Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 22 September 1939 — Page 3
THE POST-DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22,1939.
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RISE IN WHEAT SPURS KANSAS TO SOW MORE
Many Farmers May End Participation in AAA Plan.
Kansas City, Mo—Kansas farmers are reaping benefits from the increase in the price of wheat as a result of the European war, hut Federal agricultural officials are worried lest farmers abandon the \AA acreage adjustment program and plant all of their land to wheat. Under the AAA plan, farmers are expected to leave part of then land fallow each year, and in return for this reduced planting, the government pays a subsidy in ie form of commodity loans and oenefit payments. Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace has urged farmers not to abandon crop limitation, but it the price of wheat continues to rise farmers are likely to remember the last war when it went to So a bushel and decide that best interest lies in raising < much wheat as they can - Sustained Rise Doubted However, George Montgomery, marketing expert at Kansas State College, predicts that ^Imat wdl not rise as high as it did dm ? the last war—at least not for a 10 Montgomery predicts ‘tat alter the first wave of speculation dies down, wheat prices wiH declin until they will-be not much above the level prevailing when the wa be He n pmnts out that unlike 1914, tlmre is now a large world supply nt uheat and it is not likely that the price will advance permanently uutil this supply is nearly ex^Other marketing experts ^PonK out that in the last vai Traces increased slowly. Ii 'nhfat sold at an average pnce ot 97 cents a bushel and it du ot pass the $2 mark peak was reached a* the ™ nea ^^rS^ve/'nSiiS^enthe “‘iCnt^efcrtot-the Kansas SjXwhea? acre P age, C are particiIrt vean the benefits ot mcreaseu ^TheS 8 wheat “uidm^e governcoiitimie control^ their^wh^.t—™''the Toan-imtil the loan matu.es about April otnext yea • ^ At any time taimei. ^ possess their wheat by paying ott “I .fp^r TncaW. m charge of the loans for the C = od,ty ''rf^atThTSuL oTtte loan S‘fo put a bottom under the prtoe of wheat and then Pe™' 1 to cash m on aw ^ "‘irthe price should drop lower' ilvtn the government loan rate ot 77 cents for hard wheat, then the armor permits the S^ment keep the wheat and the govern ment absorbs the °® s ' cent inThe farmers pay 4 pe iPiest for the loan and also pay 3 cents a bushel handling chareB and the freight rate from the. shipping point to Kansas City.
ST. LOUIS WINS NATIONAL PARK ON RIVERFRONT
Historic Section of City Will Be Razed This Fall
Valuable Information For Womeil
Pull in
/"TATCH the fashionable spirit in v> home decorations this Fall with lace net curtains. There’s one pretty pattern after another in the new styles produced in the U. S. A. Their open weaves are sunshinecatchers, too, inviting the sunlight right into the room. So there’s good cheer as well as chic for homes
with these curtains up at the windows. Their softly tailored sheerness flatters living rooms, dining rooms and bedrooms. And many, many women who have Venetian blinds at their windows are finding these curtains delightfully attractive when hung in deep folds right over the blinds.
Survey Shows Wage Earners Dress Better
“The right of a man to a job does not relieve him of the responsibility in finding it.’’ __, r $ $ $ $ A thirty-day around the world ticket by airplane now costs $2,-
375.
The world’s population is increasing at the rate of 100,000 per
day.
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Swimming and diving are causes of sinus trouble, according to an article in the American Medical Association Journal. Illinois has seventeen persons on the old-age pension who have passed ihe age of one hundred
years. * ❖ * *
The better paid airplane hostesses receive $125 per month plus $4 a day for each day spent in
flight. * * * *
IT. S. is considering the “open door” policy for Jewish refugee immigration to Alaska.
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Los Angeles, California, is the biggest city in the United States, as far as acreage is concerned— 281,500 acres.
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Public Welfare records in Illinois show that in cue case there are seven recipients of old-age assistance living wih one parent who is also a recipient of old-age assistance.
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The famous art museums of Paris, London and Amsterdam that loaned about $2,500,000 of masterpieces. of art to this country foi exhibition at the New York’s World Fair have made the loan indefinite now that the European
war has started.
