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Show BEAVER PRESS Runaways Are Huge Problem to the Police Jfew York Records Show Most Are Under 17. York. Missing girls are bethe biggest kind of a bother to aming the New York police department. Some 2,160 of tbem disappeared In New York during the last calendar year and numbers of them never could be found. Many wound up In police stations or in underworld dens. A few met untimely ends their bodies were found abandoned by roadsides, in the resort rooms where they were slain, or in out of the way hiding places. A sizable group eloped to presumably happy marriages. Of the runaways 1.6SS were under seventeen years of age. And of these some six hundred or more went the wrong road far enough to claim the attention of the police department's crime prevention bureau. Nearly a hundred of them ended their adventures In the police headquarters lineup on charges of felony homicide, robbery, arson, and assault According to Commissioner Edward P. Mulroomy, however, the vast majority of the runaways were not bad girls, but were "Just dissatisfied dissatisfied with their homes, their places of employment, their whole environment They were not bad, they were merely out of step." New Many Blame Slump. The depression, of course, was to 4lame for hundreds of the disappearance cases. With the head of the family out of work, the larder all but empty, small youths crying for food, no funds with which to buy finery or even decent clothes, hundreds of girls In their early high school years suited action to prolonged periods of despair over their plight by vanishing Into the maelstrom of city life In search of whatever change In fortune the future might have In store for them. Any-thn- g better than their present lot thty seemed to reason. On the other hand, Capt John H. s.yrs, for the last fifteen years head f the missing persons bureau and generally recognized as one of the world's leading experts on the "missing girl" problem, Is convinced that the depression has been Instrumental in keeping Just as many would-b- e runaways at home as It has forced out Into the uncharted byways. Perhaps more. "Fifteen-year-ol- d Jane, tired of dishwashing and bedmaklng, and with a runaway bee buzzing in her bonnet, will most often think twice before she gives up the safety and protection of that humble abode and goes out In search of the Job nowadays," the captain explained. "With unnumbered German Ambassador to England a Beau Brummel London. The man who has the swankiest wardrobe In London so says a local newspaper Is not an Englishman, but a German. He Is Herr Von Hoesch, new German ambassador to the court of St James, and he has no fewer than 100 suits. Evening clothes, dinner Jackets, formal levee wear, riding clothes, sports and shooting clothes, lounge suits, morning suits, and uniforms without number. It took the ambassador's faithful valet. Hubert, two days to unpack. Two rooms were specially fitted for th clothes. Even so, the shoes (a im'r for each suit) overflowed under th bed where his excellency sleeps. All other sartorial details are In keeping. Overcoats, it Is said, number dozens. There are, quite naturally, so many hats and shirts that Hubert who has been with Von Hoesch for twelve years, can scarcely keep track of them. millions out of work the country over and wage scales not what they used to be for those lucky enough to find work, the prospect Is not so alluring as It might be." Nearly All Accounted For. Captain Ayers estimates that fully 08 per cent of the girls reported missing here year In and year out are either restored to their relatives or otherwise accounted for. Vast numbers of them return thoroughly disillusioned of their own accord. Many who had run away in a fit of pique are found in the homes of friends or acquaintances after a night or two of absence. The reasons why young girls leave home are many aud varied almost as many and as varied as the subjects of the Individual cases, according to Captain Ayers. Some of the stock motives were summed by the expert as discontentment with home surroundings, failures at school lessons, desire to "live one's own life," eagerness to earn money, clothes and luxuries, desire to go on the stage and men. As for the stage struck girl, she is becoming virtually non exlstant so far as the "missing" lists disclose. Captain Ayers believes that the records would show that girls who come here to make a name on the what they stage are not were a few years ago. Whether the stage has lost