Russia’s Entry Into War Against Japs Provides Bases VLADIVOSTOK B ehini THE NO IU'KE CHURCHILL B y P aul M allon 1 t !• f Ç A ïH to «À l«>^r£z/ X £ 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 | 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