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Tim TAFT TRIBUNE, THURSDAY. AUGUST S, 1342
P/JTTFmS
SEWING
FIRST-AID
■to the
AILING HOUSE
by Roger B. Whitman
Ro*fr B Whltmnn—WNU Feature*
on «>*» nM hi* «b|» *«» »•»]•{• xrsrn
broken hou«rhold equipment. This in
r. Government priorities tome #r 5,
take enrt of what j-ooi have . . . n*»
y°u poseiblv ran. This column
the homeowner * friend (ells you how.
CtitC/^ED rnIL£lt3
StlfiMi tj We«iern Stvmptt Union.
*T'HE average individual who fol-
lowi baseball rather closely
know* *»t Tyrua Raymond Cw'jb
was the greatest hitter of all time,
with a life-time average of ,3«7. But'
how many can name the runner-up,
the second best?
' As frequent a gi
Babe Ruth. But tl
:rate second. Nei-
: ther did Honus Wag-
ner, nor Tris Speak-
er or George Sister.
That place ®j h®»*
■Of belongs to Beg-
;er* Hornsby, who
turned in a batting
average of .35* )n
2J years of service.
| Cobb won Ameri-
can league batting
I honors every single
year from
Washington, D. C.
GERMAN-ITALIAN ANTAGONISM
With the Invasion of Sicily, the
question of whether Germany and
Italy can pull together as a team
now becomes something much more
than a suoject of amusing wise-
cracks. The- basic hostility always
existing between them—both the
armies and the people—may now
prove to be the fatal fault in the
Axis.
United States diplomats and news-
men wiio lived interned in Italy un-
til May, 11)42, recall many an ex-
pression of Italian resentment
against the Germans.
On the night before the Interned
Americans left Rome to return to
the U. S , a group of newspapermen,
including Richard G. Massock of
the Associated Press, visited a res-
taurant called Biblioteca. which had
been a favorite haunt for most of
them before the days of internment.
The place was packed, largely with
Germans, but when the head waiter
recognized them, he hustled some
diners off. to make room for his old
American friends.
An Italian at the next table mum-
bled something about Germans in-
truding. whereupon AP’s Massock.
spoke up: "We are not German!"
"Excuse me.” said the Italian, in-
dicating clearly that to call a rnan
a German is a fighting word.
This prompted another Italian to
come to Massock, the first .Ameri-
can he had seen for months. With
an affectionate embrace, he said:
"Please give my kind regards to
President Roosevelt!"
'pia! Figures Show Agricultural Unit
; values Have increased 20 to 24
Per Cent in Year.
TT IS not uncommon for a home
* owr.c- v h" startled by the crack-
ing of a boiler during the idle sea-
son. With th-> boiler out. of com-
mission, there seerna no reason or
excuse for such a calamity. Yet
there is a very good reason for it.
although the origin may date back
to the time when the boiler was in-
stalled. A boiler (« made up of sec-
tions. which during installation are
held together by what, are called
tie-rods; that is, rods passing
through to draw the sections tightly
together by the setting up of nuts
at the ends. The tightening of these
tie-rods is necessary during instal
lation, tut when once the sections
are brought together, the tie-rod is
no longer needed. The nuts at the
ends can then be loosened, or, as
a matter of fact, the rods can be
withdrawn entirely. If the nuts
are left tight, rust will form un-
der them, and in time may pro-
duce so much pressure that the
sections will give way under it. Un-
fortunately, there is no way in which
the heme owner can check up or.
this condition. He can only hope
that the boiler was installed by
someone who understood the situa-
tion and guarded against it by the
loosening of the tie-bolt. nuts.
By BAUKHAGE
New* Anatxil and f.-iimnuniat or.
TILIFACT
WAR RAISES VALUE OF FARM REAL ESTATE
IVAtUE ft# ACRE IN U S A.)
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Tf Cobb
.420 for Detroit. As a matter of
statistical information, Cobb played
I In 2,033 games, was at bat 11,42#
i times and accounted for 4,191 hits
and 2.244 runs.
| Lifetime Rankings
i Hornsby led the National league
in batting during 1920. '21. ‘22, ’23,
: ........ ..... '24, '25 and '28. He
> set the modem Na-
tlonni league record
tor the highest bar-
ting percentage,
‘ " 1924. He
2,258
1790
Each symbol represents 5*/« ol 1912 14 volue
lores, the rest of the country does,
too We have struggled through mi-
nor Industrial panics, as we used to
call them, but when the farm goes,
it means that things are in such a
way that there .* no stopping until
every.:>■ :iy touches bottom.
