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Show UINTAH BASIN RECORD r Nations Farmers Study New Plans to Improve Economic and Social Welfare Jfame-tnahe- By is Caswell THE RossNorth Carolina. Ohio. Berlin County, Diary, is now out. Shirer was CBS Iowa. Or Or Adair County, in for Berlin years. correspondent He tells of the German mother of any one of fifteen hundred an airman who was notified by the other counties where land use Luftwaffe that her son was dead. A is under way. Comfew days later, BBC in London planning the people on the from (which weekly broadcasts a list of ing up Nazi prisoners) announced that her land in more than seven thouboy had been captured. Next day sand communities are recomshe got eight letters from neighbors mendations for improving telling her they had heard by shortand soeconomic, physical, in was son alive Engwave that her conditions cial beginning at land It is against the law in broadto roots to and working the listen foreign Germany grass casts . . . The mother had all up through county, state and breaking the national research and action eight arrested for law . . . When Shirer wanted to use the story on his broadcast the agencies. Land use planning this new Nazi censor deleted it on the ground that Americans would not under- development is called, and it stand the heroism of the airmans means as farmers ... just that, mother! all over the nation are actively engaged in planning the use The way the foreign correspondents now use the phrases informed of land in relation to their sources and according to reliable economic and social well bei- information because stories in Europe are difficult to confirm, recalls this classic about the cub reporter He was on a small town newspaper and was assigned to cover a bridge party. He was told never to write anything as a fact that he was not absoultely sure about . . . His story came out in the paper this way: It is rumored that a bridge party was given yesterday by a number of reputed ladies. Mrs. Smith, it was said, was the hostess. The guests, it is alleged, with the exception of Mrs. Brown, who says she comes from Illinois, were all local people. Her husband says he is rich . . , The hostess, Mrs. Smith, claims to be the wife of Alexander Smith. ... Two outstanding appeasement newspapers are very quietly preparing to become patriotic. Preparations have been made to get behind the govt at the next break in U. relations. A device is being worked out for . . . Untheir editorial about-fac- e cle Sam has just cracked down hard on a refugee who was caught doing Nazi propaganda here. His final citizenship papers are being withheld. His draft board got after him and visas for kin refused . . . His initials are II. C. . . . Immigration officials have just discovered a big illicit traffic in Puerto Rican birth certificates for aliens. face-savin- g New York Heartbeat: Chas. Lind bergh Sr. is profiled in the SEP by e his law partner, Walter Eli Quigley, who calls the piece Like Father, Like Son . . . Read the senior Lindberghs speeches in the book, Your Country at War," and youll Bee how like they are. The arguments the father made against invasion in 1917 (sensible then, maybe) show up in the son's soapboxing in 1941 . . . Jack Oakie has a good phrase, in Liberty, for those sentimental memories of hard times, all that, he says, reads better than it lived . . . National is a newcomer, taking its name from its chief subject, national defense. It is l. Read it and give your brain a break. The Story Tellers: one-tim- common-sense-ationa- Typewriter Ribbons: Zona Gale: He not only could neatly cock an eyebrow but could also produce in his victim a feeling that he had A. Devere: aimed and fired it Prejudice, which sees what it pleases, cannot see what is plain . . . Jean Richter: Recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned out . . . Oscar Wilde: Unselfishness is letting other peoples lives alone . . , Alvin C. York: By our victory in the last war, we won a lease on liberty, not a deed to it . . . Jay Russell: A good test of mans character comes when hes getting ahead without getting one on the way . . . Mark Twain: Dont part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live . . . The Akron Beacon-JournaFate does its part, yet most of the things we regret or resent could have been avoided if we had tried. ... ng. in this work are the agricultural colleges and the various research and action agencies of the federal department of agriculture. A few years ago the idea that farmers themselves should take such an active part in the development of agricultural programs was philosophy. Today farmers the country over are critically studying problems such as soil erosion, rural zoning, tax delinquency, farm tenancy and the like. Local agricultural programs dealing with these and related subjects are being made a part of county and state programs, and ultimately will be woven into the fabric of national agricultural conservation and adjustment Look in upon a typical community meeting of farmers and multiply this scene by the more than 7,000 communities where land use planning is under way. Spread out on the tables are maps, charts and reports showing how the land is being used, the way in which it has been abused, and the things needed to rehabilitate it and the people who live upon it. Areas of badly eroded land are marked off, woodlands in good condition and bad are plotted, the existence or lack of schools, hospitals, and community centers is designated. County Committees. Recommendations for corrective action are drawn for the consideration of county planning committees which include besides farmers the representatives of public agencies of all kinds. Recommendations