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Arizona sun., 1948-09-03
Old Letterdrops in
Small Towns Are
On Their Way Out

WASHINGTON. - The old-fash-
ioned peekaboo letterdrop, a special
Joy of small town Americans, is on
its way out. In it's stead is coming
a strictly modern device that takes
half the fun out of mailing letter.
This wouldn't have happened If
Gilbert Stanley Underwood hadn't
visited the Herkimer, N. Y, postof-
fee.
Underwood is chief architect for
the public buildings administration.
which designs and builds federal
buildings, including postofflces. He
gave a reporter this description Of
what went on at Herkimer:
1.-THE mail had just arrived, and
the clerks had started to sort it..
Many townspeople were waiting to
get the mail from their boxes.
Everyone seemed to know every
one else. They seemed to know the
clerks, too. For one man after
another would step up to the letter
drop, push back the flap, peek
through, recognize the pants Of the
nearest clerk and say:
''Hey, Joe, give me my mail-rm
in hurry"
IT never agined the letterdrop
would be put to SUCH use," Under
wood said in amazement.
So back in Washington, Under
wood designed a letterdrop so cum
ningly beveled on the inside as to
cut off the view entirely.
And no letter can overshoot the
mail box, no matter how hard it is
popped into the slot, Each letter
just slides upward over the beveled
surface, kerplunk into the container.
You'll find nonpeek letterdrops in
all new postoffices, and Underwood
said they'll gradually replace the old
slots in the other buildings.
The Herkimer letterdrop?
It's still there, but the clerks have
covered it with canvas-to prevent
peeping and to keep letters from
sailing through the air.
Arizona sun., 1948-09-03

He saw the look of surprise on
her face. His voice cracked as
he went on.
Gosh, I know it probably cost
you some dough. I'd even pay Is
bucks for it's
She was staring at him incred-
uously. There was no sound in the
room but the slow ticking of the
grandfather clock.
He flushed and looked down at the
floor. His fingers were restless on
his plaid cap. In sudden agony of
embarrassment, he thrust his
hands behind him.
''You think it's an o. K. fiddle
too," he said. IT suppose I shouldn't
be asking you for it. Even if you
are my friend"
She hestitated only a moment be-
Arizona sun., 1948-09-03
Aluminium Shelters With Hay
Roofs Keen Cattle Cooler

Ell CENTRO, CALIF.-Imperial
valley cattle raisers have been ben
Gifted by experiments conducted by
two animal husbandrymen in devils
ing shade shelters that make live
stock more comfortable during sum-
mer months.
Four types of shelters were built
at the Meloland experiment station
by N. R. Ittner, University of Cal
ifornia, and c. F. Kelly, United
States department of agriculture.
The experts found that shelters
with aluminium and hay. roofs gave
the greatest protection to the grow
ing fat cattle used in the experiment.
Arizona sun., 1948-09-03
Cav Decorated Shelf
Can Be Easily Made

THIS gaily decorated shelf can
= easily and quickly be made by
using the full size printed paper
pattern offered below. The pat
tern is first traced on the wood
which the pattern specifies. Then
it is sawed and assembled exactly
as the pattern indicates.
No special tools or skill are required.
The peasant decoration is also full size
so it can be traced directly to the shelf.
Suggested colors are given. All materials
can be purchased at your local lumber
yard at very little cost.
Send Csc for Peasant Shelf Pattern
No. Q to: Easi-Bild Pattern Co., Dept. w.,
Pleasantville, N. Y.
Arizona sun., 1948-09-03
Herds and Flocks

Milk slump usually is caused by
fly trouble, poor pasture or both
To control flies, keep buildings
sprayed with DDT and use a repel-
lent type of spray at milking time.
To bolster short pastures. feed grain
or silage.
Mudholes for hogs, aside from
harboring parasites and disease, are
likely to cause animals to overhead.
An animal plastered with mud,
baked on Dy the sun, is likely to
heat up in hurry.
NANCY hogs usually bring so cents
to 81 less per 100 pounds when sent
to market. It's easy to clean up
mango with benzene hexach1oride
Arizona sun., 1948-09-03
Farm Population Drops
10 Per Cent Since 1910