Campaign Worked in '41
The article wh
Little Belle
A NY little girl would be happy
** as a lark in a dress like this.
Note the sweetheart neck and
perky sleeves.
fjr many months now, g<
tmt offices and conference r
is matter h- w they might erh<
reports ft ' • th-1 ?
,4c battle fro:'. h <•' ■ <“■ or
link, tier tr, It t
jfc jbe Corner and •„< ' Is chills
i«nry spine—it is !)•" ‘•'.-m-t t
!«m inflation. u> i to wi.-r
fci die scene f : » t '1 - .
■ mr.e-t i wen tie .
! Tto Ofi'.ce • 1 !A *r It.f »:• '
•Just issued a - u r..: >: ::• -I’. t.-.,
tr rr.ay ipejr ,r. }. - it. .t !
Jti form if wt itm- t •■■■'■
tot pa/ rave!' : ..• •'! ■■ .
Shellac for Moors
Question: Shellac Is recommend-
ed for hardwood floors, with scatter
rugs. But from my experience with
shellac, I conclude that good spar
varnish would be better. What do
you think?
Answer: When correctly applied,
shellac is an excellent finish, and
will withstand heavy wear. How-
ever, it should be applied only to
bare wood. If there is any old fin-
pjgSSragEJ’" .424 ii
■sfiiP played in
|i ' -. games, was at bat
ftwt'W B-173 times, made
WtSVM*1?'] 2-930 hits and 1,579
k iawr 3 runs,
j bLuh,, * A much - debated
L -Ulifei ■ subject is the life-
time ranking of the
Rogers game's leading hlt-
Hornsby tcr, It-, ^ kmci o£
an argument that breaks out in
army camps, in drug stores and on
the golf course. Here are a few of
the marks, established by players
with from 15 to 25 seasons' active
service:
r< c,kk.....set I.ft« Gehrig . .31ft
licrcm Hornsby .3TS Oirri* 8i»l«r .340
Willie Krtlrr . . .S4S A«tr»lft Sum .*»
trls Sjimkfr . . .344 N»y La)olr . .330
Halt* Kolh . . .341 EMI* Collin, .»JS
Mona, RililT . . , .3?*
Keeler was the greatest scientific
hitter of all time. In explaining his
success ns a place hitter. Wee Willie
(height, 5 feet, 4Mi inches; weight,
140) made the famous remark. "I hit
'em where mey ain't.' He didn't
have the power of a Ruth or a
Hornsby, but ids place hitting more
than mode up for that lack.
Ruth, the game's greatest home
run hitter and certainly the greatest
drawing card of all time, compiled
a record of 714 home run* during
his career, hitting 40 or more in II
different years w‘th the New York
Yankees and establishing a record
Barbara Bel! Pattern No 1794-B de-
jijned for sizes fi. 8. 1ft, 12 and 14 years.
Size 8 requires 2-i yards 35-Inch material.
TANKS AND POTATOES
The army doesn't like to say too
much about it, but the United States
now has an embarrassment of
riches with respect to tanks. A year
ago, and for at least a year before
that, there was great clamor about
speeding production of this weapon
with which Hitler overran the con-
i<-h I wrote in 1341
ic; t'.c; a ri oeting here in Wash-
mgfon "f mortgage bankers. insur-
' ft I t-uple, farm organization rc-p-
n‘ <-.'ii r.ves and others who were?
• ••red l-y the harm Credit admin* |
1st; ii to rr.ke normal appraisals '
of i.u.l. Apparently they did a pret-
ty g d job. Mean-while an edm-a-
t will campaign was started urgi'-g ’
Min er, instead of rushing out
,-• - ■. :j e g land with leu first money
he ..-•': as <r.»;vir.* increased, to pay
• it his debts. It was gratifying tu
- i!.e n In the next year
11 j42z tne ret red.-.ctiwii of mort-
i-.'.g'.-a v. j .,‘ 0 n ill-.urv dollars as
,.i: ar average <.f 120 million:
re : u-t n over tne 0:roe prtced-
i!-g ye: rs Of course, there is noth- .
lug Old Man Inflation hates worse j
than seeing debts paid up.
Another tiling which has helped ;
the- present situation is trie fact that
the fuimer* who ate buying land
now usually put up a large uutiul
easri payment. In other words, they
o-. .1 ns future debts end that is
an '.her thing of course, which is
, jiiy u: ;.!• .i j.vrd. to l'!d Man in-
fiation
•'sere fs n ' - g * 3lr,p the farm-
er f- • snei.-jiating in lard if he
Bright Bsafit*
V’OUNG set favorite—the b**?W»
* topped dirndl that will be s®***
everywhere this summer, dtf,
cool, becoming.
ish left on your floors, it should all
Barbara Btd! Pattern Me. IMS# #*-
tinent.
