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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY. S. C.
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The Quettion*
1. What was Michelangelo’s com
ment about trifles?
2. In aviation ceiling zero means
what?
3. Who was the only bachelor
President of the United States? ,
4. What word is used to describe
the use of many words when the
use of a few would suffice?
5. What was the planned height
of the Tower of Babel?
6. Were Lincoln and Lee names
of generals in the American Revo
lutionary war?
7. Where did the modem circus
originate?
8. What character in the Bible
died twice?
The Answer*
1. “Trifles make perfection and
perfection is no trifle.”
2. The fog is down to the ground.
3. James Buchanan.
4. Circumlocution.
5. High enough to reach heaven.
6. Yes, Benjamin Lincoln and
Henry Lee.
7. In the English fairs of the 17th
century.
8. Lazarus.
SNAPPY FACTS
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miloogo on commordol and
farm motor trucks. Loading
of a truck or trailar so tho
woight is ovonly distributed
to all load-carrying whools
will prove an important rub
ber conservation measure. It
pays to chock loads.
If the average rubber consump
tion in China, Russia and India were
brought up to American rubber con
sumption standards, they would re
quire 4,500,000 tons of rubber a
year, nearly twice as much as the
anticipated world supply of natural
and synthetic rubber after the war,
B. F. Goodrich officials declare.
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Cottle Increase
The average annual increase for
the .last five years in numbers of
beef cows and heifers over two years
of age has been 734,000 head, of year
ling heifers 330,000 head, of calves
586,000 bead, and of steers 453,000
head. The January X, 1944, inven
tory shows a 28.9 per cent increase
for beef cows and heifers over two
years over the 1935-39 average, for
yearling heifers 47.7 per cent in
crease, calves 28.7 per cent increase
and steers 38 per cent increase.
Greatest Flaxseed Crop in History Asked
From farms to foundries, factories and the fighting fronts, and back to farms—that’s the cycle of
millions of bushels of flaxseed to be produced in the United States this year. After the farmer in the npper
left-hand picture has harvested his flaxseed, it becomes linseed oil and acts as a binder in the cores of the
molds for metal castings shown at lower left. Much of this metal goes into machines of war. Linseed oil is
an essential ingredient of paint and varnish, and the meal left after the oil is pressed out returns to farms
as high-protein feed for cattle. Five million acres ol flaxseed are sought in 1945.
T HOSE mighty mites from
America’s farms—flaxseed
—are in the news again.
Linseed oil is the reason.
About three-quarters of a billion
pounds will be needed to answer
minimum national requirements
in 1945, and the only source of
that essential oil is the tiny flax
seed.
Chief use for linseed oil is in
paint and varnish. It accounted for
approximately 85 per cent of all the
fats and oils used by the drying in
dustries last year, and may be ex
pected to carry on in the same way
in 1945. It is also a valuable ingre
dient of linoleum and oilcoth, print
ing inks, adhesives and soap, and
for processing leather and textiles.
One of the little-known, but im
portant, uses of linseed oil is in the
manufacture of metal castings for
many types of military, industrial
and agricultural machinery. It acts
as a binder for the fine sands of
cores for the molds.
Nothing is wasted in the process
ing of flaxseed, says the War Food
adminstration. The meal remaining
after the oil has been pressed out or
extracted from the seeds goes
back to farms as high-protein live
stock feed. In fact, the tonnage vol
ume of the meal is a bigger busi
ness than the oil! Last year, for ex
ample, about a million tons of lin
seed meal were sold.
Five Million Acres Needed.
It will take 5,000,000 acres of flax
for seed, plus a small amount of
imported seed if it can be obtained,
to produce the necessary 775,000,000
pounds of linseed oil, according to
the WFA. Military requirements
for the oil are increasing at a time
when domestic reserves are short
because of the small 1944 flaxseed
crop. In addition, possible imports
are uncertain.
The acreage sought is 64 per
cent greater than last year, which
reached only 3,052,000 acres. Total
use of linseed oil in 1944 hit an all-
time high of 1,025,000,000 pounds, far
exceeding U. S. production. This
brought a serious drain on reserve
supplies.
WFA points out that with con
sumption levels, inventories of lin
seed oil will be as low as they
can safely go by next fall when oil
from the 1945 crop becomes avail
able. With normal yields, the acre
age goal would produce about 36,-
800,000 bushels of flaxseed, to which
would be added an expected import
of 6,300,00 bushels, for a total of 43,-
100,000 bushels. The minimum oil re
quirements would take about 40,400,-
000 bushels of seed and another
2,700,000 bushels are estimated as
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the seed requirements for plantings
during the following year.
