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Labor Hokum to
Big Harvey Family
Western Maryland claims one
of America's biggest farming
families and points to Mr. and
Mrs. Earl K. Harvey Sr., and
their 11 children. 9 boys and 2
girls. While others complained
about a farm labor shortage the
past few years, the Harveys
went right on producing record
crops on their 180-acre farm.
The eldest of the children Is Mar
shall Harvey, now 23, who served
in the army. As a lad he helped form
a 4-H club and is now "assistant
supervisor."
Next is Lucile, 23, who was active
in the 4-H club until she reached the
age limit of 21. She is now married,
but still helps to hoe the Harvey
potatoes.
Then there is Calvin, who gradu
ated from the 4-H club when he
reached the age of 21 last January.
Selective service classified him 2-C,
giving him an agricultural worker's
deferment. He and his father super
vise the 180-acre farm, the 35 cat
tle, and the 45 tons of shelled peas
the land produced last summer.
Potatoes for Fanny Mae.
The next in this pastoral family
is Fanny Mae, 20. Potatoes are her
forte. Recently the University of
"Maryland experimental station, co
operating with the United States de
partment of agriculture, developed
a new potato in Garrett county. At
elaborate ceremonies here, it was
chriatened> the "Potomac," and
Fanny Mae did the christening.
Then comes Freddie, IT. Besides
being president of the "Harvey 4-H
club" at nearby North Glade, where
the farm is located, he is president
of the Future Farmers of America
chapter at Oakland high school.
"But this is not because of num
bers alone," he pointed out.
Then there is Earl Jr., 18, also an
exuberant agriculturist, 4-H mem
ber, and student at Oakland high
school.
Next comes Robert, 14. Robert
bought a 4-H club calf, nursed it
along, took it to the Pittsburgh live
stock show with Joseph Steger, as
sistant county agent, recently, and
came away with fourth prize. He
was competing with boys and girls
from Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsyl
vania and Maryland.
j Ernest, the "4-H Baby."
Then there Is Guy, 13. Not to be
outdone by Robert, Guy also raised
a calf and took it to the Pittsburgh
shew. It weighed 870 pounds, cap
tured sixth place in the lightweight
class, and was bought on the spot
at M>cents a pound. Guy figured he
cleared "about $90" on the transac
tion, while Robert made $119 profit.
Then there is Ernest. Ernest is 10,
which is just old enough for him to
be called the "4-H baby." He is
studying agriculture and the whys
and wherefores of cattle during
school hours, like Freddie, Earl Jr.,
Robert and Guy, and before them
'Marshall, Calvin, Lucile and Fanny
Mae.
And then there is Arthur, who is
eight. Arthur definitely leans toward
potatoes. He took it very hard when
much of the Harvey crop froze in
the ground last year.
And then the bottom rung of this
farming ladder Is Douglas. Douglas
is three and has yet to prove him
self, but it was indicated that he is
a natural pea-sheller. An appren
tice by birth, he expects to grow by
example and observation.
AVC CHOICE . . Charles O.
Bolt*, zs, who lost a let at El
Alameln while serving with the
ftrttiah, is practically assure* of
being named president of the
American Veterans' committee,
an organisation of World War 11
veterans, when the Brat conven
tion Is held la Des Moines In June.
Soil Conservation
Continnonce Urged
By Federal Agency
WASHINGTON. - The fertility ol
American land declined seriously
during the war, according to th<
agricultural adjustment agency,
which is urging farmers to returr
to "conservation type" farming.
HHionS df acraa of land were over
cropped and overgrazed during the
far fcuwl minlirtg
JIM AND JIM . . . Jimmy Cor
riden, Brooklyn Dodgers' coach,
Is shown with his son, Jimmy Jr.,
who is trying for an ootdeld berth
with the Dodgers. The lad plays
center Held.
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^AVIATION NOTES
WORLD AVIATION FAIR
The first postwar international air
craft trade exposition and flight
demonstration will be held at Of
futt field, Fort Crook, near Omaha,
from July 21 to 28 and will be known
as the World's Fair of Aviation.
Preliminary plans are based
on an attendance of 250,104 per
sons and the expectation that at
least 2,040 light planes will be
flown to Omaha for the
event. Both the AAF and the
navy will participate In the
flight events. Special per
formance exhibitions will in
clude both military and civil air
craft.
The fair will be madaged by
Steadham Acker of Birmingham,
well known as a director of air
shows at Birmingham, Newark and
Denver, and program director for
the national aviation clinic at
Oklahoma City.
Must Have Air Markers.
It is apparent that the pur
pose of air markers cannot be
achieved if therp are only a few
widely scattered throughout the
country. Flyers may become
lost in any locality. Every city,
town and village should be air
marked. The Civil Aeronautics
administration will be glad to
assist regional, state or local of
ficials in planning air marking
programs or individual mark
ers.
WHATIS1T . . . The first air
craft to receive an army number
In ltM wai the XR SB, a new
helicopter, which it nnderxoinf
flirht tests at Wrirht Held, Ohio.
