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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-09-24

successfully Thousands Of acres
will be needed before we can supply
even our present domestic market.
Luckily, we have at hand the Ma
tional Farm Chernurgic Council,
an organization of research chem
lists from our several industries
who compare notes and gain new
enthusiasm in the research for new
uses of old crops and new crops
which can be cultivated in America.
Our government has established re-
gional research laboratories.
More than fifteen thousand differ
ent kinds of plants grow in the nat
ural state in the United States. We
use less than three hundred Of these
plants. Farm chemurgy will not be
complete, nor the postwar problem
Of agriculture solved until every
plant is re-examined in the light of
modern science and made to serve
its part in contributing to the COM
fort, happiness and security Of our
America Of the future.
A Plan That Deserves Support.
The United States Senate is con-
sidering a plan which will require
the use of 20 per cent of war profits
during the war for the purchase Of
Recovery Bonds by each company
in order to have available the nee
essary cash to quickly change their
business and industrial plants back
TO peace-time activities at the close
Of the war and to adjust the employ
ment Of their normal number of fac
tory workers.
This percentage of war profits
could also be used in a broad plan
Of research by industrial chemists
to develop new uses for products of
the farm by our domestic industry.
II our industry has the knowledge
and the money in hand to convert
an about war effort to peacetime
production, maintain employment
and launch the new products discov-
cred by science, we have a reason
able chance to absorb our farm sur
plus even in the postwar period.
Depression hit our rural areas
longer and harder than our indus
trial areas. Our hope for the securi-
ty, happiness and prosperity of Rur-
al America is at stake. If we can
develop this practical plan for tax
ing care of our surplus in the after
war period, we can 60 forward I'M
afraid in an about production effort
for the winning Of this war and in
providing the food necessary for
starving people in the after war Pc
Rod. We will know that we have
provided an ever-expanding Amer
lea with new crops and new uses.
Worth thinking about.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-09-24
COULEE CITY DISPATCH
I. W. (BLA) HuSON. Editor
entered at the 2ostoffIce at Coules
City, WASH. az se&ond-ciass matter.
In the Interest Of Coulee City and
the NeixhbcrinS Vicinity.
"EOTR HOME FAFER"

(Ihs following editorial is taken
from the Alaska Weekly" issue Of
August 2l)
Having spent most Of our boy
hood days in a small town the fol-
lowing editorial from the Petersburg
Press hit a warm spot. The editor
is right when he says, But these
things are not untmportant. They
America" They are the essence of
America 1t is not from the teeming
and often wolfish packs of metropol-
itan centers that the nation draws
its virility and its innate integrity
OF character. 1t Is from the hamlets
and small towns scattered through
out the land-home towns wherein
people really know one another and
one anothers kiddies-where chart
ties are spontaneously personal and
not calculatingly institutionalized-
where the high school basketball
cams performance is of greater mo-
ment than the pennant fight or the
world series-where everyone is in
teresed to know If that boy Joe
Smiths daughter decided to marry
when she was away to school is good
enough for her
In these communities the local
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-09-24

we want, we can take the Seattle
Times. II it is all-Alaska news
we want. the Alaska Weekly"
might supply at least part of it. But
the only paper Interested in telling
us the little things, about the kids
birthday parties. the results of the
Ladies Aid, or our neighbor's party.
Is our own local paper.
"A wise man once said that We
would rather rsad about our neigh
boris dog having been hit by a car
than about an earthquakes causing
the death Of a thousand people in
China.
Even in this war time, If we are
to keep Our sense Of perspective at
all; if we are not to become too de-
pressed by the spreading menace of
war; If We are to attempt to main
tain the life as usual attitude which
Is so necessary to national morale.
we should keep up our interest in
the folksy, intimate news of our
neighbors' doings.
mo editor can, unassisted, gather
the necessary information to accur-
rately tell what his fellow towns
people are doing. Especially is it diff
ficult for an editor who is COM
parative newcomer to a community.
Often when people are asked for in
formation about party or a picnic
they will say, oh, please don't put
that in the paper 1t seems perhaps
too unimportant to them to rate
few lines Of type.
but those little things are not
unimportant. They are America
They represent way of life which
has almost disappeared from a war
torn world, and which our men are
dying to save for us and to assure
for everyone everywhere.
Next time you know Of plea
SAINT gathering of few people, pass
it along to your editor. Next time
you, are asked about the little in
formal party, don't say, Don't use
that in the paper, pleast.' 1t is the
little things which are the life of
a small town paper. YOUR paper,
and which help to keep it an inter
esting. and important part of the
community"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-09-24
Agriculture
After This War

