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Show SOUTH CACHE COURIER Man Saw Death IN Old Leisure Time Diversions Still Prevail at Farm Parties Parade From His Window in Cell WNTJ Features. ijrADDY, youre Car-- U so funny, Ols shrill laughter filled the Theres the salt shake- rShe pointed a chubby there. right of Jims plate, but his front in finger was hand had groped past it and of the table wandering in the middle toward the milk pitcher. There was a crash and milk flooded the cloth. Janet came running in. Daddy spilled the milk! Daddy Carol chanted. spilled the milk! Carol! her mother gently commanded, "sit down and finish your British Spy Telis of Czechs And Poles Beheaded; Girls Hanged. room. cereal. I cant, theres milk on my chair. Janet wiped the chair dry. Now, kinhurry up or youll be late for dergarten. I want some more milk first, Carol insisted. Janet took the it. When she pitcher out and filled came back Jim was gone. She found him standing by the open window seemingly staring into the street. Jim, Carol didnt mean anything. You know how youngsters are. Yeah, truthful. Jim turned on her. Is that why you sent Carol over to mothers last week? Were you afraid of what shed say to her blind father? Our second honey- he mocked, thats what it Keep the kid away for a while, shell tell him the moon, you called come Mummy, mummy, here, Carols voice came from basement the truth. what Huh, Ive been wondering kind of a spectacle Ive been making." Thats not true. Youre talking crazy. he said, throwing the back. "All right. I'll talk straight. Jan, Im not going to be pampered. If Im a blundering idiot, a spectacle to my own child, then dont try to hide it. 1 They ate lunch together in silence. When Jim finished he abruptly left the table. He I Darling. and stopped Crazy, word turned. What? J Ive got to do the shopping after I do the dishes. Carols coming home around two. Will you keep an eye on her? I Sure, both of them, he muttered and turned away. I Janet stared at her shopping list and felt the wall between them growing higher and thicker. When Carol came in Jim was at the radio. She stopped in the sit-jti- oorway eyeing him gravely. Hello, she ventured. Hello, he said switching off the adio. He leaned forward holding Jut his hands to her, Come here, Small Fry. Carol came forward slowly. Mama says you lost your eyes, mt you didnt, did you? "Wouldnt you like me if I didnt lave any eyes? Jim started to hug her, but she pulled free and ran out. For a moment the blind man tod uncertainly in the middle of sud-ien- ?ne room f! ly bewildered and confused, slowly the expression of be- lutionrment melted int0 one of res- - f When Janet om was returned the living empty. I un'" se called, but there was answer. The house was Strange, s Quiet. I ;arol! Carol! she cried. Mummy, mummy, come here, daUhters exited voice the basement door. Lr1: darling, darling, Janet bu Carol was too busy dreSS t0 be ?rie?overher r an-Iro- m I Mummy, I tT come an see! ientnginWiped th tears and base f her eyes and CdeS Lmiddlefthe floorsur- and Tscrew;drivers renche. cycle knees 4 5 llm Wlth Carols 1 & Uses Gun to Club Raccoon; Father and Son Are Killed A father and son GARY, IND. were dead because they used a gun to club a raccoon they caught in a trap near Bums ditch, 10 miles east of Gary. The victims were Paul Woodruff, 46, and his son, Paul Jr. Going to inspect the first of a number of game traps they had set, Paul Jr. walked a little ahead of his father. He found a large raccoon in the trap and swung at it with double-barrthe butt of his shotgun. The blow discharged one barrel, the blast striking Paul Jr. in the left thigh and groin. His father ran to the scene, saw his son lying on the ground and the animal twisting in the trap. He seized the shotgun and struck the animal again. The blow killed the raccoon but discharged the second barrel of the gun. Paul Sr. was struck in the abdomen. The father crawled to the highway and signaled a motorist, who summoned help. Family of 9 Dies In Suicide Pact; Bodies Roped Together Police BETHUNE, FRANCE. dragged the bodies of a French miner, his wife and seven children all roped together from La Bas-se- e canal. The entire family died together in an apparent suicide pact. The victims were Kleber Dumor-tie- r, his 40, wife, Blanche, four sons and three daughters, ranging from 2 to 15 years of age. A few days before Dumortier set fire to his home and threatened that his entire family would commit suicide. Police began dragging the canal after a childs trousers were found