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Newsmen Admit
Apprehension of
A-Bomb Mission
By WALTER A. SHEAD
WNU Correspondent
ABOARD USS APPALACHIAN
(Via Navy Radio) — Civil and mili
tary welcoming committees out of
the" way, with the beauty and color
of the Paradise of the Pacific a
pleasant memory interlude in the
midst of this serious military ex
periment the “Big Apple” today has
her nose pointed westward on the
second leg of our hop toward Bikini
atoll and the atomic bomb test, the
results of which may revolutionize
naval tactics. The waters of the
Marshall Islands are not new to the
Appalachian and the members of
her crew who first took her into
combat duty in these very waters
. the conquest and capture of
Kwajalein, which is our next port
of call. She is a sturdy ship and
bears few scars of her tour of duty
in the war in the Pacific in the
Marshalls, the Admiraltys, the Solo
mons, at Leyte, the Marianas, at
Guam and other action since Pearl
Harbor. On this tour she is the
press ship of Adm. W. H. P. Blan
dy’s task force and aboard are
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TO DROP BOMB , . . Major Har
old Wood, age 30, of Borclentown,
N. J., responsible for bullseye.
picked newspaper men and repre
sentatives of the other media such
as news reels, radio, technical mag
azines, television and others. Al
though most of them are on other
ships of the group, such as the Pan
amint and the Blue Ridge, there is
a sprinkling of scientists aboard and
a sort of friendly ribbing going on
constantly between the “lay” or
mine-run members of the press and
these scientific writers, many of
whom are members of the “I Am a
Frightened Man Club” and predict
dire results and dangers to person
nel of this task force when the bomb
burst, scheduled July 1, takes place.
In spite of their fun-poking,
the newspaper men generally
privately admit they feel some
apprehension and beneath the
raillery there is a feeling of
tenseness among many of us
which increases daily.
The trip thus far from Navy
Pier in Oakland to Honolulu,
where our two-day stay was all
too short, has been like a pleas
ure cruise but now we are get
ting down to the serious part
of this most stupendous military
experiment in history. The in
formation officers aboard ship
offer every facility and we are
scheduled for a series of round
table conferences to orientate
us to the main objectives.
One of the most interesting phases
of this operation is the time ele
ment. Fourteen different time zones
are involved in the operation by vir
tue of the location of Bikini west
•of the International Date Line. For
instance if the first atomic bomb is
dropped at 10 a. m. Monday, July 1.
it will be 5 p. m. Sunday, June 30,
m Chicago.
As this is written out of Pearl
Harbor we still have some 2,200
miles of trackless blue water to tra
verse at a speed of approximately
p knots or about 13 miles an hour.
Before we reach Kwajalein where
' v ’ e w iU spend a day viewing the
elaborate installations which have
. een set up in quarters, laborato
tles > air facilities as a base for the
m my air corps which will drop the
bomb and the 37,000 men.
The logistics and the planning
which have gone into this oper
ation will rival those in the in
vasion of Normandy and scien
tists in and out of the navy have
le ady for installation the most
elaborate measuring devices to
meter actual effects of the ex
plosion on the target array t-f
<nmbat and other ships, army
and navy material, live animals
tethered aboard some ships and
oidnance for army, navy and
air of all descriptions.
In addition recording devices, spe
' i V"' cons t r ucted cameras for tele
ision, radar controlled drone
P anes, which will fly through the
axormc cJoud a t varying heights will
n g back samples of the radio ac
r,yi baaterials and vapor to be
'. S led . to the laboratories for test.
n] * s ’■his radio activity for the ex
frrVu torns which may be used
4; e benefit of mankind in peace
th 6 v? Ursu^ts ‘ a matter, of fact,
, M * ttan district is now re
ti has released small por-
J s of radio activated substances
universities and laboratories.
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Allocate Steel to Brace Farm
Machinery Output; Pare Power
of OPA; Food Prices on Rise
(El)lTon’a “Released by Western Newspaper Union. 1
(Western wier"i*fn" opinions are expressed In these columns, they are those of
-Newspaper Unions news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.)
Finding use for blocks of stone from wartime blitzes, English
sculptors fashion figures in public dump with permission of Lon
don county council.
STEEL:
New Priorities
Production of vitally needed
farm equipment to help meet heavy
domestic and foreign food demands
will be maintained throughout the
summer months as a result of the
Civilian Production board’s estab
lishment of special priorities for steel
for the industry.
At the same time, the CPA set
up priorities for steel for manu
facturers of building products to as
sure adequate supplies for the vets’
housing program. The government
acted after the critical steel and
coal strikes had reduced available
stocks in the face of tremendous
demand from industry generally.
