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The Omaha guide., 1945-06-30
War a Spur to
Many Entrepreneurs

To reconvert to the manufacture
Of civilian products, no change OF
machinery or assembly line nor
any retooling will be necessary at
the Sheriff. factory. Nor will the
number Of employ ees have to be re-
duced.
OF course, not many inventors are
endowed with enough business sense
to run plants of their own. Sheriff.
appears to be an exception. When
he got his first army order, he vas
asked when he could deliver how
many compasses. He named the fig
ure and the day and what is more
he lived up to his promise, which
was more than many manufacturers
with less foresight and more unfore-
seen hurdles have been able to do.
There are other inventors and 9TH
er business men who, like Sheriff.,
have received from war demands
the stimulation which will push them
ahead and carry them through the
breakers of reconversion. Sheriff.
himself has no technical education.
He calls himself a graduate from a
junkpile. But he can talk with the
scientists and the experts and, what
is more, he makes the pictures he
draws on his drawing board, ONE
times in the small hours in pajamas
and slippers, work.
He has the typical American in
genuity shared by thousands of 9TH
ers who helped win the war for us
and who will keep us from losing the
peace.
Recently a listener wrote in with
a suggestion that a fitting memorial
for tie late President Roosevelt
could be provided in a name which
would aid the bond drive. She sug-
gested that 'if bonds were contrib
uted for a memorial commensurate
with our sorrow and regret, by the
time these bonds matured we would
be able to buy the most magnif-
icent memorial in the world in honor
of our greatest President"
Then she concludes: II am one Of
the many little people who would
gladly contribute a small bond now,
but may not be able to give anything
later"
The psychology Of that suggestion
is interesting. Regardless of what
the purpose of a fund might be, what
a splendid way of raising it and thus
achieving exactly what the govern
ment wishes to achieve by the sale
of bonds: the double purpose of Sc
curing cash to defray war expenses
and also reducing the amount of in
~1ationary pocket-money.
1t struck me as such a good idea
that l sent it along to Ted Gamble
who is in charge of such matters in
connection with the Seventh War
loan. Next to making suggestions
for selling bonds l suppose one of
the best things one can do is buy
them. Of curse if everybody fol-
lowed that horse-sense plan and
bought, simply for the security Of
their own future. the treasury
wouldn't need any suggestions.
The Omaha guide., 1945-06-30
Yankee Ingenuity
To the Fore

What started me off on this topic
was a typical example of how this
inventive genius, stimulated by wal
demands, has laid the foundation
for turning what started as a little
two-room factory into a big, small
town business. The man with the
inventive genius is a frequent Wash
ington visitor these days. His name
is Burl E. Sheriff.. The name Of
the town is Peru, Ind, population
Is, 900. Sheriff. is a modest Hoosier
genius in his forties who managed
to make a living from tinkering and
selling the patents On the gadgets
he invented. Then n day he made
something he liked so well he didn't
want to part with the idea behind it,
so he decided to manufacture it him
self. 1t was a popular-priced mag
netic compass for use in steel
bodied automobiles and trucks.
Sheriff. rented three offices right
on the public square Of Peru. turned
them into his factory and started
out. Soon he began to expand, push
ing lawyers, doctors, real estate men
out Of the way. But I am getting
ahead of my story.
Sheriff. was a born inventor, al
though he didn't realize it and start
ed off to study law. After two years
at the University of Chicago he
found that his hunger for the law
was appeased, his hunger for three
meals a day was not. He went to
work managing a little neighborhood
shoe store in Chicago. This gave
him a chance to tinker in the kitch-
en-laboratory in his fiat. Then he
got a chance at a job back in In
diana-repairing radios in Peru.
This gave him lots of opportunity to
tinker and he patented inventions
and sold them, which bolstered his
income considerably. Finally he
evolved the compass which he
wouldn't part with. He was able to
hire a small staff of workers-then
came the war and no more civilian
autos.
But there were lots of military We
hicles and after our blind tanks had
lost themselves in the African des.
The Omaha guide., 1945-06-30
Omaha, Nebraska, SATURDAY.. June 80. 1e45

