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The midland journal., 1945-05-04
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To avoid musty 0dor in a
metal teapot that is seldom used,
keep a lump of sugar in the pot.
When sweetness Of cream is
doubtful and there is no more on
hand and it must be used; a pinch
of soda stirred into it keeps it from
curdling, even in hot weather.
To preserve rubber galOshes
during the warm summer period,
put them in a porous bag and hang
them in a cellar where it is cool
and damp. Heat Injuries rubber.
A secret to making delicious po-
tato salad is to cut the potatoes
while they're warm and while
warm add the onions and salad
dressing. As the salad coo1s, the
fiavors will penetrate the potatoes.
Odds and ends of soap can be
saved by putting them in small
bag made from a wash cloth.
When taking a bath, this bag full
Of soap can be put into the tub
and you'll have wash cloth and
soap in one.
To clean a vase, cut newspapers
into small pieces and swish the
pieces around in soapy water on
the inside.
Wash your oil cloth in mixture
of skim milk and turpentine. It
will make it look like new.
TO keep the potholder handy
when working around the stove,
tack piece of tape onto the hold
er and place around your neck.
Raisins will be plump and much
larger if you place them in a
saucepan and barely cover them
with cold water. Set them over a
small flame and allow to simmer
for a few minutes.
Hang up dresses and suits, but
not sweaters. Lay them fiat in a
drawer so they will retain their
shape.
The midland journal., 1945-05-04
EUROPE:
Defense Pockets

Their front shattered by Allied
break-throughs, Nazi militarists en-
visioned the formation of numerous
strong pockets of resistance for a
last-ditch stand against the massed
weight of U. S., British and Rus
sian forces.
Discussed even as U. S. and Brit
ish armies drove toward a ink-up
in the Berlin region, the object Of
the pockets would be to make the
war so costly to the Allies as to In
duce a willingness to talk terms.
Recognizing the possibilities of such
warfare, Supreme Allied headquar-
ters indicated that We Day might
not be proclaimed until major
nests of resistance were cleaned up
to prevent a lowering Of civilian
and military morale because Of
losses sustained in continuing opera
tions.
With u. S. and British forces
spearheading across the Reich, and
the Russians moving in from the
east, most prominent German
pockets shaped up along the North
sea coasts and mountainous Bavaria.
Nazi plans for a die-hard stand
shaped up as the great Russian
drive surged on battered Berlin and
U. S. forces moved toward a juno
ture with the Reds in Saxony.
With the Russians throwing over
100000 men into the battle, and
the Germans concentrating the
bulk of their forces against the on
slaught, the fight for Berlin became
one of the bloodiest encounters of the
whole war. AS Red forces edged
through a network of strong fortifi-
cations under rolling fire, the enemy
threw in masses Of tanks in an ef-
The midland journal., 1945-05-04
HE RIDES AGAIN

Who boots the Nazis In the pants?
It's Patton;
Who plays Wild West and makes
'em dance? st
It's Patton;
Who lets 'em have It on the chin?
Who clouts 'em till they wheel and
spin?
Who makes 'em yell "He's loose
again.?
That's Patton.
Who makes each new attack a
beaut?
That's Patton;
Who sends 'em stuff that isn't fruit?
That's Patton;
Who never sits q battle out?
Who never leaves q scrap in doubt?
Who always wins a crucial bout?
IT'S Patton.
The drive for clothes for the war
sufferers all over the world is on
throughout America, and emphasis
is being put on the point that wear.
able duds, not ragbag attire, are
needed. One man in New York,
however, has gone too far. He sent
in a full dress suit.
The midland journal., 1945-05-04
NAVY:
Postwar Fleet

Although final action depends
upon the nation's future policy,
tentative navy plans call for a
huge postwar fleet of $3.50 ves-
sells and the scrapping Of an
other 6,094, according to testi-
mony released by the house ap-
preparations committee.
OF the $3.50 vessels, 1,191
would be combat ships, with the
remaining 4,639 auxiliary craft.
Plans call for use of 482 of the
combat vessels, ranging from
submarines to battleships, with
the rest laid up for recall on
short notice. Of the auxiliaries,
1874 would be kept active and
the remainder anchored for fu-
ture demands.
Among the 6,094 vessels to be
scrapped or used as targets are
337 obsolescent combat ships.
The remainder are auxiliaries,
including landing craft. In ad-
dition, it was disclosed, the navy
will have some $4,000 other craft
on its hands as rehabilitation
proceeds, with some retained
and others disposed of by the
maritime commission.
The midland journal., 1945-05-04
PLANE OUTPUT:
Big Gu

