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PHccp3 Off Flies" It's Big Job, mure Guarding The'Hohey' By IRVING PERLMETEH WASHINGTON, March 28 (Wide World) President Roo sevelt tapped a bachelor,- Leo T. Crowley, to face the $7,000, 000,000 temptation of alien pro perty custodianship i Job which was a ticket to prison for another man a generation ago. On a bleary day last December, tight after Pearl Harbor, a big fellow with snow-white hair sat down in the president office. -"Leo," the president said, "we had only one; scandal out of the World war. That was In the alien property custodian. , I want you to take It. this time, and see to It that we don't hare another one ' Crowley's appointment ; makes him the new champion - office holder in Washington. ' He will continue as chairman of the fed eral deposit insurance corporation and as chairman and president of the $1,000,000,000 Standard Gas and Electric company, which has headquarters in Chicago. ' Jesse Jones used to hold the record for titles, until most of his activities as federal loan administrator were consolidated recently with his po sition as secretary of commerce. Even. Crowley doesn't know what aUL hell : control la his mew Job. Allen properties in clude hundreds of businesses, especially some large pharma ceutical, chemical - and photo graphic concerns. There are a large number of Japanese f armai and fishing boats, and thou sands of bank accounts. , If you want a mountainous pile ol gold bars, a Texas ranch, a Washington apartment house, a rubber patent, a pile of scrap iron. a fistful of diamonds, a bale of stocks and bonds Crowley has it At least, he has authority oyer it, He has authority to manage these properties or dispose of them in the name of the government Some people think Of Crowley's new job as a swell plum. "It's a nasty Jsb. I didn't ask for It" Is Crowley's comment He's already had to install a special subordinate outside his door to handle a deluge of Job- hunters, favor seekers, and law- Sunday Morning. March 23. 1942 Soc 2 Pago 7 Nevo Flax Plant Ready I Wise or Otherwise Gardening?: Grant Gets I Tomato 1 enlnf the door knobi ' so they'll --j stay tightened, or fixing the vu-j r- t e . a ' Mi s 1 cuum; meaner so. uu siay iuxeu, or explaining to a 10-year-old boy why 80 percent of ah "air plane's lift is on the top side yt the wings so he can-understand it . . ." :;2 ; ; I've just finished reading a tome of scientific wisdom on the origin of languages. According to the By ETHAN GRANT To me there is no prettier sight than a healthy green gar- learned author; the words we use aen, wim ih symmeuu ruw, with grunts and gestures. Desires were expressed by grunt ing, emotions by-gesturing.: And, according to the learned author, the man of today who employs gestures as an aid to speech may still possess some of the traits of the ape." I'm not very learned, but X don't think I've ever seen an ape that expressed his emotions with ges tures. Have you? The new $38,100 flax processing plant at Brash Creek will be ready mi care ior ue zouu acres oi uax wntcn nave been contracted tor this year in the Suverton vicinity, according to T. T. Leonard, heading; the flax plant company. First unit of the plant has already been constructed and bolldlnr will go on as rapidly as circum stances permit Kefuse from the temporary plant rat SUverton Is being hauled to the grounds here. The "How" of Strawberry Barrels - Cooperage Garden Attracts Attention, Yields Fruit By LILLIE L. MADSEN Strawberry barrels are coming into considerable favor this spring. Gardeners who have but little space and like the taste of fresh strawberries from their own gardens are planning to grow theirs by the barret The first and still one of the most successful strawberry bar rels I have seen was that made by the late W. S. Jack, SUverton gardener. His barrels for he had two not only were an ornament to the garden, but also produced all of the fresh fruit during the everbearing strawberry season that he and Mrs. Jack cared to have. i -y A w ' $ -v- , "f f - " f LEO T. CROWLEY yen and businessmen, wanted to know what to do about some foreign-owned property, process or business. The money hell handle will be all ' foreign money, 'regarded by many people as "fair game." Sec retary of the Treasury Morgen thau recently described the prob lem in these words: "Where there's honey, there will be West" Five feet ten, weighing, about 190 pounds, with white hair sur mounting pink cheeks, Crowley iv one of the most distinctive fig ures in Washington, although he ensaees in virtually no social life. He chews up half a dozen ci