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!? Tten Batted Statu Kaw River Has Stolen 145 of 175-Acre Farm ST. MARYS, KANS.?When Ferdinand Wild renewed his subscription recently to the St. Marys Star, he remarked wist fully that he would be a lucky fellow if he could renew his land ao easily. A retired larmer, now in his mid-seventies, Mr. Wild is certain he stands first in the busi ness of surrendering high-priced soil to the Kaw river. Back in 1018, when he bought the farm where he lives south of the river, Mr. Wild held title to 170 acres of fertile bottom land on the Wabaunsee county side of the riv er south of St. Marys. Since that time, however, the cave-ins and ero sion have frisked him of all but 25 acres of the farm. Up and down the ungovernable stream he has neighbors who can recall losing 20 acres here and 40 acres over yonder as the swollen Kaw has taken its toll each spring and fall. But Ferdinand believes he is in a class by himself. His finest land has vanished during the last quarter of a century?land that observers valued at more than 820.000. Across the river on this side, he still has a hundred acres of good soil that has rarely been clipped by cave-ins. But the record was al most as disastrous in 1945. Over flows that came often during the high wattg last spring played an other trick on philosophical Ferdi nand. From the hundred good acres on the north side he raised a crop that looked like the fag-end of a drouth season in the mid-thirties ?800 bushels bf corn. Ferdinand has heard that the war years were great years for the larmer. "Maybe so, maybe so," he mut ters, "but which year and which farmer?" r~ May Name 'Bald' Peak for General t WASHINGTON. D. C-Sen. Edwin F. Johnson of Colorado told Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhow er, army chief of staff, that the state hoped to name a moun tain in the general's honor. "You have Pike's Peak now and you want Ike's Peak?" the general shot back quickly. The senator agreed. "I have only two conditions," General Eisenhower explained. "Tli si, you want- to be certain it is a bald-headed peak, and then I want to be certain there is good Ashing nearby where I can get a priority." Cattle Rustlers Busy in Illinois MANTENO, ILL ?Shades of the Wild West! Farmers in the Man leno area may organize a vigi committee to hunt cattle rustlers, according to the Mantenc News. In the meantime, there has beer no trace of the thieves who recentl] stole nine head of cattle from the Sylvester Thilmony farm, nor o those who took four head from the Roy O. Piper farm. Farm Advisor George Tupper ha: stated that the directors of the farn bureau in Ave townships aroune Manteno may organize a vigilante committee to combat cattle stealing ? ? Air Force Vets Are Organized WASHINGTON.?A new national veterans organization, (or members of the air forces of World Wars I and II, has been set up, with former V a. /i t U Ll. Lien, james n. Doolittle as tempo rary president. The organization is designed to per petuate AAF tradi tions. Doolittle told reporters here that the organization is non-profit and "has no ax to grind of a ? ..... commercial na Doolittle ture .. It will ^ known as the AFA, the Air Force association. Key figures of the organization called on President Truman to in form him of the AFA and its aims. The organizers include such former air force men as Col. Willis S. Fitch, its executive director; Sgt. Forest Vossler, Syracuse university, hold er of the Congressional Medal of Honor; Lt. Col. Thomas G. Lan phler, who shot down the plane car rying Admiral Yamamoto, now of Boise, Idaho; Sgt. Merryl Forst, captain of the 1M5 Dartmouth football team; and Col. James M. Stewart, former 8th air force squad ron commander and now back in Hollywood. WhewTwhat a Day for Rancher In California! KERMAN, CALIF.?Roy Bowers, Kerman rancher, will never forget January 16, 1946, for on that day: He had to get out of a warm bed very early. Ice formed on the windshield of his ear. The motor stopped and wouldn't start again. He lost a race with the stork. And his house caught Ore while he was away. "It all started when Bowers was forced to get up front a warm bed because the stork couldn't wait," the Kerman News reported. "He had to rush his daughter, Mrs. Lola Stewart, to a Fresno hospital. "All went well until ice formed on the windshield of the car and Bowers had to get out and start scraping. Then the motor refused to run. After a few grinds from the starter Bowers went to a near by farm house to seek assist tance. When he returned to his car Bowers found that the stork had proven too much of a match and he was now a proud grandfather; the baby had arrived." While in Kerman that day his ranch house caught Are, with no one at home to fight it. Fortunately, Bowers knew nothing about that part of the day until he returned home?to find that his good neigh bors had formed a bucket brigade and extinguished the blaze with lit tle damage done. KNITTING .. . While the Pearl Har ? bar InTestifitioo went on, Pfe. An i nette Batcher of Gaffney, 8. C., i e ha off ear aaaifned to Gen. Walter C. s Short, aat oa the sideline* deeply aa frosted In her halt one, pari one. Plan to Withhold Food to End Strikes - BUUIUI, nLB ? ri nanon-wiae fanners' "strike against strikes" is Nte ofcfect of Clay county fanners. ftiey voted to Withhold their prod acta tana market until Industrial *7.' 