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The midland journal., 1946-11-15

contoured strip cropping, with plans
ready for an additional $3.50, 900
acres. Two-thirds of all U. S. farms
are actively participating in 1,675
soil conservation districts.
A GOOD WEATHER favored the
Z. farmer in his fight for big crops.
An early spring sent crops off to
flying start. Ideal conditions, illus
trated in this summer scene on
New England farm, often helped the
farmer at critical times, such as
haying and grain harvest.
Little wheat was lost because of
wet weather during harvest or aft
er, but sudden ripening of grain over
large areas produced more grain at
one time than elevators or rail-
roads could handle. Drouth did
strike Some areas, notably New Mex
leo and Arizona, and prolonged rain
interfered with planting of grain sor-
ghums, The weather wasn't per-
feet, but it was generally better
than 1945 and proved big factor
In record crop.
= BIG BUYERS. Record produe-
Os ton and good prices have ere
ated the greatest farm purchasing
power Of all time. From total cash
receipts Of more than q billion
dollars this year, farmers will real
ize a net income Of more than 141k
billion dollars, or more than three
times the net income of 1910.
Like city folks, farmers find goods
scarce and prices above prewar lev
els. AS he shops for new shoes,
this farmer finds proof that the
average price of farm work shoes
rose from $2.53 for the 1935-39 period
to $40 on June IS. Prices received
by farmers for their goods had dou-
bled meanwhile. ga
< MORE HELP, provided by re-
~, turning veterans and war plant
workers, made the job easier for
the farmer, but everyone had to
work hard, early and late, to handle
the bumper output.
Typical Of the veterans return to
the land, this ex-army sergeant and
his wife, former army nurse, bought
The midland journal., 1946-11-15

I FARM RECORDS are being
l. broken throughout the nation as
farmers wind up the biggest year
in agriculture's history. This scene
of farmer storing corn in tenn
porary cribs is being repeated
throughout the grain producing
areas as farmers gather in the
greatest feed crop ever grown in
this country.
= FOOD NEEDS exceeded even
q. heavy wartime demands and
farmers met the challenge with the
largest harvested wheat acreage
since 1938-940, 900 acres over 1915.
The combination of improved wheat
varieties, good growing weather
and national yield of 17.8 bushels per
acre resulted in whopping 1859, ,422,-
900 bushel crop. Production of all
food grains set new record-more
than 81 million tons.
During the harvest season, farm
ers worked night and day, fire.
quently with multiple crews and
machines, as shown here, to save
the precious grain. The new crop
helped to relieve the bread short
age which resulted at mid-year
when the nation shared its slender
wheat stocks with hungry people
overseas. Exports Of wheat in this
calendar year may reach $50 mil
lion bushels, highest since 1921.
Z READY FOR THE FUTURE.
-" With the help of this big year,
farmers are in better position to face
conditions ahead. Good feed crops
viii help to maintain livestock pro-
duction at high levels and savings
of nearly 20 billion dollars provide a
reserve for poor years or farm i'm
provemeut. s't
This West Virginia farm, with its
crops set in easy-to-work contoured
strips, offers a pattern for the fu-
ture. With his farms soil enriched
by lime and green manure, and
slopes protected from costly ero-
sion, the operator has the assurance
of maximum efficiency and mini
mum production costs. AS Of July
/, 2,750, 900 acres had been laid out in
The midland journal., 1946-11-15

an Alabama farm with the help Of
an FSA loan. By nid-year 1,O45, 900
veterans were working ON farms,
representing about three-fourths Of
the number of farm workers who
entered military service before
July /, 1945.
7 TWO ON ONE means good corn
- and accounts for this North
Carolina growers pride in a prom
Using crop resulting from use Of
hybrid seed corn and contoured
field. In the nation as a whole,
two out of every three acres this
year were in high-yielding hybrids,
accounting for 20 per cent increase
in corn yields by department of ag-
riculture estimates.
In some sections of the corn belt,
hybrids were planted on 100 per
cent Of the acreage, boosting Iowa's
corn yield to phenomenal 81 BUSH
els per acre. Better varieties Of 9TH
er crops, developed by agricultural
scientists, helped push production to
new records. Improved fertilizers
and new cultural methods also
boosted yields. -.
Q NEW TOOLS also helped to
o. sweIl 1916 production. Expan-
sion by REA co-operatives brought
electricity to additional thousands Of
farms and made daily chores like
milking (above), faster and easier.
On July l, nearly So per cent Of all
U. S. farms received central station
electric service and new customers
were being connected to REA lines
at the rate Of 250,000 per year.
Farmers also found DDT and chem
ical weed killers potent weapons
against old enemies.
Production Of new farm machin-
cry during the first half Of the
year fell below the war-limited pro-
duction of year earlier. forcing
most farmers TO get along with old
machines. Tires, fuel and seed
were in fair supply, but containers,
steel products and lumber contin-
ued scarce. Farmers used more
fertilizer in their drive for maxi
mum production.
The midland journal., 1946-11-15

