Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 March 1942 — Page 9
MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1942
~The Indianapolis Times
Hoosier Vagabond
LONG Bateson,
BEACH the
March
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Cal. garden
23. —Maj Japan
Harry L.
man, was smart
all right
He says she let us build up a seven-vear supply
of whisky, knowing that wouldn't do us special
g ood
any in wartime (and Bateson isn't a whisky-hater, either). But while she was doing that, she stripped scrap iron, made pretty sure we were going to run out of rubber and tin, and got us in her grasp in many other little ways—not the littlest of which, he considers, is our dependence on her for garden seeds Maj. Bateson says that during the years after the last war America concentrated on flowers until she was producing 90 per cent of the world's flower seeds. But vegetables we did just the reverse Other countries were supplying 30 per cent of our vegetable seed. And a good portion of that 90 per cent came from Japan
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Consequently, he says, we are in for a dangerous shortage of vegetable seed. Prices have already skyrocketed on some things, he says. He thinks we could re-establish our seed-producing ability within a year, if we would. But will we? As vou know, the Japanese were the gardeners of California. Now they have to give up their farms hd out, which is all right with
evervbody, ineluding me
move practically
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TRANSPLANTING of these Japanese vegetable some
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produce shortage uniess pro-
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which sounds all Southern California 1s for retired farmers from all sitting around half-
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lonesomely out something to Go Maj Bateson suggests putting these hundreds of] thousands of retired farmers in charge of the vacated | Japanese vegetable farms; then picking up or draft-| ing enough unemployed and Mexican labor to run! the farms Maj. Bateson has built a small building in his| garden plot, resembling a one-room schoolhouse. | Here he teaches his classes in “Maj. Bateson's Practical Garden School.” The classes run every morning from 9 to 12. He handles from 150 to 300 students a week He starts them cut ih a primary way, just as though they had never seen a cabbage or a rake. He teaches them what to plant, and when to plant it. He gives them the rotation that will keep fresh vegetables coming to their table 52 weeks a year.
here in the sun, wishing they had|
Some More Grief HE LECTURES AND draws pictures on the blackboard and answers questions. And then they go into his gardens, where he has plots arranged so they can see vegetables in every stage from the ground-break-ing to the harvesting. He says that everybody who can't garden successfully after six weeks in his class ought to be shot. So far he hasn't had any great surge of war-garden students, but he expects it. Maj. Bateson says another great peril to our market-basket is going to be the lack of insecticides. He says the base of most insecticides is a plant called perytheum, which is raised mostly in Japan. He savs he tried for years to get American manufacturers to buy it from American growers, in order
But they already had their contracts with Japan, so nothing came of it, And we nave practically not perytheum. In addition to his gardens, Maj. Bateson raises rabbits. Huge white rabbits, each of which would] fill a harvest table. They're ready to eat at less than two months of age. He says you can start with two rabbits and keep a whole family in meat forever. He seems to have evervthing solved. A back-yard full of vegetables, a pen of rabbits, and thou.
to cneourage growih here,
now
Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum
Fla., Bill Schloss,
regulations
JUST BACK from Miami Beach. new enemy In few miles off shore, the east coast town east windows blacked cut. Even street lamps are black on their east sides. Motorists must drive with parking lights only and hold down 20 miles an hour at night. It's hard visualize the war under conditions like that Bill Book of the €C. of C. is getting ready to make a new attempt to get a good stand grass in the meadow beside his home. A week ago vesterday, he sowed $5 worth of in anticipation of rain. The next day the rain came —by the bucketful—and washed He's fiewring on putting that £5 on his iheome tax report next vear as a business loss.
