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Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-04-15
Straws in the Wind
A strong trend back to grass

oil WS LII Liz NFlllA
A strong trend back to grass is indi-
Gated for the coming years. Government
are going to be geared in that
And farmers themselves see the
importance of getting surplus grain acreage
into grass or feed crops. Under the circum-
stances the market outlook for seed pro-
ducers is promising. Crested wheat grass,
alfalfa and other seed will be in demand.
An editorial on this page in the April l
issue of Montana Farmer-Stockman headed,
us Your Crop Sprayer Responsible" re-
ferred to the possibility of damage or public
liability due to careless handling of spraying
and busting equipment. Some of our pilot
friends feel that we left the impression that
the hazard applied only to airplane equip
ment. That was not the intention. There is
of course possibility of damage from i'm
proper handling of ground equipment also.
The 300-400 percent increase in second
class postage rates being proposed by the
postmaster general would p~enalize farmers
more than any other group Farm papers
and newspapers going to rural districts
move at second class rates and publishers
would be compelled to increase subscription
prices sharply.
A harvest time glut of storage facilities
appears certain this year if present national
wheat crop prospects materialize. Growers
who fail to provide adequate farm storage
may not be able to take advantage Of the
wheat loan program. The loan basis is likely
to be considerably higher than the general
market.
Grasshopper infestations seem to occur
about every 9 or 10 years. The last bad one
was in 1910. Bad weather at Matching time
may reduce the threat. If not, the new in
secticides will enable growers to give the
pests a real battle.
Flax removes less plant food from the
soil than spring wheat, barley or oats and
far less than corn or soybeans, according to
experimental results at the University of
Illinois.
Real estate dealers report that inquiries
for farm and ranch land are fully as numer-
Gus as a year ago but there is more dicker-
ing about prices.
New insecticides that are not harmful
to man or animals but are many times more
deadly to insects than any now being useC
have been developed in chemical labora
tories and will be sold commercially within
a few years.
With lard prices off badly there is a ten
dency among growers to change to bacon
type hogs.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-04-15
Montana Farmer-Stockman

COVERS MONTANA AND NORTHERN WYOMING
OFFICE: 121 4h st. N, Great Falls. Montana.
LESTER COLE = : Editor and Manager
DON X. BOSLEY . Assistant Editor
LAhhf I'll % 9 Livestock Editor
Department Editors: AMY MARTIN, Rural Homes Depart
ment; DIR. HOWARD WEIGH Veterinary Department;
RALPH D. MERCER, Soils and Crops; H. E. CUSHMAN
Poultry; l. w. DICKERSON, Farm Mechanics; DR.. JOHN
W. HOLLAND, Thoughts on Life; GILBERT GUSLER.
Market Analyst.
Advertising Representatives: Western Associated Farm
Papers-CHICAGO 4: Fred Toof. National ADV. Manager.
% E. Jackson; NEW YORK IS: John w. Fox, Manager.
800 Fifth Avenue; SAN FRANCISCO S: ]. j. Mattus.
Manager. TOT Sharon Building.
Member Of Associated Farm Papers, Audit Bureau a
Calculations and Agricultural Publishers Association
SUBSCRIPTION PRICES for five years, 50 for three
years, 81 for one year; Canadian. one year. $500.
RENEWAL AND HANGES-If the date on your label
Is not changed within three weeks after sending in
your remittance, please write us. II you wish a change
In address, give both new and old postoffices.
ADVERTISEMENT information regarding advertising
rates, ETC., sent on application. Subscribers are requested
to mention promptly to us any advertiser who fails TO
live up TO his advertising agreement.
Vol. SO, No. Is
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-04-15

COVERS MONTANA N NORTHERN
OFFICE: 121 4th st. N, Great Falls. Montana.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-13

several distilleries in the nearby coun-
ties. Operations at one such still at
Claggettsville are shown in the &C
companying photos. For five or six
weeks in the fall this still runs from
about 7 am. to midnight every day
except Sunday.
Growers bring their worm weed in
haycarts and leave it until it can be
processed. The weed is stuffed into
great kettles and subjected to 80
pounds of steam pressure for about As
minutes. The steam and oil go through
75-foot-long pipes immersed in cold
water. The oil, with the water result
ing from condensation of the steam,
drains into watts. When the water
settles, the oil is skinned off and put
into containers
On a capacity day, the still turns
out about $50 pounds of oil which the
growers sell for about So a pound
They pay so cents a pound to the still
for cooking.
A good crop, the growers say, will
net 60 pounds of oil to the acre.
When the load of weed has been
steamed, it is lifted out of the kettle
and returned to the grower, who
spreads it on his fields for fertilizer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-13
WORM OIL FARMING
BY Stanley Bate

