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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-09-21
BY ALEXANDER II. GEORGE
AP Feature Service Writer

WASHINGTON, Sept. Eleven
IN his city clothes, Indiana's chunky
Claude r. Wickard wouldn't be mis-
taken for book farmer
The new Secretary of Agricul-
ture, first pure dirt farmer
to be given that position since
Iowas "Tama jim Wilson in
1897, locks, talks and walks like
farmer.
The. barrel-chested, 47year old
Hcosier has the big hands and
strong, stubby fingers OF the soil
tiller. and walks with the char
acteristic leg-lifting movement Of
the p,owman.
He has the farmers elaboration
in coming to a decision. Fellow
workers say "Wickard's mind sits
on an idea like hen sits on eggs"
Wickard succeeds Henry Wal
lace after six-and-a half years OF
administrative work in the Agri-
cultural Adjustment Administra-
| tion.
His speciality is corn and hog
production control.
In periodical trips to the Corn
Belt, he finds time to get into
Cveralls on his farm in Crawford
County. It's just 40 miles from
Wendell Wilkes home town of
Elwood
Family Of Democrats
The farm, now $50 acres has been
in the family since the 1840's. On
it are grown wheat, corn, alfalfa,
hogs and cattle The Wickards long
have been staunch Democrats. Faith
er and grandfather of the new Sec
rotary were named Andrew Jackson.
Wickard started farming with
his father while he was attend
ing high school, Following gradu-
alton from Purdue University in
1915, he took over complete man
agement of the farm
At 81 he was adjudged a Master
Farmer" by midwestern farm jour-
nal
A pioneer in soil-building prac-
| tees he is an earnest advocate of
crop production control as a pre-
ventive of soil depletion a n d
| farm-price slumps.
Resigned State Office
Wickard was elected state Sena-
tor in 1882, resigned from the Of
flee to come to Washington in 1888.
One of his first activities here
was the organization of an unoffi-
cial ntra-departmental committee
o study problems of the under
privileged farmer
| The committee meets weekly to
analyze the general agricultural
program from the standpoint of
! benefits to the small farmer.
Wickard is not a polished speak
or. He makes few prepared adj
dresses but does well in extempo-
raneous talks to farm groups.
Typical Wickardian appeal to
farmers.
Lets just use some good horse
sense even if VIC have new rub
ber-tired tractor
He married Louise Eckert of
Loeanspcrt, Ind, in 1918 one OF
the brides stiplilations being in
stallaton CT electricity in their
| farm home.
Young Wickard bought home
generating plant, did lots of tin
kering with it.
Now he's a candid camera en-
/ thusiast, also likes hunting and
/ fishing. The W.ckards have two
daughters, Betty, who was gradu-
ated from Purdue last spring, and
Ann, who will enter Purdue this
fall.
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A member of Congress for eight
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Representative Abe Murdoch de-
feated Senator William II. King,
opponent of much New Deal legis-
lation, in the Utah senatorial pri-
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DU(kY IDEA

PIERRE, S. D., Sept. 81. - Game
Warden George Woods used new
technique to rescue ducks threat
ered by drying pot hole. The
mother couldn't move her brood
through dense weeds separating her
home from a nearby pond. SO Woods
had a farmer NOW a sWath through
the tangle. Mother and ducklingS
waddled right down the lane to the
next pond.
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Results in StaIemate

TEcUMsEH, Okla, Sept. 81 :
Eleven years ago, William S. Cut
lip and E. s. Sherman, retired attor-
neys, and their wives decided to
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Evening star., 1940-12-24
BY BARBARA BELL.

