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afon was the watchword and farm plus a reasonable profit. Out owners mortgaged their property breaks of violence followed but the as they sought to extend their hold, forciblo prevention of farmers.from
machinery,
Lout after having spread to Nob
raska, Minnesota, South Dakota and other states.
THE IOWA Ings and to install the latest farm selling their products gradually died
FARMS
THE POST WAR BOOM
LONG STRUGGLE
TUBERCULOSIS TESTS. On the rush that received impotus from
boom the stock market. ngriculture borrowed Од the
FORCING UP PRICES.
Out of this movement rose the strength of 4/- a bushel corn and sorresponding prices for other "Farmers Holiday Association," its aim being to withhold products commodities.
voluntarily from the towns in order to force a rise in prices.
As the mortgage" situation be- came more neute, the Association organised "Councils of Defense In Organised many countries to work out agree ments between creditor and debtor, In some cases conciliation was
THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1933.
THE DANCER'S PARADISE
A DAY OF UPSETS AT
LONDON ENTERTAINS
THE PRINCES ⠀⠀
"“STUNT”. DANCES
London.
London Is a dancer's paradise. Both the Prince of Wales and Prince George like dancing and you the othor can often see one or around midnight in one of the small and smart restaurants near Pic- follow their example,
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TOURNAMENT
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vious day beat. Von Kehriing, the Hungarian, made his exit when ho ran up against Jack-Crawford, the Australian "ace." But the Frenchman strove desperately hard and nearly captured the third act.
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LONG DUEL.
J. Condon, the South African Davis Cup player mustained a
The reckoning -ekme with the steady drop in prices which forced farmers to pay off these obligations with receipts from corn sold at na low as Gd, n bushol.. Des Moines, Iown. Unrest developed. Behind the uprising of farmers protest came in 1931 when farmers hich brought troops and martial massed to prevent testing of cattle
North for tuberculosis. National guards-effective, but in others foreclosure cadlily. And the London hostesses dramatic defent when he foll. a wrecently into several estern Iowa counties is a story of men were sent to enforce the tests, actions were started. At one place 6 post-war land price boom and Next came the "farm strike an attorney representing a
company, Was years of efforts to slow the aimed directly at low prices. Their closing insurance igh speed agricultural machine, of mortgages were pending said the dragged from the court house steps orld war days down to a pace farmers and contended that they as he offered a bid at a forced ente, proximating consumption de could not pay because of depleted and forced to make a higher offer
Incomes so they went on to the on pain of lynching.
fore-
bands.
Farm prices for choice Iowa land highways as pickets to prevent
VIRTUAL MORATORIUM. oared to £40, £60 and even more movement of commodities to mar- er acre after the war. With loose ket until prices reached. a point. Similar movements by farmers the redit and plentiful money, expan-thut assured cont of production occurred in other parts of
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The private dances are frequent and fashionable. The public dancen
When people want to arrange a are ingenious and spectacular.. públic ball in aid of n charity, they do not nowadays think it enough to hire a ballroom and a band and sell the two-gulnea tickets to all their. friends. No, they have to think of extra diversions, as well.
AFEW STUNTS. And some of the "stunts" that London charity hostesses devise would do credit to any professional showman. Here are three of the: Intent Ideas:
The Debutantes' Ball: This won organised by Lady Charles Cavend- lah (who used to be Adele Astaire, the musical comedy dancer) and was supposed to give Londoners a chance to "look-over" the season's newcomers. Prince George was there.
The Circus Ball: For this one Mayfair was invited to dress up and take part in a huge circus pro cession round the ball-room, half way through the night.
victim to Steadman, a New Zea- Innd nominee.
Tho match went the full dis- tance and was featured by its "no quarter" atmosphere. Steadman had to concede the first set at the 20th gamò, but fought back to win the second and third. Condon re- fused to give up and pushed home n lead to win the fourth set at 7-5, but the effort proved too much and Steadman broke through in the fifth sot at the tenth game.
COCHET HARD PRESSED. Henri Cochet, who has had a very comfortable passage so for; nearly came a cropper to C. In Burwell, the Oxford "Blue" in his third round tie to-day.
