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IN THESE UNITED STATES:
Farmers Are Still Trading
In Wisconsin’s Small Towns
By E. L. KIRKPATRICK
WNU Feature..
Only one in four of Marathon county’s (Wisconsin) 7,200
farmers buys lumber, cement and feed in Wausau (county
seat and largest town, 27,000 population). Around 30 per cent
buy farm supplies and groceries there, 50 per cent shoes and
60 per cent furniture and clothing. Others trade mostly in
smaller towns or villages of which there are more than a
dozen m the county. <3
In spite of good roads to larger j
centers, rural dwellers still depend
on the home town for many of their
facilities and services, says a mar
ket survey made by the local cham
ber of commerce in co-opcration
with the state chamber and the Uni
versity of Wisconsin.
Marathon county’s farmers intend
ed to spend 7H million dollars with
in two years after the war, largest
amount going into autos and trucks,
with farm machinery a close second
and repair and remodeling of farm
buildings next. Installation of wa
ter systems is principal home re
pair item; refrigerators the most
universally desired appliance.
One in 12 farm families hoped to
build new houses at an average cost
of $2,300. More than half of the
farmers plan to pay for purchases
out of money saved, 12 per cent use
farm credit, 18 per cent both.
This is even more interesting, if
one recalls that Marathon with
more than 1,000,000 acres of land,
ranks tops among all counties in
production of American cheese and
fifth in milk, with more than 182
million quarts annually. And more,
It has the largest silver fox raising
center in the United States.
COLOR GIRL . ,. . For Annapolis
graduation Is Dorothy Hargrove of
New York City. Shown with her is
her fiance. Midshipman James B.
Wilson of Charlotte, N. C., a mem
ber of the graduating class.
Demand for Peanuts
Still Big in 1946
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA—Prices
for 1946 peanuts, tenth largest field
crop in America, will receive gov
ernment support if necessary. But
Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P.
Anderson told 400 growers, process
ors and shippers from 23 states here
that he did not think price help
would be needed.
A war emergency crop that in
creased four times to a total acre
age of three million in four years,
peanuts are in high demand in 1946,
the secretary said. He and other
government experts warned, how
ever, that soon peanuts will face a
buyer's market.
Relics Were Saved
STEVENSON, WASJI. — Mrs.
Mary V. Lane of Underwood, a lin
eal descendant of the last chief of
the Cascade Indians, is the owner
of one of the most valuable collec
tions of Indian relics in the North
west. She was among those who
lost their homes by fire.
But the collection was safe. It was
on exhibition at the Maryhill mu
seum .
Making Roosters
Taste Like Hens
BATON ROUGE, LA. — The
Louisiana State university poul
try husbandry division is ex
perimenting with the prospects
of converting the stringy meat
of roosters into the tenderness
of a hen's.
The scientists are injecting
synthetic female hormones to
give the rooster more desirable
meat qualities. The roosters,
after four to six weeks of the
Injections, shrink In size and de
velop layers of fat, a prime
requisite for tender meat.
Have Florida Men
Design Chapeaux
PANAMA CITY, FLA.—At a par
ty given by Mr. and Mrs. Jack A.
Blackwell here recently, the women
got retribution for the caustic com
ments the men had dropped about
women's hats. They gave the men
colored materials, flowers, a vari
ety of possible trimmings and told
them to design women's hats them
selves.
The men accepted the challenge
and really went to work. The ladies
admitted that some of the chapeaux
created were too bad!
Auto Man Gets
Horse and Buggy
Wedding Trip
STURGEON BAY. WIS.—When
LeRoy Ehlers. auto mechanic, took
Miss Erma Felhofer as his bride at
the Valmy church, his co-workers at
the garage where he is employed
rigged him up in style befitting an
automobile man.
When the couple emerged from
the church a surrey (with the fringe
on top) awaited them. A coachman,
Hugo Kalms, in formal dress, stood
stiffly by the horses. Mr. and
Mrs. Ehlers got into the surrey and
drove to the Ed Felhofer home
where dinner was served.
Thus, after a half-century, auto
mobile men heed grandpa's snap
per: “Get a horse!”
Autos and Dogs
Help City Funds
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ILL.
—There has been a sudden
spurt in total license receipts
in this town. Forrest Davis, vil
lage clerk, says it can be traced
to autos, dogs and business
houses.
