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THE MEXIA (TEXAS) WEEKLY HERALD
FRIDAY. J9ME 14. UK > f|
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Extenskw News Sewn
Louis Frank* (la MilUC_f-Service)
Extension Service, A. Ic M. College of Texas and the United States
Department gt Agriculture Cooperating . .. Jd« p. Trotter Director,
' College Statlen, Texas.' Free-Cooperaliye Agricultural Extension
Work. Acts of MaV 8 and June 30. 1914.
C. A* Price. Associate Extension Editor Laura Lane. Extension Editor
DUSTING INCREASES
PEANUT YIELD
COLLEGE STATION, Juno 13,
(Spi) — Increased yields of a-
round 300 pounds per acre have
lollowed control of leaf spot and
leaf hoppers on peanuts, accord-
ing to C. A. King, Jr., entomolo-
gist of the Texas A. and M. Col-
lege Extension Service.
A series of tests were made in
Georgia and Virginia, where it
was found that dusting should
be started when the first spots
appear on the lower leaves. That
was usually about GO to 05 days
after planting in the case of
Spanish peanuts, and about 10
days later for otheV varieties.
Dusting to control the leaf hop-
per was started when tfcc hop-1
pers first showed up.
The control measures tried out
were dusting with sulphur or
copper-sulphur dust and spray-
ing with Bordeaux mixture. The
Bordeaux was mixed at the rate
of 4 pounds of copper sulphate
and 4 of hydrated lime to 50 gal-
lons of water.
Under Texas conditions, King
says, good results Tna'y be obtain-
ed by dusting or sp.aying pea-
nuts three or four times at two-
week intervals.
Approximately 2,500,000 tons
of Arkansas coal are marketed
annually.
DON'T MISS THE
Rodeo
IN MEXIA
JUNE 20 - 21 - 22
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A. & W. SALES CO.
FREEZING METHOD
FOR STRAWBERRIES
GIVEN BY EXPERT
COLLEGE STATION, June 13,
(Spl) — If chosen carefully'and
repared correctly frozen straw-
lerries will keep their fresh color
prtd flavor long after cold weath-
er begins. Gwendolyne Jones,
specialist in food preservation
for the A. and M, College Exten-
sion Service suggests several
steps for successful freezing of
strawberries. 4
Some varieties of strawberries
are more suitable for freezing
than others. The varieties recom-
mended for Texas include: Klon-
dike, Ranger, Blakemorc, and
Missionary.
Use only the best berries of the
chosen variety. Discard all green,
bruised, and overripe berries
when sorting and washing. Wash
a few at a time in cold water and
drain in a colander. Then cap
them and either slice them or
leave them whole according to
preference.
Strawberries, unlike many ber-
ries, have better texture and fla-
vor if sweetened with dry sugar
before freezing. Miss Jones re-
commends one cup of sugar to
five to eight cups of berries.
Pack them in moisture-vapor-
resistant containers and be sure
they are covered with juice. In
a carton or bag allow about on-
half inch for expanison, in glass
or tin cans, one inch.
Once the berries are packed,
lose no time getting them into the
freezer. When using a home
freezer, place the packages a-
gainst the freezing plates or coils,
spreading them out so air can
circulate between them. After
freezing, storb at zero degrees F.
or lower.
For full directions on home
freezing, ask your county home
demonstration agent for a copy
of 13-130 "Freezing Foods for
Home Use," or write to Extcn-
(sion Service, College Station, Tex
I .-s.
form docs not remain in suspen-
sion but goes into a true solu-
tion. When applied to animals in
this form it can be absorbed
through the animal's skin. If the
solution is used as a spray or dip
at Jess thart the manufacturer's
recommended strength, it may
not give effective c r lasting con-
trol. If it is used at more than
the recommended strength and if
the precautions listed by the
manufacturer are not exactly fol-
lowed, it may have toxic results."
