davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-12-22
Tighter Competition After War Demands
Soil Fertility Be Maintained at High Level

from the army, they will be able to
work more land than hitherto.
Homesteads for Soldiers.
"The government is already plan
ming to give homesteads to service
men. When this is done, the owner
of an expensive farm will be in a
tough spot to produce crops in COM
petition with the man who has no
capital investment in the soil por-
ton of his food factory.
1.-THE only way the American
farmer can successfully compete
either in domestic or world markets
in postwar years, is by producing
crops at lower cost per unit. In
such program, the steady use Of
mixed fertilizer containing nitrogen,
phosphorus and potash will be an
enormously important factor. More
bushels per acre can, and will mean
more food from less land. 1t will
also mean more good food per acre
to help build healthier human beirgs
and farm animals in the future"
The need for building up tie
soils productivity is widely recog
nized as a postwar "must" No less
an authority than Secretary of agri-
culture Claude Wickard recently
declared: "Now is the time for
farmers to worry about soil fer
tility.'
In answer to any farmers state
ment that "My yields are better
than ever" Secretary Wickard
counters with this question:
"Ask yourself how much better
machinery and better plant varieties
have had to do with those increases.
Over much of our best farm land,
better yields are the most pro-
nounced cause of accelerated soil
depletion - steady decline that
most farmers can't see yet, but
which could bring a nationwide
crisis in soil fertility.
mo great nation can afford to
neglect the productivity of its soil.
The problems of abundance, baf-
fling as they seem, are challenge.
They can be solved; and their solu-
ton will be the gateway to a better
way of living. But to the problems
of steadily declining production
there is no answer. That pathway
eventually leads to decline and ruin.
1t not only is impossible to pro-
duce abundantly on depleted soils;
it is almost impossible to produce
efficiently.
Huge Crops Robbed Soil.
"After four years of record
breaking production for war, farm
ers have special need for checking
up on their soil resources and for
repairing the effects of depletion.
Such checking up would in most
cases reveal that the soils fertility
level is lower than it was in prewar
years. Fertility has been one of the
necessary casualties in the battle
to meet wartime food production
goals. Peak-load groupings have
taken heavy toll of the soils re-
sources of nitrogen, phosphorus and
potash.
Rehabilitation of the soil is thus
necessity, if the fertility level is to
be built up and the productive
capacity of the land maintained in
the competitive postwar period.
All things considered, the cost OF
blowing, seeding and cultivating a
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-12-22
Expert knowledge
Needed on MANY Bills

That does not mean that there are
not men in congress who know as
much and more than many of the
persons appearing before them in
favor of, or in opposition to, a par
ticular bill. But even senator can't
be all things to all men.
Then there are the well-heeled
lobby groups with their technical
experts.
What can committee with linn
tied appropriation do in competition
with a private group with funds to
hire the best legal or technical
brains in the country to present its
case? How can member of a con-
gressional committee be expected to
know as much about a subject as
member of government depart
ment who spends his whole time on
the particular subject involved?
Fortunately, the situation is
durable. One answer is-greater
specialization on the part of the
members of congress. This can
be accomplished by cutting
doWn the number OF committees
upon which member is allowed
to serve. In the house with its
larger membership a member
can concentrate on single COM
mittee's work. In the senate,
l know of one case where
senator found that all six COM
mittees on which he served were
scheduled to meet at the same
time on the same day.
Another solution for the problem
would be provision for employment
of non-political experts, both tenn
porary and permanent, to advise
committees on purely technical mat
tiers. This arrangement now exists
but in such limited degree that it
is hardly effective.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-12-22
All Democratic Institutions
Suffer During Wartime

The present legislators, if they
wished to be as tritely exasperating
as many civilian slackers in this
our time of national stress, could
answer some of their critics with
a shrug and reminder that there
is war on" When war is on the
toughest fibered of democratic in
situations suffer.
The Inconsistency of the bulk of
the complaints against the legisla-
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-12-22

