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WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS——
Second Bikini Bomb Wreaks
Heavy Damage; OPA Renews
Power to Keep Prices in Line
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Indian coolies unload cargo of precious grain at Bombay. Borne
by the first of a fleet of twelve U. S. food ships, the grain will partly
ease India’s severe food shortage.
CROSSROADS:
Heavy Damage
Although accompanied by none of
the fanfare of the first surface test,
the underwater explosion of the
atomic bomb in Bikini lagoon pro
duced equally startling results, with
the one A-charge sinking no less
than ten ships and heavily damag
ing six others.
Hours after the blast, the water
of Bikini lagoon remained too hot
from radioactivity set off by the
bomb to permit close inspection of
the damage. 'Clouds along a 30-
mile front became contaminated
with atomic particles and naval ob-.
servers disclosed that rain from the
mass could be deadly.
A massive column of water, hur
tling more than a mile into thp Pa
cific sky, and a thick sheet of
spray and steam that rose to 9,000
feet, followed the detonation of
the bomb, which was touched off by
radio from beneath a medium land
ing ship.
Veteran of two world wars, the
21,000-ton battleship Arkansas sank
Tons of water shoot skyward as
atomic bomb is set off beneath
surface in Bikini lagoon. %
within five minutes of the blast, and
the 33,000-ton aircraft carrier Sara
toga also went down. The battleship
New York, the Jap dreadnaught Na
gato and the destroyer Hughes and
transport Fallon were severely crip
pled by the charge.
ATOMIC CONTROL:
Russ Rejection
Even as Bikini reverberated with
the explosion of the second atomic
bomb test in the Pacific, Russia
turned thumbs down on the U. S.
proposal for international control of
the atomic energy.
Addressing a closed meeting of
the United Nations atomic energy
committee on controls in New York,
Soviet Representative Gromyko as
serted that the U. S. suggestion that
the veto be eliminated in atomic
regulation could not be accepted
by Russia because it would tend to
destroy the principle of unanimity
among the Big Five in preserving
postwar peace.
Gromyko also rapped the pro
posal for establishing an independ
ent agency for the control of atomic
energy, declaring that the U.N. se
curity council consisting of the Big
Five as permanent members pos
sessed both the power and means
to deal with the problem.
REPARATIONS:
Pauley Reports
Further friction between the U. S.
and Russia loomed after Edwin
W. Pauley’s revelation that the U.
S. was considering measures for re
enforcing the Manchurian economy
at the Soviets’ expense following
their wholesale stripping of indus
trial equipment in that country.
FOREST FIRES:
aste Resources
Merchantable timber, young
growth not yet merchantable and
seres of seedlings, valued in all at
ttore than $5,000,000, were among
timber resource losses that went
U P in smoke during the year 1945.
Approximately 27 per cent of the
1945 forest fires on protected areas
were reported as of incendiary
origin.
Back in the U. S. after a 49,000-
mile trip aropnd the world as Presi
dent Truman’s reparations commis
sioner, Pauley said that the U. S.
was pondering the permanent sus
pension of shipments of surplus
industrial plants from the western
zone of Germany to Russia to off
set deliveries of Japanese equip
ment to looted Manchuria.
Declaring that Russian seizures
had thrown industries valued at two
billion dollars in Manchuria out of
gear, Pauley said that the reduced
productive plant would set almost
a billion oriental people back a gen
eration in their economic develop
ment unless the damage were re
paired.
OPA:
Back in Business
No sooner had President Truman
signed the compromise OPA bill ex
tending the agency until June 30,
1947, than it swung into action to
stabilize the national economy,
which strained with the removal of
controls.
Passed after the President
had vetoed an earlier bill, the
compromise measure contained
many provisions designed to as
sure both producers and distrib
utors of adequate working mar
gins, However, it modified the
original Taft amendment, which
Mr. Truman charged would al
low manufacturers unwarranted
profits, by setting up ceilings
based on 1940 prices plus in
creased costs.