Automobile receipts during
the first quarter of 1946 in
creased over $500, and business
licenses have yielded $1,000
more. But the greatest gain in
percentage has been from sale
of dog licenses, which jumped
from $410 for all of 1945 to $859
for the first quarter of 1946.
“It’s not a case of more
dogs,” Police Chief bkoog ex
plained. "We’ve just got ’em
educated to buying dog tags.”
In other words, a stray dog
doesn’t stray far in Arlington
Heights unless it has a license.
Officials recommend similar
“educational” campaigns for
other towns.
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WATER FOR NEW FARMS ... A crowd of 5.000 attended dedica
tion ceremonies as water was turned on at the 50.000-acre Deschutes
Irrigation project In Central Oregon. The life-giving water will make
the desert bloom.
Project Means 800 New Oregon Farms
In former years of dry farming
the entire 50,000 acres were owned
by 25 families, but the bureau of
reclamation has'brought water to
' the Deschutes project in central
Oregon and there will be 800 new
farms operating soon.
The Deschutes project is one of
the first contrete postwar steps to
provide farming opportunities for
qualified veterans in the West. Al
ready 80 veterans have found homes
on the project, and many more are
being considered. The clearing and
leveling of the land, building of
homes, schools and roads, makes
the enterprise one of modern pio
neering.
The first water was turned on the
land on May 18 and there will be
many green fields this season.
Eventually the entire 50,000 acres
will be under cultivation, or put into
permanent Irrigated pasture.
DOWN SOUTH . . . Not all the big dams are out in the West. Above is
Fontana dam In North Carolina, said to be the fourth largest in the
world. It was built for flood control and power development and pro
vides much of the power for postwar industrial development in that
area.
SUPREME COURT SAYS:
Landlord, and Not the Pilot
Has Title to Air over Home
WASHINGTON.—The landlord has property rights in the
air above his home or business, the Supreme court has de
clared in a precedent-breaking decision for America’s new
age of flight. Repeated invasion of low altitude air-space was
the basis for the decision.
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that a landowner has title to as
much of the air-space above his
property as its use and enjoyment
requires. Second, repeated invasion
of such air-space by low-flying air
craft is akin to trespassing and
subject to legal redress.
The court reached its conclusion
by a 5 to 2 decision after looking
into the protests of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Lee Bausby, a North Caro
lina farm couple whose chickens
were so badly scared by army
bombers from a nearby airfield
they flew into fences and broke their
uecks.
The situation became so bad,
Causby said, that he was forced out
of the chicken business and his
home made uninhabitable, with his
family suffering from fright and
nervousness.
The U. S. court of claims here
said the couple was entitled to $2,000
damages. The Supreme court said
the government should pay them
damages, but ruled the claims court
should make more extensive findings
about facts to determine the amount
of the award.
Dog Retrieves Duck
Before Shot Fired
COOPERSTOWN, N. Y. — You
don’t have to believe this story, but—
District Game Protector J. M.
Corbine of the state conservation
department declares that his dog,
a golden retriever, retrieves ducks
even before they are shot down.
Recently his dog came home with
an eight-pound duck, retrieved from
a neighbor’s barnyard a half mile
away. The dog didn’t pick the duck
up and carry it that far—no, sir-ee!
Instead, the dog took the duck’s bill
in his mouth and led the quacker
along, forcing it to duck-walk all the
way.
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/MEWS OF FLIERS AND FLYING
WILL USE ‘PILOGATORS*
During the war the Air Transport
command trained a few "piloga
tors," pilots who are also naviga
tors, at Rosecrans field, St. Joseph.
Mo. And now the commercial air
lines show a trend toward doing
away with the specialist navigator
and using only pilogators.
This is true not only with the
international airlines, but it may be
extended to domestic lines as well.
Right now Pan American airways
and the international division of
Transcontinental and Western Air
are putting pilots through schools of
navigation. The present plan is to
let them fly co-pilot after they have
completed their navigation courses
and naturally move on, in time, to
first pilot. This means that even
tually all pilots will also be naviga
tors.
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MINNESOTA AIRPORTS
Minnesota has already doubled
the number of public airports in use
since prewar days, says L.
L. Schroeder, state commissioner of
aeronautics. Minnesota now has 78
operating public airports compared
to 36 before the war. Number of
civil aircraft has increased from 500
to 700. The state is developing a
state-wide airport system. Construc
tion work on airports has started at
Fergus Falls. Detroit Lakes and
Park Rapids, and other towns are
ready to go on flying field improve
ments.
