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[Monday, September 16, 1940
THE SHAMROCK TEXAN, Shamrock, Texas
Page Seven
(New York Bids for Title
As World’s Style Capital
EW YORK —Dame’ Fashi ,n is
a war refugee, and New
York is wooing her to this sid’
of the Atlantic.
Thrown aside when Adolf Hit-
ler’s legions marched into Paris
early in the summer, the needles
"f the Rut de la Paix are rusty
and covered with dust. Paris,
the style center, is no more.
At present, New York is the
logical choice to become the
world’s fashion capital. For New
Kjfork has long been an auxiliary
designing center, taking second
place only to gav Paree, London
would like to have the mantle
dropped by Paris, but she is
handicapped by the war.
>, A few of the foremost French
designers have already located
in America, and more have in-
dicated they plan to move. But
the chief bid ior fashion su-
premacy is that made by native
designers.
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rTHIS all’s fashion -hows in
x New York rivalled in bril-
liance and variety those of pre-
war Paris. Styles, for the most
part, were not rad cally changed,
igtut an increased emphasis on
American motifs was noted—
Pilgrim and radian designs and
patriotic themes.
Results of the shows were en-
couraging. New York was filled
with buyers, just as °aris was
formerly filled. The same se-
: crecy, maintained to prevent
style pirating, was to be noted
in Seventh Avenue style salons.
Manufacturers are doing their
part. Instead of crediting a dress
•or a hat to ’my designer,” they
now ascribe it to “Miss So-and-
So," in an effort ‘o build up a
following for their creative em-
ployes.
It isn’t merely a matter of
<£>ride that makes U. S. manufac-
turers hope New Yor. succeeds
Paris as the fashion capital.
For fashion is big business; It
was estimated to be France’s
second largest industry before
the war. The field of design
•alone employs thousands, and
the effect on the textile industry
, is nothing short of tremendous.
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RADICAL change in the
hemlines of the nation’s
•skirts means all the difference
in the world to textile manu-
facturers. 'a skirts go up, prof-
its go down, and vice versa.
And hemlines do go up and
New York introduced this
gray wool dress with brown
beaver hat and muff in an effort
to woo Dame Fashion to 11. S.
down. That’s why American
industry hopes the never-still
pendulum can be controlled in
this country rather than from
the other side of the Atlantic.
Efforts to locate the fashion
capital in New York already
have the important co-operation
of labor. David Dubinsky, head
of the International Ladies’ Gar-
ment Workers’ Union, has as-
sured manufacturers his union
is willing to make concessions to
that end.
Only possible hitch is the un-
predictable whim of American
women. If they accept domestic
fashions, New York is assured
of becoming the Paris of tomor-
row.
)R Says Youth
lust Continue
leir Education
COLLEGE STATION—Dr. T. O.
jfalton, president of Texas A. & M.
gllege, has received a letter from
W. Studebaker, commissioner,
I. S. Office of Education, Washing-
pn, D. C„ calling to his attention
! public statement made by Presl-
ent F. D. Roosevelt regarding stu-
nts continuing their normal edu-
ction.
President Roosevelt's statement is
is follows: “Reports have reached
be that some young people who had
panned to enter college this fall,
B well as a number who attended
bllege last year, are intending to
pterrupt their education at this
fine because they feel that it is
[lore patriotic to work hi a ship-
lard, or to enlist in the Army or
mvy, than it is to attend college.
Such a decision would be unfor-
tunate.
“We must have well-educated and
intelligent citizens who have sound
Judgment in dealing with the dif
ferent problems of today. We must
also-have scientists, engineers, eco-
nomists, and other people with spe-
cialized knowledge, to plan and
build for national defense as well as
for social and economic progress.
Young people should be advised that
it is their patriotic duty to continue
the normal course of their educa-
tion, unless and until they are
called, so that they will be prepared
for greater usefulness to their coun-
try. They will be promptly notified
if they are needed for other patri-
otic services.”
Dr. Walton has expressed the hope
that all students who had planned
to attend Texas A. & M. College this
year but then changed their minds
will follow the advice of President
Roosevelt and continue their higher
education as he has recommended.
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The richest blessings are obtained
by labor.—Mary Baker Eddy.
