Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 April 1944 — Page 8
Government Gives: Guide On Selecting Work Clothes
By ANN STEVICK Seripps-Howard Stall Writer WASHINGTON, April 3—To become an expert buyer of cotton utility clothes for your family, you would have to put on a green eyeshade and settle down to tedious research On weaves and construction. Short of this approach, you can add a good deal to your textile canniness with some pointers worked out by government and industrial experts for the American war standards specifications on women's industrial clothing. | These specifications require
cured with stitching and tacked
“RUSSIAN VES,
Valya of Uman Is Example Of Women Forced Into
Slave Labor.
By DAVID M. NICHOL 8 Times Foreign Correspondent UMAN, April 3.—Valya Markarovna was a light-hearted girl of 18
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double stiching at yoke, sleeve, | at both ends. when the Germans arrived here on|their fate and actept it, to armhole, shoul- The textile and clothing di- [Aug 2, 1941, sell their lives dearly. der, and side | vision of the bureau of home eco- | She lived with her father, mother,| The last chapter of drama, seams of jackets | nomics advises you to check on [13-year-old brother and 3-year-old based upon oriental fanaticism, has ‘and shirts. All | the cut of garments by looking sister in a two-|not been written yet, but the time single - stitched | closely at the grain of the fabric room cottage near|is close when not a single Jap will seams must in sleeves. and across the chest the city's out-|remain, ; ; have edges fin- | and shoulders: ' In a plain sleeve, skirts. Her father] The war already has moved 450
ished by pinking, binding, overcasting or an equivalent method to prevent raveling
properly cut, crosswise threads run straight across the upper arm; lengthwise threads - drop straight from highest point of the shoulder.
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was a baker, then a laborer in . Uman’s power ~ station. : When she fin-
ished the stand-
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with an allowance of fabric beyond the stitch line not less than % inch, fin-
Selecting for Size
Size is one of the factors in wartime buying that has con-
school, Valya be-
ard Tth class in
fused shoppers, according to re"ports coming in to the American Home Economics association in their survey on textile quality. You can’t order junior’s customary size 12 in pajamas and be sure he can get into them. You are safer to arm yourself with a thorough set of measurements and measure each garment before you buy. In some cases you can find size labels that state something like “Conforms to U. S. Commercial Standard CS 33-32.” * That means the sizing is dependable because the manufacturer has agreed to conform to bureau of standards sizing requirements:
ished. Stitching Requirements For dependable stitching. these specifications require 10 stitches to the inch in double rows of stitching. Single stitching must have 12 per inch, except for hems,
facings or edge finishing, which may have a lesser number. To be practical for hard wear and Jaunderings, buttonholes must be not less than 3: inch from the edge of the garment, and cut parrellel with the threads of the warp or filling, that is going up and down or across. Bujtonholes must be thoroughly se-
YOUR VICTORY GARDEN— Expert Says Cabbage Grows Best in Cooler Climates
By HENRY L. PREE NEA Service Writer Cabbage thrives best in a moist and comparatively cool climate and does not develop satisfactorily in a hot dry one. However, the tender seedlings should not be set out until danger of frost has passed. Although cabbage plants cannot endure high temperatures they must have abundant sunlight. Do not plant in even a partially shaded spot. Cabbage is more dependent upon moisture supply than its food supply, but will not tolerate soggy soil. .Well-drained garden soil abundantly supplied with humus is needed. Soils gumme which harden & and cake are to § be avoided. Seed is sown indoors four to six weeks previously. Started plants should be purchased by the gardener of the small plot, as he needs but a dozen or two. In order to have a continuous supply throughout the summer and for winter storage, “another sowing is made about the end of May. Seed is sparsely sown and the thinnings transplanted to another row. Cabbage plants can be transplanted with a greater degree of
safety if the Yon of each leaf is cut off and the plants set so deeply that the soil comes to the first leaf. Firm the soil well about each plant, and water immediately. Early cabbage plants should stand 15 to 18 inches apart and late varieties 24 inches. Rows should be 30 inches apart. Protect plants from cutworms by placing a four-inch collar of heavy paper about each plant, half out of soil. Cabbage wormsand loopers are controlled with rotenone dust. Aphids are sprayed with nicotine-sulfate (Black Leaf 40) during the heat of the day. Limestone added to the soil during preparation will keep ¢lub root in check. Blackleg, a stem rot, evident when plants are set out, shows a black and somewhat shrunken appearance and should be destroyed by burning.