floating. Police believed Dumortier jumped into the canal, pulling the roped members of his family after him. bi- ked between his '!as grinning from ear w6el ear BERLIN. From the window of his cell in the death house of Ploetzensee prison in Berlin, a young Englishman, condemned as a spy, watched for four years a grisly parade to the guiHotine and gibbet, wondering each day when his turn would come. He saw officers of the Polish general staff and Czech ministers lose their heads along with black market racketeers, and he saw the hanging of 12 French girls who sang the" "Marseillaise defiantly as dong as they could. After that, the Germans inoculated condemned prison-ers'i- n the throat to paralyze their vocal cords and prevent them from singing or shouting. Finally, he was one of those who witnessed the kiUing by court order of 180 inmates of the prison for whom 'there was no room after the RAF bombed Ploetzensee. Friends Thought Him Dead. For four years this Englishman who served in the French secret service was thought to be dead by his friends. He himself did not know that all this time the British government knew very well that he was alive. He did not learn until his liberation in 1945 that the British foreign office had put up a Nazi agent as a hostage against his execution. This is the story, but recently disclosed, of Hugh William Arthur Qloff de Wet, 33 years old, who is writing a book of his experiences that will be published this year. De Wet, as a French agent, was jumping from one European cap' ital to another, when Hitler began his blitzkriegs. He was captured by the gestapo in Vienna in July, 1939. After 18 months in solitary confine' ment, with his hands and feet manacled, he was tried by a peoples court in Berlin. Moved Ahead of Reds. Condemned to the guillotine u January, 1941, he was sent to Ploetzensee. He was moved to Brandenburg prison among 500 condemned men when the Russians approached and he was among 19 selected as negotiable prisoners to be taken to Hitlers redoubt in Bavaria. At Halle he again was put in chains while waiting to be handed over to the SS. On the night of April 11, 1945, the Americans were ap proaching the city. He was moved out, but at Torgau he escaped and made his way back to Halle. Halle police asked him into the American lines with the citys surrender terms. That was how De Wet found freedom from prisons. to-g- - lone Fireman Gets Plenty of Escort at Blaze in Awning INDIANAPOLIS. Jatch Jid , Sit down mechanics. fhcSakestng Carol lort ignantly and wisely. UP and Small Fry 8 Partner-reache- and I fix em. Pulled her pig head away garded her moth- - has t0 got eyesmy bicycle. 4eMheTfly;,dfddy d - - Nine shining trucks and emergency police cars roared up to the traction terminal building in downtown Indianapolis. The milling crowd gathered for the big fire saw a lone fireman climb from the longest truck and put out a blaze in an awning with a hand extinguisher. The crowd, disappointed at not seeing a big blaze, hurriedly retreated. amiUar0"?", he said wlth the dd red THESE UNITED STATES ANOTHER FIRST Washingtons Early Ventures Proved Key to Farm Progress WNU Features. Remembered as First in War, First in Peace, First in the Hearts of His Countrymen, George Washington could lay claim to still another honor. He also was First in Farming. As America hails the 215th anniversary of his birth, agriculture acknowledges its debt to him. For Washington made contributions to farmings progress that benefit millions of people today. The Father of His Country was a keen student of farmi- He pioneered in soil conserva-S- tion. He championed crop rotation al- ng. ster, newspaper. writer, editor and compiler of a dictionary. In his experiments Washington tried every kind of legume known to Virginia farmers, and imported many other kinds of seed from England. Thus he introduced timothy to his countrymen. He found that clover and peas had a soil enriching power. In an English journal he read about a new legume alfalfa or Lucerne which had been brought from Switzerland. He found that alfalfa, too, could enrich the soil. Imports New Strains. Washington found some time to keep an eye on his farming operations at Mount Vernon even during his terms as President from 1789 to 1797. He had extensive experiments conducted in grain and livestock breeding. He imported new strains of wheat from South Africa and Siberia. He sent to England for sheep and, by crossing with Virginia breeds, increased the wool clip by two pounds per sheep. He bred fine draft horses and had the best