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Evening star., 1943-07-11
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(COnblnueo from rage O-lJ
had to swim whether they want
ed to or not.
BY / o'clock every one was
ready for another meal and an
other mighty hearty one 1t was,
too; served In the lovely old re-
modelled dining room which lost
none of Its antique charm when
1t was modernized. The furniture
Is all beautiful and old and so is
the exquisite china on which
Sunday dinner was served. But
we have to admit that the boys
and girls seemed more interested
in that good country chicken and
vegetable dinner than they were
in the china. The piece de resis-
tance, however, was the cake
made by Helen, aged Is, the
daughter of the house. After the
second bite we're told all the
young men were proposing!
We were interested in hearing
about the individual members of
the Planning Committee. The
boys, due to military orders, are
constantly going and coming
from washington so aren't here
enough to remain on the COM
mittee very long. The girls
mostly Government workers-are
more permanent.
For instance several of them
Aave been on the committee since
its very beginning. Sally Parla-
man, who is with Rubber Reserve
Co. Of Reconstruction Finance
Corp. and dark and pretty
jeanette Stevenson from Nary
land. and Geraldine Jones Of
Michigan, who came to the Ma
tion's Capital two years ago to
work in the War Department and
went into the USO as soon as she
came to Washington, she says.
Then, too, there is tall, blond and
lovely Denny" King of Kansas,
who has been member ever since
she has been here. One of the
most popular male members is
British Army Bob williams, blue
eyed, red haired and loads of fun
and did all the girls worry
about him when they thought he'd
gotten too much of a sunburnl
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Mary Callahan
Wed to Ensign
r. N. Schuartz

Miss Mary Catherine Callahan,
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey
G. Callahan, was a bride Of yes
terday morning, her marriage to
Ensign Robert Norman Schwartz,
U. S. N. r.. taking place at 10
o'clock In st. Anthony's Catholic
Church.
Wearing white satin fashioned
on princess lines, the bride was
escorted to the altar by her father.
Seed pearls trimmed her dress and
formed the tiara which held her
veil. She carried bouquet Of gar
denias and bouvardia.
Miss Patricia Callahan was maid
of honor for her sister, wearing
pink marouisette and carrying a
bouquet of pink. yellow and blue
flowers. The bridesmaids were Miss
Mary Reidy, Miss June Harrington
and Miss Barbara Callahan of
Washington and Miss Ann-Marie
Schwartz of Portsmouth, Va, sister
of the bridegroom. Two wore blue
and two yellow marquisette and they
carried nosegays of yellow and blue
flowers. Betsy Jaccard, dressed in
pink and carrying basket of mixed
flowers, was the flower girl.
The bridegroom is the son Of 1t.
Comdr. and Mrs. A. T. Schwartz
Of Portsmouth and Washington
Mr.. Gerard Brannon was his best
man and the ushers were Mr.. John
Harrington, Mr.. Robert Middleton,
Mr.. Albert Marland and Mr.. James
Reidy.
After the reception in the home
OF the brides parents in Woodbridge
the couple left for the Shenandoah
Valley and will return the end of
the month.
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to spend only about two weeks
during August at their home In
Cleveland. Both are extremely
busy here and are likely to re-
main in Washington throughout
July. The Senator will do some
speechmaking early in August
and in September they will both
be back in the Capital.
Senator and Mrs. Burnet r.
Maybank were among the first
to leave Washington for their
home in Charleston, S. c.
Senator Clyde M. Reed of
Kansas will leave over the week
end to join Mrs. Reed, who left
several weeks ago for Parsons.
Friday saw Senator and Mrs.
Allen J. Ellender bound for their
home in Houma, La.
Mrs. James E. Murray left
Tuesday for Montana and the
Senator expects to leave about
the 20th for Butte.
Senator and Mrs. Henrik Ship
stead hope to get off at an early
date for their home in Miltona,
Mimi.
Mrs. Scott w. Lucas. wife of
Senator Lucas of Illinois, left two
weeks ago for their home in Ha-
vana and will be joined by the
Senator this week.
Senator Guy M. Gillette has
been gone from the Capital about
two weeks, having been called to
Cherokee, Iowa, by the illness of
Mrs. Gillette.
Senator Chan Gurney of South
Dakota may remain for while
in Washington, although Mrs.
Gurney already is at their home
in Yankton.
BY the end of next week Sem
ator and Mrs. Joseph G. O'Ma-
honey will be on their way to
Cheyenne, Wyo., to remain until
September.
Senator and Mrs. Wallace H.
White, jr., are looking forward to
spending the summer in Maine
and will leave sometime this
week for Auburn.
Mrs. Gerald P. Nye will leave
with the Senator about the mid
die of the week to spend a few
days in New York before going
Evening star., 1943-07-11
Geneva Gordon
To Wed in Fall

