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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-14

Of admission"
Sends His Regrets
The chief executive pondered the
invitation for b moment. then picked
up pencil. He wrote this lnenior-
andufn to w. r. Rockwell, chief OF
the White House Social Bureau:
please regret this invitation. ]
will be too BUSY
All was CONSERVATION when the
Presidents note hit the desk in the
Social Bureau. Rockwell. however.
soon caught on, and followed In
structions.
II Is up 70 orayson now to do the
worrying.
The latter received. meantime. the
following response to an invitation
sent TO the Presidents mother:
Mother Accepts
Mrs. james Roosevelt accepts
with pleasure the invitation 10 At
tend the Inauguration Of her son,
Franklin Delano Roosevelt"
The White House Social. Bureau
sent at the president's request this
engraved message to 0fayeCn:
1.-THE President regrets that be-
cause Of the rush Of official bust
ness he u unable to accept the
courteous invitation to be present
Ct the Inauguration OF the Presi-
dent 81 the United states. January
70. 1851"
Al the final touch TO his little
JOKE he then wrote on the bottom
of the regret message:
u have re-arranged my engage
merats and work and I think ] may be
able TO go-will know definitely
January TO-"
Il was signed, "F.D.R."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-14

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s...si -. - 1s.3t,
I TS.a ,, .s., ue $500 .,,o,.,,,.,,,
t-t-,,. 80 80 s,,ss,.,.S .,..t,. .y
r,ssttc,,S q, ! .,o,~ vcsco o
s''-
Dcrn :" rlOEoA
He mumbled that he was born In
Barlow, Fla, that his mother still
lived there and that hts father was
IN Eden Park, Fla. He said his
education had ended after 2 LIZ
years IN grammar school
What Is your religion?"
I'm Baptist" Greene replied.
DO you attend church,
Il just 60 from one to another"
He gave his occupation as q Ia
borer but said with q smile that he
was not working now"
Green Mere Rested
Greene looked q little more rested
when he appeared In the police
lineup. He was asked only routine
questions and then was taken back
to Queens and arraigned ON a
charge Of homicide. He was held
without ball for further hearing
January Il.
Magistrate Gustav Wiebolt. OBJ
serving two small scratches on
Greenes left shoulder. ordered that
notation concerning them be
placed In the record.
Although the text of the confess
sion was not released, It became
known then that the negro alleged
ly told the following story:
Bent on theft he tried the door
Of the Case apartment and found
1t open. At the end of the foyer
he suddenly came upon Mrs. Case.
without warming he struck her with
the hammer he carried.
Mrs. Case was felled by the blow
but she fought desperately as the
negro dragged her to the bathroom.
She scratched him and dug her
fingers into his hair-strands Of
which were found In her lifeless
fingers.
Struck Her Many Times
Green picked I'D Mrs. Case. threw
her In the bathtub and bludgeoned
her again and again. Then he rap
ped his powerful fingers about her
throat and choked until she was
still.
The negro then covered the body
with q bedspread and turned on the
water. He went through the apart
ment picking UP few articles. He
took of his blood stained trousers
and shirt and put on one OF Cases
suits. He took some evening dress
studs and two pocket-books.
Outside In the hallway he threw
the trousers, the hammer and the
pocketbooks into the incinerator
shoot. He went to his locker In the
Bachelors club, removed Cases suit
and put on his own street clothes.
He took the other suit to the tailor
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-14

MOSCOW, tUP)--Ths hydrosra-
phic expeditioni aboard the Ice
breaker eedoy after Snastering o
nev sea Sssate - The regi0A ef the
Nordenskjold archipelago. which
vas mapped and 10 prsyiuusly
unknowzi Islands discovered. \
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-14
ooERING IN CONFERENCE

