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Laurel outlook., 1949-10-05
2,4,5-T

Poison ivy plants have met their
match in a chemical weed killer
with the formidable name Of 2,4,5-
Trichlorophenoxyacetic acid. called
EAST for convenience
Laurel outlook., 1949-10-05
PENNEYS ALL STAR LINEUP
Preventing Ketosis

The feeding Of some form Of
sugar for a few days before and
for two OF three weeks after fresh
ening some times helps to prevent
ketosis in dairy cows.
Laurel outlook., 1949-10-05
Diesel Haulage

Diesel locomotives in 1913 ham
died nearly 40 per cent of the total
passenger-train car-miles of class 1
railroads surprising coal-burning
locomotives for the first time.
Laurel outlook., 1949-10-05
Electric Cords

Repair frayed or worn electric
cords, but if they are beyond repair,
throw them away. Avoid overload
ing them and protect the cords
from friction.
Laurel outlook., 1949-10-05
Soap Manufacture

Soap-making is speeded by the
use of stainless steel 'hydrolyzers"
the diameter Of a barrel and eight
stories high.
Laurel outlook., 1949-10-05
Chlorine Manufacture

Virtually all the chlorine manu-
featured in the United States is
made by splitting brine into chic
rine and alkali by means of an cleo
trio current.
Laurel outlook., 1949-10-05
Whey

The whey Of milk contains near
iy so percent Of the solids Of milk.
Whey Is now being used in the
manufacture of many products.
, 1949-03-30
HEALTH AND BODILY COMFORT
TRANDAILER JONES. NUTRITIoNIsT
Department Of Health. ST. Thomas. v. /.

The causes of constipation
are many. Some types must be
handled by the physician for
curative effects, but much can
be done by the individual to
overcome habitual constipa-
ton.
In the correction of faulty
elimination regularity of hab-
it comes first. Set a definite
time of day that is convenient
allowing ample time so there
will be no sense Of haste. Fol-
low the schedule daily break
ing it only when absolutely
necessary. After breakfast is
selected by many people, but
always respond to the urge
, 1949-03-30

Efa 1919
IN thinking Of Benedict
Field it must be kept.in mind
that that spot is fast becoming
one Of the most important
spots on the Island. It can be
the source of additional reve-
nues for our local treasury,
and an excellent means of
helping to sell St. Croix and
her beauty to the world.
Eete q
, 1949-03-30

whenever possible. The failure
to respond may result in an
omission of elimination for
that day.
There is something else one
can do as a corrective meas
ure. Cultivate a cheerful,
wholesome outlook on life.
You may be- surprised to
know that anger and worry
may cause one to not have an
elimination as often they
should or like mental tension
result in frequent elimina-
tons. So if you are nervous or
.highstrung try to learn to re-
lax.
Inere Is no evidence that ex-
ira water other than the six,
to eight glasses every day will
prevent or relieve habitual
constipation. A glass of cold
hot water Tor any other
n 49, 1904 aFr
food or fluid in the morning
often helps to start a bowel
movement, but the water acts
simply to initiate peristalsis in
the digestive tract.
It is recognized that some
time in life as following aytrip
or change of environment may
cause an upset in the schedule
resulting in temporary faulty
elimination. At such times a
is taken, for a mini
mum of interference with di-
geStion and absorption Of food
and vitamins the medicine
should be taken on an empty
and just before re-
.iring.
, 1949-03-30

LET'S KEEP UP THE AIRPORT.