THE most extraordinary crop grown
l. in nearby Maryland is chenopo-
dunn
The farmers who produce this crop
know 1t as worm weed" Although it
grows elsewhere, the only place it
seems to be cultivated prof1tably is
in upper Montgomery County and in
a small part of Carroll and Howard
Counties-all told, strip about S
miles wide and no more than 20 long
Growers in this area say the weed,
when grown elsewhere, gives little or
no oil. Whether or not this is so, the
Commerce Department does confirm
that commercial production of the
weed is confined almost exclusively to
this region.
Worm weed is nondescript brush
like growth containing an oil which
has been found to be a specific for
hook and round worms. When COM
pounded with other chemicals, it Is
turned into pills and liquids which
can be administered to both humans
and animals as worm expeller. In
its raw form, the oil is exceedingly
toxic and has a decidedly unpleasant
odor.
Extraction of the oil is done at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-13

great-grandchildren, but only
a handful still adhere to the
faith of their fathers. Meet
inghouses in nearby Hillsboro,
Unison and Waterford were
laid down" by 1929. only
Goose Creek Meeting remains.
Its religious life has been so
vigorous that four successive
meetinghouses had to arise to
supply its needs.
Members first met in pri-
vate homes like the old Isaac
Nichols house, or in an I'M
heated log church which dis
appeared long ago. The first
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-13

permanent westinghouse was
of stone, built probably just
before the Revolution, COM
plete with a shed outside for
hanging saddles in wet wealth
er, and dedicated to the be-
lief that Eye objects of re-
ligious assn are to strengthen
We bonds of love, to encourage
to good works, to support We
weak, to comfort We mourners,
to watch over one another for
good and to reclaim those who
have gone out of We way"
Now used as a private home,
this Westinghouse was out
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-13
Loudoun's Westinghouse

TOR TWO centuries, Quak-
IL ers have been meeting for
First Day worship at Goose
Greek Westinghouse in Lin
coin. in Loudoun County, Va.
Descendants of Friends led
there by pioneers Jacob and
Hannah Janney from Bucks
County, Pa, in l745, they at
one time comprised almost
two-thirds Of the settlers in
that part of the Proprietary
of the Northern Neck" owned
by Lord Fairfax.
Today the county is peopled
by hundreds of their great
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-03
Continued From First PageJ

to anchor its remaining ships
downstream from the Woosune
forts which guard the waterway.
He said the ships were staying in
that area so they would not have
to pass the forts If the Com
munists should capture them or
If their gunners should desert 70
the Reds.
The spokesman said also that
the Navy has three seaplanes
Martin Mariners) at 'Tsingtao
which could be called into service
and landed on the Whangpoo
River in Shanghai if needed Cor
emergency evacuation.
When the plot was reported the
Navy moved Admiral Badgers
flagship, the Eldorado. and the
transport Chiffon from the
Whangpoo to Woosung. The Brit
ish moved the damaged cruiser
London and a sloop at the same
time. The French moved their
lone ship.
Reds Claim Kwangteh.
Meanwhile, the Communist ra-
dio at Peiping said Kwangteh,
important city midway between
Wuhu and Hangchow. has been
captured by Red troops.
The radio claimed victory for
the Communists in battle on
the borders of Kiangsu-Anhwei
and Chekiang Provinces. The
radio said 2,4o0 Nationalist were
captured.
The report has not been con-
firmed by any other source.
Efforts to telephone Hangchow,
l2l miles southwest of here,
brought the reply the lines were
"out of order"
The Communist radio said also
that Tatung, 125 miles west Of
Peiping, had been taken. The city.
last Nationalist bastion north OF
the Yangtze except surrounded
Tsingtao, on the coast. surren-
dered on May /, the radio said.
6 Ships Reported Sunk.
A Nationalist garrison commu-
niQue earlier said six Chinese
warships captured at Marking by
the Communists had been sunk by
government planes.
The assertion came a few hours
after the rumble Of artillery was
heard to the northwest of Shang-
hal. There was no sign of ap-
preaching Reds. But the chaos in
the financial market grew during
the day.
The communique said the Ma
tional Air Force in 10 days Of
bombing and strafing attacks had
damaged two more Of the Ia ships
which had been left to guard
Marking and were trapped by the
Communists. In addition, the
government announced its forces
destroyed 10000 Red troops. 600
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-03
Thomas 10 UNDERGO
Another Operation