its lure or the fact that so many of its people are looking for work like folk in more prosaic callings, the bureau chief cannot guess. He only knows that the would-b- e stage beauties who claim the professional attention of his, Investigators are becoming fewer and fewer every year. Not one single case of a stage struck girl was entered on the bureau's records last year. n h Psyllid and Flea NEW USE FOR RADIO Beetle Do Damage Potato Insects Cost Growers Four Million Dollars in Past Year. Br f if i v lrv f.1 I i JV Colorado's potato crop was damaged to the extent of $3,702,000 during 1932 by two destructive Insects, the potato psyllid and the potato flea beetle. This estimate of damage Is based on low prices paid for potatoes produced last year. In normal years, the loss to producers would have been much heavier. The psyllid damage totaled f $2,T00,000. Serious outbreaks of psyllid disease this past season also have occurred In Utah, Wyoming. Nebraska, Arizona and New Mexico. Common perennial - ground cherries furnish probably the greatest menace as a host to psylllds. These plants harbor millions of the insects from spring till fall Farmers of Colorado have been gamNL bling with psylllds for the. past thirty The portable broadcasting and re- years. The enormous number of these ceiving set which A. G. SImson of the Insects present throughout the state In radio department of the United States 1932 would Indicate that we are close forest service is operating, Is one of to a peak In numbers. When such several that Uncle Sam has put into peaks occur there are ordinarily natuse as another step In checking forest ural forces such as parasites that enfires. The set, which weighs but 14 ter to reduce the population for the coming season. pounds, Is carried by the We know that a specific parasite on his patrol of the dense forests. was doing effective work In destroyWhen he locates a fire, he can Immediately establish communication with ing psylllds last season, although It did not become active early enough to efheadquarters. fect the course of the disease. It Is highly possible that the psyllid Girl Has Insects will be so reduced In numbers Had 13 Broken Bones by this parasite that they may not do Shelbyville, Ind. Annabelle Fesler, much damage this year. Although seven, has suffered a broken bone for this la highly possible we cannot prethe thlrtenth time. The latest Injury dict It with absolute certainty because wus a broken collarbone, suffered we still have much to learn about the when she stumbled and fell while psyllid. As to control of this insect through walking. Doctors say the child's bones use of Insecticides there Is very litthe lack the constituent which resists tle that I can say. We did treat fields breaks. In Morgan county with and oil sprays, but neither controlled ' fire-chas- er lime-sulph- Science Brings Aid 'to the Deaf Taught to Speak Words They Can't Hear. Philadelphia. Fated by inheritance or accident to live In a world of silence, 120 deaf children of Philadelphia are being taught by methods of scientific education to speak words they never can hear. Facilities for the special training, designed to make a minor handicap of a terrible affliction, have been provided by the board of education In an effort to save from a life of isolation those whom deafness otherwise would make objects of charity or pity. Some of the boys and girls t the school were born deaf, while others lost their hearing through Illness or accident Unable to hear the spoken word, they are being taught to enunciate by an Intensive training In vibration. Though systems of Hp reading have been In use for years, officials pointed do not help a deaf person to acquire accent values. "During the last few years a remarkable device has come Into use," Mrs. Serena F. Davis, principal of the school, said. "It Is a microphone which rests on the teacher's desk and Is connected to a pair of earphones for every child. When the Instructor sings, talks or plays, a musical Instrument the children feel the vibration and recognize the sounds after repeated repetitions. In the case of speech, they learn to recognize words without resorting to lip reading." In addition, she explained, the children are taught light and heavy accents of words by placing their fingertips against a bass drum while the teacher speaks words against the drumhead, just as one would speak into a "mike." Japan Hunger Strikers in Prayer - v are made Too Many Branches Cut Off Trees First Season Many orchard growers, In an effort to