»f door and window tcreens are
be taken off with a heavy floor ma-
chine. The shellac used should not
be more than six months old. arid
of top quality; the dealer can as
sure you on both these points. Shel
lac should not be used as it comes,
but be thinned with two to three
parts of gnud denatured alcohol to
every two parts of shellac. Under
these conditions you can get excel-
lent service.
Signed tor tlie* 1C, J2, 14, 35 ><*•
Corresponding bust measur«r>*nts S, ».
3? 34. 3fl and 38. Sir* 12 <30> reqwim m
yards 35-incti material; « yards rte-r**,.
Due to an unusually large demand wt*8
current war conditions, abgtitly ftftttew
time is required In fining order* StK «
Sew e( the most popular pattern auaikom,
Stfrri your order to:
However, both the invasion of.
Sicily and raids over Germany now
make it apparent that the weapon
with which wo shall take back the
continent is not the tank but the
plane.
Tanks were needed for the cam-
paign in North Africa, and a year
ago they were the most important
weapon in the arsenal in prepara-
tion for the landing of November 8,
But fewer tanks were expended
in North Africa than had been
expected, and we stilt have most of
those which were sent to that thea-
ter. Further, there will be less
demand for tanks in Europe than in
Africa, because of shorter distances
and less mobility.
A tank factory closed down in
Ohio last week, a fact which nor-
mally would have caused great
alarm. But it passed almost un-
noticed because of the fact that we
have miles of tanks standing in
painted with aluminum paint it
gives a clear vision out, yet makes
it difficult to see in from the out-
side during the daytime.
tfc > worse i .t'i.co
tod bo:,m So for. tr.' re
(K! spectacular r. •• in l
bites but a o nwr
then discovered :t: ■ ' >•
fits bureau - f tip 1 ..'
ki is decidedly . :r :•."!
*>Cf figures
Vo 70 Per Cent
| As of March 1 f *!ds
ptsses in farm h-i.d v
'Kate of the previous >ea
to 2S i»r cent,
k Septeml-er, 134!, I
-tost column t
; “Mor>> to b- rn1
“And the burmr g quo-.'
4t stop fl:e c-.r.:! ...- .it;
;Mm« The ci. -' •: -g«-r
jg*tt.» fire (it . • r.-i
•fcfh *s stari-J ! v-i
Jtsrl. . Ti.,!.::, i
ll* tmer.t »;r irt'd.
ipiccs (.re 1 |;(>r c* : t
; Brmrmber. that wm
pptember. 1941. Well, i
tsssii to present sj-ecul
ftfid dtey rm-t -x.n vucci
00. ti have r-r\ by cort\pur*
’fat Sfi'arei, !a.‘. i pr <"es in s- •• <»
•ta’es have no'A' ir • ■- sc»d c ns id*
•w*b!y. That ss natjra! for n nrh
fei dapper,t-ti sim e 1341. In 191-'.
« !he Office t,f -v..r Ir.formati'm
Give geraniums: fresh air every
day; do not allow them to become
too dry; fertilize them with a com-
mercial fertilizer and give them
plenty of sun.
SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN ViR
536 Routt Well* St CMeatot
Enclose Jo cenbi In ©ulna tor a**St,
orll-rn desired.
Piittern No...............Him........
Scorched Rug
Question; In taking a kerosene
stain from an old Persian rug it
was covered with brown paper and
ironed. But the Iron was too hot
and the rug was scorched. What
will remove the mark?
Answer: The scorch mark is ac-
tual damage to the tips of the fibers
of the rug. One way to take out
the mark is to rub gently with me-
dium to coarse emery doth.
Should the wooden handle of a
crosscut saw break, temporary
bolt on a worn-out horseshoe.
This will serve quite well until a
new handle can be had.
SUM.
Address.
When the soldier talks about “tfew
skipper" be means his cajitah®,
the head of hi* company. toSs
that’s just what the title "eaptofan
means. It comes from the La tilt
word “caput” meaning "ktml.nr
Another leader high in the Ams®"
Using a brush will loosen more
dirt from a stubborn spot than
scrubbing on the board.
• * *
Eggs for home use should be
stored in the refrigerator as soon
as they are gathered or purchased.
man’s favor is Camel cigarette®--
they're first choice with BMh
the Army. (Based on actual asstito® ,
now
line waiting tp be used in whatever * * *
theater may require them. Clean rain water makes the best
Note: Claude Wlckard says that cooling fluid for the auto or tractor
tanks are like potatoes. A few j radiator in summer, since it does
months ago everybody clamored for | not form scale in the radiator
them. Now they are a glut on the j tubes as hard water does. The
market. • pooling system should be flushed
* * * occasionally.
