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111HH ^ hi tfnkn Newspaper Dalai. WORTH OF DOLLAR MEASURED BY WHAT IT WILL BUY WITH NO OTHER present day standard the value of the dollar is measured by what it will buy of staple commodities. The price of such commodities is determined by the cost of their production. Tech nology, and the applied sciences, as they affect industrial production, have increased the value of the dol lar, in that they have produced com modities at less cost so they could be sold at lower prices. The benefits derived from technol ogy and applied science would be more than offset by labor if the de mands for wage increases, and de creased hours are met. They would mean a greater Increase in cost than could be offset by im proved methods of production, and production can not long continue when increased costs are not met by increased prices. Over the years both labor and the buying public have profited from technological advances in that wages have gradually increased while prices have gradually de creased. The benefits derived from an ever - advancing technology, thanks to our competitive system, have been shared by both labor and the purchasing public. That ad vance has maintained the purchas ing value of the dollar. It was but a few years ago when Henry Ford set a new precedent by fixing >5 a day aa a wage minimum in his plants. His improvement in manufac turing methods, the introduction of mass production, made that possible. Competition made it necessary for other manufac turers to pay labor an equal wage, and to sell their product at an equal price, value consid ered, if they were to stay in business. That was evolution in the matter of wages and prices. The postwar demands for increases in wages are not evolutionary, they are revolu tionary. Union leaders have not at tempted to ascertain what wage industry can pay at present dollar values, but have demanded what they want without regards to the maintenance of dollar values. Meet ing those demands means one of three things to be determined by the future. Either technology can so improve production methods as to absorb the increased cost of the demanded wages and decreased working hours, or prices must be increased to meet the demands, or the quality of the product must be decreased, and the dollar value go down because it buys less. It must be one of these three or a stop in production. Unreasonable demands on the part of labor, demands that cannot be offset by technological advances, can break the value of our dollars, and throw us headlong into an in flation that will be more disastrous than any depression. ? ? ? PEOPLE WHO LOWER OUR STANDARDS ARE UNWANTED WE AMERICANS are not preju diced against people because of tbeir color, or the language they speak. What we object to is the lower standards of living they in troduce in our communities. Re gardless of race, color or language we object to having as neighbors any family, who by neglect of their own premises depreciates the property values of our neighborhood. We ob ject to those whose low moral stand ards demands no privacy, and who flaunt those standards at our front door. On the West coast the Jap is not condemned because he is a Jap, but because he makes no effort to measure up to American standards. He works for a cheap price because he lives on a cheap scale. He is objected to as a neighbor, not be cause of his color, or his loyalty, but because of what is felt to be his uncouth, UhAroerican way of living. ? ? ? IT MAT NOT BE CALLED a blaok market in tobacco prod ucts, bat the established brands of smoking tobacco, cigars and cigarettes have largely dlsap ?ever before beard of, hare appeared on the counter* of deafen. Ia cigars the new brands represent a live-cent quality selling at from -15 to 25 cents. Much the same thing is true of smoking tobacco and cigarettes. If yaw want to smoke yon pay your money and take what is offered. ? ? ? IT IS THE EXCEPTION that proves the rule, not that the rule is wrong. ? ? ? A PROPOSAL being consid ered by the senate weald, if adopted, provide far govern mental control .and operation of all outgoing or incoming cable or wireless communication of both text and picture*. Its passage would be the drst nail in the coffin of freedom of the '***" ? ? ? DO NOT EXPECT a new car very soon. The old bus, or old Dob bin, must still serve for a while yet, U we are not to walk. Woman's World Cheerful Curtains for Kitchen Are Made from Chintz Goods | ?? ? flrlta ^J4aley A RE your kitchen curtains weary after yearlong use? Is the mate rial too heavy to be suitable lor warmer days aheadT II you have either ol these prob lems and cannot And a nice mate