Mr.. and Mrs. James Howell Cor
don of Chevy Chase announce the
engagement of their daughter. Miss
Geneva Elizabeth Gordon, to Mr.
Erling Martin Hagen, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Christian A. Hagen of
Minneapolis
A graduate of Wilson Teachers
College, the bride-elect is a men,
ber of Sigma Sigma Sigma.
Mr.. Hagen was graduated from
the University of Minnesota and Is
a member of Tau Beta Pi and Eta
Kappa Nu Fraternities. He is at
present with the Naval Ordnance
Laboratory.
The wedding will take place in the
autumn,
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on to North Dakota, with a stop
over for a while in Iowa Falls,
Iowa. for a visit with Mrs. .Nye's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William
F. johnson. 1t will be the first
long trip for young Gerald p.
Nye, jr., and his first visit with
his grandparents, with whom he
will remain for a good part of
the summer.
Senator and Mrs. Pat McCar-
ran will leave Thursday for
Nevada to spend the summer at
their home in Reno.
1t may be difficult to get as far
as Texas, but Senator and Mrs.
w. Lee ODaniel are so eager to
get home they intend to go there
regardless of travelling inconven-
fences. They may leave today.
Evening star., 1943-07-11
Elisabeth Elsey
Engaged to Marry

Mr.. and Mrs. Rutherford Birchard
Elsey Of Clarksburg, w. Va, an
nounce the engagement Of their
daughter, Miss Elizabeth Elsey, to
Sergt. Eugene j. Hennigan, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs Edward j. Hennigan OF
Dunmore, Pa. He is at present sta
toned at Camp Van Dorm, Miss.
No date has been set for the
wedding.
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Miss Day Visitor

Miss Marjorie Day of Bel Air Md,
has been the house guest of the
Misses Mary and Alden Sypher at
the home of their parents, Capt.
Howard H. Sypher. jr.. U. S. M. c.,
and Mrs. Sypher, in North Arlington.
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NOTICE.

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E'N SALE 1897 BUICK FOUR
t.aH sedan, al" one tIyc-gaitcd
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H,...a Ice Company. Q. {. CLARK.
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PRE-WAR IRON BEDS AND
springs all rccnnirtIou"d. Good
assortment III present. I;uy rhcr,
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MEN. WOMEN. WANT VIM S.r,,,
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STOVE LENGTH DRY PIN -,
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phone 260. Son.
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SELL US YOUR SCRAP ,re,.-
INC war. lllGhtcSt price. n, ," WIN VI,
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Detroit evening times., 1943-05-09

-
most of your clothes in
cudng your underwear
they have cotton in them somewhere.
In your room you'd have to rip down the
shades and venetian blinds with their cotton
tapes, not TO mention curtains and drapes.
And before you sit down you'd have TO rip
out Of your easy chair all the cotton padding
and upholstery. Should you feel bit uncom-
Portable sitting on the frame and the springs,
you can get down on the floor provided there
is no cotton in your rugs.
"Of course, you'd never use the telephone,
for the wire is cotton covered and the instru
ment might be made OF cotton pastics. Nor
would You drive out TO see your friends be-
cause your car has 65 pounds Of cotton IN II.
at dinner time you couldn't use your
radio your light, or your tOaSter, for there IS
cotton in every electrical appliance, and you
couldn't use even kerosene lamp or "A candle
for the wicks in both are Of cotton.
you wouldn't have much of dinner. You
couldn't use cottonsecd oil and you would have
no meat that comes from livestock fed with
cottonseed meal You'd have 20 shut off your
refrigerator and there wouldn't be any dish
cloths or towels. table cloths or napkins 20
wipe the unused dishes ard your dry chin.
Thus. hungry and weak, you'd absent
mindcdly take a shower and go 10 bed soaking
wet-there'd be no towels. In bed you'd have
TO wrap yourself in a wooden blanket and lie
down on the bare springs. For you'd find no
bedspread sheet or pillow cases. and no tick
ing and padding in your mattress.
Getting up in the morning, you'd be a SICK
man. But you couldn't get any medical care.
There wouldn't be any gauze, absorbent cot
ton. adhesive tape X-ray machines, operating
table pads sheets mattresses, and dozens of
other things needed TO fix you up,
You would see some Of the nurses run
ming around without their cotton uniforms.
That would be interesting, but you'd be in no
condition TO appreciate it. Thatd be the last
straw and you'd decide to kill yourself. But
Detroit evening times., 1943-05-09