A commercial helicopter, capable
of carrying 10 passenger* and bag
gage in short-haul service, may be
ready by next fall.
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COYOTE HUNTING
"Ted Hagele and A1 Binder were
hosts to Minnesota hunters who
came in to hunt coyotes by plane.
Included in the party were Marcel
lus King, Donald Rugg and Carl
Elam of Austin, Minn.; Allen Goet
zinger of Hollandale, Minn., and
Carl Benhoft of Gettysburg. In the
first hour and a half, the sportsmen
bagged three coyotes." ? PioneeV,
Bowdle, S. D. They used a Piper
cub.
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A Safe Crash Landing.
Through the cool headedness of
Sam Somborger of Arcadia, Calif.,
in crash-landing a plane, he and his
brother Jeff, who was taking his
first plane ride, are well and hap
py. After cruising around for IS
minutes in a plane rented from the
Rosemead airport, the engine sud
denly went dead. Sam, who had
more than 2,000 hours as pilot dur
ing the war, coolly maneuvered his
plane to a smooth landing place in
a wash. Which proves again that
flying takes a cool head.
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OLD VETERANS RETIRE
Back in 1930, Boeing built a
number of 247-Ds for United Air
i Lines. These were the first of the
two - engine low - winged transport
! planes. Later Pennsylvania Central
' used these planes, and in time they
i were taken over for their sturdy
, characteristics by the CAA as a lab
i oratory and freight plane in Alaaka.
, It was of interest recently when an
? aouneement came that one of these
i 15-year-old veteran was retired!
I gome of a thought they'd fly on
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WESTERN TARNS IN THE MAKING . .. John H. Latham, left, writer
ot Western yarns for the pulp magazines, gets material for future stories
from "Slim" Haynes, town marshal of Roekport, Texas. Latham chose
Arkansas county, near Corpus Christl, as ideal place to gather ma
terial. The region is famous for its tomatoes, cucumbers and grapes
as well as oyster beds, shrimp fisheries and oil wells.
ALL-MAIL FLYING PACKET . . . The working section of the mail
plane which will be outfitted with specially designed, lightweight
equipment for sorting airmail in flight. No such facilities for speedy
handling have ever been installed in a plane before. The mail would
be sorted by one or two clerks in middle of plane. Bags of storage
mall, bulk mail and registered mail would be kept forward and ia
rear section.
LIE VISITS PRESIDENT TRUMAN . . . Trygve Lie, secretary gen
eral of the United Nations, who arrived in the U. 8. for,the meeting
of the secority council in New York, is shown as be conferred with
President Tram an and Secretary of State James F. Byrnes at the
White noose. One of the first problems with which he will have to
deal is the charges filed by the Iranian government against Rnssia.
BUSHING THE FOOTBALL SEASON . . . VUlanovi college, Phila
delphia, has started spring footbaU practice with Its biggest turnout
stece 1M1. Left to right are Richard Jansaa. Burgenleld, N. J.; Art
Basher. Shares, Pa.; Ed. Siesta, West Warwick, B. I., and At Litwa,
Camden, N. I? who are all caadidstes far haekSeld pasitiaas. Mast
callages wttl net start spring training until alter Easter.
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NEW C. S. S. K. PRESIDENT . . .
Nikolai M. Shvernik, former vice
president, has been elevated to the
presidency of the C. S. S. R. at a
Joint session of the Supreme
Soviet parliament at Moscow.
President Kalinin resigned be
cause of poor health.
ARMY'S ADMINISTRATIVE
CHIEF . . . Maj. Gen. Edward F.
Witsell, who relieved Maj. Gen.
Tames Alexander Clio as adju
, tant general of the army. General
Witsell is a veteran of many over
; seas assignments.
"CASTE BOARD" . . . Col. Rob
ert H. Neville, New York City,
former "Stars and Stripes" editor
in Italy, has been named to the
six-man board -to stndy "caste
system" in the army and recom
mend changes.
FAMED EDUCATOR NOW
BLIND . . . Dr. Nicholas Murray
Butler, president emeritus of
Columbia university, New York
City, who was recently stricken
blind, shown as he was led from
meeting with Winston Churchill.
IRAN OBJECTS . . . Ambassador
Hussein Ala of Iran hai announced
Ike filing of formal protest against
the Soviet Cnioo for continued oc
cupation of thai country. Ala was
the trot ambassador from Iran to
tho O. S.
Kathleen Norris Says:
When a Marriage Ossifies
Ball Syndicate.?WNU feature#.
"For seven long years of their marriage Fronde argued very definitely and ?rmif
thai they could not afford a child "
By KATHLEEN NORMS
THE trouble with most mar
riages is that they jell. By
which 1 mean that they,get
set into a certain form and
shape, and neither party to the
contract takes the trouble ever
to change them.
