Illinois Valley News, Thursday, July 12, 1945
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Season for Winter
Cover Crops Nears
WAR'S GREATEST SAGA
When the final history of the war
is told, one of its greatest chapters
will describe that branch of the serv­
ice totally new to war—the Air
Transport command. Transporting
’prime ministers and presidents,
i wounded men, jeeps and Pat Hur­
ley’s Cadillac over oceans and des­
erts has now become commonplace
news to the American public. But
behind that commonplace news is a
' thrilling story of painstaking, back-
: breaking pioneering.
Here are some things few people
know about the Air Transport com-
: mand:
LABOR LEGISLATION
1 OBI I I* Bl - I HlKI I
WASHINGTON. — A
fair-trade
practices bill for labor iRichberg)
is supposed to lie around congress
until the coming expected wave of
union strikes generates an irresisti­
ble demand for its adoption—then it,
or something like it. is passed. This,
indeed, is the sotto voce program.
Such delay may sound like a back­
end way to handle an expected na-
crisis,
be-
tional
Most used air route in the
cause the bill pro­
world
Is not between Washing­
poses to avert the
ton and New York, not between
ít
strikes by providing
New York and Chicago, but over
machinery for just
"The llump" between China and
settlements, not on-
India. . . . Traffic over this
1 ly in the public in­
world's highest mountain range,
terest, but in the
the Himalayas, is so heavy that
long range interest
planes travel at different alti­
The U. 8. Carrier Bunker Hill, hit twice by Japanese suicide planes within 30 seconds, shows the ef­
of the unions. Yet
tudes so there will be no colli­
fectiveness of the newest campaign of Japs against our battle fleet. Nearly 100 men were reported killed
you can see what is
sions. One plane will have or­
or missing and 261 wounded on the USS Bunker Hill. Upper left, shows one of holes caused by bomb. Low­
beginning to happen
ders to fly at 22,000 feet, another
er left, planes after fire swept the deck. Upper right, Capt. G. A. Seitz, right, and Comdr. Howell J. Dyson,
to the legislation in
at 23,000, and so on. Three or
of the Bunker Hill. Lower right shows photographs of the ship while fire was still raging.
the probable ab-
four different air routes are used
sence of Alabama's
across the Hump, also to avoid
Senator Lister Hill from the list of
collisions.
sponsors.
This was supposed to be a four-
Next most heavily used air route
senator bill, introduced by two Dem­ is across the North Atlantic. The
ocrats and two Republicans; in fact, ATC sends a plane across the At-
the same ones who sponsored the lantic every 58 seconds. That's about
declaration of senatorial peace as fast as traffic moves on the Penn­
principk
B;4I. Burton. Hatch and sylvania railroad between New York
Hill. But on this bill. Hill says he and Philadelphia, busiest rail line in
was "just too busy" to fill out the the world. . . . The ATC is now fly­
B2H2 leadership, so it became B2H1 ing returning troops across the At­
Most people think the real reason is lantic at a rate of 50.000 per
that the CIO was instrumental in month. . . . For years, ATC pilots
Hill's recent re-election.
have been briefed on how to land
The "too busy" treatment is like­ on the difficult airports of Green­
Now the
ly to be applied generally to the pro­ land, Iceland or China.
posal, because nothing in its an­ ATC has the tremendous thrill of
nounced purposes can very well be briefing pilots on arriving at home
openly opposed by the unions, or ports—Boston, Portland, Long Is-
land. . . . Pilots say that no briefing
anyone.
was ever more welcome.
Basically, the bill would re­
From Battle Fronts.
quire lhe arbitrary unions to
moderate their ‘‘public - lie-
More than 220,000 wounded men
damned" policy. Disruptions of
have been carried in ATC planes
public service, Nuch as in the
away from the battle front. Dur­
Fifth avenue bus slowdown in
ing the early stages of Okinawa
New York recently, where the
fighting, planes swooped down on
drivers just decided to run an
makeshift runways, taxied up to am­
hour or so late, as well as strikes
bulances, took off right under the
in public utilities, milk deliv­
noses of Jap guns. Stretchers were
eries, etc., would be prevented
loaded aboard while the planes re­
by judicial compulsory arbitra­
fueled. . . . One big ATC job has
tion
been getting crashed fliers out of
This is in the sound interest of the the Himalayas. Amazing fact is that
unions, because all now are suffer­ 75 per cent are saved. ... Lt Gen.