Farm population of the United
States declined about three million
persons, or 10 per cent, between
the census of 1910 and the special
estimate as of January l. 1948. The
latest farm population figure of
q. 439, 600, however. is more than
two million larger than the total
for January. 1945, when many farm
residents were in the armed forces
or working in war plants. census
reports show
Arizona sun., 1948-09-03
Tricks for Teens
By Nancy Pepper

trasting petticoat beneath. It's
smart trick to play with black
cotton ruf1ed skirt over striped
or plaid cotton petticoat.
WELCOME RELIEF-You teen
ayers who must wear uniforms to
school have welcomed petticoats as
means of breaking the monotony
without breaking the rules. Before
and after hours you can pull down
your petticoat so that your rufaes
show beneath your uniform hem
line. During school you tuck your
petticoat out of sight. So far, we
haven't heard about any petticoat
protests from the faculty.
PEGGED PETTICOATS- you
thought that petticoats were pretty
only with your ballerina skirts, did
you? Then you haven't seen them
peeping between the side Sits of
those straight and narrow pegged
skirts to which so many girls still
cling-and vice-versa; which cling
to so MANY girls. If your pegged
skirts are TOO short, let your petit
coat ruff1es hang down below about
an inch.
CONVERTIBLE PETTICOATS-
Some petticoats are made to serve
a double purpose. For instance,
pastel cotton petticoat with double
hemline ruff1es of eyelet, comes
with it's detachable cummerbund
belt. Without the cummerbund,
you wear it as petticoat under
another skirt. With the\ GUNNER
bund, you top it with "a peasant
blouse and wear it as skirt It's
a good idea for those of you who
are making their own petticoat,
and, judging from the reports of
home &c teachers, lots of you are.
Now, that you've revived petit
coats and camisoles, will you be
saying twenty three skidoo' in
stead of "scram" and IT love my
wife, but, oh, you kidd" instead of
''hubba, hubba?"
They Started On the Screen.
So many of your customs and
fads start with the movies. Why
that Peter Lawford-June Allyson
lesson scene from Good News"
has even inspired you to do your
French homework these nights!
Has your crowd ADOPTED this movie
made idea yet?
YOUR NEW DANCE-H's that
oldie, the Charl since
you saw it danced in Good News"
Bet your parents could give you
some fine points en- it. Bet they
could show you the cups they won
in Charleston contests back in the
days when Joan Crawford scintil-
lated more than she suffered.
YOUR NEW CUSTOM - Since
you've seen Captain from CASTLE,
you've revived the custom of giving
a handkerchief to your T-man (top
mani as keepsake. He keeps it
in his jacket pocket for show-not
for blow.
NEW HAIR-DO-The short cut
with bangs, as Eleanor Parker
wore in ''Voice of the Turtle" is
sweeping through the high school
halls these days. But do any OF
your upper classmen try to look
like Ronald Reagen?
Arizona sun., 1948-09-03
ANYTHING FOR A FRIEND
BY MARJORIE ABBOTT

sweet melodies out of her violin.
She wondered if the boy would like
the incredibly rich, full tone Of the
instrument.
She didn't see him again till the
following week. AS he came in he
was filed with strange restless
ness that he couldn't control.
Last week you said that you were
my friend"
why yes, Sam"
There's something important
I've got to ask you"
This was the moment she had
been hoping for, in all her months
of knowing Sam.
"Tn do anything I can for you,
Sam," she said quietly.
He stood there facing her, almost
defiant in his earnestness. For the
Arizona sun., 1948-09-03
Trapped Boy Sacrifices
Pants but Gains Freedom

