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Show CACTI E AMERICAN. LOG AN. ITTAII cor; to Meades trenches, oa the southern slop of Culp's hll. a.thin IV) feet of Meade's line Of retreat sad lose to his reserve parked There they slept on their little dreaming how close Field of Moat Fdinoui Iljltlc arm, r sere to victory, aa they set-tj down to S fitful slumber. UJ I'nitrd Pickstt's Famous Charge, tould they hold their gain on the bunof morrow ami drive through the summer thousand At four dled paves to triumph? an make the pitgr.uia.a u bx k the licit luonilt g yin texim to tii ttynhurg. famous Auieru . i out (lour demand for an snaaer. I battle field ami lerale of one of battle I oil It Artillery lira most fatuous eei hes ever dl I mi (loir front and rskea their ered Abraham Uun-ltGettv i' a Lx. Muxket fire throws s dead-Iburg address. hail Into them from alAt Gettysburg, dur i g the firt ii -- I evtry angle. Heir tl.ti-of of the voiir--iluvs July, I oiiii-- i an Inferno. They charge history. If Dot linl. in'o a Idind'ng sheet of all arm the trei.,1 of world tn m tm ; they reel back, reform, charge, l In the balance. Ileie Aoe-r- l s an) are hurhxl hack again. Again ran counge and valor reform amt charge once more high water mark; here the ho. s tlvy of the Cotifedi racy attained the.r U 1j at, ahnoxt literally blunted from Sound the Rood stage and begun the etdi that the field, the bugle mournful note of the retreat and ended at Aiqximnttnx. l As one motors aim; the avenues I. el envl Meade hold the ground hO gvxl. , l.ne-vv n that mark the battle Pn Lett a charge will ever live In pausing In reverence before this an I nu-as the climactic that monument erected on the fie1 1; He mind of how visiting the earthworks of a vpixode of Gettysburg; hut military men agree that In the menace It fan on corps, division, or brigade; now climbing one nr another of tl e held. In the fierceness of the asfive steel observation tower for a sault that were made. In the rsr broader avvevp of the terrain, be tin mage that wa wrought, the attack made by the nico whom Stonewall derxtuml why tills Is the most Jaik-vohad led st Bull Run. Autle-tam- , of field battle known all the widely Frevlerh knhurg, and Oiancel of America, attracting more than loravllle deserves an equal place In 8oin visitors annually. Never did any commander face the annals of war. That attack lastJimmy Muttern, first aviator to attempt a aolo Sight around Uia world, alttlng on a wing of til plane. ed alt hours. Picketts charge hi problem under greater d.fllcul-tieof Frogresa. Century than did Gen. George Gordon moved out st three o'clock, reached water mark Its at high 3:20, began At three o'clock on the Meade. retreat at 3:40, and ws olf the morning of June 23, less than 80 hours before the great battle field a little after four oclock. As s military spectacle, that conopened, be was awskened In bis act has never been excelled cluding tent at the headquarter of the Fifth Its prelude was played by 300 gun corps, which he hud been command An officer from Washington as battery answered battery across Ing. th geutly rolling fields over which announced Hint he had come br.ng the historic charge was to sweep. a In to letter latter. Ing trouble, Every position seems to have 111 wife, Meade confessed Hint be out with guns everywhere, thought the otlh-e- r bad come to re- broken ami from Round Top to Cemetery lit ve him of III command or to arHill I like s blazing volcano," rerest him; hut hi cotisi lenee wa one officer. "The grand roar ported clear. of m arly the whole artillery of both Ami trouble It wa that the olfi armies hurst In on the silence cer brought, though of a vastly os suddenly a the full notes kind. lie delivered an or m-1 der from the War department dl of an organ would fill a church," wr-another. retlng General Meade to takecom In an hour and s half the Fed tnanil of the Army of the Potomac, Us s altered concentrate force, era Is slackened their fire, so Hint break the lml of the Army of their gnus might cool, wrecked batNorthern Virginia on the Suxque-h- ; teries lie replaeed, and the atnrn protect Baltimore and Wa-lmosphere allowed to clear. Forty-twConfederate riglments move out. Pickett leads them, with his own division tn the center. The charge lieglns with the precision of dress parade. A murmur of admiration sweeps the Union line. And then Its artillery opens again with every ounce of Its reinforced power General view of the exercises at Keyser, Y. Va., during the dedication of a monument marking the Presently torn by shot and shell the charging host comes within rifle birthplace of Nancy Hanks, mother of Abraham Lincoln. The memorial was erected by the member of range. They press on. They are the Nancy Hanks association. wllhln 130 yard of their goal, facing death In a thousand forms. NEBRASKA SENATOR End of the Bloody Fight. Phketts men melt like snow on a hot day, but a second and a third wave sweeps on. They face double canl.ster at ten paces, but they si lence the guns that fire them. Into Webbs rifle pits they leap and over They Fought at Gettysburg. the barricade. Armlstead and his lngton, bring the Invaders to battle, men vault over the stone