By CHARLES SUGHROE
Arms Race Boosts Scrap
Iron Prices in America
Junk It Eagerly Grabbed Up
by Foreign Nations.
New Orleans, La. ? Between 5,000
and 10,000 tons of scrap iron are be
in* shipped from this port every
week, according to estimates, bound
to Italy, Japan, Poland. Belgium,
England, Germany and Mexico.
Huge piles of scrap iron, copper,
brass, aluminum and tin cans are
here one day and gone the next.
Relatively high prices are being paid
by foreign nations and the junk
business has brought boom times to
thousands in the scrap iron busi
ness.
Today great combines and syndi
cates are organized to handle the
nation's castoff metals. They work
through the parent company down
to the ragamuffins of the alleys who
wander through the back streets
picking up iron, cans, brass and
copper to sell for a few nickels to
the local agent, who in turn, sells it
to a trucker. The trucker hauls it
to the company dump and again
sells it for a good profit.
Goes for Armament.
The "junkers" know, and admit,
that a great part of the metal they
sell is going to be used in the manu
facture of munitions ? which some
time might be used against this
country But, they say, they must
make a living.
Iron is bringing around OH cents
m pound in New Orleans. Brass and
copper bring as much as 14 cents.
Aluminum sells for about the same.
Freight agents are anxious to get
BUDGE WINS TITLE
Pictured in vigorous action is red
headed Donald Budge, California
net star, who became the first
American in five years to win the
coveted Wimbledon championship.
Budge defeated Gottfried von
Cramm of Germany in straight sets
in the finals. When photographed
here Budge was subdoing C. P.
Hughes in an early round.
cargoes of scrap for their vessels.
The rate is high ? as much as $11
a ton, and a ton of iron takes far less
space than a ton of cotton which
pays about the same rate.
So great has been the demand
for tin in Italy that one enterprising
dealer sold a load of dismantled
taxicab doors to the Italian govern
ment. The doors were loaded into
an Italian freighter without having
the wood, upholstery or broken glass
removed.
Iron Is Conditioned.
Solid "chunk" iron brings the best
price. Before being loaded aboard
a freighter, the metal is "condi
tioned." Conditioning consists of
I cutting the metal into pieces not
more than 5 feet long. 18 inches
wide and 18 inches thick. Steel rails,
ship plates, railroad wheels and
parts, form the most lucrative items
of the trade, but iron bolts, discard
ed flails, pipes, radiators all go into
making up a full cargo for a
freighter.
Rising foreign prices have made
it possible for the "junker" to sal
vage many iron objects formerly not
considered worth the effort. Tin
cans are being hauled from munic
ipal trash heaps and smashed by a
giant compressor into compact suit
case-size parcels for cargo. The
tin brings a high .price in foreign
countries.
A compressor for such work costs
about $35,000 and must have a large
market to enable the operator to
show a profit for its operation.
Foreign markets are paying as
high as $17.50 a ton for New Or
leans iron and steel. Prices for cop
per and brass are based on the
need of the nation buying the ma
terial. Fabulous tales have been
told of prices obtained for a cargo
of brass for use in the manufacture
of cartridge cases.
My Neighbor
SAYS:
Household ammonia will remove
rust stains from copper.
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Never add sauce to boiled cab
bage, onions or celery until time to
serve or mixture will become too
watery.
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Before applying linseed oil to out
side of soapstone sink or tubs, first
go over with sandpaper to make
them smooth.
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Thinly-cut slices of lemon, dusted
withr paprika and a dash of celery
salt, are good garnishes for steaks,
roasts or fish.
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A lawn is likely to grow very slow
ly at this season of the year and it
is not necessary to use ? the lawn
mower as frequently as in the
spring. It is safe to keep the grass
at a height of about two inches.