Omana, Nebraska, Saturday, June 80, 1915
IL Will take close to a generation for much of
Europe to get back to pre-war conditions.
AL San FRANCISCO, though the war against
Japan is raging fercely, = scores of nations seek
sincerely to devise and accept machinery which will
promote international cooperation, and help make
peace possible.
The machinery = Security and Economic
Councils, Assembly, Sterilization Fund, international
Reconstruction Bank, Mediation, World Court, some
form of international restrain force, are all i'm
pOrtant.
Of greater Importance is the adoption and i'm
plementing of economic policies which assure domes-
tic prosperity, and acceptance Of international obi
cations.
Competitive domestic economies mean inter
national rivalry and war.
The world cannot stay at peace with nations
united politically, and disunited economically.
People with plenty and people with hope don't
want to fight, a choice between starvation and
death in battle, brings desperation.
International "trusteeships' will have the same
results as national mandates" over undeveloped
areas, if the purpose is the same, - to protect rich
nations in exploitation Of Natural resources and of
unarmed peoples. We can with poor grace criticize
Russia on Poland and Eastern Europe, while we de-
mand the right to maintain bases, naval, air, and
military throughout the world. Russia knows
Britain, Holland and France expect to hold their
empires practically intact, after the war, with some
gestures of political, not economic, liberation. She
knows the purpose of the real rulers of those nations
40 VI CC OIlOC0 anu VIC UOCS1 VI CAO
Vatican, is to block the spread of such a socialized
economy, as Russia has today.
That explains much at San Francisco, since
most of our delegation, and State Department Of
icials have made it clear they fear Russia's economic
system, more than the fascism of the Argentine!
Prof. J. Anton de Haas of Harvard University stated
the situation cogently in "The Christian Science Mon
itor" MAY ~:
eff ~unilateral action is illegal in the military
field, it must be made equally illegal in the economic
field. Until this is done, no lasting peace can be es-
tablished, and no instrument to enforce the peace
can be expected to function effectively. x x x x x
ut is upon the establishing of this stable eco
nomic world that our efforts should be concentrated.
If our efforts in this field are even moderately sue
c~essful, the international police force may never be
called upon to act. If our efforts fail in the economic
field, then no international organization to preserve
the peace is likely to prove effective.
"This is a matter of the greatest urgency. The
foundations for another world war already are be-
ing laid in the form of another period of economic
warfare. The Dumbarton Oaks proposal is made
quate in that it places almost exclusive emphasis upon
action to be taken when an emergency arises and
fails to take cognizance Of the fact that the emer-
gency already is upon us.
"The Dumbarton Oaks proposal is good. 1t
is very good but it is not good enough"
The Omaha guide., 1945-06-30

Re(onversion No Great
Obstacle 10 Industry
Many Factories Making Consumers Goods
For Services; Numerous Others to
Require Only Minor Changes.
BY BAUKHAGE
Netos analyst and Commentator.

erts, Washington found out about
Sheriff. and gave him the challenge
of making a compass for use in mo-
torized equipment Of various kinds.
Sheriff. went to work and produced
his models. The Carnegie Institute,
the army engineers and the war
college looked them over and put
their okeh on them. The inventor
moved downstairs and took the
whole first floor of the building on
Peru's public square. The 20 men
who had assembled the auto COM
passes were increased to 125 working
1t a regular assembly line.
Next came a call from the Mari
time commission. A compass for
steel lifeboats was needed. Like the
tanks, too many had been left to
wander on the high seas blind. Fur
Their inventive genius was required
for this job for a steel lifeboat passes
much of its life on the steel deck
of a ship. A few months ago the
new compass was approved and pro-
duction is now under way.
Some day, of course. the last war
order will arrive at the factory In
Peru, but because of the war-stimu-
lated ingenuity of n man, a prod
uct has been created, the demand
for which will continue for such war
machines as are still needed plus a
demand for civilian use which will
return the moment restrictions on
motor travel and transportation are
over. In addition, l understand from
Sheriff., a new h~earing-aid is in the
making.
The Omaha guide., 1945-06-30
WNU Service, Union Trust Building,
Washington, d. c.