wall. He and cause them to retreat to their falls mortally wounded. The moown sod. mentum of the charge wanes and General Lee, too, was In straits. dies. Smarts dish around Hookers linked with fire and cross-fire- , artnv Imd deprived the Southern there Is nothing to do hut fall back. leader of the only ej e an army could But they return across the sanguln have before dirigible and airplanes ary field in such fashion that the recame Into being. pulse does not become a rout Out In those three last dijs of June of the 4.SOO men of Pickett's diviboth commanders were at a disadsion. not more than 1,000 return. Of vantage Jleade because he Imd the 15 field officers and four gena him Herculean erals only Pickett and one lieutenhad thrust upon task and must get Ins hands on the ant colonel escape unscathed. reins, and Lee because his cavalry The Battle of Gettysburg Is end was beyond Ins reach. As one walks over the scene ed. Two Great Battles. and tries to measure the courage of the men who fought here, he 1 evv v isitors who go to Gettysburg why there William H. Thompson of Grand realize tbit there were two bat- conies to understand tle fields in that historic struggle. la pride In every American heart Island, a former Nebraska Supremo court Judge, who was appointed The battle of the first day was that the battle field Is now a miliUnited States senator from that fought to the north and west of the tary park, and that It waa dedicated state to fill the vacancy caused by town. Not a single federal soldier in Immortal words by Abraham LinDr. Jean Piccard, scientist, right, and Lieut. Comm. T. G. Settle, Unitwas left on that field when the fignt coln. the death of Senator R. B Howell The fine generosity of the Federal ed States navy, are shown with the metal gondola which la to be their of Omaha. , ended In mid afternoon. How comno North knows home and laboratory In their attempted flight to the stratosphere early plete was the Confederate victory government, that on that' day was disclosed after the and no South In the marking of In July. The balloon, by which this 200 pound gondola Is to be carried HEAD OF KIWANIS war by General Meade, who said these hallowed acres, cements In 10 or 11 miles up, will be 100 feet In diameter. The ascent will be made bonds of the firmest the history from If General Lee had followed Chicago. that and placed his batteries on Culp's sons and daughters of those whose field made the and courage hill that evening the federal army bravery would have been forced to with- the sacred spot It is. First established by the Gettys draw. burg Battle Field Memorial associa One need only climb the observation tower near the site of General tion In 1864, taken over by the govMeade's headquarters and from that ernment In 1895, more adequately vantage point v'evv the second bat- marked by the Gettysburg National Park commission, the park now con tle field to appreciate the tremendous price the Conrederates were sists of 2,530 acres of government miles of destined to pay on the second and owned land. It has 22 third for their victory of the first. avenues, in addition to the state and county highways that traverse For here Nature had provided General Meade with a veritable citadel It. In it there are 83 statues, In monuready for fortification, In which to addition to nearly 800 other await an attack, and events hnd ments. There are also 1,410 bronze Iron tablets and 323 granite given the Army of the Fotomnc and while 419 matkers on pedestals time to occupy this position and enmounted cannon, caissons and limtrench Itself bers show the artillery position of Here the legions of I ee endeav ored to overpover gilhnt foes theAsfield. a recent army report declares-I- t of many a Virgm'a battle field. has been well said that GettysITere they waded through blood at the Peach Orchard and tie Wheat burg was In a measure the Ameri ran soldiers battle, a battle of the field ; here they faced the most with Carl E. Endlcott of Huntington, erlng blasts that war at its bitterest ranks a struggle of American Ind., president of Kiwanls Internacould bring upon them as they prowess and courage, of discipline tional and presiding officer of the of unswerving fldel struggled for possession of Devils and tenacity, unselfi-d- i seventeenth annual devotion, a eon organization's Den and the heights of Little Ity and convention In Los Angeles. Round Top, where the Issue hung test of American manhood.1 on the quick eve of General Warren Boston Capital of New Jersey and the matter of a few minutes. Englands Stored Gold Tew of the present generation are Thrice victorv eluded the grasp Were England ever Invaded, the of Lee In the fighting of the second aware that Boston. Mas, was once only way In which the Invader F of the visitors to A Century of Progress exposition in Chicago could get at the gold stored far day. Night tinned dwn upon the the capital of New Jersey The pefrightful scene of carnage with the riod In question extended from have ever seen the loggers of the North and Northwest at work, so they below the pavements of Thread-needl- e 168-to 1692. are Interested and excited by the exhibitions of log rolling given there. street would be by means c Peter Hooper aDd Sam Harris are the experts In the photograph. , key and lock combination, GETTYSBURG IS PILGRIMS GOAL Proposed Memorial to Knute Rockne Jimmy Mattem, Round the World Solo Flyer v tli-j- -3 Stat. i- ! i - w . ti , , xltln sXV r - - 1 Ano-rl-a- A., y, bb-v- .. r . vf?A. ? un-Cl- X ' vrV .V' - -- Iarka, athletic fields, and atadluro, laid out In the form of a gigantic airplane, are (tie basis fur (till proposed memorial to Kuuta Rockne, t tie celebrated football coach, at the jilaiat where be loaf til s life, with even others, In an airplane accident March 31. 