Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994, October 17, 1946, Image 3

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Newspaper Page Text! WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Postwar Output Moves Into High Gear; Army Modifies Draft Proposal; Fats to Remain Short ________ Released by Western Newspaper Union. rniTOR'S NOTE: When opinions are exnressed in ~ Chart released by Reconversion Director Steelman marks progress in civilian production, with figures with asterisks indicating produc tion and other figures representing shipments to dealers. RECONVERSION: Steelman Reports The wartime economy of the U. S. has reached a fork in the road, Re conversion Director John R. Steel man declared in his quarterly re port to the President and congress. In ohe direction lies unprecedented, stable prosperity; in the other, boom and bust. Steelman pleaded with business, labor, agriculture and consumers to avert an inflationary spiral. He asked business to hold down prices; labor to refrain from making un sound wage demands; agriculture to continue to produce at a record clip, and consumers to desist from spending freely. Despite record employment of 58 million and an annual production rate of 172 billion dollars, many key commodities remain scarce, Steel man said. Accumulation of inven tories at a rate of 6V2 billion dol lars yearly indicates there is some speculative hoarding, he added. The meat shortage promises to worsen this winter and supplies of fats, oils and sugars will remain tight for many months. Up 23 per cent from 1943, clothing prices are expected to go up another 10 per cent by the end of 1946. CIO: Fight Reds The growing movement against Communist influence in the CIO re ceived further impetus in New York City when 34 officials of six CIO affiliates organized to do battle against the Reds. Forming the CIO Committee for Democratic Trade Unionism, the group, headed by Vice Pres. Jack Altman of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store union, con ceded that Communists had wormed Disgusted with “the dirty work of the Communists within our union,” Frank R. McGrath, president of the CIO Unit ed Shoe Workers, announced his resig nation in Washington, D. C. their way into CIO councils and sought to divert the labor move ment to advancement of the cause of a foreign nation and its idealogy. In addition to Altman, the new committee included representatives of the United Auto Workers, Textile Workers, Rubber Workers, Utility Workers and Novelty Workers. In banding together to combat the Communist menace, they followed the lead of democratic elements within the CIO Electrical and Up holsterers’ unions. RUBBER: Cut Price While the state department de clared that an unexpected increase In production of Malayan rubber has permitted the British to slash their price to 2014 cents a pound to the U. S., experts asserted that the government’s threat to utilize a greater capacity of this country’s huge synthetic industry resulted in the reduction. British, Dutch and French produc ers had hiked their price to 2314 POWER: A total of 1,070,000 residential and farm customers was added by the electric power industry in the U. S. during the first eight months of 1946 despite the housing shortage and difficulties encountered in securing poles, wire and equipment, Edison Electric institute reported. Data received from power sys tems throughout the country show that for the 12-month period after V-J Day 1,668,000 new customers of all classes were added. cents a pound from the wartime rate of 2014 cents when Uncle Sam contracted to purchase 145,000 tons during the latter half of 1946. Con gressional protest that the U. S. was being gouged by plantation op erators led the state department into insisting on the lower price in buying an additional 200,000 tons, it was said. Because of a desire to provide the British, Dutch and French with American dollars for purchases in this country, the state department has recommended that the U. S. ob tain the bulk of its rubber from Far Eastern plantations and utilize only 250,000 tons of its huge synthetic ca pacity yearly. DRAFT: Modify Plan In modifying its postwar draft plans for teen-agers, the army im proved the prospects for eventual congressional adoption. The state ment of Rep. Dewey Short (Rep., Mo.) that he would consider a modi fied draft after having been con vinced of its necessity by General Eisenhower indicated which way the wind was blowing. While the new plan calls for the induction of 18-year-olds, it differed from previous proposals in that it confined intensive training to six months and gives the draftee a num ber of alternatives in completing the remainder of his service. He could: —Continue his specialized mili tary training for six months. —Enlist in any of the regular mil itary services, national guard or re serve corps. —Enter West Point or Annapolis. —Enlist in the reserve corps and take up an approved college course, including R.O.T.C. training, or a technical course in an authorized school. Inductees would not be subject to military law but a special code of conduct and receive a monthly al lowance of $3O plus subsistence, de pendents’ benefits, insurance and disability compensation, if eligible, FATS: Remain Short The U. S. faces a continuing short age of fats and oils during the next 12 months as production drops 1 billion pounds below the estimated demand of 10.7 billion