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Inc Ca<ssxgyAEssrgst f4As ee~n ss1es.
ntfeAy gsss.gSasaes 10 81 he&A,a
w.a -ss3erEo = >ecas23 AhsonlnAt
oswEasZng2 q; WAlieg EAeS3 HAs.
p:tAs ts%ssGTwa n1s cs-sce an.
neEagce~i to-day
TIE .Ssrrr chairman a Ire
Hia4Sc Ccsnnltsee a. Tn Asne.s.
car AettEg,es uEatrfwsn; a. cg-g-
alien fp>4g wrecks aEa n whSa
g,essi o! ms stomach waa re-
gzausr<t
Nj Tnoass oe.ev sAha aaS.
p!lai surgeons sAy stss secccd
operation AL. DC necessary %
remedy al oaStg ~ ilon which re-
suited from The arsl cpcTAt2SsA.
Ttse Nr~ JeT@y legislator hA,i
eeea recovering slowly trprn tSs
s=st operation performed 10 stsas
gAAt{G tsFE{9otF fsAEeA.
His ef-see SAid Mr. Thomas aAs
lost slotv than 30 pounds slElss
entsgilag Tire hospital
Mr. Thomas vAA indicted No
Stgnaef T. lstS. On charges q!
conspiracy TO desraad the Gov
eminent and aims iaISe claims
III connection With has ossioe pay
roll
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-03
Lost Children
| Join Volunteers
Hunting Them
BY the Assoeiofed Press

QUINCY, Mass. May 3.-Twe
little friends took stroll in the
marshlands yesterday.
Hours later they were deep In
Notwithstanding for them
selves.
This Is how 1t happened
The parents of Jane Marcou
and Richard Paul, both 7, re-
ported they were missing.
Volunteers went into the marsh
land. Jane and Paul spotted sew
eral of the men sweeping the
marshes. But they thought the
men were chasing them. So they
hid.
Another little friend came across
the youngsters in their hiding
place. He told them the men
were searching for "a little boy
and girl"
Jane and Paul joined the
searchers. They we're hard at it
when employees of a radio station
recognized them-and the hunt
ended.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-03

Southern Democrats sos.ns on the
same SIDE when they think alike ~
Lesin>ki Bill Up,
This Vas the parliamentary state
Of affairs today
!. Technically. the HOUSE had
before II the Leslnski bill. which
would XIII the Tatl Hartley Act
and replace IL With most 0. the old
Wagner Act,
?. Pending as ar amendment 70
the Leansk! bill was a complete
suostitu,e-the bill offered by Rep
resentat!se Wood. Democrat. Of
Georgia. II would repeal Taft
Hartley. too. but then re-enae;
most Of II,
Notifications Of Lesinski Plan. a
}, The new bill vas 10 be offered
as a substitute for the Wood bill
Essentially. it is the LeSinSki bill
with these notifications,
Ia. The so-day inlunctive de.
lay which Taft Hartley contains
as Government weapon against
strikes affecting national health or
safety would be retained.
thl. Unions would be required
70 make regular financial reports
10 members-also a Taft Hartley
feature.
tcl. The loyalty oath now re-
quired OF union officials as a pre-
requisite to use Of National Labor
Relations Board machinery also
would be demanded of employers.
Id Both employers and unions
would be required specifically to
bargain In good faith.
te> Employers. as we'll rs unions.
would be assured the right OF free
speech In labor disputes. as under
Taft Hartley, but the present ban
on use Of an employers statements
against him in suit arising from
the dispute would be dropped.
II the House agrees TO subs,i-
tute the new bill for the Wood
bill. it then will be called ON TO
decide whether 1t wants TO carry
1t another step and substitute II
for the Lesinski bill.
Even II the members agreed TO
do this. too. the new bill would
be open to free amendment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-03
Acheson Declares ERP Marked
Turning Point in Cold War