Around the Town
ANY POLITICIANS present at tomorrow's Rotary ng had better be wearing asbestos underwear, 1st as a precaution. We hear that George Kuhn, the €. of C. president, is going to speak on some of the city's problems, and that he's figuring on “taking down his hair’—figuratively, of course, as his pate is . Col. A. W. Herrington of MarmonHerri: seen lunching the other day with Louis the former assistant secretary of war They re both on that committee going to India to set up tary supply program . Some of the boys the Indianapolis Athletic club have been worrying about the steeple of the First Baptist church, which is just across the street. The boys say that when they look out the window of the third floor card room, the
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The Aussies
WASHINGTON, March 23.—The United States is 1 for some very blunt talk in the next few days from
president of Morris Plan. reports to
avoid
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Australian allies Australia wants an opportunity to share equally in concerning the Pacific war zone, and the case is being forcefully presented in Washington by Dr. Herbert V. Evatt, minister for external affairs and attorney general in the government of Prime Minister John Curtin. Abrupt and direct in manner Dr. Evatt emphasized several times, in the course of a press conference, that what the dominion seeks is not political machinery ot protocol, but results “Army and air leaders,” he admitted, “are in constant touch, but there are no government consultations and there are important decisions to be made.” The Australian foreign minister would not attempt to indicate just how this might be achieved Don't try to pin me down to A and B and C.” he asked. “What we want ig the right to consult on an equal footing about the war we're fighting against a
common enemy
decisions
Uraes Joint Council IN GENERAL, he urged a joint council between United States and Australian and New Zealand political officials to deal with problems broader in scope than purely military questions. The Dutch, he said, should probably be represented in such a roundtable Canada. he went on, would automatically join the -ounecil table “whenever Canada participates in the
My Day
CORONADO, Cal, Sunday—All travel today fis more or less uncertain and may be interrupted. I discovered this on my trip across the country, when just beyond Tucson, I learned that the plane was almost entirely filled with ferry pilots. I think there were other civilian travellers besides me, who had been allowed to make the trip without interruption One
just two
of the boys had an advance release of Archibald MucLeish’s speech, which was delivered March 20, and it was passed around and read It led to much discussion. but there was general agreement with his thesis that the will of the people determines the final out-
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come of any war I think the will of the people is pretty wel} set in this country, except for occasional slight confusions created by certain interests on one side or the othe! They may succeed temporarily in gaining some particular point of interest to their group. But if we hold to the old theory that it is impossible to fool all of the people all of the time. we shall probably feel that whatever is the truth will eventually reach all the people.
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the World War memorial—seems to lean outward. | It may be just an optical illusion, but it has the boys | wondering if Indianapolis is to produce a rival to] the leaning tower of Pisa.
I'he Motorman's Tip
THE MOTORMAN of a Mapleton-Illinois streetreached the end of the line, at 39th st, yesterday. Instead of turning around and starting back to town he stopped and began examining each seat. A passenger climbed aboard and asked: “Lose someReplied the motorman: “No, just looking. Last week I found $1.02, three streetcar tokens and two pencils.” Asked if he wouldn't “do better Saturday night than Sunday morning.” he revealed that the “mining” was best after he had carried a load of high school students. “They sit with their feet up in the air and lose their small change,” he explained Puppy Love in the Spring ON WASHINGTON between Meridian and Pennvivania, most any morning (unless they read this and stop) vou can see a couple of 14 or 15-year-olds in the throes of puppy love. They stroll slowly down the street with their heads close together and the boy's arm around the girl's waist, both utterly oblivious to the stares of sympathetic passersby, . . . A youthful redhead wearing glasses and riding with a group of other feminine Tech students on an E. 10th-Arlington trackless trolley was overheard lamenting “I don’t know what us poor girls are going to do if the army keeps drafting all the men.” Two men were busy unloading a truckload of hogs at Kingan's the other day. One of the men stood in the back of the truck thwacking the shrieking porkers on the rump with a stick, presumably trying to drive them out. The other stood behind the truck tootling a clarinet, That's probably the latest in hog calling.
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By David Nichol
Australia and New Zea-
Pacific war in the sense that are participating.” It was an unmistakable reterence to the fact that| Canada’s expeditionary forces so far are composed solely of volunteers. Dr. Evatt expressed no specific opposition to the | Pacific council as it is now established in London, but |
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indicated that because the council did not include the United States, it was not the answer to Australia’s] current demands. He said he was speaking the joint! views of New Zealand and Australia.
