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?By Walter She ad
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WMU Washington Bureau
621 Union Trust Building
Congress Veering to Left
WITH congress back in session
and unusual activity evident
about the headquarters of both na
tional political committees, politi
cal leaders here are looking toward
the 1946 elections, just about a year
off, and scanning the political hori
zons for the signs of the times.
With these elections in the offing,
congressional legislation on recon
version will be tempered by politi
cal expediency, and it is likely the
Truman administration will take a
gradual shift more to the "left."
While the results of the British
elections served to bring into clear
er-focus the trend of mass thinking
of the "common man," we have
only to recapitulate the results of
the last national election in this
country to note the power and
growth of labor as a political force,
and note the leftward trend.
Despite this trend, however,
there is tittle or no indication
that labor in America will ever
go so far to the left as to ad
vocate state socialism, at least
if the government of the United
States remains a liberal govern
ment.
But whether politicans of either
party will admit it or not, the fact
remains that the Political Action
committee of the CIO, John L. Lewis
and his united mine workers, and
various factions of the AFL did play
an important role in the last elec
tion. These labor organizations are
now laying plans for the active part
they are to play in the elections next
year, both congressional and local.'
Some weeks ago, your Home
Town Reporter wrote that a new
line-up of contending forces would
see the mass thinking of the large
areas of population ni f t againct i
the individual thought of the small
towns and rural sections. That is
exactly what happened in England.
In some few agricultural sections,
however, the farmers voted with the
Labor party in the British left-swing
toward a Socialist government.
England Won't Co 'Red'
According to the political dope
sters here, the Socialist leanings of
the Labor party in England do not
mean that England will abandon the
capitalistic system. Rather, as Sir
Stafford Cripps put it, the Labor
party seeks a greater degree of
economic liberty for the common
people "by a wise combination of
state ownership and private enter
prise with effective control and plan
ning of our natural resources."
And then he eltes our TV A sys
tem in America as an example.
He might well have cited our
Federal Reserve system, the Re
construction Finance corpora
tion, the Federal Housing ad
ministration, social secnrity, the
Commodity Credit corporation,
the Agricultural Adjustment act,
the Federal Deposit Insurance
act, the Federal Land banks?
for all these reflect the "wise
combination of state ownership
and private enterprise with ef
fective control, etc." These aetiv
itle* ?? ?-* ? ?
uvn uuc|t?i pans OI
onr governmental system, and
are here to stay.
So, despite any left swing in this
country, political leaders believe
that so long as this wise combina
tion exists, that Is, a partnership ar
rangement between government and
people, there is' little danger of
either a Labor party, as such, or
other than our traditional form of
government in this country. As a
matter of fact, neither England or
Russja,' both classed as democra- .
cies, have any sovereign power or
rights Vested in the people.
How Powerful I* Labor?
Political leaders here are watch
ing the power of the Labor lobby
here as reflected In two bills before
the congress, one the Murray full
employment bill, also sought by
the administration, and the other
the Hatch - Burton bill which pro
vides a new approach to settlement
of management - labor controver
sies. Labor wants the Murray bill,
but is against the Hatch measure.
The action of President Truman in
calling a labor-management confer
ence under the general supervision
of Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach
has also drawn some political com
ment. Some leaders proffss to see
a move to block participation of Sec
retary of Commerce Wallace, since
labor had asked that the conference
be under the Jeint supervision of
Wallace and Schwellenbach.
Speaking before the senate com
mittee, Sen. Wayne Morse (R.,
Ore.) said: "The British election
shows a determination of the com
mon man and woman to obtain eco
nomic security. American democ
racy rests on capitalism, and capi
talism rests on democracy; both
must work in order for the system
to last." Senator Murray (D., Mont.) tl
said: "I see nothing but conflict and g
recrimination for capitalism in 1>
America unless we provide a pro- 1 tl
gram which wfll insure tmpl^?ng I
opportunities for all AmastMM* it
who are able and willing to work.-7
Advance Fall Millinery Shows
Reveal Exciting Style Trends
By CHER1E NICHOLAS
(Picture* from Chicago Fashion Industries.)
W V PTPtlT I 11_ _ i J . .. - .? .
i_i ciivjmi, uuik, rounaea unes,
?I ^ thick edges completely trans
form hat silhouettes for fall. The
new bulky brims and tall crowns,
some draped or shirred to look im
posing, give an entirely different
and more important look than last
year's flat tops. Berets look round
ed and sort of inflated, pillboxes
have grown so tall and boxy that
only seeing is believing, visor brims
take on high balloon-like crowns,
the entire bespeaking a "more hat"
vogue.