■ WRKLY NIWS ANALYSIS13^
U. S. Acts to Aid Flour Mills;
Bares Soviet Atom Intrigue;
Moderates Sweep European Vote
•Released by Western New papei Union
usuriou s NOTE: When opinion, are * nre«Md In>•>«• columnt lhtjr
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SPECIALIST GIVES
PURCHASING TIPS
COLLEGE STATION, June 13,
(Spl) — With sheets soon to be
available on the market again,
the ability to make wise selec-
tion, once more becomes impor-
tant to housewives. Mrs. Bernice
Claytor, specialist in home im-
provement for the A. and M. Col-
lege Extension Service, has sever-
al suggestions on choosing quality
sheets.
Thread count has much to do 1
with the difference between a
good and a poor sheet, Mrs.
Claytor says. Whether a weave is
fine or coarse can be determined
fairly well by holding the sheet
up to a light anil stretching it
tightly between the hands. Signs
of a poor sheet include loose
weave, threads that show small
knots or uneveness puckers, and
missing warp threads.
If the sheet is hemmed with
long coarse stitches, it also will
be cheap, flimsy, and without
good wearing qualities. Small
stitches characterize a good sheet.
By rubbing parts of the sheet
together one can learn whether
starch has been added to give it
a smooth, soft finish. If the starch
is present, a fine powder comes
off.
Laid waste by war, area In front of battered relchstag building In
Berlin Is converted by Germans into vegetable gardens to help replen-
IhIi barren larders.
FOR ROUGH RIDING
SEE
Mexla Rodeo
JUNE 20 - 21 - 22
FOR SMOOTH RIDING
VISIT
ANY STATION DISPLAYING THIS SIGN
The MAGNOLIA Dealers
EXTENSION SERVICE
SAYS WETTABLE DDT
SHOULD BE USED
COLLEGE STATION. June 13,
(Spl)—Texas county agricultural
agents have been advised that
for the present, the only treat-
ment recommended by the Texas
A. and M. College Extension Ser-
vice for the control of horn flies,
lice and mosquitoes on livestock
is wettable DDT powder.
DDT for this purpose is now
on the market in two very dif-
ferent forms, 1) dry, in wettable
powder and 2) liquid, in oil or
xylene solutions or emulsions.
Both forms may be diluted with
water for use as a spray or dip.
The decision to recommend on-
ly DDT in wettable powder form
I for use on livestock was made
by a committee of entomologists
I and animal husbandmen who
checked all known sources of in-
I formation. The group will make
j further recommendations as re-
search on DDT goes on.
The committee pointed out
that DDT in wettable powder
goes into suspention when dilut-
1 ed with water for use as a spray
or dip. There was no evidence
that it was harmful to animals
even if used at strength some-
I what greater than that recom-
mended by the manufacturer.
It was further reported that
MAKE YOUR PLANS NOW TO ATTEND THE
Rodeo
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JUNE 20 • 21
PHIL KARNER, INSURANCE
A. & M. ADVISES
TO CULL HENS
j COLLEGE STATION, June 13,
j (Spl)—Any hen laying less than
' a dozen eggs a month is losing
money for her owner, consider-
ing prevailing prices of feed and
j eggs. • These inefficient hens
should be culled from laying
j flocks, the Texas A. and M. Col-
| lege Extension Service is advis-
| ing farm families and backyard
i poultry raisers of the state.
A hen consumes about five
pounds of feed per month even
though she is not laying, so fur-
ther reduction of laying flocks is
being sought by the government
in view of the current feed short-
age. For the nation as a whole,
the reduction sought is one of
| every seven hens.
According to Sam Moore, Ex-
tension poultry specialist, most
Texas flocks could lose one of
; every seven hens, and with prop-
jer culling profits would increase.