Old Dobbin may be mans best
friend-but he doesn't act like it.
In fact, horses are involved in more
accidents on American farms than
any other animal, including the bull.
DIR. II. Herman Young Of the Mayo
clinic, Rochester, MIMI, told dele
gates to the farm safety section Of
the National Safety councils 34th
national safety congress in Chicago.
Life on farms is full Of peril, DR..
Young asserted, pointing to a nine
year survey Of farm accidents,
made under joint auspices Of Mayo
clinic and the safety council, which
The midland journal., 1946-11-15
Wyoming Homesteads Open to Veterans

Heart Mountain division Of its old
est project, the Shoshone.
Applicants win be rated as to
character, industry, capital and
farm experience by a local exam
lining board, which will select the
top 1855 candidates to participate
In the drawing for the s3 farms.
Three other land openings for
homesteading of 5,372 acres Of irri-
gated land in Washington and Idaho
also are scheduled this winter.
The midland journal., 1946-11-15

WASHINGTON.-Want a home IN
Wyoming or ranch In Shoshone
valley near Yellowstone park?
If you're World War II veteran
with good character and good luck,
you might get one. First step is to
submit an application to the bureau
of reclamation project Office at
Powell, Wyo., before November rs.
The bureau will throw open to
homestead entry SO irrigated farm
units, total Of TITO acres, on the
The midland journal., 1946-11-15

Accidents take an enormous toll
every year, with victims not limit
ed to farmers, delegates to the safe
ty congress were told.
Statistics show that there's an ac-
cidental death every 5h minutes. q
traffic death every 1914 minutes, an
occupational death every 3S min
utes and a home death every 1874
minutes.
National Safety council is a non-
profit, non-commercial corporation
supported mainly by industrial con-
Germs. It has IS separate sections
to deal with safety in every field.
The midland journal., 1946-11-15
'Drone' Plane Sends View
To Operator Guiding It

The control of "drone," or pi-
lotless plane flown by radio, is
switched between operators, one in
mother" plane handling it in
the air and another on the ground
or the deck of a carrier handling
it during take-offs and landings,
says Golfers.
When flying beyond the range of
vision, even as far as so miles
away, the operator is able to watch
it through images received from
two television cameras in the
drone, sending one picture of the
instrument panel and the other a
view of the area in front of the
plane so he can prevent it from
colliding with another object.
The midland journal., 1946-11-15
Wave Takes Army Job,
Finally Gets on Shin

CINCINNATT.-After 26 months
of land-locked service with the
WAVES, Miss Edith Dunn finally
got aboard a ship-by taking a job
with the army. The Ohio river di-
vision engineers, local army unit,
resorted to naval tactics to help
solve the housing problem Of %
women employees. They are housed
on two quarterboats moored here,
the girls paying $15 q month rent.
The midland journal., 1946-11-15

disclosed that $500 farmers were
killed at work during the period.
About $500 farm residents were
killed accidentally and 100, 125. 900
non-fatal farm home and, work ac-
cidents also occurred in that time,
he reported.
''The farmer usually il his own
boss or employs only q few men,
probably carries no accident inslr-
ance, and is not az conscious Of the
need for safety measures as those
employed in other industries" DR..
Young said.
The midland journal., 1946-11-15
BANNER HARVEST
Record-shattering Crops Boost
Farm Production to New Peak

discloses. Wheat and corn production scared to
new high marks, followed by record-shattering
harvests of tobacco peaches, pears, plurns,
truck crops and potatoes. Other crops have come
through in good measure, with exception Of cot
ton, rye, broomcorn, dry beans and pecans.
Livestock production continued high, despite
critical feed shortages in nnid-year.
Taking agricultural production as a whole,
1916 may stand for long time as the farmers
biggest year, the agriculture department con-
cludes
The midland journal., 1946-11-15
But 5000 Of Millions Of.
Stars Seen iby.Naked Eye

You may think you see millions
Of stars on a clear night, but the
truth is you can't. see more than
5000 with your naked eye. The big
microscopes spot 500 million stars,
the nearest one being 25 million
miles away. ns, a5sr, !, er
All the stars are in motion, NOV
ing through and past each others
orbit in opposite courses.
The midland journal., 1946-11-15
Early Fire Department

