In These United States
Bought Alabama Farm ia '39;
Has Mortgage AH Paid oil Now
FLORENCE, ALA.?They all said Louis Olive could never
get out of debt if he bought that old 120-acre farm in the Fairview
community. But he bought it anyway, back in 1939, and the mort
gage is now paid off! ?
ears. Kawi Anderson, associate
farm security administration super
visor, recently told Mr. Olive's story
In an article published by the Flor
ence Herald. She wrote:
"In July, 1939, Mr. Olive Bled an
application with the FSA for a loan
to purchase a farm, a farm that
had been under mortgage for the
past 43 years. A loan of $4,080 for
purchase of the land and construc
tion of a house and other buildings
was granted.
r "The year before the purchase,
only 22 acres were in cultivation,
7 in cotton and IS in com, but dur
ing the first year of Mr. Olive's own
ership he terraced the farm, plant
ed 13 acres in soil building crops,
cleared a good portion of the land
to get in a fairly good crop and put
out a nice orchard. The plan called
for a "live at home" program and
this was followed always with a sur
plus produced for market.
"This year, when food has been
? problem, the Olives have 1,450
pounds of meat, 500 quarts of
canned fruit and vegetables, 200
bushels of potatoes, 10 bushels of
sweet potatoes, 1 bushel of dried
fruit and plenty of milk and eggs.
Besides food for home use they have
800 bushels of corn, 17 tons of hay,
hop for another year, 4 cows, 5
heifers, 150 leghorn hens and 3 head
of work stock.
"Plans have Been made for an
other year by planting 4 acres In
clover and rye, 10 acres of vetch,
and 8 acres of hay, according to soil
conservation plans.
"Howard Olive, the oldest son,
has studied vocational agriculture
at Central high school and with the
aid of his teacher has landscaped
the home and is maintaining the
grounds as part of his school pro
gram."
Name Your Price
And You Can Buy
Alien Properties
By WALTER A. SHEAD
WNU Washington Correspondent.
WASHINGTON.?James E. Mark
ham, alien property custodian, has
a job for the government which is
probably one of tjie most varied
in the world ... he sells patent li
censes ... he operates farms, for
ests, camps, apartment houses ... !
he operates a 69-million-dollar film
company ... he is a detective, cor
poration operator, wine dealer, rent
collector, custodian, collector of roy
alties, diplomat, and has taken over
household possessions and personal
property of aliens in the U. S.
How about buying a farm? Just
name a price in a sealed bid. These
farms are scattered all over the
country. The custodian has over 46,
000 acres of rural lands. Included
CUSTODIAN .. . James E. Mark
ham operates (arms, forests,
camps and apartment booses, all
because he is alien property cus
todian.
In these tracts are 24,800 acres of
agricultural land valued at $475,
000; 480 acres of extractive and oil
lands valued at $111,000; 14,070
acres of wooded lands at $88,000 and
unimproved land, 6,290 acres, val
ued at $12,000.
There is some concentration of
these lands along the Pacific coast
and the middle Atlantic states. For
instance, 70 parcels are in Califor
nia, 33 in Texas, 61 in Missouri, 24
in Ohio, 33 in Pennsylvania and 75
in New York state.
The alien property custodian has
vested rights to total real estate
holdings in this country, including
both rural and urban, valued at $3,- <
622,000. The custodian employs real I
estate brokers to collect rents, 1
which at the end of the last fiscal '
year totaled $174,000. He is dispos- '
ing of the property as expeditiously '
as work of preparing for sale can i
be completed and purchasers found. I
The custodian recently sold real <
estate owned by the German-Am er- i
lean Bund, consisting of several ]
parcels of real estate comprising <
some 200 acres, (or a boys' camp. <
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VET BUYS FARM . . . John
Dunn, World War II veteran, is
now the owner of an 88-aere dairy
farm near Manchester, Md. His
purchase was made through the
aid of the Farm Security ad
ministration. Above, be is shown
looking over his acres.