trotting, riding and field animals in Vir- most before anyone else in the colonies tried it. He was one of the first to carry on experiments with clover as a crop. He introduced timothy hay to this country and was one of the first Americans to grow alfalfa. Ahead of Times. Three-quarteof a century before the science of soil chemistry was discovered, Washington worked to restore exhausted fields with fertilizer materials then available. He led the way in the use of farm ma chinery. He experimented success' fully in livestock breeding and improvement of blood strains. According to his own account, he was the first American to attempt ihe raising of mules. As a result of his success with farming, Washington became the richest man in the United States. When he died in 1799, his property included more than 48,000 acres of farm land. That included Mount Vernon as weU as acreage in Ohio and elsewhere. Washingtons landed estate was valued at $530,000. Othginia. er property included additional Crop rotation occupied a good deal of his attention. One rotation he buildings, equipment, livestock noted favors the land very much; and various investments worth inasmuch as there are but three $220,000. Washington was 27 when he be- corn crops (i.e. grain crops) taken in gan his serious farming career in seven years from any field, and the first of the wheat crop which is to 1759. He had inherited Mount Vernon, married Martha Custis and re- succeed it; and which by being laid ceived a handsome dowry in lands to clover and grass and continued and chattels. For the next 16 years therein three years will afford much he was to devote himself to the mowing and grassing, besides being a restoration to the soil. land. No Aid Available. Washington was one of the first That was no easy task, however. Americans to use farm machinery. The land he inherited was worn out He was especially alert for better by a century of single-cro- p farming. methods of threshing grain than the There had been no attempt at rota- age-ol- d practice of treading and flailtion or fertilization. Unlike the ing. In 1797, two years before his farmer of today, Washington could death, he built a thresher on plans not turn to his county agent or to evolved by William Booker, who the research men at the state agri- came to Mount Vernon and directed cultural experiment station for facts construction. to help him meet farm needs. Thresher Fails. The machine failed to live up to As an alternate to tobacco growing, Washington began giving in- Washingtons hopes. At first it creasing attention to wheat. His pro- threshed about 50 bushels a day, gressive attitude toward crop man- then fell to fewer than 25 and finally agement showed itself In experi- broke down completely. ments such as steeping his seed in The disappointing experience brine and alum to prevent smut. with the threshing machine did not deter Washington from tryWashingtons wheat growing ventures proved profitable. He furing bther Implements. nished his farms with every kind Washingtons farm career was of improved tool that might do halted for eight years during the better work. Among these were Peace in Revolutionary war. a wheat drill, a corn drill, a i783 at last brought his release. machine for gathering clover When he returned to Mount yer-no- n seed and one for raking up he was one of the worlds wheat. most famous men. Happy to be home again, he threw himself As a farmer, Washington was once more into his old occupagenerations ahead of his time, detion. clares Zenas H. Beers, executive secDuring his career as commander-in-chiretary of Middle West Soil Improveof the Continental army he ment committee. His progress tohad observed at firsthand how agri- ward scientific farming set an exculture was practiced in New York, ample that any modem farmer New Jersey and other northern col- might follow with profit. Washing-ton- s onies. That broadened his outlook. success In devising good soil He was more than ever convinced management methods mark him as of the need for pastures and liveone of Americas first conservationstock to help conserve the soil. He ists. e was more to the need for During his Presidency, Washington was eager to improve the lot of better tools. Revives Old Soil. agriculture. In his last message to There was plenty to be done at congress he recommended establishMount Vernon. One of Washingtons ment of a board of agriculture to chief worries was the rundown con- collect and diffuse information, and dition of the soil, due to the poor by premium and small pecuniary methods