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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-26
June Rains Hurt
Honey Production

June rains are proving oenefieial
70 many farmers but 10 bee-raisers
they mean q smaller honey pro
duction this summer. the state de-
pzrtment Of agriculture reports.
The years crop is 80 per cent Of
normal Rains prevent bees from
feeding outside their hives and
stores had 10 be used. decreasing
PRODUCTION in some colonies Up 70
SO p<r cent during May.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-26

Ths pyramids srx built o. io'e-
Eilized sandstone formed a. the
bottom o. the sea
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-12

at the equator melted and the rivers rose in
flood The salty waters of the seas were
diluted with the fresh waters from the tropi-
cal glacial ice that had been frozen for thou
sands of years s-r------
With the new warm era the rule of the
giant amphbans on Earth neared its end In
their stead arose the reptiles, gigantic mon
sters of this later time.
The hypothesis of the Earths lost Moon
Ephemeron rests on vast amount of scien-
tific evidence whose details need not be given
here for they have been presented in full by
the geologist Ronald l. Ives of Boulder, Colo
RADIO. in a recent issue of the authoritative
Journal of The Franklin Institute.
Suffice it to say that astronomers
haps within the next century-may have the
opportunity of seeing an inner moon Of the
planet Mars disintegrate in manner quite
similar to the destruction of the lost Moon
Ephemeron.
Like Ephemeron the Marian Moon Phobos
is now approaching the crucial distance at
which it should start to break up under the
gravitational forces between itself and Mars.
Perhaps Mars too will have a glacial epoch
from this cause which will correspond to the
Ice Age of the Perman times on Earth.
Further thinking along this line shows
things which are not pleasant for the Earth.
Remember the Earth still has another Moon
which we see in the sky every night.
Gradually this Moon will come closer and
closer to the Earth until it, too, will begin to
break up. And the Moon breaks great
tidal waves will form on the oceans Of the
Earth and enormous floods probably will
sweep the coastal plains
So vast is the amount of matter in the
Moon that the dust ring 1t should form about
the Earth will be exceedingly dense; so black
that hardly a single ray of sunlight will b.
able to pierce the gloom.
Moreover the band of dust may be so wide
that the Earth may always be within its
the case of Ephemeron.
Then will the temperature of the whole
Earth fall. Year-round Winter will come. The
cold and the great glaciers will grow. and
the whole globe will be a giant ice-box unfit
for human or animal life as we know it,
Astronomical calculations, however soften
this dire picture bit, for this event prob
ably will not occur for another 5000 600 900
years
BY that time man himself may have be-
come extinct. Or II Homo Sapiens still PERSISTS
his advance in learning may be sufficient to
combat this hazard.
Perhaps the way out will be to burrow
deep within the Earth and create underground
cities in the remnants of the Earths interior
warmth. Or perhaps man will save himself
by migrations of the whole population 10 q
distant and more pleasant life on other planets.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-12