While the new-type hats are flat
tering with every hair style, most
of them will be found particularly
adaptable to the popular "up" hair
do. In fact, they have been espe
cially tuned to accommodate up
swept hair with topknot curl and
other soft arrangements.
One of the favorites for Immedi
ate wear is the new off-face roller
after the manner of the hat pictured
below to the right. This most likable
and shapely little felt requires lit
tle trimming to "show it off." In
this instance a pert ribbon cocarde
is held in place with two button-like
ornaments.
The cossack style centered in the
group is one of the best sellers in
the initial fall showings. It is the
sort that will declare the "new look"
at a glance. The band of ribbon
ending in a decorative arrangement
of loops and ends is most attractive.
It will look stunning with your fall
suit or your smart belted-in shortie
coat.
Another highlight of the season is
the hat with a tiny roll brim sur
mounted with an imposing balloon
draped crown as shown below to the
left in the group. This is one of the
new-style shapes that is so self
glamorous it requires little or no
irimming. Many or tne new nats
are just like that, so shapely that
interest centers about contour more
than anything else. The word "suc
cess" is written all over this sensa
tionally new-looking felt.
However, the prospects are for
most elaborately trimmed millinery
for late fall and winter wear. Hats
will be gorgeously be-feathered and
lavishly garnitured with ribbons,
embroidery and glitter-glamour dec
or. Fur will be played up in trim
ming accents, and for the entire hat
in every possible way. Even now
hats are being shown with a flash
of fur trim that tunes most effec
tively into the autumn scene. As a
forerunner of the big vogue for fur
that is on its way, you will find
fetching little models as the hat
shown above to the left. Its swish
of silver fox pompons not only gives
it style distinction, but it will be
found the answer to what type hat
to wear with the handsome silver
fox scarf to complete a patrician
ensemble.
A very effective use of ostrich is
seen in the lovely off-face hat pic
tured above to the right. This
charming use of ostrich as a halo
about the upturned face-framing
brim is but a forerunner of that
which is to be this fall in way of
extravagantly beautiful ostrich.
One of the new trends that makes
for charming millinery is seen in
the cunning bonnet types that are
showing up in the new fall collec
tions. These include endless ver
sions, from girlish little flat scoops
to wide face-framing brims with
high crowns. Rumor has it that be
fore the season is over we will be
wearing quaint little bonnets that tie
under the chin with pretty bows
(if ribbon or lace.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
New Fall Costume j
Here is a costume that carries t
bat new (all look. For dramatic t
esture, it takes on stunning red <
izard trapunto detail in a manner I
lat bespeaks high style dlstinc- s
on. Xha ona piece dress under- -c
Velvet in Comeback
Combined With Wool
We haven't been seeing so much
if velvet in the past several sea
ions, but this season if is staging
i real comeback. Velvet in combi
nation with wool is featured smartly
In the new collections. The coat
with velvet sleeves has high fash
ion rank. Dresses with velvet yokes
ire very smart also suits the jack
ets of which half velvet and half
wool. Velvet tunic suits for restau
rant wear present a most intriguing
theme. They have deep armhole
?leeves and a softly belted waistline.
Some velvet hats are seen in the
lew collections with soft plumage
ir jewelled ornament.
Poncho Blouses Are Chic,
And Easy to Launder, Too
Write "poncho blouse" on your
ihopping list. The poncho blouse is
i real "must have" for the girl that
wants a simple easy-to-launder
>louse to wear with her suit or to
complete her chic blouse-and-skirt
tostume. The poncho blouse is a
ine-piece affair that has a pretty
leckline and that takes a minimum
if material to make and best of all
t opens out flat for easy ironing,
fou slip it over the head (K has no
inder-arm seams) but the trick is
hat the front part fastens at the
lack and the back section is brought
o the front by way of short sash
?nds which tie at the front waistline.
Excellent patterns are easily avail
ble for the poncho blouse, or you
*n get charming styles aU mads
gk ready ta wear.
THE BATTLE OF THE
TINKERS
"Celwey, Eire?The annual final, in the
infill lor tko rkompiomrkip of tho Tink
er, will ho hoU tonight. The Tinker, ere
caravan, of fypiwi. They precede dm main
houu by competition, in drinking poteen
end boertine, efter which the hero-fill
fight, begin. ?New, Item.
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The tournament began yhortly
after 9 p. m. Padriac O'Feeney, a
top Tinker, began the boasting. "I
kin lick any bucko in the glen with
me arms in a sling and me feet in a
cast," he declared, baring his chest.