ST. LOUIS. - Police officers
had a choice of two ways Of re-
leasing Harry Charleville. 10,
after he had become wedged
between crisscross girders of a
bridge here. Their way and his.
The boy told the policemen to
cut the girders that were holding
him but they had a less dramatic
way.
Before a crowd Of more than
100 they removed his trousers
and soaped his body. Half an
hour later he was freed.
Embarrassed little Harry
grabbed his trousers and sour
ried home.
Arizona sun., 1948-09-03

made the front pages Of your high
school papers, just as your long
Gibson skirts did last season. But
not even the ridicule Of your favor
ite three-letter man can shake your
belief in them.
CAN-CAN COMMOTION-Ins
of lifting your cotton skirt demurely
at one side with a pin or petticoat
peeper, you sew a little buttonhole
loop, to the center back, at the
edge of the hem, and sew on but
ton at the center back of the waist
band. Then you can button up
your skirt in back to form a can,
can hustle and to reveal your con-
Arizona sun., 1948-09-03

fore she walked toward him and
placed her small, blue-veined hand
lightly on his arm.
eyes, Sam. 7 am little attached
to the instrument. But if you think
you can raise so dollars, the violin
is yours. For a moment l was
shocked, because you see, so dollars
is quite bit of money to take. Es-
pecially from friend"
Arizona sun., 1948-09-03

moment his shyness and awkward
ness were gone.
II played your violin all week.
he said feverishly. 1T was smooth
as-as oil or something. Gee, it was
SWELL" His eyes were blazing, and
his dark face was no longer ugly.
Look, Mrs. Sweet, can get
so bucks from my uncle. I'd
work to pay it back to him."
Arizona sun., 1948-09-03

boys giving it the
well-known Bronx
cheer. We're re-
ferring to the new
P.H D. society
(Petticoats Hang
ing Down - and
to the C a u S tic
comments tn a t
are being made
by your b e s t
friends a n d s e.
vereSt criti C S.
PetticOatS h ave
Arizona sun., 1948-09-03

year-round basis. Ordinary sink
drains, located below the plates,
direct the overflow into a central
waste system which serves the
three-story poultry house.
Waste water spills over hill a
short distance from the building.
The steady flow of water through
the supply pipes. plus the fact that
all such pipes are doubly protected
by being located within convention
al soil tiles, keeps them open all
winter. To date, ice and snow have
not retarded the waste outlet. The
SYSTEMS 500-gallon supply tank is
served by a two-horsepower cleo
trio motor.
Arizona sun., 1948-09-03
Bright Spot in New Mexico

White Sands national monument,
covering approximately $4,000
acres, is just west of Alamagordo,
N. M. Here great deposits of wind
blown gypsum are found which in
bright light resemble a vast snow
field, near where the army's
rocket-testing program Is in pro-
gress.
Arizona sun., 1948-09-03
Ue
Corner