gars every day, but lights one only about twice a year. Sinus trouble made him give up both smoking and drinking years ago, r When he gets lonesome, be msmally calls In Mbordlnates for a nine of ruassay or penny- airte poker. Ills bridge Is touted to be of expert caliber. ' He was born 52 years ago in Milton Junction. - Wis, and was reared and educated in ..Madison, , Beginning at the age of 21, he owned at various times a whole sale paper eoncern, a wholesale grocery house, an oil distributing company, a chain Of grocery stores, and a bank. His brothers still run most of them. He has never .run for - office, but has been active in both state and national politics. He is re ported to have declined the chair- manshiD of the tlemocraucr na tional committee in 1940.1- :-t Crowley Is known 1 about TCachtarton for bis ability to keep out of factional fights.' Re eentlT Morrenlhau fought bit terly to keep control of : alien property and even claimed pub- : ltely that he had won tbo ngni. Crowley, instead of f ollowtag the usual Washington custom of trains: a bUst to the press, told reporters ho eeald not dis pute the secretary word. . But Crowley got the Job:. Save-A-Btick Plea BUFFALO,' Wyo.-K.R110116" report a rare albino buck ante lope is roaming the 'hills near Sussex. Citizens appealed to game - "wardens to protect the rare speci-r.-:n frcn hunters during the open His barrels were 5f -gallon affairs. Many prefer the small er lt-gaUon beverage kegs. A keg of this size can accommo date 25 holes for plants. Space off the holes and mark where they are to be cut the more holes go at the top say around 12 ia the first section. etht In the second and five in the bot tom section. Mr. Jack took one-inch bit and brace and bored three holes two inches apart in a triangle shape and knocked out the center. Drill around six holes in the bottom for drainage. In his large barrels, Mr. Jack used the regular tiling pieces in the center and filled the soil in around these. In the smaller barrels it might be wise to get a piece of galvan ized pipe the length of the barrel. This should be at least two inches in diameter. If you use the pipe you will have to punch holes in it by means of a large nail and hammer. Put plenty of holes in so that the pipe can give out water up and down the entire length. If you use the tile draining in the larger barrel naturally, you will not have to make any holes in it Now place the pipe or tile right in the center of the barret The next step is the filling process. Mr. Jack stressed the importance of rich soiL He used one part rich, wtUiUMinpostfd barnyard fertiliz er, one pH good garden loam. one part leaf mould and one part sand. These were mixed thor oughly in a large wooden box. Be sure there isn't a hole in the center of the keg in the Dot torn, or your water will run out of the pipe instead of seep through to the plants.. Place an inch of gravel in the bottom, be ing sure that none of the little rocks plug the drainage holes. Then ful up tne barrel wun sou to the first holes in the lower section. Then take your straw berry plants everbearing varie ties, preferably and place one in each hole. Spread the roots out well and do not let the crown be covered by the soiL Firm the soil very-well aown over me roots, fill to the next set of boles, set your plants, fill "again, until the top of the barrel is reached. In the top set out a few plants. The drain oiDe should come about two inches above the sofl. . -," ,- .y . " - When everything Is done in tbe way of planting, set the whole D bright sunshine, and fill the tile or pipe with water. The plants, the sun, the water and fertilizer win do the rest Bat remember that everbearing strawberries do not come into fruit la May wait vntU later In the vammer. Mr. Jack painted Ms barrels whiteThey were very attractive on the green grass. -A dull red or a "garden blue paint may also be used. I p r e f e r the natural weather beaten look of the un- oainted barret ;X : i V I' During the summer;- use tne drain pipe to feed the berries liquid fertilizer. Strawberries like a lot of food particularly potash and phosphate. A little nitrogen is good In the beginning, but Too much cites the plants a -rather sickly look and the berries a rath' r' mushv feeling. Keep routing the barrel so that the sun hits K on all aides at one time or another. " T ' " " of peas and beans and lettuce and beets and carrots and toma toes. I love to look at a pretty garden. But I am not making a garden this year. I made a garden once before, thank you. Four years ago, while waiting for my type writer - and toaster and favorite