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LI MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1941. PLATTSMOTJTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOUMTAI PAGETTYE I 9 Canada Shifts Ship Building to Freighters Construction for Navy No Longer " Requires All Facilities New Shipyards Rushed. OTTAWA (UP) Having built the backbone of one of the world's great est small-ship navies, Canada has launched on one of the greatest mer chant shipbuilding programs ever undertaken. Munitions and Supply Minister C. P. Howe outlined Canada's program when he spoke at the launching of the 9.300-ton Fort Ville Marie in Montreal. He said the needs of Canada's navy for protective craft "have been rea sonably well satisfied," and shipyards now are able to get to work on the program of merchant shipbuild ing. The figures show what he meant. Exclusive of small craft, more than 130 naval vessels had been either delivered or launched up to Sept. 1. This includes 66 corvettes, 35 minesweepers, and conversion of three armed merchant cruisers and 27 yachts. In addition, of 1,000 small boafs ordered, more than 50 per cent have been completed, including crash boats, aircraft tenders, bomb-loading dinghies, salvage and supply boats. scows, utility harbor craft, motor torpedo boats, whalers, service dinghies and collapsible assault boats. ' Total expenditure involved in both the naval and merchant ship-build ing programs is $320,000,000. So far. construction has centered on the $120,000,000 navy allotment. Now, the $200,000,000 allotted for the merchant navy is being con verted into ships of steel. When the present program Is com pleted, Canada will have built 150 cargo ships of standard design. Of these. 140 will be big ones of 10.000 tons, and the others will be 5,000 tons a total of 1.450,000 tons. Keels of 24 of the larger ships al ready are down and in shipyards from Halifax to Victoria steel sides are rising to the roar of riveting gu ns. Merchant ships soon will slide out of shipyards at Tictou, N. S. ; Lauzon, Que.: Sorel. Que.; Quebec City Montreal: St. John. N. B. ; Van couver, Victoria, and Frince Rupert, B. C. In addition, new shipyards are being rushed to completion to speed up the flow of hulls. Prior to 1939. Canadian ship yards employed r. total of 1.800 men, mostly engaged in repairs. Today, they employ more than 20,000, and this number will be increased by 50 per cent within the next few months. The ships will be almost 100 per tent Canadian. Only 5 per cent of the material required for them will be imported. The Fort Ville Marie, first ship to be launched, was constructed in just over four months by the Canadian Vickers, Ltd. As the program really starts to roll, this time mav be cut. SEEKS RETURN OF JEWEL HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 2o (UP) Franchit Tone, film star, charged in a complaint today that ; Tormer friend, William Seymour, misappro priated ;i S 11,000 sapphire diamond clip. Seymour, a Beverly Hills jewel er, was aecur.ed of theft in a warrant issued after weeks of investigation. Tone charged that he paid ?14,0u for the clip o" Seymour's advice that it was worth $25,000 and left it with him for resale. Tone said several months ago he saw the jewel in the window of Sey mour's tihop. When he inquired for it, however, he was told it had bee;i given to Mrs. Sugenit Clair Smith Johnson Llatto, wife of a New York attorney, as security for an $11,000 loan. CHURCHILL USES SNUFF LONDON, Oct. 24 (UP) Prime Minister Winston Churchill has given W. II. IJrinison, doorkeeper of the house of commons, a sclf-snuff box, and Brimson, in bis pride revealed that Churchill ia a confirmed snuff snuffer. It was a big surprise to the Brit ish public, which had imagined that the tobacco habit with Churchill was confined to smoking big, black cigars. MOVIE STARS WEDDING SANTA BARI5BARA, Calif., Oct. 25 (UP) Rosalind Russcir, for sev eral years Hollywood's most "br.che lcr girl," zr.d Frederick Erinson, art ists' agent tnd ton cf Actor Carl Bris son, will bs manied tcnignt at the Danish Lutheran church in Salvang, 45 miles north of here. RELEASE OIL ELACK0UT WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 (UP) The 100,000 gasoline filling stations along the Atlantic seaboard were free today to abandon the 7 p. m.-7 a. m. "blackout" invoked to conserve fuel supplies for national defense. Defense Oil Coordinator Harold L. Ickes anounced yesterday that all restrictions on consumption imposed because of the "shortage" of supplies in the eastern region would be lifted in view of the return by Britain of forty oil tankers which had been bor rowed under the lend-lease program. "Because it is no longer necessary," he recommeded that OPM Priorities Director Donald M. Nelson rescind his order for a 10 per cent cut in de livery to gasoline stations and with draw his request that station operat ors observe the curfew. MOVE TO OMAHA Mr. and Mrs. Howard J. Royer and five daughters, Plattsmouth, have moved to Omaha. Prosperity and Boom Imperil American Home Episcopal Eishop of Nevada