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S o u th ern Oregon News Review. T hursday, A pril 1, 1948 IN THESE UNITED STATES M a ry H a d a L illie L i i n h n i i I le r A p r o n Travel Innovations Seek To Break Long Monotony h 01 NDS ‘BI DDY EXCHANGE* . , . With the purpose of uniting wartime buddies lost in the labyrinth of civilian life, sergeant Norton Roth, 24, launched a Veterans’ Exchange New York. Here he and his secretary scan a file in search somebody’s buddy, NEW YORK.—In an attem pt to eliminate travel monotony, enter tainm ent features for passengers have a m ajor role in postw ar plan ning for new transportation equipment. Among devices planned to break the monotony of long trips aie radios in busses, m oviS in" rains and lounge rooms in planes, according to plans being mapped by Henry Dreyfuss, noted industrial engineer. Dreyfuss, whose designs run the ------------------- gam ut from alarm clocks and in- j travel, Dreyfuss said, expensive kitchen utensils t o ' A wing-type coach chair in stream lined continental trains and which the passenger has only to war strateg y rooms in W ashing- l‘>an his head back to hear his ton. has included entertainm ent favorite program and not disturb ideas in all plans for new trans- anY other passenger is the de portation equipment. ' signer’s answer. Ships Take I .cad ! To Install Telephones C ontrasting entertainm ent fa-' Telephones will be installed in cilities in various fields of trans- trains and planes for passenger portation, Dreyfuss points out use- th a t ships long have offered swim- New reclining coach chairs ai ming pools, movies and play decks low more foot room. Fluorescent for diversion of passengers. fixtures will give softer light and "Train and bus passengers, on some coaches are being made with the other hand, have had little to individual fluorescent lamps above do but read or look out the win- eat’h seat grouping. dow,” he adds. The designer has New ideas in dining cars are elim inated the glare problem in following a less formal trend. Not planes by use of adjustable polar- only snack bars, but lunch coun- » * / ” d°ws to control the am ount i ters complete with stools have or light adm itted without ob- been installed in some trains, structing the view. An observa- j G reater utility from diners is tion room in the nose will enable one of the current problems, Drey- cam era enthusiasts to take pic- fuss said. It m ight be worked into „esj- « .v , , . the railroads’entertainm ent plans, -tadio is the principal entertain- possibly as space for motion pic- m ent planned for land and a ir i ture showings. re ex in for FINDS OLD ‘MATES' Reuniting Wartime Ruddies Is Objective of Exchange NEW YORK.—Reuniting wartim e buddies who became separated after leaving the services is the avowed purpose of the Veterans’ Exchange, a novel enterprise launched here by ex-G.I. Norton Roth, 24. Every man wearing the ruptured duck discharge emblem often wonders what became of the buddy who shared a foxhole with him or slept in the next bunk. Realizing that it was easy to lose touch with old buddies and difficult to locate them after discharge, Roth hit upon the idea which is bound to make many an ex-buddy happy. Started only last summer, the exchange already lists home ad were five men from the 2nd a r dresses of nearly 2.000 ex-service mored division who live in the men and women looking for a New York area. They vowed they’d friend from overseas days. Scores play poker together once a week more already have found lost bud a fter the war, but they forgot to dies through the exchange. Mail note down home addresses. Each to the exchange gets “heavier and registered at the exchange. A Wac, whose husband was heavier’’ each day, Roth reports. injured while both were in the Keeps Complete Data Roth carefully files all requests E.T.O., found th at he had been for inform ation and location of transferred to a United States buddies, taking and indexing hospital. She had been moved so names, outfits and other informa much, notification of his address failed to reach her by the time tion which m ight help. “There ju st w asn't any way to she reached New York. A buddy find a Joe from Texas or Illinois from Halloran hospital had listed if you lived in Montana or Maine," him a t the exchange. “I never saw a girl so happy Roth, veteran of 20 m onths over seas, said. “I’ve been home since as she was when she checked in March, and I simply started a and found we had him on file,” service lots of G.I.'s wanted to Roth said. Leads to M arriage s ta rt but couldn’t afford.” “A Des Moines navy nurse The exchange, a nonprofit serv ice, doesn't cost Roth anything checked in to find the Brooklyn because the office is upstairs in address of a form er patient in the the fam ily restaurant, one of the Pacific theater. “Darned if he hadn’t checked oldest on Broadway. A book keeper who used to spend all her his name to look for her,” Roth time adding up figures on a mil said. “Now they’re going to get lion-dollar business helps out. m arried.” The exchange refuses to give receive a maximum of $120. civilians the location of veterans Reunite Poker Fans F irst veterans to get together or to reveal the names of buddies who have located each other. But Roth thinks it is all right to tell about H arry Koretsky of Brooklyn. He asked to be put on file because “I am anxious to see my buddy and I also would like to repay a loan I got from him .” Legislature in Six States Authorize Bonus for Veterans CHICAGO.