tive branch of the government in
the last two years can be seen when
1t is realized that the two most popu-
lar charges offered were either
that congress was a rubber
stamp" or that it was "obstruc-
ZIONIST" which adds up to a con-
tradiction.
Because of the fact that the
growth of the country has de-
manded an increase in the
body of administrative and
executive law, congress is
forced to delegate more power
and more functions to the ad-
ministrative branch. To over
come this trend in so far as
possible will be one of the ef-
forts of the reorganization, of
which l will speak in a mo-
ment. Meanwhile, it is interest
ing to note that Senator LaFol-
lette himself called attention to
the accomplishment of the Tru-
man investigating committee in
exposing executive errors al
ready committed and in pre-
venting others by the mere
threat of lever present exposure
and censure."
The one field in which congress
can greatly increase its efficiency
and in so doing, not only checking
Wlllful aggression of the administra-
tive and executive branches but rem
dering a real assistance to them and
to the whole nation, is in a re-
organization of the committees and
their methods.
Congress at present is not
equipped to offer sufficient con-
structive help in the writing of
legislation and therefore, frequent
ly, the last word goes, by default,
to the interested government
agency, or that particular pressure
group armed with the technical in
formation necessary to bolster its
case.
representative Smith of Virginia,
in the report of his committee TO in
vestigate executive agencies, brings
out this point, as others have. The
report says:
To-day large percentage of the
most important legislation is
painstakingly drafted by the very
executive officials who are intended
to be the recipients of the powers
which the legislation delegates.
Furthermore, the same officials
are generally the only expert and
fully informed witnesses to testify
before the legislative committees of
the congress having jurisdiction
over the proposed bills. If there are
opposing witnesses they do not, as
rule, represent congress or the
people generally but rather some
special group
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-12-22
Get 1t Early!

1.-THE War Food administration
again calls on farmers to accept
delivery of their fertilizers during
the winter and early spring, when
the manufacturing plants can
make delivery most easily, and
to store it in their barns and
sheds for use when needed"
P. H. Groggins, chief of the
chemicals and fertilizers branch.
advises.
1.-THE individual farmer can as
sure himself of sufficient fertiliz-
er by placing his orders as
far as possible ahead of the sea-
son of use. If all farmers will
do this. plants can be kept work.
ing at the capacity permitted by
available labor. Continued maxi
mum production and use of fer
tilizers is necessary in support
of the war food program"
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-12-22
A Thrilling Sur e
For This Chris mas

DO YOU know a young house.
- keeper who would love to
make home for family of dolls
in this charming Colonial house?
1t IS easy to make from scraps
OF plyWood or from panels with
slight flaws now available for civ
lllan use. 1t is even possible to
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-06-05

Earl Mowrer Of Sheridan Place.
Cumberland. is glad that he was
able 10 exchange one CIO member.
ship for another. After training
period that extended over a seveni
month period. he shipped out as
an ordinary seaman and promptly
joined the National Maritime
Union.
Bro. Mowrer doesn't waste any
time In port on this side. so hasn't
been to the MNU halls here. He
hits for home. where he has a wife
and two young sons. But he was
very appreciatve of the NMU GEN.
ter in Oran, where he stopped on
his first trip to the other side.
II don't know what conditions
on board ship were like before the
union came. but they treat you de-
cent now" he says. There Is o
union meeting soon after leaving
port and another before you hit
port, with meetings i'm between If
necessary. We bring up beefs at
the meetings and get them ironed
out. There Is union literature
around the ship too"
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-06-05

The Executive Board considered
the situation that arose when
Department Chairman was threat
ened with expulsion from the plant
because the company alleged that
he spent all his time hunting
grievances. The union countereo
with the charge that the company
did not settle grievances promptly
when they were presented in the
prescribed way. Today's statement
was the result.
HOW CONTRACT READS
The contract provides the follow
Ing steps in taking up grievances
% The aggrieved union member
takes the matter up with the
Foreman. with or without the
nresence of a committeeman. W
The union member notifies the
Shop Committeeman, who may 20
take up the matter with the De-
partmental Committeeman or Snop
Chairman.
(4l The Departmental Commit
teeman take the matter up Y'"
the Department Superintendent OF
his agent. with or without the
presence of the Shop Committee
man and the union member. to)
The matter is referred to the Cen
eral Committee of the Union ana
the Plant Manager or his agents
60 If there Is still no agreement
the matter Is referred to aribtra-
tion.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-06-05
Local 1874
Notes

At the General Membership
meeting May "a, Local 1874 unani-
mously went on record a. pledgihg
ail-out support to Local 4S OF the
Shipyard Workers In Baltimore IN
their organizing drive and hght
against the disruptors whom they
expelled from their union. and VINO
ARE now trying to organize the
A. F. Of L. In the shipyard.
Walter 4. Walters, who received
q notice from the Celanese Corp.
that he had been suspended Tor
two weeks for lack Of attention TO
his work, returned after one day
off and resumed his duties as
Chairman Of the Engineering De-
partment, but with the understand
ing that the Grievance Procedure
laid down in the contract would
be strictly observed.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-06-05
Textile Mil Is
Put in Order