C Awoclated New*papert.? WNU Service
AMAZE A MINUTE
SCTENTIFACTS ? BY ARNOLD
COURTESY
By
LEONARD A. BARRETT
The other day a lady entered ?
ornuiH dA etroa ? ^or A n?ffrn man
rose quickly and
offered her his
seat. Courtesy
waits for the man
and expresses it
self through him
without thought
of race or social
caste. Courtesy
is the color of a
man's regard for
a fellow human
being. It is an
element of char
acter that must
continue to be
long to Dersonal
growth and not alone to truth, nor
time, nor trade. Thomas Jefferson
once rebuked his grandson who had
not acknowledged the courteous sa
lute of a negro, with these words:
"Do you permit a negro to be more
of a gentleman than yourself?" Ed
mund Burke, in giving counsel to a
young man regarding his servants,
said: "Never permit yourself to be
outdone in courtesy by your infe
riors." Courtesy is a virtue; a dis
tinguishing mark of a gentleman;
a culture and quality of the soul;
an expression of mind and heart;
a seal of personality which stamps
one's inner self. Assumed courtesy
is only cant, sham, and pretense.
NAZI JAIL PASTOR
A recent photo of the Rev. Martin
Niemoeller, militant leader of the
German Protestant clergy, who was
arrested and held for trial on
charges of slandering Nazi notables
and calling for opposition to Nazi
laws. The official announcement of
Pastor Niemoeller's arrest further
stated that "his assertions were a
constant feature of the anti-German
foreign press."
In a split second, the standard of
courtesy may be revealed.
An old lady, carrying with great
difficulty a heavy suit case, got off
an elevated train at a Union station
terminal. Six young men passed
her unconcerned. Any one of the
young men might have done his
good turn for the day by assisting
the lady down the elevated stairs.
This is a passing incident colored by
the impersonal environment of a big
city. Yet it is typical of countless
number of similar discourtesies that
might be eliminated, if courtesy
w*re given > primal place in our
everyday thinking. Not long ago,
the wTiter was present in a small
assembly of persons when the moth
er of one of the group entered the
room. Only two of the men arose.
Was it ignorance 1>r indifference?
What is (he most plausible expla
nation of discourtesy? Perhaps no
better explanation could be given
than lack ?f respect -for personality.
The tendency to think of a human
being as a case, a number, a mere
machine, plays havoc with our prop
er evaluations of human life. The
old lady was somebody's mother.
Respect for motherhood per se
should be sufficient to call forth an
expression of the lost art of chivalry
common in feudal days. How prev
alent is respect for personality, re
gardless of age or social position?
Wealth is no criterion of caltare.
Age does not Justify discrimination,
nor present the only challenge for
politeness.
In these days of rush and strife
and strain, courtesy can be a quiet,
restraining hand. In these days of
experiment in human relations,
courtesy can become the most pow
erful international bond: the white
flag of the spirit.
? limn lnwv? UaloB,
c7YousefiofS r7~/ints
J ' By BETTY WELLS J
"I'M HAVING the time of my
* life," announced Helen B.,
whose husband just lost a lot of
money in a fire that destroyed his
place of business. "Because Frank
and I are back where we started
out, and in spite of all the ups and
downs we feel like honeymooners
again.
"Of course, I'm doing my own
work because we can't afford a
maid. It's the first time I've really
worked in this kitchen.
"Till I really rolled up my sleeves
and went to work here, there were
more things wrong with this kitch
en! I wish I'd known before how
much time and energy it wasted
. . . after all it's as good economy
to save the maid steps as to save
myself.
"Then I found that the cabinet
where we kept silver, dishes and
cutlery and mixing bowls was
across the room from everything
else, while the pots and pans and
groceries were on the other side of
the room near the stove. The re
frigerator was adjacent to the sink.
"I have had the sink raised but
I can't move it or the refrigerator
or the stove to bring the three in
reaching distance. I could get cup
boards around the sink-refrigerator
We Feel Like Honeymooners Again.
unit though. I had all the space
below the sink made into cupboards,
then turned the corner with another
cabinet that ran around the adja
cent wall. Here I made room for
all cutlery, silver, dishes, mixing
bowls and groceries and most of the
pots and pans. I left the frying
pans and the like alongside of the
stove but kept all those that would
have to be mixed in or fixed ahead
in the cupboard by the sink where
the groceries were.
"Then I bought a kitchen table
on wheels, that I could pull from
my working unit to the stove. This
works fine, and with a couple of
high stools to sit on my kitchen is
as handy as you please.
"Frank and I did all the work ?
he's a pretty good carpenter, and I
did the painting. All these changes
called for a new color scheme so
we decided on Swedish blue for the
kitchen walls, and yellow ceilings,
yellow wash curtains and some yel
low pottery on a shelf just for
show."
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Even at a Picnic.
