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{ WHO’S NEWS THIS WEEK By LEMUEL F. PARTON N EW YORK.—At the old beanery for the hired help in the New York World building, a few years ago, there was quite a stir and stew of ambi- Dream Book tion. Swapping Came Through dreams, one AsAdvertued Maxwell Ander- son was gomg to write a play; Louis Weitzenkorn had the same idea; big, jovial Phil Stong had written 16 novels, to the quite considerable indifference of all pub lishers, but Mr. Stong said all this was just a little practice workout and he promised to deliver later on. Swarthy, saturnine James Cain thought he might have the making of a book or two in his system, but said little about it. Young, whippy Dudley Nichols, a demon reporter, trained as an engineer, had a writ ing career neatly blue-printed. Paul Sifton, burned up by social injus tice, was going to write a few plays and tear the lid off things in gen eral. Ben Burman, whom Phil Stong could carry around in his pocket, was going to be a bell-ringing nov elist. A kindly Destiny presided over the old beanery. The above play wrights, novelists and Holly wood big shots probably could have bought the then sinking world with their collective re sources of today—although Mr. Sifton, after pulling two or three lurid Broadway plays, now is sunk voluntarily in the some what undramatic federal wage board, as its assistant director. The spot news of this chronicle is that Mr. Biyman has been honored with the Southern Authors award for his recently published novel, “Blow for a Landing.” This is the highest literary award in the gift of the South, in which non-fiction also was judged. His previous books include “Steamboat Round the Bend,” which became Will Rogers’ last screen play, and several other Mis sissippi yarns. He has more or less of a personal copyright on river tales. Mr. Burman once told me how his dream was almost sidetracked. He quit the World, to become an author —with no luck, and, at long last, only a dime. The fragrance of fresh ly baked buns in a shop window de throned his reason and he shot the dime for four buns. Back in his garret he found a letter from a magazine, saying they liked his “Minstrels of the Mist,” which they had had for months, and which he had given up as lost. Would he come up and consult them on a mi nor change? He would, but lacked carfare. He had seen a pretty girl in a nearby studio. He didn’t know her, but he told her his troubles. She was similarly situated, but staked him to three two-cent stamps. He raised a nickel on them at a stationery store, saw the editor and got not only a check, but a big hand on his story. And, naturally, he returned and married the pretty girl, who thereafter illustrated his books as they traversed, not only his pet river, but Damascus, the Sa hara desert, Bagdad and other such mother-lodes of literary raw material. T OUIS SHATTUCK CATES, sil- ver-gray and semi-corpulent, heavy-spoken and decisive, is a Bourbon whose Wall Street office looks out Miner* Salute Topnotcher in Copper World over the House of Morgan and the New York Stock exchange, and yet thousands of small mining men up and down the Rocky mountains today are sending him congratula tions. The American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engi neers awards him the William Lawrence Saunders gold medal for “signal accomplishment” in mining and metallurgical enter prises. This honor goes to Mr. Cates as a depression-made leader in the copper industry. His methods have facilitated copper recovery from low-grade ore. However, much of the cheering comes from the small mining men of the West for his successful efforts for a four- cents-a-pound import tax on for eign copper. He is a miner’s miner and no swivel-chair industrial captain—this 57-year-old president of a $350,000,- 000 corporation. For every mile of bridle path which he may ride in suburban Connecticut today, he has spent long hours in the saddle years ago, directing mining operations in Utah and Arizona. He is M. I. T., 1902, a native of Boston. His dos sier clicks off “timekeeper, shift boss, foreman, superintendent, gen eral manager, vice president and president of the Phelps Dodge Corp.”—and now a medal. ® Consolidated News Features. WNU Service. Farm Topics REPAIR CRACKS IN SILOS, IS ADVICE Job Should Be Done Soon As Convenient. Concrete silo interiors which have become etched or seamed through acid action should be resurfaced as soon as it is convenient in order to control the damage - before it be comes severe, advises W. C. Krue ger, extension professor of agricul tural engineering at the New Jer sey College of Agriculture, Rut gers university. “Repairing silos is particularly important where pressure has forced liquids through mortar joints, eroding them to the extent that air leakage would be a spoilage factor,” Mr. Krueger says. “Slightly etched or roughened surfaces can be smoothed satisfactorily by using a cement wash or other penetration- type protective. Where the surface has been deeply etched, it will be best to restore it by applying a Portland cement mortar plaster. “Of prime importance in re surfacing silo interiors is the thor ough cleaning of the surface prior to