Cumberland will have a second
textile mill again il plans of the
General Textile Mills. Inc. for re-
opening its pant In South Cumber-
land go through.
The plant, which has been closed
for some years, is at present being
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-06-05

reconditioned, according to notices
from Pres. Leonard p. Freider In
New York.
The Homecoming plant Of General
Textile Mills is under contract with
the Textile Workers Union Of
America.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-06-05
Boyden Calls For
Contract Observance

CUMBERLAND June 1Srct observance of the procedure
laid down the for handling grievances will be insisted
in the future said Pres Richard L. BOyden of Local 1874
day company expected follow
he
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-06-05
TWUA to NMU

Here is a veteran of 10 years In
the Dye House who has turned
mariner for the duration.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-05-19
NlOllcrc Comedy
10 Be Presented
Tonight at SIS

The MIscr." comedy in JOS
iInn". Ivy M"licrc. VIII bc presented
tonight al &.l3 u'CI"ch IN the Hon
dcr$on high school auditorium bv
the eleventh grade.
The play promises tp bC most en-
i"raInlnG. with DcaulIfu costumes,
Two of the costumes have bCvn ON
DISPLAY on models in the window Of
l.. G. Davis and Sons Company thf>
week and are wcll-ddoptcd tu tho
pcr.oG III which tn" play IS set.
Committees for the play were an
nounycd today as follows: Stage and
lightS. Crcnshaw Thompson. Lyman
Mclean. Billy Davis. and Ollie
Vaughan. tickets. OvCida Ellis. lame
I"ISHn. Rosa Mac Coghil. Edna
Freeman; publicity. Martha Evans.
Patsy McCallum. Tempe Bradley.
Harry Evans. Mabel Butts and Annie
Watkins: properties. HIlda GriSsnm.
Ann Rose and Florinc Ingram.
CshCrs will be Virginia Saticr-
white. Louise Trugdcn. Bobby Hunt.
Julian Perry. Betty GuodwyG. Bette
Bowie. Mabel Butts, Della Dixon and
Bobby Finch.
Special seals will be reserved for
families and friends OF members Of
the cast.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-05-19
Millions Helped
In Many Ways By
Poppy Day Sales

tNtry penny from poppicS that
VIII be sold ON the streets ul ihi.
ana thousands ui ether towns. WI
lagos and cities in the country Is con-
lrIOuicd To the welfare and rc!u5lli-
iatIon work of the Amrriclu Legion
amd Auxiliary. Mrs. joel Chca'ham.
rrcSidcn' OF the auxiliary umil 90
said today. Because this wnrl; is
"cIng done by volunteers. ihc money
goes long way.
MANY people have wondered what
VIII become of the money collected
by Inc volunteer workers Saturday.
May p. ! wish every one cculG sec
what help this money brings IL the
disabled and their families. Chill
drcn l,t: fathCrlcSs by .wp world
wars are the special concern nf the
Legion and the Auxiliary. Their
needs arc often great. especially their
buman needs. We try 10 gt.c them
comfort both for the body and the
mind
'ol course. the government looks
after the physical welfare ns the dis
ablCd men who are in hospitals in
almost every State. but there arc
'ningS which the GovCrnmCu, can
rot provide. such aS the understand
rg aid and the personal attention
that SO often helps disabled man
and which often helps to keep 4 tam
lly together when the Chrri bread
winner is IncapaCitatCd.
This is what tho money from tho
POPPY sale helps 10 accomplish. And
"" nope 'ha, this year more and
more people will buy the pupJrcs ana
Sh"w their interest in and their S,m-
rdihy ioI the men who hnN,, fought
for incm and are now struggling TO
get back 10 the paint wh,rc INC,
can again become self .tIpprriinr"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-05-19
Scouts Will
Be Guests Sunday
With AIethodists

Girl Scouts OF Henderson will bC
special guests al the morning wOr-
snip service al the FRS, Methodist
Church tomorrow al II a. ~. the
pastor, Rev. II. * King. anno,:nccd
today
Special pCws will bC reserved for
the Scouts and their CO,,nSClorS ard
otAcr leaders. The service will he
dedicated TO youth. having IN mind
especially tho Girl Scouts. and stu
dents Cf Henderson high school in
this closing month of the school year.
The subject OF the sermon. will Bc
no Days of Thy YOUTH" The pastor
stated. PC said parents uf the church
and young people. as we'll rs tho pub
Tic generally. were invited 10 the
service by tho pastor.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-05-19
cr-Daughter
Banquet Held At
Baptist Church