followed by overseers duraids, to encourage and assist a spirit of discovery and improvement. ing his absence. Washington began to experiment That recommendation foreshadowed with clover and other grasses as a establishment of the U. S. departsoil conservation measure. He was ment of agriculture of a century later. prompted to do this by Noah Web ef wide-awak- three-quarte- Fence Along TEX. Erection of a AUSTIN, cattleproof fence along the entire border between Texas and Mexico has been recommended by C. H. Cavness, Texas state auditor and efficiency expert. The fence, which would stretch for 1,207 miles, also would be useful against bootleggers, Cavness points out The recommendation came as an aftermath of an incident in which The old familiar phrase, a good time was had by all, Is still the best yardstick for a successful party, says W. R. Gordon, extension rural sociologist of Pennsylvania State college, who concludes from observations on 100 extension demonstrations that there is no lack of enthusiasm among farm people for recreation. Good times in the country and on the farm suggest the leisure time experiences of our grandparents the literary meeting, spelling bee, box social, maple sugar party and barn dance, he says. Most of these diversions have stood the test of time and are still popular. One of them, the spelling bee, staged a lively comeback last year throughout the state under sponsorship of the Pennsylvania State grange with the state-wid- e finals at its annual meetlast October. ing in Wilkes-Barr- e Owing to mans inherent weakness for eating, Gordon notes, the box social has never completely lost The barn dance, alits appeal. though it has moved from the bam to the school gymnasium, the fire hall or the community center,- - attracts young and old, just as it did generations ago. But, he thinks todays good times in the country have even more rec reational variety. In addition to parties and - square dancing, groups come together to sing and for roller j skating. Contests Include the traditional horseshoes, com husking and soft-ba- ll log sawing, with baseball and added. Hay rides and hikes to doggie nearby places for roasts and suppers divide attention' with more extended trips, some of them by chartered bus, to places of interest One of the best features of rural recreation, as Gordon points out, is that almost everyone is participant; there are few spectators. cook-out- s, j i Old Age Pension Provides Funds For Free Library A philanthropist pension. That is the J. W. unusual position of Black. Black doesnt have enough heat in his apartment to keep it cozy and his rooms are devoid of electric lights. But his basement living room is lined with 1,100 books which he has dedicated to the 2,000 children of his suburban Glenwood community, which has no other pubTULSA, on an old-ag- lic OKLA. e library. By skimping on his pension checks, Black recently managed to buy a new set of childrens books. Many of the volumes, however, are gifts from persons who desired to help keep his private philanthropy alive. When Im gone, I figure I will have returned $2 for every $1 I received from the state, Black contends. Although no cards are kept in this unusual library, Black has missed few books from his shelves, crudely fashioned from apple crates. There is only one rule: Read and return to 5244 Sand Springs Road and thank the dear Father for our li- brary. The library is a happy place, Black points out, adding that the little folk fill It with their laughter and they can play games here too If they take the notion. You see, I know something about people, Black says, and one thing I realize is that if we dont take care of these little fellows we will live to regret it. Observance Sparks Defense Problems CHICAGO. With the purpose of focusing attention on national defense problems, the annual observance of National Security week is being revived this year after a lapse during war years. Dates for the observance are from Lincolns birthday anniversary, February 12, to Washingtons birthday anniversary, February 22. The observance, which has been given official recognition of both the war and navy departments, Is being sponsored by the Reserve Officers association of the United States. The sponsoring agency is a nation-wid- e organization composed of reserve officers of all the armed forces interested In promotion of national defense. Officers of the association point out that graduates of officer candidate schools comprised 98 per cent of the armys officer strength during World War IL Money Problem