Position Is Complicated
HIS POSITION here was complicated by the decision of Prime Minister Churchill to appoint Richard! G. Casey, Australian minister in Washington, as secretary of state for the Middle East in the British war/| cabinet. The move has created a major stir in Australia with Curtin’s government indicating that Casey will not be considered a representative of the dominion in the Churchill cabinet. Dr. Evatt declined, however. | to discuss the question further. Arriving by plane from the west coast. Dr. Evatt] and Casey went first to the White House to pay their respects to the president and later spoke at some] length with Acting Secretary of State Sumner Welles. | The Australian foreign minister did not indicate | that he would remain in Washington as Casey's successor, although he suggested that Australia should be | represented, in any council that may be formed. by] one of the cabinet ministers. The representatives
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By Eleanor Roosevel
Since 1 missed the morning plane on Friday for | San Diego, I took the train and the trip was not |
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without interest. The first person to speak to me was Mrs. Banfrom San Diego. She and her husband have written a book on southern California. They studied the bird life of thé region for years, | incidentally becoming very familiar with the | geography and the Mexican people. Their knowledge | has been of use in our preparation for defense and | she was kind enough vesterday to send me her hus- | band's book, which I know the president will enjoy. I enjoyed also talking to a free lance writer, who is evidently the kind of man who does not think that you can put your liberalism up in camphor balls when the going is hard and take it out unharmed when difficulties come to an end.
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One hears this argued so much these days, that
it is sometimes difficult to decide where common | sense and patriotism end and self-interest beings. Johnnie, Annie and Rommie met me at the sta- | tion and we spent the rest of the day very quietly with Johnnie, Annie and their little boy. On Saturday, I moved over to spend the night with James and his wife, and had the pleasure of meeting two of his superior officers and saw the stations where both boys work. This morning I am leaving for Los Angeles.
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Now Is the Time to Make Home Cozier
This is the seventh of a series of articles on how to economize during war-time, The Times suggests readers clip and save these articles. Ensuing articles will cover such topics as water, gas, clothes and recreation.
By ROSEMARY REDDING
THERE IS ONE thing that war will do for Ameri-
can homes. It will make them brighter, more cheerful and homier than ever. Restrictions on tires, conservation of automobiles and increasing taxes will lead to one thing: Curtailment of outside amusements. This obviously means the comeback of the home as the center of American life. And while there may be priorities on some things, there is none on re-doing a house so that it is a cheerful background for this new day of living and entertaining at home It can be done. even with shortages and higher prices, with a minimum of money and a little effort. Little things, after all, are going to seem important now. They will help in keeping an emotional balance, What if the old sofa looks like the dog had been sleeping on it. Of course, you need one badly, The clerk in the store tells you the assortment is limited and he can't guarantee delivery on the kind you had in mind. What's more, there's income tax and you
| can't really afford one anyway,
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No Priority on Chintz
WELL, THERE 18 no priority on chintz. Make some attractive slip-covers or have the department store come out and do it. Sure, it's a little thing but it may change thew hole appearance of a room and double its cheerfulness. 8 Fd 5
Some Good Advice
LET'S TAKE A look at what is available and what the homemaker can do about furnishings during war time. The merchandiser in one of the city's large department stores has two bits of tearse advice: Buy soundly; care for furnishings properly. He is adament about the subject of scare buying and hoarding. Some of the departments in the store have been doing business two or three times that of last year. It would seem that he would be overjoyed at such good business. No sir! He sees it as upsetting the business balance. Further, he points out that supplies are depleted in one month that were meant to last for three. Stocks cannot readily be replaced. He points out that with normal buying there will be a normal supply. Stocks will be fairly adequate for four to six months. After that romes a question mark,
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Other Curtailments
RADIOS WILL BE OUT of the picture. Washing machines and refrigerators are marked for restriction. The lamp situation looks critical. Rug production is being drastically curtailed because of the lack of jute. Wood for furniture is one material which is not scarce but there is a scarcity of upholstering fabrics, metal springs, hardware. shellac, varnish and glue. All of which means furniture is some what higher in price and eventually may not be quite up to the quality to which the consumer has been accustomed. Army and navy needs for mattresses, springs and other bedding materials are curtailing supplies to civilians. Manufacturers of innerspring mattresses already are having difficulty in getting steel and latex. Pillows, comforters, etc, are up in price because the down and feathers
OPENS TOMORROW
The Scottish Rite will hold 77th annual convocation and reunion tomorrow through Thursday.