Rome, Jan. A.-tuP)-Coi. -oen.
Hermann 0oering, Euehrer Adolf
Killers air minister and right hand
man, conferred with Premier Benito
Mussoliai today ct the Venice palace.
. AZ ! p. sn., after o half hour talk
with Mussolini, 0oering went to
the German embassy to lunch In
formally with Ambassadors Uirich
Won Hassell.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-14
PosTPoNEs VACATION

With college Holiday" in the
midst Of editing, Harlan Thomp-
son. Paramount producer, has again
hal to postpone his vacation for
several weeks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-14

JApans production Of automobile
parts y expanding rapidly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-14
PRESIDENT HAS
JOKE ON CRAYSON

CONTINUED from Page y
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-14
SUSPECTS HELD
in BOY TRAGEDY

Continued from Page u
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-12-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Clark and
daughter, Camille OF Yakima are
visiting this week at the Leigh Bea-
mer and II. z. Huntington homes.
Mrs. Clark will be remembered as
the former Miss Mildred fash, who
taught school here few years ago.
The university students who are
visiting at their, homes this week
include Lee Holcomb, Dorothy Al
lison, Dorothea Bechtel, Jim Giard,
Lowell Higley, Art Dutton, Jack
Swayze, Frank Mueller, Bob john
son, Fred Evanson and Gerald
Campbell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Moar and two
children Of Spokane, were guests
this week at the II. Z. Huntington
and Jas Johnston homes A dinner
was given Sunday at the Frank
Mason home honoring the visitors
at which time there were eighteen
guests present
Harry Linn is Of the opinion that
every time the bottom drops out OF
the stock market a new class Is
graduated in the school Of eXper-
fence.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-12-23
LITTLE STORIES OF THE WEEK

Miss Doris Benton OF. Seattle 4
visiting tbs week with Miss VirRi]
Hopkins.
Miss Viola Sykes left today for her
home in Ida Grove, Iowa. where
she will spend her holiday vacation.
Fritz Bremmer, who has been in
a G. @. camp in Idaho, returned this
week to spend the holidays with
home folk.
The local PEG. chapter will hold
its annual Christmas party at the
home of Mrs. Charles Powell ON
Tuesday, December Is.
Sidney Attenborough, who is at
tending Cheney Normal school, is
spending the holidays visiting at
the home Of his parents, Rev. and
Mrs. H. Attenborough.
Mrs. Curran Chellis and Mrs. E.
S. Black were prize winners at the
bridge tables which followed a 2
o'clock dinner last Thursday eve
ming at the H. A. Linn home.
The Dancing Club will hold it's
third dance Of the winter series at
the Highland clubhouse on Monday
night. December 9th at 8 O'Clock.
Mrs. Paul Spreen is the chairman
for the evening.
Christmas vacation guests of
Rev. and Mrs. Charles Croft are
Melvin and Manley Kjonaas, soph-
omore students at Northwest Naza-
rene college in Nampa, Idaho. The
twins are brothers of Mrs. Croft.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. M. Formulas and
two sons, Clyde and Mr.. and Mrs.
Ted Formulas, arrived here TODAY
from their home in Alberquerque,
New Mexico to spend the holidays
visiting at the home of Mrs. j. b.
Thomas. Mr.. Farmhals is a nephew
of Mrs. Thomas. ...
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@xlsl

The Highlands Homemakers Al
club held their meeting Thursday
at the home Of their leader, Mrs.
r. w. Woods. Election Of officers
was held. hTose elected for the en-
suing year are as follows: presi-
dent. Verdine Foraker: vice presi-
dent, Rosemary Watkins; secre-
tary, Slonna Billingsley; treasurer,
Marjorie Kleinknecht; reporter,
Nadine Shields and historian, Mary
Belle Boies.
Last week there was q mistake
made on the date Of Pomona
grange. The date set is January
2 instead Of the 18th, at the High
land clubhouse.
I wish to thank the people OF the
Highlands for their kind coopera-
ton in helping to make the High
land Highlights newsy and inter-
esting and I also wish them q Very
Merry Christmas and a Prosper
Gus New Year. Mrs. Green.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-12-23