Tells 'of the Effect of Increasing Pros perity on the Home. RENO, New, Act. 25 ( UP) Epis copal Bishop Thomas Jenkins of Reno today cited an increasing divorce rate here and concluded that prosperity and the defense boom imperil the Am erican home. The increasing national income means trouble, he said and pointed to the 288 divorce cases filed here last month, the largest number for a single month in two and a half years. "I talked with one girl here for divorce," he said, "and she told me, yes, I got along with my husband Med dJnwss RECORD MEMBERSHIP NEEDED TO KEEP UP HEAVY PROGRAM AS Uncle Sam's active partner in national defense, the American Red Cross is shouldering its biggest respon sibility. ( Its Field Directors in Army and Navy posts handled 126, 515 human problems during the past defense year counsel and direct aid to service men and their families back home. More than 5,000 Red Cross nurses were inducted into ac dressings for the U. S. Army alone last year, in addition to an even larger number for populations entangled in war. Red Cross Motor Corps and other volunteer units sped up their tempo in tune with the defense effort. First aid and water safety courses are being provided fbr Uncle Sam's soldiers and sailors. Red Cross instructors train service men to teach life-saving methods to their comrades-Red Cross will enroll and train 100,000 volunteer nurse's aides to relieve the acute shortage of nursing service threat ening civilian life because of the Army and Navy demand for nurses. Plus its important new duties, the Red Cross was on the scene of 149 major domestic disasters the past year. Relief supplies valued at $47,087,052 were given to war-harrassed Europe and Asia. Heir to responsibility that's the role of the American Red Cross. More than ever, it needs every American's support through membership in its annual Roll Call, November 11-30. tfP2pflW Art :hitlJ 3 STANDS BY FOR EMERGENCY Mass" shelter- and feeding are traditional American Red Cross responsibilities in time of disaster. Its plans are being adapted for use in civilian defense in event of a national emergency. More than 3,700 chapters stand ready for dis aster ttlifif. during the depression, but when pros perity comes, I guess it's just more difficut.' " The bishop offered no definite tie up between defense prosperity and divorce, but added: "Divorce is increasing with nation al income and with man's forgetful ness of God. We have had an in crease in divorce with the ever In creasing drumbeat of war and de struction the world over. Let us pre serve the family." Principal answer, he believes, is making marriage more difficut by iron-clad pre-martial laws including physical examination. He is going to Chicago to deliever a series" of mission sermons against divorce and hasty marriages. "It should be more difficult to get married," he said. "I favor both a medical examination and a three-day waiting period, fixed by law. Let us regard marriage as sacred and safe guard it with the law when human na ture fails." He said the divorce problem was not isolated in Reno. "We get the discordant elements from eastern states society people with 'big names,' " he said. Reno authorities and amusment op erators mostly gambling house pro prietors admitted that the "biggest Little City's" business was best since legalization of gambling in 1931, but they pointed not to the divorce courts. Their fingers were aimed at the mar riage license counters whose long lines of smiling customers were brighten ed by the Khakis, blues and whites of service uniforms. Gambling clubs are enlarging and adding equipment. Two this week an nounced "open all night" policy. There are two prominent licensed Red Light houses now where but a few weeks ago there was one. Whil? Reno divorces last month tottaled 288, marriages totaled 2,117. The bonanza results largely from the threeday waiting period enforced in surrounding states. Elopers flock here by car, airplane, bus, motorcycle. Some hitchhike. Uoo tive Army and Navy duty last year. Ked Cross Nurses Reserve is asked to enroll 10,000 nurses in military service by next June- i Red Cross blood plasma project has been speeded to provide the armed forces with 200,000 pints of plasma. Blood donations are processed into plasma, dried, and delivered in hermetically-sealed flasks for emergency use. Volunteer Red Cross workers have in creased to a tremendous total to meet a flood of new demands. For example they produced more than 20,000,000 surgical Nebraskaris Soon to be Discharged Nearly 750 Men in Army to Receive Discharges Before Christmas Seek Employment Guards Ey HERBERT L. CONLEY LINCOLN, Oct. 25 (UP) Nearly 750 Nebraska draftees will be dis charged from the army before Christ mas and Brig. Gen. Guy N. Hen ninger, state draft director, believes they will have little difficulty find ing reemployment. Henninger said today he was con fident most of the men would have little difficulty finding reemploy ment. Henninger said today he was con fident most of the men would be re hired by their former employers. At the same time, he