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Show I'll m I I ET1N, BINGH M CANYON. UTAH FOR the last six years, tf you (eel enough to turn back the calendar to 1941, the Cardinals and the Dodgers have taken over most of the pennant interest in the Na-tional league. By some odd turn, the Cubs slipped safely Into port in 1945. but even then the Cardinals were breathing not tire on their necks. It must be admitted, that in most of the Cardinal - Dodger pursuit ........ Ihn Rprt Birds from St. Louis have shown more wing power in the stretch.They had the extra flu-tter needed. A year ago, around this time, the Dodgers were scven-and-a-ha-games in front of their Cardinal pursuers, but this lead wasn't enough, QntUnd Rice as they finished In a dead heat with the Cardinals win-- ning the play-of- f. Whatever happens In the foggy future, and all futures are foggy, the Dodgers have stolen the Na-tional league show up to this spot. Just before the season opened, their manager, Leo Durocher, waa ordered to Elba, er St. Helena, the Napoleonic hide-ou- t, by Happy Chandler, who, right or wrong, alao was wrapped up In a fog. This forced Branch Rickey to reach out and drag In Burt Shotton, the most underrated manager in baseball, who knew nothing about his team. Shotton stepped into the middle of a strange squad. He soon lost his star, Pete Reiser, who still believes his head is harder than a hydrant or a concrete wall. Then Shotton began looking around for a pitcher who could travel four Innings al- - most anyone who could locate the general direction of the plate. A Mild Old-Tim- er Shotton, a mild, country looking r, the exact opposite of Durocher, like Ole Man River, Just sept rolling along. The Dodgers were shot. The day of the Bums was over. The Brooklyn attendance would take a dizzy dip. But what happens? The Dodgers move out in front, and tht attendance fills the ball park, despite a wet, cold spring and a wetter, colder June. The Dodgers, so far, under Shot-to-n, have outplayed the Bums. And they have even keener fan support. For Brooklyn knows Its baseball and Brooklyn understands and ap-preciates the handicaps Shotton has faced, with Chuck Dreasen and Red Corrlden over In the Yankee camp. An old-tim- er by the name of Burt Shotton deserves much more credit than he has received. He has turned In one of the big jobs of the year. The Cardinals, looking back to March and April, appeared to have class. The Giants have had power. The Braves have had balance, pitching and hitting. But the Dodg-ers remain the major threat, the team to beat. A few days ago, I ran across my old friend Arky Vaughan, one of the best ballplayers you'll ee in many a year. Arky can play either the infield or the eutfleld and he is one of the best natural hitters baseball has known. "What holds the Dodgers up?" I asked. "A good ball club," Vaughan answered. "There's al-ways somebody around to handle the job when we get in trouble. This means pitchers, outfielders or We've had more hard luck with Reiser, Edwards and others, than any other team. But we keep nistling. We'll outhustle the Cardi-- i rials, too. We have a bunch of young pitchers, who will be stars next year. After all, Branca is only 21. Watch Hatten and Barney. Robin-son has turned in a swell job. Show me a stronger second p combination than Reese and Stanky. They are winning ballplay-ers. The Dodgers are made up of winning ballplayers. The Yen to Win "Every team and every ball-player likes to win. But the Dodgers ike the winning side better than anyone else. I can't understand why io many people are surprised at the Dodgers' showing. We might easily, 'with better luck, have been much farther in front." It might be mentioned here that iaughan has been one of the stars in this Dodger drive. Vaughan's hit-ting and his play has Wed a wide - open gap. And Vaughan is no longer a kid. But, now the Cardinals are coni-ng along and the Cardinals have always been the team to beat. They were shots last April. I he v were the sure things of an un-- I sure game. They still look to have .he class, the experience, the pitch-ing and their share of power. But, t is still a question as to whether .hey can outrun the Dodgers and he Braves. Anyone who leaves or leaves out the Braves Is a trifle roofy. The Yankees already have wreck-ed the American league race. This neans a bigger world series pay-jf- f. This also means a keener flnan-da- i interest for any National league Soils Need Air for Total Crop Growth Increasing Depth of Aeration Boosts Yield "Stuffy" soils that have little or no oxygen available to the plant roots that grow in them just are not able to support high crop yields. Hard working plant roots need oxy-gen If they are to do a good Job of supporting the plant and collecting plant food for Uie above ground parts. Working with muck soil, N. K. Ellis, Purdue university, and Rich-ard Morris, U. S. soil conservation service, found that when liberal quantities of oxygen penetrated the soil only four Inches the yield