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» THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C Larger Tillage Solid Study Back T rr,® Of FBI Efficiency Un Less r arms Census Bureau Reports a Rise in Midwest Planting As Homesteads Drop. WASHINGTON. — Farmers In th« Midwest, the major agricultural region of the United States, are cul tivating 10,000,000 more acres than five years ago, but the actual num ber of farms is decreasing, the 1945 agricultural census taken by the bureau of census, department ol commerce, showed recently. The farm acreage in the 12 great livestock and grain-producing North Central states has grown to 263,256,- 379 acres since 1940 in the 684 counties so far reported out of 1,058, a gain of 4 per cent, the bureau said. However, there are 49,096 fewer farms in the region Including HU- nois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wis consin, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and North and South Dakota. This is a decrease ol 3.8 per cent from the 1,283,357 farms reported five years ago. Thus the average size of farms increased 8.1 per cent from 195.7 to 211.6 acres. Larger Farms. The increased size of farms is at tributed by census officials partly to the absorption of smaller farms, largely because the North Centra] states have extensive farm lands planted in crops favorable to mech anized farming, and somewhat be cause of the shortage of farm man power. The greatest decrease in the num ber of farms was in Michigan. A Training Course Equal to Two Years of College. WASHINGTON.—To catch a crim inal you have to know more than he does. This simple axiom is the key note of the world’s most intensive law enforcement training course — that of the G-men. Taeir initial 16 weeks of schooling are the equiva lent of two years of College. At present the FBI has some 4,200 special agents. Their jurisdiction includes over 100 different types of criminal violations, and they have to be prepared for any eventuality. Special agent applicants must be 25 to 40 years of age, in perfect physical condition, and college grad uates with training in law or ac counting. Also they must be United States citizens of unques tioned loyalty whose backgrounds and reputations are without blemish. Each applicant is carefully investi gated. Their training is carried on at the FBI headquarters in Washington and at the FBI academy — the West Point of law enforcement — at Quantico, Va. The FBI’s firearms ranges are near the academy, and there the special agents practice with the revolver, rifle, sub-machine gun, shotgun and other weapons. The wooded area immediately ad jacent to the range is used for out door crime scene practice searches. From the very day he reports for training, the special agent earns a base salary of $3,640 per year. Upon completion of his schooling, he is as signed to one of the FBI’s 57 field offices. Even then his training is not ended and he must keep abreast loss of 3,152 farms, or a decline ol of new FBI p roce dures and pass pe- 7.1 per cent from 1940, was repr ted , r i nrfira i examinations. Every ; repc in 41 counties of the 83. South Dakota counties showed the greatest increase in farm acreage, an addition of more than 3,300,000 acres, or a gain of 10 per cent. Percentages of decrease in the number of farms and increase in farm acreage, respectively, for the other states, follow: Iowa, 0.5 and 1.0; Kansas, 6.6 and 3.2; Minnesota, 3.3 and 1.7; Mis- oc a a - ww j d i souri, 2.2 and 4.8; Nebraska, 6.0 Zi, » UUU Mice Mad Kole and 1.5; North Dakota. 5.8 and 8.0; | I n Atomic Bomb Project riodical examinations. Every 18 months he is recalled to Washington for a two-week refresher course. It long has been one of the cardi nal rules of the FBI that all appoint ments and promotions should be based on proven ability and effici ency. When one considers the func tions of the FBI it is clearly evi dent there could be no other policy. Illinois, 3.3 and 1.9; Indiana, 3.4 and 1.4; Ohio, 2.7 and 0.3; Wisconsin 4.2 and 3.2. Acreage Increased Nationally, in the 2,000 counties now reported out of 3,097, the num ber of farms declined by 41,702 or 1.1 per cent from 3,759,199 in 1940. Farm acreage increased 7.5 per cent, from 642,574,412 acres five years ago to the present 690,611,506 acres. Increase in size of farms was 8.7 per cent, from 170.9 acres to 185 acres. Farm acres in use in the state of New York has increased by 822,- 389 since 1940 while farms have also increased by 1,143, according to a report from 26 of the 62 counties. New York and Maine were the BAR HARBOR, MAINE. — More than 25,000 Maine-grown mice were part of the Manhattan project which developed the atomic bomb, it was disclosed here. Dr. Clarence C. Little, president and director of the Roscoe B. Jack- son Memorial laboratory, a cancer research organization which raises mice for medical experimentation, told the annual meeting of the flab- oratory that the war department received a large share of the 312,- 