reminded business men of their legal obligation to re hire draftees who were in their em ploy before the emergency. "We don't think we will be forced to prosecute many employers," he said. "But if they cannot show suf ficient cause for not rehiring draftees, the district attorney will : start proceedings against them." The draft director, obviously opti- 1U1SIU illlUUl lilt irciuill lllflll uui- look, declared that many of the re turning men probably would not care to return to their former jobs, but would seek better positions. "Some of these men have expand ed their earning power while in the army by attending automotive, en gineering and other military schools," ;he said. Henninger explained that these men would be desirous of obtaining work in the fields for which they have equipped themselves. He in- Idbated state and federal draft offi jeials would attempt to place them in such fields. ! The new reemployment system which the draft headquarters set up recently, Henninger predicted, will "make it much easier" for the ex service men to find positions they desire. "Under the new plan, many of the men will be able to step into their jTllis congressional action set a defin olcl jobs, or new ones, immediately ite limit uPn the amount of cash after being discharged." he said. Outlining the plan. Henninger said a draftee could make out an em ployment application prior to obtain ing his official disclirge. Camp of ficials then will mail the application to headquarters "In tTfeJ state from which the man was drafted. The state office will c heck the man's qualifications and send his applica tion to the reemployment chairman in the draftee's home town or com munity. "The reemployment chairman, co operating with federal employment officials, will seek a place for the men even before he returns home," Henninger said. "When the young man is discharged, he can contact the reemployment chairman who in many instances will have a position picked out for the draftee." The d; aft director pointed out that it would not be possible in all cases to cbtain immediate reemploy ment for returning men. "Some men are not capable of fill ing very many different positions," he explained. "For these persons, we shall have to try and make a special effort." Speaking of obtaining ex-service men employment in defense plants. Henninger said all returning men would be given preference. He also said the former army men would be "favored" even if they choose to seek work in defense plants in other parts of the state or nation. "If a Nebraska ex-serviceman wishes to get a job in a defense plant in California, he will be given pref erence if he reports to the reemploy ment chairman in the area in which the plant is located." Henninger said that all reemploy ment chairmen were persons prom inent in business in their individual communities. He explained it was i their duty to intercede with lo al ! employers in order to place dis charged men in "proper oc-upations." I The reemployment chairman also I wiM confer with former employers !of --.electees in an effort to work out problems involved in rehiring the discharged service men. "It will be the chairman's job to report to us any businessman he be- jlieves is not justified in refusing to rehire an ex-service man," Henninger said. "I believe the reemployment chair man and tivie leaders in most com munities will be able to exert enough pie-Mire upon employers to thai legal action seldom will be required to place a man back in a position ho deserves." Out stock of legal "cianis Is most complete. Reasonably priced, too! NO POWDER PLANT KEARNEY, Neb. Oct. 24 (UP) President A. H. Holbert of the Cham ber of Commerce said today he had received a letter from Rep. Harry B. Coffee, Chadron, in which the congres sman advised him that no powder plant was contemplated for Nebraska "at the present time." The letter came in answer to a joint appeal by Kearney, Hastings and Grand Island asking that a de- fense gunpowder plant be located in central Nebraska", Hoibert said. Lend-Lease Bill May Revitalize Latin America Agreement With Brazil Presages Further Credit Grants Wide Field for Aid. B LAWRENCE S. HAAS United Press Latin American Editor The signing of an agreement in Washington between tho state de partment and the Brazilian ambassa coj for a loan to Brazil under the lend-lease act has accentuated the extent to which the United States taking the Latin American countries under its financial wing. The amount involved in the agree ment was not made public, although it was believed to be between $90,- 000.000 and 1110.000.000. In ex change for defense materials to be made available to Brazil under the provisions of the agreement, the United States will receive Brazilian raw materials essential to the de fense industry, but the precise prod ucts and their quality will be stipu lated later. Lease-lend arrangements have been made with the Dominican Re public, Haiti, Paraguay and Uruguay, and it was indicated that similar agreements with virtuily all of the other American republics are being negotiated. Last