The Frenchman lost the first set at 6-2, recovered to win the succeeding two sets and then, when everybody expected him:
go out on the customary three Beta to one, Burwell produced
crop of dazzling strokes which gave him the fourth at 7-5.
to
The Flower Ball Planned by
The strain upon Burwell was the Marchioness of Carisbrooke, sufficient to make him give over this one had two main attractions; the initative to Cochet, and a "race" round the ball-room by French wizard succeeded in going Covent-Garden porters carrying
the
their baskets, and a display in to his points after losing three which six pretty girls represented "living flowers."
The Famous Film Memories Bali: The attraction hore was “a stage made as a cinema screen on which lms old and new were recalled." This last ball proved the most Intriguing of all. Who could re- sist the daughter of the Brazilian Ambassador impersonating Dolores
games.
DOUBLES MATCHES.
A highly satisfactory British success was the victory of Dr. J. C. Gregory and F. H. D. Wilde over Ito and Miki, the Japanese combination.
The Englishmen had the game in their pockets for most of the del Rio or Lady Melchett turning time, the only period in which herzelf into Greta Garbo?-Reuter, | they had to take a back seat being
in the third set.
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G. P. Hughes and Mrs. Helen Wills Moody, one of the much fancied couples, for the Mixed Doubles title scored an easy and Impressive second round win ngainat E. R. Avory and Mrs. Strawson, losing only five games in two sets.
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THIRD ROUND.
H. Cochet (France) beat C. L. 5.10 Burwell (Britain) 2-6, 6-4, 6-9, 5+7, 16.00 6-3,
32.50 Steadman (New Zealand) beat J. Condon (S. Africa) 9-11 6-3, 6-2, 7.50 5-7, 6-4.
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MEN'S DOUBLES.
FIRST ROUND.
J. Stoefen and C. Sutter (U.S.A.) 17.00 beat M. Bernard and A. Merlin
Nanklag, June 28. The Central Political Council met to-day, and foremost in its wolghty agenda the coralderation of steps for. the combatting of floods was undertaken.
The Connell voted for the ap propriation of $600,000 for emer gency measures in connexion with the flood menace..
Latest reports, considered by the Council, indicated that the Immediato danger of sorious flooding along the Yangtze River course has considerably abated.-
State, forcing frequent postpone- ments of foreclosure sales. Moan- while unpaid taxes were piling up and county treasurers found it necessary to call aalos to collect the delinquent levies. The sales were jammed with tight-lipped farmers who refused to make a single bid. After frequent postponementa, tho Iowa State Legislature met and postponed delinquent tax sales until December 1, 1988.
Among other legislative moves was the passage of laws declaring a virtual moratorium on mortgage foreclosures in Iowa, until March 1, 1996,
The outbreak which led to the re- cont calling of troops resulted when Judge began consideration...of cases brought by Insurance com- panies and land banks testing the validity of the, moratorium laws. Irato farmers Invaded the court, dragged the Judge from his bonich and threatened to hang him unleas he held the laws constitutional- Router
(France) 6-3, 2-6, 9-7, 6-4.
J. C. Grégory and F. H. D. Wilde (Britain) beat Ito, and Mik: (Japan) 6-2, 6-0, 8-10, 6-1.
A. Quiat and D. Turnbull (Austra- lia) beat E. Vines and K, Gledhill (America) 4-6, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2.
WOMEN'S SINGLES.
SECOND ROUND.
Miss K. Blammers (Britain) beat Mr. Strawson (Britain) 6-3, 6-3,
Miss Enfepfinger beat Miss Virginia. Rice (UBA) 6-4, 6-4
Fr. Horn (Germany) heat Mlle. Jedzrejowska (Poland) 6-3, 6-3.
Miss B. Nuthall (Britain) beat Miss M. A. Thomas (Britain) 6-4, 6-2
Miss M. Scriven (Britain) beat Mrs. A. Godfree (Britain) 6-2, 6-1, 6-3,
THIRD ROUND,"
Miss Helen Jacobs (U.S.) best. Mias Peggy Saunders (Britain) 6-1, 6-2.
MIXED DOUBLES. SECOND ROUND.
G. P. Hughes and Mrs. Wüla Moody beat E. R. Avory and Mrs. Strawson (Britain) 6-2,6-3.
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