844 mice shipped from the labora tory in the last year. Between 25,000 and 30,000 went to Manhattan project, he said, to deter mine if irradiation from the ele ments used in manufacture of the survey showed. Both Massachusetts and Rhode Is land topped New York in percent age of farm increases, each show ing a 28 per cent gain as compared with New York’s 1.9, but the Em pire state's total of 60,035 farms still was peak for the nine states cov ered in the survey. The state’s 6,- 548,665 acres of farmland also war high. „ , , . . ,. ,, ,, , , . i bomb would have any effects upon rindenr 1 WOrkerS « the ^ic bomb plants, a tendency toward larger farms, the The army stm „ continui £ g ex _ periments with the mice, Dr. Lit tle said, to determine if irradiation would effect either the mice exposed to it or their descendants. The final report on the experiments, he said, will not be made for a long time. Jap Slightly Mixed on Who Used Atomic Bomb WITH 38TH DIVISION, NORTH ERN LUZON, P. I. — “Have you heard about the atomic bombs being used in the war?" American offi cers asked Japanese Lt. Col. Shi- zume Sushimi at a mountain sur render conference. “Where did we use it against you?” the enemy officer asked eagerly. “You must have your signals crossed," one American told him. “We were the ones who used it." The Japanese colonel seemed dumbfounded, Maj. Richard Jef fers, Terre Haute, Ind., related, and told the Americans he understood Japan had such a weapon nearly perfected when he left the home land. Alien Political Units } Restricted by Swiss ZURICH.—The Swiss government drastically restricted the activities of all foreign political associations in this country in a move appar ently designed to prevent toe forma tion of groups like the German Nazis and Italian Fascists. A governmental decree banned all open-air meetings and demonstra tions and the use of uniforms by all political groups formed by foreign- ers. T.-e decree also stipulated that Switzerland would not permit any irterference in its domestic policies by these groups. Sleeper Is Fanned For Fair; Sues High DALLAS. — L. T. Erwin has filed suit against a Dallas hotel for $43,275 damages. It seems Er win awakened to find a ceiling fan In bed with him. The fan fell from the ceiling and landed on Erwin's stomach. He suffered bruises to his body and dignity, he said. Besides, it woke him up. Controls Are Dropped On Synthetic Rubber WASHINGTON.—The war produc tion board has lifted its re strictions on the use of reclaimed and scrap rubber and all synthetic rubber ex cept butyl. The action authorized the manu facture of bathing caps, bath mats, fly swatters and many other rubber household products. Butyl, the special-purpose type of synthetic used chiefly for tire inner tubes, and natural rubber remained under rigid control. WPB promised some rubber toys for Christmas as well as many of thousands of other familiar civilian items that disappeared during the war. Among other items freed are combs, beach bags, bottle stoppers, hair curlers, rubber gloves, soap dishes, window wipers, sport shoes, boxers’ rubber mouth pieces, bat tery cases, rubber flooring, stair treads and weatherstripping. The order also lifted restrictions on the use of sponge rubber in cushions and mattresses. Flat-Trajectory Mortar Ready at End of War EDGEWOOD ARSENAL, MD. — The war’s end silenced a new chem ical, flat-trajectory mortar before It could be used against the Japanese, the army disclosed recently. The lightweight weapon was in the field when the cease fire order came. The fiat trajectory permits fire straight into pillbox openings, caves and dugouts. It was made pos sible by a driver rocket mechanism. The mortar weighs only 170 pounds. Many ‘Forgotten Items’ Clutter Public Library DALLAS.—The "forgotten items” drawer at the public library holds a “bunch of junk.” However, there are a few valuable articles such as ration books and lecture notes. Miss Clanton said that bulky arti cles usually are noticed when books are turned in, but items like photo graphs, unmailed letters, social se curity cards and book markers are overlooked. Luxury Ahead For Travelers Railroads Planning Radical Changes; Speed, Comfort And Safety Sought. CHICAGO. — Happier days lie ahead for today’s weary rail travel er, according to a recent survey of 20 leading American railroads. Here’s what one top railway man predicts: Faster passenger and freight serv ice; lower fares in some classes of travel; increased safety; smoother riding qualities; cout eous and friendly employees. It seems certain you'll ride in lux ury in tomorrow’s coach trains. AU new passenger cars in regular use will be air-conditioned, probably at about 74 degrees. In addition, you may be riding in a pendulum-type chair car, spring-suspended, that banks on curves instead of leaning outward. Greatly increased use of roller bearings on wheel axles will provide greater riding smoothness and speed. Ever ride in a “blister?” Not yet, of course, but you