lewis Carpenter Of waila Wala
:. : business visitor here TINS wee
~. .IuIia Hemenway is spending
no,idav vacation with her bro
.her in Seattle. ,
'a f.. Marie Brannon OF Walia
,,,.,,s &c q Kennewick visitor this
49, vsrneth Giard arrived home Fri
20 evening from Seattle, where ne
-. been attending business college:
n =. and Mrs. A. j. Thompson and
:. rreddie are spending the hol-
70 s.,, With relatives in Spokane,
NJ Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Greene and
.nall daughter are leaving today
=. us snokane where they will spend
the holidays. -.-
The highland Improvement club
has been postponed from January
IN January IA because OF the
r.etine of P omona grange.
mr. and Mrs. Ernest kirkpatrick
and son of Pullman are visiting
this week at the Arthur Campbell
home.
Mrs Ed Johnson and small son,
Iunior, Of Spokane are spending
this week visiting at the home OF
Mrs.. Johnson's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Mechanism. H..
The current events department
NJ the Women's club will hold its
annual Christmas party on Friday,
december 81 at the home of Mrs.
Harley Peter.
odd Fellows held their regular
meeting at their hall Monday eve
ming One candidate was given the
initiatory degree The second de-
nee will be given next Monday eve
ming. A Christmas party for both
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs is be-
ing held this evening "wednesday.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-12-23