—Legislation intend ed to provide veterans of World War n with bonuses totaling near ly 1 billion dollars has been ap proved in six states, a survey by the Federation of Tax Adminis tra to rs reveals. The bonuses which have won legislative approval in Illinois, Rhode Island and New York will not become effective until upheld by the voters, however, the feder ation said. M assachusetts began paying a veterans’ bonus last year. New Ham pshire in 1943, and Vermont in 1942. Legislatures in Maine and Michigan are holding special ses sions to consider bonus action. • The Illinois bonus of $10 for each m onth of domestic and $15 for each month of foreign service would be awarded to all ex-mili tary personnel who served be tween Sept. 16, 1940, and Sept. 2, 1945, a t a cost of 385 million dollars. New York’s bonus plan to 1,700,000 resident veterans who served between Dec. 7, 1941, and Sept. 2, 1945, would cost 400 mil lion dollars. Paym ents would range from $50 to $250, depending on length and type of service. The Rhode Island plan calls for a $300 gift to veterans and m er chant seamen who served between Sept. 16, 1940, and Sept. 2, 1945, a t a cost of 20 million dollars. M assachusetts is paying bonuses ranging from $1C9 to $300. The total cost is estim ated at 170 mil lion dollars to 180 million dollars. The New Ham pshire bonus pays a m aximum of $100 to each veter an, and in Vermont, ex-servicemen Covered Bridges Comprise Hobby Cor Nebraskan Although covered bridges have been relegated to the past by most people. Fred C. W illiams of Lin coln, Neb., collects pictures and data about them as a hobby. Photographs and stories about bridges in 22 states are included in the collection. Its latest addi tion is a picture of a snow covered span in Iowa, the only one from th a t state. The M assachusetts highway de partm ent sent 8 by 10 inch glossy prints of every covered bridge in the state, and those of Maine, M aryland and M issouri contribut ed sm aller photographs. Williams also saves newspaper clippings, postcards and other item s on the bridges. Prize of the collection is data on a span near Biddeford, Me., to which the poet Longfellow is be lieved to have referred in his poem “I Stood on the Bridge a t Mid night.” Bridges in New England are the most interesting, W illiams ex- plains, because so much legendry has grown up about them . How ever, only about 200 are found in th a t region. Rejected for Union Army, Centenarian Insists Knees ‘Fine’ - WEVER, IA. — Although he could not get in the Union arm y back in 1861 because he had "buck knees,” A ugustus Staub, local cen tenarian, has started on his sec ond 100 years and the knees still are “feeling ju st fine." He adm itted th a t the first 100 years had been the hardest and he didn't know for sure w hether he’d care to go thro ugh it again or not. The centenarian, who lives with his son, P. A, Staub, on a farm near here, retired from active farm ing 16 years ago, but he still keeps busy chopping firewood and working in the garden. As to the Civil war, Staub said he wanted to get into it so he “rode all th e way to Keokuk,” only to be turned down by the Union medicos. Used Car Racket Profits Americans On Mexican Jaunts MOTHERHOOD TRIUMPHANT • • When the 16-year-old son of Maria Spinella of Palermo, Sicily, was kidnapped, Maria didn’t sit down and cry about it. A fter call ing the cops, she donned male a t tire and joined in the hunt for the kidnapped boy. The hunt ended in a gunfight, from which Maria and Giuseppe emerged without injury. The kidnapper was Giuseppe’s uncle. Judge Faces Hair-raising Problem in Eviction ' £> " a v ia tio n MEXICO CITY. — Sale of used cars has developed into racket proportions for Ameri can tourists in Mexico. Here’s the way the deal works: An Am erican drives a used car for which he paid $800 in the States into Mexico City. He sells it for anywhere from $1,500 up. The buyer reim burses the seller for the am ount of the bond which he has been re quired to sign and post a t the border guaranteeing th a t he will not sell his car in Mexico. The Mexico City buyer turns around and sells the autom o bile for $3,000 or more, for export to Spain. As for the American, he has to pay a couple of hun dred dollars to fly back home but a t th a t he’s still ahead of the deal. Postcard Mailed 37 CHICAGO.—H air-raising prob hang down from his head. It also lems find th eir way even into charged th at Mrs. Peterson was Years Ago Delivered ren ters’ court, Judge Samuel Hel negligent in her attire. LONG BEACH, C A L IF .-S erv - ler decided a fte r hearing an evic Appearing in court, Mrs. P eter Icemen are not the only ones re tion case. son, a neatly dressed, quiet wo The plaintiff, Mrs. May Looking- man, protested her landlady’s ceiving belated mail. Mrs. Lucille land, landlady of a rooming house, statem ents. She maintained that Bellm has received a picture post sought eviction of Mr. and Mrs. her husband wears sport shirts card mailed 37 years ago in Pine E. N. Peterson, tenants, the notice and slacks, not “something like a Island, Minn., by her mother. Postm arked Pine Island, Dec. 1 alleging th a t Mrs Peterson had ; sack around his shoulders ” as 1909, It bore fam ily greetings’ failed to keep her husband proper- i Mrs Lookingland claimed ’ ly dressed and th a t she perm itted I Judge Hejler sought a “modern Mailed originally to Mrs Bellm at Rochester, Minn., it was forward- him to let his h air grow long and I Delilah” to aid him •d from there July 