For years the tragic results of the
expansion Of food-producing acreage
during World War Il has haunted
American agriculture. = Every farm
er, as a matter of patriotism, inter-
rupted his rotation of crops to pro-
duce food and more food for our
armies and our Allies. Now again
in World War II, to feed our soldiers
and our Allies and to serve the spe-
clal demands of war industry, we
are dlslocating our normal produc-
ton as matter Of patriotic service.
1T seems plain that by the end Of
this war American farms will have
created a tremendous surplus pro-
auction power which ordinary peace
time requirements will not absorb.
BY the end of 1912 our overall
average increase production over
the average for the last 10 years will
be more than 81 per cent. How then
can American agriculture side-step
a postwar farm tragedy even worse
than that following World War I?
Experiments in Rubber and Other
Products.
Our Government is now experi-
menting with domestic sources for
rubber. Some sixty thousand acres
are devoted to the production Of
suayule and it's possibilities as a
source of domestic rubber. Elmer
gency plants for the production of
thousands of tons of synthetic rub
Der from oil and alcohol are now
springing into production.
We have learned how to make pa
per from slash pine and starch from
potatoes. We are learning how to
raise medicinal herbs which we for
merly imported.
Denied the use of kapok which we
imported from the East Indies and
used in life preservers, we have dis
covered that the floss from milk
weed makes better life preservers
than kapok ever did. Factories have
been built and several thousand
acres are now devoted to raising
intensively.
Already we are producing tung oil
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-09-24

newspapers are doing a grand job.
They are filling a spot all their own
lone which no magazine, daily. nor
any other publication can take. Too
often they are not fully appreciated
BY he home town folks but when, as
Sometimes happens, lack of support
forces their suspension, there is
community void that shortly opens
the eyes Of the tow1specpls.
Because Our readers ara largely
CITIZENS Of Just SUCH towns, because
re feel that the support and CO.
operation with the local newspaper
is a vital community duty, We are
1eprinting the Petersburg Press edi-
torial:
DO you ever stop to think what
makes the home town paper inter-
esting to you?
"Stories OF what goes On in other
parts of the United States? Well.
they are sort OF interesting, but as
a rule you don't remember them
very long after you read them.
Events taking place in other
parts of Alaska? Many of us enjoy
knowing what other people in the
Territory are doing and planning to
do. specially if we run across an
item about someone we know or
know about in a nearby town.
War news? There is something
nearly everyone reads. even if it
only confirms some fact we heard,
or partly heard, over an earlier news
report.
LOCAL NEWS? Now that Is the
one thing everyone agrees on. After
all, If it is Outside news or war news
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-09-24
Missing: 500. 600 Cords Of Wood

DR.. j. B. Umpleby, the man who
has the job of keeping 100000
persons in Washington and Oregon
from freezing this winter, because
he is Federal Fuel Coordination for
the two States, today announced that
each state will be divided into. IL
districts with coordinator in
charge of each area. Working with
out pay, DIR. Umpleby is fighting
against time to get 100000 cords
of fuel wood out of Washington and
Oregon forests, where there is plen-
ty of, wood but too little manpower
to get ii. to fuel-hungry consumers
who face wood fuel emergency If
quick action isn't Forthcoming. DR..
Impleby is a retired oil. magnate,
helped frame technical parts of the
Treaty of Versailles in the first
World War, was formerly an expert
for the Department of Interior, and
graduated in geology at the Univer-
siity of Washington in 1908.
WANTED Baby buggy. Call
Maurice Bogart. adv
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-09-24
Agriculture and Labor

agriculture has excellent reasons
to take concern for the welfare Of
labor" says Wheeler McMillen.
"The situation after the war is over
will be of particular importance to
farmers. Men earning good wages
full time are much better customers
than men without jobs. Men steadi-
ly employed under satisfactory con-
ditions are far less likely than men
without work to become the prey of
men who agitate for strange kinds
of government. Agriculture ought
not, therefore, to develop hostility
toward labor and toward labor or
CARNATIONS as such. A wiser course
would be to try to use agriculture's
influence for correction of those
abuses which do no good either to
laborers, farmers or the nation.''
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-09-24
Americas Real Stimulant