She's the kind of a lady who
can be a duchess on any occasion,
even at a picnic. And her house is
like that, too, gracious and poised
and yet unpretentious with an effort
less ease.
We were driving along her street
one hot, hot afternoon recently,
and on an impulse decided to stop
in.
And there she was looking fresh
as a daisy in a pink linen dress
and her hair just out from a wet
comb. The house was pleasantly
orderly (but not nasty-nice ? after
all she has a rambunctious pair
of children who take care of that).
"Just a second," she said when
she had seated us in a breeze,
"I'll be back with tea."
She flew out to the kitchen and
before we'd fanned our fan a dozen
She Can Be a Duchess EVen at
a Picnic.
fans, there she was with a tray of
ice tea and a plate of oatmeal cook
ies.
As she sat down before that tray
and served the tea, we thought what
a thoroughly successful woman she
was. Not famous. Not even rich.
But doing a perfectly splendid job
of making a pleasant home for
her family, and that's no sinecure.
That living room seemed like a
haven on a hot day. Very pale aqua
marine walls . a mulberry
broadloom rug that someway didn't
seem hot because it made such a
shady background for the slip cov
ers of very flowery chintz on an
aquamarine ground. The curtains
were plain aquamarine chintz lined
with cream and tied back with
heavy mulberry cord. ?
There was a room that would
seem like a cool and tranquil re
treat in summer and like a hos
pitable room of friendly warmth in
winter, so versatile and satisfying
was it.
C By Betty Wells.? WNU Service,
PIERROT TURBAN
Alix takes a turn with hats to give
us this little Pierrot turban. It is
made of petal-like triangles of red,
white and blue felt. It can be worn
as shown or on the back of the head
as a caUot.
Outstanding Boy and Girl
In New York to receive the J500 college scholarship awards they
won in the 1936 national social progress program, Billy Hale of Hixon,
Tenn., and Daphne Debruin of Fort Benton, Mont., the nation's out
standing boy and girl members of the 4-H clubs, are pictured looking
over the big city from the top of the RCA building. This is their first
visit to New York.
IMPROVED
UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
By REV. HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST.
Dean of the Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.
? Western Newspaper Union.
Lesson for August 15
GOD GIVES LAWS TO A
NATION.
LESSON TEXT? Exodus 20:1-17.
GOLDEN TEXT? Thou Shalt love the
Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with
all thy soul, and with all thy mind . . .
Thou ahalt love thy neighbor as thy self.
Matt 22:37. 39
PRIMARY TOPIC? God s Good Laws.
JUNIOR TOPIC? Before the Mount of '
God.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC?
Why a Nation Needs Laws.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC?
Basic Laws for a Nation's Life.
Basic laws have been laid down
by God for the orderly administra
tion of his universe. Men see them
clearly in the physical universe, al
though at times they do not recog
nize the One who created all things.
Physical laws are of great im
portance, but of even deeper signi
ficance are the moral and spiritual
laws which control the human life.
There is in the world a moral law ?
a distinction between right and
wrong ? which man may ignore only
to his own sorrow, and which he
cannot abrogate or destroy. All laws
of men which are true and right are
founded on this underlying moral
law, and are in reality simply a
development and interpretation of
"God's Code of Morals" ? the Ten
Commandments.
These commandments given to
Israel at Mt. Sinai are worthy of
careful study on the part of every
reader. They may be grouped
under two divisions.
s
UNDAY
CHOOL
I. A True View of God (w. 1-11).
The first and most important
question to be asked regarding any
law is, "By whom was it estab
lished?" Legislrtion by an un
authorized person or organization
has no power over others. Who gave
the ten commandments? Verse 1
tells us "God spake all these
words."
Men sneer at theology as being
out - moded, but the fact is that
Christian doctrine is the only safe
foundation for Christian character.
Unless my view of God is right, my
life will be wrong. Until I know him
I will not appreciate the authority
of his law.
1. Whom to worship (w. 2-5).
There can be but one true God, and
he alone is to be worshiped. He is
a personal being, ready to enter
into communion with each one of
us. No image can take his place.
2. How to worship (w. 6, 7). We
are to love him and keep his com
mandments. There is to be no sham
about this, for no matter how sweet
and pious may be the praise and
prayer of a man, he has taken the
Lord's name in vain unless he keeps
the Lord's commandments by holy
living.
