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torrents which raged seaward be "recently were a handicap to the re: "lef agencles leh ncentrated Montgomery, Ala. --Unprecedented tween Alabana's' two watersheds their efforts on aiding about 20,000 persons affected by flood waters, Clear weather, however, was an aid to ~~ the rescues workers, who had helped th ds to safe ground during the last few hours: Whiie only thirteen bodies had ~~ "been recovered, estimates here were "that the fatalities would run into scores. Property loss in the form of build- "ings, livestock, household goods, farm implements and other materials was 80 greal that no effort was made to give an acurate estimate of the amount; Returning aviators and news cor- T dents told of d situa- tions at Elba and Geneva, particular- ly They said 100 automobiles were moving toward the Elba region to take some 2,000 refugees from Ceme- tery Hill on order of the Governor, Sanitary conditions were rapidly be- coming dangerous there and an out- break of measles among the refugee children threatened to spread. Many Thrilling Rescues Stories of thrilling rescues and piti- ful refugee conditions were plentiful as correspondents begin to return to Montgomery and Birmingham. Ap- parently most of the refugees escaped the rising waters without - anything but the clothing they wore. Wire commucications were so disrupted that reports were lacking from many <communitiss known to be endanger- «<d by the high water, The first train from Flomaton, one of the flooded towns, reached Mobile. J. 8. Martin, of Mobile, conductor «of the train: 8. J. Brown, the flagman, and R. M. Nelson Jr., baggage master, toid of two days and nights of rescue work, taking scores of refugees into the coaches. "Our cars were packed and jam: med with people, and many of them had not eaten for hours," said Martin. "We turned on the steam heat, and some of the people, although they had to sit upright all night, said they were comfortable for the first time in many hours." A Nelson, who lives at Flomaton, said twenty persons had sought refuge in his home, which was situated a bit higher than some of the other houses. 'Water kept rising slowly and as it «crept higher and higher they retreat- «ed to the attic, thinking momentarily the rise would cease. Finally they were compelled to chop a bole in the Toof through which they escaped to Ip be rescued from 'their perch hy a motorboat. A motorcade of 100 aut bil be- from his ter and to Blame for Italia Crash One of Italy's heroes is toppled destal vy the recent find- ol el ings of the board of inquiry, appoin ed by Premier Mussolini, to learn cause of the wreck of the dirigible Italia, and to fix the responsibility for fhe loss of the airship. In the re- port of the board, made public on March 3, Gen. Umberto Nobile, com- mander of the Italia on her voyage from Spitsbergen to the North Pole, is adjudged responsible for the crash the lives of eight of the Italla's crew and nine voluntary rescuers. t- the f the dirigible and the disastrous nding of the expedition, which cost In a 3 reached this conclusion: a false manoeuvre, the result partly of the composition of the crew and of the way the craft was handled. The. responsibility for this faulty manoeuvre rests on the Italia's com- mander." others were rescued, of their findi the board "The loss of Italia's was caused by General Nobile, one of the heroes of the Amundsen-Ellsworth flight over the North Pole, also is sharply cen- fe oF Sit Garden Paths and Holidays and the Garden --- to Village Life Women's Institutes in Eng- land Encourage Drama 'The Women's Institutes in Great Britain, which were founded op the same lines as those in Canada, are filling an important place in village and rural life. Mrs. McCurdy, pubs licity convener of the Quebec Women's I has iled a list of some If at all possible the urban gard: take into considration the his summer holiday when Le ting his flowers and vegetables. course, in the perfect garden there always be a good show of bloom and a steady supply of salad material from the first of June on, but in the amateur's layout there is usually a time when the garden is at its best. This should not come when tho owner is away at some summer resort or on a distant motor tour, One can quite easily arrange to have things come on at the full either in July, August or September. If the gardener is going away, for instance, in July, it is best to delay planting of gladiolus, dahlias and the main annual flowers grown from seed until a week or two later than usual. The same rule should be practiced with beets, carrots, corn, tomatoes and melons. When this is