'psiiTk lOheane. who helped wgmw ajmaeUac ^ed ?1 macnmery, Daumios ana refrigera tors." Although a resolution adopted at the meeting said "are are not tak ing sides In the Industrial battles." Johnson said that most farmers hare blame labor rather than man bfe dedwd* "ridkn will OF || ? era at Chirkasha, VETERANS MAKE KNOWN THEIR BONUS DEMANDS ... A shouting but' orderly crowd march upon the Ohio capital at Columbus, to demand special legislation for soldier bonus, unemployment compensation for strikers and homes for veterans. Marches on other state capitals is also in progress, while the nation's cap ital Is receiving attention of Chicago veterans demanding the right to operate taxis in the Windy City. The marches have been more orderly than those following World War I, with final outcome still in doubt. DREAM OF SHANGRI-LA WAC COMES TRUE . . . When a C-47 army transport plane crashed in Shangri La, hidden valley in Dntch New Guinea, last spring, WAC Cpl. Margaret Hastings, Oswego, N. Y., one of the three survivors, captured the imagination of the world. At left, she is shown shortly after her rescue. Other photographs indicate the extent of her reconversion job, after a few shopping days spent in New York I City. Her Shangri-La dream cam# true. PAPER DOLL . . . Erieka Hanka Gorecka, New York City, makei paper dolli for department (tores. They are life slxe and usadly repre sent some modern personality or character of the cay nineties or "bi cycle built for two" era. This is all done with paper and scissors by Miss Gorecka. r; JAPANESE IMPERIAL FAMILX RAISES UUIUKENS . . . xnis rare; photo shows members of the Japanese Imperial family as they feed some 1 of the palace chickens, maintained on the (rounds dnrin( the war for j family use. They are, left to ri(ht. Princess Takanimiya, IS; Princess Snganomiya, S; Princess Yorinomiya, 18, and Empress Nagako, 43. TALL BOXER . . . Trotaor Mtefcey Woods, tat mot UfhtwcifW wrestting ? ekomw, look* p it Tod Etsoo, 7 1 Sg&ssraS SWEDISH LAWMAKERS KEEP IN TKIM . . . By way ?? krcptac them aelve* tm |Mi phytic*! caodltioa, member* of the SwedUb Rikadap (P*r Hameat) have started their ewe pymaattle etab. Above yea tee tm el -hk.'i h-mn ? mm ijji ,li ? *v '**. '? Kathleen Norris Says: You Can't Get Back What You Never Had Bell Syndicate.?WNU Feature?. "Clay is safe from trouble; he will have?or has had?no difficulty in explaining to his wife that one of the office girls is cracked about him By KATHLEEN NORRIS T CrE does not last; not all by itself. Love all by itself is like a bottle of pure, rich milk. Leave it alone for a few days and what have you? A bot tle half-filled with sour curds, and half of evil-smelling water. But mix milk with flour, yeast, butter, salt, and you have the fine bread that is indispensable to the growing bodies of boys and girls. Unless you mix love with service, companionship, mutual interests, mutual ambitions, honor, honesty and common sense, you have the bitterest draught in life to drink. It won't stand alone, no matter how deliriously exciting and satisfying it is in the beginning. Nothing is so hard on a woman as the grand passion that peters out into loneliness, bewilderment, shame, crushed pride and vanished illusion. Especially if that grand passion is illicit, and it usually is. The sweeping, breath-taking, ab sorbing, dizzying type of loving rare ly comes into your life by the pleas ant, well-worn trail of friendship. engagement, marriage, mere again a great many elements enter to sta bilize matters. Getting clothes, kitchen showers, house-hunting, acknowledging pres ents, calling on Jim's people, mak ing arrangements for bridesmaids, church, music, reception?all these things are delightful in themselves, and they help make a girl feel that she really is getting married. But they don't go hand-in-hand with the mad sweetness, the agony and joy, of love completely unsupported by material, everyday, practical commonsense. Loves Her Boss. Take Evelyn Peters' affair, for example. Evelyn is an