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Bradley beam., 1944-07-01

'"The trouble with you, Beethov- en- said his friend Johann Malzel, "is that you have no showmanship. A good composer, but completely ignorant of what the public wants. or how to give it to them"
 Ludwig van Beethoven was used to being criticized. Everything he composed seemed to fill someone with horror or indignation. We'll, he would write as he chose, and the public could take it or leave it.. That was in 1900. Next Tuesday evening the Base Library will open it's concert of recorded music with the playing of Beethoven's Sym phony No. 3 (Eroica) which, along with six other symphonies of this celebrated composer, is one of the present-day favorites. To quote Samuel Butler, "Posterity will give a man a fair hearing; his own times will not do so."
 There is far more cheerfulness in the life of the outstanding Scandi- navian composer, Grieg, and a con- sistent charm in his music. Rank ing among the most popular piano concertos of all time is his Concer-
 WACs-U.S.O. Club-7:30-9 pm.
 Ballroom Dancing Instruction
 U.S.O. Club-7:30-8:30 pm.
 Military Dance-U.S.O. Club
 8:30-11 pm.
 Dance-Y.M.C.A.-8-11 pm. FRIDAY
 Afternoon Tea-U.S.O. Club -.
 3:3O-5:0 pm.
 "28" Night Club Frolic-U.S.O.
 Club-8-11 pm.
 Game Night-U.S.O. Club-8-11 SATURDAY,
 pm.
 Dance-Y.W.C.A.-Hostesses and
 Orchestra-8:3 :30-12:00 pm.
Bradley beam., 1944-07-01
HARTFORD

SUNDAY
 Coffee Hour-9: :30-11 100 am. Open House-U.S.O. Club-3-1 pm.
 New Members Party - U.S.O Club.-7:30-10:30 pm. Swimming -Y.M.C.A. - 3-8:3t pm.
 Victory Party-Y.M.C.A. - 8-11 pm. MONDAY
 Community Singing at U.S.O Club.-8-10 pm.
 Informal Dancing-U.S.C. Club. -9:30-11 pm. TUESDAY
 Get Together Party-U.S.O. Club -8-11 pm.
 Square Dance-Y.W.C.A.-8:30- 11:45 pm.
 Dance Soldiers Recreation Gen. ter, Brown School. 79th Regimen tai Orchestra and Hostesses. 8:30 pm. WEDNESDAY,
 Social Hour-U.S. Cfub-9:30- II pm.
 Swing Shift Dance-Y.M.C.A.- 1 am. (Thursday). Service Mems Party-Central Baptist Church. Hostesses and Refreshments. 8 pm. THURSDAY
 Sketching of Service Men and
Bradley beam., 1944-07-01
PARADES and CHARADES:

The Fifth War Loan Parade, un, der the chairmanship of James j.. Franklin, certainly looked like Fifth Avenue, Tuesday night. The boys and girls broke up at the USO Club and dived into a sea of coke and ice cream, pandora box of cakes and cookies, WATER MELON, and side dishes. All inhi- bitions went by the board. We have heard the adage that G.I. Joe is always vittle-minded, but we had a healthy demonstration to end all demonstrations. It might have been the heat, it might have been the competition, but logistics show how they "dug in" with good old Brad ley verve.
 The American Red Cross Motor Corps of Windsor Locks, under the leadership of It. Elizabeth Coffin, did bang-up job in preparing and serving this elysian repast. The gracious ladies who fed you, fef- lers, were Mrs. H. W. Bidwell, Mrs. William Sullivan, Mrs. Natale Tambussi, Miss Helen Bidwell, Miss Jean Cameron, Miss Ann King, Mrs. Morris King, Mrs. Fin ton Wallace and Mrs. Frank Qugli- aroli. Weren't they just too cute for wordsi
Bradley beam., 1944-07-01
Wednesday, GI.Dances Cancelled for Summer

The regular Wednesday eve ming GI dances that have been held at the Rec Hall for the past few months have been cancelled for the Summer.
 Since the arrival of warm weather, the subsequent fall ing off of attendance at these dances has resulted in their discOntinuance.
Bradley beam., 1944-07-01
WINDSOR LOCKS