will. "Blister” is the railroaders’ term for the new glass - and - plastic dome many coaches will have. It’s a glorified observation section, from which you can comfortably view the sky and the horizon on all sides. There’ll be no hundred - yard dashes for seats in tomorrow’s trains. Many roads will reserve coach seats in advance at no extra price, and chances are ticket sales will be limited to actual seating capacity. Most roads will install newly-de signed washrooms and lounges and individual reclining seats with leg rests. Perhaps there’ll be a spot light for each seat. If you’re a pas senger on one of the lines planning this innovation, you’ll control the spotlight yourself — and it won’t an noy your neighbor. Radio, Eats ’n Everything. For a slight charge, some roads will furnish you an individual fre quency modulation radio, inaudible to your fellow passengers. Public address systems, to brighten your trip by acquainting you with points of interest along the way, are also being considered. If you’ve ever been dissatisfied with present dining car facilities, consider these changes: low cost tray service at coach seats, in dividual box lunches, less expensive menus. Another pleasant possibility is the “smorgasbord” car, in which you may serve yourself hot or cold ready-made dishes from a buffet- type counter. The new sleeping car you will use has three-high berths, running across the car. From 42 to 45 per sons can be accommodated in each car. Because of this increased capacity, you will pay less for a sleeper than ever before. Private rooms and duplex roomettes, be cause of improved designs, will cost you little more than the present lower berth. Tomorrow’s train will get you where you’re going — but faster. Extended use of diesel engines and new geared-turbine steam locomo tives will be partly responsible, as well as right-of-way improvements and better operating methods. There’ll be fewer snail’s pace winding turns, picturesque but speed-cutting. Many roads, especial ly those west of the Mississippi, are now straightening tortuous track, laid in the days when primitive dirt- moving equipment did not permit more direct routes. Newer methods of freight handling plus careful scheduling of lubrica tion, maintenance, and coal and wa ter servicing have already proved invaluable time-savers. Centralized traffic control — CTC —gives dispatchers fingertip control over many miles of tractf and eliminates costly, annoying delay’ in switching and in transnutting written orders to moving traifts. It is said to make single-track roads 75 per cent as efficient as double track. CTC means fewer accident hez- ards, too. With it, dispatchers can instantly locate all trains in their areas, and can notify train crews of any untoward events. Greater Safety Assured. Your travel safety — and the rail road’s operating efficiency and speed —will be further increased by ra dio-train communication. Induction radio, in which the rails carry the messages, has proved practicable and is already in use. Comfort is being built into the railroad cars of the future. Those lurches and bumps so familiar to to day’s traveler will be only mem ories when the new equipment is placed in operation. Virtually all lo comotives and passenger cars will be equipped with roller bearings, for smoother and easier starting and stopping. Japanese Soldiers Break Puppet’s Toys LONDON.—The Moscow radio said recently that Japanese sol diers had looted the palace of Henry Pu Yi, emperor of the Jap anese puppet state of Manchukuo (Manchuria) and had smashed the emperor’s collection of dolls, with which he was reported to have played enthusiastically in his leisure moments. Sugar Restrictions Prevent Solution Of Dessert Problems Mounds of creamy ice cream ride on top of peach halves set on squares of tasty, hot milk sponge cake. A dessert sauce made of the peach juice is a delightful foil for the fruit, ice cream and cake. Now that food rationing has loos ened up in most of the eatable goods, and we are once again able to get back on a prewar standard, cooking problems need not be pressing. However, in spite of this lifting of restrictions, we still have at least one major problem—that of sugar. Little relief is in sight right now, and the situation will probably pre vail for some months. What shall we do about dessert? Well, first of all there are fruits which can be dished up in any number of per fectly delightful ways. There’s whipped cream and ice cream, and, of course, sugar substitutes. One cup of sugar or less is a good rule to follow if you are using rec ipes calling for this sweet but scarce commodity. If your cake calls for IVfe cups of sugar, use % cup of sugar with % cup of corn syrup. In this case you must use 2 table spoons less milk than the recipe calls for and 2 tablespoons of flour, additional. The fat scarcity also limits us to some extent on the baked goodies we want to make. That’s why sponge cake will be popular, as in this following recipe: Peach Sponge