are discussed, some of them laid aside for later consideration, some of them amplified and scheduled for immediate action. County programs are drawn up to include the needs of the various local communities' for consideration and action by state State proplanning committees. grams later are submitted for federal action at Washington. Caswell county once the richest in North Carolina, now one of the Posthumous Award Above A com- mittee visits the scene of a local farm problem. At Farmers right and committee meet in the town hall to discuss further plans and action. With firsthand Information, they chart the solution of many vexing problems. poorest is an example of land use planning to improve a difficult agricultural situation. Caswell is a typp ical part of the South faced with lost export markets, its soils seriously depleted. Sheep used to graze on the lawns of the plantation homes, blooded horses were in the paddocks, meat cattle and milk cows in the pastures, pigs enough to supply all the hog meat and fat needed m the county, game in the woods, fish in the streams. s Today, approximately of the farm operators in Caswell county are tenants, most of them sharecroppers, trying to eke out a living on badly eroded land. Caswells one crop has been tobacco. After 76 years with this crop as virtually the only source of cash income, the farmers found themselves with a system of farming unable to withstand the shocks caused by depleted soil resources and fluctuating markets.- The land use planning committees took hold, and now a better system of farming has been developed. The program calls for increased use of cover crops, the use of better farming equipment, greater use of lime and phosphate, the development of more home gardens, the use of more dairy cattle, land drainage, and erosion control. Farm Loans. Half a dozen or more public agento put Caswell cies are once more on the economic map. Through agricultural adjustment programs the farmers are being paid to conserve the land, to become more as to food supplies.' Loans are made by the administration Farm Security e program through its to enable a limited number of responsible tenants to acquire farms of their own, and to equip these farms with modern implements. Modern housing and improved sanitation are being provided. A few years from now, Caswell county will be very different physically, economically, socially from what it was in the dark days of the 1930s. early Already, striking changes have been wrought. The people on the land as well as the land itself are being rehabilitated. The people have rekindled hope in their hearts, they are playing an important part contributing to the welfare of the state and the nation. There are many other examples of improvement the country over. Ward county. North Dakota, Is one one-cro- two-third- Sounds in the Night: At the Famous Door: If you had my brains you wouldnt have anything to worry about . . . Gawan, if I had your brains, I wouldnt have anything to worry with! At the Havana-MadriDont get him angry, hes liable to hit you with his bank book At the Glass Hat: She's very good to her folks. Keeps away from At the Riviera: them After the horse is stolen they close up all the consulates! At El Morocco: Hes popular with kids ticy l.ke the rattle in his head. ... ... ... ... program is under way. system is being modernized. Local taxing authorities are trying to adjust tax systems according to the productive capacity of the land. As a first step m dealing with the tax delinquency problem, the land use planning committee recommended to the county commissioners a plan of impounding rents on lands. Approximately 500 legal actions were instituted in pursuance of this program, and the county is now collecting rentals on many additional items of real estate. Longer term leases better adapted to conditions in the different land use areas of the county are being made. Problems created by competition between small operators and the larger ones for available farm land are being attacked. lands are to be developed as open public recreation areas. purchase The school Tax-forfeit- - Madame Mayor DOVER, N. C. Down comes the curtain on woman rule in Dover! Today four ladies leave the stage of public life after a successful two-yerun. The men are resummg command without opposition, just as the helm was turned over to the ladies at the last town election. A little tired, they point with pride to: A new $16,000 gymnasium, a lunch room for the school, a much needed drainage project begun, employment for women in a WPA mattress project, main streets improved ar tenant-purchas- of in developing a long-rang- e program to improve difficult and adverse conditions. Located in the central portion of the northern spring wheat area, Ward county has suffered from drouth and from too great a reliance upon wheat as a single cash crop. This situation of a type of farming not entirely fitted to local conditions, together with high costs for public service in relation to a limited tax base, inequitaThe late John Rivenburg, ble distribution of the tax burden, of Creston, Iowa, has Boy Scout tax delinquency, and a high been posthumously awarded the first heavy of tenancy were among proportion In conductof a $700 prize nationally which planning the problems major contest which ed Girl Scout Song committees recognized. recently closed. Young RivenFeed Reserves. burg, a Scout of Eagle rank, died The planning committees in Ward last December after an operation. Drama critics aren't always He was the son of Dr. and Mrs. L. county concluded it was desirable to meanines , . . When George Ber- D. Rivenburg of Creston. His song, shift to a more diversified type of Scouts Are We, is a farming through