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Thursday, January 12, 1939.
10,000 Plants
On War Footing
Funds Will Be Asked to Pre-
vent ‘Bottleneck’ in
Production.
WASHINGTON.—Assistant Secre-
tary of War Louis Johnson revealed
that 10,000 industrial plants have
been given ‘‘definite war schedules
of production.” However, he warned
that 250 of these plants, on which
armed forces must rely for 55 criti-
cal military items, cannot perform
wartime tasks because of a shortage
of funds. He said the war depart-
ment would ask congress for special
appropriation for ‘‘educational or-
ders’ to eliminate an industrial
“‘bottleneck’’ which might prove dis-
astrous in war,
Addressing a conference of army
procurement experts, summoned
here to discuss industrial mobiliza-
tion, Johnson declared that the Unit-
ed States must be prepared to meet
the needs of changing strategic situ-
ations, presumably meaning that at-
tack might come from any or all
quarters or that this country might
be forced to carry the fight far from
home.
7,300 Articles on List.
“Our shopping list for items of
war equipment includes 7,300 arti-
cles or processes of production,” he
said. “With your help, we have
found production facilities in indus-
try for practically all of them.
“In an emergency more than 99.25
per cent of qur needs, industry, upon
short notice, will be able to produce.
Qur bottleneck, however, is in that
other three-fourths of 1 per cent,
represented by 55 critical items so
difficult of production, so different
from ordinary peacetime needs, that
industry will not be able to produce
them in mass without some educa-
tion.
“I want to assure you men in the
field that we in the war department
will not be satisfied until we have
convinced the congress and the
American people of the necessity
for educational orders to industry
for the manufacture of every one of
our critical 55 items.”
He outlined the immediate objec-
tives of the war department as fol-
lows:
1. Establishment of standard
types for all critical items and the
completion of necessary drawings,
specifications and manufacturing
data for immediate use in an emer-
gency.
2. Completion of current industri-
al surveys to develop thoroughly the
industrial capacity of all procure-
ment districts.
3. Preparation of allocated plants
for their war schedules by means of
current orders for production, edu-
cational orders and production
plans.
4. Completion of the organization
and the training of personnel re-
quired to expand peace procurement
organizations to war strength.
5. Early completion of contract
forms adequate for all anticipated
war conditions and simple enough
to be readily understandable both
by industry and the war depart-
ment,
Big Texas Ranch Forms
County Minus PWA Aid
FORT WORTH.—Kenedy county,
the stronghold of the King-Kleberg
ranch empire, is one of three coun-
ties in the United States without a
Public Works administration proj-
ect, according to Regional PWA Di-
rector George M. Bull.
The county has a population of
about 700, nearly all of whom are
employees of the King ranch. The
county has been in the national news
twice in recent years, first when its
landowners declined to permit a
state highway inside its boundaries
and second when two alleged game
poachers, John and Luther Blanton,
disappeared near the King ranch
while hunting.
The state highway finally was au-
thorized, but the Blanton mystery
still is unsolved.
Of the United States’ 3,071 counties
and parishes, Kenedy and two oth-
ers—Putnam county, Missouri, and
Mathews county, Virginia—have no
PWA project completed or allotted,
Bull said.
California’s Surety Fund
Is Producing a Dividend
SAN FRANCISCO. — California’s
system of requiring emplyers to
put money into a state fund to in-
sure their workers against injury or
death while in the performance of
their duty is rapidly developing into
‘“‘big business.”
There is already $17,000,000 in the
fund and the state compensation
fund this year declared a dividend
of $3,500,000.
Sun Bathers Bask on
Top of Great Pyramid
CAIRO, EGYPT.—Sun bathing
is extremely popular among win-
ter visitors here. Even the Great
Pyramid is not immune to dev-
otees of this sport and the hardy
visitor who is able and hardy
enough to climb the Great Pyra-
mid will frequently see groups of
sun bathers basking on its top.
There is plenty of space and
usually a pleasant desert breeze.
Bees to Pay Cost of
Youth’s Education
Student Has Four Million:
Working for Him.
EVANSTON, ILL.—Four million | became head of the organization. He
bees worked overtime last summer | Succeeds J. Henry Clarke of Barnes-
so that Ralph Lidge, 17-year-old Chi-
cagoan, could study at Northwest-
ern university this year. He will
work his way through college by
selling the ton or more of honey
which they produce annually.
“I've been keeping bees for four
or five years now,” Lidge said. “It
began as a hobby, but I realized
that I could make money at it
and expanded my apiary. I have 40
colonies now, with about 100,000 bees
in each colony. I intend to start
another 25 colonies next spring.”
Lidge is a freshman in the college
of liberal arts, taking a pre-medical
course. He keeps his bees on a
small farm on the outskirts of Chi-
cago, and sells the honey both
wholesale and retail. He reported
that bee-keeping combines nicely
with a college education, for during
the winter the bees cluster in their
hives and require no attention.
