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Rundown Pastures Can Be Productive Soil Test Is First Step In 'Face-Lifting' Plan A "face-lifting” for old, rundown. Weedy permanent pastures is rec ommended by Purdue University agronomists. A good renovation pro gram supported by liming and the use of commercial fertilizer can bring a pasture back to lush, vigor ous production, they say. It can dou ble the' pasture’s carrying capacity and improve the quality of the herb age. First step in the program is a soil test to find out the needs for limestone and for, nitrogen, phos phate and potash fertilizer. Making a new seedbed on an old sod can be satisfactorily done with a disc harrow or field cultivator, the agronomists say. The operation can be eased considerably by work ing the soil in one direction and then working it crosswise. Timothy and smooth brome grass are exceUent for supplementing blue grass. How much these grasses in crease pasture output depends on the legumes used in the mixture and the amount and analysis of ferti lizer. The agronomists say that a good seed mixture should contain two pounds of red clover, three pounds of broadleaf trefoil and a quarter pound of Ladino clover. The Purdue agronomists stress that a good application of commer cial fertilizer is essential in pasture renovation. They recommend using 400 pounds per acre of 0-20-10 or. 0-20-0 fertilizer at seeding time. The phosphate and potash fertilizer helps get the new seeding off to a good start, and supplies the nutri- ents the legumes need most. 95 Percent of Farm Homes Have Electricity With almost 95 per cent of today’s farm h^mes now having electricity —an increase of more than 50 per cent in 10 years—farmers today are naming the city cousins a close race in equipping their places with every thing from toasters and trimmers to thermostats and television. A recent study of the buying hab its of the American farmer showed that electric ranges, dishwashers, refrigerators, laundry equipment, clothes dryers and toasters, and automatic heating systems were be coming standard items in most homes served by rural electrifica tion systems. More than 100,000 families installed thermostat-con trolled heating systems from 1947 through 1949. Hie study also indicated a close relationship between electrification and general home improvement on farms. For example, approximately $10,000,000 was spent from July, 1947, to December, 1948, alone for farm-home modernization. Approxim ately 4,900,000 of the 5,200,000 occupied farms and almost 15,000,000 of the occupied rural dwelling will soon have electricity. Skid Carrier An easy and time saving way to move turkey poults and young chickens from broodei house to range is the skid carrier sketched above. Build the crate to fit a hay sled or other farm carrier and divide it into sec tions. Carrier is loaded through sliding floors at top, then is skidded to range where two men can lift the top and the birds can scoot away. Loans to Build Grain Houses Will Continue * The commodity credit corpora tion program which provides loans to farmers to finance construction or purchase of new farm grain stor age facilities will be continued in 1951-52. Secretary of Agriculture Brannan announced that the loan program, initiated in June 1949 and scheduled to expire June 30, 1951, has been extended another year. The program is extendable on a vear-to-year basis. HOME TOWN NEWS Army to Establish News Center For Releases to Local Papers The people in the home towns of the nation are going to hear more about local soldiers in the army. The army recently announced the establishment of a central news processing center in Kansas City, Mo. The primary purpose of the center will be to obtain recognition in his home town newspaper for each soldier who merits it. The center will provide more news about local men in the army and relieve combat trained soldier of a big volume of writing and typing. The army central news proces sing center will collect home town items through direct contact with army camps and units in the field, prepare them for publication and release them to local newspapers By INEZ GERHARD A nna maria alberghetti, the 14-year-old Italian soprano, is in Hollywood for her first starring role; she will play a refugee in "The Goddess” at Paramount. She was so good in "Here Comes the Groom”, with Bing Crosby, that the studio signed her again. But the picture which will really establish her as a sensation is "The Medium”. ANNE MARIA ALBERGHETTI Made in Italy, it was directed by Menotti, author of the operetta which ran so successfully in New York and abroad. It is one of those unforgettable films, perfectly acted and sung, beautifully staged. It stars Marie Powers, as did the original production. And the little Alberghetti is marvelous in it. throughout the country in a single package—while they are still fresh. The army’s decision to create the agency after a study disclosed that publication of such stories in home town newspapers not only served to keep the people in the home towns informed but also had a tremendous effect on the soldiers themselves. They want credit for themselves and their units when they feel they deserve it. Newspaper editors long have been aware of the Remand by their