~ OrNCEFr ~ 1HE AHPOR1
AS PAN AMERICAN now includes ST. Croix in its tin
erary, Benedict Field becomes even more important. Up to
a short while ago that airport has been confined to the mill
tary,. and since the war, to the use of an airline, which for
all practical purposes, is purely local. But now, with Pan
American using the field, it can be said that it is touched by
an airline which is worldwide. 1t is now possible for pas
sengerS to fly from almost anywhere in the world to st. Croix,
without changing airlnes.
BENEDIC FIELD is one Of the largest, and among
the best in the entire West Indies. Some. Of the heav-
lest long range bomberS have landed there, including a super
fortress, and in that respect is one of the most useful ahports
in the chain. Now that it is under civilian control, the very
best care should be taken to keep it in tip top shape at all
times. Runways, should be resufaced as frequently as. nee
esSary, the grounds should be kept clear and clean always.
WITH BENEDIC Field as the principal spot where
traffic moves in and out of the Island we should see to it that
passengers get the best impression possible, and this can be
done by having that spot in spic and span condition. There
is the possibility Of developing that airport as one Of the show
places Of the entire group. LandScaping should be done, flow
ers and shrubs planted and cared for, and lawns developed.
But there should also be care taken Of. the roads leading to
the airport, and this goes for both the eastern end through
upper Bethlehem, and the western end through Adventure.
Every large airport, in addition to runways and hangers
have a building for the comfort and convenience of passen-
gers and crews of the planes, And many, airports. such as
La Cuardia Airport in New York even go SO far as to have
shops, restaurants, and other businesses. While that may not
be advisable here, yet there is no reason why concessions
could not be given for maintaining a highclass restaurant
serving snacks, ice cream and soft drinks. And in addition
the countless little articles found in a good gift shop could be
carried. That would be of service, and the. kind for which
passengers look, and hope for. And they have every right to.
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Chapter 2
@DEAD?" Valse repeated the
- word, incredulous in his turn.
What the blazes do you mean?"
Just what 1 sayl" Rudd's voice
was testy. KILLED in action, a
couple of years back. Official re-
port from the War Department. I"
you're CIR azy, Rudd." he
snapped. anger surging in him.
1 don't care what the reports
say. I'm alive. and I'm back"
He saw the incredulity in
Rudd's face as he eyed him APP
praising. remembe ring. Al look in
to a mirror had assured him that
the white hair made a vast diff
ference. but he couldn't have
changed that much.
syou couldn't be Valse," Rudd
growled. Il knew him well
enough. You're twenty years older
than he'd be-
Il know my hair Is white now, !"
Valse admitted. But I've been
through things"
Yeah Rudd conceded that.
doubtfully. But you're not Valse.
His face was different, too. !
knew him right well.
yalse stared al him. exasperated.
This wasn't pose. not with Rudd.
Whatever else he might be. what
ever his failings, he was always
fortnight The man not only did
not recognize him, but Rudd
couldn't believe that he was VaIse
at all.
Il thought you knew me well
enough so that you'd never for
get me, Valse snapped.
II did, Rudd grunted, and his
face went dark. you're not him.
Wait. II you are. there's one thing
: tell it. Valse had lost the tip Of
his first finger, on his right hand.
Shot off. It took the whole nail
part. down to the first joint. Let's
see your handls
NALSE lifted the hand, staring
at it. That was a mark which
could not be mistaken. Only it
wasn't there now. It was one of
the ironies of battle, in which he
had been so badly wounded that
he had lain for months at deaths
door, not even remembering his
own name for a long while, that
that same finger had been shot
off again, down to the second
joint.
He'd almost forgotten the addi-
tional loss. with time. He had
learned to use his middle finger
to shoot with, and to get along
well enough. Now he saw Rudd's
eyes fix on the stump.
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always anaered rim. A1Ihnnsh
not a vain man. he'd aa|ea I&&4
appearance. And f6lIamaNE gHsl
tight. there had been a n IS
half a year. with little nax4a $
DO. II that interval > aATlslHl q rs
was the best he'd ever knomn ha1
worked on him. He nad leaks
Nalse, one day. ana remafN
tnat ne could give him : n4E
new teeth, fittcd n - eel fM41
they would be 10 tluuhIn. ass
show that he'd ever lnEi an
So II had proved. ThFH mare
as good As has own alis ~
that they looked - lnalh IS
look. He'd forgotton az
them, which Was nroaI al ss
artistry Of The man We ns8
made them.
They stared AZ each olhns ia
was an impasse. Nalse ea4
to the first again.
THAT report from Ire Was a..
partment. about me bEIn4
ne said. "Who got liG%
'sWho2 Why. Miss Dnrsamnn "a
q notice, being cnAaRea @ n.aIle
Valse. And his cousin net 4 e..n4
--Armin Zachary
That much. a iraHk mafs
sense. Only none of Is YES ta
Il tell you I'm talHe. - a~
sisted subbornly. 4 was wounzr1
pretty bad, then . pFiaoaeF Ea4 q
long while. But any FEnolI - -
death should have been eaffa<
a long time ago"
There was no cnFFNeIInn y
Rudd said thinly. -And thIs faash
belongs to Zachary now. e aekf
OF kin. He's mot going Is taNa
kindly to a herd Ike lha& fNns
MIN over IT, You'll have = -
them off. pronfo."
Valse digested that Sc Armin
Zachary was running the eNH
now. That accounted Cor Reed
being here as foreman. 81 caufNa
Zachary was his cousin. little -
he liked to admit il. and nest ~
kin-his only kin, in fact s. -
was the logical heir.
Reckon he'll know me- -
said. "Or Saralee DoFFance wsiL
anyhow. Where are they
Rudd looked az him q hiiia
curiously.
'He's been dead a caupia AZ
days." he said. "Out % 3 hifErr
town to get some things. Dont
know about Miss Dorrance.
think she's away on a visit some.
where now. too"
where's Slow Quick, thenf-
Hes been dead a couple ~
years himself Inflammation "a
the bowels, the doc said 4 VA
Ito be eontinaedl
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BY lynn WEsTLAND

