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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. G, FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1943 The World of Tomorrow—Action in the Air, in Construction and in Industry Draw Plans to Lick Depression After War Is Won; Predict Demand for Goods Will Keep Nation Busy for Many Years Chemurgy Provides Broad Uses for Many Farm Crops; Need for Building Will Be Great; Expansion in Aviation Transportation Is Foreseen. By A. F. JEDLICKA While the war rages and war production takes up the interest of the country, there doesn’t seem to be time for anything else. But as unsuspected as it might be, there is a great amount of study being made about solutions to the vast problems that will arise after the peace has been won. Millions of soldiers and sailors will be returning from the far flung fronts; munitions and arma ment no longer will be needed in mass quantities, and millions of workers will have to be switched back to normal industry; and, pending the final disposition of lend-lease, and full development of our own domestic market, the huge production program of the farmer will have its complications. With all these things bound to come up, it is obvious that any studies leading toward the formulation of plans to solve these problems, will be of service in averting any hard ships and confusion that might grow from them. Memories of the economic disorganiza tion that followed the last war, both in the cities and on the farms, still are hve enough to spur the present planners, such$> as the department of agriculture. the U. S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Foreign Trade council. All told, more than 137 important government and private agencies are engaged in post-war economic studies. This number does not in clude many state and local groups. New discoveries and methods de veloped from war production; the tremendous demand for all kinds of consumers’ goods upon which man ufacture has been stopped, and the new crops and many uses for old staples that have been found—all of these things are on the asset side for a promising post-war prosperity. Surely, we will suffer from no lack of labor; in fact, profitable em ployment of all of our labor will be the big problem. From present in dications, we will be the most fortu nate of all of the nations of the world, since most of our factories and equipment will emerge un scathed from the war. No matter what kind of a monetary system we adopt, our credit facilities should be limited by a need for money, and not by any scarcity of it. As the president of the United States Chamber of Commerce so optimistically declared, we are fac ing new horizons, in which the guar antee of economic as well as politi cal freedom will open vast produc tive fields. Chemurgy Should Aid Farmer. Of all, the farmer stands to profit the most after the war as a result of the advancement of science. Chemurgy is the new miracle which has taken the old crops apart to discover their essential substance, and then applied the specific prop erties to the manufacture of many items. Chemurgy has been active in de veloping plastics. According to a survey, a composite 1942 automobile has more than 125 plastic parts, and airplanes have anywhere from scores to hundreds of plastic appli cations. Plastics on the automobile include upholstery buttons, steering wheels, accelerator pedals and interlayers of laminated safety glass. Plastics in the airplane range from grease and oil resistant tubing to handles, knobs, sight gauges, lenses and ra dio antennae. Besides chemurgic uses which have been found for the old crops, the scientist has gone into the fields to find useful properties in such for mer waste growth as cattails, milk weed and dandelions. These amaz ing discoveries have opened possi bilities for putting formerly unpro ductive submarginal lands to good work. The loss of many of our former sources of supply for medicinal crops, vegetable oils and fibers has stimulated their cultivation in this country, where, indeed, they grew successfully many years ago before being produced in Asia at much less cost. Continuation of the growth here of belladonna, castor beans and hemp, for instance, is a ques tion which eventually will fall com pletely within the political realm. Expect Building Boom. Next to agriculture, building holds the greatest immediate promise. In fact, much of our post-war planning seems to be revolving around the construction industry. As a part of it, the timber trade figures promi nently on new mass - production processes for fabricating sections of buildings and shipping them to a site for assembly. It has been estimated that the United States needs 900,000 new buildings every year—500,000 for new families, and the rest to replace old structures. Considering the fact that practi cally all residential building has been stopped by the war, the con struction industry will be faced with a gigantic job of meeting the accu mulated demands when peace comes. Because of circumstances arising from the war, the timber industry has received an important push that will stand it in good stead later. Since most shipyards, arms and mu nitions factories demanded all of the steel that was being produced, it was necessary to revert to the use of wood in constructing many new factories, etc. Because