So vital is the need for linseed oil
that congress has authorized the
expenditure of $30,000,000 in spe
cial payments to farmers to help
assure a sufficient supply. This is in
addition to the regular price sup
port program for flaxseed, and will
be administerd by the Agricultural
Adjustment agency. Farmers who
plant flax for seed will receive pay
ments at the rate of $5.00 an
acre, up to the limit of the individ-
ual farm goals worked out by the
farmer and his AAA committeemen.
The flax must be on suitable soil
and the crop properly handled, to
be eligible under the payment plan.
Price supports for flaxseed in 1945,
as announced by the War Food ad
ministration, are designed to bring
the farm price to not less than 90
per cent of the parity price.
Crop Can Be Insured.
Further protection for growers is
available through the Federal Crop
Insurance corporation. Insurance on
this crop is being offered this year
for the first time, and will assure
production returns up to 75 per cent
of average yields. Contracts are for
one year, and will be available
through county AAA offices or
other authorized agents. Closing date
for submitting applications will be
the beginning of seeding or March
31, whichever is earlier for all areas
except North Dakota and Montana
and parts of Minnesota, where the
FCIC closing date is April 10.
Average yield of flaxseed is
8 bushels per acre. That means it
takes some 31,360,000 of the seeds to
produce 152 pounds of linseed oil,
since they average 70,000 to a
pound. Although all seeds contain
oil, some, like flaxseed, are a rich
source of that valuable product. By
weight, just over one-third of a flax
seed is linseed oil.
MOPSY By GLADYS PARKER I
Federal Housing Agency
Asks for 190 Millions
To Build 56,000 Homes
By WALTER A. SHEAD
WNU Staff Correspondent.
Action of Federal Housing admin
istration officials asking the con
gress for an additional appropriation
of 190 million dollars for public and
private housing, and reopening
of the Taft committee hearings in
vestigating housing problems has
brought speculation as to the fu
ture of the federal housing program.
Under the appropriation asked
by FHA, $90,000,000 is sought for
36,000 units of public war housing
and $100,000,000 is being asked to
construct 20,000 privately financed
units unter title VI of the FHA.
During the war emergency most
of the separate housing organiza
tions have been operating under the
general framework of the National
Housing agency. It seems to be the
consensus of opinion among organi
zations such as the National Associ
ation of Real Estate boards, the
States Savings and Loan league,
the National Association c.’ Home
Builders, and others, that the Na
tional Housing agency should not
be projected into the postwar era.
Most of these organizations be
lieve, according to private sources
here, that the Federal Housing ad
ministration and the Federal Home
Loan Bank board should be inde
pendent or be reestablished as rela
tively independent agencies.
Treasury May Take Over.
Instead of liquidation of war hous
ing projects by the National Hous
ing agency, the general opinion
seems to prefer that the disposal
of permanent and temporary war
housing should be the function of
the treasury department. The treas
ury also is regarded as the likely
liquidator of the assets of such agen
cies as the U. S. Housing corpora
tion, the Home Owners Loan cor
poration, the Defense Homes cor
poration and all assets of agencies
owning defense and war public
housing, including the defense hous
ing of the Federal Works agency
and the non-farm public housing of
the Farm Security administration.
It is presumed that the United
States Housing authority will be re
turned to its prewar status in the
Federal Works agency. There
seems to be a wide diversity of
opinion, however, as to the activities
which should be permitted the
USHA. Some realtors and home
builders believe it should be liqui
dated as rapidly as contracts be
tween the USHA and local public
housing authorities will permit.
French Losses, Excluding
Prisoners, Total 130,000
PARIS, FRANCE. — The news
paper L’Ordre reported recently
that five years of war had cost
France 130,554 military and naval
personnel killed, wounded or miss
ing, of whom 103,233 were killed in
France, Afrjaa and Italy. These fig
ures excludea prisoners. At the time
of France’s fall the Germans said
they had captured more than 1,900,-
000 French troops, including 29,000
officers.