GAM looked uncomfortable as he
~ stood with his large feet planted
awkwardly on Harriet Sweets
oriental rug. His violin was tucked
under one arm, and with his free
hand he pushed a thick lock OF hair
away from his dark, ugly face.
"An right, Sam. let's try 1t
again." said Harriet. She sat
straight-backed on the piano bench
and played the introduction to
'Traumerei" on the mahogany
grand. Her gray head kept time
to the music with lively little mods.
Eyes, ma'am,'' said Sam. His
voice was changing. Every move
he made was done in an agony OF
self-consciousness. He brought his
violin up to his. chin, and then for
got himself as he brought the rich
tones to life beneath his fingers.
Harriet sighed as the last note
became stilled. THAT was splendid,
Sam," she said. II haven't another
pupil as talented as you are"
A light showed briefly in his dark
eyes, and then he blushed and
moistened his lips.
Harriet wondered sometimes why
she wanted so much to win this
boys friendship. He was unattrac-
tive. He had a last name she
couldn't begin to pronounce. 1t was
partly the longing of lonely, child
less woman, she supposed, for
someone to mother.
The music should have formed
bond between them. But up
to now she felt she was losing
the battle to pierce his shyness
and win Sans friendship. For
six months he had come to her
for his weekly lesson, but al.
though she had tried in every
way she knew to get next to
the boy, she had failed.
II have no friends" he had told
her once. bluntly, when she had
questioned him, and she had an
aching picture Of him, working hard
after school to earn money to help
out at home with his brothers and
sisters, squeezing out the extra
dollar for music lesson, practicing
late at night She would have loved
to help him in some way, but he
was proud and independent.
Sam cleared his throat and wiped
his arm across his sweating fore
head.
Mrs. Sweet, I'm going to stop
taking lessons" he said.
'Oh, Sam," said Harriet, "Why?"
my kid brother busted my violin.
This one is borrowed from my old
mans sister just for tonight. I'm
going to earn another fiddle It will
take while. They have them at
Brothers music store for Is bucks.
AS soon as I get it I'll be back
It was the longest speech he had
ever made.
Harriet reached over the bronze
bust of Beethoven on top of the pi-
ano and took her own violin loving
ly from its alligator case.
There's no need of missing those
lessons, Sam," she said ''You may
use my violin as long as you need
one." She tried not to think about
the kid brother who busted violins.
This one had cost her a, thousand
dollars.
. Sans face was shining. Gee,
Mrs. Sweet. Gee! I'll make it eight
with you," he added hastily.
II know you'll take good care of
'''Oh, yes, ma am"
She followed up her advantage.
II wish you'd always try to think
of me as your friend, Sam. I like
you very much"
He looked down at the floor and
shifted from one foot to the other.
HARRIET thought of Sam often
l. L in the following week. She
thought Of his large, strong hands
that would hrin0 hnarthro n Iii civ
Arizona sun., 1948-09-03
Pays to Mechanic

The mechanical age is paying
dividends on the farm as well as
in industry, says the Farmers and
Manufacturers Beet Sugar associa-
ton. A century ago "a man-hours
of labor were required to produce
an acre of wheat, now less than
Arizona sun., 1948-09-03

1 CANADIAN FARMS-Write US for FREE IN
4 FORMATION on farm settlement opportunities
Fertile soils. Reasonably priced r. C. Bosworth
Canadian Pacific Railway, Union Station. st
Paul, MINI.
Arizona sun., 1948-09-03

PETTICOAT PROTEST
There we 60 again-the girls in
Producing a. new fashion and the
Arizona sun., 1948-09-03

10 hours are needed. One hundred
fifty years ago the labor of 10 farm
workers was necessary to produce
the food consumed by one person
living in the city, now one worker
can produce for four people living
in the cities.
Arizona sun., 1948-09-03
FARMS AND RANCHES

STOCK RANCH BY OWNER
Az sections, streams, first water rights.
MRS. HARRELL
367 Cedar, Laramie, WyO. Phi. 1867
Arizona sun., 1948-09-03
REAL ESTATE-MISC.

FOR SALE OR TRADE. 35 acres at Barr
erty. HOMER WISECUP, Bailey, Colo.
Arizona sun., 1948-09-03
REAL EsTATE-HOUSES

MOUNTAIN PROPERT Y-3-bedroom
house on SO acres at Idaho Springs. Lights,
gas, phone. Sell or trade. Accept Cater
pillar, truck, or what have you as part
payment. 228 So. Grant, Denver o, Colo.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-03-03
Oregon Governor
Denies Anikegro
Statements