SUNDAY-July 2nd
 3 pm. to II p.m.-O P E N HOUSE HOSPITALITY. Sol- diers and their guests invited. 3:30 p.m.-MOVIES-Recreation Hall, Elm Plains. MONDAY-July 3rd
 8 pm. to Il p.m.-G A M E NIGHT.
 TUESDAY-July 4th
 INDEPENDENCE DAY OPEN HOUSE. General public invited. 8 pm. to Il p.m.-REGULAR DANCE. Bradley Field Orches- tra.
 WEDNESDAY-July 5th
 8 pm. to Il p.m.-GENERAL DANCING. Service Personnel and Junior Hostesses invited. THURSDAY-July 9th
 8 pm. to II p.m.-ARTS and CRAFTS NIGHT under supervi- sion of Pvt. Ausby Lee and Cpl. Mack Iworsley. Service Person nel and Junior Hostesses invited. FRIDAY-July 7th
 8 p.m.-OPERATING COMMIT TEE MEETING.
 pm. to II p.m.-RESERVED- By special invitation Section c, 121st AAF Base Unit (Ftr.). Junior Hostesses from Hartford, Suf1eld, Windsor Locks. SATURDAY-July 8th
 10 am. to 12 a.m.-PLAYTIME With USO-Housing Unit. 8 p.m.-MOVIES-Jo E. Brown
Bradley beam., 1944-07-01

Personnel from the 121st Base Unit (Fighter) and the Bradley Band participated in War Bond Rally parade held in Windsor Locks on Tuesday evening.
 Heading the parade, that was held in conjunction with War Bond showing of the picture, "Up on Arms" at the Rialto Theatre in Windsor Locks, was a color guard from the local American Legion Post. The color guard was followed
Bradley beam., 1944-07-01
Babbs' Beach Swimming Conveys Get Cut Rates

All military personnel who go to Babbs' Beach in conveys will pay only FIFTEEN CENTS for the use of locker facilities there.
 Twenty men are needed to fill truck. Unit Special Service Officers are then requested to call the Base Special Service Office, at Extension 205, for transportation.
Bradley beam., 1944-07-01
Army-Navy Masonic Service Center
POI Ann St. Hartford. Conn.

YOUR HOME AWAY FROM HOME
 ALL IN THE SERVICE VEL COME
 Pool tables Ping Pong Snack Bar Music
 SATURDAYS-DANCE,M MUSIC BY ORCHESTRA
 FEATURING FREE PHONE CALL ANYWHERE IN U. s. TO LUCKY TICKET HOLDER SUNDAYS = CANDLEL1GHT BUFFET LUNCH-1700 to 1900 EVERYTHING FREE
 OPEN HOUSE DAILY
 1000 to 2300
Bradley beam., 1944-07-01
Change in Hours At Beauty Shop

Due to the unprecedented surge of business in the past week, the Post Exchange Beauty Shop has inaugurated "stay open all day" policy. The new hours are from 0900 to 2000 every day except Sun- day. For appointments, call 480.
Bradley beam., 1944-07-01
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by the Bradley Band and platoons from the Section A Wacs, Section G and Section H Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and other patriotic groups also marched. Following the parade the GI.'s who participated were guests of Windsor Locks Red Cross Motor Corps at buffet supper held on the lawn of the Windsor Locks USO. Sandwiches, cakes, cokes and ice cold watermelon were served the hungry paraders.
Bradley beam., 1944-07-01
TIPS TO SOLDIERS
Dear Pops:

Dear Pops:
 Guess what I need most? That's right. Please Send it as Soon as possible. Best wishes.
 Your Soldier Son, Sam.
Bradley beam., 1944-07-01
For Your Pleasure At the USO's

Riding On Air" and selected short subjects. Hostesses and Service Personnel invited.
Evening star., 1944-07-30

