Russia’s Entry Into War Against Japs Provides Bases
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Planting of Winter
Cover Crop» Begin»
When W inston C h u rc h ill turned
down a knighthood th is week, his
son. R andolph C h u rc h ill, probably
Released by W estern Newspaper Union.
heaved a big sigh o f re lie f.
A T T L E E 'S G O V E R N M E N T -
F o r it m eant th a t his fa th e r, in
W E A K WORLD POW ER
tu rn in g down th is lesser honor,
W ASHINGTON. — The lim ehouse p robably w ould not accept a duke
W in te r cover crop tim e w ill soor
slum s re p resentative in p a rlia m e n t dom o r any o ther high rew ard. be here.
rules B rita in and the E m p ire .
Should the elder C h u rc h ill accept
Legumes play a trip le role in w a r
Its m an, C lem ent A ttlee, won con a peerage, he would m ove into the tim e fa rm in g : they help prevent
tr o l on a p la tfo rm against free en House o f Lords, w hich would mean erosion by decreasing run-off, they
te rp ris e , and fn fa th a t his son, Randolph, upon his add o rg a n ic m a tte r w hich makes
v o r o f the govern fa th e r's death, a u to m a tic a lly would the soil m ore absorptive o f w ater,
m ent ta kin g o ver become a lord, thereby fo rfe itin g and they increase the store o f n itro
fuel and power, in- < the chance of a fig h tin g p o litic a l gen in the soil when turned under.
D u rin g the period of decay, fo llo w
land tra n sp o rt, iro n career as a com m oner.
To in h e rit a title is the last thing ing the tu rn in g under of the cover
and steel m anufac
tu rin g and the Bank young C h u rc h ill wants. H is fu tu re
o f E n g la n d . T h e ca re e r lies in the House of Com
w o r ld e f f e c t s o f mons. lik e his father.
B rita in 's e l e c t o r a l
Knowing his son's ambition,
re vo lu tio n are being
the prime minister used to hold
c o n f u s i n g ly fore-
a sword of Damocles over Ran
C lem ent A ttlee c a s t . C ontinuance
dolph’s head. When the m er
o f the C h u rc h ill in
curial Randolph got out of hand,
te rn a tio n a l policies, fo r instance,
his father half-jokingly would
has been prom ised, ye t the A ttlee
warn: "Tut, tut. Be careful or
la b o r p a rty cam paigned in fa v o r of
I ’ll take a peerage."
closer co lla b o ra tio n w ith Russia
• • •
than C h u rc h ill could-provide.
B A TTLE O V E R S TE E L
S im ila rly , the ensuing fe a r of the
One of the hottest fights in the
S ocialist p ro g ra m throughout the
whole hot h isto ry o f the W ar P ro
Shortly after the Red government declared w ar against Japan, the powerful Soviet E ar Eastern arm y was
w orld has prom pted m o llify in g sug
duction board has been raging back-
already rolling across the M anchurian frontier with the Red a ir force blasting a path ahead of it. Air bases
gestions that the p ro g ra m w ill be
stage re g a rd in g the fu tu re alloca-
in Russia w ill now be available to the United States a ir forces. This will place Japan In easy striking distance
long in enactm ent, i f ever attained.
although strangely the s in c e rity o f i tion ° ‘ steel to indus try.
for any type of plane, arm y or navy, and w ill cut down fuel load required on trips.
its devotees is not questioned. F ro m I H is a fight affecting alm ost every
T
such circum stances, a n yth in g but Business in the co u n try — large and
confusion in forecasts would be dif-1 sm aB
and i f the big in d u stry boys
Result of cover work.
fic u lt to find. To gauge a ccu ra te ly 8et th e ir way- c iv ilia n m anufactur-
the extent of the e le cto ra l revolu- ers wiU «et Iess m a te ria l even than in spring, cover crops m ake plant
tion, it w ill be necessary to aw ait £l u r ’nf> the th ird q u a rte r of this n u trie n ts m ore re a d ily a va ila b le to
A ttlee s steps. S tatem ents issued . y ear- wHen we were stiU flSh tin 8 a the subsequent crops.