Art Paulson of Tacoma accom-
panied Jack Swayze home Friday
and is spending this week visiting
here.
Paul Richmond accompanied Vic
Wallace of Spokane to Yakima,
where they attended a tractor
school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anon Mueller were
Walla Walla visitors Monday eve
ming, where Anon attended dis
trict meeting Of morticians.
Miss Eugenia Jones returned to
her home in Spokane after visiting
the past two weeks at the home OF
her niece, Mrs. H. E. Copeland.
Mrs. George Stradford and son
! George Jr. arrived here Monday
from California to make an ex-
tended visit with friends here.
The annual Christmas dinner
given by the Library Guild was held
this year at the H. A. Linn home
on Kennewick avenue. An exchange
of gifts among the members was q
feature of the afternoon.
Mrs. T. w. Payne's Sunday school
class enjoyed potluck dinner and
Christmas party at her home Tues
day evening. There were fourteen
members present who enjoyed the
! exchange Of gifts following the din
ner.
Celebrating their seventeenth
wedding anniversary, Mr.. and Mrs
H. A. Linn were hosts at dinner
party Tuesday evening. Following
dinner G. s. Knowles and r. E.
Reed were winners at the bridge
games.
Miss Margaret Reed entertained
seven of her girls friends at din
ner party Sunday, the occasion be-
ing her birthday celebration. The
table decorations carried out the
Christmas motif with blue as the
predominating color. Following
the dinner the guests enjoyed play
ing games.
The employees Of the Mercy
theatre chain will leave tomorrow
for Yakima, where they will be the
guests at Christmas party given
by their employer. This is the first
time the entire personnel Of the
company has been together since
the opening of the new advertising
building a year or so ago. They will
be back in time to open the local
house at seven Christmas Eve.
The Kennewick Townsend Club
No. 1 observed their third ami
versary Monday evening with a
Christmas program and treat at
their club rooms. DR.. Hal G. Long
of Spokane, a national Townsend
speaker and personal representa-
tive Of DR.. Townsend, will be the
guest speaker at the meeting here
In the Odd Fellows hall Wednesday,
December % at o'clock. John
Lane of Zillah will also speak. This
meeting is open to the public and
anyone interested is invited to at
&a,,I
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b CIeaC 1OT the YOUNGSTERS ana al
Highlanders are invited to be pres.
ent - 4[
Mr.. and Mrs James O'Neil OF
Pasco were Sunday evening guests
Of Mrs. c. g. Dananhour and ". w
Drake.
Miss Linda and Miss Bertha and
Paul Doering left Tuesday morning
for Soap Lake to visit at the Glen
Doering home over the holidays.
Miss Viola Foraker, who at
tends school at w. s. c., arrived
home Friday to spend the holi-
days with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
w. L. Foraker and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. s. Green motor
ed to Mabton and Sunnyside Sun
day. They also visited at the Ed
Keene home in Prosser.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Lape were Wal
Ia Walla visitors Sunday. @-
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Preston and
Mr.. and Mrs. willard Campbell
motored to Prosser Friday evening
to witness the basketball game.
Mr.. and Mrs. Campbell, who have
been visiting their daughter in
Montana, arrived this week to
spend Christmas with the ELS
worth Campbell family. y
A "stork shower" was given last
Thursday afternoon at the Nelson
home honoring Mrs. Lloyd Neil
son. She was the recipient of many
nice gifts. Delicious refreshments
were served at the close of the aft
ernoon.
The Highlands Bridge Club will
meet Thursday, December 80 with a
dessert luncheon at the home OF
Mrs. N. L. Foraker.
Mrs. Gladys Kelso and daughter
Margaret and M. N. Hudnall and
family will spend Christmas in
Walla Walla at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Kelso.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rasmussen
have been on the sick list the past
week. a
Henry Liebel, who was operated
on at the Pasco hospital, was able
to be brought to his home last
Sunday.
Friends Of Mrs. A. e. Whan OF
Benton City will be pleased to know
that she is recovering nicely at the
E. j. Brand home. i
Mr.. and Mrs. Copenhaver left this
week to spend Christmas with rela-
tives at Sherman, Wash.
Mrs. e. j. Brand returned home
Monday evening from a few days
visit in Yakima and Mckee. -
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Stowe and
family Of Sunnyside were Sunday
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. r. w.
Woods.
Miss Jenny Linden left this week
to spend Christmas with her mo-
ther in Goldendale.
Mr.. and Mrs. Odin Staley and
son, Dean, were dinner guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Crooks Friday
evening.
Ed Tweet motored to Pullman on
Friday to bring the boys, John and
David, home for the Christmas
holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Green and
son Billy were Yakima visitors last
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Meyer and j.
G. Walker were Sunday guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Jewel Slaybaugh and
family in Yellepit.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Woods will
leave Friday for Sunnyside to
spend Christmas with their daugh-
ter Mrs. Harold Stowe and family.
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Harry Walters of La Grande, Ore
gon arrived here Saturday to spend
the holidays at the home of his
mother, Mrs. w. s. Walters.
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WYE WANT to ill this page with good newsy items
w every week. You can help When you know
Item OF interest tell about II personally by phone
well ? reciate it. Phone No. One Doubleone.
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Highland Kids to
Have Xmas Party

Highlands The Highlands
Childrens' Christmas party and
program viii be Tuesday, December
%. at 8 o'clock at the Highlands
Clubhouse Santa Will be there with
treat for the youngsters and all
Highlanders are invited to be pres
ent s-r
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-06-04

ords. Four of them beIong to Jesse
Owens. They also stand -
world records Mrs. Paul
BoWser, wife u the wrestling im-
prcsarios was the woman wrcst-
ling champion az the world % Cora
Livfngstoh years ago. Harry
Kipke predicts that Minnesota,s foot
bah team win be IN ! class BY itself
next fan. He gives his own Michigan
eleven % good Z chance % any
other to finish second IN the Big Ten
The billiard enc was invented
By Capt. Minguad, one Of Napoleon's
oficers, while locked up In = Paris
JAN.
Ten years ago seven specialists
told Freddie Steele, middleweight
boxing champion, he would have
to quit the ring because Of & kidney
ailment. Because the sum was
bad in Shibe park during the first
game Of q double-header Jim Dykes
once tried to use ~outielder's sun
glasses while playing third base for
the Athletics. He tossed them
away after losing . couple Of pop
fouls. Soccer is the major
sport IN Shanghai. The Shang-
hal Football association il afiiliated
with the Football Association o. Eng
land. All players IN China
are registered with the British group
Johnny Baldwin, captain Of
Notre Dame's 1888 basketball team,
Is up0rkin0 a the Ameriean nsr.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-06-04
STAR
DUST
Movie /. Radio
VIRGINIA VALE ~