Having mutually flattered and
spoiled and given way to each other
m the ecstatic days of the honey
moon, both husband and wife nat
urally begin to think themselves
perfect. Any criticism after that?
if it is merely to brown the toast a
Ettle darker ? must be offered with
the utmost tact. If presently Peter
says that Susan's upsweep hairdo is
prettier, in his humble opinion, than
the eternal bell-shape of hanging
locks, Susan is deeply wounded.
"Don't you like the way I usually
wear my hair, Peter?"
"Of course I do, darling. Only this
way is pretty, too."
"You never said, all those lovely
days at Cypress Point, that you
hated the way I do my hair!"
"I never hated it, honey. I just
thought "
How It Begins.
But that's just it, Peter. You may
be one of those unfortunate hus
bands who mustn't think, at least
as far as any change is concerned.
And right there your marriage be
gins to jell.
Any marriage is in danger when
you begin to hear husband or wife
say things like this:
"The piano will stay there, Peter,
because that's the place for it."
"We can't, Mary. Peter never
gees to weddings."
"Why should we go to the com
pany picnic? We never have."
"When we were first married yon
weren't always yapping about be
ing home evenings."
"Don't let's talk when Peter's
here. He hates to hear women talk
ing clothes."
"She always gets mad If it's
poker. Just don't say anything about
It."
"That disgusting smell of your
pipe again!"
Neither one willing to change, to
stop now and then to consider the
other's point of view. And one more
marriage is hardening into failure.
To say "I am always like that, and
he'U just have to make up his mind
to it," doesn't hurt him half as much
as it hurts you.
It hurts us all to jell in our man
ners, prejudices, habits, thoughts.
Many a woman who carefully
changes her hats, hair arrangements
and the color of her fingernails from
year to year, won't consider chang
ing her stupid mind and soul. She
would blush to be seen in a peach
basket hat with her belt about the
hips of her gown, or to happily al
lude to "Gone With The Wind" as
the book of the moment. If the shoul
ders of her coat have too little or
too much padding, she suffers until
| it is made right.
Irritating Habits.
But in her ideas ? in her rooted
dislikes and fancies ? in her habits
of always being just a little late,
always spending just a little too
much, always saying the light lit
tle hurtful thing, how fixed she is!
I knew one man who finally divorced
the wife who humiliated him by al
ways referring to herself as poor.
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They were not poor, he was a hard
working, intelligent and capable
man, but it satisfied some deep
sadistic vein in Francie to complain
prettily to her friends of poverty.
"My dear, that's for rich people.
Bob and I can't afford anything like
that. It would be lovely, but poor
folks can't be choosers," said FVan
cie, for 12 long years. Her pretty
home, her car, her generous share
of the good things of life meant
nothing to her. Wifely consideration
and generosity Were nowhere. For
the seven long years of their mar
riage Francie argued very definite
ly and firmly that they could not
afford a child.
"Not until we can give him every
thing!" she said. That time never
came. But a divorce and a second
marriage came for Bob, who now
has a nurseryful of small children.
Children to be given just as good a
chance as any in the world, and
better.
Human life is change and move
ment. Spiritual life is change and
movement, too. Unless you are con
tinually examining your marriage,
studying your part in it, thinking of
the ways you yourself may change,
in mind, soul and body, to make
yourself sweeter and dearer to
those near to you, your marriage
may go dead.
A woman my age often looks back
with regret to the vagaries of her
younger years, the unnecessary
things she wanted, the foolish laws
she laid down, the things she posi
tively "couldn't do." Too late she
leams how little she really needed
for happiness, how useless the laws
were, how many of the "impos
sible" things she had to do. But
how much prayer and thought and
study a young wife needs, to keep
her marriage from jelling!
GRAVY MAKING
Cookery calls for expert gravy
making. Though gravy must often
be made the last thing before serv
ing the meal, it pays to take time
to measure carefully, mix thorough
ly. and cook slowly with steady stir
ring.
For best flavor and rich brown
color, blend the flour with the fat.
Then slowly add cool or lukewarm
liquid, while stirring over low heat.
The right proportions are: lh to I
tablespoons each of flour and fat to
1 cup of liquid.
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HARDSHELL
PERSONALITIES
As Miss Harris points out in
today's article, it takes an effort
on the part of both husband and
wife to keep a marriage from
going state. As soon as one or
both of the partners begin to let
down, to be lest considerate of
the other than he used to b< the
danger zone is crossed. Habits
of nagging, complaining, criti
cizing put a strain on the bonds
of matrimony. Carelessness in
dress, in courtesy, in regard for
the others' feelings and desires,
mark the end of the happy days
of true love.
Among the worst failings is the
tendency to complain to friends
about the family income. It is
never enough to satisfy some
women. Always someone else
has so much more, and compari
sons can make a woman so mis
erable!
Probably most fatal, however,
is the rejusal of one or both
spouses to change his ways l bit,
to make adjustments that are
necessary to get along smoothly.
A hardened attitude, stubborn,
unchangeable personality traits,
lays the foundation for dissen
sion, quarrels, and in many cases,
divorce.