the wood had to meet specifications in strength and safety, lumbermen developed processes for treating the timber against loads, decay and fire. As a result, wood is expected to be used in increasing quantities in ordinary building. Besides the tremendous demand expected for private construction after the war, it is reported that the government has been studying plans for an extensive public works building program. Such a program, as old as Caesar, would take up any slack in employment, particu larly in the passage from a war to a peace economy. In connection with the anticipated post - war building activity, the American Institute of Architects, the American Planning and Civic Association and the Conference Committee on Urban Problems have been particularly concerned with the reconstruction of many of the run down districts of the big cities. With in recent years, many private corpo rations have beei. seeking charters from legislatures for rights to re vive many slum areas with huge housing projects. May Expand Air Travel. Of course, the tremendous expan sion of aviation because of the war Pollination Still Is Bees’ Biggest Job The greatest contribution of honey bees to our wartime production is still in pollination of agricultural crops for production of seed and fruit, though the importance of both honey and beeswax has also in creased. Domestic honeybees pollinate most fruits, as the wild insectg are sel dom numerous enough to accom plish this early spring job. In areas where most of the land is cultivated, wild insects have few places left for nesting and breeding, and the polli nation of most other crop plants also depends on the domestic bees. With the present urgent need for greater production of legume and other seeds, honey bees may have to be brought into the seed pro ducing areas for assurance of good crops. Beekeeping fits in well with seed production, as the fields of clo ver, alfalfa, and other crops fur nish bees with food and with nectar for making honey. has led to the popular belief that the impetus it is receiving now will carry it into the post-war period as the biggest industrial development. If we are to consider the opinion of many aviation executives them selves, the airplane will pay a prom inent, but hardly a predominating role after the war. Costs of ship ping freight by both train and boat still will remain much cheaper than air rates, and as a result the plane may be used on an increasing scale, but for special purposes. It should carry most of the mail. It is in the field of transportation that the airplane promises to enjoy its greatest expansion. Already, there has been substantial talk about the creation of branch lines to hook up with main trunks, thus establish ing direct connections with all points. Larger, more comfortable and faster planes should come out of the busy research laboratories now concentrating on production of the best bombing, transport and car go airships in the world. Automobile executives already have warned the people not to ex pect drastic revisions in models aft er the war. Cars of the immediate future will not be much different than those that were being manu factured at the time all of the plants shifted over completely to war pro duction. The reason styles will not change much,, automobile executives say, is because factories are stocked with tools for production along re cent lines. With money in their pockets, peo ple will raise a clamor *ot many items whose manufacture has been discontinued because of the war. Wash machines, vacuum cleaners, refrigerators, stokers and oil burn ers, buggies, etc., all will be in de mand, and if sufficient purchasing power is available, the problem will be one of production. New Products. Among the more colorful products predicted for the future, are gaso line for automobiles yielding 40 miles to the gallon, and nylon cord tires of unparalleled strength. Eye dropper quantities of lead tetraethyl added to a gallon of gaso line will convert it into high-octane fuel necessary for airplanes. It is this new and more powerful fuel which heralds performances of 400 miles an hour for civilian transport planes, and promises 40 miles per gallon for automobiles after the war. Due in large part to chemical products developed for use in proc essing and vulcanizing rubber, tires of the future are expected to pos sess longer life. Cords of rayon and nylon, along with special carbon blacks for increasing toughness and anti-oxidams for retarding the de terioration of rubber, are among the new developments. So much for the U.S.A. Lookin;. around us, we see numerous changes in the world, many of which a^e bound to have their economic effects after the war. As an example, we need not g- any further than South America. First of all, many of our good neigh bors to the south are accumulating large amounts of dollar exchange, that is, American money, which will be spent or invested here or abroad when conditions permit. Further, many of these countries have substantially reduced their I debt to foreign countries. PATTERNS S£W!NG CIRCLE 8371 !