a la Mode. (Serves 8) Sponge cake 1 No. 214 can peach halves 1 quart vanilla ice cream Dessert sauce The cake used uses 4 eggs and is made with scalded milk to give it a fluffy texture: Sponge Cake. 2 cups sifted cake flour 14 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons baking powder 4 eggs 1 cup sugar 1 cup milk, scalded 1 teaspoon vanilla 3 tablespoons butter, melted Sift flour and measure. Sift three times with salt and baking powder. Beat eggs with rotary beater until thick and lemon colored. Add sugar gradually and beat until fluffy. Fold in flour mixture, then milk, flavoring and melted butter. Fold until well blended. Pour into square cake pan lined with waxed paper. Bake in a moderate (350-degree) oven for 30 minutes. Cool in pans. Dessert Sauce. Liquid from peaches 2 teaspoons granulated sugar Remaining peach halves, chopped 14 cup salted almonds, slivered 1 tablespoon brown sugar Cook the peach liquid down to % cup. Stir in the granulated sugar Lynn Says: Make Meals Good: No family enjoys eating the same, same foods every meal. It’s a good idea not to repeat dishes more than once every three or four weeks. Even favorite foods get monoto nous when served too regularly. To get contrast in every meal, follow the basic seven charts to sr>e that you get in all different types of foods. In planning a meal, have some things crisp, others soft, and still others hard. For example, meat can be the “soft” food, while broccoli or salad add the crisp ness, and rolls are the “hard” part. Try to combine colors, too. Cauliflower, potatoes and creamed chicken may all be good, but they don’t stimulate Uie appetite. However, consider the colorful ness of creamed chicken with french fried potatoes and peas with carrots. There should also be a com bination of hot and cold dishes. Even with a salad luncheon, the hot foods can be soup and coffee. Some cooked, some raw is an other good rule. Be sure to have a salad—a big one, too, if you are having roasted meat, cooked vegetables and pie or pudding, which are all cooked. Lynn Chambers’ Mena Braised Liver with Vegetables Creamed Potatoes Celery Sticks Molded Plum-Pear Salad Com Sticks Honey *Open-Faced Apple Pie •Recipe given. and chill. Serve over the peach halves a la mode and top with nuts mixed with brown sugar. To serve, arrange a peach half on a square serving of cake. Top with a mound of ice cream and serve with the defert sauce. If it’s apples you want, then you will like this pie which is easy on fat because it does not have to have a top crust. It uses an egg for richness and flavor: Open-Faced Apple Pie. (Server 5 to 7) 3 cups sliced apples (about Vi pound) 1 egg, well beaten Vi cup sugar 1 tablespoon flour Vi teaspoon qinnamon >4 teaspoon grated lemon rind Vi teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons melted butter Plain pastry for 1 crust (about 1 cup flour) Line pie pan with pastry, building up the edge. Fill with sliced apples. Add remaining ingredients to beat en egg; beat well. Pour batter over apples. Bake in a hot (425-degree) oven for 25 to 30 minutes. Apples which are best to use in this type of pie are Rome Beauty or Macintosh. Black walnuts can lend a distinc tive flavor to pie when fruit supplies dip to a low during the cooler weath er as in this recipe: Black Walnut Pie. 2 cups milk 1 cup sugar 6 tablespoons flour 2 egg yolks Vi teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 teaspoons butter 1 cup black walnuts Baked pastry shell Whipped cream Make a custard of the milk, sug ar, flour and egg yolks, cooking until thick in a double boiler. Add salt, vanilla and butter. Cool. Add nut- meats and pour into a baked pastry shell. Let set and cool. Serve with whipped cream topping. This novel apple pie saves short ening by using just one crust. For delicious flavor and good, old-fash ioned heartiness, add an egg to the apple mixture. The old-fashioned puddings are al ways popular because of their mo lasses sweetness and fragrant spices. Suet is usually used for the base, but one of the fats may be substituted if it is unavailable. Buttermilk is used to give that fluffy texture which is so appe tizing. Quaker Pudding. (Serves 10) ZVi cups sifted flour 154 teaspoons soda Vi teaspoon salt Vi teaspoon nutmeg Vi teaspoon cinnamon IVi cups buttermilk 1 cup ground suet 1 cup molasses 1 cup raisins or other chopped dried fruit, or candied fruit Vi cup rolled oats Sift flour with soda and salt. Add all other ingredients in order given and mix thoroughly. Pour into two one-quart greased molds. Cover and steam for 3 hours. Serve with Foamy or Orange sauce. Stuff green peppers with creamed chicken or turkey and rice. The pep pers should be parboiled first, and after stuffed, they may be heated for 10 minutes in a moderate oven. If you like stuffed green peppers, try them with a stuffing of corned beef hash mixed with onion. It’s mighty good. Like sweet potato pudding? One way to make it is to mash six cooked sweet potatoes with 6 ta blespoons butter, 2 tablespobns grated lemon rind and 1 cup of orange juice. Bake this mixture in a greased casserole in a moderate oven for 15 minutes. Released by Western Newspaper Union- IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL S UNDAY I chool Lesson By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D. Of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. Released by Western Newspaper Union. Lesson for November 4 Le*son subjects and Scripture texts se- Jectod and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education; used by pemission. THE CHURCH AS A FELLOWSHIP LESSON TEXT—Romans 12:3-18. GOLDEN TEXT—Be kindly affectlorcd one to another ... in honor preferring one another.