IN service, Union IruS Duiiuins,
Washington, d. C.
Reconversion has begun and it
looks as if one prediction, made
back when conversion had been ac-
complished with many an ache
and groan, would come true. Then
the experts predicted that reconver-
sion would be easier than conversion.
Eighty per cent Of the factories,
we are now told by officials of the
department Of commerce, will not
have to do a major reconversion job.
This is largely because many indus
tries now furnishing supplies to the
military will continue to manufac-
ture the same supplies for civilians
clothing, food, printing, electrical
appliances-you can think of a whole
lot of others yourself. 1t will be nc
great problem for the makers of
such products to shift from n mar
ket to another-from Uncle Sam to
John @. Consumer.
Some industries whose present
final product differs considerably
from the civilian goods they make
won't have such major difficulties
either. 1t will please the ladies to
learn that even the folks who have
been making parachutes will have
little or no trouble changing back
to stockings. The nylon people SIM
ply have to change spools.
There are a number of other pre-
dictions concerning the future Of
businesses, big and little, and n
Of them is that 40 per cent of the
industries, although they won't do
the business they are doing today
with Uncle Sam as a customer, will
have a bigger demand to meet than
they had in the boom year of 1929.
And this condition will continue, say
the prophets Of profits. for two or
three years on the impetus of the
present pent-up buying power of
the nation. If we keep our heads
meanwhile, there is no reason why
the period Of prosperity cannot be
extended.
But what about the other types Of
business which were expanded by
war demands for products which
won't have any civilian market?
Well, our American business inge-
nuity and our native mechanical in
ventive genius, they tell US, are go
ing to step into the picture again.
Then there will be the natural evo-
luton which will eliminate the be-
low-average business man and es-
tablish a survival Of the fttest.
The Omaha guide., 1945-06-30
Vanishing Floor

wood surfaces which have never
oeen vanished, and which have had
considerable service are practical
~ certain to have become more or
less dlscolored. at least in spots. II
tney are to be coated with clear
Varnlsn. such surfaces should be
wei sandpapered, until the color
tone is even. and the varnish then
applied.
The Omaha guide., 1945-06-30
Paper Material

Bamboo may prove to be a valu-
able raw material for the manufac-
tpre OF paper and good quality COM
position board. Government plant
explorers began bringing in bam-
boos from the Orient and other parts
OF the world about so years ago, and
there are now many small paintings
of good varieties on American farms
in the South. Commercial investi-
gators r studying the processing
of the culms (stems) into paper and
boards, with results good enough to
be called encouraging.
The Omaha guide., 1945-06-30
-. by Baukhage

An official navy bulletin included
this warning: Navy personnel are
not allowed to transport monkeys to
or from India"
The government has moved west
from the Hudson, n congressman
commented. Fine so long as it
doesn't stop when it gets to the
Mississippi. This is a very wide
country
The Omaha guide., 1945-06-30

Sale Of horse meat is reported on
the increase. If that's the case we'd
better end this gasoline shortage
soon.
A medal was recently awarded to
a high officer for saving the life Of
a woman by stopping a runaway
horse 20 years ago. Which shows
he was faster at catching up with
what he was after than his medal.
The Omaha guide., 1945-06-30
Chocolate Substitute

Home economists of the U. S. de-
partment of agriculture remind
homemakers that three tablespoons
Oh cocoa plus one teaspoon Of
table or cooking fat can be SUBJ
sututed In most recipes for a
one-ounce square Of chocolate.
First Post
Fort Laramie national monument
In eastern Wyoming, the first per
manent settlement of white men in
the state. vas the first and for q
score OF years the most important
military post Of the west.
The Omaha guide., 1945-06-30
" For q

v For IL
Use Of v was adopted because
the letter is better adapted to en-
craving in stone than the cursive
or flowing U and is considered more
formal and dignifed. 1t also is a sur
vival Of the time when both were
forms Of the same letter, the earlier
form being v.
Eggs Nutritious
Eggs are protective, rich in vita
minis, proteins and minerals. Serv-
ing eggs in some form every day is
good meal planning and excellent
nutrition.
The Omaha guide., 1945-06-30

Sets Stain
Age. soap, hard water, hot iron or
water generally sets a stain. If the
origin of the stain is unknown.
sponge with cool water or if
greasy sponge with cleaning fluid.
Vegetables for Army
During the last two years, the
amount of fresh vegetables required
for the armed forces has been
about 10 per cent of production.
The Omaha guide., 1945-06-30

Cheer Room
FAINT can work wonders in a dark
drab room for very little cost. Soft
Light colors make a room more light
n cheerful than dark. intense
color.
Lost Feed
Each pig narrowed dead repre-
sents the loss of 140 pounds of feed,
which is a proportionate part Of the
quantity eaten by the brood sow.
The Omaha guide., 1945-06-30
Castor Oil

Castor oil is important for its
quick-drying, water-resistant and
plasticizing qualities.
The Omaha guide., 1945-06-30
Rural Elecfricifu

VI 1868 farms in Idaho, a total Of
32,2Sl, or "a per cent have electric
service.
The Omaha guide., 1945-06-30