PORTLAND, Ore, March 8. CA
NP)-Gov. John H. Hall of Ore
gon, denied this week statements
on racial tolerance credited to him
by two Willamette university
freshman goods in a recent inter-
view reported in the Willamette
Collegian.
The two students, Mary Eliza
beth Tedford, 10, and Miss Alice
Turtledove, 10, insist that quo
tations printed from their notes in
a January 81 issue, with the gov
ernor were true.
Among statements repeatedly
made by Gov. Hall were:
cit is Negroes like Kaiser
brought in that cause trouble. The
ones that lived in Oregon knew
their place and stayed where they
belonged"
They also reported that when
they asked him whether he would
sit next to a --egro in a cafeteria
the governor replied, 81 would
not" He made no qualifications
to this answer, they both agreed.
The governor denied that either
of the baove statements were true.
He said, "We were not discussing
my personal views nor my atti-
Etudes. We were discussing the sit
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-03-03
Wallace Supporters
Organize

BIRMINGHAM, March 3. GAN
P)-Supporters Of Henry Wallace
for president here organized a
group this week with an inter-
racial staff of officers and mem
bership.
Louis Burnham, president of
the Southern Negro Youth con-
gress and vice president Of Ameri-
can Youth for Democracy, is Sec
retary-treasurer of the new group.
Other officers are Phillip Tindle,
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-03-03
Mrs. Roosevelt Gives
Citation 10 Gary School

NEW YORK, March 8. (ANP)1
Before 100 education administra-
tors present at a4two days confer
ence Of the Bureau of I%nItercul-
tural relations, in Hotel Crane
roy Park here last week. Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, chairman
of the UN Human Rights commits
sion, presented a citation to
Charles Lutz, superintendent of
schools, Gary, Ind, which COM
mended the public schools of Gary
for their non-segregatory policy
and handling of the mass student
strike last September.
Mrs. Roosevelt told the group
that the issue of civil rights for
minorities in this county was no
longer a purely domestic issue
s'but effects the action of other
countries and the fate Of minor
tiles elsewhere" She pointed out
that other nations were watching
for governmental action in this
country when the time comes to
ratify the convention recently
written by the human rights COM
mission.
eff we don't ratify, very few
other governments WILL" she said.
"We must show leadership on a
firm moral basis to convince the
rest of the world that we can de-
velop our democracy not only in
economic and military strength
but in spiritual and moral realms.
The maximum of democracy is
the best answer to communism.
We must show the enemies of de-
mocracy that our system does more
for human beings and their dig
nifty than any other government
does" !
H. B. Snyder, editor of the Gary
Post-Tribune, described his efforts
to promote i~nterracial amity not
only in schools but in stores and
other business. He said that pub
licity was the best weapon because
few can "stand out openly against
the American creed of freedom"
Emerson school was the scene
of the student strike. They were
protesting against the presence of
Negro pupils there. All striking
students were suspended and ath-
letic activities cancelled until the
students changed their minds.
You get better results by ad-
,oyk;csn~ ~ Tho n>:1v E~~~~..
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-03-03

chairman, and Joanna Tylee. pub
licity director.
The third party supporters plan
to work throughout Jefferson
county and organize other clubs in
the area An executive committee
with two delegates from each club
already formed in area was also
set up.
Among the members in the
group are agriculturalists, labor,
Negroes, students, professional
persons, business leaders and vet
Grams.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-03-03
uation generally"

uation generally"
According to the governor he
told the girls --egroes "found con-
ditions so much better here they
are styling in Oregon instead of re-
turning to the SOUTH" He also
claimed there is no racial prob
lem in the state.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-03-03

You get better results by ad-
vertising in the Daily Express.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-03-25
Librury Notes

New books recently added To
the shelves Of the Big Horn
County library include the fol-
lowing: .s {
Ames, "Heart in Darkness,
Fiction. II =
Ballard, 80 You Were Elect
edI" Do you know how to con-
duct q meeting? The duties OF
a chairman? OF a secretary? OF
a treasurer? How to choose CO.
workers These and many more
questions are answered In this
book with specific information
and with actual sample forms
Baldwin, "Give Love the Air.,
Fiction.
Csida, "Crime is of the Es-
sence". Mystery.
Curry, "Riding for Custer,
Western.
Teller, "Strikeout Story. Bob
Teller, the well-knoWn pitcher
tells the story of his life. There
is no baseball fan in the
country who will want to miss
this fine book by a great sports
hero.
Gaddis, Someone to Love-,
Light fiction.
Grey. with all my Heart,
Light fiction. !
Hancock, 1.-THE Rainbow Re-
public. The author shows that
Central America, with an area
less than that of Texas, is
packed with native color, more
picturesque villages, more var
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-03-25
Mother Of Nine Says
TnpIets Are Lovely
Womun Enfhused Over Second
Set Of Three D..