Attendance at the spring section event is expected to be large for the Valley of Indianapolis now is exceeded in number by only four other valleys in the entire northern Masonic jurisdiction — Pittsburgh, Chicago, Philadelphia and Detroit. The gains made in membership here last year were exceeded only by those made in the valleys of Dayton and Columbus. The convocation program this year differs in some respects to programs in the past because a number of changes in the time of conferring degrees have been made to accommodate candidates who are engaged in war work. Registration will begin tomorrow at 11 a. m. At a noon luncheon officers will be introduced and there
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will be a declaration of principles! | by
Clarence R. Martin, thrice! potent master. Degree ritual will be conducted during the day and a dinner for the class will be held at 5:45 p. m. Ritualistic work will be high lighted all during the week by special luncheon, dinner and business
meetings.
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come from the Far East. Sub stitute fillings of course will help out, Goods using large quantities of metals may be hard to get. Manufacturers of refrigerators, washing machines, stoves, air conditioners and heating appliances are turning more and more to war production. Retail prices of china and pottery are up as well as sheets, towels, blankets and rugs All of which would tend to make the housewife throw up her hands and quit. But the manufacturers and retailers aren't. They're bent on helping all they can. They need the co-operation of the housewife.
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Simplicity the Rule
FURNITURE men are the accent on simplicity. As the local merchandiser puts it: “The public is in no mood for innovations. It won't consider radical styles. It will buy generally on classic lines and colors.” Most important of all, when the housewife buys, she wants quality. The manufacturers may be stepping into the breach with ideas and substitutes but the homemaker will want to preserve those pieces now on hand which have quality. Perhaps that large sofa cannot be replaced with one which would hold six youngsters at a party. Slipcover it. Find the fabrics that give the most in quality and color—the sturdy textured yardage. (Turn to today's woman's pages for directions on how to do it at home.) And wouldn't freshly painted woodwork give the harried housewife a lift as she toiled over a food budget in the kitchen? We're told there will be plenty of paint for the time being although there is a shortage of certain oils. And pastel shades may soon be fone because the government needs the pure white pigment. Professional painters will be busy on defense jobs and the little woman may have to do the job herself. The fact is the housewife may become something of a jack of all trades before this war is over. Those frayed electric light cords can be repaired simply Knives and scissors can be kept sharp. A new washer will keep that faucet from dripping. The sink needs a lye solution. A piece of weather stripping will keep out that cold draft,
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Refrigerator Care
AND THERE IS the question ol caring for the refrigerator. Have it reserviced by an expert and then keep it in good condition. The same goes for the vacuum sweeper, washer and electrical appliances. An engineering chief in one of the large electric ice box companies offers these tips
might be changed regularly. he suggested to keep them {HOLD EVERYTHING in touch with Australian conditions. |
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<< a stiff suds as follows: Shave and dissolve half a cake (or one cup of flakes) of any pure soap in a quart of boiling water. Mix a small amount of this solu=tion with a little cold water and beat to a stiff dry froth. Using this, scrub a ten-inch circle at a time, overlapping each circle. Use a stiff brush and a rotary motion. The material should not be soaked. With a spatula scrape off all the lather possible and then wipe with a damp sponge. Cor=duroy, velvet and velour should be brushed thoroughly when almost dry to bring up the nap.
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Keep Rugs Clean
RUGS CAN BE cleaned in a similar manner. If the edges are worn or frayed, they may be refinished by buttonholing with heavy yarn of the right color, Another simple finish is applied by placing a heavy cord along
the edge and working it with yarn. The linoleum will last longer, too, if it is waxed frequently, Patterned ones will wear better if varnished when new. Ordinary plastered and papered walls can be cleaned with a brush or broom covered with flannel. Use light overlapping strokes. A good wallpaper cleaner can be made by mixing together two cups of flour, four level teaspoons of baking soda, two and one-half tablespoons of household ammonia and enough water to make the mixture the consistency of batter. Steam for an hour and a half
and knead until smooth and firm.
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1—Slipcovers may change the double its cheerfulness. Mrs. photo.