Most
com m only
used
w in te r
since the election can safely be dis- tw o -fro n t war.
The fig h t is over how sheet steel legumes are A u stria n w in te r pea,
counted as in sp ire d fo r p o litic a l ef
h a iry vetch, smooth vetch, crim so n
fect. O nly in definite action can un shall be allocated.
clover, b u r-c lo v e r and sour-clover
c e rta in ty be dispelled.
Basically, this boils down to
Rye grass is used e xte n sive ly as
whether the big automobile
M y information suggests the
a w in te r cover in p ra c tic a lly a ll
commonly published guesses are
companies will get it all, or
areas. ’
more logical than sound. The
whether other manufacturers
Feed fo r livestock is m ade a v a il
only justifiable conclusion yet
will be given at least a little.
able by such cover crops as a lfa lfa ,
apparent is that B ritain has
kudzu, the clovers and sericea les-
I t is e xa ctly the same fight, in re
weakened herself as a world
pedeza.
verse, w hich occurred before P earl
power. A more accurate way to
R otations o f crops v a ry in d iffe r
H arbor. A t th a t tim e , the autom obile
put it is that she has publicly
ent clim a te s and locations, and
in
d
u
stry
was
using
up
m
ost
of
the
proclaimed her existing weak
on d iffe re n t soils. A cover crop pro
EQUAL 20.000 TONS O f
sheet steel. W ar production was
ness. Her money was gravely
g ra m should be worked out fo r each
TNT—ENOUGH TO LEVEL
held
up
u
n
til
th
e
ir
output
could
be
shocked by the war. Without
fa rm .
A CITY LIKE NEW YORK
cu rta ile d , and the auto boys pulled
the Bretton Woods agreement it
ANO SHATTER BUILDINGS
When w in te r cover crop follow s a
a
ll
sorts
o
f
w
ires
to
keep
on
pro
might not now have its depreci
WTTHU A SO-MILE RA01US
cash crop th a t has been w ell fe r
ducing cars.
ated stability. H er war effort
—LEAVE O U TER ’/ , WAY
tilize d , i t serves its best purpose,
Now, the same w ire s are being as the plants q u ic k ly take up the
had to be m aterially sustained
TO RHKA. — '/i W AY TO
pulled to le t steel be co m pletely free, soluble p la n t food and hold it over
largely from the outside (by
ALBANY, ANO TIP O f L. I.
and not allocated to anyone. This is the w in te r period fo r release to the
us, Canada and A ustralia), she
ju s t another w ay of saying th a t the next crop a fte r tu rn in g under in
was able to sustain herself only
Even one’s imagination cannot exaggerate the pot ntialitlcs of the destruction that w ill be caused by the
autom obile com panies w ill get it a ll, the spring.
psychologically. Her navy, which
because they are the biggest peace
new atomic bombs now being dropped upon Japanese cities. The perfected bomb was the work of many lead
ruled the world for several gen
tim e buyers of steel and the steel
ing scientists of the United States, Canada, England as well as those from other European countries. In itia l
erations. is now a fraction of
companies n a tu ra lly lik e to please
work was started before the United States entered the war. More than two billion dollars was spent to perfect
ours lone-fifth to one-eighth,
the destructive secret weapon.
th e ir best custom ers.
whereas it was equal at the start
of the w a r). H er arm y is a
Big Business WPB
minor world entity as armies go
Today, the W ar P roduction board
in size and equipment these
under c h a irm a n "C a p ” K ru g , is
days.
m ore b ig - business - co n tro lle d than
British Foreign Trade.
ever, so the autom obile boys m ay
H er foreign trade, w hich furnished get th e ir way.
the only econom ic reason fo r her
Their fight inside WPB is be
w o rld position, has
ing led by Vice Chairman Harold
becom e a m a tte r
Boeschenstein, whose glass com
fo r h e r g ra v e s t
pany
sells headlights to auto
postw ar c o n c e rn .