The three-man super price con
trol board set up under the meas
ure to determine what commodities
shall remain under regulation faced
the task of deciding whether to per
mit the automatic restoration of
meat, livestock, milk, cotton seed,
soy beans and feed to supervision by
August 21. At the same time, the
board was to determine whether
ceilings be reimposed on eggs,
poultry, petroleum, leaf tobacco or
their products.
To Secretary of Agriculture An
derson went authority under the
new OPA bill to price agricultural
products, subject to review of the
control board.
While OPA was stripped of
much of its former powers, it
retained the authority to rule
on manufacturers’ price in
creases and regulate rents. Al
though the bill directed that
wholesalers and retailers must
fie allowed ceilings adequate to
cover current costs, profit mar
gins were held to March 31,
1946, levels.
POLIO:
On Rise
Despite the rising incidence of in
fantile paralysis, the U. S. public
health service stated that it expects
no major epidemic to occur this
year because cases are more wide
ly distributed among a larger num
ber of states.
Figures showed 3,242 cases re
ported so far this year compared
with 2,048 for the same period in
1945 and 2,320 in 1944, the second
worst year for polio. For the week
ended July 20, 646 new cases were
reported compared with 403 the pre
ceding week.
Apprehensive over spread of the
disease, public health officials issued
these precautions: Avoid fatigue
and plunging into cold water on hot
days; delay mouth, nose and throat
operations; observe personal clean
liness; wash fresh fruits and vege
tables carefully, and be on the
watch for such polio symptoms as
upset stomach, diarrhea, vomiting,
headache, fever or signs of a cold.
Urban Transit Heavy
Passenger traffic on urban
transit lines in the United States
is continuing at its wartime
peak despite the lifting of re
strictions on private automo
biles.
The nation’s 89,240 street
cars, trackless trolley coaches
and gas buses carried more
than 9,225,000,000 passengers
from January to May of this
year.
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The Great American Home
Pop—Well, what have we got in
the family now, a psychopathic
case or a character actress?
Mom—What do you mean, Henry?
Pop—l mean our daughter. I just
got a gander at her down the street.
She’s rigged out like a refugee
from war-torn Eurbpe!
Mom—Oh, you mean those knock
about clothes!
Pop—l mean she’s wearing over
alls and a man’s shirt . . . and the
shirt outside the pants!
Mom—Girls will be girls, my
dear.
Pop—Okay by me but they wanna
be boys! Why this costume that
would indicate she just fled from a
fire without time to get her right
clothes?
Mom—lt’s just a new summer fad,
darling. The kids like to be com
fortable and cool.
Pop—Since when were men’s
overalls regarded as the symbol of
comfort and coolness?
Mom Jufnpers, not overalls,
dear.
Pop—They look more like men’s
overalls than men’s overalls do.
And why the shirt-tails outside,
that’s what 1 wanna know?
Mom—Oh, don’t take it so seri
ously. All the young girls are dress
ing that way.
Pop—What for? What’s wrong
with the idea of a girl looking sweet
and dainty? What’s so awful about
her looking a little feminine?
Mom—l think the kids today
look rather cute.
Pop—Bah! If Prunella is cute in
those slop-ins and man’s oversized
shirt, so is the Witch of Windsor.
She had three kids with her all
dressed the same. They look to me
as if they were waiting for a broom
ride. Where do they get these
screwball ideas?
Mom—You’re being old-fashioned.
I don’t know why Prunella wears
her shirttail outside but it prob
ably is just a reflection of the de
sire to be unconventional, unfet
tered, free.
Pop—Bilge water! I say it’s just
a sloppy custom that makes a girl
look like a character out of the
dressing room of the Marx Broth
ers, a sort of belle of the rummage
sale, and I’m giving my ultimatum.
Mom—Ultimatum?
Pop—Yeah! Get my daughter
back into female attire! And be
fore somebody names her Miss
Hobo for 1946.
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VANISHING AMERICANISMS
“All you can eat for 60 cents!"
♦
“Try our beef pie 30 cents!”