pounds, Charles E. Lund, food specialist in the department of commerce, de clared at a meeting of the Amer ican Meat institute. The most pronounced scarcity will remain in butter, with demand con tinuing heavy for fluid milk and dairy products affording producers a larger profit. With butter output down 35 per cent from prewar lev els and per capita consumption re duced from 18 to 10 pounds, only slight improvement is expected in 1947, Lund said. Supplies of paint oils, drying oils and laundry soap will continue short because of limited stocks of inedi ble fats and oils. Diversion of substantial amounts of coconut oil from the Philippines to other countries has limited the relief ex pected from that quarter, Lund de clared. Farmers Rap Congress I 4 Only 19 per cent of the nation’s farmers believe the 79th session of congress, which ended in August, did a good job, according to a sur vey made by Successful Farm ing magazine. Forty per cent rata the accomplishments as “fair” while 24 per cent regard them as “poor.” ~ Farmers took into consideration the complex problems faced by this wartime and reconversion congress. THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL, PERRY, GEORGIA FOOTBALL: Wo Football' “Postwar college football has no i more relation to education than bull- I fighting to agriculture.” So said Robert V. Fletcher, chair man of the board of American uni versity of Washington, D. C., in commenting upon the school’s per manent ban on football. Elaborating on Fletcher’s state ment, Prexy Paul F. Douglass declared that agents and scouts of affluent coaches scoured the coun try for likely talent and then bid, i and bitterly, for promising pros- I pects’ services. Passage of the G.I. bill of rights has permitted the ivory-hunters to I affer athletes even more than for merly, Douglass said. In addition to tuition, books and subsistence payments made by the Veterans’ I administration, players sometimes | receive as much as $2OO per month more in cash or fictitious jobs. PARIS: Override Russ Overriding the bitter opposition of the Russian camp, the Anglo-Amer ican bloc pushed through the French compromise proposal for strong United Nations’ control over the free territory of Trieste in a :ommittee session of the Paris peace conference. If finally adopted by the general Convention and the foreign ministers’ council, the proposal would estab lish an all-powerful governor acting ander the U.N, for Trieste. He could introduce legislation, wield a veto, maintain order, conduct foreign af fairs and name and remove the ju iiciary. Pro-Russian opposition to the pro posal grew from the hope that Yugoslav and Italian Communists could dominate the free territory through majority representation in an elected assembly. In acting to establish strong authority in Tri este, the Anglo-American bloc sought to prevent the domination cf either the Yugoslavs or Italians by the other. TURTLE: Long Jump The big, blue, two-motored “Truc ulent Turtle” circled in a steep bank at 2,000 feet and one engine sput tered. The crowd at the Columbus, Ohio, airport watched ahxiously in fear that the plane’s tanks were running dry. Then, Comdr. Thomas D. Davies, 32, leveled off the ship, the motor picked up, and he made a safe landing to complete a rec ard-breaking 11,236-mile flight in 55 hours and 17 minutes. The temporary engine trouble at the airport was not the only anxious moment the “Truculent Turtle” caused on the long haul from Perth, William M. Mann (left) of Na tional zoo in Washington, I). C M and Commander Davies with kan garoo carried on record hop. Australia. In the Bougainville-New Guinea area, the crew rode out heavy weather; 200 miles off California, they An into thick clouds and flew on instruments; north of San Fran cisco, ice formations on the wings | cut speed to 150 m.p.h. Although Commander Davies and I his three-man crew were not fazed by the mechanical rigidities of their flight, they intimated that the 35- pound baby kangaroo they carted as a gift to a Washington, D. C., zoo was more than their match as he fussed in his cage. NUERNBERG: U. S. Must Lend: Goering No. 2 Nazi during Hitler’s heyday and leader of the German bigwigs I on trial for war crimes at Nnern ; berg, Hermann Goering told » Brit- I ish correspondent that U. S. reten tion of leadership in the field of the atom bomb was the hope of the I world. Otherwise, he said, civili zation is doomed. I Speaking out after having been condemned to death along with 11 ( | other top Nazis for war crimes, j Goering further declared that the i character of future German govern ments will depend upon the U. S. and Britain. To the question whether he thought he had received a fair trial, Goering responded that the court could not be objective because the proceedings were of a political na ture. Politely, he purred: “One | really could not say that all the possibilities of defense were at my | disposal.” V. D.: i Public health officials will use penicillin to attack venereal dis eases in Louisville this fall as the city becomes the nation’s seventh to wage all-out war against syphilis and gonorrhea with the newest drugs and clinical techniques. | The Louisville war on V. D. will combine continued research with treatment and cure. Blood tests giv en in other cities revealed thousands who had V. D. and didn’t know it. Doctors still are searching for bet ter ways to detect V. D. Woman's World Brighten Kitchen with Color, For Happier