"1n the United States, every
mans value is determined by his
activity, and every man is given the
opportunity to develop his abilities.
An Americans real stimulant and
pride consist in being a self-made
man, in fighting, and in winning the
fight. "-Javier Prado.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-09-24

the billion dollar monthly national average as the an
nual goal.
The national quota for May, when the nation went
the blionamonth annual basis was $500 900. For
June the quota was $500 0e and for July it Jumped
to 900. The August quota SSH, e1eo0e
erage the quotas for the Fall and Winter months must
necessarily be stepped iup considerably to reach the
objective set ,s.r.-r A u. S. T,.asu,y Dts.,,w,n,
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-09-24
BUDGET ESTIMATE

ESTIMATE EXPENDITURES RECEIPTS fOh THE TOWN
CDuLEE CITY, WASHINGTON
shat Council Of Town of COu
need during the 1915 the amount
shown in tire itezed below This estimate
will O'Clock r. 1924 their
Building purpose giving
Taxpayer being heard against
proposed leties.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-09-24

WANTED Baby buggy. Call
Maurice Bogart adv
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-19
Victory
Gardens
BY n. e. Lang


Hand hoes are of several styles
and sizes. The best all round hand
hoe has a blade about 512 inches
wide. Another hoe having two
inch blade is very mandy for work
ing in narrow places. These stand.
ard hoes are sharpened by grind
Ing the outer edge Of the blade on
the grinding wheel once or twice
each season and by filing lightly on
the inner edge of the blade occas-
ionally in order to keep the edge
keen. II is expensive to buy files
to file the outer edge of a hoe
blade. When good double cut Ale
is used merely on the inner edge of
the blade. It will keep a properly
ground hoe in condition for sew.
eral years before the file is worn
out. There are other hoes for spe-
cial purposes, but none that can
take the place OF the two mention.
ed above.
There are many sizes and styles
Of garden rakes. None of the newer
styles have superseded the popular
l4-inch, IA toothed common rake
as a general purpose garden nipple
ment Curved teeth, though more
expensive. have grelter utility.
There is very narrow style having
only three teeth that Ia very use
full in loosening the soil around
small plants
Spades and shovels are Of many
kinds. 4 good seneral-purpose gar
den spade has blade about seven
inches wide and llh inches long.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-19

Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Hess and fam.
lily entertained at dinner Sunday
and for the day. Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Smithkey and daughters.
Joyce. Mae and Opal. Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest Perish and sons. Lyle
and Gerald, and Mr. and Mrs. 10.
seph McMaster, all OF Lansing.
Other guests were Mr., and Mrs.
John Boles, Fred Smithkey and
daughter. Betty Jane. and grand.
daughters. Lorrain and Arleen
Smithkey, all OF Mason. Mrs. Mary
Hess. Mr.. and Mrs. Berl Austen and
daughter Sharon. Mr.. and Mrs.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-19
MEMBER OF
POLITICAL ASPECTS

SO little Of definite chronicle gicsl
news is available from various
countries today that opinions must
be formed from the piece work lay
out constructed as bits OF intorma'
ton wash up on our shores.
Il is becoming increasingly evid'
ent TO the persistent reader that an
interesting cleavage is under way
with the British war policy struc-
ture.
Lord Beaverbrook, who has be-
fore now proven himself hard ana
relentless advocate when once be
has subscribed 10 policy, has now
taken a high hand In the movement
for a second front on the continent.
Not only has he radioed his opin-
ions but he appears now TO be de-
voting his powerful newspapers in
England TO melting a mass demand
for this action. In this he has been
aided and abetted by the Commun-
lists ami "fellow-travelers. Lord
Strabolgi. Labor peer has Joined
the chorus with a proposal that the
Labor party withdraw from the
Oh chill coalition government, be
cause OF dissatisfaction with the
war policy.
The whole rebellion seems TO
have been checkmated for the
moment by Labor's refusal 10 take
such a drastic step. with Clement
Attlee. also a Labor party peer.
roundly censoring Lord Straoolgi
for his attitude.
This family struggle will be in.
teresting TO watch in its unfolding
However, the average person will
be likely to do his betting on Prime
Minister Churchill. who has so far
been able to come through with
just the right strategy and well
turned phrase when any group sue
ceeds in placing him in precar-
ious position.
1t may not be inopportune 10
suggest that his appearance in
Washington at this time has 10 do
with this very complex problem.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-19
S. E. Augusta