done, the main crop, of both flowers and v bles will come on in August. sured for having allowed hi If to be taken off the ice-pack before the In the board's opinin, this was "without justifica- tion." Furthermore, points out the Brooklyn Citizen: "It cannot be said that this crush- ing d tion was adop by a e capable of judging the it ters that ordinarily would have held ten. "Our first a at rescue broug disaster upon us; Our party was com- posed of four civilians, including my- self. We had taken five negroes from a tree and were just about to land them when our motor failed. At the mercy of the current, the overloaded craft spun around like a top and we were steadily swept down stream. We crashed into a submerged tree trunk and our boat sank. My com: panions swam to safety, including the negroes, while [ grabbed a branch of the tree and hung on for an hour and a half until a passing boat picked me up." ' Insulated Cabin Cuts Noise of Plane Motor Government Scientists - Find They Can Reduce the Roar to Allow Talking Washington.--The roar of the New York subways is mild compared to the thunderous noise of an airplane motor as heard by a passenger in a cabin airplane, scientists of the Bureau of Standards tend after studying the gan moving toward Elba from Troy over an improvised road at noon to bring out the first contingent of re- fugees. Swirl With Tree Through Night Elba, Ala--Lieut. Col. Ulric N. James of the National Guard and 'Walter Rosser, a staff photographer for the Birmingham News and Age Herald, wore rescued after having 'been in the water since 3 p.m. the «lay before when their boat capsized. James said they were plunged into the flood as they were They clung to the limbs of a tree with water swirling about them through- ColoLel aiding In the rescue work. development of sound-proof cabins for airplanes, The tests showed that sound inten- sity in such cabins can be reduced by a compartively moderate increase in weight to a degree where conversation can easily be maintained. The structures developed as a re- sult of the tests were also found to be excellent heat insulators, which should make airplane cabins comfort- able even in the coldest weather or at high altitudes. The scientists set up a scale of noises running from zero to 108, the greatest volume of noise the protective devices of the human ear will permit King Gainsin- Vigor Despite Bad Weather Doctors Announce Definite and Steady Improvement in British Rulers Strength London--One of the best bulletins since the King fell ill was issued on | Monday at Craigwell House, Bangor, | Sussex, where Lord Dawson of Penn! visited the royal patient during the day. "His Majesty, the King, is steadily though slowly regaining his health," says the bulletin, "In strength, vigor and appearance his improvement is definite. The weather is restricting his opportunities for going outside the house. Ray therapy is being con- tinued. "STANLEY HEWETT, "DAWSON OF - PENN." The bulletin confirms what millions of King George's subjects noticed last week when the first photographs of the King since his illness were pub: lished, The pictures revealed aston. ishing improvements in the King's ap- pearance since the day when he waved weakly from the ambulance on his way to the channel coast. Monday's bulletin was taken to indl- cate that the change in hig appear- ance is the result of steadily increas- ing strength and approaching conva- lescence. His extreme exhaustion, which caused the royal physicians so much anxiety, has apparently been conquere Lord Dawson and Sir Stanley Hewett were with the King four hours. During that time little Prin- cess Elizabeth played on the beach in front of Craigwell louse. She made sand cakes with fruit:shaped moulds her grandmother, Queen Mary, gave her recently. Simple But Impressive Cere- | tang and a high ~Mcial in the Sino National Chinese Congress Opened mony Marks Inaugura- tion COMMITTEES NAMED Dr. Sun's Principles Stressed By Temporary Chair- man Shanghai--The Third National Kuamintang Congress was inaugurat- ed recently in Nanking with a simple but impressive ceremony attended by more than the 200 delegates neces- sary for a quarum to insure procedure of the Congress. Hu Han Ming, a prominent member of the Kuomin- Government, convened the Congress as temporary chairman with a brief welcoming speech in which he out- lined the purpose and serious char- acter of the work before the Congress. He said that the future of Dr. Sun Yat Sen's principles within the Chin- ese Government depended entirely upon the action of the delegates. The assemblage made the usual three bows before Dr. Sun Yat Sen's portrait which was hung above