Did you know that ancient Rome
was the first city to have a fire
department? Seven thousand per-
sons were employed in it. A fire
chief rode to the scene in a chariot
and a fire marshal set up court
Of inquiry before the flames died
down.
The midland journal., 1946-11-15
BANNER HARVEST
WNU Features

While international crises and domestic diff
culties have been dominating the news scene,
American farmers have been rolling up one Of
the most impressive production records in his
tory during the current year.
Crop production for 1916 is setting all-time
peak, 2h per cent above the record output of
1872 best previous year. and % per cent above
the average for the prewar years of 1s35-39, a
summary compiled by department of agriculture
The story of the farmers big year, as told
The midland journal., 1946-11-15
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Evening star., 1946-12-26
Chaplin Can't Keep This Secret
By. SheiIoh. Grohom

scenes in it for the Lind Brothers
co-stars with Martha at Slapsie
Makes. In any case, the story OF
Monsieur Verdoux" is based on the
French Bluebeard whose hobby was
killing OF ladies who loved him.
Eve Arden is singned for the movie
version of 1.-THE Voice Of the Turtle" I"
She says that when this picture Is
completed, she will 90 to Reno to
file divorce proceedings against Hus-
band Ned Bergen. David Niven
with Cathy Downs at the Andrea
King cocktail party for her husband.
Nat Willis, now a lawyer. David
goes to England in the spring TO
star in Bonnie Prince Charlie"
Viveca Lindfors had one free day
from working in Might Unto
Night" so she stayed home all day
waiting for q phone call from her
children in Stockholm. At mid
night, she was told, Sorry, the line
is out of order" Ingrid Berg
mans picture for Walter Wanger,
'The Ballad and the Source" is
definitely q woman,s picture with
only small part for the male star.
This is why 1t is sometimes diffcult
to get a name player in certain pic
lures. Robert Cummings, for in
stance, In Heaven Only Knows" is
most of the show and 1t was hard
to get q woman star to play In the
smaller part opposite. On the whole,
think it's better to balance the
male and female leads.
4
The gold cup won by Fred
Astaire's horse, Triplicate, Is on
Evening star., 1946-12-26

view in Republics Gallant Man" !"
Director Frank Borzage needed a
prize Tor Don Ameche's winning
horse, and Fred obliged. BY the
way, I think Fred is smart to re-
tire as a dancer at the age Of A..
Why wait until you have to?
Nelson Eddy, great booster of the
song "Shortnin' Bread" assures me
that he has never tasted the stuff
Mammy's little baby sure fooled this
reporter! George Jessel Is
being panned for his walk-out at
the recent dinner here for the man.
aging editors of the A. P. When
George was told that he was not
to appear on the show until half
way through 1t, he scrammed. =.
George Raft has killed $50 men
during his Is years as film actor.
Georges latest killing is in Christ
mas Eve" his most recent picture.
Hefty Sydney Greenstreet was
bitten by Junior a monkey
on the set of "The Woman in
White" He started to bite it back,
but thought better of it.
i: X X x
Donna Reed, who scores such a
hit with Jinlmp Stewart in ITS
Evening star., 1946-12-26

Disney's musical has to relate
against its background OF Spanish
moss and magnolias. Its principal
figures are a small boy and Uncle
Remus. Disney's most delightful
use of them is when they are en-
ployed as joint heroes in flights OF
Uncle Remus' imagination.
At such times as these they soar
OF into the much more dramatic
world of Br'er Rabbit, Br'er Fox,
Bluebird, where life is much less
mawkish and the threat OF catas-
trophe always ends In happy song.
There are nine of these tunes and
most of them are the lifting kind
which burst from the carefree heart.
It's hit parade success already has
marked as the best of these high
spirited composition, "Zip-A-Dee-
Doo-Dah," which already is a ma
tional rival for the most popular
Christmas carol. Its chief competi-
ton as the sprightliest melody
in this Disney album is from such
similar, but more conventional,
numbers as "Everybody's Got A
Laughing Place, How Do You Do"
and Sooner or Later"
Disney's song writers, as usual, do
one of those jobs on the human
heart that ought to make his script
writer's ashamed of the sticky senti-
ment that sometimes creeps into
their work.
Song of the South" logically
enough, goes back to plantation
life's most spacious days. It's stage
is one of those enormous piney acre
ages which frame porticoed manor
house. Life in the manor is not
particularly happy. Johnny's mother,
brought up there, wants to remain.
Johnny's father, whose profession
is never made clear, likes to live
elsewhere.
The result is that tor male COM
Johnny turns to Uncle
Remus. That is not a bad deal,
naturally. as no deal would be in
which a little boy trades a man of
the world for one who is out of this
world.
Certainly 1t is an excellent deal
for audiences who see Song of the
They, like Johnny would
be in a sad way if they could not
break the bonds of plantation life
and wander, through Uncle Remus'
stories. into the fanciful realm of
Br'er Rabbit.
Br'er Rabbit is easily the most
fascinating character in Dlsney's
brightly tinted fable. He is crea-
ture with gusto and it lends him
into some appalling adventures OF
wit-matching with his biggers and
betters in the animal kingdom.
These latter are mainly Brers Fox
and Bear, the latter suspiciously like
of Duffys Tavern in voice
and manner, and they make a de-
ightful trio for illustrating the
Evening star., 1946-12-26
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time Of Showing