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FLYING THE NEWS
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin re
porters and photographers now have
their own plane with which to exe
cute quick assignments anywhere
within 1,000 miles or a six-hour
cruising radius. In Florida, the Day
tona Beach Examiner, a weekly,
made its bow April 18 and two days
later it inaugurated airplane deliv
ery to New York City and Miami.
Fred W. DeMotte is editor and pub
lisher.
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Kites which can be made to
dive and maneuver like air
planes—originally designed for
use as aerial targets for war
time training of anti-aircraft
gunnery crews — have been
placed on sale by the WAA.
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ONLY SEVEN . . . The “Sacred
Cow” Insignia worn by Master
Sergeant Freddie Winslow is one
of the most exclusive in the world.
There are only seven in existence.
It Is worn by members of the
crew of the presidential plane,
“Sacred Cow,” used by President
Truman.
LEND-LEASE PLANES
Former lend-lease aircraft which
have been returned by the British,
more than 350 surplus Stinson AT-19
cabin monoplanes were offered for
sale beginning June 3 at $1,500,
$2,000 and $2,500 each, depending
upon condition, the War Assets ad
ministration has announced. To be
sold for cash only, with no dis
counts, first chance for purchase
will go to priority holders. They
are eligible for CAA certification for
civil flight use. The planes, which
had their wings removed before
shipment to the U. S., have not
been reassembled. The planes are
located at Chambers Field, Naval
Air station, Norfolk, Va., and may
be inspected there.
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Construction of seaplane
bases is authorized under the
terms of the federal airport act.
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VA MAXIMUM PRICES
Maximum prices set by the Vet
erans' administration for primary
instruction in light planes, it !s re
ported, must not exceed $11.50 for
dual or $8 50 for solo. Other maxi
mum prices will be $20 an hour for
instrument training and $45 for mul
ti-engine courses. Some feel that $20
is too low for instrument instruction
in AT-7s and BT-13s, and that the
price should be $20 for planes up to
160 hp, $25 for those between 165
and 240 hp and $30 for planes over
240 hp.
CAA NOTES
Representatives of the CAA and
the national association of state avi
ation officials recently agreed on a
model state aviation law to be
known as state aeronautics commis
sion or department act.
The medal of freedom has been
awarded T. P. Wright by the war
department for his work on the
strategic bombing survey. . . . Avi
ation training films soon will be
available at 29 civil aeronautics ad
ministration airway traffic control
centers.
Woman's World
Make Slip-Covers for Summer
To Add Fresh Color Scheme
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tpVEN though you may not spend
as much of your time indoors
as you do outdoors, it's smart to
make fresh slipcovers for dining
and living room furniture just to
give the home a change of color
and feeling.
Slipcovers are expenstve to buy
and more frequently than not you
cannot find them in a color or pat
tern to suit your furnishings. If
every woman knew how really sim
ple they are to make, I’m sure that
every home would have a set of
covers to put on for the warm
months.
If you are an inexperienced seam
stress, better choose a plain fabric
or floral that does not need too
much work when it comes to match
ing the motif or having an up
and-down design. You’ll have to
measure carefully each individual
piece to make sure that you get
enough fabric for covering. Here’s
how it’s done:
You’ll need twice as much in
width as the chair measures, plus
one-third extra for height, plus
enough to go around each cushion.
A slipper chair, for example, will
take three yards of 50-inch fabric,
an overstuffed chair, 4tfc yards, a
large arm chair with reversible
cushions, 6 yards; a loveseat will
also take 6 yards, a large couch
with reversible cushions, 9. Decide
how much each piece requires and
add y* yard extra where the de
sign must be matched.
If you want to save on fabric, you
may decide that the bottom of the
cushions can be of a different, per
haps less expensive fabric. Or, the
bottom of the cushions can be pan
eled from pieces of the same ma
terial because they will not show.
Fit Chairs and Coaches
As Boxes or Bodies
Since no patterns are available
for all the different sizes of chairs
and couches to be covered, you’ll
have to fit them yourself. That’s
easy, though, if you will just take a
length of the material, pin it to the
chair and make allowance for
seams. When placing the fabric on
Select crisp, gay prints . . .
the chair, see that the grain of the
fabric is straight this can be
marked with a chalk and ruler be
fore placing the fabric on the chair).