make their trees appear properly pruned, remove entirely too many t, branches the first year, says T. J. chairman of the horticulture department of the Missouri College of Agriculture. This usually happens when growers take possession of an orchard In which pruning has been badly neglected, or when they appreciate too late the value of pruning In their orchards. This severe pruning after years of negligence may throw out of balance the top and root system and produce a heavy growth of water sprouts which may result In little or no fruit development It is a much wiser procedure to prune only moderately the first year, removing and thinning out the small branches In the top of the tree, here and there In the center, and on the sides In order to open up the tree for the admittance of sunlight and air. It Is seldom advisable or necessary In the neglected orchard to remove limbs larger than 1 inches In diameter. It Is true that occasionally limbs larger than this will be found grow ing fn undesirable places. Missouri Farmer. Tal-ber- and Wales have registered as wheat growers under the new wheat act The first person to register In County Tyrone, Ireland, was a woman, A drive to enroll more farmers In Ireland and Wales Is being considered. Farm Hints Ten South Carolina counties report $19,153 from 920 club projects conducted In 1932. a total profit of 4-- a a club boys and former irlrls are enrolled In the freshman class at the State college of Washing ton. 4-- Sixty-on- e a a a are seed growers and Some farmers most farmers are seed users; the seed users would make more money If they bought new seed every few years from the growers. a Japan, these members Protesting the tax evasion of financial groups of the Koknsul Tulshuto party came all the way from Osaka to Tokyo and prayed before the statue of Kusunokl In front of the palace. They emphasized their protest by going on a hunger strike. In enough seed-ratin- funds season, providing available. Woman Leads Growers fire started in a West end tenement house, Fireman John O'Granihan rescued a man from a flaming bed and carried him through smoky corridors to safety. So badly was he affected by smoke that the fireman spent eleven days In a hospital. After he returned to duty a strsnger visited him and asked: "Are you the fireman who saved In that fire on Leverett streetr "Yes," the fireman replied. "WM1," said the stranger, "where the h -- 1 are his glasses?" Washington. Why a rat large to control acres of land should confine Itself to a particular territory Is a question which puzzles Dr. Joseph Grinnell, of the University of California. Doctor Grlnnell's report was on a study of the giant kangaroo rats, a comparatively unknown species In the San Its home muklng Jon iuin valley, In California. According to the report, tha rats "ow'n whole square miles, to the practical exclusion of other mammals." Knch rut has Its own particular ilt of ground, usually covered vitti rich vegetation. These plots nwpnniti'd from eiich other by i.ijiMf.-it'r!y bnrreii nt rips. ISotitid-Km-iippiirenllj nre respected I';.. e:i;i'i' grmtp. condition. We are expecting to continue rather extensive investigations on control this More than 85,000 farmers In England When Rats Boss Valley, Care Not to Roam the out they Fireman Hero Is Asked for Saved Man's Glasses Boston. Laalta B. Danirta, Deputy 8tate Colorado Agricultural Collafa. WNU Sarvtca. Bulldog Saves Child and Servant from Death Old Hand Loom Provides Living for This Family Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Bingo, a Boston bull terrier, saved a child and Its maid from possible death by poisonous gas here recently when It rushed Into the maid's room while she was sleeping and tore the covers from her bed. She awoke, followed the dog downstairs, and found the entire lower floor filled with the gna fumes. Eugene, Ore. An old hand loom discovered In the attic, where It had lain dust covered for many years Is providing a means of livelihood for the N. L. Barrlnger family here. With odds and ends of rag they make rag rugs and trade them for necessities. One rug recently brought 80 pounds of cabbage and GO pounds of carrots. Two rugs were traded for six rabbits. Learnt to Writs at 83 Oregon City, Ore. It's never too late to learn, declares Mrs. S. M. Bas-liawho celebrated her eighty third birthday In Mnrob by starting to learn to write. Two neighbor girls, aged seven and eight, are her teachers. Hug Eagle Killed Perry, Fla. Kli Dorman shot and killed an eagle measuring seven feet