"I was niver in bitter shape sinca
the night I kilt the four bullocks with
slaps from the palm of me left
hand. Bring on me opponint!"
"Why the foul-mouthed . . . II!"
roared Finley Mulligoweneagh, 6
foot 5, and built like the Irish gods
of old. "A sissy he is! 'Twas me
dium-sized bullocks he kilt an' it
took him Ave minutes. I could of fin
ished all four with the thumb o' wan
hand. Let me at him!"
"I could bate the likes of ye fresh
off a sickbed and without a drink
in me system," barked O'Feeney.
I "Did ve ivpr hear n' the ttme I
took on the sivin mad stewidores
of . .
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The bell rant for the Iret round,
after two hoars of thia, aad Terry
Moollhahn, the referee, called,
"come out for your tnstruekahina!"
"Pot a more resplctfnl tone to
your worda," a napped O'Feeney,
glaring at him.
"Now I want ye both to come est
flghtin'," began the referee.
"The Ukes of ye tellln' me what
yon want!" roared MaUlgowen
eagh, flooring him with one punch.
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Numerous referees being always
carried as "spares" at the Tinker
fights, Garry Finnerty took his place.
"Now in case of a knockout," be
gan Finnerty.
"In case!" bellowed O'Feeney,
giving him the butt. "In case of a
knockout? Hear the mon!"
BOUND L
Whereupon the two principals
tore out of their corners. They had
a little trouble finding each other.
Finally they met accidentally and
fell into a clinch. The referee tried
to part them but found he was sep
arating two spectators by mistake.
ROUND n.
O'Feeney fell on his face three
times as be came from his corner.
His opponent, falling but twice, was
the sharper as they got to their
feet. Both swung haymakers at the
same time and landed on the
rofornn nrkn mos kn tk? knll I
BOUND m.
O'Feeney's eye had been cut. His
seconds had leaped in to put a
patch on it, but they put the patch
on an Innocent bystander in their
general uncertainty. The bell for
the round failed to sound as the of
ficial timekeeper had become en
gaged in a brawl of his own. There
were 30 or 40 other fights in prog
ress all over the glen now. The spec
tators began to yell for action.
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Here the spectators became dis
orderly.
Cries of "they're stallln' " and
"Throw the sissies out" rang
through the fields.
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The fight was then stopped as a
FAKE.
But it took 27 referees to stop it.
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MORE ABOUT HORSE SHEDS
Our recollection of old-time horse
sheds at Mansfield Grove, hard by
the East Haven river, before the
days of trolley cars is shared by Bob
Stevenson.
"We remember those sheds. Wo
used to hold the annual great family
picnic there, with the uncles and the
aunts and the cousins and the great
aunts, and the grandmothers and
the grandfathers and haaven only
knows how many kids of all sizes
and degrees of inevitable addiction
to falling off the rocks into the sea,
getting lost in the far meadow
reaches, or adventuring in some
boat to look for pirate treasure or
distant Thimble islands," writes
Bob.
"The New Haven members of the
clan would roll out in the grandeur
of the finest that they could hire at
Kirk's livery, with fringed surreys,
red-striped yellow wheels, shining
black - enameled dashboards and
ribbon-tied whips in flare sockets.
"Aunt Eliza made the clam chow
der in an iron pot braced on stones
over a driftwood fire, enough for the
entire picnic. The rest of the food
came in large, heavily laden bas
kets, traveling under carriage seats.
But any further recollections of what
we had to eat at those long grove
tables would only make us sadder in
these days of rationing."
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Elmer Twite hell suggests that are
let Japan keep the emperor and one
end of the horse. Or maybe we
should take him off that horse and
put him on a mouse.
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NO DOUBT OF IT.
If Hirohite is a god.
Then when he passes out
He'll meet two other fellow gods,
Adolf and Ben, no doubt.
If Hirohite is a gad
Thau "Hit and Muss" ad course, ? ?
Contour Cultivation
Grow on U. S. Farm*
Bigger Yields Result
From Soil Protection
Expansion of contour cultivation
under the Agricultural Adjustment
agency program has been rapid dur
ing the war years. Assistance for
contour practices was given on a
record total of 29,117,808 acres last
year, including contouring inter
tilled crops, contouring drilled
crops, contour listing, furrowing,
chiseling, and subsoiling, and con
tour strip cropping.
This method of farming "around
the slope" instead of up and down
the hill cuts down erosion by pre
venting water from carrying oft the
soil. It increases acre-yield of crops,
maintains their quality by holding
the fertile topsoil in place, and in
creases the moisture content of the
land. Combined with other better
farming practices, it has been found
to add to their effectiveness.