SYRACUSE, N. Y. Mrs. Mar
garet Walker, 40, looked up at o
picture Of her second set Of trir'ets
from her hospital bed here and
cried enthusiastica ally: They're
lovely"
Asked whether she knew which
among the three babies In the pic.
ture was the boy, Mrs. Walker cor.
rectly replied. eyes. the middle
one"
The state department Of vital
statistics places the chances Of a
woman having two sets Of triplets
as high as one in So million.
The triplets we're delivered by DR..
Stewart Bauman, who brought the
Walkers first set into the world
April q, 1943. In addition to the two
set" Of triplets the Walkers have
three older sons.
During Mrs. Walkers GONZALES.
cence the father. Michael S. Wal
ke-, az, cared for the other members
Of the family. He went shopping
while the four-year-old triplets were
staying at a neighbours home.
Hospital authorities reported that
the triplets weighed II pounds 2
ounces at birth. All three were
placed under an oxygen tent as a
precautionary measure but were re-
moved after a short interval.
The Walkers, purchasing their
four-bedroom house on his $50-a-
week salary as a factory repair.
man. are natives Of Ireland. They
met in the United States. Mrs. Wal
ker came from County Kilkenny in
1925 and her husband left County
Mayo for the United States a year
earlier.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-03-25
PUBLIC NOTICE

The City Council of the City Of Hmdin. Montana. hos
requested thut the owners of business houses and their
employees pork their cars in the parking lot south of the
Hurdin Tribune-aerald building during business hours of
the duy. thus giving parking space for their customers and
folks who trade in Hdrdin.
The council also requests that there be no double
parking in the business section of the City Of Hurdin. Mon
tono. at any time.
The congestion in Hmdin. Montana. regarding park
inq is q serious proposition. md the Council feels that
something must be done to remedy this situation volun-
turilY or otherwise.
IRA 7. NIT Chief of Police.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-03-25

, ieties Of climate and more in
tereSt for the traveller than any
similar area In the world. The
ruins Of temples and palaces
older than the Egyptian pyra-
mids lift their palm and ma
hogany plumed spires above
jungles more impenetrable and
more mysterious than widest
Africa. .-
Hansen, "Common-sense Liv-
Ing" This book describes how
to apply good sense, psychol-
ogy and the basic truths OF the
Bible for a more abundant
life.
Hart, "a Wonderful YOU.
The modern woman's guide to
poise, charm and beauty.
Johnson, "Wi1liam Allen
| Whites America" This book is
the biography of a man and a
period, America between 1868
and 1914.
Lee, "Twisted Mirror. Myst-
cry.
Lubbock, PORTRAIT of Edith
Wharton" Biography. In any
history of American literature
the name of Edith Wharton
must appear with the giants.
This study of Mrs. Wharton. by
a longtime personal friend is
neither formal biography nor a
criticism of her work, but a
personal portrait of a very dis
tinguished author and a gra-
cious lady.
Mansfield, ed, "Music I'm
heard. An anthology of hither-
| to unpublished verse in two
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-03-25

volumes.
Nelson, Land Of the Daco-
tabs" This new story about the
American west tells the dra-
matte history of the upper Mis-
souri, valley from the days Of
the early French explorers to
today's plan for harnessing the
Missouri, Americas most willful
river. 49, r.
Randall, Doctor Takes a
Wife" Fiction.
Stegner, "The Central North
west" This is an entirely new