of red beets, sweet corn, onions and Chip- - .......... ... It may pay to go deeper than this plow Is set. pewa potatoes was small. When the soils were "ventilated" to 18 Inches the yields Increased as much as 10 fold. When the depth of aeration was increased to 36 Inches the yield of some of the crops was increased. The yield of carrots went from 3 to 33 tons per acre when the depth nf nomtinn uuno increased from 4 to 18 inches. Sweet corn yield went from 3 to 4.75 tons; onions from 45 to 275 bags; red beets from 3.75 to 13.5 tons and potatoes from about 12 to 258 bushels per acre. Oxygen in the soil for the use ot the plant roots is the logical reason for the difference In crop yields. Adequate plant food was available on all the plots. Rainfall during the season was sufficient to eliminate water as a limiting crop production factor on the muck soils. mv Korea JdMfiEN ARCHER L. LERCH, military governor of 'ove!2Mpa gav an talk to reserve officers ref-ill JBwessin1 tfreat pessimism regarding U. S. relations - TBaa in Koi - Latest efforts to get together with Rus-K- i Lerch said, may as well be written off as failure CllKd de ''H'k w:,s recognition of political parties, since ' any Korean parties not controlled by Communists rsveatod: Lerch T )H gussia's agrarian reforms in northern Korea have back- - Northern native farmers, oppressed by a 50 per cent tax g j'uee and strict control under the "cooperative" system, are south across the 38th parallel. nxtP Borri''' Incidents have been reduced along the Russian-line- . However, two Russian soldiers, prowling for ri.e Es.J'h(i bord Were shot and killed by Korean police. 0ny 53 Japs are left in southern Korea all hospital cases. Rossia, which controls the industrial half of the country, r..HBni"inJ ' mootn ,l(,w of e,ectrlc'tJ ' U' mi rli in n i'Kt Interfi i sBaI Lerch said he was not worried about too many Koreans mmunism. "Koreans," he said, "could never be d into communism, I am sure." FOUR WET HENNS . . . While practically everyone else In the coun-try waa sweltering and squirming In the supercharged heat wave a while back, this foursome got cooled off with a sprinkling can wield-ed by Nurse Virginia McCermick at St. Agnea hospital In Baltimore, Md. The tota are quadruplets, bern last December to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Henn. Smart Motifs for Bride's Trousseau THESE smart motifs are a must trousseau of. the bride-to-b- e. They're as decorative as they are useful. Three different designs. Colorful, practical. easy to do. 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Why aot try Dean's PMs You will be using a medicine recommended the country ever. Dean's stimulate the func-tion of the kidneys end help them to flush out poisonous waste fross the bleed. They contain nothing harmful. Get Dean's today. Use with confidence. At all drug stores. I A siii ri-- 1 1 3 TI i WINCHELL JKR in the Big Burg ";,ty has three employees STodties consist of picking up m's all daj In the year 'ffellc: ei ter's maze of ?,5Br buildings will become "''i'L--f of O lumbia university Change: At the ,:t.'Wihf century a shave and Sin the Big Burg cost two-V- E ippinK was taboo. . . . JK3.,on some of the old Bones have blue windows: t MM Bjime it was believed that nHiiiBt streaming through blue vcrv healthful. Slavery was abolished in Manhat-tan before the Revolutionary war exploded. . . . It's well known that New York once was called New Am-sterdam. But for a few years It also had another monicker: New Orange. . . . Scientists claim the land that makes up lower Manhat-tan is probably the oldest known part of the earth's surface. Many of the jewels in the door of the tabernacle at the Little Church Around the Corner are stones from the rings of women married there. . . . Maiden Lane gots its name because Dutch maidens once washed their clothes in a brook there. V MfER SHEAD Mm to Veterans' Loans ICSSbbbv' the rna'n reasons wny veterans are failing to obtain loans under .TpBG.I. Bill of Rights is the fact that the 80th congress has clipped aiSBrof Reconstruction Finance corporation to purchase these mort-EttiaHo-banks. The 79th congress, which passed the G.I bill, gave SHhority to purchase mortgages on homes where the loans had been Bed by Veterans' administration under terms of the G.I. bill. The TOsB under which the RFC purchased these mortgages expired June .DfBn the new law was passed by this congress extending the RFC Vfcer year and slashing its loan authority from something like 18 'EdMi I!.,.', to two billion dollars, congress not only swept away the 'Krce of small business and small industrial loans but refused to Bc authority to purchase G.I. home, business and farm mortgage MHanks throughout the country, therefore, have no outlet for 1 osal of these loans and must hold them In their own portfolios, iAlB from ail over the country veterans are finding it almost lm-ib- le to obtain home loans no matter how well they are armed letters of eligibility. ri John Sparkman of Alabama