BETTY ECHOES the tea experts
Brisk" is thfi, word for fresh,
lively, swell-tasting Upton favor!
This marvellous tangy briskness is
what makes Lipton's so much tast'er.
Evening star., 1944-07-30

'HfxN !
1k
The sun is good medicine
only if you take it right -.
CuN-KIss Handled right. the good medi-
cine - but strong! So if you care for your looks,
comfort and health you should learn how to take the
good of it and screen out the bad.
Most important of the suns blessings is the vitamin
D which the ultraviolet rays generate in your body.
Blessed too. the suns power to relax you, unknot-
ting kinked nerves. erasing vexng thoughts making
you healthfully lazy
TAKE II SLOWLY. But don't fall asleep. for the sun
will do mean job your skin, if you don't watch
out sunburn can be very serious - doctors list 1t
as disease Industry estimates that 100000
workers will be sick with sunbum and away from
the job for at least 48 hours this summer.
Most susceptible to sun-damage, says famous
New York skin specialist. brunettes with very
tive are real redheads with the skin that usually goes
with that exciting hair.
WHEN 10 ENoUcH7 The amount of summing that is
safe varies with the individual Surest test is the feel
ing of your own skin As it feels hot to the
touch you're beginning to burn!
TANNING THE SUN: There few people whose
skin is so sensitive that there's nothing for them to
do but keep away from the SUM- Others should nave
their physicians prescribe urn-preventives before
they venture out But most take it, thanks to
preventive creams, salves, jeies, oils lotions.
Standard preventives contain either menthy salicy-
late or tannic acid, the ingredients physicians
use in various bases of their choice The ingredients
are not always listed the labels of standard prepa-
raons but you can be that one of these two is
present and that the whole formula is registered
with the Board of Health it has to be-
Preventive preparations help avoid a burn Repien-
sh the coating you swab on your skin three or four
times during day in the sun - oftener, II you are
supersensitive. The sunburn oils and saves give gooo
protection =. :. don't come OH IN the water -. nep
keep your skin soft For the many who prefer non
oly preparation there effective, non-greasy non
sticky creams that disappear like vanishing cream
Also favorite today is the lotion "a greaseess'
stainless tannic-type such troops use.
OVERDOSE YESTERDAY7 If you have painful SUM-
burn today swab on standard lotion or jelly to help
carry off the heat Or dust the hot skin with corn
starch or the mild laundry starch made from corn
Take cool bath every hour or two. using clear water
or water in which you dissolve a cup OF the same
starch.
But if you begin to blister, best not to fool around
- call doctor!
Here's To an understanding with the sun! Let's
ake him r1Uhtt
Evening star., 1944-07-30

So completely different from wishy-
washy, aat-tastng teas.
And just wait till you taste Liptons
icfdt Inferior teas taste weak. But not
Lipton's, because it's brisk!
Laurel outlook., 1944-07-19
Going to the Dogs Is
Easily Done in London

LONDON.-It's easy to 60 to the
dogs in London
And it's a very popular pastime.
All you need is a few pence trainfare
to the nearest whippet track and
two shillings to get in at the gate.
Then it's up to you-and the dogs
you bet on-whether you walk home
loser or ride back in style in a four
buck taxi.
Even the war hasn't wiped out the
Briton's love of gambling. Anyone
who thinks these people phlegmatic
should spend an evening watching
them in the grip of betting fever at
one of the weekly dog races which
draw the attendance of many thou
sands, including many American SOL
diers and officers on leave.
The first of eight races starts at
$3.50 p. m. and the last is over by
1886 so the crowd can get home be-
fore the blackout.
1t costs two shillings or 40 cents
to sit in the "bleachers," 80 cents
for a grandstand view and So for a
reserved seat in the finish line sec
ton where it is considered "bad
form" to drop less than 10 pounds
or $40 at a clip.
Laurel outlook., 1944-07-19
Reader Comments :
By MRS. R. w. DAVIS