S. z. Augusta, Mich. June 10
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert karnatz
and family. Martz Rd and John
Dickerson, Ypsilanti, spent Sunday
afternoon with Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Schechter and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Cox and
family. Ypsilanti. spent Sunday
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Julius Oelka.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Goodenough,
Maybee. spent Sunday evening
with Mr.. and Mrs. George Schech-
ter and family.
Mrs. Frank Vogler and daugh-
ter Jean and father William Cox.
visited Thursday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Elmer Garlick. Dearborn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vern Cox. Plat.
were Sunday dinner guests Of viii
liam Cox, son Otis, and Mrs. Rose
Speyers.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-19

In sandy soil pointed shovel is
often preferable to a spade. Some
times flat-tined spading fork is
preferable to either spade or shovel.
Seeders and wheel drills are use
full for professional gardeners who
raise large quantities OF certain
vegetables. but the home gardener
seldom needs anything except his
hands TO plant seeds. Farmers
often use their field corn planters
to plant their sweet corn, and po-
tato troopers to plant potatoes.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-19
CELEBRATE BIRTHDAYS

s. w. Augusta, Mich. June 10
Mr.. and Mrs. Cort Wayne spent
Sunday at the home OF Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Royal and son Ed
ward. Milan, where a group gather
ed to celebrate the birthdays OF
Mr. Wayne and several others that
are in June. A delicious potluck
dinner was served al noon and a
beautiful large birthday cake was
brought by Mr.. and Mrs. Bayard
Liggett. Lincoln Park.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-19
Half-Forgotten Days
Twenty Years Ago

enrolment Of between 200 and 300
planning daily vacation school
Mrs T. l. Calkin been reelected OF Mich
gan WCTU a. the closing Of the OF
the organization This her eighteenth its president
Normal High claims TO have the oldest graduates any
lgan school Six Of the IS to graduate said be FL
and very 50.
Eighty present The Degree Of Honors Doth
banquet and fully enjoyed good things
program followed Justice NJ B stadmler presided
In bis usual happy Mrs Carpenter
sponded feensy the Our Past Organization Miss
Belle spoke o. Insurance.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-19

CAME prepared" Yeah" agreed
Emil. On that ground THAT guy
who CAME prepared couldn't have
been corrupted later the colonel
was acquitted.
This is Elmer Davis kind Of
stuff.
Out Of the plain newspaper busi-
ness Elmer graduated into radio
broadcssting.
III say he's an all-around public
ity man.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-19
THEN AND NOW

An artful and srtistic political
tacticisn can never quite abandon
his chosen role. II is too much the
fiber of his being-he relishes too
much his own adroitness and the
advantages it has brought.
Even the well-intentioned Mayor
LaGuardia in his zeal for winning
the war, could not resist laying
heavy hand on the proposal OF Man
hattan's city council 10 name the
new East River Drive after General
Macarthur. His naive alibi was that
1T is too early yet TO properly
appraise the many heroes which
this conflict will produce.
Strangely enough. no such hesit-
ancy prevented naming the new
municipal airport "LaGuardis
Field"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-19

Washington Leon Henderson.
price administrator reports stats.
tics show the general retail price
ceiling has checked the cost
OF living The first returns are
in. They show that at last the
upward movement In living costs
has been checked The survey
demonstrates that II We are real
~ serious about II the battle
against initiation can be won
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-19
War Needs Money