States in the north central area
more than tripled their acreage of
contour drilled crops and almost
doubled their acreage of contour in
tertilled crops, reports show. Three
southern states ? Arkansas, Okla
homa and Texas?raised their acre
age of small grain and other drilled
crops on the contour by about 80
per cent.
Studies have brought out that
when contouring cuts the speed of
Ideal contour arrangement.
the water run-off In half, for ex
ample, its capacity for carrying soil
drops about 75 per cent.
Some startling increases in acre
yield have been reported in specific
areas as a direct result of the con
servation of moisture, soil and plant
nutrients through contouring. An in
crease of 23 bushels more corn an
acre in one Iowa area, 6.2 bushels of
soybeans per acre in Illinois, 44
more bushels of potatoes per acre
in New York, an Increase of four
bushels of wheat per acre in the
Great Plains, and 29 pounds more
cotton per contoured acre in Texas.
Postwar Machinery
Haymaker
The haymaker cuts the hay and
passes it directly from the mower
cutter ber by means of a pickup
attachment to a pair of rollers to
crack the stems.
The haymaker, designed by John
Bean Manufacturing company, has
a seven-foot cut, with, mower built
into the machine, operated from the
power takeoff by any full two-plow
tractor. Has hydraulic lift and re
duces the time of drying at least (0
per cent.
Ideal Leather Punch
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Beit Punch Mad* of Cartridge Shell.
Br Ming the lis* rifle cartridge
?hell desired, leather pouches mar
ha made. Boles eat la Um aide el
the ihell enable the tapjl?| et
leather altheet troable.
Treat Pallet Ills
Pullet flocks often are affected by
e strange malady known as Pullet
Disease, or Blue Comb. Individual
birds may show darkened combe,
labored breathing, inactivitr and
sleepiness and the legs have a dry
withered appearance. Rutgers uni
versity recommends for an emer
gency treatment that 2 tablespoon
fuls of muriate of potash be placed
In each ^aOo^cd^drfaiking water. Tb
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Poached efia are much tastier
U fixed in hot milk instead of at
water. ce
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To keep brass or other metal si
door knockers, door knobs, and pc
the like shiny, apply a thin coat of cl
colorless wax to them occasion
ally.
?e? til
When sarins buttons from an cc
old garment, put matching ones on hi
a safety pin to keep them together, gr
It will save time later. w;
say from the wall, then you are
ruin you will not rub the wa#
iper and make a mark or (reap*
iota by an overdoee of fiiinif a
tlish on the back of a table ar
lair.
To make candles last dsaMe
ne, hold each by the wdefc mi
at with white varnish. LJry ah#
trden. The varnish pnvoaAr
ease from running down tn
i/wtsr moments w? 1
fresh Eveready Batteries
"And IlilM, Honoy?horo't how yoo ton
rotognlzt mo. fff bo woorlng a tan tub
and a tan Ho to match."
"Evtready" No. 8 Dry Cells continue to provide
dependable power for the vital field telephone equip
ment of our Armed Forcer.
But you'll be glad to know they arc available in
Increasing quantities for civilian
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use ?ircsn, juu-powerea, iong- m " ?
Bved u always. Ask for than
at your dealer's now. lit ll 9 V.I |Vrl
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Save motors!
Save money!
Put FRAM Oil Filters
on All Three! 1
HERE'S how to save a lot tionary engines. Experts nine
of long, costly repair* on Pram I
. . . lengthen the life of your
car, truck, tractor or station- ? ?
ary engine. Jurt install Pram IWmber, a Pram oil filter
oil filters I mutt Mtiafy you, or you p*
your money bade. If yook
why ivhy mimi nwt pram equipment it tlrctdy fitter*
During normal operation, dirt, equipped, Pram replacement
dust, grit and other abrasives cartridges can be put in present
are sucked into engines. At the filters to step up performance,
same time carbon and sludge Remember, Pram oil filters mm
are formed within the engines, eswy to install and cartridge*.
Unless filtered out, the dirt and may be changed in a jiffy. So
carbon grind away moving see your dealer today I Pind oat
parts, while the sticky sludge "How's Your Oil Filter?" Tho
clogs oil channels to hamper Dipstick tells the story!
lubrication aTV* increase wear. n
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That's why millions of Pram / " 1
filters and cartridges are used /.
by our armed forces-why Pram / a
is standard equipment cm mors [fj
than 75 famous car, truck, J *?, " / ija
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