readers for news about local men in the army and have spared no ef fort in gathering this information. But no newspaper—even with its own reporters working in the field with the troops—is able to give com plete coverage without assistance from the army. The major press associations, which have done a splendid job of keeping the public informed by sup plying newspapers with national and state aspects of the army’s campaigns and build-up, are unable to move a large volume of purely local news because of lack of wire space. Stories of outstanding hero ism and achievement by individual soldiers have received excellent coverage through the press asso ciations. But to a newspaper editor in Helena, Ark., the story of a Helena soldier’s promotion to a sergeant or his winning of the Bronze Star medal is of far more importance to a Helena newspaper and its read ers than a lengthy story of a Boston or Seattle infantryman who won the Congressional Medal of Honor or of a five-mile advance by an army in the field. However, none of the wire services has the facilities to send to the newspapers concerned the myriad "small” items of this type. The army has few public informa tion men in units smaller than a division, and even at division level the public information staff is lim ited. It is the primary job of the small staff at this level to see that major news is covered. Consequent ly, "little” news items that would be of great importance in towns throughout the nation often are passed up. The army has appointed Major Walter A. Pennino, former Boston Globe writer and far east Command news chief in Tokyo until last year, to command the army central news processing center. He has just been relieved of assignment with the army’s office of information in Washington to organize and operate the center. A small but competent staff has already been chosen for the job. The army expects to release ap proximately 1,000,000 home town stories annually when full opera tions get underway. "Out of This World”, the book by Lowell Thomas, Jr., about the excit-, ing adventures of his famous father, the CBS newscaster, and himself in Tibet, is now being made into a feature movie in Hollywood, for re lease this fall. CROSSWORD PUZZLE LAST WEEK'S ANSWER ACROSS 1. Genus of the dog 6. Sums up 10. Raise with effort 11. Antecedent 12. Frothy 13. Relieves 14. Canal through New York 15. Female ogre 16. Closing, as a hawk’s eyes 18. River (Chip.) 19. Before 20. Ship’s bottom member 22. Bored 25. Cleanse with water 26. Young girl 27. Dancer’s cymbals 28. Jewish month 29. Semitropical plant 33. Wept 36. Pierce, as with horns 37. Food fish 38. Tapestry 39. Lampreys 40. A pocket bottle 41. Strong, heavy vehicle 42. Domesti- . cates DOWN 1. Small job (vav.) 2. Eagle’s nest 3. Without a name 4. Climbing plant 5. Compass point (abbr. 6. At a distance 7. Measure of medicine 8. Outer garments 9. Attached by the base 12. Egyptian god 13. Ovum 15. Undivided 17. Anger 20. Measure of weight 21. Half an em 22. Withered 23. One who works manually )24. Roman pound 25. Large roof ing slate 27. Spread grass to dry 29. Wager 30. Scandi navian .31. An Arab kingdom (poss.) 32. Copper money (Rom.) HMUIZ; urauuu UMUM RnmiiDH annti r-miiM r’jaCTUf* MU UMMlim [jriuHii ftUMGir HHtir.MdtJM 3Hi.l nurni* bn ranenra uramn narjH hejuhro □nnra nuamH unan QnciBB N-S2 34. Missile weapon (So. Am.) 35. Intensely active 38. A wing 40. Feet (abbr.) 1 Z 3 4 5 i b 7 6 9 i 10 i II 12 i lb • 14 ik if lb n l 15 1 i (9 20 21 22 25 24 /// 2b i 21 d I I 28 I 29 Vo 51 52 55 54 55 i 5b \ 57 iy/y YSA it 39 i 40 1 41 i 42 1 1-17 THE FICTION CORNER THE LONG WAY HOME By Beatrice Cargill There was a good deal of grum bling by jealous competitors when Arthur Godfrey was asked to hob nob with the great on that recent European trip, but his remarks on the European situation, made since his return, have proved how worthy he was of that honor. Godfrey prob ably has the largest and most de voted audience of any radio or tele vision star in the country. Judge Levies Overtime Fine On Railway, Promises More RICHMOND, Calit — Parking tickets are always a problem. And if you think your jalopy is a special target for overtime tags—consider the case of the city that fined a rail road engineer. A Richmond city ordinance says trains must not block a grade cross ing for more than five minutes. Police Judge Clare Homer'' said Southern Pacific trains violated that rule eight times and fined the com pany $80, with a strong warning: “Next time you’re in for sterner judgment.” L ONG AFTER the * 12:07 had moved out of sight around Black Mountain, two figures stood motionless on the tiny platform. ______ Above them, 3 -Minutfi creaking on its Z "7 binges, the sign Fiction read "Turner I Junction.” Wind swirled and eddied around them harshly. Jeb Reynolds, station mas ter, stayed discreetly inside the ticket office. He had watched folks for twenty years as they experi enced that first aloneness. The train had paused for only a minute. Then, with Rob Cameron waving and smiling on the rear plat form, it had made its noisy departure. "Must be nearly down the valley to Ellentown by now,” John said. Sara clutched the shiny black leather purse tighter. It was Rob’s last gift. “Feels like snow in the air. Mother.” John’s