Our sympathetic thoughts go to
the parents who have given their
precious sons to the service of their
country. And especially to those
who have lost their sons on the bat
tlefields of the world.
Each departed soldier lad is a
magnet attracting us to the next
world. Living is death and dying
is life. 1t is the belief that a fam
lily lives but half a life until it
has sent it's forerunner into the
Heavenly World.
We are rich only through what
we give. Parents who have given
their IONS to become worlds heroes
are truly rich although they have
lost the most beloved treasure they
possess. They give their lads that
others might live-free and IN
afraid.
There is no love greater than the
love of parents for their children
but neither father or mother have
loved more than God who gave his
only son for our happiness.
Human life is so short and to
those who spend that life in serv-
ice have lived in deeds, and have
lived to live forever. Lonely hearts
be not ashamed to shed you tears,
as the rarest hues of human life
take radiance which are rainbowed
out in tears, and tears hinder sor-
row from becoming despair. Your
fighting lads may be gone from
your fireside, but not from the
hearts of those who knew them.
Keep the home fires burning for
him who will return as his home is
still dear to him and the only spot
on earth supremely blest, and a
dearer sweeter spot than all the
rest. We must remember that most
of our homes and our comforts
grow up between our crosses. No
nation can be destroyed while it
possesses a good home life. The
people who live in this nation are
it's soil, it's spirit and it's life.
After what we owe to God, moth
ing should be more dear or more
sacred than the love of our country
and our fighting men.
The memory of those who have
given their lives is a treasure to
rs all, and memory is the treasure
house of the mind wherein the
monuments are kept and preserved.
To the parents who have given
sons life, and to the sons
who have given their lives, we
bow in gratitude.
The Outlook is doing a splendid
sending papers to our'boys here
md overthere. In spite of paper
and help hard to find, the
Outlook travels on to bring happy
memories from home to our boys
md girls.
Laurel outlook., 1944-07-19
Smart Farming
Licks Cat. ai|s, AIka|i

In the May-June issue OF
Through the Leaves" a magazine
published at Longmont, Colo, by
Great Western Sugar company, is a
story written by Allen Gatewood,
Laurel fieldman, about draining Vel
lowstone valley farm land and rails
ing profitable crops OF the reclaim
ed soil.
The Laurel Outlook reproduces
the story by permission, using
plates loaned by the company's
magazine. The plates printed beau
tifully on the click paper of the
magazine, but much of the detail
and contrast is lost on the rough
surface of newspaper stock.
The following is the story:
Laurel outlook., 1944-07-19

That leaders of business in the United States are fully
awake to the part American industry must play in postwar
employment, is made eXident by the formation of the Commit
tee on International Economy Policy, Is Pine street, New York.
FiftyIour outstanding men in industrial, educational and
religious groups at present compose the committee which will
seek "tO further the serious and competent consideration of
the issues which confront all the free peoples of the world and
which imply their useful cooperation in reconstructing their
economy after the victory of the United Nations"
To that end the committee will welcome the cooperation
of organizations and individuals, and will be happy to receive
the comments and suggestions which it hopes that the pub
lcation of a series of papers from its advisory committee on
economics may call forth.
The committee seeks an exchange of views with other
committees engaged in postwar studies, and states: Employ
nent is more than a national problem. 1t is an international
question, the solution of which can be found only in the eX-
pansion of world trade and economic cooperation The tTaf-
fc must be twO-way. Trade is a twoway street A fair
adjustment of trade barriers is essential to promote balanced
trade Development"
This is the kind of program in which we must interest
ourselves if we hope to do our part in building a sound post
war foundation for industrial progress and employment.
Laurel outlook., 1944-07-19