T lost some more of it, valse
explained.
Rudd's face grew a little pur-
pie.
7 think you're a damned liar, %
he said fatty, 'tryin' to pull a
Shenanigan. Known about that
finger, you cut off yoEe own to
initiate it, figgerin' ranch was
worth a fingerl But whoever told
you about the finger told you
wrong. It wasn't off down that
far. Just down to the first joint. !"
81 didn't do it on purpose" he
snapped. "And I don't look that
much different. can't"
@You do" Rudd assured him.
''Valse had two big front teeth
that showed up pretty plain. You
don't"
Valse had forgotten those teeth,
too. They had been knocked out
in the first battle he'd been in,
over four years back. It had been
hot and heavy there, at close
quarters for a while, man to man
guns and knives and clubs and
fists.
Afterward, he'd counted HIM
self rather lucky. Those teeth had
Milford chronicle., 1949-02-18
Aerial
Whoosh Come the Jets

Whoosh Come the JETS
Mans race against time moved up
another notch this week. An Air Force
bomber streaked from Moses Lake,
Washington, to Andrews Field, Md,
in 3 hours and 46 minutes. 1t aver
aged GOT miles an hour for the 2,289
mile course.
The new time was made by a jet
propelled aircraft but surprisingly, it
was a Cotton bomber that did the
trick-not a stripped-down fighter
plane.
No official record has been claimed
since the course is not the recognized
transcontinental contest route from
Los Angeles to New York. That record
of 584.8 miles an hour was set two
years ago by LOckheed P-80 Shoot
ing Star.
The bomber is a six-engine craft
with swept-back wings, still in ex-
perimental stages, 1t is called the
Boeing XB-47 stratOjet.
It was piloted by Maj. Russell E.
Schleeh, attached to the Air Forces
fight test center at Wright Field,
DAYTON, Ohio. In his landing ap-
proach Maj. Schleeh released a rib
bon parachute from the planes tail to
act as an air brake.
Milford chronicle., 1949-02-18
France
Hands Across the Sea

Hands Across the Sea
The French "Merci' train split up
this week, dropping off one car at
each of the 48 state capitals and the
District of Columbia.
Each of the 49 French 40-and-8 box
cars was loaded with gifts from the
French people as an expression of
thanks for the American Friendship
Train" which distributed food to Eu-
ropean needy year ago. More than
100000 Frenchmen contributed.
Gifts included rare vases from
Sevres, old tapestries, a sword worn
by Napoleon. There were 40 mannikin
dolls, each three feet tall and valued
at $1,000, representing the finest
handicraft of French industries.
A torch lighted from the eternal
flame" which burns under the Arc de
Triomphe in Paris was. presented be-
fore the Tomb of the Unknown Sol
dier in Arlington Cemetery.
Milford chronicle., 1949-02-18
Steel
sinews Of Peace & War

Russia produced more iron and
steel in 1948 than any other European
Country-but only one-fifth as much
as the United States. Soviet steel pro-
duction totaled l65OO,OOO metric tons.
tons.
Statistics compiled by the Economic
Commission for Europe, a United Ma
tiOns body, list Britain as second with
15,116,000 tons, France third with
7,255,00O tons, and Germany fourth
with 5,738,OOO.
France was the only European
country which did nOtgo over its pro-
dUction target for the year. France
achieved 95 per cent Of the goal esti-
mate)
Total European output of iron and
steel was 63,573,00O metric tons. A
metric ton is 2,2046 pounds.
American output in l948 was more
than 80,000,000 metric tOns-larger
than that of all Europe.
The figures are based on informa-
tiOn supplied by the producing coun-
tries with the exception Of Russia and
Yugoslavia. In these two cases, the
commission made its own estimates
on the basis of available information.
Every major European country.
with the exception of Russia and Ger
many, now is producing more steel
than its 1868 average.
Milford chronicle., 1949-02-18
INCOMES: Average Is $4,000