Allowance for generous seams
is important in making slipcovers.
You will remember that these are
washed constantly, and are pulled
by use. The seams should be made
strong to withstand this.
After the fabric is cut, it should
be basted, pressed and stitched. A
good idea is to cut and baste, then
press and try on before doing the
machine stitching. If there are any
spots that pull this matter can be
corrected before the cover is ma
chine-stitched.
Dining Room Chairs
Easily Covered
Always stitch perfectly straight
on slipcovers because that is the
next most important after fitting.
This, of course, will be easy if the
slipcover has been basted prop
erly. Use a medium-long machine
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For summer slip-covers.
stitch for best results and check the
tension to be sure it is correct for
the fabric. Allow for ease around
the curved arm of the chair.
In the dining room, the whole job
will be one of covering only the
seats of chairs, and perhaps the
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Smart Dinner Wear
A smart version of the shirt
waist dinner dress, becoming to
ail ages, can be made in a few
hours on your sewing machine.
The blouse itself is a welcome ad
dition to the wardrobe because it
can be worn the year ’round with
skirt* and suits.
backs, if the chair is of that type.
If the chair is odd-shaped make a
cushion and cover for the seat, us
ing two pieces of heavy fabric to
fit the seat and placing a layer
of cotton between these two and
stitching around the edge.
Cut a top and bottom for the pad
out of the fabric you want for
the color scheme, place in position,
binding or cording it. Attach ties
for this, and have these come
around the two back legs to hold the
cushion and cover in place.
After you are certain the pleats
fit as you want them, machine
stitch. The final pressing is done
while the pleats are pinned togeth
er to make sure they will stay to
gether properly. Use a damp
press cloth and press only moder
ately hard. Remove the basting
threads and then press again to
remove any marks caused by these
threads.
Most slipcover materials do not
ravel easily, and if the seams are
cut with pinking shears, they will
not have to be finished any further.
If you want to use a binding or
cording for trimming, baste this in
place and then stitch so that it will
not show too much. For simple
summer slipcovers, this binding is
not used often, although it is per
fectly proper if you desire it.
Secret of Pressing
No garment can really look
professional until it is carefully
pressed. In sewing, for instance,
it’s a fundamental rule to press
all seams after they are stitched,
and definitely do so before one
seam is attached to another.
See that the board is well pad
ded with cotton, flannel or mus
lin. If there is any lumpiness
in the board, it will show up on
the garment when it is pressed.
All pressing cloths should be
free of sizing or dressing or lint,
and should be washed frequent
ly. A heavy muslin is best for
wool while light-weight muslin is
regarded as best for other ma
terial.
A sponge may be used for ap
plying water to seams for open
ing them. Place a press cloth
over the material, sponge and
press.
Tailor’s cushions should be
used to press the rounded parts
of the garment such as pock
ets or seams that are curved.
These may be purchased or
made at home from two oval
pieces of cloth, and filled with
kapok or wadding.
Before pressing any fabric,
test a piece of the material to
see how much heat the fabric
will take and then adjust the iron
accordingly.
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Summer Fashion Notes
Redingotes are very smart when
you want to appear strictly tailored
and they give you a chance to wear
the so smart print dresses and solid,
bright colors.
If you want to look cool and col
lected during the summer, avoid
the use of too many frills, too much
gingerbread. They seem to weigh
down a dress and make it lose its
freshness quickly.
Shoes for summer still include the
popular wedgie. See them in all
colors to match the summer cos
tume.
Notice the interesting effects
achieved by the use of straw in
summer hats and handbags. Coolie
hats are very popular for beach
wear, but large brim, "picture”
hats are still very pretty for street
and dress-up wear.
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Flower Motifs Make
Gay Bedroom Linen
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D RIGHT or pastel flower borders
^ in pairs may be embroidered
two ways. Outline stitch for quick
beauty—buttonhole stitch for dura
bility.
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Match towels, scarfs or pillow-cases
with the flower motifs in pairs! Pattern
807 has transfer of 6 motifs averaging
3>/4 by 15 inches.
Due to an unusually large demand and
current conditions, slightly more time is
required in Ailing orders for a few of the
most popular pattern numbers.
Send your order to:
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept.
564 W. Randolph St. Chicago 80, IU.
Enclose 20 cents for Pattern.
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