expanding the livenard Shaw was a critic a young ac- entitled conin tune. the stock enterprises, building up feed Judges marching tress asked him what he thought of her ability . . . Shaw told her to test were Oiin Downes, music critic reserves, and a live at home type of farming. The farmers are buildof the New York Times; Sigmund get married, have two children, tune radios ing up livestock herds through natdetective, Spaeth, learn something about life, then she ho-l- a ural increase rather than by purwould be able to act . . . She fol- and Hugh Ross, director of the Si Cantorum of New York. Mrs. chases of additional animals. A prolowed his counsel . . , Five years O. Choate, honorary vice gram of building up feed reserves Arthur later she returned to the theater and became a great English actress . . . president of the Girl Scouts, spon- against possible drouths in the future is being followed. A tenant- sored the contest. Sybil Thorndike. l: Ruth Wyeth Spears f (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) NO TIME FOR PROFITEERING IN CRISIS BECAUSE OF the World war in 1917, the government needed quantities of paper trainloads of it. The (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) place M s By FRANK GEORGE Notes of an Innocent Bystander: William L. Shirers Book, IDEAS Mrs. Anna Dixon Wilson of Dover, N. C., who retires as head of the town, beams with pride at her achievements of the past two years. The town now has many new streets, a new gymnasium, a new factory and a balanced budget. through aid obtained from the state highway commission, and a treasurers report all accounts paid. Playing the leading role that of mayor and judge has been Anna Dixon Wilson, a buoyant grandmother. The neighborhood vouches for her good old Southern cooking, her flower culture, her business acumen, and her success as an insurance agent With wisdom and great dispatch, she can hold court then rush home to supervise its remodeling, and then back again to the business of running her town of 400. Its been a grand experience, she beamed. Weve had our ups and downs, but Ive enjoyed it, and I do think weve accomplished something, although we dont take all the credit" Essential to the Success of Dovers ? feminine government (they detest Suggests Plans to Avert Shortage of Manganese petticoat rule, even in jest) was the Cuban American Manganese Mrs. Sarah Griffin, the persistent NEW YORK. To avert a shortage of our No. 1 strategic material-manga- nese corporation, which has succeeded in tax collector. And a good one! a three-poin- t chimed in program developing a nearby source, he has spent many years studying the prob- Mayor Anna Wilson. to encourage domestic and hemilem. His article is one of the magaIm just a family woman, but sphere production has been laid zine's series by authorities on our when they made me tax collector, I down in an article in the current materials situation. decided then and there we'd get issue of the magazine Chemical In- strategic Shipments from Russia, which those taxes collected," said Mrs. dustries. for years has been our leading Griffin, speaking for herself. And The United States has relied chiefsource of ferro-grad- e manganese she did, for the books she is turning ly on distant sources overseas, ore, have been brought to an end over show all current and inherited Langbourne M. Williams Jr., the au- by conditions prevailing in Europe, bills have been paid and theres thor, points out. As piesident of he stated. even a little in the treasury. president of one of the large paper mills was called on the phone and told the daily quantity that would be needed. That will take the complete capacity of this mill, he said. We are now operating at capacity on commercial orders. We will stop all our commercial business and turn our entire production over to the government, on the one condition that both the government and ourselves put cost experts on the job and the government accept as a price the figures of the experts We which show the lowest cost. will supply the paper but will not do so at a penny of profit to ourselves. The president of that paper company was a German born, naturalized American citizen. His people then lived in Germany. He had been a college classmate of the Kaiser, but he was first of all an American, and his company, on his condition, made the paper the government used throughout the war. During the war, I was talking with the head of another company which was turning out a product the government needed. It was billed to the government in units, but the orders would come in many cases for quarter or half units. When the fractions made a complete unit, the price was that for one unit, but if for only fractions, the price was proportionately higher. As he talked about his order, he said to me: I am going to have ail of these fractional units billed as fractions. It will mean more money for my company, and the government will never check it up. Does the price you get when billing as complete units cover your production costs? I asked. He assured me it did. You have a son in France, and I have a son at sea with the navy, When the government I said. called, they offered all they had. They did not attempt to make a profit, or bargain as to price. I saw the moisture come to his You are right, eyes as he .said: and the government will pay only the price agreed upon. It covers the cost. No patriotic, loyal American will attempt to make a profit out of supplying the necessities of his government when it is at war or preparing for war. That, of all times, is a time for sacrifice in so far as a sacrifice can be made and still be in a position to serve. SEW II hW i r'- AFTEP INSERT1 CUSH utiand gers a t they that H as go S