Frozen Locker Plants
Show Large Increase
COLLEGE STATION, June 13,
j (Spl) Texas now has 403 frozen
food locker plants in operation in
| comparison with 268 eleven
months ago, an increase of 33
j per cent in less than a year. A
| recent survey by the BAE's Tex-
as Division of Agricultural statis-
tics showed that 4(i of this num-
1 ber are cooperatives, including 2(i
I REA co-ops. Five of the number
are branch plants serviced by
central systems.
Roy Snyder, Extension meat
"DDT in oil solution or emulsion ' RPPc>"list wh" also supervises a
frozen.food locker for the Texas
A. and M. College, observes sev-
eral other trends in the locker
business besides a rapid expan-
sion in numbers. For one thing, a
large number of locker systems
have been installing their own
small killing plants or abatoirs.
ALTO SPRINGS
Most of the farmers here are
through planting cotton; most of
them have had to replant.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Clay and
daughter, Irene, from Big Sandy
are visiting in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Luther Williams and
other relatives.
Guy Turnipsced from Reagan
had dinner in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur McCarver Sun-
day. His two small children re-
turned home with him for a few
days ,as they have been with
their grandparents 'for the past
two weeks on account of illness
of their sister, Imogene.
Mrs. Inez Lloyd was happy to
have her sister, Lillie, from Dal-
las spend the week end with her.
FLOUK:
U. S. Aid
Between 7 ',!> to 10 million bushels
of wheat fiom government relief
stocks of 81 Vi million bushels were
expected to be distributed amon&
domestic millers to relieve the tight
flour situation under a new direc-
tive announced by Secretary of
Agriculture Anderson.
At the same time, it was disclosed
that the government considered n
10 per cent reduction in sugar allot-
ments to bakers to block the diver-
sion of flour from bread to pastries.
The tight supply of flour resulted
from the government's extensive
foreign relief program. In the n*op
year ending June 30, the U. S. will
have shipped 40 per cent or more
of all cereal grains exported by sur-
plus grain producing countries. Con-
tinuation of the pinch through
l!l4G-'47 is seen in government com-
mitments to deliver an additional
V>0 million bushels Of wheat during
1 ; next crop year.
Allocation of wheat to millers
from government stocks followed
curtailment of operations in many
milling ccnters and warnings of a
complete shutdown if relief were not
provided before the new crop came
jn. Millers' criticized the government
Tor not limiting use of wheat to
spread supplies at the time it under-
took its heavy export program.
STATE DEPARTMENT: j
'Stett' Bows Out
One of the few b'ig businessmen to j
occupy the limelight in government
in recent years, handsome, silver-
haired Edward R. Stettinius
bowed out of the U. S. diplomatic j
service after a noteworthy wartime 1
and postwar career.
Amid a swirl of conflicting rumors j
regarding the cause of Stettinius'
resignation as U. S.
representative on
the United Nations
security council.
President Truman
accepted his re-
tirement only after
he had failed to
persuade him to
stick. While some
quarters whis-
pered that Stettini-
Stettinius us had quit because
he was permitted
little leeway in acting 011 his own in
U. N., t.thcrs said that he had his
eye on tha senate is a member
from Virginia.
Famed for his high positions in
.General Motors and U. S. Steel while
only in his 30s, Stettinius, now 40,
served ,.s lend-lease administrator
through the war. As undersecretary
of state, ho played an important
part in the framing of a postwar
peace organization at Dumbarton
Woods, and later as secretary of
slate he was active at the mo-
mentous San Francisco conference
which saw the creation of the United
Nations.
LABOR:
Maritime Threat
Having resorted to drastic action
to break the railroad strike, Presi-
dent Truman undertook equally
strong steps to head off a walkout
of CIO and independent seamen
which threatened to paralyze coast-
wise and overseas shipping.
Making good on warnings that he
would use tha navy, army and const
guard, if necessary, to maintain op-
eration of the merchant marine, the
.President called for volunteers
from naval reserve officers and in-
active personnel to man U. S. ves-
sels in event of a walkout. At the
same time, naval stations were or-
dered to report on the number of
REFORESTATION:
Active measures to preserve
dwindling forest resources are now
being undertaken by several states,
according to the Council of State
Governments.