(Avril 3, 1944)
Mr. Pree
Weekly Garden Almanac
By A. A. IRWIN
After experiencing all kinds of weather, except good gardening | weather, during the month of March, gardeners welcome April with a renewegl hope of getting in their gardens very soon now, The more
adverse the growing season, the greater becomes the need for increased |
production of food in the home garden.
Seed treatment of vegetable | A dime’s worth of one of the seeds helps in two ways. tects the seedling against rotting .| treatment will treat several pack- | in the soil. This is particularly | ets of seed. Use a particular seed true in the spring when the soil | treatment material only on seeds is cold and wet. The treatment | for which it is recommended and also may kill the germs of certain | follow directions on the container, diseases on the seed. If nitrogen | Tomato, cabbage, cucumber, letbacteria inoculation is used on
tuce, carrots, sweet corn, potaseed peas, they should not be toes, and beans may be treated. treated with organic mercury.
It pro- | organic mercury dusts for seed |
Fifteen or 20 firm, disease-free | sweet potatoes and an old dish pari that won't hold water is all vou need to grow your sweet potato plants at home, It will take from 30 to 40 days to grow the plants to the pulling stage for | transplanting.
Beware! It's still too early to | plant the tender vegetables— | beans, cucumbers and squash. | The same goes for transplanting tomato, pepper, and sweet potato plants in the garden.
, with two inches of sand. Place
Place two or three inches of clean sand in the bottom of the pan and then press the sweet potatoes onto the sand. Place the potatoes one inch apart and cover
in a south window and keep sand moist all the time,
These crops require a warm soil and the seed or plants may be lost if put in the garden this early. Also, cool weather has a stunting effect on these crops and they may be killed by a late frost.
Now is the planting time for vegetables that will withstand cool weather. This includes peas, spinach, kale. turnips, onions, lettuce, radishes, cabbage, and early potatoes.
PENICILLIN VALUE IN WOUNDS IS HIGH
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., April 3 (U., P.).—Col. Bradley L. Coley, medical consultant to the 8th service command, believes penicillin has replaced the sulfa drugs as the most promising treatment for wound infections. od Coley told the war division of
-the American College of Surgeons that the beneficial effect of sulfa | drugs when applied directly to wounds “is questioned by careful observers. - “Penicillin is the more promising
agent in the control of wound in- for the specialist billets. fections on the battlefield at this |
stage of the war,” Coley said.
BAPTIST MEN PLAN - * FRANKLIN PROGRAM
The Baptist Men, Inc., of _ polis will spensor senior day be
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| fled seed potatoes are plentiful | this year.
(said today the navy wanted men
lege work. |engineering degrees and technical or
There are some good early cabbage plants and southern grown Bermuda onion plants available at most, seed dealers now, Certi-
NAVY NEEDS OLDER MEN AS SPECIALISTS
.Lt. (J.g) Charles R. Lohmeyer of he naval procurement office here
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under 35 to apply for commissions and men under 50 for specialist rates, d The men under 35 must not be employed by government agencies or in essential war plants regardless of draft classification and must have had two years of accredited colMen undér 50 with
professional experience will qualify Interviews are conducted ‘each
| Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at 120 W. North st.
PLAN EASTER PROGRAM An Easter program will be given (at the meeting at 8 p. m. Wednes{day of the Southport chapter 442, O..E. 8, in the Southport Masonic
100 LOCAL PUPLS ENTER ART CONTEST
school (entered the first technical drawing” jcontest of Purdue university Tech- | nical Institutes, Prof, director, said today.
contest, which will be given annually, is May 6. Awards will include two scholarships to the institutes.
Purdue center, 902 N. Meridian st. the week of May 14.
'SCHOOLMEN'S CLUB
temple. ~Mrs. Ora Brown is worthy |!
gan to study to be
Mr. Nichol working, meanwhile, as a railway|dying by the hundreds.
guard.
1942. About raiding party of Nazi police ‘came and routed the family from its sleep. Three hours later Valya was on her way to Germany as one of Hitler's “volunteer” workers.