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yXVIATlON NOTES
FLY DURING VACATION
Cliff and Mary Rowland and John
and Marion Lawson, two Bronxville,
N. Y., married couples, wanted to
learn to fly, so they took lessons
during their two weeks' vacation.
During that time all four of them
soloed, and all declared it was the
finest vacation they'd ever had.
You can guess what they'll do this
year when vacation time rolls
around.
CESSNA . . . Two-place, high
winged metal plane. The new
"12?" and "140" Cessnas are pow
ered with 85 h. p. Continental en
gines and have a top speed above
120 miles an hour. They are built
at Wichita, Kans.
Texas has more private airplanes
registered than any other state ill
the union. J
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A recent Gauap poll disclosed
that one out of every four Ameri
cans wants to learn to fly an air
plane. Approximately 30 per cent of
the men and 22 per cent of the
women want to be pilots.
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The Vagrant Breezes.
It is possible for two planes fly
ing in opposite directions each to
have tail winds. Winds blow in dif
ferent directions at different alti
tudes.
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FARM BUREAU AND AIR
The American farm bureau fed
eration represents 985,000 farm
families and says "Transportation
of farm and other products by air
is here. Its relative importance will
be measured only by time, vision,
improvements and freedom of op
portunity to expand. Speed, reduc
tion in refrieeration and the con
stantly lowering rates with in
creased services are among the fac
tors indicating that ever increasing
tonnages will be moved by air."
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OCT FOB A RIDE
Three war veterans from Youngs
town, Ohio, recently roamed the sky
ways to look the country over be
fore they settled down. The three,
I. E. Holt, F. Devihe and P. De
Matteo, simply went to the ticket
windows of airlines and asked for
a ticket anywhere, on any flight.
They went first to Washington,
D. C.
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UNUSUAL FACTS
Some jet engines don't need high
actane fuel, burning anything from
kerosene and powdered coal to hair
Ionic. . . . The German V-2 bomb,
which weighed 12ti tons, reached
a velocity of 3,500 miles per hour
within 71 seconds after take-off with
its jet propulsion engine. . . There
are 21 explosions per second in the
7lindens of the cyclone engine run
ling at take-off power. . . The
principle of Jet propulsion was dis
rovered by Hero at ancient Greece
aver 2,00# years ago.
Woman's World
Boost Blouse Supply By Making
New Ones from Old Dresses
?rlla ~J4atey
XT 0 WOMAN ever has enough
1 ~ blouses, the most economical
item to the wardrobe. If you have
a skirt with a choice of two, three
or even four blouses, you can al
ways be sure of going about well
dressed without giving the impres
sion that you are always wearing
the same clothes or operating on a
limited wardrobe.
Most blouses require two yards or
less of material, and they may be
made from all sorts of material. In
fact, the sky is the limit as far
as fabrics for blouses are con
cerned. Many a woman with out
moded dresses or evening gowns
can put together several blouses and
give the inmression of a brand I
new wardrobe.
Taffeta evening gowns make par
ticularly attractive blouses. Since
taffeta blouses are now popular,
those outmoded gowns should now
be taken out, overhauled, put and
made into something as usable and
pretty as a blouse to give you an
alternate for that new spring suit.
Any style may be chosen for taf
feta blouses are seen in draped and
tailored styles. They are cool and
feel well under a wool suit. They
are dressy enough even when you
remove the jacket to your suit.
Fitting is as important in a blouse
as in a well-tailored suit. Take a
look at some of the handsome, ex
pensive blouses in the stores and
you will see what I mean. Notice
that there are at least four tucks
at the waist of the blouse, two on
each side in both back and in front.
In some styles you will find even
more tucks to give that "nipped" at
the waist look, and prevent too much
fullness under the skirt.
Details are Important
In Making Blouse
Another important detail which
we are beginning to see more often
in blouses is the deep dart right
underneath the arm. This is used to
get away from the flat-looking bust
If you hove a taffeta evening gown .,,
and to give more attractive, fitted
lines to the garment. Even if the
pattern which you happen to be us
ing does not show these darts, fit
them into the garment after the
shoulder seams are sewed and you
are ready to fit these side seams.