Working Honrs in - L\, £■//« 'T'HE CURRENT emphasis on col or extends to every room of the house, even the kitchen. It used to be the fashion to keep this impor tant working center as white and barren-looking as possible. For tunately for the little woman who spends a goodly portion of the day in her kitchen, this room can now be as bright and attractive as the rest of the home. A cheerful kitchen is a real in spiration to work, and it certainly improves morale. Any job is njuch easier if the surroundings are color ful and gay instead of drab. Clean walls, freshly painted or washed are not to be minimized, and it should be the duty of every homemaker to see that her kitchen walls are kept clean, whether she does them herself or not. Walls gather grease easily, and they must be washed and painted at least once a year, and sometimes, wash ing several times a year is pre scribed, depending upon location, etc. It’s really easy to make the most of the kitchen, and anyone who takes the time to look for ways to improve this room will find the task an easy one. What about several sets of fresh curtains so they will always look crisp and neat? Are your shelves kept immacu late with oilcloth or paper and matching edging? This is easy to do, if you just take a spare morn ing and put them in order. Line the drawers and other shelves at the same time, and see how much time it saves to have everything in apple pie order. J-r-jJ / J I ( »T) ■ —M U n Oo n„ O, Oa I / O, H P"- — U o, 00 H I o. Do Do a„ o, n ° If you want to enjoy conking . . . Now take a look at your chairs. Wouldn’t they be just a bit more attractive with oil cloth cush ions and a little narrow ruffling around them? Just visualize before you start, and go to work. All sew ing, stitching and cutting for deco rative effects of this type are quite simple. Make Several Sets of Kitchen Curtains If you have your own sewing ma chine, it will be very easy to run up several sets of curtains for kitch en windows. Simply measure care fully, cut to size and sew. Cur tains for the kitchen may be tailored or ruffled as your taste dictates. If you are tailoring curtains, use sturdy cottons or a combination of cotton and linen, and see that pleats or soft gathers hang well. A good idea for making tailored curtains is to use flour or sugar sacks. Bleach and dye them to match your color scheme. This material will wear well on windows and lends itself to soft gathering or soft pleating. If you are afraid the fabric you use may shrink, put in extra length, take it up at the top, and then take out the stitches after washing and your curtains will be long enough. \ 1 I Hm •J l 1 V _ns_ 11 u a "■"Ti ■ n I I f 1 a« On D 0 Q 0 Qa Make your kitchen colorful. How much ruffling is necessary for this type of curtain? Usually I the ruffle is made two and one i half times longer than the edge to be ruffled, and the ruffling may i be done with this type of attach ment on the sewing machine. If you are doing the ruffling by hand, see I that it is evenly spaced, j Chair covers for the kitchen may | be something of a new idea but Fall Fashion Notes Dressmaker coats are very popu lar for both the young and more | mature figures. They come in neat looking dark shades as well as the brighter, gayer colors. Scarves are gaining in popular ! Ity especially as neckline trimming j for dresses and suits. A cleverly cut neckline is easily augmented or filled in with cleverly draped or placed scarf. Directoire Styling diiyik v ' Ifwlli A :Y- m This black faille suit from Gun ther shows Directoire influence in its black waistcoat effect jacket and high throated gilct of soft white poplin. A forward tilting postillion of red niilan straw is trimmed with a chou of black taffeta. you’d be surprised, at how much they dress up the room. If you don’t want to cover the chairs for the dinette set in the kitchen or break fast nook, then do be sure to cover the high work chair that you use. A little cushion on top of the chair will also make for a great deal of comfort during working hours. Covers Should Match Kitchen’s Color Scheme Gay chintz may be used, and it should match the curtains or some of the color scheme of the kitcheh. It may be of a solid or print. Another good choice is oilcloth, and an old tablecloth might be util ized for this purpose. Cut it as you would any fabric and stitch on the machine. Cotton batting makes a nice padding for a chair of this type. Select tablecloths and linens with as much care as you would furnish ings for your other rooms. In fact, one of the easiest ways of giving the kitchen a much needed lift would be some attractive table cloths, place mats and dish towels. There are materials now avail able in orchard prints, fiesta prints and others that are just waiting for the opportunity to help you deco rate the kitchen. Care of Rayons Rayons are washable or dry cleanable depending upon their construction and finish. See the labels that come with them to determine the kind of treatment which should be given. If the rayon is washable, use the following tips for its care: 1. Remove any trimmings or buttons which cannot stand wash ing. They may spot or stain the garment. 2. Use a pure mild soap and let it dissolve thoroughly before dipping the fabric in the solu tion. Use lukewarm water, nev er hot. 3. Avoid rough handling, nev er rubbing the fabric or pulling it or twisting it. Gently squeeze the garment in and out of the suds. 4. Rinse garment thoroughly in clear, lukewarm water with out wringing or twisting. 