In line with the army air forces
cut in aircraft production for the
rest of 1945, the huge 100000, 900
Ford-operated factory at Willow
Run outside Detroit, Mich, will
wind up manufacture of B-24 bomb
ers by next August. s..i.--. IT.
Decision to terminate production
Of the B-24s was predicated upon the
collapse Of the German luftwaffe
and the need for heavier, faster
bombers like the B-29s for the
Pacific war, it was said. The over
all cut in output Of other planes also
will permit concentration on manu-
facture of aircraft more vitality
needed against the Japs, includ-
ing the new jet-propel1ed ships.
Capable of turning out 462 planes
a month at the peak of it's opera
tions, the Willow Run factory is
owned by the governments Defense
Plant corporation. Henry Ford has
eyed purchase Of the property for
production Of tractors and other
kinds of farm tools after the war.
The midland journal., 1945-05-04
FARM LABOR:
Draft Provisions

Seeking to assure essential farm
labor, congress moved to forbid 10
cal draft boards from comparing the
value Of agriculture with that of
any other occupation when consider
ing deferments of farm workers.
Final passage of the bill de-
pended upon house approval of SEN
ate amendments. providing that ap-
peals boards could not make such
comparisons, and deferment of
farm workers shall not prevent vol
untary jenlistments for the services.
The congressional measure was
framed to forestall a directive of
selective service ordering local
boards to give first consideration to
the manpower needs of the army
and navy when considering defer
ments for farm workers.
The midland journal., 1945-05-04
CONGRESS-:
Tariff Battle

Even as the Republicans senate
steering committee called upon
Pres. Harry S. Truman to wish his
administration well, a red hot legis-
lative battle loomed in congress
over the new chiefs reciprocal trade
treaty program, with COP leaders
heading the fight to defeat the meas
ure.
First sponsored by Mr.. Roose-
welt, then adopted as his own by
President Truman, the program
calls for three-year extension Of
the reciprocal trade treaties, with
permission to cut tariff rates so per
cent under January, 1945, levels.
Since the original trade treaties al
lowed a 30 per cent reduction on
duties imposed in the Smoot-
Hawley bill of 1880, and such cuts
were made on some goods, another
80 per cent slash would amount to
rs per cent, in all.
AS former secretary Of state and
so-called father of the reciprocal
trade program, Cordell Hull, called
for passage of the act from the
Bethesda, Md, naval hospital, As
sistant Secretary of State William
Clayton led the administration fight
for adoption of the bill. With the
U. S. possibly exporting as much as
10 billion dollars worth of goods a
year after the war, he said, it will
be necessary to cut our own tariff
barriers so that our foreign pur-
chasers will be able to repay
us in kind. Otherwise, he said, we
will lose this trade or billions Of
dollars extended in credits.
Disputing the administrators
contention that passage Of the meas
ure was necessary to assist in the
restoration of world prosperity and
prevention of unsettled economic
conditions leading to war, COP con-
gressmen, led by Rep. Harold Knut-
son (Minn.), declared that the pro-
gram accomplished neither objec-
tive prior to the present conflict.
The midland journal., 1945-05-04
PAFICIC:
u. S. Losses

For the first time in the Pacific
war, navy casualties in the Okina-
wa campaign ran ahead of the
army's and marines, with bitter
fighting threatening to make the
operation as costly as at Two Jima.
Numbered among the victims was
famed War Correspondent Ernie
Pyle, whose simplicity of reporting
the war from Europe to Asia
brought the realism of the con-
flict so much closer to the nations
folk.
With the Ryulxyu island chain,
containing Okinawa, lying but 325
miles from Tokyo, the Japs put up
stiff fight, throwing in waves of
airplanes in an attempt to impede
supporting U. S. naval operations.
Led by the silken-shrouded Kami-
kaze (suicide) fliers, enemy airmen
inflicted the greatest percentage of
naval casualties.
In ground fighting on Okinawa it.
self, chief opposition centered in
the southern part of the island above
the capital city of Naha, where Oath
corps army troops bucked against
the four-mile deep Little Siegfried"
line.
While fighting ragged about Okin-
ava, General MacArthur's forces
frightened their hold on the Philip
pines by edging into the enemy's
mountain strongholds on northern
Luzon, and establishing further foot
holds on Mindanao, second biggest
island in the archipelago.
The midland journal., 1945-05-04
Army Strength at Peak