ing from the conspicuous public-be- Harold George, boss of the ATC.
realized in advance that crashes
damned policy of a few unions
President Truman, center, shown speaking to the United Nations delegates at their first meeting after
The bill was not written by manu­ would be heavy over the Hump, so the charter had been signed. Upper left, former Secretary of State Edward R. Stcttinius as he signed the
facturers or employers, but by an men were given special training on official charter for the United States. He w ill represent the United States in the permanent organization. Up­
old union lawyer, Donald Richberg, how to live in the jungles. They per right. V. K. Wellington Koo, minister of foreign affairs for China, was the first of the representatives
who composed the most successful were even taken to jungle outposts of 30 nations at the conference to sign charter.
labor law ever enacted, the Rail­ to get familiar with the jungle be­
way Labor act. Under it the rail­ fore they hopped. . . . Every plane
way brotherhoods have prospered flying the Hump has a small tin
better than other labor unions, and chest «with its own parachute) con­
taining medicine, snake-bite, anti­
without strikes.
Tlie senatorial sponsors are not dote. water purifier, concentrated
anti-labor people either, but some- food, signal flares, mirrors, mosqui­
what left-leaning The way they de­ to nets. etc. This chest is kept near
scribed their generai purposes is the plane's door, It the crew has
to jump, the chest is kicked out be-
this:
fore the last man leaves the plane,
ONE BOARD PLAN
... In die jungle, crews are taught
They would break up the competi­ to stay where they are until sighted
tive handling of labor through vari­ by rescue planes which signal in­
ous government agencies now. and structions as to where they can be
put all conciliation and mediation picked up. . . . Natives are usually
activities in a new five-man board. friendly and the chances of getting
A second board of three would rescued from the jungle are far bet
handle complaints of unfair prac­ ter than if a flier drops over the des­
tices by labor or employer, not just ert or in the sea.
labor alone, as now.
Japs khot Down Many.
The Wagner act would be fur­
The
Japs shot down many ATC
tlier amended tn make unions
planes early in the war by painting
democratic and to limit the
I their DC-4s with U S insignia. . . .
closed shop to places where lhe
Flying up close, the Japs waited
union controls at least 75 per
until they had perfect targets, then
cent of the workers and is open
fired. . . . U. S. planes had to be
to all members, and thus is not
repainted
in itself a closed shop handing
employment down front genera­
Before Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt
tion to generation in its own
ordered
special
fighter
planes
ranks, or otherwise limiting
rushed to the British in Egypt where
workers' rights.
Rommel had General Montgomery’s
back to the wall. . . . However, fight­
Further logical limita
er planes couldn't make the long
cut down the number
trek across Africa without refueling
strikes now expanding i
After four years away from big
and there was no airport in the heart
try.
The Prop Spinners held their sixth annual Northeastern champion­ league baseball diamonds. Hank
of
the
continent.
.
.
.
One
day
an
Labor could stop all I
American engineer was dropped off ship event for gas-powered model airplanes at Hicksville, L. I., N. Y., Greenberg, twice selected as Amer­
opposition arising »gains
i plane almoat In the canter ct Af and both the junior and senior class contestants were out in all their ica's outstanding baseball player,
states where laws or c<
rica, in French territory not far I glory. Above is a general view during one of the events. A contestant returns to the Detroit Tigers of the
changes are being ad
American league.
from the Sudan, He had his pockets . launches his plane. Others prepare their craft for a record flight.
enacted, to protect pul
stuffed
with
money,
, and his head)
against the unions, if the)
stuffed with ideas
That was about.
the mild and reasonable purr
all.
He also had instructions to
this bill, or alter them to s
build an airport. . . . Six weeks later
situation.
If they would s
the ATC came back and he had a
word to senators like Hill, i
4 3iX)-foot -odded runway, in fairly
would go through in u minuti
good shape. He had drafted most
Unfortunately too many
of the camels and most of the na­
leaders now are shortsighted
tives in that part of Africa and paid
tionaries who want to defc
them plenty to do the job. Fighter
status quo and prevent any
planes immediately began crossing
of existing unsatisfactory con
to the Egyptian front and the Brit-
So It is quite possible c<
ish army staged its comeback. . . .
will not only wait until the
Today the French are making diplo­
ns away but the wt
matic inquiries as to this airport
i burns down, before
apparently with a view to taking it
ev to lock the door.
over
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United Nations Delegates
Sign
Charter
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Model Airplane Fans Compete
Tiger Hank Returns
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to be a
leaders r other humans seem un
able to realize that power lasti
only as long as it is wisely used
Those who read this column week
ly on the legal power built up by
the Black faction of the Supreme
court for unions to fix prices, re­
alize the trend of this faction.