5. Roll garment in a heavy towel to remove excess water. Dry in shade rather than in the sun. 6. If the garment is of a knit ted rayon, lay it flat to dry. 7. Use a warm, never a hot iron, when pressing rayons. Use smooth, even pressure on the wrong side. Most rayons press more easily when thoroughly dry rather than when slightly damp. 8. Mixtures of rayon and oth er fibers, however, press more readily when slightly damp ened. Use a cloth over the mate rial when pressing, in the latter case. The harem drape on side, back and front is featured in both day time and evening clothes, while some skirts show the slit. The accent this season is on slim ness whether it be suits or evening gowns. Slender suits and gowns ex press the gracefulness of body lines, and only the girlish will g» in for full skirts and other such ex travaganza. ~,™™ |MpROVED -~ww^ 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 October 20 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se lected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education; used by permission. PAUL TRAINS FOR HIS LIFE WORK LESSON TEXT—Acts 9:l!)b-22; 11:25, 26; Gnlattnns 1:17-24 MEMORY SELECTION—And straightway hr preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.—Acts 9:20. The regenerating grace of God had made Paul into a new man, one who now had no greater delight than telling others of the redeeming grace of God. In preparation for that fuller min istry which was to follow, Paul first gave witness in the place where he had been persecuting the Christians, in fact, in the city to which he was bound when the Lord met him. But now instead of breathing out threats and violence he met these former associates and friends with the new message of the gospel. He had to meet them sooner or later, and it was well that he met them now. A clean break with his past makes a man ready for future service. I. Paul Faces His Past (Acts 9:l!)b-22). What a surprise it must have been for those persecutors of the Chris tians at Damascus to find that the one to whom they had looked for leadership was now a Christian. What a testimony that was—right to the point! “Straightway”—what a good word to apply to the servant of the Lord. Paul did not hesitate to declare his faith in Christ, to proclaim that the One who had redeemed him was able to save others. It is the normal and proper ex pression of Christian faith to give testimony to others. That should be true of every believer. With Paul there was the added element of his call to preach, for God had ordained that he should be his chosen vessel for that purpose (Acts 9:15). Paul’s message was Christ. He proved to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ (v. 22), the One of whom their Old Testament Scriptures spake and for whom they professed to be looking. He declared him to be the Son of God (v. 20). They were unwilling to accept the message. They were “amazed” at Paul and “confounded” by the truth he proclaimed, but they re jected both it and him, and he had to escape for his life. Although our lesson only indirect ly refers to it (see Gal. 1:17, 18), it should also be noted that Paul went up to Jerusalem before he went to Antioch, as indicated in our next portion of Scripture. There he faced suspicion on the part of the believers, who knew him as their enemy. Having faced his past we now see that 11. Paul Faces Ills Future (Acts 11:25, 20). He was God’s chosen instrument to bear his name to the Gentiles (see Acts 9:15), and at the invita tion of Barnabas he came up from his home city of Tarsus to minister at Antioch, the place which now be came his real spiritual home, and j the center from which his great | missionary enterprise was carried ! out. It is interesting to note how this j came about in the providence of I God. Persecution spread the be ' lievers abroad (Acts 11:19), and like j the scattered brands of a beaten | fire they carried the flame of Chris j tianity far and wide. Thus the gos j pel came to Antioch, the third great est city in the world of that day. A revival broke out and Barnabas was sent from Jerusalem to be of help. Good and spiritual man that he was (Acts 19:23, 24), Barnabas did nothing to hinder this work of God, but admonished the people to | “cleave unto the Lord”; that is, to follow him closely. Would that all spiritual advisers had such a spirit and such sound judgment. He was also wise in sensing' his need of help. So he went after Paul, the very man to teach these young Christians and to lead them out into a radiant and abundant life for the Lord. Here it was that the beautiful name of “Christian” was first used. All this was possible because 111. Paul Faces His Lord (Gal. 1:17-24). Many years after he had been called to Antioch, Paul wrote this letter to the Galatians to warn them ; against Judaizing teachers and to urge them to hold fast to salvation jby faith. He declared this to be a message which he received from God and not from men. | Before Paul went out to preach and teach he went up into Arabia to be alone with the Lord, as he took what we might call his postgraduate I course in theology. He learned alone with God. His life had been transformed. His attitudes had been completely changed. His thinking about Christ was diametrically opposite to his former beliefs. He needed time alone with God to prepare himself for the stormy but triumphant year* ahead.