Took Warm Clothes
Her road led through Lwow, then to Peremyshl, where Nazi guards checked her limited baggage and took away some warm clothing, saying, “you’ll get all you neéd in Germany.” By this time there were about 1000 persons on their train, of whom only a handful were men. The rest were single wqmen, up to 30, and wives without children. Somewhere .along the line they spent almost two weeks in a forest camp, with little food and subjected, to constant mal-treatment. She estimated that 60 girls died during that period from hunger and illness. - Reach Southern Germany
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Ultimately, they arrived at a large base camp in southern Germany. Here, in addition to Russian men and women were British and French war prisoners. From the camp Valya was sent to a Munich suburb, with 50 other women from Uman, to work in a flax factory. They lived, she said, in wooden barracks within the factory grounds and were not permitted to leave. except on “free days,” which they spent loading railroad cars or working in the flelds. The routine was a deadly one. They were up at 5 and worked with. out food until 2 in the afternoon when they received 100 grams (3% ounces) of bread and some boiled turnips and returned to the barracks, while the second shift took over. Cut Qff Fingers
They had nothing to do, she said, except wait for the evening meal— three or four small potatoes and a cup of sweetened ersatz coffee, For this work they received a net of 70 pfennigs weekly—not enough] to buy newspapers, had they been permitted to do so. Then “one Friday in July”—Valya {closed her eyes, put her left hand {under the cutting knife of her ma{chine and sheered off four fingers at the base.
| Sent Back Home
For a month she was in a Munich ‘hospital. Three months more she spent in barracks, unable to work. | A friendly German woman ad- | vised her to visit the local arbeit'samt, She did, was given clearance and shortly afterwards was loaded again into a freight car to begin | the journey home. Now that liber|ation has made it possible for her | to begin a new life. | Valya, at 21, hasn't any plans,
| Copy right, 1944, by The Indianapolis Times d The Chicago Daily News, Inc.
Over 100 Marion county high juniors and seniors have
C. W. Beese,
The deadline entry date of the
Drawings will be on display at the
TO MEET SATURDAY
The Indiana Schoolmen's club will discuss juvenile delinquency at an all-day meeting Saturday at the Claypool hotel. Among subjects lecturers will discuss are recreation programs, including teen canfeens, the curfew law and youth participation in church activities, Dr, James W. Clark of McCormack seminary, Chicago, will speak on “A Scotchman Discovers America” at the afternoon session.
NOBLE GRAND GROUP LUNCHES WEDNESDAY
Olive Branch Past Noble Grands association will have a luncheon meeting Wednesday at the home of Mrs. George Loveless, 414 N. Bradley st. Assistant hostesses will be Mrs, Clara Fullenwider, Mrs. Marcia Myers, Mrs. Kate Landes and Mrs. Lizzie Teckenbrock.
GROTTO UNIT TO MEET
lands and Emirau, but the Japs down here either know not or care
a telegrapher,/ not. They continue fighting and
Life on Bougainville is marked
After the Germans arrived she|both by day and by night by artildid nothing—that is, until Feb, 12,|lery fire and ceaseless pressure against the enemy immediately be-
While Gen. Oscar W. Griswold discussed the military situation with me here, patrols from a New Zea. land battalion, composed of Fijians,
| walked into a heavy concentration
of Japs within a 10-minute ride of the general's headquarters, This is customary here, Apparently life within this perimeter is never gravely affected by what happens within easy hearing distance,
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0. E. 8. MEETS WEDNESDAY
- Millersville chapter 300, O, E. 8. will meet at 8 p. m. Wednesday. Madalyn Wetherbee is worthy matron and William Estridge is worthy
o'clock that morning a|hind our perimeter,
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Wo NAMED SOLOISTS FOR CHOIR PROGRAM
Mrs. Frances W. Strickland, 80prano, and Darwin DeYoe, baritone,
Presbyterian church choir at the presentation of Johannes Brdhms’
DENNEY’S
will be soloists with the Tabernacle normal
“Psychiatrists are stationed in all navy base and mobile hospitals, and one hospital in the South Pacific
. has been set aside for the particular .|treatment of mental cases. It is
situated outside the combat area in
to be of greater duration.” GROUP PLANS ELECTION “The Ever-living Christ” will be presented by the spiritual life come mission at the election of officers of the Woman's Society of the Firs
Baptist church at 12:30 p. m. toe morrow.
a city ‘where peaceful civilian ac-
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