2=Daily dusting will preserve the beauty of woods. 3—The care of a vacuum cleaner is important for efficiency and long life, W. C. Fattic explains to Mrs, John Esser, 6130 Guilford ave.
on corservation of power and the hox: Do nct open your refrigerator any oftener or longer than necessary. 2. Don't put hot dishes 3. Avoid quick freezing. 4. Turn the cold control warmer operating point if leave for the week-end. 5. Defrost whenever the coating of frosty ice on the freezing unit becomes one-quarter to onehalf inch thick. 6. Place the refrigerator in the coolest part of the rodm. See that air circulates about it freely. 7. Keep it clean. Not only on the inside but the condenser as well. Dust and dirt keep the coils hot and makes the mechanism work harder. Defrosting time is the best time to clean it 8. Keep your cabinet at the proper temperature. For milk it should be between 40 and 45 degrees. 9. Don't jam the refrigerator. Free circulation is necessary.
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Daily dusting will keep the beauty of woods. To clean furniture, use lukewarm water and , mild suds. Soak cloth in warm water. Put a teaspoon or two of melted soap in the cloth, fold ag a pad and rub over the surface, Wipe surface clean with a dampened rag and dry. Clean crevices with a cctton wrapped orange stick. A simple furniture polish can be made by mixing one part of linseed oil with two parts of turpentine and adding a little melted beeswax, if desired. All of which is a far cry from the glamorous job of winning the war which women had anticie pated, But it is doing just as big a job on the home front.
whole appearance of a room and Wilson demonstrates in this
10. Be sure the outside door fits tightly. 11. If it runs more than when new have a service man check it, The vacuum cleaner is another appliance which it is essential to care for. Keep all brushes free from hair and threads. Empty the cleaning bag once a week, The motor needs to be cleaned and oiled according to the manufacturer's directions. Pick up pins and nails and other metal objects before running the cleaner. Use a wall plug rather than a light socket and when disconnecting the machine, pull the plug not the cord. When you put the sweeper away, wrap the cord loosely around the hooks. Avoid kinking, twisting and straining. To get more
(Tips buying sheets, blankets and making slipcovers are to be found on today's woman’s pages).
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service from your TOMORROW: Women’s clothes, radio: Keep it clean. Dust can injure tubes and condenser plates, causing a poor connection.
If you have an outside aerial, be |
* WAR QUIZ sure it is well grounded. Take a
the radio to a good repair man | 1: Capt. Arthur W. Wermuth of if it needs repairing. | Chicago, an officer in the 57th Filie pino Scout regiment, fighting the | 8 BL (|Japs in Bataan peninsula, has been i yy awarded the Dirt ghe Destroyer. 4 distin guished service cross. Do you Know why this pictured So she re- medal is given? moves spots from upholstered | 2 Lieut. Gen. furniture, etc. with a cleaning | Tomoyuki Yafluid. If she can’t afford to send mashita com - the overstuffed suite out to the (mands Jap cleaners she can do the job at |troops in Burhome. Naturally she tests a small ma? In Singahidden spot first to see that the |[pore? In Sumafabric is color fast. traFirst, clean the chair or sofa as 3. Joseph Conthoroughly as possible by brush- [rad some years ing and vacuuming. Then make |ago wrote many
> | fine novels dealROSICRUCIAN ORDER ns “ith people. INDUCTS TOMORROW Indies. Was he a Dutchman, Pole,
waters and lands in the Dutch East | English, or German?
destroy materials.
R. E. Schmidlap will be installed as master of the Rosicrucian chapter in Indianapolis tomorrow in ceremonies at the chapter rooms in
Answers 1. The army distinguished serve ice cross is awarded in time of war the Hotel Antlers. Others to be in-|for extraordinary heroism in con=ducted are Mrs. Florence Newlin, {nection with military operations chaplain, and Newton A, Lawrence, against an armed enemy of the guardian. | United States. Capt. Wermuth, The Rosicrucian order begins its | single handed, with his tommy gun fiscal year on March 21 and the killed 116 Jap soldiers. date is the beginning of installation| 2. Yamashita commanded the services and the re-enactment of|Jap army which captured Singae ceremonies that began 40 centuries | pore. ago in ancient Egypt. Ross E. Win-| 3. Conrad was a Pole, who for der is present master of the In-|years was a captain in the British
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