Stage.
National-"Up in Central Park
$50 pm.
Screen.
Capitol-"The Showoff": 1l:05
am. 1850, 4:30, 7:20 and 10 pm.
Stage shows: /. 3:35. 6:25 and 9:05
|p.m.
Columbia-"The Strange Woman: :
III am, los, 3:15, $40, 7:30 and
$40 pm.
Earle "Till the End Of Time:
10:45 am, /, $40, 5:25. 7:30 and
|s:45 pm.
Hippodr me "Wuthering
Heights: 2:05, $40 and 8:l5 pm.
Keith's-"Song Of the South: o,
1850 am, 1910, 2:3o, 4:25, 6:15.
sos and 9:55 pm.
Little Henry the Fifth: 2:30
and $50 pm.
Metropolitan "The Return OF
Monte Cristo":: 11:25 am. las, $3.50,
5:35, TAO and 9:45 pm.
Palace-"Till the Clouds Roll By:
11:05 am, 1:40. AIS, $50 and s:25
pm.
Pix-"Sunbonnet Sue; 3:45. $50
and 10 pm.
Trans-Lux - News and shorts;
continuous from 1918 am.
Evening star., 1946-12-26

Wonderful Life" tells me that
directly she finishes Green Dolphin
Street" with Lana Turner, she will
dive her now blond locks back to
their original brownette. Lana, on
the other hand, can't wait to get
back to being blond. Ciaudette
Colbert now wears her hair much
lighter. And, as you no doubt know,
Rita Hayworth is very blond-and
with a short haircut-in Lady from
Evening star., 1946-12-26

to his bluebirds, fawns and other
fauna, and leave humans to the
other movie studios.
Disney's Song of the South" a
Technicolor extravaganza chockful
Of whimsy and rippling with melody,
is based upon the beloved Uncle
Remus stories of Joel Chandler
Harris. Having had this wonderful
inspiration, Disney neglected to stick
to it. His extracts from Harris are
narrated as stories within, story
and, as asides, they are so much
more engrossing that the major plot
might well have been forgotten. At
least, for the mature members of
Disneys excited and expectant
public.
It is quite sentimental tale that
Evening star., 1946-12-26
Fonda's Chickens
A Congenial Hobby
HOLLYWOOD.

Henry Fonda. who co-stars with
Barbara Bel Geddes, Vincent Price
and Ann Dvorak in "The Long
Night" raises Rhode Island Red
and Plymouth Rock chickens. and
dogs and cats as hobby. All live
together in close harmony, he
claims.
Evening star., 1946-12-26
moral points Uncle Remus would
teach to Johnny.
n 4 r.

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The crop of Disney's plantation
Is frankly corn In its straight phases
In these, it deals with such ele-
ments as a mongrel puppy, some
white trash youngsters who live
down the road from the manor
house, children's party, mixup
with the plantations bull, the
mothers conviction that Uncle
Remus' stories are bad for Johnny
and other similar drippy incidents
ALI these represent time wasted
which might better have been spent
dancing on a rail fence with Br'er
Rabbit or dancing down woodland
trail with the Bulebird.
The human actors in Song of the
South" might seem like worse in
truders were they less well played
James Basket leaves room for small
complaint as Uncle Remus, Hattie
MacDaniel is an altogether suitable
nanny Bobby Driscoll the same
as Johnny. and Luana Patten Is
lovely as the latters little playmate
Nevertheless. Uncle Remus would
have been better served straight.
Evening star., 1946-12-26
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c. A
THURSDAY,

Shanghai" I wonder what would
happen to the lady stars Of Holly
wood if the supply of hair dye ever
ran out?
(Released by North American Newspaper
Aliiance)
Evening star., 1946-12-26
HOLLYWOOD.