Then baste them in, press, and try
on. You will see how much they do
for the figure.
Darts are used plentifully on the
blouse, as are gathers. In making
the blouse, gather at the shoulders
first, using very tiny stitches so that
the gathering will be even. If the
blouse has a yoke and an action
back, make sure that the blouse is
gathered, as at the shoulders, and
basted carefully in place before sew
ing.
Another detail which is impor
tant in the blouse is the shoulders.
A tiny basting stitch is run around
the upper part of the sleeve, and
this is used for making the small
gathers which enable you to ease in
(fib ? crisp Umw.
the sleeve when you are ready to
stitch it into place on the blouse.
Most of the fullness is allowed on the
top of the shoulders and the back.
Make sure that no gathers are al
lowed underneath the arm, as this i
will make the blouse uncomfortable
to wear.
Many types of shoulder pads are
now available which will also aid in j
Black Wool Crepe
A smart black wool crepo dress
with a matching hood la modeled
by Martha Viekera, now appearing
In Warner Brothers' "The Big
Sleep." The hand-crocheted pep
lum Is of black chenille.
giving good lines to the blouse. The
more expensive pads seem to cup
the shoulder rather than pad It, and
they are not so weighty as the
stuffed ones. They may be used in
several blouses.
Another type of pad now being
made is attached to a net vest. This
is designed to be worn underneath
the blouse, and of course, it elimi
nates sewing pads in each blouse.
Still another solution to the pad
problem is to use the taffeta itself.
The pads, which need not be stuffed,
since the material is stiff, will also
match the blouse perfectly.
If you are fond of cuffs on the
blouse, taffeta makes beautiful
pleated cuffs. The pleats should be
placed evenly and pressed and
basted in place before sewing. Pay
particular attention to the line or
print of the material. Piping may
also be used if you are fortunate in
finding some that matches or con
trasts perfectly with the material
you have on hand. .
If you are making long sleeves
on the blouse, you will want at least
two darts at the elbow to allow for
freedom of movement. Sometimes
patterns will call for only one dart,
but it has been found best to make
two small rather than one deep dart.
The finished garment will also look
much better.
It is always wise in making darts
of this type to come to a sharp
point. You can best guide your sew
ing if you will baste first. Always
tie the threads on the inside?and
do tie them firmly so that the dart
does not come open later. It's much
easier to sew them right the first
time than to try to repair them later
when they are sewed on the gar
ment and you no longer have a flat
working surface.
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HM6 sewllg Hilts
Just a word about patterna for
thoaa of you who do a lot of
home sewing. If the tape meas
ure around the bust reads 43,
please buy a pattern in that size,
not in a 38. "Hie size of the Indi
vidual is much better coocealed
in a correctly fitted garment,
than one which is too small.
If the pattern must be altered,
it is much easier to alter one 1
that ia too large almply by tak
ing tucks in the pattern. If too
small, the pattern must be slit, 1
and this is much more difficult 1
to do than taking In tucks. 1
Avoid over-sewing if you want
the garment to look nice. Use
the type of finished edge most
suitable to your material and 1
make this as neat as possible. 1
Good table space, good light |
and a place for the ironing board
are among the essentials need- ,
ed for home sewing. If it is not ,
possible to have a swing room, I | |
have all these items conveniently ,
on hand when you do sew.
Spring Fashion Notes |
Gray ia a most popular color (or
summer wear. Gray chambray
trimmed with white eyelet Is ex
ceedingly popular.
Delightful cotton eyelet Is per
fect for cool, short, street-length
dresses. These can be dressy and
sophisticated and need not look as
though they were borrowed from
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Scarf prints are worked into the
bodice or scarf treatments in in
genious ways that bespeak a decid
ed play of imagination. They are
worn around the head like a little
draped turban. Hoods are the play
thing of designers who are creating
scarflike affairs to wsar to cjsansc
New Columbia Sheep?