SNHBy VIRGINIA VALE kH
Joan BENNETT is SO home
= sick for the stage that she
has signed up to work with q
Cape Cod stock company this
summer for q fewweeks. Some
Of the motion picture producers
who have planned busy SUM
mers for their players wish that
she wasn't quite so thrilled at
the prospect.
Her infectious enthusiasm has
sent half Of Hollywood scurrying to
their bosses to ask IL they can't
have leave Of absence too. Bette
Davis wants to 60, but Warmers
have big plans for her. Josephine
Hutchinson wants her annual fling
on the stage. And Joan Crawford
and Franchpt Tone are acting
mighty mysterious, reading plays
and time tables.
Add I'M more picture to the cur
rent list OF those you simply have to
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-06-04

Poultry Expert Cites Folll
Fundamental Factor.


- p: &c 1hoapssn: fou,sEy
rasn. ~ ssnsSy s sagsssnsns -
Temperature, ventilation, nole-
ture and change Of position - the
four fundamental factors ~ Obtain
ing good matches ia incubatczs,
Changing the position Of fha en-
bryos during the three weeks q -
velopment within the shell = very
important. Mother hens, incubet-
ine their setting Of eggs on The old
fashioned nest, usually mCvo the
eggs beneath them ct least twice
during the day, thus tending to
equalize the exposure Of each eeg sto
the conditions Of temperature fresh
air and moisture, all Of which must
be uniformly applied to each eeg.
In the operation Of the modern M
cubator, man can well copy THIS
rule Of the hen. Experimental evi-
dence seems to indicate that he can
60 the hen one better by doubling
the number Of turnings during each
2+hour period.
# Matching eggs are changed n
position once every six hours, optl-
mum results, other things being
equal, will generally result. 4 Is
partly . matter Of preventing the
sticking Of the developing embryo
to some one position within the
shell, and partly q matter Of equal
izing the exposure Of the respective
eggs to the conditions which viii
bring about normal, natural embry-
onic growth.
Most modern incubators are pro
vided with devices for turning eggs.
It is important to be regular and
consistent In this practice. It's one
Of those many small items which,
taken collectively, spell successful
Matching and the production OF
chicks.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-06-04
GIL THERE. Mrs. Astorbilt,

@AASAtGy Wis 6ASbO1 OA1ty
where are you going in that
lovely summer gown"
Not very far, Miss Junior Deb,
just down to the store to buy ma
terial for a play suit like yours"
We'll, Ma-mah, if you must copy
my style, you couldn't find q bet
ter model because these shorts
really At, and the whole thing is
9 tailored job"
A Stylist peaks.
May ! as Susie Sew-Your-Cwn
interrupt you two with the latest
word from my class in dress de-
sign? You, Sis, are a pre-vue
Of Miss America in proper sports
wear while Ma-mah is modern to
the minute with her raised waist
line and fulled bodice. /, ia this
morning frock, have what the
book calls classic simplicity. Be
that as it may, I couldn't get
along without it, because it's so
cool and comfortable
Everybody's Happy.
Thanks for the approval, SUI
sic. Your clever dress would be
q bright spot in anyBody's kitchen,
and now that you'v We got the swing
Of this sewing business there will
be no stopping you. But even so. /
must admit I'm q proud mother.
You can 60 just as far as you
GysIvA wrskI khs- 1900.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-06-04