In addition to President lioose-
San Francisco—American wageearning imuiliea iu the lower brackets are dressing better this year, attending more movies and other amusements, and doing more home refurnishing than last year, a survey of eight key lines of merchandise in 236 department stores throughout the United States re-
veals.
Men’s clothing, which is always considered the bellwether both of depressions and recoveries, shows a 10 per cent gain. However, furs, a luxury article, showed the greatest gain of any of the eight lines
investigated, the increase for thelyelt’s moving this year’s Thankssecond quarter of the year being • • ~ >— -ja
26.4 per cent.
The survey also reveals as significant that the second highest increase was also in a luxury line —that of jewelry, where the in-
crease was 14.2 per cent.
Electric household appliances gained 9.4 per cent and home furni-
ture 6.1 per cent.
’Sporting goods departments showed only a slight gain but the specialty sporting goods stores
fared much better.
The movies and other amusements registered an increabe from
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“TURKEY D'OG” HERDS FLOCK Altus, Okla—When father gets ready to sell his 100 “Thanksgiving turkeys,” Orlin Ray Barnes, 9, will whistle for his police dog. “Go bring ’em in,” Orlin will say. And the dog, if he reacts as usual, will circle the Barnes farm and drive the birds into a compact flock. He‘s believed to be the only “turkey dog” in Oklahoma.
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giving Day up from November 30 to November 23rd, the President has moved next year’s Thanksgiving date up from Novemebr 28 to
November 21.
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Just before Britain-declared war on Germany and the United States declared her neutrality a British steamer pulled‘out of San Pedro (Port of Los Angeles) with twentyfive Lockheed bombing planes
aboard. * * * *
In the United States there were 17,306 more Protestant churches in 1938 than there were Protestant ministers; 188,247 ministers; 205,-
553 churches.
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This is the third year of the Japanese and Chinese war. China has lost more than 1,000,000 soldiers, untohj numbers of the civilian population, one fifth of all her land,
and most of her seaports.
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The country of Siam has chang-
ed its name to Thailand.
homespun uniforms a light brown. * * * * No man born during either the month of May or the month of June base ever become President of the United States. * * * * A municipal law in Paris requires that a scarlet fever patient be quarantined for forty days after he has recovered. In this country a scarlet fever patient is released immediately after recov-
ery.
❖ * # * Babies under one year of age withstand surgical operations better than at any time in later life, ^according to a noted Vienna sur-
geon.
* * * * 17,000,000 soldiers and sailors lost their lives in the last World
War.
❖ * »i» * It takes 4.6 bushels of wheat to make a- barrel of flour. A barrel of flour will make 285 sixteen-ounce loaves of bread. * * * # Scientific research shows that , the laundering of garments in hard '• water shortens their lives by twenty to forty per cent. •!* * Jji * It is the law that any American citizen who enlists in the army of any foreign power is liable to line, imprisonment, and loss ,of citizen-
ship. * .si: *
Dave Rubinol'f, noted American violinist, made a bet with the Chief of Police of San Francisco that he could disguise as a blind street fiddler and beg $10 in an hour. Rubinol'f lost his bet; lie got only $1.49.
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As we understand it, there is no record of Jesus writing anything except pn or ^ occasion and then it was with his finger on the ground.
Montgomery, Ala.. Sept. 22.— founders of St. Louis’ old families made their fortunes during tk'' Mississippi river steamboat - to be wrecked this fall to furnish employment and a site for a national park in honor of Thomas
Jefferson.
The buildings are,in a 40-block area along the Mississippi river. Many of them have been vacant for years. Others have been used for warehouses, fur and hide markets, printing plants and butter substitute factories. A few persons who could recall when the area was the center of St. Louis commercial life had to move. Several low cost boarding houses also will
be wrecked.