easy chair to be shipped out from Detroit With - a borrowed spade I spent, ten days tussling with the tufts of a vacant lot adjacent to our home. I spent another two days Vaking and leveling and fer itlizlng and measuring off the rows and planting the seeds, ac cording to the book and the moon. It was a truly beautiful Job, done ' with precise and artistic pattern. The neighbors, who were strangers to us then, looked and never guessed that it could be the handiwork of a novice. And proudly did I strive to cooperate with nature throughout the long summer, hoeing and watering and guarding against weeds and in sects, and never suspecting that nature would let me down. But she did. The vines and the stalks grew with flourish and abandon. I tolled and watched and waited, anticipat ing the abundant harvest Noth ing productive of my perspira tion and Inspiration occurred, even after other gardens were grown and producing. I found some consolation la the thought that mine was a backward gar den, and would produce when others had all gone through the kitchen. From an UDstairs window late By uie staii, saiem ruonc uorary nn. afternoon in Sentember. I The story of science and the I happened to glance down and men who are identified with its spot a speck of something red, developments always make fas- almost hidden in the wilted herb cinating reading. age like a lone chigger on the back One of the best of this class is of a hound dog. I took a three- the new book ."This Chemical point bearing on the location and Age," by William Haynes who is I rushed down to investigate. famous author of scientific Searching eagerly among the books and a leading chemical vines I eventually uncovered what economist His latest book de- turned out to be a fully developed scribes the - accomplishments of tomato approximately as large as modern chemistry in a way that the ball of my thumb. is Science Has Interesting Authors intelligible, interesting and at the same time technically correct This book will make clear to the reader just how nylon, syn- h e 1 1 c rubber, fast paints, and other chemical products came through the steps of research, discovery, industrial development and ultimate use by the consum er. Obviously, this book has more than an entertainment value for I us today when we are becoming more and more dependent on ar tificial products. Another volume popularizing science is "Enjoyment of Science" by J. N. Leonard. The scope of this book is wider and the infor mation less complete than the above described book. It is an at tempt to simpuxy au the main sciences by putting them into as near everyday language as pos sible. Sciences described Include astronomy, minerology, mathema tics. Dhvsics. and chemistry nionr others. The writin is far from be that singing cowhand who textbook form and the whole I nonchalantly rolls a cigarette with purpose is to acquaint one with i on hand while galloping into the Any Scraps Today? " SUPERIOR, Wis.-JP)-Even the absent-minded transients here re member Pearl Harbor. To qualify for - a handout at the Salvation Army headquarters, ' they must c6ur- the city collecting waste amily Bookshelf The Safety Valvo Letters tram statesman Readers ' : -1 To the Editor: If necessity de mands it no one should complain at rationing sugar, and other es sential commodities. But why not control as well the large amounts of sugar, being changed Into al cohol and consumed as a bever age? A certain amount of sugar is needed to keep in good physical trim. But most people will argue that beverage alcohol is not a necessity, and that excessive use of it rapidly reduces the effl- dencr of the drinker. The Red Cross First Aid textbook does not recommend whiskey as a stimulant In any accident Sen. Brewster of Maine Is authority for the statement that "the sale of liquor at Pearl Har bor has now been forbidden.' We are led to wonder if this is a case of "locking the barn after the horse is stolen?" I France bad too large a pro duction of wine and not enough of food we can't afford to make the same mistake! ' Ifs hardly fair to allow the person who consumes a -targe share of his sugar allowance in alcohol to have the same amount of sugar i - the person who uses no alcohol as a beverage. After all, the sugar rationing should not develop into a serious handicap if the limit on acreage ot sugar beets is removed and proper encouragement given to increase production, an ample supply rhould soon be obtained. Possibly some parts of Oregon are suitable for producing sugar beets. And possibly some of our Japanese-Americans could be given work in growing them. But if the "strain