NAZI AIR STRENGTH
Air force experts are commenting
on the fact that German air activity
is stiffer in every theater of the
European war. More German
planes have been rushed to Italy,
are also active on the Russian front,
and are more active over the Euro-
pean continent in combating Allied
bomb raids than at any previous
time in the war.
Experts believe the Germans have
put up al! their air strength. This
is highly significant, for it means
they have taken everything they
have, leaving no reserves.
Thus every loss inflicted on the
Luftwaffe in any of these theaters
represents a decline from the mini-
mum required for a defense of the
continent. And when you cut a force
below its necessary minimum, you
are bringing about its downfall
records from service men's me
stores.) When you’re sending gffi®
from home, keep iu irsind feat *
carton of cigarettes is aiw*ys aw*
welcome. And! though theft* am
Post Office restrictions on
ages to overseas Army men, yktat
can still send Camels to saidtorn
in the U. S., and to mm is Sm
Navy, Marines, and Coast Gapst
wlsf.rtv.. ? they are.—Adv. j
were
‘Ptychology for
The Fighting Man’
I have just been reading a little
b Met called "Psychology for the
F.,lilting Mon." It is one of those
bo.'i-.-i published primarily for the
soldiers, and every soldier able to
read, ought ta have it. It has 20
chapters, each written by a well-
known psychologist or expert in his
line. Any chapter can be read sep-
arately and they are all highly in-
teresting. Familiarity with them
•w ill make any man a better soldier
and a better loader. The chapter
on mobs is only one. It tells how
and why mobs form, what starts a
panic and how to stop one.
But here are a few of the other
#*srs, she armu.il i.v• rage f farm
Brkti reached pa: with other
ptos" Since : •• e'.urcaK of the
Mf, the average of farm prices
jps risen more :h a 90 per cent.
farm income t v about 90 per
P*t while the av erage prices paid
™ farmers, im-iud.itg interest and
toes, has increased about 25 per
IBM.
Farm income was around 19 bil-
tea dollars in 1941—it will be about
*• billion for 1913.
Thet means, of course, that the
“rater has money to spend and it
, taturai that land values would
to *««* degree. Ax I said, they
*0to Op as high as 24 per
**Bt in some state* and less than 6
J® cem in only x states. Those
JJJj**** says the bureau of agricul-
r*1 economies “bear watching**!
^ i* also reported vi.it bankers in
?*me Pa^s of the Middle West be-
that in some cases, the land
*lWs have r ;en bey rid their real
jjb™ based on the b ng-tinie e.-.rrs-
P* capacity of the land. That, if
SJ* tru*. of course means that
J'l no,v *om* farmers are buy-
*lland that won't pay far itself.
I* reasonable to suppose that
i,_J_ nut !:•' :■ vera of that un-
ftToup of i:a,tkjU farm owhers
' ne* Bid Man Iridution before
0 !'r‘a h;! their jirofierty under
- Cij-jl-r.: ;n jj.,. -j,..- ..)e t >... t en-1
r> J.i.v, If ti,ci,- au: they d* -erve
tot»'4(vr Bul ’‘he ur.f-.rtu-
thing iu Allcn .pe farmer
no ASPiKiN wsmm,
than genuine, ptn* St Jtepil AapSfe
ning house paint. It seems to work,
but evaporates quickly. Could I
use leaded gasoline for the purpose?
Answer: Gasoline is not recom-
mended, for it evaporates complete-
ly. Turpentine, on the other hand
goes into combination with the paint,
and the results are longer lasting
* * *
Outdoor Grill
Question: We want to build an out-
door fireplace for cooking. Where
can we get plans:
.Answer: There have been a num-
ber of articles on grill design in
the magazines Popular Science and
Popular Mechanics. You can look
them up at a public library.
* * •
Coating Wallpaper
Question: Is there some kind of
clear shellac I could use to protect
my kitchen wallpaper, especially
above the stove?
Answer: You can use good qua!-
i*v white shellac; or a water clear
varnish to be had from a dealer in
wallpaper.
A * *
Fainting Fiber Rug
If the rug is used indoors you can
UJe jj-c to be had at a drug store.
For outdoor use. get house paint
thinned with one-quarter as much
turpentine Rub it into the fiber
•jvv-tosd of merely coating the sur-
face.
time high. Babe Ruth
Lou Gehrig long
will be remembered, and for a va-
riety of reasons. He w8‘
i more than a power hitter. He had
an unsurpassed devotion Jo ^ the
[game and
Varieties of Fittfe
If a family eats fish once * w*®&
every week, it will tote States
years and four weeks to waps#*
each of the varieties of Hash «®$
shellfish produced coawmtAaSj? *»
the Unied States.