IN observance e: Girls Auxiliary
Focus Week. which Is being held al
the First Baptist church this week.
20 wothvr-daUgh'Cr banquet WAS hclu
..s' night nj the church. with about
90 mCtnvrS and daughters III attend
.Urc.
! color scheme of pink and white
1.sS carried uUt III the floral dccurn-
;.,ns and with lighted tapcrs.
Hiss Anne Griffin was toastrlis-
,:r>S At the dinner. The group gave
'uauES ~ song. aitcr which Mrs. H.
T.. Duke made the iu,roductions. \
.3utr To- the mothers was made Dy
Mss Edith RcsC Greene. to which
Ms. Guy -. Rivers responded. "LillI"
MolhCr." u duct. was sung by Mrs.
II. y. Dennis and Miss Ruth Dennis.
Hiss Elizabeth l.ISSitcr made :alk
Calling MI Girls" explaining the
work Of the Girls Auxiliary. Miss
Fay Bcciiwlth sang a solo entitled
"NoihCT."
During the !rn period. led ny Mrs.
4 II Moore. all the mothers present
todd "t what they approved and dis
ypprONrd IN ,hCu daughters. and
then the daughters told The same
about their muihrrS. y dcDat" W.
ncld ON whether the mcth"rS mad
more 'lm in their day than the
GaUah;crs HAY" today.
Misses Mildred ana jamie Conn
and Marjorie NarDy!ic served at the
supper. The banquet Was ins;crcd
ny three circles @! The W. VI I. and
the ". NJ. S.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-05-19
Miss Herlong Weds
1t. Robert Rodwell
In Georgia Rites

. Miss Nainic NJ. HcrlOnc. of WASH
inG'"n. ID. C.. and Columbia. s. G..
ddu:.hlcr az Mr.. ana Ms. WiIII,r
tac" ticrlong and First I.icutcnan,
Joseph R"D"r' RodWCIl. son a., NIr
ana Mrs. Clement Allen Rodwcu. ur
taIci"h. were united IN marriage
Saturday evening. May 6. a, srrv,,
" clock. III Il Candlc-Ightcd Sct,inr
beautiful II IL simplicity.
The couple spoke their yov. mo
fore an altar banked with palms.
roses. and white gladiol. illuminate
cd by tall tapcrS IN cindc!abra. m
the c:ancl of the First Nlr'nodI,i
church. WayCro~s. Ga.
The RCv. Albert $ TrulnrL pns-
tor. nfiiCiH'cd. using The impressive,
dnunlC ring ceremony
Preceding tho ceremony. NIrs 1
W. Leafs. urIanlSt. played "Hc
carisc" by d'lIardclnr: and II Love
N"U Truly" by Bond. "L.icbrSiral,nl"
Ivy List wa~ played .rfrlv dIn,.nu
the ceremony. The traditional pro-
c"S>'onai by Luhcngrin and rcccs-
>inN1l wedding mu>IC Was used.
Tn" brld" and groom entered 'hv
Chup,, unattended
The bride wore Shccr white ,r<Dr
and he ShoGldCr-irugth veil of il
lUSion fell from a Mary. Queen of
Scots. Sh."rcd cap. Her cOrsngc was
a single white orchid.
The mother oi the bride wore n
gown Of navy blue and white mar
Ouiscttr. Her corSagc was Of gar
ticnids
The groom's mnthC" wore black
., ~ i
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-05-19

uciGnnul social hour. Tea was
poured by Mrs. B. IL. Perry, dele
l"o'c refreshments were served from
S,iF dain'y and lovely table.
members present included Mes
uanicS j. II. Brodic. *. l.. Burton.
ID II, Perry. B. +. Harris. A. J. Har-
rs - |. Chcatham. +. r. Shaw, f..
~. DIXON. +. l.. TocplCman. II. G.. S.
DAVIS. Il. j. Corbitt. II. G.. kittrell,
ana MiSScS Maricl and Kate Gary.
GueStS ior the afternoon were: Mrs.
II. X. King, Mrs. Lawrence Harris,
Mr.. ). /. Peace, Mrs. Alec Cooper,
Mr.. Herbert White. Mrs. w. ID. Me
INNS, and Mrs. Earl Thompson,
from Goldsboro.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-05-19
STRAWBERRY MARKET IS
EGPORTED IIED''

Raleigh May 10 Hugh Martin.
mmkctinG specialist with tho State
Department OF Agriculture is "r ihc
opinion that the strawberry market
- completely dCnorHlilCd" ~ irc
recent price ceilings
Martin. wh" has bCCn ON ihc Chad
hourn market @S an inspector .rucr
Tive beginning of the season. reported
Friday that all strawberry arc Iri,,c-
ing virtually the same price s. 10
N"r 2i-nuari crate the "Ciiinr- vic
'hcr they arc good or bad. and tina,
consequently the producer of'C,inc
iop-cradC berries "is not being re-
wardcd for his efforts
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-05-19
Home Demonstration
Program Is Arranged