practices of a drainage and fertility
farm program.
The production of sugar and meat
on this farm when the nation needs
food is no accident. A drainage
program was undertaken in 1886
with some of the n%eighboring farm
ers and continued through the win
ter of 194O-41. In the fall of 1912
the field last drained was plowed.
In the spring of 1913 a crop of bar
lev was planted and showed much
promise until the hailstorm swept
across the farm in the middle of
August. This field was MANFRED
and fall plowed and shows promise
of the bumper crop of beets that
Mr.. Robertus has found to follow
the cat-tails after drainage. An
other field, similar to this, he re-
membered, yielded approximately %
tons per acre after being drained.
To date SO acres of totally aban-
doned land have been reclaimed and
serious damage prevented on 80
acres of this farm.
This landowner and tenant do not
think that the work has all been
done, as evidenced by their plans
for the future and the activity that
goes on at all seasons.
With 81 acres of fall blowing
done, of which As acres were ma
nured for beets, Henry Robertus
and his sons were we'll on the way
to a successful 1914 when spring
work vas started.
Now, with los acres of beets
planted, GO acres on reclaimed land
the Hilgert farm, and AZ acres
on 2 other farms operated by the
Robertus boys, the members of the
Robertus family are cooperating to
win the preliminary skirmishes in
the battle of food production. Alex,
%, a pilot in the Navy Air Corps,
will be grateful for this home sup
port. He recently received his COM
mission at Corpus Christi. Texas.
To back the food production pro-
gram with good farming these
farmers find that there is always
work to be done regardless of
weather or season.. The three boys
at home-John, 27; Albert, 10; and
Raymond, IL; all help to haul feed
and straw to the los steers and
on feed in the lots. Twice
Zach day Is cows must be MIXED;
70 hogs and 300 chickens are fed to
'ound out the family living; and
hree matched teams of horses are
Kept in a we'll cleaned barn.
Sometime before spring all of the
machinery was checked over, needed
,arts bought, and repairs made. The
Implement dealer says of this father
nd his sons, "Henry and his boys
re good parts customers in the
inter but poor ones in the sum-
When they go out to the
.elds with a piece of machinery
ley do not have to run to town
Laurel outlook., 1944-07-19

when they ought to be getting their
field work DONE" In the near flu
ture Mr.. Hilgert expects to build
an implement shed large enough to
shelter the machinery and provide
a place where most of the repairs
can be made on the farm.
Other improvements that this
landowner expects to make include
leveling the drainage ditch banks to
provide a road and save crop land.
In addition to the road provided on
top of the banks, he expects the
control of weeds to be made much
easier. In his words, "It would be
foolish to drain land and then let
the Canadian thistle and bindweed
take it."
In his opinion a large part of the
responsibility for water control be-
longs to the operators of the farms.
"By careful irrigation" he stated
"and by running the water only as
long at it is absolutely necessary
a large amount of unnecessary seep.
age can be avoided" It was hi:
opinion that the practice of running
water in the irrigation bitches TO
watering stock should be discon.
in that the cost to the farm
ers and landowners in increased
seepage on the land was far NOR
the cost of installing pump;
and pumping water.
These improvements and method
may explain why Henry Robertus
average tons per acre have com
IL tons below the station
average in 1886 to IL tons allow
he station average the last three
years; and why he could buy a farm
near Laurel this spring.
Laurel outlook., 1944-07-19
Subscription $3.50 Per Annum in Advance


In no other nation in the world has the average citizen
been as well served with the necessities of life, and even lux
uries, during this present terrible war, as in the United States.
There is a reason for this-no nation in the world has had as
many free and independent business men seeking to supply the
needs of the people, as has the United States.
War restrictions on production and distribution were in
evitabe. Hastily drawn as they were, many of them have been
confusing and some actually damaging to maximum production
and distribution. Nevertheless, American business adjusted it.
self to the rules and regulations and kept the supply stream
going to consumers.
This never could have beer done, nor would government
rationing and price controls have been successful, except for the
efficient retailing system this nation enjoys. They have been
a stabiizing influence in maintaining production and distribu-
tin on an even keel.
Such stores were built up on the basic idea of a minimum
profit on each sale, inorder to create a maximum turnover. That
policy is probably doing more to stabilize prices than any man
made legislation can accomplish in the face of rising wages and
material costs.
In the postwar period, the nation will depend even more
on efficient mass merchandising practices to readjust to a |
peacetime economy and get the ten thousand and one articles
of peacetime commerce into the hands of the consuming public,
thereby giving the most rapid and elastic outlet for farm and
factory production.
Laurel outlook., 1944-07-19
By ALLEN GATEWOOD