“In spring I investigate to see
how the bees have come through
the winter,” he said. ‘I combine
weak colonies or buy a few pounds
of new bees, and check the whole
group for disease. In summer I
have to see that each colony has
enough space for honey storage, and
watch for swarming. In fall I pack
straw around the hives so they will
keep warm during the winter.”
He added that, contrary to popu-
lar impression, bees sting their
keepers at regular intervals unless
they are handled very slowly and
carefully. In fall, when they are
cold and irritable, they will sting no
matter how they are handled. He
explained with stoic calm that after
a certain number of stings the body
builds an immunity to the bee-
venom.
‘‘Besides,’’ he said, ‘bee stings are
a recognized treatment for rheu-
matism.”
Despite his stings, Lidge main-
tains that he has the sweetest part-
time job of any undergraduate in
the country. He admits that he is
a little puzzled by one point—
does he keep the bees or do they
keep him?
Criminal Tactics Change
But Little to Expert, 73
CLEVELAND.—Nothing new has
occurred in the tactics of criminals
in the last 43 years, observes
73-year-old George Koestle, super-
intendent of the bureau of criminal
identification here, who is lamenting
over a move to retire him because
of his age.
“All through the 43 years I have
served here, I haven’t seen any-
thing new in crime,” said Koestle,
who has studied backgrounds of
some 80,000 criminals. ‘‘Each gen-
eration produces new criminals, but
the crimes are the same.”
Koestle, whose efforts have made
Cleveland’s identification bureau
one of the nation’s most efficient,
blames ‘“‘environment”’ for breeding
thugs, murderers, burglars and oth-
er criminals. Homes where no def-
inite line has been drawn between
good and evil are at fault, he be-
lieves.
Possibly the dean of America’s
identification experts, Koestle is
worried about legislation pending
before the city council to retire all
police and firemen at the age of 70.
He has served under seven police
chiefs and has turned down numer-
ous promotions so that he could stay
on the same job.
Gift of 35,857 Acres of
Land Given Boy Scouts
TULSA, OKLA.—A gift from Mr.
and Mrs. Waite Phillips of this city
of 35,857 acres of land a few miles
northwest of Cimarron, N. M., and
$50,000 to be used in improving and
developing the land for camping
purposes, has just been accepted by
the executive board of the National
Council, Boy Scouts of America.
The property is in the Rocky
mountains, all above an elevation of
7,000 feet and rises in spots to at
least 11,000 feet. It is the Kit Car-
son territory and the old Santa Fe
trail passes through it. There are
nine main canyons on the tract con-
verging either at the Cimarron riv-
er or the main branch of the Ponil
river, which later flows into the Cim-
arron.
Much of the property is virgin ter-
ritory and under the careful man-
agement characteristic of Boy Scout
camping those small parts which
have been grazed recently will
quickly be restored to their natural
conditions.
Indian’s Head Is Found
Carved on Rock Cliff
GALLIPOLIS, OHIO.—The chis-
eled outline of an Indian’s head and
feather headdress have been dis-
covered on a rock cliff at ‘““Vanden’s
Point,”” home of Homer W. Walter,
president of the Gallipolis chamber
of commerce.
The head came to light after rains
had washed silt and moss away
from the face of the rock. Evidence
of a former Indian village which has
been found in a nearby cave has
yielded many arrow heads, stone
axes and other stone tools.
The Ohio Archeological and His-
torical society will attempt to de-
termine the authenticity of the head,
| zed should have clubs. Kiwanis
ing our membership,” said Mr. Hat- |
| field. “Many communities where i
{ bon dioxide and keepin goff sunlight.
THE UNION PRESS-COURIER. PAGE FIVE
FLASH! |
—
Betty Kelly of Carrolltown, and accor-
dian numbers by John Ritchie of Gall-
itzin,
President Foreman announced com-
mittee chairmen for the year as tol-
lows:
Agriculture: George Clark, of Eb-
ensburg; business standards, HC.
PHILCO, R.C. A., STEWART-WARNER,
LENITH, ATWATER KENT; OTHER MAKES
fairs, Louis Luxenberg, of Barnesboro:
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underprivileged children’s work, J. R.
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KIWANIS INTERNATION. |
AL OBSERVES TWENTY-
FOURTH ANNIVERSARY CHOICE
Floor and Table Models
Nicholson, of Spangler; inter club re-
“The 24th anniversary of the found-
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Various Styles and Sizes
| FOREMAN HEADS THE
NORTHERN CAMBRIA
KIWANIS FOR YEAR
Officers of the Northern Cambria
| Kiwanis Club were installed on Mon-
| day evening at a “Ladies’ Night" af-
{ fair in the Brandon hotel, Spangler,
| when John F. Foreman of Bakerton,
{ boro. Attorney Reuel Somerville, o2
| Patton, a past president, was in charge
| of the installation. The retiring presi-
| dent was given a Gladstone bag as a
| mark of appreciation.