gray head bent to hers. "Turkey Weather.” "Yes, Thanksgiving’s almost here again.” Sara 'looked deep into his eyes. "John, he’ll be gone for a long time.” “Yes, Sara.” Jeb Reynolds came out on the platform and watched them climb into the old blue sedan. The old car woke up and cleared its throat. "Need some anti-freeze, I do.” John pulled out the choke. "Maybe a little coffee might help.” Sara smiled, but it was only her lips that moved. They drove seven miles past GRASSROOTS Let's Not Fool Americans With False Propaganda By Wright A. Patterson W E MAY NOT resent foreign nations being fed false infor mation by the state department, as Secretary Acheson testified was the case, when on the witness stand before the senate committee in vestigating the firing of MacArthur. But we do resent, and quite justifi ably, paying taxes to the extent of many millions of dollars to be spent by governmental departments in attempting to influence our opin ions on Fair Deal socialistic proj ects. Many thousands—something like 30,000—highly paid propa ganda specialists are employed to promote health insurance (socialized medicine), univer sal military training, the Bran- nan food plan, and other things on which congress has turned thumbs down. Through handouts to the press and radio and through thousands of speakers, these publicity experts dish out for our benefit, and at our expense, definitely false and misleading statements regarding these nefarious Fair Deal schemes. For example: They tell us the government-sponsored legislation to provide for health insurance (so cialized medicine) will cover all the costs of all our occulist and dental bills, our hospital, medicine and doctor bills, with our regular family physician to attend to the needs of each of us, and at a cost that if far less than we are now paying for covering our ills and misfortunes. The facts and figures they give us for the money we pay are false and misleading. They are definitely lies, but the authors are not asked or expected to prove them. In addition to the press and radio handouts, consisting of many thousands of words each week, these specialists prepare hundreds of speeches, equally as unreliable and misleading as are the press and radio releases. Those speeches are delivered to any audience that will listen. The orators who deliver them are drawn from that army- of bureau crats to be found in each division of the federal government, in cluding social security, agriculture, interior, national defense, justice and others, all of them paid out of taxes of us Americans, and each of them paid far more than they could earn on any other job they could get. These bureaucrats selected for the purpose seek the opportunity to talk to service clubs, farmers and women’s organizations, church so cieties. Special speeches to fit audiences of all classes and types, are prepared by the publicity ex perts, and we pay both those who write the speeches and those who deliver them to the extent of many millions of dollars each year. And who is responsible for such expenditure of the American tax payers money? The answer to that question is, congress. It is congress that levies the taxes we must pay, and then appropriates the money for such expenditures as it ap proves. Among those receiving con gressional approval are these propa ganda experts, some 30,000 of them, who are employed for the purpose of selling us the socialistic schemes of the Fair Deal, that we may join in the demand for legislation that would effectuate such schemes. Leave them on the job long enough and they will accomplish the purpose for which they are em ployed. When that happens, we will have followed the Pied Piper of the Fair Deal into the morass of social ism, or worse, from which it will take us generations to climb back to the safe ground of free enter prise and freedom. Congress could stop it if congress would, and we, the tax paying Americans pick the men who represent us in the sen ate and house of representatives at Washington. For a period of 150 years, suc ceeding generations have enjoyed the opportunities and freedom that began with the birth of our country. As a people, we prospered, and in dividually, those who were indus trious and thrifty, accumulated beyouad those of any* other nation due to our capitalistic system. We had many ups and downs, but more ups than downs. Now the leadership we have would chang. that system to a socialistic economy that has never succeeded. # The government employs some 26,000 chauffeurs, besides pro viding the cars they use in driving bureaucratic clerks and straw bosses in government jobs. It costs the tax payers many millions. "Most be down the valley to Ellentown by now,” John said. browned and crisped meadows. John slowed down near a white, low farmhouse. There was a small sign on the side of an elm tree— "Mrs. Whitely's Famous Dinners.” Sara nodded in reply to his un asked question. She straightened her hat in the rear view mirror and put on her gloves, taking a long time with each finger. Rob’s train must be nearly to Coddington. T HERE WERE long, silent min utes between soup and chicken and dessert. After dinner, they went out behind the barn to see the minks, kept in orderly cages. Mrs. Whitely’s boy fished in the pond