operations. “Portland cement washes are readily applied with a soft broom or calcimine brush. The wash is made by mixing Portland cement, preferably of the waterproof type, with water to a creamy paint con sistency; it should be stirred fre quently during use to keep the ce ment from settling and should be applied in a smooth, even coating, heavy enough to fill all depressions. Walls should be thoroughly wet for at least two hours before applying the wash. “The addition of finely powdered iron in the proportion of one pound of iron to each four pounds of cement appears to increase the dur ability and acid resistance of the wash. Powdered iron containing sal ammoniac is preferable since it hastens oxidation. As soon as the wash has set sufficiently, the sur face should be sprinkled at inter vals to keep it moist for two days in order to cure. “For deeply etched surfaces, Portland cement mortar plaster is recommended. This surface should be prepared as for the cement wash treatment and the walls thoroughly dampened for at least two hours before applying the finish. A good mortar is made with one sack of Portland cement, 10 pounds of hy drated lime and two and a half cu bic feet of clean, well graded plas ter sand with enough water to give a good plastering consistency. The first coat should average about one- fourth-inch thickness and should be allowed to cure at least 24 hours be fore the second coat is applied, pro vided that a second coat is applied, provided that a second coat is neces sary to obtain a good surface. It is essential to keep the surface con stantly damp during the curing pe riod of at least two to three days.” Manure for Wheat Fields Is Strongly Recommended If clover or alfalfa is to be inter- seeded next spring, it is advisable to give wheat fields a light blanket of manure this winter. Excepting pn soils so rich that wheat is apt to lodge, manuring al ways is likely to be beneficial. It is particularly advisable on ground that is low in fertility, too drouthy or somewhat too acid for obtaining good stands of legume hay crops. Comparisons made at the Ohio experiment station showed that even on acid soil, red clover yielded 94 per cent, 'alfalfa 71 per cent and sweet clover 66 per cent as much as on limed land, when the wheat lafid was top dressed in advance with manure. In contrast, acid soil that had not been so manured grew only 70 per cent as much red clover hay, only 25 per cent as much al falfa, and only 16 per cent as much sweet clover as on limed land. Record U. S. Hay Crop A 1938 hay crop of 92,000,000 tons —the largest in 10 years and one of the largest on record—is reported by the United States department of agriculture. The 1937 crop was 83,- 000,000 tons and the 1927-36 aver age (including several drouth years) was less than 80,000,000 tons. The crop, together with last spring’s farm carry-over stocks of nearly 13,000,000 tons, makes the second largest seasonal supply per animal unit in the 26 years for which com parable data are available. The 1938 alfalfa hay crop is the largest on record, 8 per cent larger than the 1937 crop, 2.5 per cent larger than the 1927-36 average. Popular Turkeys The Poultry Standard recognizes six varieties of the domesticated tur key which are raised on farms to day, says the Rural New-Yorker. These are the Bronze, Nsgrragan- sett, Buff, Slate, White and Black. The differences are chiefly in size and coloring. The Bronze and Nar- ragansett are the largest, while in recent years the White variety has been so improved that it comes third in point of size. The Buff and Slate are usually of medium size Star Dust ★ Lone Girl—/Vo Complaint ★ Boh Takes It on the Chin ★ Picturing the Ancients By Virginia Vale ft/^UNGA DIN” is one of V.J those pictures that you simply mustn’t miss. It’s spectacular, thrilling, beauti fully done. Maybe it isn’t really a woman’s picture; Joan Fontaine is the only girl in the cast, and she hasn’t a really important role. But— with Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Cary Grant and Victor McLaglen in the line-up, where is the woman who is going to complain because she doesn’t see lots of lovely girls in stunning clothes, or be entertained by a thrilling love story? Sam Jaffee, whom you should re member from “Lost Horizon,” has — ' ■ ,:<• .•.WV.ViCwXvX*.*.*. JOAN FONTAINE the title role, and gives one of the best performances ever seen on a motion picture screen. Remember—you’ll regret it if you don’t see “Gunga Din”l Metro is going to make a he-man out of Robert Taylor if it kills him. He takes a lot pf punishment at the hands of Wallace Beery in .