until the moons were merely Jumps of matter
wiHging around Saturn like swarm OF
planetary bees
And in like fashion, scientists now believe,
the Moon Ephemeron near the Earth also
began to break up when it came within dis
lance of 1000 miles of the Earth.
Under the Earth's gravitation Ephemeron
perhaps split in two. And then the halves
split again, and again. Through centuries
the pieces of Ephemeron hit one another and
rubbed together Their mutual impacts and
friction gradually turned them into smaller
particles of matter that eventually became
the size of grains of sand and, finally. mere
dust.
Thus the Earth scientists explain, acquired
a ring of dust around it which must have
looked quite like the rings around Saturn to-
day And the ring of dust spread out and
became a great band of dust encircling the
Earth at the height of 1000 miles.
All this may seem remote from the Ice
Age. but consider the effects Of this band OF
dust on the sunlight that comes down on the
Earth. If the dust band happened to be
above the equator of the Earth all the tropi-
cal area would be blocked off from the sun.
Daytime would be merely twilight time. There
would be no sun in the sky and only dis
NAL dull haze as in a desoate, grey day Of
Winter.
The bands would have been like thick
umbrella.
For years, for centuries and probably for
thousands of years the dust band caused by
the disntegration of Ephemeron persisted.
The hot tropical lands Of the Earth suffered
a severe reversal of climate
To the north and to the south Of the
shadow band cast by the ring Of dust around
the Earth the sunlight still shone brightly.
Precious Hfe-giving heat still came to the
Earth from the sun Plant and animal life
giant ferns and amphbans prospered
But in the screened zone at the equator
the amphibians missed their warmth For
them the Fall and Winter had come. They
sought hooks of Information and went TO sleep.
Most of them never awoke for the cold and
ice continued for centuries.
But through the years of the Permian Ice
Age the dust particles that were once lost
Ephemeron slowly ground themselves smaller
and smaller and settled lower and lower to-
ward the Earth Eventually these dusty bits
struck the upper reaches of the Earths at
mosphere and became flaming meteors, tiny
pin point streaks of light in the night sky.
AS the dust of Ephemeron settled to Earth
the entire sky in the tropics was probably
covered with the greatest Geteor shower the
world has ever seen. -
Greater and greater, thrSSgh the years. be-
came the meteor showers until their light in
the sky at night rivalled that Of the Moon
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-12

temperate zones 10 the north and to the south?
Truly the Ice Age of the Permian epoch is
one of the major mysteries of science. Some
of the best minds in all the world of science
have sought to find the answer.
Some scientists have suggested that in the
distant past the continents were drifting
that lands we now call equatorial once were
near the Poles of the Earth. There they
could become covered with ice and the marks
of the glaciers would be on those rocks where
ever they later moved
Other scientists picture vast land bridges
between the continents. something like the
present day Isthmus of Panama. These land
bridges not only permitted easy migration of
animals and man, but also separated into
world-lile compartments the warm tropical
seas from the frgid Polar oceans. Given
enough imagination and enough land barriers
to shove around in the mind it was possible
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-12

to construct channels and bikes that would
bring the Polar waters into the tropics with
all their freezing cold
But the most recent and best Of all eXpla-
nations of the strange Pcrmian Ice Age is
the Earth's lost Moon Ephemeron The two
seem completely unrelated at first glance but,
in fact, are not.
Look up into the sky at The planet Saturn.
With a telescope you can see the huge rings
around Saturn that believed 10 be rings
of dust Those rings of Saturn once were
satellites. or moons. of the planet
Gradually, through the cons of geological
time the moons of Saturn crept closer and
closer to the planet When they reached a
specific distance. known as the Roche limit,
the terrific forces Of gravity between Saturn
and its moons caused the latter TO begin to
break up in pieces First big chunks Of matter
came off the moons. Then others and others
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-12

Diagrammatic Recon-
structiOn of the Great
Dust Band Formed by
Earth's Little Lost
Moon 1000 Miles Up
Which Cut Off the
Sums Rays from Tropi-
cal Lands and Created
a Once Mysterious fee-
Age.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-12

itself. Then. gradually.
the m e tie or showers
lessened and the light
was dimmed. The rain
of dust from lost Eph-
emeron was at its end.
On the Earth the
sunlight returned to
equatorial lands and
the tropical heat of
former times returned.
The great ice sheets
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-12
Our EartkS
LittleL0St
. Noon

Science at Last Finds an
Explanation for Our crozy
Tropical Ice Age in a Tiny
Satellite That CircIed Just
Above Our Heads. Broke
Into a Ring Like Sa+urn's.
Shading the Equator. and
Then Fell as Dust on Mon
s+rous Frogs and Toods.
Shiny soIomonders and
Giant Amphibions
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-12

came the meteor showers until their light in
the sky at night rivalled that Of the Moon
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-12
By-ROBERT ID. POTTER,
S.,.nca Editor. The American Weekly.