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SERVING
The Needs of Seven and Seventy |
Texas Will Get Three
Road Projects As Part
Of National Defense
BOY SELLS SCRAP IRON TO AID BRITAIN
AUSTIN—At long last the bottle-
neck that threatened to stifle the
full use of the rapidly expanding
mechanized forces of the United
States Army is due for a stretching
and Texas is slated to play a vital
part in the process. Work already is
in progress leading to the immediate
contraction of three Texas highway
projects regarded as of urgent mil-
itary importance.
“It is of great significance,” writes
Charles E. Simons in “The Pre-
paredness Road” in the September
issue of Texas Parade, “that those
in charge of the national defense
program chose two of the most ef-
ficient road building agencies in the
country to supervise the construc-
tion of these projects, the Public
Roads Administration and the Tex-
as Highway Department. The selec-
tion was made by the War Depart-
ment.
“A total of $2,200,000 in emergency
national defense funds has been
earmarked for the projects. The
money will come from a special ap-
propriation voted by Congress to the
President to provide finances for
emergency work needed to round
ized army the United States has
set out to build.
“We could have guns to spare at
Fort Sam Houston, but they would
be utterly useless unless we could
get them speedily to Houston, Gal-
veston, Corpus Christi or hundreds
of other points to repel an Invader.”
SIMILE TREATMENT
OF SEED CAN STOP
SMUT LOSS IN OATS
OAT SMUTS HAVE BEEN HELD
RESPONSIBLE FOR BIG
LOSSES IN CROPS
STILLWATER—Oat smuts, which
are responsible for large losses an-
nually in crop yields in this area,
can be prevented entirely through
the relatively simple treatment of
seed.
'Oat smuts have been held re-
sponsible for greater losses in oats,
year in and year out, than any other
preventable plant disease in the
out the national defense picture. It 1 United States,” said K. Starr Ches-
is believed likely that additional | ter, plant pathologist of the Okla-
funds, either from this emergency homa Agricultural Experiment Sta-
TO ENROLLMENT
SET FOR THIS WEEK
IMPROVEMENTS BEING MADE
ON VARIOUS UNITS OF
COLLEGE PLANT
appropriation or from a supple-
mental appropriation, will be made
available for military road con-
struction in Texas and other states.
Texas First
“The military highway projects
set up for Texas are the first in
tlon.
“This is mainly because smuts are
inconspicuous at harvest time and
growers often believe that they are
suffering no damage from smut,
when they actually may be losing 5
to 25 per cent of their crop annu-
the United States and the Texas ally’ ’ he„saici_
Highway Department is the first
such state organization In the coun-
try to be ‘called to the colors’ in
constructing roads primarily for the
use of the armed forces. The pro-
jects Include a connection between
Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio,
headquarters for the Eighth Corps
Area, with Camps Bullis and Stan-
ley, large military training reserva-
tions In the northern part of Bexar
County. This project is about 34
miles long. A second project will
connect Fort BUss at El Paso with
the Fort BUss target range at Dona
Ana, New Mexico, 9.5 mile of which
are in Texas. The third project pro-
vides for approximately six miles of
service roads within the miUtary
reservation at Camp Palacios.
“Engineers have been detached
from routine work in other sections
of the state to speed the work on
military highways. All available re-
sourqes of the Texas Highway De-
partment have been placed at the
Two Kinds Of Smut
There are two kinds of smut in
oats, but both may be prevented by
the same simple operation. Com-
plete prevention of oat smuts can
be attained by treating the seed
oats with a disinfectant. Chester
says the best disinfectant for this
purpose is either formaldehyde or
one of the organic mercury dusts
such as “New Improved Ceresan.”
Both chemicals are effective and
satisfactory. The formaldehyde Is
cheaper and requires no special
equipment of applying. Formalde-
hyde-treated seed Is not poisonous
as Is the dusted seed, however there
have been records showing that at
times there is some Injury to ger-
mination of seed treated with for-
maldehyde. Farmers who are fa-
miUar with the Ceresan treatment
for wheat and oat seed may prefer
the dusting method.