—Romans 12:10. The greatest and most important institution in the world is the Church. The home, which we have been studying in recent weeks, is the primary unit of society, but its relationships are primarily of a personal nature. In the church there is an organized fellowship within a God-made institution, the living or ganism through which the Lord brings such blessing to the world —the Church. Here, in God’s house, among God’s people, the believer finds strength and joy. The Lord’s people are: I. Different Yet United (w. 3-8). God is not interested in uni formity, but He does want unity. In the Church are all tyjjes of gifts and personalities, each one useful to God. He does not want them all re duced to that drab uniformity which characterizes so many man-made products. Prophecy, ministry, teaching, giving, ruling — yes, all the various works to which God calls men should be done diligently for His glory. No man is to think of him self as more or less useful to God. His work is different, but it is God’s work, and when all serve as they should there is unity and efficiency in the accomplishing of His blessed purpose. The unity of believers in Christ (v. 5) is something which needs em phasis in our day. The forces of Protestantism are so divided as to be largely ineffective in many im portant fields. Not only are they divided but there are almost endless divisions within denominations — yes, and even In local churches. Sometimes there are issues which cannot be met except by separation, but there are also many unnecessary divi sions, dishonoring to God find weak ening to the Church. Let’s remember we can be differ ent (God wants us to be!) but we can still be united! God wants that, too! II. Active Yet Kind (vv. 9-11). God puts no premium on lazi ness or indifference. We are not to. be “slothful,” but “fervent” in spir it. Sometimes one feels that the Church has gone sound asleep. It is alive but inactive. It professes to have a zeal for God, but if ther- is any fervency of spirit, in most places it must be well hidden. But that is not possible, is it? How much we need a stirring re vival in the Church to bring the people of God into active service for Him. If your church as a whole does not respond to the Lord’s Wo.d, why do you not as an indi vidual ask God to rekindle His fire in your heart? There is to be a humility (v. 10), a fine cleanness of thought and life (v. 9), an unfeigned love for the brethren (v. 9), along with all the fervency of spirit and zeal for serv ice. There is much talk of uniting Christendom and no little danger of compromise for the seke of an out ward unity. Such schemes are des tined to failure, but unity in Christ, which recognizes Him as the divine Head of the Church, th^t we do des perately need and should seek for His glory, for the good of the Church and for the blessing of a world lost in sin and strife. III. Troubled Yet Pes.ceful (w. 12- 18). The Church of Christ is in the world to witness for and to serve Him. Hence, it must face all the persecutions and trials which an un believing world will bring upon it. Christians are not exempt from the troubles and sorrows common to all mankind. Therein we find one of the greut opportunities for effective witness, for as the Christian and the Church rightly meet such difficulties, they testify to the grace of God which can give peace in one’s heart in the midst of turmoil and distress. Read the verses. Persecuted, but not embittered thereby; weeping but also rejoicing; meeting evil with good and crookedness with hon esty; meeting pride with humility and division with unity; yes, liv ing at peace (as far as it is possible) in a belligerent world. There is something essentially fine and noble and inspiring about the Christian Church wherever and whenever it lives up to the Lord’s purpose for it and its members. There is something dismal and dis couraging about the Church when it fails the Lord and His mighty cause. Some feel that the Church is in just such a state of failure and im potence in our day. If it is true of your church, why not pray and work for a revival which will sweep all the deadness out and bring in a new refreshing breath of power from the very throne of God? Do it now! 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