1931. The aite la In the Hint lillla of Chase county. Kansas, and the Rockne foundation baa been formed for the purjxiae of purchasing It and ereitlng and maintaining the permanent memorial. Lumbering Continues to Be One of Largest Industries in U. S. Wood I Indispensable in Metal Civilization." Article ranging Washington. from telephone poles to clothespliia are among the mltllona of otijecta made of wood which the present finds India metal civilization" pensatile. Even before (he Inst It u tlon of the President forestry camps, lumbering, measured by the Dumber of person engaged In It, waa one of the largest Industries In the United States, according to a bulletin of the National Giograplilc aoclely. "Lumbering and forestry, aa they are at present practiced, vary widely In (heir alma although the cut ting of wood la a factor In both," asy.- the bulletin. "Lumbering Is (he term used for the rutting of timber for an Immediate gain, while foreslry carries the conception of long time planning for continuous lucome. Many National Forssts. "When white men came to America, it la estimated that there were 1,061,523 square miles of forest between the Atlantic ocean and the prairies. In what Is now the West of the United States there were This million 220,062 square miles. and a quarter square miles of forests had been reduced to 733,554 square miles In 1023. Over half of this remainder had been selectively cut over, leaving the smaller trees for future growth. Of the original forests 126,875 square miles were cut so ruthlessly that the land la now practically useless. "To discourage further devastation of the country by thoughtless lumbering methods, the government organized the forest service. The areas under the supervision of this service are the tree covered public lands In the West which were not taken up by homesteaders, and forests purchased from private owners At present there are in the East national forests In 31 states. Plans have been mnde for camps for the unemployed In the national forests of all these states. In states having no national forests, similar camps Woodin Pals With Newspaper Writers By WILLIAM L. BRUCKART Washington. Despite the strain of bank holidays, finding ways to finance billions of dollars of public expenditures and touches of grippe, William H. Woodin continues to maintain his affability as secretary of the treasury. Be hes become much attached to the corps of newspaper correspondents who have to keep In touch with treasury affairs, and It may be added the writers have grown very fond of the secretary. They were not quite prepared, however, for the secretary to pay them a visit tn the room assigned to the correspondents, as he did the other day, tn order to hold his regular press conference. During the bank h vliday when the correspondents were on the job until two or three oclock each morning, awaiting treasury action, Mr. Woodin strolled into The their quarters for a chat hour was about two oclock, but the secretary thought nothing of the time. He was concerned tm mediately with the wrecks of desks, chairs and typewriters that served the correspondents, and announced that better equipment was needed. He ordered It Installed. So the press room now is fitted completely with new furniture for the first time In 20 years, and the secretary called around to see how It looked and hold his Session there instead of his own spacious office. will he established In itae forests or on private land. "During the past quarter century, the government bus emphasized the value of forests for the whole conn try. For the farmer and the 1930 census showed over 50 pir cent of the population living In rural areas there are two greal problems that are affected by forestry practice Une la eroslou or the washing away of the valuuhle top soil ; the other Is the distribution of rain water If there are no trees or cover crops to slow up the rain water us It ruus down the slopes, eroslou Is unavold able. 