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Show TwrTHE RICH COUNTY REAPER. Entered u second elnri matter Feb. 8. 1928. t the Poet Office. K dolph, Utah, under the Act of March 3. 1879. Layton Marshall, E ttor and Proprietor Wm. E. Marshall, Business Mtnagcr SUBSCRIPTION HJ Per Yr- -r t .IU Shrinking 100,000 a Year, Should Vanish by 55, Census Bureau Notes. WASHINGTON. The excess of males over females In the United States is being reduced, according to the census bureau, at the rate of nearly 100,000 a year. In about 15 years, according to the census table, the United States Should join the majority of nations in showing a female majority. The excess of female population in Germany in 1937 was nearly 1,800,000, in France about 1,500,000 and in England nearly 1,700,000. The United States, along with other new lands like Canada and Australia, has consistently had a male majority. In 1920, the excess of males was 2,090,242. In 1930 it had fallen to 1,499,114. Preponderantly male immigration contributed to retain the male majority status but, during the last decade, immigration has ceased to be an important factor. Peak Reached in 1910. The peak of male excess population over female in the United States was reached in 1910, when it was 2,692,288. The excess had consistently increased with every decade except that between 1860 and 1870, when Civil war losses reduced the male excess from 727,087 to 428,759. Although 105 to 106 males are born to every 100 female births, the higher death rate among males is offsetting this fact. The trend toward a female majority is being materially aided by the fact that women now live three years longer than men. Average death records of the census bureau covering the last five years show that deaths among males exceeded deaths among females by 155,559 per year (787,881 male deaths to 632,322 female). To offset this annual male deficit, partially, there has been during the same five years an average of 56,770 male births in excess of female. Eliminating the effects of immigration, therefore, the annual approach to a point of feminine majority is 98,789. Heart Disease Takes Toll. Heart disease takes 47,073 more males than females annually: automobile accidents take 19,732 more males; influenza and pneumonia, 17,168; suicides, 10,172 (14,529 male to 4,357 female) ; tuberculosis, 9,694; congenital malformations and diseases, of infancy, 9,488, and nephritis, 7,427. The common killers in which the deaths of females exceed those of males,' with -- average annual excess, are cancer and tumors, 10,818; and diabetes, 6,862. Maternal deaths average 12,000 annually. The one common killer which seems to show no sex favoritism is cerebral hemorrhage, embolism and thrombosis, which annually takes approximately 110,000, with only 300 more females than males. Loss of males as a result of war has not been an important factor affecting sex balance in the United States. Total war losses through 150 years are not much greater than the excess deaths of males over females from accidents alone in 10 years. In fact, war losses of males, averaged through 150 years, do not approach the present male excess over female losses from suicides alone. Diseases of the heart are now taking a toll in three years equal to war losses of 150 years. Prison Band Master Has Constant Worry on Job OSSINING, N. Y. Prison pardons, paroles and completion of fences give Band Master Angelo Baccari a constant problem. As Sing Sing music teacher, Baccari directs the prisons concert band of 39 members, and two swing orches- tras. Baccari s problem is replacements when prison band and orchestra members are released. The prisons broadcasting system, connected with each cell, enables inmates to listen to regular scheduled concerts. Baccari said the music was appreciated and that it diverts their thoughts. Drinkers Lucky Number Is 13, but It Fails Him BERKELEY, CALIF. Thirteen an unlucky number? Edward M. Fitzgerald, 59, cant quite make up his mind on that score. Appearing before Police Judge Oliver Youngs, on a drunkenness charge, he explained that he was born on the thirteenth day of the month and so was his wife and it was on the thirteenth of the month that he was arrested while celebrating his wedJudge Youngs ding anniversary. sentenced him to work 13 hours for the city or $10 fine. , - ojrn roiTvnrv WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS wpapfr By KANDOTPH, UTAH Edward C. Wayne THE CHBERFlL CHERUB Stowaway Im iJvfcyj jo bb.sKFul,my No Quarrel With America Says Hitler, But Aid to Britain Ships Will Be Sunk; New Japanese Envoy En Route