introduced a bill in the last minute KdS congress seeking to extend this authority of the RFC. W X Sr EARTH SHIFTING THREATENS TOWN . . . Two hardy members of the opposite sex, residents of Welch, W. Va., brave a stroll on the buckled streets of the town after sections of the little city started to sag alarmingly because of a mysterious shifting of the earth. Huge cracks appeared in several large buildings, and Inhabitants were fearful that their homes would be destroyed. KNOW YOUR BREED Blue-Gam- e Chickens A tradition that has been re-corded by the historians of Dela-ware, is that during the early days of the Revolutionary war the men of Capt. Jonathan Caldwell's com-pany took with them game chickens noted for their fighting ability. These chickens were said to be of the brood of a famous blue hen. The company soon received the sobri-quet "Blue Hen's Chickens," and the state of Delaware in 1939 adopt-ed the Blue Hen's Chicken as the state bird. The photograph shows a blue fowl resulting from a cross of Black Sumatra cock and d White hen, as developed by the USDA. m PHILLIPS Iliasure Hunt of Long Ago B 0'Keefe, who used to be ter back home, wants to we ever heard of a morning iublisher many years ago ?ed a half-to- n safe one day t a nickel beneath it, and d, after a severe injury to , "I wouldn't have moved it mought it was a dime." be tells the one of the fellow Vfed to take another drink 'fiend pretty well under the ', refused. "Oh, come on," end argued. "If anybody anything, I'll say it's my ' "Perhaps," was the an-b- ut suppose they also ask, your stagger?' " VANISHING AMERICANISMS "House to Let. $20 a Month W'tth Heat." 0 "Everybody is entitled to a summer vacation, and it doesn't cost much." "All You Can Eat for $1.25." "Momtner, may I bring a couple of friends home to dinner?" "Corn Crop Much Improved." Headline. "Listening in on the radio I would think It was the best ever," says J. J. W. IWO JIMA, TWO YEARS LATER ... Two years after V-- J Day, the nnee bloody and embattled isle of Iwo Jima presents a peaceful, tf Two members of the present United States barren appearance. on the memorial erected to the garrison there are looking at the flag men of the 28th regiment, fifth marine division. m ml MALLON llitary Weakness of Russia has been made of the superior size of the Russian --uwj mentioned this recently to get military men frequently has been repor ed through congress. But little or nothing military weaknesses of Russia. She may be an iso ated and existing behind an iron curtain, but orr. political power sides, and standpoint, she is wide open from the air on three vulnerable in oil. . custom Is to regard Russia as unconquerable because OI mistake was in tteptingtO spaces. Hitler's military think ot mm- - to more than he could chew. No one seems far vaster, outer circumference of defense, which is 7 to be defensible. these considerations run beyond current "fJ'Jg '"oes not IB has become so aggressive in the Joe million square miles, but the few square c.ties (sly Moscow political leaders, chiefly in a few large could be effectively isolated in war from the rest of JWJ the atom. much difficulty. On the other hand, somewhat dulled by rocket threats against her are distribution of industry (except oil). most SttOb missiles is ear ur part, defense against use of pessary concern. We are protected Vrom atomic 'r. We are protected in every way most of baskets JJ m8, and missiles. In these not otlen I Put. We must think of atomic defense, concentrate on air and missile protection. Trough and Bath Pen This drinking trough has an over-flow pipe to carry water to the larger trough. The arrangement eliminates the need for float valve. Unique drinking tough and bath pen, courtesy James F. Lincoln foundation. The pipe also serves as a part of the fence. The water in the larger and lower trough is carried away by an overflow pipe. TO THE ARGENTINE . . . Members of the institute of TRACTORS some of tne new tyne tArSto?snes hedu,ePd Tor shipment to Argentina where they will be vast wheat fields. The tractors are uYoEe he3 UcTory at Manayunk, Pa. There are 1.000 of 55 rePad for shipment to the South American nation. ft0fT PATTERSON pleti Fruits Are Sweetest R'NG boyhood days in Iowa I as taught that it was wicked PWQuly appropriate the other 8 watermelons. Later, for 'han half a century. I was 'erupted Now, living in a community, I have a water- - vile in my own back yard Mat vine is rooted in a neigh-'frde- n The friendly, neigh- - ate the melons. e e to tight the next J Icross the North Pole we 5 find it hard JT Ota for the Treating Turkeys for Blackhead Recommended A little item on a large subject appeared recently in the official 'publication of the American Veter-- j inary Medical association, Diisobutylphenoxyethyld i m e th y chloride, it seems, has een recommended by leading veterinary authorities as a "pre-ventive of naturally occurring en-- i terohepatitis of poults." "Enterohe-patitis- " is a disease more common-ly known as "blackhead." |