and stress" of war conditions are allowed to drive the boys in training, as well as those outside, to chinking and carousing, Irreparable dam age will be done. ! To my mind the only wise course is to forbid or greatly limit the sale of liquor, and pro vide wholesome recreation and amusement FRANK W. MICHENER, Route 1, Salem. the nature of sciences rather than to describe the accomplishments of these sciences. The public library subscribes to nearly 100 current magazines hi addition to buying books on every subject In the April Is sue of Harper's Magasine there Is at least one article of special interest to all Oregonlans. It is "Seeing the Northwest" and Is written by a Portland author, Richard I Neuberger. He stresses one aspect of life In the northwest that as residents' we are hardly aware of; It Is the influence of a vast and beauti ful wilderness en our economic and esthetic life. Two small volumes which give up-to-date and reliable Informa tion relative to the war in the far east are among the new books about the war now available at the library. "Japan's Industrial Strength' is by an authority on Japan, Kate L. Mitchell. This is an appraisal of Japan sassets in raw materials and industrial plants, and a de scription of her industrial and ec onomic structure which differ And that was the sole prod uct of the entire vacant lot and if I hadn't glanced out the win dow at precisely the right tune. when, the sun's rays happened to strike the precious gem Just right I'd never have found It So I'm not making a garden this year. Or ever again. People I wonder what's become of: Colonel Lindbergh. Thomas E. Dewey, Al Smith, Cash-And Carry Pyle, One-Eyed Connelly, Happy Hooligan, and Robert W, Service. The last I heard of Mr. Service, he was reported by a San Francisco reporter to be living in Paris, where, the reporter re ported, he had stated in a letter that he was trying to forget Dan gerous Dan McGrew and The JjSQJ A liai TT mm iviiuwu s iaju. o- -msr a iw u i iTiamuft most American Si mi mt i If your movie hero happens to Of Foreign Cities MANILA, PI-W-Manila man ages to be a most American city without having many American residents. Road signs and street lights, movies and merchandise, automobiles and street cars look like the USA. That's happened since 1898 when Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet to capture what then was a Spanish colonial town with typical churches, palaces, dress and customs. The city of 623,000 people is at the mouth of the muddy Pasig river which divides the old walled area from the .busy modern town. Old-fashioned carabao carts come along with automobiles as well as the horse-drawn two wheeled carromatas. Dugout canoes com pete with puffing tugs along the river and bay. teeth of a prairie hurricane, bro ther, you can have him. Ill take a lounge lizard or Donald Duck. One night we came home from a movie and THEY wanted to see ME roll a cigarette with one hand. And I'd never rolled a dga rette in my life, And I don't believe that cow hand did It At least I couldn't, not even standing ia the middle of the living room and with both hands and three others and the dog trying to help. I did manage to roll something, but THEY refused to let It be called a cigarette. And THEY said I wasnt he-man. Of course, maybe, if I'd had a horse and a prairie hurricane and the mir rors with which they do tricks In the movt But who wants to be that type of he-man, anyway? We also saw another Superman picture. The one in which he caught the train robbers who tried to wreck the Chattanooga choo choo by the dastardly trick of blowing up a bridge. The bridge fell and the train was falling. n , o o n o o a greatly from our own. The au- when Superman caught It in mid- thor . thinks we have underesti mated Japan's strength,-and sug gests what we 'may expect in the future. The other book' is "Crisis In the Philippines" by Catherine Por ter. The author traces the isi and's history, briefly, down to the present invasion, and offers val uable information about the peo ple, the economic ' system, and governmental set-up. from a military .. standpoint, also, ' this book is. important in that it ex- air, the engine and all six coaches, and got it across the canyon and back, on the track without even breaking a fingernail . or. waking up the passengers. Those are the things Superman does in all his movies. Simple lit tle things like that And I keep wondering why in the dickens he doesn't - really haul off and do issued this book to officers as a handbook of Information about the islands. 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