rial for curtains, perhaps you have an old chintz bedspread or drapery material tucked away in an old trunk in the attic. This is ideal for sewing gay attractive framing for kitchen windows. A single-sized bedspread will usually yield at least two pair of one or two piece curtains for kitchen windows. Yes, this includes ruffle from the same material, too. Of course, if you prefer to make the curtains look Just a little bit more tailored, then you might con sider trimming the edges with a con trasting colored piping, particularly if the pattern of the material is well-covered with a floral design. Your best pattern for kitchen win dows is to cut a tissue paper fac simile of the curtains you now use. I am assuming they are the cor rect length and flt properly. The important thing in windows is to have sufficient fullness so the cur tains do not look skimpy. If your home, and particularly the kitchen is done in a very early American motif or is strictly mod em, you might forego some of the fullness for an effect of simplicity or good tailoring. Then you will plan to clothe the windows differently: avoid the ruffle, settle for bric-a-brac or a contrasting band around the edge, and let the curtain fall in soft folds rather than in a gathered ef fect. Correct Measurements For Curtains Curtains are generally measured from the rod to the sill. If you do not have curtains that flt well, it is well to make the measurement and see that you have ample fullness and length. If you are using a piece of old material as suggested, and it has If you have a worn-out bed tpread. . . . been washed, you will not have to allow the two inches per yard of shrinkage as is done in new mate rial, but you will have to make al lowances for the following: bottom hem, which is two inches plus a one-quarter inch turn; top head ing which is one and one-half inches and -casing which is one inch plus one-quarter inch for turning. If you are making sash curtains ?two piece or half curtains, as they are sometimes called?measure from the center rod to the bottom of the sill for the lower half. For the upper half, measure from the top rod to one and one-half to two inches below the center rod. If desired, the two parts may be in different materials and colors. Proeednre Given for Making Curtains It is very important to have all edges absolutely straight before starting to sew on the curtains, as M? tome kitchen curtains. they hang within plain aight of ev eryone and can give a slightly askew appearance to the room if they are lopsided. Straighten the ends of the fabric by tearing or pull ing a thread. Measure from this end ana u necessary siraignien me laD ric. Watch this closely when work ing with a printed fabric. Some women prefer leaving the selvage on the curtain to save sew ing a side, but it is advisable to cut it oS and finish the material. The selvage edge may shrink and give the curtains, and naturally the room, a rather bizarre appearance. If the selvage is removed, make a hem on the fabric. If plain stitching is not desired for the hem, the material may be hemstitched or darned with col ored stitches, featherstitched or even bound in harmonizing or con trasting colors. Casings at the top of the curtain usually depend upon the size of the rod. This may require from one and one-half to two inches. If you are worried about shrinkage, place a tuck across the curtain on the in side below the casing. Use a long stitch on the machine for this or baste in place. If you have decided upon ruffles for your curtains, then measure one of the long sides and the bottom and make the ruffle two and one half times this length. Use long stitches on the machine first, then gather to fit the curtain, the ruffle going to the inside of the curtain and at the bottom. If you have tie backs for the curtains, here again, use two and one-half times the length of the tie for making the ruf fle. For placing the ruffle on the cur tain stitch in place and finish with a french seam. For the tie backs, however, tuck the ruffle in-between the material (tiebacks are made of a wide piece of material folded) and stitch once or twice on the edge, depending upon the fabric. Furnishings Women who are handy with the needle can do a lot toward mak ing the home attractive and liva ble. Slipcovers and draperies, well matched and with an eye to good taste, can bring together a room if it contains many odd pieces of furniture. For dark rooms, consider the lighter fabrics to add cheer to the room. For bright rooms, you may use darker colors. If you live near an industrial section, choose fabrics that laun der easily so that you can keep clean and still be kind to your cleaning budget. It Is