manufacturers. He and other
The B retton Woods
WPB moguls argue that the
agreem ent was de
present "controlled m aterials
signed to help re
s to r e i t , b u t we
plan” should be "open-ended," in
h a v e m o s t o f th e
other words, after a steel m ill
The speedsprayer consists o f a 500
s h ip s on th e s e a s
has completed its "m ust” gov
gallon m e ta l ta n k m ounted w ith
and the m a n u fa c tu r
ernment orders, it can sell what
la rg e
ca p a c ity
c e n trifu g a l
type
in g capacity, w hile
ever steel is left over to any
pum p o p e ra tin g a t low pressure. The
Russia has g reat
one it wishes.
W. Churchill
nozzles are spaced u n ifo rm ly over
ra w m a te ria ls and
the d is trib u tin g head, controlled by
Hitherto, farm
machinery,
in d u s tria l am bitions.
a single valve.
hardware, the railroads and va
The election is lik e ly to lead to
The a ir b la st is developed by an
rious war-supporting Industries
a fu rth e r cu lm in a tio n o f these too
a irp la n e typ e p ro p e lle r d riv e n by a
got definite steel allocations from
g la rin g conditions M r. C h u rc h ill, as
la rg e six c y lin d e r gasoline engine
a w o rld figure, was able to m a in
the government. They were al
The a ir p ro p e lle r discharges 125,000
ta in a fa cia l fro n t above them , to
ways assured some steel. Under
cubic feet o f a ir per m inute. This
cover them w hile he extem porized
the new proposal, however, they
sp ra y e r has proven p ra c tic a l in o r
This w ill be m uch m ore d iffic u lt fo r
would have to scramble for it
chards o f 50 acres o r mope, o r as
M r. A ttle e , especially in view o f his
In competition with the auto
a c o m m u n ity project. M anufactured
pro g ra m .
by John Bean, Lansing, M ich.
mobile companies.
H is p la tfo rm , fo r instance, does
W hile the ra ilro a d s , fa rm Im p le
not advocate m ore coal production,
m ore power, sounder money o r fi m ent com panies, et al, doubtless can
nance by the Bank of E ngland, g re a t look a fte r them selves, a long lis t of
P art of the reconversion plan w ill
e r o r b e tte r iron and steel and in sm a ll m a n u fa ctu re rs also would be
put the war-born Jeep on the farm .
Now is the tim e to prepare "c h ic k
land tra n sp o rt. I t proposes th a t his affected — those m a k in g hard w a re ,
With certain modifications it w ill
la b o r p a rty use the people’s money e le ctric irons, w ashing m achines, en hay” fo r the w in te r la y in g flock. . . / ’ uPn a uso,tn" sPPaks “f a "Chicken" he doesn't often refer to the be able to perform most of the farm
kind
shown
here.
These
arm
y
fliers
at
the
A
ir
Force
Convalescents’
500-
to buy these enterprises and oper etc. H ith e rto , they have been able T h is is one of the m ost p ra c tic a l
chores except m ilking — and can
ate them , not to m ake them bigger to get a c e rta in am ount of steel a l ways to p ro vid e those cold weather acre farm at Pawling, N. Y „ are pretty enthusiastic about the creatures even do that by furnishing the pow
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h
yw“|re
ThC
1
,
n
t5reBt
shown
by
lhe
has
proven
a
b
i*
factor
Green oats, a lfa lfa , or
and better, but to give his p a rty fo l located to them by WPB. B u t under v ita m in s .
er for the m ilking machines. They
in aiding them in regaining their health.
low ers a g re a te r share of the profits the proposed new plan, they would any o ther legum e makes good hay il
arc not being made available.
of o p e ra tio n in short, h ig h er wages. have to scram ble fo r it. And in any it is cut when it is nine to ten Inches
b a ttle w ith the auto com panies, it is high.