The formaldehyde is appUed in any
one of three ways. For the dry treat-
ment, mix 1 pint of commercial for-
disposal of the national government, maldehyde with 1 pint of water. Ap-
Withln a few hours after he had re-1 ply this mixture uniformly with a
celved confirmation of the order to sprayer at the rate of 1 quart of the
proceed with the work, D. C. Greer, j mixture to 50 bushels of seed as it
state highway engineer, had issued 1 leaves the grain spout or as it is
instructions to all district engineers , shoveled from one pile to another
advising them of the projects and on a clean floor or canvas, or in a
requisitioning all transits, levels, cal-
culating machines and other equip-
ment not absolutely needed for work j
tight wagon box. Bin it or pile and
cover with canvas, blankets, or dis-
infected sacks for four to eight
in rushing the miUtary projects
through the preliminary and plan-
ning stages.
Financed From Defense Grant
in the respective divisions, for use hours. Then sow Immediately or run
through a fanning mill, or other-
wise expose to air before storing for
any length of time.
If treated grain is stored in an
j elevator it should be moved and aer-
“It was emphasized that the work j ated preferably by running through
will be financed from an emergency j a fuming mill, within four to eight
national defense grant and that no j hours after treatment,
additional regular federal funds j por the dip treatment, mix 1 pint
have been made available to Texas j 0f commercial formadehyde with 40
for the construction of highways on j gallons of water In a barrel or tank,
the federal aid highway system por best results the temperature of
which are regarded as of military j the water should be about 60 de-
value in the movement of troops, j grees Fahrenheit. Dip loosely filled
artillery and supplies to strategic | burlap sacks in this solution until
defense areas. The War Department j the grain is thoroughly wet.
Leon Shaljian, 13-year-old Brooklyn, N, Y„ junior high school stu-
dent, wanted to do his part to aid the people of Great Britain in their
hour of greatest need. So he collected scrap iron on the streets of his
city and sold it Here he is presenting the two dollars he made selling
it to Mrs. Wales Latham, national president of Bundles for Britain, Inc.,
745 Fifth Avenue, an American organization formed to send medical
supplies and equipment and clothing to the women and children and
fighting men of Britain,
Hay Fever Costs Texas $60,000,000 Annually:
And It Just Isn9t Worth It
FORT WORTH (UP)—The sneez-
in’ season’s here again, and Texas
hay fever sufferers are out to do
something about it. They’re organ-
izing a blitzkrieg against their worst
enemy, the ragweed.
A Tyler oil man, M. B. Rudman,
president of the Texas Hay Fever
Sufferers association, is leading a
campaign—a serious one—to cut
down the old ragweeds before the
sniffle-and-kerchoo season reaches
its climax.
Rudman organized a weed-cutting
group of hay fever patients here
last week. If they exterminate every
ragweed in town, said he, 90 per
cent of the hay fever blight will
disappear. A hay-fever man himself,
Rudman’s aggressive leadership has
made the Texas Hay Fever Suffer-
ers’ association an effective one,
with chapters in all principal cities.
Four other states have adopted
similar organizations.
Besides the misery it causes, Rud-
man estimates that hay fever costs
Texans $60,000,000 a year in doctor^
bills and time lost from work.
’We should first concentrate on
cutting all ragweeds,” said Rudman.
“I think ft ought to be a misde-
meanor to have ragweeds growing
wild on your property.”
Government funds ought to be
available for such a purpose, he add-
ed, because human hay feverltes
should be as much a matter of gov-
ernment concern as livestock, for
whose protection tax money Is spent.
And while he’s campaigning, Rud-
man hopes to eliminate a certain
word along with the ragweed. It's
“gesunheit!” which non-sufferers
laughingly use to mimic the agonies
of real hay fever sneezers.
“If they (kerchoo) wad to say
anythig, led themb say ‘God bless
Amedlca’,” spoke Rudman, reverting
to character.
TRI-STATE FAIR TO
HAVE LARGE MIDWAY
AMARILLO—The largest midway
In the history of the Exposition and
the same one which will be at the
State Fair of Texas in Dallas will
be featured by the Tri-State Fair,
September 16 to 21.
"Rubjn & Cherry Shows form one
of the largest carnivals on the road
and this season are coming west of
CANYON — Education knows no
calendar these days.
While West Texas State College
Fall enrollment is set for September
17 and 18, nearly one hundred young
men are receiving instruction on the
campus now, in addition to forty
others of the Buffalo football camp.