This new midwinter version of
your favorite tailored shirt waister
adds new interest to a classic style
by means of yoke interest and in
verted pleats. And both are used
in such way as to improve the At
and the line of a style always ex-
tremely becoming to those who take
women's sizes. Design No. 1306-B
is one of those adaptable and useful
ones that you can use for home and
street dresses both. Pattern gives
you a choice of short sleeves, snug
above the elbow, or wide three
quarter sleeves.
A year-round fashion that you'll
repeat for next season as we'll as
this, pattern No. 1306-B makes up
well in host of materials. Flannel,
spun rayon, fiat crepe are few
and of course household cottons.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1306-B
is designed for sizes "a. SO, SO, 40, 42,
A, 46 and 43. Size 36 requires, for
Evening star., 1940-12-24
Daily Diets
Should Be
Sensible
Good Eating Habits
A Key to Health
In Later Life
By PATRICIA LINDSAY.

Too many women wait until they
become dangerously i'll before they
will reform their body starving eat
ing habits. Then, in desperation,
they seek knowledge of health
building diets in the hope they may
regain their energy and beauty
through correet,- Well-balanced
menus.
In many instances they have pro-
crastinated too long. Their nu-
trition-starved bodies are unable to
respond to any treatment, and they
face their remaining years with
little hope of enjoying sound health.
And when health leaves ones life,
woman's greatest heritage also de-
parts-her vital beauty.
You and I know many women
who boast they get along on al
most no food, or a very limited
amount. Others like to brag about
eating anything I want at any
time and it desn't seem to hurt me-"
And still others We meet, take de-
light in keeping their figures slim
through fad dieting.
What all these women do not
realize is that day will come when
the piper must be paid! Just when
they have a little leisure to enjoy
life (after their families have been
raised and their husbands COM
fortably settled in business) they will
develop minor ailments, which, sta
tistics show, are followed by major
illnesses. American women in their
late forties, fifties and sixties have an
alarming percentage of part-invalids
in their group. And at least fifty per
cent of this number could have pre-
vented this state of impaired health
if they had only eaten correctly
during previous years.
Progressive physicians, and nu-
tritionists, have made great dis
coveries about food forces during the
past 25 years. Some of their dis
coveries appear to be contradictory
when you study diet intensely as I
have done. But from this mass of
material which has been presented
in medical papers and surveys the
layman may CLEAN essential rules
of eating which build good health
and tend to prevent disease.
Your body needs a balanced diet
even though you may have bird
like appetite. 1t needs dairy prod
ucts, some meat and fowl. fresh
fruits and vegetables in good por-
tions; honey, nuts, whole grains in
bread and cereals, some sea food,
natural fats or oils, which come in
such foods as butter, olive oil, soy
beans, avocado pears, creams and
nuts.
What your body does not need, and
is infinitely better without, are elab-
crate dishes, rich starchy sauces,
fried foods, sugar-ladened desserts,
more than two cups of coffee per
day, liquor, candy, creamed foods.
The preparation of your food should
be simple. Steam cook your vege-
tables so you do not pour off all
the nourishment; broil or bake your
meats, fish and fowl; eat well-washed
fruits and vegetables uncooked either
separately or combined in salads;
drink fruit juices fresh if you can
get fresh fruit, otherwise drink
canned juices; learn the value of
fresh vegetable juices. Vary your
menus by eating some of all the
fresh fruits and vegetables available
and do not neglect the dairy prod
ucts.
n Along with correct menus you
should get sunshine, fresh air and
rest. Never eat when you are ex-
hausted and every once In a while
let one day be a liquid day.
Evening star., 1940-12-24
oundU Fashion News Emphasizes Activities American Designer
BY DOROTHY MURRAY.