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Aaaoclatod Newspaper*—WNU Features
By NANCY PEPPER
CUT A FINE FIGURE
Whether yon skate on blades or
wheels, yon should have one of
those glamour outfits that the slick
est chicks are gliding around tho
rinks in. We’ve snooped around
some of the popular rinks around
the country and here’s our up-to-the-
minute report. Ton’ll have to get
ont yonr needles and thimbles, gals,
coz none of this finery is for sale.
It’s for the making.
Velvet and Spangles—The big fa
vorite among the gals who really go
to town with fig
ures in the mid
dle of the rink is
velveteen
trimmed with
spangles. They
like the short,
short princess
dresses with
square or sweets
heart necklines.
The swooniest one
we saw was pale I
Grable’s initials in sequins at one
side.
Pants to Match—Some girls make
themselves swirling plaid wool
(white ground patterns preferred)
With little matching pants that show
on the swirls. ,
Oh, My Stars!—You paste silver
and gold stars all over your white
skate shoes and you look like some
thing out of another world. You also
paste stars all over a colored snood
that holds your page boy in place.
Hem Hints—Sew your trimming
inside the hemline of your skating
skirts. Beads, buttons, spangles,
! even Christmas tree tinsel, are more
effective when you only see a flash
of them around the corners.
HEADSTARTS TO GLAMOUR
Was it only yesterday you were
strewing flowers in yonr high pom
padours and tying bows hither and
yon among yonr carls? Was it only
the day before yesterday that yon
were seeing the world throngh one
eye with a Veronica Lake hair
droop? And—today yon go for vel
vet ribbon bands. Well, what about
tomorrow? Here are the newest
hair-do trends reported by oar soda
fountain sleuths. Get set, get ready
and go! They’re yonr headstarts to
glamour!
Band Pins Barrette—No need to
put your velvet headbands away in
mothballs just because barrettes are
in. Snap your barrette over your
band at one side. Lots of girls are
going in for doubleheaders like this.
Barrette Boom—You see those sil
ver bar barrettes on all the sleek
est, slickest heads. Friends are giv
ing them to each other instead of
friendship links with names in
scribed. Boy friends are giving
them to their steadies instead of
identification bracelets. Gals are
giving them to themselves instead
of investing in another silver bangle
bracelet. It’s a trend; it’s a Fad-
shion!
Eye exercises do wonders for your
eyes. After a day at your desk try
some right and left eye exercises.
Then wash the eyes with warm wa
ter, followed by a cold compress over
the eye with a five minute rest.
Ledger Syndicate.—WNU Features.
By FRED NEHEI
knew
come
draft kept on taking men.’
Nazis Have Word for
It; and What a Word
LONDON. — “Raeumingsfami-
lienunterhaltsbeitraege,” a 36 let
ter word, the longest yet appear
ing in the language of German
officialdom, is a direct result of
the Russian offensive, reports
Reuter’s radio listening post here.
It means “subsidies toward the
maintenance of evacuated fami
lies.”
SEWING CIRCLE PATTERNS
Becoming Frock for Daytime
Protect Dress With This Apron
Daytime Frock
A SOFT afternoon frock for the
more mature figure. A curved
yoke with button trim and scal
loped closing are distinctive de
tails. Designed to take you every
where with charm and confidence.
* • •
Pattern No. 1301 Is designed lor sizes
34. 36. 38. 40, 42. 44, 46 and 48. Size 36.
short sleeves, requires 3% yards ol 39-
inch material.
Apron That Covers.
IF YOU like a covered-up feel-
A ing while you work this pretty
apron will be a welcome addition
to your apron wardrobe. Use gay
A dash of horseradish mixed
with each glassful of tomato juice
will add to the flavor.
—a—
Dipping a dust cloth in hot water
to which a little kerosene is added
will make it hold dust much better.
—a—
In home sewing it’s important to
know threads. On cottons, use cot
ton thread. Rayons sew equally
well with silk or cotton thread.
—o—
If yon have a dress with a skirt
that is too narrow, take off the
skirt at the waistline. Add a new
skirt in contrasting fabric, cutting
it over a pattern that fits in with
the style of the dress you are re
modeling.
polkadots or bright checked cot-
tops, and for the cherry applique,
left-over scraps of material.
• • •,
Pattern No. 1298 is designed for size*
14. 16, 18, 20; 40, 42 and 44. Size IS re-
quires 2% yards of 32 or 35-inch materi
al; 7 yards ric rac to trim.
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 pattern numbers.
Send your order to:
SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT.
530 South Wells St. Chicago
Enclose 25 cents in coins for each
pattern desired.
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