lion $6,000-S10,00O, and one million
$4,000 or more.
Thus, only four million families
slightly fewer than one of nine fami-
lies in the natiOn-had in 1947 the
$4,000 which President Truman has
suggested as the starting point for the
income tax increase he asked Con-
gress to consider.
The suggested tax increase itself
would fall on still fewer persons, of
course. In one Of every three cases,
the family income is derived from
two or more paid workers.
Some 68 million NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
two of each three persons over IA
yearS-received some income in 1947
d The average was $1,000.
Rises in wages and salaries were
recorded for all industries from 1899
to l947. Farm Wage-workers made the
greatest relative gain, from an aver
age of $500 in 1899 to 5000 in 1947
Milford chronicle., 1949-02-18

d4LCA JAACJ ONNOJAGA q dPdA4'
The super network tipped Russia
that Germany would attack her and
that Japan would not. That enabled
Stain to rush troops across Siberia
to halt the Nazi push against Moscow.
The ring didn't know about the
sneak attack on Pearl Harbor but it
learned, practically at first hand,
about almost everything else in the
Nipponese and Nazi war chests.
Master Spy SOrge
The master spy was a German, DR..
Richard Sorge. His first lieutenant
was a Japanese traitor, Okazi Hozumi.
Both hid their spying under the cloak
of newspaper assignments. Both were
hanged.
The Japanese discovered the ring
by accident just before the Pearl Har-
Dor attack. There were no Russians in
the ring. That was a rule. Members of
the network would have nothing to do
with Japanese Communists And that,
fantastically, brought about disaster
One of Japan's top Communists, Ito
Ritsu knew a woman who formerly
had prOfeSsed Communist lcanings
When he was unable even to talk
with her, Ito thought she had turned
against Communism and to get re-
Venge, turned her in as a spy. He did
not know she actually was one.
The Nipponese Thought police"
picked her up and within a month all
members of the spy ring were in GUS
tOdy The Army report suggests there
Milford chronicle., 1949-02-18

Lange was assured that the price Of
his cOuntry's membership in the de-
fenSive alliance would be reasonable.
In substance, he was told the west
looks to his country mainly to bolster
its own defenses and coordinate with
the grand defensive strategy adopted
by all other western powers.
Norway was assured, it is under
stood, that the United States had no
intention of asking any Scandinavian
country to provide advanced military
bases. If any bases were to be estab-
liShed, it was intimated, they would be
far to the rear, away from the Soviet
western border.
Russia Offers Pact
Just before the Norwegian mission
took off from Oslo for Washington,
Russia prOffered her little neighbor a
"'nOn-aggressiOn" pact. This was an
other step in MOsCoW's campaign of
duress to keep Norway from joining
the proposed western defense alliance.
Earlier the Soviet foreign office had
denounced the pact as a plot to UNDER
mine the United Nations and an at
tempt to set up America-B British
world domination. Moscow asked Nor
way to explain if she intended to join
and furnish military bases to western
powers.
The Norwegian government replied
it was necessary for her to seek Sc
curity in regional pacts. Oslo said il
never would consent to foreign mill
tary bases on Norwegian soil as Ions
as the country were not attacked OI
threatened with attack
An OminOus Note
RuSsa's revival of the mon aggres-
sion" pact, a favOrite weapon of the
preWar era, adds an ominOus note to
the cold war in the opinion of Scandi-
navia's predominately on-communist
press.
when the dictators talk about
peace, small countries have to con-
slider their Defense" said a Copen-
hagen newspaper, citing what hap
pened to Denmark when Hitler
started tearing up treaties.
Milford chronicle., 1949-02-18
Economy
In Coz

THE first major Administration
4 bill was passed by the House,
356 to 8, this week. 1t grants the
President broad and permanent
powers to reorganize the eXecu-
tive branch of the government.
The bill is part of a master plan,
recommended by a commission headed
by eX-President Hoover, which would
save taxpayers an estimated three bill
lion dollars a year by COMPRISING
65 government agencies into %. Be-
fore it can become law, the measure
must be approved by the Senate.
The Hoover commission, which
spent Is months studying federal
bureaucracy, published a 50-page re-
port in which q recommendations
were made. It is the first in a series
of Is reports the commission will
give Congress in the next few weeks.
Situation Is 'IntOlerable'
In a personal appearance before a
Senate committee, Mr.. Hoover re-
marked that Congress and seven
Presidents had studied the problem
of government reorganization for 40
years but very little had been ac-
Complished and the situation now was
intolerable.
Mr.. Hoover said that most previous
plans had died from ''grasshopper
bites" Every official, he said, was
eager to have everyone else. reor-
ganize but fercely believed his own
particular agency was an exception.
Foreign Aid Bill
The Administration also laid before
Senate and House foreign affairs COM
mitteeS its European aid program for
the Is months beginning April 3. 1t
amounts to $5,580OO0,OOO
Paul G Hoffman, head of the Eco
nomic Cooperation Administration,
broke it down this way: 81, 100000 600
TO help non-Communist European
countries over the next April-June
period, S4,28O,O0O,OOO for the fiscal
year beginning July l, and $l5O,O0O,.
600 to be spent in long-range planning
beyond the end of that fiscal year.
IF this program brings us peace
and stability" Hoffman said, "and
believe it can, it will be the Creates
bargain the American people evel
had"
Milford chronicle., 1949-02-18
Housing
Rent Controls