lack In the prehistoric past OF the Ear'h
u two Moons swung across the evening SKY
- in that distant day when giant toads'
frogs and other amphibians were rulers OF ,he
world and hoped crawled and -4siggiea-
through huge forests of giant ferns ana
MOSES
One Moon was Luna stu resplendeh' N
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-12

at the equator melted and the rivers rose in
flood The salty waters of the seas were
diluted with the fresh waters from the tropi-
cal glacial ice that had been frozen for thou
Evening star., 1941-02-27
R.F.C. All
OF S136,33O,557
Arkansas Issue
Rote Offered by New
York Syndicate Is
Declared Too High
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Reconstruction Finance
Corp. today bought all OF a $780,
330,557 Arkansas State bond issue.
Jesse H. Jones. Federal Loan Ad-
ministrator, announced the r. F. C.
bought the whole issue because I'VE
thought a rate Offered by a syndi-
cate of New York bankers too high
for tax exempt bond of a SOW
ereign State"
He explained that previously the
bankers proposed to buy $4,000, 600
of the issue and r. F. c. was to buy
the remainder.
In several conferences with the
bankers in the last few days." Jones
said, they indicated to us that they
would not bid for as much as $780,
100000 and that the interest rate
would have to be 31a per cent"
The R. F. c., he said, bought $l18,-
800, 0,557 of the new issue at an inter-
est rate of ga per cent and S18,00O,- =
600 worth at 8 per cent.
Because the old bonds to be re-
funded by the new issue bore "A per
cent, Jones estimated the State of
Arkansas would save s28,000,0 900 by
the refunding.
Jones added that Gov. Homer M.
Adkins of Arkansas had been prom
iSed that Interested individual in
vestorS, particularly in Arkansas,
would be permitted to repurchase
the s18,o00,0Oo for per cent bonds
from the R. F. c. at par value. The
R. F. G. plans to hold the remainder
of the securities until market con-
ditions appear to warrant" their
public sale.
Evening star., 1941-02-27
fiss-Wright 10 Build
Huge Propeller Plant
BY the Associated Press.

6y the AsSOCldteo FIeSS.
NEW YORK, Feb. 27.-Guy w.
Vaughn, president of the Curtiss-
Wright Corp, late yesterday an
nounced plans for erection of what
he called the largest individual air.
craft propeller manufacturing plant
in the United States, to employ
more than 1000 workers, near Beav-
erborough, Pa, about 20 miles
northwest of Pittsburgh.
Output of the new plant, the
ground for which probably will be
broken late next month, was with
held as confidential.
1t will supplement the production
of Curtiss-W Wright propeller lac
tories in Caldwell, N. j.: Clifton,
N. j.; indianapolis and Pittsburgh.
Vaughn said the factory would ex-
pand the output Of electric-feather-
ing propellers used by the Army and
Navy.
1t will occupy 415,OOO square feet
of floor area.
Evening star., 1941-02-27
n0nd Averages
2 ~ Associated Press.

- Associated Press.
lew YORK, Feb. 27-Bond prices
Ted unevenly today as operators
"centrated their attention on
led States Government and rail
i--ues.
Corporates, outside the rails, re-
ceived only small play up to the
closing hour Variations generally
were in small fractions.
The Treasury's new defense
issues" received a strong play over
the counter during the first hour
of dealings and gains for these
taxables ran as much as half a
point both in this market and in
the exchange. Other Federals we're
carried up, although by smaller
degrees.
However, the opening furry later
faded for most Of the Governments.
The new seven-to-nine-year 2 per
cents offered in exchange for the
called 33as held a lead of around
632 point at about 101 4-32.
Interest was attracted to the rails
by the first trade in a security of a
railroad reorganized under section
1.-THE new income bonds of Chi
cago & Eastern Illinois. They sold
at 25l4 in the stock exchange after
closing over the counter yesterday on
a when-issued basis at 25 bid and
254 asked.
Among gaining corporates were
Montana Power 324s, Great North
ern as of 46 G., Rock Island 4s of
'S8, City of New York IS and Allie
ghany stamped SIS of So On the
doWnside were Baltimore & Ohio
convertible stamped IS, Illinois Gen.
trail 424s, International Telephone 5s,
Southern Pacific 412s of '68 and
Studebaker 6s.
japanese, French and Belgian
issues moved ahead in an otherwise
backward foreign government dollar
loan list.
At the close, International Tele-
phone IS were IA points ahead at
AN. International Hydro Electric
IS were up a point at At and st.
Paul SIS were u point up at IL.
Fractionally lower were Baltimore
& Ohio stamped convertible IS at
1913, Shell Union 21as at 961a and
Nickel Plate AIS at 58A.
Evening star., 1941-02-27
U. 5. Rail Control Unlikely.
Erie Chief Declares
B, the Associated Press.