'I litis wuter which should seep down to the valleys through a pe rlod of weeks, rushes In torrents down the stream beds, causing floods In (he valleys followed by long periods of drought. Aside from the protection of farm lauds and conservation of moisture, national forests bring the government a direct revenue in various ways. Full grown timber and cord wood are sold; grazing lands are rented; water power concessions are leased; drinking water Is furnished large cities; and Irrigating systems are provided. These projects have proved ao remunerative that even with the expense of seeding new sections, and pruning, thinning, and clearing underbrush In the old er growths, many of the national for ests have been put on a self support- ing basis. Fir Prevention. "Perhaps the largest single ex pendlture for forestry Is for fire prevention. Hie toll of life Is not or dinarily gnat, deaths from forest fires rarely running over 50 persons a yeir; hut the damage to forests t water districts and the has I teen found to amount to mil lions of doll irs. To avoid tills loss on high points lookouts are phn-ei- l of nation. il forests anil constunt watih Is hep! for the telltale smoke. Forest rangers now frel In tenting nut quently Die fires before they have passed the possibility of control. Public elu cation lias done much c, limit the fires on horror and wusie of tlc-spublic hinds. "The forest service has been quit k to see the recreational ,i xijilitle of the forests, and roads have been built, hiking cl lbs encouriged lake shores cleared, trails broken, and so camping grounds established that tourists, climbing enthusiasts, fishermen, and hunters may have an opportunity to Indulge In their fa vorite avocations. The forest service has taken with It muds, telephones, radio, and other Instruments of civilization and has brought prospering occupations to formerly Isolated spots, many of It them of striking scenic beauty has given a new vision to u any lum bermcn, persuading them that ulti mate good for the country mny he achieved and great harm averted by substituting the Ideal cl forestry for that of lumbering." ihqx-tidcii- secis-esfu- e One Prodigy Makes Good With World Bang in the Work-a-Da- y Now Is Member of Presi- dents Brain Trust." Boston. Do Infant prodigies make good when they reach the world? Harvard authorities university once said No," and proceeded to establish an Inflexible age minimum for admission. But now along comes one of the famed Harvard triumvirate of Infant prodigies and makes good with a bang. He Is Adolph A. Berle, Jr., son of a Congregational minister, who entered Harvard at the age of thirteen years. He Is now thirty-fivyears old, a professor at Columbia university and Is taking an active part as a member of the "brain trust advising President Roosework-a-da- y the advent of the new Poosevelt administration at Washington When the bunking crisis appeared on the financial horizon, Berle went to Washington as the right hand man of Secretary of Treasury William II. Woodin. At the age of eighteen years, Berle took his masters degree when he normally should have been re celvlug his A. B. degree e, At the age of twenty Bene was appointed an expert on Intel national law on the stall of the lie taught euLeague of Nations, genics at Columbia for a lime. He also taught economic law hnd psy chology. As counsel for a large group of sugar companies he spent some time in the Dominican Repub lie of Haiti and became an expert on Central American affairs. Wartime service Included tw velt years as a staff officer In Central America and later he was attached Ponder New Deal." So Harvard authorities have be- to the Russian division of the Amer gun to consider whether they should lean commission to negotiate peace not make a new deal" and open In Paris in 1919. the gates once more to unusual With the start of the Preslden tlal campaign, Adolph Berle spent youthful applicants. The "no infant rule by the Crtm months gathering material and data son was made following the tragedy that President Roosevelt used in his of a prodigy William J. Sidls. He campaign speeches. It was Adolph with Representative read and wrote at the age of two, Berle who passed the Harvard Medical school Fiorello LaGunrdla. of New York examination In anatomy at the age wrote the railroad corporation re of seven, spoke German, Russian, organization bill, termed the most French, English, Greek and Latin at revolutionary railroad proposal since eight, and expounded the fourth dl the enactment of the interstate menslon at fourteen. Commerce commission. But In 1919 he broke down from overwork and was arrested for al Birth of Twins Causes legedly assaulting a policeman durIn Socialists a demonstration by ing Recorder Much Worry Boston. Fresno, Calit. Some day, when Sidis dropped from sight until they are older, Jacques and Harry 1924, when he was discovered opEspende, twins, may be told what a erating an adding machine In a Wall bother they were to county vital Street brokerage office for $23 a statistics compilers week. Jacques first saw the light of day In an automobile speeding his moth Treasury Assistant The third member of the Infant er. Mrs Michel Rsponde to a hos His brother was prodigy group was Norbert Weiner pital In Fresno. He entered Tufts college at the age born a few minutes later at the hos- of eleven years and received his de- pital. Jacques' birth finally wastecord-- i gree of doctor of philosophy at Harvard before he was nineteen ed in the county courthouse and years old. Today he Is a full pro Harry s at ttie city hall after city Institute and county ofhcials called a number fessor at Massachusetts on what to of conferences of Technology. Berle came Into the limelight with about IL e th-e- s Birthplace of Nancy Hanks Is Marked alu- i- o A A Ready for Stratosphere Flight Log Rolling rm-k- v Thats Not Political |