the chairman's rostrum. Then the new national song was sung followed by three minutes of silence. The only business was the appoint- ment of committees on credentials and rules, following which the session adjourned, subject to the coll of the chairman. The rules committee will recom- mend that the public be admitted to the sessions, but the number will be limited to 150 daily because of limited quarters. There {s some criticism among the members of the press because, al- though they are to be admitted to the Blinks: "The under crust to that the publication of any pro- events considered, or without due in- vest The ittee was pre- sided over by Admiral Cagni, and had as members four Generals, one Ad- miral, and one Senator. It held sixty sittings, examining hundreds of docu- ments and questioning all survivors of the wreck." In the opinion of the Néw York Times "the report reflects an honest effort to bring out the facts, whether they hurt reputations or not." It must have been difficult for the Italian commission to reach these conclu- sions, observes the Baltimore Sun, "and it must have been equally diffi. cult for Premier Mussolini to consent to their publication." As the Brook- lyn Eagle explains: "The official condemration of Gen. Nobile carries, in itself, no explicit penalty. But it fixes definitely the blame that has been informally and pretty widely bestowed. If the com- If one is not taking holidays until August, however, it is well to get some flowers and vegetables in as early as possible, and the balance in very late, 80 that there will be a show before going away and a second one after arrival home. In any case, it is well before leaving the garden for a few weeks in the summer to cut everything well back, particularly buds and flow- ers, to mulch well with grass clippings or straw to conserve the moisture when it is not possible to have a neighbor turn his hose over the fence once in a while, so that top growth will be checked while one is absent. An Idedl Soil If it were always possible for a gardener to pick his soil, he would plck one composed of an equal mix- ture of organic and inorganic matter, a light, deep sandy loam with plenty of humus in it. This is the ideal to- 'ward which to work in bringing the (soil to condition. Gardeners have to take the soll as they find it and bring it into condition, not a difficult work at all if undertaken intelligently, but one requiring patience and perhaps several seasons to secure the proper tilth. A soil of the composition men- tioned is particularly valuable for its mander of the Italia expedition failed in fortitude, as the unanimous opinion of the committee holds that he did, he must endure the severe penalty of a public disgrace. By all accounts, he is a man of honorable intentions, of worthy ambition, on whom such a penalty must fall with crushing force. But he seems to<have lacked some- thing that no man can definitely know he has until the test comes. For a weakness, he endures a punishment more severe than that of many a de- liberate wrongdoer." On the other hand, the board of inquiry completely exonerates Capt, Filipo Zappi and Capt. Alberto Mari- ano, of the Italia crew, who are sald to have continued their retreat to- ward the nearets land after their com- panion, Prof, Finn Malmgren, Sweed- ish meteorologist, fell behind. So General Nobile is left to bear the brunt of world-wide criticism. "It is a hard blow," remarks the Philadelphia Inquirer. But adds the Troy Record: "Italy will gain instead of losing the regard of the world because of its defermination to hew to the line. The commission 'undoubtedly was fin- structed by Premier Mussolini to ren- der a decision in accordance with its ability to absorb fertilizer, Heavy solls absorb it too slowly and sand too rapidly, so the admixture with humus as the carrier is the proper mixture. Every time a crop with the luxuriant growth of a favoring climate is taken off the soil, a portion of the soil fertil- ity goes with it and it is necessary to replace it. The plowing under of green manures, the spading in of stable manure and the adding of vege- table compots and commercial ferti- lizers is a continuous process. Garden Paths Paths add much to the attractive- ness of any flower garden or lawn. It a supply of limestone is plentiful soil the same size and exact depth of you stone and plant irregularly. porch is so placed that it is imprac ticable as an axis. and cheap, a pleasing effect may be produced by paving crazy style or in ergular fashion. Simply dig out sod or it this is done carefully, the lawn mower will run right over and no trimming will be necessary, The central path