Clearing the area for a park was conceived as a works relief project five and a half years ago. Various court actions delayed purchase of the land and wrecking operations until'this fall. Several times the federal government threatened to discard the idea. Although sponsors of the park plan branded the area a “ghost city,” assessed valuation of the real estate was more than $5,000,D00. The federal government has set aside $5,970,970 for distribution to property owners. A. U. S. district court condemnation commission fixed the value of real estate in the area at nearly $7,000,000 The National Park service planned to reduce the commission’s recommendation by negotiation with individual property owners. Site of Old French Village The park site is approximately that of the old French village from which St. Louis 'grew. The first block to be cleared is said to he the scene of Auguste Chouteau’s landing with 30 pioneers 175 years ago. They named their landing place Place d’Armes. In recent years the narrow cob-ble-stone streets have been nearly as quiet as they must have been in the days of the early French village. Traffic was light and but few people were seen about. During prohibition things were lively j at night but with repeal the gay parties moved west with the rest
of the city.
Definite plans for developing the park have not been announced by the National Para Service. After the land and buildings are paid for, federal funds will be exhausted unless Congress makes a further appropriation. About $2,500,000 in city funds are available for preliminary work. The city had additional bonds to sell to match future
federal grants.
Razing crews will spare the old courthouse in which the Dred Scott slave case was tried twice, the Old Cathedral, or the Rcok House, said to be the oldest build-
ing in the area.
Civic leaders have suggested I for pla. vooms.
that the old courthouse be used as a “Winning of the West” museum.
HOUR GLASS IS NEW
SILHOUETTE
Take a Deep Breath and
Your Waist.
Returning from Paris the other day, the wife of a leading Fifth Avenue department £tore owner predicted that by the arrival of the first snow flurry, all of the fashion wise American girls, as well as their mothers, would be in stays. ' " 'w about three decades of un- ^ .al J comfort the thought of (stiff stays to keep one’s waistline within the bounds demanded by the uew silhouette undoubtedly will be dismaying to all but the slenderest of us. But the couturieres have not left us much choice and it seems to be either stays or
no chic.
Thus, paradoxical as it may appear, the more you minimize your waist the more important it becomes. The bustline will be high and accentuated and a gently rounded hipline—frankly admitting for the first time in heaven knows how long that ladies do have hips—is not only permissable but definitely a part of the new sol-
souette.
One fashion expert advises “make your figure look like an inverted champagne glass.” There are a good many of us for whom this new silhouette is not going to be too easy, but the smart ones will go calling on a reducing expert and when exercises, massage and a properly prescribed’ diet have done their best, pay a visit to a good corsetiere. The results probably will prove surprising.
Louisiana and Florida have the warmest climates in the United States; Minnesota and Wyoming the coldest. * * * * “A bank”, says the St. Louis Star-Times, “is an institution where you can borrow money if you can present sufficient evidence to show that you don’t need it.” * * * i]i “There’s a whole day tomorrow That hasn’t yet been tried, With hours still unwasted And hopes still undenied; Free from fret and folly It lies, untouched yet near. Today’s page is blotted— Tomorrow’s still is clear.”
YOUR HOME AND MINE By Jane Floyd Buck The months of suppers on the lawn under the trees and lazy hours beneath the stars on terraces will soon be over and entertaining will move indoors again. So,' if you have a basement or extra room that you’ve been planning on converting into a playroom now is the time to start to
work.
One of the reasons that a playroom is such fun to fix up is that one can make a very small amount of money cover a multitude of things. Barrels, for instance, can be made into comfortable and picturesque chairs by use of a saw and a little craftsmanship in
upholstery.
Anyone who knows the rudiments of carpentry can build his own bar and the more rustic the better. And if you want a sure way to amuse your guests, install a distortion mirror over the bar. Marie of plate glass that has been .cither concave or convex, these mirrors are sources of endless amusement and are one of the best investments than can be made to
create gaiety.
Wrought iron tables and chairs that have done duty on summer terraces can be bought cheaply at
polished only as it comes from the glass-making machines, while plate glass is rolled in blanks which are given the additional treatment of grinding and polishing, a process comparable to that applied to optical glass. This final process gives the glass that gleaming luster w'hich is a distinguishing characteristic
of plate glass.
For a simple illustration look at your finger nails in their natural state. Then use a buffer and polish on them and notice the difference between plate glass and
window glass.