Twenty-four men are enrolled in the
aviation mechanics classes. Nearly
three times that number are In the
NYA vocational classes In auto me-
chanics, tin work, and electricity.
Students of aviation mechanics
have one of the best shops In Texas.
This is located under Buffalo sta-
dium, which Is walled in with tile
and stone. The other students are
now engaged in building a large
shop of native stone. Welding of
pipe for the framework Is the cur-
rent project.
Meanwhile, extensive Improve-
ments are being made on other units
of the College plant. These include
reflnlshlng of rooms at all dormi-
tories, the ten cooperative cottages,
and several cooperative homes. Sev-
eral new cooperatives will be open-
ed this month.
The College Is purchasing resi-
dences between the campus and the
highway with the purpose of mov-
ing them to enlarge the grounds and
i give an unobstructed view from the
main thoroughfare. The best ma-
terials salvaged will be used in con-
struction of more cooperative homes.
During the winter, construction of
a new unit and dining hall at Ran-
dall hall cooperative will be
launched.
Through cooperation with the
City of Canyon, the driveways on
the grounds will be refinlshed, a
new boulevard will connect the sta-
dium with the main highway, and
the street back of the stadium will
be paved. Returning and new stu-
dents will see evidences of the most
extensive remodeling program in
several years.
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As of Jan. 1, 1940, there were ap-
proximately 30,000 pilots in toe
United States, 20,000 oi them com-
ing within the non-scheduled non-
military category.
the Mississippi River for the first
time,” declared Ray Pinkney, Asso-
riai president.
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has designated 6,000 miles of Texas
main highway network as being of
strategic military value. It is hoped
that additional funds will be made
available for the improvement of
this mileage, independent of the
emergency defense grants for con-
struction of the military reservation
roads. These roads are regarded as
the most important for the move-
ment of civilian traffic in all parts
of Texas. They would become pri-
mary military roads in the event
the United States found it neces-
sary to defend its southern border,
bearing out th* statement of Army
engineers and highway planners
that the roads that best serve the
Sow As Soon As Possible
Drain and dry two hours, or over-
night. Then sow immediately. If the
sowing must be delayed, spread out
the treated seed and dry and sow as
soon as possible. Treated seed should
not be allowed to freeze while it Is
damp or wet. If the grain is moist.
Increase the seeding rate about one-
fourth.
For the sprinkle treatment, mix I
pint of commercial formaldehyde
with 20 to 30 gallons of water at a
temperature of 60 to 70 degrees Fah-
renheit, and, with a sprinkling can,
sprinkle it uniformly on 50 bushels
of seed grain as it is being shoveled
from one pile to another on a clean
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Nation in time of peace, serve best, I floor or canvas, or in a toght wagon
also, in time of war.
Should Be Thankful
“Americans looking at the de-
fense needs of the United States
should be thankful to the army of
civilian motorists whose taxes have
provided us with the present sys-
tem of highways. But. they should
not stop there. They should look
further to the vast amount of civil-
ian motorists’ taxes that are being
diverted to other uses. They should
insist that all taxes collected from
motor transportation be re-invested
in the road system. They should
look further and demand that steps
be taken Immediately to make avail-
able such additional sums of money
as might be absolutely necessary to
bring our trategic road systems to a
standard of efficiency that will at
least be equal to the demands that
will be made by the hugh mechan-
box. Shovel until all the seed Is uni-
formly moist. Pile and cover with
canvas, blankets, or disinfected sacks
for at least four hours, or overnight.
Then sow immediately. If the sow-
ing must be delayed, spread out the
treated seed to dry. It should be
sowed as soon as possible.
In the treatment with organic
mercury dust (New Improved Cere-
san) , It is applied at the rate of one-
half ounce per bushel and should be
well mixed with the seed by means
of a rotary type or gravity mixing
machine. The treated grain may be
stored for a period up to four weeks
without injury to its germinating
properties.
Directions for constructing an in-
expensive seed treater for dusting
cereal seed are available on request
at the botany and plant pathology
department at Oklahoma A. and M.
College.
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Montgomery, Arval. The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 37, Ed. 1 Monday, September 16, 1940, newspaper, September 16, 1940; Shamrock, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth528989/m1/7/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Shamrock Public Library.