of the garden should be in line with the centre of the back porch or with a window commanding the view if the To round off, have the path lead up to a rose-covered of the activities of the Institutes in the Old Country which include a movement" to improve village enter tainments. Institutes in England are Neing en- couraged to send students to the 1929 Easter School of the British Drama League in London, In order that be- ginners from villages may feel-thor- oughly at home, they will be given a special course of half-hour talks. Be- sides this, they will hear lectures from a number of theatre experts and will join in discussions following visits to the best professional productions and the National Festival of Community Drama. There will be diction classes, rehearsals, and criticized exhibitions of students' work in all branches. English Institutes have been sending delegates to this school in order to have this #pecial training for the many dramatic events put on in their own villages. Offenham Women's Institute is in a village in England where tradition goes back to King Offa, who ruled in Mercia in the eighth century. 'The members looked up all that wos known of the ancient king. From material collected they wrote a play and en- listed the help of the men and friends in order to produce it more effectively on the "Village Playing Field." The children helped, too, being dressed as the produce of Offenham at the pres- ent day, each bearing a rhyme descrip- tive of various kinds of vegetables and fruit from a strawberry to a vege- table marrow. The Women's Institutes of England have been forming choirs and, accord ing to Sir Richard Terry, there lies a great hope for the musical future of the country. Carol parties were in vogue at Christmas. The national magazine "Home and Country" repro- duced the music and words of the "Coventry Carol!" and also gave names and addresses of houses pub- lishing books of traditfonal carols, Find Hidden Treasure in Russian Monastery Children Playing in Cellars of Abandoned Building Come Upon Secret Passage Moscow--Buried treasure in gold coins, ingots an djewels, estimated at several million rubles, is reported to have been discovered in an empty monastery in the middle Volga region, The report states that a group of children were playing hide and seek in the cellars and one of the hiders suggested that they remove some pieces of timber leaped in a corner to conceal themselves. They discov- ered a hole and a passage leading downward and became so interested that the seekers easily caught them, whereupon the whole crowd aban- doned the (ame and decided to ex. plore the passage. At the end of it they found a small stone chamber in which were the tre sure chests. The story is probably exaggerated as to the value of the articles, but it is a fact that such troves exist and are constantly being discovered. Thus jewels worth more «than $1,000,000 were found hidden in a safe four years ago in the Leningrad palace of Prince to register. In comparison to this, his limit of audibility, the noise of an air- plane motor was rated at 100, or al- most the limit. The New York subway garden seat or archway through the flower garden into the vegetable patch. It there is room, the main path may circle a garden pool in which water ceedings will be forbidden until given the approval of the secretariat of the Congress. This rule will probably be strongly opposed when the Congress cout the night. A graphic description of the flood in and about Elba was given by tele- phone by Kenneth A. Miller, Associat- chicken ple you brought me was ter- ribly tough." Walter. "There wasn't any undercrust to that ple, sir" It findings. General Nobile, not Italy, has been weighed in the balances and found wanting." Yussopf, who killed the Monk Raspu- tin, and an equally valuable art treas. ure wag unearthed beneath the cellar of the Moscow mansion, which was 3 meee pert. Des 8 Mi ow | rome was rated at 80, while the noise | Wa8 sorved vu a Sardboart plate acts on the committee's report, = plants are growing, or if this is too the headquarters of the American re- ns. 5. Sortespon en oe age en in a room full of stenographers rang-| pa. "po you love me well enough| The fact that a quorum attended Censorship elaborate, a bird-bath or sun dial may Jie food packef system. eit he a Om a| 0d just below the subway roar at 70. |, he my wife?" She: "More than the opening session, which was har- be used for similar effect. New Statesman (London): (The police confiscated a MS. sent by D. H. Lawrence by post to his publisher.) > American Slang Wins The report of the tests, prepared by V. L. Chrysler and W. F. Snyder, declared