HOT OFF FIFTH AVENUE Toys Into Lamps Any youngster would be delighted with one of the new lamps for children’s booms which have real toys for bases. Among the designs for little boys are those with locomotives and steamboilers for bases, while the ones for a little girl’s room have fetching dolls, some being rag dolls, others peasant dolls and still others having golden curls and crisp organdie
frocks.
For Slender Ankles Along with everything else ankles must have that slender look this fall and one manufacturer has taken cognizance of the fact by designing a new line of hosiery with tapered heels ending in a point. This new heel really is astonishingly flattering to the ankles. Throats Should Glitter Necklaces which boast a barbaric splendor will dominate the costume jewelry picture this fall. Many of the newest frocks have high plain necklines which require an important necklace to set them off. Among necklaces featured in Paris collections which already have arrived in New York are those made of gilt chains and balls which simulate bibs, others fashioned of glittering gilt tassels and still others formed of multiple chains.
For A Hostess If you are searching for something different for your week-end hostess why not consider one of the new sponge rubber ice tubs in gay colorings of green or yellow? The tubs are grand for an extra ice supply and have the added virtues of being light and unbreak-
able.
AUTUMN MAKE-UP TO BE BRIGHTER Those rich tones of red. green and winey purples which created such a stir at the Paris openings have had an interesting influence on make-up for fall and all of a sudden we are back into the bright shades which were considered rather unsophisticated only short time ago. There is no doubt 2bat the new fall shades will require more bril-
second hand before long and paint-ji^ an ^ complexions (and lips and ed in bright colors do beautifully new colors in lipsticks
and
BABY EATS LIGHT BULB Pasadena, Cal.—An 11-months-old baby began eating a small electric light globe. The mother slapped the infant on the back until he had coughed fragments of glass. A fluoroscopic examination developed that he had swallowed nothing and suffered only a slight cut in the mouth. More than 1,000 entered a sing-, ing contest in Dublin, Ireland.
Others have suggested that the old federal building should be preserved since it was the center of Sunday morning social life for many years. Business men used to call for their mail there on Sunday and spend the remainder of the morning talking. The federal building was built later than most of the buildings in the areal Many of the structures to be wrecked replaced buildings destroyed by St. Louis’ “Great Fire’ of 1849. o Town Placards Old Skippers’ Homes 1 Mystic, Conn.—The homes of famous sailing masters of the 19th century, many of whom gained world renown, are to be placarded by the Chamber of Commerce as points of interest to visitors to this once thriving seaport. Among those to be posted are the residences of Capt. Joseph Warren Holmes, who rounded Cape Horn 83 times; Capt. Isaac D. Gates, who brought the first leghorn chickens to this country; Capt. John E. Williams, whose dipper ship Andrew Jackson made a record for sailing vessels between New York and San Francisco, and 19 othei’s whose ships visited virtually every port on the
globe.
Clipper ships built here in the middle of the 19th century w r ere among the fastest to sail the seas.
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Further information on any of the foregoing topics may be obtained by writing to the department of agricultural extension, Purdue university, Lafayette.
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If you start in to create a playroom just remember that there is no place in the house where ingenuity pays such big dividends and that the less you spend the more fun you acn have in pitting
such a room together.
The question of how' to judge the quality of glass, which frequently proves rather baffling to lots of us w r hen buying a mirror, has been settled once and for all by the Federal Trade Commission which has just passed a ruling regarding
the labeling of glass.
Now, according to the Trade Commission’s regulation, each mirror must bear a label as to whether it is plate glass or window' glass. Thus, when one goes shopping for a mirror which will give back true reflections with that gleaming clarity characteristic of polished plate glass, one will not have to be a mirror expert to distinguish the quality. A label will carry the information. Perhaps while on the subject it would be a good idea to discuss briefly the difference between mirrors made of plate glass and window glass. Window glass is fire-
rouges have a clarity which gives them lots of vibrancy. One new shade has been given the enticing name of Robin Hood red, while another bears the luscious name of
red velvet.
In the beginning you may find The very bright new shades a bit hard to handle deftly and the wisest procedure is to go to your beauty parlor and let them help you to work out a make-up which is just right for your skin. The rouges need to be blended with exactly the right shade of powder and if one is not careful, the effect may be theatrical rather than
smart.