OMAHA, Feb. Pr E. Woodruff
trustee-chief executive officer of the
Erie Railroad, said here today he
saw no possibility whatever that the
Federal Government will take over
operation of the country's railroads
during the defense crisis as was done
during the World War.
He blamed poor organization Of
shippers and receivers of Govern
ment orders for the Governments
wartime control of railroads. point
ing out hundreds Of thousands of
freight cars stood idle on sidings in
1917-l8.
He said railroads have purchased
IS 900 new cars since 1889 and now
have 10000 more on order
The Erie, Mr. Woodruff asserted,
has had a noticeable increase in
traffic, especially in steel.
Mr.. Woodruff stopped here en-
route to the West Coast.
Evening star., 1941-02-27
Lordon E1qr.';C:
Fr?rrcves in
Dull Trading
,y the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Feb. 27.-The securities
market picked up a little more mo-
mentum today although turnover
remained at skimpy war" levels.
Military news accounted for the
rise, brokers said, but Balkan un-
certainties prevented decisive mar
ket action.
British government bonds tended
upward. In the foreign bond
market Japanese issues rose y to
IL points, apparently on the theory
Far Eastern tension had lessened.
Belgian As were under pressure.
Kaffrs responded to Johannes
burg inquiry and provincial demand
developed for industrial leaders and
domestic rails.
Turnover in oils increased at
slightly higher levels and coppers
were in demand at gains Of few
pence.
Evening star., 1941-02-27
Construction Awards
Reach S119,201,0OO
Mark in Week
Private Volume More
Than Three Times
TotoI Year Ago
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, Feb. 27-Engineer-
ing construction awards this week
totaled sl19 2Ol, 900, compared with
$50 1904 900 in the same week a year
ago. Engineering NeWs-Record re-
ported today.
The weeks awards pushed total
contracts for the first nine weeks of
the year above the billion dollar
mark. A year ago, it took 20 weeks
for engineering construction to reach
the same level
1t was the 26th consecutive week
that awards had exceeded their val
ues for the corresponding weeks a
year earlier.
Private construction was more
than three times as large as year
ago.
Comparisons follow:
Private.
S3T195 600 S33 $4,000 S1I,644 600
tate al Mun.cira'
S3Oss1, 900 So" $50 600 S's,73 600
Fc-cr-'.
S51O"5,O00 s6" 6'0"0 Ss,7l4 90
s11e,2ol,oOO s126,l53UoO s5e.O94.ooo
Evening star., 1941-02-27
Chicago Grain
9y the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, Feb. 27.-Wheat prices
fell as much as IA cents about mid
session today and then recovered
half the loss.
The early setback was a result
partly of selling inspired by weak
ness Of securities and slow -four de-
mand. Later, when this selling had
been exhausted, short covering and
scattered purchases credited to mills
or associated with reports of some
export activity helped to rally prices.
Iran was reported in the market for
wheat at New York, while 100000
bushels of Canadian were sold for
March clearance from Philadelphia
to the United Kingdom.
Wheat closed 1a-34 lower than
yesterday, May 83-83h, July 78h-
u; corn 1s-ss down, May 6017 p
Evening star., 1941-02-27
New Haven Equipment
Purchase Approved
BY the Associated Press.