Made-to-Order Breed
Developed for Dual
Purpose Requirements
The need for a breed of iheep that
would produce both wool and meat
efficiently .resulted in work being
undertaken by the USDA about 1913
to find such a breed.
The result of years of extensive
work was the introduction of the
Columbia sheep, which combined
the most desirable characteristics
of the Lincoln and Rembouillet. The
breed was more than a quarter of
a centry in being developed.
The breed has been developed to
such a point that it has its own
registry organization, the Columbia
Sheep Breeders' association. It is
primarily a range sheep but is be
ing used to a moderate extent in
farming areas.
Columbia sheep are free from
wool-blindness and skinfolds. The
body is long, but is symmetrically
proportioned with a good balance
between width and depth. In 13
An Idaho Colombia ram show
ing the desirable characteristics
of this oewer breed.
months a typical Columbia ewe
grows a fleece weighing about 13
pounds, which contains approxi
mately 90 per cent clean wool about
3% inches long.
New Corn Ear Worm
Control Recommended
A new contact insecticide has re
cently been developed for the con
fml <"?# enrn nnr ?
worm on sweet
corn and hybrid
seed corn, as a sub
stitute for pyreth
rum.
The spray is a
liquid solution of
styrena dibromide
in a mineral oil and
is applied to the
corn silks as soon
as their ends ap
pear brown. It is
necessary to treat
more than once as
oil cm a uu UUI BIIUW uruwu II ine
same time. The spray is applied
with a hand applicator which meas
ures a 20 drop dosage from a half
pint container.
Feather Fabric Will
Add to Farm Income
im waited, stretched and
dried fibers are wood en ipools.
America'* poultry industry can
produce 39 million men'i suits an
nually. A new feather fabric that
looks like wool but la warmer, soft
er and lighter, has been developed
by USDA specialists.
Feather protein is converted into
Sber by treating the feathers with
? reducing agent and a special type
of wetting agent, or detergent, in
water solution, then forcing the re
sulting spinning solution, or "dope,"
through the tiny holes of a spln
nerette into an acid-and-salt solution
that sets the streams of dope into
Bbers. The fibers are then stretched
end dried and treated to remove the
detergent so that the regenerated
protein is left in true fiber form.
It is not expected that feather
fabrics, due to small volume avail
ible, will ever prove a serious econ
omical threat to cotton or wool,
levertheless feathers do oiler addi
tional revenue for the poultryman,
rod will compete more with higher
priced fabrics.
Cultivation Increases
.Bermuda Grass Yields
Oklahoma experiments have
proved that disking the gTass sod
4 bermuds lightly every other year
?rill cause an Increase in yield of
?bout 26 per cent The tests were
nade on a thin or poor stand of
[rasa.
It was found that bermuda would
eapond to heavier dlaHng than the
sammon native grass. Tillage
earned to prevent the graeses front
lying in the cantar of the dumps. '
SEWING CIRCLE PATTERNS~ J
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Gay Two-Piecer
A GAY and delightful two-piece
dress to give your wardrobe a
lift. Scallops make a striking fin
ish for the jacket, the gently flared
peplum tends to minimize your
waist. Grand for year-'round wear
in almost any fabric.
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Pattern No. MM Is tor sizes IS, 14. 1(.
18 and 20. Size 14. short sleeves, 4% yards
of 38-Inch material.
Smart ShirtwaJster
HERE'S a frock you'll just about
live in all summer?the smart
and versatile shirtwaister. Dropped
shoulders are cool and comfort
able, the graceful gored skirt tt?
to perfection. Try it in a brightly
striped fabric, with the stripes con
trasting in yoke and sleeves.
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Pattern No. 1396 cornea tn sizes M.
14. 30; 40, 42. 44 and 46. Size 14 lagdtias
3>a yards of 9-inch material.
SEWING CIS CLE PATTERN DIPT.
1146 Sixth Aw. New Tech. M. T.
Enclose 35 cents 1b coins for sad
pattern desired.
Pattern No.
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