*
“Today’s Special: Planked Steak.”
“Concert , boat races, baseball game,
dance and sheepbake, $1.50 per person,
beer free.
“We make you a suit for $5O with extra
pants."
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Back Home Stuff
Perry’s boat house and clam bar
is no more. . . For over half a
century it stood at the old iron
bridge across Indian Creek on the
winding road along the Connecticut
shore, a landmark to young and
old. . . . D. B. Perry started it as
a young man, built his house on the
water’s edge and raised his family
there, renting boats, selling bait and
fish and dishing out clams on the
half shell with a flavor of chestnuts.
... He closed the clam bar in the
shack with the quaint iron stove
in the center several seasons ago
much to the regret of natives and
tourists. . . . Only one sob, Ernie,
remained to run things, and with
“D. B.” ailing, it was decided last
week to sell the boats and wind
up the business. . . . Now there isn’t
a boat at the landing and it seems
strangely unreal. ... No more
will the sign that seemed to us to
represent the acme of individual en
terprise and success be seen there
around October 1, “Closed for Busi
ness Until Next April.”
• • •
‘NIGHT AND DAY’
A new movie “Night and Day”
tells the life story of Cole Porter.
4 And we wonder if it includes the
episode of his first musical at the
Shubert theater in New Haven, “See
America First,” with Liz Marbury
as his discoverer and producer. We
can recall Cole, a dapper Eli, nerv
ously listening to the comments in
the Taft pharmacy next door be
tween the acts. . . . Incidentally the
part of a middle-aged Yale profes
sor in the movie is played by Monty
Woolley who, at about the time Por
ter was at Yale, was also a student
there.
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Visitors to Saratoga will miss that
ancient landmark, the Grand Union
hotel, razed since the last racing
season there. The coil of rope in
the corner of the room, the marble
washstands with the open plumb
ing, the soiled window shades, the
massive chandeliers and the beds
that Washington slept in (followed
by Buffalo Bill and his buffalo
herds). Ah, what memories! . .
And those two-mile rambling veran
das which were ever a reminder of
the days when porches were porches
and rockers were rockers!
WOMAN'S WORLD
Old Coats Make Nice Toppers
If Tailoring Is Well Handled
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npHE most popular coat for the
younger set for the present ap
pears to be the short topper that
fits well over all kinds of dresses
on d even suits. It’s sort of a casual
affair that slips on and off easily
but still makes the girls look well
turned out.
It’s surprising how many old
coats can be converted easily into
attractive toppers for school. Per
haps last year’s coat looks just a
bit shabby for wear this year, or
is a bit outmoded by the abundance
of shorter coats the others are wear
ing, If the coat is plaid or tweed
or a nice solid color, then it is per
fect material for the popular top
per.
Look for a coat whose material is
firmly woven with enough body to
tailor nicely. If the coat has a nice
top, such as a lapel style or even
a collarless one that sets well on
the girl, you will have to do little
to the coat except, perhaps, to
change the padding in the shoul
ders, and make a present of a new
lining that will carry it through the
present school season.
You will probably not use a pat
tern for the coat, but in cutting it
down it is perhaps best to fit it on
the girl so as to be sure that you
get the right length to it. This
should be folded up and pinned first
so that you will know exactly how it
looks before going to work with the
shears.
When Changing Sizes
Use New Pattern
If, however, you are making a
large coat into a smaller one, the
best plan to follow is to rip the coat
apart and use a pattern. Have the
coat cleaned, ripped carefully, and
pressed very flat so that pinning and
cutting can be easily done.
When working with woolens, you
can’t have the ironing board too
handy. All seams on such heavy
material should be pressed open
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Remodel lust year’s coat. . . .
carefully as soon dS they are
stitched. This pressing may sound
like a lot of nonsense, but it’s ab
solutely essential so that you work
along carefully planned lines and
get the stitching as even as pos
sible.