Farm equipment receiving prior
ity consideration included combines,
grain binders, corn pickers, potato
diggers and pickers, sugar beet and
cane harvesting machinery, haying
equipment, corn shellers, fruit and
vegetable graders, wheel type trac
tors, washers, sackers and convey
ors, ensilage cutters, row-type field
ensilage harvesters and peanut dig
gers.
Building products favored include
pressed steel bathtubs, sinks, lava
tories, furnaces, pipe, fittings and
duct work and steel registers and
grills.
LABOR:
Maritime Pact
As owner of 80 per cent of the
merchant marine, the U. S. stepped
into the maritime industrial dispute
and strove to avert a walkout threat
ening American shipping the world
over.
At the same time, CIO Pres.
Philip Murray came to the govern
ment’s assistance in seeking to
achieve a settlement and prevent
a split in the ranks of the maritime
union factions, dominated by Big
Joe Curran of the seamen and
Maritime chieftains (left to
right) Harry Bridges, Joseph Cur
ran and Hugh Bryson.
Harry Bridges of the longshoremen.
In taking over negotiations after
the unions and private operators
failed to record progress after
lengthy dickering, the U. S. part
ly met CIO demands for a shorter
work week by proposing to pay sea
men straight time for 48 hours and
time and a half for 8 hours on the
seventh day. The work week for
longshoremen was trimmed from 44
to 40 hours.
All ship personnel were offered a
$17.50 per month increase while
longshoremen would receive ap
proximately a 22 per cent per hour
boost.
CONGRESS:
Trim OP A
Encouraged by the inadequate
flow of goods to market in the re
conversion period, house and senate
EMPLOYMENT:
Despite the fact that labor
troubles have held up production in
many industries, employment has
shown a steady increase since De
cember, with the number of persons
employed in April totaling 54,550.000,
according to the Alexander Hamil
ton institute.
With the exception of July, 1943,
when 54,750,000 persons were em
ployed, employment in April was the
highest on record, being 6.6 per cept
higher than April of 1945,
THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL. PERRY, GEORGIA
conferees found themselves in
agreement on a number of provi
sions for removing OPA control
over the economy as they met to
whip up joint legislation on extend
ing the life of the agency.
Though passing two different
bills, both chambers found this com
mon ground of agreement as they
undertook to fashion a permanent
measure:
Removal of price ceilings
when supply of a commodity is
deemed suilicient.
Elimination of subsidies with
in a year.
Allowing manufacturers and
distributors adequate profit
margins.
Forbidding OPA to compel
dealers to absorb production
costs.
Abolition of OPA’s “maxi
mum price regulation” under
\vhich clothing makers are re
quired to balance output of
cheap and expensive goods.
FOOD:
Prices Rise
As a result of recent OPA price
adjustments to compensate for ris
ing production expenses, the annual
retail cost of meat, milk, butter,
cheese, dairy products and bread is
expected to jump up almost half a
billion dollars or about $3.45 a per
son.
This sum does not represent the
total cost of recent price increases
in food since charges for such sup
plementary products like citrus
fruits, cereals, apples and peaches
also have been boosted.
Following close upon OPA authori
zation for a cent a quart increase
in milk, 11 cents a pound for butter
and 6 cents a pound for Cheddar
cheese, bread was raised a penny
a loaf and bread type rolls a cent
a dozen. The price increase on bread
products was allowed to per
mit bakers to cover higher costs re
sulting from government orders to
reduce their use of flour by 25 per
cent.
PALESTINE:
British Hedge
Even as the Arab League met in
Bludan, Syria, to formulate opposi
tion to Anglo-American plans for
Jewish immigration to Palestine,
British Foreign Minister Bevin told
the annual Labor party conference
that immediate entry'of 100,000 Jews
to the Holy Land would impose se
vere military and financial strain
upon Britain.
Because of the high tension exist
ing between Arab and Jewish ele
ments in Palestine, Britain would
have to place an additional divi
sion of troops in the country to pre
serve order, Bevin said. Large
scale financing also would be re
quired for transport, housing and
extensive reclamation to solve the
vexing land problem.
Bevin’s reference to the need of
additional troops followed closely
upon Secretary of State Byrnes’ dis
closure that Britain had requested
the dispatch of American soldiers
to Palestine to help maintain order
in the event of agreement on per
mitting the entrance of 100,000 Jews.
With the immigration question
brought to a head by bitter Arab op
position and strong Jewish pressure
for accepting the plan, President
Truman appointed a special com
mittee of cabinet members to assist
him in formulating a policy on Pal
estine.
Feed Output Lags
Feed production during the war
years has not kept pace with in
creased livestock output, production
of feed grains and hay from 1941
to 1943 rising 7 per cent, while out
put of livestock jumped 18 per cent.
Price regulations until re
cently encouraged the market
ing of feeds through livestock
and livestock products rather
than on the cash market.
improved
UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
SUNDAY I
chool Lesson
By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST, D. D.