The complete program for the
meeting "f the fourteenth district
Restoration OF Home Demonstration
Clubs. which will nc held AT In,
Nliddlehurg Community I!nu,y,
Tuesday. May 23. was annai.rrci
today by Mrs. Hattie r. PlurrmCr.
Vance county home dcmonSt.al ~:
agent.
The Vance county clubs Will bc
host al the meeting which vii. u1Cn
at 1890 o'clock. with Mrs \ II
Martin. of Jackson. presiding Clubs
from Warren, Granville t'raunlin.
Northampton, hal!taE. and Vance
counties will be represented At the
meeting.
The program follows:
Sons--Iiail, Club Women. CruWn-
cd Through Service.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-05-19

TCchnicIIW F""rDD Cirldr I0s,nN
IiarlS. r,l'i" inrcc. HENDERSON. ha,
been awarded The guoi conduct
medal nj For B"nu!ng. Ga, accord
nr 'u word received here r"dly. The
medal - IIurGrG to enlisted men
VIII" have served q ycHr ~ the Army
during war time and whose char
aCtcr ani efficiency a snldIcrs have
nc"n rated us "cTccllCnt" by their
Officers.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-05-19
Open House To Be
At Country Club

Members OF West End Courtrv
ciiib are reminded that open house
VIII DC held at the club tonight. The
hn"rS aye from nine O'Clock TO ~.
Inc EinGo playing Will start prompt
~ nj 9:3h O'Clock. An invitation is
extended /" get together and have
a good time.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-05-19

under way June 3 and continue
through June =. are uoW bciur COM
pi''"d and VIII nc ready tor an
n"unc'm"u' Saturday. aerurdlu- t.
AiHmui SCr"'1ry ! VI. Saundcgs.
r." .s Chairman of Ia" University
I committee d." gti'.. Occasions
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-05-19
Miss Bovd Chosen
Marshal ut ElOn

Miss Ella Boyd. who is Il iunio!
q, E.nn college. has oC"n selected II
serve as Il commencement marshal.
j, was learned today. Miss Boyd has
also been elected editor a! the am
raul The rhipsic!i' lor the coming
wear.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-05-19
X X X x r r
X WITH THE COLORS 4
X X X 4 r r
Returns tu Fort Bragg

Pvt William NJ. C'h,pl" lc!t Sun
day night - return 'r F'u-t BrIgg
after HrluG called here upNn 'hr
G'"'h a' u'- sister. AIrs. Hattie Nd
cox
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-05-19
Society News
4 STRAY KITTEN.

| do not need a Kitten
Already | have two:
Yc, here you stand at my back door
So what am | la do
Hero Is some milk. poor kitty;
iIc,r is u nice box. too.
,yondcr-wll you 90 or Stay?
ri leave that up Ia YOU.
-LOrcc Duak.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-05-19

!, IS believed that Estonians came
riginally from the Ursl mountains.
between Europe and Asia.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-05-19

The plated hard can sncd It's tail
while running
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-05-19
Return To Portsmouth

Nh. and Mrs. n. J. AVcrcttc and
daughter. Fay Dean. have returned 10
trr.r home III Portsmouth. Va. after
,urndrng Il tcw days here with Mrs.
Nyrycttc'S parents. Mr.. and Mrs. J.
". Abbott.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-06-02

! IL H. P. Electric MOTOR Spray.
(Use Il To Paint Houses. Furniture,
The Nome nugget., 1944-12-04

take others still leaves it impossible for manufactur- CTS to complete their plans for resumption of civilian production.
 @a#ffsr * * *
 The auto industry is not asking to be excused from any war production the Government requires of it. All it asks is the Govern ment's intelligent coopera- tion in enabling those pre- paratory reconversion steps that can be taken without interfering with war production in any way.
 Romney said Govern -ment officials simply ap- pear not to understand, even now, the necessity of these preparatory steps for
The Nome nugget., 1944-12-04
THE JAPANESE ARMED MIGHT

Despite the long drain of the war and the repeated defeats in the southern Pa- cific areas, Japan's armies have yet to be mustered to it's full strength.
 Conservative estimates now are that she ha S a force of slightly less than 5,000,00O men in service, approximately 60 per cent of them north of the Phil ippines.
 She has at least 100000 more men of draft age an1 fit for service, but have not yet been called to service.
 Japan has a normal re- placement in the services about 250,000 per year, and the destruction of her fore es has not yet reached this