There are so many nice items In
the towel line! For instance, sets of
lovely turkish towels and wash
cloths in all the various colors, have
''his" and her" or MI" ano Mrs"
worked on them in contrasting coll
ors. These certainly add a smart
touch to the bathroom. BY the
way, they come packed in boxes
made of cellophane and would be
an appreciated gift for BRIDE
to-be.
When it comes time to serve the
refreshments at your next bridge
party, have on your tables sets of
the new plastic mats and coasters.
The sets consist of four each and
should last indefinitely. All you do
is wash the top surface with a damp
| cloth. These come already decorat-
| ed with initials in either gold or
white.
Wonderful to have when applying
makeup is an all-mirrOr vanity
dresser that has lights on either side
and drawer large enough to hold
o1l VIZ SOsolAltL LlNo OliC WOulu IlttOs
To go with it is a stool covered with
beautiful silk material, and attached
to this by a chromium tube is an
other rather large mirror. Being
guided by all of these mirrors, one
should look like a million" when
stepping out. -.
A necessary item for a childs
ic E,
This is a measuring tape that has
places on the side where one may
mark the child's growth from time
TO time. 1t rolls up and fits into
small brackets that are attached to
a gayly painted wall PLAGUE. -.
Both infants and 2-year-oldS VIII
enjoy playing with the rattles that
are comprised of discs strung on a
chain. The discs are brightly coll
ored and each one has a different
animal carved on it. 1t is educa-
tional in that mother can use it to
| teach the child the kinds of animals
and also how to count.
Take stock of Pups equipment
and see what he needs Maybe it is
new blanket, one of those made
Of bright plaid wool, or tight-ft-
ting knitted sweater with little
places for his front paws. These
are very attractive and come in all
of the warm colors. Then, too, he
might need new bed. If so, there
are several different styles that are
nice. One in particular is made Of
maroon canvas stretched over metal
and contains a soft pillow. Pups
would really dream of "doggie heav-
en-" if he had that to lie on. -.
Needietuft mats and covers are
really lovely The colors are very
beautiful and you can purchase
them to match any decorative
/ scheme.
Evening star., 1940-12-24
Dorothy Dix Says >>>
Don't Show White Feather When
Losing Your Husbands Love

DEAR DOROTHY DIX: What is
wife with a little child and
2-week- old baby to do when her
husband informs her he doesn't love
her any more except as sister?
He has always been beSt-eVer hus-
band heretofore, but now he tells
me that he has accidentally met his
old girl again and thinks he is in
love with her I let this meeting
upset me terribly, went into all sorts
of Mysteries, and instead of playing
indifferent about his not loving me
I showed him that I cared too much
for him. He doesn't ask for divorce
and tells me to stick around" be-
cause he says that 1 have been a
good wife and mother and he thinks
he may come to love me again.
What shall I do? Shall I sit tight,
wait for him to make up his mind
which one of us he wants and hope
it will be me? w. M.
Answer-Certainly you should sit
tight and let nature take its course,
for that sort of shilly -shallying man
whose affections are so unstable
that he doesn't know which of two
women he loves is sure to come back
to his wife in the end. He isn't
worth waiting for, but you can say
with Audrey, 'he is poor thing,
but mine own and. anyway, you
don't want your home broken up
and your children half orphaned
When wives find out that their hus-
bands have been philandering. it is
naturally terrible shock to them,
and they go off the deep end. They
make scenes. They heap reproaches
on their husbands head. They shed
barrels of tears, and, nine times out
of ten, they grab the children and
go back to mother.
They don't even make fight to
keep the men who lawfully belong
TO them. They just turn them
over to the other woman as a gift,
and that is where they are just as
foolish as if they presented their
jewelry to any predatory lady who
coveted it.
Maybe it is the fear of losing
her husband that lies at the bot
tom of the heart of every woman
who has a husband under 80 that
makes wives run up the white flag
whenever a siren appears on the
scene. But, for whatever reason,
the average wife seems to think
that she has no chance of winning
out against her opponent, whereas,
in reality. she holds the trump cards
and would rake in the pot if she
only knew how to play the game.
But apparently she doesn't, and
instead of playing her cards with
skill and adroitness she makes
every blunder she can. A wifes
idea of how to whistle back a wan
Evening star., 1940-12-24