kenf controls
Unless rent controls are extended
millions of Americans will have to
pay so to go per cent higher rent.
That is the prediction of Tighe
Woods, federal housing expediter, who
urged Congress to approve the Ad-
ministration's bill to stiffen and ex-
tend rent control through March 81.
1851.
Unless Congress acts, the present
rent control law expires at the end
of next month.
But Rep. Jesse Wolcott (R-Mich),
tOp-ranking COP member of the
House Banking Committee, declared
the recent trend toward lower prices
and higher unemployment may elm
mate any need for rent controls or
anti-inhation measures.
He proposes a siX-mOnth "as is' ex-
tension of rent ceilings while Congress
watches economic trends.
The National Association of Real
Estate Boards claims that rent control
is driving housing off the market. The
result, it says, is fewer apartments
and houses for rent.
Milford chronicle., 1949-02-18
Top Ten
SulurY Sweepstokes

Salary Sweepstakes
SCOWling Humphrey BOgart is top
man on the Treasury's list of indi-
vidual wage earners for the calendar
year 1916 and business fiscal years
ended in 1947. He earned S467, 1861.
What he had left after the big tax
bite was not reported.
The leading lady is big-eyed Bette
Davis with S328,00O. She's third on the
list, trailing Jacob w. Schwabb New
York textile magnate, who amaSsed
$44O,542.
One woman business executive
overlook many of the film lovelies
who for years have ranked high in the
sweepstakes.
She is Dorothy Shaver, 81, Arkan-
sas-born president of Lord and Tay-
lOr, New York department store, who
earned a cute $4,000. That, for ex-
ample, is $4,000 more than the
S94,416 accredited to actress Rita Hay.
worth, now the fiancee of Ali Khan
wealthy Indian prince.
The top ten in the Treasury list
second for the fiscal 1946-47 period
include seven from the movie world
1. BOgart.
2. SChWabb.
3. Miss Davis.
4. Movie actor Dennis Morgan
in real life, Stanley MOrner-S325.-
892.
All. F'''
6. Joseph Pulitzer, st. Louis
newspaper publisher, S284,7I2.
Z. William GOetz, Universal Pic
lures producer, S284,OOO.
8. Actress Ann Sheridan. $3.50
S45. '''''
9. R. S. Lesage, Texas Nesage
Coz, S259,923.
10. ACtOr-prOducer-di director Rob
ert Montgomery and George w. Ma
son, chairman of Nash -KeIvinatOr.
S25O,OOO each.
Milford chronicle., 1949-02-18
The WORLD This WEEK
SPIES: Reds Had BoIdest Ring in History

Tokyo as if he owned it and the Nazi
ambassador came to ask his advice,
told him almost everything and let
him see secret papers. Sorge had
camera handy. Eventually he joined
the Germany embassy staff as press
Ittache.
HOSuml was another neWSpaperman
and writer. He became adviser to the
Cabinet and cOnfidante of the "brain
trust" of Prince Konoe, who then was
premier. He was consulted on the
highest secrets, and sent them on to
Moscow.
Invaluable Information
Information the ring procured was
of ''incalculable" value.
In 1899, Sorge reported the Jap
anese had decided to- mechanic all
their forces and develop armored di-
visions.
In August, 1941, he reported Japan
had enough oil stored to fuel the navy
two years, and the army and the ma
ton for half a year.
In May, 1941, he flashed an urgent
warning that the Reichswehr would
concentrate from ITO to 100 divisions
on the Soviet frontier and on June 20
would attack. The attack actually oc.
cured June %.
In August, l941, he radioed that the
German embassy had lost hope Japan
would go to war against Russia that
year.
An American vice consul, the report
says, allowed one of the ring to use
two rooms of his home. There for a
time the ring operated its clandestine
radio tIa0>mlttCr
The State Department Register says
the vice consul, T. Leonard Lille
strom, was at Harbin from 1922 to
1885, was shifted to Scotland until
1888, and died on duty in Mexico in
1943.