PEACH RECIPES A GOOD CHOICE Peach dishes Can be used to dress up the family menus during the next few weeks without unbalancing the household budget. Faced with one of the biggest yields in years, fruit growers called in the chain stores to assist in moving the crop, the result being that good peaches are plentiful at prices that even the modest budget can afford. Peach fritters are a grand des-
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sert and are easily made. Here is a good recipe to tuck into your
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Peach Fritters 1-2 cup sifted flour 1-2 , teaspoon baking powder 1-8 teaspoon salt 11 1-2 tablespoon sugar 1 egg slightly beaten 2 tablepoons milk 3 ripe peaches Mix and sift dry ingredients. Add egg and milk; stir until smooth. Peel and slice peaches into fritter batter. Spoon into a hot greased griddle or skillet. Brown on both sides. Sprinkle with confectioners sugar. Serve at once. This amount will make 6 fritters. PACIFIC GROUP OF ISLES LOST
San Francisco.—If Uncle Sam were in the habit of using want ads in the newspapers, his next one in the “Lost and Found” classification probably would read as
follows
“LOST: The Los Jardines Islands, North Pacific group, formerly located northeast of the Marianas Islands in Latitude 21:38 North, Longitude 151:34 East.” ThdSinformation that the islands have disappeared from their accustomed place has been made public by the U. S. Hydrographic Office. It has just issued a bulletin to all mariners to be on the lookout for them and especially not to bump into them in the darkness. As a matter of fact, the disappearance of the islands is not entirely new, but the bulletin to the mariners on the Pacific to look
for them is.
Since 1926, both naval and merchant marine vessels of the United States and Japan have conducted searches for the missing islands. The Japanese motorship Mansyu Maru searched the area in 1926 without success and other extensive searches were made in 1933 and again in 1939 by the Unifed States transport Ramapo. About all they were able to ascertain conclusively was that the islands are no longer where they
once were.
Interest in their location was spurred by the need for aviation bases. The last visitor to the islands, as far as the records show, J was one Captain Marshall on the British ship Scarborough in 1788.. Until they are located again, if ever, Arthur O’Leary, Navy hydrographer, has ordered them to be kept off future maps of the Pacific. He says the islands were of volcanic origin and apparently disappeared after a series of violent
eruptions.
WAR MAY CURB CITRUS EXPORTS Lakeland, Fla.—The Florida citrus industry has geared itself for another shipping season uncertain about one of its best customers— Great Britain. England is the largest consumer of canned Florida grapefruit juice, taking yearly three out of every four cases packed in the state. Canners believed the British ability or desire to import large quantities during the current war would be known before the season gets | underway. The domestic market also will be affected by the war, it was believed. Most growers looked for at I least a temporary business boom I occasioned by European hostilities [ and expected good opening prices. First carload shipment of a crop which it is hoped will equal the 160,000 carloads exported northward last year was expected shortly after mid-September. Size of the crop, nowever, remained uncertain except for private estimates. The first U. S. Government report will be issued in
October.
Private sources predicted a drastically reduced grapefruit crop, about the same quantity of oranges and a slightly smaller tangerine
output.
Meanwhile, the industry watched with interest for results of the recent overhauling given it by the state legislature. Henceforward fruit must show' a “natural break in color” before it can be shipped. Rains throughout the belt have delayed ripening. The citrus commission’s new' advertising and sales promotional program is ready to go into oper-
ation.
Competition from Texas seedless grapefruit will be one of the first problems for the advertising bureau to handle. Last year the Texas product edged Florida grapefruit out of many western markets and made noticeable headway in New York. In 1938, Florida shipped out 7.0,000 carloads of oranges; 29,500 carloads of grapefruit and 7,500 carloads of tangerines. IMBIBER’S ARRESTS TOTAL 60 IN THE PAST 19 YEARS
Conneaut, O.—It appears to be a habit with a 39-year-old Conneaut man. Arrested for the 60th time on an intoxication charge, he pleaded guilty before Judge C. W. Appleby, who said his list of convictions dates back to 1920.
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