pL,g,outS CUTTV1, g01 cord AT JOlhi hittei STRAIGHT STRIP "The; If you like variety in yr they HAVE you considered covering there is an idea ft as gcx cushions ions, your I out-of-do- or artificial ones made of burlap leather? It may be cut and sewn stockings on page 23 of S, Lorn hweste the same as any heavy fabric. Book 5. ihoma Hie colors are all so fresh and NOTE: Book 7, in the sene lonsibli gay that you will be inspired to Use a makers Booklets by Mrs. th try striking combinations. and contains direction jng coarse machine needle; a No. 5 latest than thirty things which you yvarl1 hand needle; No. 20 or 24 sewing for your own home or for gifts Gas I thread and regulate the machine are working drawings for rec x pasl old chairs and other furniture to about 12 stitches to the inch. have for a spool whatnot; an unusii The cushions shown here are rag rug; and many things . ' green with seam cords covered in needle and thread. The sevr rt red. The sketch shows how they now available contain a total 6 D.0 two hundred of Mrs. Spears' I ie .rou are made. The cotton seam cord for Homemakers. Booklets diamin should be about each. Send your order to: r,ant r ' and A eter. It is covered with a straight Vhich c with wide stitched lYi inches strip MRS. RUTH WYETH SPse are the machine cording foot to allow Drawer 10 b f teJls Bedford Hills the sewing to come up close to Enclose 10 cents tor e.s far t the cord. The raw edges of the ordered. of cot ;ord covering are basted around the top and bottom of the cover Name Dodge an the right side, as shown, and win ei Address. are then stitched in with the seam. prized with water-resista- nt Spe to o' li-in- with pick t by e enly ti b until tb ! Fe sees, V 3 De aiL Mom ront ;e. He A SYMBOL OF DEVOTION WAS THE HOOD TO ME ENGLAND lost more than a battleship when the Germans sank the Hood off the coast of Greenland. The Hood was a symbol of the loyalty and love of English women. I was on board the Hood when she was being constructed on the ways beside the Clyde near Glasgow in the fall of 1918. On her as workmen were several hundred English women. They came from good English homes. They were not working because of need of wages. They were working because of love of England. They were working so that England might win the conflict in which she and the United States were then engaged. That work was their sacrifice to a cause. It was an evidence of their love of country. The Hood was but one of many war projects in which English women were doing the work of men. Not far away other hundreds were making shells for use in American guns in France, and still other hundreds were at work making cordite and nitroglycerine. Any nation In which the women show such devotion to their country cannot be defeated by mere male brutality. The battleship Hood was a symbol of that devotion. INCENTIVE PLAN REPUBLICAN MEMBERS of the house of representatives have named a committee to ascertain what the American farmers want as a farm program. What that committee should do is to propose a farm policy that would mean a permanent solution to show the farmers how it would work to their advantage and to the advantage of all America. It lies in the direction of encouraging the farmers to do, rather than payments for not doing. The incentive plan is on the right road and that, coupled with the Andersen bill now before the house, would do the trick and appeal to American farmers. INCOME FACTS ACCORDING to the United States treasury, of our more than 130,000,-00- 0 people, 1,274 have incomes in excess of $150,000 a year. Of that number, 43 have more than one million a year. Of that one million dollars, the government take: in direct taxes $750,000, leaving each one of the 43 $250,000 a year to spend or to invest. Those 43 people have a total gross income of $10,750,000. If we should divide it between the rest of us, it would give each person about 12 cents a year. froir the du Louis : ft gom a bal 1 it is an- lying around, but' other weekend and Im you could get theMtai not a General yet. family interested k of ti But give me time. some of the neigh-.baai and if thatyeekda bors, The nearest village all over, "bee is 5 miles away. All happened country, the U. Sung on Well, here ii you find there is a COUld raise ha $10,7lays neht general store, a ga000 overnight. reater rage and a canning factory nowhere to' Id appreciate is than go for any good clean a lot. Mom, andseatea would every other fun, unless you drop in at a smoke-fill- ed mothers son in tthelp" juke joint on the way. U. S. Army and Nai3 ' Well, Mom, Los theres Love,douht a big favor you can do me. The U. S. 0. is trying to raise $10,765,000 to run clubs for us, outside of camp. Places with lounge rooms, dance floors, games, writ- ing rooms. Places you can get a bite to eat without paying a king's I ransom. know you have an don't idle million OPEN YOUR HEART i j playet e, not ( ght alo Theyre doing their bit for yoi a3 you do your bit for them? Senig contribution to your local fxas is Committee or to V. S. O. flo s of N Headquarters, Empire State talking had su ing, New York, N. Y. skill. i These organizations have ' r was forces toformtheU.S.O.:the 1 u ' NationalCatholicCommunit jS Salvation Army, Y.W.CA., Welfare Board, National Jthu'g ,lcue h Aid Association. fte also . 1 one 1 again. OPEN YOUR PURSE ccririf GIVE TO THE e South nas B (d to be .i nth si c.inu 'i r a of c THE ADVERTISER INVITES Yt Tt A TJ TOfM The advertiser assures us ih Atk ins fOTkTP are good. He invites us to cowf , wVmrxilUwvlN ( with others. We do. Should ha relax for a minute and let his we discern it. We tell others. We cease buying his product. keeps up the high standard of his wares, and the prices as low ) plat at b j |