With a population Of IL, ,479, ,142,
New York led all other states
In the number of men and
women in the army with 900,563
as U. S. military strength
totalled 8,050,011 as of Decem-
Der 81, the war department re-
vealed.
To the original army strength
Of 513,410 in 1910, 9,444,283 have
been added by induction, en-
listment or appointment since
then, with the normal release Of
1907 ,682 giving the net figure Of
S,050, oil, it was pointed out.
With the draft equalizing state
inductions on the basis of popu-
lation, Pennsylvania with $780,
180 persons and Illinois with ~
1917 ,241 ranked second and third
In the number of men and wom-
en- in the army, with 663, 1866
and 1888 respectively.
The midland journal., 1945-05-04
JAPAN BEGINS TO
UNDERSTAND


The Jap knows he's gypped. The
Flowery Kingdom realizes it Is go
Ing to have to say it with lilies. The
Nipponese are ready for the nippers.
-
With the United States, England
and now Russia against her, Japan
looks strangely like Donald Duck
lighting in the lions cage. And that's
the way she sounds.
Except that Donald Duck seems
more ineligible.
The Land of the Rising Sun be-
gins to resemble the old fishworks
at sunset.
The Little Brown Man with the
bandy-legs and the big teeth is still
all dressed up as a world conqueror
but he wishes he had stuck to anna
teur photography.
Not many years ago Japan was q
quiet, colorful peaceful little land
featuring cherry blossoms, geisha
girls and paras0ls. II sent its young
men to American colleges where
they seemed SO cute and friendly
that we let them on the glee clubs,
taught them how to play third base,
gave them good allowances on their
secondhand kodaks and paid them
for playing butler parts In our
movies.
All over America we trusted jap
anese in our kitchens with the carv.
ing knives.
Then one day Japan staged q
sneak attack on a Russian fleet and
won. It never realized that Russia
put the incident on file for future
reference and rebuttal.
The victory went to the Japanese
head, which is not far from its feet.
Then it began getting real tough. II
took Manchuria, thumbed its nose
at the League Of Nations, and at
tackled China. The Japanese school
boy Of our magazines was pasting
bear-hair on his chest and wearing
spurs to the rice bowl.
To our shame we let him get away
with murder and even shipped him
extra tools.
Then he decided to play the Bull
That Walks Like Pal; and, basical-
ly stinkeroo, he did it the sneak
way, staging a stab in the back at
Pearl Harbor at the very moment
his ENJOYS were in Washington grin
ming and protesting yen for peace.
-
He got of to a head-start and
had the opening advantage of hav-
ing tennis shoes with q special toe
and q natural instinct for swamp
life.
He won the first few rounds. But
we got his true measurements and
habits from the zoology experts and
changed the trend.
Now the Japanese are changing
cabinets oftener than Tokyo is
changing fire wardens. AS nation
1t is now study in big jitters.
-
When this war is over the Japa-
nese people will be ready for the
cleaners, Hirohito will be a chauf-
feur for Molotov, and the Tojos
and their kind will be reading 'Bill-
board" and Variety" with special
attention to the classified ads read
ing Wanted: Entertainers with
carnivals, circuses, sideshows and
fairs. Good opportunities for pole
/, balancers."
/ UE RTnES AGATN
The midland journal., 1945-05-04
Honor Roll

Corporal Richard A. ShingIer OF Pits
burgh, Pa, ioon the distinguished service
medal for exhibiting high degree Of re-
sourcetulness and efficiency in the prep
arafi0B and dropping OF supplies and
medical equipment to isolated slirpiUors
Of airpIane crashes. During 1914 he COM
pIeted oUer 10000 miles OF fyaUel in China,
using all modes Of transportation, inciud-
ing 500 miles on foot and horseback.
His outstanding achievements hape been
instrumental in the sGving Of SO creio
members. = = A' -''7- - -
The midland journal., 1945-05-04
So 81

