
Warwick. r. l.. In search of n crime
ring. The house was found TO con-
tain underground passages. secret slid
Ing panels. and mechanical devices
that are supposed to exist only In
scenario writer's imaginatlons.
In sub-basement, the agents dis
covered 5000 believed to be part of
the proceeds OF S12S.000 mail rob
berry staged at Fall River, Mass, last
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-05-16
Airplanes Enlisted for
War on Locust Hordes

their ranks deter them from the
course.
Most of the locusts passing
through the sodium arsenate eyentu-
ally drop out OF the swarm to their
death, apparently because the in
halation of the dust brings on paral-
yss. The poison will remain fatal td
a passing swarm for about three
minutes. 1t must be discharged sew
eral times for large swarms and
must be sprayed at height of about
100 feet to avoid damage to crops
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-05-16
University Posts Ban
on Knitting in Classes

Boston, Therell be- no more knit
ting one, pearllng one" In Boston uni
versity's classrooms. After the pro-
fessors complained that the knitting
students distracted attention from their
lectures. notice was posted reading:
absolutely no knitting will be per-
mltted In classrooms."
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-05-16

The cutting diagrams for Colonial
quilt No. 97B and Indian Wedding
Ring No. Sob are offered to quilt
makers who are particular to have
the patches cur out right. These
cutonts include the seam allowance.
II Is necessary tn cut the patches Off
right If you want neat results. The
Indian Wedding Ring has five differ
ent pieces to be cut out and the Col
onial Garden only one. The triangle
shown Is sometimes used when the
Colonial quilt Is set together, leaving
Il running vine between units. The
Indian Wedding Ring Is Identical
with the Double Wedding Ring, only
more patches are used to produce
| the effect.
Send 10 cents to our quilt depart
ment and we will mail both of these
cutout sets postpaid.
Address-H0ME CRAFT COM
! PANY, DEPARTMENT D., Nine
teenth and st. Louis Avenue, ST.
Louis. Mo.
Inclose Il stamped addressed en-
velope for reply when writing for
any information.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-05-16
Odious Household Tasks

Washing dishes Is ranked as the
most rksome task. laundering sec
ond, and housekeeping third, accord
Ing to interviews with number of
housewives.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-05-16
Harper Sibley
Heads National
Business Body

Harper Sibley of Rochester, N. T.,
succeeding Henry I. Hartman as presi-
dent Of the Chamber Of Commerce Of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
PURCHASING EXTENDS
BEYOND NECESSITIES
Mass Buying of Seven Important
Groups Shows Increases.
Times Special


MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 14.-Signifi-
cant gains in mass purchasing of
seven important groups of prosper
ity goods" in the first 10 months of
1885 reveal an increasing number of
American families who again feel
able to buy beyond the bare neces-
sites of life, according to surplus
income report Issued today by North
western National Life Insurance Co.
For the period from Jan. l to
Oct. 81, 1885, dollar volume increases
over the corresponding period of
1884 were: Furs 81 per cent; fqrni-
ture 1877 per cent; electric house
hold appliances 1872 per cent; lug
gage IL per cent; sporting goods 81
per cent; pianos and other musical
instruments 40 per cent; jewelry IT
per cent. AS speciality shops were
not considered, but only department
stores in key districts from coast to
coast, the figures reflect purchases
by the general masses of the popu-
lation.
OF the seven groups of goods, furs
show the greatest and most consist
ent gains over year ago. Each of
the last IA months has scored a sub
stantial gain over the corresponding
month of the previous year: October
fur sales of the 236 department
stores covered by the report were
17.9 per cent over 1884.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
FLYNN ASSAILS
HUGE SPENDING
BY Government
Economist Asserts People
Must Rule Economic
Life of Nation.
By United Press