office work er of 28; she writes me that she has loved Clay for seven years. Clay is 40; he Is her office boss. ? ? ? "How shall I know if he no long er cares?" writes Evelyn. "There is no question of this be ing the real thing, for it has sur vived every possible difficulty and handicap. In the first place, Clay is married, and although he no long er loves?or even likes his wife, they have a daughter of 12 whom he adores. "Four years ago Clay went to of ficers camp, emerging a captain; I was intensely proud of him, even though the long separation was hard on us both. "Up to this time I had held our friendship to strictly platonic lines, tut the pressure of war tragedies and partings made me feel I could refuse him nothing, and during the first war year, when he was in vari ous American camps, we managed to meet very often. Far from being ashamed of having surrendered, I was proud of his love. When he finally sailed for South Seas duty it was with the implicit promise that when he returned he would make our relationship legitimate. "He has now been home seven weeks, and I count the days in grow ing uneasiness. I don't doubt his love, but what is keeping us apart? It may be that he is going to sur prise me by arriving suddenly to announce his freedom, but so far I have had only one unsatisfactory telephone call, which terminated with his casual promise 'see you soon' but on that occasion his wife may have been within hearing During the war I took ? much STRIVE TO FORGET Evelyn is 'in love icith her boss. She is 28; he is 40. The trouble is, he is already married. He has lost all affection for his wife, but he continues in the marital rela tionship because of his 12-year old daughter. This affair has been going along for several years. It has survived a long separation, while Clay teas serving as an army officer. Now he has returned, and the time has come for him to make good on his promise. Clay told Evelyn when he left that he "would make their relationship legiti mate." Note he has been hack for two months, and has called only once. He spoke vaguely of "see ing her soon." Evelyn is worried. She doesn't know what to do. This is "the real thing," she insists. "Without this prospect (marriage with Clay) life would be insupport nhle tn me" Should she tell his wife about the situation? Evelyn is desperately looking for a so lution. Miss Sorris points out that Clay probably has changed his mind, if he ever intended to ob tain a divorce so as to marry Evelyn. He very possibly has met another woman who inter ests him now more than Evelyn does. There is no sensible course, says Miss Norris, but to forget him. finer position in a nearby town, which I still hold. This, of course, makes me less accessible. 'Mntnal Trust.' "Our affair was by no means triv ial. It was entered upon with a deep sense of mutual trust. But it was not supported, naturally, by any rec ognition from my family or his, or our friends, nor any normal oppor tunity for meeting; it was only when he could get away for brief leave, often then to discover that between his family's claims and mine we had but a few stolen hours together. Now I want it openly admitted; I want to take my place beside him; without this prospect, life would be insupportable to me. "Shall I call on him in his office, write requesting a talk, or go see his wife?who is six years older than he?and tell her frankly how mat ters are? That he is as wretched as I am under this arrangement I am as sure as I am of my own feel ing." ? ? ? You mean "as you wish you were of your own feeling, Evelyn." You know very well, in your heart, that this affair is cold?cold as the Ice land snows. Clay is safe from trouble; he will have?or has had ?no difficulty in explaining to hia elderly wile that one of the office girls is cracked about him. I would J bet even money, although far from a betting woman, that there is an other woman ? not in the wife's place, but in yours. He and his wife may have had their upset times, but she will prove a fine buffer be tween him and any disturbance you can create. There is only one piece of advice for you. It is contained in two force ful words. "Forget it." Gelatin Stiffens Rayon When rayon dresses become limp from washing they may be given a lift by dipping in a gelatin and water solution. Two tablespoons should be enough. Soak the gelatin a few min utes in a little cold water, then ?u?. solve with boiling water. Pour the solution in a bowl large enough to hold the dress and add cold water. After the dress is washed and rinsed, dip in the gelatin solu tion and squeeze gently. Then ran tts dress in a thick towel until ? *7 enough to iron.
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