CutWOrk PiIlOWeaSeS
T INEN, cotton or mercerized
IL thread are all suitable for the
fascinating art of "cut work" The
spring daffodil design illustrated is
lovely done in all white or in daf-
fodil yellow. The design is 164
inches long and 8 inches high at
the center. Buttonhole stitch and
satin stitch are used throughout
the design.
To obtain transfer patterns for the DAT.
fodil Cut Work Pillowcases pattern No.
5291) and complete instructions on how to
do cut work embroidery send 16 cents In
coin. plus your name, address and the
pattern number.
The midland journal., 1945-05-04

Lieutenant General Simpson Of 9th army
Cleft) chats with British Field Marshal Mont.
gOmery on German front.
fort to break up the advancing for
nations, and swarms Of planes
clashed in the leaden skies above.
Further to the south, other Rus
sian forces preached the Nazis'
Neisse and Spree river lines to
smash westward in Saxony for
junction with the U. S. 1st and 3rd
armies.
While the 1st and 3rd fought to-
ward junction with the Russians,
and the U. S. 9th built up strength
along the Elbe for an eastward
thrust to Berlin, the British and
Canadian forces and the U. S. 7th
army bore down on the potential
German defensive pockets along the
North sea and in Bavaria.
The British and Canadian task
was no snap, what with the enemy
concentrating large bodies of troops
In small areas behind stout de
fenses. Included in the German
holdout regions was the western por-
ton Of Holland below the Zuider
Zee, and the great port areas of
Emden, Wilhelmshaven, and Ham
burg.
Having cleared the Nazi shrine
city of Nuremberg, 7th army spear
heads pointed toward Munich and
the Bavarian mountain reaches,
where enemy die-hards are expected
to put up their stiffest last stand.
With Allied armies on the move in
Germany itself, U. s. and British
forces pushed forward in Italy
also, threatening to spill into the
Po valley.
The midland journal., 1945-05-04
MODERN MINING

Indicated output of 625, ,OO0, 900 tons
of coal in 1914 was attained with
about 100000 fewer workers than
in 1918, largely because Of extern
sive mechanization of the mines
man output per day in bituminous
mines has been raised from an av-
erage of SA tons during the last war
to more than 5A tons in 1874. This
compares with slightly more than
one ton per man per day in Eng
land, and little oyer two tons per
man = rsnsae Z - \ pointed OUT
The midland journal., 1945-05-04
Tulip Apron


pRETTY aprons are hard to find
these days-and very expen-
sive! So why not sew up couple
Of gay and giddy hostess aprons
for gifts. Three-quarters yard Of
pastel cotton will make one
use your brightest and cheeriest
scraps for the appliqued tulips.
To obtain complete pattern and finishing
instructions for the Tulip Applique Apron
pattern No. $4,000 send 16 cents In coin,
plus your name, address and the pattern
number.
Due to an unusually large demand and
current war conditions. slightly more time
Is required In filling orders for few OF
the most popular pattern numbers.
Send your order to:
The midland journal., 1945-05-04

Musing on the Barnum &
Bailey circus this season, we
can't help wondering how a GIL.
back from the wars feels when
he hears trapeze act referred
to as dangerous.
The midland journal., 1945-05-04
WATER TREATY:
NeighborIy Act

In what President Truman hailed
as constructive, business-like pro-
posal undertaken in a neighborly
spirit, the u. S. senate ratified the
controversial treaty dividing waters
Of the Colorado and Rio Grande riv-
ers between this country and
Mexico.
Under provisions Of the treaty.,
the u. S. guarantees Mexico 1,500,-
600 acre feet Of water annually
from the Colorado river, except in
times of extraordinary drouth when
the supply may be cut, and also
agrees to divide waters in the Rio
Grande below Fort Quitman, Texas,
about equally. In addition, the two
nations will make a study of prob
lens arising from the flow of the
Tijuana river from Mexico into
southern California, including flood
control and conservation.
Though California and Nevada
congressman attacked the treaty as
harmful to domestic users of the
Colorado river waters, other west
ern senators acclaimed it as neces-
sary for orderly development Of
both the Colorado and" Rio Grande
basins. Fes' eFti
The midland journal., 1945-05-04

Physician-Yes, your heart is not
any too good, your arteries are bad
and you're getting on. But don't be
discouraged. You can always get
job on some professional baseball
Team. ef
The midland journal., 1945-05-04
BRIEFS