By United Press
BUFFALO, N Y, Dec. IA
America, as a people, must insist on
the right to govern economic life or
the nation will be forced into q
moderate Fascist form of govern
eminent, John T. Flynn. noted
business analyst and economist, be-
lieves.
1.-The determination of big busi-
ness to resist control by the demo-
cratic state-to control the economic
life of society through the corpora
tive state, is what made Fascism in
Italy and Germany" Mr.. Flynn
asserted in a speech here.
1--WE must insist on the right to
govern our economic life" the econ
omist declared. I'VE have got to
find some way, for instance, to bring
about better distribution of none
tary income-not the wealth, but
the current produce distribution OF
money incomes"
He predicted that the present
''little business boom" will not be
continued during the next Admin
istration.
Six Billion to Spend
president Roosevelt still has siz
billion dollars to spend" he added
1.-The date of the bubble bursting
will depend on how much of thai
amount is left at the end of hi
term"
The government can not go or
spending money" Mr.. Flynn said
When the break" comes it will bt
serious because the government
credit will be in question.
whoever is President then viii
have to take the rap. This struggle
between big business and the gov.
eminent has in it the germs of {
grave menace.
Business defies the government
and asserts it should be permitted
to govern itself. With the arrival O.
Mr.. Roosevelt the government sale
to business Go ahead and govern
Yourself That's what the NRk
was"
This, Mr.. Flynn asserted, was re-
versal of the traditional American
and democratic process. If the ma
tons economic life is to be ruled
it should be ruled by society in thu
interest of society and not b.
groups of employers in the interes
| of employers"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
On Commission ROlU

(Reprinted From Late Times Yesterday
4. Quotations below subject to change are
average. wholesale prices being offered to
buyers by local commission dealers:
Fruit-Cranberries, early blacks. 25-lb
box $3.50. Pears-Washingto D'Anjo
$3.25. Bananas hands, a pound. SAC.
Persimmons California. lug. Sl.25.
Apples-1ndana Jonathans, $50. Sum-
mer Rambos, 81; Delicious, Sl.b6I1.75.
Wealthys. 81; Grimes Golden. s1.156! IS.
Lemons-sunkist, s6os. $3.50. Grapefruit
kist, S2.75. Iimes-Mexican, a carton l2s,
20c; Persian Seedless, a hundred. So.
vegetables-Beans. green. round string
$3.50. abbage-Northern Danish. 5o-ib.
bag. CSC. Carrots-California, 6 doc. crate,
s3.75. a doz., 75c. Caulifower-California
crate, 81. Celery-Michigan, washed and
trimmed, extra large SIS; jumbo, doz. S5c.
Cucumbers-Southern, bu.. So so. doz., S5c.
Kale-Home grown, bu., soc. Lettuce-Ice-
berg. California. best. s4.75. home grown
leaf, i5-lb.. basket, $3.50. Endive-Cali-
fornia. basket. 85c: Mangoes-California
crate, S.. small basket sl.25. Mint
Mustard-Eome grown. .bu.. SOC. Onions
yellow. lo-ib. bag. 22c; western Spanish.
5o-lb. bag. $3.50 Parsley-Southern.
Potatoes-Round Cobblers, IO0-lb, bag,
$l65; Michigan Round White l00-lb bag
sl.6o. Early. ohios, bus2 sl.75: Idaho
Russets, s2,4o: Sweet potatoes-Indiana,
doT:, baskets. 4S@6oc. sages.;Dozs 4Se.
Blu. s2.50. Observation-Disclosures. repacked,
10-lb. carton $3.50
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
Gear Plant
Finished in
Record Time
Warner Firm at MunCie
Completes Addition
to Factory.
Tim es Special

LtWES Special
MUNCIE, Ind, Dec. 14.-Machin-
cry was whirring in the Warner
Gear Co. addition here today, just
80 days after work was started on
the new building.
Overloaded with orders for its
new over-drive transmissions, the
Muncie firm was forced into its ex-
pansion program and officials of the
firm announced today that its pres
ent force of 2700 workers would be
increased to 5000 by Jan. l.
The program, of which this is the
first step, is to cost approximately
81 100000, according to John M.
Simpson, vice president and gen.
eral manager.
Oddly enough, the building was
rushed to completion through 20
days of snow, rain, freezing weather
and other meteorological disturb
ances which would have been
enough in the ordinary course OF
events, to halt any construction
work.
Credit for accomplishing the task,
described by construction engineers
and factory executives as unpre-
cedented, is given to Albert j
CHASER, Muncie contractor, who had
the general contract on the build
ing.
The new addition, which joins the
old plant directly on the NORTH
measures $40 by $50 feet and is o.
brick and steel construction of the
same type used in the old building
The roof is Of the monitor type
with glass on either side of a raised
construction down the center
The amount of additional foo
space provided is nearly 60 per cent
of the original plant, which wa
built in 1880.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
OIL FIRM SALARIES
REVEALED BY SEC
S, O. Of Cal. President Paid S136,418
in 1884.