Because OF this fact, we can hardly believe
when we are told that bombers nose and
the gunners' turrets are made Of plastics
manufactured from cotton linters, or that
mayonnaise and margarine are composed Of
oil taken from the cottonseed.
AS a matter of fact. many products we
use in all walks of life are made from the
various parts of the cotton plant-the u. S.
Army Quartermasters Corps alone lists about
IL 900 of them-that IL would take volumes
20 describe them.
To bring home the Importance Of cotton
in our war effort it is enough 20 mention that
the Navy permits only cotton lntcrs 10 be
used for its explosives while more than hasf
Of all Army ammunition is made from the
same material
one bale Of cotton linters 500 pounds
will provide smokeless powder for 20ii0
rounds Of machine-gun ammunition, 2,7a7
rounds Of pompom 100000 rounds OF rifle
shots and s5 rounds Of heavy tank ammuni-
ton.
And that's only a fraction Of the whole
fascinating story about this versatile plant.
We are tempted TO say that there amt
no such anin""l' as cotton II is beyond the
grasp Of an average non-technical mortal 20
get a clear picture Of what human ingenuity
is able TO produce from that modest-lookng
plant. Literally. there is dynamite in IL.
Ed Lipscomb Of the National Cotton Coun-
Gil of America, wildly pictures the versatile
Importance Of cotton by telling an imaginary
modern person what would happen TO him
should he suddenly decide to stop using cotton
And its products.
Brother. you couldn't even get home"
says Mr. Lipscomb, because every train, bus,
cab and bicycle has that cotton in its cleo
trical wires, seats, tires and other places. OF
course, you could walk. but you'd have 10.
take off your shoes, for their accs and Innings
have cotton in EN-
And with your shoes you'd have TO take
off your socks, for they certainly have cotton
at least in their heels and toes. Then don't
Detroit evening times., 1943-05-09
M Lipscomb could 20 ca indef

ntely imagining what would happen
70 each one of us should we be suddenly left
without cotton
Cotton goes back into ancient history Cen
erals OF Alexander the Great brought news TO
Europe Of vegetable wool" growing in tufts
on trees in India. Originally cotton did grow
on trees and some of these trees still grow
in Florida and other parts Of the world.
The Hindus made cotton into cloth so deli
cate that it became invisible when bathed in
the morning dew" The old Egyptians how
ever used it in more visible forms But it
took men thousands of years to discover the
tremendous use Of cotton.
Only 75 years ago the seeds and everything
else except the lint were thrown away.
To bring this wonder plant down to earth,
so to speak, let's see in a general way what
happens TO cotton after it's picked
First of all, the cotton is brought by the
farmer TO the cotton-Gn where the two basic
Ingredients the white lint and the cottonsced
within it, are pulled apart. Then the two go
separate ways.
The cotton lint goes to a spinning mill
There the fibers are Strengthened twisted and
pulled into yarn. BY the way, pound Of raw
cotton contains 90 million fIbers. Some
Of them are 50 fine that it takes 80 miles to
weigh pound
The yarn made of these fibers is woven
into fabric which is bleached and printed IN
the finishing plantss Then other manufac.
turers turn it into cloth products.
With every 500 pounds Of fiber the gin
obtains 900 pounds of seeds. The cotton
seed. after parting company with the lint,
goes 20 the crushing mill where its three COM
ponent parts, the Inter, the hull and the ker-
mel, are obtained
The linters, the tiny fur around the hull,
are sent TO a beachery where they turn out
in the form of snow-white sheet that looks
like blotting paper. This is the purest form
OF alpha cellulose which, after it is dissolved
Detroit evening times., 1943-05-09

in chemicals and nodded, you find in hundreds
of kinds Of transparent plastcs, from photo
graphic films TO bombers noses.
Some of this cellulose is sprayed through
tiny holes forming a fine yarn which is used
in making of rayon. Still some more is melted
down and is applied as a liquid 70 fabrics as
weatherproof coating. Most of it, however
is used now for the manufacture Of smokeless
powder and other explosives
The other part of the seed, the hull is
treated and crushed into substance which is
chiefly used in feeding cattle Some of it,
mixed with resins is made into non-trans-
parent plastcs.
And a highly important chemical fluid
furfural, is also obtained from the hull. It's
used as chemical agent in making high
octane gasoline and synthetic rubber.
The third part of the seed, the kernel, re-
naming after the linters and the hull were
removed, is cooked into a soft mass which is
laid on mats. Terrific hydraulic pressure is
applied to this mass, squeezing out of it every
bit Of oil.
After it is purified this cottonseed oil is
used for shortening, Some Of it, by churning
it with SKINNED milk and adding to it Vita
Minis A and ID, is made into margarine. II is
also used in making salad dressing and as
cooking oil.
Even the burr outside the lint is now being
converted into insulating material and into
products where cork is normally used. such as
in liferafts. Also in an experimental stage
is the use of stalks for the manufacture Of
paper pulp. These stalks used TO be plowed
under or burned the fields.
They say that from pig everything is
used but the squeal AS you can see every
bit Of the cotton plant is used nowadays, and
we would use the squeal, too, if the cotton
had any.
Every soldier is issued % cotton garments
as soon as he is inducted. He gets IA other
cotton articles, including a mattress.
Multiply the number Of items per soldier
by the size of our expanding army and you
will get the idea Of cotton's responsibility TO
the Army alone not counting the demand Of G
Lend-I-ease for the whole world and the needs
Of the Red Cross and other relief agencies.
In addition, cotton must clothe the civilian
population by replacing silk, wool, flax hemp
and sisal imports which are seriously impaired
or entirely cut off by the war.
Not even mentioning the great demands
for cotton by the various chemical industries
it is obvious that there could be no surplus
of cotton fiber and there is a shortage of cot
tonseed and its products
There is only one way to avert the danger
of shortage That is planting more cotton.