NEW YORK. Money problems come in big measure to the Corn Exchange Bank & Trust Co. A directors report showed the bank handled $45,958,750 in coins during 1946. Total weight was reported at 2,632 tons, enough to fill 133,400 ordinary money bags. Time Payment HERRIN, ILL. Sixteen years after his wrist watch was stolen, Lester Turner received a $20 bill in payment. The money was sent In an anonymous letter which stated the watch is long gone but here is approximately the value of it. Parking Meters Net Line Urged Jack Pot of Coins two Mexican bootleggers brought 150 quarts of liquor across the Rio Grande into Texas to sell. Tick infestation spread over 0 acres of southwest Texas ranch-lan- d in four counties, resulting in quarantine for 24,950 head of live- NEWBURGH, N. Y. People will put all sorts of things into parking meters, reports Kenneth D. Jones, city coin collector. In addition to coin of the realm, the parking meter take has included washers, tiddley stock. winks, OPA red points, bingo chips, The official state report recoma Sing penny and a coin from mended an appropriation to meet theSing islands. The Sing Sing Konungur such emergencies until the fence is bears an inscription: Do penny erected. 765,-81- Good-M- ake Good. "AVIATION NOTE 5 FLYING FOOD Rapid strides are being made to 1 bring the day of sky ket roads into the scope of everyday reality. From all indications it wont be too far in the future when the farmer will rely on air transport to fly an appreciable amount of his perishable produce to market. Several of the nations major airlines are conducting extensive experiments in connection with the speedy, efficient and economical handling of. "flying food. Guy M. Springer, a son of the fertile agricultural lands of Texas and the Midwest, who is general cargo manager for Capital Airlines, says; Weve been flying almost every type of farm cargo imaginable but admittedly in small quantities. Recently we flew shipments of baby chicks from hatcheries in one large' city to customers scattered throughout the South. This shipment proved it was economical to sky-shi- p chicks because of virtual elimination of the usual high mortality rate in moving baby chicks. too, Then, says Springer, weve flown a live bull calf from Birmingham, Alabama, to Washington where it was presented to President Truman. Weve operated an aerial milk route from Milwaukee, Wis., to Knoxville, Tenn. And weve hauled about as many mushrooms as anyone would care to eat. Despite these varied ventures, sky produce hauling still is an experiment. Definitely on its way to becoming another factual accomplishment of the airline industry but still just an exfarm-to-mar-- periment. The aerial milk route is a case in point: From Milwaukee cow to southern distributor in six to 12 hours was the achievement of the initial deliveries. From morning milkings in Wisconsin, 40 gallons of fresh milk were moved by truck to Billy Mitchell field, Milwaukees airport. Loaded on a plane, the milk was flown to Knoxville, where it was delivered less than eight hours later. The movement of the fresh milk was accomplished with no extraordinary preparations. The liquid was cooled to about 35 degrees at point of origin and it remained cool throughout the flight. The same method has been used successfully in movement of seafood. About the cost of milk? At present, the bill .for moving cans of milk with jackets by air is approximately five times the cost of moving them in baggage cars by rail but mass shipments and a more efficient and light means of holding the milk (perhaps by cardboard containers) could cut the cost down appreciably. The flying stockcar that winged a Aberdeen Angus bull from the Deep South to Washington definitely was the forerunner of things to come. Presented to President Truman as a gift from Alabama livestock producers interested In developing stock breeding In the South, Alabams trip was more of a stunt than anything else but It proved that stock could be transported by air; efficiently, safely and economically. Most farmers wont consider mushrooms as part of their produce but it is bread and butter"! to one man near Pittsburgh. An extensive producer, he found that other means of transportation just were not fast enough to deliver his So he highly perishable cargo. turned to the1 airplane for help. Meantime, airlines are contin-nin- g a program of developing cargo routes which will enable them to carry farm produce at rates in keeping with those of other transport methods currently used by agriculture. three-month-o- |