There's nothing like an utterly feminine blouse to make a glamour
costume of your dark skirt. And here is that very blouse, of frothy
white crochet, with crisp rufhes around the neck and sleeves. Make
It of mercerized cotton, wash ii, starch il, and wea it again and again
with your most devastating je~eIry o flower accessories. Directions
for croehetine DATE MAGIC BLOUSE may be obtained by sending
a stamped, seEfaddressed envelope to the NeedIework Department Of
This aper askind o DESIGN 1896.
The Omaha guide., 1945-06-30
Gels Is coLl
Light Scorch

Light Scorch
Light scorch in clothing may
bleach out if dampened and left in
sunlight for a long time. Deep
scorch cannot be removed.
The Omaha guide., 1945-06-30
Fresh Plaster

Fresh plaster inside the house
mould be permitted to dry thor
oughly before paint is applied on the
exterior. There is always a danger
that the sun will draw moisture
from the plaster through the wood
and cause ~blistering and peeling Of
the paint film.
The Omaha guide., 1945-06-30
Horse Shortage

Horse buyers declare that the
United States faces its worst short.
age Of equine farm motive power
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-05-17
Baptist Dedication
Service Will Be
Held May 9th

Durant Baptists are now debt
free and a special dedication service
and bondburning ceremony will be
held at the church on Sunday morn.
ing May 9th at HOO. All church
members r urged to attend anc
the public is cordially invited.
DR.. T. L. Holcomb, of Nashville
Tenn, executive secertary-treasur
er of the Baptist Sunday Schoo
Board, will preach the d~edicatory
sermon.
Mrs. c. S. Crider, church clerk
will give the church history as
part of the dedication program.
Bonds on the new church have
been paid off far ahead of schedule
and members of this church are
looking forward to enjoying the
fruits Of their labor.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-05-17
Mississippi Heroes Day To Be Observed Here
By Reaching Holmes County's S65O,OO0.
Quota In Seventh War Loan Drive
Honor Our Heroes
By Buying Bonds
In War Loon

in the 7th War Loan drive Tuesday.
Thus Tchula again leads the way for
Holmes county by being the first
community town to go over their
quota.
Tchula's "E" bond quota was ST.
600 and already $4,000 in e" bonds
have been sold.
MIR Ray stated he was proud of
the fine record of Tchula citizens
and urged them to continue buying
as many bonds as possible so that
the entire quota in the county may
be realized as soon as possible.
"E" Bond Soles
With an "E" bond quota of $440,-
600 only $4,000 in "E' bonds have
been sold the first three days of the
drive, according to a report from
Mr.. Weathersby.
Citizens are urged. he said, to re-
double their efforts in older to reach
our objective by Monday. All over
the state an effort is being made to
complete the 1th war loan driv. in
seven days. Only an ail.out effort
by everyone will make it possible
fer Holmes county 70 D. one of the
first in The state to reach the Oh
j~ective.
Sales 10 date in "E" bonds are
Tchula, $4,000; Cruger, $1,000;
Goodman, $500; Durant, SIG, 600;
West, $4,000; Pickens, $4,000; Lex
ington, $31, 900.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-05-17
Commencement Program For Durant Schools
Begins With Sermon Sunday; Graduation 18th

Thursday night, May oath, at the
school at $50 o'clock.
The public is cordially invited to
all commencement activities.
Members of the Durant Senior
Glass of 1945 are Roy Williams, pres
ident; Peggy Knott, vice-presidents
Tom Steen, treasurer; Emma Kath-
ryn White, secretary; Rachel Nc
Lellan, Carolyn Hays, Jane Herring
ton, Margie Norwood, Eleanor Claire
Stonestreet, Herbert Earl Brooks,
David Comfort, Beatrice Roby, and
Catherine Moore.
Jane Harrington and Peggy Knott
will be the commencement speakers.
School will be dismissed Wednes-
day at noon, May %, and will be out
officially Friday, May 25th. Students
will have to come to school only for
their report cards Friday.
Durant colored schools will fol-
low the same procedure, according
to an announcement by Supt. c. H.
Carruth.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-05-17

An about effort is being made by
Holmes county workers in the 18th
War Loan drive to reach the coun-
TVS $650,000 quota by next Monday
May 21st, as a fitting tribute to our
men in service. "Seven Days For
The Seventh" has been adopted as
the slogan.
Monday, May 21st, has been Of
ficially proclaimed as Mississippi
Heroes day and will be so observed
throughout the state.
1t is suggested by Holmes County
War Finance Committee Director
Norman Weathersby, and w. B
Kenna, county war loan drive chair
man, that no more fitting way could
be found to honor Mississippi heroes
than by buying war bonds and try
to match, as best we can, on the
home front the about effort of our
men on the battle front.
There will be only two war loan
drives in 1945 compared with three
in previous war years. Consequent
ly it is necessary to buy more bonds
in each drive. Costs of war remain
high in the Japanese conflict and
our citizens must show they are not
going to slacken their efforts in the
war against Japan.
Tchulu Leeds The WaY
Ralph Ray, Tchula, chairman, re-
ported that community over the top
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-05-17
Division On
Mindano Island
In PHILIPPINES