NEW HAVEN, Conn, Feb. 81
The trustees of the New York, New
Haven & Hartford Railroad have
been empowered to buy 1000 all
steel box cars at a cost of 81 100000
under an order signed by Federal
Judge Carroll c. Hincks yesterday.
The cars, to be paid for partly
in cash and partly through issuance
of equipment certificates, will be
purchased through the New England
Car Co. of Boston, as agent, and
will have a capacity of so tons each.
The purchase is part of large
equipment program for the New
Haven which recently was approved
by Judge Hincks.
Evening star., 1941-02-27
Issue Will Go at Par

CLEVELAND, Feb. 81 (P).-Cleve-
land Graphite Bronze Co.'S new is
sue of 10000 shares of 5 per cent
500 cumulative preferred stock will
be offered to the public at par, the
Securities and Exchange Commits
sion was informed today.
Evening star., 1941-02-27
Bank CIearings Show
II Per Cent Gain
Over Year Ago
Total Lues Behind
Previous Week Due
To Holiday
q, the Associated press.


NEW YORK. Feb 27.-Bank
transactions continue to make SUBJ
stantial gains over a year ago. The
volume for % leading cities for the
five days ended February 26, ac-
cording to Dun & Bradstreet. was
S5, ,337 ,282 eco, or 110 per cent more
than the S4, ,SO6 o8o 900 for the similar
five-day period of last year.
Clearir gs for the latest short week
dropped $3.50, ,995 900 under the total
for the preceding full week, as COM
pared with a decline of only S371,-
926, 900 between the two like periods
of 1910.
At New York, exchanges we're
SO ,003 695,000 against S2.502 ,460 900
a year ago, or a rise Of 7.2 per cent,
while the turnover for the % out
side cities rose to 50 1888 ,587 900 from
s., ,oo4 428 900 last year, a difference
of l64 per cent.
Bank c'narirCs at all cities were
cons 1ors clv smaller than in the
n"evi0us v'e-k tc"cuse Of the Wash
ir~tCn's hir,hday holiday, but sub
Tt~n.tal increases we're recorded at
most outside centerS as cOntrasted
with a year ago. atlanta made the
best showing with a year-to-year
rise of 44.8 per cent, followed by
Detroit with 1876 per cent; Louisville,
35.3 per cent; Portland, Greg, 34.8
per cent; Cincinnati, 26.7 per cent;
Cleveland. 261 per cent: Pittsburgh,
22.6 per cent, and Richmond, POS
per cent. Smallest gains reported
were 76 per cent for Chicago and
II per cent for Minneapolis, while
New Orleans displayed the only de-
cline, 60 per cent.
Bank clearings at leading cities,
with percentage changes from 1910,
and the daily average clearings for
December, January and February
to date follow:
Evening star., 1941-02-27
S. {. c. Registrations
Higher in January
By the Associated Press.

BY tht AsSoclated Press.
The Securities Commission an
nounced today that S415,699,000 of
securities had been registered during
January, compared with S322,618 900
in December and S146, ,482 900 in
JcIuary, 1910
Only s18,165, 900, or 81 per cent
of the total expected proceeds, was
intended for new money" uses, the
S. E. c. sad. Slightly more than
hclf was to be used to repay in
oeotedneSs and retire stock, while
the remainder was destined for in
veStment.
Evening star., 1941-02-27
Miscellaneous Markets.

Miscellaneous Markets.
Additional New York markets. as COM
piled by the Associated Press:
COFFEE-Spot quiet; Santos No. T.
SH-12; Rio No. Z. q. Cost and freight
offerings included Santos Bourbon 3s and
5s at 7.90-S.30. Santos No. ID" fu-
bags. March. 7.s5n; May, s04-O5; july,
S.20-21. Rio No. "A" futures UNCHANGED.
No sales.
ssH sOsss S nnshsnsed to
$50: May. 5.62b: June, 5.63n.
STRAITS TIN-Futures unchanged.
Sales, 44,sOO pounds. March, 5l.0Ob;
May, 5O.O8b; July, 5O.75b. No sales in
CRUDE RuBBER-Futures closed IL to
"a higher Sales, No. standard, ss con-
tracts; new, standard. 81. Old: March,
s0.65n; May. 2O.63. New: July. 20.15n.
RAW SILK-Futures closed 1 higher to
l lower. Sales. 400 bales April, 2.65;
WOOL TOPS-Futures finished 8 to a
Of cent higher. May, 124.5: July 100 4b;
October. 117.5; December, 115.Sb. Certifl-
Gated spot tops traded at 1900, minus
RAW HIDEs-Futures closed hisher to
Is lower. Sales, 3,560,000 pounds. March,
ID 3; June. l3.14-15; September, IL. .09b.
Spot No. / Western light native cows.
CocoA-Futures closed Q to 5 lower.
Sales 5,400 tons. March. 900: May,
6.0Sn; July, GA.
Nominal. Bid.
Evening star., 1941-02-27
Metal Market