Most American officials ex
not d iffic u lt to guess w here they
A fte r the hay is cut it m ust be
pect Russia to fall on national
would come out.
raked im m e d ia te ly and hauled to
wealth. The common fears popu
A c tu a lly there w ill be v e ry little the barn to be cured, according to
lar in this country, that Russia
steel
to scra m b le fo r. A fte r w a r M. E. Jackson o f Purdue. I t should
will overrun Europe and Asia
needs
and w ar-su p p o rtin g needs are be spread out in barn so i t m ay cure
and eventually relegate us to a
met,
it
is estim ated only about 1,- w ith o u t spoiling. This method saves
second - class power, are not
000,000 tons of sheet steel w ill be v ita m in s and leaves.
shared by many of our govern
The hay m a y be fed in rack to
le ft over. I f WPB m oguls have
ment men in the know. They do
hens d u rin g the w h ite r
th e ir way, however, the scram ble la y in g
not believe Russia can get pro
m onths when hens w ill enjoy some
w
ill
begin
In
the
fo
u
rth
q
u
a
rte
r
of
duction, although she Is in a bet
green feed. Some p o u ltrym e n run
th is year.
ter position to get it than a So
the hay through a feed g rin d e r or
cialist Britain, as she has (he
N O TE—I t will be up to new
chopper. It can then be m ixed w ith
power of compulsion over her
War Mobilizer John Snyder to
the d ry o r w et m ash i f desired.
workers.
make the final decision.
Production Aided by
Legumes and Grasses
AMUR
New Atomic Force Harnessed Against Japanese
Postwar Machinery
Speedsprayer
Army Air Aces Turn Farmers
Farming by Jeeps
Chicken Legumes Are
Wealthy in Vitamins
Trio of ‘Black Mac’s Killers’
Russia never got enough produc
tion on a n yth in g to compete w ith
anyone before the w a r. N ot u n til
N azi invasion brought her u n ity did
her production become sa tisfa c
to ry, and even then h e r backw ard
m e chanical m ethods prevented her
fro m g e ttin g the fu ll m easure o f ef
fo r t fro m her lim itle s s m anpower.
I t was num bers, not m a te ria ls ,
w hich saved Russia, as any m ilita r y
m an w ill te ll you.
The U n ite d States then occupies
the best position e co n o m ica lly in
th is new w o rld o f m a te ria l produc
tio n as the o n ly w ealth.
M E R R Y -G O -R O U N D
<!. E v e ry m o th e r's son west o f the
M ississippi r iv e r — and some e a s t-
are m aking moves to get the cabi
net jo b of the toughest, m ost fe a r
less m em ber o f the F D R c a b in e t-
H arold Ickes. J im P atton o f Den
ver, head o f the fa rm e rs union, is
one o f them . A nother is genial Gov.
Bob K e rr o f Oklahom a, who led the
sw itch in g of delegates to T ru m a n
d u rin g the C hicago convention. . , .
However, "H a ro ld the Ic k ” m a y fool
'em .
Vets Play Waterball
Storage of All Grains
I f g rain and corn is to be saved
fro m insect damage, they m ust be
put in bins th a t are tig h t enough fo r
gas tre a tm e n t o r fu m ig a tio n .
Before the g ra in o r corn is stored,
the c rib o r container should be th o r
oughly cleaned o f old infested
g ra in , even though it is planned to
fum igate la te r. To k ill Insects In the
w alls, sp ra y w ith an o il-lye o r
o ther re lia b le spray. E m p ty feed
bags and clean o r dispose o f and
destroy a ll «polled grain.
of ‘“Black M C
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mcmbe"
Okinawa. The squadron, under c o m m ^ X t c o r M a T o n T M ^ 7 "
leads m arine corps in night killings. L. to R. 1st L t R s
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Robert E . Wellwood, Sheridan. Wyo.
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Basketball the hard way is played
with gusto by navy veterans at the
U. S. naval hospital, Arrowhead
Springs, C alif. Some of the boys are
shown crowding the basket.
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