•* yr*. ROLL OF OIL CLOTH WILL PROTECT TABLE AND GIVE A GOOD CUTTING % UR FACE MRS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS Bedford Hills New York Drawer 10 Enclose 15 cents for each book desired. Name Address Real Charmer. pANTIES to match—as if Miss ■* Sweetie-Pie wouldn’t take the cake in pinafore and open crown bonnet alone! • • • Pattern No. 8371 is in sizes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 years. Size 2 pinafore and bonnet take 1% yards 35>inch material; panties, % yard. 3 yards ric-rac. A Closet for Your Sewing Equipment A/f ANY women who have learned to sew for the Red Cross are also sewing for themselves. They are thinking of sewing as a craft and taking pride in their tools. Many who do not have space for a sewing room are planning ef ficient closets to house equipment. Here is a model sewing cupboard from my new book Better Dress making. The cupboard is six and one-half feet high; four feet wide and twen ty inches deep. The dress form compartment is five feet six inches high and twenty-four inches wide. The ironing board compartment is four feet ten inches high and eight inches wide. This leaves ample space for shelves for the pressing •cushions Shown at the top; the sleeve board; iron; water pan and sponge; stout slide-in boxes for findings; notions and patterns; and a lower shelf for fabrics. The construction throughout is of half inch plywood. • • • NOTE: If you tare in need of more closets and storage space you will find directions in BOOK 7 for a linen closet built into waste space. Also in BOOK 8 there are directions for making door pockets to use every inch of space in your clothes closets. Booklets are 15 cents each. Send requests for booklets direct to: TASTY, NO-SUGAR ALL-BRAN MUFFINS ARE EASILY MADE! Sen’s your family these delicious muffins soon! Their tempting textms and flavor come from crisp, delicious kellogg’s all-bran. Here's the reeips In a wartime version, using no sugar. Try all-bran Muffins for breakfast tomorrow! Kellogg’s All-Bran Muffins 2 tablespoons shortening % cup corn syrup 1 egg X cup Kellogg’s All-Bran % cup milk 1 cup flour y% teaspoon salt 2*4 teaspoons baking powdcS Cream shortening and com syrup thoroughly; add egg and beat wen. Stir in All-Bran and milk, let soak, until most of moisture is taken up. Sift flour with salt and baking pow der; add to first mixture and stir only until flour disappears. Fill greased muffin pans two-thirds full and bak* In moderately hot oven (400'’ F.) about 30 minutes. Yield: 8 large muf fins, 3 Inches in diameter, or 12 smaS muffins, 2 >4 inches In diameter. Airplanes Were Out The Hague conference of 1899 ruled that no aircraft should be allowed to take part in war! BET AFTER RHEUMATIC PAM Wilk a HsiislM that >111 Prat* ItscN If you suffer from rheumatic pate or muscular aches,buyC-2223 today for real pain-relieving help. 60ct $L Caution: Use only as directed. Innt bottle purchase price refunded bv druggist if not satisfied. Get C-222L rSHAVE whh SHELBYt .AND SHABKK BICAUSC THEY'U i'/I THINNB doubt, odgo or single »dg. Flattering Lines. EX)R so many reasons this button * front frock is slated for wide popularity this spring. It has a softly tailored, distinguished look and if done in one of the new prints, should be most flattering. • • • Pattern No. 8360 is in sizes 14, 16, 18, 20; 40, 42 and 44. Size 16 takes, with short sleeves, 3% yards 39-inch material, fe yard for contrasting collar. Due to an unusually large demand and current war conditions, slightly more time is required in filling orders for a few of the most popular pattexTi numbers. Send your order to; SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT. 530 South Wells St. Chicago. Enclose 20 cents in coins for each pattern desired. Pattern No Size........ Name Address 4 for 10c Manufactured and guarantred by F.d.ral Rarer Blad. C... N. V. Kept Japs In Departure from Japan was, un til 1870, an offense punishable by death. HOW NOT riW TO CATCH A rlr/ Roster of Specialists So that American firms and gov ernment offices may know where to find all kinds of scientists and various experts, on short notice, a card file of 700,000 of them, quickly classifiable by sorting ma chines, has been compiled and is known as The National Roster of Scientific and Specialized Person nel. V In the Navy a floor is a “deck,” doors are “bulkheads,” down stairs is “below,” and a cigarette is a “Camel.” At least. Camel is the favorite cigarette among Navy men, as it is among men in the Army, Marines, and Coast Guard. (Based on actual sales records from service men’s stores.) And a carton of Camels is a favorite gift. Though there are now Post Office restrictions on packages to | overseas Army men, you can still send Camels to soldiers in the U. S., and to men in the Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard wher ever they are.—Adv. The SLAP METHOD is the most convenient "miss" that is em ployed in swatting flies. You sim ply swat a perched fly on the back of a lovely dowager, the fly flee* and—so does your social standing, A better way to get flies is to CdM ’e*t mtL TanglefooT I FLYPAPER I If is the old reliable fh.f neve* fails. Always economical fo use, and not rationed. For sal# at drug and grocery stores. IN THE WAR! Charlotte Gillam, inspector at General Aircraft Corp. ZONE —WHERE CIGARETTES ARE JUDGED The "T-ZONI"—Taste and Throat-is die proving ground for cigarettes. Only yosrr taste and throat can decide which cigarette tastes best to you... and how it affects your throat. Based on the experience of millions of smokers, we believe Camels will suit your "T-ZONE" to a "T.* OtMEt