to U. S.; TIebtkt. bwkel cF jkynes is kid, 5o I gossip tJong witK Congress Continues Like krigkt jkinmer ligkt my Friend, Inner 3ep, rkrew Aurelius Debate Lease-Len- d (EDITOR'S NOTE When opinions are expressed In these columns, they of the news analyst and not necessarily of this newspaper.) (Released by Western Newspaper TTninw i are those WNU FORT DIX, N. J. Taking advantage of a snowfall along the eastern seaboard, members of the 44th Divisions ski patrol glide down a hill in their first maneuvers in this huge army encampment. Warfare knows no seasons, so Uncle Sam must prepare to fight under any condition. The patrol pictured here was organized by Lieut. Eric Wilkner, formerly of Lapland, Sweden, but now of New Yorks 113th infantry. EIGHT YEARS: Of Hitler the eighth anniversary of his assumption of power, Adolf Hitler told his people and the world that U. S. aid for Great Britain will be torpedoed and that Europe will defend itself in case those people (meaning Americans) enter the On war. cheering crowd of 20,000 gathered at the Berlin Sports palace for the speech heard the German dictator tell of Nazi plans to defeat England in the coming months. He said that Germany had armed and armed and armed and that anyone seeking to destroy that nation would get a rude awakening. He told also of Germanys preparation of military surprises that will be used in the coming battles. He said that enemy hopes for revolts in Italy because of Italian setbacks were in vain. The British were challenged to invade the continent. Hitler declared that 1941 will be the historical year of a great new He said also order in Europe. that Germany has never been against American interests. A BRITAINS NEED: Congress Considers There was a growing feeling in congress that unless the Presidents measure to permit him to lend or lease material supplies to Britain was passed soon, the Germans would arrive before American arms. Administration leaders made concessions to opponents of the bill in order to obtain greater speed. They agreed to set a time limit on the Presidents powers, they were willing that a clause should be contained ih the bill to prohibit convoy by U. S. naval ships, and they were agreeable to an amendment which require the President to report every three months to congress. Further they would not go and efforts to make the proposal ineffectual by further amendment met firm resistance. Meanwhile supply and military experts held conferences with the new British ambassador, Viscount Halifax, whose arrival in America was unprecedented. He came on the H.M.S. King George V, a new battleship just recently launched and which was not yet known to be in commission. He was met at Annapolis by President would Roosevelt. MISSION: Failure Expected Kichisaburo Nomura, admiral of Japan, is a graduate of the United States naval academy. During the World war he was Japanese naval attache in Washington and a close friend of the then assistant secretary of the navy, Franklin D. Roose- velt. Admiral Nomura, admittedly a among Japanese, is en route to Washington as the new ambassador from Tokyo. He sailed, he said, on what promised to be a mission of failure. Younger men, offered the job, turned it down. They said it would be sure to end their political careers. But Admiral Nomura is a man of He lost an eye when a courage. bomb was thrown and killed several other politicians. He received a glass eye from the empress herself. Before he left Tokyo he had a duplicate made, in case anything Now an LOS ANGELES, CALIF. Embarrassed naval officers have threatened disciplinary action against any sailor who might have helped Shirley Dale, 23, pictured above, aboard the V. S. destroyer Long, two hours before it sailed for Honolulu. She was discovered and put ashore. DEBTS: , U. S. Needs Money Congress is ready to consider to increase the national debt plans should happen to his artificial eye. limit and raise additional funds to It is not his eye, however, which finance defense efforts already auis most likely to fail him. Back thorized. The debt limit, present home Foreign Minister Yoskue set by congress, is $45,000,000,000. also educated in an Ameri- Chairman Doughton, of the house can college through the kindness of ways and means introAmerican charity, did not wait for duced legislation tocommittee, raise this limit the admirals arrival in Washington. to $65,000,000,000. Matsuoka declared to the diet that At the same time a plan was subhe considered U. S. policy out-- , mitted for defense selling rageous, in that it objected to stamps to the general public. The Japanese control of