worth while to buy good fabrics with good finishes for covering mucb used chairs, etc. When selecting binding and draperies for chairs and sofas, qpake sure that the material is washable or easily cleaned. It's far better to hunt than try to mend or re-dye the binding after the first cleaning. Smile, Little Boy Tfcia little gentleman doesn't have to be so self-conscious be cause he's wen turned out in a two-piece ensemble of kiduroy, the new eordnroy that can take a beating such as only a youngster can give it. Spring Fashion Notes Hood for the piaysuit? Yes, in deed, and it's especially good with < the halter style top. 1 Look for the unusual in prints 1 right at the moment. You will see geometric figures and designs that I give you a sculptured look. I For suits for the week-end out of ( town, wear something fetching at i the neck of your sutt. Rippling ruf- c ftes are feminine and charming. t Special patterns are now being mated in cotton to make that tex He attractive even for dressy "rruiWa JOCKS. Lady-like elegance is the phrase >eing used more often as we get >ack on a prewar basis in the world i fashion. That's why you're see ng flowery hats, swathed to veiling, Iresay suits and blouses that are be height ad frfllto? BASEBALL UNIONS Unionized baseball is now in the works. We may yet see the regu lar umps replaced by the NLRB with Bob Wagner stepping into "Happy" Chandler's shoes and the battery for the day including J. Caesar Petrillo or John L. Lewis. * The next few years may bring a demand for the five-inning game! Possible news from the baseball game of tomorrow: CHICAGO, MAT M. ? Today's game with the Taakees was stepped in the third. Players oa both teams refused to continue until they were granted the right to examine the company books. ? PHILADELPHIA, JULY J.?Pol lowing the walkout of the home team and the Boston team here yes terday both clubs were taken over by the government today. Connie Mack was carried out by four mem bers of the state militia. President Truman promised the fans the bal ance of the season would see the best games of which the Demo cratic party is capable. ? NEW YORK, JULY 15.?Before the game could get under way here today both ehib owners had to sub mit to a demand that no pitcher could be removed from the box without six weeks' notice, subject to immediate reinstatement unless sufficient cause shall be established in hearings before Joint state and federal boards. Large crowds were on hand to see the first contest played under the new union rules which entitle the batter to Ave strikes. unuuiu,in, n. i., nuiiusi iu. : ?Fans who arrived here early to see the teams warm up were sur prised to find that all pre-game practice had been abolished by the National Labor Relations board fol lowing a two-months huddle an un ion demands. The board upheld the players' contention that batting and fielding practice constituted capital istic exploitation of the ball play ers, deprived them of spare time to which they were entitled as free men and was in violation of the Wagner act. ? ST. LOUIS, MO., AUGUST The new role, under which all the pitchers on any one hall elnb get full credit for any victory won by any one pitcher, west into effect here this afternoon. Next week will ins agora tc the newly won mi too concession under which no errors are publicly called or published. BOSTON, AUGUST 22.?No game today. Contest called off on account of picketing. ? ? ? LINES TO BOBBY SOCKERS ("It it ? sorry thing when the moil pub licised American girl it tht on* who mow* a man't dirty thin, a tagging tkirt and tocict hogging around A* anklet. Tha hobhy tockert are awfnL"?Jamas Mont gomery Fiagg.) ? Blessings en thee (in reverse) Little girl who can't look worse! Bobby-socker, honey chile. With year eateb-as-catcb-caa style, Kmnpled miss who always looks Very anti "Use-No-Hooks"; Happiest when dressing calls Jnst (or shirt and overalls. Careless as the barefoot boy, Too, too, lead a life e( )ey If life is, as some deelare, Jnst a ease of what yen wear. ? ? ? War Vets and Street Signs A sergeant, now stationed at Old nsnrn wrnis k/smn aalrisiw In* 4kn itreet signs from the corner of Church street and Flatbush avenue near his home in Brooklyn. The city promptly took them down and sent them to him. Ex-Pfc. Oscar Purkey wrote in today to state that he understood perfectly the desire of the Brooklyn man. "I felt this yen for street signs, especially when the fighting was on. In the Battle of the Bulge I asked for the signs from the corner of Riverside Drive and Shubert Alley at once. That shows you bow groggy I was," he writes. ? ? ? PEACE AT LAST The highest priced privets in the world it lexis* Leant Triplet of Vollefo, Calif, who hat iiul enlisted im the air services Be hat e wife end lew children, the hide ranging from under e Jem la t roan of age. To make proaitiaa far eh thete. Undo Sam part Private Triplet between 1300 and HOO e month. Thit it not paying a man la teres hit country, it ie under writing a needed rati and e lilde quiet. tee W. Averell Harriman has re ceived a gift horse from Russia. A follower ot the tactics at the U. N. conferences is justified in assuming it has three paces, the walk, the walk and the walk. ? ? ? "HAUNTED hease wasted by family wbe ate jest (hosts at their former selves. Boa 1141 Jesmal sf ?se."