~ OML6G FTSSS
WASHINGTON, Dec. IA. - The
Standard Oil Co. of California
paid $136,418 to K. R. Kingsbury for
his services as president of the cor
poration during 1884, the Securities
and Exchange Commission revealed
today.
Contained in another group of
hitherto confidential reports, re-
leased by the commission today, the
oil company's report revealed a SAL
airy of $9O,987 to Vice President Os-
car Surto. Vice Presidents w. H.
Berg, H. D. Collier, R. w. Hanna,
and M. E. lombard received $54, 546
each.
Second largest salary made public
today was the SOL, 500 paid by the
Reynolds Metals Co. to it's president,
R. S. Reynolds. Vice President w.
Y. G. Hunt was paid $48,859, and
Vice President G.. A. Robertshaw re-
ceived $25, 800. This report also in
Guided salaries and bonuses paid by
the Robertshaw Thermostat Co.,
Reynolds Metals subsidiary.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
FIRE INSURANCE
HUDSON SALES INCREASE
Motor Car Firm Reports Gain of
1850 Units in Nine Weeks.
Times Special,

tHttS Spectuk
CHICAGO, Dec. 14.--Shipments of
the Hudson Motor Car Co. in the
first nine weeks after the announce
ment of new models totaled 1924
cars, compared with 1872 units in
the nine weeks following the an
nouncement of 1885 models, gain
of 1852 cars, the company announced
today.
November shipments alone which
totaled 1920 cars were the largest
for any November since 1925. No
vember shipments exceeded all ship
ments of the past six Novembers
added together. The company points
out that November comparisons are
affected by the earlier introduction
of new models this year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
AIR TRAFFIC REPORTED
70,924 Passengers Carried On u. S.
Lines During October.

WASHINGTON, Dec. Ia. - Air
lines operating In the United States
In October carried 7o,924 passengers
according to a report today by the
Bureau of Air Commerce.
The lines flew 5,288,180 miles,
carried 488,019 pounds of express,
and flew 28.787,563 passenger miles
during October.
A passenger mile is the equivalent
OF one passenger flown one mile.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
BANK CLEARINGS AGAIN
SHOW GAIN OVER 1884
~ Leading Cities Report Total OF
S5,136,378,000 For Week.
Times Special

Times Special
NEW YORK, Dec. 14.-Total bank
clearings reported by % leading cit
les in the United States during the
week ended Dec. II amounted to
$5,136 1878, 900, compared with 81
1853 049,000 a year ago, an increase
of TT per cent, according to a re-
port today by Dun g. Bradstreet,
Inc.
In the preceding week the in
crease over the corresponding pc
Rod a year ago amounted to 20.6
per cent. The increase in New York
over year ago was "a per cent,
while centers outside showed gain
of 1873 per cent.
The total reported for the latest
week was S305 1857 900, or Sc per
cent below that of the preceding
week, while in the corresponding
weeks last year gain of $257, 425,-
900 was recorded. Practically all
centers reported gains although
some we're very small.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
BnSigraphS