11, notes CAREERS FOR WOMEN Although stew ardesses remain the glam or girls of aviation, there ) are many other positions in this soaring postw ar industry open to girls—girls who w ant to work where they can see the sun glint on silver wings and hear the con stant zoom of plane m otors. Many girls returning from the services, like the men themselves, are eager for jobs in the aviation industry. On one point there is gen eral agreem ent — a t present there are no openings for the woman who w ants to make a living as a pilot. While the woman veteran can get gov ernm ent pilot training under the G.I. bill, she stands slight chance of getting a job in competition with more than 200,000 form er arm y, navy and m arine pilots. Most widely publicized position for women, of course, is th a t of hostess or stew ardess. All leading commercial airlines are increas ing the num ber of stewardesses m onthly as new planes take to the skyways. Many Jobs Open O ther jobs currently open to young women include stenogra pher or clerk, reservation clerk, ticket office agent and many spe cialized positions, such as dieti tian or home economist for a ir line food service, personnel direc tor, public relations representa tive, staff photographer, designer, librarian or airline executive. Woman’s role in aviation has increased with m arked rapidity. As recently as 1938, m ajor airlines offered free trip s to wives who would ac company th eir husbands on flights. Now women need no inducem ent to fly—a recent survey revealing th a t 62 per cent of the women inter viewed planned to use airline service as compared with 68 r cent of the men. iring the w ar the airlines, like the railroads, hired women for m any jobs custom arily held by men, in some airlines the women employes accounting for 40 per cent of the total. Women served as pilots, meteorologists, flight and ground instructors, aviation mechanics, traffic control opera tors, aircraft comm unicators and ram p workers. K E V E R Y W H E R E that Mary goes, *~'ffhe goes adorably In her dress- hcrsclf frock I Gamboling lam b la In outline with loops in luzy-dalsy stitch. Legumes Open Soil To Air and Water System of Rotation Prevents Compaction Tight "itu ffy" soils are robbing muny farmers of high bushel-per- •cre yields of corn and small grains each year. Loams, silt loams und clay loams need large amounts of organic matter in the plow layer and deeper to keep them open and loose for high crop production. Heavy soils that are low In or ganic matter and worked with heavy tractors and machinery become Tap roots of alfalfa and sw eet clover, as shown In sketch, break through parked soil to assure w a ter and plant food for growiug crop«. packed, especially Just below the plow sole. These compactions slow down the intake of water. They cut down the amount of water and air the soil will hold for crop use. They keep the fibrous roots of cArn und small grain “upstairs” away from water and plant food held deeper in the soil. Temporary relief can be had by . using muchines that reach below the ordinary plow layer and break up the plow sole compactions. Real relief, however, comes only through regu lar use of deep-rooted legumes in the rotation. The driving tap roots of sweet clover and alfalfa force their way through the compactions and reach deep into the soil, thus opening it to air and water. The mineralized organic matter they leave there Im proves soil tilth and furnishes plant food for other crops. Channels of the tap roots are : routes for water and air and fibrous roots to follow deep Into the soil. Compaction-busting alfalfa and iweet clover need phosphate and pot ash if they are to do a good Job. Smash Sale Records All records for Ayrshire auction sales In the U. 8. were broken when an average of $2,267.39 was paid for 23 Scottish bred Ayr shire» imported and sold by Frank V. bile of Bellefontaine, Ohio. The sale grossed $52,150. A new record price for Ayrshire bull calves was set at $4,600 by Howard Baum and 80ns of Faint Valley farm , Bainbridge, Ohio, in the purchase of eight-months-old Killoch Gay Spark (above). Increased Yields Noted With Use of Fertilizer MOVIE PILOT . . . One of tlje m ost enthusiastic pilots in the movie colony isT )lck Powell. An ardent sportsm an, Powell also participates in yachting, polo, I autom obile and motorcycle racing. LANDING AIDS STATION In connection with authoriza tion from the Civil Aeronautics board to inaugurate flights be tween San Francisco and Hono lulu, United Airlines has assumed operation of the navy’s all-weather aircraft landing aids station at Arcata, Calif. The station, picked by the navy during the war be cause It had the most consistently foul weather on the West Coast, is equipped to develop and to test all kinds of aids to landing planes. M ake her a »unfrock and panties. Pat tern 74111; em broidery transfer, pattern In sizes 1. J. 3. «. 8. 8. Wheat yields can be stepped up 7 to 14 bushels per acre and the hay crop can be increased through use of more fertilizer in hay and pasture crops seeded in small grains, de clares Dr. D. R. 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A million deciduous and conifer ous trees are being sold at cost plus handling expense for planting on private lands. Another million co niferous trees are available for free distribution for planting on public landa. TRAININO TRA V IL PAY The NAVY has a Rent Business PropoaiUon for Young Men Who Want to “Go Place«.” Ask to r Information. Savy Recruiting Station