the western Pa- plan parallels the War Savings cific. He said that the fate of world stamps of 1917. civilization depends wholly upon Meanwhile the committee of fedAmericas attitude and refused to eral finances of the United States accept the theory of U. S. Secretary Chamber of Commerce sounded a of State Cordell Hull that the invawarning. It recommended a federsion of Manchuria by Japan was the al the debt agency to first step in destruction of world program with the general fiscal peace. plan. They also suggested congress establish the debt limit at a sum HISTORIC CITY: only necessary to cover the nqpes-sar- y borrowing History Repeats immediately in the report Financially, The town of Derna, now in Italian sight. is in a wilderthe said, government has an historic place in ness. Libya, American history, for it was at this village where ended one of the most DRAFT: courageous exploits of the American Harsh Words army. The year was 1805 and the United In England the government has States was at war with Tripoli, after had the power since the early days refusing to pay tribute to that nation of the war to draft manpower and in order that American ships would for defense. Virtually the capital not be molested by pirates on the same powers were voted to Presiopen sea. , Millions for defense but dent Roosevelt under the selective not one cent for tribute, had service act. In neither country has Charles C. Pinckney a few there been much of a crackdown on years before and the slogan was re- industry, the force of the law being peated now. sufficient to of William Eaton, a captain in the recalcitrant compel plants. American army who had been atBut now England is talking of tache to Near Eastern countries, labor to man its factories found himself in Alexandria, Egypt. drafting and in Washington there has been There he recruited a motley crowd threat to use the power on one or of about 40 Americans, several huntwo industries. Most vocal of these dred Greeks and as many Arabs. On instances was at a meeting of the March 8, he started across the burnlumber and timber products defense ing desert toward Derna, a city of committee when Leon Henderson, 10,000. defense commissioner in charge of The campaign experienced untold price control, warned that prices hardships, was almost without food must be cut sharply and production or water, several times faced revolt speeded. in its own ranks. But by cool bravHenderson said there had been ery Eaton dragged his army 600 some improvement. He said prices miles across the sands and attacked in December to $35.01 per dropped Derna. On April 27 the city fell to board feet but would have to the American army. The war end- 1,000 come down to $25, or the governed soon afterward and Eaton re- ment would take over. Ive had all turned home to be forgotten. the arguments, excuses and explanaAs March approached this year tions I want and a whole lot more another army which started in Alex- than I need, he said and stalked andria stood before Derna, now a from the meeting. city of 65,000. British troops with modern mechanized columns, lines In the Army of communications and trains of waWinthrop Rockefeller, grandson of ter, had put to rout an Italian force the late John D. Rockefeller, got several times larger, engaged them up one morning at 5 a. m. an rein battle at Sidi Barrani, at Bardia, ported at the New York recruiting at Tobruk, and appeared to be mas- office at 6 for transportation to Fort ters of the desert. More than 100,000 Dix, N. J. Hell never get rich, hes in tiie army now as a private. ' prisoners had faUen before them. On the other hand, Eirnest Eisle, Shock in Italy 22, of Pontiac, Mich., who fought In Rome there was no confirma- to evade the draft, is dead. When tion of the rumor that Marshal Rofederal officers called with a wardolfo Graziani had been relieved of rant for evasion, a gun fight resulthis Libyan command. But the Gra- ed. Two officers were stabbed and ziani rumor was not the most staryoung Eisle fatally shot. With the approach of spring the tling. There were stories of uprisings in Turin and Milan, of troops draft will be speeded. The objecjoining in the demonstration against tive is 800,000 men in camp under Mussolini, of speeches the selective service law before in the market place and of obscene June 1. Between now and then the words written on posters containing monthly drafts will reach about 0 Mussolinis picture. men. All this was denied, but more persisted. 'They said Germans had tak- MISCELLANY: en over the Italian censorship of C. 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