The seam allowance on woolens
should be ample as the fabric will
pul! out unless you’ve taken care of
this carefully. It’s also necessary
to allow plenty for seams so that
the garment can be pressed well
and have the seams lie flat once they
are put together.
In some woolens which do not rav
el easily, or those which are not
too heavy, the seams may be fin
ished with pinking shears, but
should the fabric be heavy at all
it’s best to overcast the edges to
give a nice finish to the garment.
If you are remodeling an old coat,
and particularly if shortening to a
topper style, you will have to re
move the pockets. Fit the pockets
onto the coat after it has been short
ened because in most cases they will
have to be lifted, and they should
fit the wearer.
Pin the pockets in place, with the
sides of the pockets on a true
lengthwise grain of fabric. Then
stitch up to the top of the pocket,
then turn down and stitch to the
bottom, across, up to the top of the
opposite side, and down the width of
the hem. Pivot squarely at each
corner. Keep stitching within A
inch of the edge, which will make
For this year’s football games.
Fashion Forecast
Accessories are an important
wardrobe brightener. Look for flow
ers, jewelry and interesting stitches
in gloves if you want to be in fash
ion.
The romantic influence is still pre
dominant in many fashions. You’ll
see it in suits with flared tails, in
those colorful apron effects for
dresses and skirts, and in very, very
feminine h»ts.
Designed for School
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Shoulder detail takes this blue
and white striped blouse out of
the ordinary class. Diana Lynn,
star of “Easy Come, Easy Go,”
wears this costume, so ideal for
the school girl.
the stitching less conspicuous than
if you stitched Vs or Va of an inch
from the edge.
Easy Guide Offered
For Lining Coat
If you’re remodeling a coat,
chances are that the lining will have
to be replaced. Select a fabric that
slips easily—a type always desira
ble for lining any garment—and
choose a color that is harmonious.
Some of the somber colors may be
livened with gay plaid or contrasting
brighter colors. An inconspicuous
dark color, or a color a shade dark
er than the coat itself, is always a
good guide.
Remove the old lining from the
coat, rip it apart and use this as a
pattern for cutting a new lining.
Since most lining fabrics are of a
slippery material, such as rayons
and taffeta, it is perhaps best to
baste them before sewing.
Remember that the linings are
sewed on the outside, as the inside
of the lining is actually the outside
when it is placed in the coat. You
will have to attach the lining with
hand stitching and this is done with
small stitches so that the material
will not slip loose.
While you are sewing on the coat,
you will press it on the wrong side
making sure all the seams are flat.
However, when the coat is com
pletely finished, the final pressing
job will have to be done on the out
side. Have a fairly heavy cloth well
dampened, and lay this over the
right side of the material before you
run the iron over it. Hang carefully
and the coat will be ready to wear.
Handling Materials
Labels on ready-made gar
ments and fabrics are an impor
tant guide to their care and will
repay you well in the long run.
These directions will tell you
what temperature to use for
pressing, as well as tips on the
types of cleaning necessary.
If your label tells you wool is
preshrunk, you won’t have to
shrink it yourself. If not shrunk,
do it thus: Wet a three-yard
piece of muslin, wring it out and
lay over the wool. Roll both fab
rics together smoothly and allow
to stand for 12 hours. Then re
move wool, hang to dry. You
may then be sure there will not
be shrinkage after the garment
is cut and sewed.
If you are an inexperienced
seamstress, select only small
prints and checks so that they
can be matched easily to other
pieces during the sewing.
Look for velvet and ruffles—feath
ers, too—in dressy costumes for
the fall. This is a romantic era,
and fashion is using that theme,
particularly for evening wear.
Beach coats are here in full force
this year. Some of them look like
robes for the home, except for the
material, and others are pert and
crisp, about knee-length. Others are
made to match the bathing suit.
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UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL'
SUNDAY I
chool Lesson
By HAROLD L, LUNDQUIST. D. D.
Of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
Lesson for August 11
Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se
lected and copyrighted by International'
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission,
JESUS AND HOME
RELATIONSHIPS
LESSON TEXT—Exodus 20:12; Mark
7:9-13; Luke 2:51, 52; Ephesians 6:1-4.