Sugar beets follow the cat-tails
and alkali on a farm near Laurel,
Montana, owned by Fred Hilgert
and farmed by Henry Robertus.
This farm is typical of many in
Laurel outlook., 1944-07-19

n Yellowstone
River valley und-
err The Big Ditch
and the smaller
bitches between
Laurel and Park
City, Montana.
Old timers re-
member when the
Big Ditc h was
C o mpl t e d n
1888. They saw
prairie land bios
som into "show
r a n C h e S a n d
farms" with the
coming of water.
Later t h e y saw
many of t h e S e
farms become far
m worthless
than they were
before irrigation
had come to the
valley, ruined by
an irrigation sys-
tenn with which
adequate drain
age had not been
provided.
In e where
fertile f a r m S
e rather than the
acres or 60.35%
surveyed are af-
!. In 1910 when
6,655 acres
had been total
after the compile
a few farm
| a small part of
the owner, and
operator, have
work and plan
e done on other .
g the same sound
Laurel outlook., 1944-07-19
Are You A Beet
Feeder?

No, we don't mean a cattle feeder or a lamb feeder,
but we mean a beet feeder.
Sugar beets can be fed and fattened Just like any
other living thing. Your beet crop is now up, it has
been thinned and the stand is determined. From now
on the big job is to 'feed OUT those bees.
The beet ration is entirely a liquid ration. Nitro
gen, PHOSPHORUS, potash and other foods must be in
liquid form. By harvest time the beet plant-tOps and
rOots-will be about IS per cent water. Plant food
that is not dissolved is not available.
You now have a feeding period of 90 OF 100
days before the harvest will be in full swing. The
farmers job is to keep food before his beets at all
times. If soil gets too dry it means that plants have
missed a feeding and have to Give off their own fat"
Frequent light irigations are the answer to steady
uninterrupted feeding of beets. Water keeps the
pumping plant" in the beet leaves working and it
keeps the digestive tract" of the beet working so that
"beet nutrition" results in a good "fattening" opera
ton.
If your beets are a little slow or have been hit by
hail you can sweeten the ration with ammonium sui
phate as side dressing or dissolved in irrigation water
according to the method described in last weeks ad-
vertiSement.
Now, and from now on, the best beet grower is
the best beet feeder-which means the best manager
of irrigation water.
The Great Western
Sugar Company
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-11-24

New York (CTK) = Byvaly
prazsky policejn1 president Ri
chard Bienert udelal v "pro-
tektorate" novou karieru a stall
Sc clenem ministerskeho kabi-
netu, pozdeji dokonce zastup-
Gem ministerskeho predsedy a
ministrem vnitra. V teto sve
hodnosti, Poole zprav prazske-
no rozhlasu re dine 81. f1jna,
podnikl, zrejme ma rozkaz
NemcG, okruzn1 inspekcnf ces-
tn, ma ktere ~navstfvil Kladno,
Slany a Louny, kde promluvil
k verejnym 1Tednik16m a hla-
VAN c1rkevnfch 1radu. Zd1-
raznil, re 81 je jist, re vsichni z
mich jsou 81 vedomi zavaznosti
sveho slibu vykonavat povinno-
sti jim pridelene svedomite v
prospect sve zeme a tim i rise.
K temto povinnostem patti u
drzovat kid a pofadek, jakoz
i ne1prosne pronasledovan1
vsech podvratnych elementG,
pfedevs1m proslulych parasu-
tistd a jejich ochrancG. Az do
sud jejich krvez1zniv6 plany
byly vzdy zmareny. l do bu-
doucna budou ucinena nejpr1s-
nejsf opatren1 proti vsem,
kdoz pod plast1kem falesneho
patriotismu popuzujf obyvatel-
stvo k nepredlozenym cinGm a
vedou je Ike stejne zkaze, jaka
postihla Varsavu a Slovensko.
V dals1 sve reel opakoval
zname vyhrdzky, ukazuj1c1 ma
to, jaky strach nahan1 Mem
cum bl1zka budoucnost.