“Stand Up and Fight” and does it so well that even the men picture-goers who have complained in the past that he was “just a pretty boy” ought to be satisfied. * Another of those elaborate histor ical background is being construct ed in Hollywood. This time it is for “The Man in the Iron Mask,” and John DuCasse Schulze, art direc tor for Edward Small Productions, is drawing the plans. He has put in months of research, until he feels more at home in the period of which Alexander Dumas wrote than in the present. There will be accurate reproductions of the Palaces of St. Germain-en-Laye and Versailles, of the Bastille, the streets of historic Paris and several villages. Louis Hayward will have dual roles—those of King Louis XIV and his twin brother. Warren William will play “D’Artagnan,” Joseph Schildkraut will be “Colbert” (not related to Claudette of modern times). James Whale will direct, ^hnd, if you don’t mind a pun, it will be a whale of a picture. —*— Deanna Durbin is at'last consid ered old enough to appear in her first romantic picture. It will be “First Love,” and Charles Boyer will be her co-star. At present she is finishing “Three Smart Girls Grow Up.” * Fred Allen has committed himself to appearing on “Town Hall To night” until June, 1941, with his usu al three-months vacations. He signed the new contract on Port land Hoffa’s (Mrs. Allen’s) birth day., His radio career began in Oc tober, 1932, and he began with his present sponsors in 1934. Geraldine Farrar, driving into New York from her country home, turned on her radio one day and heard a tenor voice that she liked. She urged influential friends in ra dio to look him up—and Felix Knight was discovered. Felix turned on his radio recently, and heard a tenor voice that he liked. He found that it belonged to Vaughn Comfort, who had been en gaged for one performance on “For Men Only,” and was singing at a New York night club. Felix looked him up, found that he wanted to have a career in radio, and is now doing all he can to help him. Un usual, to say the least—one tenor helping another! —m— ODDS AND ENDS—David Selznick has announced that he will produce “Swanee River, n based on the life of Stephen Foster, who composed so many of America’s favorite songs . . . RKO has signed Joe Penner on a new contract . . Sonja Henie, Don Ameche and Rud* Phllee will make “When Winter Comes' for 20th Century-Fox . .. Metro will mak< two successive feature pictures based or the life of Thomas Edison . . . “The OU MaicT’ is to reach the screen at last, will Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins in th leading roles . . . Ginger Rogers ivill g< dramatic again in “Little Mother.” <Q Western Newspaper Union. for you, and an adorable party frock for little girls. They’re both so easy to make that even if you’ve practically never had a needle in your hand, you can do it, and what satisfaction you’ll feel when you see them emerging from your hands! Each is accompanied by a step-by-step sew chart. Little Girl’s Party Frock. You can make your small daughter so happy (and do it so easily) by making her this basque frock with the rippling skirt and contrasting bands. She’s sure to be the belle of the party whenever she wears it. Bright little ap pliques bloom all round the hem of the very full skirt—hearts or tulips, whichever you prefer. Taf feta, silk crepe, organdy or ba tiste are pretty materials for this. Button-Front Day Dress. This is a new type of dress that you’ll feel particularly well in, and wear endlessly for shopping and runabout. It’s very nice to your figure, because it has tucks on the shoulders and just above the waist, to fill out the bustline. The skirt is slim over the hips and slightly flaring. The sleeves are smartly upped at the shoul ders. It’s a style you’ll want right now, in thin wool, a pretty print, or flat crepe—and later on, for summer, in such cottons as gingham or linen. The Patterns. No. 1683 is designed for sizes 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14 years. Size 8 requires 2% yards of 39 inch ma terial, with lYi yards contrasting for applique and bands. No. 1670 is designed for sizes 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46. Size 36 requires 4 yards of 39 inch mate rial with short sleeves; 4% yards with long sleeves. Send your order to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept., Room 1020, 211 W. Wacker Dr., Chicago, 111. Price of patterns, 15 cents (in coins) each. © Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service. AROUND THE HOUSE Turn House Plants.—To prevent one-sided growth in house plants kept in windows, turn the pots around frequently so the sun will get to all sides. * • * To Refreshen Coconut.—If coco nut seems too dry, soak it in milk for five minutes. Then drain it for use in cookies, cakes, frostings or puddings. • • * Removing Fish Odor.—A piece of lemon peel added to the water when washing dishes removes all smell of fish or onions, softens the water, and puts a fine gloss on the china. First Aid To Cold Sufferers These Pictures Tell You What to Do for Amazingly Fast Relief ?i ablets—drink glass of water. <Y-—ay BPtaltal 1. To easo pall aid / discomfort aid redact fever take 2 Bayer Tablets—drtak Repeat lo 2 boors. 2. If threat Is raw from cold, crash aid dissolvi 3 Bayir Tablets la y 3 glass if water... gargle. w 4 Just Be Sure You Get Genuine BAYER Aspirin. You WM Feel Better in a Hurry The simple way pictured above often brings amazingly fast relief from discomfort and sore throat accompanying colds. Try it. Then — see your doctor. He probably will tell you to con tinue with the Bayer Aspirin be cause it acts so fast to relieve dis comforts of a cold. And to reduce fever. • v planted the use of strong in easing cold symptoms. 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