■ more than a power hitter.
without peer ss a
Hi* outstanding
most
consecutive
played, major league rec-
r _ v.— * i 9 a©* M«J
at bat j
starting June 1, 1925. He
fed in 2. tto games, was t* V*
19,001 times, made 2,72t hits for 1,
i’1 Napoleon Lajoie batted with the
(beet of them through 21 year* <*
i action in the National »>',d Arner.can
j league* He hit °r» S w. sea
lover .300 in a majority of his sea
j lon,, and hit the exceptionally high
, mark of .405 in 1901.
i ‘Home Run ^er
I « ..ioie led the American league S®
baffing oo thr« separate occasion*
^ smacked U h«me ru-. * big
total at mat time, l« 991’ *» ,ea®
te that category- H
L, ioo that in 13*3, J. mi*-
irS£r%L- baseman Tot the
phitadr'pbla Athletics, earned
; F ™ TTome Run" »*ker »r,d mad*
;nsme “ hh-
:*,!■» same a be >.
■ it.4* 12 h«me runs,
i , . j wiodt-rr.% haw h"d » chance
i this select society.
were xldWilhams and J-IH-
«•«*»“• mT0inye»h* ™cord i* .m
tee all-time hst u.ui
*!^f; 0!t With Sio. pins over 450
Me! . ' ; t, the standout among
ff** tltt And that iin’t
those left- m «,«
m Bill ttWw? ra'
WHOLE
GRAIN
MERRY-GO-ROUND
4!. A professional cameraman's ap-
praisal of capital figures, as seen
under the flash bulb: Cordell Hull,
patient; Donald Nelson, harried and
hurried; handsome Ed Stettinius,
vain as a Hollywood actor; Henry
Wallace, philosophically reflecting
on "how the news camera distorts
life."
fi. Enemy broadcasts, intercepted bv
FCC, declare Washington is push-
ing an Argentine break with the Axis
with "increasing eagerness" to sat-
isfy V. S. "appetite for encamping"
on tne Falkland Islands—"unjustly"
snatched by Britain from Argentina.
Thus Berlin tries to drive wedges
both between Argentina and V S..
and between U. S. end Britain.
Kelloyg'a Com Flake?
a so reutorod to wholo
grain nutritive value of
mmm
mm m
THIAMIN*"^*
man m
iKOKl
Thiamin (Vitamin Bi),
Niacin and Iron, as tec-
omic ended by U- B.
Official. N-,*ribon Food
Rule*.
PACIFIC WAR WILL TIGHTEN
Operations in the Pacific have
met with glorious initial successes,
and American forces will push on
from one island to another, in a
rampaign which will have no per-
manent pause.
But don't lock for a continuation
of one-sided warfare much longer.
We made our first landings in
places where the Japanese were
weak and where resistance was not
substantial But as we advance far-
ther, resistance will become differ,
and tile progress dower.
Brown Stained Mat's
Question: What will remove the
arows «t*i» trom my n p'e kitchen
I wi*t> to bar* -l ' -’o.
Answer: Homo** the vzrrnsh with
•< -Uftptfre rwaver, being ru:e ta
Tic off #11 '•!■•»*« nNf-nv.vd v.i'.h
".•rpe-,t:t>e «*•*•»> ou* ,;tc brown
!-h » "Wei t. -.'mg of a lot
■ '.* aolitilen of ox«’.'< a«»d.
o*er-4«h*. -her. rinse
, :-h ,'ii.r water Wi en dry. smooth
... j.,v..n« with very An* sandpaper
off iu*t wttt Lenr'r.e -careful
,< :-.rc!.' an# Caitt e* desired.
hv Bankhags
I® “Edition to the two pairs of
r*8 issued every American *ol-
„ fI,r; entering the service, three
4 S-ftirs must lie ov.;,libit.- :n :e-
and two more pairs in puoc-
** manufacture.
* • «
I*-* billion rounds of small
* is being turned
(north. Ttiat is s«ven time*
as the lfiSH .,<-:ik
The Japanese Dbiwe* <*»ei4 j
cI td that t n)IJe*ftongratuiaiions"
Vichy chief state, 1
sion of Bastille day.*’
Under wartime operation, r»fl<(
freight car* .*<««
. .. farther on «S«
Cm BMm
miSk os
cmm.
t9ton Pi9esb
GW. TftttfAasy
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