year a congressional author ization was voted enabling the Export-Import Bank to lend up to 500, 000,000 to Latin American nations. or credits that the bank is empower ed to advance. Disbursements Not Fixed The aid under lease-lend provi sions is limited only by the global amount of funds made available by oongress to tbe executive branch of the government, and it may be ap- . portioned as the president deems fit ting and necessary. As the Latin American countries, under the most favorable and pros perous conditions, are not geared economically to build and maintain heavy armament, it would appear reasonable to assume that the United States has accepted the obligation of Bulbs Can Be Flowered In Pots b Amateurs able to bring bulbs to flower in pets cf earth has a far greater selection of material, and finer flowers are grown this way than in fiber or pebbles and water. All the forcing varieties of tulips, narcissi and the minor bulbs which are used by florists to produce pot plants may be forced by the amateur who has a sun parlor and is willing to be patient and careful. In this operation, as with others, you do not grow flowers, you mere ly permit them to grow. Flowers are as eager to live as are ani mals; we have only to place them In an environment which makes it possible for them to thrive. The procedure with bulbs is well stand ardized. The first step is to plant them, in pots or the shallow pots called pans." The soil should be what florists call good potting soil and is best purchased from a florist, since very little is reeded. Place the bulb so that its point is half an inch below the surface. Now it is necessary to allow the bulb to make roots; and for this purpose the pot must be placed in a dark and cool place, wnere n can not freeze or dry out too much. A cold frame, where it can be cov ered with leaves, or a pit protected by a curb from surface drainage, where several pots may be stored, covered with leaves, ashes or sand, will do. Vhcn placed in this storage the pot should be thoroughly soaked, end no further watering should be necessary. If stored in an indoor cellar or closet the soil should be prevented from drying out exces sively. Eoot action will follow and when top growth begins the pot may be brought indoors or kept in the storage placo and so retarded until wanted. After being brought indoors the pot must be given all the light pos sible and kept in a temperature which averages 60 degrees until stems, leaves and flower buds are formed. This means keeping them out of overheated rooms, prefera bly on a sunporch, where windows may be onened for ventilation and coclness. Night temperatures should be lower than day. After buds are formed temperature cf 70 de- arming its neighbors. The layout of cash or its equiv alent in military or naval material, or supplies to be used for military purposes, apparently is being under taken by the United States in view of the constant stress laid by Amer ican officialdom on the need for con crete continent-wide co-operation in hemispheric defense. Wide Field for Aid Defense cooperation as contained in inter-American relations could be subjected to the broadcast inter pretation. The United States conceiv ably may view the maintenance of a high standard of sanitary conditions in Latin America, the construction of roads, the guarantee of financial sta bility, all as falling within the realm of hemispheric defense essentials, and lease-lend funds thus might be used to stamp out malaria in West Indian islands, to finance public works in Central America and to bolster the national currency in a South American country. The Argentine congress has ad journed until next May without au thorizing acceptance of $110,000, 000 in loans and credits from the Export-Import Bank and the TT. S. treasury. The opposition political groups, which hold a majority in the chamber of deputies blocked action on this legislation because of a pure ly domestic political conflict with the administration. Argentina Needs Credits Argentina is in urgent need of the credits. They are necessary, in part, to obtain new armament to help finance farm aid through a surplus crop buying program, to provide the sinews for aid to Argentine industry under a program already authorized by the legislature. In accordance with Argentine laws, the credits cannot be accepted with out legislative sanction and specu lation has arisen over whether an effort will be made to obtain the credits under a new arrangement that would not require congressional sanction. ThuE, the possibility has been ex lloreu, at least, of an arrangement ur.der lend-lease whereby the oper ation could be made anew. An oper ation that would bolster the solvency of the agriculturist, provide work in industry, strengthen exchange and thereby guarantee the national buy ing power in foreign trade all con tributing to a bulwark against social unrest could be regarded in the light of defense needs. EIRE MAY HAVE FLEET WASHINGTON, Oct. 2'J. (LP) The nsL Free State will soon have a merchant marine of approximately 15 vessels to carry goods