Fifty Million Letters.
ifty million letters were flown by
ATC to Europe in April
This
< load has now dropped off due
■oop transfers out of Europe, but
ATC has been the largest mail
ter In history.
. . Also it runs
world's largest hotel chain. It
be prepared to handle l.Oul
a night at Natal. Brazil, also
them.
ATC hotels are scat-
all over the world to handle
ing and combat pilots. . , .
the weather is bad. hotel
ties overflow.
Winter cover crops are among the
busiest
workers
on
American
farms. Beginning about September
1, they provide feed for livestock,
hold the soil against erosion, aid
land to absorb moisture, and when
turned under in the spring, increase
the soil's supply of essential ele­
ments.
Government reports show that the
planting of cover crops is especial­
ly important in the east centra! and
southern states. The south, within a
single decade, increased its acre­
age under cover from a few hundred
thousand to several million acres.
There is still room for more cover
crops, however.
Postwar farming profits, as well
as production of food, fiber and oil
crops essential to victory in the
Pacific, depend to no small degree
upon the added fertility, reduced
erosion and increased production of
cash crops derived from the use of
a winter cover for the soil. That
means more winter legumes such as
Austrian winter pea. hairy vetch,
smooth vetch, crimson clover bur-
Plowing Under Cover Crop
clover and sour-clover, and more
ryegrass, alfalfa, kudzu and les­
pedeza.
While rotations of crops depend
upon climate, location and type of
soil, once a farm has a well-planned
cover crop program, the benefits
will make themselves increasingly
felt.
Nutrition Knowledge
Cuts Loss of Calves
Farmers would lose fewer calves
if they had a better understanding
of a few simple principles of calf
nutrition, according to a report of
the American Veterinary Medical
association.
*
In the field of minerals, sait,
iodine, calcium and phosphoius are
the ones to be watched most care-
fully. Salt and iodine deficiencies
can be prevented by including 1 per
cent of iodized salt in the grain
mixture, and offering iodized salt
free-choice. Calcium and phosphorus
deficiencies can be avoided by in­
cluding 1 per cent of calcium and
phosphorus
supplements
in the
grain mixture.
If whole or skim
milk is fed at the rate of 12 pounds
per day, no calcium or phosphor­
us is needed.
Beef and Dairy Cows
Selected for Type
While it is essential that the
characteristics of the breed be un­
derstood, the temperament, capa­
city. mammary system, health.
Little, but Oh. Mv!
Benes Reviews Lidice Troops
MV
Wider Use of Soil
Improvements Sought
Tbe body lorm of the dairy cow
should be wedge-shaped while that
of the beef animal is rectangular,
as shown.
breed record as well as market de­
mands, must play an Important part
in selection of beef or dairy cattle.
Generally the dairy cow will have
a good type if she is much wider in
the hooks or pinbones and narrow
down to a sharp, fine point at the
withers or top of her shoulders.
Produce Quality Hay
Men of the new Csech army present arms as they are reviewed by
President Eduard Benes of Csechoslovakla on the site of the town of
I idler which was leveled by the Germans in 1!M2 in retaliation for the
slaying of llrinhard Heydrich, near Prague. The review followed a
memorial service for the thousands of victims of Nasi fanaticism.
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Quite cute are these three-day-old
skunks when they arrive in New
York and are admired by their new
fan. Give them a few months and
they will be given a wide berth.
Tests conducted at the Wyoming
experiment station indicates that
the maximum yield of digestible nu­
trients of hay is dependent upon the
stage at which hay is cut. Alfalfa
should be cut when one-tenth in
bloom. Timothy and grass hays
should be cut «hen the plant Is in
lull bloom. Leaves or glass or al­
falfa hay carry the heaviest portion
of nutrients, so every attempt
should be made to harvest bay when
it will retain the leaves.
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