| Show NEWS THIS WEEK by LEMUEL I 1 r PARTON N TEW EW YORK not au all the news t these days has t to 0 do with fighting and cc contention ri among the nations on a weekend week end run to wash ington t h f a plant wizard to writer found brazil to grow braz brazil 11 borrow goodwill galfa fruit ing wal S ter ten swingle americas 68 08 year old plant wizard in a unique and friendly deal which v yo bably will ring more cash registers than would mussolini if he iv swallowed allowed all the balkans in one gulp busy all over the world tor for 40 years or more mr swingle has created enough new wealth with his plant conjuring to build a sizable battle fleet brazil getting on uncle sams cuff lor for breaks precedent among debtor nations by immediately getting busy in a long range effort to set up a favorable trade balance and get square with the export import bank she thinks mr swingle can show her how to grow many things which we urgently need furthermore she intends to become entirely independent of aagre aggressor s or nations not by ersatz or bya by a s trong strong arm economy but by scientific utilization of her natural resources in soil and climate mr swingle departs tor for brazil with the sanction and ca operation cooperation co ot of the department 0 of agriculture his expenses are paid by the brazilian government tung oil trees rubber and quinine will get mr air immediate attention brazil thinks that with so some me expert coaching by mr S swingle she can bring all these through as negotiable assets in interest or amortization day it looks to this observer like a sunny break in the blizzard of screwball economics which has been sweeping 9 over the world the above will be just a starter mr research will cover virtually the entire range of brazilian agriculture and forestry A native of pennsylvania a botanist educated at the kansas state agricultural college he became an agricultural explorer for the unitt ed states sov gov j w u toured world in 1902 in search of working in near plants for U US S ly every country in the world he brought egyptian cotton to wi arizona and acala cotton to california and helped establish the date industry in the latter state in florida he achieved miracles 0 of f hybridization in citrus fruits he added immeasurably to the knowledge of pol hopped up the seeing power of the microscope and in french german and english wrote authoritative treatises on plant pathology cytology taxonomic botany and citrus propagation his fame is widely international and he Is a member of every important scientific society in his field A homespun american he is as clubby as a suburban gardener exchanging garden lore over the bick back fence with his neighbor his export of ideas ide asand and seeds ind and cuttings has yielded vastly more goodwill and tangible wealth than our exports of scrap iron and his imports have run up into billions TWO years ago it appeared that hot A john logic aogle baird the mop halrold halrid garret inventor tor who took the lead in british television was running sec ond to other in sunset p red n j and jentons yen jen tors the morning gray graaf postmaster gen A AStar start tonWay on wa y eral ruled against him in picking the marconi deml system for the british broadcasting corporation but now his system is working bingin in L ondon london motion picture theaters and his representatives are here to install it t in several broadway houses the son of a scottish country parson paison in an old tweed coat and slacks he lived meagerly in a dark soho at attic tic and worked with a set of carpenters tools a vacuum tube and a few magnets with no results when he be started thinking his w way a y through a problem he went to bed he had been in bed a 1 couple ai of weeks when almost despairing I 1 he saw a red sunset through th the window that suggested a takeoff from the infrared infra red zone tone j of the spectrum oo on february 3 1928 he flashed a picture across the ocean a ghost face flickering on en thi the wall of the dark cellar of A M hart of hartsdale Hart sdale N Y in the old days dais his trousers were Oat patched ched 1 his hair was a brush heap and he usually had one one sock drooping now as president of baird television ltd he Is slicked clicked up k a loth lot and according to all accounts la in bei becoming oming a magnate sunse red and morning gray start the tray trav eler cler en cn his hii way ay 0 consolidated news F e agures service |