OF the nearly 10000 persons
who died of cancer in the United
States last year, approximately
$500 were between the ages Of
20 and 20. 1t is true that cancer
reaps its highest death toll In
the age groups over 40, but 1t
may affiict a person in any age
group with equally tragic re-
sults-even infants have been
known to die from cancer. II
treated in the early stages, how
ever, the disease is durable, an-
thorities point out. '''sF~
The midland journal., 1945-05-04
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS -
Die-Hord Nazi Defense Pockets
Shape As Allies Split Reich;
II. S. Plans Huge Postwar Fleet

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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-07-20
By Geo. L. Lee

mond Brown, 947 st. Anthony. Mr..
and Mrs. Reed spent part of their
visit in Brainerd, MINI.
Sgt. Charles E. Moore arrived in
the city Saturday, July 7, on a
thirty-six day furlough, from Ger
many, to visit his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis P. Moore, and sister,
Elizabeth, who is librarian at the
University. Sgt. Moore arrived in
this country on the Liberty ship,
and will be sent to the South Pa
cifc, after completing his furlough,
and sixty days training at Fort
Benning, Ga. Mrs. Moore now has
her entire family at home, with the
arrival of her son and his family,
Louis M. Moore, and his wife and
son, Louis III, from Warrington,
D. C. Mr.. Moore is marketing
specialist of the Department of
Agriculture, and his wife is a clerk
at Howard University. They ar
rived Sunday, July Is, and will
leave Friday, July 20.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Lewis, 666
w. Central, entertained T/5 Merle
Collins, Jr., and Mrs. Collins at a
/ surprise party, Saturday, July ID
at the Collins home. A buffet sup
per was served. Other guests were
Mines. Ruth Williams, Leanna Will
liams, Gwendolyn Peoples, Marian
McDaniels; Misses Barbara Peoples,
Helen Peoples, Ethel Wright;
Messrs. Terry Peoples, Harvey
Hopkins, Donald Mclaughlin and
Harry Jackson of Los Angeles,
Calf. Sgt. Collins, at home on a
thirty-day furlough after spending
two years in North Africa, will re-
port to Fl. Louis, Wash, at the
| end of his furlough.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-07-20

Cornelius Wilkes and E. June
Wilkes of st. Louis, Mo-, are spend
ing their vacation with their aunt
and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs. q. M.
Tyler, 694 w. Central Ave.
The Two O'clock Bridge Club
met at the home of Mrs. Cornelius
Mobiley, 754 st. Anthony Ave-, Sat-
urday, July ID. The hostess won
first prize, Mrs. Norman Howell,
second, and Mrs. Richey Adams,
third. The next meeting will be
at the home of Mrs. James Oliver,
943 st. Anthony Ave-, July %.
Little Roberta Cooper, 81 year
old daughter of Mrs. Norma Cooper,
CAT st. Anthony, is confined at
Ancker hospital with pneumonia.
Breakfast Hostess: Mrs. H. M.
Tyler, 694 w. Central Ave., had as
her breakfast guests, July 5 Mrs.
Ralph Molsby and Mrs. VIM. Mar
shall of Chicago, ILL, Mrs. Clifford
Hawkins, Jr., of Sumter, N. c., Mrs.
Clifford Hawkins, ST., and son,
Hollis, of Minneapolis, Mrs. Jean
cite English, Messrs. H. Cox and
I. Freeman of st. Paul.
Mrs. Cora Jackson of Clarksdale,
Miss, arrived in the city Sunday,
July Is, to visit her sons and daugh-
ters-in-law, Messrs. and Mines.
Ramsey Jackson, 1912 Rondo,
Americas Jackson, 306 Rondo,
Dewey Jackson, 739 Rondo, and
Theodore Jackson, 871 St. Anthony
Ave. Mrs. Jackson was accom-
panied to st. Paul by her daughter
and son-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Tilman of Memphis, Tenn. Another
son, Cleo, of Oarksdale, arrived
Tuesday, July II, for a ten-day
visit.
Captain and Mrs. Peter Silva and
infant son of Boston, Mass, 1t.
Howard K. Williams and Mrs. Viii
bur A. Williams, Jr., of Los An
geles, Calf, were guests last week
of Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Williams,
1859 Roblyn Avenue.
Enough Points: Pharmacist Mate
&c Stephen Maxwell, son of Mrs.
Ethel Maxwell Williams, 1859 Rob-
Ign Ave-, received his point dis
charge Friday, July 10. Before his
discharge, he was stationed at
Brooklyn, New York. His wife,
Betty and their son, Stephen III,
accompanied him home.
Names Omitted: These names
were omitted from the guest list