In wing spread that had been carrying off pigs, kids and two large ducks near here. a a With modern machines 4.000 men could harvest the United States wheat crop; with the equivalent of a tury ago this task would employ eral million men. a a censev- a About 22,000 pigs were raised In Nevada In 1932. a decline of 7.000 from the previous year. This Is In line with a slight decline In pork pro ductlon for the United States as a whole. a a of Maryland has been organized, a a a statement Issued by the fertilizer division of the Dominion Seed branch, Ottawa, shows that Canada Is now self supporting In cwntlal fwtlllz'w A 'cms. a a fanner of Halifax county, N. C, hns over 00 per cent of his cultivated land planted to rorer crops and all of It will be turned under for soil Improvement A MT5 . POULTRY BUSINESS LEADS MANY OTHERS Gross Value Exceeded Only by Corn, Hogs, Milk. Feeding and care of chicks from the In a manner to keep them going right ahead toward their fall Job of filling egg baskets nexf fall and winter, or fitting them for dining table decoration In as short time as possible brings out the best skill and knowledge possessed by the poultryman and his wife. American hens produce less than one egg a day for the entire population, yet the total Is 2,700,000.000 dozen eggs each year. The poultry Industry, of the United States Is estimated at' $1,333,000,000 In value. American hens and their products exceed In value all the cows and calves In the country six times the value of all sheep and lambs, five times the value of all farm machinery half the value of all the motor cars we ride In. Yes, the poultry business Is one of the principal agricultural industries in the country. Its gross value Is exceeded only by corn, hogs and milk among the farm products. This husky farm industry nearly equals the value of all the metals produced In the United States In a year. It Is greater than the value of all the soft coal and is more than three times the value of hard coal produced. It Is double the total of all postal revenues, Including stamps, money orders and postal savings. It Is more than of the total stock of money In the United States. Certainly poultry raising Is a leading Industry. Cull the flock carefully, so that only producers are left Start with strong chicks of your favorite breed. Feed and tend them with best skill and care. The markets will always call for best poultry, products, and will be ready to pay for them. Wisconsin Agricultu- start rist "Henocracy" Plan Not Needed in Illinois Technocracy, or perhaps it might better be termed "henocracy," has appeared In the poultry Industry, but the owners of Illinois' 200,000 flocks need not resort to It In order to get the benefits, says H. H. Alp, poultry extension specialist of the college of agriculture, University of Illinois. All they need do Is follow the Illinois poultry sanitation plan as outlined and advocated by the college, he said. "Henocracy" Is Alp's name for the new system under which hens are kept In individual metal coops assembled In battery form. In Miami, Fla., for instance, 60,000 laying hens have been hotel placed In batteries In a The concentration of so many birds in one building Is made possible through the use of batteries equipped with devices for cleaning the equipment and caring for the birds. The hen Is even deprived of an opportunity to admire her egg, for as soon as It Is laid. It rolls Into a trough to be gathered. The practlcaf lesson In this for flock owners Is the strict sanitary conditions under which the bens are kept Alp pointed out Much the same benefits which this close confinement gives in the form of disease and parasite control can be obtained by Illinois flock owners through following the college's poultry sanitation plan, he said. Knowledge May Be of Value to Traveler. Here is a list giving the color combinations of the 1933 automobile license plates for all of the states and the District of Columbia. The color of the numerals and lettering is given first, and then that of the background. Alabama White on blue. Arizona Copper on black. Arkansas Black on white. California Orange on black. Colorado Black on orange. Connecticut White or maroon. Delaware Colonial blue on old gold. District of Columbia Yellow oa black. Florida Black on orange. GeorgiaBlue on orange. Idaho Orange on black. Illinois White on blue. Indiana White on red. Iowa White on midnight blue. Kansas White on dark blue. Kentucky White on green, Louisiana Black on orange. Maine-W- hite on black. Maryland White