to Eire from the United States. - The first ship of the fleet, it was learned today, has already departed and may already be at her destin ation. Its name and sailing date are regarded as secret by marine offi' cials. Daffodils Flowered in the House. grees will bring out the flowers, and if haste is needed a higher tem perature will produce it. Too high temperature will pro duce spindly growth and may pre vent flowering. Air is as impor tant as light. Success in forcing bulbs into flower in soil depends entirely on the points here enumer ated and unless one is willing to pay strict attention to details it is better not to .undertake it. But it can be seen from the discussion that no skill is required; some knowledge of plants, plus patience and care, are all that are needed, and the reward is rich. To watch the flowers develop will teach many lessons which may be of value in the garden next year. It takes much longer to produce flowers by this method than with the quick-growing lilies cf the val ley and paper-white narcissi. From six and eight weeks are needed for the formation of roots and the sub sequent growth is slower, but the size of the flowers is much greater and the variety el choic wider. ' II War Economy Places Wood in a Vital Role Modern Research Turns Timber Products to New Uses For ests Serve Germany. ITHACA, N. Y. (UP) Wood and wood products are playing an im portant part in peace and war econ omy, according to L. G. Cox of the Cornell forestry department. The chemist and physicist. Cox says, are developing new uses for wood by breaking down the cellu lose and legnin into something simpler, to be made into plastics, women's stockings, gunpowder, and even vanilla extract. Combatants in the war, the for estry expert ade, are using a host of diversified forest products, many of which are the result of modern research. These include prefabri cated housing; fuel for airplane en gines and trucks; pulp and paper for surgical dressings; synthetic wood fibers, such as in rayon; artificial wool and cotton for clothing, para chutes, and other textiles; wood char coal for gas masks and steel produc tion: rosin for shrapnel; turpentine for flame throwers, and cellulose ace tate for photographic film. Forests Serve Germany Germany classes forest products as the second most important natural resource of the country. Attention was turned to the production of sugar and alcohol from wood, and a certain proportion of wood-wool is required in all German uniforms, it is said. To cope with 1he gasoline shortage, a wood-gas generator has been developed and adapted to cars and trucks. Cox explained that the expanding American army requires large quan tities of forest products. Manufac turers estimate that 1.500 feet of lumber are require! for each enlist ed man based in barracks, and 825 feet of lumber for each man based in a tent camp. Wood is particuarly well suited for hangar construction in war-time, because of the speed of erection main ly with unskilled labor. Even ships built of steel. Cox said, require large amounts of lumber. As a special air raid precaution, recent 'research in impregnating wood with fire-retarding chemicals will protect navy and army projects from incendiary bombs. The United States is in a better position today to supply its own pulp and paper needs than before the war. Cox cites a high-yield pulp process which permits the use of hardwoods in newsprint paper. The modern trend, according to Cox. is away from saw logs and cord wood. toward a more efficient chem ical use of wood as cellulose. He be lieves the farm woodlot. properly managed for rapid growth of saw timber and cellulose, and close use of thinnings, culls, and logging waste, will pay dividends in the un certain days ahead. RECOVER KIDNAPED CHILD FJTCHDURG. Mass.. Oct. 2.'. (UP) Eight-weeks-old Kenneth A Mc Iean, Jr.. kidnaped from his carriage in front of a main street store yes terday, was fo-i-d unharmed today after a twonty-hour police hunt. The baby was discovered in the heme of a childless couple, Mr. and Mrs. Iiichard Wolsiewick, in nearby Lunenburg. Police Chief Thomas J. Godley of Fitchburg, said tlie couple was being detained for c-ues'iior.ing. Tbe baby was snuggled in bed be side Mrs. Wolsiewick, who Insisted the infant was hers and that she had given birth to it only last night, ac cording to the chief. Chief Godley said that witnesses had "positively identified" Mrs. Wol siewick, 38, as the "woman in black" whe took the bab; from a parked car riage while its mother was shopping. MEN'S E0WLING LEAGUE Standings Public Utilities 9 Conoco 8 T-REX 7 Sand Pitters 6 P.oh-Soe-Co. 5 Hfrris Cleaners 5 Pioneer 4 Don's Barber Shop 3 International Harvesters 3 Tastee Shop 3 Slugger3 3 0 1.000 1 2 t 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 .889 .778 .667 ,55G .556 .444 .333 .333 .333 .333 .222 .167 .167 iTimm's 2 Wayne Feeds 1 Donat's 1 SUK0WA CAKP EIRE We had no business meeting be cause wc wanted to carve little totem poles out of soft wood. After we get them carved we wjll paint them. ELIZABETH PERRY, Scribe.