see.
Mayors Captains
Courageous IS n
Of the finest pictures
Of all time. There
isn't a woman in the
cast, but even the
young girls who
think any picture
without torrid love
scenes is q washout,
confess that they
Y even miss the
romantic angle in
this one. It is q story
-L- r-LHr
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PAGE MN

material. ~ yards Of ribbon are
required for the tie best.
Pattern 1904 is for sizes "a to
46. Size So requires 3A yards Of
IS inch material plus v yard con-
trasting.
Send your ORDER to The Sewing
Circle Pattern Dept, Room 1920,
I'll w. Wacker Dr., Chicago. III.
Price Of patterns, is cents lin
coins) each.
Bell Syndicate.-WNU Services.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-06-04
Sense ST Honor

The sense Of honor is so fine and
delicate a nature, that it is only to
be met with in minds which are
naturally noble, or in such as
have been cultivated by good ex-
amples, or q refined education
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-06-04
Ray Schalk Picks Best
Athletes Of Diamond

Ray SchaIl, famous White Sox
catcher ~ other days, says that
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-06-04

Source Of Pleasure
Pleasure is the reflex OF unim-
e-nergy.-Hamiltorl.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-06-04

Warner Brothers have arranged
to borrow Miriam Hopkins for two
Evening star., 1937-07-13
Bound in Red Tape?

Possibility that the chief OF engineers
may not allocate any Of the authorized
funds for improvement Of the Washing
ton water front until the Districts share
has been placed ION the line" in cash
demonstrates once more, with harsh
severity, the incredible division of au-
thority and responsibility in local affairs.
After many, many years OF effort and
perservering agitation of the need for
improvement of the National Capitals
water front, local citizens finally con-
vinced Congress of the need and obtained
legislation authorizing an improvement
program. But another year had to pass
before the money became available.
Now the money is available. The pro-
gram will cost about 81 100000, spread
over eight years. Under the program the
Districts expenditures would amount to
about $3S9,000. But the money would
not be spent until the third year. In
the meantime, the immediate need is
for an ALLEGATION of $2S5,000 for the
Evening star., 1937-07-13
STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Science Progress in Field,
Laboratory and Study.
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

spots In 1928 with normal rainfall were
verified by the outcome.
Rainfall records now are beinp COM
piled IN terms Of excess and deflcit for
the entire North American continent.
Beginning with 1876, the chart shows.
drouth at high sunspot maxima is con-
f1rmed and in addition there Is revealed
4 marked tendency to drouth years at
times Of minimum spots. It not only
corroborates the trend toward normal
precipitation at the low maxima Of
1883. 1905 and 1928, but also discloses
that normal rainfall or better occurs be-
tween rainfall extremes The great his
torlc drouths fell at the high maxima
OF 1870, 1893 and 1917 while similar
crises took place at minima of 1878,
1889, 1901, 1913, 1923 and 1888 This
leaves unexplained the dry years of
lo8o-S7, 1910, 1925 and l93O-3l. In
seeking the cause Of these in solar radia-
tion 1t has been found that each CO.
incides with an abrupt change of from
Is to 80 sunspots In the direction of
maximum or minimum. This is in close
accord with much sharper rises of IS, 81
and Al spots that preceded the respec-
tive drouths OF the seventies, nineties
and our own war period.
The periods Of good rains In the last
half century have extended from 1875
70, 18Sl-S5, 1902-0s. lsl4-l5, lo2o-23 and
1s26-2S, with frequent single years In
tervening. Beginning with 1929, the de-
parture IN the West generally and in the
drouth belt in particular has been uni
1ormly minus. although the drouth belt
deficit was slight In 1920. 1882 and 1885.
Although the dry stretch from 1920 to
1896 Is the most continuous that has
been recorded for the United States. the
interval from 1893 to 1901 was practically
as severe. Bad IS 1t has been, the
severity Of the recent drouth has been
much overestimated, largely because OF
dramatic duststorms.
THE interval between major drouths
at maxima has been approximately -
years, or double sunspot cycle"