?Providence Bulletin. We knew hew iTl*. Correction of Soil Compaction Urged Deep Plowing and Fertilization Needed Heavy farm equipment used in plowing and preparing land (or crops and in cultivating and har vesting operations later, is harming the structure of some heavy tex tured soils and shutting off ventila tion needed (or the roots at growing crops, according to Dr. George N. HoSer, agronomist at Purdue uni versity. Soil, either dry or wet, is com pacted by the weight o1 tractors and other heavy equipment to a depth o1 18 to M Inches, Dr. Hoffer pointed out. Present plowing and cultiva tion practices are largely limited to 6 or 8 inch depths as originally determined by light weight imple ments drawn by mules or horses. "Ventilation requirements at a good soil with a high organic mat ter content, are based on the escape at approximately 1,100 cubic (eet of carbon dioxide gas daily from each acre in a com or tomato field dur Carbon dioxide released daily at the above rates will provide car bon tor plants yielding at M bush els per acre. ing the grossing season," Dr. Hotter declared. "At the same time the entry of approximately 4,000 cubic feet of air into the soil daily is nec essary to support this combustion of the decomposing organic matter. "Thus changes in the compaction of the soil from 6 to 12 or 18 inches in depth due to heavy equipment, interfere with these gas exchanges, and often contribute to the creation of oxygen deficiencies that result in the suffocation of the roots, or in the possible accumulation of carbon dioxide and other materials toxic to the roots." Correction of these soil compac tions which occur immediately be low the plow furrow lies very prob ably in the use of deeper plowing equipment. One new type of plow breaks the compacted soil In the I to 12 inch zone and permits better aeration and the deeper placement of fertilizers. Aerosol Bomb Suited For Farm Buildings I DDT ssroeol bomb esed to kill ties and other Insects as well as forms la dairy ban. Get rid at the flies and your cows ?rill five more milk. Get rid at the flies and your hens will lay more sggs. Two wartime developments will make this possible. DDT, the oew insecticide and the aerosol bomb, the new insecticide dis penser, are the answers. A small cylindrical metal contain er with a valve on top, the bomb contains concentrated insecticide dissolved in Freon. Freon Is a liq uid under pressure; when the valve Is opened to release the pressure, the Freon expands, changes to a gas and escapes from the bomb, carrying the insecticide with it. Hay Waxing Treatment Conserves Carotene Alfalfa and cereal grass can be stored with little loss of carotene if they are autoclaved, pressed into blocks, and the blocks sealed with flexible wax, according to the Uni versity of Wisconsin. While expen sive, it offers possibilities for vita min supplements such as alfalfa leaf meal of dried cereal grass. No oth er satisfactory method has been found to conserve the carotene la forage. ? I SEWING CIRCLE PATTERNS J^deal Sporti Set In DUe Parts Scattoped rd^ay timer for Wlatron Outdoor Sports Sot UERE'S a three piece sports * A set that's ideal for your life in the open. The youthful, brief sleeved dress buttons down the aide and has a bright contrasting color to edge the round neck and skirt bottom. Bra and shorts com plete as clever an outfit as you'll : find. ? ? ? Pattern No. 14U cornea in aizea 11, IS. 13. 14. IS and IS. Size IS. drew. S', yards of 16 or W-lncfa; aborts and bra, 1% yards; % yard contrasttns fabric. Slenderising Frock rjESIGNED especially for the ^ matron, this scalloped day timer for summer has slenderiz ing lines and careful attention to detail. Why not try a soft all over flower print, and accent with un usual novelty buttons. You'll be the envy of all your friends. Vibrant Melodies Melodies played on the famous old carillons of Europe are heard ' for more than a mile because their bells are suspended from heavy pieces of timber, says Collier's. 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