Of The Moody Bible Institute of ChicngO.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
Lesson for June 30
Lesson subjects nnd Scripture texts se
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
JESUS’ FRIENDS CARRY ON
HIS WORK
LESSON TEXT—Mark 16:15, 16, 19, 20;
Luke 24145-49; Acts 2:46, 47; 5:42.
MEMORY SELECTION—Go ye Into all
the world, and preach the gospel to every
creature.—Mark 16:15.
Friendship brings results. We re
spond to it with our own interest,
and by our desire to bring others
into its helpful circle of influence.
Obviously, the man who knows the
friendship of Jesus wants others to
meet his Friend and know his love
and power.
The disciples had seen the risen
Lord, a privilege which carried with
it the responsibility of declaring the
good news of completed redemp
tion to all the nations of the earth.
We find them engaged in
I. Blessed Preaching (Mark 16:
15, 16, 19, 20).
The call and commission of the
Lord before he was caught up into
heaven was clear and definite.
How glad we are that the disciples
obeyed, went and preached, and had
such blessed results.
The response of these early Chris
tians was immediate and enthusi
astic. Would that such a spirit had
characterized the church through
all the generations since then, and
if it had, the commission would long
since have been carried out. It has
been estimated that if everyone in
a church of two thousand were to
win one soul a year, and each con
vert win one soul each year, the
world would be evangelized in loss
than thirty-five years. Why not?
But while on the whole the church
has failed, there have been valiant
souls all down through its history
who have given themselves to the
business of preaching the gospel.
With them, as with these of the first
century, the secret is ever, “The
Lord working with them.”
11. Powerful Witnessing (Luke 24;
45-49).
The death and resurrection of
Christ made possible the preaching
of repentance and remission of sins,
the message of redemption which
was to go out to all nations through
the disciples.
They were witnesses of these
things, they spoke that which they
knew and had experienced, and so
their word carried weight and con
viction. That, however, was not the
secret of the success of their ef
forts; there was something more.
It is never enough for a man to
speak of the things of God, no mat
ter how brilliant and eloquent he
may be, nor how certain he may be
of his facts. He must have the
power of God.
The early believers were to tarry
until they received the Holy Spirit.
We need only yield to him for he is
present with every believer—the in
dwelling One—ready to empower
and use us.
We need a real revival of the Holy
Spirit power in the church, and we
need it now; If the church as a
whole will not yield to God, let us
do so as individuals that we may
be witnesses with power.
God is looking for men. He has
always honored those who in faith
have obeyed his command. The
whole history of church and mis
sionary endeavor bears eloquent
testimony to that fact.
111. Glad Soul-Winning (Acts 2:46,
47; 5:42).
There are a number of things in
this passage. There is the fine fel
lowship of the believers in the ear
ly church. We also note that they
were regular in their attendance at
the temple. They preached and
taught both in the temple and at
home. But the significant thing
which we wish to note now is that
it all resulted in the salvation of
souls.
The Lord added to the church
“day by day those that were
saved,” for such is the proper read
ing of verse 47. Day by day souls
were won for Christ and added to
the church. Why do we not have
more churches of that kind today?
The church, which is so much the
center of life for Christians, is not
as well understood as it should be.
We have come to regard it as just
one organization among many com
peting for the attention and interest
of men, when it is really a divine,
living organism established by
Christ as his body and representing
him in this world.
The church is made up of those
who are saved (v. 47), those who
have received the word by faith
and witnessed a good confession of
their faith in Christ (v. 41). This is
a fact to be remembered in a time
when there is so much laxness in
receiving members into the church.
It is not a religious or social club.
It is not a rallying place for those
who wish to work for some eco
nomic, political, or social project.
It is not a gathering of good people
who wish to share common in
terests.
The church needs to cleanse its
rolls of all unbelievers, all hangers
on, and to get back to the purity
which it had when only those were
received who were manifestly “add
ed” by the Lord (v. 47).
Woman's World
Make Slip-Covers for Summer
To Add Fresh Color Scheme
By £rlta ~11 u (eij
UVEN though you may not spend
as much of your time indoors
as you do outdoors, it’s smart to
make fresh slipcovers for dining
and living room furniture just to
give the home a change of color
and feeling.
Slipcovers are expensive to buy
and more frequently than not you
cannot find them in a color or pat
tern to suit your furnishings. If
every woman knew how really sim
ple they are to make, I’m sure that
every home would have a set of
covers to put on for the warm
months.
If you are an inexperienced seam
stress, better choose a plain fabric
or floral that does not need too
much work when it comes to match
ing the motif or having an up
and-down design. You’ll have to
measure carefully each individual
piece to make sure that you get
enough fabric for covering. Here’s
how it’s done:
You’ll need twice as much in
width as the chair measures, plus
one-third extra for height, plus
enough to go around each cushion.