Ohio is reported creating two new
state forests, designed to furnish
recreation sites as well as help solve
serious erosion problems.
Connecticut forest preservation
efforts are co-ordinated in a state-
wide system providing supervision
of private as well as public timber.
men available for sea duty \t1\ i or
without replacement.
Mr. Truman's action followed '.he
unions' appeal to the World Feder-
ation of Trr.de Unions to co-operste
in case of a strike by asking affili-
ates to refuse to service govern-
ment-operated U. S. ships in foreign
ports.
Amid the high-pressure maneu-
vering between the government and
the unions, both the CIO and ship
operators made substantial conces-
sions in an attempt to reach an
agreement.
Originally, the unions had asked
for flat pay raises ranging from 22
to 35 cents an hoar for seamen along
with a 40-hour week and eight-hour
day at sea and in port and overtime
payments ranging from $1.25 to
$1.75 an hour. Demands for long-
shoremen included an increase of
35 cents an hour, overtime for Sat-
urday and elimination of carload-
ing differentials.
ESPIONAGE:
Hare Russ Intrigue
Alleged Russian intrigue against
the U. S., Britain and Canada was
bared before a crown court trying
Fred Rose, communist member of
commons, for conspiring with oth-
er Canadians to violate the official
secrets act and aid Russia.
Key witness of the prosecution
was 27-ycar-old Igor Gouzenko, for-
mer code clerk in the Russian #tn-
bussy at Ottawa, who reported the
existence of an alleged Soviet es-
pionage ring operating iri Canada
after lie became convinced it was
in the best interests of the Russian
people and the democracies.
Under heavy court guard, the
youthful Gouzenko identified what
he said was a coded message he
had sent to Moscow concerning in-
formation of U. S. atomic bomb
tests in New Mexico. From infor-
mation he testified had been fur-
nished Dr. Allan Nunn May, a
scientist later arrested in London,
the message read: "... The .bomb
thrown on Japan was made of ura-
nium 235. It is known that 400
grams of uranium 235 were issued
daily at the separation plant at Clin-
ton. ..."
The message was one of a mass
of documentary evidence which the
prosecution was prepared to lay be-
fore the court in substantiation of
its charges against Rose, who is ac-
cused of being an intermediary be-
tween Canadian scientists and offi-
cials and the Communists. In dis-
closing 'he existence of the spy ring,
Gouzenko stole numerous papers
from the Russian embassy.
EUROPE:
Reds Trail
Moderates continued to dominate
postwar European elections but the
Communists rolled up impressive
votes and maintained their strong
position in the politics of the western
nations of the continent.
While the rightist Popular Repub-
lican movement in France won the
most scats in the French constitu-
ent assembly and the Socialists con-
tinued to hold the balance of power,
the Reds picked up 300,000 votes
since last October and polled a to-
tal of 5,145,325. Indicative of the
Red Influence, it was reported that
the Socialists would refuse to Join
any government lacking communist
representation.
The story was much the same in
Italy, with the Christian Democrats
and Socialists possessing a substan-
tial numerical majority over the
communists, but the Reds polling •
strong vote despite the exertion
of cnurch influence for the moder-
ate parties. Results showed the
communists strongest In districts
most heavily hit by the war.
INTERSTATE TRAVEL:
Ban Segregation
Charging that jefregation of
I white and colored people on busses
i. traveling across state\Jines Inter-
1 fered with interstate comrft^rce. the
Supreme court handed down6 to
1 ruling against the practice-per-
mitted by statute in 10 soutfjern
state*.
Passing on an appeal brought up
by Irene Morgan, a Negro, who was
fined for refusing to leave the white
section of a bys in Norfolk, Va>
the high tribunal decreed that since
there was no overriding federal law
regulating segregation individual
state-statutes might impose handi-
caps upon travel. States affected
besides Virginia include North Caro-
lina, South Carolina. Georgia, Ala-
fuma, Mississippi, Louisiana, Ar-
ansas, Texas and Oklahoma.