More people had jobs in the fac
tories of this country during Oc-
tober than during any month since
October, 1880, according to the
United States Department of La
Dor index of factory employment.
The index in October gained nearly
9 per cent over year ago. The
best part of it is that goods now
being manufactured are being put
into use and not into stock, for fig
ures show a decreasing trend in the
stocks of manufactured goods on
hand.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
Produce Markets

sReprinted From Late Times Yesterday
The prices quoted are paid for stock
gathered in the country, while delivered
IN Indianapolis the price is cent higher
breed hens sS LghOTn breed
under 4ia lbs. Ice; springers ia lbs. and
up lac; old cocks, &c. Turkeys
toms. II to is lbs. 2ic c. under Il lbs 0 and
over 10 lbs, i8c; old hens, lsc; old toms,
1Sc. Ducks-White, lbs. and over. I3c:
fat, TO IL lbs, i2c: over IA lbs ioc t
old guineas. l5c; young guiness, Ia lbs.
and up, 75c; No. iestrictly fresh eggs. loss
on; a7e; puiist eggs lsc Each fun case
i0c q pound under SIS lbs. will be made.
No. butter. 35ln36iac: No. 2. 3iisH
s51zc; butterfat, &c. Quoted by the
Waoley co.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14

havoc with so many mighty persons
but not with the shorts.
AS a result of Mr.. Hoover's hor-
ror at the operations of the shorts,
the Stock Exchange began publish
ing first a weekly and then a daily
record of short transactions in in
dividual stocks during a four
month period.
THEN this was dropped and a
L monthly record of short bal
ances has been published ever
since. This record reveals that
recently short operations have be-
come intensified.
This may mean either that
there is a professional interest
which thinks the market too high
or that there is a good deal OF
manipulation going on. It is my
own belief that the shorts, as a
whole, do not play an important
part in fixing prices.
The short interest is never very
great as a whole. 1t is never ex-
erted against the whole market but
only against individual stocks and
it has been shown that the great
bulk of the short interest is To-
cussed upon very limited number
of stocks.
TINE short interest is never as
Il powerful as the long interest.
Unfortunately the short interest
seldom acts to restrain the market
from too great an elevation, which
is supposed to be one of it's benefits.
1t does not do so and hence if 1T
has any virtue it must be looked
for elsewhere.
But it has no other virtue. On the
contrary, it has another real vice.
1t is one of the important instru-
ments in the manipulation of the
market.
The market operator plugging
away at Stocqk must be able to
both push it up or down as the
exigencies of his campaign require.
That is why the present short in
terest may be an evidence of ma
nipulation in the market.
THE Securities and Exchange
Il Commission has taken no
stand on this subject yet or, for
that matter, on any of the import
ant fundamental features of the
markets. If there is going to be a
short interest, it would seem that
the public ought to have access to
the facts about short operations as
well as the insiders.
This could be achieved by requir-
ing not only that every short sale
be specifically declared by the brok-
er making the sale, but that these
sales be noted every night and a
summary made available to the
press of the short position in every
stock where that position exceeds
a certain per cent of the issue.
Insiders can get this information
from the facts about the amount of
stock being loaned in the market
for covering short transactions.
This information is not now avail
able to outsiders.
(Copyright, 1895, by United Featur,
Syndicate Inc)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
BOOSTS DIVIDEND RATES

MtS Sp6CtGt
NEW YORK, Dec. 14.-Dividend
appropriations for 1886 by the FL
deity Mutual Life Insurance Co.
will be larger in the case of policies
of short duration than in 1885, the
company announced today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
DIVIDEND is CONSIDERED
Times Special

7 IWtS NpUCtUF
HICAGO. Dec. IA Stock
holders of the Walgreen Co. today
were informed by Charles R. Wal
green, president, at the annual
meeting that directors at their next
meeting in January will consider
placing the common stock on reg
ular 50-cent quarterly basis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
BONDS TO BE ISSUED
Times Speci

t"te SptCtut
NEW YORK. Dec. Il. - The
Wheeling Steel Corp. is to issue $685.
100000 of bonds. due 1866 with the
interest rate not exceeding Az per
cent. it was announced today. Pro-
ceeds from the sale are to be used
to retire issues now outstanding.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
TOBACCO PRICES STRONG

WASHINGTON, Dec. l4.-The
hurley tobacco markets, during the
first week of operation this season,
displayed a strong upward trend
from last years prices on all smok-
ing grades, the Department of Ag-
riculture announced today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
d. L. g. w. NET AT S2577
Times Special