for sunfish to feed them. Sara bent over to see the tiny creatures and her hair played in the wind. The gray streaks were like a light touch of snow. She counted the minks. Two large ones, one small one, screened off by himself. A family? Their family, had been three—John, Rob, Sara. "Yes, they are beautiful,” she said, *T wish I could look at them without thinking of the coats they are going to make.” She smiled, apologetically. "It seems wicked, to kill them, I mean.” Mrs. Whitely grinned. “Well, Mrs. Cameron, I used to feel sorry for them, but after the first check came in, I never thought about it again.” The train miist be at Gorge City now. Another hour and he’d be there. She closed her eyes. John’s arm was around her. "I feel as if I’d been running,” she murmured. “Guess I leaned ever toe long looking at the minks.” They settled themselves in the old car again. They could see the farm on a distant hill. "I still love it, John. I still like coming around that curve and see ing it, knowing it’ll be there.” The car whined in self-pity as it climbed the ,hill. John drove up to the front door. He fumbled for the key and then just held it in his hand. Something seemed to hold him back. He didn’t want to go into the house. He leaned down to pat the old collie who stood waiting there—and saw the note. Pinned to the dog’s collar was a scrap of paper. Together John and Sara read it, incredulous. Drawn in the quick scrawl of a boy in a hurry were Mom and Dad—woeful faces above single-line bodies. Mom was clutching the black purse. Dad his keys. Beneath the picture Rob had written in large black letters, •CHEER UP—YOU SURE LOOK GLOOMY’ y *John, you sure look gloomy,” Sara repeated—and John began to grin. Sara laughed. "That boy,” he said, "That crazy kid.” He opened the door and they went into their house. Kl JIMMjODY| Crappie Lore If numbers mean anything, one of the more important game fishes in the midwest is the crappie. This is no bait-smashing, rod-bending battler. Old “Spots” is almost gen tle. But, make no mistake about it, he is a crowd pleaser. There’s something intriguing about crappie fishing. The crappies are .members of that ever-popular family, the sun- fishes. And, if they can be com pared, they may be easily identi fied. The white crappie has the shorter dorsal fin, is the longer of the two fish, and has a "dished* forehead. Both fish have deep bodied, much flattened profiles so typical of the panfish. Both are sprinkled with black on a silver background. There is a difference in color patterns, however. The white crappie has its black spots carelessly spaced in loose, vertical bars, while the black crappie is as liberally and aimlessly sprinkled as a piece of Grandma’s calico; whence it gets one of its common names— calico bass. . As one might expect, color is the weakest of characters, for the young black crappie are barred as are white crappie. Positive identifi cation requires closer observation. Fishermen commonly separate the two fish by counting the spines of the dorsal fin. Usually the black crappie has seven or, perhaps, eight spines; whereas, the white crappie commonly has six. A com bination of color pattern and spine count almost always establishes the identity of one’s fish. Crappies normally spawn in May in most midwest waters. Neither species is a colonial nest builder as are many sunfish. Fifteen or twenty feet usually separate in-’ dividual nests. Root wads and weed clumps are preferred sites, al though depth of water is apparent ly immaterial. Nesting areas may be found in ten inches or ten feet of water. Throughout the range of these fishes, the black is found in cqoler, clearer waters and seems to prefer a hard bottom; the white is well pleased in warmer, more turbid waters and is not averse to mud bottoms. The same preferences are exhibited in choosing nesting sites. Count of eggs taken from ripe females show one-half pound fish producing twenty thousand to sixty thousand eggs. Fish weighing one and one-half pounds may produce as many as one hundred and forty thousand eggs. Such a reproductive capacity Is a veritable dynamo of productivity. White crappie build up popula tions faster than do black crappie. Since both species readily become overpopulated in small bodies of water, the black crappie is logical ly the more desirable fish for lake stocking. Neither is suitable in re stricted pond waters. There are occasional reports of two- and three-pound crappies, and larger fish have been caught. None the less, the average good crappie weighs about ten ounces. Although crappie have been kept in aquaria for ten years, a seven- or eight-year veteran is an old warrior. Crappie are school fish and are well traveled. A quarter-mile jour ney is not unusual during the daily reconnaissance for food. Both species are weed-loving fish and it is not surprising that they fake a large variety of aquatic insects. Although a bucket of small min nows is standard, equipment for crappie fishermen, food studies re veal that these fish take about ten times as much other food as they do minnows but nevertheless a proper ly placed minnow approaches the irresistible where crappie are con cerned. Fly and bait casting equipment take a respectable number of fish. Small plugs, spoons, or