Fred B. Buck of Carrolltown, was in
charge of the program of entertain-
ment, which included piano solos by
lations, Fred B. Buck of Carrolltown;
publicity, E. W. Winslow, of Patton::
music, Ralph Greenwood, of Barnesbo-
ro; hospital, Dr. B. F. Bowers of St.
Benedict; finance, Fred Maurer of
| Patton; spiritual aims, Rev. C. Clyde
Levergood of Bakerton; program, Geo.
C. Hoppel, of Patton; Kiwanis Educa-
tion, M. J. Miller, of Barnesboro.
The year’s program will be outlined
and discussed at the next meeting of
the club next Monday evening at the
Brandon hotel. The club also is plan-
ning for a celebration of the 24th an-
niversary of the founding of the club
at the meeting on January 23. The pro-
gram will be in charge of M. J. Miller.
ing of Kiwanis International will be
celebrated by over 101,000 Kiwanians
throughout the United States and Can-
ada during the month of January,” said
Mr. John F. Foreman, president of the
local club, this week. “The Northern
Cambria Club is planning to join in
this international observance on Mon-
day, January 23rd.
“The first Kiwanis Club was organ-
ized in Detroit in 1915 and held its
first meeting on January 23 of that
year. Today in the United States and
Canada there are 1,992 clubs,” said
Mr. Foreman.
In the Northern Cambria Club the
Committee on Kiwanis Education will
be in charge of the program. Members
of the committee are M. J. Miller, as,
chairman, George A. Clark and Hillis |
Plan Active 1939 Year.
Conn. { BR b ® °
The Kiwanis Club is expecting a arnes oro . °
special message from H. G. Hatfield, !
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Presi-
dent of Kiwanis International. This
greeting will be read to the local group | me—————————————— =- = = EE ——
at the anniversary meeting. { HODIST | st » i i
“Daring 1930 we can iacreass the. PATTON MET JODISY PAL CHURCH | start from upper rooms. oR he manorpieces of ot vas being
| influence of Kiwanis through increas- | g yy 3 as wp on
| machine. Holman Hunt's great picture,
James A. Turner, pastor. the solitary places for spiritual stren- | The Ligh of the World, was put up.
wanis Clubs have never been organi- Sunday school at 10 a. m. Preach- | gthening. He took his disciples regu- | 1 5 pli In aren} Slienee. A
in- ing at 1 1a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Epworth | larly to an upper room. Penetcost came | te S Soy, Slang Yan hb Toiher bioks
i i i ¢ » :30. eeting, Wed- | y 4 raiting | ’ ’ on
fluence is of inestimable value,” he League at 6:30. Prayerm g to those who were prayerfully waiting they let Jesus in?’ The father whisper-
said. | nesday evening at 7:30. and watching in an ‘upper chamber.’ | ~ 7, >
Shas rota rem E20 i cm | hou cont oF oe | do ok Fone met
City smoke may slow down growth | mentary on the Acts of the Apostles, | stairs’ we must climb above the clam- | sath un
! oring crowds—and be still awhile, and | 4%, I know why they don't let Jesus
| in; they live in the basement and they
of plants; the soot coats the leaves, In- | says, “It is by no means a fanciful
significant movements in history do | Joseph A. Smith tells that “A lecture | can’t hear him knock.”
Come In Early — Limited Number in Stock
Wolf Furniture Co.
Penna.
John M. Younginer says, “Jesus of-
ten found it necessary to withdraw to |
terfering with their absorption of car- | stretching of fact to say that great and | know God.”
Air Map of Manhattan and New York World’s Fair Grounds
NEW YORK—An aerial photog- facts concerning road and bridge ap- |the entrance to the Triborough| Manhattan Bridge. (8) Brooklyn
rapher recently obtained this re-|proaches to the exposition which is|Bridge, 5% miles. (Motorists can|Navy Yard. (9) Williamsburg Bridge.
markable picture showing the sky-
line of New York with its relation to
the grounds of the New York World's
Fair 1939. An artist has painted on
lines indicating distances from cer-
tain points in Manhattan to the Fair
it is said.
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grounds. These distances, and other
preparing to handle 60,000,000 visi-
tors, are: (1) From Empire State at
Fifth Avenue and 34th Street, in the
heart of the retail shopping district, to
the Fair grounds; 7 miles. (2) From
Wall Street, in lower Manhattan, to
the Fair grounds, 82% miles. (3) From
make this trip without encountering
a single traffic light). (4) Holland
Tunnel from New Jersey, showing
route through lower Manhattan
across Williamsburg Bridge (No. 9)
to roads leading to the Fair. (5) The
Battery. (6) Brooklyn Bridge. (7)
(10) Queensboro (59th St.) Bridge.
(11) Grand Central Parkwav (12)
North Beach Airport (now ! 1-
larged at a cost of $77
New Whitestone Bric-
direct gatevrorr *~
and Canada.