CHICAGO, Dec. 14.-Net income
of Delaware, Lackawanna &
Western Railroad Co. during &C.
tober amounted to $2577, compared
with a net loss of $97 ,608 in the cor
responding month year ago, it was
announced today. Net loss in the
first 10 months this year amounted
to $2,795, 1857.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
Trends
Operation of Shorts
Appears Again
on Street.
by JOHN T. FLYNN

NEW YORK, Dec. 14.-An old
IN friend makes its appearance
again on Wall Street.-The short
interest.
1t is a long time since we have
heard about the shorts. Back in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14

1882 they were
supposed to be
the chief devils
in the market.
1t was to catch
the shorts, who
were supposed
TO be running
all his wonder
I IL ! medicine
( o r recovery
that Mr.. Hoo
yer provoked
t h @ famous
Wall Street in
v e S t i g alton
which ended in
the hands Of
Mr.. Pecora and
nntncnd . IL q IA
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
Local Securities

(Reprinted From Late Times Yesterday
because quotations on local securities
are unlisted on an Exchange, The Times
can not assume responsibility for the &C
curacy of these figures gathered from local
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
INVESTORS SEEK
TAx-FREE LIENS
TO AVOID LEvIES
Fear of Future Taxation
Provides Demand for
Issues.
BY CHARLES III. HUFF
Times SpeciaI Writer

NEW YORK, Dec. 14.-Large in
vestors are reported swinging with
renewed enthusiasm toward tax
exempt bonds, with the result that
already narrow yields are growing
narrower. This move has been
steadily gaining momentum during
the last two months, bond houses
report.
II has virtually cleaned the mu-
nicipal bond market of highest grade
offerings and institutional buying is
grudgingly penetrating the govern
ment bond market, where the price
level is developing an obviously
stiffening tendency.
Fear of future taxation schedules
is providing the incentive to enlarge
holdings of tax-exempts. The tax
scare has become a. real bugaboo to
haunt the peace of mind of large
investors.
MAKEUP Is Predicted
The feeling is becoming wide
spread that 1886 may bring a sharp
markup-at least, any gossip on
that subject gains a quick ear
around bond houses. The usual
comment on the subject is that 1886
will be only a beginning, and that
taX-eXempts will be cherished
possession for many years ahead.
This is putting quite a burden on
the little fellow who wants his
money in gilt-edge securities but
has no particular interest in the
tax-exempt feature. since he doesn't
figure very heavily in the tax
bracket.
1t means that the small investor
has to reach with his more directly
interested contemporaries after the
choice bonds, satisfied to pay high
price and content to get small re-
turn.
Lists Show Narrowing
Dealers lists, quoting wide ranges
of long-term municipal bonds, dis
close that income opportunities in
this field of investment have been
shaved considerably since early &C.
tober, while for medium-term liens
the yield level has been narrowed
as much as y per cent.
The government bond market
would be able to settle down to a
conterted state of mind for almost
three months, with last week S
Treasury financing so successfully
completed were it not for the
specter of bonus legislation as one
of the first orders of business for
Congress after the turn of the year.
1t is not so much the prospect of
actual legislation as the likelihood
of protracted debate that is tending
toward disturbing anticipation.
Bonus Causes Worry
1t is generally considered a fore
gone conclusion that Congress will
act definitely on the bonus question,
and that in some form or other the
government will have to provide
means of paying out a huge sum of
benefits, whether in cash to be bor-
rowed or in direct bonds to be bor-
rowed or in direct bonds of the
baby" variety.
The worrying question is just how
long Congress will drag out it's
wearying argument before enacting
a measure. The market will have
more trouble with uncertainty than
with actual enactment.
Then there is the further pros
pect, already being taken into &C
count, that veto situation will
arise, with the final climax again to
center in the Senate. If it were not
for the prospect of borrowing for
bonus requirements, the government
bond market could rest easily until
March
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
Retail Stores
N. Y. Bonds

by Abbott, Proctor & Paine)
(Reprinted From Late Times Yesterday
DAILY BOND INDEX
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
Unlisted Stocks
(Ru Plufha L. q

(By Blythe & co.,
(Reprinted From hate Times Yesterday
NEW YORK BANK STOCKS