3. When to worship (w. 8-11).
God has ordained that man should
not incessantly bear the burden of
toil. He is to have a day of rest
and a time for worhip, undisturbed
by the duties and responsibilities
of daily labor. America needs a
mighty stirring up about the des
ecration of the Lord's day.
n. A Right Relationship to Man
(w. 12-17).
To be right with God means that
we will also be right with our fel
low man.
1. Family life (v. 12). The fifth
commandment has to do with the
relation between child and parent.
There is a plain and direct com
mand that father and mother should
be honored. Only in respect and
obedience tp parents can the child
possibly find true and proper de
velopment.
2. Physical life (w. 13, 14). God
is interested in our bodies. Already
we have noted his provision for a
day of rest each week. Now we
are reminded of the sanctity of hu
man life. "Thou shalt not kill," and
remember there are many other
ways to kill a man than by shoot
ing him. Dr. Wilbur M. Smith
makes a telling point by reminding
us that we may kill others by sell
ing them tainted food, intoxicat
ing liquors, or "dope;" by neglect
of duty, by careless driving, by
failing to provide employees with
sanitary and healthful surroundings.
There is another way that the
body may be destroyed ? by its mis
use in adulterous living.
3. Social life (vv. 15-17). "Thou
shalt not steal" ? and remember
any dishonest appropriation of what
does not belong to you is stealing
call it what you will. And "false
witness" ? h<5W it TSas honeycombed
our very civilization. Not a little
of it is found within the church,
more shame upon us! Lastly, we
come to "covetousness' ? which has
been called one of "the respectable
sins of nice people." It is subtle and
often hidden. Let us root it out of
our own lives by God's .grace.
Enthusiasm in Work
Enthusiasm is the element of
success in everything. It is the light
that leads and the strength that
lifts men on and up in the great
struggles of scientific pursuits and
of professional labor. It robs en
durance of difficulty, and makes
? pleasure of duty. ? Bishop Doane.
A Translation
Let us learn what death is. It is
simply a translation; not a state,
but an act; not a condition, but a
passage.
Embroidery Adds
That Smart Touch
Embroidered flowers that prom
ise to be the "life" of your frock
are these that you'll want for im
mediate stitchery. They're fun!
They're easy to do! They're en
tirely in lazy-daisy and single
stitch; the pretty floral border is
a grand finisher for neckline.
Pattern 5853
sleeves, or belt. Flower clusters,
gay in garden colors of wool or
silk .loss, may adorn a blouse, or
both bodice and skirt of any de
sired frock. In pattern 5853 you
will find a transfer pattern of a
motif 9 by 9Vi inches, one and
one reverse motif 614 by 6%
inches; two and two reverse mo
tifs 3% by 3% inches and two
strips of border 2 by 15 inches;
color suggestions; illustrations of
all stitches used.
Send 15 cents in stamps or coins
(coins preferred) for this pattern
to he Sewing Circle Household
Arts Dept., 259 W. Fourteenth St.,
I New York, N. Y.
Please write your name, address
and pattern number plainly.
I HouseMd $
1 ? Quesfiohf
Removing Wallpaper. ? To re
move wallpaper quickly, put a
heaped tables poonful of saltpetre
to a gallon of water and apply
freely with a whitewash brush
while the water is very hot. The
paper then can be stripped from
the walls quite easily.
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Summer Salad. ? Peel and cut
into small squares or slices S
medium-sized potatoes (boiled),
add 3 tablespoons grated onion,
2 tablespoonfuls chopped parsley,
2 tablespoonfuls chopped carrot,
2 tablespoonfuls chopped cucum
bei, 2 tablespoonfuls chopped
celery or beetroot. Pour over a
generous supply of French dress
ing and set aside for several hours.
Garnish with mustard and cress or
shredded lettuce.
Clear Blueing. ? To prevent
blueing from streaking clothes on
washday, dissolve a tablespoon of
soda in the "blue" water.
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Washing Linoleum. ? Dissolve a
lump of sugar in the water when
washing linoleum or oilcloth, and
a brilliant polish will result.
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A Refreshing Drink. ? Rhubarb
juice makes a good beverage of
pleasing tart flavor. Clarify the
juice with water and add sugar to
taste. It may also be combined
with fruit juices.
WNU Service.
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DOAN SPILLS!