A slipper chair, for example, will
take three yards of 50-inch fabric,
an overstuffed chair, 4% yards, a
large arm chair with reversible
cushions, 6 yards; a loveseat will
also take 6 yards, a large couch
with reversible cushions, 9. Decide
how much each piece requires and
add V 4 yard extra where the de
sign must be matched.
If you want to save on fabric, you
may decide that the bottom of the
cushions can be of a different, per
haps less expensive fabric. Or, the
bottom of the cushions can be pan
eled from pieces of the same ma
terial because they will not show.
Fit Chairs and Couches
As Boxes or Bodies
Since no patterns are available
for all the different sizes of chairs
and couches to be covered, you’ll
have to fit them yourself. That’s
easy, though, if you will just take a
length of the material, pin it to the
chair and make allowance for
seams. When placing the fabric on
Select crisp, guy prints . , ,
the chair, see that the grain of the
fabric is straight (this can be
marked with a chalk and ruler be
fore placing the fabric on the chair).
Allowance for generous seams
is important in making slipcovers.
You will remember that these are
washed constantly, and are pulled
by use. The seams should be made
strong to withstand this.
After the fabric is cut, it should
be basted, pressed and stitched. A
good idea is to cut and baste, then
press and try on before doing the
machine stitching. If there are any
spots that pull this matter can be
corrected before the cover is ma
chine-stitched.
Dining Room Chairs
Easily Covered
Always stitch perfectly straight
on slipcovers because that is the
next most important after fitting.
This, of course, will be easy if the
slipcover has been basted prop
erly. Use a medium-long machine
For summer slip-covers.
stitch for best results and check the
tension to be sure it is correct for
the fabric. Allow for ease around
the curved arm of the chair.
In the dining room, the whole job
will be one of covering only the
seats of chairs, and perhaps the
Summer Fashion Notes
Redingotes are very smart when
you want to appear strictly tailored
and they give you a chance to wear
the so smart print dresses and solid,
bright colors.
If you want to look cool and col
lected during the ' summer, avoid
the use of too many frills, too much
gingerbread. They seem to weigh
down a dress and make it lose its
freshness quickly.
Smart Dinner Wear |
Kffir fle mllllillw^
A smart version of the shirt
waist dinner dress, becoming to
all ages, can be made in a few
hours on your sewing machine.
The blouse itself is a welcome ad
dition to the wardrobe because it
can be worn the year ’round with
skirts and suits.
backs, if the chair is of that type.
If the chair is odd-shaped make a
cushion and cover for the seat, us
ing two pieces of heavy fabric to
fit the seat and placing a layer
of cotton between these two and
stitching around the edge. I
Cut a top and bottom for the pad
out of the fabric you want for
the color scheme, place in position,
binding or cording it. Attach ties
for this, and have these come
around the two back legs to hold the
cushion and cover in place.
After you are certain the pleats’
fit as you want them, machine
stitch. The final pressing is done
while the pleats are pinned togeth
er to make sure they will stay to
gether properly. Use a damp
press cloth and press only moder
ately hard. Remove the basting
threads and then press again to
remove any marks caused by these
threads.
Most slipcover materials do not
ravel easily, and if the seams are
cut with pinking shears, they will
not have to be finished any further.
If you want to use a binding or
cording for trimming, baste this in
place and then stitch so that it will
not show too much. For simple
summer slipcovers, this binding is
not used often, although it is per
fectly proper if you desire it.
Secret of Pressing
No garment can really look
professional until it is carefully
pressed. In sewing, for instance,
it’s a fundamental rule to press
all seams after they are stitched,
and definitely do so before one
seam is attached to another.
See that the board is well pad
ded with cotton, flannel or mus
lin. If there is any lumpiness
in the board, it will show up on
the garment when it is pressed.
All pressing cloths should be
free of sizing or dressing or lint,
and should be washed frequent
ly. A heavy muslin is best for
.wool while light-weight muslin is
regarded as best for other ma
terial.
A sponge may be used for ap
plying water to seams for open
ing them. Place a press cloth
over the material, sponge and
press.
Tailor’s cushions should be
used to press the rounded parts
of the garment such as pockets
or seams that are curved. These
may be purchased or made at
home from two oval pieces of
cloth, and filled with kapok or
wadding.
Before pressing any fabric,
test a piece of the material to
see how much heat the fabric
will take and then adjust the iron
accordingly.
Shoes ft»r summer still include the
popular wedgie. See them in all
colors to match the summer cos
tume.
Notice the interesting effects
achieved by the use of straw in
summer hats and handbags. Coolie
hats are very popular for beach
wear, but large brim, “picture*'
hats are still very pretty for street
and dress-up wear.