NEW YORK, Feb. 81 R.-Copper
steady: electrolytic. spot. Connecticut val
ley. II 90: export, f.as New York, 10.37h
II 90. Tin easy; spot and nearby. 51.37ia:
forward, 50.75. Lead steady; spot, New
York, 5.65-70: Fest st. Louis, $50. Zinc
steady; . East M St. Louis spot and forwarSd'
silver. platinum Chinese wolframite and
domestic scheelite unchanged.
Evening star., 1941-02-27

r in bankruptcy or receivership or being
reorganized under the Bankruptcy Act, or
securities assumed by such companies.
Rates of dividends in the foregoing table
are annual disbursements based on the
last quarterly or seml-annual declaration.
Unless otherwise noted, special or extra
dividends are not included.
Also extra or extras. d Cash or stock.
Declared or paid so far this year. Pay
able in stock. Paid last year. h Payable
in Canadian funds Accumulated div
idends paid or declared this year. WV With
warrants XIV without warrants. war War
rants Unit of trading less than 100
shares: sales are given in full.
Evening star., 1941-02-27
New York Cotton
Ry the Associated Press.

Ry the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 27.-Cotton fu-
lures moved slowly in quiet dealings
today, turning down a few points
from a moderately higher opening.
March liquidation credited to a
Houston spot house and light South
ern offerings in new crop deliveries
encountered Indifferent demand.
Prices in late afternoon were un-
changed to 3 points lower. March
and May each were quoted at 1040;
October, 9.89, and December, 9.87.
Evening star., 1941-02-27
Wine Output Rises

The Treasury reports production
of domestic still wines increased to
277,018,794 wine gallons in the first
half of the fiscal year, compared
with 1885,, ,566 in the similar Pc
riod year ago.
Evening star., 1941-02-27
New York Suqur

NEW YORK, Feb. 27 P.-Domestic
sugar futures broke into new seasonal high
ground today on further covering opera
tions generated by firm outside markets.
Late prices were up to 3 points, with
March at 217 and September 2.3O.
World futures also flrmed on light COW
ering. Values were unchanged to . points
higher. March traded at .70ia and De-
cember SIS
trale buyer paid 3.15 cents a pound
for Philippine raWS due in April
Demand was again heavy fer refined at
the dHy-'O-day price Of 4 AZ cents.
Futures No. 3 closed unclaimed to
hichnr Snlne -
Evening star., 1941-02-27
Commodity Prices

NEW YORK. Feb. 27-The Associated
Press weighted wholesale price index of
35 commodities today advanced to 77.55.
Previous day. 1888: week ago, 1928;
month ago, as12; ,SUa yssr ase, ago 1913
High 1887 1925 1922 9S.14
Low 1903 $3.50 63.7S ALA
1926 AVERAGE equals l0Ol
Evening star., 1941-02-27
RuiIwuy Earnings

CHICAGO, Feb 27 0P.-Railroads. re-
porting net earnings fsures for January
today were:
chisaso surlinEton &C., .oo
Illinois Central System e17,03s 1925
Evening star., 1941-02-27
London Tin Prices

LONDON. Feb. Of lP,.-Tin, weak: SPOT.
1884 los bid. E265 asked; future, 1882
los bid. f262 15s asked.
Evening star., 1941-02-27
New York Bank Stocks

NEW YORK. Feb. 81 dPl.--National AS
ISOLATION Securities Dealers, Inc:
CLOSING quotations