1935-02-20 — Page 27

THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1936.

Pillars of smoke shot through with sheets of flame sponted from this oil wall three days after it "blaw in" as a big producer neur Trinity, Houston County, Tex. Fira crows fought vainly for more than a week to control the roaring blaze, which took a heavy toll of property.

LONDON GAYEST

LUXURY TRADE CENTRE

SPENDING ORGY

London, Feb. 12. Londoners are to-day prouder than ever of their city, which,

they claim, has become the gayest European capital and the centre of

the world's luxury trade.

to stay at home, because they know that sterling has lost its former high purchasing power.

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FARMERS

WASTING

TIME

USELESS LAND CULTIVATED

ABANDONMENT.

URGED

Washington, Feb. 9.

Federal retirement of 75,000,000 acres of submarginal land is necessary to America's economic and Industrial well-being, record- ing to the National Resources Board.

The committee, in its report le President Roosevelt, suggested the | Government pay $376,000,000 dur- Ing the next 15 years to take, this land out of cultivation, transfor the Inhabitants to more fertile greas and withdraw homestead privileges: from unsuitable acreage.

Retirement of valuclesa land was the keystone of the board's pro- gramme of Improving agriculture and Industry. Other factors were flood and soll erosion protection, irrigation, extension of federal control to cover public domain used primarily for grazing and development of national and state parks and forest reserves.

The Board recommended partial government control of the mining industry to assist economic stabili- ty, minimize waste, maintain wage: standards and protect Investments.

Necesalty for a subsistence home- stead programme to care for Tami- lies now on submarginal land was stressed. The government, it snid, should foster decentralisation of industry to supply farmers with parttime employment,

"Experience during the current year," the repart suid, "has shown that the familles in these areas respond readily to the programme

and that it is supported by local public opinion.

"These areas," it added, "have Jewellers claim 90 per cent. of been characterised by Incredibly the world's deals in diamonds are low standards of living.. Last done here, and that more than spring a programme for the pur- $75,000,000 worth of rough stenes chase of these poor farms and for aiding the transfer of families to have recently changed hands in the other locations was begun, and the neighbourhood of Hatton-Garden, government now is engaged in plane London's market for precious for acquisition of approximately 166 subsistence homestead areas contained a total of over 6,000,000 acres.

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Furriers claim that London has now taken the place of both Leip-

To aid farm tenants, the board zig, Germany, and St. Louis, Mo.suggested the "possibility of adapt jan the world's fur trading centre. [ing to American conditions the

They Bay

Canada alone sent policy of compensation for improve

protecting competent tenants £1,500,000 worth of raw fura horeents made, and certain measures this year, which are being finished against the risk of unwarranted and sold all over the world for more displacements. than £4,000,000, and that the 1934

Night-clubs, theatres, cinemas, fur trade has alrendy_doubled the restaurants, shops and other trade £10,000,000 of 1931, and amusement enterprises report business increase.

In the art trade, auctioneering firms in the West End say that it

The board suggested municipali. ties increase-parks to the proper- tion of one acro for every 100 citizens.

To insure a long-time Jand This spending orgy has been is much easier now to sell artistic development programme, the board

and literary tronsures than botore recommended establishment of a accelerated and intensified by the the gold-standard days-United permanent land planning board.

recent wedding of Princess Marina Press,

of Greece and the Duke of Kent. London has been having by far a gayer night life than Paris or any ¦ other European capital for soveral months, Britons sny.

Shows, oven when mediocre, are sell-outs. Lines of people are to be seen every night at the gallery entrances of West End theatres, waiting patiently the opening of the box-office to buy seats.

Cabarets, although with less altractive floor shows and smaller bands than in large American cities, announce a considerable In- crosse in patronage. Cinemaa re- port capacity houses throughout the series of daily performances, and between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. It's hardly possible to find room in the cheaper seats.

However, there has been no note- worthy increase in prices. Eng- land not being a gold-standard country, Frenchmen, Swiss, Ho!- landers, Italians, etc., have found that their currencies can buy much more in London than in any other European Capital. Therefore, there has been a considerable influx of temporary visitors from abroad, who have taken advantage of the monetary altuation, business men

say.

ECONOMICAL FUN

They claim that London has, ro- placed Paris chiefly because anuse. ments here cost less, and the ex- pense of the trip is covered by Bavings effected in purchasing here articles that, if bought at home, would be more expensive.

This reported steady increase of business volume, mostly centred la London, has given this city an un- deniable air of prosperity. Every trade and commercial enterprise is benefiting from the augmented tourist traffic, it is said. On the other band Britons now prefer

United Press.

These two planes czjabød high in the air and plunged to earth, one wrecked and the other cripplad, two flyers dying in the collision Dear Murfreesboro, Tron. The craft wera Indiana National Guard planes, returning from the Miami air races, Lieut. W. B. Morgan of Indianapolis and his observor landed safely in their crippled ship, shown abova, coming down in a cornfield six miles away. Tha dead airmen were Lisuta, Henderson Whenfar and Richard Miller, also of Indianapolis, killed Instantly in the wracked plane shown below.

His Imperial Highness Crown Prince Akihito Taugúnomlys did not say much on his recent first anniversary, but all Japan celebrated the birthday of the future ruler of Nippon. Here is his official photograph, released through the Imperial Household Department for the birthday fate.

Work and prion politics were forgotten when the 5,500 convlets at San Quentin Prison were assembled in the penitentiary mass hall for this remarkabla photograph, for the occasion was the annual vaudeville show given by theatrical interests and people of the San Francisco Bay Region—a show staged with "big time" settings. And you'll note that 5,499 did not face the camera lens, as is usual "outside'! prison walls.

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