I In the sole dissenting opinion, Jus-
tice Burton claimed that the major-
ity ruling was not based upon
violation of the 14th amendment of
the Constitution or federal law but
upon consideration that the nation's
Interest in interstate travel was of
greater importance than Virginia's
statute involving racial relations.
Primary Regulation
Alabama is the scene of a grow-
ing tilt between white Democrats
seeking a tightening of primary
election qualifications and white
Democrats opposing the proposal on
grounds that it would only lead to
extensive court action.
In seeking to strengthen voting
qualifications after the Supreme
court had ruled that Negroes could
not be barred from primaries be-
cause of race or color, the Demo-
cratic state committee has thrown
its support to a proposed constitu-
tional amendment which would re-
quire registrants to be able to read
ond write and "understand and ex-
plain" any section of the federal
constitution.
County boards of registrants
would be the sole judges of a pros-
pective voter's qualifications, sub-
ject to court action. While in prin-
ciple, everybody would be equal be-
fore the law. Rep. E. C. Boswell, who
sponsored the amendment, declared
he felt approval of the act was nec-
essary to "white supremacy."
Meanwhile, Richard T. Rives of
Montgomery has been heading op-
position to the amendment on the
grounds that approval would encour-
age Negroes to take court action to
enforce their right to vote and breed
bad feeling between the raccs.
Oddities in the News . ..
With a full-sized hornet's nest
built tightly against the outside ot
the breakfast room window of their
Evelyn Alford from Waco
spent Saturduy night and Sunday
with homo folks hero.
Roy Preston from Big Sandy
was visiting relatives and friends
Importance of such problems to
the region's economy is indicated
by the fact that 75 per cent of all
New England is forest land.
In Idaho, reclamotion of desert
areas is being accomplished by ex-
tensive rcseeding. Some 20,000
acres of burned-over grazing land
have been resoeded already, much
of it now providing better pasturage
than beforo grass Arcs ravaged it
two and three years ago. A 18,000-
acre tract seeded from airplanes
last year is already showing a good
stand of grass.
through the week end.
We are happy Mrs. Julia Ken-
nedy was able to come to Kosse
Sunday after spending several
days in the hospital at Marlin.
Pitied
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I Announcemeati
, The Mem Weekly H*nUd feat
been authorized to make the fol*
•owirg political announcement#
subject -to-the Democratic Jwf
friaries. •
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war iwji
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corrlt^i
San Francisco, Calif., home, the
Walter Ohms have a ringside view
of the busy bees at work. Pic-
ture shows the Ohms' four-year-
old daughter studying the nest.
HOTEL FIRE:
Heavy Toll
In what Fire Commissioner M. J.
Corrigan said was the worst hotel
fire he had seen in his 40 years of
scrvice, over 50 people perished and
several hundred were injured as
flame and sinoke swept the tower-
ing and stately Hotel La Salle in
Chicago's loop.
Long one of the nation's famous
hostelries, the La Salle's decora-
tive lobby and mezzanine with their
rich paneling pnd pictures of In-
dians and French explorers lay
charred and gutted. The four suc-
ceeding floors also suffered exten-
sive destruction. In all, damage
was estimated at $100,000.
While the first six stories of the
hotel suffered the greatest dam-
age, thick clouds of smoke rolled
clear up to the 18th floor, terror-
izing hundreds of guests. Stating
that panic was one of the prime
factors in the huge death toll, Com-
missioner Corrigan said that hun-
dreds of guests probably opened
their rooms at the same time, cre-
ating a terrific suction which tended
to spread the fire.
Thousands of spectators jammed
nearby loop streets to watch the
firemen's feverish rescue attempts.