that the best means of reduc- that, I love you well enough to be your | monious, refutes the advance predic- mother, Haven't you heard that I'm tions that the Congress would never Spinach Is a Standard Vegetable Spinach will be one of the first boat and hung in a treetop until 4 resciied. He waded four miles in vegetables harvested in the vegetable Contest in England - water waist deep and aided in tho ar rE MiruIme going to marry your father?" meet. The interference of the police with garden, and, if planted at intervals of i g rescue of many persons. The cor- ing airplane noises in. 4 va Mr. D. H. Lawrence's private corre-| = "8 hor 0 bo he time the American slang predominates in pondent fed' detach- cabin seemed to be the sound-proofing| T= . spondence . . . is utterly indefensible |> © apis y England. Such native expressions Toyo Eb haniod Cana of the cabin, although they pointed out Grace and Poise on Skates and abominable soil is fit to work until June, will fur- 0 y 'We suppose there is as "wangle" and "blotto" are ofsol- that development of more efficient ex- 3 nigh delightful greens for the table into the flooded area. some law or regulation , , . which ete. These facts were ascertained by haust mufflers and a method of re- until midsummer. This vegetable de-|, ..nq of a popular competition fn " : gives the police power to do such . id pop D Con gal Ee Songer Evert Susing the jiojse Yaised by Ye Nuiling things. Or perhaps there are pro.| MBBS in a warm, rich soil, and must| io Napchester Guardian. Prizes propeller would con! R be heavily manured and, like all other vegetables, should be pushed quickly with regular applications of nitrate of soda. The rows should be at least twelve inches apart, and, where horse cultivation is practiced, two feet or a yard, If preferred, and the soll is clean, it may be broadcast, but in this case it is harder to keep down the weeds. Alter the plants are up well, thin well to at least elght inches apart, and keep the soll cultivated and fer- {ilized. Bloomsdale Savoy Leaved is said. "The assignment jas one of adventure, fraught with er, yet the tasks had to be accomplished. People were crying for food and 'water from the housetops and the urge to raceh them cost many of mem- bers of rescue parties a wetting from i notes are sometimes produced by two boats capsiz! t "We tt Songer Wetnsalay : ngines running at Slightly differen night about midnight and ve ! Readily tr big conv motor tracks), They alse fond that cabin walls re bl 3 for ofght hours before we 'reached ih Ak 3 at Moh fee visions in the old Post Office Act which were made for an utterly dif- ferent. purpose. But the point which concerns the public 18 whether this means that the mails are no longer safe, to the supervision of some more or less stupid policeman, that our let- ters may be steamed open and re- closed by any curious censor. Must we resort once more to sealing-wax "| to be sure of privacy, and can we be sure even with that? It is nothing were to go to the two best lists of the six most expressive slang phrases. First prize was awarded to the list be- low, and second to one "constructed on similar lines": A pain in the neck. To get away with it. To let in on the ground floor. Bats in the belfry. To bump off. To spill the beans. "It is clear," says the judgment, They found that airplane noises are complex being of both high and~low frequencies, the exhaus' noises being found in the lower frequencies around 200 beats per second, while in multi- colored planes even lower pitched beat fifty-two miles to the south. "| less than an outrage upon all modern ideas of individual liberty that police. men should possess such powers. Handles of Hickory "The making of hickory hardies, an activity of the wood-turning Industry, one of the hardiest and is an early variety as well. This, like the Vic- torla, ic wrinkled like Savoy cabbage, succulent and curled. King ot Den- the recent Introductions, an dwill keep seed, although it is mot as early as mark is one of the most valuable of in condition for cutting for a week or two after other varieties have gone to [the first-named. Some of the &pin- aches after cutting will grow up again % crop, but the these is not equal to the "that American slang predominates and, incredible as it may seem, no one quoted any of the good old Brit- ish slang phrases, perhaps because they are no fcuger known." Most competitors obligingly trans. lated their pet phrases. = "A covered wagon" meant "an elderly rotund wo man who aped the flapper." " a---- mate You can't tell about married peoples Pet names live on tong after the affeo- tion that coined (hom fis dead.--