MEMORY SELECTION—Honor thy fa
ther and thy mother; that thy days may be
long upon the land which the Lord thy God
glveth thee.—Exodus 20:12.
Home—that place so dear to the
heart of each one of us—is even
more precious in the sight of God.
He is concerned about our homes
and those who live in them.
Right relationship between chil
dren and parents have much to do
with the peace and prosperity of a
community and a nation. Experi
ence has demonstrated that to be
true, but even more basic is the
fact that it is in accord with the
promise of God.
One of the sad breakdowns in
modern life is that of proper honor
and obedience to parents by chil
dren. In all too many homes God’s
order has been reversed and in
stead of honoring and obeying their
parents, children (both young and
old) have taken the place of “boss,”
and mother and father must obey
if they want peace and rest.
The problem of juvenile delin
quency, or perhaps we should say
more correctly, parental delinquen
cy, is right on our doorsteps now.
That means that the need for our
lesson is both great and acute. The
future happiness of hundreds of
thousands of children and the pres
ent welfare of thousands of neglect
ed and boss-ridden parents will de
pend on the intelligence and faith
fulness with which this lesson is
taught in our churches, and the hon
esty of heart with which we all re
ceive its truth.
I. The- Responsibility Stated
(Exod. 20:12).
“Honor thy father and thy moth
er”—how good, and substantial, and
right those words sound.
We are told by Paul that this is
the “first commandment with prom
ise” (Eph. 6:1-3). The Lord was
not making a bargain with man, or
seeking to draw out obedience by a
prize, but there is obviously a great
reward in the observing of this com
mandment.
Then too as the children of God
(if we are such) through Jesus
Christ, the first and most important
consideration to come*’before us is,
What is the mind and will of the
Maker of us all regarding this mat
ter of the relationship between par
ents and children? His words are
plain: we are to “honor” our fa
thers and our mothers.
The word “honor” carries with it
a great many things, but per
haps the three outstanding elements
are respect, obedience and affection.
But men do not wish to follow
God’s direction, so we see next
11. The Responsibility Evaded
(Mark 7:9-13).
Such an important commandment
naturally held a high place in the
thinking of the community. To vio
late it involved a measure of shame
which met* sought to avoid. So the
Jews of Christ’s day devised a
scheme which made it possible for
a man to appear to be very religious
even as he deprived his parents of
the honor and help to which they
were entitled by the law of God.
The man who did not wish to sup
port his aged and needy parents
could entirely evade that God-given
responsibility by declaring that his
property was “Corban”; tfiat is,
dedicated by a vow to God. There
after no matter how great was the
need of his parents they could re
ceive nothing, and yet he could keep
it and use it for himself.
Thus do men make “the word of
God of none effect” (v. 13) through
their traditions. The method differs
but the spirit persists even in
our day.
Jesus made short work of such
trickery and evasion. He declared
their man-made creeds and tradi
tions to be simply a means of mak
ing the command of God of none
effect. Once more he condemns that
formal religious observance which
serves as a cloak for sin and
selfishness.
111. The Responsibility Fulfilled
(Luke 2:51-52; Eph. 6:1-4).
The manner in which children
should be obedient to their parents
and honor them in the home is beau
tifully exemplified in the life of our
Lord, living as a boy in Nazareth.
In the home the growing youth
finds the best place for normal, well
rounded development (v. 52). There
is no substitute for the home.
The words of the Holy Spirit
through Paul in Ephesians 6:1-4
stress the same truth and enlarge
upon it.
This matter of honoring and obey
ing parents “is right,” says Paul.
It is the Lord’s way, but it is also
that which commends itself to ev
ery right-thinking pefson. ■
There is tremendously important
truth on the other side of the pic
ture. Parents are not to provoke
their children to anger, to disre
spect or disobedience.
May God help us who are parents
that we may take to heart this part
of our lesson. Our children are our
most valuable possession.