"A large group of Holmes service
men in the 31st Infantry Division
are now fighting on Mindanao, Sec
ond largest island in the Philippines,
according to an official report from
Manila Wednesday. The 3lst division
formerly had been on Morotai.
Mindanao, 36,906 square miles
large, is 80 per cent liberated from
the Japs, according to Gen. Douglas
Macarthur, but there remain about
$4,000 Jap troops on the island. The
Jap troops are now caught between
the 31st Division on the south and
10th Division troops on the north.
The remaining Japs are attempting
to flee westward from Davao into
rugged mountains of the central in
terror in Bukidnon province.
Fighting on Mindanao is describ-
ed as SO savage that Americans at
tackled Japanese with bayonets, fists
and knives. At least two Yanks
drowned enemy troops by holding
their heads under water.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-05-17
County Agents Notes

A livestock man told me the other
day that he had lost 8 out OF 10 cal
YES this spring, which probably Is
due to a disease known as Bangs.
Calves are usually dropped approx
mately two months before time. In
order to prevent this great loss, cows
can be vaccinated. The best time to
vaccinate is when the heifer IS be-
tween A and 8 months old. However,
we have had some successful vacci-
nations of adult cows.
One farmer told me that when he
bought cattle for breeding purposes,
he made it a practice to buy a cow
with a small calf at side. The calf at
side gives him a guarantee that the
cow was free of Bangs.
Not so many weeks ago, ! visited
a small dairy farmer who told me
that from 1 to 2 tests of each OF his
cows had been impaired by masti-
tbs. This disease spreads from one
COW to the other from poor sanitary
conditions. The one doing the milk
ing should always milk these cows
last and disinfect their hands thoro-
ughly after milking each cow. None
of the milk should be MIXED upon
the ground where cattle are going
to lie down. The disease can be pick.
ed up in this way.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-05-17
Holmes Women Active
In 7th War Loan

Holmes county women are max
ing house-to-house a this
week selling bonds in the 7th War
Loan drive. Miss Dorothy McBee
superintendent of Education, is in
charge of women's activities.
In Durant Mrs. Albert Tatum,
Women's chairman, announces that
a group of high school students girls
will assist in the drive: Misses Joyce
Truitt, Elma Hendricks, Ruth Ray
Campbell, Nancy Tatum, Betty Nor
wood and Ruby Jean Cooper.
Mrs. B. S. Beall, Jr., Lexington
chairman, and Mrs. I. w. Carson
co-chairman, announce the follow
ing committees for this district:
Howard, Mrs. George Ellison; Frank
lin, Mrs. Robert Lipsey; Acona, Mrs.
j. D. Williams; Ebenezer, Mrs. B,
W. Humphrey; Lexington, Mesdames
Marvin Stanley, Leroy Paris, Nor
man W~eathersby, Luke Wood, L. P.
Johnson, Nathan Schur, Claude
Bailey, Sidney Henley, D. c. Lun-
dy, Walter Hooker, Miss Elma Hef-
finer, Mesdames James Odom, P. H.
Williams, D.. T. Ruff, Jack Reid, w.
B. Kenna, M. X. CHM, W. P. Lewis,
E. H. Shaddock, j. F. Williams and
Sessions Povall.
Mrs. Beall said Lexington district
workers were urged to have their
canvass completed this week in or
der that a full report may be given
by Monday, May 81, Mississippi
Heroes Day.
Goodman and Tchula women COM
mittees were announced today as
follows:
Goodman--Mrs. D. K. Gulledge.
Mrs. j. T. Shelton, Mrs. Hugh Cow
sert, Jr,, Mrs. Bob Fugate, Mrs. T.
E. Powers, Mrs. S. L. Mccullough,
Mrs. Helen Derrick, Mrs. H. B. Pow
ers, Mrs. Belva Lawrence, Miss
Martha Turner.
Tchula-Mrs. w. E. Jones, Mrs. J.
L. Shields, Mrs. w. r. Huddleston,
Mrs, c. R. Hamlin, Mrs. o. Nixon,
Mrs. Eugene Sheppard, Mrs. j. C..
Cannon, Mrs. Harold Sanders, Miss
Cecile Samaha.