fly and spinner combinations are quite suc cessful when properly used. To insure a full stringer, crap pie fishermen should first select a promising location. A submerged brush pile, a fallen tree, a weed bed —these are the reserved sections in the tournament of the spotted sun fish. Once a school has been located, strikes are numerous. But the ang ler must take advantage of his good fortune; these foraging feeders come and go as quietly as a sum mer breeze. AAA Tb* long slender filaments of feathers are indifferent conductors of beat, but retain a considerable amount of air which resists the egress or in- grass of internal or external beat, thus keeping birds comfortable in hot or cold weather. AAA Large Spinners The important-fact to remember when using large casting spinners is to keep them moving fast enough to make the blades spin freely, whether casting or trolling. It is a good idea to reel the lure through the water close to you a few times to get an idea of bow fast it must be feorked for best results. These lures, as a rule, must be moved much faster than the smaller spin ners to get effective flash and no tion. INSPIRATION Do It For God r IS an excellent Christian prac- I tice to spiritualize every good deed by doing it in the name of God. Men can lay up great treas ures in heaven simply by remem bering to make the love of God rather than the love of self the mo tivation for everything good we do. The simplest acts of kindness or devotion—even the routine chores of daily life—can be ennobled and beautified if thgy are dedicated to the Creator. Yet there are some who, through carelessness or indifference, pass up such opportunities and thus sac rifice the rich rewards with which God repays whatever is done in His honor. Too many individuals are naturally good but not super- naturally good. For illustration, take the case of Jones and Smith. Both are "do- gooders.” They never miss a chance to help a neighbor in trou ble or support some worthy cause. But one is wiser and a great deal better than the other because his motives are always spirituaL . 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Vatican Recommends Socialized Medicine ROME—Vatican approval of any system of socialized medicine that does not conflict with -"the moral principles of respect for man and family” was expressed in a state ment by INlsgr. Giovanni Battista Montini, Substitute Secretary of State. According to Msgr. Montini, the Catholic, church is strongly in favor of systems of socialized medicine that would improve the physical health of nations, at the same time guarding against the application of "materialistic and atheistic the ories.” "Just laws for hygiene, prophy laxis or healthy housing, the con cern for placing within everybody’s reach medical care of high stand ards and for stamping out social scourges such as tuberculosis and cancer, a legitimate preoccupation for the health of young generations ’ and many other Initiatives that favor the health of the body and spirit within the framework of healthy social relations—all this contributes happily to the prosper ity of a people and to its internal peace,” Monsignor Montini said, Minister Says Police ^ Aided Cicero Rioting CHICAGO—Aroused pastors here condemned the prejudice which caused rioting in suburban Cic^o over an attempt by a Negro family to move into an apartment building. The Rev. Joesph L. Hughes of the Millard Avenue Baptist church, a resident of Cicero, told his con gregation that he went to the Cicero police station at the height of the riots and, without disclosing his identity, demanded to know why something was not done to curb the violence. He said he was told, with some profanity, that Negroes were not wanted in Cicero. Religion Question Box Q: Which one of the Ten Command ments promises a reward for its observance? A: "Honor thy father and mother” (Exodus 20:12). The reward is: ‘That* thy days may be long upon the land whicn the Lord thy God giveth thee.” Clergy Too Garrulous Counsellor Charges CHICAGO—The minister's biggest fault in personal counseling is that he "talks too much.” This was the opinion expressed here by Rev. Granger Westberg who conducted a counseling semi nar at Augustana hospital for 15 clergymen of eight denominations. He is chaplain at the hospital and has had psychiatric training in vari- ObUging You are discharged for allow- ing my husband to kiss you. sort of reference do you from me after that? Well, you might at least say that I tried to please everyone. , —•— Zoology What’s a myth? A myth’s a female moth. Dirty Thief What became of your valet? I fired him for removing a spot; from my dress suit. That was part of his duty. Yes, but this was a five spot. —•— Be Stern With 'Em The moths are eating up our living room furniture. IH speak to them about it. MOROLi 1 PETROL ARRESTED A Headache Due Tc Constipation Birr LAMES “TOD'LL LIKE THEM TOO" GENERATION *<*•' GENERATION Hae used LANE’S PILLS *• Help Stir ■» A Lazy Lhrar. MINK *252?. ill shipments made subject to 5 days' inspection before acceptance. The quality of my Dark MThk la in dicated by the fact that I have re ceived an average of over S20.00 per skin for aU Delta produced during past 10 yeara. 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