ana enthusiastic acceptance OF tne
creative work to be found in this
country. More power to EN-!
And, in almost the same breath,
comes word from Nine. Elsa
Schiaparelli, who has not won any
popularity poll among the fashion
press recently. Her latest statement
in a recent speech in New York in
dicated that after an extended visit
and inspection of American STYLES
she was convinced that cities in
Europe would continue to be noted
for the styles they originate. She
disagreed with proposals for making
New York the style center Of the
world and explained that the Amer
ican concern for money" was a lim-
iting factor in the creation of
clothes, citing mass production as a
handicap. Nine. Schiaparelli IS re-
turning to Paris any day now
Speaking of Paris. Associated Press
Correspondent Alice Maxwell reports
via Berlin that costumes seen in
Paris are born of need. In other
words, the favorite costume is a
bicycling suit, usually equipped with
bloomers. Designers are putting
their best efforts into these neces-
sary outfits, which are composed of
skirts or boomers, thick-knitted
stockings or tights, Windbreaker
jackets which leave the hips free
for pedalling and hoods of tweed
or fur. Other utilitar;an fashions
are also being shown in a city where
travel by bicycle is accepted by the
smartest women. Miss Maxwell also
says that the supply of fabrics is
limited and so the slim silhouette is
an economic necessity. Strange in
deed to think of the Smartly goWned
women of Paris buying clothes for
their serviceable rather than their
spectacular qualities.
Another interesting comment on
world fashions and womens activi-
tiles comes from neWspaperwoman
recently returned from England. She
says that despite the curtailment of
newsprint and newspaper size, the
Woman's page continues to be fea-
tured in England Items on what to
wear when welcoming men home
on leave; how to entertain under
rations and all the hundred and one
other matters designed to keep up
the morale of the women at home
are included on these pages.
So, there's the roundup of fash
ion news from this country and
abroad-and mighty significant
story it makes, too. What's more,
it's worth a round of applause for
the American designers and for the
fashion industry, which is, we are
told. the second largest in this
country.
Evening star., 1940-12-24

reasonable, or unsympathetic, or
severe But most of their mistakes
result either from too-indulgent
attitude toward their sons and
daughters, Or from sincere-if mis-
guided-desire to protect and shelter
them.
So at Christmas we're convinced
that every young modern can afford
to give a thought to mother and
dad, and expend a little real effort
on making the occasion happy for
them.
That isn't always done, you know.
Here's Margie, for example. OF
course, Margie's giving dad a gift
(Which Mother bought) and she has
nice present for mother purchased
with fathers funds. But the
thing she's thinking about is whether
or not her stocking is going to con-
tain that fox fur or that wrist watch
that she asked for. It's what mother
and dad are giving her that gets
the major share of Margie's Christ
mas Eve attention.
And if fathers bank balance
simply couldn't handle that fur or
that watch, Margie is going to go
into an ill-concealed gloom tomor-
row morning. She'll be only half
heartedly pleased with what she did
get. and she'll 60 around with an air
of noble resignation or injured tol-
erance that will completely remove
the Merry from Merry Christmas
for her family.
Or take Elsie. She'll bounce gayly
through the opening of her. gifts
right after breakfast, and imme-
Evening star., 1940-12-24

diately be off to see Ethels presents,
and Gert's and Sallie's. She'll re-
turn just as father is carving the
turkey and depart again while still
masticating the last morsel of mince
pie, leaving mother to do all those
dishes. Throughout Christmas Day
her family will see about as much of
her as they see of Santa Claus.
And here's Freddy, home from
college for the holidays. Freddy
will be out to party tonight until
what is vaguely known as all hours,
and he'll get up late and cranky to-
morrow. Midway through dinner
he'll have an argument with dad
about using the car Christmas night
and end up by departing in an
eight-cylinder huff, leaving dad the
family f1ivver 1t will be the same
thing over and over again all
through vacation. until dad and
mother will be glad when he goes
back to school, so they'll start get
ting his letters again. which at least
are good-humored when he asks for
another check.
We could go on and on, but you
get the idea. And we don't have to
go into detail about how to make
Christmas happy for the old folks.
You knoW-if you'll just do it.
But there's one thing we are going
to suggest TO those fellows and girls
who are spending Christmas away
from home. Get on the telephone
tonight or tomorrow and have a talk
with the family. They'll appreciate
that more than almost anything else
you could do
And now having delivered our
selves of this Yuletide message, we'll
let you get back to your gift-Wrap-
ping or tree trimming. But first we
want to make just one additional
observation.
For the past year we've devoted a
large share of our waking hours to
writing this column, reading your
letters, talking to some of you in
person and wrinkling our fair brows
over your problems. And we're
firmly convinced that we have the
most interesting job and the best
bunch of readers in the world
In short, we think you're swell
and a Merry Christmas!
Evening star., 1940-12-24
Important New York Show
Of Clothes Created Here
To Be Held Next Month
Bicycling Costumes Are Worn
Through Necessity in Paris;
English Woman's Pages
BY HELEN vOGT.