on blue. Massachusetts White on green. Michigan Black on white. Minnesota Black on aluminum. Mississippi White on green. Missouri-B- uff on chocolate. Montana White on green. Nebraska Blue on orange. Nevada-Bl- ack New Hampon orange. shire Green on white. New Jersey Red on black. New Mexico Red on orange. New York Black on yellow. North Carolina White on blue. North Dakota White on green. OklaOhio Black on orange. homaYellow on black. Oregon-Iv-ory on black. Pennsylvania Gold on blue. Rhode Island Black on white. South Carolina Black oa white. South Dakota Yellow on black. Tenuessee Cream on brown. Texas Orange on white. Utah-W- hite on black. Vermont White on blue. Virginia Black on white. Washington-W- hite on green. West Virginia Yellow on black. Wisconsin White Black on ivory. on blue. Wyoming Cleveland Plain Dealer. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the original little liver pills put up 60 years ago. They regulate liver and bowels. Adv. Ye, They Should Hare I speaking, in order to be successful, should have enough sense and solidity to hold the judgment, and enough fun to relieve the agony. Exchange. After-dinne- r 4 500-roo- labo- r-saving Dirt Will Spoil Eggs ' Eggs belong to the same food class as meat or milk. They are almost as perishable. Just because they are enclosed In a hard shell, they get rougher treatment The egg shell la porous. Dirt and filth and mold an disease germs can pass through and spoil an egg. The water of the egg will evaporate through the egg shell almost as fast as if It were In an open pan. Many a housewife allows eggs to grow stale on a warm pantry shelf or to take In the odors of a foul ice box and then blames the farmer or grocer for selling bad eggs. It costs almost as much to produce a bad egg as to produce a good egg. Most egg losses, are, actually, preventable. Montreal Herald. Poultry Hints Tuberculin testing of poultry Is valuable and accurate for diagnosing tuberculosis. a a a Eggs supply iron and vitamins In the dietary, as well as other needed elements. An egg a day Is food insurance. a a a Chickens like people inherit certain abilities to live and resist diseases and other things that cause early death and we call this vitality or vigor, a a With 17 members owning 150 animals, the first rabbit club In the state COLORS FOR AUTO TAGS IN YEAR 1933 POULTRY a Birds will normally molt once a year. The best layers molt late, that Is, In late fall. They are entitled to this rest and there is nothing one can do except feed well and give them an opportunity to get back their lost flesh. a a a Poultry flocks which are following the recommendations of the colltge, based on research, averaged 144 eggs per hen per year In 1931. The production records of general farm flocks were 105 eggs per hen the Mine year a difference of 39 egscs per hen pet year! Iowa State College. POISON in Your bowels1. Poisons absorbed into the system from souring waste in the bowels, cause that dull, headachy, sluggish, bilious condition; coat the tongue; foul the breath; sap energy, strength A little of Dr. and nerve-forcCaldwell's Syrup Pepsin will clear up trouble like that, gently, harmlessly, in a hurry. The difference it will make in your feelings over night will prove its merit to you. Dr. Caldwell studied constipation for over forty-seve- n years. This long experience enabled him to make his prescription just what men, women, old people and children need to make their bowels help themselves. It natural, mild, thorough action and its pleasant taste commend it to everyone. That's why "Dr. Caldwell' Syrup Pepsin," as it is called, is th most popular laxative drugstores sell e. Da. W. B. Caldwell's SYRUP PEPSIN A Doctor's Family Laxative Large Pimples on Face Twelve Years Healed by Cuticura "l was troubled with pimples all over my face, neck, back and arms. They were hard, large and red, and hurt when I touched them. They festered and scaled over and at times Z could hardly stand to have my clothes touch my back and arms. I could get no rest or sleep and was In that condition about ten or twelve years. "I read an advertisement for Cuticura Soap and Ointment and sent for a free sample of each. I purchased more and after using two cakes of Cuticura Soap and two twenty-fiv- e cent boxes of Ointment I was healed." (Signed) Mrs. Marsha Nevlls, TL 6, Box 125, LaGrange, Texas, July 2, 32. Cuticura Soap 25c. Ointment 25c and 50c Talcum 25c. Sold everywhere. One sample each free.' Address: "Cuticura Laboratories, Dept R. Maiden, Mass." Adv. |