Charlie Chaplin wants to keep the
theme of his new picture, Mon
sieur Verdoux," a secret. But that's
going to be dificult because Martha
Raye, who has big part In the
picture, has been doing some of her
Evening star., 1946-12-26
ADJUSTMENTS.

The gold cup Won by FIT
Astaire's horse. Triplicate, Is {
Evening star., 1946-12-26
Uncle Remus' Fancies Roam
Again in Song of the South
By JOY Cormody

Walt Disney continues to be fascinated by the notion
imagination Song
which yesterday Ke Christmas to its
generation with tolerance for human
probably with his blend Their elders
Hoywood most
Evening star., 1946-08-12
Plumber Kills Himself
After SHOOTING Wife

Robert L. Tyler, 4s, a plumber of
607 Sligo avenue, Silver Spring, shot
himself to death after wounding his
wife at their home last night. Mont :
gomery County police reported to-
day.
Responding to a radio call to in
Vestigate "a man with a gun" at
the address, Policeman Frank Griggs
found the screen door of the two
story home locked, but saw Mr..
Tyler sitting in a chair in the din
ing room and blood coming from
a head wound. A .32-caliber pistol
lay between his feet, police said
Police entered and found the wife,
Marian, A, upstairs walking in a
dazed condition with a bullet wound
in her chest.
Both were taken to the Washing
ton Sanitarium where Mr.. Tyler
died at midnight Mrs. Tyler's con-
d1tion was reported to be good to-
| day.
DR.. Frank J. Broschart. Mont
gomery County medical examiner
said he issued a certificate OF
suicide for Mr.. Tyler. Relatives
said Mr.. Tyler had been released
from Washington Sanitarium earlier
yesterday after weeks illness
there. The couple had no children
Evening star., 1946-08-12
B. P. 0. {. Convention
Opens at Frederick
By the Associofed Press

FREDERICK, Md, Aug. 12-The
26th annual convention of the
Maryland. Delaware and District of
Columbia B. P. o. Elks Association
got into full swing today with the
opening of the first business session
of the four-day meeting.
More than $50 delegates, alter
mates and visitors had registered
yesterday by the time the conven-
ton was opened with memorial
service in the Centennial Memorial
United Brethren Church, and addi-
tional hundreds were expected to-
day.
c. Ray Hare, past exalted ruler
of the Salisbury lodge. was chair
man of the committee in charge OF
the service.
A feature of today's business meet.
ing is the nomination of officers. A
golf tournament, sightseeing tour
ira pshooting contest. bowling anC
dance are on the social side OF
the days program.
Election and installation of Of
ficers will take place tomorrow.
The convention will come to a
close Wednesday night with pa
rade and dance.
Evening star., 1946-08-12
Naturalization Row
Near Climax in Austria
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

VIENNA. Aug. 12-The Allied
Control Council appeared today to
be headed for showdown over the
Austrian Parliament's decision TO
nationalize the country's industry
decision which yesterday brought
from Col. Gen. I. v. Kurrasow, Rus
sian commander, a threat to in
validate the proposed law in the
Soviet occupation zone.
Passage of the plan became as
sured Friday when Gen. Mark W.
Clark, American commander In Aus
tria. told the council he would with
hold his veto. To prevent the meas
ure from passing, all members of
the four-power council would have
to veto it.
The situation seemed clearly
headed for a climax before the ma
tionalization law goes into effect
September 8.
Many Austrians frankly welcomed
the prospect of showdown. since
they hold that Austria faces the
prospect of being impoverished by
continued Soviet seizure of her prop
erty.
1t was reported that during Fri
days meeting the French wavered
on backing the American-British
stand against Kurasov's request tina,
they veto the naturalization law
The French were said to have taker
the position that the Austrians hao
the right to nationalize their indus
try, but-like the Russians-tht
French did not want naturalization
to apply to any industries they might
claim as eventual reparations.
Evening star., 1946-08-12
VA Will Seek Approva!
OF Hospital Tomorrow

Despite heated protests from Ar
lington County officials, the Vet
erans' Administration is going ahead
with it's proposal to erect new 750-
bed hospital for Washington vet
Grams on 23-acre tract beside Ar
lington National Cemetery, if it can
get presidential approval, 1t was
learned today. -...
Representatives of the Veterans
Administration real estate division
are scheduled to meet tomorrow
with the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission to get it's ap-
proval of the tract.
The commission last fall voiced
opposition to proposal to build an
apartment development on the tract,
contending mass of buildings
would interfere with the view of the
Lincoln Memorial, which now has
backdfop of greenery.