for putting feet up and all the furry
Christmas shopping through let's sit back discover
the fashion industry lately.
going places" these
for them style circles and
this the of mammoth fashion show in New
g. The other representatives of the fashion
Mrs Roosevelt invite her to attend
Fashion
Wooman Chase editor in chief
&
editor of Hpers Bazaar Speaking with these
enthusiasm for
which will feature the work of 100 designers and
which will include approximately 300 models Fashions
influence
provide the
the fashion world with successful designs
Evening star., 1940-12-24
Make Christmas Happy
For Your Parents by
Giving Them a Break
Affection and Consideration
Will Mean More to Them
Than Finest of Gifts

Maybe the Christmas spirit working but today we're
inclined Bit talk slightly
different angle.
Throughout year consistently
individual We've tried to give ideas make
the tell popularity increased
hold job competition with all the rest the world
problems that
pile greeting
sprg metoe that just fell off the light settling
little
yourself give OF break toof all peopeyour
aren't sentimental realize
fathers mothers perfect slightly
said really problem chdrenthere
problem
which result directly
ancestors we're inclined
However the fact remains that the majority mothers
nothing
OF they make mistakes and of they sometimes
Evening star., 1940-12-24
Good Body Massage
Aids Lovely Skin
During Winter

Cold weather's here and with it all
the fun and activity of outdoor
sports. But wind and weather may
cause dry skin, harshness and rough
ness. In general, most of us are
careful to keep our faces creamed
and lotioned and protected against
the ravages of winter, but what
about sandpaperish legs, roughened
elbows and chapped hands?
In addition to using a hand cream
or lotion many times during the day,
a regular body massage should be a
weekly beauty rite. If your budget
doesn't quite cover such luxuries,
you can cope with the problem very
easily by doing this little beauty
chore right at home.
First of all, you'll need plenty Of
warm water and soap to whisk away
every trace of CRIME and dust. then
a goodly supply of cream or lotion
to smooth and soften your skin.
Most of the creams and lotions on
the market today contain glycerin
because of glycerin's valuable pow
ers of absorbing and retaining nois-
ture that is so necessary in pre-
venting dryness and harshness of
the skin texture. So, for your mas
sage you may use one of the pre-
pared lotions. Or you can make
an excellent and inexpensive one
yourself by mixing equal parts of
glycerin and rosewater with a few
drops of benzoin.
After you have bathed and dried
yourself thoroughly with a large,
fluffy towel, then use your glycerated
lotion generously. Work it well into
the creases of skin around the ell
bows and knees. Get busy with your
back, between the shoulder blades,
and give special attention to your
legs and ankles. A few treatments
such as these and you'll be surprised
at the improved texture Of your
skin,
Evening star., 1940-12-24
Military Touch

Military motifs-a pale blue cot
ton pique housecoat has a stiff
stand-up collar and self fringe
epaulettes. Two-piece pajamas in
red and blue flannel are decorated
with military braid. College girl
cottons-pajamas and housecoats-
are done in red. white and blue, with
patriotic motifs used on sleeve or
the breast pocket.
Evening star., 1940-12-24
Curtains

Tying in with modern architec-
tural design which features double
windows that permit the maximum
of sunlight, Los Angeles concern
has designed marquisette curtains
with inner panel curtains that lie
fiat against the window and have
contrasting border, with outer pam
els that match the border. The
outer curtain panels are hung on
curved rods to stand out from the
window, allowing the sunlight to
stream in.