He warned tha, any sharp re-
t-enchneai IN the spencins PRO
gram O! business may start o se..-
GUS trend
State Dinners Held.
More than 50 State dinners we!e
held last night al various places
They we're sponsored by Chambers
Of Commerce Of different States
10 give their members al op-
portun!sy TO meet their Congress
tonal delegations and other Wash
ington officials.
The Nominating Committee met
late yesterday and vlll report
later 70 the directors. who viii
elect new officers late Thursday.
There were persistent reports that
Herman w, Steinkraus. president
OF the Bridgeport Conn Brass
Co. is slated to succeed Mr..
Shreve as president.
House Majority Leader McCor-
mack addressed the convention
yesterday and asserted that the
Senate version Of the bill 10 give
President Truman power to reor-
ganize the Executive agencies.
subject 10 congressional veto. is
ineffective and meaningless.
He said 1t will be only through
good reorganization bill that
most Of the Hoover Commission
reorganization recommendations
can be carried out,
The Senate BILL" he said. will
enable any plan submitted by the
President to be defeated by an
adverse vote Of only one branch
OF Congress" The bill. as passed
by the House. would provide that
both branches must reject a re-
organization plan TO kill it.
Mr.. Mccormack predicted that
the 8lst Congress win enact into
law the major part OF Mr.. Tru-
mans Fair Deal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-03

would go along with the ma.
jority."
Minority leader Martin said he
was glad to see the Lesinski bill
hackers had come to q more
realistic. appreciation OF the situa-
ton" He added. however, that
he hoped the House would make
amendments to the Wood bill and
then pass 1t.
Mr.. Martin defended develop
ment Of the Wood bill by the Re-
publican Policy Committee. with
the assistance Of some Democrats
1T is childish to talk abou,
granting or denying to a Demo-
crat patronage in accordance with
his vote on the request of the ex-
ecutive department" the Repub-
lican leader declared. THAT Is
the road to >totalitarianism. 1t Is
the road to the end Of representa-
tive Government.
1T is small potato talk to rail
at Northern Republicans and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-03
InstaI|ment Buying
I0f Autos Reached
| New Peak in March
~ the Assoe sotsa prsss

Springtime weather, longer
credit terms and scattered price
cuts all seem to have had a part
In pushing installment buying o:
automobiles TO a new peak in
March.
Government figures showed to-
day that the debt contracted b.
time purchasers of automobiles
jumped by $4,000 900 In March
to a total of Sails. 900 900.
These and other credit figures
were studied by Federal Reserve
Board officials In connection with
two castings of credit control they
have ordered since March 7.
However. it was noted that the
coming of spring historically
starts the heaviest season for auto
sellers. A number Of price cuts
here and there, were also given
consideration.
Sellers of refrigerators. furni-
ture. televiSion sets. washing ma
chimes and other controlled items
got nowhere on the strength OF
the first March y relaxation Of
controls. This order dropped cash
down payments to Is per cent
from 20 and extended the pay
ment time to 81 months from ID.
Reserve Board data for March.
freshly compiled, showed decline
of $50, 900 900 in installmert credit
outstanding on the purchase Of
these articles - meaning repay
ments on old debts of this kind
we're larger than new debts by
that amount.
That provided a motive for the
April % announcement by the
board of a second easing Of terms
to permit a 24-month payment
limit. a 10 per cent cash down
payment for goods other than
cars (enither control easing made
any change in the one-third down
payment required for cars. and
removal of restrictions on goods
costing under 500.
Overall installment credit to-
tailed $15.379.0 00. 900 at the end Of
March.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-03
Arlington Woman. 81,
Injured by Backing Auto

Mrs. Ida Lyman. 81. OF 2aa7
North Edison street. Arlington.
MAS injured by q baeking auto.
mobile late yesterday. according
TO police reports She vas reported
In good condition today 81
Emergency Hospital.
Mrs, Lyman was struck by an
automobile driven by Stanley Y,
Williams. is. OF 372& Cumberland
street NV. as he backed away
from a parking space on Ofdwas
street at Connecticut avenue N w.
police said.
A hearing has been sci for MAY
~. In the Corporation Counsel .
ONCE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-03
First Baptist Church Launches
$500, 900 Building Fund Drive

An architects sketch Of the
proposed $l,25o. 900 First Bap-
fist Church, to replace the
present structure at Sixteenth
and o streets NV, is shown
here. A drive for $500, 900 was
launched last night by mem
bers at q dinner in National
Guard Armory. The archi-
tects were Thomas d. Wagon
ner of Philadelphia. The new
structure, which will be built
of stone, will front on Six
teenth street and will be of
Gothic design.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-03

The new church will have a
sanctuary seating $500 persons.
40 Sunday School classrooms, Of
fees for the ministers and church
staff. a library and a lounge 1t
also will have a banquet hall. to
be known as the Hall Of States.
and q Chapel of All Nations -
accommodating 100 persons, to
be used for weddings.
Speakers at the dinner included
Senator Kerr. Democrat. Of Okla
homa; Representative Priest.
Democrat, Of Tennessee. and DR..
c. Oscar johnson of st. Louis.
president Of the Baptist World
Alliance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-03