The Ypsilsnti Daily Press Is glad
20 cooperate with the Treasury De
psrtment in keeping the following
message before our readers.
Il will cost money 10 defeat
Japan. Your government calls
on you TO help now.
Buy defense bonds or ytsfhns
today. Buy them every ds-, II
you can. But buy them on a
regular basis.
Bonds cost as little as fls75
Stamps come as low as 10 Genus.
Defense bonds and stamp can
.bs- bought At aiEkeHH4- aaA
post ofices and stamps can
also be purchased at retail
stores and rom your newspaper
carrier boz.
The Ypsilanu Daily Press urzel
all Americans ~ support your gov
eminent with your dollars
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-19
Iaday,s IIotascane

You who have a birthday to-
day are capable and eficient, yet
you are inclined to be retiring. al.
lowing others to advance where
you should go ahead yourself.
Your sensitive Heticent- nature
will limit your intimate friends to
a chosen few. Financial gain and
advancement VIII come to you
in the next IL months. but will be
attended by some sudden UP.
heavsl. disappointment or at.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-19

ing period in the
course Of World
War No. l. Now
it's Louis turn,
as a chronicler
OF World War
No rs develop
ment, TO direct
queries 10 Ell
mer, in the lat
ters new role
as chief dis
sem inator OF
press, radio.
film and all 9TH
er sorts Of typo
-~a-.g]af vocal
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-19

New York Jan Masaryk. vice
premier and foreign minister Of
the Czecho. Slovakian government.
in-exile: Let US by all means
think about the future peace but
don't let US under any circum.
stances make these deliberations
interfere with our decisive. delib-
crate. one track march toward mil.
itsry victory and the annihilation
of Nazism."
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-19
NIOlATOR PAWS

Saginaw. June ,9-Accused OF
leaving a sign burning in front Of
his ONCE during Monday nights
blackout test. Dr. Samuel Freid paid
a s25 hne in Justice Ernest Huts
Court Thursday
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-19
THEY say

Washington-Rep Carl Vinson.
chairman OF the House Naval Az
fairs Committee The modern de-
1elopment OF aircraft has demon
strated conclusively that the back
bone of the Navy today lie the air
craft carrier"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-19

Washington-Henry L. Stimson,
Secretary Of War, promises spe-
cislists will take over many Army
desk jobs in Washington: 81 think
there are far too many officers
here There has been pressure on
the part OF good many people 10
get into an Army uniform without
doing combat duty"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-19
one-siinute Test

1 How do toads drink
2 How do fishes hear
--5-A-itA--u-Aat-orzans do ele.
plants produce sound7
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-19

DR.. Clendening will answer
questions of general interest
only, and then only through
his column.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-19
Words of Wisdom

Every one may see daily in
stances Of people who complain
from the mere habit Of complain.
ing
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-19
Fifty Years Ago

Walter L Fuller is building frame
south Of Clark CornWslls.
The upon started and
considerable changes being training depart.
ment taking portions doubling the Of the
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-19

The worlds largest stalagmiie
is believed 70 be the Giant Dome
IN Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-19

ahead. AS a general thing. how.
ever, people are bored by such a
recital, so don't tell Il to them
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-19

tempted fraud. Safeguard your
health. Many financial benefits
will be received by the child Who
Is born on this date, but he or
abe will be liable to unexpected
worries in business through false
friends and associates. This Is
especially true IL this child is born
late in the day.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-19
Hints on Etiquette

Once In awhile a friend will
ask you to tell him or her the en-
tire plot Of a movie. then 20
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-19
chIldren's p.y PLANNED
Entertalna ~ Dinner

Children's Day will be held at
seybert Church Sunday June p.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-19

The formation Is So feet high. and
ms age is estimated 10 be 10000 900
years.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-19
Observations
Louis P. Lochner
to QUIZ Davis on
l. s. Situation
BY Charles P. Stewart

TO ELMER H. DAVIS, as a
newspaper reporter in those days,
Louis p. Lochner was a source OF
information during quite IN eXcit-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-19

Belgium is the most densely
populated country in Europe.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-19

One-Nfinute Test Answers
1. Through the skin. not the
mouth.
2. BY ears.
3 BY blowing through the
trunk.