While many of the hotel guests
trooped down fire escapes, others
were carricd down six-story tower
ladders. Many victims died trying
to jump to safety while others suf-
focated attempting to work their
way down smoke-filled corridors.
One-half block away, Chicago's
massive city hall building was con-
verted into a morgue. ,
ATOM TEST?
Collections of seed, molds, plant
and animal disease materials, and
insects will be exposed to exploding
nuclei when the atomic bomb tests
will be made In the Marshall Islands.
Included in department of agri-
culture shipments are 10 lots ol
cereal seed, 9 forage cfops, It vege*
tables, 2 flbwers, and 1 cotton. The
scientists also are sending 1 lot of
smut spores and 1 lot ot snap beam
infected with a virus disease ear.
ried In the seed.
For Representative:
! A. R. (RoW'n) HENPERSON
(Be election 2nd Term)
..EE AI.LEN «
for Congress—6th District;
LYNN B. GRIFFITH
JOE CdWLEY
H. FOUNTAIN KIRBY
OLIN p. (Tiger) TEAGUE
TOM TYSbN
For County School
Superintendent:
a T. CUBLEE
(Re-election)
CHARLES H. LAURENCE
For District Clerk:
A. B. (Jep) SIMS
(Re-election 2nd Term)
For County Clerks
WALDEN V. (Red) LITTLE
JOHN KfDD
(Re-election)
GEORGE L. EUBANKS
For Sheriff:
CHARLIE SHREVE ^
(Re-election 2nd Term)
W. F. (Bill) GREEN
For Tax Collector-Assessor:
CARL SADLER
H. L. BRICE
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For Commission Precinct 4: <
EP PRATFER j
(Re-election 2nd Term)
G. C. (Gus) LAFOY
For Commissioner, Precinct It
W. H. GANTT ,
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Texans Ask Complete
Investigation of the
Rppido Riyer Pottle
WASHINGTON, June, 11 (UP)
—A group of Texans who be-
lieve the state's 3Gth Division
was badly mauled during the
bloody Rapido river battle
through "inefficiency" of Lt.
Gen. Mark W. Clark today asked
for a complete Senate investiga-
tion of the affair.
Col. Miller Ainsworth, presi-
dent of the 36th Division As-
sociation, said he would urge the
Senate Military Affairs Commit-
tee to withhold Clark's appoint-
ment to the permanent rank of
major general.
They contend that Clark, as
fifth army commander during
the Italian campaign, blundered
in his decisions and cost the
division unnecessary casualties.
Ainsworth said that in the Jan-
uary 19-21, 1944, Rapido cross-
ing the division suffered 2,200
casualties in killed and missing.
The association asked the
House to investigate the disaster,
but their request was denied
after the War Department de-
fended the judgment of respon-
sible officers in a special report.
The army report maintained that
the Rapido crossing was neces-
sary to prevent possible "dis-
astrous results'-' in connection
with the An/.io landings. Without
the Rapido attack, the report
stated, enemy reserve troops
could have'been thrown into the
Anzio fray, with possibly dis-
astrous results.
Mr. and Mrs. Willis Higgins of
Houston were in the community
Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Howard Hunt of Eureka
spent Friday in the Kay home.
Professor Predict!
Russia Mpy Hove Pwn
Atomic Bomb by 1947
NORMAN, Okla., June 11 (UP)
— A prediction — immediately
challenged — that Russia would
have its own atomic bomb by
September, 1947, was made yes-
terday by Hilden Gibson, asso-
ciate professor of political science
'at the University of Kansas.
One of the Oak Ridge, Tenn.,
research scientists, Lyle Borst,
challenged the prediction with the
terse statement "I wouldn't bet
on that."
Borst, who said there is no de-
fense for the atomic bomb, said
the American Federation of Sci-
entists is advocating international
cooperation for control of atomic
energy.
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The international association
of chiefs of police found that on*
out of every seven cars had dan-
gerously faulty brakea in 1945.
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