Sixteenth street NV. G. D.
Sontheimer. safety director for
American, and Frank l.. Grimm,
president of the District trucking
group. made the presentation.
Mr.. Harding credits his safety
record to defensive" cautious
driving rather than q practice of
insisting he always has the right
of way, officials said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-03

b! Members of First Baptist Church
last night launched a drive to
raise $500, 900 over a three-year
period for a new church on the
site Of the present building. Six
tenth and o streets NV.
Plans for the proposed structure
were announced at . dinner at
tended by approximately 1000
members and friends of the church
In the National Guard Armory.
The projected building will cost
$3.50, 900.
President Truman frequently
attends the First Baptist Church.
Its pastor is the Rev. Dr.. Edward
Hughes Pruden.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-03
Princess eiixobeth
Joins koye in Singing
Minnie the Moocher'

LONDON. May 3y-~I1ae ~
TURF Queen q England &AsZs
"Asnals Tire Moochsg a. t,R
Palladium Tlseatss As; gssas.
Princess Elizabeth. R.;a the
rest Of ,.se audience. sognec
American Comedian Damn
Kaye IN ssVeTA. eaeruses cs
the sung,
II vas the third time s.faer
kayss British pgernrTr last
yeaS that TIRE Princess ard
Prince Philip had seen han
perform They S&, II The
audience Ter some 50 minutes
and then went nacks;ASe 10
talk witA KAYE !os another
Is minutes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-03
Military Justice Measure
Cleared Tor House Action

The HOUSE Rules Committee
yesterday cleared for HOUSE Rc-
zion = bill 10 give the armed
forces tlelf flrst uniform code
Of military justice
The, legislation. backed by for
uler Defense Secretary James Y,
FurreStai. would set up uniform
court procedures and penalties ior
the Army. All Force, Navy and
Coast Guard.
The bill follows recommends =
tons OF n civilian board appoint
ed BY Mr. Forrestal last year TO
study the administration OF Jus.
tiee In the military services.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-03
u. S. Hong Kong Consulate
Issues WARNING Aqoin

HONG KONG, May 3 P).-
The American Consulate here to-
day reissued a warning to Ameri-
cans to get out of South China
interior points.
The Consulate said conditions
anticipated in its first warning
had become reality" since the
Communist crossing Of the Yang
tie.
Americans were cautioned
against reliance on air evacua-
ton at the last minute. Mission
aries were warned that they may
not be able to continue their work
under Communists,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-03
Briton Doubts Red Attack
On Sioop Was Deliberate

SINGAPORE. May 3 R.-A
high British naval authority said
here yesterday he is convinced the
Chinese Communist attack on the
British sloop Amethyst April 20
was not deliberate.
The informant told a news con-
ference he believes the attack was
caused by lack Of discipline among
Chinese Communist forces lining
the bank Of the Yantgze River. or
by excitement among the troops.
The Amethyst will remain in her
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-03

trucks, 500 wooden river boats
and 300 horse-drawn carts.
(Chinese casualty figures
frequently are exaggeratedJ
Earlier the Communist radio
announced a column of red troops
reached Kimen, 200 miles south
west Of Shanghai. Red guerrillas
had been operating there. the
radio said.
Two American Army officers
who watched the Communists
cross the Yangtze expressed the
opinion here today that the Reds
would try to destroy Nationalist
south and west of Shanghai be-
fore striking at the big coastal
cities.
The two, Maj. Harold Gelwicks
Of New York City and Capt. DAN
lei George of Windber, Pa,
watched the Communists cross
the Yangtze at Wuhu. Capt.
George is military attache Of the
United States Embassy and Maj.
Gelwicks. who was born in Human
Province. is military attache Of
the Shanghai Consulate.
Both officers said the Reds
opened their crossing Of the river
with a heavy artillery barrage.
They said the Communists had
little trouble establishing beach
heads on the south bank. Both
expressed the opinion that the
Communists had considerable
forces south OF the river now. One
said upwards of 200, 900 Reds may
now have crossed the Yangtze.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-03

chosen Driver
OF the Month"
by the District
Trucking Asso-
citation.
The 54-year-
old Morrisville
(Va.) enploye
of the Gulf Oil
Corp. was pre-
scented a wrist
watch and GER
tihcate In GER
enonies at the
A m e r / G a n
Trucking Asso-
eli a tion. 1924